Star Brigade: A 53rd Century Adventure RP

[Soviet Heavy]

Aside from the happenings around him, Tom opened the comm to Demexin. "Right, the deck is pressurized, but we still need to wait for the scrubbers to go over everything in case some material afflicts the crew."

"Got it. And make sure you tell that Lallow to fix the priorities on her little AI. Honestly, telling us about an air leak before the part about a terrorist and potential explosive decompression?"

Tom shrunk into his seat. "Er, yes, I'll let Kalade know."

"Make sure you do. Because if you don't, I'll know. And then I'll find you."

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"Is it really New Years? Humph, Earth's rotation goes a lot faster than Poravan's. Kind of funny that the tradition still holds up after a few thousand years."

Tom spun his seat around to look at Thor in the pilot's chair. "Thor, you're not an Earth Born either, are you? Does New Maya have any orbit celebrations?"

 

[SeanTheBlueSheep]

"Lime, is it?" Til asked quietly. She had received the call to come to the bridge and made her way there as quickly as possible, arriving just in time to see Lime's conversation with the Captain. "If the captain asks you for respectful, then it's usually an idea to treat him as asked, and not address him with that tone of skin." she said pleasantly, a calm, mediating blue rippling through her.

Turning from the crelm, she gave Vance a polite nod before speaking. "I was called sir? I assume this is about the pressure leak. Why am I needed?" she asked. What could have happened? Was something odd about it? Why would that necessitate her skills? Had someone seen a friend or relative hit by the leak? How would they have survived if that were the case? She needed to know.

 

[JoJo]

The Captain placed the receiver back down once he had finished speaking to Nate, then listened with a shake of his head to the conversation between Kalade and her AI.

"Aside from being similar to Kalade's, your voice isn't that bad Lisa," he remarked "Try being stuck on one of the PC default settings that come preinstalled, gems like old Tweggish woman or little Haizuan girl, without a break for an entire week. In the end we locked the software engineer in the computer room and wouldn't let him out until he found a fix."

Captain Vance laughed to himself at the recollection of this, then turned and cracked an eyebrow up at the Astrid standing before him.

"Ah..." he replied to her question "I don't know if you've heard yet, but it appears that the pressure leak was caused by a saboteur, who is now unfortunately deceased. I'm calling a meeting for all qualified Diplomatic Corps on-board, except those engaged in important duties, to discuss the implications and whether there's any more possible danger. You're the ship counsellor yes? Perhaps when we finally get an ID on the body, you can help shed some light on their motivations."

 

[SeanTheBlueSheep]

A saboteur? Til thought to herself, her shocked lavender giving away her surprise, not that she intended to anyway. "I can't say anything for sure, but it's not the sort of thing you do idly, so it has to have been planned, and something that violent isn't likely to be suicide linked, so that's not too likely. My best guess right now, without any further information is either revenge, terrorism or religious motive." she said. "What do we know about the perpetrator?"

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"So far, we know that he was human, and he apparently was caught in his own blast. We don't know if it was intended as a suicide attack or just an accident on his part."

Til was one of the few people on board who didn't make Tom jumpy when talking.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Thor snapped back to reality after revisiting past memories. "Ahh sorry Tom, old thoughts. Ya they do the whole new years bag. More drinking and fighting though than any of you would care to like. Fun if your into that". Thor wholly was, he was born to do both. "Changing subjects back to the averted crisis. If I may add my two cents. I'd rule out revenge. You don't need to destroy a whole ship if your just after one person. Theres much more effective.....". Thor cut off for a moment. Murder isn't something diplomats like to hear. "Ways. I'd put it at the latter two Til. Lota nut bars out there who don't like humans and aliens working together.

 

[TheBlueShotgun0]

James removed his helmet, as did the rest of the men, and took a deep breath. The air in the tank was very dry, so he welcomed the humidity of the ships atmosphere. He was about to begin the long journey back to engineering to remove his suit when Lisa's avatar flickered into existence on a nearby terminal.

"James Bergmann, your presence has been requested on the bridge."

James sighed. No rest for the weary. he thought to himself. "Alright, tell 'em I'll be there ASAP." He hurried back to engineering to change. Can't present yourself to the Captain in a dirty spacesuit, now can you.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"I wonder if it was the C.O.L. Even after the excisions, they've still caused trouble out in the colonies. It'd be just like them to try a depressurization stunt. Kill the crew, and then steal the ship. Not the smartest idea, but the League has never been the smartest group out there."

 

[A Gent of Villainous Intent]

Mae tapped his knee quickly as he entered the bridge. He still wasn't used to space travel, or the ship. It had taken him far too long for his liking to get to the bridge, and the constant noise of the halls was starting to annoy him. He welcomed the quiet of the bridge and saw the Captain currently in the midst of a conversation with several of the crew mates.

Damage report, no doubt. He thought to himself, and with that he knew he was going to have to wait his turn. He clenched and relaxed his long fingers, feeling the material on his suit as he did so. A pang of homesickness hit him, though it was more the atmosphere he missed than his home. The suit bothered him greatly, it couldn't be taken off for more then a minute or else he would suffocate, he had to replace the pouch on his bottom half every two days, and have it cleaned. He was starting to liken it to a prison. Though again and again he reminded himself, If I have to be put in prison to be given the greatest of freedoms, so be it. It was a novel saying, true, but he hoped it would be a time honored quote by the time he retired and given his memoirs up for broadcast.

Mae stood silently for a time, his eyes closed and his hands rested on his knees, lost in his thoughts.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"Lisa, check the crew manifest, and then run the biometric scans to see if the ID tags are still on the ship."

"Of course, Mr. Anderson. One moment...... scan initializing..... complete. No loss of life detected regarding any registered crewmembers. Six injuries caused by electrical faults are currently being treated by Doctor Harris in the infirmary."

 

[JoJo]

"Hmmmm..." The Captain listened to the conversation between Kalade and Lisa about the missing camera with interest, then interjected when the AI had finished explaining what she knew.

"Think it's worth bothering to search for it? I hope it won't be necessary if we get an ID from Dr. Harris, however from what I saw it looks like the saboteur's face was a little messed up by whatever happened so I suppose this could help. In the context of our mission though I wonder if it's worth the effort? Landing on Earth and trying to find this camera would take time when we're meant to be heading off towards the Uralian system to carry out our diplomacy."

 

[TheBlueShotgun0]

The lift doors opened as James walked into the bridge. He had changed back into his uniform and was holding a bottle of flavored water. "Happy New Year." he said to no one in peticular, and then addressed the Captain directly. "Lisa said you wanted me, sir. Is this about the hull breach or is it DC business?"

 

[JoJo]

The Captain nodded to James as the engineer approached him.

"Sadly, it's the breach" he answered whilst reading something on his computer screen "It's a lot worse this time than the minor leak we had last week, and it looks like we've lost the only recording in the cabin of what happened."

He then stood up and cleared his throat, everyone-else in the bridge falling to silence. After checking that his microphone was switched on so that everyone aboard would hear the message, he spoke in loud and clear voice.

"Alright, I know not everyone's here but this will have to do. I've just received an message from Dr Harris informing me that due to the condition of the body, IDing the saboteur won't be as straight-forward as he first thought, if it's possible at-all. It has also come to my attention that there was a camera around where the breach happened which may tell us more. The catch is that it was blown out when we depressurised the cabins and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. Lisa's projections show that it's probably landed somewhere in isolated parts of the Freedom Isles. What I need are between three and six volunteers from any of the Diplomatic Corps aboard to take one of the smaller ships down and retrieve the camera if it's possible. So, who's up for a bit of action?"

 

[Soviet Heavy]

"I'll signal the dock workers to prep Corona 1 for the mission." said Tom. "Any particular payload required for this job?"