Curtis was down in the hanger deck swearing and throwing
parts across the bay.
“What the living frakk are we supposed to be doing with more
of these!!!??”Captain Carlos looked over at Colonel Hicks with a raised eyebrow.
“I dunno! Go in there and find out what’s got his undies in
a bunch! I have IT techs that need to get in and run diagnostics, but are too
afraid to enter the bay.”
Carlos sighed, rubbed his eyes and went in.
“Officer on the Deck!”
Sgt. Curtis stopped just long enough to see who it was, then
threw a spanner at a group of loaders just for good measure.
“Curtis! Just what in holy Hockey Sticks is going on down
here!”“Load tests sir.”
“Wha? NO! No, don’t you give me that you ugly Ambershard Gizzard! I want to know just why you all of the sudden feel like tearing up our bay when the Colonel has some eggheads coming in!”
“It’s supply sir, they sent us more.”
“More what?”“More mid-sized engines sir.”
Again, Carlos sighed, rubbed his eyes, and started from the
top.
“Okay Curtis, I know these don’t help the main troop, but
what’s wrong with them?”
Curtis thought about it a minute, shuffled his feet, then
sullenly replied, ”Nothing sir. Actually,
these are pretty handy.”
“Okay Curtis, start from the top. What are they , what do
they do, and what are they good for?”Curtis rubbed his hands together, warming to the subject.
“Well, these are a load of Core of the Dragon engines. They’re
made for 40 – 70 ton mechs, giving a speed of +8, but throwing it on with a 13%
boost to fire damage and 5% trample. Too small for an Inferno, but perfect for
a Cindrons, another good use would be specialty builds on Nephs, Ogguns,
Daemons, or any other mech up to 70 ton that you want to give some fire damage
and some trample to.”
“So what’re you complaining about, they’re awesome for our
mid-sized specs!”
“I know, I just got those cleaned up though and didn’t want
to open up the engine compartments again.”“Dammit Curtis… alright, stack them with the other mid size gear until you have time, but make them a top priority to install then.”
“Yessir!” Curtis walked away with a bit of a swagger after that.
“Frakkin deck Sergeants…bunch of Divas.”
