Vw golf seat repair

I've been looking for a car to replace my current shitbox pretty much since I bought it (2010 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2). The car has been okay for the most part, but I recently got a new job and my commute went from 20 mins to 1 hour 20 mins each way. The more I drive this car the less I want it and I have no idea what route to go for my next.
My options are as follows;

• Get a proper cheap car like the Saab 93, that will last me another 2-3 years until I can afford a long term buy/ finance.
• Finance a somewhat low mileage car - like a Lexus CT200h, Seat Leon FR, Golf etc.

For reference, I live in Herts and commute into Islington, North London - so I can't have a diesel unless it's ULEZ exempt. I would love a Saab. I think they're great cars and I can't imagine it having that many more issues than the car I have currently, and would really help save money (if it's reliable) considering I am saving to move out next year.
On the flip side, because of the miles I drive I feel like a more recent car with a nicer interior, better mpg etc would make more sense but I am slightly worried about adding another outgoing for each month by financing. I can afford around £150 a month with a deposit of £2-3k which gives me some options.
If someone could give me some feedback on this that would be greatly appreciated. I have also explored the option of shelling out more money on a Saab from a reputable dealer like Hagstrom, to avoid any upset with reliability, but I would either have to get a loan/finance it or save for a few more months as they are a lot more expensive.

Hey all, I recently tried retrofitting cruise control to my mk3 1.4 TSI Scirocco with the mk5 golf wheel without buttons. Since my car is fairly similar to a mk5 Golf I followed this tutorial video https://youtu.be/aEMRIPjeJAs?si=gz10UimhuCUleJPm
I have since added the new cruise control stalk (I got one from Meyle) and got the engine ECU and steering wheel module re-programmed (did this before adding the new stalk) however, cruise control is not working yet. I scanned the car with OBD11 and I got the following error code on the steering module "01044 control module incorrectly coded". The steering wheel module is VW 1K0-953-549-CQ which I do believe should be able to take cruise control. Is this error code to be expected after recoding a module? (ie if it has different values from stock) or will this only show up when the values are invalid?
I have contacted another Vagcom specialist in my area who asked me if I had "ran a cable from the steering module to the engine". I was under the assumption that running a cable to the engine was only needed on older VW models (mk4 and mk3), is this true or is there a possibility that I need to add this cable?
I will be going back to the person that re-programmed my engine ECU and steering module the first time to do some more troubleshooting, but I want to make sure that all the hardware is as it should be as to not waste my and their time.
I hope this is clear enough, if you have any question please let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR 1. Does a mk3 Scirocco need to add a wire/cable for cruise control to be retrofitted?

1. Do error codes show up when a module is incorrectly coded, or when it has been changed from the stock values?
   
2. Are there differences in the ECU and steering wheel module programming between a Mk5 Golf and a Mk3 Scirocco
   

Hi l'm looking for some coilovers to buy for my 1999 seat cordoba but don't know too much about cars and wanted advice on which brands are reputable (on a bit of a tight budget tho lol) and how to be sure they will fit? I know that I get get ones that fit mk3 golf/6/6n2 ect but still don't feel confident knowing that they will 100% fit and wanted to know if there's things I can check before I buy. Cheers!

We're a two-car family out in the sticks who have driven our cars into the ground. My wife's A6 Avant has been an absolute workhorse for over eight years and 290k miles (160k of which are ours), but we've lost trust—it's on its last legs; the electrics don't work, and lots of mechanical issues starting to go wrong. Over the previous three years, we've seen our garage bills at £1500 a year, and we have spent that already in 2024. It chews through tyres (minimum of a set a year, if not two), but I think that has more to do with where we are.
My Mk4 Golf is similarly in the garage every few weeks, primarily due to electrical issues. I've had four separate visits this year and am waiting on a fifth. It's been with us for a couple of years after trying to buy as cheap a car as possible. This was after trying to get away with one car for a while, but I was being cheap and an idealist - it was a nightmare given how rural we are. MPG is good (60-65+), but as well as an increasing volume of constant garage visits, we have found the Golf way too small for us as a family with 2x kids and an outdoor life.
Considering the costs and logistics of endlessly trying to find mechanics with a gap in their seemingly manic diaries, we have reached a point where both cars feel like they have to be replaced. I'm accordingly in the market for 2x cars. Lucky me...
The constants for us are that we both need a lot of space. The A6 is good, and I'd take more space if I could get it—more height would be better than length, and seats that can at least fold dead flat would be ideal.
It's mild in our part of the country, so rain is about as bad as it gets. However, we live at the end of a private, unmade lane about a mile long that seems to wash away every few years. Multiple people (thankfully, neither of us) have gotten stuck in ditches or scraped up the underside in winter. Ground clearance is critical, though, as it can be challenging to get down in the winter.
The roads here are awful, but that appears to be the case country-wide—twisty country lanes, high hedges, etc. We're in an area that's manic in the summer with people who don't appear to know the dimensions of their shiny cars, whereas in the winter, it's soggy but dead.
My wife wants a car that doesn't have bits falling off; she's pretty tired of driving a heap, which is fair enough. 75% of journeys are under 10 miles, 20% 50 miles, 5% 250+ miles with a fully loaded vehicle. I have ID'd a PHEV XC60 as a contender, but I am open to suggestions. I know SUV = devil here. I'm not interested in all-electric; it appears I would just replace garage admin with 'finding a charging point' admin. The infrastructure isn't there - for those of us outside of major urban centres at least.
I am keen to go with a vehicle that I can COMFORTABLY change clothes in after a muddy hike/run/surf/camp; split tailgate appeals. 50% of my journeys are 20-40 miles, 49% 50-100 miles, and 1% 250+ miles fully loaded. I'm struggling to find an appealing vehicle, so I'm open to suggestions.
Budgets are up in the air. While I cannot believe how expensive used cars are these days, I am keen to get into dependable, comfortable vehicles for a change. I baulk at £30k combined and would prefer to spend much less, but we could probably manage it. These two cars cost us £7k in total.
Any thoughts appreciated.

Hallo,
hoffentlich könnt ihr mir weiterhelfen und damit ein entspanntes Urlaubsgefühl wiederherstellen. :)
Es geht um einen VW Golf 7, EZ. 2013, 157.000 Km, guter Zustand, unfallfrei, frischer TÜV in der letzten Woche.
Nachdem das Auto in der letzten Woche neuen TÜV bekommen hat und in der Vertragswerkstatt beim großen Service (Ölwechsel etc) war, ist mir gestern im Urlaub in Polen (ca 1300Km nach dem TÜV) das Spritzschutzblech am linken Vorderrad weggebrochen, ohne dass ich es einem Schlagloch, Bodenwelle o.Ä. zuordnen konnte. Es hat ein schrilles, schleifendes Geräusch gemacht und ich bin sofort in die nächste Werkstatt. Zum Glück war kurz vor Feierabend am Abend noch jemand da und hat das Rad abgenommen und das Blech entfernt. Leider ist mein Poonisch nicht soo super, deshalb hab ich ihn nicht ganz verstanden. Er meinte, glaube ich, dass es nicht so schlimm sei, wenn ich das erst wieder zuhause machen lasse und es wäre im Sommer kein Problem, erstmal ohne das Blech zu fahren. Ich solle aber nicht zu schnell fahren
Jetzt hab ich aber online gelesen, dass es auch weitere Teile vor Hitzeeinwirkung durch die Bremse schützt. Deshalb bin ich nun ein wenig verunsichert...
Kann ich ohne Weiteres so weiterfahren? Sind bestimmt nochmal 1500 bis 2000km im Urlaub bis ich wieder zuhause bin.
Muss ich mich an Geschwindigkeitseinschränkungen halten? Also maximal 100 oder so?
Hätte der TÜV/Service das sehen können/müssen?
Soll ich gleich hier in Polen in die Werkstatt?
Ist so etwas bei der Laufleistung normal oder zu erwarten oder hatvda evtl jemand beim Service gepfuscht?
Edit: Im ersten Kommentar ein Bild des kaputten Blechs. Es war an der Innenseite des linken Vorderrads.
Es wäre super, wenn mir hier jemand weiterhelfen kann und unser Urlaubsgefühl rettet. Vielen Dank für die Zeit und Mühe!

Good morning. I have a nice Chesterfield couch with some wear on the seat finish. Can anyone recommend how I can repair this to match the original finish?
Thanks!

Good morning. I have a nice Chesterfield couch with some wear on the seat finish. Can anyone recommend how I can repair this to match the original finish?
Thanks!

Ok,my car is a vw golf 7 2013 1.6tdi and every time i start it or turn it off i get a message that says Service now! .The thing is i have serviced it at home but i can t find a way to reset the service ,i have tried the ignition and trip reset button methon and the warning lights one.(i also need to mention that i don t know anyone with an obdeleven ).Also no youtube videos worked but i am down to try any methods that you guys suggest.Thanks!

And today I'm back to work for the first time. I would have taken this week off, but needed to be here for a conference we're having. I'm in IT, so there's not a lot of physical activity for my job, but sitting at my desk for a couple of hours this morning has caused a little more swelling than I'd like. I told my coworkers that have come by to say hi to not be surprised if they see me propping my leg up on my desk.
My story so far: I'm a 60 year old male that had ACL reconstruction on my left knee at 30 for a basketball injury. I rehabbed the knee to the point I was able to play again a year later, and promptly blew my right knee. Basketball became a distant memory at that point, and I decided I'd not have the right knee repaired. The rehab just wouldn't be worth it at the time. Over the years, I've had more pain in my reconstructed knee, so I decided the left knee should be first for replacement.
With less than 20 months until retirement, I decided to use some of my sick leave and begin the process to getting my knees replaced. I'm honestly happy that I got it done at 60 instead of waiting for retirement. My recovery has been almost easy compared to some of the stories I've read in this helpful sub. I've always been a gym rat, and weight training has always been fun for me. My legs were very muscled when I went under the knife, and my goal was not to lose much strength at all.
During the first week, I was able to ditch the oxi and the walker. I bought a cane, but never used it. My surgeon asked me to keep on taking the Celebrex and baby aspirin, and at this point I continued the Tylenol and a muscle relaxer at night.
Week two was pretty much the same as week one. I started using stairs but only with my non-surgical leg. I stretched more and did more exercises. I spent time with ice and elevation to keep the swelling down.
At the beginning of this week three, I started PT and started going to the gym again. My gait is actually better than it was with my old knee, because there's already less pain than my old "bone on bone" knee had. My wife says I'm walking without hunching which had become a bad habit before. I've started using stairs with both knees, and have gotten to 0 degrees straight and 95 degrees bent. Yesterday for the first time I was able to use an exercise bike at full rotation; albeit, with the seat height a little higher than normal. Before that, I was only using a stationary bike for stretching while rocking back and forth. I'm also doing leg presses at 60 pounds and table top squats along with other exercises.
My surgeon and PT tech have been super pleased with me, but I really think I owe them both a lot as they've both done a fantastic job with me. My surgery ran a couple of hours long, because she had to work at a lot of bone spurs, and also deal with my previous ACL surgery.
I'm looking forward to getting my right knee done in the middle of September, and am so happy I made the decision to get it done this year.

One owner John Deere model number: 7775 diesel skidsteer. Machine has around 3500 hours but the diesel engine that was replaced new from John Deere dealership under warranty only has approximately 1000 hours. Doesn’t need any major repairs only someone who has the basic knowledge on how to get it running after no use for 2+ years. Stored away and kept out of weather. It has been sitting for 2 & 1/2 years but ran Exellent when last used. Bought new machine & was going to keep it for a back up but plan on purchasing another new machine. Machine is a 2000 or 2001 but is a very dependable and powerful machine. Other than the Warrenty engine replaced by my dealership I’ve had no major problems with this machine. Never abused owner operator. Looking to get $11.500 but if you help me getting it running I’m willing to negotiate. It should only take some minor repairs like a battery and some maintenance and possible troubleshooting like fuses, relays etc. & nothing major. Has a factory low profile bucket with removable tooth bar, (Two Bolts & 5 minutes to remove & install.) Has a brand new seat. Photos available on request.
Call and ask for Dave. (781)985-0428 Weymouth Massachuttes, 20 minutes south of Boston off of Route 3 south which is off of Route 93.

Wade held Jasmine in his arms as he flew a low height down the long road to another section of the staryard, Tina on his back and Nathan and F right behind them in the air. Together, the five glided across the base grounds, taking care as to not irritate the aerial security during their search for the meeting room. Being outside for the flight, the group considered it a blessing that Wade's 'enhanced cooling unit' allowed his body to tolerate the breaching sun in the still cloudy sky, which, according to F, was dangerous to drones like her due to the inefficient cooling she and disassembly drones like her suffered from. Given F's physical fault, she had to fly under shady areas in order to safely traverse the base at day.
Originally, Wade and his friends had planned to walk to the meeting zone, but after running into a trooper experiencing a health mishap, the group did what they could to help the distressed officer. By the time he was brought to the medical ward by other soldiers, Wade found that him and his team would be at least a few minutes late if they kept on their way with their walk.
Deciding to speed things up, Wade, understanding the concern for performing such an effort, opted to carry the Fowleys around the base to the meeting area. Reluctantly, F decided to come along, carrying Nathan in a similar manner that Wade was carrying Jasmine. Taking notice of the time on his HUD, which read, "9:47 AM", Wade scouted for the building he and his friends were directed to. "8072" He said to himself, the number being for the building that would house the imminent meeting.
"They said it was down here, right?" Wade asked aloud to Tina before stopping himself in mid-air, the girl holding onto him tightly as he tried to speak over the growing sound of a retrofit Apache flying overhead.
Looking about, Tina nodded as she spotted the target building. "Yes, I believe that's the one over there!" Pointing past his head, Wade followed her finger to a large building ahead at his right. The structure was moderately tall, only about two stories high, with several soldiers and officers going in and out of the building. Wade smiled as he noticed the target number, as well as the big, bold words describing the building's designation. "8072, Briefing Center B"
"Good eye, honey. Hang on!" Continuing his low glide, Wade zoomed towards the building's entrance before stopping just meters above the ground, his two friends close behind as they slowed down as well. The troopers around them initially looked startled by the sudden arrival of Wade and his group, but quickly regained their composure as Wade hovered still above them.
"At ease! Just visitors." One of the soldiers declared as they identified the newcomers, who touched down before Wade let Jasmine down to her feet, Tina hopping onto the ground along with her.
Putting his hands up, Wade apologized for his swift surprise. "Sorry for the scare, we got delayed for a meeting we're invited to."
The soldier gave an understanding nod as he replied to the former worker drone sternly. "I can see that, just be a bit more careful next time, Mr. Carter. You gave the boys here quite a scare."
Wade returned the gesture in embarrassment as F put a hand to his back, chuckling at his efforts as Tina questioned the officer. "Is Mrs. J in there? She's the one who called for us."
The guard gave his reply as Wade and Tina pulled out their IDs for clearance. "Yes she is, Miss. The meeting's set to begin in under ten minutes." Checking the two drones' IDs, Jasmine and the others pulled out theirs as well, the watchman motioning another trooper over to verify the group. Once the guard finished checking the five's cards, he nodded in approval as the watchman spoke once more. "You're clear to enter."
"Thank you Sir, again, sorry about that spook back there." Wade replied with a smile as the trooper gave one of his own, the disassembly drone and his allies making their way towards the office door before stopping upon the call of a voice.
"Hey, Felice!" Wade turned to find the origin of the voice, F doing the same as the two quickly spotted a quartet of soldiers walking excitedly towards F. The disassembly drone glanced to her friends with a smile before turning back to the approaching entourage.
Wade examined the four troops as they got closer: Two human men, one woman, and a male worker drone. One of the male soldiers had short, blonde hair, and a small scar to the right side of their face. The second man bore a tan skin tone and had black hair, with blue strips that went down slightly in a mullet style. The woman bore a set of long, dark green hair, with the hair going down and over her left shoulder. As for the worker drone, he wore the standard green soldier helmet, single eye visor and all. He had no hair on him from what Wade could tell, and bore a pair of whiteish purple eyes on his visor.
As F walked over to the soldiers, the same one that called to her spoke again. "Felicity, I didn't expect to see you around here today! Where you been?"
The girl soldier interrupted his initial chatter. "Hang on Carlos, do you even know if she remembers us?"
"Aye, don't she have one o' them memory locks, or sumthin?" The drone added in a heavy Scottish accent.
F waved her hand as she replied to the group. "Easy, everyone. Thankfully I still got my memories, courtesy of my technician back at Central." Lowering her hand, F let down her usual persona as she gave a wide smirk to the soldiers, clearly pleased to see them. "Good to see you guys around here."
The soldiers gave light cheers to F as they all embraced her, the group having a surprise reunion as Wade and the others watched in surprise. These must've been F's old colleagues from when she was in the service, Wade thought. Quite the coincidence for them to be here at this base of all places.
Not bothering with the convenience of the matter, Wade shook the thought off as he and his friends watched F and her old friends breaking the hug, Tina wrapping an arm around her boyfriend as the second male human spoke to her in what the two discerned as Spanish. "Ay, who your new friends, F?"
"Oh, these guys?" F replied in the same language, quietly startling Wade and the others as they had never heard her speak like that until now. Glancing over to Wade, F motioned him and the others to come over. "Everyone, these are some friends I made in the past few days. Wade, Nathan, Tina, and Jasmine." She pointed her hand to the four as she said each of their names. "I met the boys here during my time on Ceres. Jasmine and Tina here are sisters."
The four soldiers gave various forms of excitement, ranging from hearty laughs to low woops and even a whistle from one of the guys. As F stood next to her old teammates, they each introduced themselves to Wade and his friends. The blonde soldier went first. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you all, name's Carlos, Lieutenant Marksman."
"I'm Private Alvaros, good with close-range and stealth operations." Said the tan soldier with a salute.
"Sergeant Lucia Vasquez, usually the one who leads this bunch around these days." The female warrior stated with a humorous smirk.
"And Corporal Duncan Wallace, at your service!" The soldier drone stated proudly as he saluted to the bunch in front of him, who gave warm smiles as Wade shook his hand.
"Quite honored to meet you all, seems you have quite the history with F." The former worker drone said as Carlos patted F on her back.
"Oh, we do! She's the one who took charge when we didn't! Did you all hear of the Pasting of Nola VI?" Jasmine and Tina gave nods of affirmation while Wade, not as familiar with such history, held his hand up in a questioning manner.
"I think, wasn't that the battle where the Navy just barely held the outpost in that system? From the Stryker Clan?" Wade asked as Carlos nodded approvingly to him.
"That's right, and if Felice weren't there, WE would've been the ones getting pasted!" Carlos' statement brought victorious cheers and "oorahs" from the group, F letting a blush loose as she chuckled at her team's praise of her efforts.
"Well, that's not wrong." Although she didn't want to break off from her friends and discuss the past few years since they'd last met, F remembered the briefing. Clearing her throat, she continued. "And as much as I'd like to chat about the good times, I've been called to a meeting here, as have Wade and his crew."
The soldier group gave understanding looks to F as Lucia spoke up. "Thought so, Carl here was real eager to see you, though."
"Maybe we can talk after the meeting?" Nathan proposed as the soldiers collectively nodded in agreement, F readying a smartcomm attachment before turning to face her friends again.
"We're probably getting low on time, you all go in, I'll catch up in a sec." Wade nodded in acknowledgement before taking Tina's hand, the lover drones continuing towards the briefing center as Jasmine and Nathan followed behind them.
Passing through the door, the four guests observed a short hallway, which seemed to split into two paths as they came closer to the other end. Looking to a sign on the wall above, they saw arrows pointing to two separate areas, "Primary Briefing Room; Main Lobby + Secondary & Tertiary" Going to the right, they entered the moderately active lobby, several officers walking and standing about in mass chatter. Walking over to the desk up against the wall to their left, Wade and his group waved a hand to the occupying attendant.
"Welcome, what do you need?" The desk attendant asked as Tina raised a finger to reply.
"We're here for a meeting, Mrs. J called us here."
The attendant nodded in understanding before directing an arm towards the other end of the room, where a single door stood. "She should be in the second briefing room down that way."
"Thank you." Tina replied warmly before she and Wade began walking towards the door, their friends behind them as they proceeded into the room.
The room beyond the door was quite sizable, a large circular table occupying the middle with several chairs surrounding it. The walls went up a few meters, with four whiteish blue lights illuminating the room. On the wall opposite to Wade and Tina were three monitor screens, all of which showed the USN in bright blue. In several of the seats were faces both familiar and unfamiliar, several men and women in varying styles of uniforms conversing about quietly or taking notice of the recent visitors. Standing up near the monitors were three people: A decorated officer whom Tina identified as a ship captain, and the so-called operatives, Tessa, albeit as a hologram, and J.
Walking slowly into the room, Wade gave a low wave of his hand as he tried to hide his nervousness. Noticing his shyness in front of the officers, Tina held his hand and rubbed his arm comfortingly while returning a pleasant smile to the staff in the room.
"Ah, Wade, Tina. Glad to see you all here." J stated with a smile as she scanned the group, raising a digital eyebrow as she noticed one missing guest. "Or, most of you, I see. Did F run off somewhere?"
Wade shook his head as he replied to his fellow disassembly drone. "Oh, no. She just ran into some old friends, she should be back-"
"Right now." F finished aloud as she entered the room, seemingly having heard Wade speaking about her absence. The warrior drone fast walked to Wade's team, taking a seat near them as they prepared to do the same. "Not too late, are we?"
"Not at all." The standing officer answered as the group took their seats, Wade and Tina sitting next to each other as they got comfortable. The captain examined the lot for a moment, glancing to J as he asked about them. "So, these are the ones you helped rescue from the Mojave?"
"Yes Captain, and they helped us out greatly in turn. This is Wade Carter, one of the captured drones whom became a disassembly drone before we could mount the rescue. The luckiest one, if you ask me." Motioning her arm over the others, she continued. "And there's his girlfriend, Mrs. Tina Fowley, and her sister Jasmine." Smirking to F and Nathan, she finished her friends' introductions. "And these two are Serial Designation F and Mr. Nathan, whom I've heard were once under your ranks."
The military captain gave a welcoming smile to the five as they returned the gesture, eyeing F and Nathan specifically before speaking to them. "Indeed they were, we still have records on their contributions to the colonies." Eyeing F, he continued. "Though, in Mrs. F's case, I won't blame her if she doesn't remember us. We've been very well aware of JCJenson's 'memory suppression' protocols when it comes to their DDs."
F laid back in her seat with a smug look as she replied to her former superior. "Well, my friend on the station's a good tech gal. She's... waived that hindrance from me."
"I see, that means your still with us, am I right, Mrs. Lee?" Unlike her friends next to her, F was not startled by her original name being said aloud, rather smiling proudly as she saluted to the captain. "Good to see you again."
"Pleased to be here, Sir." F replied as she lowered her arm, glancing to her companions next to her as J spoke up.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Captain Preston Mitchell, commander of the USNV Vickers down at the stardock."
Wade gave a respectful salute to Preston as he spoke first. "It's an honor to meet you, Sir."
"Thank you, Mr. Carter. I've heard about your efforts from J, you did an admirable job back there, son." Wade failed to hide an embarrassed blush from the compliment, but it quickly faded as a beep sounded from a small device on the table. It was swiftly silenced by the captain as he tapped a button on the small, pyramid shaped timer, then facing Wade's group before continuing. "Though, as much as we could use some small talk, it'll have to wait till later."
"Indeed, we're running late at this point." Said another officer, a highly decorated member of the base with dark skin, dark grey hair and a thin beard. He immediately won the attention of everyone in the room as he spoke up. "I'm General Hugh Hood, overseer of this base. I'm certain you know some of the reasons you're here with us, correct?"
Wade nodded as he spoke to Hood. "Yeah, it's cause of those rogue agents from the JCJenson corporation." Glancing to J, the corporate drone nodded in affirmation before speaking herself.
"Tessa and I spent the last hours of yesterday evening clearing up the matter with General Hood, along with several other officials stationed here." She stopped as the middle monitor behind her flashed with a banner at the top, reading, "INCOMING TRANSMISSION", and in place of the USN emblem was a textless version of the JCJenson logo. Below the profile image was another two lines of text. "N. Jenson (Company Exec); Comms Source: Yottrite IV"
"And also told our boss about what happened here too, he wanted to give his say on this ordeal." Looking to the general, J asked him, "May I put him on?"
Hood only gave a nod of approval to the corporate drone before she picked up a remote on the table and tapped a button, accepting the call as the picture shifted to show a middle-aged man in a pristine-looking business suit on the screen.
Wade and Tina glanced to each other before J introduced their guest on the screen. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the CEO of JCJenson: Mr. Noor Jenson."
Jenson gave a pleased nod to his subordinate as he spoke to J. "Thank you for the pleasantries, J. I see we are ready to discuss our plans on dealing with this 'recall' disaster I've bore witness to on the news this morning?"
J nodded as she replied to her boss. "Indeed, I've explained to General Hood here about our efforts yesterday, and, as of recent, we've just received a message from a source we believe to be close to the company."
Mr. Jenson looked down to J attentively as he spoke to her. "Well, that's quite intriguing news, J. Do you have this message available for us to view?" J and Hood both nodded in affirmation, but didn't get an immediate reply as Jenson gazed to Wade and his friends. "...And I presume these are some of the drones rescued from one of the factories?"
Again, J nodded to her superior before explaining her colleagues. "Yes Mr. Jenson, the two drones at the front in particular were among those taken by the Administrator and their subordinates." Pointing an arm to Wade and Tina, she introduced the drone couple. "The disassembly drone here is Mr. Wade Carter, a brother to his-technically speaking-owner, the late Ron Carter. The latter helped us recover Wade during an initial raid inside the Nevada facility." When bringing up Ron, J gave an apologetic look to Wade as to show she did not mean to be offending on him and his brother's relationship. "And this is his romantic partner, Mrs. Tina Fowley. I heard she and her sister Jasmine are pilots."
Jenson looked over the two drones as his obedient employee described them to him, quietly sighing as Wade and Tina returned the gaze with nervous smiles. Once J finished, Jenson spoke to Wade. "I... would say it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Carter. But, given recent events, I don't hold fault to you for feeling frustrated at me for my... former subordinate's actions."
Wade shook his head lightly, taking Jenson's light apology with a faint smile as he replied to the CEO. "Actually, I don't. The only person I have such feelings put towards is," He hesitated for a moment, his anger at Dr. Halloway returning for a short moment before he eased himself. "..That bastard Halloway."
"The feeling's mutual, Mr. Carter. Dr. Halloway has been trying my patience for years now, especially with you and your fellow disassembly drones." Looking to J, then F, he returned his gaze to Wade before questioning him on his new body. "I don't know if J has told you of this, but if there's one truth my company has admittedly not held up to for a while, it's our quality. Recently, some of my research staff here made blueprints for an upgraded variant of the disassembly drone design. It's intended to fix several faults we expected to be nonexistent previously, most notably that atrocious cooling unit."
As a schematic pulled up on the left monitor, everyone glanced to the improved design before F spoke up about it. "If I may ask, Mr. Jenson, how big of an improvement is this new cooling unit supposed to be?"
"Good question, F. Frankly, it's supposed to do away with the issue entirely. Saves us from sacrificing enormous supplies of oil for the poorly built unit in the previous iterations. We even tested it with a repaired drone just a few days ago, and it worked flawlessly." Then, glancing to Wade again, he questioned the former worker drone on his new form. "Speaking of, how does your enhanced body feel, Mr. Carter? I'm certain it feels better to not have to-"
"Actually, Mr. Jenson," Wade interrupted, pulling out one of his canteens as he answered the CEO on his upgrades. "I guess Halloway changed up the blueprints, cause unfortunately this new cooling unit didn't cure the overheating problem. I... kinda learned that the hard way." Wade glanced to Tina apologetically, still feeling bad from her seeing him eat the corpse of the dead murder drone back at the factory.
The corporate CEO grimaced in frustration as he took in Wade's statement, already intolerant of the head researcher's actions as he replied. "...I was worried about that, Edgar always likes to run things his own way, making excuses for that 'Administrator' he watches over." Taking an agitated breath, he continued on with his spew on the two culprits of yesterday's events. "It was only because of all the very impressive creations and enhancements she and her research team provided that I tolerated them for so long, but this..." Sitting up straight in front of the camera, Jenson finished sternly. "J said the Administrator... Cyn, I believe? She was apparently something worse than we presumed originally, and I'm very inclined to believe so after yesterday."
"As well as the program tied to the Administrator, the AbsoluteSolver." J clarified before receiving an agreeing nod from Mr. Jenson, standing corrected on his placing of blame.
Raising a hand, Nathan asked about the supposed plans. "Yeah, about this "Solver Project", what do we plan to do about that?"
"Good question, Nate." Tessa replied as she crossed her arms before looking to Jenson and beginning her explanation. "Initially, we were going to investigate the other factories spread across Earth in order to get some more info on the Administrator before things get worse. But, just this morning, it seems someone else saved us the trouble." Just as Tessa neared the end of her sentence, J held up the remote again, tapping a few buttons before the left monitor shifted to show a slightly grainy video onscreen.
The video only showed a single being, a worker drone, dressed in a chrome suit and bearing a set of yellow eyes. Behind them was what appeared to be a vacant room, a few shelves holding many books within them standing still in the back. The drone's visage indicated they were filled with immense anxiety, terrified of being caught as they spoke quietly to the camera.
"I can only hope someone gets this in time, they're gonna be on me once they find out the transmitter screens are down!" Turning the camera, he showed what appeared to be a large factory room, several more of the mysterious conveyor belts like at the factory slotted next to each other. It was hard to discern every detail due to not only the window reflection, but also the dark lighting in the inactive conveyor room. Filming the room beyond, the drone continued. "Dr. Halloway's a madman, he's got more of those stolen drones being brought here and he's going to be overseeing it in the afternoon tomorrow! I've seen what happened back in Nevada, I can't take this any longer! I'm at coordinates ##.######, -###.###### Please, send someo-"
The suspicious, partially scrambled transmission immediately cut off to static, leaving Wade, Tina, and their friends with confused expressions as Tessa spoke up. "Yeah, that caught me by surprise too."
"So, that guy says they got more drones being sent 'there', but... where is there, exactly?" Jasmine asked with immense curiosity.
"I was hoping you'd ask that, Mrs. Fowley." The technician replied as she glanced to J, who tapped a few more buttons on the remote before speaking over her boss-friend.
"While the transmission itself isn't much to work off of, our friends from Comms over here managed to intercept the signal earlier, and even better, discern where it originated from." As J started her explanation, the screen shifted once more to show a large city, with one skyscraper highlighted in red as it was zoomed towards on the screen. "That scrambled audio wasn't a simple glitch, it was intentionally done so as to hide key information for us to uncover. Upon cleaning up the message, we managed to recover a set of coordinates, which direct to this structure here, in San Francisco."
Wade and his friends stared at the building in shock, examining the tall structure as it stood over the shorter buildings in the city. Tina broke the silence in her gaze. "So, this is another factory? It looks... terribly different from the one we got out of."
"Not exactly, Mrs. Fowley." Mr. Jenson answered, Tina and the others looking to him as he continued. "THAT is the Administrator's main laboratory, its location was kept on the down low so other authorities and terrorist groups wouldn't find out what the buildings true purpose was." Sighing, Jenson completed his reply. "But, with this recent mistake of Halloway's, that place has lost all purpose for us at the company."
Wade raised a hand to speak. "So, we're going to pounce on that place? Get Halloway before he runs off again?"
"Exactly." General Hood replied as he looked up to Mr. Jenson. "This whole 'recovery/recruitment' effort has gotten out of hand all across Sol. We've gotten countless reports of people being killed because of this, be it the brutal robberies here in Nevada or the bloodbath on Ceres. Even if Mr. Jenson refuses to cooperate, this has become a dire matter for us now. One way or another, this insanity will be stopped with due haste."
The CEO nodded in acknowledgement before explaining his own plans for the mission. "Speaking of cooperation, upon seeing what was happening at Earth, I ordered a detachment of our corporate starships in orbit at the time to depart for Sol in order to help with investigating the situation. They're not warships, but they are well-armed. I'll dispatch them to your authority upon concluding this call." Glancing to Wade and his team for a moment, Jenson continued. "As for the mission, I may not have much of a say, but let it be known that you have my blessing to do whatever it takes to end this madness. I don't care what you do with Halloway or any of his lackeys, or what happens to that facility down there... I want that program shut down."
"Thank you for the extra hands, Mr. Jenson. We'll make sure this Administrator is dealt with." Hood replied gratefully as Wade sat firm in his seat, Tina and the others following suite.
"General?" The former worker drone said aloud, catching Hood's attention before he made his request. "I know I'm not a soldier, but I want to help with dealing with Halloway and his grunts. After what he did, after losing my brother, I can't rest until I see that man stopped."
Tina raised a finger as well. "As do I, Wade could use a hand with those people, and given how we did during our escape run out of that place, I think the two of us make quite the duo." She glanced to Wade with a smirk as she referenced their combat prowess when flying together.
Nathan and F stood up before the latter gave her own request. "Sir, I wish to take part in this mission as well. I can also recommend Wade for you too, as I fought alongside him during the factory raid."
"Wouldn't mind giving a hand myself! And I'm sure my pal Kurtis would love to help, he's here at the base too!" Nathan added with a confident smirk, the group's determination encouraging Jasmine to stand up as well.
"I'd like to help too." She stated simply, a smile on her face as the general and his companions observed the five guests.
Admittedly, Hood knew it would be a bit absurd to allow these people to take part in an operation which would certainly involve bloodshed, especially considering most of them merely had civilian status at the moment. But, upon careful evaluation of the five, their desire to see this problem dealt with, and the fact that some of them had experience on the field...
He paused his train of thought as Captain Mitchell spoke to him. "General? I read up on the Fowleys' files when we recovered Mrs. Jasmine here, they provided service in their early careers." He smirked to the pilot sisters as he finished adding his say. "And to be frank, we need more people like them here. The records we have of them showed them to be damn fine pilots."
Tina blushed at the praise from Mitchell as she spoke to the general. "That is true, we uh... did get discharged for our... 'fancy maneuvering'."
"Sir?" Jasmine said, the general's attention on her as she added to the conversation. "Even if our flying is a bit out of protocol, Tina saved a lot of people on that starjet a few days back. I can promise you, she's an excellent woman to have at the wheel."
Glancing to Wade again, Hood took in his face, one of begging desperation as he spoke once more. "Please, Sir. My brother, the troops he brought from the Coalition, Halloway's gotten them all killed cause of this. I want to do this. I HAVE to do this, at least for them."
The good general took a deep, quiet breath, considering his decision once more before finally revealing it to Wade and his friends. "Mr. Carter, Fowleys? I'm probably making myself a fool for saying this, but you're permitted to assist us in this mission."
The drone couple contained their gratefulness in the form of ecstatic grins as Wade replied to the general. "Thanks, General. We won't let you down."
"And Mrs. Lee?" Hood said as he glanced to F, who returned the gesture as he told her, "You're technically under Mr. Jenson's authority, whatever his answer is, it's mine as well."
Bringing her yellow-orange eyes to her CEO, F awaited Mr. Jenson's answer. "F, yes? I heard Mr. Hood call you by a different name just now, I assume you have some experience with the army?"
The warrior drone nodded as she explained herself. "I once inherited the name of Felicity Lee, Mr. Jenson. I served under the USN Defense Forces before joining the DD Division." Then, glancing to the military staff near her, she finished with, "I had hoped to provide my enhancements to the Force one day."
Jenson gave a hint of a proud smile as he finally gave his decision. "Well, it seems you'll finally get that chance. From now on, even after this mission on Earth is over with, you're hereby dispatched to serve under the USN."
F admittedly couldn't hide her excited smirk as she flung a salute to her now former boss. "Thank you Sir!"
Looking up to Jenson, General Hood asked the CEO, "Mr. Jenson, how long until your ships can reach Earth?"
Jenson glanced down at his communication console as he answered the military leader. "At max speed, their Ion drives should be able to bring them into orbit in as little as one to two days. I believe there should be some ships within the system that could help as well."
"Signal them when you can, Mr. Jenson. We could use all the help we can get from them." The CEO nodded to Hood as he stood firmly to the viewer, the general turning to face Wade and his colleagues. "And Mr. Carter? We'll be mobilizing our forces immediately after this meeting concludes. It'll be a minute, but I want you to gather whatever items and belongings you'll need for this operation. Be ready to head to the flight pads in no more than three hours."
"Understood Sir!" Wade said with a salute, Tina, Jasmine and Nathan giving their own as Jasmine raised a finger.
"What about the area around the lab? That place looks like it's in the middle of the city."
J raised a finger as she told Jasmine and the others about their resolution of the civilian obstacle. "Shortly after reporting our findings on the transmission, Hood told us that they were sending in some teams to clear out the civilian population within several miles of the facility. Once we get there, it should be of no concern."
Jasmine sighed in relief as Tina spoke up. "So the people should be safe from any sort of danger?"
"Correct, Mrs. Tina." Preston answered before continuing. "Given the resistance Halloway and his men showed during the Coalition's raid, they most certainly won't hold back there."
"One more thing, Sir." Nathan asked. "The Coalition's going to help us out with this too, right?"
"You can count on it, Mr. Nathan." The Vickers' captain replied as he looked to J, then to Jenson as he spoke further. "I met the leader of the Coalition's detachment working with us when I was introduced to J and Mrs. Elliott here, they intend to see this conflict finished. I highly doubt they're willing to sit back and let us do this by ourselves."
"And their help will be much appreciated." Hood added, everyone's attention returned to him as he looked to Tessa, curious eyes scanning her holographic form. "And Mrs. Elliott, if I may. Do you mind heading down here to assist us in our investigations later on?"
"Funny you say that, General. I'm almost done with my own snooping around on the JCJ up in orbit, Cyn has some small departments of hers aboard, and I thought I'd gather some more intel before coming down." Glancing to Mr. Jenson, she saw him giving an understanding nod before returning her gaze to the military staff. "I should be down there by the evening, judging by where you're located."
"Do what you must, Mrs. Elliott. We could use whatever you find." Hood replied firmly as he turned once more to the JCJenson CEO. "Thank you for your time, Mr. Jenson. We will get to the bottom of this."
"It's my pleasure, General." Glancing to J and Tessa, he spoke to them once more. "J? Contact me when you've finished with Halloway and his Administrator."
"It'll be done, Mr. Jenson." The obedient servant answered before saluting firmly, receiving a final nod from her boss before he ended the transmission.
With their off-world guest out of the way, Hood looked to Wade and his friends, J, Tessa and Captain Mitchells sharing the gaze with them as the general spoke to them in finality. "Well, you know what comes next everyone. You're all dismissed for now. And remember, landing zone by 1300."
"We'll be there Sir." Wade said with a nod as he and his friends stood up, pushing in their chairs before making their way out to the door.
As they neared it, Wade stopped for a moment as they heard Hood call to one of his friends. "And F?" The soldier drone looked to the general as he continued. "Before we depart, would you mind changing your uniform? I believe it could help with identifying you from the other disassembly drones more easily." Glancing to J, then back to F, he finished with, "I recall hearing about the most formidable drones having clones prepared, yes?"
"Correct, Sir. I'll stop by the nearest barracks while I can." F replied before turning back to the door with her colleagues, Wade opening the door for them all as they passed through. After them, Wade passed through himself, shutting the door to the meeting room as he returned to the lobby.
Walking about together, F spoke to Wade and the others. "Well, that went smoothly. I'll be heading down to the barracks, then head over to your place to help out."
"Actually," Wade replied, raising a finger up as he asked his fellow murder drone, "You think you could bring your friends over? We could get to know each other while we're getting ready."
F glanced to Nathan with a smile before returning her eyes to Wade. "I could see about that. You're gonna like them, I can promise you that."
Taking Tina's hand, Wade walked with his girlfriend alongside Jasmine and the others, nearing the hallway they came through as they prepared for the walk back to the apartment.

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Author's Note: Here's part 2! Please leave any feedback in the comments. :)
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Fertsic Talics was ecstatic, practically bouncing in his seat. His master had invited him, his star apprentice, to participate in an actual diplomatic meeting! He knew logically, that an emergency meeting called by the Sefliicians probably meant that either the Mei-Kai had broken the rules, or they had and were trying to shift the blame, but still! He was actually going to participate in a diplomatic discussion, rather than just observing it in a vid and discussing the meanings. Obviously his master was going to take the lead, but he was allowed to make contributions! Ask questions! He startled when the shield flashed suddenly, indicating they had hit space debris. His master chuckled. "If you startle so easily, perhaps you should have stayed home," he chided gently. Fertsic paled [This is the same as a human blushing], embarrassed, and vowing to be more observant in the future.
"Attention passengers, docking proceeds in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and we're docked. Thank you for choosing the SQUILL PROAZ for your flight." The two passengers grunted as the docking clamps thunked against the ship, before unbuckling and getting out. "Don't forget to stretch your spines, Fertsic," his master cautioned. You do not want them suddenly cramping in the middle of a diplomatic meeting." Fertsic shuddered at the idea of his back, arm, and head spines cramping, causing them to extend and flex, and likely a diplomatic incident as well. Such an event has been the embarrassment of many a Dokrifian {Dohk-ree-fee-an} delegate. He stretched his spines extra hard, making sure they were as loose as could be as they walked off the ship. Almost immediately, they ran into the Raxalon delegate, almost literally, coming around the corner of the dock just as they were walking past. "I am so sorry!" Fertsic apologized. "I never meant..." The Raxalonian held up a hand, cutting him off. "No harm done. Besides, you are clearly my friend's apprentice," At this, he turned to the elder Dokrifian. "And how are you, Malagsar, my friend?"
"I am doing quite well, thank you," Malagsar replied. "This is my apprentice Fertsic Talics." He pointed at Fertsic, who by now, was all but hiding his face in his neck feathers. "Hello Fertsic. I am Grilchek Dlamok III. How are you?" Fertsic cautiously raised his head. "I am doing good. And you?" he asked, a little sheepish. "I am doing excellent. I had a marvelous flight. Their pool was cooled to the perfect temperature," Grilchek replied. Fertsic was briefly confused, then remembered that Raxalonians loved cold water. To an... odd degree. After some further conversation, the three resumed travel towards the council chambers.
As they walked into the chambers, they saw a few delegates from various other council races, the Sefliicians, of course, as well as the Mei-Kai, the Terrans, the Kralvic, the Haltip, and the Fo-jii {Foh-jee-ee}. As he thought this, the Vechy delegate arrived, followed by the Zell and Yox. Fertsic shivered a little at seeing the Vechy delegate. Though they had not fought each other since they had each realized the sapience of the other, the Vechy had preyed upon the Dokrifians for a long time prior to that point, and genetic memory is often difficult to overcome. He hid it before the delegate could notice, and she passed by without incident.
As the rest of the delegates trickled in, taking their seats in the large room, Fertsic was surprised to notice that the Sefliicians had a fourth member of their group, High Admiral Traxiv. He turned to his master and opened his mouth, but was cut off by his master. "They called the meeting. As they are at war with the Mei-Kai, and so obviously need someone who can verify their claims. Who better than their top military mind?" he asked his pupil, twisting his jaw [This is the same as a human raising their eyebrow]. Fertsic nodded, sitting back in his seat as the last delegate, the Quillic, hurried in.
The current Council Speaker, a middle-aged Terran human, stood up from his seat opposite the half-ring of delegates. "The council is now in session. Sefliician delegates, step forward," he stated. The three Sefliician delegates walked to the middle of the chamber, leaving Admiral Traxiv behind. "Please state why you have called this emergency session." The lead delegate cleared her throat, before speaking. "We have received a report most dire, your excellence. We have brought High Admiral Tilgrix Traxiv with us to give his report in person," she said. The Speaker nodded once, and Admiral Traxiv quickly walked up. "High Admiral Tilgrix Traxiv, please tell us the reason for this meeting."
"As you know, we were at war with the Mei-Kai," he began. "When..." He was cut off. "Were at war?" the Kralvic delegate asked, eyebrow raised. "Order," the Speaker said. The delegate nodded, chastened, as he sat back in his seat. "Continue," the Speaker prompted. Traxiv nodded, and began again. "We were at war with the Mei-Kai. When I was being transferred from the front, my ship was ambushed, three systems in." There was some grumbling about that, and some narrowed eyes darted towards the Mei-Kai delegates, as the delegates in question shifted in their seats. The Speaker looked at Admiral Traxiv. "Go on..." he said. Traxiv nodded once, then resumed. "We lost badly, especially because our escape pod bays had been damaged beyond repair." More muttering and angry looks at the Mei-Kai followed this statement. "I only managed to escape because I was able to get in a fighter. However, my fighter got hit by an EMP, which knocked out all but my life support and grav-gen, which was, unfortunately, spinning." Winces of sympathy or their equivalent followed from everyone in the room, including the Mei-Kai. Spinning grav-gen. That's a nightmare. Fertsic shuddered, before turning his attention back to the Admiral.
"As the Mei-Kai were taking apart my ship, a wormhole was ripped open behind them from my perspective, and from it spilled forth trillions of small vessels." Stunned looks from every delegate in the room, faces darkening [The same as a human face paling] or their equivalent from those who knew what those numbers entailed. Fertsic racked his brain, desperately trying to think of where he had hear about such things. "They tore through the Mei-Kai ships, and did severe damage to the Terran hospital ships before the EMP wore off and I could escape." Several delegates gasped in shock at that, including Fertsic. The humans were supposed to be invincible. I mean, yeah, it was a hospital ship, but still. Who could have... Oh. Fertsic thought, face darkening in horror as he remembered just who had that power. "Both I and my computer were able to positively identify these vessels as Volctic." Two-thirds of the room Jumped up from their seats in shock, or had similar reactions, while the rest, all newer members, looked around in confusion and fear, wondering what could provoke such a reaction. Some protested, saying it couldn't be, they had been destroyed, others saying no, they were banished, and reduced to primitives. "ORDER! ORDER!" the Speaker shouted over the din. The delegates quieted down. "We humans can confirm that they were Voltic. We have the footage from our one surviving hospital ship of the four." He put the footage up on the holo-screen. The delegates gasped in shock as they saw what the Admiral had seen, although from another angle. "They barely managed to jump before they overwhelmed the defenses. Fortunately, most of the wounded and the non-essential crew had been all moved to this ship, but still..." the speaker trailed off, looking sad. "Anyway, I apologize, Thomas, for taking over your role briefly."
"Old habits die hard, Speaker," The man replied, a small smile on his face. The Speaker resumed. "Now you have heard why we are here. The Volctic have returned. Now, we must decide how we will move forward."