>AKSG was aware of the terminus muster. They were starting to reach for an idea of competition, and that impacts a very stable business model; something which disrupts profits and the process, and that is not forgivable. For now, they observed from afar using short lived recon satellites, drones, and observation teams on good weather days.---
>>5677329Khalga Asi was a demanding task mistress, forcing the troopers through repetitive, grueling training and combat scenarios. The horrible conditions of the terminus base were preferable to any time spent with her in the field. From this though, the troopers grew, fighting every step of the way like animals that needed to be broken. Behind a sensor visor, and in her eyes, that was exactly what they were. The most spirited, unpredictable or otherwise unreliable units were sent to refine themselves as "Individuals" with the R&D teams. The chance to be free saw their productivity explode, and it turned out that Terminus would have a meaningful R&D department. (bonus to research and development rolls.)
Cull moved with it's team of "menials." An affectionate term for the R&D mooks that were assigned to assist in "Asset Recovery." The entire recovery went surprisingly...uneventful. Routine even. The entire asset was a large pill shaped structure, easy enough to mistake for a sort of sceptic tank or other bulk storage. Inside was a curious thing; redundant data on the Priya project. The AI itself was wiped, but residual files of a "PATEL" as well as several petabytes of vintage deep space desi porn, flash animations, erotica, and pirated games, software, and OSes that had been so patched, cracked, and mutated as to be nearly unrecognizable. Quite the haul.
Exterminus was an excellent radical and agent of "liberation", but a poor teacher. He was literally a "Boomer" in the eyes of the daughters. What did rub off on them was the ability to throw an explosive pretty good. That' something right? Maybe he needed to try harder, or team up or just fucking put his helmet back on so people quit looking at that scrotum lookin' head of his.
