Bastion

***BASTION*** is the main Defensive Expert Mech he was developed after the Defeat (Death) of the Shield of Samar piloted by Jannzi Larkinson during Operation Saturday Market on Pima Prime.

### Plot

After the death of Shield of Samar at the hands of Expert Mech Skorpion Kommando defending Venerable Isobel Kotin-Larkinson and Venerable Orfan Larkinson, Jannzi Larkinson found itself at its lowest point in its history. career as a Mech Pilot she had no hope of piloting another mech other than another Shield of Samar.

It was at that moment that her cousin Ves Larkinson came up with a crazy idea to reincarnate the dead mech according to the Jouneyman Mech Designer he could do something like revive his old companion, he asked her opinion if he could start the project Jannzi was afraid with the idea but seeing his cousin's enthusiasm accepted in the end.

Ves then gathers his fellow Mech Designers for another conference to decide the future mechs that will be developed for his clan, there he discloses the existence of the project which leaves everyone skeptical if the project will work or not, however Ves does not take much to heart. seriously and confirms the project at the end and names it *Dullahan Project* comparing it to the Dark Knight who holds his bare head with his arm.

During his Development Ves decides to put the system he is designing into his project with the Blood Pact information he acquired from the system's fruit.

Ves developed many theories that changed the design of the project, one of which is *Object 431* which is a shield with Materia Primes that resonate with the Expert Pilot he makes Jannzi train with Ketis to learn how to fight with the shield and sword to improve your mech's combat. Ves develops the final version of the *object* called the Rainbow Shield.

Towards the end of development Ves Larkinson was left helpless as he became undecided on which mech to use his *Superpublish* he had talks about with several mech designers from the Larkinson Clan and Master Benedict Cortez from Cross Clan in the end he opted for the *Dullahan Project* which helped him to improve several flaws that were fixed by the systems some that could lead to critical risks to the users of the *Blood Pact*.

After sharing the blueprint with the fixes to the Designers assigned to the project to fix the flaws, Ves headed towards the Biomechanical Ship Dragon's Den there he met Ranya Wodin-Larkinson who warned him about her misgivings about the *Blood Pact* project, but Ves continued to operate the biomechanical device handling systems, after he corrected the problems, Rania asks him to name the project after several suggestions Ves names it Carmine System .

When the Mech manufacturing period began, the Chief Designer of the LMC in the Cat's Nest, Ves started the Mech manufacturing, the production of the mech did not develop any stimulus to the designer's group, even with the help of the Volcano Hammer did not improve the mood of the group after its effect the group was unable to receive inspiration for the project.

After  *Project Completion*  the mech looked different from all mechs created before, it looked like an empty husk containing no life in it, Gloriana was furious with Ves and blamed him for the project having failed, but shortly after this was stopped by Master Benedict Cortez who told Ves to stop fooling around and continue the progress of the project, Ves continues and tells Jannzi to dress in her new costume made exclusively for the *blood pact*, after she dresses her initiates the pact and has his blood fused with the *mech blood* after that Ves goes to the mech's chest and takes a jewel that was created by luck after the battle of Pima Prime and that had spiritual traits of the Shield of Samar.

When the jewel entered a *hole* created in the mech's chest, the jewel was redirected to an artificial heart made with Jannzi's DNA in the mech, after reaching the heart tentacles coming from the heart caught the jewel that entered the heart. Jannzi then felt something that she had been missing for over a year, she cries and says *Sammie*. After that, a great commotion happens when the equipment starts to register a high level of man-machine resonance that is soon verified and his Willpower reached an impressive 33.25 Laveres. A 50% increase in willpower which scared all the designers present, right after that the tests are postponed because they are on a planet and cannot do the tests for fear of being observed and having their mech analyzed by other powers.

After leaving the Cockpit Jannzi says that she was impressed that Ves kept his promise, he asks if Jannzi has something to talk to him about, she says yes but thinks it must be something private, so they go to a safe room and she tells him he says that maybe he can pilot the mech via blood pact without the help of the neural interface, she says that maybe they help people who can't pilot to make their dreams come true.

Ves has an epiphany and manages to realize his Designer philosophy by advancing to Senior Mech Designer, after the epiphany he leaves and informs the others that he has become a Senior Mech Designer.

Some time later Ves visits Jannzi he asks some questions to the Expert Pilot and in the end he asks what will be the name of the Expert Mech she tells him that the mech itself will tell him a robotic voice comes out through the Live Mech speakers saying *BASTION*.