Part of a series on TritonAerospace's lore. | Separated from Main Post to keep simplicity.
With the shift to more modern missiles, bombs, and network-centric weapons taking up Rokugou System’s time, Research and Development division looked towards the AAM-10 as the first weapon to refresh. After deeper consideration though, they figured it wouldn’t be good enough for their plans, despite being a very capable weapon on its own. The team elected to vote on different designs put together by different groups.
After a day of digital modeling, designing, and testing, the team returned with their designs, while one group elected to keep the AAM-10. A vote led to the choosing of model 483.
(Creators note: we, in the real world, know Model 483 as the IRIS-T.)
What ensued was a weekend of design tweaking, debugging, and coding that the development team could only describe as “Exceptionally fun”. The design eventually matured into the AAM-12A-1, and was sent off to the Quality and Inspections Division for final inspection and testing. This happens to be the division our beloved Penny works. She’ll have to review that tomorrow, though, since she’s already clocked out for the day. Let’s see what she’s up to.
Penny unlocks the door, slowly pushing it open. “I’m home!” she calls out into the darkness. A familiar voice returns the same warmth that always makes her smile.
“Hi honey!”
Penny smiles, closing and locking the door behind her. Out comes the same face that Penny’s seen countless times before, but still can’t get enough of. “Hey, Kiki,” she says, kissing her soon-to-be wife.
“How was your day~?”
“It was fun. How was yours?”
“Boooring,” Kiara sighs, “I couldn’t get one of my lines right and I was stuck on it for a good hour. ‘I betcha can’t stick it!’ how am I supposed to say that??”
The two share a giggle.
“What were you guys up to?” Asks Kiara.
“Well… we’re almost done with something new and…” Penny pauses for a moment. “...sort of revolutionary? It’s not done yet though… you’ll have to wait and see for public release~”
“Is it a new missile?”
“I cannot confirm nor deny that it is in fact a missile,” she responds smugly. They laugh and kiss again.
“What are we watching tonight?” Asks Kiara, finding herself lost in Penny’s eyes. “I haven’t been able to decide and I’ve been searching all week…”
Penny thinks for a moment. “We didn’t ever finish DOA, did we? We could watch that.”
“That sounds good! I can make brownies for us if you’d like.”
“I’d love that, baby.”
They share a final kiss before Penny puts Kiara down.
“Well, I'll go pop in a shower, then I can help you with those brownies,” she says, stretching her arms out a bit.
“Nooo,” Kiara protests, “you've had a long day. I want you to sit down and rest.”
Penny giggles in response. “Well then, by that logic, shouldn't you get rest as well?”
“Baking is my rest,” pouts Kiara. “let me enjoy it, okay?” the two laugh.
“Alright, whatever you say honey,” she dismisses, walking to the bathroom. “Hey, if █████ or someone from the company calls, can you answer for me?”
“Of course.”
“Thank you baby~!”
Penny closes the bathroom door behind her, and the sound of water flowing follows soon after. Kiara's heart is left fluttering, a feeling she's gotten used to but still can't get over.
[OOC] Defense Contractor yuri 🥹✌🏾