Deception, Corruption, and.... Love?

[Blackstarr]

CHAPTER TWO
The Training Begins

The next morning Adrian met Costello in the hangar. He was with three other people.

"Adrian i would like to introduce you to Centurion Sephardi, Centurion Globalo, and Elder Juan Lucendez. They will be helping with your training." They wave and Adrian nodded back at them in reply "Since this i only a training operation we will be using the simulator."

They led Adrian into a back room in the hangar which held and dozen or so cockpit shaped simulator pods. Costello led him to one of them an helped him get in it. He then got into the one next to him. The others got into simulators with their name incsribed on them. Adrian guessed that they all had cutomized control panels or something.

"Now Adrian" Costello said a video of him popping up on the HUD. "See that lever to your right? That is the throttle. Use that to speed up and slow down your craft. The button on the side of the throttle is cruise. NEVER EVER push that when you are in a firefight except if you are about to die an you need to escape very quickly. Othewise only use it to travel far distances quickly. Now see the triangular formation of buttons next to the throttle? Those are the dock turret an undock buttons. Then there is the pull lever to your left. That is the eject lever. And finally in front of you is the joystick complete with trigger and missile firing mechanism. That one is self explanitory."

Sephardi then spoke. "We will start by flying in a simple, beginner style V formation. This will enhance speed an manuverabilty in flight. We will move into more complicated tactics and formations later." Sephardi pushed a combination of keys on his keypad and the simulators roared to life. Through his goggles Adrian saw the simulation of the planet of Crete. Complete with its magnificent skyscrapers and villages. He pressed the undock procedure button and took off from the landing pad. They exited out into space and Costello instructed them to fall into formation with him at the tip of the V. it took Adrian some time to stablilize his craft, but Sephardi told him that that was normal for a trainee like him.

They went through a few more training simulations until it was time for Adrian to learn how to dogfight. They taught taught what each of the missile command buttons were for, and how to dodge and attack. Adrian took out the fighters with ease. A few hours later they were complimenting him on how well he had learned in such a short period of time. But then it happened.

"Warning..... Warning" Blasted through the speakers in the hangar. "Outcast fighters spotted in Gamma. We repeat. Outcast fighters spotted in Gamma. Scramble fighters. I repeat. Scramble fighters."

"Well that is our que." Said Sephardi. "Lets see how much your training applies in true combat. Normally we would exempt your from a real life scenario this early in your training, but seeng how well your training has gone, we might need you out there."

They led him out into the hangar and helped him slide into one of the titans they had there. Adrian closed the cockpit window and slid his hands across the controls. The felt soft, kind of like leather. They gave him the signal to take off and he slipped his fathers goggles over his head and gave them a thumbs up. They then took of into the afternoon sky of crete.