Commanding my clan, I projected my voice. "PBJ Clan, listen up. We are now undertaking the rescue mission of the coalition pilots and will support them in their efforts to maintain a warp gate." I announced to everyone gathered. "Hell yeah we will!" Paul said loudly. "Wooo!!" Brett cheered. Everyone got up and got ready to leave. "Wait a moment! How are you even going to execute that mission? You need an full XX-frame to do that!?" the leader of Cold Clan demanded. I did not say anything. I did not owe them any answers. I needed to go and get results. We did not have another one in storage. That meant they would be waiting for some time. Nothing bad would happen to them in space. None of the other factions were close to making their own XX-frame. The new XX-frame for the rescue mission would have to be made from scratch. Looking over at both Connie and Peyton, I said "Listen up. Connie and Peyton will go on the rescue mission. They will design a new XX-frame that details our role as part of the Researcher faction." They looked elated. We had to go home first.
Only by giving them the money, materials and blueprints could they head off to the nearest Foundry. The government commandos were still on our trail. This would be a race against the clock. They knew our launching point. It was only a matter of time before they launched a new assault. If they took that point, it would become even harder to complete the rescue mission. We would have to assault the launch site to get inside and then launch with all of the goons shooting at us. PBJ Clan could make a launch from our hanger. That would cut down on a lot of time. Brett and Paul both agreed with me. Once we got there, it was time to go straight to the AEP lab. The whole clan followed me down. Everything in the lab was ready to go. Once they had everything, so were Peyton and Connie. They left right away in one of the cabs. Both of them knew what was at stake. With them gone, we would have to wait for them to return. That would take a few in-game weeks. Since that was not up to me, I decided to check in on 10-003. He was still a Conqueror. We did not need more leaks here.
Since he was part of Toxic Clan, he was off by himself. Even the other AEP units in the clan did not play with him. They did not like that he was pregnant with a human's baby. It was pretty cool in my opinion. With everything that had happened and his high level of evasiveness, I was not there for him when he had the baby. That was pretty sad. If he had asked me, I would have been there to help him. When I apologized to him, he scoffed and turned his face from me. "I don't need a human to guide me in anything. It was only a matter of expelling the low quality nanites and the human tissue." he said in a huff. I just looked at him. "You should praise yourself more. I think that it is a massive task. Humans need to have some assistance in order to ensure the mom and baby are okay. Doing this all by yourself only proves you are as strong and as beautiful as the day I met you." I said. 10-003 looked stunned. He did not have a response. Eventually, he looked down with a frown on his face. "You don't need to remind me. I am a nearly perfect being." he hissed. I pulled him into a hug.
