Travail d'équipe
C'était comme si le vide froid avait craché ses mots dans son visage. La bataille avait à peine commencé avant qu'un autre pilote ne soit presque tué. Et peu importe combien son instinct hurlait pour qu'il plonge et sauve le garçon Jack savait que ça ne signifiait que la mort.
Mais c'était pour ça que les coéquipiers étaient là.
Le reste de Paper Tiger a rapidement éclaté en action, en tirant et en distrayant les pirates grouillant le Yukine assez pour que le Sword Shroud s'infiltre et sauve le belagued HFV.
Il se dirigeait déjà vers la paire lorsque la voix du Persan a atteint le vide sur les ondes électroniques pour sonner dans le cockpit de The Ball.
"S'il te plaît!" C'est l'appel retentissant alors que le véhicule de réparation de combat sphérique correspondait aux vitesses de l'équipe. Les bras magnétiques se fermaient sur ce qui restait de la Yukine et le nombre considérable de propulseurs de The Ball s'ouvrait jusqu'à plein, ajoutant à leur vitesse précédente et envoyant Jack et sa nouvelle charge encore plus rapidement dans l'enveloppe protectrice des canons de Jannah.
Name: Jack Thor
Age: 40
Gender: Male
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Skills: A skilled mechanic with surprising abilities at the multitasking and fine control required by his vehicle. Has also become something of master at evasive flight out of necessity.
Appearance:

This guy. Including the hair.
Personality: He once entered the galley of the OSDT shouting if anybody had ordered a large ham...while holding a very large ham from the local supermarket. Needless to say, Jack has something of a larger than life personality. A warm smile that could thaw the chillest of hearts and a protective, fatherly attitude towards his teammates. Has something of a minor obsession with late 20th century America.
History: Although of Norwegian stock, Jack was born and raised on Gerspenritter. As expected of one raised on a corporate colony he has worked for X-Corp in some form or another for most of his life. Starting as a mechanical engineer before showing surprising skill at piloting mecha and being transferred into the test pilot program. In an effort to forge a better life for his wife and ten year old son Jack decided to take advantage of the generous bonus and hazard pay available and volunteered to be a part of the XC|PT squadron. The idea of being able to help humanity as a whole simply sealed the deal for him, even if the OSDT was all but a name in a ledger it was still a group devoted to helping everybody and not just one group.



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Model: XC|PT-004 “The Ball”
Specialty: Prototype-Run Support Class SV
History: (See File: “Project Overview” located in 001)
They needed a support unit. A ball would do.
Appearance: A large sphere painted in garish red, white and blue stripes that Jack swears up and down have nothing to do with any nation’s flag. Breaking the color scheme are a collection of engine nozzles and robotic arms tipped with a wide variety of tools and claws.
Equipment: As a support class vehicle “The Ball” is equipped with a large variety of tools to provide in-field repairs for any wounded comrades. These range from a modular pair of electromagnetic grabber claws and a plasma welder to a 3D printer with which to construct simple electronics and armor on the spot.
In addition, “The Ball” is equipped with a very robust series of thrusters that allow it the delta-v needed to quickly reach any ally in need of repair.
Special Comm Systems - Not a remarkable feature, but still one worth mentioning, “The Ball” has a specialized communication system to allow for further encrypted communication with other HFVs from the XC|PT series. In addition to encrypted communication, the system allows for ease in transferring data between units as well as GPS position relaying.
Armaments: While primarily a support craft, the designers of the XC|PT-004 acknowledged that the battlefield is a dangerous place. As such they decided to give it a pair of rapid fire railguns that launch explosive kinetic penetrator spikes.
Weaknesses: While "The Ball" has enough armor to not die from a single blow, too much would result in an unacceptable reduction in speed. As a result it's only real defense is the high delta-v of the craft and the evasive skills of the pilot. Also as a primarily support craft "The Ball" has very few ranged weapons and nothing dedicated to engaging in melee combat.