And moving on to a little something original:
From The Journal Of Marcus Reaver
Actually reminds me of a title HP Lovecraft would have done. Though this
isn't that kind of fic.
******
*Posted Monday, May 1st, 7:58 AM, by user mechapd*
Hello. I am Lieutenant Marcus Reaver of the Upper City Police
Department. I'm making this blog because the shrink thought it would
help me calm down, and as testimony in case I need to plead insanity.
Well, an interesting opening couple of sentences
The guys from Mega Co. also want their "research data", so much that
they were ready to order me to write this blog once the shrink
suggested it, but let it be known I'd resign if that was my only
reason. Mega only acts like it owns everything.
Sounds like a bit of humor in here.
So, why am I writing this? Because I'm the only mecha pilot UCPD
has left,
Ah, an offshoot of the AD Police, I see. :)
also cute, which puts some citizens' minds at ease. And it's easier
to pilot through the city. Many citizens use human-sized exoskeletons
for transportation, but our mecha are 2 to 3 stories tall. SD Mode is
only 1.5 stories.
Interesting.
High speed pursuit through populated areas is always dangerous,
but it's worse with mecha. With each step, you or the suspect could
squash innocent citizens. Fortunately, everyone got out of the
suspect's way, leaving a clear wake for me.
Yeah, the leader would be the problem, not the guy following
The suspect even made a
beeline for the nearest access hatch to Mid City.
No one lives in Mid City any longer. It's just a bunch of
support towers, that
not sure if you need that comma
*Posted Monday, May 1st, 8:55 PM, by user reddfox1337*
Where do you think your mecha were built? Upper City won't get its
hands dirty with large manufacturing projects like that. They ship
'em all down here. Me, a couple friends, and a couple guys from Mega
did the test piloting for all the mecha the police were going to test.
Maybe I was even in your cockpit.
Ooo. Sounds kinky. :)
*Posted Monday, May 1st, 9:09 PM, by user fluffykins6969*
I'll bet you want him in your cock pit.
See. fluffykiuns thinks exactly like me. :)
My boss says Mega says robot dummies with simulated nervous
systems did the test piloting. They admit some of the manufacturing
was done locally, but insist most of it was done overseas, although
they didn't seem to be able to agree exactly where.
This is what happens when your cover story isn't all that good.
Mega Corporation. Man, do they ever earn their name. I can believe
they think us test pilots were robot dummies, 'cause that's how they
treat most of their workers. To be honest, some of 'em I couldn't
tell from a robot. Some of them actually are robots - standard health
plan is to make a recording of your brain in case you die while
employed - but that's different. Robots who aren't people don't earn
paychecks, but like that matters to middle management. I heard
they're working on 'bots with flesh so their execs won't even have to
apologize when they mistake us for the mindless.
Heh. Of course, I do know a lot of mindless people...
I'll take that second question, if you don't mind. I assume she's
referring to the Diggers. Lower City, being subterranean, is one
giant cavern, which actually expands about as fast as Upper City. If
you need more room, just dig it out. If you need an airhole or your
own path to Mid City, just dig, so long as it's not too near a support
tower.
Yeah, that would be a problem.
There are concerns about the resulting structural stability,
especially since Upper City rests on Mid City which rests on Lower
City, but you need a license to dig, and the license exam enforces
some minimal competence.
What, like the Bar Exam is supposed to winnow out stupid people from
becoming lawyers.
We figured this out after surprised
word missing there
In the mean time,
meantime
And as if that wasn't enough, Mega's reps on the police board got
a severe tongue lashing from one of their higher ups during their
weekly meeting with the police chiefs. My case was among the things
they got yelled at about. It seems Mega's paying the insurance costs
for this, so they want the criminals stopped now, even if it means
halting the mecha testing. Hey, maybe whoever it was reads this blog.
If so, thank you!
Heh. I think we already know how this one would turn out.
bananas. And so forth. And I think I know why.
I said mecha are impractical for most uses, right? But what if
Mega really wanted to start selling mecha, at a high markup? Make its
own market! Convince the public there are mecha criminals at large,
who might be able to get away time and again, but at least mecha
police can chase them away. Mega's large enough to buy up almost any
competitor, except those who can't be bought, like Lower City. But
those competitors can be discredited, say if they're identified as the
source of mecha criminals.
Heh. Nice.
I know. Sorry for accusing you, but I knew the real crooks were
reading my blog. There aren't many mecha pilots, but Bananas' post
reminded me of what you told me: Mega makes robot backups of all its
employees, including a certain test piloting crew. Who better to put
in the role of the criminals? And if I ever did figure it out, they
could kill off any of the originals not loyal to Mega, to cover their
tracks.
Wait, you mean they're sending a hit squad?
This is a nice touch. I honestly like this.
*Posted Saturday, May 6th, 5:00 PM, by user enviousss*
Watch out. Some of us are "certain unfriendly types". And you have
just earned the wrath of Mega.
Heheheh.
i thought it was your subordinates
you are so fired
- chairman, mega corporation
Ha! Very nice work. Good unfolding of events, and I definitely liked the
switch to it not being the real people and just being robot doubles. Text
flowed nicely, since it was all first person. I'd like to say more, but this
definitely worked for me.
DB Sommer
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