Chapter IIa: Absolute Disaster

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Mar 17, 2019 7:13 am
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While you're there, let me out of the tube! :D
Mar 17, 2019 7:19 am
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Maybe she can transplant your brain into the robot
Mar 17, 2019 7:20 am
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Ooh, Bot!Cass could be fun.
Mar 17, 2019 8:44 am
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I would love to see Captain Darcy's face when he wakes up, not suspecting anything, only to be greeted by his first officer
Mar 17, 2019 8:54 am
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LOL! That's going to play havoc with your Zlambano ship.
Mar 17, 2019 8:55 am
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Robots can be lovers, too
Mar 17, 2019 4:27 pm
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Sorry guys! Yesterday was bonkers! Apparently, so has conversations on this thread *lol*.
Kendall patches into Cass and Marbo. "Cass, your replacement has grounded me, but is willing to go into an active battle with a ship floating out there! You need to get back onto that bridge, or else I am going to have to hack into the Consortium computer and open the doors myself!

"What can I do to get you back into command?"
Mar 17, 2019 4:36 pm
Moira tells Darcy her intent, leaving Davis on the bridge in case anything requiring an understanding of technical jargon comes up. Before she leaves, she locks eyes with the acting captain.

Exhaust all other options first. Ah'll comm yeh and letcheh know how this works.

She scurries to the medbay, simply hefting the synth-skin, and bursts through the doors, much to the dismay of a couple nurses.

Doctor Zlam, ah lied! Tha folks transported over are probably fine fer now. Where's yer guest? Ah'm tryin' ta prevent a shootout!

She sees the Commander in the Plastic Tube and pauses.

Am ah, uh, interruptin' somethin?
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For the record, I'm rolling Feelings to convince Darcy not to open fire immediately. Prepared since this is a deep-seated belief of Moira's, and Expert because she's in her late 30s. She's been with Spacefleet longer than Darcy has, so she's been breathing the handbook longer, too. If that doesn't work, please disregard as needed.

Edit: I guess it's better than nothing.

Edit: I can type properly, I promise...
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Rolls

Feelings - Cool yer jets, Lass. - (3d6)

(151) = 7

Mar 17, 2019 5:58 pm
HeroAmongMen says:
Kendall patches into Cass and Marbo. "Cass, your replacement has grounded me, but is willing to go into an active battle with a ship floating out there! You need to get back onto that bridge, or else I am going to have to hack into the Consortium computer and open the doors myself!

"What can I do to get you back into command?"
Kendall's voice suddenly fills the tube through the comm system, inexplicably far too loud, startling Cass and making her wince. But it's the content of her message that claims Cass' attention.

"Wait-- What? Battle? What other ship?" She glares at I'll-be-your-eyes-and-ears Marbo, still engaged in a silent stare-fest at what she can only assume, without benefit of a mirror, is a grotesque patchwork of a face. No, no time for that. That's when Moira charges in carrying some kind of contraption. Once the engineer's attention is on her, Cass says urgently, "Moira! Kendall says there's another ship out there and Darcy's prepared to open fire? Report! What's the situation?"
Mar 17, 2019 6:07 pm
Pirates, Commander! We think! They won't respond ta us. Darcy had me patch 'er inta tha speaker system whether they wanted ta hear from her'er not. We're outta hidin' and she's ready ta take action in light'a tha recent hostilities!

Marbo, I need tha parasite yeh have alive. I think ah've made one more shot at a compromise! Ah tried ta show yeh durin' yer parlay, Commander, but yeh didn't have yer datapad. Now trust me, ah've got no problem shootin' a ship that's gonna kill us all, but I'd really like ta try this one last thing.
Mar 17, 2019 6:29 pm
Cass is so outraged by what Moira is saying that she tries to sit up, only to have her forehead kiss the uncomfortably warm plastic barrier. That doesn't do much to dilute her anger. "She gave up my carefully protected camouflage to engage a ship that hasn't demonstrated a clear threat to the Antarctica?" She raises her hands in the air as much as the tube will allow. "What is wrong with everybody? Did Capt. Darcy suck all the tactical and protocol knowledge out of the ship when he went into stasis?"

All right, this nonsense had to stop. "Kendall, stand by. I'm working on it." Cass hits her comm badge [I'm assuming she's wearing it. If not, she will use the comm in the tube, which I assume she can see now that she's not in a blind panic] and says, "Commander Cassano to the bridge. I am resuming command. Report."
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Mar 17, 2019 7:24 pm
Cass, you receive a reply from Darcy. Kendall, Moira, Marbo, I think you would all be able to hear it since you are one way or the other communicating with Cass.
"Cassano, shut the hell up!" Her voice sounds angry, her usual professionalism dropped. There is a pause for a few seconds before she continues, her voice calm and professional again. "My sincere apologies, commander. I am in the middle of a communication with the pirates and your comm was undermining my authority. You are in no condition to take command. I will brief you on what is happening shortly. Do not contact the bridge again until I give the all clear. Darcy out"
Mar 17, 2019 7:29 pm
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Okay, did I miss a post? I didn't remember reading that there was any communication happening with the other ship.
Mar 17, 2019 7:30 pm
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None of you are on the bridge. The last info any of you have is what Moira told you. If Darcy is in communication with the other ship, it started after Moira had left the bridge and you couldn't know.
Mar 17, 2019 7:37 pm
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Sigh. Then I'm back to being blind and with no agency again. Davis is still on the bridge, if Moira thinks to surreptitiously contact him, I guess.
Mar 17, 2019 7:44 pm
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Well, once robot Cass gets working, you can retake command. Or the helmet thing, I guess. And you can supervise Moira's experiment (although you would officially need Darcy's approval since she's acting captain. You are higher ranked though and if you have Marbo on your side, that should also be fine)
Mar 17, 2019 8:12 pm
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Without Robb, I can't convince Marbo to clear me to retake command, though, and it sounds like there's no time for the helmet thing now. And Cass won't engage in or suborn mutiny without more facts than she has. But she wouldn't just accept being kept in the dark when Moira has just told her that Darcy is squaring off with an unknown ship, either.
Aware that everyone in the sickbay has just heard her second-in-command smack her down like a misbehaving puppy, Cass takes a deep, calming breath before speaking.

"Marbo, you're going to clear me to resume command of this vessel from here. You've said I'm perfectly fine, just at risk of infection. Well, there's no reason I can't be acting captain from here. Contact Darcy directly and inform her that I am resuming command.

"Moira, get whatever that is up and running, pronto. I think we're going to need every tool we can get our hands on to resolve this situation.

"Kendall, can you hear what's going on between the other ship and ours?"
She doesn't say it, but she doubts that Kendall isn't illicitly listening to the comm channel. She hopes she'll share what she's hearing.
Mar 17, 2019 8:43 pm
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How did my partial feelings success go toward preventing genocide?
Moira hastily types a message to Davis's datapad:

"Davis. Old friend. How close are we to an inter-galactic incident? For the love of sanity, start a transcript if you haven't already. Message the datapad only."

She leaves her message notifications on full volume, and opens the schematic for Dr. Zlam.

Et's easy, Marbo. Scoop the bugger out'a confinement an' plop'im in here. He should be able ta reach the artificial synapses with whatever 'e connects ta biologicals with.

She hops up, calling to Cassano as she runs out of the room.

If we're mutiny'in' comm me first!

She leaves an open comm to the medbay for now, but runs to the holodeck. She smirks to herself. This is a little childish when you really get down to it. But! When in doubt....

...go get Dad.
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Moira's attempt is to hastily cobble together a small holodeck program of Captain Darcy commanding his daughter to chill and recall protocol. She'd be sending this through the comm, so if he keeps the ridiculous hair, no worries ;)

She will only be using her own programs and previous knowledge, since she knows that Little Darcy has her programs on alert. I'm not sure if you want Lasers for tech or Feelings for bluff. But with 250 programs, her good toolbelt, and the knowledge that Little Darcy knows some of the program access, I'm hoping I can roll at least "Expert". If I need to omit "Prepared," no worries.

What'll it be, Spinach? :D
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Mar 17, 2019 9:02 pm
lavtodd says:
She leaves an open comm to the medbay for now, but runs to the holodeck. She smirks to herself. This is a little childish when you really get down to it. But! When in doubt....

...go get Dad.
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Moira's attempt is to hastily cobble together a small holodeck program of Captain Darcy commanding his daughter to chill and recall protocol. She'd be sending this through the comm, so if he keeps the ridiculous hair, no worries ;)

She will only be using her own programs and previous knowledge, since she knows that Little Darcy has her programs on alert. I'm not sure if you want Lasers for tech or Feelings for bluff. But with 250 programs, her good toolbelt, and the knowledge that Little Darcy knows some of the program access, I'm hoping I can roll at least "Expert". If I need to omit "Prepared," no worries.

What'll it be, Spinach? :D
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I fucking LOVE THIS.
Mar 17, 2019 9:18 pm
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How did my partial feelings success go toward preventing genocide?
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Let's just say it might have made her a bit more open towards communication before shooting but she did not appreciate it.
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Holodeck plan
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I'm not quite sure what your plan here is. Do you want to convince her Darcy is awake or just make a program to make her rethink her possible actions?
I feel like both Lasers for making it and Feelings for influencing her would apply but making you roll both seems assholish. If I have to choose one, give me a Feelings but be aware that even if you get a full success, depending on what exactly you are trying to do, she might get pushed.
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