Session Start: Sat May 16 23:15:00 1998
<Admiral-Lilwall> but enough about plans not fully made
<Admiral-Lilwall> :)
* Stardrive's quarters are full of crap from halfway across the galaxy.
<Stardrive> Kind of a packrat...  
<Admiral-Lilwall> that would flip her out
<Admiral-Lilwall> :)
<Stardrive> Then again we WERE supposed to be collecting that stuff until all they were interested in was weapon's grade materials....
<Admiral-Lilwall> I think she'd just literally fall apart if Maximus or Lightning walked past her
<Stardrive> Focusing crystals...  ship metal...
<Stardrive> heheheh
<Shadowpaw> who would fall apart?
<Admiral-Lilwall> Autumn Beauty
<Shadowpaw> oh
* Waitstate has found the new External Affairs Consul 
<Stardrive> Ah... so that's the one who stands outside and runs things there?
<Waitstate> SD: no... he's the one that handles all... shall we say "outsiders"
<Stardrive> "Foreign" affairs you mean 
<Waitstate> right... you see my problem
<Stardrive> Public Relations, heheheh
<Waitstate> naaa ;)
<Admiral-Lilwall> External/Foreign Affairs
<Waitstate> I just wish we had a nice, short, good sounding title
<Stardrive> External affairs will do... I was only joking about the "outside the ship" thing.
<Waitstate> heh
<Admiral-Lilwall> who's foreign affairs?
<Waitstate> Artifice sounds perfect for the job :)
<Admiral-Lilwall> ah :)
<Waitstate> Welcome Lightning. 
<Waitstate> Format and Crevas... welcome :)
<Admiral-Lilwall> yeah yeah
<Format> hsssssss
<Admiral-Lilwall> there
* Shadow_Paw giggles
<Stardrive> Bridge is crowded today...
* Autumn-Beauty is in her quarters 
<Waitstate> ahh...
<Stardrive> Hey! Format took my energon jerkey!
* Format slithers off quickly
* Crevas zooms down the Freedom's hallways
* Stardrive messes with the holo-systems
<Stardrive> as usual... new toy.
* Autumn-Beauty waters all her plants
<Waitstate> heh
* Waitstate quietly knocks on Autumn's door
* Autumn-Beauty freaks out
<Waitstate> hello?
<Autumn-Beauty> er, uh, c c c c c co.........uh come i i in?
<Shadowpaw> hehehehe
* Waitstate enters the room, trying to seem non threatening
* Autumn-Beauty thinks to herself  "the commander!!!!!"  then nearly stumbles to the ground.... "y y y yes s?"
<Waitstate> Have you gotten all settled in OK?
<Autumn-Beauty> ah, er, ye.. *cough* um, y yes
<Autumn-Beauty> th th th th th thank...uh  th thanks for a asking
<Waitstate> Well, I was just concerned for you. :) I brought you a house... err... quarters-warming gift :)
* Waitstate hands Autumn a bulb "It's a bulb for a rare Terran orchid. I checked your manifest... you don't have one of them. :)"
<Autumn-Beauty> *trying to look happy* r r really?  th..that's, niice....
* Autumn-Beauty takes the plant (visibly shaking) and mumbles a stuttered thanks
* Autumn-Beauty slinks over to a plant covered desk and clumsily places the plant down
<Autumn-Beauty> it..i..it's v v ery nice of you c c comman...commander..
<Waitstate> Your welcome. And please, call me Waitstate, or Wait if you want. I want us to be friends :)
<Autumn-Beauty> *thinking* oh god oh god oh god oh god now what do i do?!?!
* Waitstate notices her discomfort "Please, don't do anything you don't feel comfortable doing" :)
<Autumn-Beauty> um... ah, o..ok.  Wa, Waitstate.... *trying not to look as nervous as she sounds*
<Autumn-Beauty> *failing*
<Autumn-Beauty> no! I mean...i i i'm f fine, jus fine...i i i i i....
* Waitstate walks close to put a comforting arm around Autumn, but stops when he sees her pull back sharply, apparently afraid
* Autumn-Beauty pulls back sharply on instinct alone
<Autumn-Beauty> i i i i... i shoulld probably get b b back to watering m m m my room, err plants uh  
<Autumn-Beauty> w w well, th thanks again... it's really...very..  *pauses as if can no longer speak*  l...lo..love..lovely.....
* Waitstate , nervous and confused, nods "You're very welcome. I hope you enjoy it... welcome to the League." Waitstate then walks haltingly out of the room, somewhat upset and sad
* Autumn-Beauty waits till the door closes behind Waitstate and then walks over to where a window should be
* Autumn-Beauty moves some hanging blinds out of the way and glares out the window to the planet below
* Autumn-Beauty bangs her head on the window with a sigh .......... "Idiot girl"
<Stardrive> [comm]  Hey Wait... stop hitting on crew members and get to the bridge, I'm getting a distress call.
<Waitstate> [to comm, definite angry growl in his voice] I'm coming
<Autumn-Beauty> stupid idiot girl! you didn't even look him in the eye *sigh* *goes back to watering plants*
<Admiral-Lilwall> *in the bridge, AL turns to SD* seems the boss is in a tiff again
* Waitstate breaks out of his sad repose and heads to the bridge
<Stardrive> What else is new?
<Stardrive> But I'm getting a distress signal...
* Waitstate arrives
<Stardrive> Very faint...
<Shadowpaw> Who from, Star?
* Waitstate glares at SD "Status report"
<Admiral-Lilwall> play it over speakers if you can
<Stardrive> Beta Chromium system...
* Waitstate takes his seat
<Stardrive> It's just a beacon... 
<Stardrive> But on emergency frequency...
<Waitstate> is there a message of any sort?
<Stardrive> Nope... just a signal beacon on the emergency frequency for this sector.
<Stardrive> I'm trying to pinpoint... there.  Somone get the sensors on it.
<Waitstate> *turns to Lil* Anything on long range sensors?
<Admiral-Lilwall> nothing out of the ordinary thus far
<Waitstate> keep scanning... with no message, it could easily be a trap of some sort
<Admiral-Lilwall> will do
<Admiral-Lilwall> hm, 
<Stardrive> Whatever it is, it's automated.  Even if it's genuine, it could be too late already.
<Admiral-Lilwall> odd atmosphereic reading eminating from the edge of that system
<Admiral-Lilwall> could be a ship there, but it's hard to tell
<Stardrive> Or we could be just in time.
<Waitstate> hmm... lets get closer for a better look... SP, take us closer to the system... say.. one parsec away
<Lightning> *turns to Wait* should I plot a course to the system?
<Waitstate> sorry... thought SP was at the conn... Lightning, umm... what I said before :)
* Lightning plots a course, "speed?"
<Waitstate> Hmm... normal cruising speed... like Star said, could be nothing
<Lightning> very well
<Stardrive> Could be nothing... or someone could be dying.
<Stardrive> One or the other.
<Lightning> commencing
<Waitstate> there... once we know something for sure, we'll be ableto get there pretty quick
<Waitstate> [to comm] Shadowpaw from bridge... we need you up here
<Lightning> space fold in 3mintues
* Stardrive falls asleep.
<Waitstate> Lil, anything yet?
<Admiral-Lilwall> only odd atmosphere readings on the edge of the system, my guess is that it's a ship, their atmosphere generators could be in trouble
<Admiral-Lilwall> I can't figure anything else at this range
<Waitstate> hmm... increase speed to safe maximum
* Shadowpaw enters the bridge
<Lightning> space fold in 1 minute
<Shadowpaw> what's happening?
* Stardrive turns on Rescue 911
<Waitstate> Lightning, take Tac1... SP, take conn
<Lightning> space fold commencing in 20 seconds *gets up and moves to tactical*
* Waitstate explains the situation to SP
<Waitstate> lets save the space fold till we need it
* Format slithers back and returns SD's now half eaten energon jerky
<Stardrive> You can have it now, Format.
<Format> slithers away again
* Stardrive throws the jerky at Format
* Crevas zooms into the bridge, knocking Format over and crashing into a wall
<Stardrive> Good thing we had the bridge walls reinforced...
<Waitstate> I had ALL the walls reinforced at the last drydock 
Session Close: Sun May 17 06:55:06 1998