Session Start: Sun Jul 21 00:00:00 2002 [comm from bridge] Waitstate, we're ready to move onto the next stop anytime now. Do we need anything else from this floating junkpile still? * Ghost-Stalker returns her katar to subspace then makes her way back to the ship from a section of the station most people would have the sense to stay away from, avoiding tripping over the two bodies at her feet as she leaves. * Earshot moves around the ship, installing his new cameras...without trying to be noticed what else could we want from this place? Target practice, maybe? *grins* Nothing of value. We should destroy it and spare the galaxy from its filthiness * Chameleon stands in front of the last camera Earshot set up and draws a smiley face on the lens while not visible, then moves onto the next one. * Avalanche wakes up in his quarters, hung over again. "Oy..." * Waitstate finishes looking over a report * Hyperion is on the bridge. That isn't such a bad idea, coming from you anyway, Lightning. * Apocrypha hangs out on the bridge. I managed to snag us some fuel. It wasnt our biggest need, but who knows when we'll be able to get more? We can leave as soon as the tanks are full * Lightning sneers * Sunspot is still sitting around on the bridge in an out of the way corner. * Slipstream is still snoozing somewhere in the ventral obs deck Hyperion> So what is our next stop once we've left this station? Apocrypha? I believe you're more or less the master of ceremonies where that's concerned * Earshot skitters along the ceiling in his moth mode, using his mouth mandibles to place his small cameras in shadowy corners Somewhere better than here. Uh, it's a planet out at the edge of the spiral arm. * Avalanche gets up, slowly, and leaves his quarters. The dominant life is a form of upright reptile. They call the planet "K'Ket'Laa", more or less. * An Unknown Bot moves around the somewhat lacking medical facilities of the station. He moves to the comm unit on the wall, and decides to find out if it's true LONAC is on-station "This is Station-Medical to Freedom. Please Respond." There are some sibilants in there that don't transfer well to digital speech. Hope it's a better place than the last planet we were at * Splitwit struts out of the lift, just outside of the brig, and raps on the doorbell-button thing Helooooo? *opens brig door* Hey Wait, we got someone stationside hailing us. Y'want? See what they want I'm sure you can handle it ;) Sure thing. [comm] Freedom here, what's needed, Station Medical? Wow, even in this pit hole the station has to call and tell us to go away. What'd we do now? Medical? There's a medical bay on THAT? *snorts* If they were gonna kick us off, I doubt they'd be calling from the med bay I woulda figured it'd be self serve if anything. maybe a vending machine with solder * Splitwit walks into the brig, waving to Recoil, and slips past fake-Thrashmane's cell, up to Lifeblood's cell. * Admiral-Lilwall laughs Hey, crazy docbot. I hear you went pancakes [Comm] I am Outreach, CIN medic. I was wondering if there was a opening for medical staff on your ship * Ghost-Stalker makes it back to the ship and returns to her quarters *growl* Dont pester the inmate Not him anyway. *turns to Wait* Med staff. We want? * Scope enters the bridge and moves to the security console without making a sound, only acknowledging his presence there to Sunspot with a nod Aw come on, man. You know the crazies sometimes need a little talkin' to. Considering that our staff consists of a doctor, a nurse, and a lunatic? I think so, yes. Get his qualifications and I'll run a background check Done. [comm] Send us your qualifications and stuff, and we'll let ya know in a minute. *to Lifeblood* Hey? Anyone home? ...Splitwit. Talk to him, but don't perster the guy. He has enough problems without a drunk moron annoying him, got it? * Chameleon continues his routine of following Earshot and drawing smiley faces on the camera lenses then moving onto the next one. ... Mornin', doc. *leans against somthing* Yeah, so hey. Life in the brig, eh? Fun stuff. * Outreach sends his qualifications and resume to the Freedom bridge Is it? I have disabled my internal chronometer. * Roadkill transfers the info to Wait's terminal I do not wish to dwell on the period of my indisposition. * Sunspot looks up at Scope and waves a little. Hm... he looks ok. No Bot or Con records on him. which is a plus really, since his qualifications seem legit Hey yeah, I can dig it. Hm.. *rubs neck* Jeez, I should've brought you a book or somthing to keep you uh... not bored. * Scope detects small leaks of power that he eventually detects as new camera fittings I am not bored. I comitted the Covenant to memory long ago. Reciting it has given me something to focus on. Sometimes it is sufficient. Uh... okay. Killer, put him on the viewer. I'll talk to the guy I accidentally spilled fermented energon on the last one I was reading, after I got through the first few pages. * Roadkill makes it so. I would not have supposed you were an enthusiast of hardcopies. * Waitstate sees Outreach appear on screen Ah, hello. Outreach, correct? * Earshot scuttles about the freedom, attaching his small cache of cameras * Avalanche gets lost in the residence halls because his head hurts too much to think straight. * Outreach looks up from the consoles and smiles Warmly "Yes, you are correct. And you are?" * Roadkill sits back and does nothing for a while. Old skool, man. I dunno, I found it in one of them "No Tax" places in a spaceport back in my travelin' days. Picked it up with a few bottles, spilled it on the cruiser. I'm Waitsate, LONAC's executive officer. I understand you're interested in joining up? * Outreach nods "Yes. Few cybertronians ever come through here, which is good, considering the facilities are...." and he moves aside, showing the decrepit, rusted room, "...well, lacking." * Waitstate cringes I see. Yep. Well, I'm happy to consider you as a member. The only problem is that we're leaving very soon, and we'll likely not be in range of a Cybertronian settlement again for some time. You'd have to come with us immediately, and likely wouldn't have anywhere to go if you decided not to stay Which would probably still be a better option than staying there, heh. So uh, talk to me, doc. Tell me somthin' about y'self No arguments there *smiles* I am sure I could... bear any medical facilities you have. I enjoy my work. So as long as I may have even a temporary postion, I will be satisfied * Lifeblood is quiet. You're welcome to come on board then. We're at docking port 7. We can have someone waiting for you at the airlock. * Splitwit is quiet Uh, yeah. I think I'll go now. * Outreach nods and turns off the monitor. He transforms and races through the hallways * There is a noise. * Avalanche finally gets his bearings back and heads in what he's pretty sure is the direction of the bridge. I guess that's a yes. anyone want to meet him, or should I go myself? You're the bossbot, it's up to you. :) Excuse me, Waitstate... that was a request for volunteers :p * Aries wonders when Scope showed up on the bridge Scope? I didnt notice you coming in. What do you need? :) I...I could go. I wouldn't mind seeing the station some. Internal scanners are showing that Earshot is installing cameras throughout the ship without your authorisation * Earshot hums as he places one of his last cameras in the plaza. he moves stealthly as he can through the stores, installing cameras everywhere * Diecast hears humming Hey, I know that voice. * Snake-Eyes watches the giant mothbot crawl intto her store hey, you can't install that in here! Just a moment Sunspot... He is, is he? Disable the power taps to them. I'll have a talk with him later * Earshot looks at Snake-Eyes, then scuttles out * Diecast follows Earshot's trail into Snake-Eyes' store. "Thought it was you, Earshot. What're you doing?" Done. Now then... I'm afraid you wouldn't get to see much of it Sunny. Just the docking port. * Snake-Eyes moves over and removes the camera That's okay. * Diecast grabs one of Earshot's legs "Hold up there, mothman" * Scope blocks out any power to the camera and sets up a jamming field around them in case they have their own backups do you still want to go? Ack! [comm] Snake-Eyes to bridge, uh, I hope I'm not disturbing you... * Earshot tf's and stands in front of Diecast, grinning "Diecast! Hey, what's up?" Yeah, I can fly the shuttle and all. What're you up to, eh? A little vouyerism? Er, well, we're actually physically docked [comm] bridge here. Not at all, S-E. What can I help ya with? [comm] But that new guy we picked up a few weeks back just tried to set up a camera in my shop, Oh, yeah, I guess I was sorta distracted when we did that... [comm] Ah, him. I'll let Scope handle that. :) *transfers the comm to Scope's station [via the console] Snake-Eyes? * Lifeblood lunges across his cell and slams into the doorway a meter or so from Split. * Earshot laughs at Diecast "What? Nah! just thought I'd install my surveillance nodes" Sorry Sunny... you can go if you want though. Hi Scope. The mothbot was just trying to fit my store with a camera, I think he might be doing it elsewhere too. * Chameleon makes himself visible, black marker in hand. "Damn, and I was hoping he'd set them all up without anyone else finding out so he'd find the little surprise on them all." *grabs the camera from Snake-Eyes, draws a smiley face on the lens, then gives it back to her* Why? Crikey! * Splitwit jumps back Gah! *obviously unaware of Cham's presence till now* * Sunspot picks Moonstone up off her lap and stands. He'll be in the docking bay, then? Airlock 4 * Sunspot nods. * Outreach reache Airlock 4, tfing and waiting patiently [via the console] His cameras have already been disabled, Snake-Eyes. Waitstate is going to talk with him about it later Why? Cause...well, Surveillance is what I do...what I was built for. Ok, thanks. *comm off* You talk to the ringleader about it? You probably didn't * Sunspot settles Moonstone on her shoulder and leaves for Airlock 4. * Waitstate watches her go * Earshot smiles dumbly, shrugging "Well, no..." then looks frightened "...uh-oh. think I should have?" * Lifeblood claws at the field closing the cell, howling like a banshee. I hope Sunspot is up to strangers, heh She's been down ever since the ice planet * Chameleon wanders out of Snake-Eyes' store and goes off elsewhere. * Diecast rests on hand on Earshot's shoulder, "I think you should bring it up with Waitstate, that's all" wouldnt you be? A number of crew have been, in some way. * Earshot grins "Thanks for the heads-up, Diecast" and turns to Snake-Eyes "Sorry bout that! How's Opal doing? Crazy newbie. I think it has more to do with our friend in the brig * Thrashmane sneezes * Avalanche finally finds the bridge, passing Sunspot on her way out. * Earshot smiles "Hey Diecast, wanna join me for a drink and a game of blackjack?" *inhales* As much as I'd love a good game, I'm awful tired, little buddy. * Diecast doesn't mention he's sorta buzzed Don't know. She hasn't come out of her room since she was brought back online. Two deaths, and Lifeblood is still ill. I hope we find the rest of these beacons soon Oh, hi, Avy. I'm going down to welcome some new guy. Wanna come? * Earshot shrugs, still grinning "After ya recharge then, bud?" We've had more bad luck lately than we ever did during the Waste crisis. *shrugs* Maybe. * Avalanche looks down blearily. "Nah, I've gotta talk to Waitstate. Come see me later, though, we'll hang out, okay?" * Diecast transforms There is no such thing as luck. I'd call it about equal. General bad luck tends to pale in comparison to genocide... * Earshot tf's and scuttles up the ceiling, taking his cameras down Oh, okay. Bye, then! * Sunspot passes Avalanche and gets in the lift. The second to bear the Name he originated casts down his fire to consume ALL who would be or might have been! I meant us directly, not so much the universe Yeah I uh, think I read somthin' about that... you have a point * Splitwit is still a little freaked, wide-eyed and cautious * Avalanche knocks on the bridge door. * Lifeblood continues to howl mouthlessly. * Waitstate sees Avalanche is at the door and lets him in * Splitwit stands up and just leaves Crazy freakin' crazy doc. Get better soon. * OutReach stands outside the Freedom, waiting patiently Um, yeah, hi, Waitstate. I was wondering if you had a minute... * Apocrypha mutters. "You're gonna need more medics if you let me run any more missions..." * Recoil, having been on this watch for some time now, just mutes the volume on Lifeblood's cell. There's only so much you can take before you either go insane or get desensitized. * Sunspot gets through the airlock and sees someone who looks like he's probably the new guy. * Sunspot walks up to him. "Hi! So are you, um...Outreach?" * Lifeblood eventually stops, slumps, and returns to the corner of his cell, reciting now-inaudible passages. The events of that mission were hardly your fault, Apocrypha. I have a few anyway. Sunspot will be bringing a new recruit in soon * Outreach looks up, nods and smiles. "Uhm, Yes I am. Are you from LONAC?" My office? * Waitstate stands * Apocrypha just sighs. Yep! I'm Sunspot. Nice to meet you! * Sunspot holds out a hand to shake. Yeah, that'll work. * Avalanche follows Wait to his office. * Waitstate enters have a seat *does so himself* * Outreach nods, shaking her hand "Now, is this the Airlock for the Freedom?" * Avalanche sits down. what's troubling you? It's nothing big, I was just wondering...after the last mission and all, I just sorta feel like...I wanna know if there's anything I can do to help out around here. If you need anybody more to officially protect the crew. 'Cause I'm good at that, and I want to help out. Yep, this is our ship! Follow me and we'll head for the bridge so you can meet Waitstate. oh... well, yes, we can always use more people on duty. Did you have anything specific in mind? * Outreach grins "That sounds wonderful. Please lead the way" Anything you'll have me for. Y'know, that I might be good at. * Sunspot leads Outreach back through the airlock and toward the bridge. Well, I'll have to admit I havent really been following your progress as far as re-training goes. what do you think you'd be good at? * Avalanche grins. Anything that requires beating up on stuff. That seems to have been my major function with the Autobots. Wow. this ship is enourmous * Waitstate laughs slightly You like it? It really is a nice ship. There are a lot of us on board here, but still not nearly enough to fill it. well, I know Security is always looking for a few good brutes ;) * Avalanche nods. Sounds good. So, what is the medical staff like? Um...it's not very big right now. Lifeblood went crazy. But I don't *think* it was because of him being our medic... The rest of them are nice, though. * Outreach laughs "I sure hope so" Just let me know when you need me. I think I'm about out of sims. I'll tell you what. I'll leave a recommendation for you with Cuffs. Whenever you're ready to go on duty, just go see him. He'll do whatever it is he does to check out new recruits, then place you accordingly. That sound good? Sure. Though I think I'll wait to see him 'till this hangover's worn off. * Waitstate laughs I wasnt gonna say anything ;) May I speak with them as well, the other medical staff I mean? Sure! Though Waitstate probably wants to meet you first. Then you can go meet the others. You were hiding it well, but I've seen way too many hung over bots not to know the signs /:) * Avalanche chuckles. Of course. Lead the way? *points to the freedom* Maybe I could stand to get a position here so I can get out of the bar more. * Slipstream wakes up, yawns, gets up and stretches, then wanders out of the obs deck * Sunspot leads the way to the bridge. Good idea, heh To think, I'm trying to keep people OUT of my bar O_o * Outreach follows. "Wait," and stops suddenly Hmm? Well, the ship is surely ready to disembark now. I'd better go get us moving. Unless there's more? No, that's it. Thanks. * Avalanche gets up. * Waitstate also stands * Outreach pulls out a bottle of QuikSeel, a liquid used to fill cracks. He dabs some on SunSpot's shoulder, "Pardon. You had a microfracture in your armour plate. It could've soon led to damage to your superstructure" Sorry to cut this short, but I really don't like this area I want to get moving ASAP Hmm? Oh, hey, thanks... * Waitstate steps out of his office * Avalanche follows. Surely we're ready to leave this dump now? * Slipstream wanders up to the Plaza, looks around vaguely for a moment, then walks into Terra's shop Probably too much going on on the bridge for me to hang around, so I'm heading for the plaza. Thanks, Waitstate. * Waitstate scans the bridge crew for confirmation * OutReach nods "of course. Please, lead on." 'bout ready as we'll ever be. * Diecast spies someone he's never seen before, and follows after Slipstream smirking More than ready. doens't bother me, I got plenty of stuff to shift though here * Sunspot leads on, and after a short lift ride they get to the bridge. good. disconnect and let's move. Try not to rip anything off the station's docking port if you can. It sure looks like it'd be hard not to Not that they'd notice, prolly. *grins* Is this it? * Diecast walks into Terra's shop behind Slipstream, "Well he-lo there," Yep! yes, but I dont want that crap attached to my ship. what would the neighbors think? ;) * Sunspot opens the door to the bridge and leads Outreach inside. * Slipstream ignores Diecast for the moment and drops down on one of the stools in front of the counter Ah, Sunspot. Is this our new guest? * Diecast sits down next to Slip, "Can I buy you a drink? Cup o' tea?" Hm, good point. we could always get Anchor or someone to haul it inside in pieces for scrap or something... Would stop the dog coming over and crapping on our hull at least hmm? *looks up* Oh, hi. Nah, I'm right. Outreach, this is Waitstate. * Terrafirma walks up to Diecast and Slip. "Good afternoon! I don't think I've seen you two together before... can I get you something?" *thinks for a moment about a dog trying to crap on the Freedom's hull* ... mwahaha... *to Terrafirma, finger raised* That'll be two light energo-drinks, my dear. *To Slipstream* My name's Diecast, to whom do I have the pleasure? OutReach, good to meet you :) Ah, heya Terra. I was wonderin'... you got any hot chocergon? Speaking of animals, how's that cat of yours, Roadkill? Figure a better name than 'kitty' for it? * Sunspot steps back from the introductions. * OutReach smiles broadly, holds his hand out to shake * Waitstate shakes back heh, not yet. It's taken to living in one of the vents in my room. Seems to like it there for some reason Pleasure as well. I am looking forward to joining your crew. * Slipstream blinks and looks at Diecast again. Oh, hey, you're new. Nice to meetchya. Name's Slipstream. Welcome to the Freedom. I'm afraid if you want to leave, you'll have to do so right now. *motions to the viewscreen and the receeding image of the station* Otherwise, welcome :) New, to a point. Nice to meetcha. * Diecast gets right to the point "Gamble?" So that's two Ener-lites, and a chocergon? Make it one lite. and stick lotsa cream on that chocergon. :) On the rocks. gamble? nope. sorry to disappoint. Race though. least, used to. Gotcha.... alright, just a moment. :) *walks off to get the drinks* * Avalanche decides to go down to the plaza to visit Terra. * OutReach grins "Believe me, I'd rather grow lungs and breath vaccum than grace the docks of that station again. It is good to be welcomed amoung cybertronians once more Oh really! I've been in a few street races myself. Not really my thing, but I'm a big fan of betting on the sidelines. psht, street races? they're way too easy. Well, I am a car. * Slipstream folds her arms on top of the counter and rests her head on them *from her arms* you have a point. Well, very well then. Welcome :) *smiles sincerely* You look like a fast dish * OutReach nods, then pulls his very large tool kit out of subspace "Well then, may I be introduced to the other members of the medical staff?" *chuckles* Why, thankee Anytime * Slipstream yawns into her arms * Terrafirma returns and sets down the drinks. The Chocergon is topped by a lovely fullerine foam, and the Ener-lite is chilled to -8 degrees Celcius by way of supercooled CO2 cubes Sleepy? eh, a li'l, I guess Why thank you, my dear. *Takes both drinks, gives the Chocergon to Slipstream* ah, thankee muchly. :) Yeah, you do look kinda drained. You really oughta get you some quarters! *to OutReach* Any time I suppose. I could show you to the medbay *chuckles lightly* Quarters ain't my thing. the flight deck works fine. * Avalanche finally finds hiw way down to the plaza and walks into Terra's restaurant. that is one damn nifty lookin' chocergon, Terra. :) How much I owe ya for it? *raises drink* Well, maybe you'll find mine a little more to your liking? *raises a browplate at Diecast* You're hopeful, ain't ya? Don't worry about it. I started you a tab last time :) If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair. *sips* Looks like I have another customer. Pardon me, you two :) * OutReach practically beams, the idea of working with cybertronian docters again making him happy beyond belief "That would be wonderful!" thanks Terra :) * Terrafirma approaches Avy Hi, Terra. Got anything special today? Well, Slipstream seems to favor my Chocergon with fullerine foam cream. I have the stuff out still, if you'd like one :) * Slipstream slowly sips her chocergon, then waves slightly at Avy when she sees him Hey, Cousin Avy. *waves drink at Avy* Hold on and I'll see if Medbay is open for visitors [comm] Wait to Medbay. Feel like giving a new recruit the tour? He's a doctor :) Visitors? Have a seat, comrade. Well, you're not staff just yet :) * OutReach nods "Oh, of course. Lead the way" That sounds good. I'll have one of those, please. * Avalanche waves to Diecast. [comm] New staff? Sounds good to me! See you soon * Avalanche decides to sit down next to the other two, since he's invited. Looks like we're a go then. If you'll follow me, I'll show you the way Heya Avy, what's the haps? Alright then. I'll just be a moment with that :) Not much. Still recovering from last night. * Aries leaves the bridge and heads for the plaza Ah, heh. tanked, aye? You drank like a demon, bud. * Earshot scutters into terra's restuarant, skittering over the ceiling torwards Terra "Hiya!!" * Avalanche lays his head on the counter and groans. * OutReach grins and falls in line behind Waitstate * Terrafirma winces Primus, boy. *winces in supprise* You're hyper today Get. Off. The. Ceiling. * Slipstream chuckles lightly and pats Avy on the back *looks up at Earshot* That's the damn biggest, weirdest spiderbot I've ever seen.... His name's Earshot. * Earshot decides to listen to the larger bot, and tf's, landing on the ground "Sorry to scare ya!" He's a big fat robo-moth. * Waitstate leads OutReach to Medbay and motions him inside He's really really hyper today, I think * Earshot looks at his waistline "I'm not fat!" Hiya, Earshot. * Avalanche doesn't look up, 'cause it hurts too much. * Terrafirma sighs. "Can I get you something today?" Hey...Avalanche, right? * Avalanche nods as best he can. Got any plates? or how about some old armour plating? * OutReach looks around "This ship is kept in _premiere_ shape!" aaanyway.... *finishes her hot chocergon* I should be bridgeside. Thanks for the choccy, Terra, it was great. :) I'll be back for more of those later sometime I do try, heh. :) Restore? You in here? See you later, Slipstream. It was a pleasure meeting you! * Sunspot decides to head to the plaza and see where Avalanche went. * Restore steps out from her office * Terrafirma brings Avy his chocergon * Aries enters Snake-Eyes' store Hey Aries * OutReach looks at Restore, grinning broadly Nice to meet you Hey S-E. You have any of those materials I passed onto you left over? * Avalanche sits back up and drinks a little, very slowly. So how've things been with you, Terra? Hi, likewise, I'm sure. We could use all the staff around here we can get. * Earshot sits in the restaurant. smiling and looking around, waiting to be served patiently * Slipstream waves to everyone in Terra's shop, then wanders out and heads for the bridge I'm the cheif med around here, so if you need anything just ask. So, ever worked on a starship previously? Yes, on the freelance cruiser StarGazer. It was a cybertronian vessel, medium-sized, crew of 95. I worked on it for more than a vorn. Yeah, I couldn't use much of it. The amount that I could sold the last time we were open to the public. I almost dumped it all, want it back? Sorry for the delay... what was it you wanted... I'm sorry, I don't know your name * Slipstream arrives in the bridge and leans against the back wall, arms folded Well, you'll probably find we're pretty casual as far as rules and orders go, in general. My medbay does follow some pretty simple rules, though Of course. I am sure they are basic, but I'd like to be briefed on them anyway I'll take a sample now, and come back for the rest later, if thats ok I'm Earshot. Nice ta meetcha! Who are you? No problem, hang on a second *goes out back* Of course. Firstly, we keep this place clean and tidy. I haaaaate mess Terrafirma. This is my shop *gestures around* Thanks Can I get you anything? I understand completley. anything else? Secondly, unless it's command staff in here, the medics are in charge, and don't take orders from patients. It's nice! If the patient is command staff, we're still in charge. *smiles at Waitstate* *turns around and sees Slip* Ah, heya Slippy gal. * OutReach laughs lightly at Restore *rolls her optics* Don't call me that. * Sunspot notices Avalanche sitting at the counter in Terra's and goes inside. Sunspot! It's been too long *smiles broadly* Can I get a plate....a bucket of shrapnel and bolts....and a few old pieces of armour plating? Wow As far as I'm concerned, patients do as I say, or else. Last, and most important rule is, anyone, and this is usually patients, who decide they're gonna be agro tough guys in my medbay, gets their skidplates booted. Hard. that's about it * Roadkill just grins and turns back to his console It's a regular party in here. * Terrafirma turns. "Odd request... I'll see what I have in storage though." Hi, Terra! Sorry, I've had a lot going on... I understand completly. A few questions? * Snake-Eyes returns and hands a block of very old looking wood to Aries thanks, Terra! Thanks, I'll be back for the rest later :) *Heads for the bar* Sure Oh, hi again, Sunny. Finished with the new guy? Can I get you anything? does the crew have a regular matienence schedule? * Aries enteres the bar and sits at a back table and takes out a datapad and small scanner and starts some work on the artifact No. I'm fairly lenient with that, though there are times when they get one whether they want it or not. The whole crew had one just recently, Any specials today? The Chocergon with Fullerine foam seems popular today * Sunspot sits down at the counter with Avy. It's a casual crew, it's not terribly easy for them to understand the concept of a schedule, lot alone keep one. That sounds good. I'll go get that for you then :) The last check was done without most of them even knowing it was performed * Terrafirma departs for the kitchen area, with a side trip to storage for whatever scrap she can find * OutReach laughs "I understand. The crew of the StarGazer was exactly like that." Yeah, I took him up to the bridge. He wanted to go see the medbay. Heh, I'm glad someone on this tub understands then, heh * Terrafirma returns with a fancy glass and an old bucket Our staff here is farily small, but seeing how the crew populace in general is also small, it works out fairly well. For you *hands Sunny the glass* and for you *hands Earshot the bucket* * OutReach turns to Waitstate "Would it be too horrible If I could get a room close to the medbay? In case of any emergencies..." Don't eat the bucket. :) Thank you! * Sunspot takes a sip. We do have another doctor on board, but he is currently incapacitated, I'm afraid. And then there's his assistant, Knock-Off, and Welder, our resident nurse. * Earshot grins "Thanks!" and tosses Terra some energon chips * Sunspot notices Earshot sitting in a booth. * Earshot humms happily, tossing some bolts and washers into his mouth and chomping down on them Oh, hi. Earshot, right? I'm sorry about last time... Does this incapacitated doctor require immediate assistance? * Diecast watches Earshot. "You're... really weird." * Waitstate steps forward Yes, but there's nothing we can actually do for him right now. That's why the Freedom is all the way out here. We're following a trail that we hope will lead to a cure for his condition. * Waitstate hands OutReach a pad Rather than answer you, I decided to act on it. Here's your quarters assignment :) * Earshot makes a face at Diecast, grinning, then turns to Sunspot "Oh, hey, sunspot...so'kay...wanna sit?" * OutReach looks at the pad "is it close?" * Oildrill enters medbay, leading Zonic in after him Down the hall. You and Restore are neighbors actually. Diagnoally anyway. Excuse me, I hope we aren't disturbing anything important, * OutReach grins at Restore "I wouldn't mind that" * Sunspot looks at Avy, who has his head down on the counter again, and frowns. You feeling okay? * Avalanche groans. If you're anything like me, you'll probably never see your quarters anyway, heh. * Restore notes the Autobots Not at all, everything ok? * Earshot shrugs at Sunspot and continues chewing on his bucketfull of refuse Just hung over. Don't worry your pretty little head, angel. Looks like you have patients. I should go. Take care of the new recruit, ok Restore? I'm fine. Really, Okay, then... I'm gonna go sit with the new guy. * Diecast raises a finger, starts to say somthing to Sunspot, then stops * Sunspot carries her drink and Moonstone over to Earshot's booth. No, you're not. *to Restore and new doc bot* She got a little worked up and smashed her hand against the wall harder than I'd have thought she could * Waitstate is already gone, and heading to the bridge * Oildrill holds up Zonic's arm to show a semi mangled hand * OutReach nods "structual damage or cosmetic?" * Waitstate arrives on the bridge I'll leave you in the care of Outreach, our newest resident Outreach, the main working area is just over here *points* So, how's the new doc bot? Birds of a feather... our Autobot guests popped in to Medbay, so I figured I should bail before Restore started glaring *looks up* Heya grey one So how's the Freedom been treating you? heh, wise move. Restore with a welding torch is a scary sight indeed * Earshot looks up at Sunspot, mouthful of bolts. he gulps them down "Okay, I guess...some people are a little less..friendly than other, though" Of course. *pats Zonic on the back* Let's get her to the examining table Yeah, I heard Recoil copped that one day, heh Yeah, not everybody here is especially social. * Waitstate takes his seat Status? * OutReach leads the autobots to the examining table * Zonic moves over to the examining table with Outreach Nobody Nobody's been too bad, have they? * Oildrill stays behind with Restore * Earshot smiles "No one impaticular. Get the cold shoulder from a bunch of people. This isn't like back with Ziggurah, that's for sure..." *looking way up at him* Not coping too well then? Now...I didn't catch your name? No, it's hit her pretty hard. Harder than it did me. She owed more to Tip Over than any of us did Zonic. Just a temporary passenger, heh. Yeah, it's different. There are a lot here who just prefer to keep to themselves. Temporary or not, an injury is an injury. Let me see that hand. *takes out his tools Now, how did this happen? I don't imagine it would be any easier even if she didn't, really. He was liked by a decent amount of crew here as well. I hit a wall with more strength than I thought I had. It's been a rough day or two. Well, this is a place to escape what's been going on for our people have been going through since....hell, before I can remember... * Sunspot nods. If either of you need anything medically while you're on board, we've got some of the best. Thanks. Hopefully we won't though. *heads over to Zonic and Outreach* * Hyperion leaves the bridge. * Restore returns to her office while Outreach works It's a...sanctuary, for a lot of us. Me too. Did I tell you I was once a member of the Insecticons? *picks up something on the broadband comm receivers* hhmmm... Wait, we're gettin' a distress call... In this neck of the woods? I'm not suprised. Put it on. * OutReach sighs, running a scanner over her hand "I'm definitely gonna have to replace the plating....some of the circuitry has flayed to....the joints, well, aren't wonderful...." and her smiles, laughing lightly, "I sure hope you don't play the violin" * Roadkill puts it onscreen I think I heard that... Why did you leave? the what? [comm]....I repeat, to any*ne who can here thi- messa-*.. we are being attacked by an *nknown pirate group... Old earthen stringed instrument Should we go help? oh. I'm not sure it's any of our business... Our main drive is down, and thrusters are failing. They're overwhelming us! Please, to anyone who can hear u--* damn, wait, we can't ignore that * Earshot throws a holodisk in front of Sunspot "click it" can you get them on sensors? * OutReach holds up Zonic's arm gently, gingerly poking the hand with a long, needle-like tool * Roadkill fiddles with the scanners I'm pickin' up something on the long-range scanners, there seems to be a sig jammer in place though, things are rather scrambled... * Sunspot sets the disk on the table and turns it on. We should go help 'em, Wait. Like, fast. how do we know who it even is out there? it's pirates. Pirates are bad. that normally goes without saying. *glances at RK and raises a browplate* well, most the time... heh. I mean, are we sure it's a pirate attack? * A picture of a small, lithe femmebot, with sleek black armour and large insect wings on her back, stands next to Earshot, her arm around his neck and a smile on her face It could be a pirate TRAP. Exactly and what if it's not? I mean, it's one of the oldest tricks in the oldest DATABASES. I don't think we've got time to debate it either way, we go or don't, what if they really ARE an innocent freighter under attack by pirates? Can you feel this, Zomic? Any pain? *pokes the needle into the circuitry of the hand nothing more painful than my hand in general ---*-....Freigh-er-ship 'Honest Pay' *-.questing i*mediate assistance! To anyone who can he*-.. u-... *looks at Wait urgently* C'mon, grey one, they need our help. ---*.*-t.. -.*elp... -* ... *grumbles* I wish I didnt always have to be the one making the moral judgement calls... Alright, move us in closer. At least we can get a better look first I'll make it if you want That works. That's cute. Is she...dead? * OutReach laughs "of course..." and takes a spray bottle of a green liquid out "this is unanimatum. it's used to disable pain recepter....there will be a very sharp burning pain for a microsecond, but after that it should go numb" * Roadkill transmits the coordinates to the helm * OutReach sprays the liquid into the exposed section of zonic's hand ooooooOOOOWW. That's better * Cirrus moves the Freedom in * Roadkill continues scanning Heh, you've gotten through worse than that, Zonic. I'm going to go check out this plaza thing, meet you there. *exits* yeah. * Earshot laughs, throwing a nut into his mouth and swallowing it. "Her name's Nefaria. We....were together for a long while. When I decided I didn't like the carnage that went with being a decepticon shock troop, she tried to put me up for treason. Broke my heart....along with my shoulder, both kneejoints and my wing acttuators" and laugh lightly * OutReach grins "Nice bot. What was his name?" he starts disassembling the mangled hand Oh... I'm sorry. That's probably even worse than dying... Oildrill. And he ain't always so nice. It was. An explosion nearby threw me into space before she could take me in, though...so I got off pretty lucky *puts the holodisk back into subspace* wanna washer? *offers her contents of the bucket* * Sunspot giggles. No, that's okay. Everybody here seems to have an interesting reason for it. Reason for what? I'd imagine he'd have to be pretty stern, he has a commander's air about him. For being here. I got bored Let me know when we're close enough to tell what's actually going on * Earshot nods "ah...so, why are you here?" I'm working on it. the signature jamming's kinda messing things up though... He was third in command of our group, actually The rest of my team was wiped out. * Earshot winces "sorry" * OutReach strip Zonic's had down to the skeletal frame, bending and fusing the joints back into place and rewiring the circuitry Avy's got amnesia! Who? I got bored. * Sunspot points to where Avalanche is sitting at the counter. * Earshot grins "You know, they say a good hit to the head could cure that..." and laughs Too late. okay, we've got about fifteen active fighters out there at the moment... So, Autobots, eh? Nice guys, little self-rightous thought, but they don't go around damaging things for fun... well most of them, anyway any IDs? the freighter's in bad shape. main drive seems to be down, it's on thrusters only not yet. that sig jammer is really screwing with things We came looking for LONAC because our ex-commander was a member here up until last week. We were sent to invite him back. We were too late. * comm station beeps We've got a direct line-of-sight transmission coming through. Onscreen? Yeah Oh, he leave the ship? *puts the transmission onscreen* Whoever you are, this is the Honest Pay, we're in a lot of trouble here, can you assist? No, he's dead. How long have you been away from the Decepticons? Wait, you've got the comm Possibly. Can you ID your attackers? I'm sorry, but surely you can understand my apprehension. Was killed in a mission. Hence frustration, hence fist meets wall. * Roadkill works on unjamming the signature jamming * OutReach nods "I'm sorry. Lossing comrades...is never easy" and uses a small pincer tool to put the plates back in their proper shape Couple vorns. last I heard they got a price on my head. They came down on deserter real hard in the early days * Slipstream takes a seat at the empty tac2 station and starts pulling up visuals of the attacking fighters We can't quite tell who they are. A signature jammer went up about the time they showed up. It was a one-two punch to our drive, but the way they're attacking us, they seem more interested in slagging us than taking our cargo. But we do scan what we believe are heavier ships out on the borderline of this mess. They might be retrieval vessels or docking ships. We can't tell from he--* Have they tried hunting for you, or did they just leave it at that and let the bounty hunters sort it out? What happened? Heavier ships PLURAL? *-...o you read? we took a hit, but we're still up. Do you copy? If they were for cargo retrieval, they'd be easier to identify, they could be heavier attack ships We have you Oh if they happen to come across me I'm sure they'll slag me, but they've left it up to the bounty hunters so far. I just hope that Death's Head freak never comes after me..." * Earshot shudders a little We do get bounty hunters here every now and then, but I don't know of any who have actually gone after anybody else on the ship... Most of them seem to get killed anyway, though. * Sunspot sighs. * OutReach places the armour back on the hand, bolting it into place. he takes a moment to buff it and the steps back, smiling "There, good as the day it was manufactured Look, we have a crew worki*--... -n our main drives. Give us some time and we might be abl* -o bail. * Earshot pats sunspots shoulder "bad memories?" Who got killed now? We're coming in closer. We'll get between you and your attackers, but we won't engage them unless we're fired upon. Oh, for the love of-- *gets up and quickly leaves the bridge, heading for the nearest airlock* Haven't you noticed that, Diecast? Any bounty hunters we get here always seem to get themselves slagged. Slip's heading out, now what? I really haven't been here that long. She won't wait till they shoot at her Well... I know what happened with Magnum. No, I don't imagine she will * Diecast coughs damnit thanks for the assist. Sorry to drag you into this, but we thought we were better equipped to handle this. * Slipstream exits the Freedom through the nearest airlock, transforms, and zooms towards the freighter * Sunspot turns back to Earshot. So you should be safe here. We have big guns Cirrus, bring us in. RK, try and talk some sense into Slip? I know it's a near-impossibiliy... * OutReach pats Zonic on the shoulder "the pain killer will wear off eventually. it's good as new" Safe is a relative thing *laughs* *grumbles* near-impossible is right... [comm] Slip, hold off! Don't fire unless you're fired upon first! Please? Thanks *flexes hand* * Zonic exits medbay and heads for the plaza * Sunspot sighs. Yeah, it really doesn't seem to be all that safe... Hey, what ever happened to that guy you were always hanging around? Put us on alert status, I'd say things are gonna get heated pretty soon I'm gonna help out with that... [comm] Eh, sure. I don't hafta fire to cause a bit of havoc... *would grin if she wasn't in her starfighter mode* * Avalanche glares at Diecast. Shush. Yes sah' * OutReach walks over to the staff lounge in the medbay, quietly cleaning his now dirty tools * Diecast feels he's stumbled onto the road less traveled, and zips his lips * Waitstate nods Computer, red alert So... who likes to play cards? * Alert klaxons and lights blare * Slipstream dives into the nearest group of fighters and starts maneuvering through them crazily Egads. * Avalanche groans. * Restore exits her office to see if Outreach is done * Diecast slams a clip into the base of his machine gun I won't need this at all. * two fighters break off from attacking the freighter and go after Slip, guns blazing * Cirrus manuvers into a defensive position near the freighter I'm bettin' * Earshot doesn't ask questions, just stands up "Somethings going down!" and retrieves his moth-gun * More fighters get cut off from the Freedom moving into position, begin shooting at the Freedom and then pulling away * Diablo stays whereever he is and ignores the alarm whoohoo! you suckers are dead now! *wings split open into attack formation and she returns fire, barrel-rolling between their shots* Return fire? [shipwide comm] This is the captain. secure general quarters and wait for further instructions [comm] shoot 'em already! * OutReach looks up at Restore and is about to say something, when the alarms go off Go for it. Try and disable them though, please * Sunspot looks around worriedly. * Diecast clasps Earshot on the shoulder "Well, little buddy, it's time for a taste of the action" Red alert. Just hang around and be prepared for possible casualties. It's LONAC, so it's pretty likly. ... Uh, sorta. * Moonstone gets upset by the noise and chirps loudly at the air. * Slipstream nails one fighter, then concentrates on evading the others * one heavy fighter drops a payload of missiles and sends them after the Freedom's Drive section * Lightning activates the Freedom's weapons and fires at the pirates [comm] Waitstate, what's the situation? * Diecast thinks arm interceptors and fire. shields at full! * OutReach nods, putting his tools back in the box Anyone wanna join me for a good game of Shooting Out An Airlock? * one fighter takes a hit from the Freedom in the tail section. It starts venting heavily into space, but peels off and out of the way. * Waitstate ignores the comm * OutReach turns to Diecast "Sounds like a plan to me!" Interceptors launched. Shields already at full It was a joke, kid. A joke, see? * Slipstream goes after the heavy fighter, weaving through the furball bring us around to fire the DEM if nescesary. Helm control to tactical ...I'm getting new signals here. Twelve ships just dropped into realspace. The payload suggests heavily armed craft, perhaps bombers But...there's trouble! we cant just sit here, can we? Ugh... Too loud... Trust me, we can The signature jammer's still up, I haven't been able to get through it yet, and believe me, I'm tryin'. * Welder enters mebay hail them. tell them we're defending a damaged craft. I'm not really a career spacegoer, but it's this a little excessive for a pirate band? * fighter begins tailing Slipstream, opening fire * Aries enters the bridge and takes his station * Earshot nods, but the sound of his gun warming up can be heard * Slipstream goes evasive try a tightbeam comm Crap. I got an idea. can't get through. something's jamming the main channels. * Diecast says to Avalanche, "Who was that one little green bot with the weapons fetish?" all we can get is line-of-sight transmissions, and the ships are moving too fast for that Do we send others to assist Slipstream? * OutReach turns to Welder "Hello" * fighter behind Slipstream takes multiple hits underneath, then flares as it explodes try laser assisted Hmm? The drunk? * one of the newer ships flies through the fireball, and peels away [comm] Don't bother, the newbies seem to be friendlies! damned if I can tell 'em apart though... Welder, this is Outreach, our new doctor. Outreach, this is Welder Hi. yeah, him. Doens't he always hang out in the armory? Nice to meet you When he's not in the bar. Splitwit. * Slipstream heads for the frieghter and takes potshots at anything that targets it Great. You know where the armory is, doncha? * large bomber-style ship breaks attack from the freighter quickly and starts gunning at the Freedom what's the status of the frieghter? if we can get them clear, maybe we can leave this mess be * Lightning sends a stronger barrage of fire at the bomber craft it looks like they may take care of each other They're still working on their main drives... Um... Maybe. * bomber craft dodges as best it can, soaking what damage its capable of. After becomming overwhelmed, it drops its payload at the Freedom and pulls off. What about a tow? We could drag them into interphase Bingo. Let's rock We're going to the Armory, allright? Avy, you lead the way. Earshot, follow me. Brace for impact * Lightning shoots down most but not all of the bomber's payload * Avalanche slowly gets to his feet. * Slipstream dives after a fighter that's getting too close to the freighter and chases it around, lasers blasting * leftover payload suddenly diverts from the Freedom Whatever this is, it's probably a very bad idea. * Earshot nods, following Diecast, he turns to Sunspot "Wait here!" Move to DEM blast! Wait, what just happened? * a decoy, fired by a large green ship, attracts the rest of the payload fired, and the whole thing explodes on impact But... Those are usually the best ones. * Green ship flies past the Freedom's Bridge they have changed targets * Sunspot sighs. No! I'm coming, too! [comm] tag that green one as a friendly if you can, Freedom! Call me crazy, but this is what we do. We see if Split has a few--What? try and pick off the remainder, now that they're distracted! Oh what the heck, we could use an extra arm for this. C'mon. Honest Pay, to other ship. We're almost there on our drive. We're trying to come about so we can get out of here. Cover us the best you can! * Lightning takes down another two pirates, while the rest of them evade the continual barrage * Earshot follows Diecast, looking around I'm sick of sitting here while everybody else goes out and gets beaten up and killed and...and...I'm coming with you! * Slipstream covers the freighter as best she can * Sunspot follows. Anyway. We see if Split has any sort of close range ship-to-ship missile launchers, right? I think he should, if he doesn't the plans moot. * another fighter explodes off in the distance, impossible to say for which side * Earshot winces "Is this going where I think it's going Get a rope, tie it to one of us, and chuck ourselvs out the airlock with one of the missile launchers. Most fighters seem to be taking on each other rather than pick at us Oh yeah, it's going that direction Get a target, fire away, and haul ourselves back in before we get shot. * Avalanche heads in what he thinks is probably the direction of the armory. concentrate on the big ships then * Lightning shoots down another bomber that was trying to sneak in ... You know, that sounds real dumb. * Earshot nods "Oh well, what else do we got?" * flash of light fires from the Freedom's Starboard side, and two fighters streak by. That's it! Drive's up! Cover us while we move into position! Um. Hm. [comm to freighter] consider y'selves covered! * green ship tumbles in front of Freedom's view, venting plasma and other elements into space. * Lightning gives cover fire for the freighter as needed now that most fighters are tangling together * Diecast shrugs. "Go back to the bar, get buzzed up, and rethink our strategy." launch missiles, get em between the fighters and the frieghter acknowledged But by then we might be dead, and that'll be a waste of liqour * Diecast leans against the bulkhead "Sorry 'bout getting you all psyched up, Sunny" The fighter that Slip tagged as friendly before's been hit and is floating in front of the Freedom damn, move to defend. the missiles should cover the freighter well enough I've got three ships on an incoming vector, heading straight for him. Haul it into our sheild cover with the tractor beam, we'll deal with it after The three fighters are increasing speed... if you're gonna haul him in, do it FAST. I'm not going to *complain* that none of you are going out and getting yourselves killed... * Lightning locks the tractor beam on the ship and starts to drag it in * Earshot breaks off from the group, heading to the airlock Alrighty, then. Jump time in 3....2....1.... To unknown ship, thanks for the assist! the fighters will reach it before it is within our shields * Freighter jumps out * Slipstream continues to cover the freighter til it makes the jump * Waitstate watches the frighter go * Diecast plops down on the floor, sits cross-legged, and rolls a pair of dice. I hope we took the right side Lookit that. Snake eyes. * Earshot moves to the airlock, opening it and tf'ing, soaring torwards the three fighters * Waitstate sees something zoom out ahead Did we just launch something? [comm] Earshot, pull back! we're pulling out! That's Earshot, what hell does he thinks he's doing? I never roll a pair of ones unless I don't need it. Getting killed if he's not careful! * two other fighters engage Earshot, opening fire on him * Slipstream dives at one of the fighters targeting Earshot I'm going back to Terra's. * Avalanche does so. * Earshot bobs and weaves, spiraling torward a fighter from the side and barraging it with blasts I'll follow * Diecast follows. * said fighter transforms to bot-mode, turns around while flying the other direction and begins gunning at Slip * Hyperion returns to the bridge. "You should invest in doorlocks for the airlocks sometime." * Sunspot watches them walk off, then look up at Moonstone. * Fighter takes Earshot's hits, then pulls away Think we should go back, too? * Moonstone chirps. Right. Good a place as any... I didn't think I needed to secure them INTERNALLY * Sunspot goes back to the plaza. * Earshot fires at one of the fighters nearest the green ship, trying to buy some time... * Slipstream goes evasive while still trying to fire back [comm] Earshot, get back to the Freedom, we're pulling out! * fighter weaves slightly, but tries to maintain course with the other three in tight formation [comm] what about the damaged ship? [comm] we've got it tractored, don't worry! just haul yourself in 'fore we hafta tractor -you- as well! True. I forget that this crew is unlike the Autobots and has a habit of ignoring protocols. [comm] roger-roger! I'll make a note to tighten security at the airlocks Much to my chagrin sometimes. I plan on coding new General Quarters protocols when we finish here * three fighters close in on Freedom, almost on the nearly-tractored green ship So whaddya think is going on? * Earshot takes a few last potshots at the trio of fighters then soars back torwards the airlock * Lightning tractors the greenbot/ship into the launch bay Get Slip back, we need to move NOW [comm] Go go go! I'll catch up with ya! * trio breaks off in different directions * Earshot tf's and lands inside the airlock, closing it behind him and walking back torwards the plaza. Right, whatever. Cirrus, Interphase now * Slipstream is still trying to shake a pair of fighters who don't want to be friendly * Cirrus gets our collective asses outta here [comm] Bridge, medical update? * Slipstream waits til the Freedom's jumped, then jumps herself * another fighter flies past Slip and lobs a missile at one of the fighters. The enemy fighter transforms just in time to take the hit to the stomach and explodes, sending limbs and debris out into space [comm] launch bay, go * OutReach stands near the examining table, looking anxious [comm] Got it. Outreach, with me Look after anyone else that comes by, Welder. * OutReach nods, following Restore * Restore heads for the launch bay * Earshot walks back into Terra's restaurant, sitting back in his booth and finishing off his bucket * Restore arrives at launch bay with Outreach and sees the green guy Everything okay, Earshot? * Diecast waits for Earshot to sit down, then storms up to him and grabs him by the neck, picking him up * Restore heads over to him What. The. Hell. * Earshot looks up at Diecast, looks around, then pops the last bolt in his mouth "What?" Tactical, are we being followed? Negative What were you THINKING? Going out there with no backup and... and... Primus, son, you could'a gotten slagged. Then let's drop back to realspace so Slip can catch up * Cirrus does so. "Aye Cap'n. Realspace now" * Restore scans the bot * Roadkill comms Slip the Freedom's current coordinates * Earshot nod's "and that guy out _THERE_ could'a gotten slagged, or Slipstream could'a gotten slagged, or one of those fighters could gotter through the shield and someone _ELSE_ could'a gotten slagged" * Diecast stares, dumbfounded * Slipstream soon drops out of hyperspace near the Freedom and approaches its flight deck And you were a Decepticon? He's not good, he's got hydraulic fluids flooding his systems, we'll patch that first and then get him to medbay * OutReach nods, taking out his quikseal and some patches * Earshot grins "That's why I left" Well, now that we're clear, I suppose I have to go give Chain Of Command In Military Situations lectures... *snickers* Have fun, grey one *sighs* All right, fine. You're just going to get one helluva stern talkin'-to from the ringleader * Diecast unloads his gun Computer, cancel red alert and general quarters. * Slipstream lands in the flight deck near the green fighter and the two medics, then tfs * Earshot smiles "That's why I'm finishing my meal..." and laughs "so I could get a running head start" Lil, the bridge is yours * OutReach turns to Slip "Do you need assisstance?" * Admiral-Lilwall moves into the captains chair * Waitstate heads to the launch bay * Avalanche goes back to sitting at the counter with his head down and groaning. * Waitstate arrives *raises a browplate* New guy. Huh. *smiles* Nah, I'm fine. For once. ;) [comm] Welder, send down a drone with a pair of gurney's Right away, * Earshot tf's and flies out the front door, skittering up the walls to try to avoid being seen * Waitstate walks up to the crowd How's our patient? * Slipstream spots Wait and tries to edge away without being noticed, hiding behind the green fighter * OutReach nods and moves back to the green guy, looking at Wait and nodding before patching the green guys hydrolics * Restore opens a side panel and starts to drain the excess fluid * Waitstate figures he's going to be ok, and changes focus NOT so fast, Slip! * Slipstream freezes guiltily How's it looking Restore? I've got the leaks over here covered, but there's not much fuel running through this guy... Those pipes need to be replaced completely * Waitstate motions her over severely, and walks a bit away from the medics * Slipstream glances around, calculating escape vectors and success probabilities... * Waitstate glares directly at her I've got more leaks over this side, get ready to shut him down for a few seconds hoo boy... *puts on an innocent face and slowly heads over towards Wait* * OutReach tosses his quikseal bottle to restore, "use this on the leaks, tell me when you're going to shut it down" Alright, first thing, you did good out there. I'm saying that now so you don't try and throw it in my face. It is NOT the point here. Like I'd do that, heh. *grins lopsidedly and leans back against a wall* This isn't a leak, there's a barely any pipe left, I need to reseal the pump, shut him off now That said... what the HELL were you thinking?? um... I didn't think? * Slipstream gives Wait the wide-optic innocent look Should I signal welder and tell him to bring down some replacement pipe? Damn right you didnt. We NEEDED tactical officers. More than we needed a fighter out there. That's what we have missiles, drones, and PDLs for. And you KNOW better. * Restore disconnects what's left of the pipe and casts it aside, seals the pump before opening another panel to reveal an auxiliary fuel stock No, we can use this, get ready to reactive *sighs and drops her head slightly* Yeah yeah, I know. it's just... ah, f'get it. I screwed up. * OutReach nods "ready." * Restore connects the reserve tank up and seals it Go * Slipstream slumps against the wall and rubs her face There's isn't much in there, but it'll be enough, drain any excess you've then prepare for transport Yes you did, and I don't want you to forget that. In a military situation like this was the chain of command is considered RIGID. Pull a stunt like that again and I'll shove you in the smallest, darkest cell I can find, got me? * Diablo goes to the bar * Drone arrives with gurneys * Slipstream tries to hide a shudder and glares at Waitstate * OutReach nods "Draining...Primus, look at this flayed connecter tube...he's prepped for transport" Disconnect wings and nosecone, he'll never fit through the lift and corridors with them *quiet* yeah, I got ya. loud and clear... He'll be scratching the walls without 'em Good, I'm glad understand each other Now then, I have to go squash a moth. * Slipstream stares down at the floor, optics unfocused mm? *looks up again* oh, Earshot. Leave him be. Why should I do that? he hasn't been around long enough t'know all this stuff *shrugs* cos you'd have more fun chewing me out more? *smiles lopsidedly* Which is why I plan to be just slightly more polite with him. YOU know better. Load him on. Slipstream! Over here, Slipstream, bring these bits and pieces to medbay sometime soon, *nods to Restore* yup, sure. will do. * Restore helps Outreach with the green bot into the lift * Drone helps Slipstream * OutReach nods, unattaching the nosecone and wings "Look, Restore...the connecter ports on his wings and nose cone are even warped...this guy really took a beating" I'll leave you to this yeah, okay... sorry, Wait. * Waitstate has the computer locate Earshot and heads to his location We've had worse come through, trust me * Diablo arrives in the bar and takes a seat *lift stops and doors open* * Waitstate follows the computer's directions to Earshot's location This should be fun, *carefully wheels green bot out* * OutReach leaves the nosecone and wings in the launching bay "remind me to send a drone down to get those" as he help Restore with the green guy * Slipstream picks up all the detached fighter bits with the drone's help and slowly lugs them to medbay Looks like we've only got a few centimeters either side before we hit wall * Earshot sees Waitstate coming and freezes, not moving and hoping that'll keep him hiddin * Waitstate gets to where the computer says Earshot is Alright, where are you? I know you're here Waitstate won't like all this stuff dripping on to the floor, * Earshot holds tight to the ceiling trying to quietly move out of the room, he accidently puts one of his legs through a light fixture and mumbles "oh crap" * Waitstate looks up Get down from there Me and Welder will come clean it up later Nah, we've got maintence bots in engineering that can do all that stuff If you're gonna walk on the ceiling, I'm gonna assign you to repair duty * Earshot sullenly glides down, tfing and grinning "So, uh...Waitstate....how's that bridge? eh-heh..." and smiles broadly * Restore and Outreach move greenguy into medbay with differculty and a bit of time Bridge is fine Welder? OR 2 is set up Thanks, let's go * Slipstream finally brings the rest of the green guys bits into the medbay where d'ya want these, Restore? * OutReach sighs "What should we start on first, Restore? Fuel or Hydrolics?" follows to OR 2 You havent been here long, so I'm going to go easy on you. But do that again, and I'll clip those wings of yours personally. I can tell you know better than to do things like what you just did. Welder take her through to OR1, we'll get them after. Drone, return to standby status I know, but Wait, people could have _died_, y'know? Including yourself Yes, this I know, but I didn't. Neither did Slipstream, and that green guy... You can start on that, Outreach, I'll get onto circuitry This way, Slip *leads to OR1* The point is, we had things under control. This wasn't our battle. I did not want to risk any of our people more than nescesary * Slipstream follows Welder into OR1 and dumps the pieces where indicated Thanks *heads into other OR* * Earshot sighs, "Yes, sir. I know. Sorry. I'll pick my battles more carefully next time" In the future, I expect you to wait for orders before jumping into things like that. I know I keep things pretty loose here, but in a fight, I expect the chain of command to be obeyed no prob... *wanders out of the med bay and slowly heads for the bridge* Welder, get us replacement hyrdalic pipes and fuel conduits, class 4 with delta classed portings * Welder goes for the stuff * Restore removes the entire back panelling, which is covered in a variety of scorches and blast holes * Earshot nods "Yes, sir" * OutReach nods, looking over the fuel system "Welder, I need some extra tubing...about this thick" holds up a flayed piece of a tube "as much as you can" * Restore inspects the engine to find it all sorts of parts within it fried alright then... you're dismissed * Waitstate turns to go, and holds his head a little as he leaves * Earshot exits, closing the door to his quarters We don't have parts for some of this. [comm] Medbay to Anchor, we need parts up for a Archeton engine design, class 5. Specifically, filter heads, cooling vents with connectors and a mark 2 spinbolt sealer [comm] Wait, the bar needs a fire. It'd add to the atmosphere of the place. *looks around the bar from his seat* Firestorm likes fire. It'll make the place warm and friendlier. [comm] Got anything like that? [Comm] What, you just expect me to have a bodypart lying around? [Comm] Well, you came to the right monkey. Give me five. * Slipstream arrives in the bridge and drops into the seat at tac2, locks out the controls, then folds her arms on top of the console and rests her head on them * OutReach looks up at Restore "tell him to send me up some conjoint receptors and as much tubing as he has, all this is fried!" [comm] Diablo, you're scaring me. Have you been drinking? Can I have some? I think I need it *dryly* Have fun out there, Slip? *mutters* Oh, shut up. We've got the tubing, and two receptors [comm] Anchor, any extra conjoint receptors would help to [Comm] Hang on. Most of this type of stuff we used up on Slipstream, damn [comm] That's my job. And no, I haven't. You're more than welcome to come and make some drinks though. * Digging, crashing, and clanging can be heard on Anchor's end of the comm * OutReach gets sprayed in the face with coolant "Damn it, this guy's a mess!" * Welder returns with the asked for items and sets them down on a side bench [comm] Maybe I will. Damn sight less stressful [Comm] Allright, lady, I've got the parts. [Comm] But... [Comm] It'll cost ye. His forward manuevering valve is busted, it's giving me a feedback, Welder take care of that and then get us extra ionizers [comm] Bad day? * OutReach looks up, dumbfounded at Achor's words "Is he serious?" [comm] it'll cost YOU if this guy dies on my table, I want those parts NOW. the rest will be worked out later! [Comm] Oh, this is for a patient? It's on me, then. [Comm] Heh heh. I'll be up in a few. Yep. A fine crew we have. * OutReach looks at restore, then shakes his head, smiling "you certainly have a way with them" * Welder settles the disagreement with the valve before getting extra ionizers* * Anchor arrives a moment later, dragging a small hover-sled with his tail. That's the best part of the job. Watch that stray circuit, Outreach I'll get it *goes outside* Here ye go, Archeton engine 5, all the dealies you asked for EXCEPT the cooling vent connectors. * Restore disonnects a bunch of busted and melted things * OutReach grabs the stray wire, fusing it back into place. I bashed a few holes in just the right places, though thanks, we'll manage something * Welder grabs the sled and rushes it back into the OR Funny story about how I found THIS little gem. You'll have to hear it someday. Welder, get me that tubing! this guy is losing it! * Welder reenters with the extras, then moves to the bench grabs a piece of tubing and positions it with Outreach * alarm beeps Finish that tube then help me over here, his power core is failing, * Diablo assumes it was a very bad day, and Wait just dropped dead of stress related causes. * OutReach gets the tubing, connecting it faster than he's ever gone before, then moves over to Restore "Powercore....can we feed it off an outside battery source till we can get his own working? Yep, Welder hook it up. Outreach, reconfigure the left side modulator to a lower frequency, I'll get the right side [comm] you could say that, heh... oh boy * Restore does what she just told OR on the other side * OutReach reconfigures the modulater, shocking his hand in the process *KZAP!* "Arg!" Hooked up, alternate distribution activated [comm] Worse than the bad days I've caused? [comm] That's debatable. ;) * OutReach works quickly with his operating hand "You got that power core up?" I just said so didn't I? * Waitstate decides to go to the bar after all Right, I'll take this part from here, go back to his hydralics and fuel I was too busy being in pain, sorry *laughs* Already done, Restore * Waitstate trudges in and slumps into a chair rather than head behind the bar Welder, get that spare lower rotary motor for power cores, uh, I'd say a size A10. You look slagged, Waitstate. *leaning on the bar from the other side* I feel slagged * OutReach tries to repair the damaged ciruitry underneath the shattered back panels of the green guy Got it * Diablo moves from where he currently is and moves over to Wait and Goannis I just flew us into the middle of someone else's fight. I hate that. * Restore installs the new motor, bringing the power core back to nomial Disconnect the battery and bring the fuel cart * Welder disconnects the battery and wheels it out fo the way before wheeling inthe fuel cart * Restore plugs the filters in and nods to Welder * OutReach finishes the circuitry, moving over to Restore "So, is he good?" Fuel transfer on, all things are looking good. He's good. Nice work bots. General patch up and engine repairs now. Can you guys handle that? I'll report to Waitstate. * Restore cleans herself off and heads out to find Waitstate Didn't have much choice, mind you. But it's a hard choice to make even so. * OutReach smiles working with his operational hand, slowly fixing the armour plates and closing raw circuits Somethin' strong then? Please * Waitstate gets comfortable I could get used to this Hope you don't mind that Downlaod has been teaching me how to mix drinks, Was kinda silly to hang around the bar and clean tables all day though. They don't need it that often... Whatever makes you happy, I don't mind. I'm glad you found something you like. :) * Welder does general clean up on the greenbot * OutReach checks his fuel after smoothing out the last plate "Primus, I'm running on empty. Can you finish here, Welder?" Goannis! Do you agree that this place needs a fire? To add to the atmosphere, of course. Not to throw bottles at. If the engine is patched up, yeah. I'm not good with engines, otherwise, sure thing :) Like people wouldnt do it anyway With all this flammable stuff around? I'd quit... I made sure the engine was up an running *Pats Welder's soulder* Thanks for the assist. I'm gonna go recharge she's right. they'd probly toss full bottles, too * Goannis mixes up a Busted Fueler and passes it to Waitstate Here you go, something of my own creation :) Then there'd be a fire, but no place to put it *takes a sip* Well, then you could throw full bottles back at them. Then set the auto-guns on them. thanks... that's not bad :) * Restore enters the bar Heh, reminds me of a fight we had in the original Neutral Ground Thanks. Guns, fires, flying flammables? No thanks * Waitstate cranes over to see the newcomer * Restore climbs up onto a seat next to Waitstate Restore? I have never in my existance seen you in here Probably because the rare times I've been in here, you haven't been Bridge shift over so soon? heh ;) I cut out early Captain's perogitive Of course, heh. Green guy will be ok, it's just a case clean up and patch up now. Cut it close though, nearly as much fun as Slipstream. Slipstream >_< The original Neutral Ground. Saw it once, never went in though. I was late for something when I saw it. Star would have slagged me if I was even later. I'm gonna strangle her next time she pulls a stunt like that This I tell to a doctor, heh What'd she do? Dragged us in to this mess more or less Pft. I've been around this place long enough to know who deserves getting capped sometimes. The skinny little dish doesn't look big enough for a tractor beam... hehhe *to Restore* ah, then you surely must agree Just don't do it in my medbay or I'll weld your hands together or something. How about a lite drink, Goannis? Heh, sure thing *puts together a lite drink and passes it over* of course not. I'd do it in the brig, just before I sealed her in I think the brig could do with a little bit of redecorating. If you'd said that a year ago, I'd be scared outta my mind as it stands, I'm still mildly afraid * Diablo laughs Eh, would encourage bots not to end up getting themselves in there I guess Some anyway Would you believe I only put a brig in the ship design 'cause it sounded like the cool thing to have? It sounds dreadful I'm not sure I want to know what you were thinking when you decided it'd be a cool thing to have. I just mean I never actually considered having to use it No expense was spared, but really I just put it in so I could say it was there I keep telling you all some people you can't fix *finishes her drink* Well, Im out, have fun boys *heads back for medbay* Good thing you did put it in. Back to the redecorating, how about a bit of redecorating in here then? Sure, it's nice and all. Bar, chairs, tables... the clock on the wall.. You dont like the bar deco? Sorry, I'm not putting in a fire. Ok. I can see why not. Besides, if we want fire, we'll just call Firestorm over. But what about something else in here? I'm open to suggestions When I think of something other than the lights me and Deadlift put up in here for a while, I'll let you know. *snickers* yeah, I don't think that'd work well * Waitstate finishes off his drink I think I'm gonna switch off a while and top off my tanks in the recharge bay Righty oh. Have fun, and watch out for small metallic creatures. They just want to be your friend. Uh-huh. they should be glad I don't carry a shotgun *gets up and waves* * Bitstream changes topic to '-=2002.202=- RP time of death: 4:52am CST'