"You know sometimes this bloody waiting period is unbearable.  I know we're supposed to stay on station and help out for a year beforewe get deployed into active duty, but doing chores all this time just feels like sitting around doing nothing to me."<br/><br/>Tanr was in the common area of the station talking with a bunch of the cadets that he tended to hang around with in his spare time.  All he really wanted at this point was to get off this station and explore the universe, but to do that he had to wait for all the mech acquisition paperwork to get through the works, hence the one year waiting period between graduation and active duty.  Suddenly his wrist comm that was given to him by the intelligence division beeped, signifying that he had received a message back in his quarters.<br/><br/>"Ohp looks like that's my cue, see you later guys and try to stay out of trouble."<br/><br/>After giving them his usual overly perky smile, he headed off to his room.  Unfortunately he hadn't decorated his room at all the whole time he'd been there.  Hehadn't seen the point since he would be leaving as soon as he was assigned his active duty.  He sat down at his computer and brought up the message.<br/><br/>"Hello Agent Tanr,<br/>My name is Bob, I cannot tell you which military I am part of, nor can I tell you my position within it.  However you can be assured that I mean no malice.  I looked over your class records and have decided that you would be the perfect candidate to aide me in my endeavor.  As such I have had a very special mech assigned to you, it is highly xperimental and in need of some in action adjustments, which is where you come in.  Your orders from me are to take charge of this mech and to report to me on weekly intervals of its performance specifications.  I will review your reports and give you modifications to be made until we can get this mech to fully operational status.  The mech should be arriving to the station very soon, when it does arrive the head of the station should contact you to give you the appropriate security clearance to gain access to it as well as to tell you of your 'official' posting."<br/><br/>The rest of the message contained contact codes for Bob, and a few genearl safety notes about the mech.  Tanr sat there for a moment letting it sink in, unconciously letting his hand slide to the controls that would sound-proof his room.  As soon as his hand activated these controls he started jumping around, bouncing off the walls out of joy.<br/><br/>"I can't believe it finally an active posting, and a highly classified one at that it would seem!"