Techies and Their Tech

[Caliban]

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The two had to push through dozens of residents before finally reaching the hangar. A final double sliding door creaked open to let their eyes dance around the intricate, traditional decorations adorning the walls. In contrast with the Kusarian influence, Caliban's Valkyrie stood out like a sore thumb. It looked like it was haphazardly put back together from a the brink of death. Shrapnel and welding marks littered the surface of the ship. Despite the polish and paint, some cuts were too deep to be repaired - or perhaps the owner simply didn't bother to fix them.

90-ARKM-N9v3 "Memento" - its internal classification. One would shudder to think of what the other two modifications were like. It housed an overclocked powercore within its circular rear which fed power into the entire ship whose internals are nothing to what the stock version of a 'Valkyrie' would have. Many of its components were high end blackmarket modifications and top shelf Core hardware. Some were openly available, and some were restricted only to those who flew the colors.

With Gammu's fall many scientists dropped down on its surface like vultures to cut, maim and scavenge all the technology they could gather. Some proved to be crazy enough to use newly found 'resources' to put experimental shielding arrays, thrusters, hardpoints and naturally required additions to make them compatible with human ships. Caliban's bird has been one foot over the line in terms of safety for some time, and it showed under the pale, green hull plating.

"There she is. I put it together from whatever I had at the time, then kept adding on it as time went on."

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"Test the sharpness of your sword against another. And when that is not enough, unsheathe your cunning as the hidden dagger that ends the fight."

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