The Ancients Return

Part 8.5: Legionnarie in Training 2

Agent 3 gets a little excited from this, she is finally able to use her new weapon. Taking it out, she looks around the room, and seeing a ton of weapons that seem to be more ferocious and deadly than this one, as well as a ton of targets.

KTP-T82: "This site will provide you the useful necessities you'll need on how to wield the powerful weaponry of the EUF, and learn the ways of legionnarie combat used in the battlefield in here."

This excites Agent 3 even more, being able to use something that didn't come from her own race is something she hadn't though of for a while, usually because the Octarian weapons were just their weapons but modified slightly. But after meeting this new machine from a race long extinct, she wants to use their technology to hopefully help her retrieve the Great Zap Fish for the third time.

KTP-T82 seems to be interacting with some objects, probably to get Agent 3 ready for combat training, which she was ready to ace.

With a bit more interacting and moving rubble around, it finally presses a button with its laser tips, causing some wiring sounds to be made, as well as a few target dummies raising from the range in front of Agent 3. Then, an automated voice crackles in the speakers at first, then it starts speaking, its voice echoing in the empty halls.

"All systems online. Calibrating weapon lockers. Dummies are ready for use. Welcome to the Earth's United Federation Training Center."

Yet again, Agent 3 gets curious. How can she understand the language of a dead species centuries ago? She puts a mental note in her head to research the possible reason.

KTP-T82: "Please wait for a moment, the dummies sound like they are ready, but they haven't been fully calibrated yet."

She nods her head in understanding, looking at the firing range and the couple of flat plates rolling to certain positions. After a couple of minutes, the flat plates activate and show a bunch of clones, which look like the shape of Octolings.

KTP-T82: "I had to study your history, and found a new species that you seem to have a rivalry to. The relationship isn't going so well between you two, and it even seems like your species and theirs are in a constant state of war...But further study must be required, which is why I chose this specimen."

Agent 3: "Uh, sure...I'm sure I can help you out, somehow."

She can feel the slight feeling of suspicion creeping up on her. She brushes off the feeling for now, deciding to ask KTP-T82 about what more that it did to her, and how it was able to create a perfect holographic copy of an Octoling, despite it never seeing them before.

The lights in the floor start to light up, leading to separate enclosed firing spots. Agent 3 decides to take the one in front of her, standing into the firing spot and aiming her pretty heavy weapon towards the holographic copies.

KTP-T82: "Before your fire, I must mention an important tip. When firing your weapon, make sure to counter the recoil of the weapon. This is not the same as your ink blasters, these guns have high caliber rounds that can piece through heavy personal armor and lightly armored vehicles. Be careful when firing, you can hurt yourself. Not from the rounds, as they are training rounds, but from the recoil."

Agent 3 looks back towards KTP-T82 with a shocked expression and lowering the gun. The weapon feels light, but can kick harder than her Hero Shot? Her Hero Shot had barely any recoil at all! She can only imagine how the fight against Frye would go if she had this weapon with her instead.

KTP-T82: "Now that the tip is over with, proceed to aim your weapon at the hologram in front of you. Remember to keep the firearm steady, and to prepare yourself for the recoil. When you're ready, you can begin firing."

Following its words, Agent 3 aims her weapon back towards the holographic copies, focusing on the one directly in front of her. She takes a pretty deep breath and fires one shot, the training round going off at immense speeds and hitting the hologram. The knock back almost removed the gun from her hands, but she was quickly able to stabilize it and recover.

Agent 3: "Woah! This thing kicks hard!"

She excitedly aims it at another holographic copy. Doing what she did earlier, she prepared for the recoil and fired once more.

Success, it managed to hit the hologram and made it turn red, signaling that it has been "killed". Or "splatted", as Agent 3 likes to call it. She also was able to counter the recoil by a lot, making it now stay on the target while firing. Of course, she can't fire consecutively. The recoil will have her suddenly firing into the sky, but it is a serious improvement from the first time.

KTP-T82: "Good job. Now, feel free to practice for as much as you want. A Legionnarie should always be prepared for combat."

Agent 3 nods, and continues to fire towards the holograms, having a ton of fun as the sounds of heavy gunfire fill the room. KTP-T82 seems to be quite pleased, despite not having any sort of facial features or changes in its voice to show it.

As Agent 3 continues to practice, the power suddenly cuts out, with all of the holograms and systems cutting out. This makes Agent 3 concerned, and KTP-T82 goes on high alert.

Agent 3: "Hey, what happened? Is something wrong? What's going on?!

She starts to slightly panic, turning over towards KTP-T82 for the news, whether it is good or bad news.

KTP-T82: "...Legionnarie training has concluded, it is time for the real thing."

Agent 3: "Wa-wait...What are you saying?!"

Before she gets an answer from the drone, the lights start to flash red as her ears get filled with the sounds of alarms, the automated voice returning as well. This time, the voice has an answer that she wish hadn't happened right now, during the middle of her training.

"...Warning, warning! Breach detected, I repeat, breach detected! All armed forces, proceed to eliminate the intruders!

...This is not a drill!"