Session Start: Sat Aug 12 00:56:05 2000 * Cirrus leans back in his chair, pleased with the fact that all he has to do till they arrive at their destination is monitor * Powerplay checks all the machines in his store * Diablo walks into Medbay and looks around. "Anyone here?" * Welder appears from the lounge in medbay Something I can do for you? * Slipstream wanders out of her quarters and heads for the observation lounge * Splitwit spins his shrapnel blaster, making a high pitched whirl You, no. Is Restore here? * Slipstream arrives in the observation lounge Welder> Not currently, she's taken the day off now that there is staff to replace her I guess you'll have to do then *passes the datapad over* * Splitwit notices Slipstream "hey" Oh, heya Split I want a new body to those exact specifications. I'm tired of waiting for something to stop this alien tech. * Welder looks over the specs* Welder> Hm, the ship doesn't have enough resources to build this at the moment. Especially after having rebuilt three disk members. As I understand, we're headed for a trading network of systems, perhaps you could pick up the materials there * Slipstream starts humming to herself and wanders round the lounge *to Slip* so, hows life on the bridge? * Welder forms a list of things needed and passes it to Diablo Guess I'll have to then. The sooner I get this body, the sooner Hellfire says goodbye * Diablo takes the list and leaves Hmm? Eh, it's what you'd expect for a bridge heh So what've you been up to, anyway? * Diablo wanders off to the observation lounge while looking over the list nothing much, just settling in. So Admiral... I was wonderin' something * Splitwit goes back to spinning his Shrap Blaster I'm not giving you any credits geez, what are you? Psychic? * Slipstream starts humming again * Trihorn walks into the lift leading to the bridge no, experienced Am I THAT predictable? I hardly even got started we're heading for a major trading lane, what else would you ask? :P * Snake-Eyes opens her store for the first since being back besiiides... I wasn't gonna ask for a handout. A loan this time, the kind you pay back! * Diablo puts the list away and walks into the lounge * Splitwit spots Diablo entering the lounge "Hey Diab" * Trihorn leaves the lift, walks up to the door leading to the bridge and scratches his horns on it Hi Splitwit Try Waitstate, you might have more luck What was that? hrmph *at ops console* That new Dino tape bot is outside * Slipstream turns around and notices Diabie. "Heya Diablo" I wonder what it wants... hey, is it an "it", "he", or "she"? Hi Slipstream Beats me. Let him/it/her in * Diablo takes a seat. "So, whats happenning here?" * Cirrus keys the door open from his console *shrugs* Not much. * Slipstream keeps on humming idly to herself and paces around the lounge the equivalent of a black hole * Trihorn walks onto the bridge, roars, then lays on the ground and goes into recharge cycle * Cirrus turns and stares Right. * Cirrus starts to laugh hysterically Who's bored enough to take him to where ever he's staying? * Backtrack sits in his quarters running through data logs * Cirrus falls back into his seat, laughing looks like I am :P * Aries carries Trihorn away hehe, he coulda had the decency to transform first! * Splitwit starts spinning his Shrap Blaster again * Snake-Eyes returns to her workshop to work on more stock after opening shop * Cirrus mimes picking up a little tape and carrying it off * Cirrus giggles some more, quietly well, I'm off, see ya later * Splitwit exits the lounge and transforms * Splitwit drives off towards the Plaza * Diablo looks out a window into space. "Hope it's not too long until we reach this trading area" Heh, y'ain't the only one hoping that. I'm goin' stir crazy * Splitwit arrives at the bar, transforms, and takes a seat You want something? * Slipstream starts pacing and humming again Hmm, I'll take one of those Squeaky Wheels I've heard about Hm, right. One of Waitstate's mixes. I'll see what I can do take your time * Download pulls up the automixer menu Heh, I already am crazy. Won't be for too much longer though * Slipstream chuckles Hehe, I've had a lotta people say I'm nutz. Agreed with 'em too. ;) Alright, I think I've got this... just a moment then *begins preparation* think of it as an enlightening experience, heh here you are *hands drink over* * Splitwit takes his drink "thanks" * Hellfire resumes poking the forcefield with the spike he tore off * Cirrus takes advantage of Aries' absense and starts scanning random space objects What's our ETA Cirrus? surely we must be nearly there by now * Splitwit removes his faceplate and starts drinking about 10 minutes. Our destination is on long range sensors now in fact * Cirrus guiltily refocuses the sensors there * Powerplay finishes checking the machines in his store then goes to his seat and tries to think of a store name whoa... that's good stuff. Gimmie another * Splitwit puts his glass back on the bar * Diablo takes out the list he got and starts looking over it again * Download makes another * Slipstream glances over at Diabie. "whatchya got there?" damn, thanks *takes a deep gulp* [com] Captain to the bridge. Just a big list of parts that I'm going to have to find. Hope I'll be able to find all of them slow down with those or you'll end up passed out on the floor in no time would that be a problem? Yes. *nods* right... * Waitstate is suddenly broken out of a recharge cycle by the comm ah. Y'want any help finding those parts y'need? [comm] right... I'll be there in just a bit Sure, that'd be great. The sooner I can get them all the better. * Waitstate finishes returning to full operating status and heads for the bridge hehe, I bet. * Snake-Eyes takes some more items out and places them on a shelf before tagging prices to them * Powerplay runs out into the Plaza "Anyone know of a name I can use for my store?" *to Powerplay* how about, Powerplays Pizzaria and Games? Unless you want to work in there making the pizzas and recieving minimal wages, no * Splitwit shakes his head "Play with Power!" The Neutron Gamer! Nova Games, The Fun Zone, Uncle Frostys Happy Land! * Splitwit is slightly drunk Uh, no * Powerplay walks back into his store and closes the door behind him whoo, that got rid of him eh, hahah * Splitwit finishes his drink, pays Download, and leaves So, how are you finding life on the ship to be? * Waitstate enters the bridge * Splitwit heads back to the Lounge *shrugs* Fairly quiet, so far. so, what's up? We're almost at our destination, just a few minutes away oh, good... couldn't handle that yourself? ;) * Splitwit enters the lounge, trips, and falls flat on his face oof! I was going to suggest we open the plaza to the station populace hm... the store owners might appreciate that, heh. We should clear it with them though I guess. * Slipstream turns around at the sound of Split falling * Splitwit gets back up "Don't mind me, don't mind me..." * Diablo looks also I'm sure you've already considered the security concerns * Splitwit slumps down in one of the chairs of course I intend on sealing all exits to areas of the ship accessable from the plaza leaving only a corridor leading to the nearest airlock * Slipstream grins behind her faceplate Looks like someones a tad tipsy today well, let our friendly neighborhood merchants know about the plan so they can prepare, and as soon as the security measures are in place we can begin :) we can station the likes of Recoil and so forth by the airlock ever have a Skwee-kee Wheel? It'll blow your mind and have our security bots, and a few others wander the plaza and or keep an eye on exits * The Tactibots minus Diablo do battle sims in the sim room good idea... I'll program the drones for security as well * Diablo releases Scarab and watches him scuttle over to Splitwit * Admiral-Lilwall notifies the businesses and security * Waitstate grabs a chair and programs the general purpose drones ...looks like it's blown yer mind totally outta the water, Split. ;) * Splitwit opens his Shrap Blaster and points it at Scarab "I do *not* like those things hehehehe * Slipstream picks up Scarab I don't like it when people hurt them, so you do that and you'll be in pain * Scarab beeps * Splitwit looks at Diab and retractcs his Shrap Blaster "point taken" hehe, cute li'l bug thing. defensive of the little guy eh? *stands up* Yeah, nothing wrong with that. Store owners are ready, and Cuffs and Hitchhike are putting security into effect nothing at all *pokes Scarab* good... I can just imagine Powerplay scrambing to get ready, hehe * Scarab beeps again Was Download on call at the bar? * Backtrack finishes uploading the last track Snake-Eyes seemed most happy with the idea, she only just reopened her store less than an hour ago Yep Ahh, I like the sound of this, now where's that Triceratops....... * Slipstream hands Scarab back to Diab * Waitstate laughs a bit about Snake-Eyes. "Good for her! I missed that place, heh" * Splitwit sits back down and stares at the celing "Whoo, anyone ever notice what pretty celings this ship has?" Goannis offered to act as a waitress if the bar gets busy too ahhh, wait staff... it's been so long since I've needed that * Slipstream laughs at Split's statement, then goes back to humming and pacing ..guess not Cirrus, get us docking clearance * Diablo lets Scarab jump onto his shoulder Aye *quietly* going to need more spiderbot parts too... * Cirrus transfers comm controls and gets the ship clearence We're clear... place was automated. Much nicer than that bored guy in a booth at the border stations :) [comm] Anyone happen to see a small blue and grey Triceratops wandering pointlessly around the ship? [Comm] He's on my foot. * Backtrack nudges the bot away There are barns with less animals in it... * Trihorn runs off from whereever he is * Cirrus slows to sublight speeds and begins docking manuvers Last time I leave my door open *sigh* * Splitwit notices the stars outside of the ship slowing down "Ooh, pretty..." * Splitwit reaches out to touch them * Diablo looks out the window again "Looks like we're here" * Admiral-Lilwall notifies the station of the plaza being open for business Telemetry turned over to the station for final docking *shakes head* stupid wheel Looks like it. ...and we're in! Waitstate, can I- No But- No * Admiral-Lilwall chuckles Pleas- No! * Diablo gets up from his seat I'm going to hit the plaza myself, see what new stuff there is Slag *sulks* * Trihorn stampedes into Powerplay's store, nearly crashing into a machine * Admiral-Lilwall exits the bridge * Waitstate smirks and adds 10c to Cirrus' account anyway * Splitwit stands up, with slightly more sanity than before So Diab, we gonna head for the Plaza now, see what parts we can find? parts fer what? Yeah, I guess we should * Backtrack realizes the ship is docked * Cuffs, Hitchhike, Splashback and Lightning roam the plaza as security units *to Splitwit* For something mhmm. So your looking for parts eh? Mind if I come? * A dozen or so security drones monitor other key points Nope, in fact you can look for parts that would be useful for spiderbots... * Splitwit shudders You're evil *chuckles* So ye gonna help, or not? ;) of course! I know I am, I don't need to be reminded heh * Splitwit motions to the door "Shall we?" * Slipstream heads out of the lounge towards the plaza. "Y'comin'?" * Admiral-Lilwall arrives at the plaza * Diablo heads for the plaza we shall... *follows Slip* * Scarab beeps as they walk along * Splitwit and co. arrive at the plaza * Slipstream privately marvels that Split made it this far without falling over. ;) * Scarab jumps off and goes over to annoy Powerplay and Trihorn * Splitwit trips and falls over "Whoops" * Format transforms to disk mode and inserts in a terminal, linking up with the station's computer and discreetly taking all the informtion he can get * Slipstream thinks that she marvelled too soon. ;) * Trihorn spots Scarab and starts chasing him around the Plaza go Trihorn! [com] all staff take note, we now have visitors boarding * Slipstream quickly steps aside as the two barrel past * Diablo laughs heads up an' watch yer feet! * Trihorn collides with Splitwit * Aries and Tip Over exit the ship to roam the station * Splitwit sprawls across the floor ... ouch... * Trihorn stops briefly, roars, then runs off again, chasing Scarab off the plaza * Slipstream starts laughing, then helps Split up thanks. Damn, that guy hits hard * Waitstate sets the Plaza computer terminals to Visitor level * Snake-Eyes watches as she gets some customers in her store So, where exactly would we find the parts here? Wouldn't it make more sense to look on the station? Yeah, I guess so so let's go then. * Hitchhike watches the visitors carefully as more and more seem to flow into the ship * Splitwit transforms to Car mode and zooms off towards the airlock, narrowly avoiding the visitors * Diablo transforms and leads the way * Waitstate pipes some soft Muzak into the Plaza center * Slipstream follows after the two * Diablo reaches the airlock and transforms back to bot mode * Splitwit does the same * Slipstream arrives at the airlock soon after * Splitwit walks into the Station *to Diablo* Where to from here? * Hellfire picks the tire chunk off the ground, wraps it around the end of the snapped off spike then rests it against the forcefield with the tire end on the floor Good question * The forcefield energy arcs around to zap Hellfire * Diablo looks around Hrmph, what kind of parts are we looking for anyway? * Diablo shows Splitwit and Slipstream the list. "These parts" * Splitwit scans the area and spots a dealer in just that sort of items "Over there" That looks like a good a place t'start as any Seems like it. *heads over* * Admiral-Lilwall exits the bar because for once its actually too crowded * Splitwit sifts through said dealer's store * Slipstream follows after Diabie to the dealer * Waitstate monitors a security grid of the Plaza. "wow, look at all the people..." * Diablo searches for a lightning generator * Slipstream browses through the various items, fishing out a few needed parts * Snake-Eyes makes yet another sale you looking for an extra one of these? *holds some do-hicky up* * Powerplay watches a bunch of bots play the games in his store "ahh, business at last" * Goannis shuffles back to the bar to collect another round of drinks * Diablo takes a look. "Yeah, that power regulator should do fine" * Waitstate abruptly feels as though he's running a huge garage sale or something * Backtrack exits his quarters * Tip Over and Aries arrive near by Diablo and co. Tip Over remaining in dumpster form heya Aries, Tip. :) Hey Diablo, we've picked up enough metals for you, and enough besides to last the rest of LONAC for a while. Anything you want hauled back to the ship? Ahh, thanks * Slipstream shows Diab an armload of parts. "Y'need all these?" * Splitwit holds up some thingamajigs "What about some of these?" * Diablo checks the list. "Yeah, they should do fine." never know when your gonna need a... oh yuk * Splitwit drops a certain part to the ground *to Aries and Tip Over* can you take all these parts back to the ship? * Slipstream wonders when the dealer's gonna show up and ask for payment sure, help me load em up Hey, you gonna pay for that? * Diablo finds the lightning generator and wing components. "Slightly damaged, shouldn't be too hard to fix up" * Snake-Eyes actually closes her store because all of her items have been sold, though she didn't have a large quanity to begin with Ah-HEM Yeah, just wait will you *alien tech reacts* * Diablo reaches for the credits * Admiral-Lilwall arrives back at the bridge eesh... I wonder if all the other stations in the trading systems would be as busy as this * Diablo hands over the credits, not noticing his blade glowing brightly * Backtrack takes a few steps into the station and looks around *takes the money* Thanks, please (don't) come again you have to wonder, don't you? It looks hectic down there it is *to himself* tourists... *annoyed* with service like that I can't see why anyone would come back! Snake-Eyes had to close up because she's all sold out * Waitstate raises an optic ridge * Slipstream notices Diabie's blade glowing. "umm..." *to himself* Hey, I'm just trying to run a legitimit busniess here hm, I suppose she didn't get a lot of time to stock though, huh? granted she didn't have too much stock available, but she had enough not to sell out. at least not under normal circumstances but today isn't really too normal ahhh, revenue :) I think we should leave before I end up doing something I'll possibly regret my thoughts exactly Security to bridge, all remains well here. Aside two minor cases of theft, there is little to report. I'll continue to update regulary [comm] good job Cuffs. * Trihorn runs back into Powerplay's store and goes into rest cycle behind the counter * various visitors scramble oput of tri-horn's path * the dealer takes his hand off the blaster under the table as the group leaves * Diablo takes notice of his blade. "Damnit" * Splitwit returns to the ship hey, I'm gonna wander 'round here a bit. See ya back at the ship later, 'kay? Sure, see ya Slip * Tip Over drives back to the ship with Aries riding on top later Slip later y'all. * Diablo follows the others * Slipstream wanders off t'look 'round the station * Opal entertains the crowd in the bar by singing a few songs Going to dump all that stuff off at Medbay straight away? hey, I'm gonna head off to the bar for a while, cya later Actually most of this will have to go straight to the cargo hold. I'll help you move your stuff to medbay after we've unloaded See ya Splitwit later * Splitwit leaves for the bar * Backtrack stands guard at the door Ok, I guess * Splitwit stops by at Powerplays Arcade and plays a few games * Slipstream browses through some of the stores on the station * Tip Over and co arrive at the cargo bay and unload the stocks * Splitwit enters the bar and orders something * Diablo walks into the cargo bay too You'll have to take a number, I've got a dozen or so other orders to fill first no problem * Splitwit takes a number and listens to Opal's singing * Download continues to fill orders while Goannis takes the drinks from the bar to customers * Tactibots leave the sim room and head for their own quarters except Cham, who heads for the plaza * Snake-Eyes busily makes more items so she can reopen * Slipstream doesn't find anything particuarly interesting on the station and starts back to the ship [com] Neutral Ground to Waitstate [comm] yeah? [com] Boss, I'm gonna need another two, maybe three more bots down here to keep up, otherwise we'll have to start refusing customers * Aries helps gather Diablo's stuff and heads for Medbay [comm] wow... I can't recall EVER being that full [comm] Anyone in particular you wanted to recruit? * Chameleon walks into the Plaza and sees it the busiest it has ever been [com] anyone who can serve, and anyone who can waiter * Slipstream gets back to the ship and heads for the plaza * Lightning spots Chameleon and gives a glare of both anger and boredom, showing how he feels abot such a number of visitors Cirrus, you wanna give it a go? There's credits in it for you.... }:) hmm... I guess I can give it a go! *laughing* glad it's you and not me doing that *walks to a different section* Good, report to the bar then :) * Cirrus goes * Chameleon gets an idea for a joke * Aries arrive at medbay and places the stuff onto a moveable cart which Welder takes into OR1 * Diablo follows into Medbay * Slipstream arrives at the plaza, and quickly backs out when finding it so crowded All we need now is the metals and we can begin. I'll page Restore, Lifeblood is rather busy currently * Splitwit's number finally comes up and he orders * Cirrus arrives at the bar and somehow manages to squeeze himslef inside * Splashback carts another theif to airlock and puts him outside Here's another one for you to keep out, Backtrack * Slipstream retreats to the bridge [comm] Once in a lifetime offer for a short time only! Right now you can get free drinks over at Powerplay's store. Thats right, FREE!!!!! Get them while they last!!! please tell me you're here to help.... I can't do this on my own for much longer Free? Well crap in a hat! is he allowed to serve free drikns??? I am, what do I do? * Splitwit finishes his drink and heads over to Powerplays store grab a tray and take the drinks to the customers * Goannis delivers more drinks * Cirrus does so Hey, whats this? *to another bot* No, I dont!!! I DONT HAVE ANY DRINKS HERE!!!!!! ... * Opal finishes a song, and Cyrstalline plays a solo piece of music damnit! * Chameleon quickly makes his escape from the Plaza * Splitwit storms out of Powerplay's Arcade * Slipstream enters the bridge slaggn little pile of ^@!(# trick'n me inta thinkin I could get a free &@!($ drink outta his ^@!$ arcrapade... * Splitwit sits down on a bench and seethes How long should this take? Hm.. a few hours I guess I'm not really sure, I'm not that familiar with things here yet Ok then * Restore arrives at medbay So much for a day off I'm going to want Ghost-Stalker in here too. If anyone makes a move for my spark and is not part of the medical staff, I want her to deal with them. we'll let you know when we're ready to move your spark Ok, thanks * Restore and Welder set about building Diablo's design * Slipstream wanders around the bridge and hums Bored Slipstream? * Splitwit heads for his quarters, exhausted from the days work hmm? Oh yeah, guess you could say that * Splitwit reaches his quarters and collapses on his recharge bunk * Chameleon wanders the ship looking for something to do * Admiral-Lilwall to Waitstate [comm] Waitstate here * Chameleon walks back into the Plaza in Chamaleon mode [comm] yeah Lil? Terrafirma says she'll need to close up soon too, maybe we should shut down for a few hours to restock? [comm] eh, I guess so. We weren't expecting crowds like this, that's for sure *in a forced cheery manner* [com] attention all shoppers, we are now closing. please complete your purchases and make your way to the exit, we'd like to thank you for stopping by LONAC :) * Waitstate chuckles at Lil's message ok everyone! Bar's closed!