Planet UltraKeep Alpha, Sol Security Services Megacorporate System, Federal Inner Sector The small, frigate-sized cargo transport flashed near the planet’s primary teleport beacon with little fanfare. It joined the numerous other transport cargo ships floating in the space around them, most of whic
They greeted each other perfunctorily, then transferred some documents between their datapads. They reviewed and signed the Delivery of Repossessed Goods Form 255B, as well as Acknowledgement of Receipt 9F, then finally filled out and signed the required Peer Performance Surveys AA6, CM-96, and the
Not that they even looked. An administrator tapped away at a monitor, while a couple members of his security detail sat nearby. The two looked relatively bored, even though they were playing some sort of holographic card game. Freya pulled out a cottonball drone from a secure pocket, then released
Freya and Lucifer both ran down a long row of forlorn mecha. The machines sat in their stations on both their left and right sides, unmoving and still like statues from ages past. Whatever life they used to have had long since been taken from them, and were instead locked away in a vault far from th
“I was wondering why you wanted to come with me on foot,” Freya said. “Should’ve figured it’s ‘coz you wanted to steal shit.” “It’s what you’re doing, isn’t it?” Lucifer shot back. “This isn’t the same.” “You sure about that?” “Look, I-I’m taking my mecha back, alright. You’re taking someone els
Lucifer and Freya both leapt out of the gaping hole halfway up the gigantic warehouse, even as alarms and klaxons rang out inside and all around. They too fell down to the mega highway, smashed craters into the titacrete, and completely disrupted hopper traffic. At the same time, up above on the wa
While the others wiped out the SSS guards that came from the south, Freya and Raijin charged towards the three coming in from the north. Freya raised her towershield and protected Raijin behind her, as the two of them were sprayed down by bursts of enemy fire. A pity that their weapons were too wea
On top of that, the hovertanks had all formed into a staggered regiment, and hovered alongside the northern wing of mecha. They angled their barrels down the mega highway, and fired a barrage of shells downrange. Their shells helped blanket the area with explosive power, and devastated everything t