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Likely to be hostile, considering the disposition and lack of briefing you had about friendly air assets in the area.
You wait, peering through the night while the convoy moves forwards again, waiting for a clearer picture. There’s another bright light of a thruster firing, and then another longer burn as you draw the conclusion that there’s an actual flying mech out there. It has to be lighter than the ground variants, and thus far less armored, but that’s a unique machine.
Then again, you’re not really sure why you’d want to have a flying mech over an aircraft or VTOL, considering the armor tradeoffs they’d need to make.
Either way, you track the now signature as it burns away from you, headed south across the river. It’s very obvious, in that mode.
An idle thought drifts through your head, imagining what your frame would look like if you stripped all your armor for a heavier flight unit. Continuous travel…..it would open up some tactical possibilities.
While your thoughts drift, your pilot nudges your frame to crouch down, waving one hand to stop an APC. Guess she really wants the other occupant out.
“Hey, you! Wake up, you’ve got to get out. Your ride is here, and I’m not bringing you back in here all the way.” She talks to the silent person, overly loudly, nudging them with her foot.
There’s no response.
Sophie starts talking rapidly, then, her panic leaking even through the tenuous low-sync link.
“No, no, no, no. Not in the chamber. Not on the first mission. Careful, should have been more careful.”
For your part, you’re a little puzzled. This doesn’t seem terribly important.
Your pilot starts going through the motions to desync, starting to try and break the connection with you. That’s…..not ideal. Not while you’re in the middle of leaving.
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Sophie is trying to drop out of sync so that she can check up on the passenger and render basic aid. She is also seemingly having a bit of a panic attack.
>Let her drop out of sync. There doesn’t seem to be any threats around, to the best of your ability, and it would probably serve her peace of mind.
>Try to talk her into remaining in-sync, and get the Power armor riders to get in here and pull the body out.
>Try to hold her in-sync forcibly. You Will not risk getting caught without a pilot in the field. On your first mission, no less!
Contested Will check vs Pilot
A/N
The game that grabbed me wasn’t even Elden Ring. It was Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Which has an OST which absolutely slaps.
I’m back, trying to get an update every other day. Although you saw how I lived up to my last goal. (Poorly)
