* Waitstate changes topic to "-=2002.172=- RP to the EXTREME!" * Having decoded the beacon from the last planet, the LSS Freedom has set course for the planet Shackleton, an icy, dead world. Any extra info on this latest beacon? Cirrus, ETA? Actually, it's funny... about 37 minutes I was looking the first one over. Or just more map to the next? How many of these things could there be... And it uses a dynamic coordinate calculation system. * Slipstream is lounging around in the bridge, listening to the conversation As you know, some form of DCCS is standard with almost all spacefaring races by now, because of the inherent relative internal motion of the universe. * Avalanche is in the bar. * Diecast plays solitar with himself in Magnum's old chair, in the back corner of the bar. But that wasn't until Vector's group at the Autobot AOO developed the original algorithm for it. * Sunspot is in the obs deck reading through some technical manuals. how long ago was that? And THAT wasn't until several millennia into the first Great War. But these beacons date from the beginning of the War, at the earliest. * Earshot walks into the observation deck, looking at the stars and smiling broadly Which means someone knew they might not be following this map for a very long time. And went out of their way to set up a DCCS for these beacons. * Sunspot looks up. "Oh, hi there." * Apocrypha shrugs. It might be nothing. It could be that whoever it was was just paranoid. All that trouble for nothing? sounds like it was definitely an extremely advanced group * Earshot looks down, grinning "Hello. Nice to meet you" Hi, I'm Sunspot. New here? We're probably wasting our time following these signals. Where ever they lead must surely no longer exist after all this time. It's not impossible that Vector wasn't the first one to make the breakthrough. Who knows what the Decepticons were working on before the War? * Earshot nods "yes, I'm Earshot. Mind if I sit?" if the beacons still exist, surely the goal does as well It's a long gap between though. Why wouldn't such an accomplishment have been shared with the rest of Cybertron? Money, prolly. Oh, go ahead. * Sunspot sits up. Maybe whoever developed it died. Maybe whoever he developed it for killed him. Maybe whoever he developed it for took him along. * Earshot sits, and looks out at space with a smile on his face "it's comforting, isnt it? the stars I mean" maybe they developed a conscience, but couldn't bring themselves to destroy it Maybe he developed it for himself. Can anyone think of any prominent missing Decepticon scientists? *snorts* I doubt that conscience bit It's nice being in space so much, yeah. Though...it's kinda scary if you can't fly. Skyfire? He defected or something. Wasnt he a scientist? Can anyone think of ANY Decepticon scientists? /:) Possible. He was lost on Earth before the war, so the timeframe is right... But it doesn't explain why no one else ever used his work. * Earshot smiles reassuringly at Sunspot "You don't really fly in space. nothing to fly through. You just sort of...exist with motion" he grins broader "so in a sense, you're on the level the same as anyone who can 'fly'" Skyfire was never truly a Decepticon * Roadkill wanders into the observation deck I'm afraid pre-War history isn't a specialty of mine, at any rate. I keep up with the latest developments, not the ancient ones *sees Sunspot and Earshot* Heya Sunny, heya new guy I dunno yet. :) Hi, Roadkill! Well, no, but a lot of his work was based in Tarn. * Snake-Eyes opens her store for the day, before heading intot he backroom to work on some new items Tarn? And the citizenry of Tarn tended heavily towards the Decepticons when lines were drawn. * Earshot grins "Name's Earshot," and puts his hand out to shake * Diecast throws his hand down on the table "Damn, that's so strange. Almost every time..." So it's not impossible that someone he worked with would have joined them later. Well, I just hope we aren't going on a goose chase, for Lifeblood's sake. To hell with science Nice t'meetcha, Earshot *shakes hand* I'm Roadkill, as ye prolly heard. :) Ancient city-state. Used to be one of the more prominent ones, in the Golden Age. * Avalanche looks over at Diecast. But it hasn't been around since the opening stages of the war. ah yes, of course Can't even beat yourself today? Oh, yeah. * Diecast takes notice of Avalanche, "It sounds stupid, I know, but it's like every time I play Solitair I get the same card over and over in the same order" I keep forgetting that LONAC has an actual pressing reason to find this...whatever it is. You ARE shuffling, right? * Earshot smiles "I was just telling Sunspot she need not fear space because of her lack of flying abilitles." Yeah I know what it's like to get lost in your work We would be safer to eliminate Lifeblood. I think I'd rather just keep making sure the ship's running okay... That's hardly a good call. At this point anyway And it's not some kind of trick deck you picked up on accident? Lifeblood is more of a harm to himself than to us at any rate It's a weird thing, I know. I think I'll be done for today... Not if he got loose * Earshot sighs "You have no idea how lucky all of you are...when I was working on the outpost, I could only gaze up and see all this...this space" That seems awful depressing... I don't see what he could do to us anyway if he did Yeah, I'd have to say when you can't even beat yourself it's time to call it a day. Uh huh Probably kill a few. Looks like he would of killed Restore had she not been hidden under that rubble. Is he really that dangerous? Mmmhmm. The psycho ones are always dangerous. They've got nothing to lose. he caught us by suprise that time * Earshot grins "you get over it. you kind make uh" he laughs "An emotional callous for yourself. I'm used to doing it....but, ahhh!" and streches his arms "not anymore! I am now safe in this vastness..." he turns to look at Road and Sun "but I could use some quick friends to show me around this behemoth of a cruiser!" Behemoth is the right word for it. Never fear, we'll protect ya from devourment! or something. Even so, he's very powerful, and could easily take a good number of those on board * Sunspot looks up at Roadkill. "I think a tour could be fun." * Earshot laughs "I used to be an Insecticon, devouring is my stock and trade!" *nods* Starting, of course, at the place all tours generally start. the Neutral Ground! the brig is pretty secure I'm not worried Wow, amazing. Wait not worried about something I think I'll faint. *pretends to pass out* ha ha * Slipstream grins at Wait neutral ground? The bar. :) Hmmm, sounds nice! *Smiles and turns to sunspot* care to help protect me from you dangerous neutrals? I might be able to protect you from Roadkill. * Roadkill grins evilly * Diablo is asleep in dragon mode in the rec area, having fallen into recharge cycle while watching some sort of race on the big screen in there * Scrabble drops off the rec room ceiling and lands on Diab's head Well, my shift is done so I'm gonna go and try to find sometihng helpful from any artifacts I haven't already examined. * Earshot laughs at Sunspot "Well I can't say he looks like the most wholesome, but I'm sure you'll help!" and slaps Roadkill on the back "so, off to this bar then!" In vain, no doubt, but oh well. Heh, have fun, Aries Good luck * Aries exits the bridge for the medlab I wonder what happened to ye olde bartender, anyway Haven't seen him in a few days, see? To the bar! Tally-ho! *gets up and grins, then gestures towards the door* After you, lady and gent. :) I think he's been busy. Honestly, we had some pretty bad slag go down the other day and he hasn't really had a chance to investigate it. What happened? Which is probably good. I don't think he'd appreciate the damage we did to Sunny's quarters, even if I did fix most of it up. * Slipstream dozes lightly in her chair on the bridge * Sunspot follows Killer. * Scrabble zaps Diablo when he doesn't wake up You remember any of that business with Sunspot going around claiming Thrashmane was really this other guy? * Earshot strolls along side Sun and Kill "So, where you all brought on line neutrals, like your leader? Pft, hell no. Originally an Autobot. They were boring though, so I left. Did stuff for a while, eventually wound up here. I used to be an Autobot. * Earshot grins "suddenly I fell very much the minority" *grins* Y'can imagine Sunny here as a deadly Decepticon though, can't ya? Cirrus used to be a Decepticon... Lightning and Terra were also 'con, as were a few others I can't recall off the top of my head at the moment Hey guys, Shackleton's now visible on long range sensors. we have about 8 minutes left before we get there * Diablo slowly gets up as he feels something zapping him Put it on screen * Scrabble beeps at Diablo * Earshot looks at Sunspot, smiling broadly "Yes, I CAN in fact see her cackling like mad as she rains down terror on unsuspecting Autobots" * Snake-Eyes finishes up a few details to a carving before placing it on display for sale. She then returns to the backroom and does some cleaning The rest of my team was killed. So I left. * Cirrus does so, and a solid ball of ice appears on the fore viewscreen. There is cloudcover, but it's indistinguisable from the surface * Slipstream wakes up enough to look at the viewscreen * Apocrypha nods appreciatively. ooo, ice planet. they're always fun. Pretty white. * Earshot stops grinning for a second "Sorry. I know what it's like to lose people close" and suddenly sounds faraway, but shakes it off "er, sorry, what were we talking about?" Crevas will be pleased, he hasn't been on ice since New Iceland I'm gonna run by my quarters. I'll meet you guys down at the bar in a few minutes, okay? * Diablo grabs the spider with his tail and looks at it. "What do you want, Scrabble?" Not a prob, Sunny. You pickin' up Moonstone, aye? * Scrabble beeps more and wriggles all its legs hyperactively * Earshot turns to Roadkill "Moonstone?" Sunny's li'l pet dragonthing. You'll see. :) Ahh, okay *points forward, striking a cavalier pose* lead on to the bar, then! Yeah, I want to see if he's awake yet. * Sunspot turns down another corridor and out of sight. Righty then. We'll see ya there, Sunny. :) *strikes a pose, then leads Earshot off in the direction of the bar* So, where on this iceball is the thingy we're after? * Snake-Eyes finishes the cleaning and sends the trash down the garbage shute where it can be sorted and either broken down into base componants or stored * Diablo puts Scrabble down somewhere * Cirrus drops out of Interphase and manuvers into orbit * Sunspot goes to her quarters. * Scrabble beeps more at Diablo and runs around his feet * Earshot follows roadkill "She seems nice...what else is there on this cruiser other than a bar? Well, I guess nothing as important AS the bar! *smiles* well the command deck....maybe...:P *chuckles* The Bar is -the- most important part of the ship! Stable orbit achieved. You guys can go down there now! There's also the rec room, the Plaza, the armory, medbay, brig, hangar bay, both obs decks, crew quarters, engineering, yada yada crap. Do we know where yet? I wonder if there's snow... looks like there's lots! Mmm, snow... wonder what the terrain's like? *muses* Start scanning. The ice may refract our scans though yea, it al goes downhill after engineering *laughs* *grins* y'got that right. * Diablo stands up then tfs to robot mode, watching Scrabble run around his feet * Snake-Eyes goes about watches old holovids from file not having much else to work with for awhile, hoping she gets some business eventually * Slipstream starts scanning the planet Hmm... scanners aren't picking up anything yet... Looks like the conditions down there are pretty extreme. There's no liquid water on the surface at all * Slipstream continues scanning the planet heh, sounds fun. *grins* * Earshot looks around "where's the bar then?" * Roadkill leads Earshot through the Plaza and into the Neutral Ground. Right here. Tada! Wow, nice! Better check wind speeds and blizzard likelyhoods before we go down. Don't need another incident like New Iceland *spots Avy and Diecast* Heya, guys. Anything happening down here? New Iceland was a tropical resort by comparison I lost to myself for the nth time. He's being quiet * Earshot walks up to the bar "Ay, Keep?" and raps lightly on the bar Solitaire, aye? Heh, that's a bugger of a game Nothing like Chipset, now that's a real game. This should be fun * Diablo leaves the rec area and wanders around elsewhere * Scrabble trails after Diablo No point sending fliers then *stands and waves towards Earshot* Is this that new fella? * Slipstream looks at the scans. Looks like Terra gets another away mission hm. I reckon I could fly through that... *grins* it'll be fun. winds less than that took down a shuttle and killed crew at New Iceland, you sure about that? Course I'm sure. I've handled worse, belive me. I think we have some extreme cold gear on board. This isnt going to be like the cold of space * Earshot grins and waves "Yea, I'm new. Name's Earshot" The pleasure's all mine. * Earshot grins "Certain it is....so, you a betting bot?" I guess the bigger bots will be better for this. Crevas is so light he would get whisked into the air * Avalanche sits back with his drink and watches the new guy. * Roadkill sits down near Avy *to Roadkill* He seems harmless enough. I wouldn't mind going down this time. I had to sit the last trip out. You might fare ok, but what about Jak? * Sunspot arrives at the bar, Moonstone perched on her shoulder. *nods* Mmhmm. Should be warm enough in that exosuit Ah, there y'are, Sunny :) * Earshot smiles and waves to Sunspot "Hello" * Diecast eyes Sunspot and says to himself, "Ah, the dish arrives." He'll be all right. His armor and my climate control will keep him in vehicle mode, and in robot mode...I'll just make sure to wear a warm hat. How's it going, Sunny? *waves pleasantly* alright, if you think you'll be ok I'm also thinking Terra, Avalanche, and Firestorm Hiya, guys. Do we have a fix on the beacon yet? * Sunspot sits down with Avalanche and Roadkill. I'm working on that... The terrain might make a difference. As much terrain as there is, anyway. narrowed down the area to the zeta quadrant... Tip Over should be ok down there And maybe Opal, with Crystalline with her should last longer. * Earshot moves away from the crowd to the very end of the bar, looks around to make sure no one is looking, and brings his forearm up, and activates a hologram generator, looking at something.... * Slipstream continues scanning, trying to pinpoint the beacon source * Sunspot sets Moonstone down on the table. * Sunspot notices Earshot move away from the group, but doesn't think much of it. * Diecast reaches over and pats Moonstone on the noodle * Sunspot goes to the bar to get some snacks for Moonstone. hah, got it! or at least, about as close as we're gonna get it from up here... * Moonstone chirps happily at Diecast. * Slipstream displays the coordinates on the main viewscreen any scans of that area? That's the area it's in. from what I'm getting from the scans, it's buried pretty deep... how deep, I dunno. The ice and storms are messing with the sensors some. The weather is causing too much interference to be accurate, maybe a cave... Launch a probe. Maybe we can take an echo sounding. Launched * Earshot grins and walks back over to the crowd, the hologram now turned off "Thanks for the show, guys, but the service here is terrible. I'm gonna go talk to Waitstate about finding some quarters." Leaving so soon? * Earshot smiles broadly "being alone for so long, you kinda get used to it" laughs, but it's obviously forced "I'll have to immerse myself slowly, I guess!" and walks torwards the exit of the bar We're beginning to get data back from the probe *raises a browplate and watches Earshot leave* heh, weird bot... * Diablo notices Scrabble still following him and decides to pick the spider up and put it on a shoulder G'bye, Earshot! Nice to meet you! Ta What's it saying? it has found a cave, it's venturing down it, following the beacon signal. * Earshot turns and waves, then moves to a corridor and dissapears * Scrabble beeps all happy like, then starts talking to Diab in spiderbot-speak Maybe it'll get warmer the further along it goes. thermal vents or something, Heh, we can hope. Hmm... the probe wouldn't be able to retrieve the beacon for us, would it? * Avalanche carries on with his drinking. unfortunately it's not equipped for that Pity... No. And if there are themal vents, they're deep. The probe has found a vast, very vast, underground ocean. I'm surprised it's still functioning in all that cold and stuff though. Well-built probe great. ice fishing. Water, beacon is coming from very deep beneath the surface * Roadkill joins Avy in his imbibing of tasty liquid beverages * Earshot makes his way back to the obs deck and stands in front of the window, staring silently out At least we have water bots on board. So long as we can get to the water. Do you have excavation equipment? So what's been going on, anyway? All the big-shots on board seem to be tied up lately. We can count on Splashback, but Ruse is a wildcard I've got no clue * Starstorm walks into the plaza and takes a look at Snake-Eyes' store Is the cave large enough for a suhttle to travel through it? A shuttle would have no trouble going in the ocean Perhaps, but there is much in the way of icicles and rocks that clutter it. A shuttle wouldn't make it We're following a trail of sorts. Hopefully it'll lead us to something that'll help the oh so crazy Lifeblood, heh. *shrugs* Hmm. sounds interesting... At least the away team will be out of the direct wind. At least we know the location of the cave, the shuttle could park right out side Hey, if I flew point for our smallest shuttle, blasted the icicles and stuff out of the way, y'think it'd fit then? I hope they find it, then. * Moonstone wanders over and sniffs at Roadkill's drink. Heya there Moonstone. Thirsty? Chirp! There would be too many things to blast, it would be quicker just to walk through the cave * Roadkill tilts his glass to let Moonstone sip at the drink *nods* Fair enough. * Moonstone sticks his head in the glass and drinks a little. * Slipstream leans back in her chair and contemplates the ceiling * Sunspot puts her head down on the table and sighs. So, when are we gonna launch our recovery team? sometime this week, hopefully... * Avalanche watches the dragon slurp up half of Roadkill's drink. You sure that's a good idea? we need a proper plan first *shrugs* I ain't gonna argue with the li'l dragon. :) Anyway, almost time for my bridge shift. *lets Moonstone finish his drink, then gets up* do you like we could tow in a shuttlepod equipped with manipulator arms? * Moonstone steps back from the glass and almost falls off the table. *catches the li'l dragon and hands it back to Sunny* Your dragon's drunk again, Sunny. :) Splashback may have her own Seeya, Killer. Have fun up there! We should confer with her And Ruse, if he can be bothered Heh, will do. Later y'all. *waves at Sunny, Avy and Diecast and heads off for the bridge* * Sunspot sits up and picks up Moonstone. Silly thing... * Roadkill arrives on the bridge Heya 'killer. you're early. Looks like you get to skip out on the planning Slip *grins* Go me. Planning? We're going ice fishing Ah. sounds fun. Get Splashback up here * Admiral-Lilwall pages Splashback * Roadkill sits down at the comm station * Splashback arrives a tad later, pressing the buzzer at the bridge door * Slipstream opens the bridge door from her console * Slipstream is still lazing around at the tac station, too comfy to move for the moment You wanted to see me, Wait? Indeed I did You're gonna go ice fishing! don't that sound fun * Sunspot stands up, holding Moonstone. I'm gonna go back up to the obs deck. See ya later, guys. How equipped are you for an underwater expedition? You mean I've actually got a undersea task? wow... * Earshot sits in front of the window, in deep thought, staring at the stars Amazing, ain't it? Amazing, eh? Depends on what exactly you need. What's going on? The beacon thingy we're looking for is on ice. Or rather, under ice. :) LOTS of ice. You know about the beacons we're after, right? Sensors say it's damncold down there. Later, Sunny. I'll likely be down here for a while if you wanna hang out some more, okay? Splashback> A little... this one is in ice? Or underwater? Or underwater in a block of ice? * Sunspot nods. If it were in a block of ice, it'd float. * Sunspot waves and walks out the door. Sorry. Mind wandered. Jak likes to say things when I'm not paying attention. We're aren't entirly sure by the sounds of it the next one is here, below about half mile of ice. There's a cave that goes most of the way down, but after that we're looking at quite a lot of water between it and us. * Earshot takes out the hologram again. It's of a black and yellow femme, with a easy smile on her face. he looks at it, holding it up to the window Surface conditions are pretty grim. Blizzards, that kinda stuff. We're gonna send a shuttle down and land it as close to the cave entrance as possible *chuckles* Permanent winter, aye? We should leave our friendly brig occupant down there. Hm, well, I have a tightbeam laser tool for cutting things out, but half a mile of ice would take some time. Once down there though, I can cut the thing out and grab with a claw I have built in, pending it isn't too heavy at least. How big is this thing? Doesn't sound like carrying it should be a problem But all the ice, I'd need someone to strap a larger heating unit to me to get through it, my laser would take days * Earshot keeps staring sadly at the hologram * Slipstream looks at Roadkill, browplate raised. "Brig occupant?" The beacons aren't very big. We have equipment you can use for that Assuming this one is the same as the last two. and we have no reason to assume otherwise well, I should be able to handle it then, *to Slip* What, didn't y'hear about Thrashmane actually being Winter and everything? * Sunspot walks into the obs deck and sees Earshot looking at something. "Oh, um, I didn't mean to interrupt..." *optics narrow* No. No, I didn't... * Earshot quickly turns off the hologram, putting on a smiles "Oh no, it's alright. Nice to seeya again" good thing my shift's over now... *gets up abruptly and stalks out of the bridge* ... why do I get the feeling I shouldna told her that? I just didn't feel like hanging around the bar much right now. So I figured I'd come back up here. Moonstone doesn't need any more to drink anyway. * Earshot laughs "company loves misery...I think!" and sits next to Sunspot "So, not a crowd person either?" Not right now, anyway. * Sunspot pats the groggy little dragon. * Slipstream heads down towards the brig * Earshot looks at the dragon "You know, I dont think he was built to be a bar-goer" and scratches the little dragon's head No, it wasn't really what I had in mind when I built him, that's for sure. I hadn't been here long enough to figure out that I should. :) What did you build him for? companionship? * Slipstream arrives at the brig and looks in * Thrashmane sits in a dark cell, in the furthest corner from the nearest light source, shadows crossing his face. Dried energon is streaked all over his chest, face, and arms, and several panels and seams are torn or forced opened. * Slipstream stalks past Recoil, opens the cell holding the fake Thrashmane, grabs him by the throat and has him pinned up against the back wall before anyone knows what's happening. Mostly. What the slag are you doing? *calm* Evening, dearie... or is it morning? I've lost track... I'm terribly sorry. * Recoil gets up from the security desk and rushes forward *snarls to Thrash, ignoring Recoil* Gimme one good reason why I shouldn't rip you to pieces right now... * Earshot smiles, patting the dragon "I can understand that....loyalty is...*sigh* hard to come by these days" I didn't program him, though, so he's literally got a mind of his own. Put 'im down Slip! *growls to Recoil* Back off, Recoil. But he is loyal. Kinda...protective, really. Harm me further, no more of your sweet little Thrashmane... If you want him back, you need me... *growls* And how do I know he's still alive anyway? In case they need me back. * Recoil watches, not sure what to do yet Barganing chips, doncha know? For all I know, you did to him the same that y'did to -me-. I don't trust you lot one bit. * Earshot grins "Protective?" and chuckles "pity the poor bot that makes him angry once the hang over kicks in..." *sarcastically* Well, who ever said the bargaining chip had to be in one piece? As long as you're still alive, I'm sure your friends won't mind too much. We can return ya in the same state you lot returned me before. *growls* Oh, so it was you? I thought you looked familiar--that little wrench Fuse and I shocked for information so long ago... * Slipstream snarls and slams the fake Thrash hard against the wall again, pinning him there with his feet almost a meter off the ground Do you know what nemesis means? He usually just mopes around my quarters when somebody's let him have a little too much. He's pretty well-behaved most of the time. And smart. But he seems to trust you. ask me if I care. Slip... A rightious infliction of retribution, manifested by an appropriate agent... personified in this case, by a horrible bastard, me. Now if you don't leave me be, you *will* feel retribution. * Earshot grins "obviously a bad judge of character....my track record for trust has been spotted to say the least * Sunspot smiles. Mostly he just doesn't like others he thinks are going to hurt me. *sarcastically* gee, how poetic. I'm absolutely trembling here. Not. Pretty little girl... I've got the drones assembling the nescesary equipment in the launch bay. We should be able to go quite soon * Slipstream smashes Thrash against the wall again, then throws him against the opposite wall * Thrashmane stands, shakingly. * Recoil finally decides and rushes forward, grabbing Slipstream well I don't think he needs to worry about that. You seem to have a lot of good friends on this ship. good robots looking out for each other. its...strangly assuring in a way, I guess." Who do we want for the mission? We should probably start letting them know so they can prepare if need be Damnit, back -off-, Recoil!! Get a hold of yourself! I could've done so much to you when I had the chance, so much more than just electrifying you. So much more than cracking your precious armor. I could've put you into a world of pain you would have never escaped from. Next time you won't be so lucky--none of you will be. I've got perfect hold of myself! This -bastard- nearlly KILLED me, damnit! Now leggo! In different circumstances I'd let you, too. Slag, I'd help if y'wanted. But you can't! And why the friggin' hell not?! It's really nice how much of a community we are, especially coming from a very close-knit team. I ain't gonna kill the bastard, damnit, Recoil! I just wanna give -him- a taste of what he gave -me!- * Slipstream breaks free of Recoil's hold and draws her sword out from subspace, then goes after Thrash again Shaking in your boots, I'm sure. What're you going to do, beat me within an inch of my life? I'm already past there. * Recoil tackles Slip *snarls* for the last time, Recoil, back OFF! Your own friends won't even let you, hah. * Slipstream elbows Recoil in the gut, hard, loosening his grip I'll bet. But, don't you worry about the 'Cons coming after you? Or even the 'Bots? * Recoil stumbles back They already do... * Sunspot sighs. *breaks free again and dives at the fake Thrash* * Thrashmane lets his body go limp as Slipstream grabs him Do what you will, just remember that the concequences will be yours to face. * Slipstream pins Thrash against the wall again with one hand, sword in her other hand to ward Recoil off should he go after her again I couldn't give a screw about the consequenses. Now shut up, you. I'm tired of your yakkin'. *slams the hilt of her sword into Thrash's jaw* * Recoil recovers his balance *grins* Don't worry, now LONAC's got a new member to help out, and you've got a new friend to help ya out too! *pats her shoulder reassuringly* * Sunspot stands up. I don't know if I want any new friends anymore, I just keep losing them! Slip, I dont wanna hurt you... * Recoil levels his cannon at Slip. "But I will." Oh just shoot the bitch, you worthless excuse for a security guard. She won't stop. * Slipstream swings Thrash between her and Recoil, and grins coldly "Fire at will then." I DO wanna hurt you, so shut up! Well, looks like we have a perfect arrangement here, then. * Earshot backs off, losing his positive energy all at once "If it helps any, I've lost some friends to...I gotta go check with Wait about those quarters" and silently leaves the room * Recoil takes careful aim... and blasts Slip in the shoulder I thought I told you to shut up. *slams the hilt of her sword into the side of Thrash's head... then gets shot in the shoulder and drops him* Hahaha! Lovely job! * Recoil comes in and picks up Slip * Sunspot sighs and sits back down. * Thrashmane falls to the ground... and his optics roll out of their sockets. Shut the slag up, rustheap *to Moonstone* I'm not sure what I want anymore... * Recoil kicks Winter in the head *snarls and struggles in Recoil's grip* Leggo! I ain't finished with this cogsucker yet! * Recoil carries Slip out and seals the security field * Slipstream tries to hit Recoil with her sword, but can't get a decent angle * Thrashmane drags himself over to the corner he was originally in, leaving his two optics to roll around on the floor, leaving a thin trail of energon-goo behind them. Crosscut told me all about the fun times you have in this brig. I see how correct he is.. ha ha ha ha! bloody hell, Recoil, if y'don't lemme alone right now, I swear, you're gonna get it! * Recoil finds a modelock and slaps it on to Slip, then puts her down in the cell furthest from Winter * Slipstream fights against the modelock, swearing * Recoil closes up the security field Just until you cool down What's that I hear? Poor little Slipstream getting locked up with me? * Recoil picks up Slip's sword from where she dropped it and stores it in the weapons locker *giggles* I hope I never leave... * Recoil mutes the sound from Winter's cell * Slipstream lets out an incoherent snarl of rage and throws herself against the security field * Recoil sighs and takes his station, and begins writing out a security report * Lifeblood continues to quietly recite passages from the Covenant of Primus in his cell. * Earshot scuttles around the ship, looking for the bridge * Slipstream paces furiously around the cell, swearing nonstop * Thrashmane laughs insanely, but thanks to Recoil, no one can hear except himself * Slipstream continues her increasingly frantic pacing, becoming more incoherent by the moment * Meanwhile, in the launch bay, Waitstate, Avalanche, Terrafirma, Splashback, Apocrypha, and Firestorm have been assembled * Earshot knocks on the door of the bridge * Roadkill opens the bridge door and lets Earshot in * Avalanche tries to hide the fact that he's spent the last couple of hours drinking. Ah, heya again, Earshot. Lookin' for the grey one? * Tip Over and Opal run into the launch bay, a tad late Ah, good, everyone's here now * Firestorm does a final check of his flametanks Sorry we're late Yup. I need to get into some quarters and recharge * Slipstream keeps pacing frantically around the cell, still fighting against the modelock and trying to access her weapons, muttering incoherently Easy enough Hang on a sec * Admiral-Lilwall taps a few things into the console next to him You're room is on deck 2. room 12A Most of you are here as support crew, but we have a lot of equipment to carry the terrain down there is fairly rough, and it's very very cold * Apocrypha adjusts the goggles sticking out from the thick cloth wrapped around her head. *smiles at Lil* We haven't met. It's obvious you know who I am, which is kinda creepy *chuckles* Hey, command chain knows everything. Sometimes. * Earshot laughs I'm Admiral Lilwall, 2nd in command At least, we let him THINK he's second in command. *grins* deck two room 12A....I suppose there's a rule about not making shortcuts by eating holes in the bulkhead? Got it *chuckles* Wait'd go ballistic if ye tried that, heh. awwwww, take all the fun... btw, does it give my function on that readout thing you've got there? There's plenty of extreme-conditions gear available, so if you're running without it it's your own fault. I suggest you equip some Among other things Heh, I was built with all the extreme-condition gear I need. * Chameleon rushes up to the bridge after deciding he had better make an appearance on the bridge before people notice he hasn't been there in a while So I suppose you've got no use for a surveillance guy on this barge? * Splashback notes the size of one of the drilling machines hope that thing won't be strapped to me... it's almost AS big as me, I'm not that strong, let alone big * Firestorm takes whatever extreme-conditions gear he thinks he'll need I can help tow, if need be. no, you're our mission specialist here thankfully, that thing would sink me * Slipstream suddenly staggers in her pacing, slumps against one of the cell walls, then slowly slides down it to crumple in a heap on the floor, out cold Apocrypha, I'm hoping you don't mind, but I'm designating you as mission leader I'll carry the drill, I've got the most room for it. Terra and Firestorm, your jobs will be to clear the path to the drill site Uh, if nobody minds taking orders from an outsider... Sounds easy enough. Anyone have a problem taking orders from her? not me Nope * Avalanche shrugs. Me either. It'll be nice to be -getting- orders for once ;) Doesn't bother me so long as I can do what I do No problem. * Recoil looks up from his report and sees Slip slumped on the floor. He checks the modelock's medical monitor and sees that she's merely low on energy * Earshot heads to his quarters, opening the door to the bland room. "this just wont do..." Alright... well, the shuttle is loaded, so I suggest you get going. It's as clear down there as it's gonna get * Tip Over, Opal and Splashback get on board Finally, a mission just for me, woo :) Better not get too comfortable, heh, not often we get water missions No kidding * Firestorm boards the shuttle * Terrafirma boards and buckles up Good and secure, Crystal? * Earshot sets down his hologram generator, and the walls, ceiling, and floor are made to look like the vastness of space, with the small recharger and desk looking like they're floating in the middle of it *attached to opal in engine form* As usual Ahhhh, much better * Opal starts the shuttle up and gets it ready to launch [comm] Wait, the bay doors if you'd please? * Waitstate thumbs the controls * Opal launches shuttle and pilots it towards the surface * Chameleon slowly walks onto the bridge Ah, heya Cham :) * Apocrypha attempts to make small talk with her team. So...how long have you all been with LONAC? couple of years now I suppose Since the Waste incident Shh, I've been here the whole time.... *chuckles* Of course y'have. Maybe a month or so here. I actually don't remember. More than a year at least Hold on guys, the ride is gonna get bumpy Been here a couple of years now So, I miss anything important? * Opal flies the shuttle through the rough winds and whatever else and makes a rough landing as close to the cave as she can without getting knocked into it Hang on! * Avalanche hangs on. * Earshot lays in his recharger and shuts down * Terrafirma is jostled Not really. Just sent a few bots down to the surface of an icey world where they could freeze up and die just so we can get one of those beacons * Recoil submits his security report off to Cuffs * Opal powers down the shuttle Sounds fun, don't it. Ah. Sounds fun. I hope they enjoy themselves down there. Okay, everyone double-check your weather protection. Glad I'm missing out. Sooner we're done, the sooner we can go home. Well, at least there won't be anything like guardian or sentinel bots down there Online for me. Good to go Double-checked mine in the sims last week, I should be good to go. Functioning perfectly fine * Terrafirma activates her heating unit, and checks over her treads * Tip Over opens the shuttle door, letting all teh cold air gush in Gah, dont even mention those guardians and sentinels! * Apocrypha starts unloading the diggers. whoa, that's got bite Mmmm, that feels...familiar. * Avalanche helps with the unloading. * Tip Over activates the large drill and steers it slowly out This reminds me of winter on Alnycron. Only much moreso. *steps out* Lets just hope the treads on this thing don't freeze up. Well team leader, which way do me and Firey start clearing? * Apocrypha stows her headgear and transforms, Jak dropping into the driver's seat. Uh... * Apocrypha checks the map. * Firestorm walks out of the shuttle This way. * Tip Over transforms * Apocrypha drives up to a drift that looks like every other drift. someone load the drill on me