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Jun 9, 2024 14:30:00 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 9, 2024 14:30:00 GMT -5
Once she felt the rockets kick in Sophie switched to the jet engine and cut the rockets. She’d need those for landing. Now she switched to the comms system to speak to the technical team and Avery. “I’ve activated the jet engine on the suit and cruising at 1/4 power. So far so good” she said. She was also testing basic manoeuvres she’d ran through in simulator trials and was flying quite comfortably. Avery Ashford
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Jun 11, 2024 6:00:22 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 11, 2024 6:00:22 GMT -5
"Let's hope it stays that way." She hoped it would be it was also another reason why they were out in the field. If something did happen then Sophie would be okay but the mechanic might not so it was always touch and go. "Let me know if it rumbles or feels off center to you." Sophie Chang
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Jun 11, 2024 13:33:29 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 11, 2024 13:33:29 GMT -5
Going slower than this current speed was risking stalling the engine and she nudged the power up to close to half way to go faster and higher. “Copy that ground control. Going to 50 percent power. Flight speed increasing” she reported back. This engine could potentially go faster than a sports car given its size but not on the same level as a jet fighter could; at least not yet. “Ascending steadily. No rumbling or power balance issues yet” she added as she tried some acrobatics. The g-forces were starting to build up but the suit protected her just like a jet plane protected its pilot. Avery Ashford
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Jun 13, 2024 10:02:45 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 13, 2024 10:02:45 GMT -5
She wanted to trust the model and so far so good because a lot of work had been put into it. In it's own way it was made for Sophie which she was glad for also because if you were going to have to use technology then you needed to know it. "It should work mostly okay for you. I think that most of the people who worked on it know they would be hurt if it did not." Sophie Chang
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Jun 13, 2024 10:50:58 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 13, 2024 10:50:58 GMT -5
Sophie levelled off when she hit 2000 metres and then headed back to a height where she wasn't a little spot in the sky. There was one more test she could do today with the fuel she had and that was going to full power under manoevers. This has been made for her as a means of helping her to be mobile again and elements of that could help others in the original form of the idea. What did develop was something she could help advance and others would benefit from as well. There were military, search and rescue and police applications up for grabs. "This feels good so far. Going to the full power test in twenty seconds" she replied to ground control as she slowed down a bit and circled. Then kicked in the full power. Control was slightly harder but that was something you could fix with experience of piloting this. She certainly was feeling a need for speed and checked her heads up display. Estimated flight time was also part of that information. That was something that Avery could also see. "The engineers did a good job and this can be improved later on" she added. "The engine power is still smooth and I will be landing shortly". If you could increase the size of fuel tank you'd obviously get more flight time but as a mark 1 went this was pretty good. Avery Ashford
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Jun 15, 2024 8:11:08 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 15, 2024 8:11:08 GMT -5
"Fuck that means I am going to have to give them a raise," she said. She did like when they did well but it meant she had to pay the engineers what they were worth so that they would not leave the work place not that she ever had a bad feeling about that anyway. "Mind stepping out of it for a few minutes so I can check a few things?" Sophie Chang
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Jun 15, 2024 11:33:01 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 15, 2024 11:33:01 GMT -5
“Will do Avery” Sophie replied and the landing process involved cutting power to the jet engine closer to the ground and using the rockets to slow her descent. So just like in the simulator it went smoothly. Once back on ground she was able to pop the suit open and let the engineers take over. Also to give a chance for Avery to see the end result as she climbed out. She could see the expected burns on the engine vents but that was normal. Perhaps this now needed a paint job. Avery Ashford
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Jun 16, 2024 11:19:44 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 16, 2024 11:19:44 GMT -5
She would be lying to herself if she did not admit that she was curious where Sophie's curiousity seemed to come from as she watched her. She split into three so that two of her could look at the machine and one could talk to Sophie. "Sophie are you not interested in your family history? I mean I get it if you are not but it is a question I have been wanting to ask you." Sophie Chang
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Jun 16, 2024 12:32:16 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 16, 2024 12:32:16 GMT -5
Listening to one of the Avery’s while the two inspected the suit Sophie considered the question. She knew her direct family and their criminal connections but her mother was something she only had vague information on. The reason why she’d started on the support doll project in the first place. “I do know my father was a triad fighter and my mother worked with him. Then she had to leave but I did know she had an ability like mine. I do know she’s still alive and if I would like to find her again” she replied. If anybody could dig deeper and find out more it was probally Avery. Avery Ashford
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Jun 17, 2024 11:36:45 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 17, 2024 11:36:45 GMT -5
She nodded because even she knew that families were tricky but everyone came to conclusions in their own time. "Maybe you will be able to. The island should have more resources if you ever get to where you want to try and use them but do it when you want and not on someone else's time." Sophie Chang
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Jun 17, 2024 14:39:31 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 17, 2024 14:39:31 GMT -5
This wasn’t something she had to quickly but she did have concerns about contacting her mother might well land the mysterious woman in trouble. So she did let Avery into more information and posed a question. “I do get the child support payments into my account; my aunts old account while she was alive. That’s how I know she’s still round somewhere and still being wanted by OSE even now. My granny told me the triads called her little dragon and she was small and mighty. I got a digital birthday card from her as well but the message came from so deep in the dark web I doubt it could be traced. If OSE and others are after her wouldn’t her helping the island some day be possible?” Sophie figured her mom was still a criminal but wasn’t the world as a whole still a potential enemy? Avery Ashford
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Jun 19, 2024 7:18:42 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 19, 2024 7:18:42 GMT -5
Two of her were looking over and giving thumbs up signs to let it be known that everything was good as she listened. "She takes care of you that is always good and yeah it would be possible. OSE seems to stay quiet but I imagine they are probably doing a lot in the dark but it is good you have some sort of communication." Sophie Chang
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Jun 19, 2024 10:29:30 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 19, 2024 10:29:30 GMT -5
Sophie figured she could at least let her mother know about this idea. With no idea where she was help she could give might be hard to define but it was a start. It would also mean telling her what had happened to leave her in the orphanage but these dark paths hat led to Lucifer was how she could get to know her mother better. "I'm sure OSE is always up to something. I reckon they're on the same level as the CIA. I will send her a message and offer this suggestion. The need for help might not be immediate but it might happen later on. The world still hates our kind" Sophie replied. Avery Ashford
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Jun 20, 2024 14:08:53 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 20, 2024 14:08:53 GMT -5
"You as I am sure you are told are a person who is wise for your age so it's good to see that as far as it comes to your family situation that you have a hold on that too. That is honestly that one part of me that I can say I did not at least not at your age." She laughed about ose. "Always on the move it does seem like they are." Sophie Chang
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Jun 20, 2024 15:18:35 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 20, 2024 15:18:35 GMT -5
Sophie figured that since her late father was triad so was her granny. These things ran in the family and she would have been as well if she wasn’t already seen as triad. Just living here now could change that future. “You have these movies and TV shows about the Italian Mafia. Once you’re in its like being part of a family. It’s the same with the triads. Living here might change that they’d think of me as a part of them as well” Sophie replied. So did that tie also apply to her mother? She didn’t know yet but it did explain why she sought revenge against the man who killed her aunt. Avery Ashford
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