<> <> (I play pinball with them like the 3rd Rock opening) < and Don Fernando) told you that for the moment your goals will continue to be on possibly life-sustaining planets.>> <> <> <> (WHAT?! MAY? IN AN ATC GAME?!) (How dare you, sir! >_<) (I CROSS BOUNDARIES) (So does Mark Hellenberg.) (Wait. What's so big about May in ATC?) (ATC games are spring-loaded) (In addition, the big week of mourning starts in 3 days.) (Ah ha.) (Lost Days.) (MY GAME IS CANON :D) (MY GAME HAS A CANNON! KABOOM!) (Was off chopping potatoes. :D I'm going to have to AFK again in like fifteen.) (Also I am sorry, 'spring-loaded' makes me thin of a toy gun that fires a flag with "ATC!" on it) (What makes you think I did not mean this) (PO TA TOES) (Chop them, broil them, stick'em in a stew.) (The game DID start....) (I am always the first to talk! Someone else do it!) * Zeke has a new case today as he walks into the bay, straight for the ship, case hanging behind him on that back arm. * Zeke's bird looks around at people as he beelines. * Amadeus is there! He's already in the ship, putzing around in the cargo/sciency area (where he pretty much lives). <> * Tomas trundles into the ship, working his new arm. * Kyle is already there too! Well, he's messing around with the ship anyways, making sure the damage didn't get too deep into it and giving it a nice tune-up before the next jump out. (Amadeus "Clasko" Cheung.) (With Tenchi Masaki's voice actor.) (WHAT.) (*hums chocobo music*) * Hestia is sitting in the lounge instead of the map room for once! She is sipping wine from a glass and leaning back on one of the couches in that one-leg-over-the-other pose that is intended to evoke Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct" (*plays Zeke's bird's theme*) * Zeke walks into Amadeus' science area, asking with a slightly different, faster (though still unnatural) voice, "Is everything working, Doctor Amadeus?" (AMADEUS AMADEUS! doot doot doot doot doooo AMADEUS AMADEUS! Oohhhhh amaDEUS) * Amadeus looks up from a piece of scanning equipment. "So far, yes. How are you feeling?" (I'll play that next, thanks.) ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58184 ) <> (Also, now I imagine Zeke's bird looking like a cockatiel.) * Zeke replies, "I am fine. There were few ill effects, and much repair to do." (gah. I glanced and saw bears and jumped.) (Hahaahaaaaaa) * Lexi is in clothes again! Shocking! And she's lounging around in the lounge while people do the checking up thing. She's also browsing TVNet for electronic tabloid articles, probably to see what's been said about her lately. (It's an ovoid dragonfly!) Your voice sounds a little different. Is it mechanical in nature? <> (haha. Probably nothing the 'net hasn't already seen.) * Hestia glances at Lexi for a moment, then at the TV, then chuckles. She's holding the wine glass to her lips as she says it, so it comes out slightly muffled, but she does say: "What's the old saying? If you've got it, flaunt it?" (Oh, certainly not. XD) (Yes, but it demonstrates how seriously Lexi Calhoun is taking her job!) * Lexi shrugs and giggles. "Eh... They've shown worse." * Kyle comes back into the lounge after doing his runover of the ship. "It's all in good shap for the time being. Never know what happens out there, though." (Hey! We might not have made it out alive if it weren't for Lexi's vajayjay akimbo!) (Truth!) * Kyle takes a look at the TV and grins. "So is that what you were doing out there?" * Zeke pauses a moment, then his holoface nods slightly. "I had not tweaked it in a long time." * Lexi grins. "Hey, it worked. Are we good to go?" * Hestia shrugs and sips. "I agree, it was very impressive." I see. That it did. I'm impressed. * Amadeus smiles. "You have a good program for it; it almost sounds natural." He goes back to checking equipment. (And AFK for a sec to check on potatoes!) <> * Lexi turns off the TV and gets up. "Everyone ready to head out?" (GO MAN GO.) (FACE PUNCHING CORP HEAD. Why can't Ronnie be like that.) * Lexi does see that before she turns it off. "Well... Daddy's not happy." * Zeke blinks, then replies, "I appreciate the feedback." * Kyle laughs. "Too bad you couldn't wipe their headputers." * Hestia says, unthinking: "Tailored virus. Wouldn't be hard. Would be considered terrorism, though." She sips again, then smiles at Lexi. "How bad do you want it, would be the question." (Really, I think the CEO of any corporation that a McLochlane works for kind of has to be that way.) * Lexi shakes her head. "I don't care if they have pictures of me in my underwear. Hell, there are tons of photo shoots of me in less..." * Amadeus finishes checking all of the equipment, then tells Zeke, "We should probably get ready to go." So saying, he heads off to do that... stopping by the lounge on the way. "Tabloids?" Only photos? (* Kyle dives for a computer pad.) Just photos? (I WIN.) ( MUST FIND PICTURES.) (This is assuming Kyle does not have a vast cross-indexed collection already.) * Lexi just grins. "Well... " and she heads up to the cockpit. "We ready?" (XD) (Yeah guys, seriously. What kind of creepy vouyer would I be if I didn't?) (Brr.) * Amadeus blinks at the conversation, and his brain must fitz, because he shakes his head rapidly and pushes his glasses back up. "Yes." So saying, he hurries- er, heads off to the map room! (Let's move on before I start hurling Jarlsburg.) * Hestia gets up and regards her empty wineglass. "Oh, yes. I do my best astrogation after a nice piquant red." She then inhales Amadeus, steals his power, and floats off! (DAMN IT TIA) * Hestia actually just goes into the map room. (HAHAH) (... God dammit) (I totally had an image of Kirby in a smoking jacket sipping wine) (Mwahah.) * Zeke did not follow Amadeus up quickly. <> (oh god where is my charsheet) (Ahaha, I don't have Navigation.) * Kyle chuckles. "Ready to rock." (BRAIN POWER GO) (You had CP, did you buy it?) (No? I didn't sign on to astrogate!) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Hestia (2d6+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. (I FLY US INTO THE SUN) (Yes, but that's what you were doing! One'd think you'd learn to, well... learn?) (Lexi actually has Navigation.) (2 ranks.) <> (ARGH why must I AFK now) (Sorry >_<) (Ard is still working on stuff for dinner. I'll roll for her. she told me to.) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Amadeus (2d6+8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 15. (Then you both make it.) (How do you mean two legs?) * Kyle stays on the bridge and keeps an eye on the diagnostic consoles. (Two paths to get there? Two sections of the same path?) <> (Aha.) * Amadeus hits the coms: "We're going to have to make two jumps for this one. One at twelve lightyears and another thirty from that. Sending the course to you, Lexi." <> * Lexi nods. "Alright. Thanks, A-Man." * Hestia is just glancing at the board. Amadeus has done all the work! "Maybe I need to take a TSM correspondence course or something." <> (UNIVERSITY OF RED PHOENIX) * Amadeus looks to Hestia. "I know I do." (... I have navigation!) (I thought you people had it.) (That's why I wasn't there.) * Tomas straps himself into a chair in the lounge and picks up a magazine, ~Let's get off this rock.~ (I AM A HACKER WITH A GUN. IT IS ON MY RESUME.) * Lexi pulls up as soon as the hatchway opens and takes off. "Alright! Let's go!" (At the top! "Hestia Richter: Hacker with a Gun") <> <> We're in the green, let'er rip Lexi. 2d6+11 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lexi (2d6+11) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 17. (Is the other one normal cruiser emphasis?) no emphasis?) <> 2d6+11 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lexi (2d6+11) and gets 13, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" (...) (Well I screwed the normal one) (Good start to the trip, Lex) (Maybe some divine favor would be a good idea.) (We pop out of the mole drive... and fly into an asteroid the size of Neptune.) (OH SHI-) ("How did you MISS that?" "I... didn't.") (At least I didn't flub the MD role. So we're not flying into the sun) <> * Amadeus coms from the map room: "Holy shit! What was that?" * Lexi coms back. "Woo! That was close." ... * Zeke uses ship's comms to reply, "I... believe it should be less close in the future." * Kyle checks over the systems. "Well, no real harm done. Thankfully. Still, that was a close shave." * Hestia snorts, muttering (so likely only Amadeus can hear), "No kidding." <> * Tomas sets his magazine down and looks out the porthole, "Where are we now?" * Hestia leans back in her chair and glances at the pro-fess-ore. "So, what kind of life would you expect to find on a massive version of Earth?" <> * Amadeus shrugs at Tia. "If our previous trips on any indication, there should at least *be* life. We're looking at heavier gravity and a denser atmosphere, so we can probably expect that whatever's there is extremely small." Or tougher than we are. Like the Sleythin, though I understand they're unusual in that regard. (MOLE First, Cruiser second) 2 2d6+11 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lexi (2 2d6+11) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 22 16. I don't know much about biology, but I know that's why they have so many damn feet <> * Amadeus makes with the scanning! * Zeke comes up into the navigation room, bird still on his shoulder, before stepping back against the wall. He appears to be mainly looking at the map. * Tomas unstraps himself and heads to the navigation room to see the results of the scan for himself. * Kyle just looks at it from the cockpit. Pretty! <> <> (All four of us are not going to fit in the map room, FYI.) (I figured 3 would be a stretch!) (But that's why I flatterend against the wall.) (I have no concept of the ship's dimensions.) (No skill of relevance, Cham?) (I am friggin tired of my winamp. Next session someone should RFM me some decent music.) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Zeke (2d6+7) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 13. <> 2d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tomas (2d6+5) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 13. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Hestia (2d6+7) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 10. (Oy gevalt.) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Amadeus (2d6+8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 17. (DOGTOR BRANE) (If only you were brilliant like me.) (I am!) (Sort of.) (*punches Kyle in the face*) <> * Amadeus mutters, "What the hell?" as he runs the scan again. <> <> (Is that something other than mind?) 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Zeke (2d6+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. (No, but HA etc count) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Hestia (2d6+8) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 14. 2d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tomas (2d6+5) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 8. (Could I roll something more than a 6 for once in this fucking game?) <> (No) <> * Hestia raises an eyebrow. * Zeke just says, "Terraformed?" It's... a possibility, I suppose. But considering we've been to the fire planet of metal trees, anything could be true. * Kyle comes over the intercom. "Hey guys, what's going on in there?" (THIS IS NOT A THREAD) (AFK a sec.) * Hestia puts a hand to her chin. "A perfectly square island." Is that even possible naturally? * Kyle thinks. "I'm no geologist, but I don't think so?" * Kyle coms that. We had geometric craters in the last world. (s/world/planet) (HAHA, this is World 4-1! Now you are boned, take your Lakitus and LIKE IT) (*fireflowers*) <> * Zeke replies, "It would require some explanation." (I know that!) (Fuck you and your lakitu.) * Kyle coms. "Uh... Is it *exactly* square? Like, does it have any soft edges at all from erosion?" (World 4 will always be giant world in my heart of hearts.) <> (World 4 is the Butter Bridge, after Dounut Plains but before the Forest of Illusion.) (Sacrificing Yoshi always made me sad :\ ) (Oh my god someone do something) * Zeke replies to Kyle with, "It appears not, given the sensor output." * Kyle coms. "Well, maybe we should have a closer look then?" (Is the island bare or vegetated?) <> * Amadeus coms, "I'm also seeing nothing beyond plant life on land, even though there's clearly marine life. It doesn't make much sense." * Tomas says, "Can you find us a good place to land and check it out, Doc?" * Amadeus looks for a good place, then! (Oh my god. I have to stop scrolling this thing up) (Heh.) (I'm like "Why isn't anyone saying anything for 10 minutes?) <> (I should make a character who only speaks in rhymes) (You'd get sick of it after the third session.) (Landing time!) (Probably) (Gogogogo!) * Amadeus sends it to Lexi! WOO * Lexi gets a bit closer "You guys ready to land?" * Tomas woos, as well. (Can I get a HELL YEAH?!) * Zeke just settles against the wall. "Yes." * Kyle thumbs-up to Lexi. * Lexi brings 'er in for a landing on the weirdly square flat land mass. <> Dude. (It's fucking METAL. Like Jesus.) (SPACE Jesus.) (It's metal, Kyle.) Yeah, this definitely isn't natural. (... good call there, Captain Obvious.) (I vote this planet be named Diskette) (XD) * Zeke comes out with the geological analysis tools and his drones, already freed and skittering around. They look diferent from before, for the most part, by being more of a swirl of red and grey. (I don't know what weirdass scheme you've cooked up. You very well could have come up with some crazy quantum tunneling with quasi string entanglement theory that would throw together a perfect cube of iron with a 1 in five hundred million biillion billion chance.) * Hestia has been watching this quietly, but really: metal? That's not right. "Really wishing I had that Codex right now." (ZEKE HAS ARMED HIS DRONES WITH MAGNET MINES.) (*hurls them out of the cargo hold*) (NOOOOO.) * Amadeus whistles. "Yeah." He conducts some scans and tests for atmosphere, heat, etc. (We've secretly replaced Zeke's drones with Folger's crystals. Let's see if he notices) * Tomas looks to the doc, "We need suits?" * Kyle access the scanners from his station as well. <> (It's a good question!) * Kyle checks the grabity. * Zeke looks over at Hestia and Amadeus a moment, then turns back to the geological sample thing as he asks, "You have still... had no luck?" <<"Grabity": low chance of disembodied hands.>> * Lexi gets out of her seat. "Well... This should be an interesting planet. Who's up for a swim?" (Okay, what about gravity?) <> (Oh man.) <> We're looking at around 2gs here, so I don't think you want to try swimming in it. (Glad I'm in suit.) (... wait, what, Kyle?) (Yeah?) * Zeke's drones look a bit squished down, then! (You DO want to swim in it. Bouyant force is increased along with weight, since the density of the water increases under gravity.) (Oh. Duuuuur.) (density of water what? (Forget what I said about not swimming in it, then. ^^;) (You can't compress liquids. That's why hydraulics works.) (Sorry, I'm really half AFK here. ^^;) (... man, I am tired. Fine, everyone's mostly AFK and I'm too tired to remember physics, session is over.) (I ask Doc and Hack about the codex!) * Hestia glances at Zeke. "No, I haven't." (We'll pick it up next week.) (ok) (Yeah. I'm REALLY sorry.) <>