Session Start: Sun Mar 31 00:00:00 2002 * last RP, it was determined that Lifeblood's illness originated from artifacts at an Autobot station we visited ages ago. in the time between last RP and this RP, we decided to go there and see what we could figure out. we'll be arriving soon * Restore and Welder sigh, satisfied with their work. Restore reactivates the now fully repaired Slipstream. Waitstate and Roadkill are also present * Sunspot is working on straightening things up in Engineering. * Waitstate waits anxiously to see if she wakes alright * Moonstone is following Sunspot around. * Slipstream wakes up slowly and blinks a bit. * Avalanche is off in the sims. Welcome back t'the land of the living, Slip. :) How do you feel, Slipstream? * Restore hands Waitstate the tracking device she found on Slipstream* *still slightly disorientated* Heh, not too bad, and thanks, I think... * Sunspot finishes the last of the straightening and decides to head to the bridge. * Sunspot picks up Moonstone and leaves Engineering. *shakes her head a bit* That was a rather unpleasant experience, heh. I guess the question on everyone's mind is, what happened? We found your dead body in a salvage heap * Slipstream blinks oh, that. Um... ee. *looks sheepish* What? I take it you have an explaination? There's been some really wild speculation If it's what I'm thinkin' it was, that was a decoy of sorts... man, wish you guys hadn't found it... *looks even more sheepish* I will admit, Slip, y'had us all awfully worried. But why was anyone trying to slag you in the first place? now -that- is a long story. let's just say I pissed off the wrong crowd, heh. Sounds like a familiar story, heh Well, I dont' know if you knew, but we discovered a tracking device that was planted to you figured there'd be something like that. Else I woulda lost 'em a long time ago. *frowns* Persistant buggers. Ah well. *blinks* Is that tracking device still working? * Anchor dropus out of an access hatch, carrying a large stash of used and worn-out parts with his various appendages. Seems to be. I was going to let Waitstate check it over before destroying it * Sunspot gets up to the bridge and looks around. ah. hmm... Hey Sunspot, nothing new growing out of the engine today I hope? *dryly* Does that mean we can be expecting a visit any time soon? I dunno. Prolly. we still in interphase? Nope, all nice and dead down there. I did the last of the patching up, looks like we're all set again. At the moment. Not for much longer though A good thing then. Just wish I was in my shell when the vines went crazy. I still don't think I got it all out from inside of it might wanna get rid of it before we enter realspace then. At least not in the toe area Ewwwwwwww! * Sunspot giggles. * Anchor pulls a tiny plant root out of a tube and grimaces at it I don't think I'm gonna be going near any trees for a looooong time... Easy problem, easy solution. * Anchor sets his gun to welder mode and turns the root to ash, spreading it around in his hand and throwing it over his shoulder. Time to log off my shift. Right after I check in with Cuffs. *exits the bridge* I suppose the simplest solution would be to destroy it, but maybe we should try to study it first. see who planted it, maybe trace it back to the source Later, Scope! *shrugs and smiles slightly* Up t'you, grey one. Heh, if we do get visitors, y'can hand over that decoy and make 'em think I -am- gone for good. Medlab is all yours then, I have to prepare for the mission. Restore> Maybe you guys would like to move into the waiting area? Welder, you've got clean up. And don't I love it. *waves at Slip* *waves back at Welder* Thanks, heh. sounds like a plan to me, really. I'm not a fan of people with guns trying to follow us heh, I don't think any of us are. maybe we could dump the decoy wreck and the tracer out the airlock then that'd work. * Welder starts cleaning up the OR, while Restore leaves to prepare things she'll take on the upcoming mission just make sure all the right bits are missing. *grins* * Sunspot stands around the bridge and pats Moonstone. maybe we could attach it to an interphase sled. get it as far away from us as possible Hey Cirrus, how much longer till we reach that station? I can't wait to pick up a few more items to study * Avalanche finishes up his sim and decides to see what else is going on. Go for it. :) * Avalanche heads for the plaza Yeah, that did Lifeblood a load of good. Poor guy.... *Talking to himself* I guess I could go try to actually solicitate with this molty crew... and what better place then the plaza? Anyway, we'll be entering the system in a couple minutes. I'm picking up a navigational beacon ahead though. Looks like there's an Autobot quarrantine on the place I hope we can make Lifeblood better again... Yeah well, hopefully we'll find something to assist in his recovery Yeah you'll probably detect one of our quarrantine warning bouys as well So. What have I missed while I was gone anyway? Is this place that dangerous? * Anchor scurries into the Plaza, then climbing up a tree * Avalanche notices an odd monkey-thing climbing up a tree in the Plaza and briefly wonders if he needs to go to the bar after all. This place is just AWFUL. It's where we found the Waste o_o This is where we first picked up the Waste Heh, not much. New member, attack of a killer plant, the usual. *raises a browridge* The usual, aye? Fair enough... That aside, it has a few different sentry droids. Otherwise it's utterly fascinating I haven't really heard that much about the Waste since I got here. I heard about it a little, though... You must have been one of the lucky ones then How could you not hear about it? I can't wait to get back onto that station Entering the system now. I'm dropping us to realspace I wasn't here yet, and my team was off doing stuff in another area. I heard a little news, though. Nav sensors aren't detecting any obstructions [comm] Waitstate, we've entered the system. Letting you know just like you asked. [comm] Thanks. I'll be up shortly * Anchor leaps from the tree and lands next to Avalanche, skidding on the metal floor of the plaza * Avalanche gets to the bar and goes inside. Well, duty calls. I'll check up on you again later :) heh, not a problem. Thanks, Wait :) * Waitstate waves and heads to the bridge * Avalanche finds a nice seat and orders himself a drink. * Slipstream and Roadkill wander out towards the plaza * Waitstate walks onto the bridge It's good t'have ya back, Slippy gal. :) Status? * Goannis takes Avalanche's order and takes it over to Download to fill Heh, good to be back, though if ya call me that again, yer gonna regret it. *grins* How is she, Waitstate? * Download fills the order and Goannis takes it to Avalanche before going back to some general cleaning work * Roadkill just chuckles She seems good. Like nothing ever happened almost. And she's her usual tight-lipped self about what DID happen * Avalanche sits sipping his drink. * Slipstream and Roadkill wander into the bar * Sunspot nods, then smiles. I'm ready to go, just as soon as Cirrus docks us, anyway I'm glad she came back... There was an Autobot quarrantine bouy, but I don't think we tripped any alarms coming in Hrm, which means the Autobots have actually been here... Hey, 'lanche! Say hi to the deadbotwalking, hehe. * Admiral-Lilwall enters the bridge * Avalanche looks up from his drink. * Slipstream elbows Roadkill in the side and grins. "shaddup, you." Oh, hi, Killer! Your friend's up and around, then? Hope they didn' clean the place out The Autobots? I think they'd sooner vaporize the place then bother with that *dryly* Actually, I'm just a ghost come back to get revenge on a certain monster truck who insists on calling me Bad Things. *grins evily* Why just drop a warning bouy though? * Avalanche grins. Good to see you up and around. I'd hate to have to deal with your buddy there if you hadn't been okay. ;) It's the Waste. I imagine even they lost a few Granted, it was lucky we didn't just blow the whole station up after our first visit *chuckles* Heh, I can imagine. He's such a wussy softy. ;) Hey! Am not! * Admiral-Lilwall takes a seat and watches the viewscreen Some of them are a suprisingly superstitious lot, too. Look at Lifeblood for example. They probably thought it best to leave it all in place I already had to make him stop pestering the poor medstaff! Should have blown it up after our second visit. Luckily we didn't *looks at Roadkill with mock surprise* Tch! You were bothering the poor hardworking medstaff, 'killer? I'm surprised Restore didn't go after ya with a welding torch If we figure this new mystery out, then can we blow it up? And all the artifacts from it? I won't dismiss the idea just yet, trust me That would be a terrible waste! Not compared to the lives it could save, it wouldn't So ya doing well enough for a drink, or do I drink alone? Her, drink? Pft! Y'can give me one though, hehe. I had Restore rig up some portable sterilizer fields in case there's still active Waste pathogen floating about, and I'm putting the ship on maximum decontamination for the duration * Slipstream carefully sits down at the bar and leans back against it * Avalanche gestures to Goannis. * Goannis approaches What can I get you? Hm. Make it a Streaking Comet t'day, I think. Thanks Me, I'll just have a refill, thanks. No problem, and BTW, welcome back Slip :) Heh, thanks. :) * Goannis moves to the bar *to Avy* So, when'd you join up anyway? Actually, they found me right about when they found what they thought was you. But I only just joined proper the other day. I was planning to go back to the Autobots... We've just about into position. I'm moving the ship into position for easy access to the entrance Ah, ye were an autobot, aye? Same as 'killer here. what made ya leave 'em? The ones I was with didn't exactly seem to want me anymore. That's odd... What? aah. * Goannis brings back the drinks and sets them down on the table Thanks. Thankee Goannis * Avalanche takes another drink. I'm not scanning anything out of the ordinary, what do you see? We're not the only ones here * Roadkill sips at his drink There's a small ship or shuttle already docked inside When they put me back together here I couldn't remember much of anything. They found me in a scrap pile with a hole in my chest. And the reports from the Autobot files said I had been killed in a 'Con attack. * Sunspot looks up. Identification? that sounds like fun Reads as Autobot. I finally hooked up with my team and it turned out they had been the ones trying to get rid of me. So much for heroic slagging Autobots. Ouch. That wouldna been very friendly at all, heh. Very light craft. I doubt it's even armed Eeeeek. Autobots. I told you something was weird with that Should we contact them, or sneak inside? * Avalanche drinks some more. I suppose we should at least try and hail them. In the interest of diplomacy and not getting shot at. If you say so, but, they're just Autobots. ;) Opening a channel * Aries opens a channel You're on, Wait * Slipstream jumps slightly as Scrabble suddenly drops off the ceiling and lands on her head, beeping happily * Ghost-Stalker leaves her quarters Hey, Scrabble! long time no see, li'l buddy. :) *picks up Scrabble and pets it a bit* Heh, was wondering where that li'l pest had gotten to... This is the LSS Freedom to the people on the station. We'd like permission to board. Hey there, it's one of those little spider things... * Waitstate looks to Aries with a kind of lost look... * Ghost-Stalker heads towards the bar Tch, have you been makin' a nuisance of yourself again, Scrabble? * Scrabble beeps all happy like * Aries looks at Wait with a confused "whadda lookin at me for?" look Any response? I know that wasn't the most articulate hail ever sent, heh heh, figures. Nothing yet... Looks like it missed you. * Roadkill spots Ghost Stalker entering the bar. "Heya Ghost!" I don't even detect lifesigns on board the station for that matter Heh, looks it. Well, there may well be no one there I guess we start boarding Hi *takes a seat somewhere* Heh, nice t'see ya as friendly as ever, Ghosty. *grins and considers chucking Scrabble at her* We docking or going to shuttle over? * Avalanche waves to Ghost-Stalker. Shuttle * Aries nods and heads for the shuttle bay * Avalanche ponders whether he has enough money on him to get nice and smashed. Have a good time Should I come? * Restore, Splashback and Hitchhike wait in the launch bay So just how did you manage to cheat death, Slipstream? Do you want to? It's a... scary place With great difficulty, heh. *looks sheepish* I wanna help. You should probably take Bit and or Format again, see if you acn get anything extra from the database. Had to cut it short last visit I could, um, be a torch. Format would probably appreciate the excercise. Bit is still busy trying to decrypt the data we got from Doubledealer. He's really latched on to the project I'll page him Sunspot, you're welcome to come. We found some really strange stuff over there, and an engineer would probably come in handy * Admiral-Lilwall pages Format to the launch bay * Roadkill finishes up his drink Anyway, I'm gonna head up to the bridge, see what's goin' on. ye comin', Slip? Thank you! Nah, think I'll wander to the obs deck and relax for a while, heh. had enough activity for the moment. * Chameleon is woken up by the sound of Scarab repeatedly beeping, so grabs Scarab, walks to the door of his quarters, throws him out then shuts the door Mkay, fair enough. I'll see ya later then, Slip. *waves at Avalanche, then wanders out of the bar and towards the bridge* I'm going to celebrate my official joining of LONAC by getting officially drunk. Have fun, guys. hehehe, I'd join ya, but intoxicants and I don't get along too well. ;) * Roadkill arrives at the bridge Just what LONAC needs. Another drunk crew member * Splitwit walks into the empty Observation Lounge, sets down a CD player, pops in a CD, and hits play. "Flight of the Valkryies" fills the room. "Classical music from Earth, it does the body good!" Splitwit says as he flops down on the couch Oh, don't worry, it's just a special occasion. * Avalanche grins darkly. *laughs* At least we know how t'handle 'em, aye? Come on Sunspot, we've better meet the team at the launch bay. Lil, you have command. After all, it's not every day your own slagging team up and tries to kill you. Boy, don't I sound official when I say that? * Sunspot follows. *nearly runs into Wait and Sunny* Whoa hey, what's happening? Who cares what you sound like, I just got command :) * Waitstate laughs Lil just got command? We're doomed. ;) The last place I was at where drunks gathered, I blew up. Hey Roadkill. We're about to invade that station in the hope of finding a cure for Lifeblood Ah, cool. Can I tag along? I'm going to help. Ah, you really want to? The boarding party just keeps getting bigger, heh I guess it couldn't hurt to have another big gun with us though heh, 'xactly. *grins* Avy could come help. He's big. He's also busy getting tanked in the bar, hehe. Ouch. That woulda hurt somewhat. How'd that happen, Ghosty? Aw. I hope he's okay. No drunk crew members on this trip, heh Eh, he said something 'bout celebrating his joining LONAC, I think. *shrug* come on, we're wasting time here In ways that no-one else needs to know * Waitstate walks up the lift and steps half inside Somethin' tells me Waitstate wouldn't be very pleased if you went trying that with the Neutral Ground here. Fair enough, hehe. *shrugs and plays with Scrabble* * Sunspot follows Waitstate some more. * Roadkill follows Wait and Sunny. I have no reason to want to destroy this place. For the near future at least. *chuckles* Well, if y'ever do feel the urge t'blow this place up, gimme fair warning, mkay? * Waitstate gets inside with the others and heads to the launch bay * Chameleon can still hear Scarab, so leaves his quarters and chases after him around the ship * Waitstate walks out of the lift, down the hall to his right and into the launch bay * Roadkill trails after Wait like a lost puppy * Sunspot follows some more, being really serious. * Restore, Format, Aries, Hitchhike and Splashback climb into a shuttle when they spot Wait and co aannyway... *stretches and yawns* I'm gonna wander off to the obs deck and relax for a while. Enjoy your tanking, 'lanche, and lemme know when y'wanna destroy the place Ghosty, hehe. If I were to destroy the place, letting others know would not be high on my priority list. * Avalanche waves to Slip. * Roadkill follows everyone onto the shuttle Once we arrive, we need to be on high alert. Last time we were here, it was a high danger situation *grins slightly as she gets up* Aw, yer no fun Ghosty. *waves to Avalanche and idly wanders out of the bar* * Sunspot nods. Sounds like a good time High alert situation. Gotchya. * Avalanche grins. She ain't half bad, that one. I just hope we find something of use. Same. I'd hate to go here for nothing. * The shuttle launches and someone flies it over. It docks and we all exit into the station So just what is it we're looking for? That's more Restore's department than mine * Restore hands out scanners to everyone * Roadkill receives a scanner and idly pokes buttons on it Enjoy your intoxicating celebration *leaves the bar* * Slipstream wanders down into the ventral observation deck and stretches out on a couch, then goes to sleep These have been set with certain data, scan any and everything you can. If there's a match, the scanner will let you know. We should really be searching for any types of labs or something * Sunspot looks over the scanner. Particularly a medbay if there is one. If you can find a map of the station, Format, it would be a big help... * Format looks for the nearest console Format and I will be scanning through the databases, seeing what we can find. I've brought a portable power source this time, so it shouldn't be as much of a problem not much power active on the station, I'm suprised there's a reading at all Hm. Was this the place that had the old guardian bots and stuff? or am I getting confused? If we can get a map, maybe I could help Sunspot restore power Last time we were here we had to really work to get anything going Until we got to said Guardian bots. by then internal defenses seemed to have a personal vendetta against us Yeah, if we can find the old generator room we might be able to get it running again. Hm... this console is active heh, let's hope we don't find more said guardian bots then, aye? Maybe the Autobots did some renovating? * Restore and Splashback wander off to start looking for stuff * Sunspot looks around. * Hitchhike goes wandering with Sunspot* * Aries goes off on his own Maybe they got the power back up... * Format transforms and inserts into the console Any idea which way the generators might be, Waitstate? Format? Care to pull up a schematic? * Format retrieves as much as he can* Looks like Format is too immersed in his work. I'll find another console and see what I can find for you * Sunspot continues poking around the immediate area while Waitstate looks. * Roadkill idly waves his scanner around * Waitstate finds another console in an ajoining room and jacks in * Roadkill wanders off down an interesting-looking hallway * Chameleon stops chasing Scarab and goes up to the bridge to visit * Waitstate starts pulling up maps looking for promising locations * Restore and Splashback search through a number of rooms Hmm... *scans around him while wandering down the hall, checking into any rooms he finds* * Aries looks through a library of some type I think I have a generator room for ya Sunny... Oh? Where? * Waitstate motions to the screen think you can follow this? * Roadkill picks up something on his scanner and starts tracking it * Sunspot goes to look. * Format makes the console he's in beep * Sunspot studies the map, then nods. * Roadkill follows the signal to what looks to be the station's barracks Okay, I'll see what I can do. C'mon, Hitchhike, let's get some lights on! Gladly * Chameleon walks onto the bridge and sits somewhere Having another fun filled day, Chameleon? * Sunspot pulls a hand in and turns her flamethrower on really low to light the darkened hallways, then goes in the direction the map said to. * Autobot is in the barracks, standing half inside a closet of some kind. Some party trick No, I don't think so...those weren't around yet. About as much fun as a day on this ship seems to get. Not alot. * Roadkill spots the Autobot in the closet. "... what the..." * Waitstate starts sifting through the rest of the database That could change. We're back at our favourtie space station. * Autobot is a medium-sized brown female, with Earth-vehicle kibble. No, definitely not. Hee, thanks. ^.^ It comes in handy. Well...maybe. * Sunspot uses her remaining hand to wave the scanner around as she goes. definitely not maybe what? It'd mean we were wrong about a lot of assumptions we've made about prewar development, though. Hmm? * Roadkill silently comms Wait [found some autobot femme down here...] * Autobot turns to face Roadkill. Gyah! um.. hi? *waves* * Roadkill tries to look harmless * Autobot draws a gun with one hand and grabs her wrist with the other. Stop it! Uh, hi. * Format informs Restore of what he thinks could be a labratory * Autobot puts her gun away. * Roadkill blinks Sorry. You startled me. Didn't expect to find anyone else here, for obvious reasons. Heh, sorry 'bout that. Nice t'meet ya. I remember this place. Heh, hope those bots on there are still operational Yeah, I can imagine. *shrugs and grins slightly* What's a nice bot like you doin' in a place like this? As long as you're not here to kill or arrest me, same. Uh, research. My name is Apocrypha. I'm a historian, when I get the chance. Autobot. Nice name, heh. Mine's Roadkill. Not pretty, but it works. Ooh, tough guy. * Apocrypha blinks. Sorry. * Sunspot finds a room that seems to be where the map said there was a generator room and stops. So what brings you here? what 'xactly are y'researching? y'might be able t'help us with ours. * Waitstate watches for a moment on internal security monitors, then heads down when he gets a fix on the Autobot's location same as you, it seems. research. And did you miss the quarrantine beacon somehow? /:) Just things. This is one of the oldest extant Cybertronic structures, you know. Hmm. Door's closed. * Sunspot frowns. nah, we didn't miss 'em. Hell, I think one of 'em was put there by us in the first place. maybe There was never a lot of exploration in the old days. * Sunspot pushes the button on the off chance there's enough power to open the door. And, well, you know what Cybertron looks like now. * Waitstate walks in heh yeah, I know. *rolls his optics* And to think we found this place before you did ah, heya there grey one. meet Apocrypha. Apocrypha, this be Waitstate, resident leader-guy, heh. Hello. Might be able to hotwire it, or just yank the thing open * Sunspot watches the door open, likely still run by the same system as the console from earlier. Woo! No need! * Sunspot steps inside and turns up her flame to light the bigger room. Let's get to it :) So, Waitstate, what are you here for? And how many of you ARE there? * Sunspot looks around to see the room in considerable disrepair. on board? I think it was seven This is gonna be a project... Let's get started! This... doesn't look good. we're here investigating some side effects of the Waste If nothing else we can probably get the rest of the subgenerators working. Concentrate on them first. Ah. Yeah. * Aries walks into where Waitstate and co are, following a trace he got from the scanner That was the one thing that really worried me about coming here. this looks to be.. oh, someone else found it. And y'still came? brave. But there's a vaccine of sorts, now. And anyway I brought a sterilization field. The Waste itself is controlled. But we've come across a less virulant and less contagious strain it seems * Sunspot finds the subgenerators and starts working, though slowed down a bit by only having use of one hand. * Hitchhike starts work on another generator, fixing what she can Oh? Here? well, from artifacts we retrieved here We suspect so. It's infected one our teammates. We've come to look for a possible cure * Roadkill idly starts poking around the room, slowly sweeping the scanner about Hrm. OLD artifacts? very * Apocrypha thinks. Let me ask you something. Very old. We collected them during our last two visits here Do you know why this stations was ultimately abandoned? Eons ago? We assumed it was from the Waste We got little from the computers. We didn't have time to work out too much, there's sentinels in the lower decks that tried to slag us Well, it WAS from an epidemic. But - yikes. I'm glad they're dealt with. they are? ...you didn't? They haven't attacked me, anyway. But then, I was only down there briefly. Most of the personnel areas are up here. they're deep down Have you been two decks down yet? Heh. *dryly* "Yet" being the operative word here, heh. and we were here in force Aaaaaanyway... ...the station was attacked, shortly after the first war broke out, by a Decepticon ship using bioweapons. The waste? gah. Bioweapons are -not- friendly. As far as anyone's been able to tell, they weren't anything remarkable at the time. But the station was abandoned because even back then, it was obvious that there were going to be severe demands back on Cybertron for both resources and manpower. So if it WERE the Waste, back then, it'd mean that nobody noticed how terrible they were at the time. I'd have difficulty believing that the Decepticons developed the Waste, especially in that era. It's certainly beyond modern science. And while we've lost a lot, most of it hasn't been in the area of "weaponry". It's hard not to notice how bad it was. *to waitstate* Maybe Alnycron was a bio hazard development colony? I assume whatever contagion you're dealing with now doesn't match any known bioweapons? Not one Because, you know, by their nature, bioweapons are the kind of thing that don't tend to stay the same over long periods. Too easy to create antiagents. So we DO know we've lost a lot of information over the past several million years about them. Mutatey fun. That, too. We should go see if any of those intruder defenses are still active. No, we shouldn't. Stop it. Aries> uh.. * Sunspot finally gets one subgenerator working and, with a loud, unpleasant grinding noise, the backup lights come on. I agree. with the second thing. lights at last... Huh. Guess you brought engineers, huh? this one must be shot. I'll try another yeah, we did Last time we were here this place was in much less functional shape * Format enteres to where Waitstate is, ignoring everyone else for a moment to tell Waitstate he's downloaded all that was left of the computer database That's odd. I haven't done much in the way of repair work. Could have been the Autobot quarrantine team, I guess. * Sunspot moves on to another subgenerator. Thanks Format. Transfer it to my system and I'll send to the Freedom * Format does so, then turns his focus to the weird female So, anyway, I'm not sure you'll find any answers here, if you haven't been able to get them from the samples of the contagion you have on those artifacts. why would the 'bot quarrantine team fix anything up? Actually, we were hoping we'd find a working lab or medical facility Hrm. Well, I can tell you the primary medbay up here is a wreck. * Format tells Wait he told Restore about what seemed to be some type of lab It was probably shot up when the 'Cons tried to board after the bioweapon attack. Or after. still, it's probably our best bet I doubt any of us are the first people to come here after the official abandonment. we've been here too often, I suppose I'd agree there. I wasn't thrilled with the prospect of returning * Hitchhike finishes up on another generator, bringing more power to the station, hoping the old circuits don't fry I sort of wish I'd known there were active security systems before I came, myself. I'd probably have had second thoughts, and stayed at home hidden under the covers. Oh, shut up. um ...oh! I'm sorry. * Roadkill quirks a browridge and grins we got two people in one head here, aye? * Apocrypha pulls off her head, who transforms into a small humanoid. Headmaster, figures. There must be a law That's right. Name's Jak. Howdja do? Figures, hehe Sorry, that must have made about as much sense to you as the two of you did to us nice t'meetchya, Jak heh Eh. Apocrypha's a nice girl, but she needs help speaking our mind sometimes, if you know what I mean? * Sunspot hums to herself a little as she works. I'll take your word for it. * Jak grins. Anyway... * Jak transforms and is reattached. ...if you want to head for that medbay, I can take you. *gestures* Lead the way :) * Apocrypha sets off towards the medbay. * Waitstate follows * Roadkill trails after, still idly waving the scanner about Like I said before, I dunno if there are any other labs. Maybe down below. and down below be the land of the giant killer guardian bots, hehe * Restore and Splashback met Wait and co outside a medbay of sorts so we check there last At least there's a lot of us. How tough can they be? Tough enough to not want to go down there without an army * Sunspot gets another subgenerator running and another set of lights come on. So I hear Hmm, you think this is about enough for now, Hitchhike? It's not like we're moving in... I think you picked all the good ones, Sunny, I'm not having much luck. Works for me [comm] Hey, Waitstate? You think this is enough power for now, or should we get one or two more running? [comm] seems good enough for now. I just hope we haven't woken anything new up! NOW you think of that. * Sunspot shudders. that sounds like a good enough reason to regroup if ever I heard one No, I thought of that ages ago. I just only said something now [comm] Should we come meet you, then? Of course. Shall we go in then? Waitstate> [comm] probly a good idea. strength in numbers and all Try safety in numbers, heh. Let's go Sunny [comm] Okay, we'll be right down. Where're you at? I got a good look at the map, I can probably find you. We need all the safety we can get here, this place IS creepy! [comm] Looks like... section 3, level 2 * Restore wanders into the trashed medbay So, uh... Are you ever going to tell me who you ARE? [comm] Thanks! Okay, let's go! heh! good question. I'll leave that one to Wait. ;) * Sunspot heads back down the hallway. Oh, heh... we're a group call LONAC, if that helps Yeah, best that the boss tells you. He'd be more honest than the rest of us *enters the mebay with Aries and Format* * Hitchhike follows Sunspot This place certainly is trashed up. Waste certainly was a nasty bug Ah. Yes, I've heard of you, here and there. You certainly seem to get around. hopefully it was all good things For neutralists, anyway. can't be 'cause of our habit of randomly blowing up stations and subsequently getting booted off 'em now, could it? *chuckles* Yeah. This place is a mess! we never blew up a station *grins* well, not much anyway. * Restore and co walk back out Find anything? I can't find anything that might help us directly We did find a portable console though Doesn't belong here, comes from some other station, it has the location of it on file there's plenty of reference to the Waste though, and variants of it Curiouser and curiouser. is it recent? * Sunspot and Hitchhike catch up with the rest of the group. heya Sunny one, Hitchhike. Nice job on the generators. :) no dates found. but guessing by the amount of dust on it, less than a year don't thank me, heh hm... after we were here last at least Thanks! See, I knew I could help! Is it Autobot? I'm bored. Any objections to me flying over to that station and seeing what's going on? *shrug* if you think you have to. not that I can tell Nothing I recognise off hand. Maybe we should visit them? they might still be there Have to? No. Bound to be more exciting than here though It's the next logical place to look for a cure I can think of. I don't know. If it's recent, they're not likely to have any better access to historical records of ancient bioweapons than we are. Though, if they did, it'd be quite a discovery. For all we know, they created this new strain. We have to check it out, for Lifeblood's sake. Could be. Let's go for it! * Apocrypha clears her throat. that must get annoying * Sunspot whispers to Roadkill. "Who's the new girl?" *whispers back* Headmaster called Apocrypha. Ooooooo... indeedy, heh You know, you look kinda familiar. Were you ever posted to colony Fraiten? Is she nice? seems t'be so far. Erm...they? um.. yeah. they both seem t'be, heh. No. I've been on Cybertron almost non-stop ever since we left Nebulos. Why? I think I've seen you somewhere before, when I was still with the Autobots. Probably was Cybertron * Chameleon goes off to launch bay, then tf's and goes off to the station Hrm. What do say, Wait? Hm... Bit just sent me an update. He's found something in the computer data oh? what is it? * Chameleon tfs and boards the station chameleon like well, there's some decryption key info amongst it all. Format had it tagged special, for whatever reason. Like I really can't figure THAT out [comm] Everyone's favourite spy here, where are you all? [comm] Heya Cham. We're... somewhere, heh. anyway, it's a near match to something I swiped from Doubledealer when he was around [comm] Just follow the signal and try not to wake up any guardian bots If anyone can get through unnoticed, heh * Chameleon follows the signal *blinks* Doubledealer, aye? [comm] Already played with these guardians once before, don't need to again [comm] Heh, all the more reason t'not disturb 'em, aye? ;) Yeah. he lived up to his name, so I decided to take it out of his hide, in my own fashion ;) You don't suppose this was the sort of thing he was marked for death for, do you? I remember him. Twink. Hehe. Oh, I'm sure of it If it is, then helped him succeed by granting him protection... Maybe that console in there is his? * Chameleon eventually spots the others and makes himself visible Ah, there y'are Cham. Say hi :) It doesn't look Decepticon, either. But if it's recent, it could be a new style... Cham, I see you made it ok * Sunspot scans stuff with her scanner as she walks along, just to watch it light up. * Format transforms and inserts into the comsole, downloading all its contents Yeah, nothing too difficult to do For you, I imagine not Apocrypha, this is Chameleon. He's our resident infliltration expert Hello. * Format ejects and returns to snake mode, transmitting the data to Waitstate so it can be sent to Bit Hey * Waitstate passes it on * Sunspot pushes buttons on her scanner just to hear them beep. * Avalanche gets up, staggers to his quarters, and promptly passes out. * Slipstream snoozes more in the observation deck, about to be attacked by Scrabble * Scarab still beeps somewhere on the ship * Next time, on LONAC: Will the team on the station get back to the Freedom alive, or will they all be gruesomely killed by as-yet-unactivated Guardian Bots? Stay tuned! * Waitstate changes topic to '-=2002.090=- RP died a slow death...'