[M - F03] Breakout, Pt. I: An Epic Sword Fight

[rodiziorobs]

Location: F03 (Forring)
Tags: Military Building

Previously…

Jex was shocked to discover that the mysterious claim ticket she held was for…a person?



She turned to the guard, who had clearly been expecting the reaction. He pulled her aside and explained MANTIS’ policy on prisoners: agents who captured prisoners were entitled to a percentage of the bounty or negotiable benefit with other corporations, where applicable, and given a ticket to assert that claim. If after a year, no benefit was forthcoming, then the prisoner could be released at the capturing agent’s discretion.

Jex then asked the guard how long the prisoner in question had been held. Checking the record, he replied, “since Septembrinali of last year*
*The relevant story for the prisoner’s capture is in the TL;DR spoiler of the linked post (Ice Planet MANTIS).

The guard noted that the record showed that nothing had come of her capture—Kawashita had tried a covert operation to recover her a few months after her capture, but that the prisoner herself had foiled the operation, revealing a Kawa mole in MANTIS in the process.

Jex realized that the ticket in her hand was a get-out-of-jail-free card for the prisoner. She could use that to get the information she needed about Scorpio’s sister, if indeed the prisoner knew anything at all. She turned to address her:

“My name is Jex. I am trying to find some information, and if you help me I can assure your freedom.”

“Ha! I don’t believe that for a second. That fool Laszlowe tried to sweet-talk me with the same thing, and in the end, he turned out to be as low as the scum you put in the block with me!”



Jex looked down to where the slavers were being held two cells down.

“You know them?”

“What, personally? Of course not. But I know who they are. I have seen them and I know what they have done. And if I ever get the chance…” Jex wondered what kind of past this prisoner had with the slavers, but her thoughts were interrupted as the prisoner continued: “what have I ever done that put me in here, getting the same treatment as those lowlifes?”

And to that, Jex had no answer.

Suddenly, the power fluctuated and surged. “Uh-oh,” the guard said. “that can’t be good.” And then the lights in the cells turned off—meaning that the restraints had as well.



The prisoner stood for only a moment, until she saw the slavers racing down the corridor. “Speaking of…” she murmured, but then she was barreling out of the cell, knocking over Jex and the guard as she dashed after the fake Zoids.





Alarms began sounding and lights flashing all around the compound. “Let’s go, we can’t let them escape!” Jex called as she helped the guard to his feet.



She rounded the corner just in time to see that the prisoner had already caught up to the escaped slavers—-one of them at least.



Somehow, both the woman and the remaining slaver had gotten hold of weapons.
Needless to say, an epic sword battle ensued.





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Although the posing of the figs and some minor changes are new in the prison cell build, only the scene after the prison breakout is actually new and should be judged:

Scene without ‘figs by rodiziorobs, on Flickr

C&C welcome!

Edit: like others, part of my build this week is a tribute to Gnewal Gwevus/Pvt. Gnarl Graves.

Also, I hope I have done justice to what other AGers have written concerning the Zoids. While there have been some conflicting stories, MKJoshA managed to reconcile them pretty well here. I maintain that the villains in my stories have been impersonating Zoids all across Andromeda, causing troubles both for Kawashita and ALIEN (by besmirching their reputation) and for Octan (adding to the crisis northern Andromeda was facing by the real Zoid slavers), and for MANTIS (the PR scandal involving Laszlowe, etc).

Edited October 2, 2016 by rodiziorobs

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