Imperial Fringe Online Game Chat Session Log 17.11.2002
20:33:01 - Kraiger: Alright - no where's my PGMP?
20:33:24 - Methuslah: OK - last week....................
20:33:41 - StewartBailey: Do you want the one that I rolled an 11 to assemble or a 4?
20:34:22 - Kraiger: After you plugged those two guys, I'll trust you with anything!
20:34:36 - Kraiger: Speaking of which - 2D6: 7
20:34:43 - Kraiger: 2D6: 6
20:34:54 - Kraiger: Hmmm, the fates still aren't with me!
20:35:38 - Methuslah: You have just concluded a gunfight with a group of four people, two Zhodani, two Technum. It seems that they have been hiding hi-tech weaponry and equipment on this deserted wreck, but you have uncovered their little secret. The two Technum operatives lie dead on the deck, while the Zhodani have vanished.
20:36:21 - StewartBailey: Do we have any way to track the Zhodani? IR goggles or anything?
20:36:34 - Methuslah: A half-assembled beacon lies in the deck, and although the storm is clearing, you cannot raise the orbital starport.....
20:36:52 - Kit: (Me is still in the office room watching the charge-led on a laser rifle crawl up slowly. Along with Silvaa and Gus.
20:37:25 - Kraiger: I'll frisk the technum bodies for any ID, and pocket their las-pistols...
20:38:12 - Methuslah: Colonel Kraiger has some I.R. Goggles, yes.
20:38:55 - Kraiger: (OK, I'll slip the goggles on and see if I can spot any trace of the Zho...)
20:39:20 - Methuslah: The Technum bodies carry a Technum ID, giving their names as 'Siminoc Ludin' and 'Lyinder Kraig'. They appear to have the rank of Lieutenant. Their pistols are of the same type as you found on Gus.
20:39:33 - Methuslah: You can see now trace of the Zho on the deck.
20:40:14 - StewartBailey: Do you want to pursue?
20:40:38 - Kraiger: (Collect up the stuff, and follow the traces)
20:40:42 - Kraiger: Hey stewart, It looks like they went this way...
20:41:28 - StewartBailey: Let's get them.
20:41:35 - Methuslah: The traces head to another hatch, which seems to have been barred.
20:43:04 - Methuslah: Ok - Kit, Silvaa and Gus have now reached the deck.
20:43:04 - Kraiger: (I'll head back to the other hatch, keeping a careful note of which direction to go to get to this new hatch)
20:43:53 - Kit: I have reched the deck? I didnt even know I was going there?
20:44:00 - Kraiger just entered this channel
20:44:05 - Kraiger just logged off.
20:44:09 - StewartBailey: (comm to Kit) Testing, testing. The Zhodani are back in the ship. Watch out.
20:44:36 - Kit: as far as I know i'm still in the office charging the rifles???
20:44:45 - Kit: Or did I miss something?
20:44:47 - Kraiger: (just swapping machines)
20:45:06 - Methuslah: Sorry - I mis-read something you wrote - the rifles are now almost charged.
20:45:55 - Kraiger: (head below decks, and then make my way towards where the Zho came down the other hatch - silent mode again)
20:46:18 - StewartBailey: (following Kraiger)
20:47:06 - Kit: (I will wait until they are full,then wait for a message from the others. After all, I don't know where they are and last time the coms didn't work. Or do they work now?)
20:47:29 - Methuslah: Ok. The corridor heads off in that direction. You reach the section of the ship where you estimate the hatch to be, but cannot see it. However, there is a door to your left.
20:48:14 - Methuslah: Your comms appear to be coming back to function again, the distortiona is now not as bad, but it is still hard to communicate.
20:49:45 - StewartBailey: (comm to Kit) Did you get that last message?
20:50:02 - Kit: (over comm) Base to explorer, base to explorer, the baskets are almost full. Everything ok where you are?
20:50:05 - Kraiger: (whisper) you ready stewart? (pistol ready, standing beside the door)
20:50:53 - Methuslah: The messages between yourselves get through - heavy interefence and you must repeat, but they get through. The interference seems to be dying down.
20:50:58 - Kit: Im prepared for anything. (to Silvaa) If you feel anything, like your buddies showing up, please tell me ok?
20:52:00 - Kit: (I'll prepare the first fully charged rifle for my own use)
20:52:03 - StewartBailey: (pistol ready, covering Kraiger)
20:52:31 - Kit: (I'll prepare the first fully charged rifle for my own use)
20:52:46 - Methuslah: "I will."
20:52:50 - StewartBailey: (comm to Kit) Roger. Watch out for those Zho. They're back inside.
20:53:11 - Kit: (Com to Steward) Acknowledged!
20:53:31 - Kraiger: here we go... (try to open the door as suddenly as possible, keeping in cover)
20:53:32 - Methuslah: Make a Stealth roll, Kraiger. 7 or more needed.
20:53:43 - Kit: Hey Silvaa, can your people "see" through Doors?
20:54:09 - Kraiger: here we go.... 2D6: 12
20:54:16 - Kraiger: 
20:54:35 - Methuslah: Wow!
20:54:59 - Kit: (I guess they didnt see that one coming )
20:55:02 - Methuslah: "Certain of my people have powers to see through solid objects, yes."
20:55:27 - Kit: Are some of them here?
20:55:37 - Methuslah: You can hear a shuffling of feet inside the room, and some whispered conversation.
20:55:46 - Methuslah: "I do not believe so."
20:57:57 - Kit: OK lend me a hand here will you? (I try to use whatever furniture is available to improvise some kind of cover, should someone try to get in. Gus comes behind the cover as well)
20:58:04 - Kraiger: (into the room - surprising them if I can...)
20:58:42 - StewartBailey: (right behng Kraiger)
20:59:21 - Methuslah: {You manage to construct some good cover.)
21:00:15 - Methuslah: The door slides open as the others did, and you see four people standing in the room. One is the Commissioner, there are the two Zhodani from the deck, and another man you do not recognize. They are reaching for their sidearms.
21:01:03 - Kraiger: Freeze or die! (if they don't _instantly freeze, I will plug one...)
21:01:11 - StewartBailey: (the same)
21:01:41 - Kraiger: And turn to face the far wall NOW (if the comisar so much as blinks at me, I will shoot him)
21:02:02 - Kit: (I'll go through my pockets and take a short inventory of the drugs that my be in my scattered medical kit. Anything teher thet can be used to knock someone out without killing him? (Sleeping pills, painkillers etc))
21:02:18 - Methuslah: One of the lesser Zhodani starts to draw his weapon, the rest freeze.
21:02:56 - Kraiger: (blow him away... 2D6: 9)
21:03:04 - Methuslah: You have a selection of tablet painkillers that in overdose will knock someone out. You also have one shot of general anathestic, applied with a medical laser.
21:03:06 - Kraiger: (hey, this is better! )
21:03:27 - StewartBailey: (I'll take a shot at the moving Zho: 2D6: 10 )
21:03:42 - Kit: (OK, It'll do in a pinch)
21:04:54 - Methuslah: You catch him in the arm, roll 3D for damage.
21:05:04 - Methuslah: Both of you.
21:05:21 - StewartBailey: 3D6: 15
21:05:33 - Kit: (scratch one arm 
)
21:06:05 - Kraiger: 3D6: 12
21:06:14 - StewartBailey: (I think that's more than a scratch...)
21:06:17 - Methuslah: The Zhodani falls to the ground, daed. The others have not moved a muscle, but are standing absolutely still,
21:06:17 - Methuslah: ]
21:06:49 - Kraiger: turn around NOW or you'll be next. Hands on your heads.
21:07:02 - StewartBailey: (I cover the Commissioner with my pistol as Kraiger goes about his business)
21:07:34 - Methuslah: The remaining three comply with your order.
21:08:44 - Kraiger: kneel down... (I move forward to disarm them, staying out of Stewarts line of fire)
21:09:46 - Kraiger: (I'll swap magazine for tranq rounds, and be _very_ ready to use them - the second I feel a strange itch or anything)
21:10:16 - Methuslah: They comply with your commands,.
21:11:45 - Kraiger: (comm to Kit) Hey Kit, we have the Zho secure. Anyway we can stop them fiddling with our minds short of blowing their heads off?
21:14:05 - Kit: Knock them out? I have a little bit of stuff that may be useful, on the other hand, they aint used to alcohol! Fill them up. Thet should help!
21:14:58 - Kit: Silvaa? Any suggestions?
21:15:20 - Kraiger: (Keeping a _very_ steady eye on the Commisar)
21:16:08 - Kraiger: So Commisar, what was the point of all this? Thought you'd drop by, blow up a space station, and smuggle some weapons, did you?
21:16:38 - Methuslah: "There are certain drugs, but they are rare. IF they concentrate on other matters, then they can resist."
21:17:42 - Methuslah: "There is more to it than that, deadhead. I will not be held captive long."
21:18:16 - Kit: What about sleeping pills or good old alcohol?
21:18:31 - StewartBailey: (to the unknown guy) You! Who are you and what are you doing here?
21:19:16 - Methuslah: "An unconsious mind is most vulnerable."
21:19:32 - Methuslah: "Your words are meaningless to me."
21:19:39 - Methuslah: says the unknown guy.
21:20:00 - StewartBailey: (to Kraiger) What do you think? Kill this guy?
21:20:30 - Kit: Hmm. Vulnerable yes, but capable of doing things himself? We want to keep them from messing with our minds.
21:20:51 - Kraiger: This one? (prod) yeah, might as well...
21:21:13 - StewartBailey: What do you think? On a count of two or count of three?
21:21:36 - Methuslah: "Unconsciousness is vulnerability. They can control your body if you cannot."
21:21:50 - Methuslah: "Kill me - and you still know nothing, and you will be punished."
21:22:30 - Kraiger: Punished? By whom?
21:22:43 - Kit: What can we do to THEM to keep them harmless, short of killing them. Will knocking them out and tying the bodies up help?
21:23:17 - Methuslah: "By those who will soon come for us."
21:23:37 - Methuslah: "If they are unconsious - they are vulnerable."
21:25:35 - Kraiger: Who, the Zhodani? We got through to the station, there was a Cruiser squadron hidden behind one of the planets - the Zho squadron is toast!
21:25:37 - Kit: Fine with me if THEY are vulnerable. I wanna protect MY people. They cant do anything if they are unconscious?
21:26:35 - Kit: would a constant distraction through, for example small electronic shocks disrupt their concentration?
21:26:52 - Methuslah: Testing.
21:27:21 - Kraiger: (I see you Meth)
21:27:39 - Methuslah: The Commissar and the unknown man look at each other. The third Zho rushes forward.
21:27:48 - Methuslah: "I'll talk!"
21:27:51 - Methuslah: "Don't be a fool."
21:28:09 - Methuslah: "That might work - psionics requires concentration."
21:28:44 - Kit: (Can I patch up sveral small devices that can be attached to the captured zho and that will constantly irritate them through shrill noises or irregular and almost painful electronic shocks? If that is possible, I will immediately rig something up.)
21:29:01 - Kraiger: (Which one said he'd talk? I am _really_ ready to plug the commisar if he trys any mind -tricks on the one that wants to talk)
21:29:48 - Kit: (Comm) Guys, I have an idea about that telepathy problem. Gimme a few minutes and keep those guy well tied up will ya?
21:29:57 - Methuslah: (Yes, and it shouldn't take too long. You will need the battery from one of the laser rifles, but the other components you can get from the access panels of the ship.
21:30:11 - Methuslah: The surviving Zho of those you met on the deck.
21:30:24 - Kit: (Building the stuff. Do you need a roll? 2D6: 11)
21:31:15 - Methuslah: The gadget is ready within a few minutes, based around a headband.
21:31:37 - Methuslah: "What do you want to know. We're finished anyway." He winces in pain.
21:31:53 - Kit: OK, Guys, read. Where are you?
21:32:02 - Kraiger: Stewart, do you want to take our friend here outside and have a chat with him?
21:32:21 - Kraiger: (Comm to Kit) Kit, we're (describe direction we took)
21:33:26 - Kit: Silvaa, stay here with Gus. OK, Ill be back as soon as I can. Don't fall asleep! (proceed to where the others are, WITH all assembled rifles and the headband)
21:33:48 - Kit: Im on my way with a nice present for mr Commissioner.
21:34:36 - Methuslah: You now have one of the PGMP's charged, and five of the rifles assembled - as well as your gadget.
21:36:04 - Kit: Quita a load. Bundle them all together (except for one rifle which I keep ready) and proceed to the others
21:37:40 - Methuslah: You'll be there in about ten minutes.
21:40:41 - Kraiger: (test)
21:40:54 - Methuslah: I see you.
21:42:14 - StewartBailey: Good idea. (I'll take the cooperative guy outside and see what he has to say.)
21:42:33 - Kraiger: (I am assuming the Commisar is going to try and fry the one that wants to talk, so I'll move him outside...)
21:43:07 - Kraiger: (Kraiger stays guarding the others, especially the Commisar - do I have anything to bind their hands with?)
21:43:49 - Methuslah: The man walks outside with you. The Commissar has his eyes fixed on him as he leaves the room. You have nothing convienent to bind their hands.
21:44:04 - Methuslah: Once the man is outside, he begins to talk.
21:44:19 - StewartBailey: (On the way out) Hey, maybe those tranq rounds would do the job for you.
21:44:33 - Methuslah: "Those weapons - they're for the revolution!"
21:44:35 - Kit: Im on my way. Just hang on a few more minutes!
21:44:44 - Kraiger: Face down Commisar (with a nudge of my boot)
21:45:01 - StewartBailey: (Outside, to the cooperative guy) So, what's going on here, and how do we all get out of it alive?
21:46:23 - Methuslah: "The people of Trane are rising up against their overlords. We are giving them assitance."
21:47:15 - StewartBailey: Then why the attack on the station?
21:48:50 - Methuslah: "They will need a starport. Besides, it wasn't to be a battle. The Technum was ours - why did they betray us? How did we lose!"
21:49:55 - StewartBailey: What do you mean? Lose here or on the station?
21:51:41 - StewartBailey: And how did they betray you?
21:52:02 - Methuslah: "At the station. It should have been so easy!"
21:53:09 - StewartBailey: Are you saying that you lost the battle for the station?!?
21:54:44 - Methuslah: "That is what you said! You lied to us!"
21:55:11 - Kraiger: (Hey Stewart - check what I said in the log... I told him the Zho lost...)
21:55:53 - Methuslah: "I will say no more."
21:56:06 - Kraiger: (oh-oh, too late!)
21:56:13 - Methuslah: "You truly are barbarians. Take me back.
21:57:37 - Methuslah: Kit - you have now arrived at the office.
21:57:51 - StewartBailey: (Oops, that must have been when the phone rang.)
21:58:08 - StewartBailey: Kraiger, should I just kill this guy?
22:00:15 - Kraiger: (leaning out the door) - I didn't get the chance to tell you Stewart - there was an Imperial Cruiser squadron hiding behind one of the planets - apprently they had a tip-off about this, and toasted the Zhodani squadron...
22:00:52 - StewartBailey: I'm always the last to know these things. What do you think, should I just kill him anyhow?
22:01:07 - Kit: Hi guys,I'm here.
22:01:19 - StewartBailey: I don't think that he's any use to us.
22:02:19 - Methuslah: The Commissar calls out, "Nice try, deadhead."
22:02:56 - Kit: OK, I got a few nice things here, first for a bit of jewelry (take out tape/wire or somesuch to tie the prisoners up) and something special for Mr. Commissioner (take out gadget)
22:03:31 - Kraiger: Well, he may be able to tell us more about this revolution... but if not, then I guess so, yeah...
22:03:38 - Methuslah: "What is that?"
22:04:53 - Kit: Keep them covered. (Ill tie them up, then place the "crown" on mr commissioner and activate it, use my camera to make a picture of his face as I activate the thing )
22:05:13 - Methuslah: The Commissar winces, again and again as the shocks run through him.
22:05:43 - Kit: That should keep him distracted!
22:06:11 - Kit: (I'll keep an eye on his vital signs, I don't wanna kill him)
22:06:59 - StewartBailey: (back to the interrogation) How were you going to get back to your ship?
22:07:03 - Methuslah: The pain does not seem to be crippling - but it is distracting.
22:07:12 - Methuslah: "I thought you deadheads had rules of war."
22:07:54 - StewartBailey: And I though the Zhodani did also. The rules of war only protect those who follow them.
22:07:57 - Kraiger: (to Kit and Stewart) I'm going to see if I can raise _any_ help - if its just us and a squadron of Zho here, we're in _big_ trouble. Oh, can I take that? (indicating PGMP)
22:08:21 - Kit: Be my guest
22:09:16 - Kraiger: (lug the PGMP, and head topside again to try the communicator)
22:09:31 - Kit: besides, are we at war? (to Zho)
22:09:53 - Kit: I don't recall hearing a declaration of such.
22:10:32 - Methuslah: "Fool!",calls out the other man.
22:10:49 - Methuslah: The commissar winces again.
22:12:28 - Kit: Who are you calling a fool?
22:12:55 - Methuslah: "It makes no difference. Soon they will be dead."
22:14:22 - Methuslah: "Never tell the enemy that which he does not need to know."
22:15:07 - Kit: (to steward) Are they cooperative or do they need additional.. encouragement? (taking out a BIG styringe from my pocket and rummaging through my drug collection)
22:15:46 - Kraiger: (When I get topside, I will try doing an all frequency hail - althoug not giving away who I am)
22:16:39 - StewartBailey: They definately need additional encouragement. Although if they plan to kill all of us, I can't think of any reason to let them live. Can you?
22:16:47 - Methuslah: "Torture us and you will suffer."
22:16:58 - Kit: I guess a small dose of (insert name of "common" truth-drug with uncomfortable after effects) should help, do you think so?
22:17:14 - Methuslah: Kraiger, you are now topside. You still cannot raise the station, but there is something coming through - too weak to hear.
22:17:30 - Methuslah: "Resist them!"
22:17:42 - StewartBailey: It can't hurt.
22:18:13 - Kraiger: (I'll keep trying to pick up the weak signal..)
22:18:26 - Kit: Torture? Why such an ugly word. I'd call it giving medical assistance. After all, if you don't cooperate, you will die, if I help you cooperate, you will live. I'm just doing my duty to save lives!
22:18:38 - Methuslah: "It matters not. Remember who has authority here. Our ambassador will have handed over the declaration early this morning, and our fleets are moving for Ruie."
22:18:53 - Methuslah: "Barely read you. This is the Silver Sliver. Who is this?"
22:19:01 - StewartBailey: Declaration? Of what??
22:19:07 - Methuslah: comes from the communicator.
22:19:16 - Kit: (Do I know what Ruie is?)
22:19:45 - StewartBailey: It's a planet in the Spinward Marches.
22:19:55 - Methuslah: "War, Imperial. No longer will we tolerate your contniual incursions into our territory. Our security requires a territorial expansion."
22:20:15 - Kit: (filling styringe with something harmless, taking my time and trying to act threateningly)
22:22:01 - Kit: Ah, Good. ( handling styringe), well (look at Steward) is he cooperating better now or do you want me to use this?
22:22:20 - StewartBailey: Incursions? I seem to recall learning in my history classes that you guys started the wars. What incursions are you talking about?
22:22:24 - Methuslah: "And by now our forces have secured the station, and are on their way down. In an hour I will be interrogating you."
22:22:51 - StewartBailey: I would go ahead and use it. They're not cooperating much at all. They will survive, won't they?
22:23:00 - Kraiger: Hey, is that you... (I've forgotten the pilots name). This is Colonel Kraiger!
22:23:29 - Methuslah: "You know nothing of such things. Your fleets mass on our border. There have been incidents. Now we will have what should be ours."
22:24:18 - Kit: Yes, though the aftereffects are kind of...uncomfortable. And they may get some long term medical problems, like dizziness and so. Of course I'm not sure of the effect on psionics. It may permanently damage such abilities.
22:24:47 - Methuslah: "Yes - it's the Calfornia Kid! Hey, dude - where are you. You're klicks away from the landing area."
22:25:13 - Methuslah: "Primitive barbarian! You will rot on a toxic world for this!"
22:25:20 - Kraiger: We ran into a spot of trouble here - whats the story with that Zho Squadron?
22:26:22 - Kit: Hmm.maybe I should add a little bit of (insert some acid's name) to the mix, thatll make you rot much faster. (EEVIL GRIN)
22:27:40 - Methuslah: "Man! One of them came in, and Lieutenant Holsten surrendered! I managed to get the Commander out, though - but he's in a bad way. Are you anywhere I can land - this baby is VSTOL, so all I need is twenty clear meters."
22:27:49 - Methuslah: "You would not dare!"
22:28:42 - Kit: Why not, according to you, I don't have anything to loose, so why not take you asshole with me.. the slow way! (come closer with the styringe)
22:28:47 - Kraiger: We're on an old wrecked ship - it looks like (describe landing surface)
22:29:00 - StewartBailey: Hey, we've shot three of you so far. Why should we stop there. You did say we're at war, didn't you?
22:30:49 - Methuslah: "They were proles. They can be replaced."
22:31:47 - StewartBailey: As can the bullets in my magazine. There are still quite a few left, while it looks like you're running out of proles.
22:31:57 - Kit: I'm glad to hear you care so much for your people. Ready for a shot commissioner? I promise you a great trip through hell!
22:32:34 - Kit: You'll get the special treatment, just for you non-prole!
22:32:56 - Methuslah: "Shoot away. If you dare."
22:33:31 - StewartBailey: Kit, who shoots first? You or me?
22:33:50 - Kit: (to Stewart) no please, let me try something on him first. I've been waiting for just such a chance!
22:34:36 - StewartBailey: If you wish.
22:35:15 - Methuslah: 6"Right Colonel. Switch to a homing signal, I'll get a lock on."
22:35:27 - Methuslah: "What are you going to do?"
22:36:19 - Kraiger: (Switch to homing signal)
22:37:01 - Kit: Just a little experiment I've been waiting for a chance to try out on a human. The animals I've tried it on so far have all been... umm.. lets say not tough enough. messy really. But according to my calculations, a human should be able to survive it.
22:37:07 - Kraiger: (Comm to Kit and Stewart) Gentlemen, our transportation is arriving shortly. We'd better see how much of that equipment we can get up here, but lets be ready for a quick dust off...
22:37:35 - Kraiger: (I'll start moving the weapons parts topside)
22:38:02 - Kit: (Pulling out an assortment of medical/mechanical tools, sorting through them) please Steward, cut off his shirt will you. I need access to his spine)
22:38:42 - StewartBailey: (grabbing one of Kit's handy knives) Hold on, Commissioner, this won't hurt a bit. (cutting away his shirt)
22:39:05 - Kit: (go behind the Zho, cut his shit open, fiddle with his back so that neither he nor one of the others can see what I'm doing.)
22:40:09 - Kit: I want to push and prod a bit, give him a (harmless) injection and place something along his spine that will itch and irritate and just MAY feel like it is eating into his skin, at least to a frightful and irritated mind)
22:40:19 - Kraiger: ( nice typo! )
22:40:40 - Kit: (all the time clickinga and whirring with all kinds of tools along his spine)
22:41:04 - Methuslah: There is sweat running down the Commissar's face.
22:41:22 - StewartBailey: (comm to Kraiger) Kraiger, can our rescue see any Zhodani out there? The Zho claim that help is on the way.
22:41:41 - Kit: (ah, yes, make a few pictures while mumbling: "step one, subject responding with ... medical mumbojumbo)
22:41:49 - StewartBailey: Kit, you know, all of this would be unnecessary if he would just cooperate.
22:42:27 - Kraiger: Kid, any sign of other ships in the area?
22:42:35 - Kit: Please, don't spoil my experiment. I don't think he wants to cooperate.. or do you (frown at Commisioner)
22:42:42 - Methuslah: Testing.
22:42:53 - Kit: please say you dont want to
22:43:09 - Methuslah: "No - but there was still some shooting going on when I left. I can expect company any minute."
22:44:06 - Kraiger: Stewart, no other ships nearby, but like I said - be rady for a quick exit!
22:44:28 - Methuslah: "What do you want to know?"
22:44:49 - Kit: Shht, don't spoil my fun!
22:46:25 - Methuslah: "Lordy! I got a missile trace! SAM from the landing site! Why are they firing at me?"
22:48:04 - Kraiger: Oh oh, thats not good Kid - this area is secure, better get down here fast.
22:48:38 - Kraiger: (To Kit and Stewart) Time getting short gentlemen...
22:49:39 - Kit: So can I finish my experiment? I only need a few more minutes. Or do you want to ask him about this plans an spoil my fun?
22:50:20 - Methuslah: "Coming in now. ETA 5 minutes, 30 seconds."
22:50:41 - Kraiger: Make him talk fast - we've got four minutes...
22:55:52 - Kit: Well commissioner, quick summary of your plans, fast, precice, or I'm gonna finish my experiment here!
22:56:46 - StewartBailey: Maybe you should let me finish him instead. We are a bit short of time.
22:56:50 - Methuslah: "We were warned of the declaration. My squadron was ordered to take this planet - an armed uprising was planned. We need the starport as a forward command center for the Coreward Front - that's all I know!"
22:57:49 - StewartBailey: What about the invovlement of the commercial interests? What part did they play in your plan?
22:58:27 - Kit: (quietly into com) Kraiger, can you pick up silvaa? I don't want to leave him.
22:59:09 - Methuslah: "The Technum are a cover organization. Used to be IISS - we took it over. I don't know any details, it was before my time."
22:59:19 - Kraiger: (Will do (head back to pick up Silvaa)
22:59:46 - StewartBailey: IISS? That's you, Kit!
23:00:28 - Kit: Thats NOT me, hear. Don't forget they kicked me out after that...incident.
23:00:41 - Methuslah: You'll have to run like the wind to be there and back in the time.
23:01:24 - Kraiger: (OK, I'll go _fast_ - end 11 - oh, leave the PGMP behind)
23:01:24 - StewartBailey: Kit, are we done here?
23:01:56 - Kit: Hmm. yeah, I think so. Can we take him along, I want to finish my experiment?
23:02:27 - StewartBailey: That's not a bad plan. I'm not sure about the experiment. Commissioner, come with us.
23:02:35 - Methuslah: You should just make it, but not encumbered. You burst into the room to find Silvaa standing there, a nervous expression on his face.
23:03:49 - Kraiger: (Scanning for Gus) time to go Silvaa, make it fast
23:04:03 - Methuslah: "No. Kill me if you will. But I will not come with you."
23:04:30 - Methuslah: "On my way. What about 'Gus'?"
23:04:32 - Kit: Aw, well (knock him out) carry him?
23:04:47 - StewartBailey: Kit, what about one of those injections?
23:04:50 - Methuslah: Gus is sitting on the deck, bolt upright, a look of defiance on his face. Two minutes, fifty seconds.
23:05:10 - StewartBailey: Can one of those guarantee his unconsciousness?
23:05:51 - Kit: (use an injection to put him asleep for a while. Tie him up, blindfoil him, shoulder him) OK ready to go!
23:06:16 - StewartBailey: Let's get out of here! (helping Kit carry the body)
23:06:30 - Methuslah: Two minutes, thirty seconds.
23:06:30 - Kraiger: Hi Gus - you want to join us, or rather stay here?
23:07:13 - Methuslah: "I stay."
23:08:55 - Kraiger: Good for you Gus! Lets go Silvaa. NOW
23:09:22 - Methuslah: Silvaa is off with a burst of speed that leaves you stnading.
23:11:41 - Kraiger: follow Silva
23:14:44 - Kraiger: (comm) How are you guys doing? Almost there?
23:15:03 - Kit: On our Way
23:15:30 - StewartBailey: (Almost there. We have the Commissioner, and he's not getting any lighter.)
23:16:07 - Methuslah: You reach the hatch, and are greetd by a loud burst of sound. Silvaa and Kraiger are behind you.
23:16:33 - Kraiger: I left Gus behind - he can find his own way off this tub
23:17:00 - StewartBailey: (I'll open the hatch carefully, just in case, pistol ready.)
23:17:03 - Kraiger: ( I pick up my equipment, and get ready to board)
23:18:33 - Methuslah: The Silver Sliver is landing on the deck - smooth as silk. As it begins to settle, the passenger hatch pops open.
23:18:40 - Kit: (that silver sliver had seats for 6 plus pilot?)
23:18:44 - Methuslah: "Get inside! I take off in one minute!"
23:19:23 - Methuslah: Yes.
23:19:31 - Kit: (all piling inside)
23:21:11 - Kraiger: (not forgetting the PGMP!)
23:21:36 - StewartBailey: (oooh!)
23:22:01 - Methuslah: As the last you leaps into the ship, the hatch seals shut and the Kid presses for take-off. You are all thrown to the floor in a momentary blast at three gravities, but it quickly subsides.
23:24:17 - Methuslah: "Alright - we're on a escape trajectory. I've eased off a bit - say, who are these people?"
23:25:12 - Kit: The tied up one is a prisoner, and this is Silvaa, a fugitive who has asked for asylum.
23:26:01 - Kit: Is there any place besides the station where we can get a ship out of this sector, like for example that modified Xboat that I've heard about?
23:26:52 - Methuslah: "I'll have to think. There are some seekers in the belt, we might be able to hook up with them. I've got enough fuel to get us there."
23:27:51 - Kraiger: Did I hear right - the Zho have actually declared war?
23:28:12 - StewartBailey: That's what they say. It may or may not be true.
23:28:18 - Kit: We need to get a message back to the marches, and we also need to get in touch with someone from the Company.
23:28:48 - Methuslah: "We've heard nothing, not that I know of."
23:28:55 - Kit: I assume our plans have changed somewhat. And mir Commissioner here, needs to get somewhere where he may be of use.
23:29:06 - StewartBailey: [almost time to go - kids are getting hungry!]
23:29:32 - Methuslah: A light on the console starts to flash.
23:29:58 - Methuslah: "Good God! Incoming! Two bogies coming in, at 6 G's!"
23:30:07 - Methuslah: And with that, I think we can wrap up for the night.
23:30:18 - Kit: Can you evade them?
23:30:36 - Kraiger: (Ahhh, I smell another cliff-hanger then!)
23:30:42 - Kit: rats, another cliffhanger
23:30:57 - Kit: Have we ever stopped without one?
23:31:38 - Methuslah: Not if I can help it!
23:31:56 - StewartBailey: Next week?
23:32:10 - Methuslah: Sounds good to me!
23:32:34 - Kit: okay
23:32:51 - StewartBailey just logged off.
23:33:28 - Methuslah: Good game everyone! Have a good week.