Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Ta, Mind," Sana said, already logging into her system. She sent what seemed to be a random series of micro pulses from her system even as she started to contact the IOC central Command On the planet Darena. The pulses, however, were bound for a different point of contact somewhere off Celica's second moon where a 'black ice' relay sent the pulses off to the other side of Celica. "If Kamran's there we might be able to get a shot transmission of what's going on down there right now," she explained. "Come on, come on, pick up..." As she said it, her screen cleared to show a senior investigator. "Um, not you, sir," she said absently, "I'm waiting for... oh. Um..."
<<You called, Agent Sana?>> the Humanoid stated.
"You... you know my name?"
<<You used your access codes to make the call. Where is Agent Golta?>>
After facepalming and grimacing as she recalled she'd facepalmed on camera, Sana relayed the situation.
Once Sana had relayed the situation, Hivemind spoke up.
"We are trying to get a visual on the situation. The last visual I had was from a camera mounted on a defense satalite that ended up being destroyed with three others. The invaders did not seem slowed by the Celican defenses. The Varanians looked like they had the Celican ships outnumbered three to one, and that's just what I could see. Any assistance would be welcome."
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Hmm, you won't need to lie to her, Hive," Hannabelle asserted, taking the time to get the feel of the gun. "I know her and she knows me. She'll not ask because she'll know I'm there. Asking just confirms it."
"Right. Why don't you go introduce yourself to some of the newest people and I'll get you some armor. And be nice, they've been through a lot." He said before walking off to get Hannabelle some armor.
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"It needs to be important," Jaken growled sullenly, flexing his fingers inside the power gloves; balling them into fists, putting them into claw shape and back to normal. "Or it will feel like running and I cannot run any more and still call myself Celican. We fight for those we like. I did not once and I lost all. Now I have something to lose again." He gave Rika a quick grin. "...and I never want to."
"We'll think of something." Hivemind said as he led Jaken out.
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Buster wrote:"Rrrgh... FINE! FORGET YOU! I'll go have an adventure MYSELF!" June complains, storming off in a huff, when the pleading and big-eye routine failed to work as intended, intent on finding her own way planet-side. After a few metres she would stop, an idea occurring to her. bolting over to a random Steelhaven ensign, ironically, the same squirrel who had the near-death experience on the bridge a day earlier, fainting as June practically bowled her over, and leaving a ghostly afterimage in her place that just sighed and grumbled "Not again..."
backing up, june rapidfired off "Hi, You'refromtheshipthatghotpickedupyesterdayrightdoesithaveteleportythingies?" pausing just long enough to get a slightly confused "yes?" before heading off again, making for the Steelhaven's hangar. The fact that she had no idea how to USE teleportation equipment not really even occurring to her or slowing her down.
June would find that since the ship was still in transit, the teleporters on the Steelhaven wouldn't work. However, there is coincidentally a Sparrow dropship nearby outfitted for a full Champion deployment and "accidentally" scheduled to fly down the moment the ship arrived. However, this was not due to luck. Hivemind left it there for her intentionally, but she didn't know that. For Hivemind's plan to work, she would have to feel the need to prove herself. She couldn't know he already trusts her.
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Deske wrote:"Yeah well, shooting a bunch of guns becomes a lot easier when you have targeting computers that help you lead your target regardless of the direction they're going. Takes pretty much all of the guesswork out of things," He explained as he picked up a few sidearms for himself, just in case.
MT, who had already equipped himself back at his house, nodded in agreement and waited for everyone to finish picking out their equipment. He wondered what Hivemind would have for him.
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Legotron123 wrote:Kolt saw what Hivemind was trying to do, and gave a knowing smirk. ”Well, we can always hope.” He said, before taking a slightly more serious look. ”Also, how do I get to the food court from here? I want to make sure I’m at full strength before we arrive.”
"Not enough time." He said, shaking his head.
"Get down to the armory. I'm bringing breakfast to you guys. Don't worry, I know to make yours as hearty as possible."
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:Although he was still pretty much planning to use his normal battle armour, Corp didn't see a problem with taking a few new sections of armour to supplement his suit and a personal force field before he turned his attention to the heavy energy weapons and selected a plasma cannon. "The armour would need to be able to support my knife rig, Hive," he added, just in case Hive had better armour.
Jenny, a little like a kid in a candy shop, selected two personal forcefields, an energy shotgun, a heavy blaster, two auto-9's, and lightweight, energy absorbing, under-armour.
Neon Icy Wings wrote:Tatiana followed along to the armory, picking up some extra plasma cartridges for her rifle, "Uh, since I can't really utilize most armor, unless you're that crazy prepared, what is a stasis trigger and what does it do?" As she asked she picked up some plasma grenades and mirrored Jenny in picking up a heavy duty shotgun. She idly picked up a personal force field, "Never really had the opportunity to use one of these... Any idea how much punishment these can take?"
Buster wrote:realizing the armored duo had led her back to the armory, kol got part way through questioning "Wait, why did you take the long way here?" before stopping herself mid-word, looking at the door they just came through, the noticeably smaller door she had ducked through a moment ago, and then at MT, and just stated "Nevermind."
talya and kobor meanwhile had noticed something on the racks.
"Wait, is that my particle cannon? I thought i ditched that thing after the barrel melted. what's it doing here?"
"maybe someone retrieved it... from... the bottom... of the ocean... Right, what IS that thing doing here?"
that question of course doesn't stop the duo from mounting it in place, along with a rocket pod, a full EVA array, a booster, a gyroscopic reaction wheel array, an RCS controller, and Kobor's minigun, winding up looking more like a orbital attack drone with arms than anything else by the end of it. it's pretty obvious which front they're headed for.
Legotron123 wrote:As soon as Hivemind was done talking, Liz and Lewis started taking advantage of their hammerspace pockets, grabbing one of each weapon and putting them into said pockets. Lewis himself seemed fixated on something called a “nanothorn dagger,” noting how, while it did have a blade shaped protrusion sticking out of the handle, it didn’t actually HAVE any sort of blade. ”Anyone know how these nanothorn things work?” He asked the room.
”Basically they use nanobots to sever the bonds between molecules. You press a button at the bottom of the hilt to activate it.” A pterodactyl-dragon man said, as he holstered two guns the size of his forearms.
Lewis looked over the blade again, finding the button the guy referred and pressing it. A green blur surrounded the protrusion, and faint buzz could just barely be heard. ”Oh, this has potential.” He said, before turning it off and grabbing two more to put in his pocket,
Deske wrote:Ulrich made his way into the armory and began browsing the rows upon rows of armaments. He picked up a simple looking rifle and, after a couple seconds of giving it a look over, flipped a switch near the grip that brought it to life. A light blue glow accompanied the condensation that slowly floated down to the floor as side panels tilted up to reveal some sort of cooling chamber. He admired it for a few seconds before flipping the switch back to its original position and slinging it over his shoulder. He picked up a pair of energy pistols and slid them into a holster on either side of his legs. Moving on he picked up heavier duty set of armor that looked like it could withstand a few good hits if it had to.
Hivemind came back out of the armor room pulling a cart full of crates with armor in them. He opened up the crates and started giving out armor.
"Don't worry, Corp. Your armor has space for your knife rig." He said, handing some very advanced looking armor to him.
"Jenny, I said I was getting you guys some armor. Here, take this. It's the same thing as what you picked, just this variant has shielding and EVA capabilities. And it won't get damaged should you need to use your power" He handed her a set of sleek light armor identical to the one she picked, except for with a closed helmet and a pressurized undersuit in addition to built in shielding as well as the properties of the armor she had picked.
"Tatiana, that gun will do fine. Make sure you still have your sniper though. As for the Stasis triggers, they activate when they detect a mortal wound and lock you in stasis until we can get you to an emergency medic. As for armor..." He pulled something out of the crate. It was much like Tatiana's armor, stylized with the signature Cheshire Cat face and grin. The main armor appeared Chrome plated, and the illuminated eyes were covered by golden lenses.
"I am that crazy prepared. I built it based off of scans of your shell, so it should respond to you like the original. It has all of the bells and whistles that custom Champion armor does. Shields, EVA abilities, Stasis triggers, the whole deal. Think of it as a gift. If you don't like it, then you are fully free to use your original armor in most missions, but due to the danger you need armor with Stasis triggers at the minimum. Also, due to the fact that the first thing the Varanians will do is probably take over the Anti-Air defenses, we're going to need to do an Angel drop, hence the EVA." He moved on without really explaining what an Angel drop was.
"Kol, your environment suit is already built for missions like this. You don't need new armor." He said simply before moving on.
"Kobor, Talya..." He paused and looked at their choice of equipment. The EVA kit they picked already had a stasis trigger in it.
"Good choice of equipment. You're prepared." He concluded before moving on to the next people.
"Liz, Lewis, I got you two armor as well. It isn't custom because you just joined yesterday, but it's still Champion armor and has all of the things you need for this mission." He said, handing them some fairly no-frills light armor.
He turned to Ulrich.
"Good selection. I was going to give you something similar, but that armor will do. That said..." He pulled out a pair of what looked like rubber gloves.
"You should take the undersuit for the gauntlets. I built it to ease the overheating problem of your Hardlight gauntlets. It should let you keep up the constructs for a bit longer and with less risk of injury."
He moved on to Traci and Rika next.
"I got you two some light armor. Rika, yours is built with extra carrying capacity so you can load it with extra packs of medical pills. It also comes with a kit filled with medical and surgical tools in case of emergencies. Traci, your armor is built to compliment your speedster abilities. The joints and interior of the armor have negligible friction, so you can sustain top speed for long periods of time without wearing it down or heating it up."
"I feel like I'm forgetting some people... ah." He walked over to Chris and MT.
"Chris, since MT is already EVA capable, you just need armor for the statis triggers, especially since you need a specific helmet to be linked. As such, I got a helmetless suit of medium armor for you. As for you, MT." He addressed the robot dragon.
"You have everything but the trigger already. It's difficult to install a trigger in a preexisting suit of armor. Inside of a Mech, however, I can just attach it to the inside of the cockpit and it should work." He held up a strange, half-spherical device. MT opened up the cockpit and Hivemind installed it inside.
"I believe that's everyone but Kolt. Get dressed, I'll bring down some food, and we need to get ready. We'll be arriving at Celica shortly, and the moment we do it's all going to hit the fan." He finished.