Ariadne Guardpost 3: "the Origins"

Gwahir · December 2003

"Ugh, that's twice I wish I hadn't woken up."
"Yeah sure, lets get the cc."
*Heads into the drop ship, noticing the mechs enter just before going in*
"I'm guessing those are on our side, otherwise, I'll just modify the cc into a coffin."

xect · December 2003

The CC gets out into the dock.

Ceanjia: "Cleared the nano-grid of this dock for you. Can't clear the rest of the ship, the main control A.I. on this ship has gone crazy. It's just as wretched as those draug. And the draug have an A.I. working with them too. So you'll have to do with what you can do in here. I can provide plenty of res though, they forgot to restrict access to the res pool. No security on this place, whoever authorized this must've been high on something."

Khaim - Slowly, you wake up, faintly remembering something about a crash, a dropship and a horrible pain in the back. After a while, when you get to your senses again, you realize you can move your arms just fine, but you can't move your legs. After a few seconds you realize you can't even feel them.

The CC slowly starts to spread the nanos out into the dock nano-grid.
Ceanjia: "whoo, nice tech this. Mind if I install it into my own memory?"

Khaim · December 2003

"Ugh... Did anyone get the number of that dropship that hit me?"
*shakes head slowly to clear it*
"Oh damn, cant feel my legs... Spark, just what did you drug me up with this time, i feel like I got hit in the face with a sledgehammer"

Night_Shade · December 2003

"Hey Khaim, welcome back. No Spark, no drugs. Your lower spine was crushed in the crash. Try and keep still. The station medics will have you up and walking in no time - but there's not a thing I can do out here. Best I can do is keep it from getting any worse."
*lifts out the nano-canister from his medpack, and [runs an intravenous line from a small port in the bottom to Khaim's back, letting nanites slowly trickle through]*
"There. Give that five or ten minutes, and you'll be right to be moved."
*listens in on radio conversations*
"This sounds like a really bad cyberpunk novel. Richter- get in here and keep Khaim company, would ya? Khaim, I'm gonna go take a look at everyone else, ok?"
*[checks around the rest of the ship for wounded, then heads out to the dock and checks there]*
*spots security bots* "Did I mention cyberpunk?"
*listens to Ceanija about installing the TSA comm chair software into her own memory*
"I don't think the higher ups would appreciate that too much. Best leave well enough alone, in my opinion."

xect · December 2003

[The emergency damage nanites did a good job. Securing the wound should actually only take a minute or two. The hard one's the paralysis, you surely won't be able to fix that one. The interesting, yet unanswerable, question is if anyone will]
[looking for wounded, you come across darkness lying on the floor. A quick check reveals him to have been crushed into a wall. His arms are both broken in several places, his left leg is broken, his right is simly fractured to small bits. Internal bleeding all over the place. He'll be lucky to survive, but it seems he's lost no important organs (as in, things that can't be replenished by medkits, lots of medkits)]

Night_Shade · December 2003

Wow. Almost simulposted. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
*checks over Darkness for any external injuries, then after discovering the extent of his internal injuries grabs up five of the medpacks scattered around the docks, carefully [injects the contents of two where they'll do the most good], then administers the other three through Darkness's armour system*
"Damn. He's really banged up."
*grabs up some steel rods from the wreckage and [uses them to splint Darkness's broken limbs as best he can while the nanites do their job]*
<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Xect @ above)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>(as in, things that can't be replenished by medkits, lots of medkits)</td></tr></table>
Mind your toes, there's a hint dropping!

Richter_Grim · December 2003

Tell me if I'm oversteping my bound xect, but spinal damage could be fixed with the induction of nanno tech. As the biggest problem is operating in such a small space, and cloning should have come far enough to repace any damaged nerves. I'm not saying in the field, but at a top notch faclity with expert surgeons.

 "Got ya Shade."
*Heads over to Khaim and kneels down beside him*
"Hey buddy, your gonna be ok. We're gonna get out of here and get you back to the best faclity's possiable.
You just hang in there and we'll get you out of here."

*Checks weapons and covers Khaim*
"Yea, this is almost as good as our last mission. I know what would make you feel better."

*Richter hands Khaim an handfull of jelly beans*

xect · December 2003

That's not meta-game hints, that's a medical expert getting an idea of the situation

[The nanos start flowing. Now the main question is if it's too late or not. He's lost a lot of blood, and he's already out cold. His blood pressure is alarmingly low]

Yeah, good facilities could do, but it's not common treatment yet. It's uncommon enough that your characters are not sure how common, expensive or hard it is. Might be cheap and easy, but your characters aren't sure.

Night_Shade · December 2003

I know, I know. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>
*keeps [monitoring Darkness's pulse, breathing and blood pressure], looking concerned*
*pulls a ration bar out of his pack and starts eating it, nervously*
*flips on radio* "Anyone else need any medical attention, I'm down here by Darkness. He's hurt pretty bad, and I dunno if he's gonna make it or not."
Hey Xect.... what's gonna happen when (if) the groups from the two roleplays meet up?
I mean, er, I'm not following the other roleplay... *shifty eyes* <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Gwahir · December 2003

[Begins standard TSA cc hacking procedures]
"We should be well plugged into the local system pretty soon"

Khaim · December 2003

*Takes the Jelly beans*
"Thanks Richter, if these nano thingies don't fix me up, these will."
*Eats the jelly beans*
hehe, yup, I'm not following the MMFD1 roleplay, and I did NOT post there, hehe... hehe.. *Shifty eyes*

Mr_Headcrab · December 2003

*Ed looks estatically Happy*
"please, please PLEASE tell me you have spare parts to those bad boys, Ms. AI?"
*Ed doesnt wait for a response before he dashes over to his fallen comrades, First to Khaim, then to Darkness.*
"Holy crap, he looks pale."
*Ed Gets an idea*
"Shade, do you know how to preform a blood Transfusion? and What is Darkness's blood type?"
*Ed pulls out his dog tags and checks his blood type*

Xect, im gonna leave the blood type up to you

[Ed attempts to see if his blood type is compatible to Darkness, and if so, act as a donor for a blood transfusion]

PFCNublar · December 2003

*stops cowering and walks out of the back row slowly*
*sneaks a peak at the mechs*
"Meh...well. They don't seem to be hostile. I guess I can come out now <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'>."
*walks out and sees Darkness*
"Poor b*stard. Yea, if it Crab doesn't match, check if mine does. We don't need to lose any men. Not now anyway."
*takes out my dog tags and gives them to Night*
"I'll guard the ramp up to the ship. If anything starts going down, I'll holler."
*taps HUD on helmet to max magnify and sets it to infrared*
"Oh yea...if anything comes, I'll see them before they see us...I hope. Those bots just better not start dumping exccess heat for fun."


Yes, we can't really afford to lose a man, since we don't have any IPs up yet, and those Draug might hit at anytime.

Richter_Grim · December 2003

Sorry xect, it's just that I work for a doctor and we talk about things like that. I'll just PM you if I have a question like that next time. 

*Looks over to Ed*
"Good idea Ed. Shade, check mine, if Ed or Terran don't match, hopefuly mine will."

*Pats Khaim on the shoulder then moves over to a defensive postion oppisite Terran*

*Opens a private channel to Terran*
"You ready for this Terran, I think we're to only two combat ops left with Darkness out of it. I know Ed is a good shot and all, but he lacks combat staying power. We need to put his paunchy arse through some serious PT when we get back. There's Spin, but he's.....well erratic. He seems to zone out for periods of time."
[Checks the area for ways anything could get in]

*On regualr comms*
"Ok, one of you tech guys hit the chair and let's get a base going. We're not gonna get caught with our pants down, not with wounded."
 Yes Spin, I'm poking fun at the large time gaps between your post.

Night_Shade · December 2003

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Richter Grim @ Dec 7 2003, 10:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Sorry xect, it's just that I work for a doctor and we talk about things like that. I'll just PM you if I have a question like that next time.  </td></tr></table> 
In that case, would you mind picking me up on any medical errors I make? Thanks.
*[checks Darkness's blood type, then checks everyone who volunteered to donate for compatible blood]*

xect · December 2003

[Ed's bloodtype matches. When you reach down to get the appropriate equipment however, you realize it's been badly damaged by the crash. It's probably also too late now, little hope of Darkness surviving now.]

[There's only one larger door into the dock area. However, with a bit of crawling, one would be able to get into the dock by crawling along the pipe maintenance shaft and going through the rather large hole in the wall that your ship made.]

Gwahir · December 2003

I'll assume the cc hacking worked

*Looking down at the wrecked transfusion equipment*
"Not good... Hey! This is a research station right? The local nano-grid might contain nano-prints for something suitable, then again it might not. Don't really know much about what they'll use in research here. Just the same, I'll run through the local nano-prints and see if something might work."
*Already in the chair, Gwahir closes the door again and brings up the command interface, [Attempts to find something useful in a blood transfusion]*

PFCNublar · December 2003

*returns message to Grim over the private channel*
"Yea, I guess your right. It's just us two and those mechs over there. I just hope that Draug don't take take apart mechs like that for fun <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>."
*catches the talk about the blood transfusion equipment being broken*
"Hey, pump him up on an IV! It ought to keep him at least stabalized. He'd be too weak to do much of anything, but at least he'll be alive."
*sees Ghawir in the chair*
"Say...maybe you could drop us an observatory or something. We need to set up a comm link with the Guardpost and fill them in on what's happening. Then set up IPs and get a lot more men over here."
*mutters to self*
"Man, this whole operation is out of control. We need evac fast."

xect · December 2003

[Everything seems to be restricted. The only things you can access is the docking control and a few simply devices in the docks (light switches and such stuff). Nano-grid's clear, everything else is restricted. Plenty of resources though, counter is presently on 1900, seems res is flowing freely in the nano-grid. Someone haven't been thinking much about security, such thing's aren't healthy to the nano-grid in the long run]

Gwahir · December 2003

"Seems the local print database is either off line or restricted, probably the only thing they wanted to keep safe. See if you can work up a direct IV, our personal nano-screens should prevent any real problems."
[attempts to call down an observatory and two IPS]
"Order up."

Richter_Grim · December 2003

"Come on Terran, let's get to work."
*Start's building the obs, then the IPs*

"Hey Ceanjia is there a med kit or doctor's station near here?"

*Whispers to Terran*
"Darkness looks bad, and I don't like the look on Shades face. Damn it all, first Ven and now Darkness. "

*Looks off twoards the dock door leading farther into the station*
"They're gonna pay, Terran. For Ven and Darkness. And Khaim. I swear, if any of this is connected to anyone out side this station, I'm going to hunt them down too."

Khaim · December 2003

*Overhear's Grim*
"Hey I'm not Dead yet! I'm getting better!" (Go monty-python and the holy grail go! )
*Tries to move a little*
"Ok, it sure hurts though"
*Grins*

spinviper · December 2003

Eh, the obs and the IP are not down yet.

*opens private channel to Gwahir*

"Do you think it would be possible to get to a control term and erase the mad AI? That should give us full acess to the ship."

Night_Shade · December 2003

*[continues monitoring Darkness's health]*
"Hmm..."
*takes a closer look at the damaged transfusion equipment, [seeing if there's any way he can jury-rig something together that will do the job]*
*flips on radio*
"How ya feeling now, Khaim?"
go monty python <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Gwahir · December 2003

*comm link*"I don't know spin, I'm kinda afraid to try. If the AI even catches a hint... it might lock us out completely."

Lord_Darkness · December 2003

*I slowly regain conciousness, for the first few moments nothing exists but pain, my vision starts to clear and I see Ed and Shade crouched over me, suddenly I see their expressions change as I completly open my eyes*
"Hey, guys. What's happening?"
*a small smile creapes onto my face as I realise how close to death I came, far closer than the time I almost lost my right eye while training with a pair of katas or when I was hit by an Onos on the W.T. Hell, I then notice that my helmet is missing and the string holding my hair back is all gone, leaving it splayed around my head*
"Hey, where's my helmet?"
"BIG F@#KING MECHS!!!!!! LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM, LEMME AT 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I go to the coast for a week and my character almost gets killed for the second time in his life. BTW, let's just say that I got Merc on my PDA before we left.

Night_Shade · December 2003

"Helmet? Good question. Somewhere round here. Just lie still, for the time being."
*checks Darkness for [signs of brain trauma, etc], now that he's conscious*
"Merc, shut up. Oh, by the way, meet your ... cousin, I guess, Ceanija."
Speaking of going away...I'm heading off to the coast later this week, til the end of December. I'll have limited 'net access, so I'll try and keep up.

xect · December 2003

Ceanjia: "Yeah, sure. Should be quite possible to delete that A.I. I guess if I hook you into your computer you should have a chance of deleting it effectively enough that it won't restart and mess up the place again. The chance would be roughly equal to your chance of clearing a heavily infested ship all by yourself. And the consequence of failing wouldn't be much different either...

Oh SH*T, I don't BELIEVE IT!!! That damn ship A.I., going by the name, or rather, number of 344 has turned the draug A.I., 343, on us. The pile of reclycled junk-data has made 343 believe I'm a sub-system of 344. If I ever get my data protocols on that d***, wretched thing, I'm gonna make sure all that's left is a pile of bits on a fried storage drive!

Ok, prepare all you've got. That alliance means that the vast majority of the ship mechs are against us. I have those four, but that's all I've got. Security's been pumped too with their combined abilities, so don't count on getting more res than is already in here. The enemy's fire, all we can hope for is that our skills are good enough to make up for it.

We might be able to get 343 back to senses. Been watching her work. She's allright, almost revealed myself to her several times. It's not gonna be easy to convince her though, but she could be a very important ally. Together, we might be able to overtake the ship network from 344. However, somethings been wrong with her lately. Those draug are slaughterers, and getting them into human society would be a catasthrophy larger than anything that has ever happened. It would make the dark times of the Expansion seem like a holiday trip. I have got no idea what or who is making her work FOR them.

Anyway, no time for talk longer. Gotta get this base building, I'm gonna risk trouble by overriding the authorization, and building speed restrictions."

The two infantry portals and the obs, along with an armoury, an arms lab and a prototype lab, a turret factory, 10 turrets and two siege cannons appear spread around the dock, and are self-built in a matter of seconds. In another minute, any sort of available upgrade has been researched. A pile of heavy armors, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and shotguns drop on the floor.

"Those jetpack things won't help you much, mobility won't stop those things from hitting you".

Khaim · December 2003

"I call a shotgun! Er... Well, as soon as I can move again that is... Just what ARE the draug anyway? Also, Darkness, wasn't Merc's creator Erin too? Or something like that?"

Gwahir · December 2003

*Gwahir Nearly tripps as he tries to run from the cc to claim a shotgun*
"I might not have much combat experience, but I know how to handle one of these!"
*Walking over to the heavy armor, Gwahir sets down the shotgun before sliding into the exoskeleton*
"I've always wanted an exoskeleton of my own," *he says before pulling the helmet down and picking up his shotgun*
*Something starts to bother him in the back of his head however, something besides being on a very badly infested station*

And yes, I really want an exoskeleton of my own. When I have the time (and money) I intend to vaccuum form a HEV suit as a start.

Ariadne Guardpost 3: "the Origins"

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