Crux Fleet NPCs ([personal profile] crux_npcs) wrote in [community profile] crux_fleet2014-02-15 04:37 pm

0003: NEW ARRIVALS

Who: New Arrivals, Captain Jack Hollis, Science Captain Urist McEngineer, Graham Baker
Where: Briefing Room
When: Late afternoon
Warnings: None

When awakening, you'll find the area you're in to be very busy. The people in the medical ward are polite and understanding, but firmly refuse to answer questions until the briefing. The same goes for the robots in the hangars. Either given hospital outfits resembling very comfortable pajamas, drone bodies, or their own bodies, they are escorted by polite, unyielding people in red and black uniforms to the briefing room.

The room is large, but not quite large enough for some of the bigger Cybertronians. They've been given drone bodies at least, skinny little things with no real features beyond primitive masks made of paper plates. There's seats for everyone, at least, well-cushioned and comfortable, and the room is pleasantly lit.

A few Security personnel, dressed in their red and black uniforms, stand at ease in the rooms in strategic areas. Three men stand at the head. One is Graham Baker, a slightly nervous-seeming middle-aged man wearing a multi-layered business suit that seems rumpled and oversized. The other two men are dressed in military uniforms, one with the blue undershirt and piping of Command, while the other wears the gold of Science.

[Questions to the NPCs will go in the briefing thread. The rest of the post is there for people to mill about and do whatever with.]
zouichi: (Default)

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[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-16 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey," said Zouichi to what looked like a large red robot leaning against the hangar wall. He was still lugging his motorcycle over one shoulder, but apparently decided that the floor of the hangar, while not technically road, was close enough to set the bike back down on the ground.

"I'm looking for a red spacecraft. It's probably 18.8 meters long, with white trim and a cannon mounted on its ventral side -- about the length of the plane itself. Have you seen anything like that?" Of course, there was always the possibility that they were storing it in some other form, but it had always been kept as a fighter on his last ship.
arnhaid: (That's not where your gun goes.)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-16 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
He'd been scowling so heavily -- the far wall would have had a hole in it from the force of his glower, if such a thing were possible -- he hadn't noticed anyone approach until the human spoke up.

"Huh?"

His scowl turned a fraction less irate, and a good deal more thoughtful. He tilted his head. "Nah, sorry. Haven't seen anything like that."
zouichi: (Zouichi: ready)

[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Apparently, this was going to be a little harder than he thought. "I see. It's also got a humanoid form, about 14.43 meters tall. Sound familiar at all?"

Zouichi knew the Lucifer had to be around. Otherwise, he'd have to use a human craft, and while he had nothing against them in particular, well. It was hard to give up that kind of speed and maneuverability.

...plus, he kind of liked the red.
arnhaid: (Yeah I don't even get this shit no more)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-16 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
"A humanoid what now?"

Was this kid saying it could transform? Like a Cybertronian? He squinted down at him, shifting his weight. After a moment's pause, he crouched.

"You sayin' it transforms?" he asked, jabbing a finger in the organic's direction.
zouichi: (Zouichi: Wait what?)

[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-16 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course," said Zouichi. He understood that a transforming fighter was a little outside the norm; in fact, none of the craft aboard his last ship boasted that particular capability besides the Valkyries. But other than that, the significance was lost on him.

"It's much easier to perform fine manipulations and hand-to-hand combat when you have arms and legs."
arnhaid: (Brood brood brood.)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
"You say that like organics lookin' for transforming jets is somethin' that happens all the time..." he muttered. It was mostly to himself, though. One big hand scrubbed at his face. At least it didn't sound like the guy was describing anyone he knew of.

Since most of the jets he knew of were Decepticons and all.

"It run on energon too, or... what?"
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[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-16 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Organics? Zouichi raised an eyebrow. "It's thermonuclear. The Lucifer's never really been mass-produced, but a lot of Valkyries have been. In the universe they originated from, the technology's been around for quite some time. It may sound a little impractical, but once you see one in action, it's fairly clear why Variable Fighters became standard for space engagements."

In fact, it was their versatility that had attracted Zouichi's interest in the first place. Not to knock on Gundams, of course.
arnhaid: (Faced the quakes the wind the fire)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
"So it's just a ship you're talkin' about. Just a ship... and not some kinda... thinking thing."

The word he was looking for was somewhere along the lines of "sentient", but his processor missed it. On any other day, he'd have gotten it. But today...? No way. Today was way too weird.
zouichi: (Zouichi: heh.)

[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-17 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Zouichi gave the stranger a wry smile. "You mean an AI? No, that would be me."

"Although the Lucifer is a little unusual in that it allows for a direct neural interlink. Most of the cockpit also doubles as a reactive display, mirroring sensor data from outside the craft. By contrast, most Variable Fighters still require manual controls."

Actually, that was another reason he liked it. It kind of reminded him of the simulator.
arnhaid: (Ratchet what are you doing?)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-17 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't--"

He paused. And looked the -- what he assumed was -- organic up and down. Repeatedly. He probably should have been listening to the description of capabilities and whatnot, but he was too busy trying to figure out what he was looking at.

"An AI?"
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[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-17 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Zouichi was rather used to getting that look at this point. But he figured it was best to be forthright with this sort of thing, if only to avoid future misunderstandings. Wouldn't want people ascribing him rights he wasn't party to and all that.

"I'm a Synthetic Human. An artificial life form created to resemble a human being. It's kind of a long story."
arnhaid: (B[    my default face.)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-17 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh huh. Right then."

Okay, not the weirdest thing he'd heard today. He could deal with this. If it was a long story then... it probably wasn't going to be helpful in getting them out of here.

"So this thing of yours. The changin' ship. Can it get us off this brig?"
zouichi: (Zouichi: ?)

[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-17 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Off this ship? Sure. It can even put some interstellar distance between us and the fleet. But if you're talking about hopping dimensions, then no, it's not equipped for that. And even if it was..."

Zouichi looked a little dubiously at his new acquaintance. "You're a little big to be piggybacking on a fighter, aren't you? I don't know how you'd do with planetary reentry, either."
arnhaid: (B[    my default face.)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-17 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, so much for that. He lifted a hand, rubbing at the back of his neck, not bothering to hide his disappointment. "Eh, great."

Too big?

He blinked, looking down at himself. "Never been a problem before, I don't think."
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[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-18 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, you'd have to fit in the cockpit anyway, since Valkyries aren't really designed to carry things long-distance. It'd interfere with any transformations."

Come to think of it, he didn't think he'd ever used the Lucifer to carry anything. Humans couldn't withstand the gravitational forces that the plane pulled off. A robot might be all right in that regard, depending on spec...

"But supposedly they're working on a way to get us all back home anyway."
arnhaid: (B[    my default face.)

[personal profile] arnhaid 2014-02-18 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Eh, right."

That idea was getting shot full of holes faster than a slow moving target on a firing range. He was just concerned. He didn't want to leave Sunstreaker all alone at the mercy of the Swarm, after all.

"Then they need to pick up the pace."
zouichi: (Zouichi: ?)

[personal profile] zouichi 2014-02-18 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Speaking of which, how long have they been trying to reverse what happened during the accident?"

It sounded like it had only been a few weeks and to be quite honest, that was still a lot better than the conditions of the last dimensional mishap he'd had to deal with.