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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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 Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:34 am
Hyperon
Real space
Nothing stirred. The wire drones were in the walls now, crawling around and repairing what they could. The eye swung around as Arianeira entered, its eye seeming to narrow as it zoomed in on her. Help him. It demanded, then turnt back onto the unmoving body. Those Naval Implants are working very slowly. The ship stated, watching the body as if it were made of priceless porcelain.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:04 am
"Naval implants?" Arianeira wondered allowed as she crossed the cabin and knelt beside Stratford's head. He was breathing and had no obvious injuries. So far, so good. She saw the pipe lying beside his head. Ah. Slight problem. She felt the back of his head. She instantly found what she was looking for.
"Ok, so hit over the head, large lump, concussion." There was no blood so she assumed he'd be all right in a while. She looked around at the ship. "I'm going to have to get him out of here." She told it, still wondering if it was about to turn on her.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:09 am
{Riiiiiiiiiiiight. I so knew that}
Prison cell
Navy ship
Real Space
Nonnah was going compleatly mad. Earlyer in the day, she had killed 3 different cell mates. Now she was forced to be in a cell alone. A Navy man put out a meal consisting of boneless meat, stale bread, and a pitcher of water with a shaky hand. Nonnah tried biting his hand off, but he got away in time. She ate noiselessly.
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(I'm slow at this)
Inktale
Unknown area
Real space
Anivarah high-tailed out of there right away. She went into hyper speed to get out of the battle scene A.S.A.P. Her Cruiser didn't get damaged at all.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:45 am
[Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. xd ]
Hyperon
Real space
Naval Implants are placed in all Naval personell. They are designed to repair damaged tissue, and heal wounds. The ship explained with a mechanical sigh. Take him with you then. I will follow sortly. The eye zoomed in closer to Arianeira. Any damage done to him, will be done to you tenfold, human female. The ship warned.
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:03 am
That explains a lot. Arianeira thought with interest, slipping the adaptor into Stratford's mouth and lifting him gently. She was a lot stronger than she looked but even so it was going to be tough getting him aboard. She couldn't quite believe it when the ship started threatening her. "Do you want me to help him or not?" She muttered, scowling darkly at the eyeball. Great. She thought sourly. That's all I need. To be stalked through hyperspace by an obsessive ship with a reality complex.
She sighed. Why did she always have to interfere? She could have been safe in Kyralia by now. She made her way back towards the exit, suddenly realising that she had genuinely no idea what she was supposed to do with him now, let alone how she was going to avoid the psychopathic ship. She groaned. Why did these things always happen to her?
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:06 am
Hyperon
Real space
Silently, the eye slid back into the wall. It disaproved of having to remove Stratford, but understood the woman only wished to help.The ships weakened retro thrusters moved the Hyperon nearer to the skyhawk to help her further.
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:13 am
Arianeira half-carried, half-dragged Stratford back towards the entrance until she reached the open hatchway. The next stage was going to be tricky. She either had to somehow attach both of them to the wire and then retract it - which could be painful for Stratford as there was a considerable lack of control over directing it - or she could attach Stratford to the wire, shimmy between the ships herself and then retract the wire manually. Neither course was particularly appealing.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:30 am
Hyperon
Real space
The Hyperon, meanwhile, kept moving closer to the Skyhawk. Onboard, droids worked swiftly, bringing the realspace engines back online, and working on defence systems.
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:09 am
When she couldn't be bothered to wait any longer Arianeira unclipped herself from the wire and clipped it to Stratford. She tensed her muscles and then leapt across, letting the reduced gravity push her upwards towards her own ship as soon as she cleared the anti-gravity shields. She caught the edge with ease and swung herself up into the ship. She dusted herself off and moved quickly into the chamber.
She pushed the retractor on the wire and carefully drew it in, checking that Stratford didn't bang his head on the edge. She pulled him over the edge and detached the clip. She released it and brought him through the first set of doors. She shut them and carried him to the next set. She pressed the release and dragged him trough into the hull, staggering slightly under the weight. Stratford was a lot bigger than she was. She shut the doors and then pressed a call button on the side of the wall. Instantly a hatch slid open and several robots came to help her. "Take him to the rest cabin." She instructed, pausing to rest for a second before following.
They laid him in the bed and started running his obs. Assured that he was being looked after and that she would be informed of any changes, she walked through to the control room and sank back into her chair with relief. There would be naval ships coming soon to find the source of the signal and she didn't want to be here when they did. Almost effortlessly, she slid back into hyperspace, trying to put distance between her ship and the Hyperon. She hoped it took of its distress signal before deciding to follow her.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:26 am
[Did that before she got on, remember?]
Hyperon
Real space
The Hyperon's systems calmly watched her ship move away. Groaning, it slid forwards, then stopped. Gathering itself, it fired up its realspace engines, raising what it could of a shield, to stop the droids being knocked off. Its systems watched the homing becon in Stratford move away faster and faster.
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:55 am
{I'm still confused on whats going on. Ranu is flying away now, right? James;s ship is repaired and he's flying away...i think...}
Inktale
Unknown location
True space
Anivarah flew in the cool space at hyper speed for awhile. She slowed, and She spotted that ship agian. The unknown ship who ignors too meny people, she thought. She tried contacting him or her (james) agian. She typed, 'Inktale to Unknown ship, do you copy?'
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:01 pm
((Oh sorry.
@Owltalon: I went aboard the Hyperon and took Ranu, who is unconscious. His ship is apparently feminine and dislikes me (a lot) and has threatened me but Ranu is now aboard the Skyhawk with me.))
Skyhawk
Hyperspace
Arianeira fastened the gravity restraint and set one of the viewscreens to watch the robots and Stratford. There were going to be some awkward questions when he woke up, including the whereabouts of his ship - unknown - and some explanations of her Arianeira/Aeron persona. That also made him a considerable liability, but she could always leave him in a cell on Kyralia if things got out of hand.
She sighed. There was going to be a public outcry when she turned up with not only a non-Guild member, but navy to boot. She winced. They would have to convene a council. It was not going to be pretty. Still, the entire planet was shielded with a recognition system, so he'd never be able to return, even if he could find it again. Not to mention that his ship would not be able to follow them there. She felt slightly guilty about this, but decided that the precaution was necessary. They would arrive within minutes and then she'd have more time to decide what to do.
Minutes later they approached the recognition shield. It was like an opaque wall; she couldn't see Kyralia though she knew that from the other side they could see her. Her ship passed easily through the shield as if passing through a think layer; with a ship that the wall had not been coded to admit, they would be shunted sideays until they cleared the wall. No going back now. She thought, trying to dismiss the guilt that gnawed at her. Well, what other choice did I have?
Her irritation dissipated with a beeping from the screen. She turned and studied it. His obs were normal so he would probably be coming round in seconds. She slowed her ship, letting it hang suspended in space. Better get it over with now than to have a row with Stratford at the same time as trying to defend my actions to the council members, she mused.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Keep Calm I am The Doctor
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:43 pm
Hyperon
Real space
The ship answered on automatic. This is the FEN Hyperon. State your business, Inktail. It slowed slightly as the beacon vanished, leaving an after trace outside a unknown planet.
Skyhawk
Real space
Stratford groaned slightly, his hand moving to his head, "Mother.." he murmered, as his eyes snapped open, to a droid hanging over him. His eyes gazed dully at the robot, and half drooped, "Where am I?" He croaked, trying to sit up, and struggling more as the droid put a restraining field over him.
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:54 am
Skyhawk
Just Off Kyralia
Arianeira's voice reached him through the droid, as she was still busy sending signals to the crew on watch and wanted to gauge his mood before revealing her identity. At least he is the other side of a restraint field. She thought.
"You're on board the Skyhawk." She said through the droid. "You had an acident and we had to pick you up. We're now approaching Kyralia. It looks like you're back to playing with the kids." She remarked dryly.
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afterdark_angel Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:07 pm
{It's InkTale, like a story, not InkTail like a long brown bushy thing that follows my dog...BTW Thanks Afterdark}
InkTale
Real space
Though Anivarah expected a lifeform to reply, she typed 'Just passing by. Need assistance?' She pressed a lime green butten and a droid came. "Yes, Madame?" It said with a femine voice. "BB" Ani said coldly. The droid left, and came back hastily, with a goblet of Butter Beer. Ani took the large cup, and bowed her head to dissmis.
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