Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 13

Morning dawned, and the fresh air was invigorating to John as he got up to shower. He was reflecting on all that had happened the night before. The party was a real and healthy bash. There was plenty of good food, the most excellent craft beer, and the whole team minus their obnoxious plus one had the night of fulfillment that everyone secretly longed for since the mission was laid out. All this time, all this preparation and now it was falling indeed into place after the necessary pieces were finally aligned. Food, communications, transit lines, the army that was now on standby with Maria back in command, oh, how excellent it all was as John reflected. Fourteen years and it had finally was paying off.

John turned on the shower, and as he was soothed in hot water, he entered his production menu in his bracelet and chose weapon production. As he looked over the projects available, he reflected on the various strengths of the team. Maria was the heavy panzer as she always was. He, therefore, chose the GLRX-44 Siege Turret to be produced with high-velocity and armor-piercing rounds. He went further and investigated her prosthetics and as he observed the options available. It was a fantastic degree of variation with John only be familiar with a few changes from the last mission, and those models in hindsight were egregiously outdated. He, therefore, resolved to outfit the rest of the team as was his job as acting field commander.

Turning on his implant, he asked, "Amy, what are the options for outfitting the team?"

"You have outfitted Maria, now let's focus on Enrique, Yolanda, Emilio, and Frankie. How would you describe their strengths based on our work together?" Amy replied.

John replied as he scrubbed, "Enrique is our master of recon. If anything, we should have him supported by our visual support drones to help him properly and more accurately assess his targets from his rifle. The drone also would hold to shore up his defense if he was compromised giving him a chance to run. I would also opt to give him the DVRX Rifle with full-metal jackets and incendiary rounds."

"The DVRX has been outdated by our armory for a bit, and he has adapted very well with the Trovalo, so what augmentations would you make to that weapon?"

"Give him the best scope you can with thermal sights. Calibrate the scope to single out the rest of the team by coloring them gold with green. Streaks, so there is no confusion. Also, make it official that he has access for nighttime city-overflight to scope out our area ahead of us. If you still have the Trisec Goggles, we when he marks them we can isolate the threats before they know what is going on."

"Very capable of doing with the Trisec's new model. Now onward to Yolanda."

"Yes, our field medic. Your plant-based healing serum is a marvel in itself. Is there a way we can turn it into a mist?"

"It would lose its potency; as a result, I wouldn't recommend it."

"Okay well is there a way we can have several ampules of the mixture on our person for wounds? That way, we have some good temporary fixes while Yolanda has her support drone that is more of our riot variety. Also, what is her skill with firearms since our last evaluation?"

"Her proficiency shows very much in the realms of the shotgun, and we have numerous ammunition types for it. Her secondary weapon is that of 357 Magnum. And we have aspects which can dampen the recoil to make her more effective."

"Well, let's give her two grenades, one fragmentation the other of the flash-bang, and we'll see how she does."

"Excellent. Now, Frankie."

"Frankie's a good old boy, and so, therefore, I'd like to work in realm with his recent promotion to cyber-crimes division. Give him the Archon Decryption. Give him a refurbished .45 ACP with both armor-piercing and standard shot, double-barreled sawn-off shotgun twelve gauge, and let him keep his combat knife with two fragmentation grenades."