* Admiral-Lilwall changes topic to "-=2002.076=- RP on! :D" Restore! *moving out of her office* What is it?? The scans you had me do have been completed, and it's not good news *moves into the medlab with Welder and observes the results* Roadkill, send out another reminder. don't wanna leave anyone behind when we leave alrighty, consider it done. *sends out a comm msg to everyone reminding 'em that the Freedom will be departing in an hour or so* Oh no... [comm] Medbay to Waitstate, I think you should come to the medlab right away * Sunspot is on the bridge hanging out. * Avalanche comms the bridge. [comm] I'll be right down, Restore [comm] I'm all set to go. We got anybody around to give me a ride down before you leave? [comm] Roadkill shuttles at your service, again. hehe Is this the only match, Welder? Thankfully, yes [comm] That'll be great. Meet me down by the shuttle, then? [comm] Not a problem, I'll see ya there. * Roadkill wanders down to the hangar bay and waits by his shuttle * Avalanche gets to the shuttle. Well, this is it, then. Heh, looks it. *gestures to the shuttle* After you ;) * Restore waits for Waitstate, while Welder starts to file away the info * Avalanche gets on the shuttle and takes a seat. * Roadkill plunks down in the shuttle's pilot seat, gets bridge clearance, yada yada zoom * Sunspot continues hanging out on the bridge. * The shuttle lands planetside at the spaceport * Waitstate heads to Medbay * Avalanche gets off the shuttle. Thanks for the ride. Heh, maybe I'll write you guys sometime. Not a probelm, 'lanche. :) Y'want me t'go with ya to your ship? * Restore quickly recalibrates the medlab euqipment and rescans the findings to be sure Nah, I can manage from here. And I don't want you guys getting held up on my account. Mkay then. I'll see ya 'round, heh. Have fun, visit us sometime. :) * Waitstate arrives at Medbay * Avalanche waves. "Later!" Restore? I'm here. You sounded urgent. * Roadkill waves back and watches Avalanche leave, then gets back into the shuttle and takes off for the Freedom * Welder walks out of Medlab, and notices Waitstate, motioning to him to enter Medlab, before continuing elsewhere * Avalanche retraces his steps from the last visit on-planet to the bay the Autobot ship is docked in. * Dark_Star walks around the plaza * Roadkill returns to the Freedom, lands and shuts down the shuttle, then wanders back up to the bridge * Waitstate enters the medbay Hi, Roadkill! Heya Sunny one :) So whatcha doin'? Waitstate, We haven't had much to go on, regarding Lifeblood, so we've been going through what he's been working on to see what we could find Just got back from takin' Avy planetside. other than that, not much * Waitstate nods I take it you found something * Roadkill plunks down in his seat at communications Aw. * Sunspot sighs. Yer gonna miss him, ain't ya? * Avalanche finds the right bay and goes inside. * Sunspot nods. Not with his own work, no. However, we noticed a variation in his brainwaves from our most recent scan, compared to the one we did to him to convince Mystery the cerebral scanner was safe * Waitstate nods again We ruled his own work out, has he hasn't been doing anything with it for some time now He's been working on some artifacts that Aries picked up way back when we were on that old Autobot station, And, cross referencing data from them and Lifeblood, we found a match You're kidding me I'm afriad not. Problem is... we don't know what this is. what DO you know? At first we thought it was the Waste, a new strain or something, but it isn't that's a relief. I'd hate to think there was a variety that our sterilization fields didnt take out Don't get too relaxed just yet. We'll need to conduct more in depth research, of course. But at this point, we don't know. * Roadkill pats Sunspot's shoulder I want to keep everyone on board for awhile I guess I do still have Thrashy, when he's not napping... Cancel any planet visits and the like. I'll also need to scan anyone who's handled the artifacts. Was there anyone else but Aries at this point? Oh no! Roadkill, you just took Avy down to the planet to leave, didn't you? Yeah, that I did kiddo. * Avalanche walks up to the small Autobot ship and, seeing nobody around, knocks on the hatch. Whatever this thing is, it's not the waste, but it looks just as complex. And it's undoubtedly the cause to Lifeblood's condition I have to go down to see him before he goes! I have a goodbye present... D: Not contagious though, as far as you can tell? If we don't find anything ourselves, we may have to consider returning to that station, and conducting more research there Please don't tell me that. I really don't want to go there... Can I go? Please? Don't see why not, heh. we'll take the shuttle down again, mkay? I don't know... I'm already having Welder tune the Ship's scanners to scan the crew. I don't know if that will bring anything up. I'm not sure if we even COULD detect it without in depth proceedures, it took us quite some time just to be able to pick it up here, let alone a transformer... Oh, no need. I can get down on my own! :) It may be the only option. If we did, at least we'd know what type of defenses we'd be up against * Avalanche waits a minute, then hears someone opening the hatch. It would be nice if I had some sort of a flight mode. Do we have neural scans on file for everyone? Heh, I dunno if Wait'd be too happy for y'to go down by yourself though... It'll be quicker that way though. He wants to leave soooon... not everyone, only those that have *really* needed it. We should probably do so then * The hatch opens and Hardwire and Skyrider both come down out of the ship. All right then, Cirrus, but make sure it's quick. :) Discreetly. The waste absolutly killed morale. I'll put out a memo that a routine medical check up is required for all crew, regardless. Considering how Lifeblood was triggered, letting the crew know about this, at this point, might be a bad idea I agree I'm transfering my personal records to you now. I scan myself regularly, actually. It's a good health practice when you operate in cyberspace as much as me Thanks Roadkill! :) Not a prob. Hurry now, the ship's leaving soon, 'member? Wouldn't wanna leave ya behind. ;) * Cirrus runs to his quarters to grab the little gift, then runs off to the nearest airlock * Roadkill chuckles and shakes his head slightly, then keeps an eye on Cirrus via the ship's scanners Thanks. It's going to take days, or longer to sort through all of this stuff. I can't say when I might, if at all, have answer for you I understand [comm] Aries, please report to medbay. Draft the medical memo and I'll sign off on it. if we make it innocuous enough, I doubt anyone will question it much So...I'm all set to go. * Cirrus launches himself planetwise I'll have it done after I've examined Aries. * Hardwire grins. "Good, then. We were just about to leave." * Avalanche looks around. So, um...is Speedway already on board, then? * Cirrus flies in to the spaceport and lands neatly at the departure terminal in robot mode So, what can I do? Oh, he's off running some errands before we leave. We're just here tying up the loose ends. * Skyrider grins. Keep everyone on board, and take the scenic route to any place we're planned to visit. If whatever this thing is IS contagious, then we don't want to risk spreading it more, if we have already * Cirrus checks the big boards, looking for Avy's ship, then makes a mad dash down the corridor, weaving in and out of the busy crowd. * Aries enters medbay, waiting for Restore So did you say goodbye to all your friends? * Cirrus sees the shuttle now, and runs up quietly, hoping to suprise Avy * Avalanche nods. "Yep." * Hardwire grins. Good. * Hardwire punches Avalanche in the face. * Avalanche gets knocked to the ground. * Avalanche looks up, dazed, as the other two advance on him. Loose ends and all, y'see. * Cirrus stops short, and gapes for a second What...? * Admiral-Lilwall arrives on the bridge You really DID lose your memory, didn't you? Well, we still can't risk you getting it back... * Hardwire pulls out a gun. You...you're the ones who tried to kill me? But... Hello there Admiral Lilwall. Yes, yes, I know. We WERE teammates. But then you didn't want to be a team player. Hey Drill Master, good to have you assigned here. How is it sitting with you being in the nut house so far? Nothing I cannot tolerate. It certainly is a dapper crew You didn't want to help out when we decided to do a little smuggling on the side. And we couldn't exactly let you tell Autobot HQ what we were up to, now could we? Sure is dapper, are we? heh, that's a new one Actually, it's a rather old word. What happened to Cirrus? I thought we were breaking orbit soon, Unless of course you were refering to me refering to you as dapper being a new concept on the bridge He went planetside to give Avy a goodbye present. That's what this is all about? Smuggling? You nearly *killed* me so I wouldn't report your stupid smuggling!? Or perhaps it's simply that I said it, me being rather unexperienced on the bridge Ah And that "nearly" is something we're going to fix now. Or perhaps the word was just not programmed into your database * Hardwire raises his gun and points it in Avalanche's face. Can't go leaving loose ends. Nooo! * Cirrus draws his gun for the second time since they arrived and blows Hardwire's hand off with a carefully placed shot * Both Autobots turn sharply to the source of the gunshot, Hardwire grasping his wrist. * Avalanche looks over to see a massive metal pipe beside him and quickly grabs it. * Cirrus runs the rest of the way to the shuttle, gun in hand still * Avalanche hefts the pipe up and knocks Skyrider in the head with it. * Skyrider falls to the ground, unconscious. * Hardwire looks back at Avalanche just in time to get smacked in the head with the pipe himself and also falls. * Avalanche drops the pipe and runs. [comm] Cirrus? I don't suppose you have a shuttle down here, do ya? * Cirrus stashes his gun and follows no... I thought you were leaving forever... * Ghost-Stalker wanders around on the ship I thought I was, too... * Avalanche tries to comm the bridge, unsure if he can get a good signal from down here. [comm] Hey, Freedom, looks like I need a ride back up! * Roadkill picks up something on the comm board and tunes in [comm] Avy?! [comm] Changed your mind so soon? [comm] I'll explain later, but I don't think Cirrus here has the lift to get me orbital! [comm] All right, I'll be down in a minute. * Roadkill rushes out of the bridge and to the hangar bay, muttering something about not being paid enough to be a chauffeur under his breath * Avalanche continues running, still a bit panicked. * Restore finishes her examination of Aries, then begins writing up her memo before sending it to Waitstate's terminal * Roadkill takes the shuttle down and lands it at the spaceport for the fourth time in two days I see the shuttle, c'mon! * Avalanche follows. * Cirrus waits for Avy to board, then gets in. Hurry, go! * Avalanche jumps into the shuttle and takes a seat. * Roadkill makes sure everyone's on board, then takes off. Again. * The shuttle arrives at the Freedom and lands * Sunspot wonders what all that fuss with Roadkill and that comm was about. I'm sorry about that, you having to come down again. It was important though! Heh, not a problem 'lanche. What happened? * Avalanche shakes his head. I finally found out what happened. So Sunspot, you're relatively new in contrast to the rest of the bridge crew. How have you found it? Clue me in already... I like it up here. I'm still trying to get my mind around it... They tried to KILL him! D: Aaah. *blinks* What about what's his name, Speedway? He wasn't there. They said he was off running errands... They probably sent him away so he wouldn't be around when I showed up... Hardwire tried. I shot him... * Network continues to ramble off conversation to Overwrite in the little 'reception area' outside of Waitstate's main office, via a series of transmitted msgs* It's...it's like they didn't even care. Keeping their little smuggling operation secret was more important than the life of a teammate... That's just wrong. I could never do anything like that! *I* couldn't do anything like that... I just can't understand it... Mmm. Some people are just... well, not nice. * Avalanche shakes his head. * Network msg to Overwrite: It was rather quite brutish of him, but brains never has been his strong point I suppose. I mean, to think that yelling and screaming is a means to an end is one thing, but to lash out physically? At least it isn't all the time Well, c'mon, we don't want to hold up the whole ship. I know. I don't understand, but I know... * Roadkill wanders off towards the bridge C'mon, we better let Wait know you'll be stayin' with us after all. * Avalanche follows. *chuckles slightly* At least Sunny will be happy you're here. Physical assault? For such a minor incident? Honestly, he really should be reprimanded * Network msg to Overwrite: I agree completely. Then there's that Recoil fellow, more of a gentle brute, you could say. He has the most fascinating hero worship of Lightning, it's really rather amusing * Roadkill arrives at the bridge with Cirrus and Avalanche in tow Oh yes, he's always been one of the better behaved of our "big guns". Suprisingly clean, also * Network msg to Overwrite: It's quite a wonder this crew hasn't destroyed itself with the number of internal squabbles they've had I should show you the damage reports from before you were built! They are a fascinating read * Waitstate walks in to the bridge * Network msg to Overwrite: So many of them are just plain rude! All a good snake like myslf really wants these days, is to talk with his comrades over a few glasses of energon, not to fight and argue over who sits where in the bar. Is there aything so wrong with that? Ah, there y'are Waitstate. Are we all set to go? Where's the rest of the bridge crew? Right behind you, Wait. * Roadkill plunks down at the comm station and gestures to Avalanche "Look what we ended up keeping, heh." * Avalanche steps into the bridge and waves weakly. Avalanche? What changed your mind? What happened down there? You sounded urgent * Waitstate takes his seat * Sunspot looks up. Avy! * Cirrus steps out from behind Avy and sheepishly takes his station * Sunspot runs over and hugs Avalanche. I ran into a little trouble with my old team... They attacked you? * Avalanche nods. Apparently they're the ones who left me in that scrap pile. Two of them, anyway. * Network msg to Overwrite: Anyway, I'm glad we at least have a few of the more social types aboard. Opal for instance, a charming female, although her ego can sometimes be a downside I've found. She often only seems to talk about her past group of friends Does the third not know? Perhaps you should warn him? Can't say I much care for her. Artists give me headaches. Can't understand them at all Yeah, I think Speedway was decent enough.... I think I'm going to send a message to Autobot HQ about all of this. They'll sort it out. * Waitstate snorts derisively Sorry... bad experience * Network msg to Overwrite: They are a differcult bunch to deal with. I don't recall seeing you in the Plaza area, do you not feel the need to socialise? Hehe, be nice, grey one. ;) With all the work there is to be done? Who has time? * Avalanche looks up at Waitstate. I have to send them my resignation as it is, after all. I'd contact your Speedway friend too, they might try something with him, or try to convince him you're the bad guy * Avalanche smiles a little. Maybe you could convince him to join us as well ;) *nods* Mmhmm. He'd definitely be welcome here heh, definitely. The more the merrier, so long as we keep the psycho killers out * Network msg to Overwrite: True, but all work and no play makes for a deprived bot :) I understand Fragment has tried on several occasions I'll get in touch with him. But I'll wait until everybody's off-planet. He's probably going to wonder why his buddies have their heads bashed in. Fragment is an unsophisticated cretin. speaking of off-planet, spaceport is complaining that they need this berth cleared asap. * Network msg to Overwrite: Oh? he speaks quite highly of you, aside your work ethics anyway, Does he? Well, he isn't ALL bad I suppose. But we certainly don't share much in common. * Network msg to Overwrite: I suppose 'little brothers' (is that the correct term?) are something of a nuisance. I find that the older 'brother' (a strange concept for our race, wouldn't you say? I don't quite understand it) is the trouble maker in my.. oh what is that word again... * Network msg to Overwrite: Family? Family, yes. It's not really that uncommon, actually. We best get moving then You're right, of course Have we decided where we're going yet? Cirrus, are you ok to fly us out? You've been uncharacteristicly quiet Second star to the right and straight on til morning? heh Yeah, I'm ok. Course is plotted and ready to go * Network msg to Overwrite: Really? I had wondered if Waitstate was a convert, he seems to have a 'sister' and two children, yourself one of them, of course Well, Waitstate DOES have more human influence in him than most. I wont deny that's a factor * Network msg to Overwrite: I must endeavour to observe these relationships in action some time Roadkill, get us clearence to depart. Will do. *speaks briefly into the comm* Okay, we're cleared to go. Everybody's on board. * Network msg to Overwrite: For now though, I best be off to try and stop Fragment's rampant spree of hacking again, no doubt half the planet's computer systems are blank by now. Good day, Overwrite Cirrus, engage Do come again :) * Restore moves into the medbrig and observes Lifeblood for a moment * Cirrus engages sublight engines for the trip out of the star's gravity well * Sunspot fawns over Avalanche. * Restore activates the speaker to the cell * On the outer edges of the system, several starfighters emerge into realspace, one a few klicks ahead of the others Rrrrrrrestorrrrre. The...the...the... Lifeblood? How are you coping? Can I get you anything? Lifeblood, we found something in the artifacts you've been working on. The ones Aries gave you * The leading starfighter starts heading towards the Freedom with the other four starfighters racing after Something's just emerged directly in our course, .05LY ahead I...I think...I think I have... Have...? Have what? Nrrrr. Return to the beginning. Oh? *checks his scanners* Any idea what it is, Cirrus? We looked over your works, yes... We've found a link, but don't know what it is yet. It may be a varient of the waste... we don't know. No clue, but it's small and closing fast Tactical? The cycle can only be completed by those born from the beginning. Hmm... *fiddles with the scanners* Nrrr. I don't understand, Lifeblood... Who? Concen...tration...is very...difficult...Restorrre... I know, and *that* I understand. Tactical! Chapter and...verse...bring...clarity. I'll... I'll do the best I can... Fast is the word for it, whoever they are seem to be in an awful hurry... * Restore switches off the speaker and slowly walks back through to medbay They're heavily armed Primus help me on this, because I haven't got a clue. Can we contact them? I suppose if we were to be attacked this is the best place we could be, not too far from a planet with resources * As the starfighters get closer to the Freedom, it becomes apparant that the four behind are firing on the one in the lead I assume I'm to hold fire. for the moment. Raise shields though Shields up I'm trying to contact them, no response yet though. They may still be too far out for their communcations to reach... They might just be going to pass us, when can we get a visual? They should be in range any second now Visual... now. *main screen shows the starfighters, still barely visible* Can you enhance that any? * Roadkill watches the screen intently. I can try... *fiddles with the controls* Five of them... the last four seem to be chasing the first one-- *breaks off suddenly* Oh -blast-... what? what happened? Take a good look at that first fighter! *hits the button to open the hangar bay doors* * Avalanche starts paying a little bit of attention to everything else happening on the bridge. No way... slag, drop aft dorsal shields! Open the bay doors * Drill_Master punches buttons on his console * Onscreen, one of the pursuing fighters manage to land a hit on the leading fighter, who by now can be seen to be a familiar black figure * The lead fighter spins a little, then regains control and continues towards the Freedom at top speed, doing its best to dodge the pursuing fire I'm going out there ETA on intercept? * Sunspot looks up. At this speed, only a couple of minutes... * Admiral-Lilwall gets up and heads for the nearest airlock If they don't manage to finish her off first... * On screen, the visual is now clear enough to see that the lead fighter looks to be Slipstream, despite its mangled appearance * Admiral-Lilwall exits the airlock and transforms Cirrus, change the orientation of the ship. Give her easy access. Drill Master, be ready to engage the tractor beam in case she can't stop in time * Admiral-Lilwall heads off towards the battle Aye, changing orientation now *to Sunspot* Something going on? Looks like it... Ready [comm to familiar black shape] hey you ;) keep hold on your current course, I'm right ahead of you, to your followers, we should be the same sensor blip * Roadkill is torn between staying at his console and rushing down to the hangar bay [comm to familiar black shape] break left in 10 seconds * The black fighter breaks left, just as another shot impacts on her aft, sending her out of control * Admiral-Lilwall fires on the pursuing fighters with all guns, striking one head on, surprising them all * The four starfighters, caught by surrpise, quickly recover, one breaking off to engage Lil, the rest continuing after Slip We're in position. we're still going plenty fast though, so she'd better start maneuovering to dock soon... * Slipstream manages to regain control, barely, and puts on an extra burst of speed to catch up with the Freedom * Admiral-Lilwall moves to engage his attacker now Oh man... *watching on the main screen* * Sunspot sits there watching the screen on the bridge. * Admiral-Lilwall fires off a few rounds before heading back to the Freedom also At this speed, she's gonna make a spectacular wreck if she doesn't Friend a' yours? You could say that... * Admiral-Lilwall dodges fire some more * The three fighters still after Slip push up the pace to try and catch her before she reaches the Freedom, weapons blazing * Slipstream lines up with the Freedom's hangar and manages one final burst of speed, seeral shots grazing her Tactical, let's lay down some cover fire S'ket! She's gonna crash in the hangar bay! *bolts up out of the bridge and sprints down towards the hangar* Will do * Drill_Master fires a few rounds at Slipstream's pursuers * Admiral-Lilwall drops a space mine for his follower to slam into * Waitstate keys in to the comm system * Admiral-Lilwall continues on to the Freedom [comm] Lil, get outta there quick * The starfighter after Lil barely manages to avoid the mine and breaks off to rejoin the other three [comm] Just what I had in mind Cirrus, are we far enough out to jump to interphase? * Roadkill reaches the hangar We'll prob'ly annoy the locals some for breaking their regs, but we're safe to go * Admiral-Lilwall heads into the Freedom while he has the chance Good, emergency course then. Engage when everyone's back safe and sound * Slipstream crashes spectacuarly into the hangar, sliding along the floor on her belly in a shower of sparks, barely missing one of the parked shuttles Right, coming up * Admiral-Lilwall flies in and transforms, keying the bay doors closed [comm] Bridge, we're in Move! [comm] We need a med team down here, now! * Cirrus engages the FTL systems [comm] Restore, Welder, we need you on the flight deck * The four fighters break off and are left behind as the Freedom jumps to interphase [comm] On our way! * Admiral-Lilwall rushes over to Slip and RK Hopefully, we're too fast to follow * Slipstream slides to a halt just before hitting the rear wall of the bay, her engines sputtering and dying out oh man, she looks bad.... Um...Waitstate? Is what looks like is going on actually going on? * Restore and Welder enter the deck with two med drones * Slipstream's engines belch out a bit of smoke, sparks flying from several places. The end of one pair of wings is entirely gone and melted together, and she's completely covered in laser scores, burns, and other damage Slipstream?! * Restore and Welder quickly set to work on her she has serious damage, once we can get her back into robot mode, we're going to need to get her to medbay quick fast She's literally living on fumes, Roadkill or Lil, one of you get down here, we need to transfer energon -now- * Roadkill runs over to Slip and the meds You set that up while I try and get her transfer circuitry back online *anxious* What d'ya need me t'do? Lay down so I can reach your intake valves * Roadkill does so Forget it, she'll be dead before I can fix the circuits But we have to! She's dead if we do it anyway! * Restore goes about finding and patching as many fuels leaks as she can* Whaddya mean, dead?! *is starting to panic just a bit* What if we remove her spark till we can fix her body? * Waitstate fidgets in his chair, then gets up suddenly I'm going up to the launch bay She wouldn't survive the process in this state, patch up any leaks you can find. Roadkill, get Cyrstalline down here! If done right, we might be able to give her a small enough of a power boost to keep her alive until we can get her to medbay I'll, um, stay here with Avalanche. right. [comm] Crystalline, get down to the hangar bay asap, please! That could kill her in this condition too! It's a hell of a lot safer than cutting out her spark at this point * Waitstate hits the lift and goes to the launch bay would ya stop sayin' stuff's gonna kill her already?! * Med drones work on more general repair while Restore and Welder do the serious stuff * Roadkill paces around anxiously [comm] uh, ok! So what was *that* all about, angel? I...I think it's about maybe Slipstream's not really dead. Her recognition software was hit, it's going offline * Waitstate arrives in the launch bay Is she ok? What can I do? Slipstream... She's the one who you guys were looking into when you found me, right? We can't worry about that now * Roadkill nearly paces into Waitstate But she'll be a blank if it crashes She'll be dead if we stop to fix it Crashes? I can help with that! * Cyrstalline runs in, not knowing why she was called Does she have a working hardware interface? Yeah, that's her. Wow. Stand by Waitstate, we need to do this first whats going.. whoa Crystal, quick, let me adjust your exo suit! * Restore makes a few modifications Welder, remove the panelling to her primary engine core got it * The panelling falls into two rather charred pieces as Welder holds it Roadkill, is it her? Really? Transform Crystal, I want a 5% increment to power every 5 seconds for 20 seconds. anything more will fry her I... *helplessly* I don't know.... I mean, if it is, who's the one we found on the salvage ship, and if it isn't, who is it? *paces around helplessly* got it! *transforms to engine form and Restore attaches her to engine* all her criticals are gonna crash! * Crystal lets some power flow into Slipstream, hoping it works Welder..? It's working... keep it up... * Slipstream lets out a slight groan That's enough Crystal! Waitstate, *keys open Slip's cockpit* plug in and get everything inside her head in order or she'll be a drone * Waitstate sits down and plugs in She's more stable than she was before, but it's still not good * Waitstate downloads her data into his systems As long as it keeps her going long enough for us to transform her * Slipstream manages to struggle online briefly ...ow... * Restore and Welder open up other areas of Slipstream, practically removing her entire back casing, and work on the various problems inside ...wha? Crystal, give another boost, 2% I've got the raw data... what's her laser core stats? The system's barely functional in here ok... *does so* Nothing is good. If you can keep that running more smoothly, do it I can, but it's risky. Try not to jar either of us, ok? In that case, Crystal, disconnect * Crystalline does so and TFs back to humanoid form, dropping down to the ground * Roadkill paces around anxiously Internal repairs systems aren't in that bad shape, just offline ok, initiating binary interface... Bring them back to the green and get them going, any help is good at this point * Waitstate opens his binary port and directly interfaces with Slip's laser core [comm] Hey, Roadkill? Any chance me or Avy could be of any help down there, or should we just stick to the bridge right now? It'll just be a minute... * Waitstate concentrates on linking her systems with his to keep everything stable Waitstate, be alert for a sudden jolt, her auto repair system is coming back online [comm] *anxious* If y'think you could help with repairs, that'd be great... I'll know it before you do Online now But you knew that. ...urrg... wha? [comm] Well, um, I'm not that great with Transformers, but I guess I could see. Avy can carry stuff if you need it! Her lower transformation gears are scrapped * Waitstate starts as he realizes that Slip is AWAKE [Slip, um... is that really you?] We have replacements that suit her needs in the equipment store, go get 'em * Sunspot gets up. And take these two drones with you, have them set up OR2 You wanna come, Avy? I know you're still feeling kinda bummed... Got it [...who..?] No, I'll help. This is my new home after all, gotta help out, right? [Waitstate. I initiated a binary link between us] * Sunspot nods, then heads down to the shuttle bay with Avalanche in tow. [...Waitstate... I made it back?] * Restore works on Slip's other transformation systems to get them up to scratch [barely. you had a flight of fighters on your tail] [...figures...] * Admiral-Lilwall heads back for the bridge seeing how most of the bridge seems to be coming here [Is it really you? You're supposed to be dead] Roadkill, disconnect her portside wings * Sunspot gets to the shuttle bay and goes to see how everything's going. [...check for... homing beacon...] *passes out again before she can answer Wait's question* They're too mangled to transform with her * Roadkill does what Restore tells him to do * Avalanche stays back a bit. * Restore disconnects Slip's starboard wings, checking the rotatary junction as she does so * Waitstate goes back to stablizing and repairing software Should I ask how it's going? * Welder rushes back into the flight deck with the needed parts She was awake for a moment... finish what you can Waitstate, then get out *looks up* Awake? We're almost ready to try transforming her She said something about a homing beacon. I think it's really her! * Welder replaces the gears then quickly realigns some stuff * Waitstate leaves an alias program running and disconnects. Really? * Restore takes out a data pad and keys some commands into it, setting up a frequency from it to Slip's internal computer Welder? Alright, I left an alias going. It should keep her stable for a few minutes, but she'll start deteriorating again after that * Restore keys the pad, activating Slipstream's transformation Roadkill, Avalanche, move into place and be ready to catch her * Slipstream slowly transforms, with a lot of rather painful-sounding grinds and crunches, nearly getting stuck halfway through * Roadkill quickly moves to support Slipstream * Avalanche follows commands. everyone outta the way! bring her to medbay, quickly! * Roadkill picks up Slip and quickly follows after Restore to the medbay, trying not to jar Slip too much * Restore jumps onto Roadkill and rides him to medbay while Welder runs after them * Waitstate summons a lift and has the most direct route to medbay cleared * Avalanche follows, helping support her. *to Restore, worried* Should she be so... light? It's like she hardly weighs anything at all... we've just removed a lot of her outer armor, it's hardly a surprise what was left of it anyway * Restore and whoever else arrive in medbay and move into the OR * Roadkill and Avalanche carry Slipstream into the OR alright, set her down on the bed *does so* * Avalanche helps set her down gently, then backs out of the way. ok everyone, let the medics work. we'll be a bunch of well-intentioned obstacles if we stay here anyone who isn't the medical staff, a med drone, or Waitstate, has to leave! but... *stays, looking anxious* Waitstate, keep her together until the stabilization equipment is in place * Sunspot decides she'd probably be more help on the bridge and heads up that way. Right * Waitstate grabs a chair and takes a seat next to the operating table Roadkill, you can help better by staying outside! you're a distraction otherwise There's nothing more you're gonna be able to do for her here, 'Killer. * Waitstate reconnects *looks around helplessy* I just wanna know if she's gonna be okay... C'mon, now. There's a lot of pacing room on the bridge. * Welder preps the equipment, cursing himself for forgetting to have the drones set up the OR * Roadkill doesn't move, looking indecisive Now are you donna let the medics do their work, or do I have to carry you out of here? Avalanche, get him out! * Roadkill takes a couple of steps towards the door, then stops again * Restore begins work on this, that, and the other * Avalanche grabs Roadkill by the arm and starts tugging. * Roadkill is tugged, and finally lets Avalanche drag him out of the medbay Stabilizers online, Waitstate, you can disconnect * Waitstate does so If it'll make you feel better we can wait right out in the hallway, I guess. She said something earlier about a homing beacon. She was pretty incoherent, but check for that when you can um... yeah, thanks Avy... *paces around* unless I'm needed further, I'll get out of your way now Bring the fuel injectors to power and get to work on her intakes * Avalanche decides to take a seat on the floor, mostly to keep Roadkill from breaking back into the medbay. * Roadkill paces around more Right. *plugs in the stablizers and makes sure it's working, then activates the injector* * Sunspot gets up to the bridge and takes a seat. * Waitstate backs out slowly, since he's obviously long since been tuned out by the medics her critical systems are beginning to stablize, look out for that couplink to her regulator I see it * Welder adjusts the couplink then goes about whatever the other thing he was doing was * Admiral-Lilwall turns from the command chair when Sunspot enters. "How is she, Sunspot? Have they said?" It sounds like she's still pretty touch-and-go... * medics do stuff that helps Slip for the next few hours * Roadkill keeps pacing around in the med bay's waiting area * Waitstate changes topic to "-=2002.076=- Will Slipstream survive? And is it REALLY her? Find out next time on... LONAC!"