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Synopsis: Episode 01 - Can't buy a thrill Upon her arrival, Linna soon discovers that Mega Tokyo isn't quite as she'd expected, this backwater country gal quickly comes to realise that the TV portrayal of this concrete jungle differs completely in reality. And to top things off, arriving late for her first day at work, courtesy of an insane biker looking to score points by running down the locals, doesn't go down too well. Linna quickly attracts the evil eye from her Boomer superior and worst still is cracked onto by the company sleeze who just happens to be in charge of new employee career development. As the new girl in town, Linna accepts Kain's offer for a late night tour of Mega Tokyo's entertainment district. The date quickly descends into chaos though when a rogue Boomer decides to rampage through their restaurant for the evening. Cut off from the rest of the fleeing crowd, Kain included, Linna becomes the choice target for the mechanical giant. Though fortunately for Linna, she doesn't quite make it to the end of the road, the intervention of Mega Tokyo's armoured vigilantes, the Knight Sabers, sees to this. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 02 - Fragile With the threat of being traded in for the Knight Sabers looming above due to their inability to terminate last nights rogue Boomer, AD police detectives Leon McNichol and Daley Wong, now more disgruntled than ever, decide to take it upon themselves to fight two wars. Against both defective Boomers and the Knight Sabers. Meanwhile Linna decides that her job sucks. Instead she goes about tracking down the identity of one of the Knight Sabers by hacking into AD police computer records. Of course this lands her in more hot water with her supervisor. Linna though remains determined and comes to realise that the insane biker who tried to run her down the other day is in fact Priss Asagiri, a famed small time rock singer. Linna tracks down Priss, though her confrontation with the mistress of few words goes none too well. This doesn't stop Linna from tailing her to Sylia and Nene's whereabouts though. Impressed with Linna's ability to infiltrate the Knight Sabers organisation, her eagerness to sign up and in need of a solid partner for Priss, Sylia tests Linna out in a simulator booth giving her taste of things to come. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 03 - Keep me hanging on A spin in the simulator booth kinda brings Linna down a notch as she questions her ability to carry out violent and bloody missions such as that which she experienced during the simulation. Confiding these fears of hers in Nene, however, helps her to quickly overcome her self-doubts. A good thing too as Sylia takes an instant liking to the boisterous country girl, especially what with her athletic background making her a prime candidate for the job. What with Linna recruited, a new hard suit is constructed for her by resident engineering genius Nigel, despite jealous comments from Nene regarding the new hard suits form fitting and advanced design. Linna is shown the ropes regarding her new suit, and due to her excitement a little of her naivety surfaces as she makes one or to amusing blunders whilst getting used to her hard suit. The joyous mood soon turns to one of concern, however, as Priss radios in reporting of a waitress model Boomer gone insane down town. With Priss miles away and out of action and Nene lacking the skills to fight single-handedly, Linna prepares herself to face off against the Boomer in a trial by fire. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 04 - Machine head In fairness Linna, although inexperienced and under pressure to perform, puts on a good show, but when her hard suit's battery starts to red line as she's about to down the mutated mechanical construct, Linna's left powerless in the crushing vice like grip of her assailant. What with Nene lacking both the speed and manouverability to get close to the thing in order to lend support, the outlook's grim. Fortunately Sylia turns up in good time with the mobile pit bearing a hard suit for Priss who turned up on scene long before Linna, Nene and the AD police. Priss suits up and gets down to taking out the trash, though this latest debacle doesn't impress her at all, later in debriefing she storms out, frustrated and angry, for Sylia having sent a rookie with a malfunctioning hard suit into combat. Although not to blame, Linna feels as though she's let Priss down and so heads over to her place to try and smooth things over. Linna manages to patch things up with Priss, but a little of her self-doubt creeps back into her mind, she spends the remainder of the day down at her local gym determined not to repeat recent events. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 05 - Rough and ready Despite being officially off duty for the day, Leon and Daley get word of a mass AD police attempt to take out a rogue Boomer at a local factory. Although when they arrive on the scene it appears as though their colleagues are getting ready to start a war with the occupant of the building. Brave/stupid as ever the AD police mount a frontal assault by sending in an assault squad to waste the Boomer, except they themselves get wasted. Determined not to fail, however, the officer in charge of the operation sends in a squad of K-suit armoured officers to backup the already dwindling assault squad. For a brief period the AD police kick ass, but then things go horribly wrong leaving the Knight Sabers to mop up. With the Boomer down, however, the AD police take advantage of the planned situation and open fire on Mega Tokyo's armoured vigilantes. Having just used up most of their battery power downing the Boomer, Linna, Nene and Priss have the awkward task of delicately sending the AD police running, but when it all goes pear shaped Sylia is called into action to help bail out the girls. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 06 - Get it on Despite having been out of action for quite some time, Sylia soon finds her feet in her hard suit, a few immobilised K-suites later and the AD police call it quits for the day. Thus the AD police's efforts to both capture the Knight Sabers and broadcast the whole event live, in an attempt to reinstate public confidence, ends in a spectacular failure. With GENOM secretly pulling the strings behind the AD police's blundered operation optimistically hoping to rid Mega Tokyo of the Knight Sabers, vice president Mason finds himself answerable to the chairman. With three hard suites in a pretty beat up way, Nigel finds himself flooded with work for the next week or so. Though the job's made easier when he acquires an eager new assistant, Mackey, that is Sylia's previously unmentioned younger brother new in Tokyo. Keen to help Nigel carry out repairs, Mackey, yet to meet the girls, doesn't quite manage to settle in at Sylia's as smoothly as would have been nice. Whilst attempting to locate the storage room within Sylia's estate, he unknowingly wanders into the girls changing room whilst occupied. Nene's not impressed. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 07 - Look at yourself With the market flooded due to overproduction of Boomers, GENOM turn to a new uncontested market area, Boomers to mine the natural resources of other planets; frontier planetary development. To test their new motoroid slave drone Boomer prototypes, GENOM setup a deep sea testing facility as the extreme water pressures simulate well the likely environments expected on heavy gravity planets. What they don't anticipate, however, is one of their worker's consciousness being downloaded into one of the slave drones upon implosion of one of the facility's labs killing the worker in question. Built to withstand phenomenal pressures, the inhabitants of Mega Tokyo find themselves with a mobile fortress prowling the streets, its ghost like mind intent on searching for its unfaithful wife. AD police do a fine job of tracking the movements of the armoured beast, but ultimately end up causing more damage to the surroundings as opposed to the Boomer itself. Enter the Knight Sabers, but with Linna's hard suit out of action, and Priss's only half repaired from their last sortie, things don't pan out too well for the iron ladies. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 08 - Fireball Priss gives an interview...well kind of, never before has an interviewer had to fast talk on the fly quite so much in an attempt to try and get their subject to respond. Priss isn't exactly renowned for her conversational skills though, more her ability to spectacularly blow things up and scream in down town night clubs. Mackey lends Nigel a hand in finishing off his pet project, a supped up racing motorcycle with an insane specification. Machined from scratch and way to tricky for the average guy/gal on the street to ride, Nigel's latest construct is more a labour of love, that and an excuse for Mackey to get out of Sylia's place and work with some hard core machinery. Priss unwinds having finished her set for the evening, her moments silence doesn't last though as Sylia radios word of a rogue Boomer fused with a racer tearing up the gulf freeway. Having had little success in tackling the Boomer at high speed, Linna and Nene step aside letting Priss engage the thing with Nigel's newly completed racer. Destroying Boomers is one thing, taking one out at high speed though...a completely different kettle of fish. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 09 - My nation underground For reasons unknown, to both GENOM and the Knight Sabers, maintenance Boomers carrying out repairs to Mega Tokyo's long forgotten underground sewer network are mysteriously disappearing. Mason takes a personal interest in the investigation when GENOM operatives discover that all the disappearances are taking place within the vicinity of abandoned pre-quake BioScape laboratories. Nene's onto Leon, she's discovered her work playmate's developed a liking for Priss. Course Nene's up for the role of matchmaker, despite reservations from Linna, which lands her in it with Sylia. Another blunder and she's out! Sylia's not one for risking the exposure of the Knight Sabers' organisation, especially over childish love games involving team members and AD police officers. Despite comforting words from Mackey, Nene takes Sylia's words badly. When the team get word of a rogue Boomer in the same ward as the recent Boomer disappearances, Nene sets out to prove she's not a liability. Unfortunately all goes badly, and worse still when an enormous Boomer devouring organic monster surfaces during the fighting. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 10 - Woke up with a monster Having ripped apart and devoured its prey the organic giant burrows its way back underground, the Knight Sabers call it quits and bail out leaving the dumbfounded AD police to mop up the mess. Word of the alien encounter quickly gets back to Mason who immediately dispatches an elite GENOM force to track the creature's movements. His orders are kept secret though, even from the chairman himself, since Mason has a private interest in the matter. When ordered by AD police chief to drop the case, Leon hits the roof in his usual predictable manor, Daley, however, comes through for his partner with a plan to locate the monster. The misguided double act decide to go trawling through Mega Tokyo's underground labyrinth commando style having aquired sewer blue prints by leaning on a certain co-worker, namely Nene. Unwilling to babysit Nene for any longer, Priss strikes a bet with Sylia. Should Nene perform badly on their next mission then she's out, else there's this one little thing Priss must do... Nene learns of Leon and Daley's monster quest and so the bet's on what with a rescue mission on the cards. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 11 - Sheer heart attack Once again double overtime at the office leaves Linna strapped for time when trying to make a call out, but when her cheap 'n cheerful second had scooter gives her grief, Linna finds herself sitting out this latest job for the Knight Sabers. Instead Nene steps in to deal with the latest rogue Boomer incident in a vein attempt to raise Priss's opinion regarding her close combat skills. Under constant pressure to complete GENOM's latest venture, the Shohan project, aimed at solving the issue of the Earth's dwindling energy resources, Mason lashes out ordering the immediate disposal of the Knight Sabers. As such Mason's not to be trusted right hand, Kusui, rigs one of the military's combat Boomers setting it loose in Mega Tokyo's back yard in an attempt to draw out the Knight Sabers. Sure enough the activities of this monster Boomer fail to escape Sylia's attention therefore prompting her to dispatch her team, or be it Priss. With Nene on duty and Linna away at her parents having been setup on a date, lone ranger Priss faces her toughest challenge yet. Though Priss isn't the only one to be tested, does Linna take the job or the boy? Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 12 - Made in Japan Having managed to sweet talk the express train fare back to Mega Tokyo out of her date for the afternoon, Linna races back to support her team mate, a good thing too considering that both Priss and the AD police succeed only in getting trashed by the might of the military's rogue Boomer. Nene hacks into the military's secure files and manages to unearth the monster's key vulnerability, leaving the others to mop up. Clearly underestimating the abilities and resources of the Knight Sabers, Mason decides to manipulate the vigilantes by employing them for his own personal goal. To this end Mason leaks information purposely to Sylia's team through Kusui, before offering his least trusted employee a long awaited bonus - death, not quite what Kusui had in mind. Fear sets in as Sylia learns of Mason's efforts to uncover her father's Wiz laboratory, and with it the abomination lying dormant within, thought to have been destroyed during the quake. Meanwhile Nene curiously hacks into the Stingray family records what with herself and Mackey becoming more that just good friends, though nothing prepares her for the shocking truth. Is Mackey even human!? Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 13 - Atom heart mother In an effort to unearth the BioScape owned laboratory before Mason, Sylia enlists the help of a Dr. Shan, an old friend of her father's, whom with the help of his associates manages to narrow down the lab's probable location to one of twenty-seven sites. To make the task of searching for the lab easier, Sylia develops a handheld EMP cannon, good for up to three hundred meters, designed to home in on the labs position. Sylia plans to gain access to the sites via those underground channels dug out by GENOM, as a result of construction of their dragon line designed to store energy generated by GENOM's solar space umbrella, i.e. the Shohan project. Though when Sylia puts the task of tracking down the lab to the team, the response isn't encouraging, especially what with Sylia remaining evasive on details of the lab's content. Nene takes this opportunity to confront Sylia on the subject throwing disturbing facts, pulled from hacked government files, in to the lime light. Though with Sylia simply unwilling to comment on both Mackey and GENOM's instigation of the quake, in order to contain a breach of security at the Wiz lab, Nene looses faith in Sylia and so leaves. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 14 - Shock treatment With Nene temporarily out of the picture, both Priss and Linna set out to track down the Wiz laboratory, though when Priss finally uncovers the true location of the lab, both are suddenly ordered to pull out by a frantic Sylia. Although having agreed to keep both Priss and Linna in the loop what with the loss of Nene, Sylia abandons her team altogether as she sets out to finish the job in person. Armed with a microwave cannon, courtesy of Dr. Shan and his associates, Sylia ventures down into the depths of the once prestigious lab, now a disused ruin and prison to her father's greatest creation; Galatea, mother of all Boomer kind. The last time Galatea got loose GENOM, rightly so, buried half the city in order to contain the beast, now Sylia intends to annihilate the life-form before Mason unleashes all hell. In her deranged state, however, Sylia fails to realise she's unwittingly leading him straight to the queen herself. Against running the risk of freeing Galatea, Sylia chooses to super heat the Boomer's isolation chamber, though with the arrival of Mason and the liquification of the chamber leaving its contents unharmed, all hell breaks loose...once again! Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 15 - Minute by minute Galatea commences her reign of terror by exercising her ability to progress Boomers to the next stage of their evolution therefore allowing them to become self-aware thus gaining the ability to overcome their physical constraints. Whilst GENOM allowed the production of cheap Boomers bound to a physical form and limited in intelligence, they remained all too aware of the true potential of VOOMER technology, and as such both respected it and feared it. With the instigation of this so called Sotai phenomenon at Galatea's command, however, Sylia's hard suit as well as those of Priss, Linna and Nene, having just arrived at the scene intent on rescuing Sylia, are fused with the floor as their Boomer components go rogue, i.e. evolve. Sylia can only look on in horror as Mason casually walks off with her father's misguided god like creation in hand. The team eject from the remains of their trashed hard suits, though with both Mason and Galatea long gone Sylia enters into a state of shock. With nothing left worth hiding, Nigel reveals that Galatea is in fact Mackey's little sister, that he and she are both alike; a product of Sylia's mind. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 16 - I surrender Sylia comes around and under pressure continues to explain where Nigel left off. The team are finally told of her father's experiments to create a new life-form from both her mother's and her own brain, and how she had recruited a team, prior to that of the current, which ultimately fell apart. Though when Priss's suspicion that a hard suit is in fact a Boomer is confirmed, the hot headed singer walks out on the team. Meanwhile Mason's activities fall under the watchful eye of GENOM's chairman, though when questioned about bringing a dangerous artefact in to the tower, Mason merely denies the charges of which he stands accused, and so begins the cold war of finger pointing and back stabbing within GENOM. As GENOM withdraw their AD police financial backing Nene, Leon, Daley, and a cast of hundreds find themselves facing the prospect of being rifted back into the normal police. Things worsen though when Mason lets Galatea loose on the tower, during a staff strike, using the dragon line to transmit the Sotai phenomenon. Galatea revives those deactivated Boomers within the tower's evidence room, though there's just one problem - no one told Nene about the strike. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 17 - Moving waves Nene's not the only one still on duty and hence within the AD police tower, chief Nick Roland and a handful of others find themselves caught up in the mess too. The situation's made worse still when the tower's anti-terrorist systems kick in dropping a fire wall around the entire building thus trapping its occupants, Boomer and otherwise, and playing havoc with its communications with the out side world. Fortunately when Nick's daughter radios in his after work hours disappearance act and Nene manages to barely get out an emergency beacon, Leon rallies the troops ready for a frontal assault on the building. The rest of the knight sabers too catch wind of the situation, though with Nigel quoting a week, minimum, remaining till the completion of their new replacement hard suits, the group find themselves with little more to offer than that of Leon's makeshift strike force fast massing out side the tower. Determined not to sit around sulking Priss takes Nigel's racer, that is to say her motoslave, has it prepped with a high caliber weapon and heads out intent on signing up with those AD police officers ready to lay siege to their former HQ. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 18 - We built this city Having blown apart a large hole at the base of the AD police tower, Leon and Priss head on down in to the underground section of the building in search of both Nene, Nick and the other survivors. Although Nick and his team manage to stay alive aided by several big guns, raided from the nearest weapons locker, and a K-suit, they are eventually out flanked by the ever mutating horde of Boomer invaders. The explosive intervention of Leon, Priss and her motoslave though sees the group fleeing upwards into the tower's communications canter what with their lower level escape route now cut off. With Leon's rescue plan out the window, Nick releases the tower's communications cooling gasses thus freezing those Boomers advancing from the lower levels and grinding the invasion to a halt, though at the expense of the AD police. Although the group are safely air lifted to safety by Sylia, Linna and Daley, the loss of the tower spells the end of Mega Tokyo's advanced police force. With the AD police gone, Mason has Galatea remove the second obstacle in his path; chairman Quincy who ironically falls victim to one of his own Boomer operatives. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 19 - Are you experienced? It doesn't take long for panic to set in amongst Mega Tokyo's citizens, leading to the immediate evacuation of the city, despite the warm and friendly messages being distributed by the TV satellite networks. In an attempt to let the truth be known, both Leon and Daley team up with the knight sabers to broadcast the truth to the nation or be it a heavily jammed version of those events responsible for the crisis at hand. Mason continues to push Galatea to develop her abilities, in addition, with Quincy dead he assumes control of GENOM. Sylia manages to patch up her relationship with Priss, with certain drawbacks regarding the new hard suits, namely those revealing areas of the new designs, though Priss still remains dubious about getting back in side a Boomer. She soon changes her mind, however, when the team learn of Leon's futile efforts to seal off the dragon line in an attempt to prevent the Sotai phenomenon from spreading to the north of Japan. Since the two have become closer during recent events, Priss's emotions get the better of her Boomer hatred, though with her hard suit yet to be finished, Linna's sent out to rescue the unemployed law enforcement officers. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 20 - One of these nights Having rallied those AD police front-line officers still foolishly remaining in Mega Tokyo, Leon leads a heroic charge aimed at destroying a crucial section of the dragon line. Though the operation descends in to chaos when the AD police find themselves up against a giant of a Boomer guarding the line. Fortunately Linna shows up, in her new slinky hard suit, preventing the AD police from getting completely trashed. Mason's dream of watching eternally over Galatea as she transforms the surface of the planet is made true by the queen herself, though not quite how he had envisaged. The passive god like gift bestowed upon the GENOM executive comes at a price as Mason is fused with the machinery encompassing Galatea's lair. Galatea's next strategic move involves reviving the dragon line itself. As the ground beneath Mega Tokyo is shaken apart, Sylia, Linna and Nene suit up ready for action unable to wait any longer for Priss to tear herself away from Leon's arms. Confident, the three launch an all out frontal assault on Galatea's latest abomination, in hind sight a poor choice of tactics as Linna and Nene are engulfed by the creature. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 21 - Close to the edge With both Linna and Nene entangled within a swirling mass of tentacles, formally a part of the dragon line, Sylia tries to free the girls by attempting to severe the creature from the remainder of the line, though the offensive capabilities of the beast quickly drive Sylia off before engulfing her as well. Fortunately for the girls, Priss turns up fashionably late kited out with her newly completed hard suit and vastly improved motoslave laying waste to the creature as well as its lesser Boomer minions. The team celebrate their latest victory over Galatea and thus proceed to get drunk, Sylia and Nigel though, choose instead to take to the sheets, after all there are better things in life than beer alone. Meanwhile Galatea proceeds to assimilate the entire city with her Boomer spawn. Again the ground beneath Mega Tokyo shakes, though the team are woken instead by the sophisticated intruder alarms installed throughout the Knight Saber's base of operations, i.e. Sylia's Silky Doll fashion store. The joyous mood soon turns to that of concern, however, as the building's defenses fail allowing the invasion of Galatea's Boomer hordes. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 22 - Physical graffiti Despite promptly ordering Nene to seal all the doors within the building, Galatea's Boomer hordes are quick to realise the failed closure of the swimming pool cover on the roof of the building. With the lavish pool running down the full length of the building, Galatea's Boomers proceed to attack the reinforced glass walls at the base of the pool in an attempt to gain access to the lower levels of the building, in particular the pit; home to the Knight Sabers' hard suits. The team manage to buy themselves enough time to suit up before the glass finally gives way giving rise to an aquatic skirmish during the struggle to evacuate Nigel, Mackey, Leon and Henderson, Sylia's long-term carer/butler. The group make it safely out of the building, though with the entire city now firmly within Galatea's grasp there's little else to do but grab the mobile pit and burn rubber towards the shoreline, that is to say Mega Tokyo's last safe haven. Though the group aren't the only ones to seek sanctury at the water's edge, ex-construction employees have also spotted the city's last safe haven. Despondant and out of ideas, both the team and company drown their sorrows in cheap beer. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 23 - Hydra Whilst the congregation contemplates their fate Galatea uses the distraction to enter Mackey's mind in an attempt to erase his memories thus gaining control of his Boomer body. First to realise is Nene, due to her concern for Mackey's increased isolation from the group, she is briefly knocked unconscious, however, as she tries to stop Galatea from purging Mackey's memories. Fortunately her screams alert Priss whom quickly remedies the situation with a spanner, as is her way. The team don't react quick enough though, and as a result Mackey's left barely able to even recognise Sylia. Angry, frustrated and now desperate to put an end to Galatea's reign of destruction, Sylia leads the Knight Sabers on an assault on the GENOM tower. It goes badly, however, as Galatea's defenses prove to be too much, as such Mackey uses the last of his will power to cloud Galatea's mind thus giving the team enough time to penetrate the building and confront the bitch, though at the ultimate cost, his life. Galatea's not done yet though, as a final insult to the Knight Saber's inadequate defiance she merges with the battlefield, i.e. the tower itself, thus placing the final nail in the coffin. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 24 - Light my fire Galatea twists and warps the GENOM tower into a copy of herself, before ripping it from its foundations and drifting upwards into the sky headed towards GENOM's solar space umbrella. With the dragon line cut off from neighboring cities, courtesy of both the Knight Sabers and the AD police, Galatea now plans to use the umbrella to transmit the sotai phenomenon on a global scale thus infecting every machine on the planet. Now a global threat, the United Nations desperately launch a nuclear missile attack upon Galatea, though the destructive potential of the warheads comes up short when pitted against her powers. As a result the missiles are assimilated before they can even strike their target. Due to the ineffectiveness of long ranged attacks against Galatea, the Knight Sabers are forced to come up with their own plan of action. The team therefore decides to hijack GENOM's sky hook, used primarily for ferrying cargo to the umbrella, in order to beat Galatea to her chosen destination. The fight's made that much more tougher, however, as Sylia remains behind in morning over the loss of Mackey. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 25 - Walking on the moon As anticipated the sky hook delivers Priss, her motoslave, Nene and Linna to the front door of GENOM's solar space umbrella, though with the sky hook's brakes out of action their arrival isn't exactly as smooth as they had planned. As a result Priss's motoslave is temporarily put out of action. As Galatea pulls into dock with the umbrella the team have minutes to devise a plan of action. Priss orders Nene to lock down the umbrella whilst both she and Linna go head to head with its power center. Unfortunately though Priss and Linna bite off more than they can chew and are driven out. With the umbrella now entirely a part of Galatea, the girls have a tough time just trying to prevent their hard suites from going rogue let alone inflicting any damage on the actual source of the problem. Worse still Nene's hacking abilities come up short when pitted against Galatea's power. In a desperate attempt to prevent Galatea from transmitting Nene and Linna block off the umbrella's barrel, the misfired transmission, however, has explosive repercussions taking out half the umbrella and sending both Nene and Linna on a one way trip through the Earth's atmosphere. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Episode 26 - Still alive and well Linna frantically harries Nene into conjuring up some kind of a miracle. Since Sylia's next generation hard suits allow their wearers to manipulate their actual form due to their liquid metal manufacture, Nene hits on the idea of warping her suit to form an airfoil. Linna follows suit and both plummet safely into the Mediterranean ocean before being washed up on to the nearest beach. Meanwhile Priss battles it out alone with Galatea on top of the remains of GENOM's umbrella. The fight is hardly fair though, as Galatea downloads her consciousness in to her adversary's mind in an attempt to erase Priss's individuality. Fortunately Priss isn't the type to submit that easily, reunited with her motoslave, summoned from the wreckage of the sky hook, she delivers the final killing blow straight to Galatea. At the brink of her destruction, Galatea finally realises the true meaning of her existence, she is to be neither a master or a slave, but instead a being to be born, to reproduce and ultimately.....to die. With her life's cycle fast ending, Galatea repays Priss's gift, firstly by restoring Mackey's consciousness and then by reuniting them both with their loved ones. Now you've read it...why not discuss it on the Last updated: 23/07/2006 |