02-15-2016, 10:56 AM
Just like every hour of every day, Judge Dredd scowled as he stared at the collection of scientists and engineers gathered in his office.
Not only did the man hate lab coats—he hated being stuck in this room. Dredd preferred the open air and the freedom that came with driving around the streets of Coruscant. While it would have been lavish by nearly anyone’s standards, the office was a place that the judge tried to avoid as much as he could, but on this day, he had to entertain a debriefing with a bunch of lab coats handpicked by Gero and Bradley to oversee some fancy project.
“What are you here for, again?” Judge Dredd demanded as he glanced at the holotablet and the large image projected in the air above it. While he loathed meetings, the judge always did his homework, so the angry question was aimed more at cutting through the useless words to reach the actual information.
“Project Deutero, Judge.” The man in the middle remarked, gesturing to the hologram projected from the tablet. “It’s taken a while to work through the various firewalls, redundant protocols, and the hardwiring, but we’re ready to field test it.”
Dredd’s scowl deepened as he stared at the slowly rotating figure made of light. “Why are you here? Isn’t this a decision that someone else can make?”
The man to the right—an engineer who worked a few floors down—stepped forward to pull the withering gaze of the seated official from his peer. “We have the approval from King Bradley to launch the project, but we need your physical signature to acquire the necessary gear, uplinks, and clearances.”
“If Bradley’s signed off on this, you can do as you please,” Dredd muttered as he turned off the tablet and slid it across the table. “Don’t waste my time like this again.” He added before turning around and leaving his chair. The lab coats had wasted nearly an hour of his day.
“Thank you, Sir,” one of the men muttered as Judge Dredd knelt down and punched in the buttons to open his safe.
“Leave,” Dredd barked back as he started to retrieve his equipment from the storage.
Elsewhere on Coruscant, something whirred to life deep in a secret laboratory.
Not only did the man hate lab coats—he hated being stuck in this room. Dredd preferred the open air and the freedom that came with driving around the streets of Coruscant. While it would have been lavish by nearly anyone’s standards, the office was a place that the judge tried to avoid as much as he could, but on this day, he had to entertain a debriefing with a bunch of lab coats handpicked by Gero and Bradley to oversee some fancy project.
“What are you here for, again?” Judge Dredd demanded as he glanced at the holotablet and the large image projected in the air above it. While he loathed meetings, the judge always did his homework, so the angry question was aimed more at cutting through the useless words to reach the actual information.
“Project Deutero, Judge.” The man in the middle remarked, gesturing to the hologram projected from the tablet. “It’s taken a while to work through the various firewalls, redundant protocols, and the hardwiring, but we’re ready to field test it.”
Dredd’s scowl deepened as he stared at the slowly rotating figure made of light. “Why are you here? Isn’t this a decision that someone else can make?”
The man to the right—an engineer who worked a few floors down—stepped forward to pull the withering gaze of the seated official from his peer. “We have the approval from King Bradley to launch the project, but we need your physical signature to acquire the necessary gear, uplinks, and clearances.”
“If Bradley’s signed off on this, you can do as you please,” Dredd muttered as he turned off the tablet and slid it across the table. “Don’t waste my time like this again.” He added before turning around and leaving his chair. The lab coats had wasted nearly an hour of his day.
“Thank you, Sir,” one of the men muttered as Judge Dredd knelt down and punched in the buttons to open his safe.
“Leave,” Dredd barked back as he started to retrieve his equipment from the storage.
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Elsewhere on Coruscant, something whirred to life deep in a secret laboratory.
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