Session Start: Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 2003
[00:21] <Waitstate> Captain's Log. Some time has passed; the crew continues to work. The ship has gravity in most areas, but most systems are still busted. Portable generators provide light and such. Some crew members are on board trying to fix it up as much as possible, others, including myself, are cleaning up camp on the planet.
[00:23] * Admiral-Lilwall and Cuffs are planet side with Waitstate. Goannis, also.
[00:23] * Restore, Lightning, Crosswire, Snake-Eyes, and Pheonyx are all on the Freedom.
[00:23] * Lifeblood is planetside.
[00:23] * Apocrypha is up on the ship.
[00:23] * Waitstate takes stock of the LONAC planetary base camp, examining the various trucks and temporary structures that have become part of the landscape.
[00:23] * Solder is on the Freedom.
[00:24] * Thrashmane is planetside along with Splitwit, Avi, and Diecast.
[00:24] * Anchor is up on the ship.
[00:24] * Earshot is taking a nap.
[00:24] * Outreach is mending his own hand.
[00:24] <Cuffs> That pack up should be complete by morning, Waitstate
[00:24] * LeRoy stand next to a table, several of his top mechanics standing around him, taking stock of any parts they need to go get more of.
[00:25] <Waitstate> good, they're needing that up on the ship much more than we do down here.
[00:26] * Thrashmane sits next to a tree, pondering the recent events
[00:26] * Redliner is still hanging out with Flashpoint and his gang.
[00:27] * Flashpoint and Hyperion are both on the planet surface.
[00:27] * Starstorm is now somewhere inside the Freedom.
[00:27] * Gearlock patrols space around the Freedom for now...
[00:28] * Slipstream is cruising around with Gearlock, checking the space around the Freedom for any large ship debris chunks that could possibly be recycled or something.
[00:28] * Comet is also on the Freedom, assisting the doctors.
[00:28] * Cirrus is with Comet, eager to help.
[00:28] * Redliner has taken a liking to Flashpoint for some reason. :) He seems to like following him around and talking incessantly about... crap. He asks a lot of questions and likes to swap strange stories...
[00:29] * Restore works busily in whats left of medbay on the damaged bots they've recovered
[00:30] * Solder works alongside Restore, ordering the kids around as go-fors and enjoying it far too much.
[00:31] * Thrashmane angsts.
[00:32] <Admiral-Lilwall> Must be fun to wake up to knowing you've a whole bunch of meetings to go through.
[00:32] <Waitstate> Absolutely thrilling, ugh.
[00:33] <Admiral-Lilwall> What's first?
[00:33] <Comet> So... Cirrus... how long do you think before we'll be operational again?
[00:33] * Thrashmane stands up and wanders over to Lil and Waitstate.
[00:34] <Waitstate> First, I want to talk to that Mr. LeRoy again.
[00:34] * Thrashmane stands next to Waitstate, crosses his arms, and waits. Next to Wait.
[00:34] <Admiral-Lilwall> [comm] LeRoy, please report to sector C asap.
[00:35] <Cirrus> I dunno. The Captain usually gets us up and running pretty quick, but this is kinda different.
[00:35] <Waitstate> Heh, really Lil... he's not exactly a crewmember.
[00:35] * LeRoy walks up to sector C, cigarette resting between his lips
[00:35] <Admiral-Lilwall> Binary bonded to Outreach, he is now.
[00:36] <Thrashmane> *clears throat* Any time you're ready, captain.
[00:36] <Waitstate> yes, well, that's one of the things we need to talk about.
[00:36] <Waitstate> Ah, Mr... um, LeRoy. Yes. Hello.
[00:37] <Comet> Yes.. exactly. Gah.
[00:37] <LeRoy> Heya Waitstate. What can I do ya for?
[00:37] <Flashpoint> I need to go check on something... I'm sure Hyperion has plenty of stories to tell though, Red.
[00:38] <Waitstate> Well, I wanted to thank you for providing all the help and services you've given my crew. If not for your support, I imagine many more of us would have died, myself included.
[00:39] * Talis walks a messed-up corridor of the Freedom.
[00:39] * Hyperion had managed to keep his mouth shut a large majority of the time down on the planet. Flashpoint and Starstorm were the ones doing most of the talking to Redliner.
[00:40] <LeRoy> heh, and let you great specimens of science and technology, not to mention living feeling creatures, die? don't know if I couldve lived with myself had I not helped.
[00:40] * Waitstate smiles and nods understandingly, chuckling slightly.
[00:41] <Waitstate> I'm something of a scientist myself; I know what you mean. Still, we're also both businessmen, and I well know few things come free.
[00:43] * LeRoy nods, taking a drag off his cigarette.
[00:43] <Solder> Aw, scrap. This really isn't the time!
[00:43] <LeRoy> all these resources, the materials, my men's time. needless to say, my stock dropped considerably.
[00:43] * Solder talks to his left arm rather suspiciously.
[00:43] * Redliner looks up at Hyperion, optics agleam :3
[00:44] <Solder> Hey, Restore, can you do me a favor?
[00:44] <Redliner> so, uhh, your friends call you Hyper?
[00:44] <Waitstate> I suppose what I'm asking is, what sort of payment are you looking for? I'm sure whatever it is will be well deserved, but you realize my resources are quite limited. Especially since we havent even quite ascertained exactly where we are.
[00:44] * Flashpoint transforms to dragon mode and takes to the air, glad to be able to stretch his wings again. After a short while in dragon mode he transforms to his spacefighter mode and heads for the Freedom.
[00:45] * Hyperion looks down at Redliner.
[00:45] <Hyperion> No, they do not.
[00:45] <Restore> Need something?
[00:45] <LeRoy> simple: I want to work on your ship, and when that's done, I'd live indefinite charter for me and afew of my best techs.
[00:46] <Solder> Yeah, a hand. Can you take the access panel off of my left shoulder, and look for a low-guage black wire and a blue one?
[00:46] <Waitstate> that... actually links up with the other things I wanted to talk about.
[00:47] <Restore> Something wrong? *heads over and searches for the wire*
[00:47] <Redliner> oh, okay. So uhh. Get around much?
[00:47] * Thrashmane is still standing in the general vacinity of Wait and LeRoy, and is really really bored... All this talk of business is really not his thing.
[00:48] <Solder> I just need y'to pull the marked ends of those two wires outa their plugs and touch'em together. And stand back, 'cause that last step's a doozey.
[00:48] <LeRoy> What other things did you want to address?
[00:48] <Waitstate> First, I was actually going to ask about keeping you on to work on the repairs to my ship.
[00:49] <Hyperion> I have been online much much longer than you likely have. I have visited many places.
[00:49] <LeRoy> haha! as if you'd have to ask.
[00:49] * LeRoy almost falls over from laughing.
[00:49] * Restore does so and then moves clear.
[00:51] * Solder's arm emits a bright, loud spark, and then clears. *sssssnpp!*
[00:51] <Waitstate> The second thing is... well, you and Outreach are now effectively a package deal. He needs you to survive, and the longer you're linked, the stronger the psychological co-dependancy grows. In short, either he stays here, or you go with us.
[00:51] <Solder> Ah! Better.
[00:51] * Solder moves his arm around.
[00:51] <Solder> Thanks!
[00:52] * Solder cleans up his shoulder and gets back to work.
[00:52] <Redliner> wow, awesome! This is great...!
[00:52] * Restore goes back to work, also.
[00:52] <Redliner> okay, so, what's the craziest thing that ever happened to you, Hyperion?
[00:52] <LeRoy> I don't think either of us perfers the first choice, Mr. Waitstate
[00:53] <Waitstate> You've made my job here a lot easier, I have to say.
[00:57] <Hyperion> That would be being torn apart by Devastator then being left on the ground for the other Decepticons to shoot at, eventually leading to my spark being placed inside Flashpoint for over 200 years.
[00:57] <Hyperion> Now, what other crazy experiences have you had, other than the ones you have already told us?
[00:58] * LeRoy smiles, giving Waitstate a peace-sign "That's what White Star is all about, Mr. Waitstate: making your life a little easier."
[00:58] * Hyperion will eventually get back at Flashpoint somehow for being left down here.
[00:59] <Waitstate> you do realize that you'll be leaving your company behind? Possibly never to see again?
[01:00] * Flashpoint eventually makes it to the Freedom and gets inside.
[01:00] <Redliner> wow. Okay, that really sucks.
[01:00] <LeRoy> ahhhhh, White Star's bigger than a little pissant like me. Good friend of mine is gonna take care of it while I'm out and about.
[01:01] * LeRoy smirks easily, like this whole huge situation is rolling off his back.
[01:01] <Redliner> I mean, not that it sucks being inside Flashpoint, like, he's a really great guy, for sure, but I mean, wasn't it -boring-...?
[01:01] <Waitstate> well, I'm not sure you understand the scope of it...
[01:01] <LeRoy> Oh, da. I understand it.
[01:01] <Waitstate> our preliminary findings seem to be indicating we've somehow left our own universe. If we get home...
[01:04] <LeRoy> ...then we'll be to far away from MY home to calculate. I understand. and the men who want to go with me understand that to. but, do you understand, that this sort of chance doesnt come along often?
[01:04] * LeRoy grins.
[01:04] <Hyperion> I was aware of numerous things that took place. Though I only ever had full awareness when the Tactibots combined together. The later years were... 'interesting' however.
[01:04] * Gravix walks around the docking bay.
[01:06] <Waitstate> well... then we seem to have an understanding. Shocked as I am to have it resolved so soon.
[01:06] * Flashpoint spots Gravix. Getting to Medbay can wait a little longer. "How's everything up here?"
[01:06] * LeRoy grins "Well, I have been told I am a shocking person....oh, one little thing, though..."
[01:07] * Waitstate thinks to himself: "here it comes..."
[01:08] * LeRoy holds up a paper. the paper has a large red square on it with a white star in the middle "When my men and myself help fix up your ship, I'd like greatly for this symbol to be displayed on the ships exterior somewhere."
[01:08] <Waitstate> that's... it?
[01:09] * LeRoy nods "That's all. It's the emblem of White Star. It's on all my work."
[01:10] * Waitstate finds himself laughing rather hard, both in relief and because it seems kind of absurd.
[01:10] * LeRoy cocks his head to the side, lighting another cigarette "something funny?"
[01:10] <Gravix> Everything is just dandy up here Flashpoint.
[01:11] <Acer> <Redliner> ooh, what kinda interesting??
[01:11] <Gravix> I think I fixed a few glitches in the doors.
[01:11] <Waitstate> *composes himself* Sort of. I'm sorry, really. It just seemed like such a small thing. I was expecting something bigger. Honestly, that's really it.
[01:12] <LeRoy> well, i was going to ask for a smoking section on the ship. Myself, Gripweed, and the others going are habitual smokers.
[01:13] <Waitstate> well, the human habitation sections have independant environmental systems, so that shouldnt be a problem, heh.
[01:14] <Flashpoint> Any idea about how long until the ship gets moving again?
[01:14] <LeRoy> wonderful...also...if my men are to be working on the ship, which, heh, it will be hard to stop them, they will need some sort of exo-suits or some such. Something so they can work on the _scale_ of which you people live in.
[01:14] * Thrashmane begins to stare offi nto the distance.
[01:15] * Waitstate nods.
[01:15] <Waitstate> I'm afraid we don't actually have anything of that type on our ship, even before it was trashed. But we do have technology to help designing them.
[01:16] <Hyperion> Ask Flashpoint if you really want to know.
[01:16] <Gravix> I have no idea about getting the ship up and running.
[01:16] <Gravix> I believe it'll be sooner than we think.
[01:17] <Redliner> okay, sure!
[01:17] <Gravix> I guess I have some idea.
[01:17] * LeRoy smiles, holding up a data disk "Pardon me for taking the responsibility of designing them. From what I've seen, you...Transformers...have the materials needed to build them. Simply supply my men with them and we can make them."
[01:17] <Redliner> what else happened? What's it like, being a gestalt?
[01:17] <Admiral-Lilwall> Uh...
[01:17] * LeRoy has been looking over the shoulder of almost every medic when he had a free moment. he knows alot about what kind of tech is open to the TF's.
[01:18] <Comet> Hey, Cirrus?
[01:18] <Cirrus> *looks up* yeah?
[01:18] <Admiral-Lilwall> LeRoy, theres everything liklyhood those resources either didn't exist in storage before our ship was totalled, were destroyed, or are needed for the ship itself,
[01:19] <Comet> Can you keep a secret?
[01:19] * Waitstate looks over the design specs.
[01:19] * Cirrus nods. Regardless of whether or not he actually can.
[01:19] <Admiral-Lilwall> In any case, we've got next to nothing in the way of supplies let alone the chance of having what you're requesting.
[01:19] <Flashpoint> Well, if you need a hand with anything, just let me know. For now though, I need to check up on a few things in Medbay.
[01:19] <Waitstate> Hm, I see you've already incorporated some of our technology in your design.
[01:20] <LeRoy> I suppose you're right. Well, if you happen across some of the things and don't need them, please don't hesitate to let me take a look at them.
[01:21] <Hyperion> It's different. Never active for extended periods of time. Quite limiting, I suppose.
[01:21] <Comet> I rigged together a micro audiotransmitter and left it back at camp. I've been using it to listen in on the Commander's conversation with the humans. It sounds... well, here's the frequency and access code for the playback. Put it in your comm and listen. It sounds like it was too easy for Waitstate. It strikes me as a bit suspicious.
[01:21] <Redliner> oh...
[01:21] <Cirrus> ooo... awesome!
[01:21] <Comet> I don't know; maybe I'm paranoid...
[01:21] * Cirrus tunes it in
[01:22] <Comet> Tell me what you think?
[01:25] * LeRoy nods slowly to Lil and Wait "unfortunatly, I've been awake for the past 2 days and am in desperate need for sleep. If you need anything from White Star, talk to Gripweed in Sector A."
[01:26] <Waitstate> Unfortunately, Admiral Lilwall is correct. We're going to need quite a lot of your resources just to repair our ship, since you seem to be offering them. I suppose we can recycle some of what we have no in exchange for the ability to have more later though.
[01:27] * LeRoy nods, grinning and lighting another cigarette "Excellent! Well no rush. Let's get your people back in their home first, da?"
[01:28] * Waitstate nods.
[01:28] <Waitstate> Once we have the place in a condition your people can survive in, we'll open her up to you for repair work and such.
[01:29] <LeRoy> Fantastic. I look forward to working on your ship.
[01:29] <Waitstate> and technological investigation I'm sure ;)
[01:29] * LeRoy laughing, smoke billowing out his nostrils "But of course!"
[01:30] * Flashpoint makes his way to Medbay.
[01:31] * LeRoy turns and heads for the human makeshift 'barracks'
[01:33] <Cirrus> Awww... sounds like they stopped talking
[01:34] * Starstorm has been searching for any sign of Arashi, somewhere inside the ship.
[01:37] * Flashpoint walks into medbay, stopping just inside the entrance and looking around.
[01:44] * Cirrus waves from across the dimly lit room
[01:46] * Flashpoint half nods before moving further into medbay, looking for certain others.
Session Close: Sun Apr 27 01:57:01 2003

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