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>> No.472933

If this is true I be shatting bricks.

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2006 âge

August 9, 1999
Yokohama hive, F-layer

"Command Post, this is Bravo Leader. We're now at a depth of about 4000 feet. We've reached the central area and will start the search of the assigned sector from here."

"Bravo Leader, this is Command Post. Your image has a shitload of static, the cable must be damaged or something. Anyway, your highest priority is to bring back as much information as possible."

"Bravo Leader, roger that."

"This hall is damned big... Whoa, the floor is glowing."

"Command Post, this is Bravo Leader. No signs of BETAs, all sensors say so."

"Bravo Leader, this is CP. You're to record the effects of the G-bomb attack, and make sure that it's fully detailed."

"Bravo Leader, roger that. ...The fuck am I supposed to know what I'm supposed to record? What do those clowns above think I am, an expert or something? Hell, I don't even know what this place looked like before it got bombed."

"Company here. Recorders rolling, boss."

"Right. Company, move out."

"Bravo Leader, this is Command post. Delta Company has encountered several BETAs and is now engaging them. Be alert for BETAs."

"Bravo Leader, roger that. Company, don't slack-"

"Boss!"

"What?"

>> No.472939

5 years to go

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"What... what the hell is that!?"

"Bravo Leader, this is Command Post. Report your status."

"This is Bravo Leader, wait... there's something in the middle of the hall."

"That... that's a pillar, isn't it?"

"This is Bravo Leader. There're some sort of column going from the floor to the ceiling, with some sort of transparent pod in the middle."

"Boss! Look, it's not just one! There're many more... thousands of columns!"

"This is Bravo Leader, now checking at max zoom."

"Bravo Leader, this is Command Post. Check and report your team's status. The sensors say that they're at an extremely high level of mental stress."

"Auh.... oah......"

"Bravo Leader, this is Command Post. Report your status. Repeat, report your status."

"Fuck! What the hell is this!?"

"Bravo Leader, this is Command Post. Do you hear me? What is going on? Report your status!"

"...it's human..."

"This is Command Post. What did you say? Human what? Bravo Leader! Survivors? Bravo Leader, come in!"

"They're human...... brains!"

MUV-LUV ALTERNATIVE

>> No.472974

should post this on /m/ for lulz

>> No.472991

>>472974
Done ages ago.

>> No.473007

If only a patch came out :(

>> No.473011

>>>/m/1437981

More pictures here.

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>> No.473065

>>472939
sadly the truth

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>> No.473289

Too fucking slow.

>> No.473294

RAGGGGE I WANT A PATCH!

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>> No.473566

PATCH NAU

>> No.473575

bump for great justice

>> No.473601

watching this space for patch

>> No.474203

>>473601
Come back in three years.

>> No.474210

PATCH MUTHAFUCKA!

>> No.474227

If you've seriously cracked the engine and gotten the scripts, wiki them or something so I can help you.

>> No.474233

だ が 断 る

>> No.474350

is this muv luv or alternative or the 3rd one?

>> No.476037

Muv-Luv Alternative Alternative translator 04/18/08(Fri)10:18 No.1437981

>> No.476088

>>474227
>If you've seriously cracked the engine and gotten the scripts, wiki them or something so WE can help you.

fix'd because i'm sure there'd be loads of help available

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God damn Moononymous, get a wiki for your stuff so I can hijack that with my shitty attempts with TE and then you can hit me and tell me how horrible I am.

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The drone of afterburners reverberate around the tunnels of the hive as a unit of twelve Shiranui Type 94 Senjutsuki cut their way through the stagnant air. Unopposed, the unit coiled their way downwards at high speeds through the gigantic main shaft, leading them further underground.

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Veterans of the Imperial Japanese army, descending downwards into the depths of the earth where few men have ever returned from alive. The elite, members who have lead countless counter attacks, outnumbered, for the sake of humanity.

"White Fang"

Their primary purpose this time; the destruction of the enemy 'Reactor'* awaiting them at the very bottom of the hive.

However, they had been tasked with a secondary objective as well.

*(Reactors are hybrid computer/power generators that reside in the lower hive chambers. Reactors produce energy for the BETA race and share the sensory information it gathers from the BETA combat forms with a designated superior who in turn formulates strategies and sends it back. Destruction of a Reactor pretty much renders any nearby BETA useless as without a power source they eventually stop completly.)

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First Lieutenant* Yui, the unit's commander, was seated in her cockpit in silence. She was enthralled by the panoramic view of faint blue light that surrounded her.

Images from the external camera of her machine engulfed her vision, the visual data directly projected onto her retinas. It was an unforgettable experience, the mesmerizing view all around could easily fool her into thinking just her body alone and unaided was floating and in flight.

The surroundings were so...alien...created by a species not of this world...beings not even of this solar system. There was this slight sense of subtle beauty invoked by the faint phosphorescence glistening glow of the unending cavernous passageway.

Yui took the spectacle all in, but then her heart momentarily surged...

*(First Lieutenants are commissioned officers directly related to Army and Airforce organizations. They are one up from Ensigns/2nd Lieutenant and have a NATO paygrade of O-2)

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The slaughter of humanity and it's resulting despair.

This was all a symbol of humanity's strife. Yui could no longer stomach the fact she found some sense of admiration for the enemy we should despise. She felt anger and irritation towards herself.

The lieutenant took a short instant to calm her feelings, to recover to a state of normality.

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Being thrust into a mission inside a Hive no doubt caused extreme mental tension to any participant, but Yui's willpower was remarkable. Her ability to control herself in such an extreme situation was uncommon and unnatural.

She was a natural born soldier. Her raw sense of spirit and willpower reinforced and refined since infancy to now. Tempered and hardened into who she was today.

【Yui】

"...Disgusting."

She murmured whilst narrowing her eyes at the view.

The purity of her spirit was just supernatural at the lack of a better term and just one of her main qualities.

To be disturbed by such thoughts, such images, to have your heart waver at the thought of it all was a sign of weakness and inexperience.

Yui was a soldier of the Japanese Imperial army defense forces. More importantly she was gifted with the surname of Takamura. As a Takamura the completion of the objective, her duty were all paramount and an unbreakable obligation in her life and should not be set aside due to difficulties or changes.

The cause of her aggravation, the view of the surroundings recorded by the visual sensors of her unit were all around. She couldn't avert her eyes away, as the images would still remain so she focused instead on the virtually imprinted heads up display showing data on her Shiranui.

The speed-o-meter reading speeds in excess of 700 kilometers an hour... Information located to the side signaling her unit was in midflight...

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【Military ATCO】*

"Attention, White Fang 0 to all machines.

BETA forces have been confirmed.

Distance...6000, roughly located ahead at 11 o'clock."

The headphones instantly come alive with the voice of the female ATCO.

*(ATCO is an acronym for Air Traffic Control Officer. Military ATCO's in Muv Luv act as support units for Senjutsuki units relaying and filtering important information and orders directly between the unit and headquarters)

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Yui took in a long, drawn out, deep breath of air.

'Always maintain a heart of ice even when things start to heat up.'

The words she had remembered from the senior officer who had taught her everything, the man with the giant scar, crossed her mind.

【Yui】

"White Fang 1 to all units, cease flight immediately.

First platoon you'll move on ahead as vanguard.

Form an umbrella formation, second platoon shift into a wedge."

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The flight packs of the entire company suddenly cut out, followed simultaneously by the firing up of de-acceleration thrusters. The fuselages of the machines gently land on the surface of the hive tunnel as eventually all thrusters cut out completley filling the air with nothing but silence.

The four vanguard units charge forward to take up positions just ahead, their heavy feet and the whirring of mechanics resonating sounds around the surrounding area until they come to a complete stop. The eight other machines further behind edge their way closer to the rear of them until they finally form an arrow like shaped formation.

A wedge.

The most suitable formation for dealing with a frontal assault in an enemy hive.

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【Military ATCO】

"Attention, White Fang 0 to all machines.

That large scale BETA force is en route to your position."

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The warning had been received, but Yui could not see any enemy reactions on the sensors or radar. Nothing at all.

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Was the report incorrect, or were the sensors malfunctioning?

No, it could not have been either. It was probably the rather unique topography of the hive system that was reeking havoc on the Senjutski compound sensors, with signals bouncing all over the place creating a blind spot in their sensing capabilities.

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【Yui】

"White Fang 1 to White Fang 2 and White Fang 12, begin individual focused search operations according to clock directions."

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The pilot of White Fang 2 in the vanguard first platoon sallied on ahead having recieved her orders from Lieutenant Yui. As soon as she focused her compound sensor to begin search operations directly ahead the radar readout lit up like a christmas tree.

【White Fang 2】

"White Fang 2 reporting.

Getting a reading, distance 2500, direction 12 o'clock.

Numbering...Numbers beyond sensor limit!"

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Detailed information began to flood onto the image projected over Yui's eyes along with the radio report from White Fang 2 that filled her ears.

A three dimensional image of the tunnel structure was overlaid on her field of vision, and where ever the sensor data had picked up an enemy target a red light flickered into existence until eventually nearly everything ahead of her company was a sea of pulsating bright red.

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【Yui】

"Shotgun 3!* Here we go!

First platoon advance up to a distance of 1500 with the enemy as soon as there's an initial missile impact. Second platoon follow behind afterwards, maintaining a distance of 100 with first, provide supportive covering fire."

*('Shotgun' is a NATO brevity code word often followed by a number. The code is an order to your unit to cease current operations and to prepare weaponry depending on the following number. Weapon preparation is decided upon during briefing. In this case Shotgun 3 probably stands for "Stop what you're fucking doing and ready all weapons, missile units prepare a full salvo.")

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The Lieutenant's ears filled with a chorus of pilots chiming in with their own positive responses to the issued orders.

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【Yui】

"Begin the attack!"

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【White Fang 11】
"White Fang 11, fox 1!"

【White Fang 12】
"White Fang 12, fox 1!"

At the very rear of the company, two support fire equipped Shiranuis opened up the vast array of missile banks resting on their shoulders. As the female pilots called out a torrent of innumerable missiles shot out into the dark beyond at the closing BETA forces.

*('Fox' is a NATO brevity code word signaling that you have launched warhead ordinance. A 'Fox One' indicates that you have launched semi-active radar guided missiles, either singular or multiples.)

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A thunderous roar filled the hive.

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The entire company and tunnel were bathed in a bright orange glow and their frames shook and shuddered as they were hit with the returning concussive force of the explosion.

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【Yui】

"First Platoon! CHARGE!

Second Platoon covering fire and advance!"

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Their leader shouts out in a calm and professional tone. The four units of the first platoon activate their flight packs for a few short moments, propelling them forwards with a jet assisted jump, closing the distance with incredible speed.

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They take aim with their rifles and open fire on the unending horde ahead that outnumbered them easily 100 to 1. The sound of 36mm rifles spewing forth round after round becoming the dominant sound that howled away in the rapidly filling main passageway. Wave after wave fell to the bullets ripping through carapace and flesh.

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However despite the attack starting off smoothly the vanguard unit rapidly lost momentum as it advanced. The four Shiranuis were forced to wade through the mountain of corpses and blood that washed up around their feet.

The friends of the massacred BETA frontline began to divide into two groups seamlessly, as if following the command of some omnipotent being, with one group splitting off to the left and one group splitting off to the right.

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Just a few more moments and the first platoon would be surrounded, swarms of monsters encompassing them all around and the dead at their feet slowing them down, preventing any quick movements.

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But to someone like Yui, this simply read maneuver had already been predicted.

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The machines in the second platoon following behind had arrived at optimal shooting range just in time and just as planned. The left and ride side of their wedge formation let rip on the flanking forces, cutting them to pieces. The roaring gunfire of their own rifles adding to the chaos.

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【Military ATCO】

"Attention, White Fang 0 to all machines."

The voice of the officer who was the unit's only lifeline to headquarters hailed in once more, issuing a warning.

【Military ATCO】

"Enemy reinforcement. Brigade* sized. 12 o'clock. Distance 3000! Approaching via hall H12 to H227."

The corresponding data appears in Yui's eyes, one set of the data catching her attention.

*(A Brigade is a military term that identifies a certain size of an military unit. A standard NATO brigade constitutes 4000-5000 men)

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If the information on their closing speed was correct...Ruitare*, the type of BETA also known as the destroyer class.

Yui steeled herself and her grip tightened around her controls, she was sure there were Ruitare mixed in amongst the approaching reinforcements.

('Ruitare' Destroyer class BETA are a specific species created to cause havoc and act as shock troops. They are roughly the same height as an Senjutsuki, and have a heavily armored front hide that makes 36 mm rounds ineffective. Only 120mm cannon rounds or the Type 74 PB-Blades have a chance of cutting through this armor. Ruitare tactics consist of charging at maximum speeds in excess of 170km/h ramming anything in their way with their powerful armored hide and claws.)

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The tank and grappler class BETAs at the far end of the tunnel began to pull away from their positions, converging on the sides creating wide, corpse filled pathways.

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The wave of destroyer classes came crashing down into the tunnel in the far off distance, their hulking forms picked out by the infrared sensors of her Shiranui, the image magnified many times so that it seemed they were merely a simple outstretched touch away.

The lumbering beasts turned every so slowly around until they were facing her and her comrades. Then like a violent tidal wave they set off into a gallop, surging forwards as one. This visage of impending destruction...this was the form that BETA took when their hated enemy, mankind, invade their territory.

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【Yui】

"Notification to all White Fang units.

We will begin the field test of the experimental weapons.

Begin preparations!"

The gunfire momentarily ceased as several Shiranui's detached containers on rear hardpoints. Two units, one of which was Yui, from the second platoon began to connect the large sized containers located behind their Senjutsuki to the experimental weapons.

The first platoon retreated back into the positions of the second platoon, who themselves began to tighten the formation, setting up on either side of Lieutenant Yui who formed the central point of the wedge. The entire company's formation had changed into the shape of a tightly formed X whilst one of the rear guard set up in a position to draw in the enemy into the center with gunfire.

To select such a closely packed together defensive formation when facing Charging classes in the confines of a hive was suicidal.

Only the 120mm cannons attached to their rifles, the most powerful rounds the Shiranui Senjutsukis' carried, could possibly pierce the thick carapace hides that thundered towards them and this formation did not capitalize on this fact.

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A harsh warning tone echoed and pulsed throughout Yui's cockpit, urging, pleading that she begin evasive maneuvers.

The Lieutenant and her equally equipped wingman however stood firm, steadying their aim. The images that were scanned over their eyes of the approaching targets began to shake and tremor as the destoyer classes achieved top speed.

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【Yui】

"White Fang 3...are you good to go?"

She queried the other pilot, as they discarded their Type 87 assault rifles, the ammunition inside barely expended. The huge, suspicious looking new rifles that were as big as the Shiranui's themselves were locked into place, the stocks of the weapons wrapping around and over the Senjutsukis' right shoulders. A hushed beep in the cockpit verified the saftey was removed.

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'Experimental Model 99 Rapid Fire Electromagnetic Rifle'

A new weapon produced by the Imperial Army's technological industry. The sound, like that of a jet engine gradually building up in power escalated, growing louder and louder, emanating from the mysterious weapons.

The many red lights on the radar readout were now at a speed and distance where evasion was impossible.

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【Yui】

"FIRE!"

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A sharp crackle of energy then a harmonious cry of gunfire drowned out everything. From the gaping maw of the Model 99 Electromangetic Rifles spewed forth a cascading torrent of 120mm shells, achieving firing speeds equal to that of a chain gun.

Empty shell casings were expelled from the containers behind like a fountain as rounds were constantly loaded autonomously. The incredible overwhelming force of the recoil from these viciously powerful weapons began to shake the entire frame of the two Shiranuis' to the point the cockpits inside were jarring uncontrollably.

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Yui clenched her teeth as she concentrated on her targeting display and sensors, ignoring the violent vibrations all around her.

On the radar, the swarm of red dots looked as if they had come to a complete stop, their advanced entirely halted.

'Huh?' she thought to herself, was the sensor misreading again?

She returned her focus back to the visuals from her external camera.

The destroyer classes...were being ripped to shreds. The ones at the front were mutilated, the ones behind them took their place only to fall in the same spot.

Their hides, thicker, stronger than diamond were like clay to the barrage of gunfire.

These experimental weapons...they worked.

No, more than that they were a huge success.

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Such a huge number of destroyer classes, their powerful counterattack completely halted just by two Shiranuis?

【Yui】

"...Heh."

The lieutenant tightened her grip on the trigger of the FBL* control system, laughing quietly to herself and her spirits lifted.

*(FBL is an aviation acronym for Fly by Light one of two ways controls are linked to the other systems of an aircraft, the other type known as Fly by Wire. Fly by Light utilizes optic cables over the standard bulky cables used in FBW systems, making them much more responsive, faster to react and provides more space and weight for cargo or armaments.)

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Even though it was a rookie's mistake to get caught up in such a furor, Yui just couldn't help but feel ecstatic at the scene before her.

To utilize these new weapons in a combat situation, all the uncertainty, all the doubts and the uneasy feelings you could feel when heading out into a life or death situation were simply washed away by their unquestionable power.

【Yui】

"All units, weapons free!

Eliminate them all, leave none alive."

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Like an expertly conducted concerto, with the model 99's leading the orchestra and Yui's order's as the conductor the entire company opened up with a hymn of ordinance and a chorus of missiles impacting left and right. The first platoon pushed forward again, close quarters combat their forte and the second platoon providing fire support from their position.

The destroyer classes out in the rear who were still in the process of charging fell victim to cluster missiles, which streaked past them and behind their front armor before dispensing scattered child warheads into their exposed skin, obliterating any of the smaller BETA strains nearby.

They could win...They WERE winning.

Suddenly another urgent tone began to beep away in her cockpit, a warning message appearing across her vision.

The vibration sensors, which were picking up the recoil and explosions from the battle began to radiate a bright white.

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【Yui】

"...What?"

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The sound of earth cracking, breaking, shattering.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Just over one hundred and ten meters of the tunnel had collapsed just ahead to the left and right creating great gaping holes. From these new tunnels an innumerable amount of grappler classes emerged like a thick cloud, sprawling their way into combat.

The first platoon, they were going to be isolated.

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【Yui】

"First Platoon! Retreat!

Second platoon cover their retreat!

White Fang 3, supress the left flank!"

Yui shouted out in utmost urgency. The right flank...she hastily set her machine into motion, running to a position where she could pour fire into the new tunnel opened up there.

But the rifle, it was large, heavy, much more than the assault rifles she had grown used to and the turning capabilites were slightly off.

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【Yui】

"Bastards!"

She was just in time, although the Grappler classes were dangerously close. As they readied their claws, preparing to attack, Yui and White Fang 3 opened up on their respective holes, swinging the experimental weapons left and right.

The flesh of the Grappler classes, much easier to pierce than the bigger BETA strains, was torn to shreds. One of the grapplers near Yui had just enough time to swing and use its claw as a shield at the same time to try and silence her but even the claw itself was shattered, fragments scattering into the air...right into her Shiranui. Shards of the claw smashed into her suit's fuselage.

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She shrugged it off, didn't care, she was still alive and continued to hold down the trigger.

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Then, just as there was a chance of turning back the tide the Model 99 fell silent. Alert sensors began to ring through the lieutenant's ears and her pupils darted all around the heads up display looking for the sudden abnormality.

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【Yui】

"The barrel's overheating!?"

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The experimental model 99 electromagnetic rifle was known to rapidly overheat due to speed at which it fired such large caliber ammunition.

That's why it was equipped with large-scale state of the art cooling systems but when there was trouble with the system an inbuilt safety would shut off.

Unfortunately for her it had decided to fail at the wrong time and the safety system had shut her new weapon offline.

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Breathless and in desperation she reached out for her Type 87 assault rifle.

But it wasn't there. A sense of realization and dread took hold of her when she remembered she discarded it when equipping the new rifle and the mounting of it meant she only sortied with just one.

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【Yui】

"--ah!?"

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Wrinkled skin. Pulsating flesh. The heavy stomp of many feet. Her entire body shudderd in fear as it approached.

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With its arms raised the closing grappler swung.

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Her cockpit shook and shuddered as with explosive force the Model 99 was purged from Yui's hardpoint, freeing her right arm from the dead weight.

From a casing built into the forearm the hilt of a dagger designed from close combat shot out like lightning, followed by a second.

She lunged with all her strength.

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She was too slow, a hair's breadth to slow as metal was twisted and torn...

'White Fang 1 is judged to be unable to fight anymore.'

A new, disembodied, computerized voice announced. The grappler's arm had frozen in place. It had pierced the outer armor but had stopped just before it ripped into the cockpit.

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Then, everything that she could see, the hive, the BETA and her allies all began to shatter into hundreds of hexagon shaped fragments. Everything was bathed in red light as the fragments started flickering out one after another. Large writing appeared in place up against the walls of the simulator, 'Virtual combat program 19 Voruk* has ended.' and the entire machine began to shut down.

*(Voruk is the name of the Russian task force that entered the Minsk hive with the purpose of gathering data on BETA hives. Only a few survivors were extracted out of the hundreds at the end of the operation but the data they brought back proved invaluable.)

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【voice 】

"Great...thing cuts out just when we need it most?

That means it's..."

Footsteps, it was Second Lieutenant Amamiya* otherwise known as the female pilot White Fang 2. Amamiya had already emerged from the second simulator and approached Yui who was in the process of exiting her own.

*(Second Lieutenants are commissioned officers directly related to Army and Airforce organizations. They are the lowest ranking commissioned officers and have a NATO paygrade of O-1)

>> No.476710

【Yui 】

"No...the cooling systems were hit by a fragment of a grappler.

There was nothing wrong in it's operation."

【Amamiya 】

"Ah I see. Then the problem is the weapon's defensive capability."

【Yui 】

"No. If I hadn't let the enemy get so close in the first place it wouldn't of have been a problem."

【Amamiya 】

"Well, if your Senjutsuki was a little faster and readied your blades faster it probably would have been fine."

【Yui 】
"I...can't agree with what you say. No, the Senjutsuki was performing fine, no problems with it at all."

She reflected on what had just happened. With her gone the entire right flank would of have been routed entirely. The first platoon and second platoon were completely separated from one another and were easy pickings. They would of have been annihilated in a matter of minutes.

Even then, if she was able to hold out for a little longer only half of them would of have probably returned alive in that situation.

【Yui 】
"I was negligent.

I was too caught up in the capabilities of the Model 99 when I should of have been looking out for Sleeper Drift's* instead."

The entrance, called Sap Drift+, had been covered with the same material that lined the Sleeper Drift.

All made from unecessary drift aquired from hive expansion

*(Sleeper Drifts are ambush tunnels dug out by BETA either during or before an assault.)
+(Sap Drift is the collective name of Sleeper Drift exits...I think.)

【Amamiya 】

"Even if we were cautious, with just a single company 100% detection of Sleeper Drifts is impossible."

【Yui 】

"..."

Yui remained silent. Although it was just a simple combat simulator she was beating herself up and blaming herself over the poor the results.

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Amamiya had known Yui for a long time and knew just what her friend was mulling over.

She knew Yui was a good leader and strategist who's methods had been the most effective when it mattered most. What happened was just beyond her control.

There was one easy way to ease the tension in her superior.

【Amamiya】

"If the First Lieutenant was in charge, the Imperial Army would of have taken back Sadogashima* long ago."

*(Sadogashima is a small island just off the west coast of Niigata on the Japanese mainland. It is also the location of a phase 4 four hive and the operation to liberate it plays a major role in Alternative. In this stage of the timeline the Sadogashima operation is still in the planning phases.)

【Yui 】

"... ... Amamiya."

Yui looked up to see the light hearted smile on Amamiya's lips. She felt relieved, knowing that her subordinates understood her and were willing to share her burden.

'I guess I did it again.' she thought to herself after regretting the way she had been acting.

It was just a nature she had inherited from her father and something that couldn't be easily changed.

【Yui 】

"You've made your superior officer feel foolish."

The young officer returned the smile to her subordinate, greatful for her concern.

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Derp.

>> No.476739

Good thing doesntexist will catch this so I can go through it later.

>> No.476762

So why are translations being posted in this thread?

>> No.476791

>>476762

Does it matter?

>> No.478025

So is there actually a patch in the works?

>> No.478050

>>478025

No.

>> No.478063

>>478050
There goes my dream

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>>478063
GENIUS AT WORK

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