That drew an honest to god bark of laughter from the other Spartan. Because it was a hilarious mental image and Maine of course was only perpetuating the inter-team rivalry Kurt had claimed they were supposed to be better than. "I'll be sure to work on that. Make sure I have a good comm frequency for you so I can forward all photographic proof your way."
There was more to that statement than was what was at face value. It was more than just a jesting boast, he wanted to have a way of contacting Matt again rather than letting him drift right back out of his life again. It was probably breaking no less than sixteen regulations and opsec but honestly, this one conversation with Matt had him feeling better than he'd felt in months. His morale was instantly boosted with the knowledge that another brother was still alive out there and still carrying on the fight.
"I sincerely hope that myself, Matt. I've seen too many of my soldier's lives wasted because they had inferior gear when it came to fighting toe to toe with the damned Covies. The problem is, no one can match Halsey's quality of tech without a price tag that would make your head spin. I heard rumors people have been trying to come up with their own cheaper versions of the suit but there's no way they're going to be able to reach the same ballpark as MJOLNIR." He'd been speaking about their own attempts to improve the SPI armor but had unknowingly also referenced Freelancer's attempt to clone Catherine Halsey's technology.
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There was more to that statement than was what was at face value. It was more than just a jesting boast, he wanted to have a way of contacting Matt again rather than letting him drift right back out of his life again. It was probably breaking no less than sixteen regulations and opsec but honestly, this one conversation with Matt had him feeling better than he'd felt in months. His morale was instantly boosted with the knowledge that another brother was still alive out there and still carrying on the fight.
"I sincerely hope that myself, Matt. I've seen too many of my soldier's lives wasted because they had inferior gear when it came to fighting toe to toe with the damned Covies. The problem is, no one can match Halsey's quality of tech without a price tag that would make your head spin. I heard rumors people have been trying to come up with their own cheaper versions of the suit but there's no way they're going to be able to reach the same ballpark as MJOLNIR." He'd been speaking about their own attempts to improve the SPI armor but had unknowingly also referenced Freelancer's attempt to clone Catherine Halsey's technology.