After Earth - Episode II - Beyond Colonial Space.

[ethandrew]

Pierce unceremoniously receives the bundle of costumes and other various stuffs, and then he glares. He glares at everyone he can make eye contact with, maybe for only a split second, but in that briefest of moments, one might be able to discern a hint of a pout. He turns on point and moves to leave the bridge, heading for the airlock and the Greed and back away from these treasure-hoarding-hotties.

 

[Rhun]

Damon turns his attention back to his console. His hands dance as he taps in a series of commands, trying to bring the cruiser's thrusters online so that he might begin to move the vessel away from the hyperspace wedgie.

 

[Blackrat]

It's a pleasure miss Gaetanna. Captain Archel acknowledges. Straight to business then? I am not certain what I can offer you, but our engineering has many spare parts that could be used to enhance your systems. As according to the Republic Laws, I am forbidden from providing you with advanced weaponry though.

Damon takes the ship a little further from the anomaly, while the crewmembers are slowly coming to consciousnes.

[sblock=OOC]With Knowledge Civics Gaetanna knows of the law the captain is referring to. The more advanced species of the Republic passed on a law that forbids providing less advanced species with weapons or technology that could directly be used to advance the species unnaturally. Basically, they decided that every species should advance on their own. The same law technically also forbids any species from possessing technology that they could not produce on their own. So by offering spare parts, Captain Archel is skirting on the very edge of the law. They are not enough to directly affect the natural advancement of humanity, but they are still superior tech that could be used to enhance a ship or two. However, the medical eguipment that Solly "liberated" would get you definitely into trouble if Republic Patrols would find out.[/sblock]

 

[Relique du Madde]

"It is a shame that the same treaty also contains wording that precludes us from taking a look at your weapon and engine schematics. Sadly, there are no way to work around interplanetary law, without breaking it. And trust me, I am not one for breaking protocols." She smiled. "That said, I'll gladly accept any spare parts you can offer us. I guess we should head to head towards engineering so we could take a look at what you have to offer."

Bluff +8 ->Sending a secret message to our group("We should hack their computers to get so we could get their weapon and weapon schematics")

 

[Shayuri]

Meanwhile, back in the cockpit, Melara notes that the Syrran engines are powering up.

"About time," she mutters, adjusting the Greed's throttle down as the other, more powerful ship starts to take over the task of keeping its distance.

She then signals her crewmates. "Syrran engines are coming online. Champagne and congratulations all around. Are you guys coming back yet, or am I missing the party?"

 

[Rhun]

Damon surreptitiously tries to bring up any technical schematics he might be able to access and download to the Greed's computer, while by all appearances simply working to pilot the cruiser away from the anomaly.

Pilot +9, Computer Use +11

 

[Blackrat]

The captain looks at Gaetanna with a puzzled face, apparently perplexed why she would make such obvious statements, but the nuances of human communication are unfamiliar to her. Yes, we shall transfer anything we can to your ship at the Imperial Base Number 3.

Damon pokes around the computer and as luck would have it, the translation matrix that the captain opened gives you full access to the ship's core. As you make slight adjustments to the flight path, you start cautiously sending data to the Greed. After the transfer is done, you carefully erase the transfer logs and are quite sure that no-one will notice the deed without knowing exactly what to look for.

Solly, Cnosos and Pierce make it back to the Greed where Solly can examine more closely the items he "salvaged".

[sblock=OOC]Gaetanna makes the bluff check barely, whereas Damon has complete success. You pretty much have all the history, technical, tactical and cultural knowledge of the Syrran race at your hands. You can decide what to transfer to the Greed. The base that the captain refers to is marked Jap 3 on the map in the RG. It's full name is Imperial Japanese Colony Base 3, but most people shorten it some way or other [/sblock]

 

[Relique du Madde]

Gaetanna waited until Damon got ready to leave before stating, "Looks like my work here is done for the moment. I'll be seeing you once we reach the base... " She then curtsied and left.

 

[Shayuri]

On confirmation that the crew's back aboard, Melara comms the Syrran ship.

"This is the Greed, we're releasing the clamps and pulling away. Good luck out there."

As the two ships drift apart she just taps the thrust to accelerate the process. Once they're far enough apart for safety she lights up the main drive and heads back on course to their destination through hyperspace.

When Damon, or anyone else, comes up to the cockpit she glances back and says, "Funny thing. We got an encrypted data burst from the Syrran ship before you guys came back on board. Haven't run it through the computer yet."

 

[Rhun]

"Well, Captain Archel...I think we can leave things in the hands of you and your crew now," says Damon, setting the cruiser's drive to station keeping. He stands and smiles at the Syrran. "We'll see you at the Imp 3 base." With that, Damon motions to Gaetanna that it is time to leave, and leads the way back to the Greed.

Back on their own ship, he makes his way to the bridge. As Mel addresses him, he smiles deviously and takes his seat at the computer console. "The data burst should contain full files on the Syrran's history, technical, tactical and cultural knowledge. I'm sure that we will find something of use in it once we have a chance to look it over."