![]() Kleper brought her Lancelot to a stop beside the apparently stricken Scorpion and hopped down using a rope ladder. “Get up there and see what the hell Private Buckley is doing! She’s not responding to comms.” Instead, the 55-ton machine just came to a stop and then seemed to sink to the ground–almost like the pilot had simply given up. With the ‘Mech’s wildly wobbling gait, everyone expected her to fall spectacularly. ![]() Later on the proving grounds, Buckley’s Scorpion fell out of line with the rest of her lance. You don’t think this is revenge, do you?” Kleper crossed his arms and shrugged, but his expression told her that was probably it. You’re lucky he didn’t have you court-martialed.” “You knew you shouldn’t have brought your lunch into the cockpit for neuro-synchronization. He still hasn’t forgiven me for that time I accidentally dropped a burrito from the gantry.” “I even come near the ‘Mech bay, chief Gilles will have my head. “Alright, then what about sabotage? We could pull the board, tweak a few resistors, see if that throws up an error, then they hand you a shiny new Quickdraw. Tripped and fell, tree almost went straight through the command chair. She got assigned a Scorpion –got concussed after her second shakedown. “I’m serious! Have you ever driven a Scorpion ? The thing is a death trap! You can’t move without tripping over your extra legs, and gods help you if you want to bring a mug of coffee into the cockpit.” The tough plastic managed to prevent the screen from shattering when it struck the wall, although that didn’t help Buckley’s mood. “Well, first you’re going to make sure your neurohelmet is extra padded,” he suggested and then ducked as Buckley threw the datapad at where his head had been just a moment ago. Private Kleber took it, scanned down the assignment list, and then handed it back as sympathetically as he could. Private Buckley turned her datapad over with a look of utter despondency.
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