"Very good, General!" praised Boyce.
"I had also brought some things for you. A gift from Lloyd's father, Harvard." he told them and Lloyd wondered what his father could possibly send to him and Boyce from Besten.
Empal opened the passage door and went in, soon coming back into the room with two large and heavy looking sacks.
"This is yours, Boyce!" Empal said handing him one of the large sacks.
Lloyd took the other one when handed to him, and when they opened up the sacks, what they found was the beautiful sight of armour.
The armour was of gilded gold, bolted onto sweaters made of woven lead and steel, fitting perfectly over the wearer's form, as it was the nature for such armour to behave.
Electrophore-laser rifles were in each sack with two energy cells for each weapon, and to supplement fighting, arm-length tempered sabres were given to them, as well.
Both men received helmets characteristic of their own personalities.
Lloyd had received a helmet made of silver, symbolising steadfast loyalty and promise to serve. it had a low fall to the back and the front, covering the forehead was square and moulded into the figure of a computer.
Three great spikes jutted along the centre crest of the helmet from the frontal section to the hinges of the fall.