*Battletech: Planet's Fall

The two reached the elevator that would take them to the upper floors and the personal quarters. Richard pressed the call button for the elevator. "You mentioned a Marauder earlier," he remembered, "don't tell me the DC could sneak a MAD in here." With a ping, the elevator announced its arrival and...

"That's good, I'm sure she'll be happy if you invite her over for tea sometime," he said and started walking towards personal quarters. He kept an eye on Yori and walked at a relatively leisurely pace, "The lanes the two of them swim are quite mesmerizing," he agreed. Neutrally "Flattery of my fish...

John looks to Richard and nods, then looks to Yori. "I hope you're feeling better. Are you up for a dance, waiting for Richard to ask, or still recovering and resting?" "I...have not danced for sometime, although I studied basic ballroom for my officer's training." Yori looks between the two neutra...

He nodded, "I,... was lucky to have made good friends, After my revenge, I learned pretty quickly that I felt better knowing I had done it, but I lacked the drive to do something new. Alpha asked me where I wanted to go, what my goal was and what I wanted to do with my life. The old man always seem...

Snip Yori listens solemnly and unblinking to all of this with no change of expression on her face. "Thank you for trusting me with your warcrimes. I believe I can sense the rage and the injustice you felt. Had I been in a similar situation I do not know what I would have done. Well, I have planned ...

"I,.." he sighed, "I told you that my parents were mechtechs,... and got me a job as a test pilot, right? That went pretty well,... for a while, I piloted many different mechs back then, I was still green, but it was enough to test the functions and pilot them through courses. One day though," he s...

Richard listened to Yori's story and nodded slowly. "I am a man of my word. From the sound of it, your colonel wanted all the benefits of the Campaign for himself and to dump the shame on you and your lance, besides,.... " his voice softened a bit and his eyes darted around a bit, "you're not the o...

He looked Yori in the eye and his brow furrowed, he was thinking, he looked like he was weighing his words well, "I dragged you into a cave where you got shot, it's only fair I catch a bullet for you too, besides, . ." he looked at the smoking mechs of Yori's lance, "We're MechWarriors, every time ...

"Only if you have the forces to spare, our mechs are all still mostly operational."
A piece of armour plating falls off the Crusader.

Yori's lance radiates a certain 'you're late' energy as it acknowledges the arriving allies and directs them to the salvage.

Yori, neutrally: "We are returning to base. We're also escorting an allied pilot if her forces inquire as to her whereabouts."

"If you get fired we will hire you...probably. I apologise for the loss of your craft, we have something of an outstanding issue with the Draconis Combine."

If they can, the group will try to get the pilot down and offer her a rumble seat and a ride back to base.

Yori's cockpit opens with the pained whine of servos. "Your contributions were also invaluable, I have never seen an aerofighter return to the air so quickly after a crash landing, you are very skilled Ms Pullenza. We are, mostly, unharmed. Allow us to do you the honour of a rescue and if you wish,...

Yori limps about and searches for the pilot. She's spotted after two minutes: she's hanging from her parachute straps, the parachute being caught in a tree. The woman gives a wave. She looked healthy. Tied up, but fine. A position Yori was reasonably familiar with. The battered Crusader slowly salu...

He nodded towards Kawabe and turned his focus back to Yori. Even though she slumped a bit he was there to support her, "Apology accepted," he said and hugged her a little tighter and gave her a kiss on the forehead. After a while he said, "I don't need to know everything, even if I admittedly would...

He smiled "You don't have to ask" he gave her a kiss and pulled her tight in his arms. "To be honest, I wanted to do this from the beginning, but I didn't want to take you by surprise." "I appreciate your respect for my personal space, it is my 7th favourite thing about you." Yori's body was still ...

He nodded and looked back to the evening when the two of them had broached the subject of the past and dropped it. "I'm glad you guys made it out. I don't think the guy was there in person and the story is over?" Kawabe, gruffly: "It would have been simpler if he had, then I could have crushed the ...

Fuck, that's a lot of damage, he thought to himself, moving toward the group. "Are you alright?" he asked Yori, he was relieved to see them all in one piece, "How are you?" he asked the rest and stared at the mechs uneasily, Ninovo was supposed to be the softest target in the region, what the hell ...

Richard only has to wait a few moments longer as, finally, the battered lance limps into views. All the mechs had taken quite a beating. The Jenner was missing an arm while the Shadowhawk and Crusader appeared to only have one fully functioning leg. Even the notoriously heavily armoured Hunchback's...