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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:40 pm
He nodded, still feeling very hollow. Slowly, he sat on the gurney and eased himself onto his back after the nurse requested him to do so. As soon as Garrett closed his eyes, he fell asleep. The shock orb, as the demolitions expert had now dubbed it, had taken its toll even though he had been on the farthest edges of its perimeter of effect. His brain felt scrambled, his thoughts jumbled, and his senses awry. A few hours of sleep and some medical attention could fix that up, though, and it seemed both were well within Garrett's reach.
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:02 am
Steven looked away from the wall and over to Kai. He sat up eagerly, thankful for the chance to have something to do. "Yeah, I can give ya a hand," he called over to the captain. Making his way over to the edge of the wing, Steven climbed down off of his fighter, and walked over to Kai.
Steven winced as well when he saw the hole in the wing of the fighter. "That is one hell of a hole you got there Cappy," he said finally as he neared where Kai was standing.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:41 pm
The medic huffed a bit, rolling her eyes "the things you guys do.." she mumbled, pushing the gurney down the hall towards the Med bay. they would arrive soon and garret would be placed in a bed under careful surveilance by a shock specialist. he wouldn't need to stay there very long if he checked out fine, though.
***
"Yeah, they got my shields down for a second and poked a hole in my baby" The captain growled a little, before putting on a warm smile and handing a welding torch and some gloves to the approaching pilot. "we just need to patch her up now, I've fixed everything internal." he said, pulling out a scrap of metal that he had retrieved earlier.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:40 pm
((My most humble apologies for my absence. I'll try to bring myself around. What's going on? Where should I be?))
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:12 pm
((Not much, really, i've been gone for a while too, You play steven, right? your last post should only be on the previous page))
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:35 am
((No no, I'm Thomas. It's been a while.
We need to get moving and get into a fight so Thomas can do something. If I remember right, he was headed to help Garret out. But it's late for that.))
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:42 pm
((I'm steven))
"Yeah, sucks when that happens," Steven joked lightly as he grabbed the torch and gloves from Kai. He slipped on the gloves and then tossed the torch a foot in the air just before swiping it up again. "Well. I'm ready when you are," Steven said, pulling out some safty glasses from his pocket and putting them on.
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:23 pm
(gah! it HAS been a while!)
Kai did likewize, holding up the sheet of metal rather than a torch. himself protected, he placed the patch where it needed to go "Weld it around the edges" he commented before sighing and saying "I'm sure it'd be faster to put her in the replicator and have that do all the work, but she deserves the TLC of real human hands" The captain looked up at steven and smiled as he said this.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:22 pm
"Bah to the replicator," Steven spat at the name. "A ship should be taken care of by its pilot. A ship, even though they are all identical, have their own individual needs that only the pilot knows about. Not some feelingless machine," he stated as he lit the welding torch in his hand. He moved over to where Kai was holding the sheet of scrap to the ship and started to weld the edges.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:17 pm
A few hours of rest, and Garrett was back on his feet, feeling like his old self. The docs had cleaned him up, and he was looking fresh. Upon leaving, however, he was thrown off by the sudden absence of gravity, or rather, the sudden absence of false gravity. He was accustomed to operating on his turf where there was a back-up device should the ship's main gravity core go down.
Come to think of it, those damned engineers should have at least had a plan by now. What was going on? Why wasn't he seeing people dashing (or at least floating) down the halls with tools at hand? Where was the monotonous clanking of tools a-tinkering? Garrett was really perturbed. So he grabbed his com device, and spoke on an open channel. "What's the story with the gravity? Engineering at it yet? Over."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:23 pm
(umm... the gravity was turned back on a few pages ago, oh well, I can roll with it)
After several hours of work, the two fighter pilots managed to repair and repaint the damaged fighter. Aside from a couple slightly raised where the patches were, it was just as good as new. Around the same time, a call ran through the Hymn's Communication systems "ALL hands, we will arrive at Altres in about five minutes, prepare to unload, the ship must dock for repairs and re-armament" with that a short alarm was sounded, signalling for everyone to ready their stuff.
"Well, dang, we got this done just in time, didn't we, Steven?" Kai said to his comrade, wiping some paint off his hands. He threw the rag at the other man so he, too, could use it, then walked off to his room to pack up.
Garret had been lifted off the floor, not by the lack of gravity, but by a trap set by one of the engineers as a practical joke. the trap was a simple tractor beam placed above the door. A nearby security camera laughed at the soldier, and the tractor beam turned off, dumping him uncerimoniously to the floor.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:18 pm
Garrett landed on his feet, albeit in a staggered fashion. Hearing a mechanical croaking, he looked up to see the camera. Without a second thought, he sprinted, lunged, and grabbed hold of the camera. After that, he let gravity do its work. It pulled him to the floor, and he pulled the camera from the wall, receiving and audible tearing. It was music to his ears. He tossed the camera to the floor. "F***in' ***hole," the demolitions expert mumbled as he made his way down the hall. They would be landing soon, and somewhere safe. That was a relief.
To top it all off, he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag. It was nice to be somewhere away from the gunfire for a little while.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:50 pm
"Yeah, how do ya like that, five minutes to spare," Steven replied to the captain as he caught the dirty rag. After cleaning himself up a bit with the rag he walked over to his own fighter for a quick look to make sure everything was as it should be. "Well, guess I should go pick up camp too," he sighed to himself. With another cursory glance at his fighter, Steven started walking out of the hanger to go pack his stuff.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:06 pm
Back in the engineering bay, the engineer playing a joke was stunned at Garret's reaction. he also knew it was his fault the camera was destroyed, and he'd have to fix it before they landed, so he grabbed a tool belt and hauled arse down there.
Before too long, there was a slight shutter and a beep through the comms, signalling they had landed on Altres. "All hands, disembarck the vessel immediately. anything left behind will be confiscated and destroyed." this message would repeat several times before turning into an annoying hum, for the purpose of annoying everyone off the ship. All of the fighters were removed and locked so nobody could mess with them while the Hymn was being upgraded. Once the last of the combat personnel had disembarked, the door was shut and a few MP's showed them the way to the door off the base. It was mandatory free time. Most, if not all of the soldiers, hit the bars.
***
Kai Entered a hotel rather than a bar. his home having been destroyed years ago, he had gotten used to living as a nomad, and dropped his stuff of in his reserved room before sitting in the lobby, seeing which other marines came by.
***
Meanwhile, the Hymn was being prepped for upgrades, which would include: an new power generator, called the energon drive because it pulled near unlimited energy out of nowhere. the scimitars, too would get mini versions of the same power source, making all sheilds and energy weapons more effective. Another upgrade was an advanced prototype AI system to run the ship with less personnel on the bridge. This AI even had a physical avatar, made much the same way as replacement body parts were, except with a quantum computer as a brain. This would replace the now insane Admiral Ceres as the ship's captain.
***
((So, we're on altres, this will just be short to introduce a new character/player, and to give me time to think up another plot arc. also: congratulate our newest player: Chibi teddo!))
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:12 pm
Quite reluctantly, Steven departed from the Hymn. He had never been a big fan about going planet-side, for it always felt restrictive in a way; like he had less freedom. So off he went. Not one hundred percent sure on where to go, he wandered around aimlessly looking for someone he knew. After working his way around however, he was surprised to find out just how little he socialized with others on board the Hymn, for he recognized virtually no one.
"Boy, don't I feel out of place," Steven scowled as he finally gave up searching around. Feeling tired and awkward, he walked over to a bench and sat down.
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