Everywhere that is neither a building, nor underground, but within the massive walls of Destral are the Destral courtyards. Here, one will find Brotherhood military and civilian forces either doing exercises or moving from one point to another. Because this courtyard spans the size of a country, there have recently been opened markets, open thirty-six hours a day, year-round.
Brotherhood tanks at this location are replaced by the new variant. The old tanks are put in storage.
Inionn examines one curiously.
Another agent passes Inionn and climbs into the tank. Noticing that Inionn is standing there being useless, he waves the agent over. "Hey, I need someone to help me test this thing. It normally needs a crew of five, but since we're not in combat, two should work out. Can you get in the commander's seat?"
Another agent passes Inionn and climbs into the tank. Noticing that Inionn is standing there being useless, he waves the agent over. "Hey, I need someone to help me test this thing. It normally needs a crew of five, but since we're not in combat, two should work out. Can you get in the commander's seat?"
"Uh, sure." Inionn climbs in. "A whole seat for the commander. Nice."
Another agent passes Inionn and climbs into the tank. Noticing that Inionn is standing there being useless, he waves the agent over. "Hey, I need someone to help me test this thing. It normally needs a crew of five, but since we're not in combat, two should work out. Can you get in the commander's seat?"
"Uh, sure." Inionn climbs in. "A whole seat for the commander. Nice."
"Step up from the old ones, that's for sure. I'll be the driver and hull gunner. I just need you to test out the main cannon and the turret gun."
The tank is activated and the Crast below it kick in. It drives to a part of the Destral underground that is used for testing. It is a large, open chamber with targets set up on the far end.
"Thing drives pretty well... Check out turret rotation for me. You don't have the neural hookup, so just use the joystick on your chair. Forward-back makes the gun go up and down, left-right does... left-right." Meanwhile, he pulls the trigger on the railguns, obliterating a portion of the target before its Hau activates.
"Uh, sure." Inionn climbs in. "A whole seat for the commander. Nice."
"Step up from the old ones, that's for sure. I'll be the driver and hull gunner. I just need you to test out the main cannon and the turret gun."
The tank is activated and the Crast below it kick in. It drives to a part of the Destral underground that is used for testing. It is a large, open chamber with targets set up on the far end.
"Thing drives pretty well... Check out turret rotation for me. You don't have the neural hookup, so just use the joystick on your chair. Forward-back makes the gun go up and down, left-right does... left-right." Meanwhile, he pulls the trigger on the railguns, obliterating a portion of the target before its Hau activates.
Inionn swivels the joystick in a circle, making the turret do a tight circle around the target ahead. He then swivels it toward a target to the right.
"Step up from the old ones, that's for sure. I'll be the driver and hull gunner. I just need you to test out the main cannon and the turret gun."
The tank is activated and the Crast below it kick in. It drives to a part of the Destral underground that is used for testing. It is a large, open chamber with targets set up on the far end.
"Thing drives pretty well... Check out turret rotation for me. You don't have the neural hookup, so just use the joystick on your chair. Forward-back makes the gun go up and down, left-right does... left-right." Meanwhile, he pulls the trigger on the railguns, obliterating a portion of the target before its Hau activates.
Inionn swivels the joystick in a circle, making the turret do a tight circle around the target ahead. He then swivels it toward a target to the right.
"Perfect. Now, I'm not sure how the new gun works. If it's like the old ones, the gun is right in front of you and has a trigger on it. It might have a trigger on the joystick, not sure."
An inspection of the turret area would reveal both to be true. The back end of a Stone Launcher is next to the big gun; presumably, the front end is sticking out of the turret.
Inionn swivels the joystick in a circle, making the turret do a tight circle around the target ahead. He then swivels it toward a target to the right.
"Perfect. Now, I'm not sure how the new gun works. If it's like the old ones, the gun is right in front of you and has a trigger on it. It might have a trigger on the joystick, not sure."
An inspection of the turret area would reveal both to be true. The back end of a Stone Launcher is next to the big gun; presumably, the front end is sticking out of the turret.
Inionn pulls the Stone launcher trigger to pelt the target with rocks before pulling the joystick trigger.
"Perfect. Now, I'm not sure how the new gun works. If it's like the old ones, the gun is right in front of you and has a trigger on it. It might have a trigger on the joystick, not sure."
An inspection of the turret area would reveal both to be true. The back end of a Stone Launcher is next to the big gun; presumably, the front end is sticking out of the turret.
Inionn pulls the Stone launcher trigger to pelt the target with rocks before pulling the joystick trigger.
The target Haus after receiving a few hits and fades just in time for the main cannon of the tank to fire. The entire target is destroyed in a ball of blue fire.
"Nice shot! That's the plasma, I'm guessing, but it has other settings, too. It automatically loads those all. I think that's good enough; I trust Brotherhood tanks to work as intended. One last test that I want to try anyway, though, is the shield. It's automatic, but the commander can activate it, too. Can you even... look for it? I don't know how it even works."
Inionn pulls the Stone launcher trigger to pelt the target with rocks before pulling the joystick trigger.
The target Haus after receiving a few hits and fades just in time for the main cannon of the tank to fire. The entire target is destroyed in a ball of blue fire.
"Nice shot! That's the plasma, I'm guessing, but it has other settings, too. It automatically loads those all. I think that's good enough; I trust Brotherhood tanks to work as intended. One last test that I want to try anyway, though, is the shield. It's automatic, but the commander can activate it, too. Can you even... look for it? I don't know how it even works."
"Uh... Sure?" Inionn looks around for any unidentified levers or buttons marked shield. Or any pictures of shields.
The target Haus after receiving a few hits and fades just in time for the main cannon of the tank to fire. The entire target is destroyed in a ball of blue fire.
"Nice shot! That's the plasma, I'm guessing, but it has other settings, too. It automatically loads those all. I think that's good enough; I trust Brotherhood tanks to work as intended. One last test that I want to try anyway, though, is the shield. It's automatic, but the commander can activate it, too. Can you even... look for it? I don't know how it even works."
"Uh... Sure?" Inionn looks around for any unidentified levers or buttons marked shield. Or any pictures of shields.
There is one surface with a Lhikan-Hau imprinted into it. Presumably, hitting that would activate the tank's Hau.
There is one surface with a Lhikan-Hau imprinted into it. Presumably, hitting that would activate the tank's Hau.
Inionn pokes it.
A Hau shield visibly opens around the tank. "Excellent! It works. Now we should take this back up and I'll file the report. And maybe you sign onto tank crew. We need more of them after they all got killed."
A Hau shield visibly opens around the tank. "Excellent! It works. Now we should take this back up and I'll file the report. And maybe you sign onto tank crew. We need more of them after they all got killed."
"Ah. Quite." Inionn looks for the controls for flying the tank back up. If there aren't any, he lets the other agent do the piloting and gets out once they reach their destination. He walks toward the tank crew sign-up spot, wherever that is.
A Hau shield visibly opens around the tank. "Excellent! It works. Now we should take this back up and I'll file the report. And maybe you sign onto tank crew. We need more of them after they all got killed."
"Ah. Quite." Inionn looks for the controls for flying the tank back up. If there aren't any, he lets the other agent do the piloting and gets out once they reach their destination. He walks toward the tank crew sign-up spot, wherever that is.
It is, oddly enough, literally a sign-up sheet pinned to a wall in the fortress. You'd think Destral would be a bit more official than that.
"Ah. Quite." Inionn looks for the controls for flying the tank back up. If there aren't any, he lets the other agent do the piloting and gets out once they reach their destination. He walks toward the tank crew sign-up spot, wherever that is.
It is, oddly enough, literally a sign-up sheet pinned to a wall in the fortress. You'd think Destral would be a bit more official than that.