The Long Journey Home

['Ghost']

Turning away from the researcher Ghost opens up a comm link to Mikhail..

Private, care to explain to me why you disobeyed a direct order and went behind my back?

His expression remains unchanged, his tone also remaining unchanged. The calmness of the question, and the calm expression seeming almost inhuman, not a single muscle out of place the face frozen as if made of stone.

 

[Mikhail Zhukov]

Mikhail sighed and turned on the coms adopting his "Speaking to commanding officer" voice.

As I recall our only orders were to investigate the salvage, ourselves if deemed
necessary. So I fail to see how any of my actions would violate the mission parameter...sir.

Mikhail leaned towards Sarah.

Spoiler

He quickly typed in a message into his PDA and showed the screen to Sarah.
Captain Casper is onto us. Must expedite. Do you have a signal scanner?
He erased the message as soon as she finished reading it.

 

[Alexander Bauhdric]

Alexander practically leaped out of bed, stretching his glorious muscles as he prepared himself for a new day. With any luck, this day would be less troublesome then the last! However, one thing did plague his muscle-clad body; his stomach was rumbling quite severely! Nodding, he dressed himself, and strode down to the mess hall, eager to claim the first meal of the day.

 

['Ghost']

Replying back, voice not changing..

Your orders were to take it to research immediately, after which you had my permission to investiagte. The same instruction for the robot parts, they have found there way to research, care to tell me where you've taken the other device?

As he awaits the response he turns to the researcher..

Here is my communicator frequency, inform me the minute you make any kind of breakthrough. I want to know what it is I'm tasked with dealing with. The sooner the better.

After which he turns and heads off towards the sports centre. He walks the corridors, paying little attention to the surroundings. As always he didn't know what to do with free time, it was something he wasn't used to. At least not for any extended amount of time. Arriving at the sports centre, he changes out of his uniform into more casual clothing, and starts running laps.

OOC: I'm assuming there is some sort of sport facilities on board. I can't remember what the original description of the ship told us ^^

 

[Mikhail Zhukov]

Mikhail paused for a second before answering thoughts aligning in his head.

I took it straight to engineering following high command's instructions to keep information on our position secret from civilians. Research is staffed by civilians, if the device is indeed a helmsman then it is likely to contain data on our current location. High chance of security breach. This way testing is faster, requires less personnel and can be overseen by starseeker directly. Danger of disclosure minimal.

The time spent training for this mission made Mikhail a bit rusty but it was coming back to him. Soldiers obeyed orders, veterans made orders obey them.

 

[Ray Ray]

"Go ahead Punk...Make my day...Wait... No...I didn't mean -this- day..."

He mumbled before waking with a start, rubbing his eyes and almost crawling out of bed. Stretching did him some good though to wake him up. He dressed in his uniform, though a little haphazardly, but he'd be able to fix that later.He left his bunk, but to go where...Well, he didn't really know. He just went wandering in a general direction, following where others appeared to be headed this time of morning. -Especially- if they were pretty girls.

 

[J. D. Tsuba]

[MENTION=6699115]Universal_narration[/MENTION]

Spoiler

After everyone went to their quarters, J.D took the time to head to his recently acquired Laboratory. Locking the door behind him in the room that was until recently a store room, but had been been 're-shuffled' to remain empty, He brought out the main processing block from the AWB. Feverishly he set about fiddling with it and analyzing it, running over every inch, and mapping the circuitry as accurately as he could, as well as measuring reactions it had when in close quarters with Paksis energy outflow.

Investigation - 2 degrees success
Science - 6 degrees success

I want to find something cool to augment my abilities, non-lethal preferably or actually anything cool at all, I'm not picky

Waking the next morning, to the rather abrupt interruption from Sarah, and quiet frankly feeling robbed of a good sleep in J.D made his way to the bridge to meet with a Mr Schafer.

Tapping the nearest officer on arrival:
'excuse me, could you point me in the direction of Mr Schafer, I have been told he needs my help with the navigation'

 

[Universal_narration]

Hanger bay

Spoiler

Sarah gives a thumbs up and digs around in a pouch she has around her waist. Producing a small box-like scanner. She types into her own communicator. 'What do you need it for?'

Research Centre

The researcher nods "Of course captain, we're going as fast as is manageable"

When Arthur enters the room he sees a familiar face, Damiano. He is taking a small scalpel and scanning the surface of the A.W.B that was blown up. Occasionally scrapping something off. He replies without looking up "Hey there Arthur, your handiwork I presume?"

Mess hall

As Alexander sits down to have his first meal of the day he is joined by Fedor who presumably had no problem spotting the tower of a man. "Good morning, or good early cycle I suppose. Morning is likely an abstract concept at this point. How are events progressing my dear friend?"

Research cupboard

Spoiler

After spending quite a bit of time you can map out the insides of the block fairly well. Though while investigating the main processing block you get zapped again, though you are sure this wasn't by a mistake you caused. This time it feels like the thing is actively doing it. A moment goes by where you think it will stop then as time passes you hear a thought in your head. Why? Why not just destroy me? What do you have to gain?

Navigator room

A large man with arms to rival Echo squad's captain comes to greet you. He otherwise has a bit of an iron belly. He clasps his hand on your shoulder. "Ah that would be me! Pleasure to meet you mr...? Have you been sent by he who shall not be named?"

Raymond following girls, trial 1 of ?

Raymond stumbles around the corridors until he finds a suitably pretty girl. He keeps following one until she reaches the bridge, she has joined up with one other person on the way, another pretty lady. Raymond seems to be onto something here. As soon as she enters the bridge she turns around and looks at Raymond. "Errm... soldier.. do you have any business on the bridge or with the Commodore? At this time he's likely at his quarters. Or perhaps business with me?

Sports hall

The sports hall is filled with what you recognise as Starseeker soldiers. They are all intent on ignoring each other and sticking to their regimes or workouts

 

[Arthur Campbell]

Indeed it is Mr Moretti. It was one of the machines responsible for the structural collapse you were so diligently clearing up last cycle, someone had to stop it.

​He approached the remains of the AWB and kaboom scrambled up onto the desk, its re-purposed mining tools causing a somewhat ungainly spectacle as it did so. Arthur studied the specimen then turned his eyes to the scrapings Damiano was retrieving before the turning to the geologist himself.

I must say Mr Moretti, after your previous display I did not have you down as someone who would hold particular interest in these specimens. But as you're here perhaps you could fill me in on what you've found out so far as you seem to have already made a start.


He got out some tools and kaboom whirred into life lending what help it could to Arthur's efforts as he started to examine the remains seeking to get as much info as he could about his opponents explosive technology.

OOC: I'll slap some dice rolls here decide which ones are needed, you can probably guess the kind of stuff he's looking for. Kaboom's Perception: five degrees of success Investigation: one degree of success Science: flat pass engineering: flat pass (2dp) Scavenge: flat pass (2dp) intuition:flat pass

 

[Alexander Bauhdric]

Alexander smiles to Fedor as he dines happily on what can only be described as a high-protein diet.

"Ah, good morning Fedor! Always a pleasure to see you. Events are progressing..."

He tails off. He's not actually sure what events are going on, or how they are progressing at all. Still, he shrugs, and soldiers on

"They are progressing. After the chaos of the last cycle, everything seems so tranquil! No immediate danger, no explosions; not even a single renegade robot! Indeed, I dare-say that if it continues like this, it's going to be a boring trip home!"

He laughs, attempting to make light of their potentially disastrous situation.

"Anyway, how about you Fedor? And how are the patients that we dug out of the rubble? Are they okay?"