Every module and system. Every thruster and sensor. The chitin. The weapons. All of them were grown. Specially designed by Drogar engineers to do exactly what they were supposed to do. Xylo paled as she went through another report where their designers had gone through six thousand genetic iteratio
Freya and Lucifer walked among the grass and wove between the trees in their cruiser’s central park. The slightly domed roof above them projected a low sun amidst clear skies. Though it was close to a simulated sunset, there was still plenty of light for them to enjoy. Not that they were the only o
Lucifer exhaled at length. Coming from the other end of the spectrum, ze could easily confirm it. Having power over others was inherently intoxicating. “What if we left?” ze said. “After our terms are up, we leave the Republic.” “We could get a couple horses, too,” Freya said with a laugh. “And ri
Sy’larthii V, Sy’larthii System, Imperial Domain of the Boundless Drogar The sprawling Drogar military facility was abuzz with activity and energy. Not just inside the large buildings lined around the campus, but the test sites and outdoor ranges and obstacle courses scattered everywhere in between
The hangar bays filled with numerous rows and columns of experimental mecha were blasted apart. Their contents were also thrown around and torn to pieces. And it didn’t matter whether they were mecha or their pilots or their weapons or their technicians. The force of the blasts rendered most of them
The clean, minimal, and large hexagonal room had dozens of technicians in cleansuits, all working and talking and building. They were in various stations and terminals and workbenches encircling the room itself. And in the very center was a large elevated platform with numerous parts littered on it
Not that they got very far - Kali and her squad reacted immediately. They quickly drew their sidearms out - heavy suppressed flak pistols. Each one was slightly larger and more menacing than Kali and Freya’s handcannons. And instead of firing massive slugs, these guns fired superheated tungsten pe
Freya and Lucifer swung above and below the enemy mecha, and flanked them vertically. Because of their comparatively higher speed and agility, they were able to strike from both ends and slice into their targets with relative ease. Their plasma lances scored deep gouges in their chitin with expert