Corsair

[Hikari Sama]

Dr. Sato was pleased to have Anne working the Chrysalis as she wasn't quite confident enough to use it yet. True it was fairly simple to use but she had yet to run any simulations on it. Most of the crew would be going down on the planet, it made her wonder what was so important that they had to risk breaking intergalactic law to get it but then again, she wasn't one to bother with those kinds of questions. As a doctor her responsabilities were to the crew and everything else was secondary. Anne seemed quite proud of her invention and operated it flawlessly. "Impressive, isn't it?" She giggled. "Now let's get you a cute outfit that you can wear on the surface! Sarin is dressed as a doctor, but he has no medical knowledge to speak of... so I think we should dress you as a nurse and have you provide all the real medical expertise to our team, and any locals who might want medical assistance from our 'doctor.' " Michi smiled as Anne walked with her to the office, which was really just a desk set aside in the treatment ward partitioned by glass, where there was a personal nano-fab unit waiting. She scrolled through the available selections until she found a nurse outfit, it wasn't very flattering but given it's intended purpose it didn't have to be. She removed her labcoat, folding it neatly and placing it on the desk. The nurse outfit was more or less a dress that covered her from the neck down with white fabric, it had a symbol on the back which she assumed indicated her proffesion. A headdress was also included, it was somewhat reminiscent of the headdress worn by some nuns in the Imperium but it had an exotic motiff on the front of the headband. She removed her clothes and folded them neatly on her desk chair. It was then that she realized that the Med Bay was noticeably colder than the rest of the ship. Now standing naked and waiting for the dress to finish she wondered what the others might think of her body. She wasn't exactly in the greatest of shape but she was definitely good looking with her flawless skin, a rather large bust, shapely waist, and well-rounded bottom. She could feel some eyes on her as she stood there. Once the outfit was ready she had Anne help her with the ties in the back. "It's a bit snug on my breasts, could you loosen it a bit?"

[Holeypaladin]

"Anyway..." said Drake with a shrug, "If you feel like playing for our team, let us know. Or if you need someone to chat at... I've been through a lot as well. We have to prepare our landing expedition now, so yeah, we're a bit hectic at the moment. I'll see you around." He gave a brief wave to the G'lp before heading to the med bay to see how the treatments were working.

The first thing that amused him was a Vanderran girl chasing her own tail. He couldn't help but chuckle at that one, when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye.

"She didn't even wait for the dress to finish fabricating..." he said to himself, as Anne slid up next to him.

"Mmmm..." said Anne in a teasing tone. "Pretty girl, isn't she?" She gave Drake a poke in the side. "Maybe she's advertising."

"Eh?" Drake shrugged. "I dunno about that. She probably just doesn't care... figures most everyone is an alien on this ship and has no interest in Achenarans."

"Hehe..." she said, before whispering into his ear. "Got you looking. Think about it." She went to help Michi fit into her outfit. As she did, she leaned close to her and said, "James was checking you out. He seemed quite impressed, if I must say so myself." She giggled before returning to Drake to inquire about her own outfit.

With a wink, she said to him, "I'm going to put my outfit together. What do you think... barbarian, paladin, warrior, valkyrie, samurai, or dark knight?"

Drake shrugged. "Go with the paladin," he said. "Reminds me of an Achenaran battleship. So it suits you."

"Alright," she said with a wink. "Make sure you come watch me change too."

She giggled and left to get her outfit synthesized. "What a strange woman..." said Drake as he watched her leave.

He noticed that the doctor was dressed now. Nothing to see. He nodded briefly and said, "That should work. We'll be departing soon, so I'm gonna need everyone bound for the planet to head to the Grasshopper."

He went off to go see what ridiculous outfit Anne had come up with this time. At least the AI of all people had the decency to change in the privacy of her own room.

When he went into Anne's room, Drake noted the outfit she had selected. "That's..." he said, "That's actually a lot less revealing than I thought it'd be. Good job," he said with a nod.

"You sure you want me to go paladin?" she asked. "Let me show you some of the others..."

She more or less forced Drake to stand around while she modeled a full five other outfits, before he decided "Ok, that's fine. The barbarian is basically a thong with a bra, the rest are basically different versions of the paladin, except the Samurai which is the wrong blasted continent. Paladin is fine, let's get to the Grasshopper."

"Aww, fine," said Anne with a pout. "Long as everyone is ready."

Drake nodded, and said into the intercom, "Attention, crew. Would everyone attending the landing expedition please report to the Grasshopper's boat bay. Yes, even you, Sxle."

[Paingodsson]

Jaimie could care less over the vanderran being naked, as she was just another girl to him. But Then something caught his eye when the doctor started undressing, he couldn't help but raise an eye to her when she undressed. She sure was beautiful and good looking, not to mention sharp and intelligent.

He realized that it was definitely a bit odd that people were undressing infront of the crew, so he decided to try to divert his eyes, even though he kept half of an eye on the doctor.

As the intercom went off Jaimie shrugged, "Well everyone guess we should go!" he said a a half a smirk as he headed towards the grasshopper

[GreenGoat]

Finally figuring everything, she managed to get a shirt that fits her, alone with a pair of pants and boots. The pants was a pain to get on, mainly because she can't find where she was supposed to put her tail. It was solved by ripping a small hole in the back and threading her tail through it. The rest was worn with less difficulty, though she had to wonder why they didn't just make metalmesh suits.

"Attention, crew. Would everyone attending the landing expedition please report to the Grasshopper's boat bay. Yes, even you, Sxle."

Sxle looked up, thinking for a moment. Expedition? So they were going to mine on the planet? Was there minerals on the planet? She did not notice them sending a probe. But then again, she was only the mechanic for the reactor, not one of the mining teams. She would be happy to give them her advice on mining though. Taking up all her tools and putting them into various pockets on the pants and a belt she found, Sxle walked towards one of the corridors leading to the bay.

She arrived at a rather dark room. There wasn't anyone there yet. To think she was actually the first to arrive. There were ports on either side of the room, enough for all of them. They would be readying the heavy machinaries while the scouters clear the area. Feeling rather restless, she entered one of the ports.

Nothing out of the ordinary, terminal is still in achneran, wires, and lots of parts. It was a bit cramped too, making it hard to assemble the terminal back. Suddenly however, the terminal sparked out flames, catching her by surprise. A moment later the door closed behind her, as warning sirens started to sound.

[Bainshie]

Slow Scree awoke, confusion setting in as his strange surroundings appeared to him, until the memories of the last few days caught up with him. He lay there upright on the bed, looking around as if trying to get his head around what was happening. It had been a very eventful few hours for the Anarti, leaving him confused, slightly bruised and hungry, but overall optimistic. An excitement of discovering things anew, of the wonders and things he'll now have the chance to see, a feeling that filled him with energy as he left his room, looking to meet back up with the G'lp. Partially because he'd grown fond of the strange little blob, mostly because he still couldn't understand a word anyone said as a voice blared out through the ship.

Scree was very very lost. The ship and its corridors and doors were surprisingly empty for such a large structure, the Anarti's initial plan of finding G'lp had been downgraded into just finding someone and trying to work out where he was in this land of metal. And maybe trying to find something edible. Scuttling along with a unbridled joy looking around him with a curious wonder. 'What I wouldn't do for paper and pen right now...'.

That was replaced with a confused worry as sirens blared out and the familiar flash of flame exploded in dark room. He looked around, spotting the source of the commotion and rushing over, peering through the window and seeing a familiar face. The crazy feline from before.

However something clearly wasn't right. Parts of the ship lay around her and part of the wall was on fire. He wasn't sure what to do. The crazy cat lady hadn't been the fondest if the people he'd met, not matter how cute she now looked with her new tail. But then being stuck in a room with part of the wall on fire was never the best situation to be in. And she was presumably apart of this new strange hive he'd found himself apart of. Slowly he tapped on the window, getting her attention, then making the OK sign with one hand. "Don't go crazy, I'm not petting. Are you ok?"

[Holeypaladin]

"Umm.... Daddy..." said Lisa.

"Er... what?" asked Drake.

"One of the escape pods just launched...."

"What? Who? Why didn't you stop it?"

Lisa pouted. "I didn't do it!" she said. "Those pods... are wired to be independent of the main computer system. In case the computers are taken out by enemy fire. But ummm.... it has kitty-girl and ant-man on it."

Drake sighed. "That pod doesn't have stealth," muttered Drake. "The Zikarens will see it, and send someone to investigate. They might even shoot it on the way down, but more likely they'll let it crash land in order to capture them.."

He growled. "Dangit, change of plans." He spoke louder through the intercom, "We need to leave immediately," he said, "Sxle and Scree are already bound for the planet in an escape pod. Let's go, move it, into the Grasshopper!"

He jumped into the pilot seat as Anne jumped in as well. "Oh, isn't this just another day in the life of James Drake?" teased the bioroid. "Off to save a damsel who doesn't even know she's in distress."

Drake muttered, "Aren't you supposed to be the knight in shining armor this time, paladin?"

[Legion X51]

"What?! Oh, those idiots... They'll be killed for sure if Zikaren fire finds them!" Lydia double-timed it to the launch bay, where the Grasshopper was waiting. She saw Drake and Anne get on board, evidently in a rush - she couldn't imagine why... Dumb, dumb ant-man and kitty-girl... They couldn't have done any more to jeopardise the mission if they tried! Whatever happened to 'a stealthy approach'?

Lydia climbed on board the Grasshopper as quickly as she could, and strapped herself in. "Why can't anything go RIGHT in this mission? Next thing you know, we'll be fighting Zikaren on the ground!"

[Holeypaladin]

"Wouldn't surprise me a bit," said Drake, powering up the Grasshopper's engines. "We need to depart within the next three minutes if we're going to beat the pod to the ground. The Grasshopper is faster, and has stealth, but... I'm not sure everyone was finished getting dressed. Anyone without an outfit now will be required to get one from a local shop once we hit the surface."

He impatiently waited for everyone to get aboard, hoping his crew wouldn't get killed too quickly.

[Jannge]

Ran was busy changing his clothing when the announcement was heard all over the ship. Knowing that they would leave soon, Ran simply took the scale mail vest, part of his disguise made with the help of Anne, in his hand and rushed (as fast as a Tyronian can run) to the launch bay. His clothing consisted of a simple leather tunic, padded leather trousers and padded leather boots, together with a scale mail vest and a large quarterstaff that could fit in his hand. Reaching the Grasshopper, he entered the vehicle and sat down in the empty co-pilot seat. "I would like if you could drive this time, as I have not run the tutorial for this vehicle."

[Frettzo]

Abdamelek listened intently as the woman spoke, confused as he heard her say she was afraid she was jsut passing through "Afraid? Is your next destination dangerous or eerie?" He asked curiously, maybe this woman was heading for the City of the Dead- If so, he had to try and get her to stay the night so the next day she'd be safer traveling with the rest of the klaxon caravan. "If you're heading for the City of the Dead, you can come with my caravan, of course we'll make a stop early in the morning to speak with the local lord, but that'll be quick. We do not mind the company and my brothers and sisters will enjoy having someone of higher intelligence to talk to that's not me or the scribes." He said with a small laugh, before catching the stare of a person, he kept staring for a minute, and it was honestly a bit unnerving to Abdamelek, but he chose to ignore it.

"We have 7 rooms rented tonight at this inn, with a bit of redistribution, we could lend you a room." He mentioned in a serious yet light hearted tone. It wasn't a lie that his brothers and sisters liked to speak to others, they were kind of curious about other species almost all the time, and even though Abdamelek's patience was remarkable, answering the same questions over and over for a month had started to tire him out a bit. If this woman was headed the same direction as them, then there was a chance she'd join them.