New Lusitania

[Lusitano]

*Viriato has with Joao on the hangar, more precisely in font the new repair dock were the new vehicles are being built. There were four, two the four wheels APC and two the six wheels. Both are electrics, and have one electric engine on each wheel, to provide better control and traction. Most of the batteries are on the floor, to give a better weight balance but also a better protection against mines, and when necessary a H-Fuel generator can provide power to continue the task, to 5 days on the four wheels or 3 days on the six wheels. They are the best of the best. The best in armor, the best in electronics the best in all, so the price has also high but ... credits are just credits. But there is one there Viriato don't like, and that is the recon rover, simply because the new line of Rheinland vehicles and also the Liberty line, are better!*

- Viriato - We will make this ones! The plan was to have this has our main vehicles ad also the hoverbikes.

- Joao - I agree with you! The recon was fast but the lack of protection ... and where you saw those rheinlands?

- Viriato - On Port Canaria! I don't know who bought then but i sure want to know who did it and how!

- Joao - Ask Joe.

- Viriato - Joe isn't no more the commodities trader chief. He retired!

- Joao - That will change some things!

- Viriato - Yes but Joe said that the new guy is ok! Even so Vasco is trying to find the owner of those vehicles and Nuno to really know who is he!

* Has Viriato says, the warning signal of approach sounds, it was the Rabelo with Vasco and Nuno that return from Port Canaria. And every time a ship lands, here is always some of our Order guests, that come to see if someone comes with news*

- Joao - End this will end? The Order don't care about this people?

- Viriato - Shhh!!!

- Joao - They even don't know if their families died or not!! They hav ships moving!! We saw some on Delta and even Theta!! They can send a message?!

- Viriato - There is nothing more i can do!

* Vasco and Nuno approach Viriato and Joao*

- Vasco - Well i know who is the owner of the vehicles!

- Nuno - Well ... there is a place call San Mona. It was a Corsair village not long ago until they found gold on the mountains near. The place is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are only two ways to go there. First a road with about 600 km that passes by a rocky desert and mountains, or by air using a small docking plattform.

- Viriato - And you are saying that those Corsair bought these vehicles to protect then selfs?

- Nuno - If there are still Corsair there, they are the ones that are running the place. The is a guy call Peter Klaus, or Kingpin! He is the ones that controls all and i mean all! There are about 2.500 people there and they all work for this Kingpin or ... they will all die!

- Joao - Slaves?

- Nuno - Well in certain way yes, but he is more a moneylender, and then the people have to pay with a lot interest!

- Viriato - People went there full of dreams and empty pockets, and puts some credtis on their pockets and turn their dreams into a nightmare. A classic!

- Joao - Do you want to help this people?

- Viriato - Should i?

- Joao - We already helped people like this!

* Viriato stops for a moment! He looks to the Order guests ... remembers the past actions ... *

- Viriato - Nuno i want to know everything you have about this guy, and if he has more stuff like those vehicles- Joao i want at least three Delta groups making recons of the area, tell then to not make contact with locals. We never know if there are any moles with then!

* All went to execute Viriato's orders, while he went to speak with the main engineer *

- Viriato - When they (*vehicles*) will be ready to action?

- engineer - At the end of the week! Is it true that you don't want the recon any more?

- Viriato - Yes! the new line of House vehicles are better, and there are already some here on Gran Canaria.

- engineer - Is too bad! At the end of the week these ones will be ready! And with the ones that serve for testing and training, we will have three Wolves ...

- Viriato - Wolves?

- engineer - Ahhh!! Is the name we gave, Wolf and Bull for the the 6 wheels and Linx for the Bikes! My apologies for not consulting you!

- Viriato - No problem, i like then. Continue!

- engineer - Hai! Three Wolves! Two with the standart configuration, with a turret with twin heavy machine guns and one with a anti tank missile laucher and a light machine gun. Also three Bulls! Two with standart configuration of a turret with twin light machine guns, and one with 30mm cannon and anti tank missile laucher. We also already have three Linx and probably at the end of the week will have two more, that are being built inside! All three with a small 6 barrel gatling type machine gun and four rockets on the front.

- Viriato - Good! They might see action shortly, and they will have some competition!

- engineer - Viriato san this vehicles were made with the best materials! These APCs have better armor than any battle tank, and also have active protection systems to defend from missiles. As also all electronics are the best that we could get.

- Viriato - I know! But ... they were never tested on combat!

- engineer - Hai!! I'm certain that they will perform well as also our teams!

* Viriato leaves the area, there still too much work to be done. He looks to the side and see the children, that once were playing, now are simply ... there! No joy ... no nothing!!! With hs hart broken he goes to the control room*