Session Start: Sat May 22 1999
<Waitstate> [comm] Bridge, we have new space fold coordinates. Transmitting now.
* Waitstate signals Overwrite to transmit as he hurries to the medbay with Terra
<Waitstate> Restore is going to want to see you, assuming she's awake.
<Terra> Who is Restore?
* Blacknife is still in stasis
<Waitstate> Our CMO. She's been hit pretty bad though by this thing. Last I checked she was in stasis
* Terra looks away, saddened
* Blacknife is still in stasis
* Diablo lets spiderbot wander round
* Waitstate continues on, taking a lift up to deck 5
* doors open
* Shadowstrike limps out of her quarters and towards the bar... looking very unsteady.
* Diablo goes to his quarters
<Waitstate> it's just down this way *walks*
* Dead_Lift is with Waitstate and Terra
* Waitstate and Terra arrive at Medbay and walk inside
<Dead_Lift> No offense Wait, but you look like scrap
* LONAC_Insignia watches from the wall.
* Dead_Lift follows them in
* Spiderbot jumps up and down then scuttles off 
<Waitstate> Can't let it stop me
* Terra looks around at all the incapacitated bots
* LONAC_Insignia floats down from the wall.
<LONAC_Insignia> Hi Wait.
<Terra> No... it's really here...
<LONAC_Insignia> Who's your friend?
* Terra is caught off guard by the hologram
<Waitstate> Terrafirma. She was in stasis on the ship below
* Shadowstrike arrives at the bar and sits down in a chair at the very back before she falls over.
<LONAC_Insignia> Oh... wait a minute...
*LONAC_Insignia flickers and changes to Stardrive's head
* Waitstate notes Terra's discomfort
<Stardrives_Head> Hi.
* Spiderbot wanders into Medbay 
<Stardrives_Head> Is this any better?
<Terra> Ahhh!
<Stardrives_Head> I guess not.
<Terra> What is that?!
* Terra stumbles back
* Spiderbot runs back out 
<Stardrives_Head> Just a hologram.
* Dead_Lift waves his hand through the hologram
<Stardrives_Head> Stop that.
<Dead_Lift> oh, sorry
<Waitstate> Nothing to be afraid of. It's Stardrive's annoying little hobby. You get used to it
* Artifice makes his way to medbay
<Terra> Um... ok, I guess...
* Terra waves her hand through it
<Stardrives_Head> Holographic interface... the next best thing... hey...  to being there...
* Terra feels slightly better about it
* Stardrives_Head wavers as Terra hits the emmittor.
* Chameleon enters Diablo's quarters
<Stardrives_Head> Careful, the holo-emmitor is still a little on the fragile side.
<Stardrives_Head> I need to work on that.
* Terra smiles
* Meteor walks up
<Meteor> Another patient? I don't think we've met.
* Spiderbot re-enters Medbay and wanders around inside 
<Stardrives_Head> Aren't you going to tell us to slag off because you're so busy?
<Meteor> That would be Restore that does that :)
<Meteor> She is, unfortunatly, still in stasis. I wish I were more qualified to fill her position...
<Stardrives_Head> Great... tell me he's having memory loss now...
* Spiderbot jumps onto a bench and watches what's happening 
<Dead_Lift> I'm going to take a tour of the ship, I'll return later.
* Dead_Lift leaves the med bay
* Blacknife is still in stasis
* Artifice enters medbay
* Diablo looks at the container that Cham is holding "What's in the container?"
<Chameleon> bits and pieces
* Chameleon empties out the container
<Stardrives_Head> Anyone we know?
<Diablo> What was this
* Diablo notices a part that looks familiar. "or who was this?"
* Blacknife sharpens his knives in his dreams
<Meteor> no stardrive, I don't have memory loss. but I do not have time to deal with you. *turns to wait* I can't go much longer, this plague has almost got me into shut down, and I don't think I can do any more medically for the crew than I have already
<Terra> *meekly* um... are you the one in charge?
<Artifice> I'd hope not
<Stardrives_Head> Supposedly... he is.  heheh
<Meteor> fortunatly not always. but now, yes
<Stardrives_Head> But we think it's Wait.
<Terra> um, well... I think he want you to take a look at me then. I'm immune.
<Meteor> come this way
* Meteor scans Terra 
* Chameleon hands the head over to Diablo "a small old friend"
<Meteor> not good.
<Diablo> What happened to him?
* Waitstate slumps
<Meteor> nothing that we can use on any of us
* Waitstate sits down, feeling defeated
<Meteor> terrafirma has a much different core than the standard cybertronian. it would work only in a newly constructed transformer
<Waitstate> then our only lead left is on her planet
<Meteor> how a varient like this would work on other robot life I don't know. this may be transformer exclusive, and it certainly won't help organics
<Meteor> would you like the even better news?
<Waitstate> *sigh* go for it
<Chameleon> before I left, our base got attacked by a group of Decepticons, and he got damaged during the fighting
<Meteor> I've scanned the ship, many of the crew are in a bad way and still in various areas of the ship. I estimate 12hrs before we start having deaths because of this.
* Diablo gathers up the pieces and places them in the container. "I see"
<Waitstate> no...
<Stardrives_Head> 12 hours... damn.
<Waitstate> I won't have it.
<Meteor> too many are in a very bad way. I simply don't think I can do anything more, I've tried everything possible
<Waitstate> [comm] Bridge! How long untill we're ready?
* Diablo leaves his quarters with the container, and heads for Medbay
* Chameleon follows behind
* Artifice pulls his right arm off and lays in on a med bay table
<Artifice> make sure you don't lose this
<Cirrus> [comm] um... about 10 minutes I think. Nice having the destination worked out ahead of time
* Spiderbot jumps over to the arm 
<Waitstate> Once we're there, everything will be all right... I just know it...
* Waitstate stands up
* Diablo and Cham enter Medbay
* Waitstate sways
<Meteor> I haven't been able to get Restore active again, and Ytsejam is out of commission as well
<Waitstate> Excuse me for just a moment...
* Waitstate collapses on the floor
<Artifice> Wait!
* Terra rushes over
* Meteor tries to help Wait up
* Terra helps Meteor get him on a table
* Spiderbot hurries over to Diablo 
* Waitstate comes back online
<Artifice> you alright Wait?
<Waitstate> *painful groan*
<Waitstate> no... not in the least bit
* Meteor scans wait*  advanced symptoms, you keep forcing to go on the way you are and you won't make it 8hrs Waitstate
<Artifice> He'll make it, we all will
* Diablo places the container next to Artifice's arm
<Waitstate> Mental stress, or physical? I can go without my body...
<Waitstate> done it before...
* Shadowstrike staggers out of the bar, mumbling something over and over under her breath and slowly makes her way to the bridge.
<Meteor> both. 
<Waitstate> slag
<computer> Warning Spark Loss Imminent within 7 hours
<Artifice> I'm gonna buy myself a little time
* Artifice pulls off his right leg
* Artifice replaces it with a prosthetic
* Waitstate tries to sit up but finds his hips are locked
<Artifice> Ah, non-computerized
<Waitstate> ...alright then...
<Meteor> if there's anyway to beat this thing we have to do it fast, or we literally won't see tomorrow
<Cirrus> [comm] Hey boss? Me'n Bit have those calcs done.
<Diablo> then I hope once we're able to see tomorrow, you'll take a look in the container and see what you can do
<Waitstate> [comm] good. Is Lil still functional?
* Stardrives_Head unfreezes.
* Shadowstrike stumbles through the corridors, barely able to stay up right, muttering "... active... swore I would..."
<Stardrives_Head> Sorry, I was busy on the bridge.
* Chameleon starts disappearing and reappearing and random, unable to stop it
* Cirrus looks toward Lil
<Stardrives_Head> Lil's... well... I'll say "no",
<Artifice> Ah, I've seen bots in worse condition
* Shadowstrike repeats "Devil's.... Charade...." over and over.
<Artifice> We can't all sit around here moping around 
* Artifice clutches his gut in pain
* Blacknife's comp feeds the info to the Freedom comp
<Cirrus> [comm] If he is, I can't tell
<Artifice> As I was saying, we need to think clearly about this problem
* Diablo realises he's missing 2 fingers
<Waitstate> [Comm] I see...
* Shadowstrike arrives on the bridge. She nearly collapses on the threshold, and her optics are glowing just a little too bright to be normal.
<Waitstate> [Comm] Sound an all-ship alert, then do the fold.
* Trilana rushes to Shadow.
<Shadowstrike> Get... away... 
<Artifice> Well, I'll go find my place on the bridge
<Trilana> Shadow?
* Shadowstrike lurches to a chair and collapses into it.
* Trilana goes back to her station
* Artifice begins to leave the med bay
* Artifice yells to the others
<Artifice> Don't forget, I'll be looking for my stuff when this whole crisis is over
* Artifice leaves
* Spiderbot jumps onto Diablo's head as he walks out 
<Stardrive> Sound Indigo alert.
* Shadowstrike can hardly move. She looks down at the console in front of her...
<Trilana> [comm] Indigo Alert... all hands, Indigo Alert.
* Artifice arrives on the bridge
<Waitstate> Buckle up everyone
<Artifice> heh, I left one of my hands in the med bay
* Artifice takes a seat
<Chameleon> that container better still be here when I get back
* Chameleon leaves medbay
* Stardrives_Head attaches to the wall.
<Cirrus> Space fold in 3... 
<Cirrus> 2... 
<Cirrus> 1!
* Diablo and Cham arrive on the bridge
* An odd sensation pervades the area of the LSS Freedom, as though a large mass of space was being abruptly distorted, then displaced. Which it was, so nothing was really odd about it.
<Cirrus> Now orbiting planet CPA47134. Local name, Alnycron.
* Shadowstrike looks at the screen with very wide optics
* Stardrives_Head detaches from the wall.
<Shadowstrike> This... is where... they went.
* Cirrus looks on at the grey vista ahead in the viewscreen
<Cirrus> Another nasty place
<Shadowstrike> *very, very softly* ... traitors... 
* Terra looks out a holo-port
<Terra> It used to be green and red and blue...
* Shadowstrike taps something into the terminal she's sitting at, very slowly because some of her fingers are frozen in place.
<Cirrus> There are a few cities on this one. One is pretty big actually.
<Shadowstrike> Cirrus... it's a base....
<Bit> Scanning for energy signatures
<Shadowstrike> That ship came from here....
* Trilana glances back at Shadowstrike, still worried about her.
<Artifice> So, this place is gonna give us a cure right?
<Cirrus> No, it's a city. See? a center, buisness, residences. I think that's an arena there...
<Shadowstrike> They're down there... the traitors...
<Shadowstrike> It's A BASE!
* Shadowstrike shakes badly
<Shadowstrike> Can't... you see that?
* Stardrive looks at Shadow.
<Bit> Three energy sources detected. Active fusion/energon power generators.
<Stardrive> What?
<Bit> No life signs
<Shadowstrike> *softly again* ...traitors... I ... won't let them get away
<Shadowstrike> They're... down there
<Shadowstrike> I know they are.
<Cirrus> Didn'tcha hear him? No one's alive down there!
* Shadowstrike looks like she's not quite "all there"
<Shadowstrike> They're there. They're still there...
<Bit> [quiet, to comm] Bridge to security. We may have a problem
* Shadowstrike types one last command into the weapons console
<Stardrive> Who's down there?
<Shadowstrike> This is for the Devil's Charade.... 
* Cirrus gives Bit a quick sidelong glance, then looks back to Shadowstrike
<Stardrive> What are you doing?
<Bit> Wait a cycle... 
* Shadowstrike fires the main gun at full power.... then has a seizure of sorts and falls to the floor, unconcious
<Stardrive> Oh slag...
* Bit notices computer overrides in progress
* Artifice pulls out his sword
* Stardrive rushes to the console.
<Bit> Computer, cancel weapon- *Bit is cut off by main gun firing*
<Cirrus> Massive damage to the big city. If anyone WAS still alive, they aren't anymore!
<Stardrive> Report!
<Terra> NOOOOOO!!!!
<Meteor> odd, while i was scanning the crew again i detected an enormous power vent from the fore section of the ship...
 * Terra screams again, then smashes against the holo-port
<Meteor> what?!
<Waitstate> Meteor, sedative!
* Waitstate struggles to get up, fails
* Meteor looks out the port "oh boy"
* Meteor quickly sedates terra
* Stardrive shuts down the weapon systems.
<Terra> ...noooooo....
* Meteor puts wait's arm around his shoulder and quickly takes wait to the bridge "this is something you better not miss"
<Waitstate> Thanks
* Artifice puts his sword away
* Waitstate helps Meteor as much as he can
* Meteor arrives with wait on bridge shortly after 
* Artifice picks up Shadowstrike with his arm
<Cirrus> Whoa... get the shields up! We got a shockwave coming in from a fusion meltdown!
<Artifice> I don't know if I should take her to med bay or the brig
<Artifice> Cirrus, what exactly does that mean?
* Shadowstrike is completely limp, like a rag doll, and obviously unconscious
* Bit rushes to the weapons console and brings up the shields
* Meteor drops wait in the command chair
* The ship rocks from the impact 
* Artifice falls over, dropping Shadowstrike
<Waitstate> Artifice, I think that's what it means
<Artifice> heh
<Meteor> whoa....what the slag happened??
<Cirrus> Surface radiation is way up now. I don't think it's safe to go down.
<Artifice> What's radiation to Transformers like us?
<Meteor> melting point
<Cirrus> think about it a sec. It's THAT bad.
<Waitstate> Besides, none of us are in top form
<Waitstate> So much for a lead...
* Stardrive sighs.
<Meteor> judging by Terrafirma's reaction I guess she liked this place?
<Stardrive> This is not the way I wanted to go.
<Cirrus> I dunno. I've never seen readings like this. Odd stuff
<Waitstate> She was built here, I think
<Artifice> Are we going to sit here in awe or are we going to do something?
<Stardrive> So now what do we do?
<Waitstate> What can we do?
* Pan back, and out, showing the assembled LONAC members on the bridge
* fade out
[To Be Continued...]
Session Close: Sat May 22 1999