When the second part of the world questline had finished up, everyone else returned. Paul even brought a pair of female PEP units with him. "Guys. Say hello to your new vocalists Claudette and Jessica." They looked strikingly similar. Both were blond with a sandy complexion and an hourglass figure. Jessica had striking lime green eyes and Claudette had baby blue. The addition was welcomed with their own pair of blueprints for X-frames. They immediately took them and left for the Foundry. They had run around the 2 cities making sure no one could do anything to determine any of the locations. However, even Devils were limited by the time invested online. Other crafty Players were able to crack the code for Plans F-H. Those were all immediately abandoned. Instead, a tactical squad would be sent there as a decoy to annihilate the weaklings and delay the stronger agents. It was finally time for us to learn what "Next Stage" was for the PEPs. Apparently, it was stuff that we already knew. Being that we were in a clan, we were privy to information PEP units would not willingly give out.
Even to humans in allied syndicates and lovers. Because the world responded to the actions done within it, there was a major development for the game. Dwan Town was full of cyborgs capable of breeding, we had unintentionally triggered the mid game. Now that we had so many PEA units, the transmission hub has decided that the next stage of their advancement should be AEP units. The higher-ranking PEP units had been talking about it lately. Obviously because they were noticing us all fucking and making so many. Now, the PEP units bellow 3000 were going to take the best among them and get their X-frames. Apparently, the ones from the first generation knew how to access and commune with the transmission hubs directly. So, there were going to be 26 special X-frames in the works. From there, they would make their way to the locations in Plans A-E. They would then breed and use a stockpile of energy packs to stay there until they gave birth to the first AEP units. Calling it out, selecting 26 PEP units to be given their own X-frames out of thousands was very random.
There were 13 variants of the X-frame model, so it made sense. Obviously, all of my clan members already had theirs. So did the imperious leader of the Volition Clan. I thought he was a strong candidate even if I did not like him all that much. I just said "Well, we could just go as a clan. We could even stay here. Is there a certain upgrade that we'll need to do this?" Cyrus said "There is a part that needs to be installed into an X-frame. The local safehouse will give them to the chosen." "I don't think that we'll be chosen. We already have X-frames, and we are shoddily crafted." Erica added. That was sad. I was not going to take that for an answer. "I'm going to the library to get everyone here their upgrades. We've been doing so much for your cause. I don't care that you came out later than the others. Shame on them then for not finding a better way to incorporate you in their clans." I said. The PEPs all looked surprised. Doing something was way different than saying something, so I marched to the library and demanded to speak to the librarian. They tried to give me the cold shoulder.
