[color=gray]“Attention all Cadets,”[/color] boomed one of Zan's superiors, XO Lorenzo, throughout the speakers from all over the base.

As soon as Zan heard attention he stopped what he was doing and started standing at attention.

[color=gray]“Your mock battle will be happening in approximately ten minutes! Hurry on over to the hangar and do suit up. Don’t worry about being indecent either, the only ones that’ll be looking is your Framewerk, so go ahead and get ready and move them to nearby ruins where you will be participating in the mock battle. Oh, and do put on a good show… we will be watching your performance with the utmost of interest!”[/color] XO Lorenzo made a somewhat disturbing laugh, but Zan ignored it as he continued standing at attention.

[color=gray]"Also!"[/color] Lorenzo's voice came back up on the intercom suddenly across the base.[color=gray] "This is a free-for-all bout, where the last man or woman standing will earn a special prize I have whipped up. So teamwork is pointless in this, fight each other till I say stop. That is all!"[/color]

After XO Lorenzo was done talking Zan headed to Пожертвовать, which was the Framewerk he was the pilot of. Zan switched into his suit, which was different than the previous one he had. It was probably an upgraded one, since the one Zan had previously was a bit behind the times. Zan noticed this one had only one layer, instead of two and seemed to have less protection than his last one. Although it did have one thing Zan always liked having with his suit and that was a built-in helmet. Nonetheless Zan wore it with no complaints. Zan got into the cockpit of Пожертвовать, which Zan figured compared to the other Framewerks it was controlled in a different manner. Пожертвовать was controlled by many motion sensors attached to the pilot's body, and also a pair of 'gloves' and 'boots' that the pilot would wear. Zan liked this configuration, even though it made piloting for him more dangerous than it already was. The only buttons and switches were above Zan's head on the top of the cockpit. 

Zan placed on the sensors, 'gloves' and 'boots'. After that Zan powered up Пожертвовать, and released the two restraints on where Пожертвовать's shoulder-blades would be if it was not a machine. Then many spots on Zan's Framewerk light up a light blue. Zan rolled his shoulders, which made his Framewerk do the same thing. Then Zan did several checks to make sure all systems were working, which they all were. Zan then remembered XO Lorenzo did not say the limits of how much damage was allowed to be done on the other Framewerks and their pilots. [color=red]"Sir, what the limit to the amount of damage the other Framewerks, or is there no limit, sir?"[/color] Zan asked aloud, figuring XO Lorenzo or Lieutenant Ritsu were listening in on everything in the Framewerks. If Zan was ordered to kill the other pilots, then he was would do it. If he was ordered to only disarm them, then that would be all he would do. Zan would do whatever he was ordered to do by his superiors. After Zan heard back from one of his superiors, he would head out in the ruins at whatever speed Zan deemed best.