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by SinfulSoul on Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:15 pm
OOC: Sorry for my late reply. I think this might make up for it.
Sinful arrived in a long black limousine outside of the engineering and mobile suit bay that Miyumi was working in. The driver briskly walked around the car and opened his door. Two body guards emerged followed by General Sin, then another two. The group walked in to the building and instead of going to the bay where Miyumi would be, he went to the control room on the second floor that monitored security and all traffic through that bay. When he entered the room, the members within immediately stood at attention until Sin waved them off to continue their duties. The four guards spread around the room to form a square. Though the crew didn't show it, they were naturally concerned by the presence of the General. Visits from him were rare, and usually when he did it meant something of serious concern. The Captain on deck stepped forward to greet Sinful.
Captain Picard:"General Sin! What a wonderful surprise. What brings you here?"
General Sin:"Recently a new Chief Engineer has taken command of the Mobile Suit division. I received word that a Virgo that was originally going to be scrapped was repaired through feats of great skill. Of course this saves us a lot of resources and sounds great on the surface, but I can't afford to have anyone cut corners. I want to see the surveillance tapes from three days ago and four days ago."
Captain Picard:"Why yes, of course, Sir."
The Captain points at a crew member sitting near him, signaling him to act upon the General's order. The Captain was slightly nervous, since it was his duty (among others as well) to ensure all work was completed correctly since it could mean the lives of pilots on the battlefield.
Captain Picard:"I can assure you Sir, we...We always do our best to ensure the best quality and security here. Lieutenant, put the video feed on the main screen."
Captain Picard then handed Sinful the remote control to the screen. Sin fast forwarded through the footage, pausing every once in a while to zoom in on specific parts that were being installed into the mobile suit. He also zoomed in on the frame to ensure structural integrity, especially in all major supports. Another crew member pushed up a stool for the General, on which he rested for the next 30 minutes excruciatingly analyzing the video footage from various angles. The video footage proved flawless reconstruction and repair, but he still wasn't satisfied. He tossed the remote over to Captain Picard.
General Sin:"Open the bay door and initiate training sequence C-301 in Quadrant 3A and have that air space cleared for the next thirty minutes. Start in exactly two minutes."
Captain Picard:"Uh... Yessir. Right away."
General Sin swiftly slid off the stool and turned to leave. With a snap of his fingers the four body guards formed around him and followed. Sin went back down to the first floor and headed directly to Virgo, ignoring the other engineers and specialists for now. With a hand motion the body guards awaited within the confines of the building, not entering into the bay with Sin. Red lights and a siren went off signaling to everyone that the bay doors were about to open. They had less than two minutes to lock everything down to the floor and get into a suit before all gravity and atmosphere left them. This rush made it a bit easier for Sin to go unnoticed towards the Virgo. Sin rode a zip line up to the cockpit of the Virgo and made himself comfortable in the chair. Hanging on the chair was a helmet which we claimed and placed over his head. He skillfully slid his fingers over the controls, activating his main generator, unlocking himself from the holding station, warming his verniers, activating his weapons systems, activating the sensor hardware, then activating the main operations systems and main displays. A ringing of bells ensued as the "All clear" sign was given and the bay doors opened. A vacuum sucked the atmosphere out of the bay and removed all gravity. It was immediately noticeable that a tool box wasn't closed properly when screws and various small tools floated into the air. Sin slowly walked the suit toward a panel in one of the walls that stored various optional armaments that are standardized to fit almost any mobile suit. Of the various armaments available to him, he simply chose a beam saber and attached it to the mobile suitās left side. Once the doors were opened all the way, Sin walked toward the launch pad that lifted up from the floor. Once he was secured onto the launch pad, the thrusters on the rear of the launch pad ignited at full blast. Sinful was slingshotted out of the bay before he ignited his own verniers to maintain speed. He headed toward Quadrant 3A, the boundaries of which were marked with bright yellow lighted buoys. General Sin raised the beam rifle in his right hand, dispersed the four planet defensers to form a protective barrier around him, and ignited the beam saber in his left hand. He took a deep breath, then fired his verniers at maximum output as he burst into Quadrant 3A.
Almost instantly he was intercepted by three groups of three attack drones. According to his radar, more groups of artificial enemies were moving on his position which was unusual since they arenāt supposed to move in until the Virgo comes within a certain radius. What made this situation especially difficult was that each probe was programmed to act like a specific kind of mobile suit and was fixed with live ammo and weaponry of that mobile suit. Since the drones looked nothing like the mobile suit they were mimicking, the only way to determine their fighting style is to analyze each drone individually until their actions can be matched with those of a known mobile suit by the pilot through experience alone. The problem is that due to the quick movements and quantity, it makes it difficult to keep track of each one. Sin ignited his verniers, sending him up to avoid the initial barrage of munitions and laser fire. The easiest drones to pick off are the ones programmed to act as Leos, as they are the slowest of the group and generally are armed with the larger artillery weaponry. Quickly picking out a Leo drone, he pushed the Virgo to its maximum speeds and headed directly toward the probe. A single swipe of his beam saber across the midline halved the drone. Sin burst upward just as the drone exploded beneath him. The planet defensers moved in front of him to protect the suit from concentrated laser fire from the remaining drones. Additional drones slowly began to join the fight as they began to circle around Virgo. Sin was pushing the suit to itās limits as he tried to avoid the barrage of fire. He rapidly fired a few shots off from his beam rifle towards two drones directly in front of him. He used the planet defensers to protect his back while he fired more shots to the drones he could see in front of him. As he flew in spirals around the area in an attempt to avoid any direct lock on, he attempted to arrange the drones in direct line with other drones so that they may fire upon themselves. The shield integrity of his planet defensers were beginning to fail from the massive bombardment he was enduring and he determined it was necessary to move in closer to the drones. He fired a few shots in one direction as he flew off in the other toward the nearest drone. A swift downward slice was enough to cut through the metal plating. He noticed at this moment that the drones were seemingly more difficult than he remembered them to be in the previous times he had run through this training mission. Eventually, after a grueling series of maneuvers, the drones were narrowed down to one larger drone which he hadnāt seen in the training program before. It moved much quicker than the other drones and was armed with more than one weapon. After a few minutes of chasing and dodging, Sin was able to lock on long enough to get a read out of the drone which amazingly showed that it was running the Zero system. The Zero system on AI controlled units act as a leader that organizes the whole group as opposed to just the individual. Sin just assumed this was an upgrade to the training program and pulled back a bit to catch his breath. Sweat was already dripping down the side of his face.
He was immediately surprised to hear his systems report of a lock on, and then moments later a group of missiles launch from the drone. He didnāt have time to react in shock, and instead proceeded to fire his thrusters in reverse. As he flew back he used his aiming systems to target a middle missile. He fired a shot from his beam rifle at it, causing a chain reaction of explosions of the missiles saving him from a potentially catastrophic hit. To his dismay, he realized he was still under attack and began enduring the first real damage to the Virgo since the beginning of the mission. The drone was also equipped with a gatling gun onboard and had rittled his left leg with bullets. Sensors also indicated that a knife had ejected from the side of the drone, and at that moment he was struck with dangerous realization. He moved in a sudden dart to the right to avoid further damage. As he stared towards the drone, he became more and more sure his theory was correct, that the AI was running a combat sequence identical to the fighting abilities of an ancient Gundam called Heavyarms. The Zero system of the drone was moving much quicker than his suit was capable of moving, but nonetheless he tried to catch up. He fired scattered shots to limit his opponents choices of movement, but whenever he came close enough to strike with his beam saber, the drone would simply move quicker than he could attack. On one such attempt, the drone was able to dodge and counter a stab which had severely damaged one of the four planet defensers. In addition to that, close range gatling fire had rendered his planet defensers inoperable leaving him with very limited defenses. The crude aiming instruments in Virgos were no match for a Zero system reaction time, and even manual aiming yielded minimal results.
Considering his chances were hopeless with his suitās limited abilities and speed compared to a gundam design, and the risk of damaging this suit even further after the hard work Miyumi had put into it, he ordered the end of the training sequence. Slightly demoralized with his performance, he drifted his way back to the colony bay. He spent this time pondering how the Zero system programming found its way in the intensive combat training simulator. Even in the most extreme training, it would be suicide to pit any mass produced mobile suit against a gundam design equipped with the Zero system.
He docked the Virgo back in its rightful spot and marked it for need of repairs. He transmitted the damage report generated by the Virgoās onboard system to the control room for records and easy access for the repair crew. Along with the report, he sends his regards to Miyumi and expresses his compliments to her excellence in performance. Sin dropped out of the cockpit on a zip line still pondering the situation. Once the atmosphere is restored, he pulls his helmet off and heads towards the exit of the bay.


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