On approach to planet OZ-23 Put us in a high orbit. I don't want to startle the natives if they have the ability to detect us No hostiles detected on long range scanners Excellent Ops, keep watch for any artificial sattelites that might be looking at us. Make sure they dont see us * Apocrypha has been repaired and is back on the bridge. * Sunspot is actually off in Engineering tinkering with stuff for once. The planet is inhabited, and a moderate level of technology is detected. Scan local transmissions. See if we can get a lock on their language and produce a translation base * Avalanche is in the sims beating up on stuff. Putting it through comm now * Gearlock is on obs deck reading a magazine or something. Translation in progress. It will take a short while, I've got us in the shadow of one of their moons. That and some tricks with the shields should keep us mostly invisible to em * Rockbox is on the Observation Deck working on his PADD and talking to himself Let's just hope no one was watching us through a telescope when we arrived, heh. true. couldn't be helped though, unfortunately Translation complete and installed into our database. excellent what do we have on the inhabitants? *to himself* no, I'm not moving the stage to the otherside. Get used to it..... * Rockbox's chest beeps sarcastically Silicoid cyclopes of a size comparable to a mini-bot Hm, unusual. We ARE pretty far from home, arent we? No, I like the lighting the way it is Any sign that they've had extraterrestrial contact? * Rockbox's chest beeps angrily Negative. I was afraid of that I can not locate the beacon as yet either. We're not going to get anything out of them if they panic at the sight of us * Gearlock is on obs deck just kinda hangin' out. Probably with Rockbox, who's talking to himself. hm... I wonder if we have any first contact specialists on board... Maybe we should go for a undercover approach and have the med staff synth up some temp pretender shells we'd still be a good bit larger than average, if I'm reading this data right OK! OK, I'll see about the moshpit you want! Just chill......... * Talis looks out one of the viewports at the moon we're orbiting/hiding behind * Rockbox's chest beeps happily yes, if we sent our larger crew. surely we've got bots of their size though Hm... Overwrite, Cirrus, Sunspot, and Autumn Beauty as a first contact team. Yeahhh... Hey! * Rockbox looks over his PADD Heh. OW would gasp at them, Cirrus and Sunspot would be...Cirrus and Sunspot, and AB would die We do have one person who can remain out of sight effectively. This is true See if we can get a good reading on their sensory technology and native abilities. I don't want to go down there with Cham, and his cloak to be useless again I detect nothing of the type * Rockbox begins playback of some classical jazz I guess we should contact medical and get to work on some shells in the mean time Do we have a local name for this place yet? How many you want? Centipes. * Gearlock flips a page. EXCITING. Maybe we should pretend to be from some kind of entertainment. Like a circus or something? You'd be surprised how many documented cases there are of extraterrestrial invaders being able to pass themselves off as "movie props". That sounds too corny to be made up... *to himself* um....... wait a second here. I don't think we'll be able to lower the floor for a moshpit. better scrap it You know what they say about truth. And works for half the crew, heh. * Rockbox's chest shudder's a breaks out into loud, violent beeping * Sunspot finishes up what she was doing and starts getting her tools together. *to himself* oh, shut up already! Besides, I doubt this group goes for much slam dancing * Roadkill wanders the corridors of the Freedom and comes across Talis gazing out a viewport at the moon Heya Talis, what's up? *looks over at Roadkill* Hi there. Not much, just checking out the view now that it's not just stars. Heh, yeah. Nice as stars are, they get kinda repetitive after a while, aye? Yup. *looks back out the viewport* They need to make them different colors. *laughs* Indeed. And make 'em strobe or something. Universal disco! *chuckles* That's something my boss'd say. Thing that made it funny was it was rather uncharacteristic of him. Ah, not one for comedy much, aye? Though forget the stars, even the moons start to all look the same. *nods* Need to paint them different colours too. Or make 'em reflective. Disco balls. *looks back to killer* Not one for comedy? Actually he was. It's just that the majority of the time he's being professional. Ah, I see. I figured if he were not fighting and working tactics, it'd be a lot different. Even if he won't admit that * Outreach sits in the medbay lounge, idylly reading a new medical journal *starts really staring at one of the moon's craters* * Roadkill nods and looks out the viewport as well Ok, I think I have a group here... not my first choices, but we have limited options * Rockbox puts his PADD away and heads for the lift * Earshot sits in his quarters, perfecting the wing array on Spazz *leans closer to the viewport, then eyes another crater. Then looks back to the first. Backs up and points to one, then the other.* * Talis's optics glow brighter Restore, Sunspot, Cirrus, and Cham ...I HAVE seen this moon before. Alright *blinks* You have? * Rockbox heads for his quarters [comm] Bridge to Medbay, [comm] medbay here. * Waitstate sends out notices to the bots involved I get ta go meet the aliens? It's one of two moons orbiting Centipes I've been here. Y'have? What were y'doing? * Sunspot gets a comm notice and heads for the bridge. Um... well, yes. But you're going to have to be discreet about it [comm] Outreach, if Restore is there, give her a hand synthing up some pretender shells based on the info I'm transmitting * Cirrus nods 'Course. I can do that :) Uhm...*turns to Roadkill* Spying...mostly. [comm] Two adults, one female, one male. And a female child *raises a browplate and grins* Mostly? *puts his hands up* I mean, not really on the populace. Well, that too, but we were looking for pirates we were afraid might have hidden themselves planetside * Outreach nods [comm] "right. any specifics?" * Restore walks out of her office and spots Outreach [comm] It's all in the data [comm] Roger that. How fast do you want them? You can handle this, right Cirrus? Oy vey. More pirates? Yeah, you can count on me! * Chameleon receives the message from Wait and leaves his quarters [comm] ASAP. Let us know when they're ready, bridge out We hid behind this same moon to keep from getting spotted. By both the planet's populace and anyone who might have been hiding there. It turned out they hadn't stationed here at all. But, we learned some things of the culture. Saved the information in case we... * Sunspot arrives on the bridge. in case you what? That sounded interesting, I gues it's got something to do with the mission specs Waitstate just sent me *is curious* well, in case someone wanted to investigate a possible first-contact and Federation engagement with the planet. Say...Cybertron. well, not important. What's Waitstate doing here? Hi! Ah. Might wanna go talk to Waitstate now then. We're looking for something planetside, methinks. Mission specs? What do you speak of? * Talis nods, then taps one of the nearby terminals and activates the comm to the bridge A team is being sent planet side to recover another beacon. I imagine the shells are to be used to blend in with the locals. * Earshot steps out of his quarters, Spazz bleeping and humming as he hover's near Ear's head * Outreach nods "Then we'd better get to work...are there any Synth tanks to work with here?" * Waitstate answers the comm [comm] Bridge here [comm] Talis here. I hear you're looking for something planetside? The stasis chambers in the medlab are compatible for it, let's go *heads into medlab* [comm] Yes. The last beacon pointed us here. Why? [comm] What info do you have on the planet's culture? [comm] Next to none [comm] ...I may be of assistance. My group and I have been here before. [comm] Not on-planet, but we gathered a lot of data on the culture * Outreach follows Restore, looking over the Data for the shells [comm] That's... an interesting revelation. Yes, please come to the bridge briefing room [comm] On my way. *walks to the nearest lift and gets to the bridge* You get the data feed ready and start running up some models. I'll get the chambers set up and give you a hand in a few * Sunspot decides to go over by Cirrus 'cause everythign on the bridge is so busy. * Waitstate sees Sunspot as she steps in front of him * Outreach nods, preparing the data feed and punches up some model specs Sunspot, good. You, Cirrus, follow me to the briefing room? * Waitstate stands up and heads that direction * Chameleon walks onto the bridge * Sunspot looks up. "Hmm? Oh, okay..." * Sunspot follows. I've still not been able to locate the precise location of the beacon Cham, this way please? *motions* Maybe it's damaged. Or lost. * Chameleon follows Can you get anything at all? * Talis walks onto the bridge * Waitstate takes a seat inside hm, we're still missing two * Waitstate comms Restore. "Restore, can you spare a moment in the briefing room?" * Talis makes his way to the briefing room, having to look around the bridge a quick moment before finding it * Outreach busily feeds data nad perfects the specs Southern hemishpere, the second smallest continent. That's all so far Ah, Talis, take a seat please [comm] Just setting up shell synth protocols. Be there in a minute * Restore rechecks the chamber configs and helps Outreach with the model creation * Talis sits Not the most attractive looking race, are they? Better looking than plenty of others though, heh. Well, Restore should be here too, but she knows a bit more than most of you already, so I'll begin * Rockbox moves around his room blaring loud heavy metal and go-go dancing *chuckle* Well they're no Cybertronians, but I think that's the whole point of them....hmmmm, models look ready, are the tubes ready? The next beacon is somewhere on this planet. Unfortunately, we're having a bit of trouble narrowing down the location Ready and waiting. Start the synth, I better get to the breifing. Shouldn't be gone long * Restore makes way to the briefing Luckily, they're a fairly large race, so we'll be attempting to blend in in order to find it. Unfortunately, they're a bit smaller than us on average, which is why Sunspot and Cirrus are here. * Restore arrives in the bridge briefing room Ah, good Perfect timing. Can you fill the group in on our plans in that regard? * Outreach begins the synth process, hoping he hasn't fouled things up *takes a seat* Sunspot, Cirrus and I will be heading down in temporary pretender shells mimicking the appearance of the locals Neat... Ooo, Pretenders Sunspot and Cirrus, you guys are gonna have to wear adult shells. Lucky me gets to be your little girl We're the mommy and daddy, hah! *high fives Sunspot* I imagine Cham is going under cloak? That was the general idea I'd hope I am *to Cham* As far as we can tell, they won't be able to detect you at all Despite appearences, Restore will be team leader for this mission * Sunspot nods. If these people are anything like humans, a child talking to an invisible friend will go fairly unnoticed, so we have that going for us ;) * Talis smirks Talis tells me he's observed this planet before, so I'm going to turn the briefing over to him now. * Talis gets slightly nervous, then straightens out and begins Let's hope so. We've already got one allegded loony doctor * Waitstate laughs Uhm...the planet's culture and politics are a sort of mix * Sunspot watches seriously. * Cirrus does also. He's more capable than he lets on. Their main nourishment is a silcoid-type vegetable food. I can provide a list of favorites if ordering at a food establishment becomes necessary I assume the shells will be capable of eating? * Waitstate looks at Restore * Restore nods The government is a sort of Democracy, with two major parties, and two minor. parties are voted on in standard elections. The two major parties are called the Red and Blue parties. Blue has the majority vote at the moment. the populace is a mix of happy citzens content with their government to areas that are disgruntled and on the verge of revolt. Different issues regarding their planet lead to constant debates. Think of Autobots versus Decepticons, but at a political table. Do you....have any idea the possible location of what you're looking for? at last check, just the southern hemishpere, second smallest continent I'm hoping they'll be able to narrow it further Else we may have a lengthy search on our hands Ah. If I remember, Red Party has heavy voters there, with some minor party supporters. Can we call up a holomap of the continent? [Comm] Restore, come in * Waitstate taps some buttons and a map pops up * Talis picks up a mapping wand and paints areas according to population [comm] Go ahead Outreach, the major cities are Ceripyine, Curphin, Relphyri and Bellis. Bellis is the continent capital. Population is heaviest in those areas Mostly to the west is barren, with very few people. [comm] I took the liberty of starting the shells. They're 53 percent done.... all four major cities are heavy Red-party supporters. Most of the outcroppers are of the Green party, one of the two minors. [comm] thanks, we'll be down to collect shortly I can provide a list of issues and topics considered taboo in these areas, as well as highly supported issues in case conversation comes up [Comm] roger. there was a slight problem with the skin on the male, but it's taken care of. I managed to make it look like he has some scars from a fight or something do you have any recommendations for starting points, in case we dont have a better idea of where it is? The natives likely wont have been able to do much with the beacon. Even ancient Cybertronian alloys were tough to crack. [comm] No problem, *thinks* There are some museums located near each city, and two research centers located here, and here (highlights) If they've found something, now or in the past, they might have it. If the populace hasn't found anything... Do you think they might have found it already? It might be tough to steal it from a museum... Oh. And one archeological site in the west, located here. (highlights) That may be the best place to start if they have I can do that if neccessary Do we...have an idea as to what this artifact looks like? we have half a dozen just like it in the science lab * Waitstate calls up a holo of a beacon Another route would be to tap into their archives. Whatever they might have. Electronic-interlink web, libraries, holonets or the like I can handle that part myself We could do that from here couldn't we? the parts available electronically at any rate Also might be a good idea, IF we find it in a museum, to come up with a dummy replacement. Find out if they've figured it out yet, and if they haven't--make a switch. * Waitstate signals Bit to start decoding local networking protocols, and Overwrite to start indexing leads once he does What about dialect? Do we have a translation we can upload yet? the computers translated the primary language about an hour ago. They've been working on other languages and dialects since then What about cash, if we need it? I'll see about running you a line of credit. Otherwise, I'm sure we can put something together * Waitstate looks to Talis Stop me if they dont believe in cash cards, heh Not many races we've come across that don't heh, It's actually probably the best way to go. Though there are two forms of currency they'll be using in your area You'll only need to know one, but we'll need to look at the daily exchange rate as we go in case someone takes the other form Those being? hopefully we won't be here that long Well... I think that covers most everything for now. I'll keep everyone apprised. In the meantime, everyone should prepare to go planetside. * Sunspot gets up. Where do we meet? The launch bay [comm] Waitstate, we've narrowed it down to teh east coast. Thats the best we can do, it must be damaged or detactivated. I've got something I have to take care of real quick, I'll meet you down there. [comm] Thanks Lil. We'll bring scanning equipment Come to medbay first You'll need your shells Oh, right. :) * Restore heads for medbay * Sunspot heads for her quarters. * Waitstate goes to his office to work with Bit and OW on the various computerized bits * Cirrus follows Restore * Outreach sits in the medbay, idylly making the finishing checks on the shells * Talis walks out the bridge and to the plaza * Chameleon wanders off to medbay to check out the shells * Slipstream is snoozing in her alt mode in an out-of-the-way corner on the flight deck * Roadkill is sitting on the floor and leaning against Slipstream's side, listening to music through his headphones and working on a datapad. * Gearlock falls asleep on obs deck reading a magazine. * Outreach wanders when the shells will be picked up...he realies he hasn't had a recharge in forever * Restore brings the shells out of the chambers and gives them a quick scan over before opening them up * Cirrus watches intently * Sunspot goes into her quarters and comes out shortly after with a groggy dragon. Izzat mine? They're perfect, good going, Outreach Yep, that guy is all yours Cirrus. Wanna try him on? thanks restore. I do my best *yawn* yeah! But how come his face is all funny? * Sunspot heads for the sim rooms. You look kinda slagged, Outreach. Go rest up, Welder can handle things for awhile. Are you...*shakes his head groggily, yawning again*....sure? Heh, definitely. Cya :) I'm glad its you lot having to wear those, and not me. Can still fit you with one bucko, heh * Sunspot gets to the sim rooms, finds which one is occupied, and knocks on the door. * Outreach waves as he slowly makes his way out of the medbay, the short distance to his quarters, and is out of it before he hits the recharge bed Hop in Cirrus, you should make a mental bond with it near immediatly * Avalanche notices someone at the door and turns off his sim. Don't worry do much about the face scarring on it, just makes it look more authentic, * Avalanche opens the door. * Sunspot holds Moonstone out to Avalanche. * Cirrus takes a step back into the open shell I'm goin' on a mission, and he can't come with me, but his naptime's almost over and when he woke up he'd get upset, so...can you watch him for me? * Avalanche looks down. Um...okay. ....zzz... * Avalanche takes the little dragon. He likes you! * Avalanche pats Moonstone a little and gets chirped at. Thanks! I'll see you later! * Sunspot heads for the repair bay. * Avalanche looks down at Moonstone. Oooooooooookay... * Cirrus feels the suit seal closed, and has a momentary flash of claustrophobia before he starts getting sensor feed from it * Avalanche puts Moonstone up on his great big shoulder-pad and heads down to the plaza, since he can't really take him in the sim with him. * Sunspot walks into the repair bay. * Cirrus waves at Sunspot! * Sunspot is startled by the scary alien thing waving at her, then figures out that these are the new shells. *adult male alien voice* Hiya Sunny! Neat! And I get one too? Yep! * Sunspot glances around for her own shell. * Waitstate heads to the flight deck to check mission equipment * Waitstate discovers that the deck is actually already occupied * Roadkill doesn't hear Wait come in since he's got his headphones on and is still working on a datapad * Waitstate taps RK on the shoulder * Roadkill blinks and looks up Oh, heya. *takes his headphones off* What's up, grey one? What's going on? This isn't exactly the first class lounge I'm checking on some equipment Ah, equipment checks. The joys of technical failures, aye? Story of my life, as you may well imagine *chuckles* Yeah, I can imagine. * Waitstate motions to the black fighter craft RK is leaning against She asleep? *nods* Yeah. finally Heh, can't argue there. she tell you I got on her about that a few days back? Naw, not directly. Kinda figured it though. heh she mind you, er, sitting there? *chuckles slightly* Not at all. Old habit. * Waitstate chuckles So, er, what're you doing here? Me? Eh, nothin' much. Redliner's taken over my beanbag in the rec room again. Didn't have the heart to kick him out. how's she doing? *nods at Slip* *shrugs* * Redliner snores on RK's beanbag chair, being a total obstinate afthole. come on... of anyone, you'd know *smiles slightly* And of anyone, you think I'd tell? well, I'd hope. For her sake, y'know? * Arashi plays Frogger in Powerplay's store, while Firestorm is also in there playing Pacman I'd tell if things were getting worse. Other than that, it's up t'her. :) * Gearlock eventually wakes up and idly wanders down to the Plaza... * Twilight meanders into the Plaza, actually emerging into public for once! Joy. * Gearlock glances over at Twilight and waves, having no idea who this person is. * Twilight nods slightly in acknowledgement greetings...! Oh, hey, Wait... 'fore I forget... *taps the datapad for a moment, then hands it to Waitstate* what's this? *takes it* Report, of sorts. *points a thumb back over his shoulder at the black starfighter behind him* Greetings to you too. You're new to the Freedom? It's kinda piecemeal and stuff, but eh. * Waitstate looks it over aye, that I am... haven't really taken the time to explore though, really... There's a lot of ship to explore. Most of it is unremarkable however. Hm, how'd you gather all this? heh *rolls his optics* With great difficulty. I can imagine, heh hmm, I figured. *smirks* one place is the same as another... It's like pulling stripped screws with her, eh? *chuckles slightly* Something like that, yah. Pretty much, indeed. Some of this I already knew... you're better off not knowing how Heh, I could probably guess. *shrugs* that would suprise me greatly But thanks for this I might as well head to the bar around here, it seems to be where most of the bots here congregate... No worries. :) *tosses off a small casual salute* *nods* The bar does seem to attract most of the crowd around here. * Waitstate smirks and reciprocates Bwrrrg.... you boys talk too much. It can get rather rowdy at times, too. You're dreaming Slip. Go back to sleep ;) Blarg. Dreamin' I ain't. Yak yak yak... feel like joining me and tellin' me about it? I've absolutely nothing to do here in this place. Might as well. I've been meaning to work on my socialising skills as of late. * Slipstream shifts slightly, settling down further on her landing skids and letting out a yawn Why DO you sleep in here, anyway? what's the work on? you say hello and start a conversation about absolutely nothing, boring as it is. You really want me parking on the carpet? * Gearlock grins, wandering over to the Neutral Ground y'don't have to sleep in altform *snorts* Yeah I do. * Twilight smiles slightly and follows Gearlock over to the bar Conversation is not my strong point, unfortunately. that's quite alright, it's not my strong point either. Preference in drink? Drink is good. * Gearlock takes a seat at the bar at the Neutral Ground and leans on the counter, looking around for a handy bartender... * Twilight hesitates for a moment, fighting off the habit of sitting in the darkest corner in the bar before joining Gearlock at the counter. ah... seems like everyone's on hiatus today. Wonderful. Seems that way. It's unusually quiet in here, that's for sure. the name's Gearlock. *extends a hand for some comradely hand-shaking.* *hesitates a brief moment before reaching out with his own hand* Twilight. * Gearlock grabs Twilight's hand with a firm grip, shakes once and then lets go. so what do you do around here? I... lurk, mainly. So why exactly DO you sleep in altmode? That's pretty unusual... Whole buncha technical reasons. Long and short of it, was built to be able t'recharge in alt mode without outside assistance like a recharge cot or whatever. * Gearlock raises a browplate. "Is that an official occupation?" he smiles wryly. Internal rewiring for that means I literally can't use those things anymore. isn't that, I dunno, uncomfortable? Well, not really. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the Powers That Be have forgotten I'm here. Naw, not particuarly. More comfortable than those damned too-narrow cots, 'specially with these wings o' mine. * Roadkill has stuck his headphones back on and is pretty much zoned out Mine's pretty nice *shrug* * Waitstate TFs to car mode When in Rome though... ;) *chuckles* * Waitstate gently bumps Slipstream ;) *jokingly* Hey, watch the paint job. What there is of it, anyway. heh, I'm not some half-blind Terran. Was just a joke :) Yeah yeah, I know. *yawns* seems like it. I'm probably going to hang around for a while until we get away from this sector... and maybe assemble a team of sorts to go take out some cheesy pirates. *nods* Being on the Freedom is, I must admit, a nice change from the constant warring between the Bots and Cons. Despite the occasional pirates and such. *smiles slightly* Anyway, if you and Roadkill have finished gossipping about me... indeed. I'm quite glad to get away from the war... but I'm just not comfortable knowing there's unfinished business... * Waitstate changes back oh very well I'll leave you be Hey, a girl needs her beauty sleep. *chuckles* ;) *nods* I know what unfinished business can be like. Alright, alright * Waitstate checks over the equipment again and goes [comm] You there Wait? [comm] Yeah, what's up Diab? hmm, do tell...? [comm] I think I may have just managed to find Flashpoint's logs. [comm] I'm on my way * Waitstate heads off to where Diab is purposefully * Slipstream goes back to sleep * Diablo shoves Scarab back into his arm compartment. Scarab damaging things = bad. * Waitstate arrives where Diab is ... It's a long story. Hey Wait Hey... whatcha got? * Diablo points to the component on the desk next to himself. Slightly damaged, but it's there. Hopefully it has all of them. hm need any help with it? doesn't seem like anything else is going to be happening anytime soon. True. Still, it's not something I would like to get into... Yeah. It's all encrypted and secured. Don't particularly feel like asking Ghost to get into it for me, either. gee, wonder why? heh I figured as much. * Waitstate takes a seat and jacks in to the terminal that's quite alright, everyone else here seems to have some sort of personal agenda, at least. except for that Redliner fellow, he actually seems to like doing nothing. I haven't met Redliner yet. Another newcomer? somewhat. Never seems to leave the lounge, at any rate. * Diablo wonders how dodgy 4 million + year old encryption is How much trouble will the damage to it be? Ah, the lounge. I know the big blue monster truck tends to occupy that area on a regular basis. ...Roadkill, I think it is. hard to say We may need to take it into the lab for some more in-depth reads of it I have no doubt the information is still mostly there. Somewhere. seems like a nice enough fellow. * Gearlock pauses for a moment to stretch his arm out; his joint creaks a bit. I knew that wouldn't stay in for long... *sighs* *raises a browplate* Oh? Hopefully it may give us some clues as to whether our Chameleon is the exact same bot as back then or not. I was right... we're going to have to try a quantum topographic scan if we're going to get an accurate read off of this loose pin. I've been trying to repair myself ever since the pirate attack.. I hope that's enough. More intense scans tend to be destructive. * Diablo nods. "When do you want to do it?" Shouldn't that be taken to Medbay? well, I'll be sending out an away team soon, so I don't think we can do it right away heavens, no. I've had a particular problem from way back that can't really be cured, but I'm dealing with it. *nods* Fair enough. Also, we may need Restore's help on this. Possibly not, but she's an expert on QT scans. * Admiral-Lilwall enters the bar * Twilight turns around slightly as he hears Lilwall enter the bar Twilight! Been keeping a low profile this past year, hows things? * Gearlock , sitting with Twilight, also turns in his seat to look ove at Lilwall... Things are well, Admiral, thank you. :) * Admiral-Lilwall sits with Twilight and the other guy So what's been going on lately? The usual, agro crew, more bad guys, another beacon. beacon? Yes, a beacon. We've picked up a few on a trial, hoping they'll lead us to a cure for a sick crew member. The crazy doctor, yes? * Twilight may not appear much, but he DOES pay attention to what's going on, in general. ;) 'shis job! That's the one. Among others. there's a crazy medic on board? what's going on? *blinks* Among others? He became infected with something and it sent him loopy. He's safe and sound in medical isolation. So don't worry about anything Heh, yeah, just Restore in general. Ever told her not to heal you? Heh, don't. Fortunately I have never been in the need of medical attention while here. But I shall keep your advice in mind. :) * Arashi and Firestorm yell out rather loudly as Trihorn knocks out the power to the games that they were playing * Crosswire enters the bar, shifting past the few other nameless new bots and finding a quiet place to sit up back well, I'm glad I haven't approached her about anything yet... Heh, don't worry, she's probably among the sanest on board. * Trihorn is chased around the plaza by an angry Arashi and Firestorm Ah, but sometimes it's the overly sane ones that end up flipping out.... *grins slightly* I suppose you can't be too sane around here, or else you'd get bored. That is true. * Crosswire decides she doesn't being there and leaves the bar, heading down to the command area * Download appears from somewhere Hey, Download. Fix me up a Cab Ride? You got it Ah, the barkeep appears. You seem familiar, been here before? *to Twilight, while fixing the drink* * Crosswire arrives outside Wait's office and enters the small reception type area Uh, hello? Occasionally, yes. Not as often as I should though, probably. * Overwrite looks up from his research Can I help you? * Download passes the drink to AL Thanks. Is this the Captain's office? Yes it is. I'm afraid he's not in at the moment though. Would you care to make an appointment? Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise I had to.. er, yes, thanks Anytime is ok * Arashi and Firestorm stop chasing Trihorn as they end up outside the bar. They decide to go inside and let Trihorn get away. For now. Regarding a possible job, if you need to know why... Not from the recent new guys then? Didn't think so Oh, it's hardly a requirement, my dear. Captain Waitstate simply has an... erratic schedule. Oh. Well, anytime he's ready is ok, I don't want to interrupt anything, Of course, if he listened to ME... but that's neither here nor there I can possibly help you myself if all you were wanting was a job placement. :) Really? Uh, well, here's my details then *takes a data pad from subspace and hands it over* Nothing grand in it, but I'm ok for anything... If you can spare a space. A big ship like this must already be kinda full of staff I suppose. So what brings you out of hiding tonight, Twilight? * Overwrite snorts derisively before catching himself *shrugs slightly* I decided I need to work on my socialisation skills. * Overwrite looks over her qualifications I think chasing Trihorn was classified as our hard work for the day. Let's get a drink. One can't spend their entire lives lurking around by themselves, after all. Heh, good luck, half the duty staff are out and about everyday and haven't gotten far with that, :) A good idea, Firestorm. There's still hope for you yet! Hmm... Nothing here that would put you on bridge duty, but I think we can accomodate. Were you looking for anything in particular? *chuckles slightly* Ah well. One can hope. * Firestorm sits somewhere and lets Arashi go get the drinks I can't do much... as you can see. Uh... spare low grade circuit monitoring console available? Hey hey, they're all coming out of the walls! How's it gong Arashi, been a little while ain't it? Is that actually what you WANT to do? We do actually have quite a few positions you're qualified for that are a tad more... demanding. BTW, *to Gearlock* I'm Admiral Lilwall, Yep, sounds about right to me. ah, greetings... * Gearlock smiles faintly and offers a hand for shaking purposes, manners and all. I'm ok with anything. A job's a job to me. Especially now. * Admiral-Lilwall takes it I'll have a black nova, and Firestorm'll have a... uh... I dunno. Make something surprising for him.