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Chapter 01: A Series of Recent Events – The New Blitz Team
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Zoids New Century Awakening
A Zoids Fanfiction Story
Written by,
William R. Woods
"Deathzealot" or,
"deathzealotzero"
Chapter 01: A Series of Recent Events – The New Blitz Team
The 43rd Royal Cup was one of the more exciting and well received of any past Royal Cup. While the Backdraft Group did try to pull a coup during the event, destroying several of the orbiting Judge Satellites in the process and taking control of a few other satellites as well. This would be prevented in part to the actions of the Blitz Team, mostly its lead Zoid, the Liger Zero and its pilot Bit Cloud. It would be the actions of Liger Zero and Bit Cloud which would make this Royal Cup such an exciting viewing and ended up being watched across Zi numerous times. The fight between Liger Zero and the Backdraft's own lead zoid, the Berserk Fury would one for the record books joining the ranks of other legendary fights…
- Taken from a news story about the 43rd Royal Cup around May 3, ZAC 3223
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Midori Valley
Europa, Planet Zi
June 10, ZAC 3223
A whisper of wind breezed through the small valley and the short green grass that covered the valley floor in a layer of greenery. The wind ruffled the grass along with the taller plans that dotted around the small valley before it whispered past a figure laying in the grass who simply closed its eyes as they felt the breeze going past and around the much larger form standing behind the smaller figure before exiting the small grass-filled valley. In the valley the figure of Bit Cloud opened his eyes with a small sigh as he watched clouds rolled past the blue sky above him. Bit tilted his head slightly upwards to spy the larger form of his Zoid the Liger Zero which silently stood waiting for him to once again to jump in the cockpit.
He smiled slightly for the Zoid had changed quite a bit in the two months since the Royal Cup for Bit took the time along with money he got from winning the Cup to really upgrade the Zoid. First the salvaged twin-barrel shock cannon that he equipped the Zoid with after his second battle with the Zoid had been upgraded to a more powerful three-barrel version. Then in its cheeks are a pair of light laser repeater guns, basically a laser-based machine gun which these weapons more powerful than the larger Vulcan pods on the zoid's Jager Armor. Finally on its back between the pair of ion boosters was a 20mm Laser Cannon similar to those equipped to basic Shield Ligers. This made the Liger Zero's basic white armor a bit more useable in battle then before since it had only the under-powered Shock Cannons and the Strike Laser Claw in this form during the earlier battles he took part in. The thought of modifying the basic armor he had during his little vacation when he was thinking about his last battle with the Berserk Fury in that the Basic Armor was the only thing he had left. Not to mention thinking that with the other armors sporting a single major strength he needed a more well-rounded armor hence his reasoning for upgrading the basic armor.
Of course that was not the only thing he had upgraded about the Zoid for the three other armors of the Zoid had also been upgraded in some form or another with the first two the Jager and the Schneider receiving a few minor upgrades. The only other armor to receive a major upgrade was the hulking Panzer Armor which had downgraded its Hybrid Cannons slightly to make them less of a power draw, and the addition of a series of heat sinks in the armor to prevent any overheating from firing its main weapons. Of course these heat sinks couldn't fully prevent overheating if the weapons where constantly used for a long time however it still allowed Bit to use the Panzer's weapons during a battle more than once. Not to mention walking around with the armor on which another of the major weakness of the armor for even a simple walk could overheat the zoid given time.
With a long sigh Bit tilted his head back to look at the clouds for while upgrading his Zoid was fun and such but it did make his blood boil with anticipation for what awaited them in Class S. However it looked like he wouldn't be able to fight like he wanted to in Class S which made the young Zoid pilot frown in thought as he looked down at the crumbled envelope that he held in one hand which covered his chest. The envelope contained a letter that he had received a few weeks before around the time he was finishing up the upgrades to the Liger. It had shocked and horrified him to read it for it was from his hometown on the Eastern Continent which explained it being a hand written letter instead of an electronic version which the rest of the planet now used for much of its mail. It explained that his home town's small but highly trained militia had fought off a large bandit attack which resulted in a few casualties including his older brother. It also went on to explain that they had found out that several of the larger bandit groups had started to ally with one another which saw larger bandit attacks starting to happen across the continent. Since while bandit attacks where quite common on the Eastern Continent with no real force capable of fighting back against the bandits and zoid thieves that roamed around the continent. It was only small bandit groups that could easily be countered by the militia raised by village of the towns and villages of the Eastern Continent. Therefore having several of these groups now allying together made things quite worse for the small town Bit Cloud had once called home.
It was these minor bandit attacks that was the reason he left his hometown and went out to find the perfect zoid to help in the fight against the bandits plaguing his home. After he didn't find such a Zoid from dealers and such he decided to build his own which led him to start collecting parts and junk to build his own perfect Zoid. This would lead him to stumbling into that battle between the Blitz Team and the Tiger Team on that fateful day when he first met the Liger Zero which soon became his partner and his dreamed of perfect zoid. However in all of the excitement and such from Zoid Battles he fought in over the months since he joined the Blitz he had forgotten about what was happening on the Eastern Continent and his hometown which was why this letter troubled him so much along with the death of his older brother. He felt as if he had betrayed his family and the people of his hometown which he felt reasonable for due to being a scion of one of the major militia families of the town.
With a deep long sigh which ended in a low growl Bit sat up with a determined expression on his face before looking down at the envelope once more. He stuffed it back into the jacket pocket where it had been for the last several days before turning slightly to look at the Liger. He eyed the Zoid before nodding and getting up not minding the grass stains on his clothes before walking towards the large Zoid.
"Alright Liger I have decided that it is time for this prodigal son to return home. Are you with me partner?" he mentioned looking up at the towering Zoid which growled lightly at his approach.
[Do you even have to ask Bit. You are my pilot and friend therefore I shall follow you anywhere you need to be wither it is the sanctioned battles of Class S or the Eastern Continent and the fights there,] a low rumbling voice said in his head which made the young zoid pilot smile in response at the zoid's reply. It still felt kind of weird to hear a zoid talk back to him, granted he always had been a firm believer in that Zoids where alive and such but having a zoid talk to him was still kind of weird. Even then he started to get used to it which kind of made him seem like a loon as he held several different conversations with the Liger since he started the upgrades.
"Alright then let's get going Liger we need to make quite a few preparations for the trip home. Unless you want to walk all the way to the Eastern Continent," he replied as he quickly climbed into the cockpit of the zoid. He smiled a high growl coming from the Zoid which he knew was the Liger chuckling.
[Oh no. First that's impossible for we have to walk under water to get there and two I really don't want this new paint job messed up from all that salt water. ] The Zoid mentioned with a snort making Bit chuckle in response to the zoids vain comment for he knew the Liger while taking pleasure in his appearance was not that vain in that he didn't want his paint job getting sullied.
"Alright let's go Liger," Bit mentioned sending the large zoid running out of the valley with a loud roar. As he did so Bit narrowed his eyes and promised himself that he would make the bandits pay for all that they have done to his people.
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Blitz Team Base
Red Cliff Basin
Europa, Planet Zi
A few minutes later found Bit walking the Liger into the hanger of the Blitz Team Base which was quite crowded with a few extra zoids now calling the hanger home. He chuckled at this as he brought the Liger into its bay next to the smaller form of the Shadow Fox. The Liger was not the only thing that had been upgraded or changed since the Royal Cup for the Blitz Team was quite larger than before thanks to some recent additions to the roster. This came about after the Team attended an event held in their honor by the Zoid Battle Commission after they returned from their vacations. There they learned more about Class S and the differences they will find in the elite Class S. One of them was larger battles with up to thirty Zoids taking part in said battles. Therefore the small Blitz Team needed to expand if it was going to survive in Class S. It was then that they were told that Class S Teams usually recruited warriors from past rivals to fill out their ranks. After being told this they first hit up the two-man Fluegel Team, with Naomi Fluegel and Leon Toros, on the suggestion of Brad Hunter. It wouldn't take long for the two to say yes to the suggestion and the Blitz gained two new members as well as their Zoids much to the pleasure of Doc Toros who loved the idea of having a Blade Liger on their team.
As he climbed out of the Liger's cockpit Bit grinned as he looked over to find the two red zoids that faced opposite of the Liger and the Shadow Fox. First there was the red Blade Liger of Leon Toros which was on par with the Liger Zero then in the shadow of the large Liger-type Zoid is the small red Gun Sniper Naomi Special which allowed the former solo warrior to be such a terror on the battlefield in the past. The addition of those two to the team gave them six zoids, a large team by the standards of the lower-classes but tiny compared to Class S Teams.
Therefore they turned to look at other teams they had fought against for more recruits and were quite surprised to be approached by Tomas Omari of the Sabre Fangs. From him they learned of the break-up of the Sabre Fangs with the leader Kirkland returning to his home in the Republic to help in caring for his ailing mother while Lineback signed up for the expanding Zoid Unit of the Commission Security Forces. Omari was left behind to find a new start which he then saw one of the ads put out by the Blitz Team. He then found that new start with Blitz when they allowed him to join the team. When the man arrived at the base they had been surprised to find that he had switched out his Saber Fang with a new Zoid, a modified but still rare Black Redler Aerial Zoid. The Blitz then learned that Omari had originally been trained as an aerial zoid pilot but due to the low-number of aerial zoids in the lower classes he started to pilot ground zoids. Now that he could start over fresh he decide to go back to his roots and when he found that a rare Black Redler was being sold by a Zoid Dealer he snapped it up from the money he got from his savings and selling his Saber Fang.
This lead Bit to look over to see the Black Redler sitting next to Jamie's Raynos which saw his eyes sliding over to the last of the recent additions to the Blitz Team which made him chuckle a bit for it was a Zoid that made Doc Toros do a happy dance when he first saw it due its rarity. The Zoid in question: a Desert Liger, a variant of the more popular Shield Liger. This Liger is owned and piloted by a man named Ray Gregg, a former member of the Helic Republic Military who left the service after ten years. He now decided to try his hand in Zoid Battles and found himself a bit disappointed in said battles but finding out that Class S Battles where a bit more exciting responded to the Blitz Team's recruitment drive. When he arrived at the base with his Zoid it sent Doc Toros into a frenzy for while Desert Ligers were a variant of the Shield Liger it still was quite a rare Zoid due to the changes made to it to make it into a separate Variant. For one it was far more maneuverable and sport slightly improved armor allowing it take a few more hits than a regular Shield Liger. However what really grabbed everyone's attention was the emblem emblazed on one of the Zoid's shoulders: a red shield with a liger figure at the center. This was the emblem of the Leo Masters, a group of Republican Zoid Pilots who are expert pilots in Lion or Liger Type Zoids. In fact it is said a Leo Master would have piloted many different Lion or Liger Type Zoids with some the older Leo Masters piloted every single different Lion or Liger Zoid out there even rare ones.
After the team shook of their shock from this development they were again shocked when the man commented on the other two Liger Zoids in the hanger and how well cared for they happened to be. He then commented on he was quite surprised and a bit pleased to see a Blade Liger here for the majority of known Blade Ligers were in the hands of Leo Masters back in the Republic. The man then did something that not only shocked the entire Blitz Team once more but put the man firmly in Bit's good book he walked up to the Liger Zero and politely asked if he could get a chance to try out piloting him in the near future. Bit was then shocked to hear the Liger's positive reply in response to the man's polite inquiry which made Doc Toros faint from all of the shocks while the others could only stare at after the new pilot in sheer amazement and a little hero worship.
Since then Ray Gregg threw himself in helping the team get ready for the Class S Season while at the same time talking with both Bit and Leon on their shared love of Liger-Type Zoids. In fact both of the other Liger Pilots learned a few tricks and such from the older man about Ligers. While the man was quite closer to Leon then Bit he was still becoming a good friend to the young Liger Zero pilot. That said Gregg didn't just focus on his fellow Liger pilots but became quite a good friend to the other members of the Blitz Team, as well as offering advice to the others including Doc Toros on how to run the team.
With a shake of his head Bit finished his quiet perusal of the hanger before walking towards the hanger exit and into the rest of the base. When he did so he wasn't all that surprised to see the rest of the team rushing around packing a few last minute things for that was another change with Class S. For the the battles of Class S where not on the main Europa Continent instead much of the Class S battles could found on the sub-continent Elemia. This meant that the Blitz could no longer use this base for it was too far from the new battlefields of Class S. Therefore the group as a whole had started to get ready to move into a new base located somewhere on edge of the Elemia Desert which gave its name to the sub-continent. While it could said Elemia was a part of the Europa Continent for nine months of the year it was an entire separate continent with a thin strip of water separating it from the rest of Europa. Then rest of the year the water levels lowered and it was once more a part of the rest of Europa.
"Yeah Bit back from your run?" a voice asked from behind him making him turn and smile at the short figure of Jamie who was carrying a small box in his hands.
"Yes Jamie. I take it everyone is about done with their packing then?" he asked in return to the young aerial Zoid pilot who had changed the most of the entire team in the three months since the end of the Royal Cup. Knowing that he could no longer stay back as a support member of the team in Class S with its larger battles he threw himself in training with his father Oscar and when he arrived Omari. Now he was a bit more confidant in his abilities and a better pilot as a result. It also seemed like he was merging his two personalities together into one, which gave him a bit more confidence. While he still helped in the running of the team with Doc Toros he now was a fully realized fourth pilot of the team.
"Pretty much. The Doc is just finished up packing up his models now. Then he shall be talking to us in the Tactical Room explaining how we are going to get to Elemia as well as something he mentioned would change the team around," Jamie mentioned with a nod of his head making Bit internally sigh for he knew what exactly the Doc wanted to talk about for he was the only member of the Team who knew about the letter he had received from home. He still could remember that night when the Doc found him sobbing in the hanger at the feet of the confused Liger Zero after he first received the letter.
"Alright then I got all of my packing down before my run therefore I shall wait for you guys in the tactical room then," Bit mentioned nodding the nearby door to the mentioned room.
"Got it Bit," Jamie mentioned before continuing on while Bit entered the tactical room with a smile on his face. He looked around the small room to see that Brad was already done and was on one of the couches reading a newspaper. Nothing really changed about that however what changed was the figure curled up at his side. Bit really tried not to smile too large but still nodded to the steely-eyed figure of Naomi Fluegel as she glared up at him from her position next to Brad. He quickly took a seat opposite of the two noticing the small proud look on the face of Brad as he sat down. Bit then turned to the third figure in the room working on one of the computer stations in the room. Tomas Omari has really changed since his days in the Tiger Team exchanging his uniform like Tiger Team battle cloths with a more comfortable one piece jump suit and a short vest over his torso. The colors of this new get-up matched his modified Black Redler perfectly with the jumpsuit black and the vest a dark red which matched the secondary color of his zoid. Bit exchanged nods with the man when he looked up at Bit sitting across from him before returning to whatever he was doing.
Seeing none of the others where in mood for any talk Bit decided to do some of his own work while he waited and pulled over the mobile computer work station to him. He quickly started to look through some sale aids for transport zoids that he could buy to take him and the Liger to the Eastern Continent. As he did so he noticed that there were a bit more then he thought there would be but then remembered that due to the fall of the Backdraft the Zoid Battle Commission got their hands on the majority of their Zoids including their transports. However these were mostly Whale Kings with a few Carrier Tortoises and Gustavs with one or two Hammer Kaisers that had been taken by the Backdraft during their unsanctioned battles which couldn't be returned to their original owners with either that team that had previous owned them breaking up or some other reason like getting a better transport. Not to mention those teams who were trading in their smaller transports for larger transports that had been taken from the Backdraft. Bit did find a few of the small Transport Hammer Head Mark-IIs which could easily carry the Liger and one or two larger Cargo Hammers but the asking prices for these Zoids where quite higher than he was willing to pay at the moment. He grimaced at this but was soon distracted when the door slid open and the figure of Leena Toros bounced into the room making Bit smile in response.
"Hi Bit!" Leena said with a smile as she took a seat next to him. Leena had also changed a lot since the end of the Royal Cup for on the advice of her father and Bit she used a part of her share of the Royal Cup winnings to see a psychiatrist about her problems with her anger. This doctor helped Leena a lot and while she still had short-temper she was now quite calmer and easy to be around. This also had the side effect of Bit getting closer to Leena as he helped her through some of the visits. While they were not an officially dating couple like Naomi and Brad as of yet they still were quite close to one another much to the amusement and pleasure of the old original Blitz Team including Leon.
"Hi yourself Leena. I saw that you went ahead with removing some of those missile pods from your Zoid when I came in from my run," he mentioned with a chuckle making Leena blush at this before nodding with a smile on her face. That was something else that changed with Leena due to her calmer outlook was that she no longer had a need for all of the heavy firepower which had been a side effect of her anger problems.
"Yup! Apparently Ray's mother was a Gun Sniper pilot for the Republic Military and she barely used the zoid's rifle while in combat. Instead she used her zoid as a general infantry zoid with a secondary role of recon-sniper," Leena explained with a pleased look on her face. Bit nodded at this with a smile and patted her on the shoulder pleased that she was quite different from when he first joined the team. In fact during a few practice matches they had in the last week Leena actually started to conserve her ammo and accurately lay down her fire instead of just blasting away wasting her ammo.
"So without those missile pods weighing your zoid down you can easily dance around the battlefield before bringing down the hammer when you need it," Bit mentioned after a moment of thought making Leena nod with a shadow of her former crazy gun-girl smile before sighing and leaning against Bit's shoulder.
"Man this moving stuff is so exhausting I wonder what Dad has planned for this place after we leave," Leena mentioned with a frown on her face. Then as if summoned by her thoughts the door slid open and the rest of the team trooped into the tactical room with Doc Toros bringing up the rear with Jamie. Bit exchanged nods with the other pilots including Leon and Ray who had been chatting about something or another when they came in. However while the team did expand its pilot roster that wasn't the only new recruits they picked up for two non-pilots joined the team.
First there is Dan Dobson a zoid mechanic they picked up when they saved the man from a group of bandits who had used their zoids to destroy his shop and chase the man into the desert. An hour or so later the Blitz found him running from a pair of Molgas and a Rev Raptor who were quickly dispatched by the Blitz Team. The man with his shops in ruins and needing the money joined up with the Blitz as a mechanic which helped take a load off the pilots.
Then there is the young Paul Jones who was from the same village as Dan who worried about the older man went out in an armed Gustav to find him after the bandits attacked Dan's shop. He later stumbled onto the battle between the Blitz and the Bandits where he soon asked to join the team alongside Dan. He at first wanted to be a pilot but with no zoid of his own beside the Gustav he couldn't really be a pilot but Doc Toros seeing something in the boy extended him an offer. Basically join the team as the Hover Cargo's official pilot for with Jamie now becoming a full-time pilot of the team the Doc needed an extra hand in running the Hover Cargo during battles.
With the entire team now in the room Doc Toros made it to the front of the room where he entered a few commands into the work station located there which was connected to the holographic projector in the center of the room. The man look quite excited and ready for this next chapter in the Team's journey.
"Alright Team listen up," Doc said as he brought up the holo-projector online. It showed a scrolling window which was an email from the Zoid Battle Commission due to their emblem on the header of the letter.
"We now go our official marching orders from the Zoid Battle Commission. The new season starts in two weeks with our first battle around a day or two after the opening ceremonies going on in Blue City. Like the earlier gala we were invited to earlier the opening ceremony of the new season shall be focused on us welcoming us to Class S therefore we are required to be there. With that said I want us to be on the road by tomorrow morning for it will take us around four days to get to Elemia. That will give us plenty of time to unpack and unwind from the move before the start of the season," the Doc said with a big smile on his face as he nodded to the holo-screen. Jamie blinked at this with a frown before exchanging looks with Brad and Leon before looking up at the Doc.
"Yeah Doc what about finding a base for that may take a while to do?" he asked with a frown on his face for while the Blitz Team no longer was in debt or low on money anymore thanks to the winnings from the Royal Cup along with a few minor investments they made since the Royal Cup. They still didn't have all that much money therefore he was quite worried that the older man had used all of their current funds to buy a new base for them.
"That is already taken care of Jamie for after we heard that we would have to move from this base I put out some feelers to see if we could find something somewhere on Elemia to use as our new base. Well yesterday I got something back from one of these feelers and it is perfect," Doc mentioned with a pleased look on his face much to horror of the original Blitz Team. Doc turned back to the work station and brought up an overhead map of a small island on the holographic screen. The viewers could easily seen several buildings and other facilities built around the foot of a tall extinct volcano that took up one half of the small island.
"Everyone this is Crescent Isle a small island along the Mia Coastline around thirty or so miles from Blue City. It is going to be our new base," the man mentioned with a smile making the original Blitz team trading weary looks between one another. Finally Jamie sighed and stood up looking at the holo-screen with a frown.
"Alright Doc I have a few questions. First how much did this new base cost us?" he asked mentally preparing himself for the total and hoping that it didn't drain them dry. He really wished he had removed the Doc's access to their new accounts but as manager of the team he couldn't.
"That's the best part Jamie. Apparently this facility was originally constructed by the Backdraft Group as a base to launch operations against Class S Battles on the mainland but when the base was almost finished the Group pulled out for some reason or another leaving this base to gather dust ever since. After the Backdraft was brought down the ZBC found records of this in the captured files of the group. They then put it up for sale and when I put some interest in acquiring the base after I found out about it they then gave a large discount for our help in bringing down the Group. We barely had to pay anything for the base at all due to that discount," the Doc explained with a beaming look on his face making the original team sigh in relief much to amusement of the newer members for they all had heard about the Doc's spending money like water when they joined. Jamie himself sighed at this mentally thanking Eve that it didn't take that much of their funds to acquire this base but he still made a mental note to check the accounts to see how much the base did cost. That done he turned to look back at the Doc with a frown eying the holo-screen showing the island at the corner of his eye.
"Alright then second question Doc. How are we going to go between this base and our battles for the last time I checked the hover systems of the Hover Cargo cannot move it across water? Granted I know it can travel along the bottom of the sea but still we couldn't do that all of the time," he asked as he studied the map of the island and the sea surrounding it with a frown trying find spots that the Hover Cargo could easily enter or exit the water. He didn't notice the chuckle from the Doc or the now once again wearied looks on the faces of the Blitz Team.
"Where do you think the Hover Cargo has been for the last few days Jamie?" the Doc asked in return which saw Jamie snapping his head to look over at the Doc with a look of horror wondering what else the Doc did while they all had been busy packing up the base for the move. Granted he did know that the Doc had mentioned he took the Hover Cargo to get it upgraded for the season ahead now that they more zoids then the transport could easily carry. However what else the Doc was doing with the Hover Cargo had him worried or if they still had the Hover Cargo and the Doc dropped a large amount of credits a new transport that they really didn't need.
"Basically I knew that the Hover Cargo couldn't easily travel in between the mainland and our new base therefore I took the Hover Cargo over to a small facility that HoverTech Limited runs not far from here to see about modifying its hover systems for traveling over water. Not to mention seeing about extending the hanger a bit so we can hold all of our zoids with ease if we needed it. Since HoverTech has become quite friendly with us due to the popularity of the Hover Cargo series has gotten since we won the Royal Cup they are basically doing all of this for free," the Doc mentioned with a nod of his head and a pleased look on his face making the team once more let out sighs of relief. Jamie nodded with a sigh for he had been quite worried that the Doc had gotten rid of the Hover Cargo and gotten a newer Transport like a Whale King or Hammer Kaiser. He should have known, for the Doc was quite proud of the Hover Cargo therefore he wouldn't have sold it due to this. Not to mention knowing that HoverTech Limited was the only current developer of Hover Cargos throughout Zi therefore it would be the only place that the Doc took the Hover Cargo too. He also wasn't surprised that the company was doing these upgrades for practically nothing for one of the major investments the team did after the Royal Cup was selling the specifications to several of the modifications the Doc had done to their Hover Cargo to HoverTech.
"Alright then Doc I do have one final question for you. What are we doing with this base after we move to this new one? For we can't just leave it laying empty like this for there should be some people who would want it," Jamie asked looking around at the base for while it was old and such it still worked quite well for the small teams that make up the lower classes of Zoid Battles. He was surprised by the Doc patting him on the shoulder with a small smile on his face.
"That has been taken care of Jamie, for I decided to rent it out to your father since after all he was going to need a base for his new team doesn't he?" the man mentioned with a chuckle making Jamie's jaw drop in surprise for while yes he did know that his father was going to be starting his own Zoid Team he did not know that he was going to be using the Blitz Team base as his own base for said team. This drew several chuckles from the rest of the team as Jamie literally fell down to sit on the couch due to his shock while the Doc retook his spot in the front of the room.
"That said does anyone else have any further questions that Jamie hasn't already covered?" the Doc asked looking around at the others in the room seeing everyone shaking their heads before the Doc nodded at this and sighed as his jovial look fell as he eyed Bit at the corner of his eye.
"I told you all earlier that there may be a major change for the team earlier today. Now we find out what this change is going to be. Bit?" the Doc mentioned as he looked over at Bit much to the confusion of the others.
"Yes Doc?" Bit asked with a neutral look on his face not even looking at the others as they stared at him in confusion.
"Have you decided?" Doc asked with a sad smile on his face for it looked like he indeed already knew the answer. This made Bit smile sadly in return at the older man who helped him so much in the last few months from accepting him into the team that fateful day and then recently listening patiently to his story about his home.
"Yes Doc I have decided that yes I am going to be leaving the Team," he said with a nod of his head at the older man as the rest of the room could look at him sheer shock at this announcement.
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Hi everyone Bit here. Well I made my announcement that I was leaving the Blitz Team much to the shock the others. Thankfully before any explosions or misunderstanding happened I managed tell everyone what was going on here along with the story of my home town and the Eastern Continent …What's that Doc? You have a surprise for me? This I have to see…Next time on Zoids: The Big Reveal – Doc's Surprise
Post Chapter Author Notes:
Well here is the first chapter of my redone version of Zoids: The Sabers and already you can see plenty of differences from that old story. First I honestly believe my writing has improved since then and secondly changing Bit's reason for leaving. In Sabers this was to go on to form his own Zoid Team for some reason or another, but in this story is because he finds out what happened to his hometown on the Eastern Continent.
That said I am not all that pleased with this chapter due to the majority of it being a wall of text explaining events that happened before the start of the story, but there was a reason I decided to start here instead starting after the Blitz Team returns from their vacation. For one, it would be a bit similar to the beginning of Dragon Raptor's Ancient Legacies. I wanted to avoid that personally. And two I wanted to start around a similar time to The Sabers where Bit was getting ready to leave. Therefore I chose to start here but it still seems to be a big jump. shrug I hope to see about looking into doing another smaller story which explores those events later since this is Bit's story not the Blitz Team which is a whole new separate story. Then again I may like The Sabers before it flash back to Blitz from time to time in this story. It all depends on my reader's and what they think of the story.
That brings us to the expansion of the Blitz Team for like I mentioned there will be a story I am planning on doing which covers what is going with them during Class S separate from this story. Therefore I decided to explain how the team expanded in this chapter as a precursor to this mentioned story. This comes about after I decided that like DR I am going to have Class S be vastly different from earlier classes. In my form of Class S it all takes place separate from the other classes on the lower "end" of Europa which is linked a thin strip of land to the rest of the continent. I have named this sort-of sub-continent Elemia after the Desert which the official Battle Story Map has located somewhere in this part of Europa. I also included larger-scale battles just like DR did due wanting to expand the Blitz Team a bit due to not really liking the puny three-on-three, and four-on-four battles seen in the series. I wanted something more. That said I like to mention I really don't lay any claim to an expanded battles of Class S and like it be known that it was Dragon Raptor who did it first I am only following in his footsteps thank you.
Alright with that said I like to bring up the expanded Blitz Team and its new members I included in the team. The Fluegel Team was a given for I believe there was a line in the series where Naomi wouldn't mind fighting with Brad the next time therefore a good reason for including them in the expanded team not that Dragon Raptor did the same in Ancient Legacies. Which leads me to avoiding having the former Backdraft pilots like Stoller, Pierce, and Vega joining up with the team. No worries about them though they have a later impact on the story in the coming chapters. Well Piece and Stoller will but Vega won't for he shall appear with his own Zoid Team later on in the story. This is of course because I didn't want to be too similar to Dragon Raptor's story after all for that would be bad in my opinion.
Therefore I needed other pilots to fill out the Blitz Team's roster therefore I decided to use a few lesser-known pilots of the series and games to fill out the rest of the team. First there is Omari, formerly of the Tigers/Saber Fangs Team, who I decided that since he wasn't all that explored in the series was the perfect slate to use as a new pilot for the Blitz Team. I also made him a trained aerial pilot due to my need of another aerial pilot to support Jamie. Then we have Ray Gregg of the New Battle Story and a figure in one of the games. This also allowed me to introduce the rank of Leo Master to the story which shall appear a few other times in the story. I know that Ray is usually seen piloting a Liger Zero but while I plans for making other Zoids similar to the Liger Zero there is only ONE real Liger Zero in this story therefore I gave him a Desert Liger which kind of made some sense.
Then we have the two non-pilots of the team with Dan of course based on the same character from Zoids Fuzor anime and Patrick a character I recycled from the old Sabers anime who was the chief pilot of the Go Cargo in that story. Here I made him the pilot for the Hover Cargo instead since Jamie won't be able to do it like he did a few times in the series since Jamie becomes a main pilot of the team instead of a backup pilot who only is sent out when the team needed an extra man or enemy aerial zoids appear.
Alright with all of these long-ass notes sigh out of the way I shall end it here and see about getting the next chapter written out. Till then readers this is Deathzealot signing off!
Zoids New Century Awakening
A Zoids Fanfiction Story
Written by,
William R. Woods
"Deathzealot" or,
"deathzealotzero"
Chapter 01: A Series of Recent Events – The New Blitz Team
The 43rd Royal Cup was one of the more exciting and well received of any past Royal Cup. While the Backdraft Group did try to pull a coup during the event, destroying several of the orbiting Judge Satellites in the process and taking control of a few other satellites as well. This would be prevented in part to the actions of the Blitz Team, mostly its lead Zoid, the Liger Zero and its pilot Bit Cloud. It would be the actions of Liger Zero and Bit Cloud which would make this Royal Cup such an exciting viewing and ended up being watched across Zi numerous times. The fight between Liger Zero and the Backdraft's own lead zoid, the Berserk Fury would one for the record books joining the ranks of other legendary fights…
- Taken from a news story about the 43rd Royal Cup around May 3, ZAC 3223
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Midori Valley
Europa, Planet Zi
June 10, ZAC 3223
A whisper of wind breezed through the small valley and the short green grass that covered the valley floor in a layer of greenery. The wind ruffled the grass along with the taller plans that dotted around the small valley before it whispered past a figure laying in the grass who simply closed its eyes as they felt the breeze going past and around the much larger form standing behind the smaller figure before exiting the small grass-filled valley. In the valley the figure of Bit Cloud opened his eyes with a small sigh as he watched clouds rolled past the blue sky above him. Bit tilted his head slightly upwards to spy the larger form of his Zoid the Liger Zero which silently stood waiting for him to once again to jump in the cockpit.
He smiled slightly for the Zoid had changed quite a bit in the two months since the Royal Cup for Bit took the time along with money he got from winning the Cup to really upgrade the Zoid. First the salvaged twin-barrel shock cannon that he equipped the Zoid with after his second battle with the Zoid had been upgraded to a more powerful three-barrel version. Then in its cheeks are a pair of light laser repeater guns, basically a laser-based machine gun which these weapons more powerful than the larger Vulcan pods on the zoid's Jager Armor. Finally on its back between the pair of ion boosters was a 20mm Laser Cannon similar to those equipped to basic Shield Ligers. This made the Liger Zero's basic white armor a bit more useable in battle then before since it had only the under-powered Shock Cannons and the Strike Laser Claw in this form during the earlier battles he took part in. The thought of modifying the basic armor he had during his little vacation when he was thinking about his last battle with the Berserk Fury in that the Basic Armor was the only thing he had left. Not to mention thinking that with the other armors sporting a single major strength he needed a more well-rounded armor hence his reasoning for upgrading the basic armor.
Of course that was not the only thing he had upgraded about the Zoid for the three other armors of the Zoid had also been upgraded in some form or another with the first two the Jager and the Schneider receiving a few minor upgrades. The only other armor to receive a major upgrade was the hulking Panzer Armor which had downgraded its Hybrid Cannons slightly to make them less of a power draw, and the addition of a series of heat sinks in the armor to prevent any overheating from firing its main weapons. Of course these heat sinks couldn't fully prevent overheating if the weapons where constantly used for a long time however it still allowed Bit to use the Panzer's weapons during a battle more than once. Not to mention walking around with the armor on which another of the major weakness of the armor for even a simple walk could overheat the zoid given time.
With a long sigh Bit tilted his head back to look at the clouds for while upgrading his Zoid was fun and such but it did make his blood boil with anticipation for what awaited them in Class S. However it looked like he wouldn't be able to fight like he wanted to in Class S which made the young Zoid pilot frown in thought as he looked down at the crumbled envelope that he held in one hand which covered his chest. The envelope contained a letter that he had received a few weeks before around the time he was finishing up the upgrades to the Liger. It had shocked and horrified him to read it for it was from his hometown on the Eastern Continent which explained it being a hand written letter instead of an electronic version which the rest of the planet now used for much of its mail. It explained that his home town's small but highly trained militia had fought off a large bandit attack which resulted in a few casualties including his older brother. It also went on to explain that they had found out that several of the larger bandit groups had started to ally with one another which saw larger bandit attacks starting to happen across the continent. Since while bandit attacks where quite common on the Eastern Continent with no real force capable of fighting back against the bandits and zoid thieves that roamed around the continent. It was only small bandit groups that could easily be countered by the militia raised by village of the towns and villages of the Eastern Continent. Therefore having several of these groups now allying together made things quite worse for the small town Bit Cloud had once called home.
It was these minor bandit attacks that was the reason he left his hometown and went out to find the perfect zoid to help in the fight against the bandits plaguing his home. After he didn't find such a Zoid from dealers and such he decided to build his own which led him to start collecting parts and junk to build his own perfect Zoid. This would lead him to stumbling into that battle between the Blitz Team and the Tiger Team on that fateful day when he first met the Liger Zero which soon became his partner and his dreamed of perfect zoid. However in all of the excitement and such from Zoid Battles he fought in over the months since he joined the Blitz he had forgotten about what was happening on the Eastern Continent and his hometown which was why this letter troubled him so much along with the death of his older brother. He felt as if he had betrayed his family and the people of his hometown which he felt reasonable for due to being a scion of one of the major militia families of the town.
With a deep long sigh which ended in a low growl Bit sat up with a determined expression on his face before looking down at the envelope once more. He stuffed it back into the jacket pocket where it had been for the last several days before turning slightly to look at the Liger. He eyed the Zoid before nodding and getting up not minding the grass stains on his clothes before walking towards the large Zoid.
"Alright Liger I have decided that it is time for this prodigal son to return home. Are you with me partner?" he mentioned looking up at the towering Zoid which growled lightly at his approach.
[Do you even have to ask Bit. You are my pilot and friend therefore I shall follow you anywhere you need to be wither it is the sanctioned battles of Class S or the Eastern Continent and the fights there,] a low rumbling voice said in his head which made the young zoid pilot smile in response at the zoid's reply. It still felt kind of weird to hear a zoid talk back to him, granted he always had been a firm believer in that Zoids where alive and such but having a zoid talk to him was still kind of weird. Even then he started to get used to it which kind of made him seem like a loon as he held several different conversations with the Liger since he started the upgrades.
"Alright then let's get going Liger we need to make quite a few preparations for the trip home. Unless you want to walk all the way to the Eastern Continent," he replied as he quickly climbed into the cockpit of the zoid. He smiled a high growl coming from the Zoid which he knew was the Liger chuckling.
[Oh no. First that's impossible for we have to walk under water to get there and two I really don't want this new paint job messed up from all that salt water. ] The Zoid mentioned with a snort making Bit chuckle in response to the zoids vain comment for he knew the Liger while taking pleasure in his appearance was not that vain in that he didn't want his paint job getting sullied.
"Alright let's go Liger," Bit mentioned sending the large zoid running out of the valley with a loud roar. As he did so Bit narrowed his eyes and promised himself that he would make the bandits pay for all that they have done to his people.
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Blitz Team Base
Red Cliff Basin
Europa, Planet Zi
A few minutes later found Bit walking the Liger into the hanger of the Blitz Team Base which was quite crowded with a few extra zoids now calling the hanger home. He chuckled at this as he brought the Liger into its bay next to the smaller form of the Shadow Fox. The Liger was not the only thing that had been upgraded or changed since the Royal Cup for the Blitz Team was quite larger than before thanks to some recent additions to the roster. This came about after the Team attended an event held in their honor by the Zoid Battle Commission after they returned from their vacations. There they learned more about Class S and the differences they will find in the elite Class S. One of them was larger battles with up to thirty Zoids taking part in said battles. Therefore the small Blitz Team needed to expand if it was going to survive in Class S. It was then that they were told that Class S Teams usually recruited warriors from past rivals to fill out their ranks. After being told this they first hit up the two-man Fluegel Team, with Naomi Fluegel and Leon Toros, on the suggestion of Brad Hunter. It wouldn't take long for the two to say yes to the suggestion and the Blitz gained two new members as well as their Zoids much to the pleasure of Doc Toros who loved the idea of having a Blade Liger on their team.
As he climbed out of the Liger's cockpit Bit grinned as he looked over to find the two red zoids that faced opposite of the Liger and the Shadow Fox. First there was the red Blade Liger of Leon Toros which was on par with the Liger Zero then in the shadow of the large Liger-type Zoid is the small red Gun Sniper Naomi Special which allowed the former solo warrior to be such a terror on the battlefield in the past. The addition of those two to the team gave them six zoids, a large team by the standards of the lower-classes but tiny compared to Class S Teams.
Therefore they turned to look at other teams they had fought against for more recruits and were quite surprised to be approached by Tomas Omari of the Sabre Fangs. From him they learned of the break-up of the Sabre Fangs with the leader Kirkland returning to his home in the Republic to help in caring for his ailing mother while Lineback signed up for the expanding Zoid Unit of the Commission Security Forces. Omari was left behind to find a new start which he then saw one of the ads put out by the Blitz Team. He then found that new start with Blitz when they allowed him to join the team. When the man arrived at the base they had been surprised to find that he had switched out his Saber Fang with a new Zoid, a modified but still rare Black Redler Aerial Zoid. The Blitz then learned that Omari had originally been trained as an aerial zoid pilot but due to the low-number of aerial zoids in the lower classes he started to pilot ground zoids. Now that he could start over fresh he decide to go back to his roots and when he found that a rare Black Redler was being sold by a Zoid Dealer he snapped it up from the money he got from his savings and selling his Saber Fang.
This lead Bit to look over to see the Black Redler sitting next to Jamie's Raynos which saw his eyes sliding over to the last of the recent additions to the Blitz Team which made him chuckle a bit for it was a Zoid that made Doc Toros do a happy dance when he first saw it due its rarity. The Zoid in question: a Desert Liger, a variant of the more popular Shield Liger. This Liger is owned and piloted by a man named Ray Gregg, a former member of the Helic Republic Military who left the service after ten years. He now decided to try his hand in Zoid Battles and found himself a bit disappointed in said battles but finding out that Class S Battles where a bit more exciting responded to the Blitz Team's recruitment drive. When he arrived at the base with his Zoid it sent Doc Toros into a frenzy for while Desert Ligers were a variant of the Shield Liger it still was quite a rare Zoid due to the changes made to it to make it into a separate Variant. For one it was far more maneuverable and sport slightly improved armor allowing it take a few more hits than a regular Shield Liger. However what really grabbed everyone's attention was the emblem emblazed on one of the Zoid's shoulders: a red shield with a liger figure at the center. This was the emblem of the Leo Masters, a group of Republican Zoid Pilots who are expert pilots in Lion or Liger Type Zoids. In fact it is said a Leo Master would have piloted many different Lion or Liger Type Zoids with some the older Leo Masters piloted every single different Lion or Liger Zoid out there even rare ones.
After the team shook of their shock from this development they were again shocked when the man commented on the other two Liger Zoids in the hanger and how well cared for they happened to be. He then commented on he was quite surprised and a bit pleased to see a Blade Liger here for the majority of known Blade Ligers were in the hands of Leo Masters back in the Republic. The man then did something that not only shocked the entire Blitz Team once more but put the man firmly in Bit's good book he walked up to the Liger Zero and politely asked if he could get a chance to try out piloting him in the near future. Bit was then shocked to hear the Liger's positive reply in response to the man's polite inquiry which made Doc Toros faint from all of the shocks while the others could only stare at after the new pilot in sheer amazement and a little hero worship.
Since then Ray Gregg threw himself in helping the team get ready for the Class S Season while at the same time talking with both Bit and Leon on their shared love of Liger-Type Zoids. In fact both of the other Liger Pilots learned a few tricks and such from the older man about Ligers. While the man was quite closer to Leon then Bit he was still becoming a good friend to the young Liger Zero pilot. That said Gregg didn't just focus on his fellow Liger pilots but became quite a good friend to the other members of the Blitz Team, as well as offering advice to the others including Doc Toros on how to run the team.
With a shake of his head Bit finished his quiet perusal of the hanger before walking towards the hanger exit and into the rest of the base. When he did so he wasn't all that surprised to see the rest of the team rushing around packing a few last minute things for that was another change with Class S. For the the battles of Class S where not on the main Europa Continent instead much of the Class S battles could found on the sub-continent Elemia. This meant that the Blitz could no longer use this base for it was too far from the new battlefields of Class S. Therefore the group as a whole had started to get ready to move into a new base located somewhere on edge of the Elemia Desert which gave its name to the sub-continent. While it could said Elemia was a part of the Europa Continent for nine months of the year it was an entire separate continent with a thin strip of water separating it from the rest of Europa. Then rest of the year the water levels lowered and it was once more a part of the rest of Europa.
"Yeah Bit back from your run?" a voice asked from behind him making him turn and smile at the short figure of Jamie who was carrying a small box in his hands.
"Yes Jamie. I take it everyone is about done with their packing then?" he asked in return to the young aerial Zoid pilot who had changed the most of the entire team in the three months since the end of the Royal Cup. Knowing that he could no longer stay back as a support member of the team in Class S with its larger battles he threw himself in training with his father Oscar and when he arrived Omari. Now he was a bit more confidant in his abilities and a better pilot as a result. It also seemed like he was merging his two personalities together into one, which gave him a bit more confidence. While he still helped in the running of the team with Doc Toros he now was a fully realized fourth pilot of the team.
"Pretty much. The Doc is just finished up packing up his models now. Then he shall be talking to us in the Tactical Room explaining how we are going to get to Elemia as well as something he mentioned would change the team around," Jamie mentioned with a nod of his head making Bit internally sigh for he knew what exactly the Doc wanted to talk about for he was the only member of the Team who knew about the letter he had received from home. He still could remember that night when the Doc found him sobbing in the hanger at the feet of the confused Liger Zero after he first received the letter.
"Alright then I got all of my packing down before my run therefore I shall wait for you guys in the tactical room then," Bit mentioned nodding the nearby door to the mentioned room.
"Got it Bit," Jamie mentioned before continuing on while Bit entered the tactical room with a smile on his face. He looked around the small room to see that Brad was already done and was on one of the couches reading a newspaper. Nothing really changed about that however what changed was the figure curled up at his side. Bit really tried not to smile too large but still nodded to the steely-eyed figure of Naomi Fluegel as she glared up at him from her position next to Brad. He quickly took a seat opposite of the two noticing the small proud look on the face of Brad as he sat down. Bit then turned to the third figure in the room working on one of the computer stations in the room. Tomas Omari has really changed since his days in the Tiger Team exchanging his uniform like Tiger Team battle cloths with a more comfortable one piece jump suit and a short vest over his torso. The colors of this new get-up matched his modified Black Redler perfectly with the jumpsuit black and the vest a dark red which matched the secondary color of his zoid. Bit exchanged nods with the man when he looked up at Bit sitting across from him before returning to whatever he was doing.
Seeing none of the others where in mood for any talk Bit decided to do some of his own work while he waited and pulled over the mobile computer work station to him. He quickly started to look through some sale aids for transport zoids that he could buy to take him and the Liger to the Eastern Continent. As he did so he noticed that there were a bit more then he thought there would be but then remembered that due to the fall of the Backdraft the Zoid Battle Commission got their hands on the majority of their Zoids including their transports. However these were mostly Whale Kings with a few Carrier Tortoises and Gustavs with one or two Hammer Kaisers that had been taken by the Backdraft during their unsanctioned battles which couldn't be returned to their original owners with either that team that had previous owned them breaking up or some other reason like getting a better transport. Not to mention those teams who were trading in their smaller transports for larger transports that had been taken from the Backdraft. Bit did find a few of the small Transport Hammer Head Mark-IIs which could easily carry the Liger and one or two larger Cargo Hammers but the asking prices for these Zoids where quite higher than he was willing to pay at the moment. He grimaced at this but was soon distracted when the door slid open and the figure of Leena Toros bounced into the room making Bit smile in response.
"Hi Bit!" Leena said with a smile as she took a seat next to him. Leena had also changed a lot since the end of the Royal Cup for on the advice of her father and Bit she used a part of her share of the Royal Cup winnings to see a psychiatrist about her problems with her anger. This doctor helped Leena a lot and while she still had short-temper she was now quite calmer and easy to be around. This also had the side effect of Bit getting closer to Leena as he helped her through some of the visits. While they were not an officially dating couple like Naomi and Brad as of yet they still were quite close to one another much to the amusement and pleasure of the old original Blitz Team including Leon.
"Hi yourself Leena. I saw that you went ahead with removing some of those missile pods from your Zoid when I came in from my run," he mentioned with a chuckle making Leena blush at this before nodding with a smile on her face. That was something else that changed with Leena due to her calmer outlook was that she no longer had a need for all of the heavy firepower which had been a side effect of her anger problems.
"Yup! Apparently Ray's mother was a Gun Sniper pilot for the Republic Military and she barely used the zoid's rifle while in combat. Instead she used her zoid as a general infantry zoid with a secondary role of recon-sniper," Leena explained with a pleased look on her face. Bit nodded at this with a smile and patted her on the shoulder pleased that she was quite different from when he first joined the team. In fact during a few practice matches they had in the last week Leena actually started to conserve her ammo and accurately lay down her fire instead of just blasting away wasting her ammo.
"So without those missile pods weighing your zoid down you can easily dance around the battlefield before bringing down the hammer when you need it," Bit mentioned after a moment of thought making Leena nod with a shadow of her former crazy gun-girl smile before sighing and leaning against Bit's shoulder.
"Man this moving stuff is so exhausting I wonder what Dad has planned for this place after we leave," Leena mentioned with a frown on her face. Then as if summoned by her thoughts the door slid open and the rest of the team trooped into the tactical room with Doc Toros bringing up the rear with Jamie. Bit exchanged nods with the other pilots including Leon and Ray who had been chatting about something or another when they came in. However while the team did expand its pilot roster that wasn't the only new recruits they picked up for two non-pilots joined the team.
First there is Dan Dobson a zoid mechanic they picked up when they saved the man from a group of bandits who had used their zoids to destroy his shop and chase the man into the desert. An hour or so later the Blitz found him running from a pair of Molgas and a Rev Raptor who were quickly dispatched by the Blitz Team. The man with his shops in ruins and needing the money joined up with the Blitz as a mechanic which helped take a load off the pilots.
Then there is the young Paul Jones who was from the same village as Dan who worried about the older man went out in an armed Gustav to find him after the bandits attacked Dan's shop. He later stumbled onto the battle between the Blitz and the Bandits where he soon asked to join the team alongside Dan. He at first wanted to be a pilot but with no zoid of his own beside the Gustav he couldn't really be a pilot but Doc Toros seeing something in the boy extended him an offer. Basically join the team as the Hover Cargo's official pilot for with Jamie now becoming a full-time pilot of the team the Doc needed an extra hand in running the Hover Cargo during battles.
With the entire team now in the room Doc Toros made it to the front of the room where he entered a few commands into the work station located there which was connected to the holographic projector in the center of the room. The man look quite excited and ready for this next chapter in the Team's journey.
"Alright Team listen up," Doc said as he brought up the holo-projector online. It showed a scrolling window which was an email from the Zoid Battle Commission due to their emblem on the header of the letter.
"We now go our official marching orders from the Zoid Battle Commission. The new season starts in two weeks with our first battle around a day or two after the opening ceremonies going on in Blue City. Like the earlier gala we were invited to earlier the opening ceremony of the new season shall be focused on us welcoming us to Class S therefore we are required to be there. With that said I want us to be on the road by tomorrow morning for it will take us around four days to get to Elemia. That will give us plenty of time to unpack and unwind from the move before the start of the season," the Doc said with a big smile on his face as he nodded to the holo-screen. Jamie blinked at this with a frown before exchanging looks with Brad and Leon before looking up at the Doc.
"Yeah Doc what about finding a base for that may take a while to do?" he asked with a frown on his face for while the Blitz Team no longer was in debt or low on money anymore thanks to the winnings from the Royal Cup along with a few minor investments they made since the Royal Cup. They still didn't have all that much money therefore he was quite worried that the older man had used all of their current funds to buy a new base for them.
"That is already taken care of Jamie for after we heard that we would have to move from this base I put out some feelers to see if we could find something somewhere on Elemia to use as our new base. Well yesterday I got something back from one of these feelers and it is perfect," Doc mentioned with a pleased look on his face much to horror of the original Blitz Team. Doc turned back to the work station and brought up an overhead map of a small island on the holographic screen. The viewers could easily seen several buildings and other facilities built around the foot of a tall extinct volcano that took up one half of the small island.
"Everyone this is Crescent Isle a small island along the Mia Coastline around thirty or so miles from Blue City. It is going to be our new base," the man mentioned with a smile making the original Blitz team trading weary looks between one another. Finally Jamie sighed and stood up looking at the holo-screen with a frown.
"Alright Doc I have a few questions. First how much did this new base cost us?" he asked mentally preparing himself for the total and hoping that it didn't drain them dry. He really wished he had removed the Doc's access to their new accounts but as manager of the team he couldn't.
"That's the best part Jamie. Apparently this facility was originally constructed by the Backdraft Group as a base to launch operations against Class S Battles on the mainland but when the base was almost finished the Group pulled out for some reason or another leaving this base to gather dust ever since. After the Backdraft was brought down the ZBC found records of this in the captured files of the group. They then put it up for sale and when I put some interest in acquiring the base after I found out about it they then gave a large discount for our help in bringing down the Group. We barely had to pay anything for the base at all due to that discount," the Doc explained with a beaming look on his face making the original team sigh in relief much to amusement of the newer members for they all had heard about the Doc's spending money like water when they joined. Jamie himself sighed at this mentally thanking Eve that it didn't take that much of their funds to acquire this base but he still made a mental note to check the accounts to see how much the base did cost. That done he turned to look back at the Doc with a frown eying the holo-screen showing the island at the corner of his eye.
"Alright then second question Doc. How are we going to go between this base and our battles for the last time I checked the hover systems of the Hover Cargo cannot move it across water? Granted I know it can travel along the bottom of the sea but still we couldn't do that all of the time," he asked as he studied the map of the island and the sea surrounding it with a frown trying find spots that the Hover Cargo could easily enter or exit the water. He didn't notice the chuckle from the Doc or the now once again wearied looks on the faces of the Blitz Team.
"Where do you think the Hover Cargo has been for the last few days Jamie?" the Doc asked in return which saw Jamie snapping his head to look over at the Doc with a look of horror wondering what else the Doc did while they all had been busy packing up the base for the move. Granted he did know that the Doc had mentioned he took the Hover Cargo to get it upgraded for the season ahead now that they more zoids then the transport could easily carry. However what else the Doc was doing with the Hover Cargo had him worried or if they still had the Hover Cargo and the Doc dropped a large amount of credits a new transport that they really didn't need.
"Basically I knew that the Hover Cargo couldn't easily travel in between the mainland and our new base therefore I took the Hover Cargo over to a small facility that HoverTech Limited runs not far from here to see about modifying its hover systems for traveling over water. Not to mention seeing about extending the hanger a bit so we can hold all of our zoids with ease if we needed it. Since HoverTech has become quite friendly with us due to the popularity of the Hover Cargo series has gotten since we won the Royal Cup they are basically doing all of this for free," the Doc mentioned with a nod of his head and a pleased look on his face making the team once more let out sighs of relief. Jamie nodded with a sigh for he had been quite worried that the Doc had gotten rid of the Hover Cargo and gotten a newer Transport like a Whale King or Hammer Kaiser. He should have known, for the Doc was quite proud of the Hover Cargo therefore he wouldn't have sold it due to this. Not to mention knowing that HoverTech Limited was the only current developer of Hover Cargos throughout Zi therefore it would be the only place that the Doc took the Hover Cargo too. He also wasn't surprised that the company was doing these upgrades for practically nothing for one of the major investments the team did after the Royal Cup was selling the specifications to several of the modifications the Doc had done to their Hover Cargo to HoverTech.
"Alright then Doc I do have one final question for you. What are we doing with this base after we move to this new one? For we can't just leave it laying empty like this for there should be some people who would want it," Jamie asked looking around at the base for while it was old and such it still worked quite well for the small teams that make up the lower classes of Zoid Battles. He was surprised by the Doc patting him on the shoulder with a small smile on his face.
"That has been taken care of Jamie, for I decided to rent it out to your father since after all he was going to need a base for his new team doesn't he?" the man mentioned with a chuckle making Jamie's jaw drop in surprise for while yes he did know that his father was going to be starting his own Zoid Team he did not know that he was going to be using the Blitz Team base as his own base for said team. This drew several chuckles from the rest of the team as Jamie literally fell down to sit on the couch due to his shock while the Doc retook his spot in the front of the room.
"That said does anyone else have any further questions that Jamie hasn't already covered?" the Doc asked looking around at the others in the room seeing everyone shaking their heads before the Doc nodded at this and sighed as his jovial look fell as he eyed Bit at the corner of his eye.
"I told you all earlier that there may be a major change for the team earlier today. Now we find out what this change is going to be. Bit?" the Doc mentioned as he looked over at Bit much to the confusion of the others.
"Yes Doc?" Bit asked with a neutral look on his face not even looking at the others as they stared at him in confusion.
"Have you decided?" Doc asked with a sad smile on his face for it looked like he indeed already knew the answer. This made Bit smile sadly in return at the older man who helped him so much in the last few months from accepting him into the team that fateful day and then recently listening patiently to his story about his home.
"Yes Doc I have decided that yes I am going to be leaving the Team," he said with a nod of his head at the older man as the rest of the room could look at him sheer shock at this announcement.
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Hi everyone Bit here. Well I made my announcement that I was leaving the Blitz Team much to the shock the others. Thankfully before any explosions or misunderstanding happened I managed tell everyone what was going on here along with the story of my home town and the Eastern Continent …What's that Doc? You have a surprise for me? This I have to see…Next time on Zoids: The Big Reveal – Doc's Surprise
Post Chapter Author Notes:
Well here is the first chapter of my redone version of Zoids: The Sabers and already you can see plenty of differences from that old story. First I honestly believe my writing has improved since then and secondly changing Bit's reason for leaving. In Sabers this was to go on to form his own Zoid Team for some reason or another, but in this story is because he finds out what happened to his hometown on the Eastern Continent.
That said I am not all that pleased with this chapter due to the majority of it being a wall of text explaining events that happened before the start of the story, but there was a reason I decided to start here instead starting after the Blitz Team returns from their vacation. For one, it would be a bit similar to the beginning of Dragon Raptor's Ancient Legacies. I wanted to avoid that personally. And two I wanted to start around a similar time to The Sabers where Bit was getting ready to leave. Therefore I chose to start here but it still seems to be a big jump. shrug I hope to see about looking into doing another smaller story which explores those events later since this is Bit's story not the Blitz Team which is a whole new separate story. Then again I may like The Sabers before it flash back to Blitz from time to time in this story. It all depends on my reader's and what they think of the story.
That brings us to the expansion of the Blitz Team for like I mentioned there will be a story I am planning on doing which covers what is going with them during Class S separate from this story. Therefore I decided to explain how the team expanded in this chapter as a precursor to this mentioned story. This comes about after I decided that like DR I am going to have Class S be vastly different from earlier classes. In my form of Class S it all takes place separate from the other classes on the lower "end" of Europa which is linked a thin strip of land to the rest of the continent. I have named this sort-of sub-continent Elemia after the Desert which the official Battle Story Map has located somewhere in this part of Europa. I also included larger-scale battles just like DR did due wanting to expand the Blitz Team a bit due to not really liking the puny three-on-three, and four-on-four battles seen in the series. I wanted something more. That said I like to mention I really don't lay any claim to an expanded battles of Class S and like it be known that it was Dragon Raptor who did it first I am only following in his footsteps thank you.
Alright with that said I like to bring up the expanded Blitz Team and its new members I included in the team. The Fluegel Team was a given for I believe there was a line in the series where Naomi wouldn't mind fighting with Brad the next time therefore a good reason for including them in the expanded team not that Dragon Raptor did the same in Ancient Legacies. Which leads me to avoiding having the former Backdraft pilots like Stoller, Pierce, and Vega joining up with the team. No worries about them though they have a later impact on the story in the coming chapters. Well Piece and Stoller will but Vega won't for he shall appear with his own Zoid Team later on in the story. This is of course because I didn't want to be too similar to Dragon Raptor's story after all for that would be bad in my opinion.
Therefore I needed other pilots to fill out the Blitz Team's roster therefore I decided to use a few lesser-known pilots of the series and games to fill out the rest of the team. First there is Omari, formerly of the Tigers/Saber Fangs Team, who I decided that since he wasn't all that explored in the series was the perfect slate to use as a new pilot for the Blitz Team. I also made him a trained aerial pilot due to my need of another aerial pilot to support Jamie. Then we have Ray Gregg of the New Battle Story and a figure in one of the games. This also allowed me to introduce the rank of Leo Master to the story which shall appear a few other times in the story. I know that Ray is usually seen piloting a Liger Zero but while I plans for making other Zoids similar to the Liger Zero there is only ONE real Liger Zero in this story therefore I gave him a Desert Liger which kind of made some sense.
Then we have the two non-pilots of the team with Dan of course based on the same character from Zoids Fuzor anime and Patrick a character I recycled from the old Sabers anime who was the chief pilot of the Go Cargo in that story. Here I made him the pilot for the Hover Cargo instead since Jamie won't be able to do it like he did a few times in the series since Jamie becomes a main pilot of the team instead of a backup pilot who only is sent out when the team needed an extra man or enemy aerial zoids appear.
Alright with all of these long-ass notes sigh out of the way I shall end it here and see about getting the next chapter written out. Till then readers this is Deathzealot signing off!
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