<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"You know, Dark, a quick once over with a welder'd fix that quick smart. Then again, so would taking out the batteries. Who the hell did your ex use for the personality on that thing?" *chuckles* [over comm system] "Spark, don't freeze your brew, just get it cool enough to put in the syringe as a liquid. Like a tranquiliser dart. ...Hmm...Any of you weapons experts know if a medical syringe will stay pointed in the same direction when it's shot out of Wynona?"</span></span>
"you should be there soon. Just two more corners"</b></span>
<i>It's obvious that you're getting closer to the nano-sludge storage. sludge supply lines run all over the walls of the hallway you're standing in, providing resources for the rest of the ship.</i>
<span style='font-family:Times'><span style='color:gray'> *Walks slowly and whispers* "Godda*it can't you shut that Da*n AI up? Its worse enough that we're trying to get into a da*n hive. We don't want our cover blown by a godda*n angsty AI. Do a Ctrl-Alt-Del if you have to of turn it off if it keeps shouting it's gonna kill us all." *Looks around* "Looks like we're almost here, keep you heads down, and da*n whats that smell?" </span></span>
<span style='color:blue'>"wow. A PDA with an attitude. Shade, i doubt it. Unless it was perfectly balanced and you could get it spinning somehow, it could go anywhere. A gun barrel has grooves running in a spiral patter down the length to give the bullet some spin to make it fly further and straighter. The physics is complicated, but it works. The wyona may be able to get it spinning, but it would have to be a perfectly fit."</span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"Boggles, once we've secured nano storage, I'll give it to you, maybe you'll be able to think of something. Ed said Wynona shoots darts, or something, and they can't be the same size as Wynona's barrel, so how do they stay stable?"</span></span> <b>I know what we need...but my character doesn't, and I don't particularly want to get burnt by xect for too much ooc stuff <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:purple'><b> "Shade i have three motorized darts, but they need fixing, what happens is, you fire them then they keep going in that direction so that should help, also the brew has freeze quite abit otherways it'll leak out of the syringe, i'll let it freeze for 10 more minutes." *Listen to Mercura.* "Hey Darkness if i speak to you, will Mercura be able to hear what i say, does she know anything about Kharaa ?"</b></span>
<span style='color:white'> *Ed keeps walking.* "Wynona works a lil diffrently than your used to, bare minimum to fire is basically a ferrous object at the rear of the "dart", if i could find a 1 3/4" nut, we'd be in business." [Ed keeps an eye out for any maintience lockers along the way.] </span>
<span style='color:yellow'><b>"maybe some padding will make it work right. im shure we have plenty of gauze or something. Like those old jumpseats when i was a kid, and needed some filler so i didn't rattle around in them." *covers the door to nano sluge control*</b> </span>
<b>oh. We are there are we? Xect just said we were getting close...</b>
<span style='color:blue'>"i think the motorised darts should be our first attempt. They seem to be the most suited to this job. Your syringe can be a backup plan. If the brew works maybe we could tip our bullets with it for an effective skulk stopper" </span>
<span style='color:purple'><b> "Problem with that Boggle is that they will start building a immunity to the brew so we'll have to change the ingredients often."</b></span> <b>How will i know what 2 hours is in the role play ?"</b>
<i><span style='font-family:Optima'><span style='color:orange'>"Guys, I think I heard something. Like a door opening or something. Comm, did you pick anything up?"</span></span></i>
<b>ignore it, its probably just another latecomer trying to join the rp <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:blue'>"i didnt hear anything, but then i wasnt particularly concentrating. What about you guys?"</span>
<b>edit: there never was a mage in a vent yep, i'm late. usually don't come by here ... mostly in o-t. i hate writing and i assumed thats mostly all that goes on over here guess im wrong again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> edit: oops wrong colorcode ... pfft i thought i was good with comps</b>
<span style='color:blue'>"most peculiar. I dont often not notice things. Maybe i should stop thinking about taking the batteries out of that PDA and dropping it in a bucket of water and concentrate more on listening"
<i><span style='font-family:Optima'><span style='color:orange'>"Ok, I wanna plug my PDA into an interface somewhere. We may be able to get an idea on what's happening. Where's a nearby control panel, anyone know?"</span></span></i>
<b>The PDA will periodically send information to my HUD, keeping tabs on electronic activity (such as opening doors, or lights turning off, etc</b>
<span style='color:green'>*carries the advance* "I just want you to know that if we survive this I'm gonna kill that AI. Slowly." *shifts his LMG to his left hand, lowering it to the hip and unholstering his pistol with the right* "Looks like we're about here. Right side go with Boggle, left side with me. Once we open the doors, run through and spread out. Stagger your heights too, some of you duck, some of you stand straight up, whatever. The more we can vary our profiles the harder a target we are for whatever's on the other side." *increases the sensitivity on his biorelay scanner* "As soon as we secure nano, I'd like three volunteers to help me guard while the others build."</span>
<i><span style='font-family:Optima'><span style='color:orange'>"Hey, why do you hold such a hatred toward AI? It'll be the only chance you'll get to get some." *Smiles* "Back in school, my of my buddies made one...and dated it...unfortunately, he went crazy and killed himself in an attempt to integrate himself with the computer. His...'girlfriend' also went crazy and began to destroy the data files. We had to go in and take her out. Not pretty at all. Sad, really. Also, I think I should be able to connect up at nano."</span></span></i>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"Heh. Well, I'll just stick to what I do best. How's your leg Ven?" *sweeps the corridors with his LMG and flashlight as he follows the rest of the group*</span></span> <b>* Night Shade slaps Venmoch around a bit with a large trout</b>
<span style='color:purple'>"Looks like we're almost there... Keep an eye open, one of those pudgey ones is usualy around areas suitable for hives, to see if it's worth building a new one there probably" *Slows to a walk trying to watch all directions at once.*</span>
<b>heh ... oops there never was a mage in a vent considering ive established myself as a computer geek, i don't think i would have an lmg on me might explain me cowering in a vent <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> and plz dont kill the AI yet i have a present for her <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<b>I hope you cleared this stuff wiht xect :/, any sort of unusual entrance or special items (laptops included) must be cleared by him. Also this is the future, you wont be needing a laptop, a PDA would have easily enough power, and a couple of us already care those around <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> For exampe, my char is a ex-hacker turned TSA marine <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->. Anyway Marlins won, joy!! Ok, back to story now.</b>
<span style='color:yellow'><b>*cover, cover. forward. cover. oh de lally eh* "c'mon. solidarity. fight against the enimy, cooperate with each other, and concentrate the gunfire"</b> </span>
<span style='font-family:Times'><span style='color:gray'> "Huh? The Leg? Oh right, sorry about that. The legs fine it still burns a little but it'll be fine. Hey Darkness if it helps I could always put tat AI in the command circuit in my armour for a while. At least then we'd only hear it through the radio." </span></span>
<span style='color:orange'>*covers the others, Mercura's calmed down after I threatened to compress her again, and for a program, compression isn't pretty* <b>"Sparks, I can hear everything said over the comm system and I know your name from the mission recorder files in Anthony's helmet. And I know all about the Kharaa through the same reasons."</b> "Don't worry, Ven. All I have to do is plug this little transmitter into the PDA, set it to the same frequency as our radios and switch off the external speaker." *takes out transmitter, plugs it into extra USB port on top of PDA, presses a few buttons and Mercura's voice is heard over the radio* <b>"Well at least now you can't shut me up."</b> "Yeah, but I can still compress you. Zoopy, whoever your friend was he must've been a very sad and lonely individual. And I have no idea who Erin based Mercura's personality on, but I have a feeling that she based it on herself. Erin was always a bit of a hothead." *clips PDA to my belt*</span>
<span style='color:blue'>"if that thing doesnt shut up i will stomp on it. I am trying to listen for any threats and all i can hear is this dammed computer voice."
*turns to group*
"We'll form two lines, one low, the other high, spread out across the room. we dont want anybody taking all the fire. When we go in, we alternate low and high. I'll go first low to the right. sort yourselves out behind me. You guys ready?"
<b>Edit: oops too slow, boggle posted while I was still typing...</b>
<span style='color:00FF00'>*I Get down on one knee about 15 metres away from the door, roughly in the centre of the corridor at the back of the 2 columns. I raise my LMG to eye level stay ready to open fire in an instant*
"Isn't anyone else just a tiny wee bit scared of what might be on the other side of that door? I'm volunteering to build by the way..."</span>
<b>Grrrr.... What ever happened to coming in through the IPs as a standard soldier with standard weaponry like I said? What'd done is done I suppose, but remember to keep everything STANDARD. In other words no, we wont be using the specs for new guns you are carrying.
Also Venmoch, you didn't need to post your profile, most of the stuff in there you told us with in-character dialogue anyway, and the other stuff our characters don't know yet and so we can't use that info.
<u><i>IMPORTANT:</i></u> (for all newcomers) Also remember that NOBODY knows how the aliens have changed from 1.04 to 2.0 yet, excepting some minor unusual sightings in the previous RP.</b>
<span style='font-family:Times'><span style='color:gray'> *Follows Boggle in* "Ho Boy this is beginning to show signs of infestation. Look at the walls, see that greeny-yellow slime? Thats the preperation for the more permenant infestation. Hmm, can we get a scan here, something doesn't seem right...." </span></span>
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*chuckles*
[over comm system] "Spark, don't freeze your brew, just get it cool enough to put in the syringe as a liquid. Like a tranquiliser dart. ...Hmm...Any of you weapons experts know if a medical syringe will stay pointed in the same direction when it's shot out of Wynona?"</span></span>
"you should be there soon. Just two more corners"</b></span>
<i>It's obvious that you're getting closer to the nano-sludge storage. sludge supply lines run all over the walls of the hallway you're standing in, providing resources for the rest of the ship.</i>
*Walks slowly and whispers*
"Godda*it can't you shut that Da*n AI up? Its worse enough that we're trying to get into a da*n hive. We don't want our cover blown by a godda*n angsty AI. Do a Ctrl-Alt-Del if you have to of turn it off if it keeps shouting it's gonna kill us all."
*Looks around*
"Looks like we're almost here, keep you heads down, and da*n whats that smell?"
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<b>I know what we need...but my character doesn't, and I don't particularly want to get burnt by xect for too much ooc stuff <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
"Shade i have three motorized darts, but they need fixing, what happens is, you fire them then they keep going in that direction so that should help, also the brew has freeze quite abit otherways it'll leak out of the syringe, i'll let it freeze for 10 more minutes."
*Listen to Mercura.*
"Hey Darkness if i speak to you, will Mercura be able to hear what i say, does she know anything about Kharaa ?"</b></span>
[Ed keeps an eye out for any maintience lockers along the way.] </span>
*covers the door to nano sluge control*</b> </span>
<span style='color:blue'>"i think the motorised darts should be our first attempt. They seem to be the most suited to this job. Your syringe can be a backup plan. If the brew works maybe we could tip our bullets with it for an effective skulk stopper" </span>
"Problem with that Boggle is that they will start building a immunity to the brew so we'll have to change the ingredients often."</b></span>
<b>How will i know what 2 hours is in the role play ?"</b>
edit: there never was a mage in a vent
waiting for convenient entry point
note: just hacked a door open ... possible skill?</b>
<span style='color:blue'>"i didnt hear anything, but then i wasnt particularly concentrating. What about you guys?"</span>
*Get's LMG ready*
"Might be a skulk.... get ready everyone"</u></span>
yep, i'm late. usually don't come by here ... mostly in o-t.
i hate writing and i assumed thats mostly all that goes on over here
guess im wrong again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
edit: oops wrong colorcode ... pfft i thought i was good with comps</b>
<span style='color:blue'>"most peculiar. I dont often not notice things. Maybe i should stop thinking about taking the batteries out of that PDA and dropping it in a bucket of water and concentrate more on listening"
*readies lmg, advances slowly*</span>
<b>The PDA will periodically send information to my HUD, keeping tabs on electronic activity (such as opening doors, or lights turning off, etc</b>
"I just want you to know that if we survive this I'm gonna kill that AI. Slowly."
*shifts his LMG to his left hand, lowering it to the hip and unholstering his pistol with the right*
"Looks like we're about here. Right side go with Boggle, left side with me. Once we open the doors, run through and spread out. Stagger your heights too, some of you duck, some of you stand straight up, whatever. The more we can vary our profiles the harder a target we are for whatever's on the other side."
*increases the sensitivity on his biorelay scanner*
"As soon as we secure nano, I'd like three volunteers to help me guard while the others build."</span>
*Smiles*
"Back in school, my of my buddies made one...and dated it...unfortunately, he went crazy and killed himself in an attempt to integrate himself with the computer. His...'girlfriend' also went crazy and began to destroy the data files. We had to go in and take her out. Not pretty at all. Sad, really. Also, I think I should be able to connect up at nano."</span></span></i>
*sweeps the corridors with his LMG and flashlight as he follows the rest of the group*</span></span>
<b>* Night Shade slaps Venmoch around a bit with a large trout</b>
*Slows to a walk trying to watch all directions at once.*</span>
there never was a mage in a vent
considering ive established myself as a computer geek, i don't think i would have an lmg on me
might explain me cowering in a vent <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
and plz dont kill the AI yet i have a present for her <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
"c'mon. solidarity. fight against the enimy, cooperate with each other, and concentrate the gunfire"</b> </span>
"Huh? The Leg? Oh right, sorry about that. The legs fine it still burns a little but it'll be fine.
Hey Darkness if it helps I could always put tat AI in the command circuit in my armour for a while. At least then we'd only hear it through the radio."
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<b>"Sparks, I can hear everything said over the comm system and I know your name from the mission recorder files in Anthony's helmet. And I know all about the Kharaa through the same reasons."</b>
"Don't worry, Ven. All I have to do is plug this little transmitter into the PDA, set it to the same frequency as our radios and switch off the external speaker."
*takes out transmitter, plugs it into extra USB port on top of PDA, presses a few buttons and Mercura's voice is heard over the radio*
<b>"Well at least now you can't shut me up."</b>
"Yeah, but I can still compress you. Zoopy, whoever your friend was he must've been a very sad and lonely individual. And I have no idea who Erin based Mercura's personality on, but I have a feeling that she based it on herself. Erin was always a bit of a hothead."
*clips PDA to my belt*</span>
*turns to group*
"We'll form two lines, one low, the other high, spread out across the room. we dont want anybody taking all the fire. When we go in, we alternate low and high. I'll go first low to the right. sort yourselves out behind me. You guys ready?"
*presses buttons to open door*</span>
<span style='color:00FF00'>*I Get down on one knee about 15 metres away from the door, roughly in the centre of the corridor at the back of the 2 columns. I raise my LMG to eye level stay ready to open fire in an instant*
"Isn't anyone else just a tiny wee bit scared of what might be on the other side of that door? I'm volunteering to build by the way..."</span>
<b>Grrrr.... What ever happened to coming in through the IPs as a standard soldier with standard weaponry like I said? What'd done is done I suppose, but remember to keep everything STANDARD. In other words no, we wont be using the specs for new guns you are carrying.
Also Venmoch, you didn't need to post your profile, most of the stuff in there you told us with in-character dialogue anyway, and the other stuff our characters don't know yet and so we can't use that info.
<u><i>IMPORTANT:</i></u> (for all newcomers)
Also remember that NOBODY knows how the aliens have changed from 1.04 to 2.0 yet, excepting some minor unusual sightings in the previous RP.</b>
*Follows Boggle in*
"Ho Boy this is beginning to show signs of infestation. Look at the walls, see that greeny-yellow slime? Thats the preperation for the more permenant infestation. Hmm, can we get a scan here, something doesn't seem right...."
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