Nico Robin - XA-reqruit

[Eternal]

Yesterday passed like a flash for her.Her room was stripped from all conforts and just had the basics , but that was more then she was used to have.Her ship was equiped with a pair of ... what did they called them..a .. yes "Tarantula" Partical Cannons and another pair of stronger weapons , called Advanced Tarantula's.The weapons seemed to pack a punch , atleast from what she was able to see.Well , that was yesterday and today was brand new day.The feeling was unfamiliar to her , she actually was looking forward to this day.All her life was , before becoming one of the Xeno , was simply a day by day living.But now she was needed.Robin got up from bed , it was quite early but the base was teeming with life.The girl looked for her old robes but didn't find 'em anywhere.Оn a small table , close to her bed she saw a brand new uniform.

*-Looks good ... Lets see how it fits.* - she tough and quicky put on the uniform.It fitted her perfectly and now she realy felt like one of them.The coridors where full of running men and women.It was time for the morning drill and just when Robin was about to join them , she was pulled by Jason.

*-Not you again...What do you want ?* - early in the morning , his questions were the last thing she needed.

*Now now ...is that a way to treat your ... supiriors ?* - he had a nice smirk on his face when Jason saw Robin blush.

*-Don't tell me you didn't know that , ha ? *

*Sorry...sir.* - *-So he realy is more then a clown , as I though , he is a high ranked Xeno 'round here , never though that he would be so...talkative.* - she tough and qickly went with the man.

They both went to a empty room.It wasn't big , but then again , not much was big in the Barrow.

*New members of out organization , usually don't receive missions so early.They are put thrue a serries of tests , to see what are their piloting skills.But it's not just that , we need to see if they are up to actually ... killing another humab being.Death is something that we Xeno meet every day , you have to be tough to survive here and weaklings are not needed.* - he talked calm and looked her in the eyes.

*But in your case however , your ... reputation ... talks for itself.My supirios are interested in you and wish to see how much of that bounty you deserve.To put it simpy , we have a mission for you.But first you and I need to go to another of out bases.It's closer to the mission objective and you could use the extra piloting hours in that new ship of yours.Meet me on the flight deck ten minuts ago.Dismissed.* - he left the room and headed to the equipment room.

*Hm...it seems that my past is well know to them.* - she tough and headed to the flight deck.


12 hours later....

Leaving the Hudson system was easy enough.And passing thrue the other ones was not a problem too.Piloting his *Eagle* , Jason seemed to be a very skilled and confidend pilot.The ship was a heavily modifide version of her "Hawk" but for the moment that wasn't important.The both entered the New York system undetected.The trade lines , like she saw , were used until one point half the way , then the cruise mod of the engines was needed. Stealth was most important for them.The comm in her ship began to transmith Jason's voice.

*-Ok , so far so good.There is a Jump Hole to where we need to go , just behind Manhatten in a junk field.We are close so stay sharp.Manhatten is heavily defended by corrupted swines so we need to keep a low profile.*

*Roger that , sir* - the ship was handling realy good.Far better then her old one.She checked the fuel-injector and when everything showed green light , engaged the auto-pilot.

*-Ok , this is the Jump Hole to the Colorado system.Your ship should hold the jump.I'll go first to show you there is nothing...* - the comm went silinced when the girl entered the vortex.

*That was quite a ride ...* - she tought and checked all the systems .They showed green and moments later the scaners detected Jason.

*-You are realy thick headet aren't you ? Just folow me Ouray base is close.*

The base was again hidden in an asteroid field , but looked larger then the Barrow.Xeno patrols were flying close by.

*-Identify yourselfs* - the voice screamed in her comm.

*-Hah...no need for this Max.You are free to continue the patrol* - Jason was happy and Robin could tell that from his voice.It was like he was home.

*-Aaa...sir , sorry to have bothered you.Godspeed!*

*Ok , sexy , land on the base and we will talk 'bout the mission there.*

The looks of *bigger things* were only on the outside.On the inside the Ouray was again compressed and narrol.What she understood , this was another hidden Xeno base , on of the many in diffrent systems.She didn't realy have any stuff to carry so any place with a bed and shower was good enough to be called home by her.Well , her new room looked exactly like the one on the Barrow.A quick shower and a fast brake was needed , who knows when she will be .... *bang*bang* ... the door opened and Jason entered her room.

*-Sorry baby , the mission room is currently taken so I'll brief you here.* - he didn't even seemed like someone who just entered a young girls room after she took a bath and didn't have the time to get dressed.

*Am...would you mind I..*

*-A sure...no problem ...* - she quickly put on her uniform and sat at a chair near the bed where Jason decided to lay down.
*Ok , this is not a very hard mission , but you are new here so watch out.Pueblo Station is a classified facility not far from here.We have reasons to believe that there are weapons transported there.The transport convoy is heavily guarded so atacking it just with one ship is crazy.But the stations turrets apear to be realy nasty to our pilots.So your mission is to take two of the main turrets out and clear the way for the cavelary to arive.We are expecting heavy resistance so this is the real thing.All things that you might need to know are already loaded to your on-board computers neural net.Godspeed.* - without anything else he left the room.

*-Well...I better get going *

Her ship was ready to go.The neural net showed that the target was close to 40k away.

*-Computer , start main engines and engage cruise mod.*
*-Roger ... entering cruise mode ...54%.....87%....100%*

A small Xeno group escorted her until she was 10 away from the target.Then they turned away.
The comms screamed at her.

*Attention unkown ship! You are entering resticted area , turn away NOW or be shot down*

*-Computer.Charge weapons*

*-Undestood ... charging 45% ...87%.....100%.Weapons are ready.*

*-Don't worry , we will take care of the intruder.*

A wing devision of Navy defender pilots launced from the base and began charging weapons.

*-Whats this?Jason , I detect ... Hacker ships.* - she looked down at the screen near the nav.-map. *-What should I do ? Navy and Hackers?*

*-Thats easy....shoot them down.All of them and continue with the mission.*

The odds were against her and she knew that.Why not simply let them kill each other and all is fine.

*-I know what you are thinking , Robib.But we cannot let those pathetic hackers get the credit for this mission.I'm sure they want the same thing as us.And we wont give it to them.*

*Roger , sir . * - she deactivated the auto-pilot and took contol over the ship.

*Lets see if she is worth it* - Jason though and began looking at the scaners.

The Navy wing was made of a couple of Defenders and the Hackers were Daggers.The Navy was closer so Robin turned the ship against them.Her weaponst fired and in no time the poor Defender pilot was nothing more then a pod in space.Her shield were taking some beating but with the help of a agile ship , most of the enemy's fire didn't hit her.The same however cannot be said 'bout the rest of the Navy pilots , their ships were quicky destroyed and with minimal damage she moved to the Hackers.The "Dagger" prooved to be an agile ship , but it was also quite fragile.Three direct shots to the ships hull made the injection chamber fail and blew the whole ship up.



After a few minutes of dog-fighting the enemy ships on the scaner vanished.Robin was breathing heavily and swet was starting to break from her skin.But she did it.The ships were down.The woman turned on the comms and said.

*Hostiles down , moving to the mission objective.*

The turrets were hit hard and fast.They never had a chance to respond and in a matter of seconds they were out of the picture.

*-The turrets are down.*

*-Good work , get back here.*




Behind her were the sounds of exploding transports.That was a nice feeling , she did the job.

*-With pleasure , sir.*

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