Hello there again everyone and I have returned with Chapter 5 of "Megas of Mars". After Coop discovered Gundam Flauros and the Mobile Armor Hashmal that he immediately neutralized to be brought back to base, Tekkadan are in for a massive upgrade in mobile suit strength and quality.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans and Megas XLR and their characters. They belong to their respective owners, Sunrise and Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic.
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Chapter 5
Inside the hangar of Tekkadan Base
"Is the Nano-Lemonade Armor really necessary?"
Coop with a welder mask casually asked as he was currently working on the several upgrades on ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos by using several parts of a dead metallic body of Mobile Armor Hashmal to be reverse engineered and applied into the Gundam Frame, making it fearsome and cool-looking than its previous appearance. In his honest opinion, Barbatos almost looked like it came out from a junkyard from his perspective, which it gave him de ja vu back when he first found Megas and bought it for two bucks from Goat.
The original Megas to be exact before Evil Coop destroyed it easily and Coop had to claim his evil counterpart's own Megas as a replacement.
Recently, the large blonde spiky haired man had taken out the Superhard Wired Tail Blade from the bird robot's metal corpse and had it attached on the back of Barbatos which would allow Mikazuki to retract or extend the weapon as it was a limb in combat.
That one would come in handy for upcoming battles Tekkadan will face.
"Nano-
LAMINATE Armor.", Nadi Yukinojo Kassapa corrected with an annoyed eye twitch at him after coating the upgraded Barbatos' thick armored legs with the cheap white paint. "Yes, it is necessary, Mr. Cooplowski. The Nanolaminate Armor is a special metal paint that forms a multilayer molecular arrangement on a mobile suit and a ship, capable of handling any impact from the outside. Protecting them from physical attacks and projectiles and also the beam weapons back in the Calamity War hundreds of years ago."
He finished, "It is mandatory that all armor of mobile suits and ships are to be coated with it by vapor-depositing them on every part of their surface. Otherwise, they wouldn't be allowed to leave the factory lines for field use if they weren't coated with Nanolaminate Armor at all."
"But there's a catch, isn't it Mr. Nadi? It sounds too good to be true. Like every paint, they can be worn off.", the blonde spiky haired man noted as he adjusted the tailed blade on Barbatos' back with his torching welder.
The dark-skinned older man confirmed to the leader of Megas Force, "Yes, the Nanolaminate Armor can break or peel off, requiring re-painting after every battle, Mr. Cooplowski. Ranged firearms are unable to score decisive hits against them and may only shave off small pieces of it unless at close range. Because of its strength and widespread usage, melee weapons are best at dealing real damage to the Nanolaminate Armor."
Lifting up his welder mask, Coop smirked in response after hearing that, "Sounds like right up in my alley. I am good at smashing things with Megas."
Then he put his welder mask back on and resumed his work on the Gundam Frame.
Nadi shook his head at the blonde man's cheeky response before resuming coating Barbatos as he thought,
Are all gigantic machines of Megas Force not coated with Nanolaminate Armor? It doesn't make any sense why they don't have it. Even if it's a monetary reason. Either they're confident or suicidal, or even both for all I know! Because it will be Hell to fix them if they get actually damaged in combat even with Mr. Cooplowski's... bizarre mobile suit engineering skills.
Ever since Coop had brought back two machines from his search around Mars last night, it surprised the members of Tekkadan that there is another Gundam Frame just like Barbatos while the other one looks like a huge fearsome bird-like robot whose head control unit is apparently crushed like crumpled paper.
Which it turned out to be Megas' doing to neutralize it when Coop explained to Kiva Andru what happened.
And from Tekkadan's point of view, he is living up to the hype that Kiva told Orga Itsuka and the others during the official meeting with Megas Force which he officially hired them into the recently-renamed company.
Once Coop is finished upgrading Barbatos, the ASW-G-64 Gundam Flauros will be next afterward as the mobile artillery-type machine is currently laying next to the dead Hashmal on the other side of Tekkadan Base.
After all, he has great plans to add the dead Mobile Armor's weaponry such as the rocket-powered spears and the optical beam cannon into Flauros.
"By the way, why are your robots' ribs exposed out in the open like that? It seemed like a terrible weakness to aim for it even with the Nano-Lemonade Armor protecting it if you ask me.", the blonde spiky haired large man wondered out loud as he had Barbatos' lower torso covered and protected with the body parts of Hashmal during the upgrade.
It's not like I'm one to talk about Megas' arms and legs but the exposed torso of Barbie-tos really bothered the heck out of me., Coop thought with a frown behind his welder mask.
Rolling his eyes that Coop will never get the name right at all or assume that he said that on purpose, Nadi stated. "True, Barbatos was like that when it was first dug up and used a power source for the base due to the two Ahab Reactors it possessed... That's before I had to improvise by renovating the Gundam Frame's cockpit for Mikazuki to use it to fight off Gjallarhorn's major attack."
"I see. You mean the old man with a lanky robot with a blocky cyborg eye who had an axe and a red flag on his shield was part of that group?", Coop questioned as he took a brief look at the captured EB-06 Graze laying around outside of the hangar.
"Oh yeah, you didn't know after you and your friends suddenly showed up with that portal and interrupted the pre-Calamity War duel. That man was Lieutenant Crank Zent from Gjallarhorn, a peacekeeping military organization from Earth. Although since you're from SAU, I suppose you already knew about them.", the Mobile Worker specialist explained.
Coop's eye twitched as he was about to say that he's really not from the SAU but held back his tongue. "Yeah, sure... Let's go with that.", he shrugged before continuing his work.
Meanwhile on the other side of Tekkadan Base
Standing next to the completely stripped down remains of Hashmal is laying around in the open area, Kiva Andru is studying the damaged control unit of the dead Mobile Armor by attaching a plug to it with her cybernetic implant from the back of her neck and analyze it with holographic screen from her wrist.
"Interesting. Its name is Hashmal from the Calamity War in this dimension. A Mobile Armor with a psychopathic A.I. whose only purpose is to kill many humans and cause massive destruction in its path.", she noted to herself.
The redhead woman commented with a relieved sigh, "Reminds me of the R.E.G.I.S. Mark V. a bit too much before it was defeated. It's a good thing Coop killed Hashmal on spot before it went on a rampage. Who knows what will happen if the Mobile Armor wasn't stopped?..."
"Um, hello Miss Andru?", Kudelia Aina Bernstein called out to her as she was accompanied by Fumitan Admoss.
Turning around to notice the two women approaching her, the former Earth Coalition commander inquired while casually unplugging her connection to the dead Hashmal's control unit, "Yes, what can I do for you, Miss Bernstein?"
The blonde young woman in the white and brown army fatigues said, "I can't help but notice you had the Alaya-Vijnana System too."
Oh yeah, that one. It's somewhat similar with the Earth Coalition's Bio-Mechanical Neural Interface System
. Although this Alaya-Vijnana System looks cruder and incomplete... Did the technology of this dimension regress that badly?, Kiva thought after noticing the grotesques protrusions from the young boys' spines whenever they go around shirtless to access with the Mobile Workers especially Mikazuki Augus whose back had three of them.
When they saw Kiva's cybernetic plug-in at the back of her head, they assumed that she is one of them as the oldest user for the first time they've met, which the redhead just rolled with it.
She remembered that during the long bitter war against the Glorft, the Earth Coalition had created the organic device, the Bio-Mechanical Neural Interface, for its mobile suit pilots to control their special mechs such as the CMDR-types and to coordinate with the legions of Drones' Haro A.I.s. in the battlefield.
Kiva was one of the hundreds of volunteers, young men and women who lost their homes and loved ones to the Glorft, to be implanted with the B.M.N.I. on their bodies.
Although, not all had survived the surgery that transformed the remainder including herself into cybernetic pilots.
However, Kiva was one of the very few B.M.N.I. users left after the Earth Coalition had been ultimately defeated at the Battle of the Last Stand in 3035. And, in 3037, the remainder died off after they helped her steal Megas from the Glorft in a bold raid, and later defend the Lunar Base during the enemy siege at the cost of their lives.
Leaving Kiva as the last of her kind.
"Oh right, that one. Although, mine is a bit different.", Kiva casually stated as she sadly sympathized about the child soldiers of Tekkadan.
Too different. The children had it rough if Mr. Itsuka told me about the atrocious surgical procedure on them is true. At least the Earth Coalition had anesthetics and allowed those who are willing to take it.
Kiva remembered how the kids viewed her as their older sister figure after finding out she has similar implants just like them. Human Debris, they were called and it upsets her to know they've been mistreated by the adult members of the CGS First Group in this dimension after learning about it from the child members of Tekkadan.
"So it seems. That must be a lot more advanced than the ones in the Outer Sphere. Especially if it came from the SAU, Miss Andru.", Fumitan professionally remarked to the female member of Megas Force as she adjusted her glasses while in her thoughts,
I wonder if she has connections with Gjallarhorn as an escaped Alaya-Vijnana test subject who went into hiding or an agent going undercover. They may have used propaganda to decry any form of cybernetics as evil to the public, but the system's performance is too great for them to discard like that. Gjallarhorn might have researched it in secret and their implants must be far more advanced and stable if it's given to an adult like Miss Andru.
The redhead shrugged as she inquired, "Pretty much. Do you have an interest of getting one yourself?"
Shaking her head in denial, Kudelia explained to the older woman from Megas Force, "No. I am asking if it's possible to pilot a mobile suit
without the Alaya-Vijnana System."
"I see. You want to learn how to fight in a mech even though you're technically a client of Tekkadan, Miss Bernstein. I mean it's their job to escort you to Earth and protect you from enemies coming after you like Gjallarhorn.", Kiva commented with a raised eyebrow at the young woman's intentions.
The former Earth Coalition commander learned from Orga as part of smoothing out the contract between Tekkadan and Megas Force that Kudelia was targeted by this dimension's military organization for advocating Mars' independence as its leader and symbol which they deemed her as a threat for it, and Tekkadan was hired to escort her to Earth for negotiations with one of the four major blocs which is Arbrau.
Now Megas Force was hired by Orga to take part of it, which in fairness, Coop had almost attacked his friend Mikazuki in the first place just to join in a robot fight out of a whim.
At least Mr. Itsuka was reasonable despite being rough around the edges with the adults apparently. I can't blame him for that. He almost reminds me of myself back at the Earth Coalition..., she noted.
Fumitan nodded, "I agree with her. It would put you in unnecessary danger. Why would you want to go through it, Lady Kudelia?"
"I know that! But... I wanted to be some help to everyone in Tekkadan.", the Maiden of the Revolution stated as she remembered how Orga informed her of the danger of the Alaya-Vijnana System surgery prior to the duel between Mikazuki and Crank before it was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Megas Force hailing from Earth and ending up hired by Orga.
While Kudelia always look for the best solution with the least bloodshed, she is willing to stain her hands with blood to reach her goals, hence her desire to help Tekkadan by fighting in a mobile suit.
I'm such a weak person..., she thought in self-loathing after remembering her online contact with Nobliss Gordon who had wired the large amount of funds, which would be a mere trickle to the richest man on Mars, to her as her way of helping Tekkadan and Megas Force of their financial issue.
In faux complimentary manner, he then called her a brave and noble person while waxing some morbid poetry about her being a war goddess walking into the jaws of death with the young braves dying for her.
Kiva briefly glanced at the immobile Gundam Flauros laying around nearby the Hashmal, as if it was waiting its turn to be repaired and modified by Coop after he's done with Barbatos.
Kudelia really wants to help but she doesn't have the training and the surgery is too risky without killing or paralyzing her. Compared to Jamie who at least have Sgt. Haro as his partner and guide to control the R.E.C.R. until he learned to do it by himself... Wait that's it!, she thought before having a Eureka moment.
Tapping into her holographic screen on her cybernetic wrist, Kiva called in her CMDR-KA as her giant robot slowly walked towards the three women and knelt down before opening the entrance of its head cockpit. She jumped in to enter inside and looked around to find something there. Shortly, Kiva got what she was looking for and exited the CMDR-KA's head with a graceful landing on the ground.
"Miss Andru, what is that?", Kudelia asked in curiosity as she noticed the red ball carried by Kiva.
Fumitan narrowed her bespectacled eyes in suspicion, wondering what's Kiva up to.
"It's a Haro unit, Miss Bernstein. Just like the one Jamie have. But the one I had is dead. So I'm going to reboot it back to full operational.", the redhead woman stated as she plugged the red Haro with the control unit of Hashmal before working on her computer skills to transfer the remains of the A.I. into the ball.
If Coop can reprogram R.E.C.R.'s Artificial Intelligence, then this one will be a piece of cake., she thought with a smile.
At the open dining hall of Tekkadan Base
"Hey, Shino. Which mobile suit would you like to take from Megas Force? Just curious.", Yamagi Gilmerton asked his crush as they are sitting on the dining table where they can see several gigantic machines of Megas Force standing around in the base.
Norba Shino rubbed his chin before smirking as he pointed to one of the four white machines by their legs, "I would like to take the mobile suit with the gasmask, Yamagi. The Grunt Big Sis Kiva called it. I don't know why it needed a mask but it's still cool and badass looking. Imagine the look on Gjallarhorn when they see its face in battle! It'd be priceless!"
"Although, it might be a challenge to paint it from head to toe with my favorite color.", he frowned a bit as he was sizing up the Grunt.
Knowing that he likes pink, the blonde teen commented, "I thought you'd go for the Gundam Frame Mr. Coop found along with the giant metal chicken, Shino. The Flauros it's called."
"Eh, I'm more of power oriented combatant than a ranged support, Yamagi. The latter doesn't fit my style to be honest. Besides, I like to get up close and personal. Let someone else have the Gundam Frame.", the brown haired teen man shrugged.
"If you say so...", Yamagi conceded before noting. "At least Miss Kiva was willing to help install some of the Mobile Worker cockpits with the Alaya-Vijnana System interface and modify it for us to use them. She is like the oldest user of the organic device compared to the rest of us."
Ride Mass chimed in, "Yeah, her implants looked different though. She had it at the back of her skull than the spines like ours."
The other Tekkadan members with the implants shuddered with chills down on their backs after hearing that from Ride as they imagined that the implication of such surgery must be painful for the older redhead woman's head.
Just like they had when they got their surgery against their will by the CGS First Group assholes who punched them in the face even if they cry out in pain or not.
Takaki Uno noted out loud, "I guess the Earth's version of Alaya-Vijnana System must be built differently than the ones we had here."
That's what the members of Tekkadan in the dining hall agreed on about that, seeing Kiva as their older sister figure and someone they can relate with as a fellow Human Debris. With her special modifications to their interface cockpits, they can get to pilot some of Megas Force's gigantic mobile suits whichever they choose for themselves.
Even though Old Man Nadi was understandably concerned and worried that they may not be able to control such giant machines with the Alaya-Vijnana System due to their sheer size and the data feedback which might overwhelm their cerebral nerves.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! SOMEONE HELP ME!"
The Tekkadan members overheard a familiar voice and they turned to see Jamie Vashti running for his life as he was being chased around by two Mobile Workers piloted by Elgar and Embi. The skinny older man was in his white sleeveless undershirt and loose pants and boots given to him by Tekkadan as he would be undergoing some physical training outside of the strange looking mobile suit with jet planes and tanks for arms and legs.
Although, he kept his signature beanie hat on the top of his head.
As Coop and Kiva were busy modifying the mobile suits for Tekkadan, Jamie was at the kids' mercy and Sgt. Haro is on their side. They are to ensure he won't stray from the open area and flee inside the building until the 30 minutes-long running exercise is over.
"Come on, Mr. Vashti! Work on those legs!", Elgar cheered from the Mobile Worker cockpit.
"If you succeed, you will get a nice meal from Atra when it's over!", Embi cheekily added as he's clearly enjoying it.
Sgt. Haro supported the two boys as he's on top of Embi's Mobile Worker with his ears flapping eagerly, "Never Skip Leg Day! Never Skip Leg Day!"
"HELP ME!", Jamie screamed while running as fast as he can to outrun the vehicle.
Everyone in the dining room looked at each other and laughed together, enjoying the side show they have witnessed. Even Atra Mixta, who was there to cook the meals for the group and hang out with them, giggled at the skinny black haired man's misfortune.
At the main office of Tekkadan Base
"Everyone, I've got bad news after I tried to contact Orcus as I promised.", Todo Mirconen informed as he sat down on his chair despondent and thought in inner frustration.
Dammit! There goes my plan to backstab these brats!
Eugene Sevenstark demanded, "Out with it! What did he say?!"
The former CGS First Group member explained to them with a sigh, "He said he'll guide us to Earth. But unfortunately he was under heavy scrutiny and investigation by the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch and he had to play nice until it's over. Apparently after taking over as its new leader, Lieutenant Crank Zent discovered where the late Major Coral Conrad hid his dirty laundry and Orcus is among them. Now, there's no way to get a guide to Earth."
I wonder how things would change if those Megas Force fools didn't suddenly show up and Mikazuki had killed Crank in that blasted "honorable" duel!, Todo wondered in annoyance as he lowered down his face.
Orga Itsuka smiled after hearing that from Todo, "I see the Lieutenant was cleaning up house on the Mars Branch. Guess he turned out to be a really honorable and good man after all."
Eugene frowned, "That's great and all. But what do we do now since we have no guide?"
Biscuit Griffon then suggested, "Well, we could ask Megas Force if we can use their portal to get to Earth. I mean that's how they got here to Mars when they first showed up, right?..."
The leader of Tekkadan quickly protested in response, "No, we have to do this ourselves, Biscuit. They may have helped us in upgrading Barbatos and allowed us to have access to their mobile suits... But we can't rely too much on them to get things done. In addition, Gjallarhorn will
not take things lying down if they find out we have means to go about anywhere in the Solar System within moment's notice and won't hesitate to act on it."
And if Gjallarhorn gets their hands on Megas Force's portal technology, they would have uncontested control of the Outer Sphere with instant deployment of their forces wherever they please. I'd rather not let them have it!, Orga added in his thought as he did not like the image of them using it one bit.
Megas Force is full of mysteries to him as they possessed bizarre gigantic mobile suits that stood them out the most, and Kiva Andru was apparently a Human Debris like the rest of Tekkadan as her implants looked more advanced compared to their own.
And yet they had such stuff underneath Gjallarhorn's nose while living in the SAU on Earth., he thought.
The fat teen conceded with a nod, "I suppose you're right, Orga. We might have to convince Megas Force that we will need to take things slow and steady than take the quick shortcut. Hmmm... Perhaps testing out the performance of the upgraded Barbatos and also the Flauros as well in space would be a good excuse while traveling all the way to Earth."
Todo glumly chimed, "We'll be wandering blind in space unless the SAU guys knew their way to Earth without that fancy schmancy portal they have."
The blonde commented, "Now that you say it, I'm really surprised Mr. Cooplowski really did fixed up Barbatos and gave it a major upgrade by using that giant metal chicken machine he found alongside Flauros. I thought he was all hot air."
Orga remarked as he was impressed the older blonde adult really is a crazy mechanical genius as Kiva claimed him to be, "At least he lived up to the hype, Eugene. Mika is going to have a field day with it once it's done."
Of course, the three Tekkadan members and even Todo knew that the 12 gigantic machines of Megas Force would not be able to fit inside the Armored Assault Ship's mobile suit hangar bays at all. Which means Coop and his friends will have to fly alongside the
Isaribi, the name Orga gave for Tekkadan's main flagship instead of
Will-O'-the-Wisp, during the whole journey in space.
Speaking of that ship, the spiky haired teen remembered he sent Dexter Culastor, Akihiro Altland, Chad Chadan and Dante Mogro to officially change the Armored Assault Ship as part of Tekkadan's property, not Maruba Arkay who had fled and abandoned the CGS that now no longer existed. Orga knew they had already left the Chryse Central Spaceport Lobby to space for Hakobune, the shared civilian space port where the soon-to-be former Chryse Guard Security ship is docked there.
"On the other hand, we have to choose who will go to Earth too.", Biscuit reminded his fellow Tekkadan comrades about who will go with them on the journey.
"What will those remaining do?", Eugene asked with a raised eyebrow.
Biscuit explained to his friend, "I talked with Orga. We can sell the spoils of the battle including the remains of that bird-like machine Mr. Coop stripped down, and we can do the usual farming..."
"How stingy. This is so dumb.", the blonde scoffed with a frown on his face.
"A big job always come with danger. We need all the firepower we can get to complete it and that means bringing along the entirety of Megas Force with us. The Gjallarhorn Mars Branch under Crank may leave us alone... But the Regulatory Bureau won't as the Lieutenant warned us once we exit Mars and head on our way to Earth. It's going to be an uphill battle.", the leader of Tekkadan declared as he folded his arms and closed his eyes, remembering the honorable man's warning.
I've never been the type to think of the bigger picture myself yet here I am doing it., Orga mused to himself at such irony when he realized it.
The fat teen stated to his friends, "For better or worse, Kudelia is a celebrity. If we can safely escort her to Earth, the Tekkadan name will spread."
Orga agreed with Biscuit as he opened his eyes and clenched his left fist, "Then we might have more jobs coming in, and we might be able to lead a decent life."
"There's a risk but it'll be worth it.", Biscuit agreed with him.
"The job is not just about the money. Our future depends on it.", the spiky white haired teen declared to everyone in the room.
"The future huh?", Eugene muttered after that from Orga.
Thanks to the major setback he suffered, Todo panicked in his thoughts while trying to maintaining a chill look on his face.
As if it's going to go your way. There's no way we'll be safe picking a fight with Gjallarhorn even if we have the SAU guys on our side! They've controlled this world for hundreds of years for a reason! This is so stupid! This is going to be the end!
At the hangar of Tekkadan Base, a few hours later
"Tada! What do you think, kid? Pretty cool huh?"
An enthusiastic Coop waved his hand to the new and improved Gundam Frame Barbatos he had finished when Mikazuki Augus was paying a visit to check on his mobile suit that was undergoing complete overhaul and upgrading from the leader of Megas Force.
Looking at the ferocious-looking form of Barbatos that is more armored from head to toe, has claws on its hands and feet, and a tail blade on its back, the pilot remarked, "Not bad. What did you do with it?"
"As I made some custom work into it, I wanted to give your Barbie-tos something awesome and scary that will strike fear into the hearts of men. And that Mr. Nadi told me you like getting up close and personal to the enemy. So I stripped down that birdie giant robot I took out when I found it, and made use of its parts to add into your robot as an upgrade as promised.", the blonde spiky haired man eagerly explained as he put away the welder mask from his face.
"In addition, Kiva made her own modifications of your Alaya-Bajeena System cockpit. Something about improving your interface's efficiency or something.", he added.
Mikazuki just blankly stared at Coop for mispronouncing his Gundam Frame, again, and the Alaya-Vijnana System too as well, wondering if the older blonde man was really that bad in his own education despite his crazy mechanical genius skills or that he said it on purpose as his weird eccentricity.
Although the black haired teen was curious of what Kiva did to Barbatos' cockpit as he had learned the redhead woman possess her own implants similarly like the rest of Tekkadan.
Compared to the younger kids who saw her like an older sister figure to them, the pilot of Barbatos didn't seem to mind at all.
She must be pretty lucky to endure the surgery on the back of her skull and survive., he thought about it, remembering his own surgery on his back 3 times that should have killed him yet he survived.
"I see. What else can Barbatos do?", Mikazuki asked as he wanted to test his new and improved Gundam Frame out and see for himself if the upgrades from the older blonde man is really good or not.
"How about we give it a little test flight?", Coop smirked in response as he pulled up his car keys of the Megas from his pant's pockets.
Author's Note: Alright, the fifth chapter of "Megas of Mars" is done and I hope you like it. Coop upgrading Barbatos into essentially its Lupus Rex form with Hashmal's metal body parts and his own new surprises added in before suggesting Mikazuki to take his Gundam Frame for a little sparring with Megas. On the other hand, Kiva decided to take a page from Coop's book to reprogram Hashmal's A.I. and install it into a Haro unit just like R.E.C.R.'s A.I. who was remade into Sgt. Haro.
Poor Jamie, being a butt monkey as usual. Besides, he needed to work on his stamina and you should never skip Leg Day, lol. It's for his own good after all and it will come in handy for him one day.
I checked about Kiva's cybernetic implant on the back on her skull that allowed her to biomechanically link and control her CMDR-KA back in Episode 1 of the Megas XLR show. It gave me an idea for it to have a similar connection with the Alaya-Vijnana System and to expand the Earth Coalition as a world building too as well.
Although Evil Kiva was more heavily cybernetically altered with a mass of cables attached to the back of her head while half of her left face is more machine, which shows her loss of humanity as a colder crueler woman she was. Which might probably enforce Gjallarhorn's propaganda of cybernetics being a bad thing.
Good thing that Evil Coop would use his blonde charm on Carta to convince her to order her men to treat Evil Kiva nicely. Out of pragmatism and playing along during infiltration of Gjallarhorn.
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