07-02-2018, 03:39 PM
Equipment maintenance had always been priority when it came to being a Freelancer. When any of them had joined the military, they were quickly taught how to treat the equipment that they were given in the end. After all, the guns that they were given weren't exactly cheap to make and the UNSC wasn't going to just start giving away free equipment to everyone while the potential of human extinction was in play. They learned how to clean their weapons, properly maintain their armor and how to treat it in case piece of the armor ended up getting damaged. They almost never wore civilian clothing as soon as they got into the UNSC because they already had their undersuits. Which were practically like diving suits as they clung to their skin, but they were extremely important when it came to running their armor accurately. It was something that they needed to get used it, but Washington was pretty sure that he would never be on the level on the likes of a Spartan. He didn't have any augmentations that were implanted into his body and didn't go through several surgeries that would end up potentially killing him like those that were put into the Spartan program. Instead, after having his mental evaluation, it was there that he was picked out from a group to join an experimental project. Washington wasn't sure what he was thinking at a time like that. Maybe it was another opportunity that he wanted to go through. But what did Project Freelancer ever see in him? He wasn't sure and never was one to ask as he was one to get orders and just work with them. That was all there was. Washington was put into Project Freelancer and it was there that he was able to better himself. He was great with a rifle, but other than that he was decent with everything else. Like everyone else in the project, he thought that they were all doing the right thing and that they were the good guys because they were part of the UNSC. They were going to help with the great war, and yet as the years went on he noticed that half the time they were just fighting other humans and taking their gear. He was a soldier. He wasn't going to question his orders, but he did question some things that happened during the project. Some things that didn't make sense, and his disturbing run-in with AI's from the very beginning. It was the peak of the project, and it also ended up becoming its downfall. The AI's always spoke of someone.
The Alpha. Washington didn't know what meant until they put a unstable AI inside of his head. One that had nearly gotten him killed and nearly exploded his neural implants too. It was extremely painful, and the memories that the other had shown him still ran through his head. He wasn't sure which were his memories and which were not. What he did know now compared to when he was on Mother of Invention, was that the Alpha was real. And that Episolon had been the other's memories. The Director. God the Director. He had tortured Alpha. Almost to the point where there was nothing left. It was cruel. Inhumane. AI's were just copies of a human brain, and he didn't think that Alpha deserved any of that. But after the crash, Washington was pretty sure that every AI that was around were dead unless they were still inside of Freelancers. Which had concerned him because if they had suffered the same fate that he did, there were bound to be other's around. Other's that may have AI's and even potentially may try to kill him if they thought that he was still working for the director. Which he was. What other choice did he have? He didn't want to have to run for the rest of his life so he chose to work for the director. It was the easier decision that he had ever made in his life, but now he was just stuck here. Washington wasn't really taking a break when it came to figuring out what planet that they were on. Instead, he was sitting outside of the observatory. It was during mid-day, and the temperature grew to a nice temperature. Although thanks to his dark fur it wasn't exactly nice to him so he was sitting in the shade. The Freelancer didn't have his helmet off, of course he didn't, he never did. He had a cloth that he had used previously, and had his right arm completely bare as he was sitting down. Agent Washington was cleaning his shoulder and arm plates, because he couldn't afford to have any portion of his armor malfunction. One thing would be obvious though, was that when the armor was touching him, the lights in certain areas of his armor would power on. While when it was off of him, the Mark 6 armor seemed to just power itself down. It wasn't something that Agent Washington could even figure out for himself, but everything was still insane in his mind that it wasn't a factor that he really took notice of. Washington was always working. That wasn't about to change."speech"
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