Galaxy Among Us: General

Training

I find myself waking up to constant yelling. Kiba is pulling on me like a dog pulls on a rag." Come on dumbass! Get your ugly ass up." Kiba sounds so much like Hayden on the evaluation day that I get up without a single hassle. Kiba, amused at my decision to do as he says smiles at me."Thanks idiot." I proceed to put on some clothes and brush my teeth. I eat and then I nearly faint as I see a transport ship in front of my home. On lookers take pictures and stare. Hayden and the others are getting on, so I proceed to do the same. Once on the doors that open like siccors held normally close. The bottom part locks in place followed by the top one. Our pre made luggage is brought by a crew member. We quickly strap ourselves in and sit in the transport for hours. We pass states as if they were roads. Due to the rush I am still tired and soon fall asleep.

After what seems to have been hours, I awake to the turbulence of the transport landing. I look towards the cockpit and see where we have arrived, Eagle Castle. The transport has lights that begin to flash red on the door which indicates the door is opening. The smell of war engulfs us when the doors open. I close my eyes as dust and wind enter the transport. When I open my eyes again I see a man saluting us, so as I leave the transport I salute. The man wastes no time, as the transports engines cry out like a microphone with too much static, the man leads us to our barracks. We all gasp in shock when we see all the vehicles around us. On one side of the base are ground vehicles and droids. Me and Hayden point each one out. There's the spider infantry which is a robot with six legs that is the size of a 5ft man. Next to it is an alpha sipder which is 7 ft. Next to the alpha spider is the 7th generation human droid. These droids are intelligent AI's that can understand human emotion and themselves can mimic. They have super stregnth and can be programed to be serious or funny, sociable or anti social. They have over 300 programmable traits in fact. We pass many more vehicles that almost make me want to drive them. On another location are different tanks. Like the Crab Tank which has four legs. When it is in attack positiom it stops in its tracks, stands on its four legs and extends its cannon into the air. After doing so it shoots like a motar. Another tank near the Crab Tank is the Shield Tank. The Shield Tank can be customized to use an anti gravity propellant that helps it levitate but lowers its fire efficacy, or it can use normal wheels. Hundreds of different vehicles exist. From Volt helicopters that fly without propellers, to Orca Destroyers, Battleships designed to go underwater. Even Aircraft Carriers were redesigned long ago. Now they carry an extra docking bay to place old generation jets. The aircrafr carries can also go underwater. Yet the coolest feature on them is that in a time of war the carriers go to shallow water and proceed to transform. The middle splits open and the run way detaches from the top. After the run way detaches it proceeds to move to the sea ground where it moves the carrier up. When the process is complete the carreir looks like a giant circular building. The insides form to create a giant cannon like structure. When activated it can be set to either create a force field or to shoot objects in and around Earths orbit.

We walk for what seems hours, and yet we still see more amazing things. As we walk Mindy gasps and points at something. We all look in surprise. A giant humanoid robot is being worked on in a factory that seems to had its roof torn off by the same robot. I nod as Hayden explains these are Sentials which can be manned or ummaned. All It takes is one man in the robot, controlling it via remote or no man at all. Sometimes they can be built at the height similar to the triplet towers, but recently Congress rules against building them bigger than the average sky scrapper.

Soon enough we find ourselves in our barracks. Mindy isnt with us anymore due to a rule that seperates men and women only on arrival day, due to processing and information. We spend the day exploring the base as we have 3 days until we are required to actually work.

For the next three days we all meet up with the hundreds of people who will be in our ship and Fleet. We also meet the other Fleet leaders and captains.

Once the 3 days are over, its crunching time. Every single day we go over how to use most of the vehicles and weapons. We blow through the vehicle training quickly, but the weapon training is harder.

Many weapons exist. The main weapons are by category. There are Assults Guns, Support Guns, Recon Guns, and All Purpose Guns. Guns like VTA3's are assult guns. They fire bullets that are fused with energy. Due to the fusion of blue energy and guns, the guns shoot faster and with more damaged. All Purpose Guns come in different sizes and ammo. Organ 12's are guns that can shoot plasma lazers. The highest setting can damage an entire organ. One accurate shot in the lung can disintegrate your lung. Hence the name. There is also the Hell Storm. It is a rocket launcher capable of leveling a three story home. The key is in the missle splitting into multiple micro missiles which all carry the explosive weight of a car full of tnt, or if you want to be dramatic its like 30 firecrackers exploding in your face. After evaluating soldiers with gun exercises we perform group games designed to develop gun skills.

Soon the fleet is capable of individually and collectively flying starships, driving vehicles, and shooting weapons. One final test remains. Sentinel training.

After weeks of training I awake to my Iphone with a reminder to wake everyone up on Saturday. My eyes open wide as I notice I am a minute late. I find it ironic that I fell asleep in my uniform on due part of my tiredness. I quickly press an alarm button that is similar to a truck horn. Every fleet has a main barracks center that can house everyone in one fleet. In the main barracks are sub barracks for everyone in a ship. I can hear hundreds of groans as the alamars go off. 12 minutes after everyone is heading towards the Sentinel area. Once we arrive we are all astonished as we see two sentinel pilots fighting. One sentinels is green and yellow, they named it Stinger because its mega weapon is a sword that looks like a bees stinger. Stinger has high agility but low defense. The one facing it is a sentinel we all call Fang. It is red with streaks of blue. It is called fang because its hand can transform into what resembles snake fangs. It is a heavy built sentinel with high amor but low agility. Both have built in jet packs and emergency escape pods. When activated the back of the sentinels open up and launch the pilots out in a small pod. The pod then releases a parachute and lands safely.

We watch as Stinger does a back flip over fang. We all cheer to early as Fang catches Stinger while he is in the air and slams him onto the ground. Stinger not giving up so easily moves his leg under Fang, which causes him to fall after losing his balance. For the next 10 minutes both deliver upper cuts and super slams until Stinger pulls out its sword. In response Fang brings out his fangs. Both attack and dodge each others mega weapon until Stinger runs foward into a slide and stabs Fangs pelvis. All the men and even some woman react in agony. Stinger then proceeds to move its sword down, prompting the crowd to react in agony again. Fang stands helplessly as fluid and wires hang down. Its legs and waist are unresponsive. However in what seems to be a turn over, Fang manages to move its waist enough to attack Stinger in the chest while Stingers Pilot showboats. Stinger though damaged runs towards Fang again, leaps into the air and stabs Fangs head. I can't help think how good it is that the pilot can remotely control a Sentinel and can be safe inside the abdominal of a sentinel.

Hours later we all are training in sentinels the size of power lines. For the next 12 weeks we continue to train until shipping day.