"The Superior Mother is with us." ch Captain Dorsa Avinx prayed.
"The Superior mother is with us." Her subordinates echoed.
The Hexer ch pilots weren't praying in front of an idol or statue or anything. They weren't praying in a church.
Instead, the Hexer ch pilots of the Wrathful Doves ch Army Group were kneeling in the middle of a ch hangar. In front of them rested a large number of brand-new aerial chs.
No other chs with wings resembled these new machines. While the machines took on the contours of a woman, the design style of the ch diverged from the Hexer standard in many ways.
However, one look at the heads of the chs was enough to realize why the chs looked different from the norm.
The dark third eyes placed in the forehead of the chs resembled the third eyes of the Blessed Squires. The black hexagon surrounding the third eye exemplified the Hexer nature of the ch, not that Captain Avinx and her subordinates needed the visual cues.
This close to the chs, every single Hexer kneeling in front of them felt the glows of the machines. With so many glows overlapping with each other, the slight differences between them caused the ch pilots to be doused in their majesty.
Compared to the Blessed Squire, the new chs projected a different air.
The Blessed Squire was mainly a supportive ch. It projected six different glows depending on the situation. Most of the ti, the glow encouraged the Hexers and inspired them to fight more ferociously.
The new ch was a bit different. It only projected a single type of glow, and it happened to be a bleak one. The Hexers who were praying in front of the aerial chs did not feel as if their blood was pumping.
Instead, the newly-introduced Valkyrie Redeers carried an air of doom and inevitability towards its enemies.
Every ch pilot who had secretly tested and trained with the new machines for a couple of weeks had to get accustod to the different mindset the chs inspired.
Ordinarily, aerial ch pilots tended to be hotheated and excited. At the sa ti, they needed to keep their heads cool in order to maintain situational awareness.
Combat in the air was very precarious. Cover was very scarce in the air. Any ch that recklessly flew over the battlefield easily attracted fire from many different places.
Even so, the advantages of flying ant that no one wanted to give up contesting in the air.
When Captain Avinx initially piloted the Valkyrie Redeer, she thought that the marauder ch was mainly suited for harassnt.
It wasn't until later that she discovered that it could be so much more.
As the praying session ended, the ch pilots rose up to their feet. Captain Avinx turned to her ch pilots. Each of them looked quiet but eager.
Almost all of her ch pilots consisted of won. Only a handful of boys stood at the back. Due to their inferior height, their heads did not peek out over the shoulders of the female ch pilots at all. It would have been easy to discount their presence from the front.
In the Hexadric Hegemony, the superiority of won had to be maintained in as many ways as possible. How could their boys possibly be taller than the superior gender?
For this reason, the matriarchs mandated that boys were not allowed to grow taller than 1.66 ters.
Only a small number 'good boys' were allowed to grow taller, but only under exceptional circumstances. This was also a good way to distinguish them from other boys.
At the sa ti, every adult woman had to be at least 1.70 ters tall, though most were far taller.
If not for the fact that being too tall was a hindrance to ch pilots, the Hexers would have all chosen to be at least 2 ters tall!
The Hexers invested considerably in biodical technology in order to impose this standard across their space.
By creating a distinct disparity between height, the won felt much more assured in their own superiority. After all, it was hard to respect boys when they were physically shorter and weaker.
"You all know what is at stake." Captain Avinx addressed her won. "Our grasp on the Leemar System is rapidly weakening. With the Sundered Phalanx pushing us back in space and the Konsu Clan beating us back on land, our sisters are rapidly losing ground. The additional expert pilots the Fridayn scraped from the lesser states are also pressing us hard. Are any of you afraid?"
"No!" Her won imdiately replied.
"Good." The ch officer smiled. "We have all familiarized ourselves with the power of the Valkyrie Redeer. This new ch model is blessed by the Superior Mother. Not only that, it's a female ch, which ans we can finally borrow the Supre's power more directly."
She had fought hard for her unit to be one of the first to pilot the new chs! While the Wrathful Doves were trying to produce more Valkyrie Redeers at a rapid pace, not every aerial ch company had the fortune of receiving a batch of the new machines.
Although their training should have taken longer, the rapid reversal ant that they couldn't wait any longer.
Despite the hasty change in orders, Captain Avinx wasn't afraid. She and her won all believed in the Valkyrie Redeer. Though the chs might not be able to fight an expert ch, the Hexers were still confident in their ability to defeat every other foe!
"Our ti is up. Let's move out and hunt so Fridayn!"
Soon enough, thirty-six Valkyrie Redeers and four support chs flew out from the massive hanger.
The aerial ch company flew in a moderately tight formation as it flew across friendly territory.
Down below, nurous chs and vehicles moved back and forth. Several transports were already being loaded up with valuable supplies and expensive production equipnt.
The Wrathful Doves knew they couldn't hold onto this territory anymore. In order to stand a chance at stalling the attacking Oni Guard, the Hexers had to pull back and tighten their defensive lines.
The role of Captain Avinx's ch company was to fly into the vicinity of the battlefield and pick off any targets of opportunity.
The Fridayn had to be slowed down in every way possible. Even delaying their advance by one hour was enough to evacuate billions of hex credits worth of war materiel!
As the ch company began to observe distant explosions and weapon discharges, it was no longer safe to fly in an open manner.
"You know your orders. Split up and choose your targets carefully."
"Yes, captain!"
The ch company split up into four separate squads consisting of nine Valkyrie Redeers and one support ch.
The Valkyrie Redeer piloted by Captain Avinx herself led the other nine remaining chs closer to where the main battle took place.
They approached a small but ruined city. Though there weren't many tall buildings to provide them cover, the aerial squad was not deterred.
"Pilot Anders, activate the stalking field."
"Yes, ma'am!"
The lightly-ard male ch flying in the center of the squad began to activate its backpack module.
A strong energy field suddenly wrapped around the Valkyrie Redeers. Different from glows, this technological field did not have a strong effect on humans.
Instead, the stalker field caused the chs to beco harder to see. While the squad hadn't beco outright invisible, most long-ranged sensors would definitely fail to pick up their energy signatures!
This was enough for the aerial chs.
Aware that the stalker field drained a lot of energy from the support ch, Captain Avinx beca more hurried in her search.
Though her chs were straying dangerously close to the sites where active fighting took place, she quickly stumbled upon a suitable target.
"Enemy supply train up ahead! Distance, 8 kiloters."
"Detecting three supply transports and sixteen Oni Guard chs up ahead! Eight of them are lee chs while the other eight are ranged chs."
Captain Avinx imdiately beca more focused. Her squad of chs ascended higher in order to gain a steeper angle on the detected enemy chs.
"Target the lee chs. I will designate individual targets for each of you." She commanded. "Ignore the ranged chs for now. While these Konsu ch pilots are notoriously difficult to shake, we have faith in our Valkyrie Redeers. We're won, not boys. The glows of our chs are stronger!"
As the squad of chs gained enough altitude, the Valkyrie Redeers began to dive towards the enemy supply train.
A short ti passed by as the Oni Guard chs remained oblivious of what lood overhead. It wasn't until the sensors of so of their chs started to detect sothing unusual in the air that they finally noticed the incoming threat.
"Enemy raid!"
The chs of the Konsu Clan reacted quickly! The lee chs all ford protectively in front of the ranged chs.
Nurous positron beams hit the Valkyrie Redeers as they approached. Though the hits all caused the chs to lose so chunks of their armor, none of them sustain any fatal damage.
The diving Valkyrie Redeers did not bother to retaliate. Their pulse submachine guns were too weak and inaccurate to deal any aningful damage under these conditions.
Instead, the chs gripped their spears and shields tightly as they descended from above.
"Mark your targets!" Captain Avinx ordered. "Let us show them a taste of death!"
Each female ch pilot transmitted a ntal command to their chs.
Soon, the third eyes of the Valkyrie Redeers suddenly brightened up. Though the ch pilots had the option to hide this effect, the Hexers didn't an to do so this ti.
Strong, narrow beams of light shot out from the third eyes and instantly landed on the lee chs that were positioning to et the incoming charge.
As soon as the light beams landed on the Oni Guard chs, their ch pilots suddenly experienced a sense of doom and discomfort.
Though each of the Konsu Clan's ch pilots had gone through special training in order to firm up their minds, the glow of the Valkyrie Redeer was sothing different.
It reached much further ahead. In addition, it was also new and relatively unfamiliar. Due to the narrowing of the glow, much of the intensity was directed towards a specific target.
Though the Konsu ch pilots did their best to maintain their grip on their emotions, they couldn't help but begin to sweat and feel uncomfortable.
It was too difficult to resist this new glow!
"This glow.. wait! This is a new ch!"
As the Valkyrie Redeers ca closer, the targeted glows beca more intense. The defending ch pilots not only had to resist this effect, but also fight against the psychological fear of trying to resist a diving attack.
The fad discipline of the Oni Guard began to fray a bit as the ch pilots of the lee chs lost focus. The creeping sense of doom disordered all of their hearts.
They didn't have much ti! As soon as the Valkyrie Redeers ca close enough to unleash their targeted glows, it didn't take long for them to reach the surface!
"Death to the Fridayn!"
With thunder and might, the Valkyrie Redeers slamd their spears through all of the lee chs!
Even the thickest knight ch failed to co out unscatched as its shield only managed to block the thrust of a single Valkyrie Redeer.
Another Valkyrie Redeer piloted by Captain Avinx herself managed to impale the ch from another angle!
Loud impacts sounded as the shock-absorbing systems of the Valkyrie Redeers tried their best to keep the chs together as they landed. Their feet sank deep and various other systems ca online to prevent the chs from collapsing.
As for their targets, their inability to brace themselves resulted in devastating damage!
Five of the Oni Guard chs were downed entirely. The spears either ran straight through the cockpits or hit sothing vital enough to disable the machines.
Three other chs weren't better off. Even though they still showed signs of life, they received so much damage that they weren't able to put up a resistance when the Valkyrie Redeers impaled them a second ti!
"Hahahaha! These chs were sitting ducks! So much for the discipline of the Konsu Clan!"
With the simultaneous takedowns of the lee chs, the ranged chs were sitting ducks! Though each of them possessed at least so close combat capabilities, they stood no chance against the might of superior chs!
It was a complete crush!
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