Session Start: Fri Nov 13 23:02:38 1998 * Awol transforms to robot mode, and enters the bridge Evenin' AWOL ah, hey there Wait * Awol's metal feet clank into the room * Waitstate looks over to AWOL What's up? wow, I think I'm a little high on electrons * Awol shakes his head oh? * Awol offers a smile to Waitstate * Admiral-Lilwall enters the bridge, "How long till we reach whereever we're going?" We're about 3 days out yeah, I hate to think we are drifting aimlessly through space. Who knows where we could end up... * Shadowpaw enters the bridge You sound spaced again AWOL Where we headed now? Same place as yesterday Nelvada sector spaced? I feel it ooh, Nelvada * Awol clicks his mechanical digits I haven't been in Nelvada for a while Been to the neutral colony? A colony of neutral Cybertronians... I passed it by... was on a flight with a group of 'cons ah I wanted to check it out... no luck? I uh... well the others didn't agree with me... spoil sports heh well, you're finally gonna see it :) great Well it's certainly far away enough, it's taken us days already just to get this far * Awol lowers his voice, "I don't think they would have been much fun anyway, 'cons are too tight in their joints" so tell me about the place? can't. Never been there :) Not much 'I' can tell you, I've never been there I hope it's a pleasant surprise... I hate going in blind you're sure they are all neutrals? That's what they say *shrug* Oh don't be so skeptic AWOL, everything will be fine * Shadowpaw hopes they're all neutrals we may even pick up a number of recruits I certainly hope we do :) I just don't have too many 'friends' if you know what I mean there's a few people who'd like to 'wring my hydraulics' so to speak Speaking of recruits, our mystery recruit has been in contact again do tell Settle down Awol, nothing will happen back when we pulled into Aranis station he's going to be at the colony hmm... good :D I am calm. I'm just cautious is all. Eh, like a cat...no offense SP, and when you've been the places I've been, with the company I've kept.. it pays to be this new recruit.. he's not ... purple... is he? I have no idea * Awol shakes his head... now I'm being paranoid. I better go to the lounge and take a load off Yes you are :) holler when we get there Relax AWOL, if Cyclonus of all Decepticons was to ambush you I doubt he'd be as secret as this guy It'll be days yet... * Awol squints at Wait I know.. I guess I am on edge. * Awol leaves the bridge *to the closed door* You certainly are... Heh, a tad too much I'd say. Can't we just space fold to the sector? * Awol heads down the corridors towards the lounge we're in no real hurry. Besides, space fold for that distance requires a few days of calculations and LOADS of power we'd end up just SITTING somewhere for that time and we'd pop out defenseless Eh, I hate taking so long to get somewhere Tell me about it... It can be a pain, I admit Still... I like it better than sitting around waiting for the calcs to finish :) yeah well on another note the holodeck has finally been completely restored GOOD * Awol reaches the lounge, and enters. * console beeps hmm... we're entering an asteroid field * Waitstate brings the ship out of interphase Well, as long as it's the shortest course to our destination I don't mind hmm... high in various ores anyone for a quick mining operation? hm, don't see why not * Awol, in the lounge, listens to "Lonely Robot" one more time. I'll tractor a big one... SP, you can take the ship for a bit, right? *smile* Sure k * Waitstate taps a few keys, watches the viewscreen as the tractor grabs an asteroid * Awol notices the ship has come out of interphase 'cmon Lil * Waitstate contacts Recoil and heads out * Admiral-Lilwall follows * Waitstate opens an airlock * Waitstate heads out * Admiral-Lilwall follows *to ship* SP, launch a transport drone * Shadowpaw launches a transport drone * Admiral-Lilwall scans surrounding asteroids idly * Waitstate tethers it to himself * Waitstate motions Lil over * Admiral-Lilwall follows * Admiral-Lilwall transforms to space fighter mode * Waitstate aims at a vein of ore and begins using his cutting laser * Awol changes the song to "Rock my Servos" * Awol headbangs in the lounge * Admiral-Lilwall circles around the asteroid * Recoil begins collecting the flying shards * Admiral-Lilwall fires his turrets at a rocky 'hill' type structure and exposes more ore * Admiral-Lilwall returns to robot mode and lands near the mound * Waitstate finishes up on his vein and starts scanning for more * Awol dances round the room, then catches sight of Lil, Wait and Recoil, out in space doing some mining. * Awol turns off the music and heads for the bridge * Waitstate finds a big section several meters beneath the surface * Admiral-Lilwall's hand retracts and is replaced with a pick axe type tool, activating it he starts to chisel ore off the asteroid * Waitstate tries to cut it open slag... too thick Recoil! Yes sir? can you.. slice that off? Sure thing boss * Admiral-Lilwall loads the ore into the transport and looks all around at the multitude of asteroids in the area * Waitstate boosts backs in hury as Recoil brings his canon to bear * Awol enters the Bridge, seeing Shadowpaw on her lonesome hey, what's going on out there Shadow? * BLAST! * Shadowpaw looks up at Awol They're mining mining? hey, those are asteroids! * Admiral-Lilwall floats over to Wait, "Oi...." So? * Awol is tapped on the shoulder by Lightning and spins around. Big one, no? oh .. you! * Awol turns back to Shadowpaw.. You block my veiw of the screen...move. Eh, not that...that *points to an asteoid in the distance* ...whoa I did a brief scan before we touched down, that asteroid ain't right well don't asteroids count as a serious obstacle to space travel? what's up with it? I block your veiw? so why don't you move? they do if I throw you at it now MOVE say please Wrong profile for a asteroid, exterior fits...but it's structured on the inside * Awol stands as proudly as he can You will get out of my way or it will be YOU that the others are mining for! I'm detecting a lot of hostility here. Maybe you didn't know LONAC is neutral. * Awol smiles * Shadowpaw grabs Awol and drags him out of the way "u will listen to lightning. and when he tells u to move, u move." hey, let go of my arm * Awol turns to Shadowpaw why? maybe YOU don't understand I'M sitting the command chair and YOU'RE standing in my veiw he's a pompous military jerk hmm... you're right. I've never seen an asteroid segmented like that inside... Profile fits a Transformers if ever i saw one hmm... interesting conclusion I'm gonna go take a looksie *nod* be careful * Admiral-Lilwall transforms to space fighter mode and heads towards the odd asteroid See what the ship can pick up on its scanners *to comm* hey... can you guys scan the asteroid I'm sending the coordinates of? Lightning, you're a big metallic moron. And you don't order ME around. You ask politely, then maybe I'd move. * Shadowpaw glares at Awol Awol, You may think he's a moron and a jerk, but he's also your commander at this point in time. * Awol turns to the scanning console and runs a scan of the asteroid coordinates Commander? * Awol tackles Lightning to the ground *punches AWOL through the lift doors* * Awol is out of commission * Admiral-Lilwall circles the asteroid * Admiral-Lilwall to Waitstate... I've identified a hatch of sorts in a crater on the asteroid, shall I investigate? not alone * Waitstate transforms to jet mode and uses max thrust to get to Lil * Awol fumes at Lightning Waitstate do you copy? * Waitstate reverts to bot mode when he gets there ok then shall we? [to comm] we may go out of communication soon. Send someone in if we're gone for too long I'm not detecting any life signs or weapons systems, * Admiral-Lilwall transforms to robot mode and lands at the hatch I'm willing to go in I don't like the company on the bridge * Awol sneers at Lightning Hey! Thanks a lot! [to comm] whatever. But we're going in * Waitstate follows Lil no offence Shadowpaw.. but you know who I mean just how long is too long? * Lightning chuckles * Admiral-Lilwall exits the airlock and enters a corridor inside the asteroid * Awol looks at Lightning ha di har har *ignores the pest* * Awol adjusts his neck, the hydraulics a little twinged from Lightning's vicious assault on his person * Admiral-Lilwall walks down the empty corridor in the dim light * Waitstate turns on his flash better? * Admiral-Lilwall does also much... hmm... this is certainly odd looks like it's running on reserve power Definatly cybertronian in design * Awol heads for the airlock hoping the others do require his assistance. plenty of dust though...wonder how long it's been like this I'm getting a stronger power reading that way * Admiral-Lilwall follows Wait in the direction * Admiral-Lilwall trips, stumbles but doesn't fall on a protruding metal pipe on the floor where did that come from hey look...looks like a door up ahead hmm... based on the brittleness of that pipe, I'd guess this... umm... derelict is at least a thousand years old * Waitstate looks up * Admiral-Lilwall approaches the door and shines the light on it Well I'll be......Autobots. and... a computer terminal :D perhaphs this was a colony *to ShadowPaw* I'm going to take a flight round a couple of asteroids with a jet pack. I won't be long. can you get anything out of it ya think? *to Awol* Yeah, OK. Be careful. *to Shadowpaw* I will... it's safer out there than on the bridge should I check the interface? * Awol exits the airlock and rockets away from the LSS freedom.. many things on his mind. check whatever you like, but see if you can find out what happened here or even how old this thing is k * Waitstate checks the interface if this was a colony of Autobots it's been abandoned for quite some time hmm... I think I have a connector for this * Waitstate jacks in * Waitstate's optics widen, then go dark * Admiral-Lilwall chuckles at how weird that looked * Waitstate slowly wakes up * Waitstate jacks out * Admiral-Lilwall forces the door open and enters the room which appears to be a conference room of some sort, a large table is in center of the room damn... the computer is slagged just that one? or the whole network? white noise right in the neural pathways not sure... I got nothing this hallway for sure * Waitstate goes into the room ya know....the interior of this thing fits like a ship's interior.....but a station? no...my scan showed it might have been transformable...perhaphs a modified ship really? * Admiral-Lilwall taps the table which is remarkably made of wood, it breaks in half hmm... try scanning for a transformation cog... the power signature should be unmistakeable hmm... this place MUST be old Hm...wood. Pine Oak to be exact.....scanning * Waitstate picks up the piece closest to him hm...a faint signal, but there is one... twelve levels down from here though twelve... at least we don't necessarily have to go there. That just prove your theory. we should try to find a working computer....there's still minor power to this place, so maybe a terminal is still active yeah... let's head closer to a power source agreed * Waitstate finds the manaul release on a door and opens it * Admiral-Lilwall follows down the lengthy dark corridor closer to the said power source and spots another terminal over there... hmm... this one is definitely connected to the network * Waitstate cautiously jacks in * Awol shoots a few small asteroids.. no bigger than a meter across. Pretending he is shooting Lightning. I don't think anyone will be home boss, maybe we should get a exploration team over. This would be ample opportunity yeah.. some noise on the line, but I'm getting throughput yeah... try and raise the ship * Admiral-Lilwall to Freedom do you copy? This is the Freedom, what is your status? We're fine, but send over a reasonably sized explore team, we found a piece of history Confirmed, they will be there briefly don't know why they tolerate you Lightning. You're nothing but trouble. You always were. We both hate Galvatron, but so what. Slimey no good creep. * Awol shoots another asteroid. Oh and have Bit come along too, we may need him to fix some computer troubles good idea Freedom to AWOL, Waitstate and Admiral want an exploration team in the asteroid, care to join it? they're all lucky. All lucky that I didn't have their killing instincts. Maybe I would have been somebody. A real 'con. Never liked them. Never will. * Awol shoots yet another small asteroid. hmm... interesting sorry Lightning, you transmission is breaking up. must be asteroid interference. I'll have to return to base and recharge. * Lightning sends Bit, Format, Cirrus, Diamond Fire and Restore to the asteroid (and feels nice that he gave awol the option:) * Lightning shrugs off AWOL's lie and confirms the explore parties launch Lightning has sent over a few bots to give the place a look over Find anything online there? Yeah... interesting place, this it was a strategic outpost at one time interesting no info on the tranforming aspect yet though... the place is REALLY muddled Well, Bit and Format are in the search crew so they should help clear things up too anything else in there we could use? like a map of the place? I hear the shuttle docking, I'll go direct the others as to where to go looking and be back soon good... I'll try and filter more of this mess * Admiral-Lilwall meets with the others, "Diamond Fire and Cirrus take the east lower decks, Restore, you and Bit and Format take the center decks, report in every 15mins" * Admiral-Lilwall arrives back "Any luck?" yeah I figured out what was wrong with the computers This asteroid field used to be a LOT closer to the nearest solar body aged wiring? and... it went nova the shockwave impact flung it to its current location ah, that would explain why the place was ditched No... it was already long deserted it was? yeah Hm..even still the place seems to be in pretty good nick for such an event...there's almost no internal structure damage maintenance bots perhaphs? the EMP from the nova wiped a great deal of the database out and polarized some of the primary nodes effectivly destroying them right it was sufficiently far away to miss the main damage, and the automatic systems (now dead) were able to keep most of the damage to a minimum Hm...I hope the info as to why the place was abandoned wasn't scrapped in that process uh... hmm.. it's here.. but badly scrambled we should be able to recover most of it though Get Bit and Format in here we should have Format......heh, read my mind, Lil to Bit and co....close in on my co-ordinates please as I was saying, we should dump all the info we can onto Format and take it back to the ship to analyse * Format, Bit and Restore arrive a few mins later no... we'd better check it on site if we want to recover more than a few fragments the file system is fragmented all to hell. Transfer would result in LOTS of loss We didn't find much in our area, just dim lights really, and emtpy rooms Stardrive, Wait and Admiral are conducting an exploration on an abandond ancient autobot base inside that asteroid, they request you meet up with them So...what do need us for Wait? well, I really just needed Bit and Format. I have a descrambling job for them * Format looks up at the terminal * Bit transforms and jacks in * Format transforms and inserts into Bit we need as much of that descrambled as possible Yes sir. I'm glad to have Format to help here. Creativity is more his forte than mine. * Waitstate turns to Lil Well, if you can get us map so we know where it is we're going around here * Admiral-Lilwall looks at Wait who is looking at him should I sit here and help them out, or should I help with the exploring? Well....if you can do it faster than those two stay here, otherwise, it's sight seeing time * message from Format on Bit's screen* Three's a crowd :P Restore, why don't you go down those hallways and check out the rooms throughout there. *turns back to Wait* We'll take over in the center of the base heh... guess that answers it We should stay in pairs Lil? with me? ok....Restore...you can...come with us I guess * Admiral-Lilwall extends his arm "let's go my dear!" *wry grin* * Waitstate takes Lil's hand and prances sillyly down the hall with him * Restore follows * Shadowpaw sees Ayr enter the bridge *to Ayr* Finally! Where have you been? Did you manage to see how long ago the star went nova? about 350 years ago the background radiation is still pretty high hm, wonder how long it was before that the autobots actually left the station I'm not sure... corrupted info Ya know...for that long a time ago, it would have been strange to have an autobot site this far from cybertron. Back then the war as it was known didn't extend this far.....maybe it was a different bunch of bots *to Waitstate, weakly* Hello? Where is everyone? maybe... it's definatly an Autobot ba- *to comm* Hey Ayr... gonna join us? Ayreon?! Lightning didn't tell us you were coming over *to comm* Yeah, I'll be right over. Ayreon out. *to Lil* Like I was saying... It's definatly an Autobot base. The net has 'Bot indicators all over * Ayreon leaves the ship to join the intrepid explorers * Ayreon stumbles into the gathering looking green around the gills *turns to Ayr* Hey... Something wrong? Oh man. I think I'm gonna barf Well maybe it was an outpost that held guard over a sector of space the Autobot colonised millions of years ago when the war was in its youth? Slaggin' flu bug from our last stop over WHY didn't you come and see me? HMMMMM? You can deal with human viruses? Lil, it's not millions of years old... I know that just from the tech used I'd say no more than 5,000 CAN I?!? For your information I have expert medical knowledge on thousands of species across the galaxy!! I'd agree. Star-Station Keep looks older, and its farther out So I'm not a history bot...sue me * Ayreon transforms from headmaster form and proceeds to barf all over the deck did anyone just see my windpipe? possibly thousands of years uninhabited, and you disturp the dust with THAT... hehe As for you Mr Ayreon, sit still while I give you something for that....the flu of all things sheesh * Admiral-Lilwall turns away from Ayreon, "that is something I try to avoid seeing at all costs." sorry I SAID SIT STILL MISTER *takes out some medical looking gadgets* hey! That looks like an anal probe! I can give you one if you move again, now freeze * Waitstate checks on Bit and Format * Ayreon holds still good... hey! this place has a medbay :) * Admiral-Lilwall watches Restore administer some medication I doubt that's really useful for this though... There....five minutes and you'll be back to normal health *mumbling* whatever happened to a good bedside manner?????????? It got the probe from moving to much a medbay eh? I don't think I wanna see it...not if it's as clean as the rest of this place Hm, charming, well...Ayreon you can go with Restore and look around that-a-way. Check in every 10 minutes anyway... you gonna be ok Ayr? um, Restore. Why did I just lose my color vision? It'll be back in a min or two, when you're back to normal health. Be a pleasure AL * Ayreon reverts to head form, and rejoins his body is he gonna be ok?!??! "I" treated him, he'll be perfect. * Waitstate steps back in mock fear Just a little modest, aren't we Ok! Ok! just askin'... :) Read my profile non-believer, I'm the best thing to happen to medicine since medicine! heh... anyway who left out the humility chip on this bot............ * Restore heads off to look around and motions for Ayreon to follow * Admiral-Lilwall chuckles * Ayreon follows Restore c'mon Lil... let's find this place's power source :) so Restore, what exactly are we looking for? Ya know...*turning back to Wait* speaking of power source I'd like to crank this place up, maybe transform it if it ain't too corroded.....just for seeing what would happen's sake hm... good idea, if impulsive This was an Autobot strategic something or other base thousands of years ago Think your self an archeologist Strategic? This hunk of junk? Seriously, what are we looking for? Eh...curiosity :) * Waitstate checks the scan Thattaway * Ayreon looks around at the sad state of repair the joint is in don't make me repeat myself :) We're just having a look around...exploring the place...seeing if we can learn anything about the place * Admiral-Lilwall follows Wait well then, DOC. Why don't we find the slaggin' computer core and see if we can access the places data tracks? HM?! help me with this door, eh? * This is Diamond Fire and Cirrus, we haven't found anything hugly historic....mostly empty rooms. we found what appeared to be a rec room, and one or two rooms had large wooden tables in them, seems they liked the stuff, crumbles like dust now though * Waitstate struggles to open a big door cause the comp core is a shambles and will take hours to clean up. where's your sense of adventure? * Admiral-Lilwall helps Wait open the door Thanks Diamond....keep us posted * Ayreon pulls out his comm link hmm... if this place is so old, where did they get pine? Right here, now where's the core? Errrr...ya know...considering how old the place and what we....arg....know of cybertronina history I wonder why they liked wooded tables so much hmm... one more mystery It's Earth wood that I know, Pine Oak...remind me to pick up a sample for analaysis * Waitstate points to a side room is that another table? * Ayreon finds a computer port, and attempts to access the core but for it to be that...it means there was Transformer activity long before Optimus and tribe woke up in the Ark Ayreon, Bit and Format are already well under way working on the computers. 99% of this whole station has no power. nothing. I need to find a powered access port * Admiral-Lilwall shines his flashlight in the room hmm... weirder things have happened I guess Not wood.... * Ayreon replaces his comm link, and heads off in a random direction Not wood? * Waitstate picks up a fragment Not this one.....it's quartz....an earth stone...no value whatso ever due to its abundance...but attractive all the same hmm... curiouser and curiouser... hm...I've never heard of such a large piece of quartz though * Ayreon stumbles over some debris, and falls into the station's armory well... it's not all that hard to grow really not by a long shot....there must have been some precision tech usage to fit all the fragments together though you ok? yeah. Looks like I've found..........something No it isn't....but to Transformer size? this table could seat 20 bots the size of optimus prime true... it'd take a LOOONG time... looks like an old weapons storage room....not many weapons though * Admiral-Lilwall looks under the table to see even the legs of the table are of quartz Very odd... what did they possibly need so many tables for? * Waitstate notices something on the floor * Waitstate picks it up *to waitstate* Hey Wait? I've found what appears to be an old weapons storage room. There's not much here, and what's here is fairly modern I think this is a... personal data log? tremendous effort was put into this one in particular...you'd think they'd have taken it with them when they left the station * Ayreon picks up a rusty blaster standard Autobot issue......... * Waitstate presses buttons This is getting more and more bizzare...modernish weapons...earth woods and stones? now a lost data pad? does it still function? * Waitstate watches as the pad sparks and fizzles out ah, no hm...not a very large weapons hold for a station this size... * Ayreon takes the blaster and looks around some more could be one of several I've seen that before on Star-Station Keep * This is Diamond Fire...Cirrus and I have found a display room....full of both ancient Cybertron artifacts and what is known as medievil earth artifacts geez... I HAVE to see that * Ayreon picks up a rather odd looking rifle Detour, Lil? *rattles an emtpy gun rack, causing it to crumbled to rust dust looks like a muffler........ exit stage left... looks like junk. everything here does...odd even for Cybertronian standards odd, how the guns are in good condition, but the racks are falling apart with the slightest touch * Waitstate finds an empty lift-tube maybe we aren't the first visitors this place has had over the last few years? * Waitstate forces the door open * Ayreon points the rifle at a far wall, and pulls the trigger Hm...wait a sec... just lurking around.. Hold it a sec Boss.... yeah? * Ayreon gets knocked back into Restore by the ensuing explosion OUCH............... * Admiral-Lilwall checks the shaft for old lifts that may fall on em.... *to Restore* you OK? shaft's empty Argh...are you injured?! What did you touch?? That we can see anyway grab on, I'll fly us up I'm fine, the wall has a new door, and the rifle is toast no need oh grey one :) anything else? :) * Admiral-Lilwall transforms to fighter mode and narrowly fits up the shaft * Waitstate shakes his head * Waitstate exetends his wings and follows I'm ok...but don't try to use the weapons again eh? you're no fun........... :) * Admiral-Lilwall exits the shaft a few levels later and returns to robot mode * Waitstate steps out behind him whoa.... careful around this deck...floor's worn * Ayreon looks around some more, and finds wha looks to be a beam saber .... double ended even, cool........... don't play with it * Waitstate narrowly misses stepping in a hole *lewdly* in public, NAH! you are sick bot...we should check in * Ayreon carefully checks the power system of his new toy uh oh. *to waitstate* Um, Wait? I've found what appears to be a decepticon beam saber, roughly the same age as the rest of the station Decepticon? yeah on an Autobot station? yeah odd but then, everything has been Restore won't let me try it out Move on Ayreon...see what other rooms you can find got'cha not after you nearly blew us up with the last toy *evil grin* you scared Restore? * Waitstate arrives in the room with the ancient artifact stuff only because I don't have the equipment I need to save your soft skin if you do anything * Admiral-Lilwall enters after wait and see Cirrus and Diamond Fire looking over statues what is all this? * Ayreon leaves the weapons room, and heads off ==> thataway :) * Ayreon looks around for Restore "where is Ms. Personality Minus?! *shouting* Hey Restore! You coming or what?! coming, coming... * Ayreon checks his flashlight Have you found any info as to why these statues are here Cirrus? cheap power cell I see another door up ahead, let's go well, I recognize a few of the Cybertronian ones. The rest... *shrug* * Ayreon turns on his personal light cell (his chest canopy/plate) that's better I wonder if it would be wise to advise Autobot Command about this place, it would still be classed as Autobot property * Ayreon opens the door good idea... ladies first charmed. *enters and looks the room over with her light* [Over Comm] Stardrive to Waitstate. Empty. whatever was here they took it all [comm] hey SD... whats up? they didn't have holo-technology back then? they might have.... I don't think there's solid records concerning the date of its invention. [Over Comm] I'm in the lower levels, they're shielded and everything. If not for my comm systems, I wouldn't be able to reach you. all those type of data files would have been destroyed somewhere along the war line [comm] what can you tell me? [Over Comm] You'll never guess what I found down here... This place can't even light itself, where did it get the power to hold up shields? I imagine it's physical shields * Ayreon leaves the empty room wait a sec Ayreon... what? You find something? *pushes in on a wall* there's a gap in this wall.... * Ayreon returns to the room [Over Comm] There's Guardians down here. They're offline, but they look operable. wierd. Where's my Indiana Jones hat and whip? * Restore falls in on the wall revealing a secret passage way which Restore has manage to fall down Slag! Lil... Guardians.