I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. Nicolas saluted me. "I'm here as you ordered, sir!" he said. "At ease. Are the others activated?" I responded. He relaxed and shook his head. We then activated the squad leaders and had them take care of their own units. When all of us were online and ready, we went to the area where we were expected to do the tests. Some of the invited officers were there already. There were also some rank and file soldiers that were loitering around. They probably wanted to see what we Mocca units were capable of as well. As time grew closer to the beginning of the test, the spectator's field got crowded with people. Captain Voss was in command of 2 platoons and the other platoon was very interested in us. Lt. Colonel Brychan had 7 companies under his command. Those 6 companies were run by 2 majors and 4 captains aside from Voss. Many of them were also interested. The other battalion was not here. They really either had no interest in us or they had other things to do that kept them busy. Either way we had to do our jobs now. It was time.
Doing the drills the drill sergeant called for was no problem. They were already all programmed into our software. We could execute anything that he wanted from us. It is simple to rely on the programming and do what was the natural course of our existence. The Mocca-C units were able to complete the cavalry routine. After that, we moved onto the marksmanship portion of the demonstration. Each of us were given a pistol and a set of targets. The first was 10 yards away. The second was 25 yards and the third was 50 yards. All of us were able to hit the targets with a full magazine. With 95% accuracy in under 2 minutes, it was a major success and they were impressed. I watched as everyone finished their turn taking shots at the targets. When we were done with the pistols, we were given riffles. This time the targets were 50 yards, 85 yards and 125 yards away. We still had a 97% accuracy rate with the targets. The only thing left to demonstrate was our programming for comforting soldiers. It would probably be the best part of the show. Unfortunately, no one requested to see it.
Each of the units aside from myself were dismissed. I was asked several questions and I responded with the correct answers. After all the superior officers left, Voss and the other lieutenant under him, Osmund Wigfrith, stayed behind. "Welcome to the 23rd platoon. I hear you are going by Lexis now?" the captain asked with an uncertain facial expression on his face. I nodded. "Sergeant Fitz named the squad leaders and I at my request. It makes interacting with us easier for others." I then listed the names and descriptions of the Mocca units with names. The captain nodded. "I'll keep it in mind." Lieutenant Wigfrith said "We were recently briefed that you Mocca units had a specific function aside from support on the battlefield." I nodded "That is true. We all have cutting edge sexual comfort and pillow talk programming for bolstering mental health and morale in soldiers." They both looked at me in a disbelieving way. "Is there any way that we can get a demonstration of these functions?" Captain Voss asked with a raspy and dry voice. It seemed he was uncomfortable discussing it here.
Fixing him with a smile, I nodded. "Since I understand that humans like privacy in these matters, we can device a scheme to demonstrate this. Let's have competitions for Lietenant Wigfrith's platoon starting tomorrow. A winner from each competition can select which one on the rank and file units to select as their partner. They can also select a unit for any other member of their platoon. We can give them a private room and then record all of the sessions. That will show you the skills we have." It was a quick way to get the men acclimated to the idea of our platoon as well as bolster some comradery and morale among the men. The lieutenant did not seem to like the idea, but the captain nodded. "They don't have any missions scheduled for another week anyway. A routine marksmen training and some light sparring won't hurt. We all can use some more entertainment." He then turned to the lieutenant and said "Do it in a couple of days from now. I want them to rest well and do their best." Wigfrith only saluted and said "Sir." We were then dismissed. I began to walk towards the barracks.
