Future Shock (Initial Project)

Vol. 2 Chapter 2 - Albatros

The Dispatch consisted of a 4x4 British Land Rover Defender Light-Armoured truck (My Vehicle), a hooded M5 Half-track armoured Personnel carrier, a Type 73 Light-truck with an M2 Browning Mount, and a Marder Armoured Fighting Vehicle.

There were Two Leopard 1 Main Battle tanks who were to provide us support due to my everlasting paranoia of high-intensity ambushes, until get within the range of about 5 miles from the port city, where they will separate from the dispatch and use the forested areas as cover, this was necessary because that Trio might have spread rumours about the tanks, if they or at-least some people that heard them, were here, we would've been identified if these tanks were with us. Now as for why I didn't plan on having them 'Return to sender', was for them to act as a form of Armed surveillance, and as reinforcements in-case anything were to go unintentionally wrong.

The Tanks were Leopard 1A3 and 1A5 variants, Codenamed, Legacy-1 and Legacy-2 respectively.

This was because they were indeed the previous crew for the Panzer IV & Tiger I, the radio operators were given a new role, that are still in contact with the current crew as Linked Communication Individuals with the Tanks.

With about 30 Personnel in the dispatch (Excluding the Leopards), We were moving at a speed of 40 kph down the Paved Road directly towards the North Gate Of Albatros, 30 kilometres upper-most-South-east.

"Esther, I forgot to ask you a few questions, I had last time." I spoke roughly 10 minutes into the travel, With my eyes fixated forward as I'm driving the Rover-Defender, Kara to my right & Esther between-&-behind us, by the Rear-compartment.

"Okay, What is it?" She replied.

"During That Incident in the cavern, you didn't even retaliate with your magic... Why was that?"

"...I'am unsure, there have been many documentations of Magic being disrupted or disabled by other forms of magic, But I never sensed any form of magic from the Golem. It is only likely those Force ore's on it's body were being repeatedly fuelled by energy since of course Force ore do tend to fluctuate each-other when in high concentrations, pushing them to a certain degree of power. But that is only my speculation."

"Ah... Alright, I'm going to be giving you precautionary measures as to not get harmed when something similar occurs, as magic is your Primary Offence Capability."

"You gave me a gun."

"W-Well, Yes that's true, but a Pistol is generally a secondary weapon, or sidearm for simplification."

"Then one of your Assault 'Riffles'."

"Eh... *Rifles, but maybe someday, just not now."

"Mm..." she nodded.

"I too have a question." Kara eventually said.

Esther looked to Kara waiting for her to say it.

"How are you sure they won't find you hostile? The confirmed status of the Platinum Eyes Guild whether their alive or not is currently Unknown, you could still be seen as an enemy."

"Nobody recognized me, I wore a completely different attire than the one I had when you found me, nor the one I have to signify my allegiance to the Directorate, and My name was never said. My Plasma-magic is somewhat unique, while the magic I performed during my conscription in the Guild was very limited because I hesitated to use all my power against people."

"Oh, Alright that's good to hear- Not Just for us, but for your own sake. Both of us didn't want you to be discriminated."

"You two are kind, Indeed. Especially you Matthew, I never expected to meet- actually I never expected a Resurrected one like you to exist."