Without hesitation, Kradis made his way to the GEAR Bay, eager to get back into his machine. After his previous deployment, it had been a good eight months since he'd been grounded, with nothing but simulations and the firing range to keep Kradis sharp. With almost a predator-like drive, he itched to fight real targets, and continue his crusade. He exited the corridor, and was greeted by the loud noises and frenzied movement of an entire ship of technicians just before a mission deployment. It was good to be hunting again.

"Officer Topha, sir?" A techie approached, a young squirrel wearing overalls and welding goggles, who walked alongside Kradis and appeared somewhat nervous, "There seems to be a problem: Your GEAR isn't compatible with the latest LAS-DES retrofits, so you're going to rely on the other GEARS for Javelin Fire Control. I didn't think it was too big of a problem, since you're an artillery specialization anyway..." 

Kradis smiled at the corner of his mouth, and continued to look ahead, stopping in front of Gammorah and looking up. "No, you did excellent, thank you for the assistance. She's an old machine, isn't she?"

"I think the term is outdated, sir. Though that load capacity is insane, you just don't see that with bipedal combat GEARs these days. Where'd you get it?"

Kradis climbed into his GEAR, and took one last look at the techie, winking as he began to close the cockpit. "Sorry, my friend, that's classified."

"Oh really?" The techie turned and started to walk away, and waved over his shoulder, shouting jokingly. "Well, you can find someone else to put the cluster rockets back on, and you can FORGET about those stabilizer enhancements, which you ar-" The cockpit locked itself shut, drowning out his complaints and most of the noise of the hangar, and Kradis chuckled, before booting up Gammorah's L/OS. Since there were little in the way of updates available for this particular make of operating system, it didn't have flashy things as high tech security encryption or the like. In fact, you still need a password to get full access. The plus side was that it booted up quickly, and was highly adaptable.

'[i]Password required for full system access[/i]'. Kradis read the holographic print, and spoke softly. "Cyrillic Cliff Steppes". They were words that held a lot of meaning, and he could never forget. The system booted up fully, and a text prompt, '[i]Welcome back, Officer Kradis Topha[/i]'. With that, full access was achieved, and Kradis ran his pre flight checks carefully. With the all clear from his readouts and the techie's thumbs up. he was ready for combat, and the safety clamps were released. Gammorah stood taller than most, much like Kradis himself, and it was bulkier too. Slow and precise, it could carry a lot of firepower.

"Officer Kradis Topha, piloting the [i]Gammorah[/i], ready for deployment!"