In the game, every doll is infatuated to the Commander (the player). It's quite interesting to see one harboring mistrust against the Commander like that.

Wow, I have to say, that was a great story. English is not my first language, so I am having a hard time how to pick my words, but I really loved it :D

And I can tell that you enjoy the game a lot. I liked how you fitted the game machanics into your story. Thanks to you I am much more careful how I treat my own girls from now on :)

I hope that you make an other story from Girls' frontline. You have the skills.

Thank you from a fellow commander.
Glelek (Station 492535)

Wow damn this is an awesome story!
And you have the game as well and use your ID for the story XD
Don't mind me.. I'm adding you!

That ending... what a freaking perfect way to cut off the probe and cause for the story in one fell swoop. It really felt like watching a manned movie at the end there when you got the credits rolling, so I was really shocked at that little detail you put in. To be honest, my heart did clench at the last scene, but... then when you revealed M14 feelings and thoughts, even simulated, it did bring me to sympathize with her.
Everyone is the main character of their own story, and one person's hero is another's the worst nightmare. These two facts prevent a character from becoming a set of description and actually bring out empathy and understanding.
I might not have been here from the beginning, but I'm glad to have stuck until the end.
Thank you for the wonderful story!

I remembered when my Skorpion went to 0 affection, the first and only time this has ever happened to me before, was honestly terrified out of my wits when I saw that, then again it was during my first month of GFL and I was having trouble unlocking M4A1 for the first time. To think negative affection was possible...
Also, I'm OK with scrapping the others... but AUG? Freaking AUG?! Even if you could restore her with 15 cores... I still feel heartache on that.
Ah... Elphett, if only you could see your desires twisted like this... I wonder?
Now Spring mom has become a Widow Field... would honestly love to see her with M16 and complain together about their abuse.
Thanks for the chapter, it was short, but it was both tense enough and filled with drama to offset that.

To be honest, when I first saw Grizzly's damaged art, I nearly posted myself from how her violent eyes would look back blankly at you like she was literally dead and risen again. Gave me the creeps till I got her costume. Thank you for giving the HG dolls the attention they deserve! Also, that Commander is probably someone that SF would want a clone if to manage their forces, such deviousness and cunning are great marks if a commander.
Also, I'm a bit confused about whether T Dolls can actually hurt humans without a specific directive, as I might saw a dialogue on in one of the Night missions I went to. Safety precautions against AI rebelling against their masters you know?
Anyways, loved this sequence of events, and Dreamer showed how well FNC and Springfield knew the persona of the other dolls, whom I can see performing the action.
Commander Elias, you've got some really big brass balls!
Thanks for the chapter, hope to see more interactions in the future, they are quite fulfilling to read!

So this is how you view the ZENER network, makes sense since Agent managed to infiltrate it that Dreamer could as well, albeit in a less professional manner than Agent did.

The story as a whole has progressed so smoothly that I find myself wondering why this is tagged as Suspense. From start to finish, there aren't many barriers in the way of Springfield's ascent, Springfield and WA2K's relationship, and Elias' conviction. It seems strange to say that when there's a war going on, but that's just how it reads. With chapter 18's revelations, it seems that there may be reasoning behind several points of contention with canon as Dreamer's mind-control complicates things, but I doubt Springfield will have spent more than the previous chapter or two being under her control going by the endnotes, so it wouldn't change too much of the story's general direction or outcome. Springfield and WA2K's relationship as a whole reads like NTR, to be honest. Not sure if you wrote it that way because it hits hard without much effort or because it's your fetish. I would wager the latter seeing as the character getting NTR'd is a self-insert, with the same (profile) name and likely appearance as yourself. If the majority of the fic takes place under Dreamer's control, then you have successfully trolled me completely.

Oh, that hit harder than one of KSG's shots... and it was barely noticeable too. First, I wanted to point out that the transition from the last chapter to this one was incredibly smooth, with everything going so well for Springfield, I could barely believe it. But it was was still sensible, so I had no lingering doubt about the reality if the situation. That was really one hell of an illusion.
Second, I have never felt a bigger "What the actual hell is going on?" moment Jan I had at the last paragraph, or a simultaneous chill when THAT particular ringleader popped in Yeah, I REALLY don't like dreamer bottom of my list on favourite t dollar and top of my list on one's id like to personally send off to.
Third, I now understand why you have your profile icon shown. it gave an image I can reference from, so I'm quite grateful.
Last, was thinking that execution is a bit too harsh when imprisonment is a thing. This whole chapter really reveals Springfield true feelings and desires, an insight into how she thinks.
Thanks for the chapter!

Well. I knew it. Quite disappointed really but not much would change.

So in the end he was arrested for ‘abusing’ doll and etc.

Alright that is acceptable. Wasting company resources and tool is unacceptable. Doll is quite expensive to built one anyway.

But Springfield as base commander?

Hahahaha... big NO. For your information, There is a reason why human command doll.

Doll do not have ability to think of strategy, They know how to operate tactical formation/maneuver/combat, but they do not have ability to command other doll.

In short, They will go full panic when something happen beyond what they know, unlike human commander who actually know what is strategy and can be creative how to execute one.

There is a reason why only a few doll such as M4 and Ro635 can command doll since they are special case.

But in your case, Springfield is just normal T-doll without any proper command module, she is not even special doll by any mean. Making her base or even station commander seem unreasonable and risky move for your fanfic G&K.

Anyway, that is just my review. I guess I expected too much, but your story isn’t that bad. I suggest you to read more about lore.

Also please do separate between gameplay and lore.

2 stars, AW event, Skill is just gameplay thing.

holy shit

While all of this is a great read, this chapter had me a bit weirded out near the end. Lore wise, every base needs a human commander, simply because most T-Dolls could not issue precise tactical commands, save for a few like AR team's M4A1 and RO635, which is IOP top of the line production, and installed with a command module, and UMP45, although she's an illegal doll and apparently worked very hard to be able to lead 404. That being said, SOPMOD II was able to lead a support echelon against Sangvis and the army decently with no module and only through observing M4 and RO, so perhaps Springfield's closeness with Elias taught her enough about commanding tactics. It's plausible.

There it is again, Elias referring to his post as a 'game' despite all of the reality presented to him! It really confuses me to no end and the fact it was brought up again destroys my previous assumption that it was an error. There isn't much if a chance we will see this man again, but here is to hope the cast does not ignore this quirk of his... is no one else curious?
Anyways, despite the bleak situation a lot of people are facing at the moment, Ribey and G36, I really enjoyed the little drama played here between the dolls and humans. It's also an interesting concept when you put Springfield in charge, Dolls usually don't have the capacity to command other dolls unless installed with a command module, and even then I can assume it is inferior due to the presence of logical processes obstructing certain human thinking patterns, like creativity and unbound imagination...
Also, poor HG dolls getting only cameo appearances ignored here and in the game a lot due to their support roles. HG squads are still the best for boss farming though, so got to appreciate their efficiency if nothing else.

Finally at a turning point in this story, or the end of an amazing arc. One pivotal matter has been resolved and what its consequences for all of its involved parties are quite exciting to speculate. Reading the fight scene, I noticed how tough Executioner was, but that might have been due to how damaged E8 was when they faced off against her, still the disadvantage goes to Executioner, who chose to disable rather that to kill, a harder task. While we finally see a member of AR team, it probably the one I want to see most due to how lacking my understanding of her personality is like when compared to the others, great job on that by the way. Thanks for this juicy chapter and drama!

I honestly thought that a bond would be formed when Architect revealed her similar circumstance, but I guess not immediately dismembering her counts as well. In Canon, SF Ringleaders are similar to trolls in that they can back up saves of themselves and re-upload into a new body even after the destruction of their main bodies, also similar are how they seem to react to certain stimulus more common in living organism than machines. They eat, sleep, bruise when inflicted with blunt trauma, bleed oil/blood when cut, feel/fear pain and feel emotions. They seem to resemble cyborgs or enhanced humans more than the androids they are when you describe them. When you described Executioner, I actually imagined a man, from the adjectives used, or a big and burly unit. Imagine my surprise when you revealed who it was. Also, Epilogue gave me a heart attack until I checked that the story certainly is not going to end here. Thanks for the chapter!