trans_9 | Whatever Happened to the Purity of Unarmed Combat? [Open to all]

At the Saganami Naval Academy on Gryphon, a younger Honor had utilized numerous in-depth, realistic tactical simulators in her training to be a starship commander, all of which frequently used intricate holographic projections to put one 'in the thick' of combat.

When compared to the Sensoriums of Transmigration 9, however, Saganami Academy was about as cutting edge as a puppet theater.

For a time Honor experimented with it, materializing random objects, calling to mind old locals and places, memories and scenarios: the windswept plains of Gryphon, the cliffs and jungles of Sphinx, the domes of Grayson.

In a fit of nostalgia, she briefly called up the bridge of HMS Troubador that she had so recently from her perspective been snatched, standing in that cramped space of holo-displays and controls as midshipmen and tac officers rushed about.

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Then she dismissed it, shaking her head.

"Time to get down to brass tacks." She says to Nimitz, summoning up a perch for him.

The treecat sits there contentedly, blissfully munching on some celery pinched from the gardens.

And Honor buckles down and throws herself into some hardcore combat training. Anyone can wander in and interrupt/train with her/learn from her/teach her.

Insert Power Rock Ballads at your leisure.

Threaded | Flat

Currently the Sensorium is set to a large Gym, filled with weight lifting equipment in the corners, exercise balls, bars, dumbbells, and the like. It also contains punching bags, kick bags, and practice dummies for combat practice.

The centerpiece of the room, however, is simply a very large mat that would be in place at any dojo.

As Nimitz looks cheerily on, Honor, dressed in a black 'Gi', goes through the basic forms of Coup de Vitessse, the chief martial arts style of the Manticorian Navy. Martial Arts literate people may recognize it as a very brutal power style, designed to hurt people outside of practice and friendly bouts.

Does anyone wish to interrupt her/CHALLENGE™ her?

Currently the Sensorium is set to what appears to be more explicitly a martial arts dojo, but with subtle architectural differences (mainly hermetic seals on the main doors). Practice swords that look like strange hybrids of katanas, tachis, and western cruciforms rest against a wall along with stiff practice tunics and head guards.

Nimitz keeps munching on a set of parallel bars as Honor runs through several warm-up exercises in the Grayson 'Salle' style. It's as formalized as classic Kendo, but effective enough for a style that was based upon 'The Seven Samurai'.

Interruptions/critiques? Or CHALLENGES™?

This time it's a firing range, plain and simple.

One part of the room sealed off and insulated, and Nimitz is enjoying his celery there, away from ear-shattering noises.

Honor,wearing headphones, stands in a booth and tries out some guns, shooting at a series of cutout targets, all of them still for the moment.

She's currently shooting a classic chemical projectile pistol not far removed from the classic Colt models.

Resting in a rack nearby are some Manticorian Pulser weapons, as well as some basic GIA field model plasma rifles.

Interruptions can occur at any time. CHALLENGES™, perhaps not so much.

Exercise/Unarmed Combat

Armed Combat!

Really Armed Combat!