MSSY1:Orbital Rain Initialize

The screen in front of you flickers to life as the cockpit closes and seals. The messages from your onboard AI scroll across the screen that gives you a view of the outside world.

<System: Initialization complete. Energy reserves: 100%. Shield charge: 100%. Outside audio feed enabled.>

The sounds of the people talking, walking by, and doing some last minute maintenance fill the cockpit.

<System: Running internal diagnostics. 0%... 10%... >

You reach down and wrap your hands around the suit's movement controls. They weren't yet working but as soon as internal diagnostic was finished they would be.

<System: 50%... 60%... >

You could skip this, but then what if someone had tampered with your machine? You might not find out until the middle of your first fight when something breaks and end up losing the battle. A series of chimes grabs your attention again, another announcement.

"Attention, please. Attention. Competitor #11, and competitor #25, please ready yourselves and finish any last minute preparation. You will be next to face each other."

That time it was you, #25. You still have a little bit of time since the two competitors before you still had to finish their fight. They'd release another announcement when that time came and give you 5 minutes to get yourself up into the arena.

<System: Internal diagnostic complete. No errors found. Enabling manual control. Input command... >