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
She found stronger and stronger resistance the more pressure she applied, as though the parts themselves were reacting to her. But it wasn’t like they were thinking - it felt more to her that it was simply the way they naturally operated. That they were created to be resistant in the first place.
Kali spun her infrasonic staff around her body with practiced expertise, then swiped at the uniformed Drogar in front of her. There was a loud CRACK as she struck him on his ribs, and pushed him a couple of meters to the side. She watched as he stumbled around and regained his balance. And just as