As the ship touched down, and the outer bay doors closed to seal out the deathly grip of the ice worlds average -220 degrees farenheit, you are lead across the bay to a set of large solid wooden doors, where out of the corner of your eye you spot 3 more ships like the one you arrived in...... who else is here??
Once inside it is a warm setting with a large fireplace as tall as 2 men, and standing by the fire's glow is a group of people chatting and sipping drinks. As you walk closer you are handed a drinking glass with a dark liquid, you raise it to your nose to find out what contents are in it when the servant whispers "Whiskey sir, your preference we are told"....Stunned... (how did they know that?!?! ) You nod to thank him and continued to the crowd. The first person you notice is not hard to recognize, the ever present Roman Styling is the Illyrian representative.
Next to him is the popular Cogwerk Planets representative and by the Deathly stare towards the Illyrian is the Shogunate representative, oh how the blood war between these two has lasted as far back as anyone can remember. But the one that has you entranced is the young lady with the Red hair and a look of determination and the presence of a warrior. As she see's you she motions the others to take their seats. In a beautiful yet commanding voice comes "Welcome my dear comrades....err I mean friends. Please excuse my old terms of the language of my fore fathers. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Natalie, Vice C.E.O of Molotok Industries and daughter to the former Commander in Chief of Terra's Defense Force.
As you know my people have been running Molotok Industries since the late 22nd Century. Many people have come to us seeking to buy weapon designs, as well as the great clans..... like the Illyrians the Shogunate and the Cogwerk Planets. We in all these years have not taken a side, and you respected us for that for we are here just to provide improved weapon designs and make new ones.
Now we are here to take a stand.... With the return of this "Forerunner" and his mad claim to dominate man kind, and then two of Terra's past, Xerxes the so called "God King" and one of my peoples most hated....Bismarck. It was a cry from our past to stop this now, so after capturing some of Dr.Drakes Mecha's and salvaging some of the Mecha's from the Forerunner we set our R&D teams to work. At long last we are here to announce that we are now in the Mecha Design and Manufacturing". At that moment you could swear you heard a pin drop....How can they have the man power and the resources to build and manufacture Mecha's!!!?!?!
Before any one could utter a single word, Natalie spoke with pride and reverence, "Please allow me to show you the first of the 2 New Designs" and with that the spot lights turn on and shine to the far back corner. You stand up and almost drop your glass..but quickly slug back the drink and realize that that whiskey was at least you figure by the way it burned down your throat, was about 100 years old. Trying not to cough and make yourself look foolish you quickly inhale, like ice the air did feel as it rushed down into your lungs and then you look up. At first glance you are amazed at how elegant it looks. (even for a Mecha), almost....flawless of sharp edges..
END OF FIRST TRANSMISSION.....
Submitted by Natalie Kerenski #741904