Koehler continued waiting while looking at his new surroundings. A spherical cockpit, the front lined with all sorts of panels, energy levels, ammunition for his shotgun, thruster statuses, G forces, bla bla bla bla bla... [color=fff79a]"Why do things so big have to be so complicated..."[/color]. At least his seat was comfortable, that was always good. Don't want to have to worry about a hurting spine while fighting for your life, right?

He begins to wonder if his old friend successfully smuggled in that 'Kepler Grass'. Yeah, right. 'Kepler Grass', some really good narcotics originally found on one of the Kepler planets. Some good shit. It could probably calm down a Cruxi for a few minutes. Ah, drugs, the answer to, and cause of all of life's little problems. Music too, good music and some 'KG' can calm anyone down, great combo.

Speaking of music, [color=fff79a]"Hey, everyone hear me? Would anyone give a shit if I started playing some old-ass music over the radio? Pretty great! I think it was made when earth was the only planet under humanity's rule, in like the original 2000's or something for a video game."[/color], He continued, "Well I'm playing it anyway. I think it's perfect." 

[color=fff79a]"Hey, wait, wait,"[/color] he said [color=fff79a]"Lemme get 'in character'[/color]. He puts on the most 'metalhead' voice he can, [color=9e0b0f]"THIIIIS IS DJ METALFACE, LIVE FROM THE ARENAAA! TODAY WE'RE PLAYING MYSTERY TRACK #1 FOR ALL OF THOSE BRAVE PILOTS! RAARRRRGH!"[/color] He then actually plays the track from a tiny music player he apparently smuggled in with himself.

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[color=fff79a]"But yeah let's do this shit! All systems ready!"[/color]. He looked over all systems one last time, some good 'fighty' music makes him fight a little better, he thinks. Probably just a placebo affect, really. Left hand control? Check... Right hand? Check... feet? Still there... Yep, seems like everything was good. Amazing how the Roxy is fit with what's effectively a 'scanner' to further assist the pilot control his machine, reading his body motions for more specific control.

He made 'Roxy' do a little dance waiting, tapping it's foot and testing to make sure it's Pile-Bunker was working. CHNK! RRRN! CHNK! RRRN!. Yep, Stake firing mechanisms and retrieval was working 100%. Good. Thrusters? FWWWWWSSSHHHH. fired at minimum power, exhaust is firing. Also good. Emergency thrusters? WRRRR, FSSHHHHHH. Yep! All systems absolutely working.