Meanwhile back at the Rebellious Crusaders' HQ, the squadron was immersed in light. When the light subsided, everyone found themselves standing at the edge of the Mavis empire. 

“What the heck, where are we, what did you do?” asked Bradley as he was confused to what was happening.

“Oh yah I forgot, this is your first time. Right now our consciences are in the Immersion Sphere, it is a sphere that immerses the mind into a fabricated reality of one’s choosing or rather a reality that is created by the data that has been collected, we may move freely and feel anything in here with our mental bodies but our physical bodies remain immobile as everything in here happens at the speed of a thought, so basically time has stopped in the real world,” explains Ethan.

“Wow that’s incredible, so right now we’re having an out of body experience?” asks Chemic enthusiastically.

“Technically yes we are,” said Ethan

“Oh my word, that is so cool,” said Chemic excitedly.

“Wait Ethan, is this what’s inside that big dark dome?” asks Colonel.

“Yes, this is Mavis’s technological empire.”

They gazed into the city of robots and saw a technologically advanced empire. The architecture of the buildings were modern but the technology and the infrastructure was advanced as cars were flying and buildings were floating in mid-air. Everyone except Ethan was surprised to see the Mavis empire, “You’re joking right?” asks Ninja.

“Unfortunately no I’m not.”

“So this whole time, they were more advanced than we were,” said Bradley as he was baffled like the others.

“Well it was to be expected though since they are robots but I don’t blame you for being puzzled by this, even I was surprised to see them this advanced,” said Ethan.

“It’s so weird how they’ve destroyed human civilisation only to create their own advanced civilisation, we could’ve achieved this together,” said Chemic frustratedly.

“True, but we can never truly understand what goes on inside a robot’s head,” said Ethan.

“If they’re this advanced than how can even we defeat them?” asks Ninja gloomily.

“Don’t let this overwhelm you guys, it is still very possible for us to win this war. We just need to understand what we’re dealing with and then create a plan of attack,” said Ethan.

“How do you think we should go about doing that?” asks Colonel.

“Well… lets us first find out what threats they have against us. For example, the weapons they have,” said Ethan as he levitated from the ground.

“Hooo you can fly Cyber?!” said Kunoichi gleefully.

“Yes, all of us can fly in here,” said Ethan.

“But how?” asks Kunoichi curiously.

“Guys, our mental bodies have no weight. You are only on the ground because you believe gravity has an effect on you but once you release yourself from that believe, your body should start floating.”

Kunoichi instantly released herself from gravity and started floating like Ethan then Ninja, Colonel and Chemic joined them in the air but Bradley seemed to be struggling with the process.

“Bradley, what’s the matter?” asks Ethan.

“Nothing, I just prefer to be on the ground,” said Bradley.

“Huh? Is he afraid of heights by chance,” asks Ethan.

“Yes, he is,” said Chemic.

“NO I’m not, like I said I prefer to be on the ground than in the air,” said Bradley as he pouted.

“Well this is great,” mumbled Ethan.

“Chemic, go help him,” said Kunoichi.

“Me? Why me?” asks Chemic.

“You already know so stop playing dumb,” said Kunoichi with a smirkish grin.

“(Sighs) Fine,” said Chemic as she levitates down to Bradley, “Brad, I know you’re scared heights but this is not the real world, you need to loosen up a bit and let go of your fears because they cannot hurt you in here.”

“That’s easy for you to say,” said Bradley.

“Close your eyes.”

Bradley reluctantly closes his eyes and Chemic puts her hands on his cheek and temple.

“Brad, you’re the strongest member in this squad, other than Colonel of course, and yet you choose to let fear overcome you, you’re better than this. Eventually you are going to have to face that fear and overcome it, so take a deep breath and when you exhale, let go of yourself and your fears,” said Chemic gently.

Bradley inhaled and thought about what caused him to fear heights as he had a flashback of his past of him falling down in a helicopter as the helicopter was about to crash. He exhaled and let go of his burden as he floated up into the air with Chemic.

“There you go, see it’s not so bad up here,” said Chemic.

Bradley opened his eyes and saw how high he was from the ground but he didn’t panic, well at least not on the outside but on the inside, he was freaking out, “Yeah, it’s not so bad,” said Bradley, “Like hell it is”

“Well that was unexpected,” said Ethan.

“That was cheesy,” said Ninja as he cringed.

“Agreed,” said Ethan as he cringed.

“Uh-huh," said Colonel as she cringed.

“Come on, that was sweet guys,” said Kunoichi.

“Nah!”

“Enough of this cheesiness, lets get started on the analysing,” said Ethan as a window graphic popped up in front of him which contained the data that Corruptión collect during Ethan's infiltration.

The others were enjoying themselves as they were floating and levitating, Kunoichi & Ninja started flying around happily while Colonel, Chemic & Bradley were gazing down at the city.

Ethan analysed the data and saw something that intrigued him, “I found an area where we can learn a lot about our enemy.”

“What area?” asks Colonel.

“The production area, this is where they manufacture their robots,” said Ethan as he closed the window graphic.

“Ooh, well this should be interesting,” said Colonel.

“Indeed,” said Ethan as he warped them above four massive manufacturing factories that were surrounded by massive hangars.

“Is this where they make all the robots?” asks Ninja.

“Yes, at least thats what my data says, let’s go inside and see for ourselves,” said Ethan as he descended down into a factory.

Kunoichi & Ninja dropped down as they descended to the factory but they crashed flat onto the roof of the factory.

“(Chuckles) You’ve got to be kidding me, they did not just crash into the roof now did they?”

Ethan rises through the roof and sees two human pancakes on top of the roof, Bradley and Colonel were cackling in the sky while Chemic descended onto the roof to see if they were okay.

“Are you two okay?” asks Chemic.

“Ye-Yeah Im fine, justa wittle dazed,” said Kunoichi dizzily.

Ninja didn’t answer as he felt humiliated by what just happened.

“Why didn’t we go through the roof like Ethan did?” asks Kunoichi bewilderedly.

“You probably didn’t believe that you could slip or faze through the wall,” said Ethan

“But I did believe,” said Kunoichi.

“Well I guess you didn’t believe enough,” said Ethan, “Now try again and focus on fazing through,” said Ethan.

Kunoichi focused herself and instantly slipped through roof, Ninja who hadn’t moved an inch also focused himself and slipped right through the roof. Everyone else did the same and could see what was happening in the factory. The factory was loud and busy as the sound of working machinery filled the place as the squadron was watching everything from above.

“Is that not the Colossomata?” asks Ninja.

“Yes, but it’s not the usual one, this one is designed differently,” said Colonel.

“Well my data says that this a Colossal, they are 60 meters tall and that there are three types of Colossals. There’s the gun Colossal, the sword Colossal and the warhead Colossal. I’m sure you can guess what each type specialises in,” said Ethan.

“We’ve encountered the sword colossal but we’ve never seen these other two,” said Colonel.

“We wouldn’t be here if we did encounter them,” said Bradley.

“Yeah, they would've butchered us if we faced them,” said Ninja.

“In my opinion, yes, they would've butchered you and they'll still butcher you now,” said Ethan with an awkward chuckle, “But I might be able to invent something that will help us, although that will depend on what your Science department has up their sleeve.”

“You think that you can create something that can destroy those things?” asks Chemic.

“Well yes, so long as your science department has the resources,” said Ethan.

“I doubt our science department has the resources you need to create something that amazing,” said Chemic.

“I’ll be the judge of that later, but for now let’s continue this analysis. Since we’re done with the Colossals, lets go to the next warehouse,” said Ethan.

They levitated out of the warehouse and went into the next warehouse. When they got in the warehouse, Kunoichi chuckled cheerfully, “Ninja look, it’s the spheres.”

“Why’s she so excited to see these robots?” asks Ethan.

“Because she loves destroying them the most,” said Ninja.

“She loves destroying them the most because she specialises in taking them down just like Ninja,” said Colonel.

“So does everyone have a robot they specialise in destroying?” asks Ethan.

“Yes, Flash & Bradley specialise in destroying automata while I like to think I specialise in terminating Cybortrons,” said Colonel.

“Speaking of Flash, where is he?” asks Bradley.

Everyone was silent for a moment then they realised Flash was never at the meeting, “Wait, didn’t you guys invite him?” asks Colonel.

“No, you told us to tell Chemic about the meeting. We assumed that you told Flash about the meeting,” said Bradley.

“(Sighs) How did we forget about Flash, unbelievable,” mumbled Colonel, “When this meeting is done, it will be up to you to inform Flash on the content of this meeting Bradley.”

“Sure”

“So what data do you have for us on the spheres and cubes thingies Cyber?” asks Colonel.

“Well the cubes are called Cuboids and spheres are called Orbata, the Cuboids & Orbata have a 13.5 sq meter area and are able to levitate due to electromagnetism, the Cuboids are equipped with machine guns as they are more offensive than the Orbatas who are meant for detaining opponents in an electromagnetic barrier,” said Ethan.

“The Cuboids are new to us, we’ve only encountered the spheres and so far we’ve managed fine against this type of robot,” said Colonel.

“That’s good then, but be sure to be cautious against the Cuboids, because once you’re caught within their barrier, the only way to get out is by having someone outside the barrier to attack the Cuboids making the barrier,” said Ethan.

“Did you learn this from experience or your data?” asks Chemic.

“Experience, when I arrived here in this world, Tony and I encountered these two robots. The Cuboids trapped Tony within their barrier so I figured out that destroying one of the Cuboids would disable the barrier and that’s what I did,” said Ethan.

“If you can handle these robots then we can as well,” said Bradley confidently.

“I’m sure you can. Now then, lets us we move onto the next warehouse?” said Ethan as he levitated to the next warehouse and the squadron followed him.

They entered into the next warehouse and saw that it was even busier than the last warehouse, “The Automata, my favourite type of robot to destroy,” said Bradley with a smirked then the squadron watched in awe as they saw how an Automata was being made. 

“It’s cool to see how Automata are made,” said Kunoichi.

“Indeed it is,” said Ethan, “Anyways, lets us continue our analysis. The Automata are actually called Androids, they’re similar to humans as they look like humans and have human mannerisms. I see why Bradley was so hostile and cautious towards me and Tony.”

“Uh-huh,” said Bradley with a blank expression while staring Colonel.

“The Androids don’t have a specific talent, they are just meant to be similar to us humans so when they go to war, they will go to war with guns, swords and explosives like we do. Amongst the four types of robot, Androids are the mass produced ones so we going face Androids a lot in the future,” said Ethan.

“That we already know, so they haven’t added anything new to the Automata. That’s good for us then, we never struggled in handling Androids and Orbata, but the Colossals and Cybortrons are the problematic ones,” said Colonel.

“Then this last warehouse should be an interesting study,” said Ethan as they all levitated to the last warehouse.

When they entered the last warehouse, they noticed it was dark and quiet. “Huh?? Why is this warehouse so vacant?” asks Kunoichi.

“Well, my data says here that Cybortrons are rarely made and are hand-made by Mavis herself. She hasn’t made a new Cybortron in years and there are 7 Cybortrons that exist who call themselves the 7 Governors,” said Ethan.

“So does that mean you don’t mean have any data on the 7 Governors?” asks Colonel.

“No, it just means that we won’t be able to see how they’re made. Since nothing is happening here and we’ve learned a lot about our opponents, shall we continue this analysis another time, maybe after I’m finished with the Science department?” asks Ethan.

“Yes I agree, we’ve absorbed enough information for one meeting,” said Colonel.

Ethan was about to deactivate the immersion sphere then remembered, “Oh before I switch off this immersion, all the first timers, be sure to remain seated when you regain consciousness in your physical bodies, as your body will feel dizzy & wobbly and your brain may feel discomfort, but don’t worry it will subsided momentarily.”

Ethan deactivated the immersion sphere and everyone was back in their brains. While Bradley & Chemic were recovering from their symptoms, Colonel made an announcement, “I will inform you all soon about our next meeting as we will be discussing battle strategies that will help us invade the Mavis empire and hopefully we will see progress in the science department so all the best Cyber and Chemic,” said Colonel.

“Thank you Colonel, I will do my best to produce results,” said Ethan.

“I have faith you will Cyber,” said Colonel as she left the briefing room.