Chapter 3-9
Georgia was looking at the spirit of Texas.
To say she isn't a little bit intimidated would be a lie.
The spirit looked relatively young however they all did except for Constitution for some reason.
Texas having cat ears was something Georgia wouldn't have expected from the super Dreadnought. Even still the stare-down was slightly entertaining.
"Enterprise vouched for you. In truth, I was excited about finally being repaired. However, with the recent mess you caused in Australia and all the girls I am seeing. It has the navy jumpy. Something, something master, some good folks are getting scared. The bad ones even more so." Texas says staring down the never built battleship.
"Well, do you have any sweet tea? New England just doesn't make it right. We can talk about it over drinks or I'm fairly certain I saw a Cracker Barrel down the road. Though my crew is now telling me there is a What A Burger nearby and I'm wondering if they are still serving breakfast." Georgia says
"Are you trying to stereotype me? I mean cause if so you forgot that chicken place." Texas says
"Chick fil a is closed on Sundays. Everyone should know that." Georgia says
Texas is just looking at Georgia.
"I can still call you grandma right? And what I did is nothing compared to your shake-down cruise." Georgia says
"What did I do in during my shake-down cruise?" Texas asks rhetorically.
"Tampico? Or did you think I was referring to the time you ran aground and New York came by to cheer you on?" Georgia asks
Texas smiles a little.
"Not many folks around remember those things. I mean back in my day" Texas says with a smile at the memory.
Georgia starts giggling at that statement.
"What did they do use mules to build battleships?" Georgia asks rhetorically
"They actually did. I remember the ramp those poor things had to haul my steel armor up." Texas remarks
"Okay miss gangster lean," Georgia says with simile
"... You know a lot, what blackmail material do you have on me?" Texas asks
"One of the first ships with an anti-aircraft gun. Sitting on top of an anti-aircraft tower." Georgia says with a grin.
Does texas flinch a little at the mention of the cursed anti-aircraft tower? Yes yes, she does.
"Or the cobra blood incident," Georgia says
"That one wasn't my fault!" Texas shouts
"They were your marines!" Georgia shouts back
The two battleships eventually break out into giggles.
"So sweet tea?" Texas asks
"Yes please," Georgia responds, following the older spirit.
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Taylor was watching the news. Georgia had shown up in Texas after pummeling the end bringer.
"Dad? Did we do the right thing by trusting her? It's going to put you at risk." Taylor says
"I don't think we'll have any problems," Danny says with a smile
"What makes you say that?" Taylor asks a little bit sarcastically.
"I met a rather intriguing girl today, she called herself Brockton bay and said she was an installation," Danny says
"A what now?" Taylor asks
"Miss Enterprise!" The tv barks
"Yes?" Enterprise says on the
"Georgia's identity has been leaked at this point right? How do you plan on defending her?"
"You're kidding, right? You do realize us ships have very few nonlethal options. So if someone challenged her in her civilian persona they aren't going home. On top of that, it may be an open secret, however, it's still a secret if someone breaks the unwritten rules we will respond in kind." Enterprise answers
"Like that threat BB-70 made on PHO?"
"Exactly that threat." Enterprise says before turning around and continuing to talk to a vet in a wheelchair.
"Hello, big E." An old man says with a smile his walker had an oxygen tank attached to it. The man himself was in full-dressed whites and was clearly weighed down by the number of metals attached to the uniform.
"Dick best? Aren't you 101? I'm am surprised to see you up and about." Enterprise says in shock.
"I am as well to be completely honest though I think I'm too stubborn to die like yourself." Best says with a smile.
"I get that, I personally clung on to my stern plate as they were ripping my body apart. There were several times where I thought I would cease to exist then Georgia found me." Enterprise says smiling.
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March 7th 2011
Emily Piggot was watching a sinking ship.
From her personal contacts in the court system, this case would destroy the reputation of the protectorate east northeast. Luckily it's also destroying the youth guard, and Emily kept the emails and recordings of the conversation where her boss told her too bad about the mess that was shadow stalker. Luckily Maine was a one-party consent state. So she was going to get off next to free and probably get early retirement.
(No clue if it is or not.)
"I still don't understand why they won't take a settlement!" The lawyer shouts
"That would be because they want to take this to court," Piggot says
The lawyers and Tagg look at her.
"It's a matter of principle for them. To top it all off they are hiding behind one of the most powerful capes in the world." Piggot says
"I still say we should arrest her and force her into the PRT," Tagg says
"Yes, piss off a battleship and the navy at the same time why don't you," Armsmaster says blandly
"The navy?" Piggot asks
"According to Dragon, ONI has been poking around to places BB-70 has been and is likely to go." Armsmaster says
"Why would oni want to deal with her?" Tagg says
Several of the lawyer's facepalm. Everyone has heard of the reopening of the Panama Canal
"So, we're fucked?" Legend asks his voice coming from the video call.
"Royally so," Piggot says
"Just because!"
"No that's not!"
Several voices are doing what the peanut gallery does and it was loud.
"That woman with the white hair was the USS Enterprise, I might be strong but even I would have a tough time against those girls. We all saw BB-70 fight The Simurgh we've all seen her threat rating. So I think we should approach this calmly cause even I don't want this fight." Eidolon admits, silencing everyone.
Was it because David had met her the day before? Maybe, however, he knew ships his favorite thing to do in his downtime wouldn't be to volunteer at the Texas ship museum if he didn't know ships. And Georgia is a ship he did not want to fight.