Constant Vigilance!

[9:20 Hours - Preparation]

Motoko: *Aggressively adjusting explosive drones on a large metal table.*

Motoko: *Completely serious* "Okay Ichi, these homemade suicide drones will follow you on top of your truck. When we inevitably get attacked on route, use them to disable any heavy armor on the road so you can focus on using your truck's mass to smash through less armored enemies…"

Ichi: *Worried tone* "...Um…you made bomb bots?"

Motoko: *Grabs more gear from nearby metal box* "If the convoy disperses because of all the ambushes we will be facing and we end up stranded in Dogtown when it gets dark, use these Kang Tao night-vision goggles and distress flares so we can find each other in the chaos of battle…"

Ichi: "Motoko…do you think you might be taking this too far?"

Motoko: "It's a combat zone Ichi! The district will be crawling with psychotic hostiles! We have to be ready for anything!"

Ichi: "Holy crap, it's not an active warzone Toko! it's just Dogtown!"

Motoko: *Screaming* "Constant vigilance!"

[11:30 Hours - Preparation]

Motoko: *Sorting a pile of weapons and explosives so large that it almost constitutes an entire armory.*

Motoko: *Tense* "Okay Malcolm, this is your secondary weapon kit. You now have 20 homemade hellfire grenades and depleted uranium armor piercing rounds…It wasn't cheap but my calculations showed that it improves your chances of survival by 3.9 percent so it's absolutely worth it…"

Malcolm: "Um…what are hellfire grenades?"

Motoko: *Grabs more gear from war chest "I also have EMP grenades and electroshock mines for when we get swarmed by Barghest auxiliary units that lack superinsulator armor…Maybe you should also have some taser smart rounds?"

Malcolm: "Motoko…while I definitely appreciate all the gear…maybe you should chill out a bit? You look like you haven't slept in 2 days…"

Motoko: "It's a combat zone Malcolm! I'm doing my best to make sure we make it out alive!"

Malcolm: "Um Toko…it's just Dogtown? And we're just shopping?"

Motoko: *Screaming* "Constant vigilance!"

[13:05 Hours - On route to Dogtown]

*Jackie scratches his head in confusion as his driving mate is dressed like a hardened vet heading to the front line. Her face was meticulously covered in gray and black war paint designed for urban combat, her body fully armored and armed to the teeth with webbed gear, and even her Quadra seemed more weighed down than usual with all the additional firepower it was carrying.*

Jackie: *Worried tone* "...Ah hermanita, I might be confused so please be patient with your choom here. Your choomba boss hired me so we could retrieve something at the Nighthawks Stadium right? Are we…expecting trouble from any pendejos?"

Motoko: *Solemn expression as she mentally prepares herself for hours of unceasing carnage* "In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only war…"

Jackie: "Um….?"

Motoko: *Turns her head tensely to Jackie* "We're going to Dogtown Jackie and that only means one thing: death. Constant, unceasing death. It's eat or be eaten Jack and and I'm going to do my best to make sure we don't drown in the ocean of blood awaiting us…"

Jackie: *Feeling a little bemused* "Ah Chica, I think you might have the wrong idea about Dogtown…"

Motoko: *Suddenly grabs Jackie's arms tightly* "And I'm NOT leaving you behind Jackie! Do you hear me?! All of us are making it out alive, no matter what! I don't care how many gonks I have to flatline! I'll happily decimate the entire district if that's what it takes to get my chooms back home safe!"

Jackie: *Feeling a weird combination of pride and embarrassment* "...I'm actually touched that you feel so strongly about your chooms hermanita, but I have a strong hunch that our little trip won't be as…dramatic as you think…"

Motoko: *Screaming* "Constant vigilance!"

[14:22 Hours - Post Mission]

Section 9: *Cracking up with laughter* "Hahaha constant vigilance!"

Motoko: *Super embarrassed* "Chooms, I feel really silly right now and I don't need your teasing…"

Ichi: *Smiling proudly* "Are you kidding me? I never felt so safe in my life!"

Malcolm: "I know right? I felt like we could have taken on Smasher if he showed up!"

Jackie: *Laughing on car hood as he stretches his arms* "Chica, let's just say that if this city ever gets invaded by the Nuevos Estados Unidos again, I'm joining whatever militia you form! I'm still amped up by that speech you gave me during our ride!"

Hiromi: *Smugly patting Motoko on the back* "Come on Major Kusanagi, let's go home…"

Motoko: *Blushing while covering her camo'd face* "Noooo this is not how I wanted to gain that title!"

Obviously I embellished a lot in this omake, but Seras never said that Motoko didn't have a "Commando" style gear up scene so I went nuts.