Session Start: Sat Feb 20 14:56:51 1999
* Junky_LaFord is not pleased.
<Waitstate> You managed to restablize the engines yet?
<Junky_LaFord> A-number one, blue ribbon, prime cut, state of the art, a-ok.
<Waitstate> ah, yes. I assume that means they the engines are stablized :)
<Waitstate> well, good then :)
<Waitstate> Cirrus, resume course. I'm going to the bar, where no one will care if I get drunk :)
<Artifice> Heh
* Diablo sends out a transmission
* Waitstate bumps into Artifice in the hall
<Waitstate> Artifice! Haven't seen you in a bit. Damn all that busy work on Nelvada...
<Waitstate> Want to get a drink with me? :)
<Artifice> I've been a bit busy myself
* Diablo waits for a reply to the transmission
<Artifice> You know me Wait, I'm not really one to get drunk
<Waitstate> awww...
<Artifice> I like to have full control of my senses
* Diablo leaves quarters, and walks around
<Waitstate> You don't have to drink, really. I just could use a different set of opinions for a while :)
<Waitstate> Seems like all I ever see are Lil and Overwrite these days :)
<Artifice> I suppose I could have a drink or two
<Waitstate> good then! Let's go 
* Waitstate drags Arti into the lift
<Waitstate> *to lift* to the bar please 
* the lift begins moving
* Waitstate steps out of the lift, then makes a beeline to the bar
* Waitstate looks back and doesn't see Artifice
* Diablo recieves a response from the transmission
* Stardrive enters the bridge.
<Waitstate> damn. You'd almost think he didn't want to talk :/
* Waitstate goes inside anyway
* Stardrive notices no one in the comfy chair...
* Stardrive sits in the chair and puts Gilligan's Island 2000 on the main view screen.
* Waitstate sees a few of the newcomers and, of all people, Overwrite
* Chameleon follows the Freedom from behind, and blends in with space
<Artifice> Hmm
<Waitstate> *walking behind the counter, Wait looks at his attache oddly*
<Waitstate> What are you doing in here? I thought you never touched the stuff
* Stardrive changes the data channel.
<Overwrite> I'm hiding from Fragment. This is the last place he'd look you know
<Waitstate> Heh. True enough. But if and when he gives up looking, you know he'd probly come in here anyway :)
<Artifice> heh
* Chameleon attaches himself to the hull
<Overwrite> I know. *sigh* I figure I have another hour or so before I need to relocate
* Diablo moves towards the location of Chameleon
* Stardrive turns off the vid and the forward view reappears.
<Waitstate> Well Overwrite, until then why not have a drink. Something light maybe?
<Stardrive> Look at the stars...
* Chameleon shoots at the hull
<Stardrive> Not near as nice as seeing them live, but still a sight...
* Trilana nods.
* Chameleon detaches from the hull
<Overwrite> I should probably keep my wits about me in case Fragment finds me prematurely
<Overwrite> Last I heard, he wanted me to climb a tree, or some such nonsense
* Diablo deploys spider bots
<Stardrive> What was that?!?
* spider bots start drilling
<Stardrive> Lighting, report!
* spider bots find a weak point
* Chameleon starts to fire at the location of the spider bots
<Lightning> we are under attack an by unknown transformer
* a hole appears and Chameleon enters the ship
<Stardrive> Ack... red alert.
* Diablo gets back to quarters
<Stardrive> On screen.
* spider bots follow
<Waitstate> Damnit, I leave the bridge for 10 minutes... Sorry Overwrite, I have to go
<Stardrive> [comm]  Uh, Wait, we have a problem.
* Chameleon transforms and stays blended into the background
<Overwrite> Right. Can I hide in the back room?
<Lightning> Security units, we have an intruder on deck 6. move in and disable
<Waitstate> heh... sure thing
* Waitstate unlocks the door remotely
<Waitstate> have fun hiding :)
<Overwrite> *grateful* Thank you
* Chameleon moves towards Diablo's location
<Waitstate> [comm] I'm on my way
<Artifice> finally some excitement
* Diablo enters quarters
* Cuffs activiates some new internal security devices
<Stardrive> Why does this happen on my shift?
* Cuffs heads towards deck 6
* Waitstate heads off to the bridge, chuckling slightly when he sees Fragment just down the hall
<Fragment> Hey boss, you heading to the intruder as well? *runs past*
<Waitstate> ...intruder?
* Waitstate gets in the lift, hurrying even more
<Waitstate> Bridge!
<Stardrive> [comm] Attention all decks... intruder alert.
* Chameleon decides to play cat and mouse
* Chameleon shoots at a surveillance camera nearby
* security nets of Cuffs' appear throughout deck 6
* Waitstate arrive on the bridge, and walks across to the center seat. "What's our situation?"
<Lightning> Intruder on deck 6
<Lightning> Units moving in, security devices activated
<Stardrive> [comm]  Most likely on or around deck 6... keep your optics open...
* Chameleon enters lift, and goes up to deck 4
<Lightning> minor hull breach on deck 6, force fields holding
<Stardrive> [comm] Junky, we have a hull breach on deck 4... 
* Chameleon exits lift, and continues ahead
<Waitstate> It must have been on the hull when we stopped to restabilize the engines
<Junky>  Aye, yi, yi, yi... 
<Stardrive> [comm] Good, Stardrive out.
* spider bots go to diasable lifts
* Chameleon stops, and gets da melta out
<Waitstate> damn it. What could be attacking us so far out?
* Admiral-Lilwall emerges from his quarters and heads towards a lift to get to deck 6
<Stardrive> Can we scan for the intruder?
* Chameleon melts through the floor to deck 5
<Waitstate> Likely so. I'll jack in and search the SecureScan
<Lightning> I believe the intruder is cloaked
* Waitstate connects to the the computer system
* spider bots disable lifts
<Lightning> structural damage, floor panel is being melted, possibly as a means to shift around decks
<Mindshadow> *thinking*  Dammit... everone's stealing my bit...
<Diablo> [comm] looks like you have a bit of trouble at the moment
<Waitstate> Motion sensors are getting something on deck 5.... damn it, that's out most active deck!
* Chameleon jumps down to deck 5
<Stardrive> Trilana, see if you can track him down with the comm systems...  
<Trilana> I'll try...
<Waitstate> Wait to Overwrite, the intruder is on deck 5 with you. Forget hiding and get together whoever you can to contain it. You know where the cencellers are, right?
* Cuffs arrives on deck 5, activating more energy nets and lasers
<Overwrite> You want me to WHAT?!
* Chameleon goes back up the hole
* Admiral-Lilwall sees a blur move through a hole, and follows
* Chameleon stops
<Waitstate> You heard me!
<Waitstate> It seems to be gone now, but be ready
<Overwrite> Alright then. But Let me just say on record that I protes-
<Waitstate> Just do it, ok? Wait out
* Junky finishes fixing the hull breach
<Admiral-Lilwall> [comm] Bridge, this is Lil, I've followed back to deck 4, can't see him. Doesn't like our energy nets I'm betting, changed decks everytime they activated. Recommend all deck defenses be turned on
* Chameleon goes into lift, and melts through lift floor
<Waitstate> I hear you Lil. We're on it
* Chameleon moves through lift shaft
* Cuffs climbs up the hole with Recoil close behind and they follow AL
* Waitstate transfers Ops controls to his station
* Diablo exits quarters
<Artifice> All my years as a bounty hunter and I couldn't catch him
* Waitstate activates the lower decks nets
* Chameleon opens deck 9 door
* Chameleon runs ahead, then goes right quickly
<Waitstate> Any preferences where we trap him?
* Admiral-Lilwall leads Cuffs and Recoil to a lift, and notice the floor recently melted
* Diablo goes to the bridge
* Waitstate is up to deck 12
<Lightning> any place where we can spray something visable onto him?
<Waitstate> deck 7 is mostly empty space
* Chameleon goes for nearest cargo bay
<Stardrive> [comm]  Junky, whatever this thing is... it's almost invisible... join the search, you might be useful.
* Diablo enters bridge
<Lightning> we should try to activate fire extinguishers. the substances would coat him, we could see and track him
* Waitstate closes the gap, activating deck 11-8, then starting from 1
<Artifice> Don't we have a sprinkler system or something?
* Chameleon transforms, and attaches to roof
<Waitstate> there... all decks but 7 are covered
* Diablo fiddles around with sensors
<Waitstate> activating fire supression system
<Stardrive> I sure wouldn't want to be part of the cleaning committe.
<Lightning> *to Diablo* what do you think your doing?!? 
<Diablo> [comm] this might help you to see the intruder
* Deck 7 fills with a fine mist, actually a cloud of fire supressing nanomachines
* Chameleon's chameleon ability is negated
<Lightning> he is on deck 7, he can no longer hide from sensors
* Chameleon detaches, transforms, and waits for people to come
* Diablo exits bridge and makes way for deck 7
<Waitstate> motion sensors report no movement
<Lightning> then he should be standing still
<Artifice> [comm] Wait, I'm gonna take a stroll down deck 7
* Diablo arrives on deck 7
<Stardrive> Why do I get the feeling Diablo knows something...
<Waitstate> [comm] ok. Make sure to bring the big guns though. Dont know what we're dealing with
<Waitstate> *to SD* ya think? :P
<Lighting> I tire of crew who bring extra friends to play, they should be expelled!
<Waitstate> Lightning, I almost agree
* Admiral-Lilwall with Cuffs and Recoil arrive on deck7
* Diablo moves towards chameleons location
<Admiral-Lilwall> circle around his last reported position and move in
<Diablo> [comm] if you all want to see the intuder, move to my position
<Admiral-Lilwall> oh and Recoil, set weapons to stun ok?  a heavy one
<Waitstate> [comm] *stern* Diablo, I think we're gonna need to have a little talk after we finish with this.
* Chameleon throws weapons to the entrance of the room
<Diablo> [comm] that sounds like fun
* Cuffs readies restrainer fields
<Artifice> What do you know about this Diablo?
<Diablo> I know who he is
<Diablo> and he's a friend of mine
<Admiral-Lilwall> Pity you couldn't have saved a whole lot of mess if you'd just open your mouth from the start eh? Diablo, if this so called friend still wants trouble, keep him occupied, the rest of us will restrain him
* Chameleon waits for others to come
<Diablo> well it's called, seing how much damage an intruder can do, when one sneaks on board before being found
<Diablo> and I know that a lot more could of happened too
<Admiral-Lilwall> Which to me means "how much can I get away with" now move in
* Waitstate, listening over the comm, gets more and more angry
<Artifice> He didn't have to sneak on in such a manner
* Diablo walks away back to quarters
* Stardrive listens as well.... Tri has it punched up on A/V
<Artifice> Where are you going?
<Diablo> back to my quarters
<Admiral-Lilwall> Dammit Diablo, get back here.....ugh, forget him. Alright we move in and take this bot down fast and with as little trouble as possible
<Stardrive> Always something...
* Chameleon thinks to himself that it takes so long for them to find him
<Admiral-Lilwall> Recoil, you and Cuffs move in and keep him busy, Artifice and I will do the fun job. Go!
* spiderbots turn lifts back on, and then return to Diablo
* Recoil nods, then moves into position
* Cuffs follows
<Admiral-Lilwall> Lets go Arti ;)  *moves into position*
* Artifice follows
* Chameleon waits to be detained
* Cuffs spots the intruder "Surrender yourself and you shall not be harmed"
* Stardrive watches Chameleon on the main screen.
* Recoil arms a stun grenade, just in case he didn't get the message
<Chameleon> does it look like I can do much, with my weapons over there
<Chameleon> I don't think so
<Cuffs> get down on the floor and put your arms behind your back, now!
<Recoil> We ask the questions here, smart bot
* Admiral-Lilwall looks on from behind a container
* Chameleon stays standing
<Cuffs> get down on the floor now!
* Chameleon gets on the floor
* Admiral-Lilwall looks to Artifice  "move in"
* Artifice charges Chameleon
<Cuffs> Recoil, be ready...
<Artifice> Alright, you've had your fun
* Admiral-Lilwall aims his weapon on the intruder
* Chameleon put up a personal shield
* Admiral-Lilwall looks up to Recoil and nods for the stun grenade
* Chameleon puts shield down
<Chameleon> I think i'll surrender now
<Recoil> *quiet* awwww...
<Admiral-Lilwall> Recoil, hold him down, hard.
* Chameleon launches a spiderbot
<Recoil> All right! err... yes sir!
* spiderbot runs around some containers trying to escape
* Recoil slams the intruder down onto the floor and holds him there
<Chameleon> hey, get off me chumpy
* Cuffs gives chase to the spider bot and fires continually at it
* Recoil squishes the little bot with his free hand when it come close
<Admiral-Lilwall> Disable him!
<Recoil> Want me to do that to you, smart bot?
* Recoil arms his shoulder launchers with an audible *click*
* Chameleon extends shoulder spikes
<Artifice> you know what I find helps?
<Admiral-Lilwall> Disable not destroy. Artifice, fit the restrainers
* Artifice kicks Chameleon in the face
* Recoil snaps off the left spike
* Diablo goes back to deck 7
<Artifice> I'll restrain this chump
<Recoil> got any more tricks? *evil grin*
* Diablo extends wrist blades
* Diablo enters
* Cuffs holds his weapon at Diablo as he enters "No you don't. You hold your ground"
* Diablo punches Artiface
<Stardrive> [comm]  Wait, Diablo's heading your way...
<Diablo> no one does that to my friends, got it
* Artifice pulls out his sword
* Admiral-Lilwall tackle Diablo to the ground 
* Chameleon laughs
<Artifice> Do that again and there will be two of you
<Chameleon> it's a bad idea to get him mad you know
* Stardrive leaves the bridge... Tri, you've got the conn.
<Artifice> I've heard that plently of times
<Chameleon> don't say I didnt warn ya
<Recoil> That's it smart boy, you're out
* Stardrive heads to deck 7.
* Recoil bashes the intruder's head, knocking him cold
* Diablo gets shoulder canons ready
* Admiral-Lilwall flips Diablo over
* Recoil launches a disruptor grenade at Diablo
* Diablo blasts Admiral in the face
* Stardrive enters and shoots diablo with his null ray.
* Artifice slices Diablo's arm
* Diablo launches a spiderbot at Recoil's face
* Admiral-Lilwall drops to his knees, Cuffs fires his weapon on Diablo as well
* Diablo tries to stop but can't
* Stardrive shoots Diablo with another null ray.
* Diablo drops to the floor
* Cuffs put his weapon on full stun and fires on Diablo continually
* Admiral-Lilwall gets up and fits a restrainer to Diablo
<Stardrive> I just needed a disaster on my watch...
* Waitstate seethes on the bridge
<Admiral-Lilwall> Cuffs, Recoil... drag them to the brig and set the bar/fields on full power, if they touch them I want them to be knocked out by it, understand?
<Cuffs> sir, on such a high setting wouldn't that pose a possible--
<Admiral-Lilwall> *Fuming* Do it!
<Cuffs> er..yes sir.
* Recoil drags the bastard to the brig
* Cuffs drags the other
* Trilana watches the end of the fight from the comfy chair.
* Admiral-Lilwall makes way to the bridge
<Trilana> Stand down from red alert.
* Waitstate is too angry to care that someone else gave that order
* Admiral-Lilwall enters the bridge and motions Waitstate to the conference room
* Waitstate contains himself until he enters the conference room
* Waitstate enters the conference room
* Waitstate sits down, grasping the armrests tightly
* Admiral-Lilwall points to his face, which is somewhat charred  "You see this? DIABLO did this!"
* Stardrive follows Lil from deck 7
<Admiral-Lilwall> Those missing entries in his bio are this! He's a beserker!
<Waitstate> bastard... TRAITOROUS BASTARD!
* Waitstate bashes his hand into the table
<Admiral-Lilwall> That's why he isn't with the autobots, ooooh you wanna hear the best part boss
* Stardrive leans against the wall, arms folded.
* Waitstate wrings his hands
<Admiral-Lilwall> *Walks arounds the table*  That intruder was good friend of his!
<Artifice> I know Dark Star has done some pretty stupid things, but Diablo he outright commited treachery
<Waitstate> *cold* So I gathered
<Waitstate> I was listening via the comm.
<Admiral-Lilwall> Waitstate. For the safety of this ship and it's crew. I want Diablo, and his so called friend off this ship ASAP
<Waitstate> I think... you had better take care of it. At the moment, I think I'd kill him myself if I tried to talk to him
<Admiral-Lilwall> oooh you aren't the only one there. the cells they're in are set to maximum possible charge, they touch those fields and they'll be worse off than if Maximus had his way with them
<Waitstate> I rather wish he was here now
* Waitstate shatters a pad he has picked up
* Stardrive is slightly startled by the action.
<Admiral-Lilwall> As officers in charge, you, Artifice, Stardrive and I need to make a decision about them. and quickly. my vote is they are expelled from the ship immediatly.
* Chameleon is unconsiously, and uncontrollably, blending, and de blending
* Waitstate picks up a second pad and shakily starts deactivating the now unneeded shipwide security systems
<Waitstate> I am not in a state of mind right now to render a good descision.
<Admiral-Lilwall> State of mind?!? Are you serious?? Diablo is the one without state of mind Waitstate, he tried to kill us!
<Waitstate> I have never condoned killing, and I don't want to start now. But if you ask me to make a descision right now, I may not be able to stop myself
<Stardrive> Ok, let's give ourselves some time to settle.  They're not going anywhere.
<Stardrive> But... I'd keep a gaurd or two there, force field or no force field.
<Waitstate> I agree. Until then, they can rot for all I care
* Admiral-Lilwall to Cuffs, I want staff posted around the brig and the areas above and below it until further notice. Powerful staff.
* Diablo's injured arm twitches uncontrollably
<Admiral-Lilwall> I'm going to medbay. call me if you need me
<Waitstate> alright. 
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves for medbay
<Waitstate> *looks up for a moment* Oh... tell Overwrite he can stand down
<Admiral-Lilwall> yeah yeah
* Stardrive busts out laughing...
<Stardrive> Overwrite...
* Chameleon's energy is being drained from the uncontrolable blending
* Waitstate is glad SOMEONE can laugh in all this...
<Stardrive> I wouldn't be surprised if he's hiding in a broom closet.
* Diablo's stray spiderbots make a dash for his quarters and hide
<Lightning> [comm] Bridge to Waitstate, Ambassador Vorcine has just contacted us from Kyon II. They have had to seal off the planet due to terrorist activity. He asks our arrival be delayed untill this time tomorrow.
<Stardrive> He's not the only one with terrorist activity.
<Waitstate> [comm] huh? yeah... whatever.
* Diablo becomes consciuos again, and doesn't try to escape
* Waitstate puts his head down on the table and begins to grieve for the lost trust
* Diablo tries to shut down chameleons blending abilities
* Admiral-Lilwall returns with his face all better
* Stardrive stares out at the stars.
* Diablo is unable to shutdown the blending
<Admiral-Lilwall> Well. This is great, you'd think a few loopies would be enough, but they all want to be here.
<Stardrive> "The universe is infinitly vast...  and yet we are only concerned with our tiny piece of it..."  ... and even that is going to hell in a handbasket.
<Diablo> *thinking to himself* if I let them try to stop the blending, they'd be likely to kill him
* Stardrive briefly wonders what a handbasket actually is...
* Stardrive looks away from the window.
* Diablo opens power transfer hatch on his chest
* Diablo opens Chameleons hatch, plugs in the cable, and begins to transfer power from himself to chameleon
<Cuffs> I advise you not to try or do anything Diablo. The commanders are certainly not happy with you, or your comrade
* Waitstate allows himself to slip into recharge/repair cycle, rather than get up and face the reality of what has happened
<Cuffs> this room is monitored constantly
<Diablo> hey, I'm trying to make him stable here
<Cuffs> so you say traitor.
<Diablo> if I give him to you guys to fix him, you'd all try to kill him
<Cuffs> like you tried to kill us. 
<Cuffs> What do you expect?
* Chameleon's blending slowly stops
* Diablo stops the power transfer
* Trilana sits in the command chair, bored, watching the stationary stars on the viewscreen.
<Admiral-Lilwall> Oh, did Lightning mention that msg from Kyon?
* Waitstate is, essentially, asleep
<Stardrive> Something about terrorists.
<Admiral-Lilwall> Yeah. Actually I'm kinda glad too
<Stardrive> So they don't need us there until this time tomorrow.
<Stardrive> We have our own terrorists to worry about today.
<Admiral-Lilwall> I wouldn't want our own frenzy tag team near the place just now
* Stardrive looks at Waitstate.
<Stardrive> Tell me about it... that's the last thing we need... to be associated with whatever problems they already have.
* Stardrive looks at Wait again...
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves the conference room and returns to the bridge
<Stardrive> Is he ok?
* Stardrive notices Lilwall has left.
* Chameleon regains consciuosness
* Stardrive decides to leave Wait be.
* Stardrive returns to the bridge.
<Admiral-Lilwall> Trilana, Lightning...you're on security detail around the brig area, take as much firepower as you need or can with you and hold post until further notice
<Trilana> Aye.
<Diablo> *thinking to himself* must of been the last time we formed Hyperion, that caused Chameleon to do what he did
* Trilana heads for the brig.
* Lightning also leaves the brig area
* Stardrive takes the comm.
* Admiral-Lilwall sits in the big comfy chair(tm)
<Cirrus> *to Admiral* I've set a holding pattern.
<Cirrus> Since we aren't going anywhere
<Admiral-Lilwall> Put us in orbit around Kyon VI and hold there. I feel like a pretty veiw
<Cirrus> Aye
* Cirrus does so
<Diablo> *still thinking* it must of some how spread to him temporarily
<Admiral-Lilwall> Oh Stardrive, have Bit and or Format keep a close eye on the computer networks too. No telling what else those two can do
* Stardrive passes the message on to Bit and Format.
<Stardrive> They're on it.
* spiderbots send an encoded transmission then self destruct
* Stardrive reads a transmission emanating from Diablo's quarters...
Session Close: Sat Feb 20 17:41:24 1999