* Admiral-Lilwall darts around a corner, narrowingly aviding the barrge of laser fire from his holo opponents
* Admiral-Lilwall turns to face the pillar he shelters behind, putting all his force upon it causing it to break and fall on many of the holo drones
* Admiral-Lilwall, taking advantage of the surprise he inflicted on the drones, leaps out from what's left of the pillar and careens into two drones
* Admiral-Lilwall rolls with the drones, flinging one across the battlefeild
* Admiral-Lilwall stands and holds the other drone as a shield, saving himself from numerous strikes on part of the other drones
* Admiral-Lilwall throws the shield drone at the firing group, knocking them all down
* Admiral-Lilwall notes the drones recover rather quickly, and fires on two other pillars near by, causing the outcrop above to fall and crush the drones
* Admiral-Lilwall takes a hit in the back from the drones he threw to the other side of the battlefield
* Admiral-Lilwall decides to have some fun with the remaining drone, takes out his sword and charges
<Admiral-Lilwall> Computer, replace the drone's pistol with a sword of formidable type
* Drone's weapon is replaced with a sword
* Admiral-Lilwall and the drone get into a sword fight
* Diablo speeds down a corridor at 340kph
<Admiral-Lilwall> Computer, *ducks a swing* increase differculty level *jumps over drone and swings around only to lock swords with the drone* by 50%
* Drone suddenly becomes much faster and more efficient with its attack 
* Admiral-Lilwall struggles slightly to defend against each attack
* Admiral-Lilwall goes into offensive mode, and the drone reacts accordingly by switching to defend
* Admiral-Lilwall wins a few small cuts with numerous moves of the sword, but does little damage otherwise
* Admiral-Lilwall's sword is knocked from his hand as the drone moves back to offensive
* Admiral-Lilwall, twisting and turning to avoid being sliced and diced, takes a strike to his wing
* Admiral-Lilwall backflips and catches the sword with his feet as the drone tries a straight forward down swing and sents the sowrd flying far away
* Drone kicks AL in the chest a fraction of a second before he lands, sending him to the ground with a loud thud 
* Drone charges and jumps AL's sweep attack* 
* Admiral-Lilwall uses the momentum caused by his failed leg sweep to spin upright and into a spin kick, smashing the drone's head into the floor
* Admiral-Lilwall and the drones engage in fist to fist combat, each blocking each other's attack with dazzling speed 
* Admiral-Lilwall suddenly transforms, catching the drone completely off guard and crashing to the ground.
* Admiral-Lilwall returns to robot form and grabs the drone by the legs, only to be flung over by the drone into a now near by wall
* Admiral-Lilwall quickly moves to his feet and leaps over the charging drone, snagging its head with his feet and hurling the drone to the ground yet again
* Admiral-Lilwall and the drone end up wrestling, trying to tear off each others heads
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well, it's been fun, but I've things to do...
* Admiral-Lilwall slams his fists together, smashing the drones head between them
<Admiral-Lilwall> Sigh. Computer, end program.  *holos fizzle away*
* Admiral-Lilwall gets up and dusts himself off before exiting the sim room
* Admiral-Lilwall remembers his sword, and goes back to get it before leaving again
* Waitstate is standing outside the sim room, leaning against the bulkhead
<Waitstate> have a good workout?
<Admiral-Lilwall> had better, but that was one was pretty good
<Waitstate> you had that thing set pretty high
<Admiral-Lilwall> I figure if you beat something thats better than reality, you can always defeat reality :)
* Waitstate laughs
<Waitstate> you turned off the safeties
<Admiral-Lilwall> do I get a fine?
<Waitstate> no, a reprimand
* Admiral-Lilwall looks at his not so shiny anymore sword and puts it back in subspace
<Waitstate> nice sword, by the way
<Admiral-Lilwall> Of all the days I pick for a sim battle, I had to pick the day when the boss would check to see if crew followed protocol ;) Oh well
<Admiral-Lilwall> It is isn't it
<Waitstate> I don't remember seeing it before
<Admiral-Lilwall> not you, but others have. I've only used it a few times since I met you
* Diablo speeds around a corner, and slows down as he spots Wait and Lil
<Admiral-Lilwall> Speaking of reprimand, I didn't think speeding down corridors was allowed 
<Waitstate> Only in emergencies *glares at Diablo*
<Diablo> hey, I've got to speed around the place once in a while and I don't see anywhere else to do it
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh, why does the image of Overwrite ending up half way through his windshield keep entering my mind?
* Waitstate laughs
* Admiral-Lilwall points to the sim room
<Admiral-Lilwall> you can find niiiice big spaces in there :)
<Admiral-Lilwall> Anyway, I'm beat. I'm up for a drink
* Diablo transforms to bot mode
<Waitstate> sure thing
<Diablo> speeding in there would be nowhere near as fun as speeding on a busy freeway on earth
* Waitstate heads in the direction of the bar
* Waitstate turns
<Admiral-Lilwall> well... program the sim to SIM a freeway on Earth, silly :)
<Waitstate> Try program Interstate88 :)
<Admiral-Lilwall> Interstate88? My my my, what have you been up to Waitstate? ;)
* Admiral-Lilwall heads off for the bar
* Waitstate laughs and follows
* Diablo follows
<Diablo> a sim freeway would be missing something, namely the fright the drivers get when they see a lamborghini approaching them at a fast speed
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh, did you really leave the Autobots, or were you banished? ;)
<Waitstate> It's a rather well written program. You should try it
<Diablo> I think I will a bit later, and I wasn't banished
<Admiral-Lilwall> Anyhow, I suppose the next Council meeting is on hold until 'Striker is well again?
<Waitstate> hmm... actually, it's on hold indefinatly
<Admiral-Lilwall> .... you mean 'THAT' sort of indefinatly?
<Waitstate> well... yeah, I think so. While you were gone there was a lot of discussion about the Council. It's officially disbanded at the moment.
<Admiral-Lilwall> I see. Heh! Well I guess we won't be needing Overwrite anymore ;)
<Waitstate> hah! far from it! Do you know how much time was saved when you all were doing reports and stuff?
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh! So what's been going on recently, aside Striker going down and a bounty hunter coming along?
<Waitstate> well... those were pretty much the hilights
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well, at least I haven't missed too much fun
<Waitstate> no, not really. Well... there was the massive death toll. But you were well aware of that I guess
<Admiral-Lilwall> Unfortunatly.
<Waitstate> At least it wasn't as bad as we thought... that lets me rest a bit better
<Admiral-Lilwall> Who knows, Meteor, er, Aries came back. The others might one day.  
<Waitstate> The Plaza's pretty empty now
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well, it lost one shop, so it went from near empty to all but
<Diablo> the Plaza has always been pretty empty
<Waitstate> true... still, it's a big step back, all things considered
* Admiral-Lilwall arrives at the lift after a slowish walk from the sims and enters
* Waitstate does as well
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well you never know. Deck 4. Maybe Goannis or Tip Over will open a shop at some stage
* Diablo walks into the lift
<Waitstate> that would be nice...
<Admiral-Lilwall> I read Tip Over's dossier. Very impressive, it's not often you meet a matrix bearer candidate
* Lift comes to a halt at D4 and doors open
<Waitstate> quite true. Of course, it says he isn't interested in command at all.
* Waitstate exits
* Admiral-Lilwall exits also. "Well, after that length of time at war, I don't blame him
* Diablo walks out of the lift
<Waitstate> Well, it would have been nice to have another competent command staffer
<Admiral-Lilwall> The main stream Autobots are widespread enough that he believes his part is done
<Admiral-Lilwall> It would have been.
* Waitstate steps inside the bar
<Diablo> widespread yes, but also quite thinned out in some areas
* Admiral-Lilwall enters the bar and approaches the bar
* Diablo follows
* Waitstate walks behind the counter
<Admiral-Lilwall> That unfortunatly is true. You know, even with the high stakes in that war, it's amazing how many are leaving the respective sides.
* Admiral-Lilwall considers which drink to have.
<Admiral-Lilwall> Hm, a 'Streaking Comet', kind barkeep.
<Waitstate> gotcha
* Waitstate fills a transparent tankard with a specific mix of fuels, then sits it on the bar.
* Waitstate then takes out a cube of ice and drops it into the tankard. The ice cube melts as it slowly sinks, creating a "tail"
<Admiral-Lilwall> As much as I'd like to see the Autobots win the war, they're not all as heroic as the tabloids claim
<Waitstate> One Streaking Comet
<Diablo> too true
<Waitstate> Hey, few know it better than us two
<Admiral-Lilwall> I hear that. *takes drink* thanks
<Waitstate> welcome
<Admiral-Lilwall> I was watching VIDGN last night, they finally got a final count on the death toll from the Waste
<Waitstate> oh gosh... how bad?
<Admiral-Lilwall> More than a 180 trillion I believe. Galaxy wide
* Waitstate sits down on a stool
<Waitstate> ...and the only consolation we have is "could have been worse"...
<Admiral-Lilwall> The other side of the galaxy has only recently managed to get their protective generators contructed apparently
<Admiral-Lilwall> Seems scientists are trying to find a better solution than our generator too
<Waitstate> geez... a relatively simple field that eradicates it. How much better can you get?
<Admiral-Lilwall> Which suits me fine. A vaccine would be more applicable
<Admiral-Lilwall> Eh, you know fleshies. 'Machines are bound to break down sooner or later'
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh, guess not everyone has confidence in Junky's work
* Waitstate laughs slightly
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well, we won't have to worry about that old Autobot station/roid. Some group installed a generator on there as well
<Waitstate> thank goodness
<Waitstate> I installed it in all the airlocks finally as part of the standard decontam routines
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh.
* Admiral-Lilwall looks around the bar
<Admiral-Lilwall> Ya know, I think it's about time those Xmas decorations were taken down
<Waitstate> good idea...
* Waitstate shoots down a wreath across the room
<Admiral-Lilwall> O_O  I've never been a fan of the humans xmas tradions, but not like that ;)
<Waitstate> I never really wanted them up in here ;)
<Admiral-Lilwall> Heh
* Admiral-Lilwall wonders what the hell it is that's playing on the jukebox
<Diablo> You can expect the full co-operation of the rest of the Tactibots now
<Waitstate> oh?
<Waitstate> you guys finally decided you like it here, eh?
<Admiral-Lilwall> now if only Dark Force would conform
<Admiral-Lilwall> well... the two of them that are left anyway
<Diablo> yep, we're here to stay
<Waitstate> Just remember... I like my walls
<Diablo> what happened to Dark Force?
<Waitstate> a few ran off. Dark Star is dead... I think he's dead.
<Diablo> Didn't know that
<Admiral-Lilwall> heh. the only two we have left are the only two I have trouble staying cool with
* Waitstate pours himself something hard and strong
<Diablo> Also I think I might know why Hyperion's form can't be held any longer than a few seconds
* Admiral-Lilwall finishes his drink and sets the glass down
<Admiral-Lilwall> I didn't know you couldn't hold form
* Waitstate drinks then, "Why's that?"
<Diablo> I think it's because of incompatibilities with the alien tech inside me and the other Tactibot's systems
<Waitstate> hmm... any ideas for a fix?
<Admiral-Lilwall> please don't say 'give the others the alien programming'
<Diablo> none at the moment
<Admiral-Lilwall> 'cause that would be really, very bad.
<Admiral-Lilwall> ;)
<Diablo> heh, it could be the only way in the end, but I agree that it would be bad
<Waitstate> do you think we could remove the alien tech?
<Diablo> not sure, but I kinda like my alien tech enhanced weapons *Extends blade and watches it glow*
<Admiral-Lilwall> I like it too. Especially when it's not angry
<Waitstate> there must be some sort of solution to this... we should talk to Restore about it
<Admiral-Lilwall> So, any deals going in this system?
<Waitstate> I've got Overwrite on a few leads
<Admiral-Lilwall> We need a good credit revenue.
<Admiral-Lilwall> What we picked up from New Iceland's cargo deal was nice, but it won't last too long
<Diablo> better question, is there anything of interest in the area?
<Admiral-Lilwall> not much at all
<Waitstate> it's a pretty dull world down there actually
<Admiral-Lilwall> Aside the planet populace below, the shipyard orbital station is all there is
<Diablo> next question, how busy are the roads down there? ;)
<Admiral-Lilwall> busy enough that if you tried it, you'd get LONAC fined :P
<Waitstate> not as busy as you'd like, I'm sure. And the traffic laws are probably murder ;)
<Diablo> hehe, damn
<Admiral-Lilwall> well, I'm done for drinks. I have to wander the ship, I don't really feel like being still at the moment
<Waitstate> good journey then
<Admiral-Lilwall> have fun bots :)
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves the bar
* Waitstate waves
<Diablo> see ya
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves the plaza and wanders around corridors on various levels of the ship
* Admiral-Lilwall can't help but think how much he dislikes xmas
* Diablo wonders where Scarab is
* Waitstate sits about, randomly rearranging his supplies
* Diablo retracts his glowing blade
* Download enters
<Waitstate> ahh... Download! :)
<Download> Hi
<Download> didn't expect to find anyone here at this late hour
<Waitstate> Heh... this IS the Neutral Ground, after all :)
<Download> Little changes I suppose
<Waitstate> heh, maybe so... maybe so
<Waitstate> what brings you in here at this time of night, as you say :)
<Download> to look around, and see just how much it really is to the old
* Waitstate smiles
* Waitstate steps out from behind the counter
* Download wanders around the bar
<Diablo> *Scarab jumps out from behind an x-mas decoration*
* Waitstate jumps
<Waitstate> don't DO that...
* Diablo laughs
<Download> What on Cybertron is that? *referring to Scarab*
* Diablo walks over to Scarab and pick it up 'An upgraded spiderbot'
<Download> Spiderbot?
<Download> What's a spider?
<Diablo> made by Wheeljack for the Tactibots
<Diablo> a spider is a terran arachnid
<Download> oh...
<Download> Rather ugly...
<Waitstate> computer, display a common Terran spider on the TV please
* Scarab beeps hyperactivly
* A spider pops up on the screen 
<Waitstate> THAT is a spider
* Download is repulsed
<Diablo> no that's not right. computer, display a south american jungle spider on the TV
<Download> never go organic, Scarab
<Waitstate> heh... Admiral Lilwall reacts rather like you do to those things
<Download> how horrid, I trust they don't grow as large as scarab
<Waitstate> most don't. A few do
<Diablo> now THAT is a spider, one of the biggest on Earth, more than 30cm in size
<Download> repulsive creatures. 
<Waitstate> and poisonous, usually
<Waitstate> not to us mind you. But often deadly to native organics
<Diablo> now that's an idea, Scarab needs to be able to defend itself
<Download> They can keep 'em.
<Waitstate> I think that thing does enough damage as it is
<Download> Well, I guess I should be moving along. Later
* Download transforms to disk mode
<Download> Slag
* Download transforms to robot mode
<Waitstate> problem?
<Download> I keep forgetting I'm not a hover cycle anymore
* Download exits, embarressed
<Diablo> hehe
* Waitstate supresses a chuckle
<Waitstate> poor guy...
<Diablo> what happened to him?
<Waitstate> I'm not really sure
<Diablo> hmm, wonder what Powerplay is up to
<Diablo> probably playing some game somewhere
Session Close: Wed Mar 01 15:57:16 2000