The Peacemakers - Alternity, Star*Drive Campaign

[jkason]

Van, frustrated biologist / soldier

OOC: I don't suspect it would occur to Van to keep the mission brief confidential, so yeah, assume he's put a copy of it in the ship's database without access locks.

Van's glee at the freedom of spaceflight dulls a bit at the arrival of a mission. More of doing what other people want. Well, at least it wasn't father; the Administrator at least pretended she thought him capable of tying his own shoes.

"All right, then, looks like we're ready to go, folks. Unless we have some sort of emergency stop anyone needs to make, I say we send our verification of reciept back to command, then go ahead and make the preparations to head to Bandar via drivespace.

"Been a while since I've been in drivespace. Ought to be fun."

 

[Prof Yeti]

Gabriel Dane - Da'Shan Mind Knight

"All right, then, looks like we're ready to go, folks. Unless we have some sort of emergency stop anyone needs to make, I say we send our verification of reciept back to command, then go ahead and make the preparations to head to Bandar via drivespace.

With a quick glance and a few keystrokes Gabriel soon reports, "Confirmation of orders has been sent. Anything else, Van?"

 

[Samnell]

"Greetings and Congratulations to Captain Curran and the crew of the CSS Pacifc. Today you embark on a glorious voyage to fulfill the Peaceful Mission of the Concord. The Pacific is dedicated to the proposition that all sentients can and will live in Peace, in accordance with the Ideals of the Concord. You are called to this high purpose: to bring Peace to all corners of the Galaxy. And I am confident that you will rise up to meet the challenge of these ideals, and be a credit to our Peaceful civilization. Good luck, and may the Blessings of Righteousness follow you throughout the stars."

In the engine room, Friday remarks: "Blah blah blah... Let's just get going."

"Wouldn't sound any better if it was true," Lucas agrees. Blessings and Righteousness? New boss, same as the old boss. "Is there some kind of Concord cult we joined that no one told me about?"

Bridge audio streaming through his comm, Lucas hears about the assignment as it arrives and finds it in the ship datacore moments later. Never heard of the place. Can fix that.

>>>Load: Shadow.
>>>Mission: Gather information about Bandar system and report to Bandar system grid in 123 hours for retrieval.

That should give some margin for error. Lucas leaned back, stretched, and glanced over at Friday.

"You know I'm starting to like Van's idea to tone down the AI's personality." Lucas routed a little more power to the engines and evened out the load balance on the mass reactors.

He commed the bridge, "We're set to starfall back here any time you are. Anything that was going to blow up would have already."

One hundred twenty-one hours stuck here. If Van's going to uncork his inner fascist, this'll be the time.

 

[jkason]

Van, frustrated biologist / soldier

"All right, then," Van announces, rubbing his hands together. "Ebon, as soon as the calculations are done, let's see what the void's got for us."

 

[Ozmar]

Ebon acknowledges with a terse "aye, sir" and then waits for Caine to finish plotting a course. A few minutes later, the course is plotted, and Ebon engages the stardrive.

The stars fold around the vessel, and distant space seems to contract into a point before vanishing into nothingness - and that is where the crew of the CSS Pacific finds themselves: in nothingness.

"Stardrive engaged, captain. We've entered drivespace." On the ship's console, a digital timer begins counting down the time to starrise: 120:59:59... 120:59:58... 120:59:57...

 

[Ozmar]

"Wouldn't sound any better if it was true," Lucas agrees. Blessings and Righteousness? New boss, same as the old boss. "Is there some kind of Concord cult we joined that no one told me about?"

Friday chuckles. "Yeah, she's a weird one, isn't she? I haven't heard such pseudo-religious drivel since... well, it's been a while."

"Anyway, she's the only Concord Administrator I've ever heard talking like that, so I gather she's something of an oddball. Between you and me, all that talk of peace is fine, but I'm glad she didn't decide to ship us out without weapons. Nothing brings peace faster than a plasma cannon in the right hands."

Bridge audio streaming through his comm, Lucas hears about the assignment as it arrives and finds it in the ship datacore moments later. Never heard of the place. Can fix that.

>>>Load: Shadow.
>>>Mission: Gather information about Bandar system and report to Bandar system grid in 123 hours for retrieval.

Your shadow is launched and begins its search. It will research the appropriate details and have the results ready by the time you starrise.

That should give some margin for error. Lucas leaned back, stretched, and glanced over at Friday.

"You know I'm starting to like Van's idea to tone down the AI's personality." Lucas routed a little more power to the engines and evened out the load balance on the mass reactors.

Friday arcs an eyebrow, giving you a questioning look, and adjusts the hypermagnetic drive to prepare to power off during starfall.

He commed the bridge, "We're set to starfall back here any time you are. Anything that was going to blow up would have already."

One hundred twenty-one hours stuck here. If Van's going to uncork his inner fascist, this'll be the time.

Friday appears lost in thought as the ship suddenly hums, space seems to fold in on itself, and your stomache gives the familiar shift that accompanies a starship's transition into a parallel dimension.

 

[Prof Yeti]

Gabriel Dane - Da'Shan Mind Knight

Watching intently from his console, Gabriel looks enraptured by the blending of color associated with dropping into Drivespace. After a moment he snaps out of his revery and turns to the Captain.

"Excuse me Van, but do you need me for anything else while we are in Drivespace? If not then I was wanting to explore the ship a bit and familiarize myself with its' systems."

 

[Hammerhead]

Dra'Ken peers into the infinite blackness of the void surrounding The Pacific. Well, we're off, he remarks to no one in particular. Dra'Ken glances at the Mind Knight. I had similar thoughts to acquaint myself with the ship and its crew. Perhaps I could accompany you, if the Captain doesn't require my prescence here. Dra'Ken glances at Van with his final comment.

 

[Prof Yeti]

Gabriel Dane - Da'Shan Mind Knight

Dra'Ken peers into the infinite blackness of the void surrounding The Pacific. Well, we're off, he remarks to no one in particular. Dra'Ken glances at the Mind Knight. I had similar thoughts to acquaint myself with the ship and its crew. Perhaps I could accompany you, if the Captain doesn't require my prescence here. Dra'Ken glances at Van with his final comment.

Turning to face the Dra'Ken with his usual calm demeanor. "I would find the opportunity very pleasing. That is if Van has no other use for us at the moment."

 

[jkason]

Van

Shaken out of his drivespace-induced reverie, Van shakes his head and smiles.

"Be my guest, boys. We certainly won't be getting any commiques while we're here." The thought appears to give him a sense of unusual calm.

"When you're done, I was hoping you could take the chair for the night shift, Dra'Ken. And Gabriel, I think we should get together to go over a few things then, as well. But no rush. Take your time to get to know the ship. I'll still be here when you get back. Not like I'm running off, right?"

The last seems to tickle Van to no end. He settles into his chair, then, looking off into the nothingness in a blissful silence.