Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 342: Gerald Wars Pt 1: Doomsday Mission

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Date: 6:11:13 PM, October 31st to 9:59:37 PM, October 31st, 2006.

Metal Man (GM): (((((( Mission start (Also hideous test color scheme) ))))))
NY 252. War was beginning.
Charles' base, under attack by the nefarious Gerald Robotnik, continues to take damage. Meanwhile, the Questers appear at HQ, in the big room... only to see Metal sitting in the big room, somewhat... worried.

Alexia: "What's wrong, Metal?"

Gibby: "Why so glum, chum?"

Dragoshi: "...What's the situation...?"

Julian Sawyer: "What's the word, Mets?"

Scott Gibson: "Oookay... Somethings up if Metal's looking freaked."

Julian Sawyer: "...Oh, right! Urgent catastrophic-level event news here, Mets! No time to worry... yet!" *Julian hustles over to Metal's desk and sets down those notes he picked up.*

Dragoshi: "Zuh?"

Alexia: "..."

Metal Man (GM): The projection shows five space ships flying towards Nintendus.
Then it shows another UFO blasting away at the Second Moon.

Alexia: "Oh holy cripes on toast."

Julian Sawyer: "...K, maybe you do got time to worry."

Gibby: "Hmm..."

Scott Gibson: "Holy shit on a stick..." O_O;

Alexia: "What can we do to stop them?"

Dragoshi doesn't say anything.

Metal Man: "Well... there's many choices... but I'm not sure entirely."

Julian Sawyer: "Maybe this is when we 'sposed to use the Master Egg."

Gibby: "Well you know I'm up for just about anything."

Alexia: "We have to do something. What are our options?"

Metal Man starts writing on the projection with a NFL-style highlighter marker.
He circles the ships.

Dragoshi: "..." *Still stands by, waiting for the options.*

Metal Man: "We can do many things here. Ranging from an all-out attack, to sneaking aboard one, to possibly even trying to shoot them down from the surface."

Scott Gibson: "If I were back home I'd call in Boston... but we're not there."

Julian Sawyer: "...The city?"

Gibby: "Hmm... sneaking might prove to be useful."

Alexia: "Want my vote?"

Scott Gibson sighs. "Can this get any better?!" extreme sarcasm

Metal Man: "There's some other things."
*He highlights the Second Moon.*

Julian Sawyer: "A buncha Beantown bums ain't gonna help here, Scott."

Metal Man: "Locos knows a lot about... being a military dictator and all. Perhaps if we made him talk about that while we find out if there's any way to remotely take over the Valhalla and use it to attack those ships from behind."
*He then marks the first moon, with an '?' *
"They appear to have come from here."
"It'd be a long trip, and we'd be shot at by a variety of weapons the whole way, but strike here and we may be able to trap the ships between two bases against them."

Alexia: "Then shouldn't we split into two groups, one to handle the ships while the other group targets the source?"

Metal Man: "Split up? Suicide, plus we only have one ship."

Dragoshi: "...That'd be suicide. I think"

Julian Sawyer: "Alexia, I don't think we got the manpower OR the firepower to handle that."

Alexia: "Just brainstorming."

Gibby: "Sometimes the biggest risks offer the most reward."

Alexia: "I say we try to sneak aboard one of the ships and use it to wreck the others."

Julian Sawyer: "Somma the biggest risks also offer DEATH."

Metal Man: "There is another choice in here, of course. Although it'd be the most dangerous, that I know of."

Gibby: "Well that's just common sense."

Julian Sawyer: "Lay it on me Mets. We need all the options we can get."

Dragoshi: *Just nods.*

Alexia: "Gibby, right now, I'd recommend that we focus on, oh, saving the world from being turned into a cinder."

Gibby: "...Focus, 'lexi."

Metal Man: "Gerald is a computer virus. Therefore, if we can infect his systems with a variant of Nova, all his stuff would harmlessly shut down."

Julian Sawyer: "What's the risk there?"

Metal Man: "The problem is that his core systems are in the heart of the Valhalla, which is in the middle of the base on the moon. We'd have to basically do every single thing I just said to get inside it."

Scott Gibson ignores that 'beat down bums' comment. .oO(If only Julian knew...)

Metal Man: "Despite how huge it is, the Master Egg is not meant for starship combat."

Julian Sawyer: "So we might as well, yah?"

Metal Man: "These ships are larger, more advanced, and packing technology that makes only Neo-Earthian ships look up-to-date."

Alexia: "Joy."

Gibby sighs.

Metal Man: "So. What do you guys think? I'll be doing my best just to keep the planet from exploding."

The Wraith: "Sounds like we have quite the predicament..." *The wraith forms in a corner of the room, arms folded, and starts drifting forward.* "But you all speak of big, loud fronts..."

Julian Sawyer: "We got a chance of shutting Gerald down for good, right?"

Alexia: "We already covered sneaking, Wraith."

Dragoshi: "..."

Gibby: "I like the virus idea myself."

Alexia leans against a wall with her arms crossed and her eyes closed.

Metal Man: "Definitely. The problem is that he's only become non-viral because his systems are much more defended."

Julian Sawyer: "We might as well take it. Don't know when we gonna get an opportunity like this again."

Alexia: "I say we shut Gerald down from the source. Get rid of his corruption once and for ALL."

The Wraith: "Perhaps we do have the power to split. One group would attempt a brunt move, while another, smaller, single, cloaked unit goes in with the Nova variant."

Metal Man: "We have one ship."

Dragoshi: "...Does no one listen?"

Gibby: "Like Metal said, that'd be suicide."

Dragoshi: "Seriously. Li-Thank you, Gibby. At least SOMEONE listens."

Metal Man: "The Neo-Earthian ones, despite being advanced, are rickety and not spaceworthy, and appear poised to defend their portion of the planet."

The Wraith: "You say this as if we have no resources..." *He just shakes his head.*

Metal Man: "The Ivan ships are untested and limited in number."

Gibby: "Eh, I have my moments."

Alexia: "Good boy, Gibby. You get a cookie after we save the world."

Gibby: "Mmm... cookie."

Julian Sawyer: "Apparently we don't, Ghost."

The Wraith: "And with all these space issues we've been havin'... Bah."

Metal Man: "I wish we hadn't destroyed Smithy's satellites. Those would have made entry to the planet impossible for them."

Scott Gibson: "Um... Y'know hyperflight Vespa's like Roxy can ferry me through space with no harm to me. We'd be a small enough target we'd probably be able to slip past them."

Julian Sawyer: "Look, you find us another ship we can use, I'll pilot it myself. Otherwise, we gotta run the gauntlet."

Alexia: "...You blew up satellites? When was this?"

Julian Sawyer: "Long time ago."

The Wraith: *He looks to Scott.* "...Can it cloak?"

Metal Man: "They were, unfortunately, aimed at the planet and used, repeatedly, to attack the planet itself."

Gibby: "It was for the best."

Dragoshi: "..." .oO(And no one thinks of taking the goddamn altered suits. Brilliant. Freaking brilliant.)

Metal Man: "If you want to find another ship just tell me; you may have time to go looking for one."

Alexia: "Well, looks like the virus shutdown is unanimous. Here goes our biggest mission yet."

Aetos stomps his foot. .oO(Just tell me what I need to do already, and send us on our way!)

Julian Sawyer: "YOUR biggest mission yet. You weren't here when we took down Kuja."

Alexia: "Saving the planet is pretty damn big, Julian."

Scott Gibson: "I'm not saying it's a good idea but if anyone else has a better one I'll shut up. Unless General Sawyer here is still hellbent on commanding a chunk of metal space flotsam."

Julian Sawyer: "An' we done it already against bigger odds."

Metal Man: "Virus shutdown? If you go that route, you're most likely to fail. Just saying. Five ships and a route into the heart of the base while somehow getting information out of Charles."

Dragoshi: "...Heh. So, anyone still confident about the suicide route?"."

Alexia: "I still think a sneak capture would be effective, but I seem to be outnumbered."

Julian Sawyer: "Whoa whoa whoa, when did it become fashionable to start puttin' words in my mouth? I'm just sayin': We only have one ship."

The Wraith: "If one big ship is all we have, there's not much chance of sneakin'."

Gibby: "I have full confidence that we can pull this off."

Metal Man: "Again; you can look for another ship, but there aren't many options."

Julian Sawyer: "You find us another, we'll uhe it."

Metal Man: "I don't mention the MTAs because they lack the fuel for travel."

The Wraith: "I see..."

Metal Man: "...And yes, you could modify them, but you'd be all fuel tank and no gun. And one heck of a target."

The Wraith: "The point of taking an MTA would be for a small, unnoticeable target. That won't do. Alright, what kind of ships are we up against, now?"

Aetos turns to The Wraith. "Massive, white battleships with concealed bridges and extremely powerful, high-tech weaponry."

The Wraith: "Mm-hmm... And how would our one ship be able to overpower them and get through?"

Julian Sawyer: "Drill a hole?"'

The Wraith: "Yes, let's just drift right on up to them. Nevermind the fact that we'll have lasers comin' in from five directions at once."

Julian Sawyer: "We get close enough, they won't fire."

The Wraith: "That's assuming we manage that much. Do we know their effective range?"

Metal Man: "Yes. They're able to hit objects roughly 10 miles away in space."

Alexia: "Well, that idea's dead."

Metal Man: "This is a minimal estimate; they may fire further. For even battleships of ancient history could fire that range."

The Wraith: *He looks to Metal.* "Do you think the ship would be able to handle taking that much fire while crossing that distance?"

Dragoshi: "...Huh."

Metal Man: "The ship's main ability is speed. We'd arrive in one piece, but the ship would probably be unflyable for a while after its landed."

The Wraith: "If they can't hit us, they can't kill us. That's an upside..." *He looks to Julian.* "So, you mentioned drilling a hole in the enemy ships?"

Julian Sawyer: "Or landin' in a docking bay. Whatever can find."

Aetos: "So, uh... If you don't need me, I'll be going back to The Second Moon?"
*He starts to slowly tiptoe away.*

Metal Man: "There's too much interference to warp there."

Aetos stops and shrugs.

Metal Man: "You'd likely bounce off of one of the massive ships and die in outer space."

Aetos: "Then maybe we should get goin'."

Alexia: "Sounds good. Where's the ship?"

Metal Man: "In the underground hangar."

The Wraith: "We'll need that ship flying at optimal speed, then; that's the best we've got. Get in, kill, get out, don't get hit."

Metal Man: "I must add. If you destroy one ship, there's four more. Each ship is about the size of a city."

The Wraith: "This is true. This is the catch."

Dragoshi: "...Yep."

Metal Man: "They are not fully manned. However one cannot guess what could be aboard."

Julian Sawyer: "We've done bigger."

The Wraith: "Would it be possible to infiltrate and take control of them?"

Julian Sawyer: "Ain't that we tryin' to do?"

The Wraith: "Metal's talking like destroying rather than controlling."

Metal Man: "Uh..." *He thinks* "Maybe... maybe... but Gerald's a machine. He's probably corrupted all of the hardware aboard. In fact, he probably had to in order to launch it."
"They were, otherwise, sealed to all use except Kuja's."
*He notes the papers Aetos brought, and some other, more recent intelligence reports.*

Julian Sawyer: "We control one ship, use it to take down the others...'Tween me an' Scott, we can probably overwrite anythin' he's done."

The Wraith: "This could cause problems in trying to take them over."

Metal Man: "One ship could not withstand the others, though..."

Julian Sawyer: "So that's two ships down."

The Wraith: "And us."

Metal Man: "Four to one is rather steep. Not counting the base on the First moon, which could probably shoot at you."
"They're not here yet; we have time."
"That's the problem. When they get to MTA range it's too late."

Dragoshi: "Yep. Unless somehow we find a away to control three at once, then that idea's out the window."

Metal Man: "And he stole Valhalla... making sure Charles couldn't help."

Alexia: "Then we need to strike NOW."

Dragoshi: "And, you need to learn patience."

Julian Sawyer: "Shhh. Grown-ups are talking."

Metal Man: "Strike... strike... we could kill one easily, and then be killed. We could fly at his base and be wiped out from orbit."

Alexia: *Snarling* "Oh, sorry. I wasn't aware that you desired Nintendus to be smoldering SLAG."

The Wraith: "Though patience is a virtue, she does have a point."

Metal Man: "Well. We might make it there... without any way back."

Dragoshi: "But what use is a point if it's a shoddy one?"

Julian Sawyer: "Metal just SAID we have time to talk about this."

Metal Man: "There is time. They are moving slowly. About 10 hours until they reach doomsday range."

The Wraith: "...Do we have any more... promising methods of resolving this? So far the odds are looking rather grim. That helps."

Gibby: .oO(My butt itches... maybe I should scratch it. Wait... do I even -have- a butt? Oh... maybe I should be paying attention. But it hurts too much to think.)

Metal Man: "Well, I would have said the dimensional cannon, but Gerald's timing made sure that wouldn't exist."

Alexia: "Had all the bases covered, didn't he?"

Metal Man: "The X-zone spheres, we have access to, but no guns big enough. No power either."

Alexia: "What about the X-Zone blaster?"

Julian Sawyer: "What X-Zone Blaster?"

Metal Man: "It's a bazooka, not a space-sized death ray..."

Alexia: "Wouldn't hurt to take it."

Metal Man: "Except it's inside a sealed vault up north."

Gibby: "Just what we need. MORE deadly weapons."

Dragoshi: "...Yes. That pretty much crushes your plan with a steamroller, huh?"

Metal Man: "Which... was the last place the Valhalla was seen before it was taken over... so it could even be infested with Gerald's virus."

Alexia sighs and opens her eyes.

Metal Man: "Of course, one COULD ask help from, say, The Void, or even the IIF, but the former is likely to involve dimensional damage and the latter some absurd price."

Alexia: "Any targets on the ship we need to aim for? Power sources, reactors, anything?"

Gibby: "If we pooled our finances, maybe we'd have enough."

Metal Man: "The bridge is hidden deep within. You can't hit it without blowing the rest of the ship up."

Alexia: "I don't think the IIF is too happy with us, Gibbs."

Gibby: "But would they be happy about a blown up world?"

Julian Sawyer: "This is the kinda thing people would put aside their differences for."

Alexia: "Any other reinforcements we can get?"

Metal Man: "Little. Eisnaught has only enough to protect itself. We might try the long-range radio."

Julian Sawyer: "An' call who?"

Metal Man: "The ghost busters! ...No, really. I don't know."

Alexia: "...*Facepalm*."

The Wraith: "Not those jokes..."

Gibby: "Anyone that doesn't want an exploded world."

The Wraith: "Anyone with power and doesn't want an exploded world."

Julian Sawyer: "Who's got spaceflight capabilities?"

Metal Man: "It's a shame we blew up all the guys with space ships."

Julian Sawyer: "...DAMN."

The Wraith: "I'm sure the citizens of Toad Town wouldn't want the world destroyed. But there's not much they'd be able to do here."

Julian Sawyer: "What about the Neo-Earthians?"

Gibby: "Can't they build some sort of... mushroom... ship thingy?"

Metal Man: "Their ships are rickety and not particularly in good condition after sitting still for thousands of years."

Gibby: "Bah..."

Alexia: "Gibby, the Toads need help buttering their freaking toast."

Julian Sawyer: "It's somethin', ain't it?"

Alexia: "We're on our own here, pretty much."

Dragoshi fwaps Alexia upside the head.

Alexia: "OW!"

Metal Man: "Something which might explode into a billion pieces on a direct hit."

Alexia: "I'll get you for that later."

The Wraith: "No infighting. That's the last thing we need."

Metal Man: "I've asked them. Their stuff has been set back a couple years from damage alone. Erm. Old age."
"Ever wonder why you weren't massacred by drones when you were there?"

Gibby: "True."

Alexia: "...Charisma?"

Metal Man: "They all fell apart from old age. That said, Gunicard would serve as an effective pea shooter. Before a direct hit would instantly blow it up."
"The weapons, as evaluated, are far too small."

Julian Sawyer: "So... nothin'."

Gibby: "Not a thing."

Metal Man: "I've also looked up Atlantis. It's big, almost like one of those ships, but not an ATTACK thing, really. Well... again, we can reach the base with all our might together... but it'd all ride on that, and not specifically likely to succeed."

The Wraith: "So far, all options are leading to suicide. We need to find something more effective than sheer power... We don't have enough of that, unless there's some source I'm unaware of..."

Julian Sawyer: "How many times have we been not likely to succeed, Mets?"

Metal Man: "Most of the power HERE was destroyed to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands."

Gibby: "Indeed. We've done the impossible before. We've gotta give it a try at least."

Metal Man: "I am unsure what powers those ships, though."'

Gibby: "Doesn't it have something to do with plasma energy or something?"

Metal Man: "I don't know."

Scott Gibson: "It'd be suicide but I can get one other person on my scooter which is equipped for spaceflight."

Gibby: "More suicide..."

Julian Sawyer: "How the hell does that work, anyway?"

Scott Gibson: "Small craft, two sneak in and rig up something... steal a ship and... hell I dunno... I'm just throwing out ideas since we don't seem to have any good ones."

Julian Sawyer: "No, I'm askin' about the spaceflight. How the hell you keep from implodin' an' such?"

Scott Gibson: "Ancient Chinese secret, Julian."

Gibby: "Hmm... well it requires less numbers, and it could nab us a ship. Sounds positive to me."

Metal Man: "But one laser could be deadly to such a thing."

Julian Sawyer: "...Whatever."

Scott Gibson: "If nobody else has any better ideas then I'm going to give it a shot with or without backup."

Gibby: "I'll join ya, Scott."

The Wraith: "It would be feasible if we could keep them from ever noticing you. However... She doesn't have a cloak, does she?"

Julian Sawyer: "Two ships could give us the advantage... It's small enough it might not show up on their radar."

Gibby nods.

Metal Man: "Hm. I'm not really all that useful now... I shall see what my associate can say." *Snaps his fingers.*

Dragoshi: "...I would've suggested those suits, but, eh... Suicide an' whatnot"

Julian Sawyer: "...What suits?"

Scott Gibson: "No, no cloak but it's small enough that I hope their sensors will pass right over us or not pick us up."

Dragoshi: "...The ones from the Kuja outpost."

The Void: *Appears* "Suicide? Suicide? Suicide? Pah. I have an option, although it has a different price than death."

Julian Sawyer: "Go ahead..."

Dragoshi: "What's the price?"

The Void: "I don't charge, of course, for I have... interests... on this planet."

Scott Gibson: "Seems better than sitting around and twiddling our thumbs, Julian."

Julian Sawyer: "An' reason you didn't mention this EARLIER, Dragoshi?"

The Void: "But it requires something else... yes... I have a relatively valuable object in space right near the X-zone."

Gibby: "What kind of object?"

The Void: "The Thirteen Gentleman satellite, armed with none other than a planet-destroying death ray."

Gibby: "...THAT sounds useful!"

Scott Gibson whistles and Roxy floats over to him.

The Void: "Those things look sorta like planets. They also look like they could explode."

Julian Sawyer: "...We can do that."

The Void: "Uh. But there's no batteries. You blew them up."

Gibby: "So where do we get more?"

The Void: "But it's a start... I think you can rig something up."

Scott Gibson: "There's always a catch."

Dragoshi: "...Oh, of course. There's always one little fucking flaw in the plans!"

Scott Gibson: "Kuja's base wouldn't have anything that'd power it would it?"

The Void: "It's deader than the Apocalypse Group."

Gibby: "Batteries are tiny electricity boxes, right? So we just need to feed it something that has a TON of electricity in it."

The Void: "Now then, there's two choices. Three, actually."

Julian Sawyer: "Shoot."

Dragoshi: "Well, pitch em, Void."

The Void: "You can unleash the X-zone and go wherever you want, at the cost of its inhabitants, once again, interfering at times."

Scott Gibson: "Start talking. That's out..."

The Void: "However with that one can move the ol' satellite to the sun, hook up some cables to it, and then have enough power to destroy the entire solar system! Wa ha ha ha ha ha---err."

Julian Sawyer: "Strike one..."

Aetos blinks.

Gibby: "...What else do we got?"

Scott Gibson: "..."

The Void: "Uh. Number two. You hook it up to the planet and use it, at the risk of destroying Nintendus."

Julian Sawyer: "Strike two..."

The Void: "But he won't get to destroy it. You'll beat him to it, AND kill him."

Gibby: "Too risky. Last one?"

Scott Gibson: "Anything useful?"

Dragoshi: "...How would one be able to, yanno, ah nevermind. It'll prolly' involve someone frying. Horri-...Okay. That one's DEFINITELY out"

The Void: "Number three. Go into a lab deep inside Atlantis, which has his ultimate weapon. The inter-space Transponder."

Julian Sawyer: "That'll work."

Alexia: "Bit of a phyrric victory, that second one..."

Scott Gibson: "Ding! Let's go..."

Dragoshi: "...Very much so."

Gibby: "We can do that."

The Void: "Less energy, plus it sends things to a place NOTHING can get out of. However it has an effective range of 5 feet."

Scott Gibson: "Leave that to me!"

Julian Sawyer: "SCOTT can do that."

Dragoshi: "...Eh. Whatever we can get our hands on."

The Void: "Which would be made easier by opening the X-zone!"

Gibby: "No! No x-zone!"

Dragoshi: "...Fun."

Scott Gibson grins. Now this is what he lives for.

Alexia: "Cool. Let's move; we've spent enough time discussing plans."

Julian Sawyer: "What part of 'We have 10 hours' don't you understand?"

Aetos: "Soo... ever been to the Null zone? I say we send the ships there somehow."

The Void: "I still think destroying the uni--er, the satellite is better."

Scott Gibson: "Facing down impossible odds, one slip and everyone's dead, dogs and cats living together? I'm there."

The Void: "Null zone is ineffective. Center of all dimensions, on the other hand, is permanent defeat."

Alexia: "Uh, actually, it's probably more like 9 hours and 50 minutes now."

Aetos: "Wait... They can leap dimensions, nevermind."

Julian Sawyer: "You're missin' the point."

Scott Gibson: *Jumps on Roxy* "Any other takers are welcome to come on and gimmie a hand."

Julian Sawyer: "Scott, we can just WARP to Atlantis."

The Void: "I'll be awaiting you. Oh. Here's one last thing."

Metal Man (GM): He hands Julian a big key.

Scott Gibson: "Duh, guys. Warp me there and let's get our asses MOVING!"

The Void: "That's the key to the secret behind-bookcase lair where it resides."

Dragoshi: "...? Ah."

Julian Sawyer: "You got it."
*He pockets it.*

Dragoshi: "...Does anyone not fucking know what the meaning of the word patience is? Sheesh."

Julian Sawyer: "'Parrently not."

Dragoshi: "...Thank you for confirming that, Julian" *Not sarcastic, oddly enough.*

Gibby: "Now now, he's just excited that's all."

The Void: *Switches on the warp elevator* "That'll take you right inside."

Gibby: "Thanks, Void."

Julian Sawyer: "A'ight people, let's roll! Fate of the world's with us again!" *Heads into the warp.*

Gibby makes his way into the elevator.

Dragoshi: "A-thank-you..." *Heads into el elevator.*

Alexia heads into the elevator.

Aetos: "Soooo... We're all going to Atlantis?"

The Void: "Yes."

Metal Man (GM): You hurtle through space for a bit, before landing just inside the main room in Atlantis; you may go right, to the warp room there, or left, to Gerald's study.

Aetos shakes his head and follows along, muttering. .oO(Guess we just take this problem one minor step at a time)

Gibby: "Here we are."

Alexia: "So this is Atlantis. ...I expected it to be more populated."

Julian Sawyer: "It's Atlantis. Everyone died." *To the left!*

Gibby goes leftward.

Alexia heads left as well.

Dragoshi: "Yep." *To the left, yep. Definitely the left.*

Metal Man (GM): You enter the hallway, and then into Gerald's study.
It's got lotsa books, a video screen, and... that's it. Bookcases on all 4 walls. Filled with books.

Gibby: "So we're looking for a... secret room?"

Julian Sawyer starts pulling on books to open a secret door or reveal a keyhole or something.

Alexia walks over to the bookcase on the north wall and looks at some of the books.

Dragoshi joins in with Julian. 'Cept he does so to the east wall.

The Wraith: *The spirit's right eye gleams as he scans along the books...*

Gibby just watches. He didn't exactly know the place too well.

Alexia: "...Hmm..."
*She takes the energy-seeing binoculars out of her pack (if they're still there; if not, nix this whole line) and looks around the room.*

Metal Man (GM): John looks around and notices all the books are real; but that stuff could be hidden behind them.
Alexia sees a lack of energy throughout the room.

Alexia puts the binoculars back in her pack
"Anybody got a good fire spell?"

The Wraith: .oO(...Phase 2.) He flies through the nearest bookcase and into the wall behind, beginning to circle the room for hidden passages...

Dragoshi turns on the Eye of Truth and looks around. The most people would notice when he uses this would be a dull purple glow in his eyes...

Gibby shrugs and joins the others in book searching. More specifically, he's pulling away books at the first and second rows.

Metal Man (GM): The Wraith eventually bumps into some sort of keyhole behind a book while flying.

The Wraith: .oO(...Bingo.) If he can touch the book, he pushes it out. Otherwise, he possesses it and pulls it out.

Dragoshi stops for a sec, then just leans against the wall.

Alexia ducks a bit to avoid a book thrown by Gibby.

Metal Man (GM): *BONK* Hm... bad idea to duck when someone of short stature hurls books at you.
On the plus side, you swear it said 'It was the best of times, it was the Ivo Robotnik of times.'

Alexia rubs her forehead slowly and leans against a bookcase.

Metal Man (GM): Wraith pulls out the book; there's a keyhole there.

Alexia: "Geez, 15 thousand years of experience and I'm getting dumber."

The Wraith: *A book floats out of its slot and starts fluttering around, waving its pages.*

Gibby: "Looks like Joh picked a winner."

Dragoshi: "...Good job."

Scott Gibson: *Finally pops in* "Awesome."

Alexia: "Scott, where were you?"

Julian Sawyer looks up form his methodical book tossing "Huh? Right." *Julian walks on over to the revealed keyhole, puts the key in, and turns.*

Scott Gibson: "Uh... Here..."

Metal Man (GM): You hear a rumbling.

Gibby: "...I don't like the sound of that."

Metal Man (GM): The bookcase sinks into the ground, and the wall slides open, revealing stairs down into a far larger, pitch-black laboratory.

Scott Gibson: "Well, not HERE in a sense but I was... I was grabbing a beer."

The Wraith: (Boo Book) "Hmm..." *While Julian does this, the book starts thumbing through its own pages, figuring out what it's made of...*

Julian Sawyer: "Bingo." *Julian heads down.*

Gibby: "Oooo... it's all secret-like."
*He slowly makes his way down.*

Aetos follows along.

Alexia charges up a Mindblast for a bit of illumination and follows the others down.

Scott Gibson: "More importantly..." *Turns to the stairs.*

Dragoshi: *Down once more, to this-...Yeah. I mean, WE GO DOWN!*

Scott Gibson heads down.

The Wraith: (Boo Book) *It then sees the others moving on on, so it drops to the floor and the wraith comes out and follows.*

Metal Man (GM): The dim light of the Mindblast shows the ancient, dusty floor. A variety of weird, dormant machines sit here. Man, is this ancient.
Cobwebs cover your feet and face and nose and arms as you walk through.
You see, eventually, some sort of light switch on the wall down at the bottom.

Alexia: "Ewww, spiders."

Dragoshi pulls out small duster, dusts self off, and puts it away.

Alexia hits the switch.

Gibby: "A switch. You know what that mean..."

Scott Gibson: "Wow... someone call a decorator, damn."

Dragoshi: "...That if your line ends in a bad joke, I bop you on the head?" *To Gibby.*

Aetos flips the switch.

Metal Man (GM): The room lights up, dimly.

Gibby: "No, silly. We must flip it!"

Julian Sawyer: "Can we cut the banter? Weren't half of you all serious a minute ago?"

Gibby: "...Which 'lexi has already done."

Metal Man (GM): You see in here many, many computers and stuff.

Dragoshi: "...Yep."

Gibby: "I'm a bit bi-polar myself."

Alexia reabsorbs the Mindblast into her hand and looks around.

Metal Man (GM): It's apparently from the original Gerald's time here. He was already ancient when first encountered here.

Alexia: "Ultimate weapon, ultimate weapon..."

Metal Man (GM): It's hard to tell which is which.
They all look like mainframes with blinking lights.

Alexia: "Dangit, haven't these evil geniuses ever heard of labels?"

Scott Gibson: "Oh sweet hallelujah!" *Runs down to take a gander at the computers.*

Gibby: "A label maker would do us wonders."

Dragoshi: "..." *Starts looking for el ultimatio de la weapon de la lack of spanish knowledge.*

Julian Sawyer: *Search Check for location of ULTIMATE WEAPON?*

Gibby: "Why must there -always- be computers everywhere we go? It hurts my frail little mind..."

Scott Gibson: *Draws a heart on the side of one of the computers* "You're going to tell me where that super weapon is, ain't cha?"

Metal Man (GM): You may do a search check, but they all look the same.
They have various keyboards. And monitors.

Alexia: "I'll let you guys look. Ever since I spilled that coffee into the monitor, Metal's told me not to touch any technology bigger than a grenade."

Metal Man (GM): They all appear to work, but are password-protected

Gibby pulls out... ta-da! His hacking device.
"Perhaps -this- time I can put this thing to good use."

Julian Sawyer heads over to a console... Computer Use check for password ha-nevermind "...Gibby, if you don't like computers, why you have a hacking device?"

Gibby: "...I won it."

Scott Gibson: <.< "..." >.> "Uh... yeah... let's get back to looking for that superweapon." *Plays off his computer bit like nothing happened.*

Gibby: "And it's a known fact that I keep all things I won. It boosts my ego."

Julian Sawyer: "That's like the Amish winning a big-screen TV..."

Gibby: "What the heck's a mish?"

Scott Gibson clears his throat, his face is beet red whether anyone saw him or not.

Dragoshi: "..." *Snickers at Julian's comment.*

Metal Man (GM): You have the device; do you use it?

Gibby proceeds to do so. He goes up to a computer and starts up his device.
"Time to get leet!"
"...Is it leet?"

Alexia: "Isn't leet a vegetable?"

Dragoshi: "That's a leek, you imbecile"

Metal Man (GM): It attempts to hack into the systems. The systems respond 'Intruder detected; access denied.'

Scott Gibson: "I've never really hacked anything with my guitar but my axe and I are fully capable."

Gibby: "...BAH! Stupid thing never works these days."

The Wraith: *While everyone else be pokin' at the computers, the spirit be checkin' behind the walls again.*

Alexia walks over to the computer Gibby's working on.
"Lemme try something."
*She kicks the computer.*

Gibby: "..."

Metal Man (GM): Nothing else behind the walls. Meanwhile, Alexia kicks the computer. Nothing happens.

Gibby: "Did it work?"

Alexia: "I dunno. Check the screen."

Gibby checks the screen.

The Wraith: *The spirit comes back out from the wall, shaking his head and with a hand to his chin...*

Dragoshi: "...Really. What's next, attempting to hack the comp by karate chopping the control panel?"

Gibby: "Don't give her any ideas."

Julian Sawyer shakes his head and goes to work at a separate console, aiming to hack a password to get access. Computer Use check?

Alexia: "...Okay, I have a better idea."

Gibby: "Does it involve me in pain?"

Metal Man (GM): The screen is unchanged. Julian: Computer use check.

Alexia: "No, no."

Gibby: "Then I like it already."

Julian Sawyer: *That didn't work...*

Alexia: "Look, Gerald's memory must have been kinda futzy, right? So he might have written the password down somewhere."

Gibby: "...futzy?"

Julian Sawyer: *Try Again?*

Metal Man (GM): Julian gets 'Error: Smashing your head into the keyboard is not recommended.'
Try again, indeed.

Alexia looks around the room for a possible password. Search check?

The Wraith: "...Hmm." *He drops through the floor, and checks around down there.*

Aetos shrugs and goes to another terminal and tries some guesses, like the good old days. 'Dimensional Cannon'

Metal Man (GM): Search check, Alexia. As Julian clicks, and... nothing happens.
The Wraith finds a hatch which leads to a small collection of wine bottles, perfectly chillded.

Dragoshi follows John.

Julian Sawyer tries once more to hack for access... c'mon, gimme something ABOVE 10!

Gibby decides to stay out of the technical stuff. He sits on the floor in the middle of the room and whistles himself the mario theme song.

Scott Gibson: "So not L33T H4CK1NG skillz, dud3!"

Metal Man (GM): Alexia finds a post-it-note with the password '|)03927||0730128|_|$324247|-|1$111'

Alexia: "Found something."

Julian Sawyer: "Hand it over."

Alexia grabs the post-it note and hands it to Julian.

Metal Man (GM): Julian tries again. It seems almost like this thing refuses to take your tries seriously.

Julian Sawyer looks over the post-it-note, and tries typing that in...

Dragoshi walks over to the others instead, and looks at whatever they just found.

The Wraith: .oO(...Oh, beauuutiful... I'll keep this in mind!) He checks around the rest of the under-floor space before returning to the room.

Metal Man (GM): You type it in.
'DANGER: INTRUDER DETECTED. FALSE PASSWORD ENTERED.'

Gibby: "..."

Alexia: "...Oops."

Julian Sawyer: "..."

Metal Man (GM): A 100 pound weight falls out of the ceiling and KO's Julian.

Dragoshi: "...Brilliant."

Metal Man (GM): Not as in death, but KO.

Julian Sawyer crumples it up, throws it aw-CONK.

Metal Man (GM): Knockout.

Gibby: "Ouch."

The Wraith: "...That looks like it hurt."

Gibby: "That it did."

Alexia runs over to Julian and tries to lift the weight off using TK.

Metal Man (GM): You lift it off. He's still knocked out for a little while.

Alexia: "Help me get this thing off of him, will you?"

Metal Man (GM): The screen, meanwhile, says...

Gibby walks over to Julian and starts slapping him in the face.

Metal Man (GM): 'You are an idiiot. The password said
'Do not Use this'

Aetos pokes the computer he's at. "It's frozen."

Metal Man (GM): 'In numbers.'

Gibby: "Hey! You ok? Wakey-wakey eggs and bacey!"

Metal Man (GM): 'Do not smash your head into the keyboard, after this, either.'

Dragoshi: "...Really. Who the hell would follow that advice? That's like saying the OPPOSITE."

Aetos knocks on the screen. "Work already!"

Metal Man (GM): Knocking on it does not work.

Gibby walks over to the computer and leaps up on the keyboard.

Metal Man (GM): Gibby leaps on top of the keyboard.
'Password accepted.'

The Wraith: "..."

Dragoshi: "..."

Gibby: "...Uhh... yay me?"

Alexia: "..."

Dragoshi: "...Okay. I'm not gonna ask how in the nine hells of the eternal darkness that worked. Honestly"

Alexia walks over to a wall and beats her head against it.

Metal Man (GM): The wall opens up, revealing more alcohol.

The Wraith: "...Calm yourself, woman."

Gibby: "Seems like I'm the true computer whiz around here."

The Wraith: "Ooh..."

Dragoshi: "...Hey, look. Booze."

Metal Man (GM): It appears that's also how he opens the walls.

Gibby: "Yup, I've got the magic touch with these babies."
*He pats the monitor.*

Metal Man (GM): The computer itself has all the options available to use.
The options are:
'Inventory'

Dragoshi takes a few bottles. >_> "..."<_<

Metal Man (GM): 'Death Weapon Controls'

Alexia: "Fine. Try that with the Stadium computers, mister computer expert."

Metal Man (GM): 'Booze inventory Password controls'
'Do Not Click This Button'

Alexia walks back and looks at the monitor.

Metal Man (GM): 'Do not click this one either Self Destruct'

Gibby: "What should I try first?"

Metal Man (GM): That's all of them.

Alexia: "...Death Weapon Controls sounds promising."

Dragoshi: "...I'd say inventory"

Gibby nods and pokes at the 'death weapon controls' section.

Metal Man (GM): It then brings up a number of variables.
'Position X: Y: Z: Q:'
'Power Percent'
'Length of Firing'

Alexia: "..."

The Wraith: "Alright, we're gonna need the coor--...Q?"

Gibby: "This seems rather complex."

Metal Man (GM): 'Abstruse Vibrational Adjustment'

Alexia opens her dex and contacts Metal.

Gibby: "I can't even pronounce that one."

Metal Man (GM): 'Delta Beam Phase Charge Length'

Alexia: "Uh, don't touch anything for right now."

Metal Man (GM): 'Tetrahedron Focus Variable'

Gibby nods.

Metal Man (GM): 'Current Dimension Lambda Value'

Gibby: "...THAT'S a made up word."

Dragoshi: "...Not really."

The Wraith: "Actually, it isn't... But silly anyway."

Metal Man (GM): You contact Metal.

Alexia: "C'mon, Metal, pick up..."

Gibby: "Well... it's still stupid."

Metal Man: (Dex) "Yes?"

Dragoshi: "...No, what's really damn stupid is-...Oh, nevermind"

Alexia: "Metal, we've found some controls for a death weapon on a computer down here, but we can't decipher half of 'em. Think you can help?"

Gibby: "We're confused!!!"

Metal Man: "No. You must bring the weapon to me. Oak will then mount it to the Dauntless."

Professor Oak: "What? Gah... must you always make me do the dangerous, boring work? Why not Dr. Light?"

Alexia: "Uh, we don't know where the weapon IS."

Metal Man: "Dr. Light has robots. Robots with guns. He might hit me with them."

Scott Gibson: *Grumbles* "..."

Gibby: "Yeah, all we have is the computer that controls it."

Dragoshi: "...I TOLD you we should've pressed inventory!"

Professor Oak: "Fine... fine..."

Alexia: *Over her shoulder* "Try to look up the location of that weapon, guys."

Metal Man: (Dex) "Uh... You just find it then, I'm sure there's some place to access it."

Dragoshi: "...Idiots."

Alexia: "Got it. Over and out."

Gibby rubs his little chin and tries to go back to the main menu.

Alexia closes her Dex and puts it back in her pack.

Metal Man (GM): You go back to the main menu.

Scott Gibson goes back and leans against a wall or whatever's convenient and not covered with buttons, switches, levers, or the like.

Gibby then selects 'inventory'

Alexia keeps watching the computer screen.

Metal Man (GM): It shows the inventory.
'Inter-space Death Ray'

Dragoshi: "...Nope."

Metal Man (GM): 'Computers x 10'

Scott Gibson flips up the LCD screen on his compy guitar and checks his e-mail with what connection is available.

Metal Man (GM): 'Dusty memoirs'
'Prototype machinegun'
'End of list'

Gibby: "Well now we know what's here... but not where it is."

Dragoshi: "...No inter-space transponder?"

Alexia: "Click on it. Maybe it'll have extra information."

Gibby shrugs and clicks on the death ray one.

Dragoshi: "...If the death ray one has no leads, then I suggest the prototype."

Metal Man (GM): It shows the location, relative to the room.
It's under a panel on the floor 5 steps behind where Gibby is, in the middle of the room.

Dragoshi walks over there and tries to open up the panel.

Gibby: "...You've got to be kidding me."

Alexia: "..."
*She runs over to the panel.*

Scott Gibson keeps looking at his e-mail..."Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam... Hm... skip that one, Spam,Spam,Spam,Porn,Spam,Spam,Spam,more porn,Spam,Spam,Spam..."

Metal Man (GM): The panel opens up.

Gibby turns and walks over to the panel.

Metal Man (GM): Out pops a cylinder, entirely black, octogonal, with one end a black prism and the other a place to hook up power.

Scott Gibson: "Good lord... I'd figure they'd have created an anti-spam thing after 4000 years of internet."

Alexia opens her Dex and rings Metal again.

Gibby: "So... that's it? That's our death ray?"

Alexia: "Wow. That was easy."

Gibby: "Too easy. What's the catch?"

Scott Gibson puts his LCD screen down and slings his guitar again.

The Wraith: "That looks promising... And if there's no catch for a change, I won't be complainin'."

Scott Gibson: "So we found it?"

Gibby: "I... I guess so."

Metal Man: (Dex) "So, uh, you got it?"

Gibby picks up the death ray.

Alexia: "I think so. Black cylinder, power outlet, black prism... looks pretty promising."

Scott Gibson: *Looks at it* "Yeesh it's small! I could mount that on Roxy with no prob."

Dragoshi: "..." *Walks over to the comp and seeing as everyone else is busy, decides to look up that prototype machinegun.*

Gibby: "Hmm... so this thing's going to help us?"

Aetos: "I'm glad there is nothing to interfere with us still."

Alexia: "Aetos, you're gonna jinx us."

Gibby: "That's how it usually goes."

The Wraith: *He opens up his own dex.* "...Anything else we should do while we're here, Boss?"

Scott Gibson decides to go check with Dragonshi on that computer to read Gerald's memoirs for any useful tech ideas.

Metal Man: (Dex) "Feel free to loot anything not tied down. Nobody's coming back to that stuff."

Metal Man flips a switch, and a warp back appears in the room.

Dragoshi: "...Good. 'ause, I'm planning on taking this prototype machinegun thing..."

The Wraith: "...Works fer me."

Metal Man (GM): The machinegun; it shows it on a shelf nearby, to the left.

Gibby: "Free looting? How fun."

Dragoshi: *And, Dragoshi takes it.*

Gibby: "But I better take this thing back pronto."

Scott Gibson: "Ah, Loot, the magic word..."

Metal Man (GM): It is a one-of-a-kind machinegun which appears to be related to Vendetta.

Scott Gibson looks for anything to loot.

Alexia grabs a bottle of booze as an afterthought before entering the warp.

Metal Man (GM): Instead of being a lightsaber, though, it fires red lasers.

Gibby slings the death ray over his shoulder and enters the warp.

The Wraith: "Scotty, there's plenty o' booze over there," *he points at the already open booze chamber,* "And there," *he points down at another floor panel.*

Dragoshi: "..." *>_> "..." <_< "..." <_>* *Loots some of the alcohol in the wall*
"Hooray!"

Dragoshi: "...Hmm... I'll ask for someone to help me fix whatever bugs there is in this thing so it doesn't blow up on me..."

Julian Sawyer: "Urgh..." *Julian rubs his head and gets back to his feet...* "Stupid traps..." *Julian reads what's on the screen about the laser machinegun... and sees Dragoshi has it* "Drag, how much?"

Dragoshi: "Not for sale. 'Sides, I'm planning on getting it fixed up seein' as it's a protoype and all so it doesn't blow up in my face."

Scott Gibson jogs over and loots the rest of the booze from the wall with a big bag under Roxy's seat.

Metal Man (GM): Scott finds... only what has already been mentioned.

Julian Sawyer: "You got the money for that?"

Aetos would take a computer, but...

The Wraith: "Anyway, let's get movin' this place isn't goin' anywhere."

Dragoshi: "...Let's."

Julian Sawyer: "Asked you a question, Dragoshi."

Metal Man (GM): Computers are nailed down. Literally.

Aetos: "Shall we destroy this place, too?"

The Wraith: "...See yas at base." *He drifts into the warp.*

Metal Man: (Dex) "Why? Atlantis is in our hands and no one else's."

Dragoshi: "...Maybe. Don't know really. Then again, I've sometimes had ridiculously good luck on my side, so, eh..." *Walks into the warp.*

Scott Gibson doesn't find diddly, but hey booze is better than nothin'!
He takes another look around for lootin' stuffs.

Julian Sawyer: "...DamnIT!" *Julian stomps his foot angrily after Dragoshi leaves, then takes one look around for anything anyone might have not looted during his unconsciousness...*

Metal Man (GM): Nothin'. It's been left to rot for years.

Aetos: "If it's only ours, then nevermind. I just wanted to make sure there was nothing useful in this room for anyone else."

Metal Man: (Dex) "As far as I know, it's a ghost town. Not much TO take."

The Wraith beeps in, now also at HQ. "Just get on over here already; there's nothin' left to do over there!"

Julian Sawyer: *After finding nothing, Julian angrily kicks the hell out of a console, then heads back to the warp.*

Scott Gibson steals the remainder of the booze (if nobody saw that) and pulls a bag from under Roxy's seat to load them up. He hefts the bag over his shoulder and heads into the warp.

Aetos hops in the warp, too.

Metal Man (GM): The console resists being damaged. Its screen says 'Do not kick me; kick who made me this way.'
*WARP*
You appear back at HQ. Oak almost immediately grabs the death-ray device and runs off with it.

Professor Oak: "I've got to hurry--this will take a while!"

Gibby: "Wha---err... ok."

Scott Gibson takes his huge-bag'o'booze and takes it to his room. The bottles clanking away. He returns shortly with a bottle with a black label... "Jack Daniels: Old No.7"

Gibby: "...You're going to get drunk again aren't you?"

Julian Sawyer: "You're gonna kill yourself eventually..."

Alexia looks at the bottle she grabbed.

The Wraith: "'Ey, I never drank before I died."

Scott Gibson: *Takes the cap off and gives it a whiff* "Oh yeah... I haven't smelled good whiskey in awhile." *Chugs half the bottle* "Ahhhh... Burns a bit... goooood stuff."

Metal Man: "Be careful with that. While it's likely to have earth stuff, it's also ancient."

Alexia: "'This Whiskey Will Kill You'."

Gibby: "...You're also insane, you know that?"

Scott Gibson: "Yep."
*He chugs some more.*

Dragoshi: "...Ah. That must be the REALLY strong stuff."

Alexia: "..."

Scott Gibson: "Ehhh-yeeeeah... s'gooood shtuff..."

Dragoshi: "...Heard that it's supposed to take down a bull elephant."

Alexia hands it to Gibby and goes to rest at the R&R room before zero hour.

Aetos waits for the fool to instantly pass out from the rush of poison.

Gibby takes the bottle and sniffs it once.

Scott Gibson sits on Roxy and leans forward on her headlight.

Dragoshi: "Or was it something else? Oh well." *Takes the bottle from Gibby before he kills himself with it and goes to R&R.*

Gibby: "...Blah. How can you drink this stuff?" *Willingly gives the bottle to Drag.*

Dragoshi: "A-thank-you" *Goes off to store it somewhere.*

Scott Gibson: "Eeey, man... das mine...!" *grabs at it to get it from Gibby and falls over. He lays there for a sec chuckling dumbly.*

Dragoshi: *Actually, he'd have to grab it from Dragoshi, seeing as he, yanno, took it from Gibby.*

The Wraith: *He looks down at Scott, raising an eyebrow...* "...Y'need ta learn how ta pace yerself."

Scott Gibson: "Gimmie mah booze back, mang!" *Stumbles after Dragonshi.*

Metal Man (GM): Oak continues work on the space ship. Metal gets up and walks over to where Oak went.

Dragoshi: "...You're going to knock yourself ass over teakettle if you act like that." *Sigh.*

Scott Gibson: "Iz coo... I'avn't had any gooood shtuff in aaaaa loooooong'a time..."

Gibby: "...I promise to never, -ever- get drunk."

Scott Gibson: "Go'a werk up mah tol-rence a'gin... Take meh druuunk ociffer... I'm hooome..."

The Wraith: "...Right before a crucial, balancing-on-a-knife's-edge mission?"

Julian Sawyer: "Good for you, Gibby. This stuff rots your liver... Do you even have a liver?"

Gibby: "Not sure... but if I do, it'll be a healthy one."

Metal Man walks back. "Okay, you can see the ship now. It'll blow you away."

Julian Sawyer: "Mets, we got any kinda holding cell we can place Scott while he sobers up?"

Aetos: "I... uh... don't think Scott can help anymore."

The Wraith: "I don't have a liver. In fact, I'm not a liver!" *He does a little jig, then looks to Metal and nods.*

Metal Man looks at Scott and the alcohol. "Pft. He's just fine. He's had, what, only one bottle?"

Dragoshi: "Oh, this oughtta be good..." *Goes off to see the shizzard, the wonderful shizzard of Quoz!*

Gibby: "...It was a pretty intense bottle."

Dragoshi: "And, look at him. He's ass over teakettle"

Metal Man: "...Oh, right, I'm forgetting. Being part machine, I can drink it and use it almost like fuel, without most of the drunkenness. A side effect is near-permanent craziness, which you've seen in me before."

Gibby nods.

Dragoshi: "...Here." *Hands Bottle some Metals, err... Metal some bottles.*

Julian Sawyer: "...So what? We just lash him to the radiator or somethin'?"

Metal Man looks around. "Not very useful to non-cyborgs, though." He pats Scott on the back and walks over to a door. "Follow me if ye want to save the universe, the number 42, and some old socks I found in my desk."

Gibby: "...42?"

Dragoshi: "...What? He said almost like fuel."

Gibby follows Metal.

Scott Gibson: "...Gimmie ah coffee... blak..."

Aetos goes when Julian goes.

The Wraith: "...Right. And someone carry the rocker." *He follows Metal.*

Scott Gibson stumbles up and gets on Roxy then leans on her headlight..."Tah-ely hoooo!" Roxy whines a sound of discontent on having to chauffeur her drunk owner around but follows Metal with Scott on her.

Dragoshi: *Stops Gibby* "...I think it's a drunkards only thing, Gibby. So, you're out. or somethin. Let's just go to the rocket."

Gibby: "Oh..."

Julian Sawyer just shakes his head at the crazy people and heads for the ship...

Gibby shrugs it off and moves on to the ship.

Dragoshi: *To the shizzard, the wonderful shizzard of Quoz! And, by that, to the ship.* >_>

Metal Man (GM): You walk on downstairs, and see one nice, new, and shiny streamlined cruiser-class spaceship.
Oak is finishing up mounting the gun in the front of it. The ship passively levitates where it is.

Dragoshi: "...Huh. That the Dauntless?"

Julian Sawyer: "So who's flyin' it?"

Gibby: "Oooo... pretty."

Metal Man: "Well, Scott could."

Dragoshi: "...He's ducking frunk"

Gibby: "But he can't."

Metal Man: "But then he wouldn't fear death. Uh. Which might be a problem for anyone else flying it."

Dragoshi: "But he might crash us into something."

Metal Man: "Nahhh. The autopilot... duh. Who needs a pilot? The computers here and on the ship will guide you."

Roxy turns to Metal and beeps once.

Metal Man: "The weapons will be useless, anyway."

Dragoshi: "That'll work."

The Wraith: "Self-preservation is one of the primary instincts for a reason..."

Gibby: "I'm no fan of trusting machines, but... if we must."

Metal Man: "Now, uh, this weapon is no magic bullet."

Dragoshi: "...So, do I just activate the autopilot then command it to use it's weapon on the ships once we're in range?"

Roxy revvs up and takes off at unearthly speeds before stopping on a dime launching Scott into a wall.

Metal Man: "It'll help you, but you'll still have to be in and out quickly. No, don't use any other weapon but the deathray."

Scott Gibson: "Whaa!" *Thud.*

Julian Sawyer: "So we just get in, point, click, and move on?"

Metal Man: "The others will serve only to give away your position. --Hopefully, Julian."

Julian Sawyer: "Sound easy enough."

Scott Gibson gets up off the floor...

Metal Man: "This is a weapon only tested twice. The first time it sent Yurie to her doom in the center of all dimensions."
"The second it sent Team Star Fox into the X-zone. They returned."

Scott Gibson: "Ow... That hurt, Rox!" *Grabs his stomach* "Whoo... Talk about a hangover."

Gibby: "...This doesn't sound like a safe weapon."

Dragoshi: "...Heh."

Metal Man: "Gerald does not like safe. He likes mass destruction. And old tape recorders."

The Wraith: "...Were they at the wielding or receiving end?"

Scott Gibson catches up to the others."Ok, Sorry for my drunken-ness. I'll be better for awhile."

Metal Man: "Receiving end."

Dragoshi: .oO(Ten bucks says receiving end...)

Metal Man: "Gerald survived both times being on the wielding end."

Dragoshi: .oO(He shoots, he scores.)

The Wraith: "Good."

Julian Sawyer: "Lucky him. That's why we're usin' somethin' else."

Metal Man: "In case it fails, your only recourse is to board the ship. Otherwise the long-range, and thus, deadlier weapons will destroy the Dauntless."

Scott Gibson feels ignored now.

Metal Man: "So then. All you must do is climb aboard."

Professor Oak: "I'm not sure how reliable it will--"

Metal Man: "No time, Oak. No time."

Julian Sawyer: "Let's do it!" *Julian heads into the Dauntless.*

Gibby gulps.

Professor Oak: *Sigh* "I told you, I'm a pokemon scientist, not a death-ray doctor, Metal!"

Gibby: "Here goes nothing..."

Metal Man: "Well, Dr. Light's busy with his own helping project."

Dragoshi: "...Yea, thanks captain interruption" *Boards el Dauntless.*

Gibby slowly makes his way into the Dauntless.

Aetos: "Dr. Light works here?... Since when?"

Dragoshi: "Apparently so."

Aetos: "How come I never have seen him?"

Scott Gibson staggers onto the Dauntless with Roxy nudging him along as he complains of a hangover.

Dragoshi: "Maybe 'cause he's busy as hell? Or somethin'." *Shrug.*

The Wraith: *The spirit just silently drifts aboard.*

Metal Man (GM): You're aboard; the ship lights up. It's ready to launch.

Metal Man: "He's worked here before I even joined, Aetos."

Gibby takes his seat.

Metal Man: "Just that he almost never leaves his secret lab."

Aetos: "Hrm. I had a secret lab once. Skyhigh came and vandalized it." *Mutters as he goes on the ship* "I better not die today."

Julian Sawyer: *Alright, so what stations need filling?*

Scott Gibson: "I'll take anything... Put me in engineering so you can yell 'beam me up, Scotty.' for all I care."

Dragoshi: "...Heh."

Scott Gibson goes and sits on the floor and tries to recover from his hangover.

Metal Man (GM): The new, improved ship is simple. Three positions: Navigation, weapons, and comms.
The rest are chairs for sitting as passengers.

Gibby: "OO! Weapons!"

Dragoshi takes control of weapons.

Gibby heads over to the weapon position.
"Aww..."

Metal Man (GM): A roughly duct-taped set of stuff to the weapons console has a single button for 'Death Ray'

Scott Gibson lets the rest of them fill the seats.

Gibby goes over to the comm. section then.

Metal Man (GM): The rest has been purposely taped over, with a note saying 'Do not use! Will allow you to be detected by Kuja ships'

Julian Sawyer: *And Julian takes navigation. Hooray!*

Dragoshi: "Gibby. Handle communications."

The Wraith: *And the wraith... possesses a passenger seat?*

Scott Gibson: "You guys have at it, I'll be right here." *Takes one of the passenger's seats.*

Gibby: "I'm going, I'm going, ya lousy---*Mumble mumble*"

Dragoshi: "...Wait. Apparently, you've already had the initiative to do so. Brilliant ...I'll give you a cookie for that, 'kay?"

Scott Gibson: "Unless there's a captain's chair."

Aetos sits in the seat furthest away from the drunkards.

Julian Sawyer: *I'm guessing navigation has all the start-up and engine controls?*

The Wraith: *He does what he can, then.*

Metal Man (GM): Navigation has a flashing button for 'takeoff'
You can press it to activate the autopilot.

Julian Sawyer: *Simple enough* "Dauntless is go..." *Presses the button.*

Gibby readies his position.

Metal Man: "You might want to--" *WHOOSH* *BANG* *FASTER WHOOSH* "...Wait for the garage door to open."

Metal Man (GM): The ship flies away at insanely fast speeds. You're already nearing outer space by the time you realize you flew through the garage door.

Dragoshi: "..." .oO(...Heh.)

Gibby: O_O; "TOO... FAST!"

Metal Man (GM): You now approach, and enter outer space, flying at top speed. All systems are stable. Five huuuuge ships linger on the horizon.

Gibby is barely able to grab hold of his seat.

Julian Sawyer: "Here we go..."

Dragoshi prepares to fire the Death Ray when he gets in range...

Metal Man (GM): It's taking a while, but the ships are getting larger.

Gibby: "What's our ETA?"

Julian Sawyer: *And... Julian doesn't have much else to do* "Hell if I know. All I got over here's a button."

Metal Man (GM): A numbered panel on the Navigation panel shows your speed as... 1115 miles per hour.
ETA: 5 minutes.

Editor's Note: Actually it only is flying just below Mach 2; the Concorde is faster.

Gibby: "...Woah."

Dragoshi: .oO(...Goddess fucking damn.) "..."

Julian Sawyer: "...Scratch that, 5 minutes."

Gibby: "Now -that- is fast."

Scott Gibson rummages through Roxy's underseat storage bin and finds a couple of small capsule pills in a package called "Chaser: Hangover Relief" ...sure you're supposed to take them before but now's better than nothing. He pops them into his mouth and swallows them, water be damned.

Metal Man (GM): The ship eventually reaches the five Kuja ships... they're even larger than you thought they'd be.

Scott Gibson: "Oi... It'll be awhile before those kick in... hopefully I'll get'a feeling better before any fighting."

Gibby: "Why must I live in such a big, big world?"

Dragoshi: *Are they within Death Ray firing distance?*

Metal Man (GM): It reaches the distance... nnow. Beep beep beep! The button lights up.

Dragoshi: *Fire the Death Ray!*

Gibby holds his breath.

Metal Man (GM): You fire it... a big ol' black beam hits the shield of the closest ship, obliterating it... wait... no. Only the shield was obliterated.
You get a comms.

Julian Sawyer just leans back and closes his eyes. Out of his hands now... "If we all die, I want everyone to know it's Dragoshi's fault."

Gibby picks up on it.

Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Whaaat? How dare you! No one is supposed to be able to blow up my shields!"

Metal Man (GM): The button continues beeping. Maybe you should fire it. A lot.

Dragoshi: "..." *Fires it. A LOT.*

Gibby amplifies the speakers so that the voice can be heard all around the ship.

Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Aim all weapons at that ship! Now! NOW!!!"

The Wraith: *The spirit looks to the comm... Then holds a finger toward Dragoshi, and waves it forward.*

Gibby: "Gentlemen, I suggest we move it!"

Julian Sawyer: *No manual controls?*

Scott Gibson: "Hey...! It's space invaders all over again! I played that game a ton back home!"

Metal Man (GM): *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM* The weapon fires three times, then two more, carving a hole in the hull. There are controls, yes; in fact, you may use them now.
A flight yoke, and such.
There's a hole in the side; you can fly into the ship and dock inside it... or attempt to flee. But there's lasers everywhere!

Gibby: "We've got an opening... but there's a lot of action out there."

Metal Man (GM): The death-ray, unfortunately, shorts out on the sixth shot. Apparently it wasn't made to be fired so much.

Julian Sawyer decides to take advantage of this! Can't be more complicated than car... "Did we deci-...Nevermind." *Julian heads into the hold!*

Gibby: "I don't thi--WOAH!"
*He gets pulls back from the force of the movement.*

Metal Man (GM): *CLONG* You land it right inside.

Scott Gibson: "Rox, it's go time." *Gets up.*

Dragoshi: "...Damn it." *Let me guess, we only tore a huge one in only one of the ships?*

Metal Man (GM): You only tore a hole large enough to land the ship in... which is re-sealed by the ship flying into it and plugging it.

Gibby: "At least we're in. Now we can try taking hold of this ship."

Metal Man (GM): This, conveniently, allows you to enter the bigger ship without having to fear a lack of air.

Julian Sawyer: "Everybody out!"

Gibby nods and quickly evacuates the ship.

Dragoshi exits the ship.

Scott Gibson heads for the evac spot.
"Let's bail..."

Julian Sawyer unstraps himself and heads out of the ship... then jogs over to the Death Ray and tries to make sense of the wiring... What check?

Aetos goes. Lalala.

Metal Man (GM): Uh. Computer use.
The ship has a relatively loud ambient noise; that of its massive engine.
You see that one of the wires got knocked loose.
Only need to plug it back in.

Julian Sawyer does so... and looks for something to make sure it stays plugged in.

Metal Man (GM): There's messily used duct tape all over the gun and the wire.
You could probably rip some excess off.

Julian Sawyer rips off an unused part of the tape and uses it on the wire to make sure it stays in.

Metal Man (GM): As for the ship... you can go north, south, or East of here, through Kuja-era sliding doors.

Julian Sawyer's an electrical engineer! Whee!

Gibby: "Ah, duct tape... truly man's greatest invention."

Metal Man (GM): It's really, really high-tech in here.

Dragoshi: "Yep."

Gibby: "Alright, four possible ways to go... any requests?"

Julian Sawyer: "A'ight, all fixed up back here..." *When in doubt, go East.*

Dragoshi follows Julian.

Scott Gibson: "Toward the bridge of the ship."

Gibby notices everyone going East, and follows.

Scott Gibson sighs and follows them with Roxy behind.

Metal Man (GM): Going east, you enter a generic computer room. One of what must be millions.
It shows cryptic information, as well as the ship's status.

Gibby: "Bah! MORE computers!"

Metal Man (GM): Despite all your work, it seems the ship is at 99.999999999999999999999999999999999998% functionality.
It lists the shields as 'momentarily depleted'

Julian Sawyer: "...Back out!" *Julian heads back into the makeshift hangar and goes north.*

Metal Man (GM): From here, you may go north, south, east, or west.

Dragoshi: "..."

Gibby: "Uhh... how about north?"

Scott Gibson heads North.

Gibby goes north then.

Metal Man (GM): Up North is a room full of pipes. Fuel, water, whatever, it handles that here.

Dragoshi: *North, it is.*

Metal Man (GM): No user-accessible functions.
Again; you may go North, South, West, or East.

Scott Gibson: "Anywhere else?"

Gibby: "Too bad we don't have a four sided coin..."

Aetos: "Or a four-sided die, cause those actually exist."

Dragoshi: *Nods.*

Gibby: "There you go again with that logic if yours..."

Scott Gibson: "But who has one of those here?"

Metal Man (GM): You crashed into the West side of the ship.
Aka the left side.

Dragoshi: *South it is then.*

Gibby: "...Why South?"

Julian Sawyer: *East!*

Metal Man (GM): South is back the way you came.

Dragoshi goes back north, then goes east.

Gibby is just going to go East.

Scott Gibson follows Gibby.

Metal Man (GM): East holds a power relay system; with a hatch leading down, which happens to be heavily secured.
You can also go in all four directions from here.

Gibby: "Hmm..."

Scott Gibson looks at the hatch.

Julian Sawyer: "...I'm thinkin' we found somethin' big."

Scott Gibson: "Same here."

Metal Man (GM): The hatch is huge, made of metal, and welded shut.

Scott Gibson: "C4, anyone?"

Dragoshi: *To Julian* "Hit it."

The Wraith: "...How sure are we that it doesn't lead out into space?"

Julian Sawyer: "'Cause we didn't crash near the bottom."

Gibby: "But just in case..."
*He steps -far- back.*

John: *Did we?*

Julian Sawyer: *Hooray for explosions! Julian whips out a block of C4, sets it up, backs up, and sets off the the charge... grabbing onto something for support in case it DOES lead into the vacuum of space...*

Dragoshi does the same as Gibby AND Julian.

Scott Gibson gets onto Roxy.

Metal Man (GM): *BLAM* The hatch stays there. Kuja was used to such things.

Gibby: "...Drat."

Scott Gibson: "..."

Julian Sawyer: "..."

Gibby walks over to the hatch and points a fin at it.
"...Alakazam!"

The Wraith: "...Well." *He goes to see if he can pass through the floor nearby.*

Gibby: "...Open sesame!"

John: *And, if he can, just peek through.*

Metal Man (GM): You try to pass through. The floor is spirit proof.
As well as spirituous beverage proof.

Gibby: "Hocus Pocus!"

Scott Gibson heads out the door and decides to keep trekking East since that didn't work and nothing else seems to.

The Wraith: *He then hrms, and gets a silly idea from Gibby. He points a hand at the hatch.* "...AlaKujam!" *Not really expecting it to work, he prepares to follow Scott.*

Metal Man (GM): East of here... more pipes.
You can still go in all four directions, though.

Gibby grunts and kicks the hatch before leaving.

Julian Sawyer gives up and heads east... and east again.

Dragoshi goes north.

Gibby is easting it.

Metal Man (GM): East again, you enter a hallway going North-south like the one you crashed into; the other side of the ship.
These rooms are large, after all.

Gibby: "Hmm... North again!"
*He turns and goes north.*

Metal Man (GM): You may go in all four directions, though, as this hallway is also divided into sections.

Julian Sawyer: "..." *North!*

Metal Man (GM): Oops. Only three. Can't go East.
Next up... more hallway, but you can also go West.

Gibby decides to be random and goes west.

Julian Sawyer heads... west. They may have missed the middle.

Dragoshi goes west.

Scott Gibson heads after Gibby after exhausting all other ideas.

The Wraith: *And the spirit's just driftin' along with the group.*

Metal Man (GM): West; you enter some sort of habitation area, where soldiers would be in preparation for war.

Gibby: "Hmm..."

Metal Man (GM): No weapons or equipment; only places to put them. You may go all four directions from here, too.

Scott Gibson heads west still.

Metal Man (GM): A screen around says 'ETA to Nintendus: 9 hours'

Julian Sawyer: "Well, 'least we got time..."

Gibby: "Well if this is where the soldiers stand... then we must be getting close to the center, right?"

Metal Man (GM): I'll do this last room for Scott before pausing.

Dragoshi: "Yea."

Julian Sawyer heads more west...

Gibby continues to the west then.

Dragoshi: *More west for me.*

Metal Man (GM): Scott ends up in another 4-direction room, which has a cafeteria area.
No food or stuff; just cooking devices. Also another, smaller, also-sealed hatch on the floor.

Scott Gibson rolls his eyes, grunts, and heads west again.

Dragoshi: *...West.* @_@

Julian Sawyer: "Hmmm... Drag, hand me that machinegun."

Metal Man (GM): Eh; no further for tonight. I'll do 5 minutes more on this room.

Dragoshi: *Stops*"...No. I can do it myself." *Pulls out machinegun and opens fire on the smaller hatch.*

Metal Man (GM): The machinegun clicks a couple times before turning Dragoshi's hand to stone.
Hm. That's why it was a prototype.

Dragoshi: "...That's what I meant by bugs."

Gibby is trying his best not to laugh.

Dragoshi smacks Gibby with his tail.

Gibby: "Ow! What was that for?"
*He rubs his face.*

Julian Sawyer heads... North! They're obviously in the middle of the ship... they just need a way into the bridge...

Scott Gibson walks around a corner and sees Julian cross the hall. He jogs to catch up.

Metal Man (GM): *PAUSE* For now. +1000 EXP for stuff so far.

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