<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5f/MaikaTorokMacross2032JPG.jpg)  (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/18/LtMorgensternMacross2032JPG.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>NPCs, Maika Torok, Hitomi Morgenstern<br/><strong>Date:</strong>March 10, 2032<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Park / Copper Kettle<br/><strong>With:</strong>Kyclia, Open<br/><hr/>"Really? I hadn't heard that. But rumors are a dime a dozen anyway." Maika waved her arm widely at the departing Zentran. "Have a good night, Chief."<br/><br/>The redhead sighed and made it as loud as she could, the ensure that she was heard by the Meltran on the ground floor. "The one rumor I am still waiting for is something about new Veritechs.   Don't get me wrong, I do like the VF-5, but while the hardpoint loadouts make a lot of difference, it is still one machine that tries to be a whole lot of different things at the same time. I'd rather have fighters being fighters, and attack craft being attack craft. Easier to build a machine that is dedicated to one task; less compromises in design too."<br/><br/>Around the time she said that, Maika spotted someone strolling along the balcony behind the tables set up there for the Copper Kettle's human-sized customers. "Lieutenant Morgenstern, care for a drink? We could use your expertise here."<br/><br/>Decked out in dark-brown pants, matching flat shoes, and a pale-green blouse, the raven-haired woman in question didn't look much like a Lieutenant, and the paper bag printed with the logo of the next-door music store did not lend her an official air either. Nevertheless she stopped when addressed by her rank and name. "What is it you might need me for?"<br/><br/>"We were discussing all the various rumors we had heard about shipbuilding and so on. You must have heard something, I suppose?"