First Activation of the Carmine Trooper

Ves and Jovy faced the final candidate selected for this demonstration.

"Pilot Krio Delamar has accepted the honor of piloting your demimech for special reasons." Master Goldstein introduced the third candidate. "He is one of the best-performing mech pilots stationed on the Khamater Reign. His genetic aptitude is A, his scores rank in the top 5 percent of his cohort and he has mastered a large amount of combat skills with a large variety of mech weapon systems."

That was impressive!

Though Ves knew little about the sort of mech pilots that tended to serve the Association as its frontline combatants, even he knew how rare it was to encounter this combination of qualifications in a single pilot!

What surprised him was that the Survivalists were willing to risk the life and career of one of their best soldiers for this dangerous and uncertain endeavor.

It soon became clear why Pilot Krio Delamar did not object to this mission.