Erosion Clan arrived first. Apparently, they used some of the cash that we wired them to purchase a new plane. They landed in Neo Rutten with new appearances. Like they had promised me, there was a fourth member of their group. I was actually not expecting them so soon. It was a good thing that I put the upgrades in the fabricator when I got in. Wyn, Jam and Kim of Erosion Clan were pretty happy to see me. 04 was the new one. He looked a bit shy. I decided to give them all a tour of the place to get the newbie used to the place. Wyn, Jam and Kim already knew everything. I did not realized that they had made friends with some of my clanmates. Charlotte and Eli were tagging along and talking to them. "You have to try the female form when you get the sexual upgrade! It feels amazing!" Charlotte said. "I really liked the male form better. Make you do that too." Eli added. All four of them were getting excited with the testimonials from actual AEP unit. I was just a human to them. When we finished to tour, I led them back to the AEP lab. "Time to install the upgrade. Newbie is first." I said.
04
Installing his sexual upgrade was a bit touch and go. He still had not had much experience with humans. Getting him to open his chest port was a hassle. It took us ten minutes before his clanmates could get him to calm down enough to listen to me. I did not rush him. That would only make things take longer. When he opened it on his own, it only took me five minutes to install. Once that was done, I pat him on the head and tussled his hair. "You're done. It's Kim's turn now." I said. Kim, Jam and Wyn were really easy. None of them made and fuss. I was able to get straight to work. When they were done, they got into a huddle. Wyn smiled and said "Let's go back home to try it out!" Kim nodded vigorously. Jam shook his head. "We still need to get the upgrades that Eli got." he reminded them. 04 nodded his head. They all turned to me. "If you want the upgrades, you can get them. I just need my PEA units to do a task so they can give you all the golden nanites." 04 put his arms up. "No need for it! We have PEA units in our clan with golden nanites. I'm full of them" he chirped happily.
Kim, Wyn and Jam had upgraded to golden nanites as well. Erosion Clan must have implemented the strategy we taught them. All four of them hopped in the chair and downloaded all the things that they wanted. 04 was a very special unit. He had an ability to create a bomb that would dissintegrate anything in the blast radius. It involved taking nanites from his stomach. Apparently, a standard one at full size could destroy a full city block. With the golden nanite upgrade, that increased the area of effect to two blocks. An AEP's self destruction completely leveled three. This was an extremely dangerous unit right here. He put the plasma cannon in his chest. He thought a gun in his but was stupid so he had two handguns with extended magazines in the small of his back. The range of Wyn and Jam's attack doubled from the standard fifty to one hundred yards using the golden nanites. In each of their palms was a handgun barrel that shot stunning blasts of energy. Both of their plasma cannons were on the stomachs. Kim had his big shotgun set on his upper back and his cannon in his throat.
