The A-Team (Taskforce Upsilon)

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Johanna chuckled along with the joke

"Funny how that works isn't it?" While she wouldn't exactly call herself a nerd, she didn't feel the need or want to object to the claim. Then Onryo asked his question, Johanna raising her finger for a moment to indicate she needed a moment.

Her free hand rifled through her bag, digging for whatever she was looking for and then, she felt it.
She pulled the object out of her bag, a mask like those the C types wore, just except it was colored white and blue using the exact same shades as the Weissritter.

"Well you see, I found this is my locker when I was getting in uniform earlier. If the colors are anything to go by its for the Weissritter, but I never heard of it using something like this and the mechanics certainly never mentioned it. So I wanted to find out what exactly the purpose behind this thing is." She explained, rotating the outside so that Onryo and Pierce could look at in. In the meanwhile she looked at the inside, which seemed to be some kind of screen.

The item would cover the entirety of her face, seemingly appropriate size for her, which she sensibly found somewhat unnerving in its own right as the measurements of her face of all things seemed like something she never told anyone. Nevertheless unless Juliette was wrong she wouldn't get swallowed into a robot hive-mind, which was good news.

"But unless something goes wrong that'll take about a minute or something? Five if it has some features to explore."
 
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"Interesting... Maybe it is a combat enhancement device. Like instead of looking through the cockpit viewscreen, you look through that. There could be software that's loaded onto the mask to enhance your tactical view and make you a better shot than you already are. During my time at Dyno Labs, I tested something like it. But instead of a mask, it was the hilt of a sword. It was used as the main control unit for the mecha. That is assuming that's what the mask is. I could be completely wrong." Pierce says with a shrug and sheepish smile.
"As for me, I was gonna put my stuff in my room then go and tweak my Grungust. New parts were installed on the flight over so I gotta make sure it doesn't snap while on a mission." Pierce explains
"What about you?"
 
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"I'm not too familiar with this type of technology but..." Onryo said as he examined the mask. "Don't think you think it looks a mask, someone from a cult would wear?" he said with a wry smile.

"You're not being recruited by a cult...Are you Ms.Johanna?" Onryo asked Johanna, worried if she was being targeted.

Onryo turned to Pierced when he asked his question. Onryo fell silent for a moment before answering.

"I'll probably be testing the AMN system on board the Mironga" Onryo answered looking away from Pierce.
 
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"Right, because some cult has access to my locker, right in the middle of a military base with this kind of protection. Also, if this is some attempt to induct me I'm gonna take the free hand outs." Johanna couldn't help but laugh at the remark by Onryo, gesturing to a nearby C type right after.

"And they'd also have to have gotten access to all of those with no one of the military noticing the weird new masks." She shook her head with a smile.

"I'm going to guess that Pierce is on the right track, looking at some of the other units here Weissy is a bit on the low end of things you know. An older prototype unit and all that, so giving me a one up over the pilots seems like just the kind of thing my dad would arrange."

She dropped her bag besides her, turning the mask to look at her. Onryo was right, it would look like something from a technology cult or something of the sort after a second she held the mask downwards and to her side, raising an eyebrow at this 'AMN' system but not asking further just yet.
 
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"But why? If you have that thing, you must have good talent. Why need an upgrade if you're already pretty good against pretty much anything?" Pierce asks curiously.
"Also, what does the AMN system do? Or what it's supposed to do?" Pierce asks Onryo with a curious raised eyebrow.
 
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"I..dunno" Onryo answered turning his gaze towards the Mironga. Once again wearing the same depressed look on his face.

"All I know is that my Dad made both the system and the Mironga..." Onryo paused for a moment before finishing his sentence. "...And I am it's pilot." he finished turning his gaze towards Pierce with a smile that can best be described as 'lonely'.

Onryo then dug his hands into his pockets "And that's the end my story" he said sarcastically.
 

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"Better equipment is better equipment, and with those things as our target, I'm not gonna complain being gifted this thing at least, if its beneficial. That said, I don't need it, I never said I did. Just said some of the mechs here are higher grade than the Weissritter." She pointed out while picking up her bag once more.

"I'll see if I actually need to make changes after we have some bouts with the purple space monsters first."

Her gaze went to Onryo as he spoke.

"Well, good luck figuring out what it does. I'm gonna see if the C types or the transport crew messed up my settings. If you guys wanna talk later I'll be around." She waved to the two of them as she headed off further into the bowels of the hangar, Johanna lamented to herself as she walked, why'd Juliette have to put it all the way in the back.
 
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Pierce gave Johanna a wave. "Yeah, I gotta put my stuff away and start working on the Grungust. I'll see you around. You too, Onryo." Pierce says, patting Onryo's shoulder in a friendly way before walking off.
As Pierce neared his room, his expression got serious as he began to theorize what could be different about his systems with the new parts and how he could solve it. He didn't even notice putting his bag down when he got to his bed. He grabbed a tablet out of his bag and began reading the specs of the new parts as he walked back to the hangar.
Once he entered, he looked around for Juliette for a moment before walking to his Grungust, his gaze going back to his tablet, continuing to read the data. As he neared the Grungust, he put the tablet away, moving to get into the Grungust's cockpit.
Hopefully, this will be easy... Pierce thought as he climbed into the cockpit, the familiar view making him smile.
"Alright old buddy, let's get you tweaked back to normal again." Pierce said. It seemed like he was talking to the Grungust.
After looking around in the cockpit a bit, he took out his tablet again, taking off a panel in the cockpit and connecting a few wires from the tablet to the board underneath the panel. After it was hooked up, he began running diagnostics on it, staring at the data running across the screen.
 
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Onryo waved goodbye to Pierce and Johanna when they left.

"I guess not everyone here is scary..." Onryo thought as he started to make his way towards the Mironga.

When he arrived he was greeted by his father. "Welcome back!" Kaizo said as he continued to work on his laptop.

"Get yourself ready for some tests. You don't need to pilot suit. Just get in cockpit" Kaizo said in his usual carefree manner as he waved Himari to come over. "Time to begin the tests!" he shouted.

"You don't have to scream, Kaizo" Himari said as she walked towards Onryo and placed her hand on her shoulder. Her touch made a shiver go down Onryo spine and he didn't dare look at his mother's face. "Let's go" Himari said as she escorted her son to the Mironga's cockpit.

Onryo then entered the cockpit and sat on the pilot seat. He placed his hands on the controls as the screen brightened up.

"Alright" Kaizo said with a smirk. "Let the AMN System tests...Begin!"