Know your enemy (D6 LA Briefing)

[Felicity]

"Doubt we'll have time, but thanks." She smiled softly at him. "I mean it."

[Theodore Beker]

"Hey, no worries," he said getting back up, "Oh! I got Humpty Dumpty back together today so worst case scenario there is that."

[Felicity]

She did a double take.

"Which one is Humpty Dumpty?"

[Theodore Beker]

"The Locust-1S. I even added the name to the side of the nose in eggshell with crack lines and everything," he tsked, "Some people just don't appreciate fine art."

[Felicity]

"So... why that name?" Felicity asks cautiously. She'd definitely missed something.

[Theodore Beker]

"Well initially I was going to name the Clint that but I think everyone is happier with the stuff we are finding so it is likely scrap waiting to happen and the Locust was a bit of a pain putting back together again."

[Felicity]

"Why scrap it if it works? We can sell it for more as a functional mech, right?" She didn't see the rationale for scrapping something so valuable.

[Theodore Beker]

"By scrap I mean tear it apart for salvage. I expect the previous operator of it died given the state of it," he waved a hand, "And I don't want to find out the story behind how it got trashed unless it got thrown in to sweeten a deal on some other mech."

[Felicity]

"I understand that much, come on. I mean, why salvage it? We have heavier mechs primarily now and it is worth more functional than in parts, si?"

[Theodore Beker]

"You really were just focused on your pretty birdy weren't you?" he laughed, "The Clint got the hell blown out of it. Getting it functional to sell would involve killing and tearing apart two or three comparable mechs just to replace the missing sections."