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Coconut Daisy
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We move as a squad into the airlock. Our space suits have two small autotargeting and autofiring projectile weapons attached to them on the shoulders. We see in the dark like it was a bright day because of our cybernetic interfaces that are connected to low-light cameras on the space suits. We have equiped ourselves with cutters and grappling equipment. I speak the following to the strike team.
"Squad, we need to divide into smaller three teams. Ismael, Lara and Tomi, you will cut into the Engines section and capture it under your control. Lizbet and Lazarus, you will head for a smaller reactor in the latter junction. Icarus, you'll come with me for the hot zone in the front sections of this toad crap. Let's put it on its knees. We will do this by tapping to their power and life support systems, and then giving them an ultimatum. Do not destroy them unless I say so. Stay above the toad frequencies."
Icarus, Lazarus and Ismail acknowledge my mission briefing.
>"Sure as hell, capn' Clamitans! Let's roll em'"
>"Let's do it, captain!"
>"Good luck, captain!"
I chose Icarus because he's cold as space and sharp as the horrible diamond blade motorsword he wields. He's well trained in using it. That monster cuts through most things in a blink of an eye, but for distance jobs he uses a miniature plasma autocannon. Icarus was a gift to me from the Fro-toa Electrician that raised me up. He goes for a lifeguard and I'm honored to fight alongside him.
According to my brief analysis, this assault might cost me Lara and/or Tomi who are the most inexperienced of this squad, but can still fight long enough even though they would be clinically dead. If I loose Icarus, Lizbet or Lazarus I will turn this ship into a blazing hell and a worthy grave for them for a proper funeral... Damn. Let's do it. I have a good feeling about the honor this raid will gain us. More honor will mean more and better toys.
>(Current honor 37)
Should I configure my cybernetics to impact level? This would make me loose consciousness often because of strenuous metabolism, or should I run in safe mode, having a full conscious influence on my actions instead of autodriving combats by computer guided motorics? The AI is lucently faster in everything than me alone, true, and I'm not completely turning it off any time soon, but it's sometimes unable to solve problems of my level of consciousness. In the impact mode, I will always be a hundread times faster than anything the toads can assemble to oppose me, but if they somehow trap me and I happen to loose consciousness, the A.I. might not realize that it has to level up. This might end up in my semi-serious injury, but not neccessarily to my death.
>(our current metabolism is 100, where -100 is instant death)
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