"Yes," Zim replied to Katya before the announcement, "They used to call me that back on Fortress, my home planet. Fleck was the only one to call me that afterwards..." Zim grew silent after mentioning Fleck, which was fine, Katya's attention was drawn elsewhere. When the announcement came, Zim stepped back into reality from the realm of nostalgia.

Once to the changing room Zim quickly got into his plug suit. He didn't have to fight with it nearly as much as his companions did, being considerably shorter in stature the suit didn't need to stretch as far to accommodate him. But while he was disrobed anybody who took the time to look around, or just happened to glance his way would immediately notice how pronounced his skeletal structure was, despite how developed his muscles where. They would also notice the myriad of scars that littered his body, including but not limited to the scar from his impalement. 

After getting the suit on Zim quickly made his way out to Blackstar. His machine was smaller than the rest, just like he was. The tactical idea here was that it would be smaller, therefore harder to hit, the lighter weight would allow the machine to be more nimble, despite the heavier wing shields that it used to implement a higher defensive front when needed. The machine itself was not overwhelmingly powerful like some of the others machines, built for balance and versatility, Blackstar depended on his weapon to truly deal the damage.

Zim pushed from his mind all that he could as he started up the start up and authentication process. He slowed his breathing to calm his mind, which slowed his heart rate which calmed his body. He was attempting to alter his state of mind to accept the controls of the machine. He was rated highly with his experiences on the terraformer team, but thus far his sync rates had been abysmally low. As the machine continued its self diagnostics, Zim looked up at the HUD to see that his sync was still only 36%... everything would drag a little slow for him. He would need to do his best to anticipate his opponents actions. 

"Blackstar is online. All Systems green. Ready for departure," He announced.