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    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I021

    "This was an extremely bad idea." Wu said to her companion. "You were the one that pointed out that we would be monitored any other way." Dai shot back quietly. Wu made a frustrated sound. "Yes, that doesn't make it any better!" Dai chuckled and carefully dragged the very large improvised...
  2. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    Yep. They can commit war crimes of the cruel and unusual sorts.
  3. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)

    It is a local nuke in a way. That's sorta how experts of his type work. There's a reason that the design focus is on avoidance. Communication experts are similarly bullshit.
  4. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M105

    Lilly didn't get the whole masterwork thing really. Cu Sith was a lovely mech to her eyes. That was it. Why the MTA went gaga over them was beyond her. She was more concerned about how it functioned, which meant that the testing was worth more than the suite of scans that Bolt was going over...
  5. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M104

    It was very silly, but this was the first time Bolt was making an actual expert mech from scratch using human tools. Well, almost from scratch. He'd specifically salvaged some parts from the mech that Pup had damaged to add to this. The Second Rate materials he'd selected were relatively...
  6. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M103

    Bolt spent the next few days in something of a rut. Nothing serious enough to stop work, but he since he wasn't able to make progress on Pup's new expert mech he felt more than a little stuck and lacked the desire to really design. He switched to review instead and looked over a few other...
  7. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M102

    Bolt tapped at the design pad. He then tapped some more. He took a deep breath. What should he do? What should he do? He lacked inspiration. He also sort of lacked a crucial factor. He couldn't make an expert mech without a senior or greater help, and he didn't have that at the moment...
  8. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M101

    "Who the fuck attacked us?!" That was the general question on everyone's mind. Getting assaulted was one thing. Getting assaulted by Second Rate mechs in this area was another thing. That was both extremely expensive and something that was only possible through government backing. This cost...
  9. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M100

    While Bolt was committing small war crimes with spirits, Lilly was heading out. Her job was significantly more difficult. The jamming combined with other factors made it impossible to relay information quickly, and against an unknown enemy that was risky to outright suicidal. Mech combat was...
  10. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M099

    The defenders had two problems and no ways of knowing about them. The Kill Teams forcing their way into the mountain, and the mechs outside. The jamming from the Second Rate mech absolutely overwhelmed all attempts at wireless communications on the mountain. Only Bolt's comm was able to...
  11. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I020

    Pup was an expert candidate. As a candidate, he got training every day, one-on-one mentorship with Lilly, and favored treatment in many areas. This favor did not get him out of normal every day duties though. In point of fact he sometimes got some extra chores just to keep him humble. Lilly...
  12. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M098

    The galaxy was highly stratified. Each tier of nation was harshly separated by artificial and natural means. The artificial was done by the MTA. The organization took a dim view of people from higher tier nations interacting with lower tier ones. They didn't outright forbid it, but they did...
  13. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I019

    She had been built for humans. She hadn't been aware of that of course, but her origin had been as a human aid. Her thought processes at the time had been relatively, simple wasn't the right word for it, but it was close. She'd never considered it at all. Qilanxo was frequently referred to...
  14. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: I018

    Simulations had a mixed reputation among pilots. They were needed. Everyone knew they were needed. You could not practice in live mechs all the time. Each minute of runtime in a mech cost something. Training had an even larger price tag. Every round you shot cost a credit of something...
  15. lost star

    What's Junk? (The Mech Touch)
    Threadmarks: M097

    One test and some assumptions was not enough of course. It took time. After some extensive testing with both Morning Star and other mechs, Bolt was able to come to a few conclusions. It was possible to inhibit the formation of a spirit in a mech. This probably wasn't something he wanted to...
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