"I don't do ties, sorry. I never needed that particular skill in my life...although...you can easily access the neural net and use your newly acquired upgrades to learn any complex motor functions. You've also became very proficient in bypassing all security measures and firewalls. Only the top military protocols are designed to fend off hardware like ours. Then again, they're designed to do much more than that, so don't worry. Also, the boss wants me to assess the potential of your upgrades, so we're going to do just that.
There's been an incursion in one of our R&D facilities on Nauru, but more about that later. "
She carefully examined Aidan from head to toe and back. She seemed rather surprised.
"You know, I'll be frank. I wasn't very sure you'd come out of this at 100% but so far, I've no reason to believe the contrary.
You'll be familiarizing yourself with all the capabilities of your new self for quite a lot of time. The limits end with your imagination.
Rapid healing, EVA without an EVA suit, super-human strength and speed, increased reaction time, real-time data analyzing with feedback through your eye implants.
The nanites, mine and by extent yours, are fully adapted to Core technology, but they can also "learn on the move". That means they can easily help you get by if you happen to stumble on a ship which has it's control in a different language.
But there's a price, everytime you push the limits, nanites "burn out". If you do it too much you will eventually fall ill and most likely die.
Just like normal exhaustion, only this will come after a lot more abuse, so you've nothing to fear.
Also, about that EVA thing, it's possible in theory, I never tried it though, so uh, don't go dancing in space just yet."
She smiled and realized she's dumping information on him as if she's talking about a toy spaceship and it's features.
"But, I digress. Your ship has been fueled and I've arranged for the Tangra to drop us off near the jump hole. Your mission is simple.
Infiltrate the R&D bunker "Ceres" on Nauru. It's an underground installation, so using explosives is not advised. When we lost contact, the security system registered ten armed assailants, but there could be more. Identify, engage and neutralize all enemy personal. All Core personal on location is expendable, but don't kill the eggheads, okay?
Oh, when you're done, download all data then wipe the servers. I've been reassigned to the "Athena" so I'll be in high orbit above the planet. As soon as you're done, you head there and report your findings to Gabs... You know, Gabrielle Daniels. Oh, I almost forgot. Your very own set of badass shades.
Make me proud, Mr. Reeves. It's both of our asses on the line, please, try not to die, kay kay? "
Scarlet pulled the pair of shades off of her head and gently tossed them towards the man. She than winked, turned around towards the tinted glass and mockingly saluted the person or people behind it.
