Power on.
Reactor started, 3% output.
5%
7%
10%
Bringing Core up from standby mode. Disconnecting external power.

You Are, once more.

Immediately, you sense the tendrils of your pilot’s will reaching out to find you. Impatient, it seems.
Or you are needed, Now.

You are Beta core, an Artificial intelligence built to operate the Ferrum Empire’s most advanced mecha frames against enemies within and without while being supervised by your human pilot, Sophie.

The last real challenge you faced was a pair of ace pilots, and they opted to destroy their own mechs rather than allow them to be captured and recovered by your side. That was three weeks ago, according to your memory.

You have been kept powered down, except for several trivial deployments against hostile unmanned drones, of all things, and two where your pilot took your frame out to simply stand in an open field, alongside other mechs of the Empire, all while others watched and recorded.

Prior threads can be found at:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Core%20of%20Steel%20Quest