Mel shrugs and hops off her barstool. "Alright, well, no new jobs and a hold full of metal someone wants to give us money for. I don't see reason to sit around drinking. I'm thinking...ship now. Anyone else?"
"By all means, lead on Mel." Damon stands and stretches. He offers the pilot a wink. "I'll keep an eye on your six."
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Solly's been sipping his drink quietly, watching the back-and-forth with amusement. He puts down what's left in his glass and stands up to join Mel, a disturbing contrast in heights.
"I believe I may as well get started," he says with a grin. He glances sideways at Steve. "What's this about a virus? Anything that, as ship's doctor, I should know about?" The question is addressed to the group in general.
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Mel smirks at Damon. "Keep an eye on your own six," she says with some humor, then starts walking towards the door. Halfway there she looks accusingly at Damon and moves her hands down to cover her rear end with twin 'flipping the bird' gestures...though her impish grin somewhat spoils the effect.
Then she's gone, heading for the ship to do preflight.
Damon smiles at Mel's antics, and then turns to face Gaetanna as she speaks. "You've got about enough space for a duffle bag or two under your bunk...besides that, we're pretty cramped." He moves to leave the bar, waving at the new crew members. "Come on...I'll show you the Greed."
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"As long as you don't put your trash in the engines room..." Cnosos says, absent-mindedly. "I should take some care to the engines, they are running slugish, and consuming lots of fuel... Damon, wait for me to take a look at those data."
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Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
Gaetanna frowned as she followed. "Only a dufflle bag or two? It looks like I'll have to tell my attendant to open by my bags so I can select the essentials before we take off. Fortunately,if need be, I could always buy a new wardrobe whenever we reach port.""
((Heh heh.. I'd love to see Mel's face when she see an attendant wit ha cart full of luggage in the hanger :P ))
Steve waved you goodbyes as you left the bar and ordered a new drink...
Solly had been on a freightship before and the Greed didn't seem too bad for one. It didn't leak radiation and the engines looked good. A closer inspection revealed that they looked better than good actually. Definetly not made in the colonies, but rather with older more reliable eguipment. It was better than The Chimera, his previous assignment, at least.
Gaetanna wasn't as easily impressed. Compared to the passenger ships and her family's private crafts, this rusty bucket of bolts was horrible. Maybe her grandfather wanted her to learn some humility while she was away... Well, at least it didn't look like it'd explode immediatily.
Pierce had seen the Greed already a couple times as Damon had shown him around. It was a ship, intended to keep the air inside. Nothing impressive.
After sorting out the essentials, Gaetanna packed a small bag under her cryo-unit and joined the others on the bridge. Mel was good ways through the pre-flight and Damon had opened up a larger map showing more of the space beyond the human influence.
Meanwhile, in the engineroom the chatty droid tried to catch Cnosos' attention, which was pretty much occupied with preflight checks. "You know meatbag, I have been reviewing your ship's systems. They are unoptimised and inefficient. Why haven't you done anything about it?"
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Hehee... I've a feeling that the droid is becoming an annoying pet-NPC until you get it home ... Constantly bickering about the inferiority of organic life ... Well, at least it's tied to the ship unless Cnosos builds it a new frame...
Gaetanna stopped in her tracks as she saw the Greed. "That derelict's our ship?!? I hope we don't need to call a tug.." She laughed then quickly quieted down after seeing stern look of displeasure on Cnosos's face*. "Sorry..." She glanced down for a moment and sighed. Like it or not, she knew that if she didn't board willingly, then her grandfather would have no problem in forcing her to board.
After stowing her belongings, Gaetanna sat on her cryo-bed then synced her computer-card to the colony's system and sent a brief message to everyone she knew. "It looks like Grampa Vincent is serious. I hope I won't be gone too long. Good bye." Resigning herself to fate, she stopped the message and began to cry.
Moments later she joined everyone on the bridge.
* I'm assuming that most engineers would not like having his or her ship called a derelict, and as such, Gaetanna's comment would be taken as a grave insult.
Solly looks about him approvingly as he climbs aboard the Greed. He says nothing as he stows his kit-bag, gives a brief look-over the facilities and straps himself in for take-off, all the while whistling a jaunty tune (Lillibulero).
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Damon examines the star maps and sighs. "Looks like we're in for a long haul on this one," he says quietly. "We'll definitely be using the cryo-units."
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"You know meatbag, I have been reviewing your ship's systems. They are unoptimised and inefficient. Why haven't you done anything about it?"
"That's because I've been busy with other things. I'll check things up once we've take off. If you prefere, you could point out the things you think need optimization. I could get you into Dorb, so you can fly along, and bother the other meatbags, and let me finish the preflight checks. " the man says, still calibrating the engines, as he does so.
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Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
Pierce drops his dufflebag in front of his cryobed and leaves the room without pomp or circumstance. He moves throughout the Greed, refamiliarizing himself with the layout and the quickest way to the weapons. One might think he was checking the walls for pin-holes, anything that might explode open in a vacuum and force his brain to be sucked out of his head. He makes it to the bridge and pushes past Solly and Gaetanna like they weren't even there.
Gaetanna sat down in one of the seats and began to mess around with the ship's sensors*. "I can't believe this! It looks like my grandpa told the attendant to wait until the ship took off!"
"Yes, I'll do that." Cnosos states, and opens the comlink "I must take a moment away from the engines, preflight check must wait 15 minutes, please stand by." After that, the greek takes a few tools. He calls for Dorb to get close, and plugs him into the computer. Opening the driod's pannel, he takes a moment to configurate it. "That should do. Can you hear me droid? The sensors should be working right by now"
Mri'Thas: "Useless primates... " Sheng Zim: "Your existence brings the world out of balance. The chaos I bring shall revert it; unfortunately, your soul will be destroyed in the process."
-------------------------------------- Tuk Heavy Hands Apeldan: "Trolls are afraid to cats. Good to know" (Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult") Cnosos: "I bet there's plenty of wonderful devices in that ship. Let's scavenge them at once!" (Blackrat's "After Earth") Metliz: Sounds like fun! (Arkandus's "The First") Thok: "Thok eats a lot, Thok big. Thok not good at first impressions." (MnL's "Valley of the Dead")
Gaetanna smiled. "Just checking what what comm-channel this ship's sensors uses for output so that I won't have to wait for my legs to start working to know what's going on if I'm sudently taken out of cryo-sleep." This of course, was a half truth.
The inertial dampeners did their best to fight the shock of breaking the gravity of the base but inside it still felt like your teeth would shatter if you'd let them clatter together. Then suddenly nothing... The gravity just gave up its grip and you were on your way.
Soon Mel can switch the ship to autopilot as everything seems to be in order. It'll be almost a day again until you reach the jumpgate that lies on the outer edge of the system. There's good time for the new crewmembers to get used to the ship.
The droid waits patiently until the ship is on its way and then starts his chatter up again. "I do have few minor suggestions actually if you don't mind." The screen infront Cnosos flares with dozen or so schematics of different parts of the engine systems, and also a scheme for a crude droid chassis.
Solly finally opens his eyes after keeping them tight shut during take-off, and pries his hands from the arm rests.
"I don't seem to ever get used to that part," he mutters. "Is there anything like coffee on this ship, Damon?" he asks. "And then, I 'spose I'd better have a look at the cryo-berths. I'm sure Cnosos has done a sterling job of maintaining them, but I think I'm supposed to do a preparatory scan, or something like that." He shrugs, and flashes a sheepish grin.
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... Constantly bickering about the inferiority of organic life 
... Well, at least it's tied to the ship unless Cnosos builds it a new frame...
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