"Hello, Commander. I'm Kalina, the logistics officer at Griffin's frontline headquarters."
"I'm Gentiane, who's been assigned here starting today."
Kalina led the way and explained the situation.
"Thank you for coming all this way. Have you heard about the mission?"
Gentiane yawned and then spoke. "I'm so sleepy. Well, I understand the mission. We only need to eliminate small-scale Sangvis Ferri attacks, no other missions."
"Does Griffin have any restrictions on my personal weapons?"
"Huh?"
This question stumped Kalina.
They were just an ordinary security company, most often tasked with protecting city security or wealthy individuals. Recently, due to the out-of-control Sangvis Ferri-made T-Dolls, Griffin had also taken on the task of suppressing their Dolls.
Overall, Griffin was a relatively compassionate security organization, and its Tactical Dolls were particularly sweet and adorable.
For this reason, many wealthy individuals were happy to hire Griffin T-Dolls. In terms of both reaction speed and execution, Tactical Dolls were far superior to ordinary security guards. Coupled with their aesthetically pleasing design, Griffin was extremely popular in the surrounding area.
Kalina pondered carefully. "As long as Griffin's resources aren't used, in principle, we won't intervene. Commander, how can I help you?"
"Find me a large open space. I need to conduct an experiment."
"Okay."
Kalina had no idea what the new commander was going to do, but as her logistics officer, she naturally had to meet her needs.
"But Commander, You have a mission in an hour."
"An hour? No problem. Just find me a large, relatively flat open space."
Gentiane's reason for this was simple. She had just seen base construction vehicles for sale in the player mall. A base construction vehicle with one permission cost 10,000 yuan, while a base construction vehicle with full faction permissions cost 500,000 yuan.
These were manufactured by Schwi using Red Alert World technology. The purchaser had complete control over the base, and the deployment and construction speeds were exactly the same as in the game. So she bought a Foehn mobile construction vehicle, wanting to see if it worked.
For convenience, Kalina brought Gentiane to the command room. Inside, while selecting a suitable location around Griffin, Kalina curiously asked, "Commander, do you have any combat experience?"
"Hmm... yes?"
Gentiane recalled her experience commanding battles in Red Alert. "Commanding small armored units to raid important targets, leading a squad to clear out underground facilities, and then bringing those troops back from the battlefield?"
As an excellent logistics officer, she could tell whether the commander was joking or stating the truth. Gentiane's description sounded casual, but Kalina could hear a certain undeniable truth.
This feeling could only be felt by a commander who had truly returned from the battlefield. If so, why would a commander who had truly returned from the battlefield come to Griffin?
Kalina took notice of Gentiane. Although Griffin was only a small security company, she would not allow anyone to target it.
"Commander, we've found the clearing. Please direct."
"Okay, take me there."
"Huh?"
"Don't make me repeat myself."
"Yes!"
Kalina wanted to say something, but swallowed it. She dispatched a helicopter to take Gentiane there.
During this time, Gentiane issued a call to assemble all Tactical Dolls in her command formation in Area S9 through the command terminal.
"All Tactical Dolls, arrive at this area within ten minutes."
"Commander?"
Kalina had secretly contacted Kryuger. Kryuger's orders were to wait and see. He knew Gentiane was special, but he didn't understand what she was up to.
Choosing Griffin technology? That's a joke. Griffin's technology isn't even close to the surface of military technology. Griffin's technology was all leftover from military dolls. There's no such thing to steal here.
If that's not the case, then Gentiane has a secret of her own. This secret was previously difficult to reveal on her own, but now with Griffin as her backer, she could fully demonstrate it. Kryuger didn't mind the presence of a person like that in his company. After all, she had come from the battlefield. As long as they didn't cross certain lines, he could handle a little messing around with his people.
Then something completely contradicted Kalina's worldview.
A massive vehicle appeared out of nowhere in the open space. It took up a quarter of the area.
"Base deployment, building barracks and power station."
"Yes."
A mechanical voice similar to the VOLKNET echoed as the massive mobile construction vehicle began to deploy. As it did so, two more buildings appeared on the ground.
"Commander... what is this?"
"Mobile construction vehicles and nano-construction technology, at least that's what Schwi said."
In the Red Alert world, she had seen how the base constructed other buildings. Inside, there was a massive production line that could rapidly produce large quantities of resources to complete construction.
As Kalina stared in amazement, the two buildings were completed.
At that moment, the Tactical Dolls belonging to the S9 area arrived.
"MP5 reporting."
Not only MP5, but also rifle, pistol, and assault rifle T-Dolls were ready.
Griffin wasn't a military unit, so the T-Dolls they used were civilian models equipped with fire control modules. Each fire control module corresponded to its own weapon. Under normal circumstances, Tactical Dolls couldn't use equipment that wasn't certified by the fire control module.
However, this wasn't a normal situation.
"MP5, you have a gun with a 50% chance of rapid fire and a 50% chance of success. And your target is just ahead. Either firing or retreating will result in mission failure. What will you do?"
"Huh?"
The short, white-haired T-Doll said nervously, "I'll abandon the mission. While attacking or retreating would both count as mission failure, forcing the mission through at the risk of failure might alert the target and put our companions on the mission in danger."
MP5 didn't know why the commander before her asked this question, but her emotional system made her make that choice. In reality, every civilian doll was equipped with various strange emotional systems. For example, some girls had a particular fondness for chocolate, while others had a nearsighted vision setting.
These emotional systems didn't make them human, but they did give them a very relatable feel.
Gentiane listened to everyone's answers and then asked them one final question: "Do you want to live?"
"Commander?"
Kalina looked at Gentiane in disbelief. Tactical Dolls were just machines equipped with emotional modules. Even if they had various quirks and ways of thinking, they were still machines at heart. Was there any point in asking this?
"Yes!"
Hearing MP5's response, Gentiane nodded.
"You answered the fastest. From now on, you are the captain of this team. Follow me."