[color=gold][h1]Cassius Makarov[/h1][/color]


Cassius was glad to see that his first impression of the woman might have been a little off the mark. She seemed polite enough as she introduced herself, a little crass but nice enough. He returned her smile, and was about to offer his introduction to the man next to her, when their Deputy began to address them again. Apparently the other three were being told about something that they were not privy to at the moment, but that wasn’t of any concern to Cassius. He didn’t care for rolls of leadership; they were too much work all in all. Too much responsibility that he didn’t want the burden of bearing. He had to do his best to not call the man out for leaning on his mech though. Cassius was very protective of the Angel; it was a gift to him for being a good soldier. It was pretty much he only thing that he had taken with him when he ran away too, so it was his most prized possession.

But it seemed as though they were going to take place in some form of practice combat. Cassius was very careful to listen closely to the exact words that were spoken. They were being remote controlled, which meant that even in the case of this combat, they didn’t have to hold back. But since it was a training mission it might not be applicable to simply destroy the enemy, that might be going too far. So Cassius decided that he would simply render the enemy mech incapacitated rather than destroyed, it seemed to be what the mission was calling for. It also meant that Cassius could go all out without worrying about hurting anyone that wasn’t specifically an enemy. Cassius was a stickler for details, choosing to do exactly what was required of the mission, never more, never less. Either one could result in unwanted results, so he was careful to do his job exactly as ordered. The enemy mechs were a fairly basic design, fairly well reinforced from their appearance. Possible structural weak points include joints, so that would be the first target. He was suddenly snapped out of his thought by the sound of the large lieutenant colonel taking his place in his mech. It seemed like the man was confident in his abilities to the point where he didn’t have to think the mission through the way Cassius did.

[color=tomato]“Well it looks like things are about to heat up. Try not get hurt”[/color] Cassius said with a wave to the others before he walked over to the Angel. He pressed a button on a remote, and a hatch opened up in the chest of the mech and dropped a set of cables and a harness. He slipped them on before he was hoisted into the mech and strapped into the cabin on its chest. The machine quickly whirred to life and the screens inside started displaying information like the engine heat, ammunition levels, selected ammunition type and things of the sort. He performed some quick diagnostics before moving the mech over to the door. Its steps were much lighter than the thunderous clangs of the massive mech in front of him. He took a few deep breaths as he got himself prepared. It had been a few years since his last real combat situation, and even if it was a training situation, he was nervous. But he was even more excited. 

[color=tomato]“Man, it’s been too long since I stretched my legs.”[/color] He said as he started to warm up the large thrusters on the Angel’s back. The mech lowered itself down and got into a starting position in anticipation for the door to open.

[color=tomato]“Let’s not mess this up.”[/color] He muttered to himself with a slight grin, eagerly awaiting the doors to open.