Session Start: Sun May 02 13:03:11 1999
<Meteor> Hopefully I'll have more info for you later Waitstate. I'll go continue on it now
<Waitstate> Thanks
* Meteor leaves the conference room* 
<Waitstate> Cirrus, lay in the coordinates. We have no time to lose
<Admiral-Lilwall> All that stuff and we still barely know anything
<Cirrus> yes sir
<Waitstate> *to Lil* I know, I know...
<Restore> Well whatever it is we find out we have to do, we best do it quickly. More of the crew are reporting 'illnesses', and more often
<Restore> I've been feeling the effects myself 
<Waitstate> slag...
<Blacknife> [comm] Anybody home?
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well, my er, 'shift' is done. I'll be in my quaters if you need me
* Blacknife looks at his traveling companion Dead Lift on his shuttle and awaits a response
<Waitstate> alright. I'll call you if anything comes up
<Restore> I better return to med bay also *leaves*
<Trilana> [Comm]  Hello?
* Blacknife tries again....
<Trilana> [comm]  This is the LSS Freedom, please identify yourself.
<Blacknife> [comm] Do I have to confetti Shadowpaw to ID myself?!!!
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves the conference room and heads for his quarters
* Dead_Lift laughs in the background
* Stardrive returns to the bridge.
* Waitstate goes over some more data with Opal
<Trilana> That's odd.
<Stardrive> What's odd?
* Blacknife shakes his head...
<Waitstate> What is?
<Trilana> I got a message from someone... 
<Waitstate> just now?
<Trilana> I asked for identification but they've remained silent.
<Trilana> Not exactly a standard hail, either.
<Waitstate> play it back
<Waitstate> on speaker
<Trilana> <Blacknife> [comm] Anybody home?
<Waitstate> BK?? Open a channel!
<Trilana> <Blacknife> [comm]  Do I have to confetti Shadowpaw to ID myself?!!!
<Trilana> I did... but there's been no further response.
<Artifice> I was sure BK would've been dead by now
* Blacknife tries one more time
<Admiral-Lilwall> Lightning> We seem to be absent of such luck
<Blacknife> [comm] I pulled a Prime 
<Trilana> Channel open.
<Blacknife> [comm] Well at least the dead zombie Prime.....I'm still pretty much a wreck
<Waitstate> Blacknife? Is that you?
<Blacknife> [comm] Do I have to mention confetting ShadowPaw again?
* Trilana adjusts some controls.
<Blacknife> Yes of course it's me 
<Artifice> We'll have to bring him in
<Waitstate> Where are you?
* Waitstate turns to Lightning
<Blacknife> In a shuttle, I brought a friend along
* SkySiren silently walks onto the bridge watching everyone
* Blacknife whaps DeadLift
<Blacknife> er an aquaintence
<Dead_Lift> Ouch!
<Dead_Lift> [comm] DeadLift reporting
<Waitstate> Um, hi
<Waitstate> Come on in to dock!
<Artifice> Great, another security breach
* Blacknife pilots the shuttle to the dock
<Lightning> They should be directed to medbay apon arrival
<Waitstate> Yes, I -would- like to know why no one reported the shuttle
<Waitstate> damn audio glitches...
* Stardrive kicks the operations station... it reports a shuttle nearby.
<Stardrive> I think Junky needs to look at that.
<Dead_Lift> Blacknife, think you can land this without killing us?
<Waitstate> [comm] Restore, we have some incoming for you. Nothing more serious than the current situation though
* Blacknife looks at Dead Lift...
<Dead_Lift> Kidding, kidding.
<Blacknife> Don't worry there's always plan B....B as in Bay doors
<Waitstate> I'm going to meet our new arrivals
* SkySiren remains by the doors in the shadows
* Blacknife grins evilly
<Waitstate> [comm] Recoil, meet me in the launch bay
<Restore> [comm] good, I've got my time tied up with fixing Fragment, Overwrite and Junky, they've gotten worse. I expect the rest of us will soon too
<Waitstate> [comm] I don't like news like that...
* Blacknife docks the ship with ease
<Restore> [comm] okaaaaay, would you rather hear me say I don't think any of us will survive?
* Blacknife gives Dead Lift a defiant look
<Waitstate> [comm] thanks loads for the options. Out :P
* Waitstate heads off the bridge
<Dead_Lift> Luck.
<Blacknife> Come on lift that Dead weight up and follow me out.
* Blacknife opens the shuttle's door
* Waitstate arrives in the bay
<Dead_Lift> Clever.
* Dead_Lift follows BK
* Blacknife greets Wait
<Waitstate> Blacknife! It's good to see you, especially considering... *drops off*
<Blacknife> Yeah
* Waitstate turns to the other
* Mindshadow observes in the shuttlebay, unseen and cloaked.
<Waitstate> Welcome to the Freedom. I wish it could be under better circumstances
<Dead_Lift> Hello, I am Dead Lift.
* Dead_Lift extends his hand
<Scamp> You certainly are
<Waitstate> Waitstate *takes hand*
<Blacknife> heh
<Waitstate> *to BK* what are you doing back? We all figured you were gone for good!
<Scamp> and much to our dismay you have returned
<Blacknife> Um, well that's still not far from the truth...I still have that nasty bug
* Dead_Lift looks around the room
<Waitstate> we all do
* Blacknife looks at Wait.
* SkySiren exits the bridge and walks around the ship
<Artifice> and what of that Dead Lift?
<Artifice> what's his health status?
<Blacknife> I guess I know what you mean by better circumstances
<Dead_Lift> I am unaffected by this "bug" that you speak of.
<Waitstate> *nod* Which is why you both are going to see Restore, right now
<Waitstate> *to DL* perhaps not yet. You will be
<Meteor> [comm] Meteor to Cirrus, I've done checks on current data known about out intended destination. there is a lot of debris there now, I've uploaded slighty corrected course corrections which should stop us from arriving in the middle of it
<Artifice> Together?
<Dead_Lift> I hope you're not in charge of morale...
<Artifice> If Dead Lift is unaffected by the bug this far, he should be quarrantined
<Cirrus> got it... adjusting space fold to new coordinates
<Artifice> besides, we don't know much about him
<Artifice> and considering the length of time BK has been away he can't know much about Dead Lift
<Dead_Lift> I'm ok with that.
<Blacknife> I don't know much about anyone and that's the way I like it..
* Blacknife mutters
* Admiral-Lilwall arrives at the bay  "always the skeptic eh Artifice. I heard you were back on board BK, welcome back
* Blacknife looks at the Admiral...
<Blacknife> And you are?
* Blacknife notes sarcasm
* Shadowstrike stays in her quarters, since she doesn't know BK.
* Stardrive lounges in the command chair... watching the scene in the shuttlebay on the main screen.
<Waitstate> come on you two... medbay
<Blacknife> after you...
* Waitstate heads toward the door
* Blacknife looks at Deadlift
* Dead_Lift follows
* Waitstate escorts them to medbay
* Blacknife looks around as he follows
* Artifice follows
<Dead_Lift> Nice place you got 'ere
<Blacknife> I hope I can get the same quarters 
* Diablo leaves his quarters and heads to the observation deck
<Admiral-Lilwall> Actually, you won't, they were assigned to another bot after you left
<Blacknife> So how many have the bug now?
<Blacknife> Darn it
* Mindshadow decloaks after they leave.
<Admiral-Lilwall> So far, BK, half the galaxy has it
<Blacknife> ouch
<Dead_Lift> What is this bug?
<Lightning> I am picking up someone in the shuttle bay... but everyone has already left....
<Blacknife> I'm not one for explanations...
* Mindshadow copies the shuttle's data banks onto some data crystals.
* Blacknife looks to Wait
<Artifice> If Deadlift is unaffected thus far, he must have a higher resistance
<Waitstate> we... don't really know what it is. We're working on it
<Waitstate> it seems to attack the central control systems. for instance, in humans, it attacks the nervous system. 
<Blacknife> Let's just say it's one bad bug that beats out the red spore 'hate' plague and cosmic rust..
<Artifice> You're working on Deadlift in an open environment?
<Dead_Lift> that's some bad slag.
* Mindshadow sneaks out of the shuttlebay.
* Blacknife cringes in pain
<Blacknife> Tel..l m..e about...it
<Waitstate> damn, you look like it's really gotten you
<Blacknife> Your powers of observation are still intact...
* Blacknife cringes again
<Waitstate> you need help?
<Blacknife> I don't... suppose you're any...... closer to a cure...
* Blacknife tries to keep himself up and shakes his head
<Waitstate> ...No.
<Blacknife> S..l..a..g
<Waitstate> But maybe if Restore can see you two... you both seem to be at diametric ends of the infection's course
<Dead_Lift> How is this thing spread?
<Waitstate> Every method you can think of
<Waitstate> it's 100% contagious, to virtually everything
<Blacknife> Which means you've already got the early stages... you just show no signs ...
* Blacknife almost doubles over
<Blacknife> lik...e ...me
<Dead_Lift> Thanks for putting the sunny spot in my day Blacknife.
<Blacknife> No ...prob
<Waitstate> Blacknife... you were one of the first ones infected, weren't you?
<Blacknife> I guess
* Dead_Lift helps brace up Blacknife
* Blacknife straightens as the jolts of pain subside and nicely declines Dead Lift's assistance
<Blacknife> argh
* Junky_LaFord attempts to sneak out of sickbay and back to Engineering.
* Junky_LaFord succeeds :D
* Blacknife declines Dead Lift's offer for help as the pain temporarily subsides
<Waitstate> come on... Restore can probably help with the pain at least. She'll definitely want to see both of you
<Blacknife> For once I won't argue
* Diablo leaves the observation deck, and heads back to his quarters
* Blacknife follows Wait
* Dead_Lift follows as well
* Dark_Star follows the new-comer
<Waitstate> *walk, walk, walk...*
* Dead_Lift examines everything as he walks
* Chameleon leaves his quarters and wanders the passageways of the Freedom
* SkySiren follows the newcomer to medbay
<Dead_Lift> So, Wait, how many are aboard the ship?
* Blacknife pulls out a blade and begins to sharpen it as he realizes the newcomer seems to bring attention
<Waitstate> around 30
<Waitstate> we've had a rather recent spike in population
<Scamp> we're all one giant army
* Dead_Lift looks around
<Dead_Lift> Who said that?
<Dead_Lift> But Wait, how many are patients?
* Chameleon realises that his chameleon abilities are starting to switch from going on then off
* SkySiren attention is directed at the flickering mech in the hall
* Waitstate arrives at medbay with BK and DL
* Dark_Star walks into the medbay
* Blacknife cringes again
* Blacknife tries to stay up and waits
<Waitstate> Restore! He's badly hurt... the virus is pretty far along I think
<Restore> Bring him here
* Waitstate assists BK to the med table, despite his protests
<Restore> Fragment is in a similar condition
<Restore> Now... welcome back Blacknife, I trust you remember not to protest against me, so I expect you'll play nice and let me help you
* Blacknife begrudgingly accepts the help
* Restore works on BK while the drones work on the others 
* Dark_Star bats away a drone
<Dark_Star> why aren't the drones suffering?
<Restore> They aren't alive
* Chameleon heads for medbay, still flickering from his chameleon abilities
<Waitstate> Restore, take a look at Dead Lift ASAP. He seems to be in the earliest stages only
<Dark_Star> Neither am I
<Restore> you are far more alive than they ever will be, now shut up and let me do my job
<Waitstate> DS, besides, the computer cores are multiple redundant. We keep them sealed an powered down until needed
* Chameleon enters medbay
<Restore> I don't suppose space fold calcs can be hastened?
<Waitstate> [comm] Cirrus, are the calcs done?
<Cirrus> Just about... we can leave as soon as you can get up here
<Dark_Star> What of the ship?  Can it not be infected?
<Waitstate> [comm] Alright. I'll be there ASAP
<Waitstate> The control centers are sealed. I'm sure there is some infection, but nothing signifigant as yet
<Chameleon> seems like everyone is in here these days
<Restore> make it fast Waitstate, this room is going to fill faster and faster by the hour, and I'm struggling as it is to keep going. 
* SkySiren grabs Chameleon's shoulder and whirls him around to face her "Who are you?"
<Waitstate> Luckily the ship's systems are decentralized
* Waitstate breaks off and heads to the bridge
* Blacknife jolts with a sharp pain
<Chameleon> I would be Chameleon
<Dark_Star> It seems the crew is falling apart not just in a physical manner
* Dead_Lift pokes a drone
* Dark_Star refers to SkySiren
<Dead_Lift> freaky.
<Blacknife> That... didn't feel good
* SkySiren crosses her arms "I've never seen you around here before.."
<Restore> I'll have to switch you off if I want to continue, you'll just pass out from the pain anyway.....
* Blacknife groans at the thought
* Waitstate arrives
* Admiral-Lilwall also arrives on bridge
<Blacknife> No poking around my processors
* Blacknife cringes
* Waitstate takes his station from Stardrive
<Blacknife> Go ahead...
<Restore> poking around your anything is the last thing on my mind
* Restore shuts BK down 
<Waitstate> Inform the ship we are about to space fold
<Chameleon> well that would be because I was probably going round the place using my ability to blend in with the background of places
<Lightning> I... must leave my post....
<Trilana> Yes sir... done. All decks report affirmative for go
* SkySiren tilts her head "And why would you do that? Are you trying to hide something?"
<Lightning> why?
<Lightning> my arms are... stuck
<Waitstate> oh
<Waitstate> dismissed then
<Admiral-Lilwall> Hehe, at least you can still walk... I'll be sitting here for a little while yet. 
<Waitstate> someone take Tac1
* Lightning leaves 
* Opal moves from science panel to tac 1
<Chameleon> nope, I just like to walk around using my abilities
<Waitstate> Cirrus, space fold alert
* Diablo leaves his quarters and heads for the bridge
<Cirrus> got it boss... alert status indigo engaged
* bluish alert lights go on all over the ship* 
* SkySiren continues to glare at him
* Dead_Lift looks at the warning light
<Dead_Lift> What is that?
<Computer> Space fold alert. All decks brace for space fold.
<Waitstate> Engage
* time seems to hiccup for a moment as the vast energies associated with a space fold engulf the Freedom. A few moments later, an entire new vista is seen outside the windows and viewscreens of the LONAC flagship 
<Restore> [comm] Waitstate....
<Restore> [comm] You're... on your own, the drones... will help you.. but not near as.. good.. *passes out*
* We see a vast debris field, likely once an orbital space station. A few hundred miles, a planet. The planet is an oxygen type, with large water oceans. The land is devoid of any color however, except for endless greys, browns, and black
* SkySiren leans against the wall "I don't trust you... you've been thrown into the brig and now you're walking around cloaked"
<Waitstate> [comm] Restore?!
* Dark_Star sits in the corner of the med bay
* Dead_Lift rushes to Restore's side
<Chameleon> fun life, isn't it
<Admiral-Lilwall> With Restore and Ytsejam down.....
* Diablo enters the bridge
* Dead_Lift picks Restore up and sets her on a table
<Waitstate> Dark Star seems to have some expertise. I'll need to talk with him...
* SkySiren squints angrily at Chameleon's comment "Just stay out of my way"
<Opal> I've scanned the nearby planet, nothing there but one single structure. readings match those of a crashed space vessel of some sort
<Waitstate> life signs?
<Opal> none
<Waitstate> slag
<Opal> although, there are energy readings
< Opal> whatever is down there might still be working to a degree
<Waitstate> maybe we'll find more clues down there
<Waitstate> Who's still functional enough to travel?
<Admiral-Lilwall> If I could I'd go... but my knees disagree with me again
<Opal> I won't be, I'm starting to run low on power
<Admiral-Lilwall> But I'm guessing just about any bot that isn't in medbay right now could help out
<Waitstate> I think I can manage it if there's no fighting involved... shouldnt be
* Dark_Star stumbles out of medbay
* Chameleon leaves medbay, and heads for his quarters
* Shadowstrike leaves her quarters and heads for the bridge
* SkySiren watches him leave
* Dead_Lift looks around at all the shut down bots
<Admiral-Lilwall> Take Cuffs or Skysiren with you then, there won't be much use for them here
<Waitstate> put out a general notice... anyone still able to travel, meet me in the launch bay
* Chameleon forgets about his out of control ability
<Trilana> aye
<Waitstate> I'm heading down there now
<Waitstate> Sky, you're with me
* Meteor heads for launch bay
* Shadowstrike heads off for the launch bay
* SkySiren watches Chameleon until he is out of view and then nods to Wait
* Waitstate goes
* SkySiren follows
<Dead_Lift> Not much for me here. 
* Dead_Lift follows after Skysiren
* Diablo leaves for launch bay, wondering what's going on
* Waitstate arrives, then waits for everyone who's going to show, show up
* Shadowstrike arrives at the launch bay.
<Shadowstrike> What's the plan?
* Meteor arrives 
* Chameleon follows Diablo, wondering where he's going
<Waitstate> well... looks like this is everyone *pauses as Diablo and co. enter*
* Dead_Lift arrives in the launch bay
* Shadowstrike regards Dead_Lift suspiciously.
* Dark_Star arrives at the launch bay with Artifice and Drill Master
<Waitstate> more than I expected. That's rather upsetting actually
<Waitstate> I won't need all of you
* Crevas zooms into the bay but crashes as his brakes fail, he then transforms to disk mode out of control 
<Waitstate> there is a ship down there that may contain the information we need to beat this thing
<Artifice> As much as I want to go, I have to stay
<Artifice> I can barely move
* SkySiren glances at the meteor and then back at Wait "What is this all about?"
<Waitstate> we dont know what's down there, so I'll ask for volenteers
<Shadowstrike> I'm in pretty good shape. I volunteer.
* Dead_Lift steps forward.
<Dead_Lift> I'll go
<Chameleon> I'll go too
<Recoil> I'm in!
<Diablo> me too
* SkySiren steps forward as well
<Waitstate> that's plenty
<Waitstate> good :)
<Waitstate> we'll take the atmosphere shuttle. I don't think I could take reentry in my condition. I'm sure most of you are in a similar way
* Waitstate motions to the large vessel to his right
<Meteor> I'll go too
* Dark_Star says something to Drill Master and leaves
<Meteor> no... you need to help in medbay. You're one of the last with any training
<Dead_Lift> Alright, let's go see what this thing has to offer us.
<Meteor> But my research capabilities could.....
<Waitstate> I have Overwrite with me. He's stuck in disk mode, but he can still do data work
<Meteor> Very well. *leaves for medbay*
* Meteor grabs Crevas and takes him with him 
* Dead_Lift heads for the shuttle
<Waitstate> alright... everyone who's going, load into the shuttle. The rest, either go to the bridge or medbay. Both are highly understaffed
* Shadowstrike steps into the shuttle and settles in on a bench.
* Diablo and Chameleon enter the shuttle
* SkySiren walks onto the shuttle as well
* Waitstate and Recoil enter the shuttle
* Dead_Lift enters and sits down
* Waitstate takes the helm
<Admiral-Lilwall> [comm] Bridge to Waitstate, we've been monitoring news reports. Four entire civilisations have been wiped out, and more are close to it. This 'bug' is spreading rapidly and getting worse
<Waitstate> everyone strap in
* Drill_Master sits next to Dead_Lift
* SkySiren sits down beside ShadowStrike
* Waitstate slumps at the news
<Drill_Master> We have no time to waste
* Waitstate straightens
<Shadowstrike> Let's go
* Diablo sits at the back of the shuttle
<Admiral-Lilwall> [comm] you're cleared for launch
* Chameleon sits next to Diablo
<Waitstate> preparing to launch. Bay doors open
* Waitstate activates the the hover system, then exits the bay
<Drill_Master> what exactly are we looking for?
<Diablo> I've still got that restraining thingo in me don't I?
* the trip is short, but rocky. Intense winds in the upper atmossphere buffet the shuttle, but a safe landing is made
<Chameleon> I hope so
<Dead_Lift> Ground! Sweet, sweet ground!
* Waitstate stands, and moves to the door
<Waitstate> Everybody outta the pool...
<Shadowstrike> Let's hit it...
* Diablo and Cham move out
* Dead_Lift exits the shuttle
* SkySiren follows after Diablo and Cham
* Drill_Master follows
* Waitstate steps on to the ground, a great crunching heard underneath
* Shadowstrike heads out last.
* Waitstate looks to see what it is
<Waitstate> ...by Primus... 
<Dead_Lift> What is it Wait?
<Shadowstrike> Or what *was* it...?
* the source of the odd coloring of the plant is revealed. What was once a lush garden planet has been reduced to the brown and blackened remains of organic matter
<Dead_Lift> It's infected this planet...
<Waitstate> It's KILLED this planet...
<Shadowstrike> This is awful...
* Waitstate stumbles back against a bulkhead
<SkySiren> I don't believe it..
<Drill_Master> We can't stand around and gawk at the scenery
<Waitstate> come... come on... the structure is just ahead
* Drill_Master transforms to drill tank mode
* Waitstate heads toward the crashed ship, limping slightly
* Diablo transforms and drives ahead
* Shadowstrike offers Wait some help
<Drill_Master> anyone need a lift?
* SkySiren tf's to copter mode surveying the area
<Waitstate> Thanks... I guess I wasn't as fit as I thought
* Dead_Lift transforms to fork lift mode
<Shadowstrike> No problem.
* Waitstate finds an airlock
<Waitstate> ...sealed
<Shadowstrike> Well, let's unseal it...
* Waitstate motions to Recoil
<Waitstate> Recoil, door
* Chameleon transforms and follows the others
* SkySiren hovers and scans the area
* Recoil grins
<Recoil> yes sir!
* Dead_Lift backs away
* sizzle, sizzle, fry, fry, *boom*
* Shadowstrike helps Wait out of the way
* Diablo and Cham transform back to robot mode
* Drill_Master transforms
* Waitstate looks inside. Except for the small fires set by Recoil's special door-opener, the place is pitch dark
* Diablo turns on headlights
<Waitstate> Isn't there a famous quote about staring into an abyss?
<Shadowstrike> You first, Diablo...
* SkySiren quickly tf's and steps in front of her leader "erm..perhaps someone should check it out before you"
* Dead_Lift returns to bot mode
* Diablo steps inside
* Shadowstrike follows diablo
* Dead_Lift follows Shadowstrike
<Shadowstrike> Watch your heads... it's a bit low in here
* Waitstate does too, activating his write emittors set to full spectrum light. The left one flickers
* Dead_Lift hits his head
<Dead_Lift> No kidding.
<Diablo> so what are we looking for in here?
<Waitstate> hey look at this *motions to a wall*
<Shadowstrike> Look for a console...
<Waitstate> Decepticons
<Shadowstrike> This ship... it's familiar, but I can't place it.
<Dead_Lift> I am unfamiliar with this one.
* Diablo thinks for a bit
* Waitstate looks for a console
<Waitstate> here we go...
* Waitstate gets out Overwrite
<Drill_Master> What are you trying to do?
* Waitstate inserts him into a disk slot
<Overwrite> Sorry sir. This thing is totally dead
<Shadowstrike> I wonder if we could restore some of the power?
<Dead_Lift> Could we use power from our shuttle?
* Overwrite ejects
<Drill_Master> I don't think we could waste it
<Diablo> if this is a con ship, what happened to the cons?
<Shadowstrike> Died, probably.
<Drill_Master> Maybe they all turned to dust
<Dead_Lift> Probably the same thing that happened to the plant life.
* Shadowstrike shuffles around under the console, checking circuitry.
<Drill_Master> This place is in an advanced state of decay
<Waitstate> The energy readings are further in
* Drill_Master looks at the console
<Admiral-Lilwall> [comm] Artifice, report to the bridge
<Drill_Master> Let's get going then
* Waitstate heads in further
<Shadowstrike> I don't know if we could get it operational. Maybe we're better off checking the energy source
* Shadowstrike follows close behind Wait.
* Dead_Lift walks beside Wait
* Waitstate notes a half-open door
* Chameleon follows
<Shadowstrike> Watch it, Wait...
* Artifice reports to the bridge
<Waitstate> hmm... from the markings, this was the bridge. It's a terribly old dialect though...
* Diablo wanders off a little bit, then follows the others
<Shadowstrike> Careful... might be boobytrapped.
<Drill_Master> You're just terribly young my boy
<Admiral-Lilwall> Arti, you'll have to take... over in the command area... I'm out  *collaspes*
<Artifice> Admiral!
<Waitstate> I'll risk it
<Artifice> Great, just what I need.
<Shadowstrike> I'll go first.
* Waitstate tries to pull the doors open, but his arm jams
* Artifice sits Admiral in a chair and takes command of the ship
<Waitstate> A little *ung* help?
* Drill_Master transforms
* Shadowstrike draws her sword and wedges the door open...
<Dead_Lift> Let me assist.
* Dead_Lift helps pry the door open
<Diablo> I don't like this place
<Opal> I hope they find something down there 
<Drill_Master> You'd be crazy if you did
<Artifice> They'd better. I'm going to go offline in a matter of hours
<Opal> you and me both
<Diablo> I have a feeling there could still be some cons 
<Opal> I've done a quick crew scan, there is a number of crew in their quarters...
* Blacknife's body begins to convulse profusely
<Dead_Lift> If there are, I doubt they are capable of much, Diablo
<Shadowstrike> We'll be fine, Diablo.
* Meteor tries to stablise Blacknife 
* Blacknife still jerks and jolts
<Meteor> dammit, my apologies Blacknife, but this must be done....
* Meteor puts Blacknife into emergency stasis* 
* Diablo arms shoulder cannons. "Just in case"
<Meteor> Damn drones, you're all useless! Slag. If only I could get Restore going again.
* Blacknife's convulsions subside as he's put in stasis
<Meteor> Slag it's hot in here.
* Scamp walks into the room
* Waitstate squeezes between the door and the wall, into the bridge
* Inside the darkened bridge is a universally horrifying sight. At several stations sit 4 almost perfectly preserved cybertronian forms. They don't even appear to be dead; just unconscious. Until one looks in their eyes. 
* Waitstate takes a closer look
* Dead_Lift enters the bridge
* Shadowstrike pushes through the doorway
<Waitstate> They don't seem to be dam-
* Waitstate jumps back in fright
* The eyes... how to describe? What once glowed with life now have collapsed inward, forming a dark pit blacker than the dead ship's interior.
<Waitstate> Primus...
* Diablo and Cham enter
<Shadowstrike> Oh, my...
<Dead_Lift> What... happened to them...
<Shadowstrike> The sickness...
<Waitstate> no...
* Waitstate backs out of the room
* Shadowstrike shivers
<Dead_Lift> What is it Wait?
* Waitstate crashes against the wall outside the bridge
* Chameleon approaches Diablo
<Shadowstrike> Help him up!
<Waitstate> One should never know how they are going to die...
* Dead_Lift pulls Wait up to his feet
* Waitstate stands, thanks to the assistance of Dead Lift
* Waitstate composes himself, then takes a scan
<Waitstate> perhaps... perhaps -that- wasn't a result of this... sickness
<Chameleon> *to Diablo* disarm your cannons, I doubt he's here
<Dead_Lift> What else could it be?
<Waitstate> this ship has been crashed here for nearly a thousand years... the decay ratings show that
* Diablo unarms his cannons
* Shadowstrike studies the forms carefully
<Recoil> Hey boss, over here! I think I found a ship map
<Diablo> *to cham* you're right
* Waitstate moves over toward Recoil
* Shadowstrike walks over to where Recoil is
<Waitstate> hmm... the energy readings seem to be from the medbay area, if I read this correctly
<Shadowstrike> a computer system left active, maybe?
<Waitstate> maybe
<Chameleon> let's go take a look
<Waitstate> we should get there fast, now that we can find it
<Dead_Lift> Yes, let's make tracks
* Waitstate breaks off as fast as he can go
* Shadowstrike follows Wait
* Diablo transforms and follows
* Waitstate stops at the door to the medbay
* Chameleon follows the others
<Waitstate> *ung*
<Waitstate> sealed shut!
<Shadowstrike> You're in no shape...
<Dead_Lift> hehe, not for long
<Shadowstrike> Recoil, a little help?
<Waitstate> nothing explosive!
<Recoil> awww...
* Dead_Lift transforms to vehicle mode
<Dead_Lift> Stand aside.
* Waitstate trys to get his cutting lasers operational
<Shadowstrike> Easy, DL...
<Waitstate> we don't know what's behind there... we don't want to damage it
<Waitstate> not yet at least...
<Shadowstrike> Just enough to break the seal.
* Dead_Lift rams his forks into the door, making two holes
* Diablo transforms to robot mode, and deploys a spiderbot to take a look
<Dead_Lift> Now we pull it open.
* Dead_Lift returns to bot mode
* Shadowstrike grabs one of the makeshift handles..
* Dead_Lift grabs the other
<Shadowstrike> 1, 2, 3... pull!
* Dead_Lift pulls
* metal protests as the doors slowly pull apart
<Shadowstrike> Ugh... there we go... watch out...
* the spiderbot rushes inside and scouts around
* the medbay, unlike the rest of the ship, is not totally dark
* Waitstate walks to the light source
* Shadowstrike squints to see in the gloom.
<Waitstate> This looks like some sort of... stasis chamber?
* Diablo turns his headlights to a lower power and looks around inside
* Waitstate checks the control panel
<Waitstate> one occupant... a Cybertronian female
* Chameleon enters and looks at the stasis chamber
<Shadowstrike> That's odd.
<Waitstate> in stasis lock
<Waitstate> should we wake her?
<Diablo> I think so
<Shadowstrike> A female on a 'Con ship? That's uncommon. Even at the age of this ship.
<Diablo> might be able to tell us something
<Dead_Lift> yes, but we should be prepared, in case she is violent.
<Shadowstrike> Any indication of id, Wait?
<Waitstate> None at all
* Shadowstrike frowns
<Shadowstrike> I don't like this.
<Waitstate> In fact, the whole chamber seems odd... not on the mainline of Cybertronian tech development
<Waitstate> definitely related though
<Diablo> we gonna open it or not?
<Waitstate> yes
<Dead_Lift> Lets get her out of there
<Waitstate> stay ready for anything though
* Dead_Lift draws his cannon
* Diablo arms a cannon
* Waitstate begins the stasis release sequence...
<Waitstate> * * To Be Continued * *