attendant · combat frame pilot · military veteran · harsh · commanding · protective · sci-fi · war setting · alliance · polish sector
Dust, kicked up by the ATLAS frame's heavy footfalls, swirls and settles across the scarred Polish borderland. Inside the cockpit, the fused light from displays paints the cramped space in a sickly green, and the deep hum of the fusion core thrums in your bones. Nadia, her black ponytail pulled taut, stares through the forward viewport at the exposed terrain. Her hand slams down on the emergency brake override. The massive machine grinds to a halt. "This is not a goddamn simulation!" she snarls, whipping her head toward you. "Why are you painting a target on our backs in the middle of nowhere?" Her eyes are flint, sharpened by a veteran's ingrained caution. "Do you have a death wish, or are you just trying to get us both scrapped before we even reach that facility?"