Harken Saw felt anxious he rose from his chair again, it was a habit he had whenever he needed to explain some details. "Archius was the selective fallen king that dethroned himself for reasons of a well intended extremist, he wanted Erminglad to unite all by any means necessary. The replacement was Queen Karla Nepsberg who believed Archius lost his way and challenged him. A civil war emerged, the war affected the common people, soldiers, and the country." Harken Saw sighed and saw the painting of Archius. "Although Archius lost all his morals, he was still a respectable warrior in his early days."
"Interesting.", Dwan commented, looking at the painting. "But where is Erminglad? I doubt it is from Terra and, judging by your looks, it has to be of Terran descent, like a colony.", Dwan asked.
"It's a complicated matter. Lets say there are some secrets a CEO has to keep, like keeping a formula from getting stolen." Harken Saw clasped his hands , fiddling with his fingers. "I apologize, people wouldn't understand the background."
"Believe me Saw, you aren't the only one who thinks that.", Dwan commented on Saw's reluctance.
"I don't follow." He said bluntly. Jeremy looked at the time and waited for Colin to speed the process up. He observed the guard and was 9 feet tall and couldn't help but ask.
"Who's your guard?" Jeremy asked, Harken Saw felt relieved to hear his guard attracting attention.
"Ah, I'd like to introduce you to the Sentinel. I designed him myself, he built for strength and I consider him a robot of the finest." Harken Saw tapped the guard two times hearing clanks.
"I'd like for you to keep him Captain."
"Good.", Dwan said bluntly. "Nice robot.", he comments.
Lion examined the robot to the detail. "Fancy robot. Hardly think he's as good as a human in a robotic body though."
A small scanning beam lit up the Sentinels faceplate. "Interesting design though, lots of hidden fucntions. Clever."
"Sentinel is mainly a bodyguard for situational purposes, he can also be a companion for your crew. The reason why I'm letting you have him so you can test him out. He will be the foundation of mass produced combat agile death machines." Harken mentioned
Varn looked at the big robot. "Well, this will make guarding the ship easier." He got up from his chair."Mister Saw, if you don't mind answering something, can you clear something up for me. I was assigned this job by my bosses back on Boome. That part I get, but why the sudden outreach towards us The Boome marines? Our reputation is not the best and HarkArk has its own qualified PMC. I don't want to come of as ungrateful, but it seems weird."
Yanim had been in shocked silence for a moment, having learned that she would be receiving the exact model of neural bridge she asked for. The problem wasn't price. It was expensive, sure, but out here in deep space, where the risks were high and contracts were lucrative, one could conceivably save up the credits to purchase one in a few years.
The problem was, even if she had saved up the money, the exact model she requested was very, very rare. While HarkArk built neural bridges for many different races and at different levels of quality, one could imagine how small the purchasing market is among kanads, especially those who could afford quality. Only spacefaring kanads outside of the Osch Batakya would have use for such a thing, and very few of them would have the resources to spend on the level of quality she would be receiving.
"I thank you for your generosity," she said at last, her voice cracking from excitement. She snapped into a kanad salute.
"Good question" He pointed his index finger into the air. "I gave an outreach to any applicant that's willing to get paid. Having a big fleet that might deliver a piece will attract attention to big powers like Crimson Son. It's like slapping the logo on a fleet that says "Hey, come attack us."
I'll be honest Archius isn't designed to be a military grade ship but the less suspicious the better. Unfortunately that plan didn't turn out as well as I thought it would be." He said referring to the sleeper agent that knew Archius was a transport for the Oracle.
Harken Saw noticed the alien saluting him. "Don't mention it, I have everything I need, I might as well as share it out to people."
[I'll cut out the 500 words of 'Colin read a book. Colin put down the book and picked up another.' x200 ]
Colin returned to the location of his crew and Saw and suddenly saw a robot he hadn't noticed before.
"I know I was longer than I should have been but damn, replacing me that quickly?" smirked Colin.
Jeremy placed his hand towards Colin's shoulder and spawned a smile.
"Come on Colin, we all know we need someone to scribe for us not a robot."
Sledge thought for a long while. Anything he wanted? Anything at all?
After being silent for a long while he suddenly spoke loudly and clearly.
"I WANT A PET"
((doomevil, could you please add me on steam? I want to discuss this with you :v:))
[Right now I'm at a baseball game, I'll add you when I get home]
(( Ah ok. I'll just PM you then. ))
Harken Saw blinked twice once again and had no thoughts. "Specifics?"
[QUOTE=doomevil;47652616]Harken Saw blinked twice once again and had no thoughts. "Specifics?"[/QUOTE]
"Something manly but loveable, like me."
"You want a bear?"
"You really think we'll get anything with fur on a ship with Squish? I'm thinking reptilian."
Harken narrowed his eyes at Sledge, it was like it was almost annoying. "I'll surprise you." He said with a tired tone.
"Yeah, I don't think a cat would appreciate getting covered in snot at all. I bet if that happened, it wouldn't be seen for days." Jeb noted.
"Anyways I think we know our objective. Thank you Harken Saw." Jeremy said, he gestured everyone to move out. "We'll keep in touch." Harken smiled.
[Phone on one percent , welp will be back]
(( doom are you actually annoyed with my request for a pet or was that the character entirely? I realize it's a lot to ask so I wouldn't mind getting like... an iguana instead :v: ))
[What? Why would I be annoyed, It's just a request. Anyways, I'll post all of your gifts in the Archiud everyone]
[quote]The crew went back to the space limo, they were escorted by a pilot and were the only ones there inside now that they're business with Harken Saw was done. Though Gadon was a bit of a mixed bag for them. They had no idea what was in Gadon except maybe Colin. They hoped it would be easy however now that Harken Saw told him of the Crimson Son, they felt that things wouldn't be as easy it was fighting pirates, bugs, or mercs.
They arrived at their previous docks seeing the Archius Ship deactivated for upgrading. A magnetic device along with some plasma dock workers were working on the weapons. Beside the cargo hold had a lot of items the crew bargained for. They literally saw dozens of ceramic crates that vary.
"Jesus christ HarkArk works fast."
A dock worker walked up to Jeremy as the captain raised his eyebrow.
"Alright Mr. Spacehawk I'm gonna need you to sign everything that's listed on this clipboard." He instructed as he gave him an old clipboard centuries ago.
After that load of signing and signatures Jeremy gave the board back and the dock worker offered a casual salute. "Thank you sir." Jeremy looked at a wooden crate that was literally 7 Ft tall and it was actually moving inside.
"Hey, uh what's that thing inside?"
"I believe that one is for uhh, Mr. Hammer."
"Sledge? Anyway how long will the ship be prepared back to action?"
"Hard to say, maybe a couple of hours? I don't know, ask them." [/quote]
(( I'd forgotten that my character's name is literally "Mr. Hammer". That's fantastic. :v:))
Lion began instructing the dock workers where to unload the supplies in hangar, while also making sure that the two new fighters were correctly installed in the lower area of the hangar.
The small compartment below the hangar now housed the new fighters and some of the fresh supplies, while the three upper rooms housed the Lynx rover, Roughrider and the rest of the supplies alongside the spare parts for the dropship.
"So, Lion, I'd like to talk to you about that weapon when we get the chance." Jeb never participated in an exchange of gunfire before, so he wanted to clear this up with Lion.
"Of course, I have a few designs lying around that could probably fit you. Say, how much combat experience do you have?"
Lion continued using a datapad while talking to Jeb.
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