The Peacemakers - Alternity, Star*Drive Campaign

[Samnell]

"What, Pixel? Oh, she'll be all right. Anyway, once we're in drivespace, what's he gonna do, right?" Friday shrugs as though there's nothing the captain could do about it.

"I'd just keep it quiet until we have a better fix on him," Lucas maintains as they enter Main Engineering.

"Something I've been meaning to ask you, Friday. Why'd you sign up for this?" Lucas asks conversationally.

 

[jkason]

Van claps his hands together at the mention of the shake down run and smiles

"Yes! Shakedown. Sounds good. You know what? Just send me an update when that's scheduled. Now, if you don't mind, folks, I'm going to see if all my things made it to my quarters. Review reports, schedules, that sort of thing. Everyone keep up the good work."

With that and an affable smile, Van retreats from the bridge, heading for his quarters. Thankfully his memory's never seemed to be hampered by his nerves, so he has no trouble finding the stateroom Caine had pointed out.

The first thing Van does is slash the light down to one-quarter and take off his sunglasses. Then he starts changing out of his uniform and into some more comfortable fatigues. He'll probably need to gussy up again when he meets their star, but for now he's going to take a minute to get comfortable.

 

[Prof Yeti]

Gabriel Dane - Mindwalker - Espion/Telepath (Mind Knight)

"Oh, I almost forgot. The rest of the crew, then," . Van points to each member in turn, introducing the pilot, mind knight, and navigator. "Everyone, this is the new XO, Dra'Ked."

As the Captain become preoccupied with the arrival of Miss Laera Lopez, Gabriel takes the opportunity to greet the executive officer. With a quick salute, "Lieutenant Commander Gabriel Dane." After a moment Gabriel continues, "It is a pleasure to meet you Commander Dra-Ken*."


* Still not a correct pronunciation but not a complete slaughter either.

 

[Hammerhead]

Dra'Ken returns the salute, again somewhat uncomfortably. These military types just love to fire off these things, he thinks to himself idly. Likewise. A pleasure to meet all of you. Who is our guest of honor that the Captain seems so flustered over? Is she important?

 

[Prof Yeti]

Gabriel Dane - Mindwalker - Espion/Telepath (Mind Knight)

With the Captain passing from the room Gabriel turns to Dra'Ken with a calm and relaxed manner. "Commander what is your prefered mode of address? I ask only because the Captain seems very relaxed on the subject. But personally I do not want to offend if you want something different. But as far as the identity of our passenger and why it is having an effect of the Captain I am unsure."

Moving to find and get a look at the Communications station, he has a thought somewhat embarrassed he didn't think of it sooner. Note to self check those files as soon as possible. "Ce-Ce who is the special passenger?"

 

[Ozmar]

"I'd just keep it quiet until we have a better fix on him," Lucas maintains as they enter Main Engineering.

"Something I've been meaning to ask you, Friday. Why'd you sign up for this?" Lucas asks conversationally.

Friday suddenly gets a little defensive, "What's that supposed to mean? Whatever you may have heard about the cruise liner is Grid-gossip. Anyway, I was cleared of all charges." She pauses a bit, and then seems to remember that she hasn't exactly answered the question. "Well, I was assigned here. They didn't exactly ask. Why're you here?"

 

[Samnell]

Friday suddenly gets a little defensive, "What's that supposed to mean? Whatever you may have heard about the cruise liner is Grid-gossip. Anyway, I was cleared of all charges."

"I, uh, didn't hear anything about a cruise liner. I was just asking," taken aback, Lucas raises his white, vein-shadowed hands in something between a calming gesture and one of shielding.

She pauses a bit, and then seems to remember that she hasn't exactly answered the question. "Well, I was assigned here. They didn't exactly ask. Why're you here?"

"They didn't ask me either," Lucas says a bit resentfully, looking away. "I guess technically I chose to be here, but the alternatives weren't exactly resort spots. It's better than what I could be doing...but what I could be doing is..." Lucas trails off and after a moment deliberately shakes himself out of contemplation. "Maybe it'll work out." Lucas shakes his head dubiously.

"I never pictured myself saluting anybody. Or wearing a uniform."

 

[Hammerhead]

The sesheyan shrugs. If the captain prefers a relaxed, informal atmosphere, that is fine. To be honest, I'd rather prefer such an environment. What else do you know of the Captain? Dra'Ken asks, trying to sound conversational as he waits for the AI to answer Gabriel's query.

 

[Ozmar]

"I, uh, didn't hear anything about a cruise liner. I was just asking," taken aback, Lucas raises his white, vein-shadowed hands in something between a calming gesture and one of shielding.

"They didn't ask me either," Lucas says a bit resentfully, looking away. "I guess technically I chose to be here, but the alternatives weren't exactly resort spots. It's better than what I could be doing...but what I could be doing is..." Lucas trails off and after a moment deliberately shakes himself out of contemplation. "Maybe it'll work out." Lucas shakes his head dubiously.

"I never pictured myself saluting anybody. Or wearing a uniform."

"Hm. And I used to be a captain. I guess its funny how people end up, huh? Everyone's got a story." As she speaks, the cat, Pixel, a young tabby, comes out from under the mass reactor and hops into her lap. "Like take Ebon for example. I bet that one has some stories to tell. I've only known a few mechalus. They're... different. Not what you'd expect at first, but not really what you'd expect underneath either." She kind of trails off, looking wistful.

 

[Ozmar]

With that and an affable smile, Van retreats from the bridge, heading for his quarters. Thankfully his memory's never seemed to be hampered by his nerves, so he has no trouble finding the stateroom Caine had pointed out.

OOC: Just in case you don't have the layout of the GT available, I'll let you know that the captain's stateroom is two chambers, and it has two doors, one of which opens onto the bridge. The second door opens onto the corridor leading to the bridge.

If anyone does have the map (which is in Starships, p. 77), note the following changes: Room 3, the crew quarters, has a divider down the center and a second door at the other end, making it into two separate quarters: one is assigned to the female crew - Ebon and Friday, and the other is assigned to Dane, Caine, Duke, and Tyler. Chamber 10 (the remote network bay) has been converted to Liriani's private chambers. It no longer has an airlock.

I'll post the ship details in the "Rogue's Gallery"