Elite roleplay: Off station

OFF STATION

Your ship, deep space, anything that is not happening inside the Citi Gateway or Ingaba...

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08 May 2023, 1:28am
'I don't know about letting him know we want to meet. I mean he DID put a hit on us. It's very likely he knows who we are.'

Silvia sets her cup down and reaches up pinching the bridge of her nose. She thinks for a moment before releasing her nose and waving her hand around.

'What if we have ourselves a little fake out. Venus had a Krait Mk2 she left in storage we could trick him into thinking the ship is Dina's. Ya know swap the memory cores? Then send a message saying to meet us on the landing pad.'

She stands to her feet and paces around the room. She doesn't want to get civilians injured in this hunt so she is trying to be careful.

'Of course doing that is going to be risky. We'd have to avoid being scanned. If we were caught running a false registration the fine would not be pleasant. I want to do this in a way that will leave innocent bystanders out of the crossfire.'
08 May 2023, 1:39pm
"A'm not saying, we tell him it's us. We oinion the message he'll never even ken it's from us, and we canna pretend to be anybody."

As Silva is explaining her idea, Desdar's face becomes more and more rigid.

"We canna switch the core, but Desdar gonna hate it." O'Donnell grins. "Just remember tha if he knows she's dead and her Krait down, or if ye get scanned, it's the same as calling him to our ships, he'll bring people out for a fight. Whether they ken nor nea, it's guessing time."

Desdar is pretending to drink out of an empty cup. "If you believe it's the best idea we'll go with it." His monotone voice warms quickly "We're not going to involve innocents, Silvia, on my honor.

I'll go fetch some more coffee, can I bring something else?"
08 May 2023, 5:57pm
'No thank you. I'm quite alright at this point. Could go for some food though.'

Silvia furrows her brow and looks to O'Donnell.

'You're right. Ship cloning is just as bad. It was just an idea. Say you have your own ship right O'Donnell? They don't know you. If we use your ship it puts us at the least risk of being discovered.'
08 May 2023, 8:38pm
""Food sounds guid." O'Donnell stands up, passing her cup to Desdar who takes them away.

"Ay I do have a courier, but to be honest to prefer riding shotgun as such ... . I shouldn't mind getting her out for this, though she's a single sea'er. So you suggest I send that, Elias a message to meet me on the pad?"
08 May 2023, 8:58pm
Silvia thinks for a moment.

'Sending a direct message to them might seem suspicious. Maybe just request a crew and say you are coming from 69 G Carinae. ThT might be enough to grab his attention. Then once you have confirmation Des and I will grab them.'

She looks to Desdar as if to see if it's a reasonable enough idea. Silvia pulls out her data pad and looks up the food registrar for the station.

'Here you choose something I'll pay for it. It's the least I can do for you guys helping me out.'
09 May 2023, 11:47am
Desdar nods. "Sounds good. We'll drop you off at Couper, and fly ahead to Citi. What about Jules, will she stay here?"

"Gonna need to get h'r ready then." O'Donnell takes her datapad and starts using it.

"For food, I would enjoy some vol-au-vent." Desdar leaves to put the cups away.
09 May 2023, 4:27pm
Silvia places the order for food and looks to Desdar.

'I'm going to stop by the hospital to check in on Jules and let her know. She may be stubborn enough to want to at least tag along in the ship even if she doesn't do anything.'

She disappears off the ship and heads straight for the hospital wasting no time.
10 May 2023, 4:59pm
In the hospital room Silvia pulls out her datapad and types up a message to O'Donnell and Desdar.

"Hey so you guys can go on ahead without us to Citi Gateway we will meet you there. Doctors said Jules needs to be under observation for 24hrs before they will let her leave. She is persistent on leaving here even if she can't be of much help."


She places her data pad in its protective pouch and leans her head against the chair waiting for the time to pass begot they can be in their way.


Last edit: 10 May 2023, 5:57pm
12 May 2023, 5:32pm
Silvia Sharpe"Hey so you guys can go on ahead without us to Citi Gateway we will meet you there. Doctors said Jules needs to be under observation for 24hrs before they will let her leave. She is persistent on leaving here even if she can't be of much help."


"Understood, we'll be going on ahead. Should anything happen we'll let you know, but if things stay calm we'll wait on you before making a move on Elias." Desdar responds to Silvia as he warms up the engines.

Lifting off from pad 02, he guides the ship out of the slot and into the void.
13 May 2023, 8:44pm
Silvia reads the message from Desdar and lays back in the chair. Jules was still in surgery and probably would be for some time. She closes her eyes and falls asleep.

***

69 G. Carinae

Diaz walks through the destroyed remains of Jules ship and plants charges on the Challenger and Clipper. As he is walking away his foot strikes a solid object. He looks down to see it's the memory core for Jules Imperial Eagle. He reaches down and looks it over before tossing it over to Marquez.

'Well would you look at that. Seems they forgot to grab this one before running away. Marquez! Get this thing to the lab. I need a name!'

The two depart and head inside the port. As Diaz steps through the airlock he detonates the charges. Both ships erupt in a brilliant nova like display. He closes the door and proceeds to Jules old room.
15 May 2023, 7:33pm
The doctors look over Jules new cybernetic prosthetic and give her the ok to leave. Jules let's out a sigh of relief and looks to Silvia.

'Finally. So we heading to Inara now?'

'Ya I haven't heard anything from Desdar. No news is good news though right?'

Silvia has a hint of concern in her voice as she speaks. She pulls out her data pad and types up a quick message to Desdar.

"Hey so Jules just got cleared to leave. We will be on out way to Citi Gateway now. I haven't heard anything from you in a few days I hope all is well. We can meet up in the bar if you'd like that. K well we have some small prep to do then we will be on our way.

-- Silvia"

Jules slides her legs over the side of the bed and slowly lowers herself onto her legs. She stands and shifts her weight from side to side. The doctors had given her a nicer prosthetic similar to her arm which has nerve emulators in it to allow for easier use.

She takes a few steps around the room and looks to Silvia.

'Ok I'm ready let's go.'

With that the two proceed to Silvia's anaconda and head to Citi Gateway.
15 May 2023, 9:07pm
After the insistence from Seo that I apologize to Willow, I opened up the comms panel, and put her in as the recipient to the message. Then I began typing.

Hi, Willow.

It's Kira.

I expect you probably don't want to hear of me ever again right now, but I think... or thought, an apology is due for what happened about a week ago. I don't really expect you to reply to this, or even receive it, but I want to have sent it anyway, now that I think about it with a clearer head.

I'm sorry that things went bad. I only meant it well when I told you about my... condition. Not to upset you, just let you decide if you were ok with me... being like that. I guess I got my answer to that, one way or another.

Hindsight's a bitch, you know? Keep thinking how I could've done it better. Say something like "That's enough socializing for me for today. Was nice meeting you, Willow.", and leave off on a better note. More time to think things through, less in-the-moment emotions involved.

Anyway, need to go. Hope you're doing fine. No need to answer if you don't want to.

- K


I intentionally left what I was planning to do, and that I'd be back out again, out of the message. My finger hovered over the send button for a few seconds, hesitant. I pushed the reluctance and unease away just enough to hit it, then closed the panel and started up the thrusters. The Far God was waiting, and I didn't intend to be late.


Last edit: 07 Jun 2023, 3:44pm
16 May 2023, 8:26pm
Location: Hyades Sector FB-N b7-6
Shortly after breaching the defensive perimeter


There it was - Taranis. First of the Titans to enter human space, and set off an onslaught of unprecedented levels. And now I was here, in person, observing it, keeping my distance from the fighting near the ship.

I could feel the same call that I had months ago, when it first arrived. Drawing me to it, even if I was far off in the galaxy. Being here, directly, it was a much stronger connection.

But I still knew it was not a call directed at me specifically. It seemed to guide the Thargoids around it, whether they were departing to a different system, or defending it against futile attempts of assault.

Nor was I welcome. Even with my connection, I knew the Thargoids would destroy any human ship present, and my own would be no exception. Especially if I approached too closely.

I felt tempted to try opening up further and reach out - if my implant even allowed such control from me - but hesistated. Recalling what happened, even from being exposed to it from a distance, had made me wary.

I didn’t want to experience the effects this entity would have on my mind this close to it, if I dropped my mental barriers. I chose not to, despite the insights it might provide, and turned the ship away.

“Another time, Kira.”, I said to myself, heading out.

I could still contribute to the effort otherwise, and I wanted to observe the drones in former human-controlled systems for myself. Taking a contract to recover data or a valuable item from an abandoned ground site would allow both, without causing further casualties on either side.
19 May 2023, 12:07pm
69 G. Carinae


'Boss I got a name for ye. Desdar Elrius. Seems to be a bounty hunter of sorts.'

Diaz looks up from his console and grins.

'Good! Maybe he'll enjoy this bounty. Adjust Jules' records. It's time for some games.'

Vasquez nods in agreement and pulls up the bounty database and falsifies Jules' bounty sheet. He looks back to Diaz to let him know the records are adjusted. Diaz smile and pulls up his messaging console. He types up a message to Desdar.

"Desdar Elrius, I hear you like to take bounties. Well how about this one. Julia Cavanaugh 20mil Cr bounty for murder, kidnapping, slave smuggling, and espionage. You see she is a quite good at playing the damsel in distress but don't let her fool you. She will turn on you the moment the pay is good enough. Return her to me ALIVE and you will be rewarded more than adequately. How does 50mil sound? Tell me where to meet and we can arrange an exchange. Don't let her know your next move or you will surely regret it.

---
Marcus Diaz."


Last edit: 19 May 2023, 6:06pm
11 Jun 2023, 10:17pm
Continued from The Docks

He was singing. Of course, he was fuckin singing and Vodan pretty much had to listen to it. He did his best to listen to Meowers last message instead, she was pissed at him understandably. He didn't want to get overly pushy with her, because she was the type to push back.

He was thinking of explaining that to her, but now Creamy had started his message to Vengerfield, he couldn't risk contacting her. Anyway, once he was back in command of his carrier, Meowers could spin too.

As if she knew what he was thinking, she sent a message to Creamys personal computer.

"You got my tastes right! I'll keep the open channel activated in order to hear it when you're in the system, and it will be a sign for me to ramp up the gutting. Departing now. Do your things, and jump no earlier than 15 minutes after me, in order to maintain our disguise."

All he could do was wait for the ok to jump, or run when he had to. He hoped that he wouldn't be too early, It looked like Meowers was psychic.

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