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| - Version 1.0 was the first version of Head Soccer. This version's release was on February 3 2012. In this version were 12 Characters and 2 Game Modes added. This was the official Release of Head Soccer.
- According to unofficial sources, the product was developed with a best-in-breed development methodology following best practises in the sector to which the product belongs. It is possible the software was developed with a traditional conception of software design, that is the waterfall model, in which developers pass schematics and code on to the next stage upon completion. On the other hand, it is equally likely the software used a more advanced software development model like the one being taught as standard in university computer science programs. This is, of course, the spiral model of programming, where teams finish all stages of the life cycle on a prototype then the product is examined and flaws corrected. It is even conceivable the corporation/sole-proprietorship risked relying on an unproven, leading-edge, "paradigm-shifting" development process such as that of "extreme programming," emphasizing agile issue-response, close communication, and pipeline-channel infrastructure involving a "user story," ensuring the product will meet all the needs of the customer. Version 1.0 is believed to have been tested in-house first in an "Alpha" release, then released to a wider audience for so-called "Beta" testing, giving prospective users a unique chance to identify flaws in the product before its final release.
- "So Mr Knowles..." I stated. "Dr Knowles, Ms Kimi." He corrected. "Dr Knowles, I am very sorry, I am to believe you want to hire me to work and live in your building full-time? And as compensation I can declare my own salary? Anything I want it to be? What is this 'Association' really up to...international drug trafficking?" "Well, to be honest you can only ask for what I seem reasonable and no, we are a legit organization. Unfortunately, I can not discuss the function of our group until you have agreed to work for us." Dr Knowles informed me in his native Australian accent. "My dear, trust and believe that by accepting my offer you not only change your life but you will never have anything to worry about. I will provide transportation, living accommodations, food and number of luxuries." "I don't know...this seems extremely strange. And why me?" "Because it is my understanding that you are the best in military tech. Plus looking into your background I see that you are very familiar with CyberTech. Which could prove very useful to my cause." And as he said this a female walked into the restaurant and proceeded to our table. She was a young beautiful girl. Her slick black hair was cut very short maybe only an inch and a half long. She looked as if she should be a model. Her face was very striking and familiar looking. As she walked I could tell that the black jumpsuit she had on was made of the best leather. It was too bad that she covered the form fitting suit up with a long trench coat. Wonder what she is hiding? "Look Doc if she ain't interested then lets not waste our time. I have been looking into a more qualified person anyway." This new girl said very loud and rudely. "Bullet, keep your voice down. We do not need to bring attention to ourselves. I believe it is her decision not yours, anyway." "Well, I say we move on. She ain't worth the trouble trust me." "I will decide that. Now, wait outside like I asked." Then he looked at her with an irritated glance. Then once she left he looked at me. "What if we do this? I will leave this cell phone. It is a secured line and can not be taced or hacked by any unskilled professionals like yourself. You think about what I said today and call me using this line with your answer. Now, Ms Kimi Drake I am a busy man so I would like to not be kept waiting." He didn't even wait for a response before he got up and walked out. How does an old guy like him even get around. He struggled the entire way across the room even with the help of his cane.
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* That was two weeks ago. I called him this morning at 8 AM. I can not believe it but I am going to take this job. But Lord knows I need the money. I have been struggling ever since I left the CyberTech. When they say you won't never work again. They mean it. But I could not work for an organization who only helped when it benefited them. They have not helped anyone who needed it for years now. And to think I accidentally stumbled on one of their biggest secrets. The one thing that could have changed everything about this world we live in now. But they destroyed all my work and so with out proof...hell, with out credibility in my field I fade into black. But that's the past. I now look into the future. The one that will be found inside this building. Inside this unmarked abandoned building, which to have been abandoned is well kept up. I wonder if that is a good or bad thing for whatever is going on inside. What could be in this 3 story complex that is so important? Everything has been so secretive and now a building with no windows, just walls and a single door. I approach the door and there is a keypad next to it. I enter the code I was told to use. Seshat. The door opens and inside I find nothing but a room. A white room no bigger than 4 feet by 4 feet. At least they kept with the theme no windows only walls. Oh, now I notice it. a small circular tile on the floor. "Please proceed to step on the tile" I could hear the good doctors voice through speakers. I do as I am told. "Close your eyes" Again. I obey. "Now open" And when I do I find my self inside a high tech military base. Most of the stuff I recognize. I was standing on an highly out-dated telepad. And the enormous satellite monitoring system was epositioned in front of me with several staff members working at the controls. Unfortunately, it was also very out-dated. Seemed like it was central hub for whatever The Association was doing. The building was huge and looked as tho to stretch for miles. Okay, maybe not that long but it seemed like it. And as I stood there taking in what I saw I was approached by Dr Knowles and the one he called Bullet. This time she was not wearing her coat and it was clear what she was hiding. This girl had more weapons on her than in a CyberCop arms bay. A rifle on her back, two hand guns (probably laser guns in disguise) on her side, a short blade on her left thigh, and her right had what looked to be a utility pouch. "Welcome to your new life. I will see to it that you have a wonderful stay. So now, where to begin...?" the Doc started. "How about why I am here." "Oh yes. I am sure you wanna know that now, huh?" "Yeah, I do." "Well I am Dr Knowles, as you already know. Years ago after that epic battle, we all know so well, organizations like mine were outlawed. That is organizations that didn't work as a government entity such as mine." "And what organizations are you talking about?" "Unified organizations of heroes or villains. You see the CyberCops saw them as stepping into their territory. And you know just like I do they love to be in control. So they managed to have the world leaders ban them. Granting them to ability to take down any freelancing organized group. But I found a way to get past that. If we pay our heroes, contract out to those in need and work as a company we are no longer freelance. In a way, we are just like them." "Okay? But I am no hero? So why am I hear? And this time don't beat around the bush." "Well, as you can see we are in need of upgrading here at our base and our many other quarters. And I could do it myself but I have many other pressing issues at hand. So I would like to wish you congrats, our new Vice President of Research & Development and Field Arms Specialist." "Now I understand that it is your first day and wish I had more time to do a tour." "That would be nice. I mean this is a large place. Is it a space station or what?" "My dear you are still on Earth. And at this time I can not give you much more information. Follow me because I have a mission briefing to attend at this moment. Plus I think I am already late." He turned to Bullet and she nodded her head as to confirm his statement. Normally, something of this magnitude would put me in awe. However, after working for the CyberCops I was not amazed. This establishment was not impressive at all. I did not know that people still used some of this dinosaur equipment. But I guess it is possible. I followed Dr Knowles and Bullet to a hallway that was not far from where we were standing. The hall seemed to stretch for a great distance. Obviously, by the shape of the walls and the look this establishment must be circular or have a circular portion. I will definitely think that this place could use some sort of color. White was so plan to the eye and did not stimulate the senses at all. The further we walked down the hall, the more doors we passed. Each one protected by a dual-security system that used retina and passcode methods for authentication. All bearing the logo of a very familiar company. Is it possible that CyberTech, Inc supplies all the equipment found here? That would not be a good thing in the eyes of the CyberCops. Their supplier enabling a "competitor." We finally arrived at door. Bullet proceeded to authenticate her access to the room and we all entered. Now once inside the room I seemed to have stepped into a comic book. Around a elliptical table in middle of the room was a group of five individuals. All of them dressed in unique garb. Now the room seemed to follow the theme of the rest of the building. Completely white. Only thing different was the silver table. As we entered the group turned towards us. Some of them with a look of curiosity. I think they were not expecting me. "Good morning fellows. We have a serious issue ahead of us. But before I get into the details..." the doctor started to say and then proceeded to turn towards me. "This is Kimi. She will be joining our team here at AOH. Kimi this is..." and he pointed to the first guy standing on the furthest right of us. "Lance" This guy was very good looking. When people say tall dark and handsome, they must have been talking about him. He had a very boyish look. His hair was jet black and he had blue eyes with no facial hair. His skin was so perfect with no flaws. He stood there in a completely black outfit. It appeared to be made of the same material as Bullet's uniform. It appeared to have the look of leather but I later found out it was Viscon. Viscon was a newer material that could be forged to have the attributes of any fabric. It also was bulletproof and flame resistant. His fit a lot more loose and had a more masculine look of course. He also had the same symbol on his left pectoral that she had. A gold "A" on top of a blue circle. The other difference was that he did not seemed to be adorned with all the weapons Bullet had. He did have a few utility pouches placed strategically on his suit. This epiphany of beauty stood and looked at me never showing emotion. Only a look of seriousness on his face seemed to be all you would get from this guy. "Ace" and he introduced the next guy. Ace definitely was the oldest in the group. He did not wear an elaborate costume though. He was wearing a white tank top and camouflage cargo pants with black boots. Despite his age, however, this was a very muscular handsome guy. He was definitely in more shape than most of the other guys here. And his facial structure was very strong. But his gray hair and trimmed full beard made me wonder just how old he was. He had a nice smile that gave him a young appearance and definitely was not as intimidating as Lance. "Next we have...King" Well, King was definitely the younger brother of Ace. They looked very similar to each other in the face. The weird thing about King was he had red eyes. This was totally strange cause his brothers eyes seemed to be black. Now, if I remember biology right this was not natural for humans and most humanoid species. So I think it is safe for them both to be from another planet. One that I was not educated on. Nevertheless, King was dressed in a uniform similar to Lance and Bullet's uniforms. His was a deep red or burgundy color instead of black. He did have black boots and gauntlets. This him a fiery look with his long blond ponytail. Maybe he had pyrokenetic powers but I did know one thing, he was very good looking too. I was sure he was way older than I was though. "Here is Beat" Now this was definitely someone who was my age. He was young looking guy who seemed to be very familiar. He wore a white long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a navy blue pair of pants. His pants looked as if they were made from that Kevlar-like fabric. Although his navy vest was not. It was just a regular fleece vest which he had the collar popped up on to reveal a nice gold lining under it. Again, he had a few utility pouches and on his left hip was a laser gun. This one looked way more high-tech than any Bullet carried. And on his belt was the symbol Bullet and Lance wore on their chest. Then I looked down at his feet. What was strange was he wore the same type of boots as the rest. A combat style boot which was clear used for battle but his sat on top of a set of roller blades. This was very peculiar. "And replacing Bolt today is Trinity. He leads our B-Team but will join the A-Team for today's mission." and Dr. Knowles pointed to the next guy. This guy definitely stood out in the room. He looked like someone who took the superhero thing serious. He was African-American male who was very handsome. He wore a regular haircut and had a white eye color. I could not tell if his were real or fake. He wore a one-piece costume. It was not made of any special material or cloth. The color stood out too because he wore royal blue. This was very brightly colored compared to the other get-ups. His "battle" boots and gauntlets were white. And as I caught a glimpse at his cape I saw that was white too. He did not wear what I assumed was The Association's logo anywhere, however, he did have a symbol. A very simple one on his chest. A white triangle that stretched across his chest just enough to be a prominent symbol. And on the top of the triangle on its point is an amulet embedded into his suit that held three gems. I take it those three gems were the reason he had his name. The amulet itself seemed out of place. I had seen items like it in history books about an ancient country named Egypt. But I thought that all the artifacts from then had been placed in the Museum of The History of Earth. "Team, Kimi will be helping us update our facilities. Our supplier has cut us off from new equipment and thus we will need to find other methods to help build our budding group. I have hired her to do this for me so I can focus on things like our mission today. As you know The Pharaoh has been plotting something big and our systems have been keeping an eye on his team, Truth. Well today we have found out what he was planning. He has located an old decommissioned CyberCop base here on Earth and has worked to get the base back to operating. Unfortunately, this base has a D-Day Missile. This nuclear missile has the ability to be launched and take out entire states or countries. Now, we have confirmation that he has yet to break through the missile's firewall and would need help from a CyberCop or hacker to break it. Your mission is to go to this base, apprehend any Truth members and destroy the base." Dr. Knowles said more serious than I have yet to see him. "Well, Doc, whats the catch?" Beat said slightly laughing and looking around for others to join in on the joke. No one did. "The catch...is obvious. Do not let that missile blow up or allow The Pharaoh launch it." "That sounds a little easier said than done. Exactly, how are we going to be able to stop him? I mean we just can not run in with guns blazing. He may actually find a way to detonate it while we are there." Lance proposed as he looked around the room for answers. "Well, my dear this is where you take over." The Doctor looked at me while saying this statement. It was clear he was hoping I had an idea. Luckily, I did. "D-Day missile...hmm? There is one thing that may help you guys in this situation. Inside the actual missile is a capsule holding an unstable atom in place. If you remove the atom capsule then the nuke becomes dead. But of course, it is not as easy as it sounds. You will have to find the maintenance entry on the body. Then once you find that it is a matter of bypassing the security system. And then you will be able to remove it from there. At least as long as it is an older model. The new ones..." "Okay, team you heard her. We need to be moving our feet not our god damn mouths." Bullet commanded before I could finish. Then she looked at me and said "Stand by on the COMLINK just in case we need some more direction from you."And before I could stand up for myself everyone was moving past me towards the exit. I can not believe this is what I was reduced to. Working for people who barely respected me. And so the story begins.
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