Rift military base, July 16th, 2127: Vehicle hangars

Noaw was waiting in his virtual sandbox, a project he worked on in his down time in between missions. He was attempting to sculpt a natural looking shoreline when a loud ping went off in his mind. He went over to a small bin where a message paper waited for him.

Tiredly he read, “Meet General Baker at 9 o’clock sharp in the virtual room. Come Quietly.” Silent wonder made him think, why does the general want to see me of all people and what does the “come quietly”, even mean? He let out a mental sigh, the constant questions he asked himself tired him. He pulled up a calendar and turned-on old footage of the robot rights protests of 2107, today was the anniversary of the law that gave robots all the same rights of man as humans.

By the time the videos were done the clock sat at 8:55, quickly he moved his consciousness and memory files over to where the virtual meeting room was. In reality it was just a large server farm with ports for human to link up and meet. The General linked up at exactly nine as he said, Naow was the first one to speak up.

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“Sir I would like to ask why I am here, I’ve been told time and time again that I’m bad at doing anything except going in guns blazing.”, asked Noaw

“That’s the point, I’m not going to make a full disclosure as this is top secret and I can’t have anything about it getting out to the international community.”, said the General in an overly formal matter.

“May I at least who I'll be working with and what I will be doing at the objective?”, Noaw impatiently asked.

“You will be working with a small squad of 15 people, 10 Marines and 5 Battle Engineers. Your goal is to protect supplies and the engineers while they establish a FOB*.”, the General spoke, trying his best to keep the main premise secret.

“I assume I will be driving my M87 Berming, or would I be talking a different armament?”, Noaw continued to ask while breaking the formal tone.

“You are correct, primary due to its dual-purpose 150mm gun, capable of both solid and plasma shot. While an average of 200mm of armor thickness make you practically impenetrable to the enemies you will face.”

“Ok, when do I leave?”, Noaw asked eagerly.