<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br/>Where: Simport City Harbor<br/>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br/>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br/>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/>Time.  And more experience.  That was what would be needed right now.  As of right now, Darclight didn't really consider anyone to be his equal on the job.  This crew was...strange, quirky, but surprisingly effective at handling the threats that had come across thus far.  But he didn't consider another maneuver like what had happened with the Kraken out in the bay to be in the future of this returning team.<tt class="bbc_tt"> "The team - Stormwatch - will be responsible for Miss Atel, Ace.  If that means you are free to keep watch over her, then you may.  But I will not saddle you alone with the responsibility.  Sharing the work - that is what teams are for." </tt>And as team leader, he was responsible for everything that happened with the team.  Hence, he would take front row on any major tasks.  Watching Ace leave, he now had a few spare moments to himself.  Before he walked out, though...<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"My offer still stands, Petal.  Always will, as long as I'm here.  Tell Major Jack and any of the others you trust over there that all they need to do is call Stormwatch, once it's back - and trust me, you'll know - and I'll take them.   See you around." </tt>And with that, he headed out the door.<br/><br/>"Khaj, what do we have next?"<br/><span class="bbc_u"><br/>"Auxilia wished to speak with us regarding her employment with Stormwatch, sir."<br/></span><br/>"Alright.  Find the prime and get us in that direction."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Of course, sir.  Also, if I may, since we have returned from retirement, we have swiftly accumulated combat data in significant quantities."</span><br/><br/>"Enough to keep the rebuilding going.  Alright, bring up the list."  A screen popped up in front of Conway's eyes, labeled 'Armor Capabilities.'  "We've come a long way, haven't we?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Indeed, sir.  When you found me, I was seriously damaged."</span>Through their experiences together, and through Stormwatch, they had slowly been able to rebuild the armor to what it was meant to be.  "Alright.  Start scrolling."<br/><br/>So it did, rapidly so, mostly through the logs of when various pieces of equipment had been repaired or restored...but close to the bottom, Conway saw the flash of a red line.  "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Khaj.  Stop and go back.  To the red line."<br/><br/>Red, Conway knew, meant a capability that lacked a prerequisite for restoration.  He hadn't thought that there were any left like that, that all capabilities had been restored, they just needed maxing out.  Soon, the red line appeared again.<br/><br/><em>ABSOLUTE ZERO CANNON</em>-<span class="bbc_u">Combat cold-projection systems underpowered</span>.<br/><br/>"Khaj, what is this?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Do you remember that combat in Tokyo against their Mecha-Godzilla, sir?"</span><br/><br/>"Yeah, I remember it.  Took over a hundred heroes to bring him down and then clean up.  It's how I met Falling Petal.  And it's not Mecha-Godzilla, Khaj.  The Japanese gave it a name - Kiryu."  Beat.  "If I remember that fight, Kiryu's ultimate weapon...wasn't it also called the Absolute Zero Cannon?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Indeed it was, sir.  You took it head on.  Not precisely one of your more clear-headed moments, if I may add."</span><br/><br/>"I had no choice.  We had no choice.  If I hadn't stopped that beam, it would have flash-frozen the Japanese National Science Center and everything that happened inside.  As it was, I managed to prevent it from hitting the Center."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"By diverting it into another building."</span><br/><br/>"Hey, it's not my fault IKEA decided they needed a twelve-story tall mega-facility in Tokyo.  They get along with just two-story ones here in the States fine.  Now, this Absolute Zero Cannon...where are you going with this?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"It has come to my attention, sir, that some of our combat capabilities might be used in ways that had previously gone unimagined.  A long-term analysis of your encounter with the beam of the Absolute Zero Cannon, as well as subsequent combat data, has enabled me to combine and project possible new uses for the armor."</span><br/><br/>"You'd better be careful there, Khaj.  I thought you weren't supposed to be like that.  Auxilia might think you can grow outside of your programming limits, too."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"I entirely blame you, sir.  Your creativity and ingenuity is highly infectious."</span><br/><br/>"...so it is.  Next question.  How long ago did you figure this out?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Approximately six months ago, sir.  Precisly nine days, three hours, and forty-"</span><br/><br/>"Retirement," Conway interrupted.  "That's why you didn't tell me.  Because you knew we were retiring and that pretty soon there'd be no more data for the forseeable future."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"I apologize, sir."</span><br/><br/>"Not your fault.  You made a calculation, and a good one.  For now, though, let's take all these new things we can do and give them their own page, yes?"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Of course.  Sir, we are approaching Auxilia-Prime."</span><br/><br/>The armor came around the corner and found Auxilia-Prime alone.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Alright.  You asked me to speak to you, because you had something, a stipulation, for your work in Stormwatch.  Let's hear it."</tt>