Hawlin

The Marauders (A new Adventure)

The rest is history as the damaged ships intersected with The Monroe, pulling them out of their own journey and demanding their ship to replace their own. What they hadn't counted on was a reply in the way of 'no', so thoroughly pronounced with one of their ship's controls scrambling to the point of being temporarily put out of commission.

No sooner had Kaite exited the hall closet then was he thrown to the floor from the halt catching up. Comms buzzed along with readings from his eyepatch, displaying the mess the crew had found itself in the middle of. It was certainly a curious string of events, being stopped by a crippled band of ships, especially since readings read the undamaged ship as being a civilian cargo freighter. How the other ships survived their jumps or what had even happened would have to remain a mystery. Pressing issues like the slowly encroaching boarding craft and the unafflicted pirate ship which scanners read were locking weapons after seeing The Monroe behaving uncooperatively.

Kaite paced in the short lift ride it took to get to the bridge, nervously shaking his hands at his sides and giving a few small hops before the door opened and he darted to his station. "Signink in, captain...establishing suggested firing sequence" he read off, having already done most of the work with the gauntlet and eyepatch and needing only to sync with the terminal to upload the scans and firing arcs.

The Marauders (A new Adventure)

So the order Ray gave Carthus was to fly through the hole in the ship that made to block them?

@Jones Sparrow@Starlance

The Marauders (A new Adventure)

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The Marauders (A new Adventure)

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The Marauders (A new Adventure)

I guess the post was requested to sit on hold for a bit. Jones has something in mind.
>_>

EDIT: Stand by for more standing by...
<_>

The Marauders (A new Adventure)

Yeeah, there was probably a bit more thought that I could've put into the scene.
With the stagnantion and how everything started, there wasn't much that could be done for non-combatant characters...and there may not be for another round.

The plan kinda fell through in ways I should have seen coming, but after being violently ill off and on for the last week, I just wanted to get something up because of the hype train.
Still, it's these kinda of errors that I feel will end up stealing the wind from my own sails for the bits I had planned. It was never my intention to start the thread here, and all it's really done is a disservice to people who've been patient only to again be left waiting.

The promise of another post, today, doesn't really solve the main problem. Sure, it may stall things for a bit at the cost of more loveless work for little result, but I wouldn't want to pressure people into posting in this situation.

@Jones Sparrow@Akayaofthemoon
I would very much appreciate any help I could get.
Edit: I may have ideas, but I'd like input. Message sent.

Welcome to The Condor! (Always Accepting)

Wow, I keep forgetting to add mentions!

Welcome to The Condor! (Always Accepting)

A single percent of a smile that is was, the absence was still noticeable as Jessa blew Luci off in favor or ogling 'Heir Doktor' Wolfe upon their entrance. If the beep-boop didn't know better, they would assume the influx of organic doctors would be somehow related to morale. Mayhap medical attention was something better suited for a creature with meat and bones? Luci honestly held no shred of belief that the value of a 'soul' alone had sway in choosing who pried bullets out of you. It could be argued that this is specifically the reason why having extra doctors on The Condor was essential, as Luci was not known for their bedside manner...or even being able to offer a reassuring smile, for that matter.

Thankfully, they could still hold the attention of their fellow constructs long enough to exchange greetings. Tiny blips of feedback brought about by the glow of Nexus' eye to the point of Luci being tempted to make a joke about how if it kept staring, it might burn a hole through her. However, the machine was surprisingly expressive with a single eye and Luci was curious of how literal such an assumption could truly be. The construct had unnerved them a bit at first, though like their associate 'Garbo', they appeared more interested in tinkering than dissecting crewmates.
Luckily, that was Luci's job, and they were most proud of being of some value since hostile alien specimens tended not to scream nearly as much or threaten to have them ground up. Yes! They were aware what bones were! Namecalling didn't make them any less broken.

Shaking the thought, Luci lifted a hand in a half wave to address Nexus and make it clear that they were very aware that the machine was watching them.
Judging by the noises Garbo was making, there was likely something they missed before showing up. It made no sense to the android why a fellow construct would take such a tone with its kin, though she was well enough aware of the man to know that asking such questions likely wouldn't get them anywhere.
"Tell me about eit. Zeh view iz far from interesting, at that" Luci replied, unwilling to admit that they'd spent their time just kinda...staring. It wasn't like they cooked, took stock of inventory or did much of anything in the way of productivity when at port. "Still building drones?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in mild interest; another unrefined expression that came off almost condescending even though the roboticist had one of the few jobs on the ship worth considering 'interesting'. Well, one of the few that didn't involve cracking skulls or delving into derelict ships for goodies.

The meeting was fairly brief and straight-forward. Luci didn't have any questions since the intel department was literally carried around by Roland who she imagined goes over such information with Marty who no doubt listened intently. The 'ladies and gentlemen' bit stuck with the beep-boop who took the exception in stride, not entirely sure what they could be considered as, themselves. It wasn't like they appreciated having such existentialism pointed out, but at least the captain was honest enough about his feelings.
In all seriousness, Luci was curious about one small matter, raising a hand before speaking. "Do ve have a negotiator or a plan of attack? I doubt zeh Titchua are going to play ball, no matter how nicely we ask" they asked, simply knowing where they were going and why not entirely being enough. At least in the enforcement vids and based off experience, hostage-takers tended to get fairly itchy trigger-fingers in response to assaults.

@Dr Catfish@Erklings25@Mistory

Welcome to The Condor! (Always Accepting)

@Dr Catfish
I'll have something up in a few minutes.
Aaaaand that'll be 2 posts. :U

EDIT: Gawd it feels like a rushed mess. Whatever.
:T

Welcome to The Condor! (Always Accepting)

@Dr Catfish
Oh, so everyone's hair is just ruined.
Well...everyone important.
T^T