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Post by Hunter on Jan 30, 2013 18:48:14 GMT -4
(1. It's more of a spin-off than a sequel, but this RP is set after Sunny Days, as well as all the other TRT roleplays and the show itself. 2. Vega, as portrayed by Omnios, is able to create portals to other fictional universes, including those not owned by Viacom.)
"The how is easy," Gene said to Marie. "Her Majesty's couriers have ships that can reach anywhere in the Local Group of galaxies, and their infiltration skills are equal to any of her spies or commandos. You know that old Post Office creed? 'Neither snow nor rain nor' whatever? Those guys take it up to eleven. God Himself couldn't stop them from making their rounds, and believe me, He has tried."
He frowned. "Or are you more interested in the why? 'Cause your guess is as good as mine on that front. To be honest, bringing these things to you guys was my decision, not hers. I don't know what she expected me to do with 'em. I've been out of the loop for a few days now, and the package didn't come with any explanation." He scratched his head. "Then again, I'm pretty sure that getting these things back to you is some kind of requirement under the galactic laws of war, which may be why she sent them my way. I know they're big on respect for the dead."
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Post by TheRealBullet on Jan 30, 2013 19:13:00 GMT -4
(OOC: This will be an abbreviated form of what I tried to write this morning, so it might be scant just to keep up. *P.S. Plink, I'm going to paraphrase your dialogue cuz I can't go back to see it now. just so you know.)
Bullet noticed Jakob sprint away suddenly. There goes Jakob. He seems to be in the loop of things. If I want to get in on the action, staying with him seems to be the best bet. But, first I want to know what's going on here with the Cluster.
He then noticed Plink again, who said. "[paraphrase of Plink's original question here.*]"
"If you're ready for a life-changing adventure like I am, then yes. Go ahead without me first, I'll catch up. I want to hear more about this peculiar situation." Bullet replied. He then turned to Viktor. "You go with Plink to find Jakob, I'll be right behind you."
Viktor looked unsure at first then replied the affirmative Bullet wasn't worried about Viktor being able to keep up, having learned and seen that he possessed an amazing ability to run extremely fast. (Ooc: this will be explained in the yet-to-be released backstory tie-in.)
"See you shortly," Bullet saluted, then resumed listening in on the conversation between Gene and Marie.
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Post by Plink on Jan 30, 2013 19:51:53 GMT -4
"Perfect!" John said. John immediately ran after Jakob at a bit of a high speed. He payed as much attention to where Jakob was heading as he could...of course, while making sure that The bot wasn't aware he was trailing him. At some point though, John had to resort to flying due to the fact that land based mobility was a bit too slow for him. ((Ah, thanks. I kinda was worried about the running and flying speed issues. Plink is kinda able to go up to supersonic flying speeds and at most 60 mph in land based mobility)).
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Post by omnios on Jan 30, 2013 21:10:04 GMT -4
Eric had set up Hero's Duty, and left the room so that the characters could get back into some kind of routine after their expirence with being moved to the Royal Palace.
In truth, he had bought and brought the machines to Cluster Prime so that they didn't have to suffer from being unplugged, or having to go through another Turbo Time incident.
Now that he had that problem resolved, he decided that he should see how his wife was fairing with the crisis, and gave her a call.
Vega told him that the Cluster genrals were going over the situation with a human representative of Cluster Prime, and that he should come and meet her as soon as possible.
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The hastily constructed 'war room' was abuzz with activity. Medical drones, military-grade drones, and average Cluster citizens were skittering about, transmitting, gathering, and relaying information about the attack on Cluster Prime.
Vega was literally at the center of it all, standing at the base of a large hologram projector that displayed an space orbit view of Cluster Prime.
"Hey Vega! I'm here!" Eric said, pushing his way through the swarm of bug-like soldiers and scientists.
Vega smiled, and walked briskly to her husband. They hugged each other, and taking Eric by the hand, Vega walked back over to the hologram projector.
"The good news is that the attack was repelled." Vega said.
"...and the bad news?" Eric asked.
"I have no idea on what to do next." Vega answered.
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Post by Koith on Jan 30, 2013 22:12:47 GMT -4
-You're right!-Marie nodded with Gene's explanation-We soldiers also have codes of honor, and the other civilizations might be the same. But, my boys who got back home said that Commander got many things related with your Queen, so I got a reason for many other questions.
The girl expects another answer about Koith's fate. She asks Gene once again:
-So, can you check all the tags? If you see any with the codename "Blue Metal", just send me, ok?
...
At the meantime, in Cluster Prime, the guy with a trenchcoat still sending his signals, no ideas why he does this for a very long time without replies. Suddenly, a voice sounded from the back:
-Need some help, bruder?
That guy quickly turns back with a gun on the trigger. It's Kane! How could he get here? And who's he talking to with "bruder" - "brother" in Germans.
-Huh,-That weird guy smirks, then sheathes his pistol-I'd never wonder you could get here fast!
The soldier in black answers:
-I'd sticked with your ship cloaked and the hell solar radiation, magnetic waves recharged my devices with ease! And I'm, also watched the battle till its end.
-So why didn't you save my boys?-That guy sounded like a soldier, but who is he?
-I don't,-Kane replies-Because I already knew they're not gonna make it all! With the poor provision of evacs, even seizing the spaceships, you and your men won't leave Cluster without heavy casualties...
He looks to the guy with a trenchcoat, asks:
-Right, Blue Metal?
Takes out the fedora and removes the shades, it's...it's Koith! He's still alive from this nightmare with an answer:
-Ja! But don't mocking me with that codename!
Kane asks with a smirk:
-I'd seen you got a busy at this place recently and can't get back to my sister-in-law, right?
-You got it!-Koith nods-I got worse than I thought! Vexus recently hopping in anger and still discussing about a retaliation. If we can't get an alarm soon, Earth will be a dead place!
-I don't know why do you care much about those humans?-Kane shrugged-They did nothing good with you, except using your skills to satisfy their greed and pettiness!
-Because,-Koith disagreed with his brother-I'd already lived with them for more than a century!
Taking off the tag, giving to Kane, the fallen commander says:
-Give it to Marie, she might know how to use my tag!
-Gut!-The black KM nodded, then replied-I'm also marked your position now! If you need support, I'll be there in the blitz.
-Danke, bruder!-Koith patted Kane's shoulder-Now go! Don't let the Clusters spot us.
-Ja!-Kane nodded, then disappeared into the alley, leaving Koith behind. The black Koith-like soldier heading to the starport, using anything he got to bring his ass here during Operation Hornet and take a trip back to Earth...
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Post by Jakob on Jan 31, 2013 0:52:09 GMT -4
The bunker looked like a one story, twelve-by-twelve shack made of metal and some kind of darkened concrete. If it were made of creaky wood and had actual windows to put blinds in, the children of Tremorton would consider it the home of Boo Radley or some other boogyman... namely one that wasn't over six feet tall, made of metal, and armed with advanced technology.
Jakob pulled open the heavy-duty door and closed it shut behind him, Automatically, the interior systems locked the door down in such a fashion that the door might as well be part of the wall.
Within, the bunker proper seemed barren. A menacing fire axe hung over the duct tape-covered sofa, which faced a simple television of decent size and quality. Next to the television was a walled-off section that had stairs leading deep down into the bunker.
//ULTIMA IS READY.
"Good," Jakob said as he briskly descended down the steep stairs, closing the door behind him as he did so.
Down in the lab, his mech "Ultima" was whirring to life in one corner, a multi-monitor computer remained active in another. Around the room was a vault in the center of one wall, and countless shelves covered in tools, materials, and equipment of all sorts, some even outright alien.
//SPEAKING FRANKLY, BLINKING STRAIGHT TO CLUSTER PRIME WOULD SEEM VERY APPEALING TO SKYWAY PATROL, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
"An interesting plan in getting the funds needed to build more of his projects," Jakob replied, "Doc would probably do it..."
//THEN WHY THE HESITATION?
"It's not what Zero would do," Jakob replied.
The AI didn't respond. The answer didn't really compute to it. Jakob wasn't looking for a response, he was busy gathering all of his weaponry and slipping it under the plates of his exoskeleton. Once armed with his sniper rifle, pistol, and submachine gun with ammo for everything, he jogged towards the mech and began climbing into the cockpit.
"Lock down the computer and run diagnostics on Ultima," Jakob ordered as he slipped the pilot helmet on, "Let's blink outside."
The computer shut down, and the AI was integrated back into Jakob's brain. After that, some mechanism within the mech whirred like a fan, before slivers of the mech began to peel off and slip into a tiny blue orb directly in front of said mech.
The mech peeled apart, taking Jakob with it, until nothing remained besides the blue orb- which then vanished.
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Meanwhile, directly outside and ten feet away from the front door, a blue orb shilled out slivers of matter until a mech stood in front.
//BLINK SUCCESSFUL. NO MATTER DIFFERENCE DETECTED.
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Post by Plink on Jan 31, 2013 1:08:49 GMT -4
After John had watched the AI disappear into a military style building, he stopped nearby merely thinking to himself. "What is this guy up to?" Of course, minutes later, John noticed a rather odd visual warp in front of the building. "Huh? John thought to himself as he watched a blue, glowing, energy orb suddenly pop out of thin air. The orb shelled out so many pieces of metal until they ultimately formed what looked like a very dangerous looking metal suit...with the other AI in it. The brisk action surprised John so much that he shot backwards at high speed into an unsuspecting Birchwood tree...who would've probably never cared either way if it was whammed from the side or not.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Jan 31, 2013 1:49:59 GMT -4
Viktor, though quite fast and full of endurance, still lagged behind the robot Plink. In fact, Viktor was almost lost when he finally came upon a shack like building just in time to see a large mech materialize out of thin air.
Unbeknownst to anyone else, Viktor wasn't new to such things and was unfazed. He spotted Plink, who had jumped into a tree with the mech's sudden appearance.
Viktor joined Plink in the tree.
"Uhh, ya think we should talk to Jakob?"He asked. "what if we weren't supposed to see that?"
Whether or not they were in the wrong place and wrong time or the inverse, they were probably just about to find out.
***** Bullet continued to eavesdrop on Gene and Marie's conversation. He heard Marie reference the name 'Blue Metal.' That's what they called Koith at their base before he left. I hope Viktor and Plink haven't gotten themselves into any trouble, I just need a bit longer...
All along Bullet had been indiscreetely (spic)* inching his way towards the two through the crowd. He was only a few feet away now, and hoped he wouldn't attract too much attention.
*Spelling probably incorrect
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Post by Plink on Jan 31, 2013 2:24:59 GMT -4
((Yes. It's "indiscreetly"))
John kinda sat stuck in the tree before he saw viktor run up to him. "Uhh, ya think we should talk to Jakob?" He asked. "what if we weren't supposed to see that?"
John struggled a bit and pushed himself out of the tree till he was ultimately ground level.
"If you feel we must. Frankly, im a bit unsure." John said as he rubbed the plastimetal hull on his forehead.
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Post by Jakob on Jan 31, 2013 11:24:06 GMT -4
The blink, being successful, appeared to startle a few witnesses- witnesses Jakob was already aware of thanks to the motion sensors set up around the bunker. The android wasn't sure why there were witnesses around his abode, since there were ultimately more interesting matters going on elsewhere. Most people in the neighbourhood were used to the random tests of technology Jakob ran through most of the time he wasn't on patrol.
More accurately, one jumped back in surprise. The other curiously didn't appear to react in any way. This puzzled Jakob, as the mech- with the tech within- was the only one of it's kind in existence, built from blueprints only Jakob's visual sensors have ever seen... aside from his late creator's eyes, anyway.
The two from the crowd had followed him from a distance, Jakob determined after identifying them. The mech stood up to its full height at nearly five metres before Jakob's voice emitted from the mech proper. "Do either of you require assistance?"
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Post by Plink on Jan 31, 2013 14:23:33 GMT -4
"Do either of you require assistance?" Jakob said from the mech.
"Uh..."John said...looking to viktor for a response.
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Post by Hunter on Jan 31, 2013 14:47:28 GMT -4
Gene flipped through the dog tags.
"Let's see... Libman... Ball... Strong... St. Germain... Oliver... Weseluck... nope, no Blue Metal. Either he's still alive, or they just haven't found the body. And if I were you, I'd pray it's the latter. Vexus may have given the others merciful deaths, but if he assaulted her very person, as it sounds like he did, well... his punishment must be more severe." Hell, Gene thought, unless he begs for forgiveness I may go after him myself.
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Post by TheRealBullet on Jan 31, 2013 19:47:03 GMT -4
(OOC: Hmm, Hunter, those sure are some strangely familiar names... probably just a coincidence though...)
"Do either of you require assistance?" Viktor heard Jakob's slightly familiar voice come from the mech.
"Uh..."John began, but never finished and looked to Viktor expectantly.
"Well, um, hello Jakob." Viktor began, he had never seen anything like that mech before, he was just used to running into such general types of things in his travels. Now what? Hey, my friend told us to stalk you, so hiya! "I could tell you some long, convoluted epic of a story about how we came to be in this tree in front of your house while you conduct experiments with some groovy mechs, but I guess it would best best to tell you like it is.As I understand it, there is some crazy skullduggery going on with the Cluster and my friend Bullet - you've met him, I, and presumably Plink here would like to get in on the action." Viktor paused to think a bit more. "That about sums it up, I believe."
**** Bullet was now wery close to where Gene and Marie were talking. "Let's see... Libman... Ball... Strong... St. Germain... Oliver... Weseluck... nope, no Blue Metal. Either he's still alive, or they just haven't found the body. And if I were you, I'd pray it's the latter. Vexus may have given the others merciful deaths, but if he assaulted her very person, as it sounds like he did, well... his punishment must be more severe."
Interesting, they didn't send back Koith's tag. Either he's dead and they haven't found the body. It's also slightly possible he survived. In either case, if the Cluster were up to anthing suspicious, you would think that they would have made a fake dog tag to send back to fool us. Things are getting more illogical every minute.
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Post by Koith on Jan 31, 2013 20:43:45 GMT -4
-I see!-Marie nods-He's the one commanding the operation, of course. But, if you want more answers from the ones who used their brains to mind this stupid operation, just keep the tags in your own! I'm expecting more answers about Blue Metal's fate. I can't live without him!
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Post by Jakob on Jan 31, 2013 20:47:04 GMT -4
//YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY THINKING OF LETTING THEM HOLD ON FOR A LONG-RANGED BLINK, ARE YOU?
Jakob shook his head, hidden within the dense armour of the mech itself. He wasn't quite ready to begin testing the blinking system with an organic pilot- heck, he hasn't even made contact with a willing applicant to try.
Though that is in-part due to the fact that he didn't plan to move on to organic pilot tests until the long-ranged blink proved successful. What better place to blink to than the one other planet the android was familiar with- Cluster Prime?
The politics was a secondary objective- he wanted to get the Cluster's side of this whole ordeal, first-hand, before taking a side in the matter.
//ACCESSING STAR CHARTS, SETTING DESTINATION COORDINATES.
With two advanced computer systems working the mech, there would be no chance of an error in coordinate entry.
"I appreciate the offer, but Ultima isn't quite ready to take passengers safely," Jakob said as the mech stepped back. The blue orb of light appeared from thin air once more. "With that, I'll be off."
//INITIATING BLINK.
Once more, the mech swiftly peeled apart to vanish into the orb. On Cluster Prime, half a metre above a field of scrap metal, a similar orb appeared.
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