The Long Journey Home

[J. D. Tsuba]

As J.D. entered the armoury, all his worries vanished as he sighted the paxis suits on the walls. The most advanced technology he had ever seen, and he was about to get his hands on one! Wondering if he would be allowed to tweak his suit later, he followed his captain over to the quartermaster and began examining the suits.

Hmm, Meia is it? I must say I am impressed with your range of equipment here, I think for my purposes though I shall like to have....

He leant in close to whisper in her ear. This continued for some time while a smile played across his face, obviously excited to reveal his choice to his crew members and show off a little.

After the hushed conversation Meia (herself with a little grin on her face) rummaged for a bit and pulled out a box labelled J.D.T. Inside was a small laser pistol of fairly standard design and a paxis suit. As he donned his armour and turned it on, there came a hum as the paxis core warmed up, slowly his suit started arcing around him, purple sparks flying from here to there across his chest. After a few seconds it was humming at a regular pitch and he had gained an aura of purple lightning, it was gaudy to say the least, but he seemed rather pleased with it.

Well captain, what do you think? Magnificent, no?

OOC: Load out: Epsilon lightning paxis armour with a purple paxis core and control rod

 

[Mikhail Zhukov]

Mikhail quickly pushed through the slowly forming line, adrenaline slowly working its way through his system.He addressed Meia talking in short bursts.

I would like an Alfa suit, a pistol, and a knife. Takeaway please.

Mikhail grabbed his equipment and started hastily putting on the armor turning towards his squad mates while doing so.

I really hope captain, that you and Sarah are going to invite us to your wedding, and yes Mr. Tsuba your fashion sense is beyond any complements, but horrible space robots. Trying to kill us all. Right now. Have to go.

He did last check on the suit and ran out of the room and down the corridor to the hangar hoping that the crew there already prepared the "Snowdrop" for deployment. Mikhail had a strict policy about people or things trying to kill him. It involved large amounts of heavy explosive ordinance.

OOC: Wasn't sure if I had to ask for vehicle load out in the armory or in the hangar. Anyway I will go with a: Pistol, Dagger, Major Repair kit, Anti Tank Gun, Smoke Launcher, Paksis booster, Missile Pod. For the extra 5 points I would like to get a teddy bear to hang in the drivers compartment. Andy I think a sudden drop in emo levels will be enough of an indicator to tell the two of them apart.

 

['Ghost']

Taking one look at J.D's suit, his expressions as usual doesn't change. Sarah starts giggling and turns to mikhail

I'm sure you'll all be invited, see ghost I told you we make a good couple.

Ghost grunts in mild annoyance but continues his preparations. He then turns to J.D.

It looks interesting, but I don't feel it would be suitable for stealth. Keep it up Sarah and you'll end up deactivated before we even begin. Do I make myself clear?

Sarah doesn't seem happy about this, but she turns away and remains subdued for the moment. She knows she can push Ghost but she also knows that he means what he says. Ghost also watches as Mikhail leaves, a look of annoyance on his face, as his squad member runs off without giving him any details.

 

[Alexander Bauhdric]

Alexander returns the nod to Ghost, a determined look on his rocky features, as he marched over to Meia. As the captain of Sierra squad, Ghost had his own team to look after right now; pleasantries would have to wait. He let other people fill out their load-outs first, letting them get their equipment, before finally piping up himself.

Greetings Ms Hoffman. I request the Paladin-variant Alpha suit with power-fists. There's probably only one on the ship big enough for me.

He worked out his muscles as he looked upon his armour; fitting for a knight of old. Its re-enforced metal plates served only to mirror his own finely tuned musculature, while it's slightly bulky fists rested at ease for now, waiting to be piloted.

Echo team! Suit up! To remove ambiguity, we are defending the port-side! No threat will make it to the blessed hull of our vessel! I will show them the Hop Gar technique that has been passed down the Bauhdric line for generations!

He then starts to get his equipment on, the 7ft man only growing more gigantic as his ripped physique was wrapped in the heavy plates of the Paladin suit.

OOC: Suit: Alpha 75Pt Paladin Armour: 15 Power fist: 15 Advanced skill – Willpower: 10 Advanced skill – Upper body: 10 Medical kit: 5 Smoke grenade: 5 Flamer: 15 Question: Does cover stack if it's from two different Sources? My trait gives me a perminant 1 cover, does that stack with the Paladin's cover bonus?

 

[Ray_Ray]

"You don't get much from your companions by threatening violence, if he is being to mean to you perhaps I can take you off his hands"

Rey spoke with a soft smile as she entered the room, heading over the the armory as she spoke to Meia her expression not changing as she listed a similar load out to J.D.

"Similar to my Captain you will be able to tell my armor apart, it should be the modified epsilon rig with a versatile Paksis core system. There should be a set of attachments to go with them so please bring both boxes of them. I will fit them once I have the armor itself.

She paused considering the situation as she looked at the weapon racks trying to figure out what she should suggest for Raymond, eventually speaking out.

Finally how big are the targets... we have anti tank weaponry but if they move too quickly it will be useless?" She asked anyone who was in the room or listening, thinking more for her brother than herself.

She stepped into the armor as it encased her, compared to the hulk of her commander or brother in armor she looked quite small, moving her attention to a set of two boxes containing smaller core's, inserting them into slots in her armor as she hummed, leaving 1/2 of them in their containers.

"Alexander Sir would you rather we deployed immediately or waited to deploy as a squad?" she asked "I would suggest my brother and I head out as soon as possible, we can begin securing the field of battle and repelling any hostile assault.

OOC: I have to hold off on equipment till Sean finalizes my spells with Dave so blame him.

 

[Alexander Bauhdric]

Alexander nodded to Rey, his helmet not yet equipped so that he could better survey the preparations of his squad.

"You are a tactical mind, Miss Morrissette, and I have every faith in your decision. As soon as your brother has donned his armour, I would suggest you get topside and begin a tracking of the targets. However, I will accompany you two; my knowledge of martial arts may prove useful against the metallic claws they allegedly have. Arthur is a wise man, he can follow us out as soon as he's suited up."

He nods slowly, affixing his helmet as he finishes his brief tactical meeting, his voice becoming more metallic through the outboard speakers; though such is the loud resonance of his voice that one can still hear the echo of his actual voice. With a thunderous crack, his powerfists ignited, his fingers clasping and unclasping as he runs the diagnostic programs inside his suit.

I am ready, Miss Morrissette. Mr Morrissette, make haste with your preparations!

 

['Ghost']

Sarah smiles at the comment. Ghost clips his helmet into place. Looks down the sights of his rifle to ensure they measure up to his high standard. Satisfied he turns to J.D.

We should make our move, we're covering starboard. Private Tsuba you're with me, zhukov catch up to us as soon as you can, and where the hell has the other zhukov ran off too?

Pushing that thought aside he waited for J.D and they made their move to the starboard side, all that mattered now was the mission. On there way sarah speaks up on the internal radio her and Ghost share.

I like her, we should totally get to know one another. *a huge grin appearing on her face*

Now is not the time sarah, start loading your tracking algorithms. They won't be moving slowly, I need you to track their movements, predict their pathway. Leave the rest to me.

Sarah's expression changes to one of seriousness, as she loads all the neccessary programming and adjusts herself to the MDA's systems. It felt foreign but like her commander she was not one to give up. Soon enough she was ready, the targetting system appearing on Ghost's HUD.

*To himself* It's go time.

 

[Aleksandra Zhukov]

Alexandra strapped her suit on slowly allowing proper time for all of the Paksis to boot up correctly. As she finished adjusting her helmet two small holograms appeared one on each of her shoulders.

"I'm sure we don't have time for proper introductions, suffice to say I'll introduce you when we've repelled these aggressors."

Her face went stony serious and she exhaled slowly, a dead sheen coming over her eyes then she pulled on the helmet snapping the last connectors into place.

			Olga, Ula, we go to war.

One of the small holograms on her shoulder flashed a blue colour and cowered the other simply tutted.

"Don't worry girls, you're more than well programmed for this and there are some lovely people that you'll meet, come now, brave face."

The two holograms straightened better and braced for fighting.

"Sir, I believe that private Mikhail has gone to get in his tank, I think the rest of us are ready to sound in, sir."

She readied her gear, raising the experimental Paksis pulse weapon attached to the back of her left gauntlet ready to move out.

OOC: Epsilon suit,Red Paksis core, Dominion staff 10 ep, energy rod 5 ep the "pulse weapon" is the energy rod, on her suit there are several control interfaces for the suit's functions, the dominon rod make up these.

 

[Universal_narration]

@ 'Ghost'

Meia thinks a little.

"There didn't seem to be much holding the legs together with their torso, very thin waists. Perhaps this might be something to aim for?"

OOC: @ Alexander: Your Covers don't stack, the reason you have cover 1 from the flaw is so you always have cover regardless of the armour you wear. When everyone has posted their weapon loadout I will continue onto the next scene.

 

[Arthur Campbell]

Arthur stepped into his suit methodically running through every step of the training in his head as he did so. He was pleased to see his trusty droid affixed to his back, he then double checked his blast shield ensuring the small device had not been damaged by the ships jarring movements. Satisfied he then turned towards the weapon racks looking for the the explosive section.

He picked up one of the grenades and regarded it

			hmm...seems like a standard model... some slight adaptations for space combat, but I suspect....ah there it is, glad to see it will still work.

He clasped it and loaded them onto his person.

I'll catch up if you wish to head out sir I'll be right behind, I was never much of a front line fighter anyway

As the squads headed out Arthur started to load grenades into KABOOM, once he was sure he was unobserved he got out his tool kit and started "pre-editing" his grenades.

			That'll have to do, I can finish them on the fly especially with this suit and its power source

satisfied with his work he reattached kaboom, loaded his gear and headed after his captain.

OOC: Chi suit 55: 10 grenades (10 ep) 5 smoke grenades (5 ep), Pinpoint scanner (10), Rocket launcher (20),5 planted explosives (10) Absorb rod,