Post by AtrumCustodis on Jun 7, 2006 19:50:44 GMT -5
Chapter 1 Version 2 (Version 1 can be seen in AC's ACs in the Designer Hangers)
Boredom.
The most mind-numbing thing that could happen to a person.
And he had an abundance of it.
So did everyone in his family. No one could sit still long enough for a desk job. Or do anything that was even remotely repetitive.
But in true genetic fashion, that would put Darwin to shame, every other Generation would be more influenced to this along with other quirks. That’s why his Grandparents and Great GREAT grandparents were Ravens on the father’s side. Some of the others were Ravens at one point too but didn’t have the knack of it and/or went on to do something else.
And it was all thanks to the GGG. (Pronounced as “Triple G”, is Great Great Grandfather)
With his . . . brilliant . . . knowledge he decided to get his genes messed around with to be a better Raven.
At least there were no Side effects.
John was walking through the family Hanger. Again. Taking the usual route that took about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
It was a hanger that put the word BIG to shame. It’s a Facility from before the Great Destruction. It was striped of anything good and was abandoned. GG (Pronounced as “Double G”, is Great Grandfather) used the family fortune to fix it up to be an AC Base after he found out his son was going to be a Raven.
A Fortress is more like it. Made out of the side of a mountain. Though you can only really see the giant doors on the outside. (And a smaller one for people, cars, small supplies and such)
GG named it “The House Of Generations”. We just call it Home.
It has enough living quarters for about 20 separate people and the Repair crews. (We have our own) It also has recreation areas and a cafeteria.
It’s able to hold up to 50 ACs. Currently only holding 18. 12 of them are family built ACs. 6 of them are from “friends” of the family. 3 of which are still living. 2 of them are still Ravens. The one that isn’t a Raven anymore is a friend of Grandfather’s and is retired.
This is also Not including the area that holds the MTs from before we got our licenses to be a Raven. Or any new models that we decided to include. (We destroy everything else in the area and finish the Mission then we give the lone MT Pilot an Ultimatum of leaving the MT or die inside it . . . It works.)
And of coarse, The 4 ADAC. Auto-Defense-Armored-Core units. They are Upside down AC Core Units with only heads, arms, and FCS holding Hi-Powered Energy Sniper Weapons in each hand. They are used as sentry guns for intruders. Their energy and cooling come from the Generator and Temperature Control of the facility. The AI in the heads are programmed to shoot if the AC or MT entering is not an identified user of the hanger. (They get a warning not to proceed right outside the door. For that matter they are told to leave for trespassing before they are even in the general area of the door)
You should have seen the last time the Hanger was broken into.
The AC only got 3 steps into the place.
They started shooting at step 2.
You would think some people would start to use ACs like that more often after seeing how a Single raven could take out a whole base. And if your wondering the Parts and weapons are upgraded when better ones come out.
The best thing about them is how they track ACs and MTs that are “Guests” when they enter. They slowly rotate with the guns constantly pointed at the possible threat. You can only wish you could see the pilots face when they see them on their monitors. Probably mixed expression of Dread and Confusion.
My grandparents had an AC Pilot try to convince them he was a friend to get inside. His plan was the to kill them and destroy everything once he was aloud in. The poor guy didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t win against basically 6 ACs. And as long he was inside he couldn’t do anything out of the ordinary or they would attack. So he just blurted out the whole plan and surrendered.
He is the friend of Grandfather that’s still Living. His name is Ivan.
Two of the ones that no longer live were friends of GG.
The other was one of John’s.
He went solo on a mission that was more difficult then the ESR (Estimated Survival Rate) they gave made you think it would be. An all too common occurrence in this world. He was to do a joint attack of lightly defended outposts to keep a certain corporation from guessing another certain corporation’s movements in the area. Unfortunately the outpost that he got had a Higher Ranking Raven defending it.
But to his credit he manage to defeat the other Raven but was too damage to resist the forces of the outpost long enough to escape. We manage to retrieve his AC. But he died from shrapnel from an exploding monitor.
We always try to go on missions with back up when we can. What we do is we make mission requests to each other for 1000 Credits (Chicken Scratch) with the Mission info always reading . . .
“Need support for a mission. You are to follow my instructions during your service for I can’t divulge any info about my mission. You are also ordered to forget everything you have seen or heard after completion of the mission”
This way we are not in violation of any rules. We always get nasty looks from the operators at the Ravens Nest when we do this. But since we aren’t doing anything technically Illegal we don’t get in trouble.
How do we make ends meet when two ACs are doing solo missions?
The only things you have to pay for when living here is Parts, Repair funds, and Food. The Facility Generator has a half-life of 2000 years so no trouble there. Water is brought in from a local lake and river. Filtered and processed before use of coarse.
The money for everything else like light bulbs and chairs is minor enough to be paid by a fraction of what is earned from a Mission. So it’s like an apartment building for $800-$1000 a month. A drop in the Ocean for a Raven. Most of the money goes to the Repair crews and Janitors since they need a Salary. But they don’t need much money ether since the only thing they need to worry about buying is Food.
And back to John.
Finishing up his walk and going back to the command room John looked to see if any new missions appeared.
He saw one.
Boredom.
The most mind-numbing thing that could happen to a person.
And he had an abundance of it.
So did everyone in his family. No one could sit still long enough for a desk job. Or do anything that was even remotely repetitive.
But in true genetic fashion, that would put Darwin to shame, every other Generation would be more influenced to this along with other quirks. That’s why his Grandparents and Great GREAT grandparents were Ravens on the father’s side. Some of the others were Ravens at one point too but didn’t have the knack of it and/or went on to do something else.
And it was all thanks to the GGG. (Pronounced as “Triple G”, is Great Great Grandfather)
With his . . . brilliant . . . knowledge he decided to get his genes messed around with to be a better Raven.
At least there were no Side effects.
John was walking through the family Hanger. Again. Taking the usual route that took about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
It was a hanger that put the word BIG to shame. It’s a Facility from before the Great Destruction. It was striped of anything good and was abandoned. GG (Pronounced as “Double G”, is Great Grandfather) used the family fortune to fix it up to be an AC Base after he found out his son was going to be a Raven.
A Fortress is more like it. Made out of the side of a mountain. Though you can only really see the giant doors on the outside. (And a smaller one for people, cars, small supplies and such)
GG named it “The House Of Generations”. We just call it Home.
It has enough living quarters for about 20 separate people and the Repair crews. (We have our own) It also has recreation areas and a cafeteria.
It’s able to hold up to 50 ACs. Currently only holding 18. 12 of them are family built ACs. 6 of them are from “friends” of the family. 3 of which are still living. 2 of them are still Ravens. The one that isn’t a Raven anymore is a friend of Grandfather’s and is retired.
This is also Not including the area that holds the MTs from before we got our licenses to be a Raven. Or any new models that we decided to include. (We destroy everything else in the area and finish the Mission then we give the lone MT Pilot an Ultimatum of leaving the MT or die inside it . . . It works.)
And of coarse, The 4 ADAC. Auto-Defense-Armored-Core units. They are Upside down AC Core Units with only heads, arms, and FCS holding Hi-Powered Energy Sniper Weapons in each hand. They are used as sentry guns for intruders. Their energy and cooling come from the Generator and Temperature Control of the facility. The AI in the heads are programmed to shoot if the AC or MT entering is not an identified user of the hanger. (They get a warning not to proceed right outside the door. For that matter they are told to leave for trespassing before they are even in the general area of the door)
You should have seen the last time the Hanger was broken into.
The AC only got 3 steps into the place.
They started shooting at step 2.
You would think some people would start to use ACs like that more often after seeing how a Single raven could take out a whole base. And if your wondering the Parts and weapons are upgraded when better ones come out.
The best thing about them is how they track ACs and MTs that are “Guests” when they enter. They slowly rotate with the guns constantly pointed at the possible threat. You can only wish you could see the pilots face when they see them on their monitors. Probably mixed expression of Dread and Confusion.
My grandparents had an AC Pilot try to convince them he was a friend to get inside. His plan was the to kill them and destroy everything once he was aloud in. The poor guy didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t win against basically 6 ACs. And as long he was inside he couldn’t do anything out of the ordinary or they would attack. So he just blurted out the whole plan and surrendered.
He is the friend of Grandfather that’s still Living. His name is Ivan.
Two of the ones that no longer live were friends of GG.
The other was one of John’s.
He went solo on a mission that was more difficult then the ESR (Estimated Survival Rate) they gave made you think it would be. An all too common occurrence in this world. He was to do a joint attack of lightly defended outposts to keep a certain corporation from guessing another certain corporation’s movements in the area. Unfortunately the outpost that he got had a Higher Ranking Raven defending it.
But to his credit he manage to defeat the other Raven but was too damage to resist the forces of the outpost long enough to escape. We manage to retrieve his AC. But he died from shrapnel from an exploding monitor.
We always try to go on missions with back up when we can. What we do is we make mission requests to each other for 1000 Credits (Chicken Scratch) with the Mission info always reading . . .
“Need support for a mission. You are to follow my instructions during your service for I can’t divulge any info about my mission. You are also ordered to forget everything you have seen or heard after completion of the mission”
This way we are not in violation of any rules. We always get nasty looks from the operators at the Ravens Nest when we do this. But since we aren’t doing anything technically Illegal we don’t get in trouble.
How do we make ends meet when two ACs are doing solo missions?
The only things you have to pay for when living here is Parts, Repair funds, and Food. The Facility Generator has a half-life of 2000 years so no trouble there. Water is brought in from a local lake and river. Filtered and processed before use of coarse.
The money for everything else like light bulbs and chairs is minor enough to be paid by a fraction of what is earned from a Mission. So it’s like an apartment building for $800-$1000 a month. A drop in the Ocean for a Raven. Most of the money goes to the Repair crews and Janitors since they need a Salary. But they don’t need much money ether since the only thing they need to worry about buying is Food.
And back to John.
Finishing up his walk and going back to the command room John looked to see if any new missions appeared.
He saw one.
