[Taocow PBEM] Fwd: Book 3 - Chapter XIV - Belmont Abbey - REPOST

[Bergman Oswell]

IC: Anne looks over at Jacek, and says "I should be able to help you, I'm a fully qualified robotics engineer, among other things.  I obviously have no workshop, but I have a pair of advanced multi-tools and given access to scrap material, I can make replacement parts."

On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> [Vesper]
>>>> "Just Keldon's son was injured. We should evac others if possible."
>>>> He looked down, "Unless they will leave the city alone once were gone but I
>>>> am not so sure they will."
>>>> He glanced back to Alex then to the others.
>>>> [/Vesper]
> 
>>> [GM]
>>> As Vesper speaks, Jacek the Borg, leaning on the rail, points out his
>>> damaged leg and obliterated arm. "My injuries are not life
>>> threatening, though until I can facilitate repair, I may be of limited
>>> use."
>>> [/GM]
> 
>> [Vesper]
>> Vesper looks to Jacek, "Sorry Jacek."
>> [/Vesper]
> 
>> [Alex]
>> Looking at Jacek, Alex responds, "I can fix the armor but nothing like
>> that. Sorry I am not of much help there. I think even a cyber-doc would
>> just want to replace the damage parts not repair."
>> 
>> She will look if there is anything she can do safely to give an partial
>> function back to anything using armorer / basic mechanics. Otherwise,
>> the red headed ranger does not mess with anything.
>> [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> Jacek has some pretty significant damage; one arm missing, one leg
> probably unsalvageable. He's going to need a chop shop at the minimum/
> [/GM]
> 
>> [Oz]
>> Oz nods at Jacek. "The dwarves may know a little something about
>> bionics. We'll get you patched up."
>> [/Oz]
> 
> [Jacek]
> Jacek nods. "I hope so. It is... distracting."
> [/Jacek]
> 
>>>> [Oz]
>>>> "We have to." Oz nods at the sergeant. "On to Wales, if we can." He
>>>> turns to the sailors they'd brought aboard. "Can you operate the ship
>>>> on your own?" If not, they were going to have to abandon ship just as
>>>> quickly as they'd boarded.
>>>> [/Oz]
> 
>>> [Louissa]
>>> "We have one man who can pilot it," Louissa says, "but he's, um, well,
>>> a little confused right now due to a nasty bump on the head."
>>> [/Louissa]
> 
>>>> [Alex]
>>>> Alex suggests, "I we can at least get to a place with more cover, even
>>>> if we have to go on foot from there, might be best idea."
>>>> Nothing ever goes right so she is almost use to it these days. At least
>>>> nobody has managed to kill her yet so she figures keep trying.
>>>> [/Alex]
> 
>>>> [Ted]
>>>> "In my time, the Thames was a major river. Why not take the ship as far
>>>> as it will go?" the lizard man suggested. "Once we get upstream and have
>>>> to abandon the boat, we can just turn it around and put>>> [Vesper]
>>>> "Just Keldon's son was injured. We should evac others if possible."
>>>> He looked down, "Unless they will leave the city alone once were gone but I
>>>> am not so sure they will."
>>>> He glanced back to Alex then to the others.
>>>> [/Vesper]
> 
>>> [GM]
>>> As Vesper speaks, Jacek the Borg, leaning on the rail, points out his
>>> damaged leg and obliterated arm. "My injuries are not life
>>> threatening, though until I can facilitate repair, I may be of limited
>>> use."
>>> [/GM]
> 
>> [Vesper]
>> Vesper looks to Jacek, "Sorry Jacek."
>> [/Vesper]
> 
>> [Alex]
>> Looking at Jacek, Alex responds, "I can fix the armor but nothing like
>> that. Sorry I am not of much help there. I think even a cyber-doc would
>> just want to replace the damage parts not repair."
>> 
>> She will look if there is anything she can do safely to give an partial
>> function back to anything using armorer / basic mechanics. Otherwise,
>> the red headed ranger does not mess with anything.
>> [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> Jacek has some pretty significant damage; one arm missing, one leg
> probably unsalvageable. He's going to need a chop shop at the minimum/
> [/GM]
> 
>> [Oz]
>> Oz nods at Jacek. "The dwarves may know a little something about
>> bionics. We'll get you patched up."
>> [/Oz]
> 
> [Jacek]
> Jacek nods. "I hope so. It is... distracting."
> [/Jacek]
> 
>>>> [Oz]
>>>> "We have to." Oz nods at the sergeant. "On to Wales, if we can." He
>>>> turns to the sailors they'd brought aboard. "Can you operate the ship
>>>> on your own?" If not, they were going to have to abandon ship just as
>>>> quickly as they'd boarded.
>>>> [/Oz]
> 
>>> [Louissa]
>>> "We have one man who can pilot it," Louissa says, "but he's, um, well,
>>> a little confused right now due to a nasty bump on the head."
>>> [/Louissa]
> 
>>>> [Alex]
>>>> Alex suggests, "I we can at least get to a place with more cover, even
>>>> if we have to go on foot from there, might be best idea."
>>>> Nothing ever goes right so she is almost use to it these days. At least
>>>> nobody has managed to kill her yet so she figures keep trying.
>>>> [/Alex]
> 
>>>> [Ted]
>>>> "In my time, the Thames was a major river. Why not take the ship as far
>>>> as it will go?" the lizard man suggested. "Once we get upstream and have
>>>> to abandon the boat, we can just turn it around and put it on auto-pilot.
>>>> That might throw off the Splugorth enough to buy us a day or two."
>>>> [/Ted]
> 
>>> [Ithdalkal]
>>> The Blind Warrior Woman shakes her head. "Back to that river leads to
>>> the Splugorth. The lower reaches of the Thames are under the sway of
>>> London."
>>> [/Ithdalkal]
> 
>>> [GM]
>>> One of the ship's crew that the company had just rescued speaks up. "I
>>> can pilot the ship. First things first, we need to get this back on
>>> the ley line. Second of all, we have cargo destined for the dwarf
>>> colony in Wales. Even better, it's heading away from the Splugorth.
>>> There are a lot of ley lines around here, and if there's some better
>>> destination, we can get there a lot more safely than taking rivers
>>> that might lead to more enemy territory."
>>> 
>>> "If you do want boats," she continues, "this town appears to have
>>> several. I hate to lose a lot of well-armed and battle experienced
>>> people, especially now that the Captain is..." at that point tears
>>> begin to well up, and she has to pause a moment. "Look, we've lost
>>> most of our crew, and with the Captain gone, this ship doesn't have an
>>> owner. But neither does it have much money. I can recommend to what's
>>> left of the crew that we go into some sort of partnership with you.
>>> You provide security, we'll do our delivery, and then we cash out your
>>> share, or stay on, or whatever. What do you all think?"
>>> [/GM]
> 
>>>> [Anne]
>>>> Anne, the newcomer, who had disappeared a few hours before back at the
>>>> Abbey, suddenly leaps from the ground to the ship's deck.
>>>> [/Anne]
> 
>>> [Louissa]
>>> Louissa looks stunned. "Where did you come from? And where were you?"
>>> [/Louissa]
> 
>>> [Ithdalkal]
>>> The Blind Warrior Woman nods. "I had thought you had been taken
>>> prisoner by the Kydians."
>>> [/Ithdalkal]
> 
>> [Anne]
>> "I was briefly detained by the Kydians.  But since my home world
>> does several hundred billion credits worth of business with various
>> Splugorth each year and I'm a government employee, once they
>> verified my identity, verified I had not attacked any of the Minions
>> and checked with their headquarters, they let me go.  If you have
>> to be captured by Minions, Kydians are about the best option, since
>> they take their duty and professionalism VERY seriously."
>> [/Anne]
> 
> [Jacek]
> "Yes, they quite professionally tried to dismantle me." Jacek replies,
> the irony somehow dripping from his cybernetic mouth.
> [/Jacek]
> 
>> [Vesper]
>> "I don't know about the rest of you but, we should discuss business later.
>> I am ok with staying on board as
>> protection."  He looks down at the city feeling bad how many would be
>> left behind, how many would the splugorth
>> kill or worse enslave.  "I wish we could do more for them." He said quietly.
>> [/Vesper]
> 
>> [Alex]
>> Turning back towards  Vesper, "Not much we can do. Some people may be
>> able to escape in the confusion, we gave them that at least. If the
>> bishop had warned them instead of playing games, most of the people
>> might have escaped. Never deal with the Splugorth, they will always back
>> stab you."
>> 
>> Deciding to not say anything, she still gives Oz a look for shooting
>> down the bishop.  As tempting as it might have been, she cannot really
>> approve.
>> 
>> Does look even more suspiciously at Anne,  "Surprised they just dis not
>> make you disappear.  Dead women tell no tales."
>> [/Alex]
> 
>> [Oz]
>> "As a counter proposal, I just lost a good proportion of my unit and
>> find myself in need of both transportation and soldiers." Oz puts out
>> a hand to offer to shake with the ship spokeswoman. "Osmar Wolz,
>> Knight Commander of His Majesty's armed forces of New Camelot. Would
>> you be interested in entering the king's service?"
>> 
>> Oz trusts Ithdalkal to deal with the stranger, letting her do the
>> talking while he deals with the ship's crew.
>> [/Oz]
> 
> [GM]
> The woman pauses for a moment, and then pulls out a short vibro sword
> and offers it to Oz.
> 
> "My name is Second Mate and acting captain Debra Neeson." she says in
> a formal voice. "I pledge this ship and her crew to your king, and
> swear to protect your companions and anyone you name a friend, if you
> will have us, milord."
> 
> Oz's sergeant looks approving upon this. "Sir," he says with a smile,
> "you may be the best recruiter the King ever had! By the time we go
> back to New Camelot, we'll have a bloody army, navy and airforce."
> [/GM]
> 
>> [Vesper]
>> Vesper catches Alex attention and moves aside with her.
>> "I don't like the implication of someone whose people do huge transactions
>> with the Splugorth."
>> "Somehow the Splugorth have been tracking us wherever we go."
>> [/Vesper]
> 
>> [Alex]
>> "I don't know, had to say. Everybody could have assumed that I was a CS
>> espionage agent. Could ask a few cautious question though?"
>> [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> As they are talking, they actually see, off in the distance, a
> Splugorth hover troop transport, and it appears the Kydians are
> actually in retreat. Perhaps this town has a brief reprieve.
> 
> The remaining crew set to work, and quickly the ship begins to glide
> back towards the ley line, its mystic batteries nearly exhausted by
> the time hovering over the town.
> [/GM]
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Clausen
> mightymartianca at gmail.com>
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