#my head canon is that ISP-N chassis don't come with NHP Caskets in standalone licences

[kaffykathy]

Veronica: Okay 27, your new mech has been printed and prepped. Enter into your hard suit, and we'll have your departure for planet fall at 0.34 Hours at hanger 2.

Luka, looking through a diagram of the frame in the data tablet: Right... Where's the Casket?

Veronica: Oh, the Drake doesn't come with one.

Luka, shocked: What?

Veronica: Your IPS-N Drake License doesn't come with slots for standard issue NHP caskets. They don't believe in them unless you're running a Striker Unit.

Luka: This chassis was made in-house by a company with 'Interplanetary' in it's name. That means that it was made to combat space pirates in tight corridors, space, and maybe survive a spool round if needed. And they decided to strip away one of the few factors that can actually get us a cutting edge against pirates - who also use NHPs, then this pattern was a horrible purchase, and I'm not using it.

Veronica: You're not going to fight space pirates in this mission 27, please calm down.

Luka: I am being strapped to a giant metal behemoth with a loud metal gun, fighting other giant metal behemoth's that could possibly fly up to the atmosphere or drag me into the ocean. And you seriously think I stand a chance fighting them in a machine that might as well be an snail with a neon target.

Veronica: I don't know how an NHP would help with that.

Luka: It would give me a chance.

Veronica, visibility holding restraint: Luka please, you're being childish. If you want [looks at the Sisyphus NHP] 'Kevin' to be with you on missions, you have should have gotten a different standardized License.

Luka: He didn't come with a License he was literally 'gifted' to me like everything else Horus and just spontaneously came out of nowhere. Second, I was fighting with him along my side since my days in the Beatriz Empire.

Veronica: Well Union has been doing the License system long before either of us have been conceived. And It's not going to change now.

Luka: I have a system in here that can print out a bunker for cover in seconds, but if it can't also have a system that could literally change probability, I would rather go in my own Everest. I have literally seen more miracles' done by Kevin in my time than legs on a centipede.

Veronica: That's enough Luka. Either get in the Drake, or we scratch you off the roster and let your team leave without you. Is that what you want?

Luka, looking up, rolling his eyes, sighing, and finally giving an insincere smile: Fine... I'm getting on board...[walks off crossly]

Kevin, lounging on some space boxes and playing with a deck of tarot cards. He pulls one out and reveals it to be 'The Tower' - Upright. As Luka walks over he hides the card and looks at him with a knowing smile: Good luck, haha~

Luka, fully suited up, Beret and flight jacket gone. Sighing after a pause: If I was with you, I wouldn't need it. [Walks away once more]

Kevin, smirking and watching him enter his Drake: Hmph, I can't control everything...