Ze plane! Finally ze plane!

[aceshighsword]

[[The typically stern, calculating, stone face of the major is broken into a girly smile. She stands beside the newly-arrived stealth fighter, long after it's pilot has sauntered off to deal with the captain, or whatever other Chalice occupants might drag her away

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[of_10_faces]

You seem happy enough. What's up?

[aceshighsword]

There's a real Fighter on the ship, Tsukasa! Isn't it obvious?

[of_10_faces]

Fighter? You mean the pilot of that actual plane?

[aceshighsword]

No Tsukasa! The jet itself! That's the fighter I mean!

[saikyocivrobo]

Well, someone seems happy about the new machine.

[aceshighsword]

That's because it's not just a machine. It's a Jet!

[saikyocivrobo]

A rare sight to behold, huh? It's a reminder of the times when combat wasn't almost entirely dominated by giant robots.

[aceshighsword]

Then you understand my sentiment?

[aceshighhealer]

Hi, Sakamoto~! What's going on? Did you receive something nice overseas and it just now got to us?

(Ta-da! Yoshika appears, not having talked much with Sakamoto beyond the usual training drills, mealtimes and whatnot. She was almost starting to wonder if she'd done something to upset the Major.)

[aceshighsword]

[[Nope, no trouble at all, just the Major handling business as per the norm.

Well, except now.]]

We did receive something nice, but, not necessarily as a gift.

[aceshighhealer]

It's not a gift for us?

(Can she at least take a picture of herself while appearing to fly it? Yoshika's staring up at it with a look of awe in her eyes.)

Wooow...!

[aceshighsword]

[[That would be up to it's pilot.]]

No, but, it's... I never thought I'd see another fighter jet in action in this day and age!

[emorangerpink]

[Laura's been digging through the Chalice's procedural manuals, such as they are, to figure out how the hangar is supposed to handle a unit that can't just walk from its berth out the doors.]

Major?

[aceshighsword]

[[Step one would be to remove all the storage and parts from the proper landing facilities. Nobody foresaw a real jet showing up, so... it's accommodations were likely totally covered in stuff.]]

Yes, Miss Ericks.

[emorangerpink]

[She's drafted a few servbots to get started on that. We'll see how much she regrets doing so later.]

I take it the new arrival's plane is a pretty good one, then.

[aceshighsword]

It's a very welcome sight after being beside so many giant robots for so long!

[redfckngcomet]

You appear to be in a good mood, Major.

[ It's rather refreshing. ]

[aceshighsword]

But of course! It's been so long since I've seen anything beside mobile suits and the like!

[redfckngcomet]

It's been a while since I've seen you smile, Mio.

[ And then, he gets an idea. ]

You know, that reminds me. Would you or any of the other Witches be interested in learning how to pilot a mobile suit?

[aceshighsword]

[[See that smile. GONE! Deleted. You see, offering her an alternative to flying implies a sign of age. As far as witches go, 20 is forced retirement. 19 is pushing it.]]

What are you suggesting?