[center][b][i]Socotra, Yemen[/i][/b]

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Socotra was a beautiful and rustic island, seemingly untouched by the tides of war and change elsewhere in the world. Home to the famous 'dragon's blood' trees, the local Prince-CEOs of Al-Amir have treated the place as their private reserve, maintaining a barracks to keep their slice of the Red Sea safe from their rivals, both those within the Ruling Corp and outsiders. Right now, the barracks was leased to the Electrum Company under arrangements that were not fully disclosed to the rank and file, including Andrew Avalon, the current field-captain of the Electrum Company's NC Team. 

And that was okay; the young-looking man with silver hair had his ways of finding out. Walking the streets of the barracks town - a small village that was situated over the military headquarters of the Electrum Company's underground base - Andrew Avalon smelt the mist that had crept over the land; the humidity was a welcome break from the artificial environment of Electrum Base.

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Alas, the young-looking man had to return to said base soon; he had to show up early. Walking into one of the buildings, then continuing on to a hidden elevator inside, Andrew went down to the elaborate series of tunnels and chambers that occupied Socotra's underground.

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Once he had come from the lift, Andrew was met by the constant sound of machinery as the maintenance staff persistently repaired small breaches in the insulation. It was not comfortable, but he was used to it. Hurrying to the changing rooms, the young-looking man hoped that he'd be in his pilot suit in time for the briefing given by the higher-ups; he only had some minutes left to arrive early. Thankfully, changing his clothing from the formal suit he normally wore to an NC Pilot's body suit took only a few of those minutes, and he would arrive in time to the meeting hall.

Inside the chamber, Andrew activated the table's holographic projectors, then sent the summons to his team; they were to come from wherever they were and hurry to the meeting room - They had [i]a job[/i].

[center][b][i]Red-Star Task Force, Location REDACTED[/i][/b]

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Red-Star's pilots came in two flavors; one was the 'Comrades', free men (and a few women) who willingly piloted for the Corporate-State. The other were the 'Slave-Pilots', indoctrinated and brainwashed soldiers who were literally bred from Red-Star's 'Eugenics Camps' for a high Sync Ratio, and who lived and died for the chance to prove their worth and loyalty to their masters. Osamu Akiyama, despite his Japanese heritage, was one of those masters, and the fact that he barely avoided the fate of a slave did not stop him from regularly going to the Slave-Pilots' quarters to regularly punish the slaves for minor infractions.

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[i]Osamu Akiyama[/i][/center]

Right now, the genetically-engineered Artificial Human had singled out Mako Shintai, one of said Slave-Pilots and a fellow 'Japanese', for punishment. Mako was a black-haired and black-eyed young man with marks of soot on his face due to being forced to do mechanic work on his NC late. Exactly the pretense Osamu needed to vent his sadism.

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[i]Mako Shintai; pretend the Blue suit is Red[/i][/center]

"Mako Shintai!" shouted Osamu Akiyama as he approached the young man; Mako had just turned 18, "Is that dirt on your face?"

"Sorry, Osamu-[i]sama[/i]!" shouted the young man as he halted, knowing all the while that he was in the middle of the Slave Quarters' hallway. "The others were cleaning their NCs after the last battle first so I had to do it late! Please make the punishment as severe as it needs to be; I know what I did was wrong, master!"

Osamu smiled as he drew a whip from his belt, saying to Mako as his smirk recalled that of a sterotypical psycophath: "Oh, the punishment will be as severe as it needs to be. You're going to the lashing post yet again, [i]bishonen[/i]. I am going to have a lovely time slowly relieving you of your stained, sweaty jumpsuit, before -"

"Commissar Akiyama, stop!" a voice interrupted the two. It was Alexander Sky, the senior Slave-Pilot of Red-Star. Known as 'Chainbringer' and the 'Bane of Denver-Vegas', even the Comrades treated him with respect; it was rumored that he was going to be one of the latter soon. Approaching the two before placing himself in front of Mako, Alexander said:

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[i]Alexander Sky[/i][/center]

"Pardon my phrasing, Commisar, but Mako Shintai is an asset to the coming mission. Not to mention that being only eighteen, he hasn't developed the endurance to take multiple punishments, experiences in 'The Room' aside. [i]I[/i], however, have. So as his commanding officer, I must ask to take his punishment." All respectful words, and Osamu briefly lost himself in sadistic fantasies on what to inflict on the twenty-four year old Alexander when the latter interrupted once more:

"That said, has Commissar-[i]sama[/i] been informed of the new law? Punishment of Slave-Pilots for infractions below high treason needs the agreement of the Lieutenant-General. So we'll have to go to him to request Mako's punishment and my taking it on for myself." Alexander bowed his head to conceal a smile; he knew Dai Anson would never agree to let Osamu satisfy his perversions on the Slave-Pilots.

Osamu knew it too, and respect mingled with annoyance in his next words. "Clever. So let's go to him and get this over with!"

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