<i>Up ahead the spacestation comes into view through the porthole windows. It is built into the asteroid. The only bit on the surface is a large grey building with a steel bridge poking out the side. This looks too be a docking arm. Several scanners and sensors sticking out of the building are turning autonomously. One is broken, but still twisting around on it's still good support leg. The lack of gravity in space stopping it from scraping on the roof of the station. There are no igsinea anywhere on the space station, it could have belonged to anyone. The majority of it looks to be intact. Though there is a green mold growing over the steel brigde and sides of the station dissapearing under ground.</i>
<span style='color:green'>"That 'mould' looks a little like a Bacterium infestation... 'Cept I've never heard of it surviving in a vacuum..."</span> Note: this would be knowledge from training.
<span style='color:green'>"Just what sort of anything? Can't carry equipment for every contigency plan." *I shrug* "Well. We're Marines. And what do Marines do?"</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"No Crew, 'We're marines, we don't plan, we improvise!' - Hirshelm Doctrine of Tactical Flexibility. Unfortunatly you missed the lecture today. I will have to re-schedul it for when we get back to base."</span>
Sorry for the slow post. I've been extremly busy with lots of things. I will try to keep my post up to the minimum off one a night.
<i>The <b>Eagles Claw </b>slowly drifts near to the asteroid. Caught in it's gravitational pull the ship is pulled in.</i>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Ok guys, I'm gonna use the directional thrusters to guide us in. This maybe alittle bumpy."</span>
<i>The ship begins to slow in it's decent as it nears the docking tube. The thrusters firing in burst manage to guide the ship inline with the docking tube.</i>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "The docking tube will not open for us. Someone will have to climb outside and manually activate the docking tube clamp. Once we are clamped on we can blow the door without fear of decompression. Any voulenters?"</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"OK who's up for this?" *Looks around the the new recuits* "Don't make my have to voulenter you."</span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "The asteroid is large enough to maintian a thin atmosphere and thermo-scans show no life signs in the docking walkway. Though scanners can't penetrate the rest of the space station."</span>
<span style='color:green'>*I mutter "I swear I'm starting to hate Fingers"* "Ok Sir, I'm volunteering" *I stand up* *I mutter "Guess I'll just forget the never volunteer for anything rule, this once..."*</span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "If you going out there you'll be needing these." *Hands <b>Bill </b>and <b>Crew</b> a <b>rebreather</b>* "Complements of Fingers, they should protect you from any nasty chemicals in the air. Research stations usauly just pump out all sorts of chemicals into space."</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"Right now! Get equipped in the depressurisation vault and I’ll let you out of the ship." "Once you get to the over-ride panel I'll walk you through the steps to get the docking clamps activated."</span>
<i><b>Bill </b>and <b>Crew </b>walk to the decopresstion chamber and step inside. The chamber has two hazardous environment suits, fully enclosed, pullover plastic suits that are sealed around the neck and wrists. Two fully enclosed helmets also sit with the suits.</i>
Rebreather - <i>May breathe in low oxygen enviroments, and immunity to spores.</i> HEV suit - <i>Takes no splash damage from acid attacks.</i> Enclosed Helmet - <i>Inbuilt Thermal Vision</i> LMG - <i>Standard issue, two 50 round clips.</i> Pistol - <i>Standard issue, two 10 round clips.</i> Knife - <i>Standard issue.</i>
<u><b>Crew2foe</b></u>
Rebreather - <i>May breathe in low oxygen enviroments, and immunity to spores.</i> HEV suit - <i>Takes no splash damage from acid attacks.</i> Enclosed Helmet - <i>Inbuilt Thermal Vision</i> LMG - <i>Standard issue, two 50 round clips.</i> Pistol - <i>Standard issue, two 10 round clips.</i> Knife - <i>Standard issue.</i>
<b>Day 2 - 11:48</b>
You others wishing you volunteer now? And let it never be said I don't look after my troops <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
<span style='color:pink'>"ill stay here. good luck bill." *gets ready for the airlock to open* </span> <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<i>Once Bill and Crew step into the airlock Sgt.Epoch seals it and waits until there are suited up before depressurising the chamber. With a hiss the chamber is emptied of most of it's atmosphere to match the pressure outside. Bill and crew step out into a near weightlessness enviroment.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>"Be careful out there. I don't want you floating off into outer-space. Your suits have magnetic boots, but most of the docking tube is glass. Head to the hatch at the back of the tube and open it. Go into the docking tube and get to the overide switch. I will guide you from there."</span>
<i>The docking arm is a long glass tube about 50 meters in lenght. It has steel support rods between each glass pannel. The emergency hatch is locatate in the middle of the tunnel on the top. It can be opened by a valve.</i>
Sorry I didn't post saturday, but I am away every weekend.
<span style='color:green'>"I'd rather not. It'd be too risky changing places. We aren't in work suits after all..." *I look 'up', out into space.* "Aaah... Its so good to be back in microgee. Did I tell you I worked in a shipyard for a couple of years? I guess it's why I'm so good with the armoured suits."</span> Hope that piece of backstory is OK.
<b>Back story is fine. Here is more. It applies to all of you.</b> <i>Since you can remmeber joining the TSA was always a dream of yours. You signed up as soon as you were able but due to the waiting list you had to find a different job. With the newly discovered Kharaa threat the TSA setup the Frontiersmen, and with the new influx of money and resources you were able to join. After the physical, mental and nationality non-bias screening. Serving in the TSA you are making a difference, a job you've always wanted to do.</i>
<i>Bill and Crew start to walk slowly towards the emergency access hatch midway on the bridge. Crews footing slips as he steps on a loose glass panel. The panel slides out from the metal support beam and steadily drifts into space. Crew starts to fall down off the side of the bridge. There is a hole where the glass panel was, just within his arms reach, and Bill is not to far ahead of him either.</i>
<span style='color:green'>"Hey, crew? You alright back there?" *I glance back over my shoulder* "Hey! watch your step back there!" *I turn around and try to [catch crew and prevent him drifting off into space]* "Wish I had an old worksuit about now"</span>
<span style='color:green'>[Bill manages to catch Crew by the slevee of his hazard suit. When he pulls in the suit tears.]</span> <span style='color:darkred'>[Suit breach, time to decompression T-10 minutes]</span>
<i>Crews HUD flashes up with a message.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>"Crew you ok? What happened?"</span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "We got two intercepters on scanners, man the guns. I'm gonna have to power up the systems or we're sitting ducks."</span>
<i>The Eagles claw powers up all it's systems. The lighting restores and the ships weapons come online. There are 4 gun turrets: </i>
<span style='color:green'>"Oh... This regesters as a 10 on the extremely bad scale!" *I reach for a non-existant pocket on the leg of my suit* "We have got to get inside and fast, Crew! We don't have suit patches and we've got inbound interceptors" *I grab on Crew's hand and haul him into the docking tube through the break* "Any shrapnel, and we're dead. No atmosphere to protect us!" *I take cover.*</span>
<span style='color:lightgreen'>"Damn!" *runs to the underslung and gets ready for the orders to fire* "Don't die out there lads, we'll cover ya!"</span>
<i>Bill and Crew enter the Docking Bridge. Inside it is a tunnel 50 meters long. At the other end is a blast door. On the other side of the door a docking claw which attaches to the ship. The claw is inactive at the moment. A built in control pannel in the wall lies to the side of the door. There are a couple off cargo boxes in the tunnel. Some are marked with an three oragan triangles and labeled 'bio hazard' others have a symbol of a fire and are marked 'explosive'.</i>
Day 2 - 11:51
<b>Take your pick which one to dive behind Bill <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Remeber "never voulenteer for anything." LoL <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> I hope this makes it more intresting for you others. Couldn't let Bill and Crew have all the fun.</b>
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The only bit on the surface is a large grey building with a steel bridge poking out the side. This looks too be a docking arm.
Several scanners and sensors sticking out of the building are turning autonomously. One is broken, but still twisting around on it's still good support leg. The lack of gravity in space stopping it from scraping on the roof of the station.
There are no igsinea anywhere on the space station, it could have belonged to anyone.
The majority of it looks to be intact. Though there is a green mold growing over the steel brigde and sides of the station dissapearing under ground.</i>
Note: this would be knowledge from training.
*I shrug*
"Well. We're Marines. And what do Marines do?"</span>
Sorry for the slow post. I've been extremly busy with lots of things. I will try to keep my post up to the minimum off one a night.
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "Ok guys, I'm gonna use the directional thrusters to guide us in. This maybe alittle bumpy."</span>
<i>The ship begins to slow in it's decent as it nears the docking tube. The thrusters firing in burst manage to guide the ship inline with the docking tube.</i>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "The docking tube will not open for us. Someone will have to climb outside and manually activate the docking tube clamp. Once we are clamped on we can blow the door without fear of decompression. Any voulenters?"</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"OK who's up for this?"
*Looks around the the new recuits*
"Don't make my have to voulenter you."</span>
<span style='color:gray'>/Pilot "The asteroid is large enough to maintian a thin atmosphere and thermo-scans show no life signs in the docking walkway. Though scanners can't penetrate the rest of the space station."</span>
Day 2 - 11:42
"Ok Sir, I'm volunteering"
*I stand up*
*I mutter "Guess I'll just forget the never volunteer for anything rule, this once..."*</span>
*pat bill on the shoulder*
*edit* For some damn reason, i can't get the color to work on my schools apple
computers.
*i check my LMG to make sure its ready when i Need it. [/COLOR=darkred]
---I cant get it to work ether stupid eMacs---
*Hands <b>Bill </b>and <b>Crew</b> a <b>rebreather</b>*
"Complements of Fingers, they should protect you from any nasty chemicals in the air. Research stations usauly just pump out all sorts of chemicals into space."</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"Right now! Get equipped in the depressurisation vault and I’ll let you out of the ship."
"Once you get to the over-ride panel I'll walk you through the steps to get the docking clamps activated."</span>
<i><b>Bill </b>and <b>Crew </b>walk to the decopresstion chamber and step inside.
The chamber has two hazardous environment suits, fully enclosed, pullover plastic suits that are sealed around the neck and wrists.
Two fully enclosed helmets also sit with the suits.</i>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><u><b>Items gained</b></u></span>
<u><b>Bill</b></u>
Rebreather - <i>May breathe in low oxygen enviroments, and immunity to spores.</i>
HEV suit - <i>Takes no splash damage from acid attacks.</i>
Enclosed Helmet - <i>Inbuilt Thermal Vision</i>
LMG - <i>Standard issue, two 50 round clips.</i>
Pistol - <i>Standard issue, two 10 round clips.</i>
Knife - <i>Standard issue.</i>
<u><b>Crew2foe</b></u>
Rebreather - <i>May breathe in low oxygen enviroments, and immunity to spores.</i>
HEV suit - <i>Takes no splash damage from acid attacks.</i>
Enclosed Helmet - <i>Inbuilt Thermal Vision</i>
LMG - <i>Standard issue, two 50 round clips.</i>
Pistol - <i>Standard issue, two 10 round clips.</i>
Knife - <i>Standard issue.</i>
<b>Day 2 - 11:48</b>
You others wishing you volunteer now? And let it never be said I don't look after my troops <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
*gets ready for the airlock to open*
</span>
<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
"OK, I'm ready."</span>
With a hiss the chamber is emptied of most of it's atmosphere to match the pressure outside.
Bill and crew step out into a near weightlessness enviroment.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>"Be careful out there. I don't want you floating off into outer-space. Your suits have magnetic boots, but most of the docking tube is glass. Head to the hatch at the back of the tube and open it. Go into the docking tube and get to the overide switch. I will guide you from there."</span>
<i>The docking arm is a long glass tube about 50 meters in lenght. It has steel support rods between each glass pannel.
The emergency hatch is locatate in the middle of the tunnel on the top. It can be opened by a valve.</i>
Sorry I didn't post saturday, but I am away every weekend.
*I carefully make my way to the hatch*</span>
"Ye want me to take point Mr Bill?"</span>
*I look 'up', out into space.*
"Aaah... Its so good to be back in microgee. Did I tell you I worked in a shipyard for a couple of years? I guess it's why I'm so good with the armoured suits."</span>
Hope that piece of backstory is OK.
<i>Since you can remmeber joining the TSA was always a dream of yours. You signed up as soon as you were able but due to the waiting list you had to find a different job.
With the newly discovered Kharaa threat the TSA setup the Frontiersmen, and with the new influx of money and resources you were able to join. After the physical, mental and nationality non-bias screening.
Serving in the TSA you are making a difference, a job you've always wanted to do.</i>
*I glance back over my shoulder*
"Hey! watch your step back there!"
*I turn around and try to [catch crew and prevent him drifting off into space]*
"Wish I had an old worksuit about now"</span>
<span style='color:darkred'>[Suit breach, time to decompression T-10 minutes]</span>
<i>Crews HUD flashes up with a message.</i>
<span style='color:blue'>"Crew you ok? What happened?"</span>
Day 2 - 11:50
<i>The Eagles claw powers up all it's systems. The lighting restores and the ships weapons come online.
There are 4 gun turrets: </i>
Starboard - Homing missile launcher (Forward facing 90o arc)
Port-side - Homing missile launcher (Forward facing 90o arc)
Underslung - Double Gattin Cannons (Full 360o Firing Arc)
Hull mounted - Frontal Torpedo Launcher (45o frontal Firing Arc)
*I reach for a non-existant pocket on the leg of my suit*
"We have got to get inside and fast, Crew! We don't have suit patches and we've got inbound interceptors"
*I grab on Crew's hand and haul him into the docking tube through the break*
"Any shrapnel, and we're dead. No atmosphere to protect us!"
*I take cover.*</span>
*runs to the underslung and gets ready for the orders to fire*
"Don't die out there lads, we'll cover ya!"</span>
Day 2 - 11:51
<b>Take your pick which one to dive behind Bill <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Remeber "never voulenteer for anything." LoL <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
I hope this makes it more intresting for you others. Couldn't let Bill and Crew have all the fun.</b>
The ship has five sides.
....................Top
......................<b>^</b>
Starboard<b><</b> Front <b>></b>port
......................<b>Y</b>
................Bottom
The pilot will call out where the two intercepters are, eg.
/<span style='color:gray'>Pilot "TOP!!! 9 'o' clock"</span>
Only the person on the top may fire if the target is in his firing arc.
<span style='color:red'>[Launches a missile at the intercepter]</span>
As per usual I will determin if the target is hit.