Neo-Tokyo Battles!
The moment she saw the menu pop up she was hit by synthwave, techno blitz. Waving her hands about Hannah eventually found a volume control and somehow dragged it down so she could hear herself think.
And go crazy apparently.
The faux Kanji lettering was still there, as well as the options for UNIT UPGRADES. Though with half the café selected the number of menus that were trying to popup all at once was bewildering. So, with little other recourse she pulled it back to where it started.
Penelope.
UNREGISTERED ‘Civ’
There was nothing else there, oddly enough, though after a moment she pulled out another sub menu which showed categories for stat growth and current health levels.
“Huh. Speed is A rank but only C in strength?” She’d always seemed really strong, but maybe Hannah just didn’t try hard enough? In any event she poked another window and saw it drop down a bewildering number of possibilities. Which were mostly entirely grayed out.
Samurai: Needs Techno-Smith
Mech-Star: Needs Kaiju Defense Force
Section 69: Needs Corp Security Force
Bio-Borg: Needs ON1-TECH Enhancement Lab
And on and on. The obvious implications were clear, most of the options required pre-reqs she didn’t have. But there were two options available that did help.
Remove Unavailable Options
Sort by recommended
No reason to debate the game’s systems when she didn’t know what the game was… even if it was all in her head.
Moments later dozens had become a few, and with the first choice being the most intriguing. Mostly because she could guess what ‘Hive Runner’ was but what the hell was a Cyber-
Base Unit:
CYBER-OIRAN [SCOUT/UTILITY]
“The Cyber-Oiran acts as the techno-eyes and cybridized-ears of a Corp Commander, sneaking in and out of controlled areas and providing important intel as well as possibly laying claim to critical mission materials and supplies. An effective non-combatent, but thanks to their inherent ability to register as Non-Hostile they can often sneak by opposing security forces. They are armed with a set of basic razor nails and a hidden ‘weapon jaw’ underneath the normal face.”
While she read this an image appeared, the doll-like construction and shiny metallic face with full, voluptuous lips, pushed forward to reveal the ‘weapon form’ with a pair of knives hidden in the ‘neck’ and razor claws as stated. But the whole was fairly flimsy.
And preposterously sexual.
“Jeez.”
The breasts were huge, rounded spheres, deep, pure white with seems showing how they’d been constructed like the rest of the body. Thin limbs more designed for aesthetic appeal and bedroom fun then combat filled out a easy slip on and easier slip off kimono. Even more absurd, there was a rounded ‘viewport’ in the belly the contained a kind of slightly pinkish fluid, which, she soon realized must have been part of the supplies that allowed this unit to perform several of the additional scouting upgrades distracting enemy units or getting intel out of them. Mostly on while on her back.
“The Cyber-Oiran maintains minimal bio-org material, repatterned and re-trained per Corp mandate. The only exception are those that are used for Corp Commander missions, having additional will and capacity for planning and thought beyond what is expected of a normal ‘joy-toy’. They are still installed with the basic firm-ware, which often leads to unexpected responses to orders in the field.”
“Oh my, this one will be honored to take such a… hard mission.”
Hannah jumped at the voice, which oddly sounded like Penelope. But run through a synthesizer. Was she imagining her friend as… a weird sex robot scout?
Crazy. Even on the scale of whatever sleep deprived nightmare was causing this.
Still, curious she clicked again and-
“Mistress! There are too manty… I can only take two, perhaps three at a time! I require aid!”
Okay, that one was funny.
“In addition to base unit upgrades to weapon strength, armor, speed, and stealth for the Cyber-Oiran, there are two primary upgrade paths once a Commander has unlocked a license with either Sakura Solutions or ON1-TECH.”
“Wow, this is a really detailed delusion,” Hannah thought, pulling up those two, and seeing the upgrade tree split.
Sakura Solutions
Mecha-Courtesan:
“The Mecha-Courtesan improves the base states of the Cyber-Oiran while dramatically increasing base processing power and adding several new uses in combat. Primarily through the addition of a synthetic hormone aura that boosts combat potential for affiliated organic and semi-organic units. Though the most useful ability of the Mecha-Courtesan is to turn enemy units into allies. Their improved pleasure systems include a highly addictive and highly effective neurological hyper drug that can fully subsume organic units they isolate and restrain into allies. This is of course optional as they retain the original intel gathering and distraction options for those cases where one does not wish to reveal that they have unlocked 2nd Tier Units.”
“Ufufufu… my how big you are. Surely you can’t expect me to handle you all by lonesome… not without you paying first.”
It looked similar, in scale and shape at least but obviously higher quality. Less… ‘cheap’ in places. Most notable the ‘additive sex fluid’ storage now looked like heart in shape, with stylized decorations around the edges. A higher class of robotic scout whore. There was of course one other option for 2nd tier though…
ON1-TECH
BLACK-WIDOW
“The ON1-TECH Black-Widow is an all-around upgrade, much like the Mech-Courtesan. However, where the Mecha-Courtesan improves the support functions and adds new recruitment option the Black-Widow takes a far deadlier set of upgrades. There is now a separate fluid system, one for the original functions which is now compartmentalized and more efficient while the majority of the unit’s storage is given over to a hyper-potent paralyzing neurotoxin. The Black-Widow can spray it as a jet or mist from her lower weaponized jaw or administer it even more effectively during infiltration actions. In this case any unit is considered immediately captured, not having to be stunned by a specialized weapon or even restrained through additional equipment. A must have for a Commander seeking to improve their relations with ON1-TECH’s black ops missions.”
“Careful boys… or maybe you want some of this?”
Her model was now a bit more… goth? Gothic robot? Though still with the theme of anime cyberpunk, Kanji lettering along her ass and face like a doll when resting. Her core design was different again, the largest change yet. A brighter, cherry red color and now featuring an hourglass shape.
“Man, what a lot of options,” Hannah said, tapping through the menu. Not that she could use either of them since they needed some higher tier upgrade. Though the basic scout having so many technical abilities hinted at deeper strategy, maybe something more squad like and-
“Oops,” Hannah said, finger slipping as-
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