Bastions in the Sky

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

[On the deck of the Chalice, Alexei stands and looks up as several shadows are cast on the deck. They're far away, but one can make out the sight of 5 aircraft, massive in size and shaped like stealth bombers. Although such a shape would make Alexei panic and head to the Wahrheit to counteract, he seems oddly complacent. He's just staring up at these colossal machines, almost as if he was staring off into space. Care to bother him?]

Comments

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't be too far off. They're self sustained, capable of flight indefinitely and service thousands of people. Every one of the people living in those Cradles put all of their faith, their lives, in the hands of the League.

I always figured it was faith well placed. Nobody would dare attack a Cradle without getting a swift beating from Collared. Just seeing one fly overhead though, it just reminds me of Earth Cradle and how easily it came under attack so long ago...

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

Well yeah. Some of our enemies don't really put much consideration at all into stuff like that. Like the Invaders.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

I've only seen records of those Invaders... but Ryoma and that Black Getter of his went against them in hand to hand combat?

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

Not just him, me too, in Shin Getter Robo!

Granted, doing that isn't entirely the best idea unless you know what you're doing; and from what I've heard from Hayato and Ryouma, the Invaders are loads tougher than when they were put down the first time more than a decade ago.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Taking them on in a situation like that when the Invaders are so... invasive is incredibly risky. Are we sure Ryoma got out of that one completely unscathed?

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

Don't understimate Ryouma... besides, my pop got stabbed by one and he's still fine.

The Invaders are dangerous, but assimilation's a more difficult procedure than just touching people. If it were, we'd all be dead by now.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Do tell... [A click is heard, but it's slight, nearly inaudible.] How exactly do they do it?

[not-genki-desu.livejournal.com]

Honestly... hell if I know.

All I know is the process is more complicated than just rubbing up against a person.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Perhaps a sample needs to be taken, then. Any idea on where we could find some likely candidates? Not saying we should actively infect people just to see how it works, but rather just finding any sort of sample, maybe even some left on the Getter Robo?