"Heh this is pretty cool. I never thought I would be actually piloting one of these babies." He was with his ac was right next to mine.
"Yea... Let's find some missions to do later. Right now I'm hungry."
We split apart to do different things. For the time being I had no car to drive in so I decided to walk. It was late at night and the air had a kind of a misty essence. I walked along the sidewalk until I passed a Kisiragi building. I stopped to look at it. Kisiragi was a small company that mostly made optional parts, computer chips to enhance your AC. It was very big none the less; it even had a large ramp leading underground. The whole city block was dedicated to this small company, and was full of construction warehouses. What were they making that would need so much research?
I decided to think on that later while I got some food. After a nice meal filling me with content I went to the garage. The lounge was filled with ravens in conversation talking about their missions, their ACs, and arena battles. I walked in and checked out the mission computer which displayed the missions that ravens could take and the pay. I scrolled down the list and chose the one that paid the most; it started at 4:00 AM, so I decided to get some rest. I would sleep in the lounge tonight as I couldn't get to my car all the way at the mirage company site.
Sortie: Halt attack force.
Company: Crest
Code: Front lines
Success: 50%
Pay: 30000
Time: 4:00 AM
Description: We've gotten word that our rival company, mirage, will be attacking one of our company's new warehouses. We'll need you to head a defending team against the attack force and stop them. It is essential that you do not let anyone through. The warehouse is dedicated to making a crucial new part, and it is important that you defend it at all cost. Good luck raven.
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Mission Initiated...
I woke up and got ready and ordered some food from the counter, realizing that it was 4:00 in the morning. There were some other ravens in here with me and they saw me wake up, apparently they were waiting for their missions and transports. I would have to move into one of the apartments in the raven complex so I wouldn't have to sleep here again. I saw my transport come down and wait for me to get in.
"Hold on a sec I'm coming!" I yelled as I rushed towards my AC. I climbed in the cockpit ands initiated the ac.
"All systems are running functionally Riak."
"Ok Lets go and get some money!"
"Affirmative," it said, I wondered what it thought when I said that.
4:30 AM Crest Warehouse 4-1B
I was dropped off at the warehouse with no one in sight. The place was quiet and empty. The warehouse was outside of the city and in the open area, where hardly anyone lived, probably to keep this part in secrecy until it's done. I waited around a while before anything showed up. 6 blue blips and a red one appeared on my radar.
"Dammit airborne units," I boosted straight up taking a plane out with my Karasawa in one shot, I fired at some other ones but they were hard to hit.
"C'mon raven you can do better than that," The ac that was with the group took out its grenade launcher and fired. The round melted off some of my armor as it grazed my arm.
"Ac is an Unidentified Martian AC piloted by the C-3 Raven ranked Shadow Fayde," ehh a Martian? I Pulled out the Karasawa and dodged his plasma rifle attacks. Making the aircrafts my first priority I made sure that I aimed ahead and fired at them, meeting my energy shell with them in a burning fate. I watched the pilots eject from dying in the crash, which was good for I liked to call myself a humane person. I tried to spare their lives at all costs; it wouldn't be worth anything to kill�
After I destroyed all the planes I headed for the ac, he took his plasma rifle and shot at me and I got hit in the front.
"Your just a newbie after all, how could you defeat me?"
"Oh yea? Take this!" I over boosted with pride straight at him, but he dodged easily and shot me in the back. Extending my blade I did another over boost with his back turned heading towards the ware house. I then sliced his head clean off, damaging his visual sensors.
"That was just beginners luck! You'll pay for that." He fired a volley of missiles in my direction; I was hit again in the arm by the salvo of missiles damaging my Karasawa.
"Dammit it won't work." I decided to get crafty I over boosted straight past him and towards the warehouse.
"What are you doing?" the computer asked.
"Getting more firepower." I went into the warehouse and took the weapon they were working on, it looked like it hadn't been tested but I had no time for that now, I snatched it up and over boosted straight back at him. I unloaded the machinegun all out on his armor, and he started sparking.
"We'll finish this later!" He boosted away and I went back to the warehouse to return the weapon I "borrowed".
"Mission accomplished raven, refrain from stealing any of our weapons in the future."
"Will do."
Reward- 30000
Repairs- -5000
Ammo- -5000
Balance- 20000
Overall Balance- 25000
"Wow this stuff pays great!" I said as I looked over my pay. I had breakfast already and decided to get my ac painted to my liking, Dark red and black. They were working on painting it as I checked my email on the mission computer�
From: Kisiragi Subject: Arena Sponsor
I decided to check what's up with Kisiragi, so I opened the file.
We've had an operative observing your work and recommended us to sponsor you through the arena, you may already know him.
"Zeal, heh."
You will begin your ranking at E-11; we will look forward to your battles in the future. We will also supply you with some parts to help you through the arena as you grow in ranking, you will also be asked more missions from us. Good luck raven.
"Looks like I'm gonna be in the arena."
Since I was already a raven I asked what apartment room would be mine, I got the number and walked to it. It was fairly basic, just a bathroom and a bed, plus TV. Since it was still early I thought I would look around. I walked back into the garage and saw Domdom.
"Hey check out some of the cash I got from my last mission," he showed me a wad of bills.
"Heh how much?"
"40000."
"Wow, nice."
"And I also got a code name, call me Loose Cannon."
"Affirmative Loose Cannon," I said laughing, I said good bye as I left looking around. They wouldn't be done touching up my ac till later, I decided to pick up chicks to ease my boredom...