<i>You arrive at the dock and make a call for pickup. As you stand there, looking out into the empty space through the (remarkably clean) windows, you see the silhuette of a large space station orbiting the planet</i>
<span style='color:green'>"Guess that bad feeling was justified after all." *checks over weapon, removing the clip and verifying the ammo* "I hope I don't have to use this." *pulls a ration bar out of his pack and eats it nervously with his left hand, his right holding his LMG, safety off*</span>
early on there was talk of this as a space station, protection from the vacuum of space, etc. Check page 7 (I think) and spinviper will make such a comment
<!--QuoteBegin--Gwahir+Dec 1 2003, 05:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Dec 1 2003, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> early on there was talk of this as a space station, protection from the vacuum of space, etc. Check page 7 (I think) and spinviper will make such a comment <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <b>Must've been some misunderstanding. The station you're on is on the surface.</b>
<span style='color:red'><span style='font-family:courier'> *looks at everyone else* *sees some are staring up* *looks up as well* "Umm...is that the Guardpost or something? Relocating? Or is that just some huge evil m4c|-|1n3 0f d3w|\/| that's going to come down and smite us?" [taps helmet to attempt to get a magnification of the ship] "Well...for one thing. That's one fugly ship. No pretty form like the Guardpost has." </span></span>
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<b>I'll just assume I'm with the other guys I guess, If I'm not I'll just run from the data storage area.</b> <span style='color:purple'>"This definately is not good, they already spoke about some weird station that docked a couple of times, ya' don't suppose that is the station...?" *Makes sure his LMG is loaded with a full clip and readies it* "Lets just hope that our shuttle gets here first I guess... Man this is too weird, sounds kinda like what happened to Venmooch... but on purpose. S*** I REALY hope nothing is alive down here or up there besides us..."</span>
<span style='color:red'><span style='font-family:courier'> *runs up to the dropship* *slides into the first available seat* *buckles up quickly* "Come on! This thing is bullet magnet sitting out here! Let's run away before that evil thing of dewm tries to smite us!" *tightens straps and secures self more firmly* *grips weapon like a teddy bear* </span></span>
<span style='color:purple'>*Sprints to the ship and snags an empty seat before buckling in* "I'm with terran all the way here guys, lets go, this place is like a haunted house... but with aliens instead of ghosts." *Waves the others towards the ship*</span> <b>Really? DOH! Coulda sworn you said it docked >.< my bad.</b>
<i>Spinviper - on your way on board the dropship, you see something lying on the floor. It's a PDA, it was turned on standby, and the corner is bent, like it was dropped on the floor. The power meter shows almost full power though.</i>
<span style='color:gray'><b>*picks up PDA* "Hey Terran look what i found here!" "Its a little bent, but I should be able to straighten it out once we go back"</b></span>
<b>Aw come on. The action is right under your noses. You should've been fighting for days now. We really need more posts. It's just so hard to get a plot going this way, because going too fast will kill the roleplaying when everything's railroaded.</b>
<i>With everyone on board, the dropship lifts off
Pilot: "so, that's all. On your way back to the station or just need to go somewhere else?"</i>
<b>To start teh action!</b> <span style='color:White'> *Ed looks over at Spin's PDA Thingie* "Let me see that!" *Ed snatches it away and reads it aloud, unless it's some love letter* "Station my ****, lay in a course to that orbiting station, somthing tells me a lot of data is on board. By the way, we have a Com Chair on board? or at least a portable Nanogrid Terminal?"</span>
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<i>SilentMurderer - yes, you actually happen to have a command console on board.
Spinviper - Turning on the PDA, you see what appears to be the journal of a John Keen. The newest chapter is still open in the text editor:
"5 days ago: Woke up this morning with the feeling that something was wrong. The officers and scientists have been hiding things for days, yet this morning it just felt even more wrong. Quickly found out what was going on though, they've created something out there. Never had a direct look at any of them (nor did I wish to), but it looked like some sort of deformed human. Once I had a chance, I to the escape pods and got the hell out of there.
4 days, 22 hours Halfway down towards the planet, Andre contacted me from the station. He sounded like he was in panic. He went completely out of himself when I told him we had taken the dropship, he kept asking me what the hell he was gonna do, untill suddenly he just went silent. I feel sorry for the guys that didn't get out of there, doubt they'll be able to survive for long.
4 days, 18 hours Just arrived at the surface station. This really wasnt what I hoped for. The whole dock is covered by some matty, disgusting substance, and theres a huge sack hanging from th"
And then the cursor just stands there in the end of the text, blinking.</i>
<b>Welcome, Silent.</b> <span style='color:green'>"Hey, Silent. I'm with Ed, let's check out that orbiting ship." *gags Terran before he says dewm again* "What do you all reckon?" *listens to PDA log* "Poor ****. Didn't stand a chance. ...Wait a minute. Did he eject from the station in orbit?"</span>
<b><span style='font-family:Arial'><span style='color:blue'> *Listens to Ed as he reads* "Oh bloody hell. This sounds bad, realy bad." *Munches a few jelly beans* "ooh, gonna have to conserve the jelly beans...."
[Checks out the armory on the ship, looks for any TSA equipment on board]
"I have a realy bad feeling about that staion, but I think Ed's right. I think we need to go there." *Looks out the window at the station*
"Ok I think we should treat this as a possiable infestation. Everyone stay sharp going in and don't trust any one onboard that maleficence, floating laboratory. Even if it hasn't been over run, there is something bad going on." *Looks around at the squad* "If it's not an infestation, I'm afraid we may have to fight humans today."
"All right, see if we can get a schematic of that station. I want to put us in the best position possible. Check for any areas that might make potential hives. We go in hot and ready to fight."
"God help us if the've made something worse than the Kharaa." </span></span></b>
<span style='color:yellow'>*To marines*"Roger that Ed" *In radio*"X-234 changing course to [some numbers]." "Hang on back there!" "Yes Ed, we have a CC on board, go check it out in the Equipment Office."</span>
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<i>You arrive at the dock and make a call for pickup. As you stand there, looking out into the empty space through the (remarkably clean) windows, you see the silhuette of a large space station orbiting the planet</i>
*checks over weapon, removing the clip and verifying the ammo*
"I hope I don't have to use this."
*pulls a ration bar out of his pack and eats it nervously with his left hand, his right holding his LMG, safety off*</span>
<b>Must've been some misunderstanding. The station you're on is on the surface.</b>
*looks at everyone else*
*sees some are staring up*
*looks up as well*
"Umm...is that the Guardpost or something? Relocating? Or is that just some huge evil m4c|-|1n3 0f d3w|\/| that's going to come down and smite us?"
[taps helmet to attempt to get a magnification of the ship]
"Well...for one thing. That's one fugly ship. No pretty form like the Guardpost has."
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<span style='color:purple'>"This definately is not good, they already spoke about some weird station that docked a couple of times, ya' don't suppose that is the station...?"
*Makes sure his LMG is loaded with a full clip and readies it*
"Lets just hope that our shuttle gets here first I guess... Man this is too weird, sounds kinda like what happened to Venmooch... but on purpose. S*** I REALY hope nothing is alive down here or up there besides us..."</span>
<i>while looking at the spacestation passing over the planet, the ship from the guardpost enters the dock to bring you back to the guardpost.</i>
*runs up to the dropship*
*slides into the first available seat*
*buckles up quickly*
"Come on! This thing is bullet magnet sitting out here! Let's run away before that evil thing of dewm tries to smite us!"
*tightens straps and secures self more firmly*
*grips weapon like a teddy bear*
</span></span>
"I'm with terran all the way here guys, lets go, this place is like a haunted house... but with aliens instead of ghosts."
*Waves the others towards the ship*</span>
<b>Really? DOH! Coulda sworn you said it docked >.< my bad.</b>
"Hey Terran look what i found here!" "Its a little bent, but I should be able to straighten it out once we go back"</b></span>
<i>With everyone on board, the dropship lifts off
Pilot: "so, that's all. On your way back to the station or just need to go somewhere else?"</i>
<span style='color:White'> *Ed looks over at Spin's PDA Thingie*
"Let me see that!"
*Ed snatches it away and reads it aloud, unless it's some love letter*
"Station my ****, lay in a course to that orbiting station, somthing tells me a lot of data is on board. By the way, we have a Com Chair on board? or at least a portable Nanogrid Terminal?"</span>
"Precious... my Precious!!!"[/B]</span>
*Tries to steal a glance at the screen*</span>
<b>Xect got me in! I'm your pilot!</b>
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<i>SilentMurderer - yes, you actually happen to have a command console on board.
Spinviper - Turning on the PDA, you see what appears to be the journal of a John Keen. The newest chapter is still open in the text editor:
"5 days ago:
Woke up this morning with the feeling that something was wrong. The officers and scientists have been hiding things for days, yet this morning it just felt even more wrong. Quickly found out what was going on though, they've created something out there. Never had a direct look at any of them (nor did I wish to), but it looked like some sort of deformed human. Once I had a chance, I to the escape pods and got the hell out of there.
4 days, 22 hours
Halfway down towards the planet, Andre contacted me from the station. He sounded like he was in panic. He went completely out of himself when I told him we had taken the dropship, he kept asking me what the hell he was gonna do, untill suddenly he just went silent. I feel sorry for the guys that didn't get out of there, doubt they'll be able to survive for long.
4 days, 18 hours
Just arrived at the surface station. This really wasnt what I hoped for. The whole dock is covered by some matty, disgusting substance, and theres a huge sack hanging from th"
And then the cursor just stands there in the end of the text, blinking.</i>
<span style='color:green'>"Hey, Silent. I'm with Ed, let's check out that orbiting ship."
*gags Terran before he says dewm again*
"What do you all reckon?"
*listens to PDA log*
"Poor ****. Didn't stand a chance. ...Wait a minute. Did he eject from the station in orbit?"</span>
"Oh bloody hell. This sounds bad, realy bad." *Munches a few jelly beans* "ooh, gonna have to conserve the jelly beans...."
[Checks out the armory on the ship, looks for any TSA equipment on board]
"I have a realy bad feeling about that staion, but I think Ed's right. I think we need to go there."
*Looks out the window at the station*
"Ok I think we should treat this as a possiable infestation. Everyone stay sharp going in and don't trust any one onboard that maleficence, floating laboratory. Even if it hasn't been over run, there is something bad going on."
*Looks around at the squad* "If it's not an infestation, I'm afraid we may have to fight humans today."
"All right, see if we can get a schematic of that station. I want to put us in the best position possible. Check for any areas that might make potential hives. We go in hot and ready to fight."
"God help us if the've made something worse than the Kharaa." </span></span></b>
*In radio*"X-234 changing course to [some numbers]."
"Hang on back there!"
"Yes Ed, we have a CC on board, go check it out in the Equipment Office."</span>