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 Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:07 am
Seeing as Liberty City is a floating city it only has an airport for the docking of air ships that come here. The banners of many nations can be seen flying from many ships as well as those of many pirate ships. This port is also the only way off of the floating city. This is also the most dangerous part of the city since many of the walkways do not have railings to prevent falling off. A log is kept with the names of the ships, their owners, and captains.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:31 pm
The Admiral walked gracefully and quietly across the port examining every ship looking for the exact one till he found it and stopped where he was. "Alright boy we're about to walk into the belly of the beast. We sneak in get the parts off of their engines and then give them a proper goodbye when we leave." He spoke in a hushed voice to the boy. He had done thing like this many times but it would be the lad's first time thieving parts for the ship. That was what made the Prometheus so special, it wasn't one ship but rather the parts of many ship combined into one massive war machine.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:21 pm
"It's like that ancient story, Daniel in the Lions' den, right? Except this time the lions have the advantage, and we're doing this of our own free will." He grimaced, and turned the safety off on his handgun.
"I'm ready whenever you are sir."
The thoughts of confronting pirates were starting to overwhelm his mind. He thought about the sound of pirate bones exploding from the force of his bullet, and the sound of screams as he tore through them. They would receive justice, oh yes.
He tried to snap himself out of his reverie to focus. If he got too passionate, he could endanger the mission, himself, and the admiral. This wasn't about killing the pirates, it was about getting parts. Killing pirates would just be an added bonus.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:27 pm
The Admiral nodded, the boy's eagerness was pleasing. He drew his saber and started to advance on the gangway onto the deck of the ship. His steps were more silent than normal. "Alright lad be as quiet as possible." He walked up to a hatch on the deck that lead down and eased it open placing the door softly on the ground.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:29 pm
Ron walked on behind the Admiral. He had his handgun out now, He looked around, making sure no one saw them. The docks were empty, except for a few lone men hanging around, most seemed like they were too drunk to see five feet in front of them.
He looked back to the Admiral, to see if he was ready.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:36 pm
The Admiral lifted a hand telling Ron to come on and eased himself down the ladder. He moved downwards soon realizing that this would be easier than he thought because the ladder just kept dropping from floor to floor till he reached the dark corridor at the bottom. He looked down it and saw a large metal door that had to lead to the engine room.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:15 pm
The bottom level was dark, except for a faint glow of light, probably coming from the reactors in the engine room, and possibly some light from the entrance he and the Admiral had used.
Ron raised his gun and checked the area. There was no one. He gave a thumbs-up to the Admiral.
Ron walked over to the door at which the Admiral was standing. He gestured with his head towards it, asking if it was good to go.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:23 pm
Tha Admiral opened the door and gratfully found nothing in the engine room except for engines, "Alright Lad you get the parts while I leave our contributers a little parting present." A smile curled on his face as he gave the boy a wink and moved over to one of the reactors.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:55 pm
Ron nodded, and took out the list of parts. A few fuel injectors. They'd be at the back of the room, so he'd start there. He picked his way through the noisy engines and reactors and panels, his gun leading the way.
He got to the injectors, and knelt down to inspect them. They were fairly simple to take, just unscrew them, and put them in his bag. He did so, and checked them off on the list.
Next item: particle distributor. It was right next to the injectors. This would be trickier, it required a screwdriver and probably a wrench. He looked around for any utility benches. He saw a toolbox lying on the ground a few feet away. He crept over, unlatched it, and took out the tools he needed. He holstered his gun. No point in carrying too much. He'd be able to get it in time if he needed it. He started to unscrew one of the screws. He got that one out quickly, along with the other three.
Ron tried to pull it free, but as soon as it moved a millimeter, a yellow light flared on one of the panels and a tone rang out through the engine room. Ron thought fast, and re-aligned the particle distributor. He whispered to the Admiral, "Julius... they've got magnetic sensors or something. I can't move the parts without setting off an alarm. Do you think we've got time to disable it?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:09 pm
Julius walked over to the bench and grabbed a knife that had been stabbed into the wood of it. He walked over to Ron and knelt down to look at it. He waved the knife over it and felt the slight pull, "Alright lad here is how we do this. You shove the dagger in like this." He slid the knife in between the disruptor and its hold. "Alright lad that completes the circuit and then we pull like so and.." He pulled out the disrupter quickly and the light stayed off. "Alright lad that should be it. I know its not a lot but it should be enough and thanks to our parting gift it'll be all that's left of this ship. Now lets go before someone finds us down here." He drew his saber and moved back toward the door.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:51 pm
Ron was relieved. He didn't want to leave empty handed.
He took out his gun, dropped the tools, and followed Julius out of the engine room.
"Back to our own ship, I take it?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:03 pm
"Right lad and fast before this crew wakes up."He started to run loosing all sense of stealthiness and bolted up the ladder for the sky above. Someone had closed the hatch. He slammed into it making a loud enough sound for the entire ship to hear but he still made it on the deck. The pirates below started to stir waking and grabbing their weapons and running to the deck above.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:27 pm
"s**t!" Ron yelled, as he heard pirates start to congregate. There were shouts and swearing coming from below, and some form above. He made way for the fresh air. Once he was up and out, a pirate came through the hatch, right behind him. The pirate made an attempt to grab him. He turned towards the pirate, his eyes full of fire. He raised his pistol.
"Burn in hell."
Bang. The gun fired, straight into the pirate's forehead. The head exploded in a splash of blood, drenching him.
He kicked the headless body through the hatch.
"There's more for the rest of you bastards if you want it!" he yelled down towards them. He held out his gun.
Another pirate came out, shooting all over. His shots were wild and missed Ron and the Admiral by a long shot.
The pirate was not so lucky. Ron's bullet found a straight path to his left eye. The corpse crumpled to the ground.
Ron turned to the Admiral, and tossed the injectors to him. "Catch! Get back! I'll hold them off."
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:41 pm
"Now boy we don't need any acts of heroism today. " The Admiral ran forward and grabbed Ron throwing him over his shoulder. He ran for the edge of the deck and leaped for the dock, secretly levitating to guarantee that they didn't miss.
Upon landing he put the boy down and handed him a detonator.
"Now you may kill them." Julius drew his pistols and started to shoot those who tried to make it off of the ship. They fell left and right some that were still alive fell from the ship and missed the docks falling down to the earth below the floating city.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:06 pm
Ron felt like a child, being carried over the Admiral's shoulder. What could he do about it? The admiral was right. Nonetheless, he was angry. He felt like punching the admiral, but he thought better of it. He still had a little bit of reason in him.
He looked into his hand at the detonator. There was a plastic lid covering a small square button. He flipped open the lid, and pressed the button. A small beep came from the detonator. He waited a moment, and then a loud bang mad him cover his ears. The ship started to erupt. Explosions rocked the dock and the flames enveloped the airship. Ron smiled. It was satisfying.
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