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Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#76: Mar 25th 2015 at 9:19:30 PM

"The crazybot has a point. Wouldn't want to end up on a planet with some weird kind of Dead Space-inducing microbe or suchlike."

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#77: Mar 25th 2015 at 9:49:00 PM

"It will be some time til the mining drone will be able to collect enough supplies for us to construct a recon ship. So, for the time being, we'll have to make due with the stations sensor suite. I might be able to make some tweaks here and there to improve their performance to make up for the lack of a dedicating scouting vessel."

The Professor, removed the helmet of his spacesuit once the life support systems kicked in and took a deep breath of the comparatively fresh air. He pulled some rations out to snack on before heading to the station's sensor suite to begin scanning what he could of whatever system they had crashed in.

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UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#78: Mar 25th 2015 at 10:13:34 PM

Jacques pulls himself off the charger, taking off his helmet.

"Ah, finally. Was getting pretty claustrophobic in there. I'll get started on that mining drone."

He pulls out his tools, and gets to work.

"Here goes nothing..."

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#79: Mar 26th 2015 at 7:34:13 AM

It takes Jacques a hour and a half to complete a basic mining drone. The design is a simple standard with two mining drills, a basic cargo container, and a camera and ore detector.

Professor Proton tweaks with the current sensor suite and a small ping is made giving them a basic outline of their current system. It is a asteroid belt with the closest asteroids being out a bit. One of the asteroids has multiple pings on it signifying something unique. The Sensors label this one as Phi for note.

Before Jacques can even use the computer to control the drone, it comes to life and flies through the airlock with it's radio going "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" No damage is made thankfully as the Airlock automatically opens and closes.

Adam's AI Core has powered down and the camera is slumped.

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#80: Mar 26th 2015 at 9:10:39 AM

Jacques can only stare in shock and mild humour as he sees the drone leaving.

"Is it...uh, supposed to do that?"

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#81: Mar 26th 2015 at 11:52:47 AM

Crashsat blinked. "Huh, I wonder where ADAM's going?"

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Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Back after a long hiatus
#82: Mar 26th 2015 at 12:06:44 PM

"We should probably go check out that one asteroid that got pinged a bunch. ...Actually scratch that, let's send the drone, assuming it isn't going there already."

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
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#83: Mar 26th 2015 at 7:41:16 PM

Helmet removed, his tits calmed, and feeling much more refreshed after sucking in some newly created oxygen, Remy's sour disposition managed to lessen as he wiped his brow, proving once and for all the environmental systems of the suit weren't working properly — at least not the cooling portion. Damaged in the crash? Burnt out from the long voyage? He didn't know; he also didn't particularly care at the moment, content to keep inhaling as if his lungs had an infinite capacity.

Riiiiight up until the lil' drone that could decided to whee-whee-whee itself right out the airlock.

"Y'know, that whole 'fried circuits' thing... maybe we should look into that," Remy noted, waggling a sweat-coated eyebrow Jacques' way. "Just sayin', some of our obot-ray iends-fray seem to be acting a little uggy-bay."

After a momentary pause, the former spy, tapping his finger to his chin as he examines the monitor over Professor Proton's shoulder, continued "So we need some kind of communications to call for help," he said, then quickly added "Also, dibs on my own room. Called it."

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#84: Mar 26th 2015 at 8:10:59 PM

"Oohh pig latin. The robots will never figure that out. Sure glad we got the leg up on them!" Crashsat blinks. "So now we have to go chase after the drone? We have no idea what it's doing or where it's going?"

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Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#85: Mar 26th 2015 at 9:49:32 PM

The Professor stares unamused at the scanner display as ADAM decides to take the mining drone for a spin. He does mentally note, that Remy may have a point. Which is why it was a shame that Crashsat was a combat model. If he didn't want to allow himself to get powered down to be examined, it wasn't going to happen.

"Communications wouldn't serve much purpose at the moment. As far as the scanners show there are no ships in this system. Any distress signal that we broadcast could take years, possibly centuries before we get a reaction depending on just how badly we went off course. Well, unless someone invented FTL while we were stuck in cyrosleep. But that is unlikely. For now, our best bet is the mine the asteroid belt and investigate what's odd about Phi. Hopefully, ADAM will be done with his joyride and start mining, shortly."

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#86: Mar 27th 2015 at 12:54:54 AM

Rolling his eyes at Crashsat with a knowing grin, the displaced information procurer practically turned white as a ghost as Professor Proton revealed the futility in making a phone call for a space-cab to come pick them up.

"Centuries. Great. This vacation wasn't turning out great to begin with, but now you're telling me room service might literally take ages to get here? That's just the icing on the cake," retorted Remy, a scowl creeping its way across his face. All this techno-mining-nonsense was all well and good, but the prospect of faster than light travel — which, as the good professor had pointed out, didn't exist — certainly wasn't brightening his day up any.

"So, okay, we investigate Phi, we build some comfy suites, and then what? Invent a way to move faster than light? You're not really selling me on the whole getting-back-to-civilization bit here, doc, since we'll probably all be dead by the time anyone back home picks up our signal if we go that route."

Remy paused for a moment, shifting his gaze between the robotic emissaries they'd been saddled with.

"Well, I mean, we'll be dead. Guess you guys'll just go crazy or rust or whatever? No offense."

edited 27th Mar '15 12:55:57 AM by SpicyWaffle00

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#87: Mar 27th 2015 at 6:20:08 AM

The drone returns, ADAM pleased with himself, and hooks up to the refinery system.

50BM Added to Pool. Current Pool. 82 BM

"So how goes the scanning Professor?" The AI system asks, "And before anyone else asks, no I am not giving this back. Not anytime soon anyway, I have a body that fits me for now and I'm keeping it, thank you Jacques for building it."

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#88: Mar 27th 2015 at 6:47:57 AM

"There's an asteroid nearby that got pinged multiple times because it has something unique, apparently. D'you mind checking it out?"

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#89: Mar 27th 2015 at 6:57:00 AM

"Alright I'll see what's over there. Let's hope our communications are up to proper reaction time," ADAM disconnects his new body from the refinery having emptied the materials and flies out the airlock again.

On one of the computer screens appears ADAM's camera view, "Keep in mind this may be a bit behind as radio communication takes awhile to travel through space."

He pulls up to Spot Phi and begins to circle the asteroid, nothing so far, until a glint comes off of a smaller chunk floating, "Uh guys?"

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Back after a long hiatus
#90: Mar 27th 2015 at 7:00:33 AM

Victoria's mind immediately filled with the mental equivalent of a red alert. Whenever anyone said anything in a tone like that, it was never good, and usually what happened afterwards involved running and/or people dying. "What did you find, Adam?"

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#91: Mar 27th 2015 at 7:09:03 AM

Adam flew closer to it. It appeared to be... a ship. A large type, cargo class.

But there was something off about it, it had a more curved look than the boxy standards they had come to know, the thrusters seemed to be more streamlined and smaller, that and the fact that it held no signs of life and was currently impaled onto a asteroid chunk made of gold.

There were large holes punched through it. Facing inward, some words could be made out, "-LE Cargo Class."

"Just a dead ship guys, no signs of life," Adam noted solemly, "Seems old as well, beyond a ghost ship I don't think we have to worry about anything else, not for awhile."

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#92: Mar 27th 2015 at 8:20:52 AM

Victoria's eyebrows shot up. "A ghost ship? Maybe we could salvage it for more parts for our makeshift space station."

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#93: Mar 27th 2015 at 9:35:54 AM

"Thanks ADAM, just, uh...just a bit more warning before you take control of things. Nearly gave me a heart attack."

He sits down, relaxing.

"A dead ship? Out here? I'm no expert, but I find that a bit odd..."

Kosjurake The Wildest of Ronins from Tokyo LOCCENT Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
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#94: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:35:21 AM

"I would say that it would not be unlikely that it was a companion ship to us on our travels to Haven, but that design. It's not the standard we were using while fleeing our homeworld. It looks more advanced to be honest. So, good news, apparently humanity is still alive and kicking and apparently thriving. Bad news, it seems we haven't gotten any better at avoiding asteroids. ADAM, I think that's enough scouting for now, if you could get back to mining so that we could construct a proper transport to examine the wreck in person and probably salvage it as well."

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#95: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:38:31 AM

"On it. There be gold here," ADAM responds as he starts digging away, the feed cuts.

The survivors and Satnav and Crashsat are on their own, the presence of a advanced ship design means that somewhere out there Humanity still lives. The trip to Haven was a possible success.

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#96: Mar 27th 2015 at 2:26:48 PM

Victoria starts idly humming a song her grandfather used to sing.

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert
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#97: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:42:54 PM

S.A.T.N.A.V. had spent the last few hours on minimal power while her system performed a few diagnostics and, once she rebooted, was not entirely happy to learn ADAM had taken to a knew 'body', "I suppose that drone fits ADAM's mental capacity... And at least he might leave our frames alone, eh Crashsat?" She commented as she approached the human survivors with a simulated sigh, "Sorry for my absence - I had to check that my core systems weren't compromised after the crash. Seeing how my... colleagues pulled up, I was a tad doubtful." The humanoid GPS added with good humor, noting that the senors had been significantly improved by the professor, "Anything I can do for anyone?"

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
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#98: Mar 27th 2015 at 11:49:07 PM

"ADAM would have to fight me for it. Maybe I could trade up to controlling a the warship we're inevitablly going to build of course. Oh dear." Crashsat blinks. He then hooks himself to a charger and begins drinking sweet energy. "Heh heh heh, haaad a low battery there for a minute almost... CRASHED, but hye no I'm good now. So no to the warship Proton?"

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UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#99: Mar 28th 2015 at 1:08:47 AM

Jacques mulls over the thought for a bit.

"Advanced design? Well, it could also mean something entirely more...dangerously random. Other life forms, not just humans. And who knows how they'll react to us?"

Tojin Back after a long hiatus from Protectorate SW Headquarters Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#100: Mar 28th 2015 at 5:24:10 AM

"Well, if worst comes to worst... Any of you ever heard of an old video game called Dead Space?"

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert

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