Restart [Novus]
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				Title: <strong>Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>14-09-2009, 06:44:16</strong>
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				The long voyage out to the far reaches of the Companies empire has finally brought the settlers to their new home.&nbsp; Here it is hoped that all their dreams can come to fruition, and here is where they all will struggle to obtain what will be known as Novus.<br><br>We meet our colonists hovering over the planets atmosphere, poised to land.&nbsp; The ships crew is in the process of readying themselves for the descent, and the civilians are at the moment still resting peacefully in their artificial sleep, unaware that in a few moment's they will have made landfall.
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				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>14-09-2009, 07:23:30</strong>
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				(http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2/9/14/madquest8/f_vemlx2m_cd8456f.png)<br>Raglan finished probing the thoughts and minds of the crew he had with him in the command section. He now knew who could be read, who could not and who could put up some resistance. Perfect. For those immune to his powers weapons would suffice. <br><br>To the rest only pleasure lay ahead.<br><br>He considered briefly whether he should begin by savouring the flesh of the most likely candidate, a woman whose name he didn't even recall, but who possessed the most incredible figure, the most succulent lips, a body that was stunning to look at but would also, he imagined, be comfortable to lay with, she was easily the most attractive aboard the entire ship. <br><br>Passing the time with her would be extremely enjoyable, but he decided against acting just yet…&nbsp; a woman like that deserved his complete and total attention for the many hours he would spend feasting on her flesh and introducing her to his many fetishes. He would be certain to make sure that he was at the head of that queue.<br><br>He looked over the other ‘prospects’, there was another female with amazing legs that seemed to go on forever. She would be a suitable option ‘B’ should he become carried away with the other one, though truth be told he would take extra care not to permanently damage her...<br><br>Raglan moved to the Captains cryo tube. Delegation was important. He would bring the Captain around first and then have a discussion with him about his hopes and aspirations for the new world. New Venturi is how he thought of it, but no doubt some other fool would choose a ridiculous name for it.<br><br>He triggered the sequence to awaken Captain Vallejos. It would be good to set down the ground rules straight away, best to have his second in command ready and alert for touchdown.<br><br>"Take over the rest of the thawing out sequence will you Captain." he said as soon as Vallejos was ready. "I will observe while dealing with some other matters."
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				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>14-09-2009, 23:52:06</strong>
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				There was none of the typical Cryo-Fatigue you'd expect when you awaken a Sleeper. He sat up so fresh and alert you'd think he must have been concious while in the chamber. "Sir, yes sir. " <br><br>Zay was a good soldier. Even if he was technically a civilian now on some level he'd never stop being a good soldier. He stepped from the chamber, his tall and nude form vaguely obscured by the trails of mist that still rolled out of the cryo pod. He promptly opened the locker next to his pod and dressed quickly, before moving to the next Pod in line. <br><br>Seeing no particular reason to waste time, he moved quickly and professionally from pod to pod. <br><br>Marani, Lena. <br><br>Aura.<br><br>Kevin. No Surname? Odd.<br><br>Iabara, Raine Annabelle.<br><br>And finally Ah'lerno, John Richard.<br><br>He stood tall in the center of the room in the 'at ease' stance, and waited for the Sleepers to get their bearings and dress. One hand came from behind his back to bring his datapad around for viewing. He quickly looked over the specs on their current location, and ETA.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 00:37:36</strong>
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				"Mmmmhmm"<br><br>There was a slight fuzzy feeling in Lena's head, and behind her eyes as she slowly began to wake up.&nbsp; Scrunching up her features, the pounding behind in her head had her reluctantly trying to sit up.&nbsp; It took more than a few moments for her eyes to properly open and adjust to the light, but once they where she groaned her discomfort and pushed her way out of her pod.<br><br>Being nude didn't bother her as much as her sudden need for water did.&nbsp; But than again, she was no stranger with having people look at her unclothed body.&nbsp; Stretching she silently moved over to her personal locker and pulled out a small bundle of clothes.&nbsp; When she was done dressing she looked herself over, pleased that she she was covered up in a off white pair of long pants, and a sheer skin tight blouse.&nbsp; Brushing her hair out, she lets her eyes roam for the first time.&nbsp; Looking over at the newly awakened colonists, and the man who seemed to be in charge here.<br><br>She kept her eyes on the man as she moved over to the small water dispenser set into the wall, and quenched her thirst.&nbsp; Her mind went to work, thinking over everything that needed to be prepared, and how best to move forward from here.&nbsp; It had been a snap decision, coming here.&nbsp; When her father had announced his ultimatum, she had been shocked; but she had been firm in her decision.&nbsp; She would not do what was expected of her, and as such she found herself shipped off to a small planet that no one had any real information about.&nbsp; This for her would either be a triumph or a tragedy, but either way it would all be on her, and for that she was thankful.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 02:15:52</strong>
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				The worst part of cryogenic sleep is waking up, especially if its your first time.&nbsp; It's a disorienting sensation; one scientist had described the thawing procedure to be "Experiencing the first twenty years of brain development in five minutes."<br><br>Raine regarded the strange metallic world for a few minutes, idling standing in her tube as her neurons thawed and began firing properly again.&nbsp; Her head seemed stuffed with cotton, and her entire body felt like it bore a nasty sunburn.&nbsp; <em>Freezer burn</em> echoed up from the depths of her mind, and she bit back a swear.&nbsp; Amazing as cryogenics was, there were some simple side effects that just couldn't be solved.&nbsp; "Freezer burn" was one of them.&nbsp; When a person was put on ice, the water in their body cooled and shrunk, causing the cells to shrivel as well.&nbsp; When they were thawed, the water warmed and expanded to its original size, forcing the cells to do so as well.&nbsp; This applied pressure on the tightened skin, stretching the subdermis, and painfully stimulated nerves inside the body.&nbsp; The result: a nasty sunburn-like rash covering the trunk, arms, and legs, as well as chronic pain similar to pins-and-needles.&nbsp; A few hours moving around got rid of most of it, fortunately.<br><br>That didn’t make it hurt any less.<br><br>The mechanic rubbed her cool palms over the reddened, irritated skin of her arms and stomach.&nbsp; Fortunately, she noted, her breasts had been spared the painful rash.&nbsp; She suddenly wished she had been frozen along with the other civilians.&nbsp; At least they were going through it for the first time, just like her.&nbsp; Most of the people in this cryo bay were military types, and being shot through space as an icicle was part of their job description.<br><br>As she noted the other people, she instinctively covered her bare breasts, carefully climbing out of the cryo tube and looking around.&nbsp; For some reason, she first noted that she was the only dark skinned person present.&nbsp; That was a little surprising.<br><br>The next thing she realized was another, less painful side effect of cryogenic sleep: a permanent sense of balance.&nbsp; The organs that monitor body position are located in the inner ear, and use a unique gell-like substance sliding on a bed of nerves to determine if someone is tilting their head or standing upright.&nbsp; Because the gel is dense and, well, a gel, it naturally takes longer to thaw out then the rest of the body.&nbsp; For a few exhilarating and potentially dangerous moments, the gel will move sluggishly inside the inner ear, tricking the brain into thicking its body is standing upright, when its actually tilted sideways, or even standing on its hands.&nbsp; An inexperienced cryogenic participant would havbe to be careful, since they could be keeling to the side as they walked and still think they’re upright and balanced.<br><br>Raine gripped the thick, steel bar next to the entrance of her cryo pod for a minute or two, waiting for the sensation to pass.&nbsp; Once again she envied the more experienced people surrounding her, and her face grew warm with embarassment.<br><br>By the time she finally felt confident walking again, most of the other people were already partially dressed.&nbsp; Still feeling oddly self-conscious (a rare emotion for Ms. Iabara, believe you me), she made her way across the cool rubber floor to her locker.&nbsp; Inside were the clothes she had been wearing three months earlier, when the ship had been catapulted away from Sol at superluminal velocities.&nbsp; Raine tugged out a wrinkled pair of jeans and a tank-top bearing an ancient symbol from the 20th century on it, slipping them on over her bra and panties.&nbsp; A pair of work slippers (flip-flops were <em>not</em> allowed) completed the ensemble.&nbsp; They were only temporary vestments though; she knew they would all be donning jumpsuits and special safe suits for the journey down to the planet.&nbsp; No matter what the scans and fancy gadgets say, only a fool would touch down on an unexplored planet without protective gear.<br><br>For now, the clothing provided a much-needed sense of comfort.&nbsp; Home was far away, orbiting a distant planet circling a distant star, dozens of light years away.&nbsp; She sighed inwardly, hoping the right decision had been made.<br><br>((OOC: College library, ha!&nbsp; No time for an edit right now, but I promise I will later.))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 06:24:29</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Aura Minal:</strong> Vet, Animal Specialist</span><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"> (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/chachi9/ch/aishwarya_rai_006_hucv-1.jpg)</span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">Aura Minal's grey eye's flew open and she gulped a deep breath of air. For a moment, she didn't know where she was. Not prone to panic, she began to assess her situation. She couldn't see far in front of her. Reaching out to touch what blocked her vision, she realized she was enclosed in something. She touched her hand to her side and running it up her waist and across her torso, she found she was naked. Then, upon hearing the "hiss" of the opening of the chamber door, it all came back to her: Novus, they must have made Novus. Aura couldn't stop the slow smile that spread across her face, wincing as her dry lips stung and burned. She would have given two cows and a horse for a large glass of Klaxian sweet water right now!<br>She brought the two fingers up to her lips, and with eyes still shining, she stepped out of her chamber and across to her personal locker. She reached in and pulled on a simple white wrapper, and put her feet into soft white deck shoes. She was one of the first to be assigned to be checked out by the medicore to make sure there was no obvious or hidden effects from cryosleep.<br>Wanting to have the exam overwith as soon as possible so that she might get to her animals, Aura shuffled out of the sleep room and toward the ship's hospital.</span>
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				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 06:34:24</strong>
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				"Miss Minal, if you please can you wait a few moments for everybody to get their bearings? I'd rather not have to track you down and repeat this breifing again later. It won't take long. " His tone was polite, in a professional kind of way. Not personal but cordial. 
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				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 06:53:46</strong>
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				Aura, upon hearing Captain Vallejos, turns, and seeing the others looking at her, blushing slightly, nods.&nbsp; "Yes Captain."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She pads back to her personal locker and quickly pulls on loose fitting cotton trousers, a white tunic and slips her feet back into the deck slippers.&nbsp; She slips over to the water fountain to relieve the aching parching of her mouth and throat.
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				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 06:59:57</strong>
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				Watching as everyone some of the people woke up, Lena stretched one final time and than crossed her arms over her chest. Leaning back against her now empty pod, she lets her eyes scan across the others.&nbsp; <em>So these people where going to be her neighbors?</em>&nbsp; She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, non looked useful to her. <br><br>She watched as one of the woman tried to leave only to be told to stay put.&nbsp; Chuckling low in her throat she turned her face away slightly, she didn't want anyone to think that she had been watching the interaction.<br><br>As a member of the medic crew tried to check her out, she blithely shooed them away, and than rolling up her sleeve, bares her arm for them to take blood from. As their hands ran over her body looking for any injuries that might have marred her body, she couldn't help the look of disgust that crossed her face.&nbsp; She was particularly picky with who she allowed access to her body, and these people just didn't make her standards.<br><br>"Of course we wouldn't want to start the debriefing before everyone was awake to hear it, now wouldn't we?"&nbsp; It was hard to tell whether she had been sarcastic or not, but than again she wasn't known for being either patient nor particularly kind.&nbsp; But she was the kind of woman that grew up needing to be tough, so kindness was an unknown commodity for her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 07:42:52</strong>
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				First Lieutenant Jonn Ah'Lerno woke up.<br><br>Years of experience had imprinted into his mind to keep still and wait.&nbsp; He may not know why he has to keep still, or who he is or why he's suddenly being bombarded with all this raw information.&nbsp; But just like a newborn baby knows to reach for her mother's breast in her first moments, Jonn knew he should keep still and wait.<br><br>It didn't take long.&nbsp; Slowly, information returned to him.&nbsp; Once he could recite his name, serial number, and favorite book ("Seedlings of Corporate Democracy: A Detailed History"), he pushed against the interior of the cryotube.&nbsp; The smooth metal hatch hissed open, and his cool skin was suddenly assaulted with relatively hot and humid air.&nbsp; He blinked several times, then calmly stepped out.&nbsp; The freezer burn barely bothered him, or at least he didn't show that it did.&nbsp; He was tall and skinny, his body the naval prime: long, flexible, and firm, perfect for quickly manuevering about a zero-gee environment.&nbsp; Whereas clodhoppers benefited from brute strength, navy personnel were at their best with a slim and acrobatic figure.&nbsp; Extra muscle tended to get flabby in microgravity.<br><br>Speaking of gravity, there was some, generated by the ship's rotation.&nbsp; Not much, maybe half a gee, but thats all one needed to get dressed.&nbsp; Jonn pulled a perfectly folded naval uniform from his locker, inspected it for any wrinkles or blemishes.&nbsp; Once he was satisfied, he donned the three piece suit.&nbsp; Light blue pants, a matching shirt, and a dark blue, almost purple, sash that crossed across his thin chest, indication of his rank.<br><br>As he dressed, Jonn watched the others.&nbsp; Several civilians had been allocated to this room for the trip after a few of the pods in the nonmilitary cryo bays had malfunctioned.&nbsp; He enjoyed watching the more inexperienced ones stumble about in cryo fatigue, wincing at the freezer burn and taking baby steps when they realized their brain no longer had an up or down.&nbsp; Jonn had the same problems, sure, but he was an experienced navyman, and knew how to cope.<br><br>Corpsmen, having been thawed out several hours earlier, moved between the people, taking a small blood sample, checking pupil dilation, and examining the extent of the freezer burn.&nbsp; Jonn patiently allowed them to examine him, knowing they would find nothing abnormal.<br><br>Further down the room the rest of the officers had thawed out.&nbsp; Most of them were bridge personnel, but there were a smattering of pilots, engineers, and other important crew members.&nbsp; They slowly filtered down the long and narrow room, some still walking with a noticeable lilt in their step.&nbsp; As was protocol, they awaited the Captain's debriefing.&nbsp; Jonn stepped away from the wall of cryo tubes, falling in behind the chief engineer and joining the throng.<br><br>His expression, from the moment he woke from cryosleep to when he awaited debriefing, did not change.&nbsp; He didn't look tired, or happy, or excited for this new adventure.<br><br>Jonn looked bored.<br><br><div align="center">*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*</div><br>Raine, however, looked thrilled.&nbsp; A few minutes earlier, right before the medics arrived, she had been worried, suddenly convinced that she had screwed the pooch big time.&nbsp; Leaving her comfortable module on Luna to settle a wild and unexplored planet?&nbsp; What the <em>fuck</em> had she been thinking?<br><br>But now she remembered.&nbsp; Her dry lips curved into a contented smirk.&nbsp; Of course, her comfortable module on Luna was a pisser of an arrangement, her job was going nowhere, and if any of those rumors about the Company were true....<br><br>Yup, she had definitely made the right choice signing up for this expedition.&nbsp; As a medic, a very pretty Filipino woman with a short ponytail, tapped out a vein in her left arm, Raine once again felt the thrill of accomplishment when she had experienced when confirmation of her acceptance into the expedition had arrived.&nbsp; They had even sent it physically, on <em>paper</em>!&nbsp; It must have cost a fortune.&nbsp; She had it framed somewhere, along with her diploma and license.<br><br>"Ow!" she exclaimed, surprised at the sudden needle prick.&nbsp; The medic looked up from drawing blood, curious.&nbsp; Raine simply smiled and winked.&nbsp; "False alarm.&nbsp; Doing good, ma'am," she said.<br><br>The medic gave her an odd look, then withdrew the needle.&nbsp; "There'll be some leakage of pus from the freezer burn.&nbsp; Don't worry 'bout it."<br><br>"Kay-kay."<br><br>The medic gave her a gauze ball to cover the needle hole, then moved on down the line.&nbsp; A tall, pale Zarr woman with delicate features and long black hair tried to brush the medic off, but the persistent corpswoman got her check-up soon enough.&nbsp; Raine noticed the Zarr's look of...&nbsp; Humiliation?&nbsp; Anger?&nbsp; Maybe disgust?&nbsp; Either way, she wasn't happy being felt up like that.&nbsp; The mulatto woman wondered what her problem was.<br><br><em>"Of course we wouldn't want to start the debriefing before everyone was awake to hear it, now wouldn't we?"</em><br><br>She didn't seem to be speaking to anyone in particular, and Raine wasn't doing much, so she leaned against her cryo tube, crossing her arms over her chest and facing the Zarr female.&nbsp; She tried to ignore the disorientation; her vestibular sense still hadn't fully recovered, and feeling like she was standing straight up even though she was leaning to the side made her suddenly feel nauseous.&nbsp; She didn't let it show.<br><br>"'Course we wouldn't.&nbsp; These military peoples are all about protocols and efficiency and order."&nbsp; Raine shrugged, shaking a hand through her short, red and black hair to loosen up the strands.&nbsp; When it settled, it was a mess; just how she liked it.&nbsp; "I think the good Captain would go into seizures if he had to cover the same ground twice."<br><br>She laughed amiably, leaning forward and lightly dapping her fist on the Zarr's shoulder.&nbsp; "So, what'd they bring you along to do?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 09:33:16</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>: Lena Marani : </strong></div><br>The joke was funny, it made sense in the way it was over the top and exaggerated.&nbsp; Intellectually she dissected what the human woman said for any hidden barb directed at her.&nbsp; But when she couldn't find one it put her more on edge.&nbsp; She was so used to comments always holding an underlying insult that when one didn't come she automatically thought that the person she was talking to was planning something much worse.&nbsp; But what surprised her the most wasn't the woman's "innocent" comment, but rather the physical contact.<br><br><em>Must I deal with everyone touching me?</em>&nbsp; The thought came and went fleetingly but she didn't over react to the gesture.&nbsp; Instead she decided to answer the question presented towards her instead of ignoring the human female.&nbsp; She might need these people later on, and being rude by ignoring the female wouldn't be very smart.<br><br>"I am adept at spotting what plants hold medicinal properties and what plants are or can be seen as toxic to some or all species.&nbsp; I can act in a very small capacity as a healer, or midwife, and I can occasionally act as translator for any and all languages."&nbsp; Her voice had a pleasant lilting quality to it, her accent almost indistinguishable.&nbsp; But all the same her voice held the undeniable trace of pure breeding.&nbsp; For the first time since she started talking she turned to face the human female.<br><br>"And why where you chosen for this...settlement?"&nbsp; When looking at the woman, the amount of muscle that could be seen, the quality of her clothing, and her open and unchecked responses tagged her as a worker.&nbsp; But from what she could tell the woman wouldn't be a servant, or a useless work hand.&nbsp; No if she where to take a guess at this moment she would probably group the woman as being specialized in some sort of field.
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				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 16:10:01</strong>
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				<strong>---Admiral Raglan Lordson---</strong><br><br>Raglan sauntered back into the room, looking over some files he had printed off, he was making sure he knew who was who and what was what. Raglan was also interested to see how the Captain handled the debriefing. <br><br>His gaze wandered around the room, perhaps lingering a little longer on the woman he now knew as Lena Marani, than on anyone else, but little could be read from this momentary pause and he soon continued his glance around the room, checking and noting those who had made it through. Less than one percent of the pods had malfunctioned this trip. Acceptable losses... as long as you weren't in the one percent of course.<br><br>He overheard Ms Marani talking about a knowledge of plants and Languages... most interesting. As a new colony it was important to take control of the vital black market income sources as soon as possible. Brothels, gambling and drugs. He would make sure to be getting his cut from them all. A skilled herbalist and botanist however would make a fine asset, perhaps even be capable of finding some new drug on 'New Venturi' that could be 'sold' to the manual labourers who would be shouldering the weight of constructing most of the homes and buildings.<br><br>Equally important was her knowledge of languages. It always helped to have a translator around, it was good for business being able to sell to and deal with anyone, regardless of their planet of origin.<br><br>The Captain seemed to have an excellent grasp of the situation, already calling back some foolish woman who was already looking to be a rule breaker. Insolence and anything he deemed to be 'behaviour counter productive to the well being of the colony' would of course be dealt with quite harshly, especially for anyone that 'took his fancy'.<br><br>Raglan expected he would be interrogating someone within the week for some infraction or another. Imagined, real or invented.<br><br>"That's good progress so far Captain." he said, addressing the man. "When the briefing is completed please come to my office, say 0900 hours." he said the words flatly and matter of factly.<br><br>He then walked over to where Ms Marani was located, talking to some short but cute civilian. "Sorry to interrupt," &nbsp;said Raglan, in a tone that suggested he really wasn't apologetic about it at all. "Ms Marani isn't it? When the Captain has finished with the debriefing I'd like to see you in my office." he said with a flat and emotionless delivery, double checking the files he carried as he did so, his gaze flitting across her face and her perfect lips, his eyes hidden behind his dark shades. He didn't wait for a response before sauntering off again, checking between his files and the faces around the room, he wasn't used to having to repeat his orders. Raglan had been in too many battles and too many wars to even consider that someone would ignore or refuse a request, in the Navy requests were actually orders and refusing an order meant death. <br><br>Of course he would tolerate the odd misunderstanding from civilians. <br><br>For now.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 19:54:29</strong>
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				<em>"Of course we wouldn't want to start the debriefing before everyone was awake to hear it, now wouldn't we?"</em><br><br><br>"No Miss Minari, we certainly could not. " he said in a strong, serious tone. If she had been speaking in sarcasm he either didn't notice, or simply trusted in the no-nonsense and firm tone of his voice to make her think better of it in the future. <br><br>He still had not yet looked up from the Pad. Roughly every half a second, the pad gave off a the small beep sound that indicated it was 'turning the page'. He was reading roughly two and a half pages worth of material every second, as he got caught up on where they were supposed on events that transpired during their sleep. <br><br><em>"I think the good Captain would go into seizures if he had to cover the same ground twice."</em><br><br>"No, Miss Ibara. &nbsp;" he said, demonstrating the infamously acute hearing of the Military-grade augments. He still had not yet even glanced up from the Pad which continued to beep at it's regular intervals as he spoke."I would however, find it to be an exceedingly tedious waste of my quite valuable time. " His tone did not indicate any kind of chastisement. Just a straight forward statement of fact.&nbsp; <br><br><em>"That's good progress so far Captain."</em> he said, addressing the man. <em>"When the briefing is completed please come to my office, say 0900 hours."</em> <br><br>"Thank you Sir. Yes Sir." Pausing he looked around and noted finally that everybody was, if not yet fully dressed at least alert and cognizant. <br><br>"Well then, let's begin. You'll all be undoubtedly pleased to learn that we're a month ahead of schedule. It seems we were swept into a Gravitational Eddie some time ago that shaved some time off the trip. As he spoke, he took a holo-orb from his belt. He held it out in the air and released it, withdrawing his hand. With a gentle, rythmic hum the ball hovered in the air, and projected a large three dimensional holographic display of the route they had taken from Luna Colony here to Novus. A dotted red line indicated their original route, and a yellow line indicated the unexpected shortcut the gravitational eddie had provided them as it carried them safely through a region of space that swelled with high radiation. <br><br>"Internal Sensors indicate our shields held just fine for the most part, and show no signs of contamination in crew, or ship although the agricultural department says the circuit boards on the primary Terraformer has been burnt out. That is your job Miss Iabara. While we have no reason to suspect that any of the crew were contaminated, this isn't the sort of thing we leave to chance, so give the medical staff your full and complete cooperation while they examine you. " He gives Lena a pointed glance, before resuming the breifing. "Miss Minal, I am sure the Veterinary team would apprecciate your expertise in going over the Livestock checkups."<br><br>"We will be arriving in Novus Orbit in less than ten hours. This should be time enough for those of you new to Cryostasis to be rested and refreshed, and still complete your tasks. Mr. Ah'Lerno, you will meet with Survery Crews in Docking Bay Two at 1300 Hours, and coordinate the survey effort. You know the routine. We'll be looking for a region with vast fertile stretches of land, and large bodies of fresh water as our first priority. Availability of mineral resources is also crucial. Our Groundbreaking Ceremony is scheduled to take place immediately upon touchdown. The rest of you should know your duties. That is all. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 23:09:08</strong>
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				<em>"No, Miss Ibara.&nbsp; I would however, find it to be an exceedingly tedious waste of my quite valuable time."</em><br><br>Raine's eyebrows shot up, obviously surprised he had heard her.&nbsp; Looking slowly over her shoulder at him, "It's Ee-ah-bra, not Ibara, FYI."&nbsp; She looked back at the Zarr, making a big deal of rolling her eyes, then subtly stuck her tongue out at the Captain while he was engrossed in a surely amazing conversation with the Admiral.&nbsp; It definitely wasn't meant to be insulting; Raine just liked to play.&nbsp; A child at heart.<br><br>Grinning to herself, she turned back to the Zarr.<br><br><em>"I am adept at spotting what plants hold medicinal properties and what plants are or can be seen as toxic to some or all species.&nbsp; I can act in a very small capacity as a healer, or midwife, and I can occasionally act as translator for any and all languages.&nbsp; And why where you chosen for this...settlement?"</em><br><br>Just like a Zarr, sounding so clipped and formal, as if reading it off film.&nbsp; Raine nodded, her curiosity piqued, but the female returned the question before she could reply.&nbsp; She grinned and tossed her chin sociably.&nbsp; "I'm a mechanic.&nbsp; You break it, I fix it."&nbsp; Raine leaned a forward conspiratorially.&nbsp; "Honestly, though, I don't know why they chose a deadbeat like me," she said in a confiding voice.<br><br>And then the Captain began his speech, or debriefing.&nbsp; Whatever.&nbsp; Raine turned away from the Zarr slowly, placing her back on the smooth metal wall between her cryo tube and the adjacent one.&nbsp; The officer began his spiel.<br><br>Raine remained respectfully quiet throughout, except for when he reported on shorted out circuitry on one of the terraformers.&nbsp; Most importantly, she was a mechanic, not an electrician.&nbsp; First her name, and now her profession?&nbsp; Raine disliked him already.&nbsp; Now everytime someone's PDA or comp started making funny noises and sparking arcs of electricity, it would wind up in her shop!&nbsp; Not to mention, how did a circuit board short out when it was safely packed away in storage?&nbsp; Even then, why did they <em>have</em> terraformers?&nbsp; This planet was supposed to be 100% hospitable.&nbsp; This ship, after all, carried a colonial party, not a terraforming company.<br><br>After the briefing, Raine considered stomping up to the officer and do...&nbsp; well, something.&nbsp; She decided against it, returning her attention to the Zarr, picking up as if there had been no interruption.&nbsp; "So, ya, I fix shit: buggies, plows, harvesters, cars.&nbsp; <em>Not</em> an electrician though.&nbsp; Bad experience with a cable and a fork when I was a kid, ain't happening..."<br><br>Her voice trailed off when she realized she was starting to ramble.&nbsp; Moving to avoid an awkward silence, the woman held out her hand, hardened and toughened from years of working with vehicles, but still distinctly feminine.&nbsp; "Name's Raine Iabara."<br><br><div align="center">*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*</div><br>After the briefing, Jonn briskly left the deck.&nbsp; He had lived on this ship for several years, and knew its intricacies well enough.&nbsp; He headed up, towards the central axis about which the <em>Traveler</em> rotated, where the gravity was nearly nonexistent.&nbsp; Like the barrel of a musket, the starship had a long, straight tunnel running from bow to stern.&nbsp; It was roughly three yards wide, and served as the ship's main travel corridor.&nbsp; Most of the ship's compartments branched off from it.&nbsp; In zero-g, a person only had to brace themselves on any of the thousands of handholds lining the tunnel and shove off.&nbsp; Depending on one's tolerance, it was either amazingly fun or sickeningly disorienting.&nbsp; Either way, it was quick, easy, and virtually effortless.<br><br>The officer pulled himself into the tunnel, automatically reorienting his up and down&nbsp; After doublechecking the map printed on the wall next to the opened hatch, he grabbed two handholds and bunched his legs underneath his spread arms.&nbsp; Coiled like a spring, he judged the distance to his destination and the required angle.&nbsp; Carefully, he let go of the handholds and immediately pushed off from the tunnel wall, heading "up" the tunnel towards the ships bow.<br><br>After a few seconds, the tunnel begin to spin around him.&nbsp; Although air resistance slowed down his rotation, the ship kept spinning around him.&nbsp; A few moments later, he determined he was moving to fast.&nbsp; Jonn reached out an arm, stretching his long fingers until they brushed against the wall of the tunnel.&nbsp; The friction slowed him down significantly.&nbsp; Jonn easily caught a handhold next to a hatch labeled "Han. B, Off. Quart." and used his momentum to swing into the open hatch.&nbsp; "Below" him, a dozen other figures - other crewmembers - glided up and down the tunnel.<br><br>While "up" and "down" in the axis tunnel were towards the bow and stern, respectively, the compartments around the central axis used the outer hull as "down" and the ship's central axis as "up".&nbsp; Like cryogenic sleep and maneuvering the axis tunnel, getting used to the various orientations present in the starship was just another leap and bound that so many newcomers to space flight got stuck on.<br><br>Jonn pushed himself through the hatch feet first, then followed various ladders on the decks until he reached the outer compartments.&nbsp; Here, rotation maintained a solid 0.75 G, perfect for sleeping quarters, exercise, and sports.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>15-09-2009, 23:23:27</strong>
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				(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/belovedgoofy/Rijka-1-1.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka Maren was the last to stumble out of the chamber.&nbsp; Knowing that she had been the last to be put in, she would be the last to wake.&nbsp; Putting her hand on the wall to steady herself, and feeling a prick in her arm.&nbsp; Looking up, steadying herself, she looks into the medic's eyes, and smiles "Get what you came for?"&nbsp; The medic smiled back, and left just as abruptly as arriving. <br>&nbsp;<br>On Rijka's planet Shand, the sex of a person is not decided until they find a lifemate.&nbsp; Until finding a lifemate, a Shandrite can "lean" towards a certain sex.&nbsp; Rijka has chosen to lean towards being female.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Starting to get her balance, she rubbed some cream on her cryo burns to soothe the pain.&nbsp; She thinks to herself, 'Sure hopes this stuff works fast.'&nbsp; She walks over to her locker, puts on her body hugging white t-shirt, covered up by a light red overshirt, and of course her "lucky" jeans.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Just then she hears the Captain, debriefing the crew.&nbsp; "Late for the debriefing," she mumbles and rolls her eyes in the back of her head.&nbsp; Her whole life she had never been late for anything, EVER.<br>&nbsp;<br>She clips her tools to her belt, and settles in for the rest of the debriefing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Limoncello</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 00:38:24</strong>
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				One of the few people on this project that was still asleep was stirring to become awake. The white man got up off the ground and looked around. Kevin did not know once he was up he where he was. Kevin did not believe it was necessary to have him be knocked out but nevertheless he was on this project and was ready to go. Kevin look around, to see that no one was looking and he decided to test out his powers. Long story short Kevin as the ability to control the element around him. So far he is able to control fire and ice. <br><br>Kevin focused his eyes and his breathing. Kevin placed his hand out in front of him and a moment later a small stream of fire blazed out of his hand then quickly dispersing. Kevin, though sure the ship's metal prevent it from being set on fire, did not want to set anything on fire. Kevin feeling satisfied knowing that is powers has not been tempered with proceed to exist the room. Kevin satisfied with knowing that is powers are fine he wondered about how he what is next for his mission. <br><br>He heard some talking in the distance as he is sure what that me a briefing. Naturally he is late to everything, yes everything, that does inclde the briefing. They could of waited for a guy but noooooo they wanted to started early. Kevin is use to Not sure what he missed but naturally he proceeded to that area. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 03:36:52</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Aura Minal</span></strong></span>&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Outside Cyrochamber</span>&nbsp; <br>(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/chachi9/ch/aishwarya_rai_006_hucv-1.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura allowed no emotion to reflect in either her body or her face as she waited for the Captain's address.. She simply stood beside her Personal locker and waiting in a relaxed stance with her arms crossed behind her back, and eyes looking forward. The pose, while reminiscent of an at ease military personal, was anything but. Aura's brain thrummed with activity. Thoughts flitted like humming birds vying for a drink from a Mimosa tree.<br>"1. check on status of all planetary zygotes. <br>2. Activate largest most sensitive and sentient to smallest least sensitive, least sentient.<br>3. Initiate rapid growth testing.<br>4. Set up planet side task fors..." As she was ticking off her fourth task, the Captain began to speak. <br>&nbsp;Aura was puzzled when the Captain started his address by addressing two women standing next to each other by the cyrochambers.&nbsp; While she had been mentally running down her roster, she had been paying attention.&nbsp; She did a quick playback of the last few minutes.&nbsp; No, she hadn't missed anything.&nbsp; Yet here was the Captain seemingly giving answers to the exotic, dark haired Miss Minari, and the cute human, Miss Ibara when she hadn't heard any questions or comments.&nbsp; Then she remembered hearing someone discussing during preflight that the Captain was an augment. "Ah, she thought, augmented hearing. I will have to make sure to study the man to learn what other parts of him are augmented.' Aura stared directly at the young Captain; she could not help but think that for a human so young he was very self contained and matter-of-fact', and not moving her eyes so much as to blink, she gave her full attention to what he was saying.<br>She quickly digested the important information. Her heart raced when the Captain spoke of a failure in Agriculture, but settled a bit when he mentioned the terraformer. Still, she mused, 'Not good. If any radiation makes it to the zygotes, the consequences will be disastrous, chromosomal mutations that might not show up right away, but will in future generations, radiation toxicity, failure to thrive, the list was endless."&nbsp; Bitting the inside of her bottom lip, Aura couldn't wait to check her systems. A niggling worry attached itself to the back of her mind; it would not be calmed until she had checked all of the animal systems herself.&nbsp; And now, the loss of a terraformer would set them back months of work. Aura made a mental note to double check on the status of the terraformer as soon as possible--they could not induce zygote acceleration until they were sure of a quick viable food source for the animals.<br>She popped her head up when she heard the Captain call her name. She raised one eyebrow and gave the Captain a slight nod of her head, when he stated, 'The Veterinary team would appreciate her "expertise..."' The one area where Aura did feel a confident leader was in Veterinary Sciences. Her fingers itched to be at productive work bring animation to her beloved creatures. Although she had to hide a secret smile, 'So like the military,he <strong>did</strong> have to state the obvious? Of course any of her staff would be anxious for her arrival, as head Zoologist, she had the key code to the animal zygote storage and&nbsp; animal studies labs.</span><br><span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size">Rather quickly, the Captain finished his debriefing.&nbsp; <br>'Ten hours? Aura's mind began to again swirl with duty lists. Yanking open her locker, she pulled out her white plastitech lab coat, and pulling it over her tunic. She kicked off the deck slippers and eased her feet into white plastictech lab boots. Turning, she gave a smile to the two women standing near each other, and strode off to her labs, staff and most importantly her animals.</span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 04:50:10</strong>
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				Once again demonstrating he could <em>still</em> here her, he spoke up again. "It's a Mark VIII Daedalus Class Terraforming Unit Miss <em>Iabara</em>. " pointedly stressing her name in it's correct pronunciation. <br><br>"It's damned sensitive, and notoriously unreliable, but it's all the company saw fit to grace us with. One electrical malfunction means half a dozen mechanical malfunctions the technicians havn't even found yet. Have fun." Then...perhaps because he suddenly remembered that he wasn't in the military anymore, he suddenly stopped and gave her the same irreverent tongue potrusion she had given him when she though he wasn't looking. <br><br>While they didn't need the Terraformer to make the environment breathable the massive machine would still be useful in clearing trees and even leveling hills for farmland, and diverting rivers for irrigation. Even if they'd been saddled with a less than reliable model, it would still save them months, maybe even years worth of work and let them quickly get the colony up and running.<br><br>Nodding once in affirming satisfaction, he turned to exit the breifing area. "If anybody has any questions, I'll be on the bridge until 0900."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 05:29:12</strong>
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				"No Miss Minari, we certainly could not."<br><br>Lena chose to ignore that comment, since she had already known the answer when she made the semi insolent comment.&nbsp; His statement though did succeed in interrupting her thoughts, which in turn ticked her off to a small degree.<br><br>"Ms Marani isn't it? When the Captain has finished with the debriefing I'd like to see you in my office."<br><br>She assumed, by the way he spoke to the Captain, that this man who spoke to her was a higher ranking officer.&nbsp; She was rather confused why he would than find it necessary to speak with her in private.&nbsp; In her experience when older, high officials in the Company wanted to meet with her in private, it meant that she could expect something unpleasant.&nbsp; The fact that she knew that, but couldn't deny his request had her anger simmering under her skin. <br><br><em>It's just like how it was on Zarill...</em> The thought made her faintly nauseous.<br><br>It than proved a good thing when the human woman turned her attention back to Lena, if only because it stopped her train of thought.&nbsp; <br><br>"I'm a mechanic.&nbsp; You break it, I fix it...Honestly, though, I don't know why they chose a deadbeat like me."&nbsp; She made a note to remember this woman's face, a mechanic could prove to be very useful in the future.&nbsp; And although she insisted that she wasn't any good, she must be more than adequate if she where chosen for this settlement.<br><br>When the Captain started the debriefing she stood there, arms crossed and listened.&nbsp; Not that any of what he said pertained to her personally.&nbsp; So she did what she did best, stood there and looked pretty.&nbsp; She could feel disgust at that start to curdle in her stomach.<br><br>"So, ya, I fix shit: buggies, plows, harvesters, cars.&nbsp; Not an electrician though.&nbsp; Bad experience with a cable and a fork when I was a kid, ain't happening...Name's Raine Iabara."&nbsp; At this she smiled slightly, not that she found it particularly funny, but the moment seemed to require that she show some emotion to what was just said.&nbsp; The fact that the Captain had gotten the human's job incorrect was no surprise to her, in her experience military, even ex-military where not that smart. <br><br>She was about to make a comment that stated that sentiment exactly, when the Captain said something else to the human.&nbsp; This time she decided to not listen in and instead turned her mind to the other people entering the room.&nbsp; They all seemed to be different, and for that she was glad, it made it more interesting for her, she loved examining the peons.&nbsp; <br><br>When the Captain turned to go, she looked at the human female next to her for a moment.<br><br>"My name is Lena, Lena Marani.&nbsp; I am sorry, this must seem rude to you, but I must speak to the Captain for a moment.&nbsp; When I'm done, I'll come look for you so that we could finish this conversation."<br><br>And not wanting to lose sight of the big man, she didn't run, but walked after the Captain.&nbsp; When they where out side of the room where everyone else was in, she called out for him.<br><br>"Captain, may I speak with you for a moment?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 05:42:51</strong>
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				He turned sharply, and looked down at her. Literally, not metaphoricly. He was just a damned tall man. "Can I do something for you Miss Minari?" His tone was professional, and cordial if a tad stiff. He was still getting the hang of not doing everything the Military way. Like most Augs, he was raised from childhood in a barracks. Unlike most Augs, his parents had gone AWOL and he spent the first five years of his life free. Perhaps that, more than anything else was what had left him with a secret yearning all throughout the years that followed to regain some semblance of that. They were eventually caught, and he was deemed young enough to be salvagable. His parents were not. He wasn't bitter about it though. It's just the way the massive machine that was the Company worked. You either worked with it, stayed out of it's way, or got ground down into paste. They knew the risks they took. Perhaps now that he had regained some of his freedom as they'd always wanted, they at last knew some satisfaction. <br><br>A Gene-Aug's mind is a wonderful thing. Like a miniature supercomputer, able to compartmentalize wildly different trains of thought simultaneously. Even as one part of his mind dwelled on these issues of the past, another was fully alert and paying attention to whatever Lena had to say. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 06:03:48</strong>
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				Lena looked around to see that they where alone, and even thought there was no body near, she still didn't feel comfortable talking in the hall.<br><br>"May we talk somewhere more private?&nbsp; I do not feel comfortable discussing what I want to discuss here."<br><br>What she really didn't want was to go into that meeting unprepared.&nbsp; She might be a woman, but she was a clever woman and she always had an out in a situation.&nbsp; Her voice dropped to barely a whisper, taking on an unintentional husky quality.<br><br>"It's about the Admiral wanting to meet with me." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 06:28:52</strong>
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				Victor wasn't stupid. Far from it. He quickly got an inkling of where this was going. He'd let her put it in her own words however."Yes?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 06:46:55</strong>
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				She was frustrated that he just wouldn't lead them to a more private area to discuss this, but wanted her to instead spell it out.&nbsp; Giving him an impatient look, she looked around again, the idea that she was getting paranoid flashed through her mind.<br><br>"Look, I'm not stupid, but we both know that while my skills will be useful in this new colony, they are not the most pressing of matters.&nbsp; So as I see it, the only things he could possibly want to discuss with me would be the nefarious benefits my profession may have, or all the ways my body could wrap around his.&nbsp; And while I may want to make a good impression on him, I in no way want that impression to be earned on my back!&nbsp; Now do I make myself clear? What I want from you is for you to listen in and interrupt if the meeting does go that way."&nbsp; Her anger had her raising her voice slightly, but when she became aware of it, she made a conscious effort to lower her voice again.<br><br>"I know this may seem...difficult for you to understand, but it is also a part of your job to keep us safe, and I know I would feel a whole lot safer if I didn't have to be in that mans presence more than I have to."&nbsp; She finished her rant, and let her voice trail off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 07:46:14</strong>
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				Raine was secretly fuming, but refused to let the Captain's words get to here.&nbsp; She was a mechanic, a surgeon of machines.&nbsp; Of course she knew it was damned sensitive and unreliable!&nbsp; "Sensitive", though, was a relative term.&nbsp; Something that could topple hills like building blocks would be damned fine tucked away in the cargo areas.<br><br>Her ears burning, the woman watched as the Captain stuck his tongue out at her.&nbsp; What the fuck kind of operation was the Admiral running on this ship?<br><br><em>"My name is Lena, Lena Marani.&nbsp; I am sorry, this must seem rude to you, but I must speak to the Captain for a moment.&nbsp; When I'm done, I'll come look for you so that we could finish this conversation."</em><br><br>The frustrated expression dropped off her face like a discarded mask as the Captain exited into the outer corridor.&nbsp; Numerous naval personnel filtered out a seperate bulkhead; through the door she could see a ladder heading upwards.<br><br>"Aw, alright."&nbsp; She smiled, scratching her hair.&nbsp; "Can't wait, Lena."<br><br>As Lena turned to leave, Raine focused on her locker.&nbsp; The metal rectangle was set flush into the wall.&nbsp; She couldn't remember what else she had put in there, and she had been too dazed to think about while she dressed.&nbsp; Touching the door open, Raine realized it was a bare cupboard.&nbsp; "Boooooring," she muttered under her breath.<br><br>However, there <em>was</em> something in her pocket.&nbsp; Raine gently plucked the film from her pocket.&nbsp; As soon as her fingers touched the smooth metal pole, a "film" of light shot from the top, recreating the much rarer and delicate paper.&nbsp; It was a map of the ship, looking as if someone had cut it down the middle and rolled the hull and compartments out.&nbsp; Her position was marked with a steadily pulsing red blip.&nbsp; Her destination, the impromptu civilian quarters, were just a hundred meters forward in the B Hanger.<br><br>Figuring she had nothing better to do, Raine decided to find her little stake of deckplate.&nbsp; A quick (cold) shower and a few hours of real sleep would do wonders for her body.&nbsp; Not to mention she hadn't had an orgasm in over three months!&nbsp; Sheesh, what a life.<br><br>The needle prick on her arm still hadn't clotted, and her body felt decidedly chilled even in the warm air; her insides felt like ice.&nbsp; Holding the ball of gauze against her arm with one hand, she followed the map on the film and walked out into the corridor.<br><br><em>"I in no way want that impression to be earned on my back!&nbsp; Now do I make myself clear? What I want from you is for you to listen in and interrupt if the meeting does go that way.&nbsp; I know this may seem...difficult for you to understand, but it is also a part of your job to keep us safe, and I know I would feel a whole lot safer if I didn't have to be in that mans presence more than I have to."</em><br><br>Raine paused midstep, standing just outside the bulkhead, looking up at the pair.<br><br>It wasn't long before they looked at her.&nbsp; If her skin had been a shade lighter, her cheeks would've been covered in an awkward blush.&nbsp; She pressed her lips tightly together, opened her mouth, then cocked her head looking at the pair,&nbsp; "You know..." Raine began.&nbsp; "It's great to see everyone so animated after cryo!"<br><br>Head down, she walked briskly around the pair, biting her tongue to keep from laughing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 10:33:42</strong>
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				(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/belovedgoofy/Rijka-1-1.jpg)<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; Rijka listened to the whole debriefing, with out falling back to sleep, which she thought was a miracle in itself.&nbsp; <strong>"Dismissed? Does this man know we all don't have military backgrounds,"</strong> she mumbled to herself accidentally letting a giggle slip out.&nbsp; Hoping no one noticed her carefree attitude, which sometimes gets her into trouble.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; She took her Digital Pocket Weatherman off of her hip and tried to figure out the different settings hoping that she tweak it just a bit for Novus. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; She was pretty sure that Novus' temperature differences would not be over or under the allowed settings of -4 degrees to 122 degrees F.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; She decides to watch everyone for a few, just to see how spicy things could get.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-09-2009, 14:02:56</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=47203.msg2238809#msg2238809">Quote from: undisclosedtoyou on 16-09-2009, 06:46:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">She was frustrated that he just wouldn't lead them to a more private area to discuss this, but wanted her to instead spell it out.&nbsp; Giving him an impatient look, she looked around again, the idea that she was getting paranoid flashed through her mind.<br><br>"Look, I'm not stupid, but we both know that while my skills will be useful in this new colony, they are not the most pressing of matters.&nbsp; So as I see it, the only things he could possibly want to discuss with me would be the nefarious benefits my profession may have, or all the ways my body could wrap around his.&nbsp; And while I may want to make a good impression on him, I in no way want that impression to be earned on my back!&nbsp; Now do I make myself clear? What I want from you is for you to listen in and interrupt if the meeting does go that way."&nbsp; Her anger had her raising her voice slightly, but when she became aware of it, she made a conscious effort to lower her voice again.<br><br>"I know this may seem...difficult for you to understand, but it is also a part of your job to keep us safe, and I know I would feel a whole lot safer if I didn't have to be in that mans presence more than I have to."&nbsp; She finished her rant, and let her voice trail off.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>Raine's arrival rather justified that Paranoia... he raised a hand to stop her from further talking. "If you'll excuse us Miss Iabara. " Short, bland, to the point. <br><br>He then took Lena by the arm, and gently led her out of the hallway. One could say it was more than a tad presumptuous on his part, to grab her like that. Still while his grip was firm, it was not overly forceful and there was nothing untoward about it. She could pull away easily enough if she chose, but all he was doing was guiding her out to the more private area she had requested. <br><br>Once she was moving of her own volition, he promptly brought his hand back to himself assuming it had not already been shrugged away. A few moments later, he led her into a small supply room. Once he made sure it was vacant, he sealed the door, and turned to face her. "I am aware that the Admiral has a...less than savory reputation. Still I doubt he will try anything so foolish aboard a crowded ship. Secrets are nearly impossible to keep aboard such cramped vessels. Especially on these low-security colony ships. "<br><br>He paused for a moment and just as it seemed he was going to completely dismiss her fears, he continued. "However, Company Regulatory Code, Article Number 457 of the Employee Guidelines on Sexual Harassment allow for any company Employee...including contracted personel such as yourself to request third party prescence during any meeting that doesn't directly pertain to Top Level Security clearance issues. Since you lack such a clearance level, and can not be assigned one without approval of at least one other top ranking person...which in this case, would be me...you are free to request the additional prescence of anybody you wish during this meeting. You can also insist on an automated recording of the meeting in it's entirety. The Computer will automatically begin a recording and send it back to the legal aid department. Any indications of tampering with the recording are grounds for immediate dismissal for the parties involved. " <br><br>Say what you will about the Evils of the Company, but it was all about the bottom line. So it was generally pretty good when it came to taking steps to garuntee it's employees certain saftey rights that would ensure they remained productive little money earners. Sexual abuse undermined the bottom line. Of course, they weren't quite so good about making sure everybody actually KNEW which rights they posessed. They just figured everybody should read their titanic manuals from cover to cover. That's when you find yourself fortunate to have a Gene-Aug's perfect recall available to you.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 02:01:39</strong>
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				"You know..." Raine began.&nbsp; "It's great to see everyone so animated after cryo!"<br><br>Her words more than anything had her closing her mouth into a thin line.&nbsp; The fact that Raine had heard all if not most of what she had said, made her feel a tad mortified. <br><br>"If you'll excuse us Miss Iabara." <br><br>Lena didn't know if she was relieved or perturbed that he had grabbed her arm, and pulled her into a more private area.&nbsp; But since it got her out of that rather awkward situation, she allowed it.&nbsp; When he let her go she smoothed her clothes, as if there had been invisible wrinkles.&nbsp; When the invisible wrinkles had all been dealt with she looked back up at the Captain.<br><br>"I am aware that the Admiral has a...less than savory reputation. Still I doubt he will try anything so foolish aboard a crowded ship. Secrets are nearly impossible to keep aboard such cramped vessels. Especially on these low-security colony ships."&nbsp; &nbsp;She wanted to snort at that, but kept that urge under control.&nbsp; She knew all about the foolishness of men, and her opinion was that he would care less if everyone knew.&nbsp; And really, who would chastise him for it? She was a woman, and therefor she was easily overlooked.<br><br>"However, Company Regulatory Code, Article Number 457 of the Employee Guidelines on Sexual Harassment allow for any company Employee...including contracted personel such as yourself to request third party presence during any meeting that doesn't directly pertain to Top Level Security clearance issues. Since you lack such a clearance level, and can not be assigned one without approval of at least one other top ranking person...which in this case, would be me...you are free to request the additional presence of anybody you wish during this meeting. You can also insist on an automated recording of the meeting in it's entirety. The Computer will automatically begin a recording and send it back to the legal aid department. Any indications of tampering with the recording are grounds for immediate dismissal for the parties involved."&nbsp; Yes those where the words that she wanted to hear.&nbsp; Relieved her smile was less forced and more pleasant.<br><br>"I would be very relieved if you would be present in this...meeting.&nbsp; And don't I hope you don't think that I would ask for your help without expecting to pay something back.&nbsp; Once we are all set up, feel free to visit me if you are in need of anything.&nbsp; I'm sure that with my back ground and expertise, that I would be able to be of some aid to you in the future."&nbsp; She looked him over and for the first time and allowed her eyes to appraised him.&nbsp; For a man, he was well built, better built than most men she has met before, but still, although he had a pretty face he was still a man.&nbsp; And in her opinion, men meant one thing, trouble.&nbsp; She had barely escaped from being trapped by one man, she should in no way even contemplate getting involved with another.&nbsp; But that being said, she still felt the taint of arousal that betrayed her sex as being weaker in self control.&nbsp; It must have been the frustration with herself that made her next words come out gruffer than they should have been.<br><br>"And you've been rather rude don't you think? You know all about me, yet you haven't even introduced yourself."&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 02:49:38</strong>
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				He nodded firmly. While he still thought she was probably over-reacting, he would honor her request, as per regulations. It was just as well that he begin initiating a good working relationship with all the colony's cheif personel. He would undoubtedly be working with them all in some capacity eventually, and having the good will of the head botanist would bode well for his intent to pursue the developement of his own farm. "Much Obliged for the offer. I will take you up on it. &nbsp;"<br><br>His heightened sense of smell caught the hint of arousal, but it was slight and she wasn't necessarily human. He'd learned not to make assumptions with non-humans. Still, it was not unusual at any rate. It was a universal biological truth. People were hardwired to instinctively crave certain traits in a lover. Health, strength, vitality, power. Traits that promised strong and vibrant children with optimal survival chances. Augments embodied all those traits and more. It gave them a certain animal magnetism that many responded to on some level or another. Sometimes with arousal, sometimes with hostility, sometimes just a strong and inexplicable sense of unease or non-sexual kinship. But people almost always felt something in an Augment's prescence, if only on a subconcious level. At least with humans. With non-humans it was a bit less predictable. <br><br><em>"And you've been rather rude don't you think? You know all about me, yet you haven't even introduced yourself."&nbsp; </em> <br><br>"Well, it's all in my publicly accessible record. And...not to sound arrogant, but frankly if you HAVN'T heard all about me, you'd be one of the few. Both my parents were Gene-Augs like myself. My mother was born in the Gene-Aug Breeding Program. My father began life as a Baseline Soldier. He became indebted to the Company and was given the option of Debtor's Prison, or Gene Augmentation and lifelong conscription. His choice was obvious." He relaxed his stance a bit more. Which as it turns out, wasn't very relaxed at all. Socializing was still a bit new for him...mostly raised in barracks since birth, few Gene-Augs knew how to carry a conversation...but he welcomed this chance to practice.<br><br>"My parents went AWOL when I was conceived. I was raised for five years on Mindoir until we were discovered. I was cycled back into the system, until the Narali Invasion." He said, referring to the well publicized incident when the Black Sun Coalition launched a large fleet of pirates, slavers, smugglers and other ne'er do wells to sack the popular Vacation world of Narali of it's vast wealth, and take many new slaves. There was also notably little emotion at the mention of his parents. He did feel sorrow for their loss of course, but that was something he compartmentalized to another portion of his mind. "I earned my freedom with my actions during the Invasion, and asked to join this expedition. As far from the military as I could get. I beleive it's what my parents would have wanted." He suddenly paused, and wondered if perhaps he was talking too much. Social interaction wasn't like Ballistic Physics, or Demolitions, or Criminal Investigation method, or any of the other things he had studied in preperation for his new role as Sheriff of Novus. There were no rigid and solid, disciplined guidelines to follow. The nuance and complexity of it was thrilling, but confusing. Was he giving away too much information in one meeting? Was he not giving it away in enough detail, or too much? He decided to be silent for now and let her take over the conversation. Then he'd take his cues accordingly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 03:25:40</strong>
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				"Much Obliged for the offer. I will take you up on it."<br><br>She nodded, she hadn't really expected him to turn down her offer after all.&nbsp; It was expected that since he was going out of his way to help her, that she would owe him the same necessities.&nbsp; If he had somehow turned down her offer she would have been shocked and rather insulted.&nbsp; One did not ask for anything without expecting to pay for it in some capacity, at least not in her culture they didn't.<br><br>"Well, it's all in my publicly accessible record. And...not to sound arrogant, but frankly if you HAVN'T heard all about me, you'd be one of the few. Both my parents were Gene-Augs like myself. My mother was born in the Gene-Aug Breeding Program. My father began life as a Baseline Soldier. He became indebted to the Company and was given the option of Debtor's Prison, or Gene Augmentation and lifelong conscription. His choice was obvious."&nbsp; In point of fact, she hadn't heard of him, her people where all about blood purity, and Aug's where seen as a sort of abhorrent taint in all they stood for. The fact that the woman of her planet where made to search out the best, the strongest, the most dominant of men, did not escape her notice. The almost fanatical zeal in which Zarillian woman where kept from hearing about them seemed rather suspicious, and unfounded to Lena.<br><br>The slight relaxing of his muscles, and his stance had her automatically standing up straighter.&nbsp; <br><br>"My parents went AWOL when I was conceived. I was raised for five years on Mindoir until we were discovered. I was cycled back into the system, until the Narali Invasion....I earned my freedom with my actions during the Invasion, and asked to join this expedition. As far from the military as I could get. I believe it's what my parents would have wanted."&nbsp; She had heard about that incident, but it was the sentiment about his parents that had her confused.&nbsp; She wasn't used to the idea of being loyal to ones life givers.&nbsp; In the most part it seemed rather silly to her, but she kept that opinion to herself since as she understood it, not every culture held to the same standards as hers did.&nbsp; She was silent for a while before finally breaking the silence.<br><br>"Well...it seems like you no longer have an advantage over me.&nbsp; In fact the more knowledge I have of you the more power I hold.&nbsp; Thank you."&nbsp; She didn't know why she said that, but it seemed like it had been expected of her to say something, and that seemed to be the most appropriate thing for her to say.<br><br>"Since we have some time before the meeting...would you mind if I asked you about all the augmentations that have been made to your body?"&nbsp; It was a fact that the his status interested her a great deal. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 03:49:30</strong>
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				His augmented senses could pick up on the multitude of physiological clues her body gave off. His inexperience however, made interpreting those clues very difficult. There were urban legends of Augs who, though a combination of intelligence and sensority acuity could so expertly read a person's physiological clues that it bordered on Telepathy, or at least Empathy. Zay was many, many years from being able to do something like that. It took experience, and time. <br><br><em>"Well...it seems like you no longer have an advantage over me.&nbsp; In fact the more knowledge I have of you the more power I hold.&nbsp; Thank you." </em> <br><br>He tilted his head, finding that a curious sentiment...yet there was a certain truth to it. "You are welcome. I trust you'll not abuse that power. " Power and Trust. The two went hand in hand, did they not? The Admiral had power, but clearly none of Lena's trust. He realized however, that by granting Lena a little power over him, he had gained a comparable amount of her trust. This was a social lesson he would make sure to reference in the future. <br><br><em>"Since we have some time before the meeting...would you mind if I asked you about all the augmentations that have been made to your body?"</em> He saw no reason to hide this knowledge. He wasn't military anymore, and besides it really wasn't that hard to learn these things anyway. <br><br>"As you know, Baseline humans are...compared to most other races in the Galaxy unremarkable. We can not control weather, or communicate with animals...the exceedingly rare humans born with psychic abilities can not develope those abilities beyond the crudest levels without extensive genetic and technological manipulation that doesn't always yeild results.&nbsp; As we began encountering more and more...for lack of a better word...superhuman species, we decided we needed a way to balance the scales. While geneticly modifying a psychic is exceedingly difficult due to us not yet fully understanding which aspects of the brain are responsible for psychic phenomena and to what extent, our geneticists soon discovered that augmenting our most basic and primal human characteristics was comparatively easy. As it turns out our species has a genome that's much more receptive to Genetic modification than most. As an Augment, my strength, speed, resilience, stamina, sensory acuity, regenerative ability, and intellect are many times that of a baseline Human. I am also expected to have a lifespan that could potentially be measured in centuries, barring a death in combat. I say potentially, because to date no Augment has lived for longer than forty years before being killed in combat. We are always sent into the most deadly possible scenarios. We survive many of them, but sooner or later one gets us."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 04:22:56</strong>
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				"You are welcome. I trust you'll not abuse that power."<br><br>She paused before answering, she actually wouldn't use it against him, not that she actually believed that she could get the upper hand that way.&nbsp; But she didn't want to necessarily leave that option out.&nbsp; Weighing her next words she decided that in this instance, she would have to give a little to gain a lot.<br><br>"You can be assured that I would not abuse the power that you have placed in my hands.&nbsp; I am not a villain by nature, so you may rest assured."&nbsp; She inclined her head to emphasis her words.<br><br>"As you know, Baseline humans are...compared to most other races in the Galaxy unremarkable. We can not control weather, or communicate with animals...the exceedingly rare humans born with psychic abilities can not develop those abilities beyond the crudest levels without extensive genetic and technological manipulation that doesn't always yeild results.&nbsp; As we began encountering more and more...for lack of a better word...superhuman species, we decided we needed a way to balance the scales. While genetically modifying a psychic is exceedingly difficult due to us not yet fully understanding which aspects of the brain are responsible for psychic phenomena and to what extent, our geneticists soon discovered that augmenting our most basic and primal human characteristics was comparatively easy. As it turns out our species has a genome that's much more receptive to Genetic modification than most. As an Augment, my strength, speed, resilience, stamina, sensory acuity, regenerative ability, and intellect are many times that of a baseline Human. I am also expected to have a lifespan that could potentially be measured in centuries, barring a death in combat. I say potentially, because to date no Augment has lived for longer than forty years before being killed in combat. We are always sent into the most deadly possible scenarios. We survive many of them, but sooner or later one gets us."&nbsp; She listened intently to his words, learning more about the human race along with his own augmentations.&nbsp; It was all rather interesting, if not a bit terrifying.&nbsp; And she couldn't decide if her ancestors where right in declaring them impure.&nbsp; But impure or not, the obvious improvements to the human race, as well as in general made her hands itch to explore.&nbsp; <br><br>She had to chastise herself for letting her base nature take a hold.&nbsp; Reminding herself that while on her home planet she may be seen as weak and licentious, but here she had the chance to be more than that; more than any woman on her planet could ever become.<br><br>"So you became this way through your father?&nbsp; Would that than mean that any children of yours would have the same augmentations inside of them?&nbsp; I'm sorry if my question seems intrusive, but on my planet woman are not allowed to know anything about Gene-Augmented beings, and I've always had so many questions about it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 04:29:13</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Aura at the Animal labs</span></strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">As soon as the Captain concluded his speech, Aura began making her way to the Animal labs. <br>She slid her thumb across the scanner and began punching in the keycode lock making sure the scanners had time to read her fingerprint, heart race, pulse, and glandular levels.<br>once the outside door opened, she stepped up to the next set of secured doors, placing her head on the chin bar so that both eyes could be read and an optic signature could be verified. She placed her left hand into the </span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">Fenrisulfr's <em>mouth </em>where her pulse, fingerprints, and blood work were cross checked again.<br>Cool air blew past Sari's face as she crossed over into the third and final locked area. A chill ran down her back everytime she crossed into this area. Woe onto any person who tried to enter this area without her permission. Aura spoke the words necessary to the voice activator. Only her voice, and only a certain, prescribed set of words sent directly to a feed in her brain would unlock this door. Aura never knew what the words were. She just opened her mouth and they would come out perfectly spoken. And again, her pulse, blood pressure and blood work were measured and checked against her norm. <br>The pulse and blood pressure checks were to ascertain that she had not been taken hostage and was being forced to open the doors. The company was brooking no chances when it came to their animal cargo.<br>Aura stepped into the climate controlled clinic and immediately began voice authorization to allow her staff access. Once everyone was assembled, she held a quick conference before listing assignments.<br>"Thank you all for being here so quickly," she smiled warmly at her staff. "We have much to do and little time, some of you may know already, but some may not, so I will remind you we have less than ten hours until expected arrive time." Aura held her duty chart clutched to her chest. "Unfortunately, during flight, there is a chance that some of the Ag compartments were contaminated by radiation. Also the primary terraformer was damaged" Aura raised her hand at the mummers of dismay that this announcement brought. "We do not know if any animals were effected, so we must scan every zygote, every spermatozoa, every egg, leaving no chance that any contaminated species will survive."<br>She looked at each staff member and held the gaze of each and every one for a moment. "This is not just our first order of duty, it is at present our only order of duty." Aura scanned the crowd. "Any questions?"<br>Aura nodded when Paul Stark, a human Vet from Chicago raised his hand, "Is there any particular species we should begin with first?"<br>"Yes, start with the food source animals, in alphabetical order."<br>Aura gave a graceful nod to her staff and pulling on sillicon work gloves, called out, "Let us begin people."</span></span> </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 04:33:57</strong>
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				"Through my father and mother both actually. Although it's true that even if my mother had been a Baseline, I would still have been an Augment. Perhaps slightly less enhanced than one bred of two augments, but the difference would have been negligible. " He did not seem to consider her question invasive or too personal. In fact, he might be about to provide more information than she wanted. <br><br>"The basecodes that carry over nintey percent of the Augmentations in our genes are provided by the father, when the spermazoa are first generated in our testes. It is possible for a baseline father to create an augment child by impregnating an Augment woman, but the chances are considerably lower, and even if Augmentation takes it could be up to 20 percent less potent than it would have been if the father had been the Augmented partner instead. Of course, how this plays out in inter-species breeding is unknown at this time. Well, it wouldn't surprise me to learn the company has researched the matter. Even tested it. But if so they have not made the results known and, until now they've kept a tight leash on Augments. They fear what might happen if they allowed a superior subspecies of humanity to breed freely.&nbsp; They are wise to fear it. &nbsp;" He said very matter-of-factly. Survival of the Fittest. It was an ancient truth that no level of technology had been able to change. Not yet anyway. Introduce a superior lifeform, and all else being equal, the superior lifeform will eventually push the inferior one to the edge of extinction. Even without ever intending to. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 04:52:20</strong>
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				"Through my father and mother both actually. Although it's true that even if my mother had been a Baseline, I would still have been an Augment. Perhaps slightly less enhanced than one bred of two augments, but the difference would have been negligible."&nbsp; She listened rather avidly, her face for the first time taking on an expression other than bored and pretentious.&nbsp; She valued information over many life forms and never let a chance slip by for her to learn something new.<br><br>"The basecodes that carry over ninety percent of the Augmentations in our genes are provided by the father, when the spermazoa are first generated in our testes. It is possible for a baseline father to create an augment child by impregnating an Augment woman, but the chances are considerably lower, and even if Augmentation takes it could be up to 20 percent less potent than it would have been if the father had been the Augmented partner instead. Of course, how this plays out in inter-species breeding is unknown at this time. Well, it wouldn't surprise me to learn the company has researched the matter. Even tested it. But if so they have not made the results known and, until now they've kept a tight leash on Augments. They fear what might happen if they allowed a superior subspecies of humanity to breed freely.&nbsp; They are wise to fear it." <br><br>She didn't necessarily agree that the Company should fear interbreeding with Augmented beings, but she could understand them being hesitant about letting them breed unchecked.&nbsp; But all the same she did wonder what would happen if he did breed with a non-human.&nbsp; And while the part of her that pushed her to find a mate, wanted her to be that woman, she squashed the idea as soon as it entered her mind.&nbsp; It was true that when she chose to breed, she would breed with the best candidates; but she in no way wanted to breed now, maybe never.&nbsp; And it was that rebellious thought, that made her heart beat faster, and her hands clench.<br><br>"When you do decide to breed, and if that woman where to be a non-human, would you allow me to do some testing?&nbsp; I mean, I wouldn't be able to do any complex experiments, but I would love to be able to take down notes, and see what the out come would be."&nbsp; Her voice got more and more excited at the prospect, and she made a note to herself to study up on medical procedures so that she would be able to do some experiments.<br><br>"It would even be opportune for me, if you allowed me to be mid wife, and to witness the birth."&nbsp; As she talked, the idea that she was presuming much flitted through her mind, but she couldn't help it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 04:58:01</strong>
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				He considered it for a moment, then nodded. "I see no reason why not. Of course, that's IF the mother is non-human. and IF she is agreeable to the idea. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 05:13:04</strong>
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				She wondered for a moment, why the mother would be adverse to the idea, but again put it down to other races being....<em>different</em> than hers, where simple tests wouldn't go amiss.&nbsp; And than she wondered why he would choose a human to mate with, when most non-humans had so many other qualities.&nbsp; But than again she was a bit biased about that.<br><br>"Yes well, I will make sure to get approval if that is the case." She didn't know if she had said it correctly or not, but hopefully he wouldn't get the idea that she would force experiments on his as yet unborn child.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 05:17:19</strong>
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				He nodded. "Of course. In fact, from a purely intellectual standpoint I'd be curious to see your results when the tests are done. I have been increasingly curious on the matter as I find myself gradually coming to grasp with the idea that I am free to breed now. Though I do not intend to do so for some time. I expect I will be busy enough with running my farm and maintaining law and order within the settlement. "<br><br>Then, remembering that it was custumary to ask questions of your conversational partner, he offered a query. "What of you? Do you intend to raise a family here?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 05:29:59</strong>
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				"Of course. In fact, from a purely intellectual standpoint I'd be curious to see your results when the tests are done. I have been increasingly curious on the matter as I find myself gradually coming to grasp with the idea that I am free to breed now. Though I do not intend to do so for some time. I expect I will be busy enough with running my farm and maintaining law and order within the settlement."&nbsp; Of course his response was reasonable, any sane creature would be interested in out comes of as yet unknown experiments.<br><br>"What of you? Do you intend to raise a family here?"<br><br>His question threw her for a moment, but only for a moment.<br><br>"I am unsure.&nbsp; I am as is expected, adverse to trapping myself into a mating position.&nbsp; Once I take on a mate, I will have less freedom, and would have to look towards my husband on most things, so in some ways I do not wish to breed.&nbsp; But the biological need to reproduce is as expected great, and one day I will give in to it, in a show of submission.&nbsp; Than I guess I will have no choice but to breed.&nbsp; So to answer your question...yes it will eventually happen, but if I intend for it to happen or not, that's something I cannot fully answer."<br><br>Her answer came out garbles, at least in her mind.&nbsp; It confused her just as much as she expected it to confuse this man.<br><br>"But anyway, one you have not told me your name, and two...well it looks like we have run out of time, and should make our way to the Admirals office."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 05:45:32</strong>
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				He nodded, and exited the room, walking alongside her. "Is submission to the husband a cultural imperative for your species? I do not beleive there are many other of your kind here. Unless you choose one of them, you can safely discard that notion. Or is it a physiological imperative instead? &nbsp;"<br><br>By the time she finished answering, they were outside the Admiral's office. "Ladies first"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 07:22:35</strong>
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				"Is submission to the husband a cultural imperative for your species? I do not believe there are many other of your kind here. Unless you choose one of them, you can safely discard that notion. Or is it a physiological imperative instead?"&nbsp; She thought about this before answering, the information she does have on this topic is all second hand, and a male of her species would have more knowledge on the subject, but she would tell him of what she knew.<br><br>"It is a common belief outside our culture that it is strictly confined to our society, and that in general we could overcome such tendencies.&nbsp; But from what I gather, it goes beyond just cultural laws.&nbsp; It is a physiological imperative that draws us into choosing naturally dominant males.&nbsp; I have...heard of instances when a female was paired with a relatively submissive male, and the woman in question would refuse to mate with him, the idea of breeding with him became abhorrent.&nbsp; I even heard that she went as far as laying with another man to breed proper off spring."&nbsp; She paused at this point, not only because she had no more knowledge on the subject, but because they had made it to their destination.<br><br>"Ladies first"<br><br>She inclined her head in thanks, and when the door slid open, she entered the office.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 12:50:43</strong>
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				He followed behind her, and took position in a corner. "Admiral, pursuant to Code 467 of the Employee Rights code, I have been requested to be present for this meeting's duration. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 20:59:58</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Aura Minal&nbsp; Vet Labs</span></strong></span><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>The veterinary team had worked in silent cooperation to get the animal material tested for radiation. To their immense relief, almost all of the animals had survived not only radiation free, but totally unharmed. Of course there were a few causalities. They had prepaired for that and had cross samples to hopefully prevent a species die off. When she discovered that one particular species had died off, Sari couldn't stop the tears that silently fell. The Canine Lupus, or Grey Wolf, had been contaminated and all zygotes had to be destroyed. How ironic, the very creature that started her quest to find a new life, that gave her a new life and new hope, would never see the new world. All of it's DNA had been destroyed. Other creatures had been exposed as well. The Klaxian ldor bear, a gentle soothing creature the size of the palm of one's hand also was contaminated beyond survival. There were a few others, mostly animals that were sentient and yet nonfood. The only food animal that was destroyed was the earth's domestic turkey. <br>Out of the 7,532 species aboard ship, they were to land and disembark 7, 428 species.&nbsp; &nbsp;A higher than projected success rate. Sari nodded her head, satisfied.</span><br>&nbsp;<br>Snapping off her gloves, she gathered the Vetrenary team.&nbsp; "Well done everyone.&nbsp; You did an amazing job getting the information quickly and thoroughly.&nbsp; We have suffered minimal loss, and those that we have are posted on&nbsp; the Q Board.&nbsp; Please take a 45 minute repast and report back to start zygote checking."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; Aura dialed in a message for the captain and Admiral.&nbsp; Transmit:&nbsp; From Aura Minal&nbsp; code110872 Animal Labs:&nbsp; Minimal radiation damage in Animal labs, 104 species lost,&nbsp; 22 Amphibians (http://amphibian/), 25Arthropods (http://arthropod/), 13 Birds (http://bird/), 24 Mammals (http://mammal/) ,20Reptiles (http://reptile/).&nbsp; We are at a .99 success rate to start.&nbsp; 10% better than estimated.&nbsp; A complete list of which animals were contaminated will be posted in the Animal labs.&nbsp; &nbsp;Said list will be sent for your perusal with a hard copy of this report.&nbsp; Most serious losses, Earth, domestic turkey;&nbsp; Mindori, brute Ox; Kalaxi; flute bird; Earth, monarch butterfly. End transmission&nbsp; &nbsp;Aura grabbed a quick power drink&nbsp; and fruit package from the food processor and with her head down and deep in thought, walked to her desk to finish writing her reports. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 21:49:56</strong>
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				<em>Telekinesis was a great asset to Raglan. He pondered on it's use while looking through the crew list he had prepared. Venturians used a combination of telepathically projecting sexual images, telepathically caressing the brains pleasure centres and telekinetically wrapping their women in an inescapable invisible sheath of energy in order to make love. They could telekinetically probe inside their partner from numerous locations while plunging their thoughts into an erotic heaven at the same time. The effect on humans seemed to be a state of pure orgasmic bliss. Raglan had not had sufficient time to experiment with other races.<br><br>But that wasn't the greatest asset telekinesis provided, that was the fact that few Venturians actually had Telekinesis at his level of power. He has managed to keep secret his power and also that of his mind control ability. This was helpful. When he had to sever a windpipe, crush a skull, stop a heart or simply push a button on an airlock open seal when someone was walking past... it gave him a perfect undetectable method to dispose of enemies. Best of all, it left no finger prints.</em><br><br>He wouldn't be needing it here, his days of killing were behind him. He controlled through direction and redirection of resources and power now. He looked around the room, the twelve seats were filling up fast. He had organized an interim military/civilian coalition council, until a joint council could be officially formed. He would be at the head of course, as was Company law, primarily to provide a casting vote if there was a tie. Otherwise the choices which needed to be made would be voted upon six civilians against six military.<br><br>This interim council would last a mere week, then any crew or civilians could be voted onto the council by their peers. Of course he had reserved a seat for the Captain, and Ms Manari. The others had been carefully selected for appropriate skills, but he had made sure that they were all open to his mental manipulation powers, just in case the Captain, or anyone else, proved to be some goody two shoes wild card.<br><br>He would also make sure any new members voted onto the council were open to mental influence, by controlling those already here. He knew they would all agree to join. It was just the Captain and Ms Manari that he had no idea about.<br><br>He looked up when they entered the room. “Ah Captain." &nbsp;He said above the voices of the gathered individuals. "Find a yourselves a seat.”<br><br>Raglan got the minute taker to hand out the various documents detailing the roles the gathered individuals were best suited to. Ms Manari’s was to be cultural and meeting liaison officer to facilitate communication between alien groups. Making sure that at any such meetings there would be no misunderstandings. The Captain was to be in charge of security and law enforcement of course… under Raglan.<br><br>“This is of course temporary until other civilians and military are settled in. Thank you for your time, if you could indicate if you are willing to accept these responsibilities.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 22:24:55</strong>
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				Lena hadn't expected to walk into this meeting and be greeted by so many people, if she could have she would have blushed, but as it was she had to settle on a rather perplexing smile of greeting.<br><br>“Ah Captain find a yourselves a seat."<br><br>She nodded slightly, looking around for a seat to take.&nbsp; Unfortunately almost all of them where taken, and there was non together, so with her back straight she walked towards the middle of the room to sit at an aisle seat.&nbsp; She knew that she had jumped to conclusions about the Admiral, thinking that he had somehow had some impure objective with calling her in for a meeting.&nbsp; But honestly what else should she have thought?&nbsp; She was so used to being called in for things of a dubious reason, and the majority if not all of the Company officers had the stink of taint on them, which naturally put her on guard.&nbsp; But all the same she had made a spectacle of herself in front of the Captain, she had came out looking rather narcissistic and too full of herself.&nbsp; She would have to apologize to the Admiral for thinking such bad thoughts of him. <br><br>“This is of course temporary until other civilians and military are settled in. Thank you for your time, if you could indicate if you are willing to accept these responsibilities.”&nbsp; It took her a moment to catch on, but when she did, she had no qualms about nodding her head in approval.&nbsp; It wouldn't hurt to be on some council, even if it where only temporary.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-09-2009, 23:31:59</strong>
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				Well aware of what his duties would be before now, he saw this as little more than a formality and nodded his agreement. He had already gone through his pertinent legal documents carefully. He would so over any new documents produced in this meeting with similar thoroughness. But at this point, there was naught left but the formalities. <br><br>He took his seat across from Lena, and gave her a reassuring nod to indicate to her that it was ok. There hadn't been anything to worry about afterall. Well, not yet anyway. He had no illusions about Raglan. But as long as he played his role by the laws and rules Zay was sworn to uphold, then he would find Zay did not care what he got up to on his own. Well, to a point. In all honesty, Zay expected Zaglan to be quite corrupt. He was a Company Man afterall. Zay recognized that he needed to be practical, and pick his battles. So long as the colonists were safe, prosperous and free, Zay could be flexible in interpetation of law. This far out on the fronteir, the rulebooks got in the way as much as they helped.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 01:37:30</strong>
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				<br>With the meeting finished Raglan was surprised to see that everyone had signed up. Well, not that surprised since he knew at least 10 would be onboard.<br><br>He wondered if he should speak to the Captain now about the way he saw things developing down on New Venturi, or wait until 0900. He chose the latter.<br><br>"Dismissed."<br><br>He noticed an incoming report indicating losses among the animals, well, well, they had lost about the same percentage as they had lost of people. No other reports indicated anything out of the ordinary. So everything so far was roughly going to plan. He supposed he ought to be on the bridge for final approach. <br><br>That was the nearest point to the good quality lifepods, just in case the pilot messed up.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 02:33:33</strong>
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				Once she was dismissed she made her way back tot eh pod room to collect her things from the lockers and check on the seedlings and already growing herbs that she would transplant on world.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 03:11:40</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Rijka had not been invited to them meeting, which was fine with her.&nbsp; The captain, had decided to have the council be susceptible to mind control, and Rijka knew she could have no part of that.&nbsp; </span></span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">There was so much to get done, all of the figures were starting to come together, she needed a few more hours to get them exactly right, so there would be no issues later.</span></span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Nitrogen makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere by volume, so she had to figure out what the volume would be on Novus. Not only that, but tolerable atmospheric pressures had to be found and defined.&nbsp; &nbsp;It had also be determined how much oxygen was on Novus, so she could figure out the fluxuations in temperatures, and the storm systems as well.</span></span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">So much work ahead...</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 03:31:41</strong>
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				He rose. Since the Admiral was heading for the bridge, he decided he was not needed there. He decided to instead make the rounds, getting an update in person from every department.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 05:14:18</strong>
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				It took her less time to walk into the pod room, than it had walking away from it, which really was rather expected.&nbsp; When rummaging through her things, she was glad to note that her bio scanner hadn't been too jostled.&nbsp; Collecting all of her things she hugged them close to her body and left to check on all her plants.<br><br>When she entered the part of the ship the housed her plants and seedlings, she went straight away making sure that non of them had been damaged or bumped around too much.&nbsp; Pulling out her bio scanner she started her check.&nbsp; Moving slowly and patiently she took note that the damage hadn't been that bad, her stock of seeds and even the mast majority of grown plants where intact.&nbsp; Taking note of her findings she keeps working, restrapping and covering the plants she had been forced to uncover to study.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 05:35:15</strong>
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				"Status report?" &nbsp;said Admiral Raglan to the pilots and crew on the bridge.<br><br><strong>"Everythings fine, except for these readings sir... but they're probably nothing. The sensors more than likely need retuning."</strong> said a navigator.<br><br>"Explain." said Raglan. His tone made it clear that the first statement of everythings fine was clearly untrue and annoying to the Admiral. The pilots knew that he didn't like to be annoyed.<br><br><strong>"It's the antigrav neutronic bursters that we use to cushion our landing sir. Some of the ID lights seem to be burnt out. We're fixing it now. I assure you Admiral it's just a glitch in a bridge system."</strong><br><br>Raglan Frowned. Undoubtedly the pilot was correct. If anything happened to those bursters the Colony ship would smash into the planet with the force of a nuclear missile. He looked at the time to destination readout. There would be no margin for any mishaps now. Any kind of screw up on the final approach and they would be lucky to be able to evacuate half the crew, let alone any equipment.<br><br><strong>"We could send someone outside to do a physical check sir. But they'd have to be quick about it." &nbsp;</strong> said a engineer.<br><br>"Admiral Lordson to Captain Vallejos, get me the best person aboard to deal with a burster malfunction, and get them to the bridge... now!" he sent the message scambled so that anyone who knew the potential seriousness of the situation wouldn't have a heart attack if they overheard it. There was no panic in his own voice.<br><br>After all the luxury escape capsules were mere yards from the bridge.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 05:40:43</strong>
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				The first stop on his rounds was Aura's office. Along the way her report reached his datapad, and he looked it over before entering. Once he arrived, he politely cleared his throat to get her attention. "It's a shame about the losses. Make sure the remains are cleansed of any residual radiation, and sent to the cloning department. Hopefully they can still be salvaged."<br><br>&nbsp;He wrinkled his nose a bit. The various mixtures of exotic muskglands was a tad offensive to his nose, but it didn't double him over as one might expect. Part of Augment training made them slosh through sewers for hours on end until they learned to tolerate horrificly overwhelming sensory stimulation. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Limoncello</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 05:55:41</strong>
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				Kevin was still lost throughout the entire ship. He did not know where anything was and everyone seemed to busy to help him, nevertheless he seems to know the type of mission this is. Self-reliance. Each person did not whine as much as he did about not knowing where anything is so why should he. Kevin looked around trying to get his bearings corrected but kinda failing so he wondered off in some random direction. <br><br>Kevin smiled to what he approached. The weapons room. Some call it the armory, weapons locker, and many other things but Kevin liked what he saw. Naturally this is his area of expertise and naturally this must be his "job" Kevin smiled as he looked around seeing what he had to work off of. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 06:44:37</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Aura in her office in the Animal Labs</span><br>&nbsp;<br>Aura was tabulating necessary reproduction codes for Ziva crabs, Large, red 3 foot crabs favored by the Venturians as both a delicacy and aphrodesiac.&nbsp; They were to be eaten alive while saving the reproductive organs for last.&nbsp; &nbsp;The rumor, if true, stated that if all parties who were to engage in a sexual liason ate the sexual organs together then a sexual pleasure bond would be formed among them.&nbsp; &nbsp;Venturian resturants warned diners to allow for a day long love making session by all parties.&nbsp; Aura, a slight blush pinking her cheeks, was wondering at this rumor when she heard someone trying to get her attention.&nbsp; Looking up over the rim of her glasses Aura seeing the Captain and rises to her feet.&nbsp; &nbsp;With her left hand, she slips a piece of useless date over the codes she had been entering.&nbsp; <br>She removes her glasses and waits for him begin to speak. <br><br>"It's a shame about the losses. Make sure the remains are cleansed of any residual radiation, and sent to the cloning department. Hopefully they can still be salvaged."<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura nods her head in agreement to the first part of his statement.&nbsp; "Yes Captain it is a shame.&nbsp; Many of the creatures were truely magnificant.&nbsp; Her heart thrumped a bit faster as she thought of her beloved wolves being lost to her forever.&nbsp; "It is however unfortunate that the damage to those groups mentioned in the report were too severe to be salvaged; They were in zygote or spermetazoa stages, and were either completely or almost completely distroyed.&nbsp; To avoid any accidental cross species contamination, they were irradiated and vaporized.&nbsp; There are no remains."&nbsp; Her sorrow at the loss of any animal let alone whole species, was evident in the shadows behind her eyes.[/][/]&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>"Is there any particuliar animal you are interested in checking the status on Captain?"&nbsp; Aura was always interested in what animals people identified with and why.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 06:57:10</strong>
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				He tapped his ear, indicating he was receiving a communication. "One moment Miss Minal."<br><br>He took a second to run down the crew manifest in his head, then said "Enginer Valifikante, the Admiral requires your prescence on the bridge immediately. " He said that on the channel so that the Admiral ehard who was enroute. If the Admiral needed him as well, he would have said so. So Zay let the matter rest there for the moment.<br><br>He then turned back to Aura."Actually, I rather would have liked to see the Grey Wolf. It's a noble beast, and in ancient earth mythology, a powerful spiritual guide. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 07:18:04</strong>
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				The Captain turned back at her question and replied,"Actually, I rather would have liked to see the Grey Wolf. It's a noble beast, and in ancient earth mythology, a powerful spiritual guide. "<br>Aura's smile reached her eyes this time at the Captain's comment.&nbsp; "Yes, grey wolves do have a certain nobility. They mated for life you know Captain," then with a throaty laugh she added, That didn't however mean they were always faithful!"&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She glanced back at the report in her hand.&nbsp; We are 100% go with all remaining zygotes; 90% on eggs and Sperm.&nbsp; Testing on rapid growth acceleration has begun and so far there have been no problems with land animals and a just a few minor glitches with some Matathling globfish which, in trying to determine a sex, are meshing into hermaphrodites. We expect to have that under control shortly. Nothing out of our control at the moment Captain.<br>&nbsp;<br>"If you can spare the time, I would be pleased to give you a tour." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 07:18:41</strong>
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				"Thank you Captain." replied the Admiral.<br><br>He waited until the engineer arrived. Then wached as the situation was explained.<br><br><strong>"But to realign the duodynetic burster circuitry, he'll have to expose himself to levels of lethal Zattanna radiation. It's a suicide mission!" </strong> said a pilot.<br><br>"He'll be remembered as a hero..." said the Admiral as he watched the man suit up and exit the ship.<br><br>The Admiral waited...<br><br>"What was the mans name again?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 07:35:35</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=47203.msg2245715#msg2245715">Quote from: Chelemar on 18-09-2009, 07:18:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The Captain turned back at her question and replied,"Actually, I rather would have liked to see the Grey Wolf. It's a noble beast, and in ancient earth mythology, a powerful spiritual guide. "<br>Aura's smile reached her eyes this time at the Captain's comment.&nbsp; "Yes, grey wolves do have a certain nobility. They mated for life you know Captain," then with a throaty laugh she added, That didn't however mean they were always faithful!"&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She glanced back at the report in her hand.&nbsp; We are 100% go with all remaining zygotes; 90% on eggs and Sperm.&nbsp; Testing on rapid growth acceleration has begun and so far there have been no problems with land animals and a just a few minor glitches with some Matathling globfish which, in trying to determine a sex, are meshing into hermaphrodites. We expect to have that under control shortly. Nothing out of our control at the moment Captain.<br>&nbsp;<br>"If you can spare the time, I would be pleased to give you a tour."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>He arched a brow. "Really? I've never taken the time to research the matter in depth, but I was given to understand they were monogamous creatures by nature. This is not the case. "<br><br><br>When she offered the tour, he nodded in agreement. " By all means."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 08:23:28</strong>
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				"Really Captain.&nbsp; Although, grey wolves prefer to mate with their chosen partner, should anything arise that would make it impossible for the alpha male's partner to be unable to mate with him, or should they not be together during mating time, it is not irregular for them to mate with another of the same status. The propagation of the species being the driving factor and not sexual leasion."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Hearing a beep sounding on her desk, Aura excuses herself to check the message.&nbsp; "Ah, good news, We are go on all eggs and sperm now as well." <br>&nbsp;<br>Aura walked back to stand next to the Captain. <br>&nbsp;<br>"I am happy to show you around. Captain.&nbsp; First, however, I must ask that you don some protective wear, for you safety as well as that of the animals."&nbsp; Aura reached into the locker behind them and removed a white plasticlear lab coat, protective pants, gloves and head and shoe covers.&nbsp; &nbsp;Aura grinned up at the huge man, "Don't worry about the size, they will fit.&nbsp; They are bioengineered and have a remarkable capacity to stretch or shrink as needed."&nbsp; I will be right outside the door waiting for you as soon as you are ready."<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 08:35:29</strong>
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				After Lena was done fixing everything up to her satisfaction she leaned over one of the metal work desks and allows a finger to trace one of the delicate leaves of the Melissa officinalis or better known as the Lemon Balm plant.<br><br>"Transmit from Lena Marani to the Admiral and Captain, access code 884970 from the Botanist cargo hold.&nbsp; After a quick but thorough inspection of the plants on board, I am happy to report that only 14% of the stock was damaged, and 10% was salvageable at that.&nbsp; I am relieved that the unsalvageable cargo is no big loss since we have a number of seeds as back up.&nbsp; If all the plants do manage to get a hold and proliferate in this new environment, than we will have all of the known fauna that we are used to.&nbsp; End transmission."&nbsp; <br><br>When she was done reporting in, she stood up and straightened out her clothes.&nbsp; She was rather hungry so she would have to find her way to the on board mess hall.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Great...now to get lost.</em><br><br>She didn't look forward to stumbling through the ship, at times floating through areas with little gravitation allowed.&nbsp; She would probably look like a fool, but hey she was hungry enough to risk it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 09:08:23</strong>
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				Raine had spent some of her idle time before the journey examining the film map, and had a basic idea of how travel in the spaceship worked.&nbsp; Unfortunately, she had no good excuse to use the axis corridor.&nbsp; Too bad, she had always loved zero gravity.<br><br>The woman walked briskly around corner, her eyes intent on the holographic textures emanating from the length of the film cylinder.&nbsp; It was dark grey, with one end flat and the other coming to a rounded point.&nbsp; An invisibly thin crack stretched from flat end to rounded end.&nbsp; Whenever someone applied pressure to the flat end, the crack would jump to life, spitting out a "sheet" of holographic film with the cylinder at its base.<br><br>Raine "pinched" the hologram, jerking her fingers to the side and scrolling the paper sideways to expose a new area of the map.&nbsp; After a moment of close examination, she had identified the proper hatchway.&nbsp; On the other side of the door was another hallway that led directly to the temporary non-military accommodations.<br><br>One hand idly brushing through her hair - she needed to shower, and get a haircut.&nbsp; Some of the hair actually reached below her ears, and there were these obnoxiously long bangs that she kept brushing off her face.&nbsp; How could women <em>live</em> with this mess on their heads?<br><br>The "Civilian accommodations" turned out to be a re-purposed hangar.&nbsp; The usual transport and fighter craft that cluttered the massive room were gone.&nbsp; Two acres of deckplate stretched before her: the curve of the hull was clearly evident towards the far end of the room.<br><br>As Raine entered the hangar, a tired looking navyman handed her a bundle of cloth wordlessly before grabbing another one from a large bin.&nbsp; The cloth seemed to be a condensed sleeping bag and pillow rolled into a ball.&nbsp; The fabric was coarse and primitive.&nbsp; <em>The Company sends us out here to colonize a planet, and they provide us with these.&nbsp; Figures.</em><br><br>A sizable number of people had already staked their claims on the worn and flame-scarred hangar floor.&nbsp; Still, Raine knew this was only a minor fraction, maybe 10%, of the total civilian population.&nbsp; While there was easily a thousand people gathered here, an equal amount were still wandering the ship or coming out of cryo.&nbsp; These were workers deemed vital to have awake and alert by the time the ship touched down on the planet: doctors, pilots, families of crewmen, engineers, and mechanics.&nbsp; The other 18,000 or so people were still cryogenically suspended, meant to be awakened once the planet was deemed secure.&nbsp; These thousands represented the bulk population, and were drawn from all corners of Company space.&nbsp; Every race was represented, every trait, skin color, intelligence, and talent.&nbsp; It was meant to give the colony a solid gene pool as well as a reliable work force.&nbsp; It also put them above the die-off number: no matter how many babies were pumped out, a small enough population would be unable to reproduce itself even in ideal conditions.<br><br>The somewhat Hispanic looking woman padded her way around the main cluster of sleeping bags, grabbing a spot on the very fringe.&nbsp; She wouldn't be needed for at least six hours; a good window to catch some real sleep.<br><br>Even as Raine dropped the rough bundle of fabric onto the solid, somewhat abrasive deckplate, she felt a sharp pang of homesickness suddenly cut through her.<br><br>She was <em>here</em>.&nbsp; Light from Sol would take dozens of years to reach her eyes, and even then it would be no brighter, no more recognizable than the billions of other stars that crowded the night sky.&nbsp; They were alone.&nbsp; There was no going back now.<br><br>With a sigh and a swear, Raine began to set up her bed.<br><br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*<br><br>Edgar Valifikante was a robust man.&nbsp; Broad shouldered and barrel chested, his face bearing the rugged and strong features of Scandinavian heritage, he looked more like a clodhopping, mudslogging marine then an engineer.&nbsp; Despite his size, Edgar had a delicate touch when it came to the fragile and intricate subsystems of military cruisers.&nbsp; His father had been a navigator for civilian spacecraft, and his son had dutifully followed in his footsteps to the stars.<br><br>Although he had no specific job coming out of the freezer, Edgar was one of many people who had been designated "On Alert".&nbsp; They were not active, but were simply fallbacks in the event of an unpleasant situation.<br><br>As his COM crackled on his lapel, Edgar knew something decidedly unpleasant had come up.&nbsp; Why else would he be ordered to the bridge?<br><br>Sighing despite himself, the engineer clumsily clambered up the ladders and hatchways tot he axis corridor, then proceeded to launch himself down the long tunnel.&nbsp; For some reason, the bridge had been built in the nose of the ship.&nbsp; Human pride, probably.&nbsp; The captain - or admiral, as the case may be - needs to lead the charge, even if it means exposing the nerve center of the entire ship to&nbsp; enemy fire.<br><br>Exactly seven minutes and seventeen seconds after being paged, Edgar Valifikante arrived on the bridge.&nbsp; Making a passing effort to neaten his dirty blonde hair (which had grown out to an uncomfortable four inches during cryo), he stepped passed the armed guard onto the bridge.&nbsp; Spotting the admiral, he tipped his head respectfully.&nbsp; "Yo," he introduced himself.&nbsp; "What's the problem?"<br><br>An officer, a pixie-like woman with a youthful face, stepped in front of him, blocking off his view of the admiral.&nbsp; "I am Second Lieutenant Dion.&nbsp; Let me explain."<br><br>Edgar nodded, looking down at the short woman.&nbsp; He had her by a third of a meter, easy.<br><br>"As you probably know, this cruiser comes equipped with seven neutrino cushioners for landing and docking.&nbsp; While the first five are just fine, the other two - both doral posterier - are not responding.&nbsp; It's most likely an error in the bridge display, but we want to make sure."&nbsp; Dion checked her watch.&nbsp; "You have five and a half hours.&nbsp; I strongly recommend going now."<br><br>The engineer gave her an odd look.&nbsp; Was she making fun of him?<br><br>Edgar shrugged.&nbsp; Didn't matter.&nbsp; If one of the neutrino cushioners had failed, the <em>Traveler</em> would be a mountain of ionized bits smeared across half the planet.&nbsp; He briefly wondered what would've caused a failure in one of the cushioner, and realized virtually nothing could.&nbsp; The neutrino cushioners were large blocks of ultradense matter interlocked with long nanofibers.&nbsp; Although solid to the touch, a microscope would make the material look like millions of suspended platforms, all interconnected and spaced apart.&nbsp; The matter was extremely heavy - thus the spacing out to limit weight - and was dense enough to catch a couple hundred neutrinos (extremely small and elusive particles emitted from the nuclear reactions in the core of a star) every second or so.&nbsp; Add an electric current and the material stops a full 50% of neutrinos that impact it, something previously thought to be impossible.&nbsp; To put it in a perspective, a light-year long column of lead would only stop a little below a half of the neutrinos that pass through its entire length.&nbsp; So, a cushioner essentially packed the density of a light-year long piece of lead into a block of metal ten meters thick.&nbsp; The trillions of neutrinos it blocks every second slow the ship down, each impact shaving off a minute slice of the ship's forward velocity, thus allowing the spacecraft to brake while expending little fuel.<br><br>Despite its awesome ability, the cushioner was a relatively simple machine.&nbsp; The tough part was building it.&nbsp; Maintenance was unnecessary, and operation consisted solely of running electricity through it.<br><br>So, Edgar concluded, there must be something wrong with the wiring.&nbsp; That, or maybe the cushioner was simply torn off the hull?&nbsp; With the bridge currently unable to communicate with the neutrino cushioner, a manual examination was required, and he had been chosen.<br><br>He wasn't worried; no way!&nbsp; Edgar had been in space countless times, mostly repairing ship hulls.&nbsp; It was a simple, overrated operation.<br><br>The large man turned to exit the bridge, nodding his understanding to Dion.&nbsp; As he walked through the air lock, a pale, wiry man appeared.&nbsp; The two collided.<br><br>Edgar tumbled to the hard deckplate, spouting expletives all the way.&nbsp; The tall man lost his balance and fell against the wall, grunting as his shoulder banged on the bulkhead.&nbsp; Quickly, he uttered a quiet apology, extending his hand down for Edgar to grab onto.<br><br>The large man looked at him, then grabbed the offered hand.&nbsp; For such a light man, his grip was vice-like.&nbsp; He pulled, jerking the heavy man to his feet with a surprising amount of strength.&nbsp; Then, clapping the engineer apologetically on the shoulder, "You OK?"<br><br>Edgar shrugged his hand off.&nbsp; "Ya, fine.&nbsp; Watch where you're going," he growled, stalking off.<br><br>First Lieutenant Jonn Ah'Lerno smiled at Edgar's back as the broad shouldered man walked away.<br><br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp; *<br><br><em>"What was the mans name again?"</em><br><br>"Valifikante, Sir," Jonn said, walking onto the bridge after the collision with Edgar.&nbsp; He looked around the wide, faintly cavernous, room, taking in the dozens of consoles lining the walls.&nbsp; The front was taken up by an immense window looking out into space: a seamless fabric of starlight stretched from top to bottom.&nbsp; In front of the window was a sheet of clear plastic glass standing up on the deckplate: the main viewscreen.&nbsp; Any feed could be displayed there, as well as graphics, maps, communications; virtually anything, really.&nbsp; Right now, the transparent glass showed a navigational plot of the immediate space about the cruiser.&nbsp; It was empty, as they were still hundreds of thousands of kilometers from the planet and its moons.&nbsp; A wire-frame diagram of the ship was in the bottom right corner, two dots toward the bow blinking red: the out-of-touch neutrino cushioners.<br><br>The officer quickly walked to his station, a broad console designed specifically for navigations.&nbsp; He went through the login and verification procedures, then decided to review the cruiser's current course as it rocketed towards Novus.<br><br>First it would use the gravity of the twin moons - a binary pair, circling each other as they orbited the planet - to slow down before activating the neutrino cushioners.&nbsp; As they neared the upper atmosphere, they would fire off bursts from the engines to bleed off any excess velocity before settling into a low orbit.&nbsp; He would lead the survey teams to find potential colonization sites.&nbsp; Once the Admiral had decided, the cruiser would enter the atmosphere, using air friction and the neutrino cushioners to keep their speed nominal.<br><br>Jonn had started double checking the mathematics when a video popped up on the main viewscreen.&nbsp; It was Edgar Valifikante, specifically the camera attached to his helmet.&nbsp; The view was shaky as it stared listlessly into space, and the engineer's rough voice provided commentary.&nbsp; "Bridge, I'm nearly at the first cushioner.&nbsp; The external hull shows signs of wear and tear, nothing unusual.&nbsp; Background radiation minimal.&nbsp; Uh..."<br><br>The camera panned over the hull, showing acres of blackened Comp-A steel.&nbsp; Gouges in the alloy showed the impact sites of various micrometeors that had struck it over the decades.&nbsp; Then the view returned to space, and stars jigged crazily across the screen for a few seconds.&nbsp; The camera steadied itself, staring at an apparently random patch of space.&nbsp; Jonn watched attentively, his fingers resting atop his console's keyboard.<br><br>"Check this out," Edgar said, his voice punctuated with bursts of static.&nbsp; As he spoke, the camera zoomed in.&nbsp; It quickly became apparent that this was no ordinary patch of space.<br><br>Within seconds, Novus, still hours distant, loomed on the screen.&nbsp; It was a healthy planet, its surface a patchwork of blue and green and yellow and white.&nbsp; A single continent stretched from north pole to equator on the hemisphere facing them.&nbsp; It may have extended all the way to the southern pole, but any landmass in the southern hemisphere was blocked by a massive cloud formation.<br><br>It vaguely resembled a hurricane, but with thicker arms a wider look.&nbsp; That, and it was easily four times larger than the hurricanes seen on Earth.<br><br>"Heh heh, I hope you like rain."<br><br>Jonn let his eyes widen.&nbsp; It <em>was</em> an impressive sight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 10:05:43</strong>
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				As Lena wondered through one hall to the next, she couldn't help herself from wishing that she had asked for some kind of map, or at the very least memorized more than the direct route to the Herbology cargo hold; because she was getting no where fast, or more specifically she was getting somewhere unknown fast.&nbsp; <br><br>Her mind replayed the last hour or two over in her head; images of what she had seen and heard sliding through her mind crisp and clear.&nbsp; She had made an utter fool of herself coming to the conclusion that the Admiral had some unsavory plans for her vessel, and in front of a man no less.&nbsp; She hoped that the Captain would keep her narcissistic imaginings to himself, but if he where like most people he would have most likely already told someone.&nbsp; If the latest events where a foreshadowing of her new life on this planet...well than she was screwed.<br><br>Taking a left she walked down yet another empty corridor until she came to a stop in front of the entrance to what seemed like the mess hall.&nbsp; Smiling inside at being able to guide herself blindly to her destination, the sliding doors to the room click and than slide smoothly open.&nbsp; When she entered the mess hall she noticed that there weren't a lot of people there; but she put that down to everyone preparing to land.&nbsp; Striding over to conveyor style food dispenser she quickly chooses a gelatin mound of mint and current paste flavored soy, sprouts, and a small cap sized container of a reddish green colored protein elixir.&nbsp; her food is deposited by machine onto a small tray, and when it's done she heads over to one of the numerous empty tables.<br><br>She ate slowly, the texture of the food oddly pleasant on her tongue.&nbsp; Soon they would be planet side, and than it would all begin. The toiling, the work, the living on her own, she was ecstatic about it all.&nbsp; She knew it would be hard, but she had always known that, and had spent many months contemplating it.&nbsp; In the end the only conclusion that she had come to was that her freedom was worth all the trouble.&nbsp; She just hoped that she wouldn't live to regret her choices.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 13:53:53</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=47203.msg2245820#msg2245820">Quote from: Chelemar on 18-09-2009, 08:23:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Really Captain.&nbsp; Although, grey wolves prefer to mate with their chosen partner, should anything arise that would make it impossible for the alpha male's partner to be unable to mate with him, or should they not be together during mating time, it is not irregular for them to mate with another of the same status. The propagation of the species being the driving factor and not sexual leasion."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Hearing a beep sounding on her desk, Aura excuses herself to check the message.&nbsp; "Ah, good news, We are go on all eggs and sperm now as well." <br>&nbsp;<br>Aura walked back to stand next to the Captain. <br>&nbsp;<br>"I am happy to show you around. Captain.&nbsp; First, however, I must ask that you don some protective wear, for you safety as well as that of the animals."&nbsp; Aura reached into the locker behind them and removed a white plasticlear lab coat, protective pants, gloves and head and shoe covers.&nbsp; &nbsp;Aura grinned up at the huge man, "Don't worry about the size, they will fit.&nbsp; They are bioengineered and have a remarkable capacity to stretch or shrink as needed."&nbsp; I will be right outside the door waiting for you as soon as you are ready."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>He slipped quickly and easily into the protective gear. He offered a theory for the behavior, and waited for the experrt to indicate whether or not he was on the mark."The strongest and fittest must pass their traits along to the next generation. It's a survival imperitive for the pack for the good of the pack. &nbsp;"&nbsp; He was now ready when she was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-09-2009, 23:09:42</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> <br>&nbsp;The strongest and fittest must pass their traits along to the next generation. It's a survival imperative for the pack for the good of the pack. <br>[/]</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>[]<br>&nbsp;<br>"Exactally so Captain." She nodded. <br>&nbsp;<br>With one hand behind her back,&nbsp; Ashley motioned with the other the direction they would be taking.&nbsp; Following along the port wall of the ship, they quickly came to the Mammals (http://mammal/).&nbsp; The Animals are sectioned by species, then sub species and genus and so on.&nbsp; Aura began to speak explaining, "Every planet that has more than 2 representatives going to Novus, has major food species on board as well as the right to choose two other animals.&nbsp; There of course were limits.&nbsp; The personal choice animals could not be totally destructive to the food chain.&nbsp; We would not be introducing, for example, a Claxor Bofax, at 20 feet tall, and possessing a voracious appetite. They have been known to wipe out most mammalian life within 1/8Th a mile."[/]<br>&nbsp;<br>Next they approached the growth enhancers.&nbsp; Aura nodded for her staff to continue their experiments.&nbsp; "Paul and Anona are finalizing the advanced growth rate for the Bos Taurus, or earth's dairy cow."<br>While watching, a zygote matures from 2 weeks old to 9 months and birth eminent.&nbsp; <br>"How do the tests read, Paul?" <br>"Everything is within normal parameters, Aura."<br>"Thank You.&nbsp; After you have moved the embryo to stasis, please do a secondary check, dairy cows are too important."&nbsp; She checked off her signature on the first test.<br>"May I ask what animal you chose for your personal Captain?" Aura asked, looking up through her eyelashes at him.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>[/] 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 00:21:58</strong>
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				He shrugged. "Never had any pets back in the barracks...the weren't allowed. The only animals I might have chosen were already selected by others. So I allowed one of the civilian children to use my Personal Choice slot so that she could bring both of her kittens."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 01:17:16</strong>
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				&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Never had any pets back in the barracks...the weren't allowed. The only animals I might have chosen were already selected by others. So I allowed one of the civilian children to use my Personal Choice slot so that she could bring both of her kittens."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> <br>Aura was puzzled at the Captain's answer.&nbsp; 'That was quite a kind thing to do.'&nbsp; She thought to herself.&nbsp; They quickly finished the tour.&nbsp; But Aura kept thinking about the Captain giving his personal Animal choice away.&nbsp; Before the Captain could leave, Aura asked, "A moment Captain."<br>Aura thought&nbsp; for a second, then she began punching codes into her palmcom and an image appeared on the screen. (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/chachi9/68914_Chocolate_Lab-1.jpg)<br>&nbsp;Turning the screen to the Captain, Aura simply stated, "He will be waiting at Zoological Services for you.&nbsp; Every Police Chief needs a good police dog. "She pulled a copy of the dog's picture and animal code number out of the scanner and passed it to the Captain, explaining, "When you pick him up, he will have his necessary shots, be toilet trained, leash trained, and have his basic commands down..." here Aura stopped and raising her left eyebrow, pointed to the Captain, and admonished, "The rest will be up to you.&nbsp; Though, If you do need any help, please know that I am more than willing to offer aide." <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 01:49:12</strong>
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				He tilted his head and smiled a bit. Just a bit. "I originally planned to use a wolf for that actually. Shame that won't be possible now. This should do nicely though. Thank you. Just one thing. If possible, I would prefer him untrained. Experts say the training process is critical in establishing a bond."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 05:02:49</strong>
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				Aura nodded at the Captain's request that the puppy be totally untrained.&nbsp; "As you wish."<br>&nbsp;<br>"I am sure you need to move on Captain, and I know I need to get back, Paul has been signaling me for the last few minutes."&nbsp; Aura escorted him to the lab doors.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 05:44:02</strong>
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				He stripped off the protective gear, peice by peice. He neatly folded it up, and handed it back to her. "Thank you Doctor. it was most informative. If you need anything, just contact me. Good day. " He turned then to resume his rounds.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 20:40:43</strong>
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				<strong>The last moments of Admiral Raglan Lordson ?</strong><br><br>Admiral Raglan waited for the report on the Neutronic Bursters. He'd heard some other crewmen were using the slang ‘cushion’ terminology. Raglan was a talented engineer and liked the official terminology to be used, especially in a time of crisis though he understood it made others feel more at ease.<br><br>As he was waiting for the poor engineer who had been volunteered to fix the problem, he saw another nearby crewman turn white. “Sir… there, there’s a cascade failure in the Neutronic Burst regulator centre.”<br><br>That was bad. Cascade failure was one of the worst things that could happen. Without bursters the ship would not be able to land. Raglan was happy to send some fool outside to his death over one burster, if all of them were playing up that was something he needed to attend to himself.<br><br>“I’ll handle this.” he told the crew. “Wait for further instructions until after I’ve analysed the extent of the damage…” &nbsp;Raglan headed for the main Burster control centre, it was a fair distance away and there was no way to get there any faster than the travelators, cylindrical lifts that ran the length and breadth of the ship. He found one that would put him a short run from the control centre, for security reasons no travelator stopped on top of it. He left the tube ran the rest of the way fast, real fast, any crew who noticed him running wondered why the Admiral was racing through the corridors so quickly. Some just assumed he was heading to a woman’s quarters and ignored it.<br><br>***<br><br>Raglan arrived at the Burster control centre. A brief survey of the area told him everything he needed to know. Three security personnel outside were dead, along with seven crew. The scene within the chamber was another matter however.<br><br>He inspected the primary coils, they were smashed beyond any hope of repair. Worse one of teh anti&nbsp; matter power coils was missing! Without them there was no way for the ship to land, that was a fact now. That meant that the ship would crash as soon as it got close to 'New Venturi', there was nothing to prevent it. It was as inevitable as the Venturian suns rising and setting each morning. <br><br>Still the ship could be evacuated, in the escape pods and by making many, many trips in his personal shuttle. While the loss of the ship would be inconvenient, the colony would survive.<br><br>“Hello Fixedling!” a voice rang out. It had a strange whispering quality to it. Like a half heard comment distorted by the wind.<br><br>Raglan turned. There were four creatures slowly stepping from the shadows. He had his explanation of what had happened here. The creatures were human shaped but hairless thin grey humanoids with bald slightly oversized heads and large black doe eyes. They were naked except for a large silver belt from which hung various objects, and a silver skullcap attached to their scalps by flimsy looking wires. Some had huge penises dangling down from their bodies wich they made no attempt to conceal, some had slots in their groins. Behind them he could see several crew who had been stripped naked and bound with silver cables, they were gathered together in a 'pile' on the floor. It was clear that some of them had been penetrated by the silver probes decorating the aliens belts.<br><br>Anoter crewman was with the greys, as Raglan looked at him he shhited his form, morphing into a grey.<br><br>Shapeshifters! <br><br>There were none aboard that he knew off. That meant the ship had been compromised, that was certain now.<br><br><em>'Sabotage!' </em> was Raglans first thought. It would have been<em> 'Aliens!'</em> But considering the crew and passenger list...<br><br>"Take these fixedling whores to the city, we will bind them and then bend them to our will, they will provide us with much... Ah... Admiral, I am glad that you could join us. I hoped it would be you that came to investigate the problem." &nbsp;the grey turned to address Raglan.<br><br>"Of all those aboard your psionic abilities have intrigued us the most, those and the abilities of the woman who speaks with animals and the weather witch. We intend to kidnap them... along with whoever else can aid us in our explorations of the Fixedlings forms."<br><br><em>Fixedlings? They meant non shapechangers... us...</em> thought Raglan.<br><br>Raglan stood speechless for once.<br><br>"You don't have to die with the rest Admiral. We kow the darkness of your mind, even though we cannot read your thoughts. We have seen your fixedling records and absorbed the knowledge within. Your type of 'Unsavory' character could help us greatly. Your mental powers rival and exceed perhaps our own... Join us and you can have your pick of the females aboard, you can help us break and explore as many as you wish. You will live with us in our city on the planet below. The planet that you have dared to visit and claim as your own. Do not think of trying to stop us Admiral, there are five of us to your one." &nbsp; it tapped it's head. "These protect us from your telepathy, you have no chance of resisting us and why would you want to. Untold pleasures await you" &nbsp; the grey waited.<br><br>"What do you say Admiral?"<br><br>"First I would like to thank you for telling me about the caps..." said Raglan, he reached out with his telekinetic powers and tore the skullcaps from their heads, they screamed in shock and surprise... "Now kill yourselves." &nbsp;he ordered.<br><br>Two aliens pulled out silver probes and drove them through their own skulls, falling dead to the deck. Raglan couldn't control more than two of these strange creatures at a time.<br><br>The others pulled what must have been probe lasers and fired, his pyrokinetic shield blunted the energy from one and absorbed the heat entirley from the other. He overheated one of the weapons and it blew up in the shifter greys hands.<br><br>Two left, one was shredded by a telekinetic push, its limb scattered in all directions...<br><br>The last grabbed at the human female captives and was gone before Raglan could do anything... Had any of the&nbsp; women captured been ones that he had encountered before at the briefing? He couldn't tell... only they would know.<br><br>He stood there taking in what had happened. Shapeshifters from some city had come to steal their women and sabotage the ship in order to keep the planet theirs. But how many of them were there? Was this 'city' full of shapeshifters? Or were these five the only survivors of some ancient alien culture? Would there be more on the planets surface or would these be the only ones they ever encountered. That's when he noticed what else had been behind the greys.<br><br>Behind them was the bomb... he looked at it, recognizing it as a Vortex bomb. If that detonated it would destroy half the ship instantly. He looked at the counter glowing in red on its side... it was very convenient of them to have placed it there. Raglan made a mental note that if he ever built a bomb he would disable the clock display on it.<br><br>It read <strong>00:07</strong><br>They had merely been delaying him, delaying him while the bomb ticked down.<br><br><strong>00:06</strong><br><br>They had ripped out the guts of the Bursters and coils to create a spacial Vortex bomb.<br><br><strong>00:05</strong><br><br>Raglan snapped his eyes shut and concentrated, he had one chance to escape, just one!<br><br><strong>00:04</strong><br><br>He tried to tap into a power that he had never used before, at the same time he sent mental commands to the bridge crew and his Officers, the Captain, the LT. "Intruders, Sabotage, Abandon Ship." having recieved commands this way before they would respond according to their training. He area bursted another command to any civilians who might pick it up within range, for an unexplained reason he wasted perhaps a second more than he should have specifically sending one to the New Liason officer with the body that was both stunning to look at and comfortable to lay with... what was her name again? And also to 'Legs' and the cute girl that reminded him of an old friend called Shane who had once been an actor on some TV show, she or he had been so hot!<br><br><strong>00:02</strong><br><br>Raglan closed his eyes and crossed his arms. He thought of his personal shuttle... of being within it, seated at the controls...<br><br><strong>00:01</strong><br><br>He reached out with his powers, tapping into a suite of abilities, some of which he had mastered, some of which only functioned under extreme stress once in a blue moon. <br><br>Tele-pathy, Tele-Kinesis, Tele-p...<br><br><strong>00:00</strong><br><br><strong>The Bomb exploded...</strong><br><br>***<br><br>The explosion was felt all the way through the ship as the rear half of 'the Traveller' vaporized, tearing the hard tritanium shell of the colony vessel apart like tissue paper.<br><br>The Traveller careened wildly its dead hull now spinning and tumbling towards the planet.<br><br>The bridge crew sent their final message blaring from the speakers.<br><br>"Intruders have sabotaged the ship. Total engine failure." &nbsp;this was due to the rear half of the ship being gone... "Proceed in an orderly fashion to..." &nbsp;<br><br>He was shoved aside by another crewman. "Fuck that!" &nbsp;He screamed into the mike.<br><br><strong>"ABANDON SHIP, ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE GO CRITICAL, GET OUT GET OUT NOW! DON'T STOP FOR NO ONE OR NO SHIT! GET TO THE NEAREST ESCAPE POD AND GET THE FUCK OFF THE SHIP!!Now put this on a fucking loop, I'm outta here!"</strong><br><br>The ship comm system crackled again... <br><br><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><strong>"ABANDON SHIP, ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE GO CRITICAL, GET OUT GET OUT NOW! DON'T STOP FOR NO ONE OR NO SHIT! GET TO THE NEAREST ESCAPE POD AND GET THE FUCK OFF THE SHIP!!Now put this on a fucking loop, I'm outta here!" </strong> </span> it continued to repeat itself.<br><br>To any aboard there was no doubt the crewman was correct, nobody could have failed to notice the explosion, failed to feel the shift in gravity and pressure.<br><br>Many were fated to die simply because they were too far from an escape pod.<br><br>There would be no lottery to see who deserved to live and escape, no debate over the right mix to put in the escape pods. It was simply a matter of luck, ruthlessness and speed.<br><br>Spend too much time grabbing possessions and you die.<br><br>Go back for a loved one? <br><br>You die.<br><br>Help an injured crewmember? <br><br>You die.<br><br>Let someone else take your seat in an escape pod? <br><br>You die.<br><br>Now it was survival of the fittest, the luckiest and the most ruthless. <br><br>Who would escape the shattered remains in time to power away from the totally unstoppable and impending explosion that would vaporize what was left of the Traveller?<br><br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><strong>"ABANDON SHIP, ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE GO CRITICAL, GET OUT GET OUT NOW! DON'T STOP FOR NO ONE OR NO SHIT! GET TO THE NEAREST ESCAPE POD AND GET THE FUCK OFF THE SHIP!!Now put this on a fucking loop, I'm outta here!"</strong></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>19-09-2009, 22:43:43</strong>
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				As part of the ship was blown apart, sirens and the flashing lights that where part of the emergency evacuations procedures ripped through the remaining part of the ship.&nbsp; The air lock doors sliding into place, so that what oxygen still being pumped through the ship wouldn't escape into the dark matter of space.<br><br>Escape pods where being prepped for emergency evacuations and where filling up fast.&nbsp; the parts of the hull that held cargo was being prepared for dispatch, and would disengage completely from the ship turning into a larger version of the crew and civilian escape pods.<br><br>When the message was blared throughout the ship, as well as inside Lena's head, her eyes widened and she stood abruptly to make her way to the escape pods as swiftly as she could.&nbsp; She was able to make it in time to shuffle into one, latching her belt on so that she was securely in her seat.&nbsp; <br><em><br>What the hell is going on with this damn ship! </em> The damn thing was making this harder than she thought it would be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 00:21:54</strong>
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				Zay was certainly amongst the fittest, and then some. He quickly calculated in his mind precisely how long he could spare to aid others, and still reach an escape pod of his own. 38.9 Seconds.Give or take a tenth of a second. In the spirit of ancient earth tradition, he prioritized women and children first. He did not take the time to lead them at their pace. That would simply take too long. He just unceremoniously grabbed people, throwing them over his shoulder and racing them at breakneck speeds to Escape pods. He threw them in like a sack of potatoes, then hit the launch pad, before repeating. <br><br>By the 30th second, he had already launched six women and two children. He had just enough time to grab two more people. He'd throw them over his shoulders, then take them to the final pod on this level with him. He raced down the corridor, looking for the two easiest people to grab enroute. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 00:27:57</strong>
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				The pod was filling up fast, soon they would be pushed into space, traveling towards the unknown planet.&nbsp; The ship's shaking earlier, didn't bode well in Lena's mind; whatever had happened had been serious enough for them to have to evacuate in such a rushed speed.&nbsp; Her mind wanders over her cargo, hopefully whatever was going on wouldn't mean they would have to leave behind her precious plants.<br><br>There where a few more seats left in this pod, but she knew they wouldn't be empty for long.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jack Stalker</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 01:18:35</strong>
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				Raglan Lordson opened his eyes.<br><br>He was alive, but his head hurt like hell. He brought his fingers up to his face, brought them back down covered with blood from his nosebleed. <br><br>He wiped if off on his sleeve.<br><br>He was sitting in the pilot seat of his shuttle, then there was still time. He stood up, slightly dazed but quickly recovering. He could never risk that again except in the most dire circumstances and even then he wasn't sure it would work.<br><br>Opening the door to the shuttle he looked out into a corridor aboard ship, there was panic and confusion in the docks. He reached out with his mental powers through a fog of pain and controlled four security into the shuttle, not that they really needed much of a push. That left eight seats available.<br><br>The Abandon ship announcement went off... then a few moments later it went off again... except the 'five minutes to critical' was still five minutes, the idiots who had placed it on a loop hadn't bothered to update the time left to the explosion with a temporal algorithm in the program. The fools... for all Raglan knew they had no tiime left at all.<br><br>He calculated he'd been out for 'about' a minute. One more to get out here. He would wait two minutes to see if anyone ran into the shuttle, then he was out of there.<br><br>If more than eight tried to gain entry... their lives were unfortunately forfeit.<br><br>Wait... he sent another message to the Captain, getting the precise amount of time they had left would be possible after all... he also sent out a broadcast to any of the more familiar individuals he had seen in the briefing that morning, pointing the way...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 01:46:11</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size">Aura had just finished loading the last Animal for testing into her palm unit when the Code Red came blaring over the system, which was quickly followed by explosion. With no need to worry now about about security, she froze the lab doors open and shouting to be heard over the noise, Aura ordered, "Out, everyone to a lifepod, now!" Her normally rich voice, harsh with urgency and command. However, she did not spare a glance to see if they had obeyed. Reaching into her desk, she grabbed a box labeled EALF01, (Emergency Agrarian Life Forms 01). She had, after much discussion with the vets on her staff, chosen a short list of animal zygotes and plant form seedlings. Also the DNA of a more diverse grouping. Each Vet had grimly signed off on the list with the hopes that the items in the container would never have to be used. Knowing that the container still could be useless if they could not reproduce the equipment necessary to properly use the contents, she still took valuable seconds fetching it.&nbsp; Failing that, she had the few animals in her palmU.&nbsp; A chocolate lab male puppy, a Bos Taurus or standard Earth Dairy Cow and Bull, the Valuvian Chickens, and the three Ziva Crabs.&nbsp; Aura sealed the container to her body in the special carrier she had worn at all times since coming to the Animal Labs. She jogged out of her office and began a fast walk to the closest lifepod. The pathway to the lifepod she had been assigned was eerily quiet. A few people milled around, but it was more as though the ship was already dead. If not for the flash of the red lights, and the constant abandon ship message, one would think the ship was. The chills that shot up Aura's back hurried her quick step pace and she was at her destination with one minute to spare. <br>Peering into the seemingly full lifepod, Aura saw one seat left and jumped through the hatchway doors to claim it. Buckling herself in and heaving a heavy sigh, she waited for the breakaway countdown to begin.&nbsp; </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 02:09:32</strong>
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				The bridge quickly emptied.<br><br>In the absence of the Admiral, the XO, a Colonel, was in charge.&nbsp; He was a tall man, with an unnaval like stocky build.&nbsp; His head was bald, and one of his eyes was a solid, colorless white.<br><br>His first order was to subdue the idiot who had hijacked the COM and overran the normal evacuation broadcast.&nbsp; One of the everpresent guards stepped forward and put a bullet in each kneecap, dropping the Ensign where he stood.&nbsp; The second guard smashed the butt of his rifle into his skull, and his pained shrieks were abruptly cut off.<br><br>"All right, you know the drill," the Colonel boomed over the sirens, simultaneously silencing the murmurs of the bridge crew.&nbsp; "Make for the emergency craft."<br><br>He pushed a button on the command console, and the view from Edgar's camera - which was covered in droplets of blood and panning aimlessly over deep space - disappeared from the main view screen, replaced with a countdown timer in bold red letters.&nbsp; With the engines and the main power planet gone, the <em>Traveler</em> had turned into a drifting hunk of metal running on emergency generators.&nbsp; There was nothing left to go "critical".<br><br>Instead, the timer showed how much time was left until conditions inside the ship became inhospitable due to dropping air pressure and temperature, as well as the exterior damage that was slowly flooding parts of the ship with raw solar radiation.&nbsp; 5:09.<br><br>Jonn was among the fifty or so bridge personnel briskly walking towards the command life pods.&nbsp; There were ten, ten people per pod.&nbsp; They had more than enough.&nbsp; He noticed that all video terminals were broadcasting the countdown as well.&nbsp; A handful of marines were pointing their guns down an empty corridor, ensuring that a stray person wouldn't hijack the reentry vehicles.<br><br>3:23<br><br>The Colonel, having purged the military databases of the <em>Traveler</em>, arrived just as the last of the bridge crew were shuffling into the pods.&nbsp; Calmly, the older man walked into the nearest craft, sitting next to the GO and Jonn. The hydraulic seal hissed shut, followed by the airlock.&nbsp; The lifepod was now secure: smooth sailing from here on out.<br><br>Jonn scratched wistfully at the side of his nose, looking around at the panicky officers clustered in the oval shaped escape craft.&nbsp; He had left his books back in his cabin.&nbsp; Undoubtledly, they'd be destroyed in reentry.<br><br>2:49<br><br>Chemical thursters roared to life, shooting the small ship out of the side of the cruiser like a bullet from a gun.&nbsp; Jonn's vision blurred, and his head was jerked violently to the side.&nbsp; The terrific g-forces pushed the air out of his lungs.&nbsp; A few panicky seconds later, the fearsome vibrations ceased.&nbsp; The officers all took in deep lungfuls of air.&nbsp; A few were passed out.<br><br>Trying his best to ignore the stabbing pain behind his right eye, Jonn settled in for a long flight to the planet.&nbsp; The <em>Traveler</em> had been roughly a hundred thousand kilometers hypoplanar of Novus to begin with.&nbsp; If the lifepods were liberal with their fuel, they could expect to reach Novus in roughly ten hours.&nbsp; And with distances like that, the slightest miscalculation could send them careening past the planet and below the solar plane, at which point their pod wouldn't run into anything for thousands of millennia.&nbsp; Interstellar space was <em>very</em> big and almost completely empty, after all.<br><br>The navigations officer sincerely hoped this pod had been graced with a good pilot.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 03:17:02</strong>
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				With a child under one arm, and a woman over the other shoulder, Zay rounded the corner just in time to watch a pod shuttle seal after Aura. For a fleeting instant he was glad to note that she'd made it. The people he carried weighed next to nothing to him, so he wasn't slowed down apprecciably by their weight. In the span of a few seconds, he raced along half the remaining length of the ship. There, an open hatchway. It was already full for the most part. He didn't take the time to note who was already there. He unceremoniously dumped the child into a woman's lap, and drumped his other package on the floor to find her own seat. He pushed onward into the cockpit, and delegated the Pilot to the role of co-pilot as he took the station. He spared a glance over his shoulder to make sure nobody else was coming, then initiated the launch sequence. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 04:02:01</strong>
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				Slowly, the crippled cruiser rotated in space.&nbsp; The bold, white printed letters had been sheared in half with the rest of the starship, and what remained where stretched and distorted from the intense heat that has washed over the entire skin of the ship.<br><br>The cruiser, a colonial-military warship, was a long cylinder with a bulge in the center, stretching for almost two and a half kilometers.&nbsp; It weighed more than most cities, and could demolish one with a single salvo from its 550 millimeter cannons.&nbsp; Along the bottom of the ship ran its primary weapon: a massive railgun two kilometers long that fired ferromagnetic slugs encased in a thick layer of depleted uranium at speeds over 40 kilometers a second.&nbsp; It came equipped with twenty hangars, fifteen of which could hold twenty superiority fighters.&nbsp; It's armor was three meter thick Comp-A plating that made up 75% of its total weight.&nbsp; Most ammunition would simply shatter on impact.<br><br>It was the ultimate behemoth in capital ship engagements, cutting through other ships like a scythe through wheat.&nbsp; It's massive armor shrugged off bombs as if they were no more than firecrackers.<br><br>It was too bad the designers had never considered a detonation <em>inside</em> the cruiser.<br><br>Since the spacecraft was a sealed environment, the bomb was that much more devastating.&nbsp; All of the energy, heat, and pressure was trapped, turning the compartments around the explosion into another, less obvious bomb.<br><br>The shockwave ballooned out from the detonation site, crushing four decks and breaching the axis corridor in three hundredths of a second.&nbsp; Being a vortex bomb, the explosion quickly collapsed in on itself, bringing everything with it.&nbsp; This exerted tremendous force on the outer hull, forcing it to buckle and split.&nbsp; The crack exponentially grew, ripping through the thick Comp-A like tissue paper as the titanic mass of the ship pulled at it.<br><br>Half a second after detonation, the <em>Traveler</em> was split into two parts: the bow, a kilometer remaining, and the stern, a mere four hundred meters.&nbsp; The rest of the ship had been vaporized or shattered.<br><br>Within minutes, sensors picked up dozens of small craft fleeing the two halves, both of which twisted and turned erratically in their own debris field.&nbsp; One lifepod smashed into a twenty meter wide chunk of deck plate and disappeared in a puff of white atmosphere and flash-freezing fuel.<br><br>The rest dove and spun, struggling to escape the treacherous debris field.<br><br>In the distance, tens of thousands of kilometers away was Novus.&nbsp; Right now, it was about the size of an one's outstretched palm: a sphere of blue, green, and white.&nbsp; The hemispheral storm was still present, although the planet's rotation was quickly carrying it over the horizon.&nbsp; Behind Novus, two moons hung in space; a pair of silvery orbs suspended over Novus, so close that it appeared they were kissing.<br><br>One by one, the lifepods reoriented themselves, their tiny engines burning bright blue as they fled to their new home.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 04:56:47</strong>
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				Aura, even having the advantage of a thicker body mass than humans, passed out due to the fifteen G's that were exerted on the people in her escape pod.&nbsp; &nbsp;It did allow her to awaken first, however.&nbsp; &nbsp;Waking with a rebellious stomach and feeling as though her brain were imploded with the ship, Aura popped the silicone Red X positioned next to her seat and downed the medigel with a water chaser.&nbsp; Feeling instantly better, she turned to study the space outside her window.&nbsp; The ship and her remains were no longer in her vantage point.&nbsp; The velvety blackness went on for ever.&nbsp; &nbsp;Now, Aura was afraid.&nbsp; The aloneness, endless, ongoing, unbreakable blackness had broken through her reserve of strength that had gotten her to the pod, the loss of the wolves, the loss of all the animals, the destruction of the ship.&nbsp; But to face this great nothing..."No"&nbsp; Feeling her hands tremble, Aura blinked and was about to turn away from the dark when she saw it.&nbsp; Novus--small, but visible.&nbsp; Joy surged through Aura, and she couldn't stop herself from laughing.&nbsp; "There she is." At that moment she transferred all that negative fear into love for her new home.&nbsp; Love, and a burning desire to make their colony there thrive.&nbsp; &nbsp;Allowing her body to relax, she sat more comfortably in the jump seat, but she didn't take her eyes off of the still far away planet.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 09:14:24</strong>
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				There was a breif pang of loss, and pointlessness as Zay picked himself out of the rubble. For all the efort he'd expended to save as many as he could, he failed to save the people on his shuttle. It was that last second he had spared to make sure nobody else was coming. The tail end of the shuttle was caught on on the edge of the cataclysmic blast wave that signalled the last hurrah of the once-noble <em>Traveler</em>. <br><br>It was a minor miracle that he kept the ship in one peice with one engine completely annihilated, and inertial dampeners offline for the first few minutes of descent. On one engine, he had managed to skip the little ship along the surface of the ocean before it hit in the sand and created a 100 meter crater. By all right, he shouldn't have survived either. He languished for hours, his battered and broken body gradually mending itself. <br><br><br>Eventually, though he ached everywhere he was able to rise and move. He was also ravenously hungry. Such heavy taxing healing efffort always did that to him. Nothing edible survived the crash. Nothing but the other doomed passengers. He wasn't <em>that</em> hungry. At least, not yet. <br><br>As he emerged into the bright light of day, he quickly noted a mixture of rising smoke and descending vapor trails that indicated roughly where a dozen other lifepods and evac shuttles had landed. Hoping they had faired better than he had, he ignored the stabbing bite of hunger in his belly, and pushed on toward the nearest one.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 10:04:22</strong>
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				When the small evacuation shuttle had finally been filled, they had taken off, moving swiftly away from the wreckage.&nbsp; Her eyes widened in awe when the image of what was left of the ship came into view.&nbsp; The damn thing looked like part of it had been blow off, and than she suddenly realized that it must have been, That would explain the sudden shaking that had happened before she had evacuated.&nbsp; When what was left of the large ship suddenly went up and exploded, the tiny ship, carrying her and the 12 other mix of military personal and civilians, was hit by a sudden wave of the after shock.&nbsp; <br><br>The ship had already been a good distance from the wreckage so they where able to stabilize fairly quickly.&nbsp; As they neared the planet, she couldn't help but sucking in a huge breath of air.&nbsp; Their descent continued, getting more and more erratic until they made contact with the soft sand along the coast of the major continent.&nbsp; Unfortunately for her she didn't take the ride very well.&nbsp; The impact had&nbsp; caused a major dent in the side of the vessel, causing more than one passenger to be crushed to death.&nbsp; As it was, she was facing the floor, the only thing keeping her suspended was the body restricting safety harness.&nbsp; She stayed that way for a moment before reaching over to push the release button on her harness.&nbsp; Falling harder than she thought, the blood coating the floor stained the side of her body that made contact with it.&nbsp; Reaching up and pushing her hair out of the way, she didn't notice that some time during their descent her nose had started to bleed.<br><br>Giving out a deep groan as she raised her body off of the floor, she help those that where still alive out of their harnesses and made her way to the closed shuttle doors.&nbsp; When they didn't open though she started to panic.&nbsp; Banging on them she called out, hoping that someone would hear her cries and help them escape from the escape shuttle. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 11:17:38</strong>
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				He jogged along the beach, ignoring the continued stabbing knives in his belly as he advanced toward the distant wreck. He could hear banging and shouting from within even at this range, which must have meant the airtight vessel had multiple hull breaches. Still he could not clearly make out who it was just yet.<br><br>He restrained himself to a slow pace. Every signifigant exertion at this point was going to make his hunger worse, weaken him that much faster. Right about now he'd eat anything with more than two legs. Raw.<br><br>As he finally drew near the ship, he could feel the heat from it's re-entry. He tore at his shirt and wrapped it around his hands. Then he grabbed the hatch handle, and pulled until it gave way to him and broke open. "Lena. Glad to see you made it. Be careful as you exit. It's hot. Any of your food rations survive the wreck?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 11:47:39</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>Lena Marani : Landing : speaking with the Captain</strong></div><br>She started pounding on the door, trying to get it to open, her hands starting to bruise up from the impacts.&nbsp; When it was opened, bright sunlight hit the survivors, forcing Lena to shield her eyes with her now injured hand.<br><br>"Oh am I happy to see you Captain."<br><br>Climbing out of the shuttle, she managed to only burn herself once on the thigh, but stayed for the most part in one piece.<br><br>"Food rations?&nbsp; Yes I think I might have some on me, and there should be more inside the shuttle.&nbsp; When her feet hit sand she wearily allowed herself to drop to the floor in exhaustion.&nbsp; Pulling off her bag, she rustles around inside for a bit before bringing out a few packages of dehydrated carrot soy paste, some flavored with carrot, orange, or star fruit.&nbsp; Than pulling out a few packages of water out, she hands them to the Captain, tearing into one of the waters to quench the annoying dry feeling in the back of her throat.&nbsp; Her race was so easily susceptible to dehydration that she had gotten in the habit of carrying around water wherever she went.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 17:22:55</strong>
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				Zay said nothing, but ravenously devoured the flavored protein paste. He did not offer to share. Once he was done, he helped the others out of the shuttle, then went in to find more food. At a cursory glance his actions might seem selfish, but for better or worse they had just been downgraded from a technologically spacefaring culture, to a hunter-gatherer culture. At least for the immediate forseeable future. And there was an ancient truth that applied to every hunter-gatherer culture all across the galaxy. The Hunters ate first, and ate best. It was necessary, for the culture depended upon the Hunter's success to survive, and the Hunter's success depended on his strength being maintained at optimum levels. Before children, before the elderly, before the sick, the Hunters had to be prioritized on the matter of food distribution. <br><br>Looking at the smattering of civlians and military who came off the shuttle...most wounded to injured to some extent...there was no doubt Zay was going to be doing the lion's share of the hunting and gathering, so it was doubly important he fortify himself now. <br><br>He took a few moments to survey their immediate surroundings. This area was a tad open for his tastes, but he was leery of leading the survivors into the jungle beyond the beach without knowing more of the local flora and fauna, or the nature of the sabotage they'd been struck by. At least with the ocean at their backs, they need only look in one direction for danger. Probably. That in mind, he spoke."Let's set up base camp here. The shuttle wreckage can provide both shade from the sun, and cover from hostiles. Get some firepits going and put the least injured on watch duty. Raglan's warning said Sabotage, so be wary. I'll move from crash site to crash site rounding up survivors and bringing them back here. I'll also see what I can do about bringing back some game to eat. Soldier, your monoblade. "<br><br>He extended his hand to a soldier. The woman handed him her monoblade with her good hand. He had one when he was military, but relenquished it when he relenquished his commission. It was naught but a simple grip, but with a push of a button the monomolecular edged blade within would be extended to knife, machete, or sword lengths. Attaching it to his belt, he started toward the next nearest wreck.<br><br>Suddenly he stopped. Sabotage. There was no reason for anybody on the ship to sabotage a simple colonization effort to a backwater that showed so signs of valuable ores or minerals in the initial surveys. Barring a random crackpot then, that raised the possibility of hostile outsider lifeforms. Maybe even indigenous people the first surveys missed. Any hope of establishing peaceful communication would hinge on actually being able to communicate. "Miss Minari, if you feel up to it, come with me."<br><br>Having her would slow him down considerably, but might prove critical. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 20:30:40</strong>
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				Aura awoke hanging upside down held in place by the pod's restraining straps.&nbsp; Dizzy and disoriented from a blow to the head, it took her a few moments to realize what had happened.&nbsp; 'The lifepod, we've crash landed.'<br>The moans of the other survivors filled the air along with the metallic tang of blood.&nbsp; Aura held her breath and pushed the harness release landing on her feet with knees bent to take the blow. She quickly&nbsp; helped release the two men and two women and one child that had minimal or no injuries.&nbsp; Crossing over, she activated the hatch release, Aura clapping in gratitude when the door blew giving them access to the outside and the shining white sand of the Novus coastline.&nbsp; Aura turned and hurriedly began to set up a triage. Directing the four able bodied adults to help her, they popped the pod's medsup box.&nbsp; Taking out the thin elastisheets, they laid them on the sands for the injured to rest.&nbsp; Four of her podmates had not survived the landing, one had severe internal injuries and would not survive long, one had a broken tibia and multiple laserations; they used harness straps and a dissected jump seat to set the leg.&nbsp; The rest of them had less serious multiple cuts and abrasions.&nbsp; Aura started with the only child in the group and worked her way through the worst cases to the least injured, attending to herself last.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>It was while she was checking on the status of the broken tibia that she heard someone hailing her; looking up across the sands, she saw the forms of the Captain and Lena approaching.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 21:48:43</strong>
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				The Command lifepod had been one of the first to shoot away from the ruptured cruiser.&nbsp; It was twice the size of normal lifepods, the extra space taken up by a half a meter of Comp-A armor (half a meter more than the normal pods) as well as a small storage area slung over the top of the escape vehicle.&nbsp; It had a complex communications suite, as well as flares, weapons, food, medical aid, and temporary shelters.&nbsp; It was designed to be a Command and Control Center: other lifepods could attach themselves to hardpoints on its hull.&nbsp; Or, if forced to land, the CACC made an excellent shelter and had enough supplies to feed a hundred people for a week.<br><br>As it rocketed down and away from the cruiser ("down" being relative to the solar plane), a second explosion tore through the front half of the starship.&nbsp; It looked to be a more conventional bomb then the one that had originally detonated: the munitions stores.&nbsp; A variety of explosive ammunition detonated.&nbsp; Bullets tore multiple levels of deck plating, shattering floors and embedding themselves into the inner hull.&nbsp; Missiles and bombs, their fuel adding to their explosive, detonated simultaneously, their explosions overlapping and increasing the yield a hundredfold.&nbsp; The explosion was mostly contained by the hull, but a column of gas and fire shot out of the ruptured, open end of the bow, where the vortex bomb had blown the ship in half.&nbsp; This sudden force, acting like a primitive booster rocket, sent the bow shooting off into interplanatery space, leaving a swirl of blackened debris in its wake.<br><br>Three thousand kilometers distant, a primitive looking, oblong spacecraft turned in the void, satisified, and returned to its planet: Novus.<br><br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*<br><br>The CACC touched down just over nine hours later, leaving a kilometer long, twenty meter wide blackened scar in the heart of a jungle.&nbsp; The trees to either side of furrow, despite being saturated with water, burned merrily under the midday suns.<br><br>Unlike the other, more fragile pods, the CACC was built to carry important cargo: officers.&nbsp; It coasted into the atmosphere, it's hardened bottom shrugging off the intense heat of reentry.&nbsp; From the broad cockpit, the pilot watched as an immense mountain range passed beneath them.&nbsp; In a blink, it was replaced with a desert, and then a limitless ocean.&nbsp; Thirty seconds later, the CACC passed over a rugged cliff marking the boundary of a new landmass.&nbsp; The dominant hills went on for several hundred miles, eventually becomign covered with a lush jungle.<br><br>By now, the glowing bottom of the pod was brushing the tops of trees, setting the foliage alight as it left a turbulent wake of superheated air in its path.<br><br>"Here it is," the pilot said.<br><br>The CACC's nose dipped suddenly, plowing through the trees, splintering trunks meters wide like a metal bat smashing through sugarcane.&nbsp; A jarring <em>THUD!</em> marked its contact with the ground, followed by brief weightlessness as the ship bounced.&nbsp; The cockpit viewport was streaked with water and a greenish fluid.<br><br>Two more thuds and forty seconds of brain-gellifying shaking later, the CACC slid to a stop.<br><br>Right away, the ten or so officers clustered in the ovaloid troop bay unbuckled and stretched.&nbsp; Jonn walked up to the cockpit, stepping around the protective bulkhead and entering the depressed area behind the pilot's chair.&nbsp; The tall man was hunched slightly, not used to the full 1.1 G Novus had, over 50% stronger than what the norm was on <em>Wayward Traveler</em>.<br><br>Still, he was able to look over the pilot's shoulder and out the cockpit.&nbsp; A scraper was wiping off the green gel that coated the thick space glass; through it, Jonn saw trees.&nbsp; The ones directly in front of him were aflame, but he could see the ones beyond those.&nbsp; They resembled their counterparts on Earth: tall, with green foliage and brown bark.&nbsp; They were thicker, with at least twice the height-width ration of those on Earth, and their leaves had a fluffy, airy look to them, looking for allt he world like small puffs of green cotton candy.<br><br>He could see no animals.<br><br>Behind him, the Colonel and the COM officer stepped into the cockpit.&nbsp; "Commander, where are the other pods?"<br><br>The pilot turned in her seat, shaking out her shoulder length hair as she removed her helmet.&nbsp; Like most people, she hadn't had time to cut it before evacuating the ship.&nbsp; "Sir, we're picking up 26 transmitters.&nbsp; Most of them are still above the atmosphere, but two are just beginning reentry."<br><br>The Colonel looked grim, then clapped the pilot on the shoulder, which drooped from exhaustion.&nbsp; "You did well, Commander."<br><br>Jonn had seen and heard enough.&nbsp; Shuffling past the Colonel, saluting as he went, the Navigations Officer reentered the personnel area in time to see the GO officer cracking the airlock.&nbsp; "It's safe," he was reassuring his crewmates.&nbsp; "Don't worry, it's 100% breathable."<br><br>The door slid open, followed quickly by the exterior airlock portal.&nbsp; The inside of the craft heated up, quickly becoming intolerable.&nbsp; Beating their collars, the CACC crewmembers jumped clear of the pod, landing on the glassy and black furrow in the ground.&nbsp; The soles of their Navy slippers hissed and bubbled on contact.&nbsp; As lifepods struck burning streaks of fire into the sky, they all scrambled back into the airlock.<br><br>It was an hour before they could safely walk on the ground.&nbsp; Tentatively, the ten officers and pilots - all of whom wore boots, bore short-barrelled rifles, and carried backpacks full of supplies from the storage area - took their first steps on Novus.<br><br>The first thing they noticed were the suns.&nbsp; Novus, like the vast majority of planets, circled around a binary star system.&nbsp; This pair happened to be two healthy, middle-aged stars, very similar to Sol.&nbsp; They were very close together, locked in a tight, tidal orbit about each other.&nbsp; Right now, the two suns were at eclipse: one blocked the other, giving the foremost star a halo of golden light.<br><br>The Colonel was at the head of the group.&nbsp; Unlike everyone else, he seemed unaffected by the relatively heavy gravity.&nbsp; "The other pods will be landing soon."&nbsp; He looked up at the sky, his stony face bathed in sunlight.&nbsp; He squinted, then sniffed the air.&nbsp; "The--"<br><br>He was cut off with a cry of pain.&nbsp; He covered his eyes, looking back down at the glassy dirt beneath him.&nbsp; Unsurprisingly, everyone else looked up.<br><br>Ten thousand kilometers over their heads, the <em>Traveler</em> exploded.&nbsp; This third detonation put the previous two to shame.&nbsp; There had been no one around to shut off the engines, and so the nuclear reactors within began to overheat, their superconducting coils filled with too many ions and unable to dump the excess waste.&nbsp; The process continued for nearly ten hours, the ballooning magnetic fields wreaking havoc on the electrical systems of the ship.&nbsp; With the coolant pipes severed from the splitting of the ship, and the magnetic dampeners damaged in the ammunitions explosion, there was nothing to keep the heat of the reactor in check.&nbsp; Slowly, critical junctions and devices fused shut under the terrific heat that rivaled the surface of a star.<br><br>Finally, the reactors could take no more.&nbsp; As the very walls of the engine room began to slag and distort from the heat, the gate that controlled waste disposal burst.&nbsp; An unfathomable number of ions, bunched together and superheated into plasma, burst free.&nbsp; The jumbled atoms collided continually with each other, sparking reaction after reaction.&nbsp; The result: a nuclear detonation.<br><br>The explosion was so bright that it outshone the two stars in the sky of Novus.&nbsp; The Colonel had the misfortune of looking straight at it.<br><br>For twenty seconds, a bright nimbus of electric blue light rippled around a white-hot core.&nbsp; It was large, four times the size of the suns and doubly bright.&nbsp; Within minutes, heavy ions from the explosion would interact with the upper atmosphere of Novus, causing a breathtaking, hours-long aurora that would cover the sky from horizon to horizon.<br><br>Speaking of which, Jonn wondered where the immense cloud formation earlier had gone.&nbsp; They had landed in the upper hemisphere, sure, but they had skimmed over the southern hemisphere to get here.&nbsp; There had been clouds, but they had been far too sparse to be any sort of storm.&nbsp; Had the massive hurricane dissipated already?<br><br>The Colonel had recovered by now, his cheeks glistening with moisture as his eyes watered.&nbsp; He wiped at his face with the back of his sleeve, then pointed towards a series of smoke trails to the south.&nbsp; "Come on, let's go."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 22:23:50</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>Lena Marani : Planet side : In search of survivors </strong></div><br>Lena watched the Captain eat silently, when he disappeared inside the shuttle in search of more food she turned her attention to herself.&nbsp; Climbing shakily to her feet she moved towards the water, wanting to get the drying blood off her skin.&nbsp; As she made it to the edge of the beach, she sank down to her knees and dipped her hands into the water.&nbsp; Washing and even scrubbing caking blood off of her, it was than that she realized that her nose was still bleeding.&nbsp; Tearing off a piece of her shirt she uses it to stem the flow of blood.&nbsp; She was still a mess, but she was better than she had been before.<br><br>Turning back towards the shuttle she saw that the Captain had already left it behind. She watched him walk off for a moment, before he turned back and asked her to accompany him.&nbsp; Wondering why he would need her, she trailed after him, until she was close enough to be in hearing range.<br><br>"Captain...aren't I slowing you down?"&nbsp; Before he could answer they came across another evacuation shuttle.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>20-09-2009, 22:39:08</strong>
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				He waved at the people in the distant shuttle, and as they advanced onward he answered Lena's question."The Admiral's last words indicated sabotage. Since I can not yet imagine any reason the crew would have had to sabotage the ship...especially this close to our destination, it seems more logical that we were attacked by either an indigenous people the survey teams missed, or a criminal syndicate using this world as a hideout. Either way, if we encounter them I may need your linguistic skills to avoid further bloodshed. &nbsp;"<br><br>As he came upon Aura at last, he nodded a greeting. He took a few moments to survey her initial work with the wounded, and nodded satisfaction. "We're rounding up other survivors, and hunting for tonight's dinner. Care to join us? These four can help relocate the wounded to our preliminary base camp. It's just down the coastline, they'll have no trouble finding it." Just as Lena's linguistic skills would be valuable if they encountered unknown sentients, Aura's animal empathy might be useful for helping to hunt down suitable food, or turn away hostile predators. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 01:16:27</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><em><span class="bbc_u">Aura with Lena and the Captain outside her crashed emergency escape pod.</span></em></span><br>&nbsp;<br>Aura nodded to Lena and adressing the Captain, affirmed, "certainly Captain, just let me grab a few things."&nbsp; Aura stepped back inside the pod and grabbed a ruckpack. She tossed in the med kit, a full water bottle, a portable water refiner, ten mineral packs, a package of multivits, and two days worth of nutrition bars.&nbsp; Aura was grateful that she was wearing her protective clothing while in the Animal labs, the protective wear would also act as a thermosheild suit which had the ability to protect the wearer from extreme temperature changes as they often had to go from the cold of the third level chryochambers to the "heat" of normal tempature while checking on Animals in stasus.&nbsp; She also threw in an ALS, wet/dry matches, a time piece,&nbsp; her knife sharpener, a large section of twine and rope pulled from the inside of the pod, mesh cut from the back of a seat, and a lightweight but durable sleeping bag.&nbsp; Aura strapped her 8' obsidian knife to her hip and hefting the pack to her back, strode out the door to meet her companions.&nbsp; Before leaving she turned to her podmates and stated, "I have scavenged much from this pod, but there is still much more.&nbsp; It might be best if you who are ablebodied take all that you can with you.&nbsp; There are two medkits, blankets, sleepingbags, food and water rations for all.&nbsp; We do not know what we might need for the night, or indeed our future here, or when we may come back to this shuttle.&nbsp; Good voyage, Until we are met again."<br>Facing Lena and the Captain, Aura notes simply, "I am ready."<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 01:27:07</strong>
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				"If I know my officers, the CAC Pod was the first to launch. Hopefully that means it escaped the worst of the shockwave, and landed intact. The sooner we find it, the better. It will have the best stock of supplies. If we havn't found it by nightfall, we'll return to our own basecamp and wait out the night. Keep an eye out for game trails or edible vegetation. We don't want to return empty handed. &nbsp;" With that, he extended the monoblade to machete length, and began carving a path ahead through the foliage. They were on into the jungles now. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 01:50:43</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>Lena Marani : Rounding up survivors, and looking for the CAC shuttle.</strong></div><br>Lena nodded as he spoke, possible native life would make her useful, at least when it came to that.&nbsp; When they made it to the shuttle the Captain recruited another woman, someone she had seen once before, but didn't really know.&nbsp; <br><br>As they waited for the woman to gather what she needed, Lena walked closer to the dense foliage growing nearby.&nbsp; Large flat leaves mixed in with a fluffy almost string like looking plant.&nbsp; She stooped down to take a closer look at it's stems, and what looked to be like light green seed pods.&nbsp; it reminded her of one of the native plants on her planet, the callidrone; which was quite poisonous, but only if ingested.&nbsp; She chuckled, thinking that anyone who tried to eat a plant they weren't knowledgeable about deserved to die.&nbsp; And this little beauty was just as poisonous, it had the same sticky white liquid seeping from it's podlings.&nbsp; She stood up brushing her hands against her pant's, when the Captain started talking again.&nbsp; <br><br>She followed slightly behind the others as they made their way into the jungle, stepping over roots and foliage.&nbsp; His words had her slightly put off, of course she would keep her eyes on the native flora of this planet, she didn't need anyone telling her that.&nbsp; But his request also seemed ridiculous since they where constantly moving, there was no real time to stop and study a plant for it's medicinal or edible properties.&nbsp; But she kept that to herself, instead concentrating on not tripping over anything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 03:03:01</strong>
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				<strong>Xavier: Searching for others, hunting for food, and being an all around bad mutha-shutyomouth</strong><br><br>After a few hours, Xavier called for a rest stop. Between the heat, and the Zarilian tendancy to dehydrate, he did not want to push the ladies too hard. "We'll stop here for an hour to rest, then head back. Looks like the suns will be falling soon and it strikes me as unwise to be roaming around in the dark in unfamiliar territory. I'll take this oppurtunity to see if I can kill something large enough to feed everybody. I'll give a whistle before I return. If you hear something coming and it hasn't whistled, it's not me. Prepare accordingly. "<br><br>He waited a moment, to address anything they wished to bring up. Then he headed off into the foliage and vanished from sight within a matter of seconds. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 03:35:56</strong>
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				Another five kilometers further west along the beach from Aura's lifepod was a third capsule.&nbsp; Like the others, this one smoked and was followed by a deep, blackened trench.&nbsp; This one hadn't had the fortune of landing on the beach - the long strip of sand was a very narrow target, after all - but had instead skidded along the top of the jungle trees, igniting the foliage in its wake like a pebble leaves ripples behind it as it skips over water.&nbsp; The pilot was trying to bleed off speed before he reached the ocean, hoping to bring it down smoothly on the wide beach separating the forest from the water.&nbsp; He was middle aged, in his late fifties, and had been flying spacecraft for decades.&nbsp; First as a superiority fighter, then a cargo hauler when he injured a nerve cluster in his right thigh, and then as military transport.&nbsp; He was inexperienced, and knew they'd be coming into Novus' atmosphere too fast.&nbsp; He had air braked, presenting as much surface area as he could to the incoming air.&nbsp; Although it put him in a better position than the other pods, he was still going too fast.&nbsp; The pod smashed through an unusually tall tree, and a kilometer distant, the pilot saw the ocean.&nbsp; He gritted his teeth, dropping the lifepod's altitude as the beach rapidly approached.<br><br>And then it hit a boulder.<br><br>Fortunately, the blunt nose of the pod was stronger than the igneous compound rocks that made up the monolith of stone.&nbsp; The rock shattered, chunks flying in all directions, some as far as the distant beach.&nbsp; The Comp-A nose of the vessel was dented as well; quite a feat.<br><br>Since the pod had been descending when it struck the boulder, its nose was a good two meters lower than the rest of the craft.&nbsp; This caused the back end to flip up and over the snubbed nosed, and for a disorienting instant, everyone in the pod was upside down.&nbsp; Then the top of the pod crashed down on the remains of the boulder, it's momentum causing it to flip a <em>second</em> time.<br><br>When it finally stopped moving, the spacecraft was propped against the edge of the boulder.&nbsp; Its nose was planted deep in the soft earth, and its tail end was resting on the edge of the rock's remains.&nbsp; Water from overhanging trees hissed as it dripped onto the hot metal, and steam wafted up and through the canopy of cottony foliage.<br><br>Inside, the pod was cramped.&nbsp; Unlike the CACC, standard lifepods were built to hold twenty five people.&nbsp; They were seated in five rows of five, their backs facing the front of the ship.&nbsp; That way, deceleration pressed their entire body into a deeply cushioned seat rather than jerking them forward against a harness.&nbsp; However, acceleration could be deadly.<br><br>It was that design that saved most of their lives.<br><br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*<br><br>Raine woke to water splashing on her face.&nbsp; Her mouth opened and some of the liquid poured through, pooling on the back of her throat.&nbsp; She reflexively coughed.&nbsp; It was harsh and racking, and she quickly tasted blood.&nbsp; Faintly, she remembered when she had been sick with strep throat when she was a child.&nbsp; This felt just like that.<br><br>She brought her arm up, wiping at the spittle that had collected on her mouth.&nbsp; When she pulled it away, her too-pale skin was smeared with crimson.&nbsp; Groaning, Raine dropped the limb heavily onto the metal beneath her and looked around.&nbsp; Moving her head hurt, as if she had a terminal stiff neck.<br><br>She recognized the inside of the pod she had left the ship in.&nbsp; Judging from her position, she had fallen out of her seat in the back of the pod: to her left was the row of crash couches, to her right the dark interior bulkhead.&nbsp; The rest of the interior seemed little worse for wear.&nbsp; Somewhere behind the crash couches, bright daylight filtered in.&nbsp; An aromatic scent burned her nostrils, enticing but far too strong.<br><br>Raine began to move, with the intent to find other survivors.&nbsp; However, she seemed pinned.&nbsp; Something was inside her, and it wasn't moving.&nbsp; It didn't hurt, but it <em>did</em> feel unnatural.&nbsp; The mechanic was suddenly nauseous.&nbsp; Bringing her chin to her neck, Raine craned her neck uncomfortably to look down her torso.<br><br>The deck of the pod was lined with rails attached to the wall.&nbsp; Standard poles of metal used for balance or to maneuver in zero-g.<br><br>One such pole had impaled Raine's abdomen.<br><br>The woman gasped, one hand grabbing the pole, still slick with fresh blood.&nbsp; Her face bore a look of horror, of dismay, her mouth open in a disbelieving "O" as a terrible wail came up through her throat.&nbsp; Panic began to set in.<br><br>Her hand slid down the pole till it reached her shirt.&nbsp; The fabric was torn.&nbsp; Raine's fingers dipped beneath the cloth and felt out the wound.&nbsp; It was smooth, a single puncture with no tears or cuts moving away with it.&nbsp; If she placed the tips of her right fingers on the top of her hip bone, and the side of her palm on the edge of her abdomen, the wound would be at the base of her thumb.<br><br>The edges felt crusty; coagulation.&nbsp; She couldn't feel any more liquid coming through the rupture, though her stomach was covered in warm blood.<br><br>"Help?" she called out, looking around at the interior of the lifepod.&nbsp; "Help?&nbsp; Help!&nbsp; <em>Help?!</em>"<br><br>The lifepod was empty.&nbsp; They had left her behind.<br><br>Raine continued to scream.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 03:46:20</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 2em;" class="bbc_size"><strong><span class="bbc_u"><em>Rijka looking for survivors, and taking account of her body.</em></span></strong></span><br>&nbsp;<br><em><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">Once out of the escape pod, Rijka sets her feet on soil for the first time in months.&nbsp; Glad to have landed, but not so sure as to what in the hell happened.&nbsp; </span></span></em><br><br><em><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">Luckily when the announcement came she was able to grab her instrument bag, with all of her mandatory tools.</span></span></em><br><br><em><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">She stumbles for a moment, realizing she has a monster headache.&nbsp; She lifts her forearm to her head and feels, what she knows to be blood.&nbsp; She shakes her head from side to side, and in doing so, she sees water.&nbsp; She is so excited, she forgets about her head, and runs for the water.&nbsp; Washes her face, and hears a noise.&nbsp; </span></span></em><br><br><em><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">She turns around just in time to see a group head into the forest.&nbsp; Sprinting with bag in hand, she reached the group just before losing them.&nbsp; Taking a second to look, she did so up to the sky.&nbsp; Noting to herself, there were clouds..this is a great thing!</span></span></em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 03:48:06</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Aura and Luna in the forest</span></span><br>&nbsp;<br>Aura shrugs at the retreating form of the Captain.&nbsp; "Had he waited a moment, I would have offered him some water."&nbsp; &nbsp;Turning to the other woman with her, she nods.&nbsp; "We have not been introduced.&nbsp; I am Aura Minal.&nbsp; I was in charge of the Zoological and Animal forces."&nbsp; Raising her left eyebow she added, "I guess I still am."&nbsp; &nbsp;Keeping her eyes on Lena's face, Aura continues.&nbsp; "Please, as I say the next words to you, keep your eyes on me. There is an avian lifeform in the tree two meters to our left.&nbsp; It's nest is on the ground.&nbsp; There are two peach colored eggs in the nest, each approximately 60 centimeters in diameter.&nbsp; If we can manage to gather one, I can scan it for edibility.&nbsp; The hard part will be getting the parent bird out of the nest.&nbsp; I can divert the parent, are you willing to go after the egg?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 04:21:31</strong>
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				As lena stood there watching the Captain go, she noticed that they had another member in their group.&nbsp; Shrugging it off though, it wasn't a high concern of hers; as long as they got what they needed done, she didn't mind if they had a dozen people with them.<br><br>But when the woman introduced herself, she nodded in recognition.<br><br>"And I am Lena, Lean Marani, head Botanist."&nbsp; It was her strange words that had her thinking that there was something dangerous at her back, but when she realized what exactly the woman wanted with her she nodded.&nbsp; She didn't eat animals, including their by products, but she would help gather nourishment for the other two.<br><br>"Alright, just tell me when and I'll climb up and get them."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 04:40:44</strong>
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				Once he was free to move on his own, he covered a good deal of ground very quickly. He paused periodically, spotting numerous game trails and spoor signs, but ignoring them. They were too small. Not worth the effort. At one point he became aware that he was being stalked. Whatever it was, it was good. He almost hadn't detected it until it was within fifteen meters, and even then he couldn't quite place it's exact location. He readied himself, and for ten tense minutes there was only an eerie silence. Whatever it was must have decided to go find an easier kill. <br><br>Zay turned and doubled his pace to make up the lost time. His ears caught what he needed. A splash of water, and a startled deathcry cut abruptly short. It was a giant snake of some sort. Bony spikes ran along it's back, and it's jaw opened sideways but it was a snake nonetheless. He was no veterinary expert, but the fact that it was constricting the creature it had caught sipping at the algae-ridden pond told Zay it was non-poisonous. <br><br>Offhand, Zay wasn't sure how to describe the thing it was crushing to death. A strange mix of cat, and lizard? It had a feline body structure, but it was covered in thick armored scales. It was about the size of a young Jaguar. It bleated pitifully as it's life was slowly crushed from it. The serpent had a considerable weight advantage on it. That made it the prey of choice for Zay. That made this the cat-thing's lucky day. With one flash of his monoblade, and a startled hiss the Serpent's head flew from it's now slack body. The cat creature lunged to freedom and darted off into the wilderness. Zay was gratified to learn the snake had more meat than bone. He hung the carcass from a low lying tree branch to let the excess blood drain away. <br><br>While he waited, he became aware of a pair of eyes watching him. He turned to meet them, and realized it was the cat creature he had saved earlier. Perhaps he was anthropomorphizing, but he could swear there was a strange sense of gratitude in it's eyes. "Don't get any ideas. If you'd been ten pounds bigger, i'd have gone for your head instead."<br><br>Still, he couldn't help but smile a bit. Once the carcass was drained, he quickly set to work butchering it into peices he could more easily wrap up and store away into his backpack. By the time he was done, the cat creature was gone. He left a few chunks of the snake behind, in case it came back.Then he set off to rejoin the others.&nbsp; <br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 04:42:12</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><em><strong><span class="bbc_u">Rijka in the Forest with others</span></strong></em></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">Rijka grabbed her digital pocket guide, and was decifering the numbers, when she stumbled onto the group.&nbsp; </span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font"><em>"Oh, glad I caught up.&nbsp; I just wanted to let everyone know that all of my readings are almost within normal range.&nbsp; I may have to tweak my instruments a bit, but as far as I can tell at this moment, we are within range of healthy elements we need to breathe." Rijka stated.</em></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font">Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Neon, Helium, Methane, Krypton, and Hydrogen were what made up the planet's actual air components. She was not sure if anyone would understand what her gibberish meant.<br>&nbsp;<br>There was no Xenon, that was the only thing lacking.&nbsp; It might be a mistake with her instruments, but she wasn't sure yet.&nbsp; Xenon is used as the gas in headlights, and she was pretty sure there were no moving vehicles on this planet.</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 04:50:29</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Aura and Lena in the jungle</span><br>&nbsp;<br>Hearing a noise behind them, Aura turns her left hand pulling her knife from it's restraint.&nbsp; She can not help but grin at the WeatherWise as she comes&nbsp; walking up to them as though just out for a tromp." Aura first bows to the woman then hugs her. "Rijka, I am so happy to see you, and so glad you have survived." Nodding to the young person, Aura motions to her sack, "There is good drinking water in there.&nbsp; Help yourself to a drink.&nbsp; The water purification system is in there as well, please if you will be so kind, set it."<br>"Thank you for the air report. I am very happy to learn these things, the animal life then will be much more likely to be edible.&nbsp; Motioning to Lena, Aura continued, This is Lena Marani, she is Head Botanist.&nbsp; We will return shortly, at the moment we are going to try and gather an egg from a nearby nest."<br>Turning back to Lena, Aura explained, "You will not have to climb, the nest is almost on the ground."&nbsp; Aura refrains from smiling so as not to offend her new acquaintance.&nbsp; "The nest is just there.&nbsp; On the ground in the hollow of that tree that has a an S curve to it.&nbsp; Inside the loop of the inside curve of the "S" sits the nest."&nbsp; Aura hunkers down to point.&nbsp; "The parent stands guard above on the inside of the 'S.'"<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura pulls the sleeping bag and some straps from her rucksack and begins to unfurl the sleeping bag.&nbsp; Finding a loose stick about 1 meter long, she uses the strap to affix the sleeping bag to the stick so that it hangs like a flag.&nbsp; "Hopefully, the flapping of the flag will frighten the parent, as I charge toward the tree.&nbsp; When I shout go, run toward the egg, and grab it, but only grab one.&nbsp; The eggs are large enough to feed three humans and the Captain."&nbsp; Aura steadies her breath, and looks again at the parent bird. It stands 3 foot high and that doesn't include its long, long legs.&nbsp; The body is blue and orange in color&nbsp; while the wings and a 3 foot tuft of fur-like material jutting from its perfect oval of a head, are startling white. With a nod to herself and with a whoop, Aura charges off toward the bird, flapping the makeshift flag in front of her.&nbsp; Once the bird starts flapping it's wings in agitation, Aura tries to sense its mind.&nbsp; She gets images that the bird is female, that she is angry and frightened and ...hungry, and that she will protect her newly lain eggs.&nbsp; Aura sends soothing feelings to the restless female then images of the bird's favorite food and encourages the female to hunt.&nbsp; Soon the mother bird is airborn.&nbsp; Aura shouts, "Now!" But, keeps her eyes on the lookout for the mother bird's return.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 05:02:16</strong>
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				She listened to what the other females said,&nbsp; but didn't really care to add onto any of it."<br><br>"I wouldn't set anything up, we aren't staying in this spot after all."<br><br>The sight of the woman running with the makeshift flag, made Lena want to laugh but instead she just watched, and impassive look on her face.&nbsp; At her cue she rushed over to the tree and making sure to look first before sticking her hand into an unknown dark area, she reaches in and pulls out the large egg.&nbsp; It's spherical shape egg making her want to tuck it into herself to keep it warm.&nbsp; When she had gathered the thing she goes back towards the other females, and promptly sets it down on a small path of long thin grass that she made note to study at a later date.<br><br>"This should make for an interesting meal for you guys."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 05:13:59</strong>
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				<em>Rijka hugs Aura back, and offers her hand to Lena as well.&nbsp; "Nice to meet you." she says to Lena.</em> <br>&nbsp;<br><em>Takes a drink of the water, and says, "Sure I can get everything set for the purification unit."</em><br>&nbsp;<br><em>Rijka fiddles with the unit, and has to make some minor adjustments to suit the planet. She realizes that her stomach is rumbling. </em>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 05:31:16</strong>
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				"Ladies. I see you've been busy. If you're all set, we can head back now." He tapped the pack over his shoulder. "This should be enough to feed everyone tonight, and that egg will make a nice breakfast. If you three are all set, let's go. "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 05:37:45</strong>
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				Lena was glad to have a reason to go back, at least than she could walk the edges of camp and look for something edible, because she sure as hell wasn't going to eat meat.<br><br>"Alright, I'm more than ready to head back."&nbsp; She reached down and scooped the egg into her arms, cradling it like a newborn.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 06:05:08</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Aura, Lena, Rijka, Cappy</span></span><br>&nbsp;Aura can't keep the laughter out of her eyes after coming back from her "flag dance" with the bird.&nbsp; Always one to have a giggle at incongruous sights, she knew what she must have looked like.&nbsp; It tickled her.&nbsp; A soft giggle escaped&nbsp; as she headed back to pick up her rucksack.<br>Aura repacked her rucksack and after pulling out the ALS and the yellow rope, she hoists it onto her back.&nbsp; She notices the protective way the Botanist cradles the egg,&nbsp; and shooting a grin at Rijka she motions her friend to look."&nbsp; 'She may not be as cool as she seems, Aura muses to herself.' <br>"Got the Water Purification Unit Rijka?&nbsp; We can take turns carrying it."<br>&nbsp;<br>Looking around to make sure they hadn't left anything, Aura answers the Captain, "Yes, I think we are ready, but Captain, there are species that are herbivores with us.&nbsp; We will need to watch out for edible plantlife as we go back."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Aura begins cutting the rope into 6" lengths.&nbsp; Turning to Lena, "I'm going to use some of these lengths to tie off spots where I see or hear interesting animal life, would you like to use some to mark off plant life?"<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 06:11:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				They doubled back on the trail they'd followed...stopping periodically so Lena and Aura could tie off their rope peices. Eventually they passed along a cliff ledge. Looking down, Zay saw something he missed the first time. A half-submerged escape pod nestled down amongst the rocks below. <br><br>He might not have noticed it at all, but for the faint chorus of 'Help? Help? Help?!' that reached his ears. <br><br>He quickly spotted a narrow ledge that would lead them down to it, and dropped the packpack so he could more easily maneuver. Once he was low enough he jumped into the water, and waded over to the shuttle. "It's ok, we're coming! Calm down!" Once more, he found himself ripping at a shuttle door, before swinging himself inside. <br><br>He took a look at the condition of the craft's sole surviving occupant before remarking "Well. This is a fine mess you've gotten yourself into Miss Iabara. &nbsp;"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 06:14:04</strong>
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				She looked over at the woman for a moment and than turned back to watching where she was going.<br><br>"I would, thank you, but we will have to be quick about it or else we rick being out here at night..something I wouldn't prefer."<br><br>She chose her steps wisely, looking about her, a lot of the plants she saw where already growing abundantly around the edge of the forest, so there wasn't any need to mark them.&nbsp; But the ones she did take an interest in where marked with the length of ropes handed to her.<br><br>When she saw the Captain rushing towards the sea, climbing down rocks, she made short work of placing the egg down, and running after him, yelling back for one of them to stay and watch over the food so that no animal got to it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 06:24:46</strong>
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				Aura heaved a sigh, "They aren't going to be able to set up a triage on the rocks.&nbsp; So we might as well get one going here."&nbsp; Grabbing the bag the Captain dropped, Aura motioned for Rijka to take the other side and together they dragged it over closer to the edge of the cliff and where they were standing.&nbsp; Aura returned for the egg and brought it over as well.&nbsp; This way, they could keep a closer watch on the food and still be able to see what was happening.<br>&nbsp;<br>Just in case it was needed, Aura pulled out the water, med kit and sleeping bag.&nbsp; Hopefully, there were not too many wounded; there just wasn't that many supplies.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 06:31:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka helped get the triage set up, thank goodness she was certified in first aid.&nbsp; It was a personal goal to get that class done.&nbsp; She had hoped everyone had done it, but it wasn't a requirement.<br>&nbsp;<br>She laid everything out that she could, and said, "I just don't know if there is enough to do anything with.&nbsp; Hopefully she isn't hurt too terribly bad."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 07:17:28</strong>
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				"Lena, talk to her while I go find the First Aid kit. " He went and dug a relatively intact First Aid kit out of the forward wreckage. He returned a few minutes later and sprayed goopy Nanoplast around the entrance wound. It would form a seal that would close the wound and stop the bleeding, while the nanites would simultaneously hunt down and eradicate infectious agents while releasing a mild but effective pain-numbing drug. He did not want to risk removing the impaling instrument just yet. He simply used his monoblade to sever it from the wall, and free Raine to move. Or be moved, as the case turned out to be. <br><br>He looked to see if it had gone clean through, and if so he sprayed the Nanoplast around the exit wound as well. He'd let the real doctors figure out how to get this thing out of her. His primary concern was getting her stable enough to move. "Ok Miss Iabara. Time to get out of here.Lena, we need to move her as gently aas possible. Go outside. I'm going to pass her to you, then climb out after. " 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 07:24:57</strong>
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				"Yes Captain." Lena was too shocked to think up anything clever, so instead she settled down and tried her best too look at the thing sticking out of her abdomen.<br><br>"We'll get you out of here, don't worry, we'll get you out and...and fix this."&nbsp; There was more blood everywhere, seeping from her wound, slopped onto the floor, the sight almost made her eyes contract in intensity.<br><br>She watched as the Captain sprayed the woman with nanoplast.&nbsp; She moved back as the protrusion was freed from the wall, but had to leave the shuttle altogether when he assigned her the task of getting a hold of her when she was passed out of the shuttle.<br><br>"I...I'll try my best."&nbsp; She wasn't sure if she was strong enough, but she would try her best to not cause the woman more pain than what was necessary.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-09-2009, 13:42:26</strong>
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				"It'll be fine. We're waist deep in water and she's limp. Just crouch down, and let the water do the heavy work." With that, he gingerly scooped Raine up and moved to the exit hatch where he lowered her down to the waiting Lena. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 01:33:33</strong>
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				<em>"Well. This is a fine mess you've gotten yourself into Miss Iabara."</em><br>&nbsp;<br>If the woman hadn't been so panicky, she would've cussed the Captain out then and there for being such an asshole.&nbsp; Actually, she was thrilled to see him.&nbsp; To see anyone.&nbsp; Her crewmembers had left her behind.&nbsp; Maybe they had thought she was dead.&nbsp; Maybe they just didn't want her slowing them down.<br><br>&nbsp;<br>Her perforated stomach clenched at the thought of being labeled a hindrance, simply abandoned and left to die on an alien planet.<br>&nbsp;<br><em>Alien planet...</em><br>&nbsp;<br>Novus!&nbsp; She was on Novus!&nbsp; She had fucking made it, and more or less intact at that!<br>&nbsp;<br>Raine had had plenty of time to think about her chances of survival as her pod hurtled silently through space, the greenish blue orb that was Novus slowly growing larger in the front viewport.&nbsp; This wasn't how she had planned it to go, no, not at all.&nbsp; She had expected to coast into the atmosphere at a leisurely five hundred meters per second.&nbsp; The pilot had announced they'd be hitting the ionosphere at a blistering five kilometers per second.<br>&nbsp;<br>No, that was not good.&nbsp; Not good at all.<br>&nbsp;<br>And now <em>this</em>.&nbsp; The mechanic craned her neck, looking over her right breast at the smooth, round pole jutting up from her stomach.&nbsp; The Captain was bent over it, cutting through the hard metal with the edge of his monoblade.&nbsp; Raine had owned one of those, before...<br>&nbsp;<br>She felt a cool sensation on her stomach, and her probing fingers felt semi-solid foam coating the flesh around the handbar.&nbsp; Some kind of medicine?&nbsp; She couldn't tell.&nbsp; More accurately, the woman couldn't <em>think</em>.&nbsp; Her mind moved sluggishly, limping slowly from one thought to the next.&nbsp; Raine realized her limbs were numb.&nbsp; Blurred eyes saw the Zarr from the cryo baby looming over.&nbsp; Her full lips seemed to move in slow motion; no sound came out.&nbsp; For some reason, the wounded colonist found this hilarious.&nbsp; Everyone she knew was showing up!&nbsp; Fucking reunion, muthafuckas!&nbsp; She managed to choke out a raspy chuckle, and her right hand passed slowly over her face.<br>&nbsp;<br>Raine was slipping into shock, her body functions overwhelmed, both from the injury and the emotional blow such a gruesome wound had struck her with.<br><br>No, it was most definitely not supposed to go like this!<br>&nbsp;<br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*<br>&nbsp;<br>The Colonel and his ten-man entourage had discovered a shallow river bed.&nbsp; Warm water, an inch deep, trickled down towards the ocean, the liquid bubbling merrily over the rounded stones.&nbsp; It was eerily Earth-like, a familiar sight in this alien world full of cotton candy leaves and mossy grass.&nbsp; The group had moved onto the gravelly sidebar that ran alongside the stream; it had obviously been carved out when the water level had been higher.&nbsp; Judging by the height of the banks, the river would've been impassable if they had landed during a rainstorm (or whatever Novus' equivalent was).<br><br>Unfortunately, they were making little headway.&nbsp; The increased gravity, coupled with the heavy packs of supplies on each back, was taking its toll.&nbsp; The group had been forced to stop and rest often, unable to go more than fifteen minutes without a break.<br><br>Jonn had taken up the rear of the column as it followed alongside the bubbly creek.&nbsp; He was as winded as the rest of them.&nbsp; Who knew a week's rations for two dozen people could wiegh so much?&nbsp; His narrow face was red, rivulets of sweat streaking down his cheeks to pool in the collar of his uniform.&nbsp; His upper back, where the supply pack pressed against him, felt like a furnace in the heat, and the humidity sure as well wasn't helping.<br><br>Five minutes later, the small group came to the edge of the trees.&nbsp; In front of them was a wide wash, where the river - when full - had dug deep channels into the fine sand of the beach.&nbsp; It looked like the delta of the Nile viewed from orbit.&nbsp; Carefully, the officers circled around the soft sand and treachorous sinktraps, their boots sinking deep into the grit.<br><br>"This way," the Colonel said, pointing east along the beach.&nbsp; Jonn looked: five filmy smoke trails, lined up almost perfectly, hung like black columns in the otherwise pristine sky.&nbsp; It was decidedly ominous.&nbsp; Despite the oppressive heat and humidity, the navigations officer was unable to stop a chill from travelling up his spine.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 03:24:17</strong>
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				Grabbing a hold of the woman she staggers slightly with her weight, until she had her legs braced properly.&nbsp; She held on tight, but not tight enough to cause the woman any extra pain.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 04:05:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She did not have to hold long. He was out just over a second later, and promptly reclaimed Raine. He carried her up to the triage station that had been setup. He was a tad skeptical they could do much for her here and now, but set her down nonetheless. "Can you do anything for her, or should I hasten her back to the Basecamp?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 06:06:58</strong>
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				She looked at the woman, the protuberance making her itch to pull it out.<br><br>"I...I have very limited medical training, I can do it but...it won't be pretty, and her chances of coming out alive are slim."<br><br>her hands started to shake, she wanted desperately to go to work on the woman, but knew that she would need help.&nbsp; Looking up at Aura she thought about it for all of a moment and than called for her to get near.<br><br>"I'll need your help, you have experience with animals, and this isn't too different."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 06:36:46</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can you do anything for her, or should I hasten her back to the Basecamp?[/]</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>[][/]<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura walks over to hear Lena's question.&nbsp; Looking at the quite severly wounded woman, she shrugged, "She will die if she is moved.&nbsp; She will die if she is not moved."&nbsp; As she is a human, I would not touch her without her permission. Aura turned back to Lena, "Beyond that however, I will assist you in whatever you require."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>22-09-2009, 06:43:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka stands with he mouth agape, thinking "Good damn thing I deal only with the weather!"&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>23-09-2009, 03:05:58</strong>
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				Lena did something she didn't normally do, she smiled up at Aura in thanks. <br><br>"I'm going to go and get whatever cover I can find from the wrecked shuttle, maybe they will have some sleeping bags, or fire resistant blankets.&nbsp; Can you sterilize around the wound, we'll need it to be as clean as possible before trying to abstract the protrusion."&nbsp; With that she jumped up and ran towards the shuttle, rummaging inside she found several sleeping bags, a pack of fire blankets, a few medi kits, and even some fresh water rations.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>23-09-2009, 08:12:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Lena had gone off too quickly for Aura to give answer.&nbsp; Aura rummaged through the first aide kit and finds the medifree that would be needed to sterilize the pole and area surrounding the wound, but Lena would need something sterile to place the patient on.&nbsp; There was not enough medifree to sterilize the sleeping bag the impaled woman was currently lying upon.<br>Besides, Aura still couldn't touch the woman.&nbsp; <br><br>Before the woman slips into an unconscious state, Aura leaned&nbsp; down next to her and speaking in a loud clear voice asked as she was taught to do of the prickly Earthlings, "Earth woman, you are injured.&nbsp; Do you give me permission to aid you?&nbsp; It will require that I touch you."&nbsp; Aura ground her teeth as she waited the required two minutes for a reply.&nbsp; If the woman said yes, she could do anything to assist Lena.&nbsp; If she said no, she couldn't touch her at all.&nbsp; &nbsp;Aura also knew that if no reply was forthcoming, then she would be able to at least touch the woman minimally to assist Lena.&nbsp; Just by looking at her she could tell the woman was slipping into shock.&nbsp; Aura removed her lab coat and carefully covered the top half of the prone form knowing that the coat's molecular structure would bring her much needed warmth.&nbsp; <br>Aura sat back on her heals to wait.<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>23-09-2009, 13:37:03</strong>
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				Zay arched a brow. Raine was slipping into shock when he took her out of the shuttle. He doubted she was even concious right now, let along cognizant. "Aura, if you don't start treating her, I will. Rest assured, that will be far worse for all parties involved. Now save her life and stop waiting for permission to save her life. Trust me. She's human. She'll thank you when she can talk again."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>23-09-2009, 23:34:23</strong>
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				Raine had passed out when the Captain had picked her up.&nbsp; The movement caused the pole to slide and chafe against the raw flesh.&nbsp; She remembered thinking the pole had gone red hot, and then she had blacked out from the pain.<br><br>When she came to a minute later, the woman was feeling decidedly giddy.&nbsp; Endorphins and adrenaline coursed through her bloodstream, setting off the worst of the pain and giving her a slightly euphoric feeling, even though her body was slowly going into shock.&nbsp; Raine's skin felt chill and clammy, her pupils were dilated despite the bright ambient light, and her heart was just beginning to suffer tachycardia.<br><br><em>"Earth woman, you are injured.&nbsp; Do you give me permission to aid you?&nbsp; It will require that I touch you."</em><br><br>Raine giggled, scrunching up her shoulders weakly.&nbsp; With a bloody hand, she reached up, as if to grab a lock of the alien's hair.&nbsp; The injured woman missed, though, and instead limply wiped her hand over her would-be caretaker's face.&nbsp; "You broke the moon, darlin'," Raine said in a surprisingly clear voice, before once again descending into a fit of giggles
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>24-09-2009, 10:17:12</strong>
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				Aura, ignored the Captain and his assumptions.&nbsp; She immediately sets to work checking the vitals of the woman.&nbsp; As she worked she informed the Captain, "Captain, your.... heroics, for lack of a better word, on behalf of the woman were completely unnecessary.&nbsp; As the woman touched me first, that is all the permission I need to touch her, no matter her state of mind."<br>Aura smiled, "besides, I would have found some reason to do what I could, I am not totally without feeling." <br>Aura quickly took the vitals of the woman. "Her heartbeat is irregular, her pulse rapid.&nbsp; Despite the coat, her skin is cold and clammy, she is sweating, and her speech showed evidence of confusion.<br>Pulling some meds out of kit, Aura used the mistgun and quickly gave the woman a dose of dopamine.<br>"Damn, Captain.&nbsp; She may fail quickly. It is my belief that we can do nothing until we replace the loss of blood she has suffered."<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>24-09-2009, 10:31:20</strong>
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				Rijka kneels down beside Aura, and wonders at the "legalities and rules" that have to take place before you can help someone.&nbsp; She opens the first aid box, and offers Aura a hand.&nbsp; After all, she never thought that her first aid training wouod ever come in handy.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>24-09-2009, 12:55:46</strong>
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				He knelt down, offered up his forearm, and tapped out a vein for her. "Augment. Universal Donor. Well, for humans anyway. For a few days she's gonna feel like she's King of the damn world. "<br><br>"And the name is Xavier. Xavier Castille. Call me Zay. Or Sheriffe. Can't be a captain without a ship, or a rank. I lost both the moment we landed on Novus." And Good Riddance he thought. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>24-09-2009, 18:32:26</strong>
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				"Well met Zay, I am Aura." Aura paused to give the big man a true smile.&nbsp; "From universal soldier to universal donor, very good indeed, there may be hope for your young woman yet."&nbsp; &nbsp;The Vet nodded, as she rummaged through all the items available to her.&nbsp; "We will need to fashion a blood transfer devise out of what we have present." After a minute of searching, Aura sat back on her haunches, and looked at what she had before her.&nbsp; "We can rig this water container to act as a flow station for the blood, this plastitube as a conductor, these empty syringes..."she ticked off aloud to no one in particular.&nbsp; Aura donned a pair of the plastigloves from the medkit and quickly spraying the items with medifree to sterilize them, placing them on a sterile plastistat sheet, then quickly assembled them.&nbsp; Aura took one of the syringes, now attached to plastihose, and plunged it into the Sheriff's outstretched forearm, mumbling "thank you" while she did so.&nbsp; When the water container was full, she removed the needed from his arm and with the caution to "keep the gauze pressed over the mark,"&nbsp; turned back to the woman on the ground.&nbsp; Gently feeling for a usable vein, she tapped lightly on the woman's inside left elbow, 'ah finally there is one.'&nbsp; Aura slipped the needle into the woman's arm, after checking to make sure of a good hit, Aura stood holding the water container full of the Sheriff's blood and using her thumb and forefinger to control the rate of blood flow at a slow and steady drip.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>25-09-2009, 09:54:57</strong>
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				After making one last look around the shuttle shoved everything she found and wrapped it in the sleeping bags to make it easier to carry.&nbsp; She struggled up the steep incline for a moment only to find her footing and make it in time to see Aura start to prep the woman for a blood transfusion.&nbsp; Her own medical training was strictly cut and dice, it was sloppy but it did the job.&nbsp; But unfortunatly for the wounded woman, her injuries where way beyond her capabilities.&nbsp; What she could do was extract the object, but she would need to be quick because once the object was removed she would lose blood too fast, even with the transfusion, and the augmented blood it was almost too risky.<br><br>Sinking to her knees she dumps everything onto the ground, immediately covering the woman's lower half with the fire blanket.&nbsp; She would need to be kept warm or she might go into shock.&nbsp; Once she was sure that she was covered but hadn't gotten in Aura's way she looked up and straight at Aura.<br><br>"I'm going to start to numb her body, starting from the wound the medication will spread to the rest of her.&nbsp; She'll be aware though."&nbsp; Here she paused to look down at the woman.&nbsp; "Well as aware as she can be right now.&nbsp; Well need to be ready to hold her down if she does try to move, once the medication kicks and her nerves are temporarily deadened than we should have any problems."&nbsp; As she was talking she had prepped one of the needles she had found in the medi kit and was filling it with a muggy green nerve killer.&nbsp; She didn't really like it, since pain told you something was wrong, but she also knew that in this case a few hours of nerves being muffled would only help the woman.&nbsp; Once it kicked in she would be in an "awake coma"&nbsp; Where she could see and hear everything but not feel.<br><br>As she studies around the protrusion she found a place that the needle could go in and inject her.&nbsp; The liquid traveling through her veins would take a few minutes to kick in, she only hoped that it wouldn't be too late.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>25-09-2009, 12:27:24</strong>
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				Aura took in Lena's comments regarding holding the woman down until the numbing agent worked.&nbsp; Raising both brows, she suggested "maybe you should have the Sheriff strap the woman to the group to prevent her from injuring herself further.&nbsp; The woman should be weak due to blood loss, but there is no need to take unnecessary chance."&nbsp; Aura positioned herself at the prone woman's right arm ready to restrain her should she begin to flail.<br>"Rijka, would you be check at her legs?"&nbsp; She nodded to the Weatherwise to join them.<br>Speaking again to Lena, Aura continued,&nbsp; "Also, the scan showed that the injury is a clean through and through with no other organ's pierced."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She sorted the gauze and plastiskin and set them as needed for Lena.&nbsp; "If you pull and spray quickly, there should not be a further significant amount of blood loss.&nbsp; The combined effect of the quickheal and the nano's from Zay's blood could speed along the process of healing."&nbsp; 'This Earth woman of the Sheriff's must be very stubborn indeed to have even lasted this long.'&nbsp; Aura mused to herself not without some respect.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>"Best outcome, best prepaired" Aura said to Lena.&nbsp; Her home custom of wishing someone well on and endeavor, but also with the admonishment to also be be prepared for the worst. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Turning to Lena, Aura bowed deep from the waist, "You did a good thing, and you did it well.&nbsp; It was my honor to work next to you."&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>25-09-2009, 13:59:26</strong>
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				Rijka checked the woman's legs, "Her legs look 100%," she said.&nbsp; But she thought, <em>'Wow, <span class="bbc_u">these,</span> are great looking legs!'</em>&nbsp; She had to resist running her hand up and up and up.&nbsp; She giggled lightly to herself, hoping no one was reading her thoughts.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>26-09-2009, 02:51:22</strong>
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				They worked on the woman as much as they could with the little they had.&nbsp; It was long, and at times no one thought that the woman would live.&nbsp; A breath of relief coursed through them when they realized that non of her internal organs had been pierced.&nbsp; If they had, well Lena didn't know if they could have helped, not without the proper medical supplies they would need.<br><br>The sun had fallen as they worked, and by the time that the woman was stable...No Raine was stable, Lena finally recognized her from the woman on the ship,&nbsp; it had gotten too dark to go anywhere.&nbsp; If they tried to go than they would be walking almost blindly in the dark.<br><br>Lena breathing a bit heavy sat back on her heels and looked around.<br><br>"Alright I don't think we should try to go anywhere right now, Captain would it be possible to make camp here for the night and wait to go back in the morning?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>26-09-2009, 05:56:40</strong>
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				" Call me Zay. Or Sheriff. And yes, that shouldn't be a problem. I anticipated we would need to stay here tonight for Raine's sake, and ran back to basecamp for supplies, and to let them know where we were. They'll have a med tent up and waiting when we return with Raine in the morning." He gestured to several tents he had erected. <br><br>"I don't know if your various cultures have taboos against co-ed sleeping arrangements, but it shouldn't be an issue. I only actually need an hour or two of sleep a day. So if you ladies would stay up for that time, then once I am rested I will stand watch for the rest of the night. "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 01:10:43</strong>
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				"That is fine with me Zay.&nbsp; I will help keep watch."&nbsp; Aura stretched, and taking her ALS out of her bag, asked "Do you have a lazer pistol I may borrow?"&nbsp; Seeing the Sherrif's look, Aura smirked, "I assure you, I know how to use one." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 01:29:13</strong>
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				"Never much cared for energy weapons. Too sensitive. Unreliable. Fuel Cells don't last long. I prefer Mass Accelerators. " He said, revealing his sidearm, a compact but solid looking pistol.<br><br>"Tiny slugs propelled along Electromagnetic lines. With enough propulsion even a Toothpick can hit with the force of a Fusion Warhead. Of course, Recoil limits how much power you can deliver, but this will still blow a hole clean through anything less than an inch of Duranium Armor. Unfortunately this is designed for somebody with my strength. Anyone else is likely to get thrown back a good ten to fifteen feet. And it'll probably break every bone in their arms. I know your species is a bit tougher than un-augmented humans, but are you sure you can handle this? "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 01:56:02</strong>
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				Hearing the Captains explanation, Aura wondered at mens' need to use a cannon when a dart gun would do.&nbsp; Waving off his offer of the electromag gun, she explicated,&nbsp; "While extreme force is necessary at times Zay, I find it much more effective to use the least amount of force necessary to do the job."&nbsp; "Besides," Her voice droll, "I also don't feel the desire to administer first aid to myself after recovering from the wicked recoil."&nbsp; &nbsp;With that, she popped a load into her tranquilizer gun, and winking at the Sheriff, began to walk the perimeter he'd established. <br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 02:16:25</strong>
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				He shrugged. "When I shoot something, I take great comfort in knowing that one shot is all I need. &nbsp;"<br><br>It was true. He could not even begin to list the number of men he'd seen die in the battlefield because the guy they thought they shot dead and turned their backs on still had a little wind left in his sails. When this little beauty shot something, it definitely stayed dead. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 03:09:34</strong>
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				Lena watched the interactions between the two, she didn't know why but she was sorta enjoying how other species interacted.&nbsp; Not that she would join in, that was, at the moment beyond her, but she found it enjoyable to see the way they where unrestricted with their behavior.<br><br>"I'm going to scavenge something to eat, I think I saw some plants that look edible."&nbsp; Bending down she reaches into her bag and pulls out two very sharp albeit small blades.&nbsp; She wasn't completely useless, while her people where in essence fairly held back and sometimes pompous, they where a heavily war based culture.&nbsp; And while the woman where not expected nor really allowed in battle they where still trained in one on one combat.&nbsp; Once a year the women would be gathered and than fight against each other to show their superiority over others.&nbsp; She was never allowed to touch a side arm though, her training and almost every other women on her world where allowed only blades.&nbsp; <br><br>As she walked her eyes adjusted to the lack of light, her eye sight was a little better than an average human but not by much.&nbsp; She was able to find several edible plants, a few that where almost exactly like fennel, some leaves, and even a few strange fruits that needed it's hard skin broken into to reveal an almost milky white slimy substance that on investigation tasted a bit like hazelnut and banana.&nbsp; <br><br>By the time she returned to the camp she had everything she would need for a meal, as well as some medicinal plants that could stem off fevers and swelling.&nbsp; She hunkered down and started to build a small fire.&nbsp; Adding a few dry string like bark to it, the smoke took on a jasmine scent.&nbsp; After checking in on Raine to make sure that she was still covered and that the wound hadn't taken on infection she returned to the fire and started breaking open the fruit.&nbsp; When the woman returned from watch she would begin cooking for everyone, but for now she enjoyed her solitary meal.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 04:18:14</strong>
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				Before Lena left, he gave her the Monoblade. Just in case. By the time she returned and started her fire, his one hour nap was complete, and he was ready for the remainder of the day...two or three if necessary. He emerged, and nodded to the ladies indicating they could all sleep through the night now if they wished. He would keep watch until morning. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 09:51:53</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font"><em>While Rijka waited for Lena to return, she got her devices together, and started taking readings of the air, humidity, and barometric pressures.&nbsp; She had to start noting the atmospheric pressure changes, because without past pressure readings, she could not put together an accurate forecast.&nbsp; She noted that the pressure was slowly dropping, which meant that it was likely to get rainy, and windy.&nbsp; She needed to foretell the natural weather, in order to decide if she needed to make any changes for the good of the group.</em></span></span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bbc_font"><em>She approaches Zay, and tells him, "It looks like we are in for wind and rain.&nbsp; Wind speeds could reach 20-25 miles an hour, and at least 3 inches of rain is possible within approximately 2 hours. I have detected moderate lightning strikes 36-40 miles away.&nbsp; Do you think that the tents are going to hold up?"</em></span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 12:10:58</strong>
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				He considers it a moment, running the calculations in his head, then nods "They're made of a adaptive nano-fiber. Once the nanites sense the change in conditions, they will harden and dig in. It'll be noisy outside, but the tents and those inside should remain warm and dry. " Well, as long as the Nanites didn't malfunction. But the chance of that happening with one of the tents, let alone two was miniscule. Worst case scenario, they might all have to squeeze into one tent.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 12:39:44</strong>
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				"We're expecting a storm?"&nbsp; It sounded dangerous, what with them having an injured woman with them.&nbsp; But for now they had the tech to handle it.&nbsp; <br><br>"Well if we're going to be experiencing a storm in two hours I'll prepare dinner for everyone so that we'll at least be well fed during the worst of it.&nbsp; Zay..."&nbsp; The sound of his name on her lips was something new, and a bit awkward for her.&nbsp; "Can I have that meat you caught?&nbsp; I'll roast it so that you all have some protein in your systems."&nbsp; She turned her body so that she was facing the others as she spoke.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 18:19:45</strong>
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				He nodded and retreived the pack. When he ran back to base earlier, he left most of the meat with them, with orders to verify it clean of toxins and contaminations before eating it. He brought a few peices back for this group though. Four altogether. They were so large they were more than enough to keep this group, especially with the egg, and Lena's refusal to eat meat. He handed her the carefully wrapped, evenly sliced and skinned slabs. "It might be wise to have Aura check it first. I saw no indications of the snake being venomous, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have had any number of foreign or innate conditions that might make eating it unwise. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Question Mark</strong> on <strong>27-09-2009, 21:38:47</strong>
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				Raine slept.<br><br>*&nbsp; &nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp;*<br><br>Pat Nise was just a civilian, but her status as a former cop made her the automatic leader of this survivors of this lifepod.&nbsp; The oblong craft had skipped over Novus' atmosphere for several thousand miles, the pilot using extensive air braking to shed off velocity.&nbsp; Good thing to, because most of the other lifepods underestimated their speed upon landing, failing to take into account the slightly heavier gravity.<br><br>Ten minutes later, the pod had touched down on the broad beach none the worse for wear.&nbsp; No one was injured, and certainly no one was dead.<br><br>When the people had started deferring to her illusionary authority after the crash, Pat had looked to the pilot for help.&nbsp; He had simply shrugged and shook his head.&nbsp; Bastard.<br><br>So, she was overjoyed when a military squad, dressed in naval uniforms, came marching around the bend of the beach.&nbsp; Behind the tightly knit group of officers was a long string of people, most of whom lagged behind in the heat, humidity, and gravity of Novus.<br><br>The man in front was tall, with a weathered face, broad shoulders, metal gray hair, and a slight paunch.&nbsp; He walked with authority.&nbsp; Just as the people in her lifepod had turned to her for leadership, Pat turned to the Colonel for aid.<br><br>She met him and his group at the beginning of the short furrow of glassy sand behind their lifepod.&nbsp; He held up a fist, and the military officers behind him stopped abruptly.&nbsp; The civilians clumped up around the stoic men and women, their red faces sweaty and miserable looking.<br><br>"You are?" the Colonel asked her.<br><br>"Pat Nise, unwilling leader of this lifepod," she responded with a reluctant grin.&nbsp; The Admiral certainly had been a miserable fellow to deal with.&nbsp; She hoped this strong, reassuring man was more friendly.<br><br>"No leader is willing, let me tell you."&nbsp; He looked up at the sky.&nbsp; Although there were still auroras dancing across the upper atmosphere, it was nothing compared to the earlier light show.&nbsp; The last hurrah of the <em>Traveler</em> would still be clearly visible at night, but for now, the twin suns outshone it.<br><br>To the north, over the ocean, the edge of the horizon was a black band occasionally lit by flickering lights; lightning.&nbsp; Above them, the sky was a dark, slightly purplish, blue.&nbsp; The suns were hanging over the western horizon, on their way down but not yet obscured by the curve of the planet.&nbsp; It was the time of day where, if there had been clouds in the sky, they would have been painted a fierce red.<br><br>The Colonel looked back down at Pat.&nbsp; He stood 6'1", a good couple of inches over the shorter woman.&nbsp; "I'll take over from here.&nbsp; These people," he said, jerking a thumb over his shoulder, "...are from six other lifepods.&nbsp; You were the last one we could spot on the beach."<br><br>Pat anticipated his next question.&nbsp; "No one's hurt, sir, and no one's dead, for sure."<br><br>He nodded, smiling slightly.&nbsp; It was more of an upward curve to his lip than a genuine expression of happiness.&nbsp; "Our last pod said that a group of theirs went off into the jungle, for some reason.&nbsp; No one seemed to know why."&nbsp; The Colonel looked at the distant storm again.&nbsp; The black band seemed slightly bigger now.&nbsp; "Think we can find them before that storm hits?"<br><br>Pat seemed surprised to be asked for her input, by the Colonel no less.&nbsp; "Uh...&nbsp; Well, maybe.&nbsp; I really don't think your nonmilitary types are up for it, Colonel.&nbsp; Did they take supplies?"<br><br>One of the civilians immediately behind the Colonel nodded.&nbsp; When he spoke, his tone was sour.&nbsp; "Ya.&nbsp; Medical supplies, camping equipment, water.&nbsp; You know, all the stuff we needed too."<br><br>The ex-cop looked back at the Colonel.&nbsp; "Well, then....&nbsp; I guess they'll be able to weather the night.&nbsp; We can... find them in the morning?"<br><br>The officer nodded.&nbsp; "Good logic, ma'am."<br><br>"Pat Nise, sir."<br><br>He smiled, a real smile this time.&nbsp; "Pat Nise.&nbsp; We'll be needing you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>28-09-2009, 08:16:30</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">Linco Rye had been Special Ops for twenty-five of his forty years. He was beyond ready to retire when the chance came to join the Novus venture he jumped at it with both feet and no looking back. It wasn't that he minded being a special ops assassin, just that it was time for him to retire. He wanted to start a family--settle down, the whole shebang. His place in SpecO. got him a guaranteed spot on the ship, luck got him the right escape pod, now what could he say kept him out of the notice of the ex-supercop Pat. Oh he knew the sort well, always pooh-pahing their power positions, but really deep down, they had to have em. He had to laugh to himself when she "tried" to offer someone else the position of leader. Her eyes not staying on their faces and her voice not giving them time to even foment an answer. Oh, yeah she wanted it alright. He bet she pooled between the legs just thinking about it. She hadn't even asked him if he would consider being leader. Linco banked on that. That's why he had been so great at his job. He had the kind of looks no one though much of, he wasn't ugly, far from it, but he wasn't handsome either. He was nondescript. Someone had once described his as brownish blendy. His hair and eye color matched, a neutral medium brown. His features were even and plain. Nothing remarkable. He wasn't tall, nor was he short. He wasn't fat, nor was he thin. Nothing about him stood out. He didn't go against the flow. How he looked made him a perfect recruit for SpecO. He was taught to blend his mannerisms and characteristics. <br>He was also taught to kill in many different ways, by touch, poison, knife, gun. Oh, there were endless ways.<br>Now here was this ridiculous colonel actually marching people in this heat and humidity? <em>Marching for fucks sake!</em> <em>Some people just can't let go of their past.</em> Linco grinned, and fingered the knife in his pocket. He knew he would kill again if he thought it necessary, and never bat at eye about it.<br>He heard the one speak of the people who had left the group. <em>Funny, just to go off into the forest. Seems odd they didn't speak on it. Something stinks here.</em> Linco sided up to one of the newest members of the group. "Did you know who went into the woods? Linco asked, offering the hot, tired woman a drink of water. <br>Accepting with a grateful smile," Yeah, I did. It was the captain and the Vet from my Pod, and another Lady besides. The Vet was wonderful helping all the wounded before herself, and the Captain and the Lady were kind helping with water." She told between mouthfuls of water.<br>"They didn't take all your food and supplies?" Linco kept his face neutral, but his mind was working fast.<br>"Oh, no. The Captain sent back a huge supply of meat to be tested for goodness. It was checked fine. He did take two small tents and a few supplies to sustain them through the night as they had a severely injured woman they couldn't move tonight, but nothing more than the absolute necessities."<br>Seeing her empty cup, Linco thanked the woman and offered to get her more water. Walking to the water station he gazed at the colonel and wondered what the man was up to. His hand began to itch. That was never a good sign for the person he was looking at. They usually weren't alive long after his hand began itching.</span> 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>29-09-2009, 13:06:07</strong>
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				Morning brought the first crack of light from two suns, and the final moments of the Traveler's astral eulogy. At least, as far as Un-Augmented eyes would be able to tell. Seeing no pressing need to get moving as long as Raine remained stable, Zay allowed those who wished to continue sleeping to do so, even as he quietly began to break camp. Soon, all the remained was to pack the tents, the sleeping materials, and prep Raine for travel. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>29-09-2009, 13:45:49</strong>
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				Lena loved to sleep, it was the only time where her mind was completely her own; without the constant push for her to acknowledge everyone else.&nbsp; The only problem that sleep caused her was the sporadic dreams that she was cursed of from time to time.&nbsp; She dreamed of strong arms, and a rough voice, of lingering glances and of running.&nbsp; The dreams where almost all the same, and they always left her confused and a bit dazed.<br><br>This morning was no different in that instance, in every other way, there was nothing else that was the same.&nbsp; She awoke to the sounds of the wild, the sounds of live things moving about.&nbsp; Yawning she couldn't help but think that she wished she had been sleeping on a soft bed rather than the hard floor.&nbsp; As her slightly bed raddled frame emerged from the small tent, she couldn't help but rub the sleep from her eyes.&nbsp; Seeing the captain..zay, she nods in welcome.<br><br>"Good morning Ca...Zay."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>29-09-2009, 13:58:47</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><em><strong>Linco rye</strong></em></span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">It was quickly approaching dark now, and the thunder storm was closing in on the colonists. For that was for certainly what they were now, and Linco was worried. Oh, not about the storm. They might get a bit wet. But about the lack of food for the next day. They had rations, yeah, he had seen the piddly supply.&nbsp; He also knew that the rations that were had, would go to the soldiers first, the children and elderly last, and that just didn't set right with Linc, even if it was the quote right unquote thing to do.<br><br>What was revving his engine now was that other than the Captain and those there women who had joined him, had gone searching for any food or another source of clean water. Well, come sundown, Linc had an agenda. His babies weren't going without food or fresh water. On one of his walks to the latrine, he had seen a steam flow into a tidal pool about a mile South of their current position. He pondered broaching the subject with Pat, but she was too caught up in the "not wanting the power" trip to listen. In fact, he was pretty sure she didn't even hear him talking to her. But that was OK. She was one of the "I got a dick too, women" that he had often run into. He didn't mind them, just didn't understand 'em. Hell, he didn't understand men who had to have their dick measured by everything they did either. If something needed to be done, just do it, or if you can't, get the right person for the job to do it, but don't stand there with your dick hanging out afterwards,so everyone can say how good a job ya did, or worse, stroke your dick for ya! Linc rolled his eyes at the thought. In his former job, he had known too many dicks like that. From what he was reading on the colonel so far, he seemed like he'd be having his dick out real soon. Linco shook his head. He still didn't understand why he had marched an established and settled basecamp with a triage-hospital center, shelter, central location, and three pods full of people with quite a few wounded, up a beach in the heat and humidity in the evening with a storm coming. If they were in danger, why not send the ablest runners to their current location, and have them all meet up at a safe location planned by the Colonel? "Ah well," Linc sighed. He could only do what he could do, and that was find them some food, and check for fresh water. Now that the rain had stopped and it was full dark, Linc set to work.<br>He still had his black "light" suit. The only thing really that was his now. The suit, made up of a laser embossed cotton, absorbed all light that struck it. While black naturally absorbs light, his suit, which looked a lot like long underwear with attached footies, had been enhanced to make him practically impossible to be seen in the dark. The suit could absorb flashlight, and fire light sources allowing Linc time to escape detection. However, if the light source was large enough, or, *gasp* hot enough, he was in trouble. The suit absorbed the heat as well as the light.&nbsp; He had to be careful not to overheat.&nbsp; &nbsp;So, his stealth was his most important factor, and certainly would come into play this night.<br>Linco slipped out of his tent and headed toward the latrine. He shoved the mask to his suit into his pajama pocket and put on his glasses. They too, when with a flip of a switch converted to night vision goggles, were part of his disguise. Once in the latrine, he checked to make sure no one was there with him, and knowing for sure he was alone and unwatched, he slipped out of his p.j.s and donned the rest of his disguise. Slipping out of the latrine, Linco edged around to the back of the tent. He stashed his p.j.s near the flap of the tent and waited for the first sentry to pass; then he counted to twelve, that would put both sentries an equal distance away from him. Besides, they were looking for things to come in, not out. Silently, as he was taught, Linco ran towards the forest. Earlier, he had listened to the night noises. Strange sounds broke the night air, screeches and growls and cries from unknown creatures. Some were funny and Linc had to stop himself from laughing, but some were awful sounding, fierce and loud and those were the ones that he thought of now. "Stop it man and get it together, he shook himself. Gotta feed the kids." He had been at a consistant run for about twenty-five minutes when he came to the place he thought best to keep watch. There was a clearing with a watering hole. Rimming the hole on one side were beautiful purple and yellow flowers and lush gold plants. Linc took a quick measurement of the water and found it to be fresh. Good, it would be a watering hole. Hunkering behind a tree downwind, Linco settled in to wait for animals to approach. <br>It was fifteen minutes into his third hour when they came. Two lovely creatures. They walked like dancers, graceful and ellagent, their long necks about half the length of a giraffe arching perfectly and holding fine proud heads with huge trusting eyes. About the size of elk, but they walked on two legs. Their heads resembled that of a large horse, but their eyes were more front facing and large and doe like. Instead of long tails, they had little bunny ones, just like a ball of cotton was all. They were mostly black, but the hair on their head which was long and curly and dark blue. They did not have cloven forearms, but rather like monkey hands. but thin and long. Their arms were longer and again graceful and elegant. For a moment Linco fell in love with them. Mesmerized at their beauty he left his hiding place and walked toward the two as they drank their fill. Turning at his coming, the smaller moved over to give him room to drink. Removing his mask, he did so. Then standing, he motioned for the two to follow him. They wrinkled their little bunny noses at him. He grinned. Taking the smaller by the hand, he began to lead it away from the water hole. Neither creature resisted, but seemed content to be lead by their new friend. He lead them all the way back to the outskirts of basecamp. At the edge of the forest, Linco put his mask back on. He motioned for the dearlings, for that was what he began to call them in his head, to go ahead of him, and with complete trust they did so. They stood flapping their dumbo ears and wrinkling their noses, and looking out of huge blue eyes at the strange sight before them. Tents and shapes along the beach that had never been there before. He lead them to just outside the latrines. They really wrinkled their noses and gave him a long pensive look. Making sure again that the sentries were not close to where he was, he pulled both dearlings down for a kiss and a hug, and Linco with tears steaming down his face, stuck a long pin simultaneously into the base of the brain of both of the beautiful creatures killing them instantly and painlessly. Quickly, he removed his mask and turned his glasses back to normal, and gave a scream of dispair, "Aahhhh," he fell to his knees,"Come quickly, there is something here behind the latrines! Oh help, come quick!" Linco's tears were honest and gave true witness to the horror of what he saw.&nbsp; They would not be out of place, as others would cry at the sight of the beautiful dead creatures. But, their meat was good, and one can not look a gift horse in the mouth.&nbsp; And their hide was soft and material would be needed.&nbsp; The children would eat for a few days at least.</span> </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 03:10:05</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=47203.msg2287421#msg2287421">Quote from: undisclosedtoyou on 29-09-2009, 13:45:49</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Lena loved to sleep, it was the only time where her mind was completely her own; without the constant push for her to acknowledge everyone else.&nbsp; The only problem that sleep caused her was the sporadic dreams that she was cursed of from time to time.&nbsp; She dreamed of strong arms, and a rough voice, of lingering glances and of running.&nbsp; The dreams where almost all the same, and they always left her confused and a bit dazed.<br><br>This morning was no different in that instance, in every other way, there was nothing else that was the same.&nbsp; She awoke to the sounds of the wild, the sounds of live things moving about.&nbsp; Yawning she couldn't help but think that she wished she had been sleeping on a soft bed rather than the hard floor.&nbsp; As her slightly bed raddled frame emerged from the small tent, she couldn't help but rub the sleep from her eyes.&nbsp; Seeing the captain..zay, she nods in welcome.<br><br>"Good morning Ca...Zay."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Miss Min..Lena. Good morning. I trust you slept well. &nbsp;" The morning found him as wide eyed and refreshed as he had been the night before. He looked Lena up and down with a smile, then casually tossed her a few of those fruity-flavored beansprout things she had scrounged up for her vegan dinner the night before. He was chewing on one himself at the moment. "You really should give meat a chance you know. It'll change your world. &nbsp;" He heard a line like that in a Holotheater once. It got laughs out of the audience, so he surmised it to be a good morning icebreaker and a good way to advance his social development. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 04:26:36</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size">Aura, just coming out of the tent she and Rijka shared for the night.</span><br>&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1.35em;" class="bbc_size">Seeing the rising of the twin suns, Aura smiled.&nbsp; Something inside her stirred with the new day.&nbsp; The air was fresh smelling, it reminded her of earth's cucumbers. The crispness was exciting and made her hungry and ready to meet today's adventures.&nbsp; &nbsp;She had grown very fond of cucumbers during her short stay on that beautiful planet.&nbsp; Had she a choice, she would have made earth her home; unfortunately, that had not been allowed.&nbsp; Now she was here on Novus.&nbsp; While she was afraid, she was not cowwed by what faced them all.&nbsp; Hard work was something she was used to, she had been working since age three after all.&nbsp; &nbsp;If the morning was any indication, the weather promises to be a nicer day.&nbsp; The storm appeared to have broken the lock that the humidity had on their new home.&nbsp; Aura certainly hoped so.&nbsp; She intended to ask Rijka as soon as the Weatherwise awoke.&nbsp; Aura smiled to herself at the thought of the Weatherwise.&nbsp; Now there was a beautiful and funny creature.&nbsp; Aura barely contained herself from laughing on many of the comments the cheeky prognosticator made.<br>She had enjoyed their night together socializing in the tent as well.&nbsp; <br>Noticing that Zay had started packing up camp, she rose and stretched her short but lithe body, starting her morning stretching and yoga routine.&nbsp; It was important to her to keep her mind, body and spirit in sync.&nbsp; No one knew how far they would go this day, and she didn't want to over exert an already overstressed body beyond its limits when there was little know about fresh water supplies or food sources.&nbsp; <br>Finishing, she ambled over to where Lena and the Sheriff spoke quietly breaking the soft of the morning quiet.&nbsp; <br>The only other sound was the gentle lapping of the waves against the shore, and the moons had been full last night.&nbsp; It was good that the camp had been fairly far from the shore, or the combined wind and high tides would have caused them concern.&nbsp; <br>All sorts of bird call filled the air as well.&nbsp; Loud raucous, ha hoots, over shadowed the gentler twits&nbsp; and coos of other avian life forms.&nbsp; Aura sent her feelers out to see if she could sense any thoughts.&nbsp; A few scattered thoughts of hunger, good, thirst, desire, fear came to her, but were too jumbled for her to get any actual one presence from them.&nbsp; <br>Breaking free of her mind search, Aura turned her full attention to Zay and Lena.&nbsp; "Good Morning and well slept, new friends."&nbsp; She smiled and gave a short bow to each as was her people's custom.&nbsp; She made a quick meal from the cold left overs from the night before, and some crackers she had in her pouch.&nbsp; She washed it all down with fresh water.&nbsp; She reached into her pockets and removed the two ration bars she had brought with her.&nbsp; One bar being a full day's ration for one adult.&nbsp; She offered both to Zay.&nbsp; "Sheriff, I would like that you would divide one bar between Lena,&nbsp; and Rijka and me; with Lena getting half, and Rijka and I getting half and have the other bar for yourself.&nbsp; What we have can break our morning fast, but I would worry that we may need to move quickly, and not having the time to stop for hunting or gathering, would have a quick food source.&nbsp; I ask that Lena has half as she has not had much time to find the plants she needs to keep her food source divergent.&nbsp; The creature you killed was a lean, source of both proteins, vitamans and minerals.&nbsp; It was also a bulker and filler.&nbsp; &nbsp;Not to mention the wonderful additions that Lena provided.&nbsp; Rijka and I had the best of both."&nbsp; She grinned.&nbsp; &nbsp;"The division is fair and adequate."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;Please, Zay let me know when you are ready to have us "move out," I believe is the term?&nbsp; She cocked her head at him, and clasping her hands behind her back, went to check on the woman Zay had informed her was named Reign.<br></span><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 06:08:50</strong>
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				Unable to argue with her logic, he nodded and divided the bars as per her instructions. He even smiled...not just because it was the thing to do, but because he genuinely liked her unique little morning ritual. Especially the stretches.<br><br>He handed Lena her half, and issued words that would no doubt prove themselves powerfully prophetic someday in the not too distant future, "Here Lena. She's right, you could probably use a bit more protein in your diet. &nbsp;"<br><br>Chomping on his bar, he looked at Aura and after swallowing replied, "We can move out as soon as our Weather Girl wakes up. Give me a moment and i'll have Lena's tent rolled up and ready to go. Hope you didn't keep her up too late with girl-talk."<br><br>Girl-talk. That's something females of all species do. At least, that's what the popular book "Femalots. Can't live with 'em, can't put them all on one planet and fire a Zero-Point Device at it" said.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 07:55:41</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 1.45em;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font">Yawning and stretching, she turns to her devices, as she did every morning for the last 15 years of her life.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka noticed the barometer and noted that it had risen from last night.&nbsp; This proved to better the weather for at least 3-5 days. There was no lightning in the air, and the wind was normal again.&nbsp; She also noted that after the rain, the humidity did something she did not expect.&nbsp; The humidity all but vanished, and the air was easier to breathe.&nbsp; The temperature had cooled to 71.5 degrees.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"Mental note to self: Novus is a bit strange, it may be difficult to 'make' the weather happen, if I cannot get these shitty readings together"&nbsp; Rijka stated, and rolled her eyes. <br>&nbsp;<br>She slipped on her jeans and t-shirt with the usual layered look.&nbsp; She poked her head out of the tent saw Aura, and gave her a wink.&nbsp; No one else noticed, but that was a BIG "thanks for last night" kind of wink.<br>&nbsp;<br>Standing up, still reading her devices, she strolled over to Zay giving him the info.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Well, pressure is rising, which means that we are in for some nice weather.&nbsp; Wind is steady at 2-5 miles an hour to the East, humidity is down to 13%, and temperature is holding at 71.5 degrees," she continued, "Things look awesome for at least a few more days.&nbsp; I will make sure that I notify you directly if anything changes."</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 14:01:05</strong>
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				<strong>IF</strong> Zay's nose picked up anything unusual about the two women's scents...especially in the tent itself, as he began to break it down and pack it away...he was far too much a gentleman to say or think anything particular about it. Discretion isn't just a planet in the Beta Regulon system. "Good to know. Well then, if Raine is ready to be moved we should meet back with the others at Base Camp, and plan our next move. &nbsp;"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 14:18:31</strong>
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				"Good morning Zay.&nbsp; My night was uneventful, so I slept well enough."&nbsp; Sleeping on the ground wasn't conducive to sleeping soundly, therefore she answered as best she could, without being too rude.&nbsp; "You can trust that I won't be eating meat any time soon, my people don't digest it properly, so eating the amount of meat other races would find minimal would give me sever stomach cramps."&nbsp; She said the last in a low voice,&nbsp; it was another weakness her people had, and as such she was unused to saying it aloud for any one to hear and use against her.&nbsp; She was about to wish the woman good morning when her words stopped her cold.&nbsp; She called them new friends, something she was shocked to even contemplate.&nbsp; She tolerated people, she may even desire people at times, but she didn't befriend them; it was just such a foreign concept to her.&nbsp; But not wanting to offend anyone by correcting her, she instead nodded politely and took the offered food.&nbsp; "Thank you...Aura, Zay.&nbsp; And I do well enough, I'm not a child, I know how to get the proper nutrients and proteins into my diet. But thank you for worrying about me."<br><br>The presence of the other woman had her getting up to help finish with the packing.&nbsp; Once the injured female was alright they could begin their track back to base camp, where she could once again try to distance herself from the people around her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 23:00:35</strong>
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				Once he finished packing everything except a small canopy over Raine to protect her from the sun, he went back to the ladies, and asked "I see. I thought it was simply a matter of preference. So how do your people get the needed protein levels into your diet? Or do you simply not need protein as much as other races? "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 23:10:11</strong>
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				Standing to stand next to Zay, Lena looked down at the injured female.&nbsp; It would take some work to carry her with them, but they couldn't just leave her here.&nbsp; "Preference to, we prefer not to be in pain."&nbsp; It was small, very small; but it was a joke, and it was a big thing in her opinion.&nbsp; Smiling in triumph at her own small victory, she sobered up to really answer his question.&nbsp; "We process protein a bit differently, little quantities equal to the same amount that you would need.&nbsp; So the plants that have large quantities of protein are perfect for me, where they would be insufficient for you.&nbsp; Which is why It's easier for me to stay away from high protein by products, like eggs.&nbsp; On a side not I can drink milk, but I just don't." <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>30-09-2009, 23:23:45</strong>
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				He smiled. He laughed a bit too. He got the joke! "I see. Never much cared for vegetables myself, but I love fruits. Vrikka, Pineapples, and Kuama are my favorites. "<br>&nbsp;<br>Once it looked like everyone was more or less ready, he picked up the head of Raine's stretcher. He'd designed it to be the kind that one person can drag, rather than two people to carry."Well, if there's nothing else, we can get moving.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 00:03:28</strong>
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				Aura listened to the exchange between the Sheriff and Lena.&nbsp; She gave a soft laugh at Lena's joke.&nbsp; But mostly what she had gotten out of the conversation was that she had inadvertently offended the other woman.&nbsp; Walking over to the Dark haired woman to assist her in packing some left over food stuffs.&nbsp; She turned to the woman and pulling on a lock of her own hair, said, "My peace I give you, for I have broken yours, and would trade my peace to make&nbsp; amends."&nbsp; Aura extolled, offering a formal apology in the ways she had learned.&nbsp; As part of the ritual, Aura went on to explain why she was apologizing, "It was wrong of me to make any assumptions regarding your nutritional needs, and in doing so I caused you to feel that I believed you to be less that you are."&nbsp; Here Aura looked into Lena's eyes so Lena could see the conviction behind her words.&nbsp; "I do not doubt you or your capabilities.&nbsp; You have proven yourself capable as a medic with Reign, and as a botanist with the foodstuffs and medicinal plants you have provided."&nbsp; With a nod and smile Aura turned to walk away then, but turning back she gave Lena a grin, "The joke... was.. well done."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 00:18:27</strong>
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				Lena nodded to herself, remembering his preferences so that she could hopefully find something that he would like that grew native to Novus.&nbsp; Hurrying her job of putting things away she was grateful when the other woman stooped over to help.&nbsp; The job was done faster as a result and she relaxed her muscles, knowing that the job was complete.&nbsp; She tensed up again as the woman apologized, for what she wasn't completely sure of, but from her words it had to do with her presumptions about her diet.&nbsp; "It's fine, many think the same thing, so I'm used to it."&nbsp; She bent her head down and smiled to herself when she was complimented about her joke.&nbsp; It would give her courage to make more in the future.<br><br>"Alright so I guess we're off to base camp."&nbsp; Carrying a sack full of food she followed behind Zay and the other women.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 01:08:34</strong>
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				The pace was slow, but steady. So as not to place undo stress upon Raine. He walked so as to always keep Raine in the shade, minimizing her sun exposure. Though it was unlikely she'd get a sunburn, best not to risk it. "I saw a few bits of terrain I want to check out later. We're going to need a well defendable location to set up a more longterm settlement, and I saw some good prospects during my crash landing. &nbsp;"<br><br>He heard alot of cries and screams during that landing too. But there was nothing to be done about that now, and a lifetime in the battlefield had hardened him to such losses...more or less.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 02:06:00</strong>
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				"I hope we can find a good spot."&nbsp; She hoped it would be somewhere flat, where she can have her very own house and plant a garden and maybe build a green house.&nbsp; "I wonder if we'll all get our own homes, or will we be forced to live with other people?"&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 02:39:04</strong>
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				"We'll probably need to pack in together at first, but it shouldn't be long before we can build individual housing. Depending on just who surived the crash, and what kind of resources we can salvage from the wreckage. It will largely come down to just how far down the technological ladder we've been knocked. We may have to build the tools to build the tools to build the tools we need to build proper homes. The more people knowledgable about those matters who survived, the faster it will go." He mentally flashed through the things he saw during his atmospheric entry. Three of the areas he spotted were nice, large, and relatively flat from what he'd seen. But he'd need to scout them out properly to be sure.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>01-10-2009, 05:30:16</strong>
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				Rijka packed up her devices, and loaded up her back pack.&nbsp; She was one of the first to be ready.&nbsp; She made sure to keep her digital barometer, and humidity reader on her device belt.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Ok, here we go." she said quietly to herself.&nbsp; She was not opposed to sharing living quarters with anyone.&nbsp; She knew in time she would have a place of her own.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>03-10-2009, 01:48:59</strong>
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				Aura hefted the rucksack onto her back, now considerably heavier with the added weight of one of the tents.&nbsp; She had spent a bit more time packing to make sure the weight was distributed so as not to put too much strain on one part of of body.&nbsp; Shortly they would be back at basecamp where they could set Reign with a comfortable bed and steady care.&nbsp; Aura was relieved that the woman had made it thus far.&nbsp; <br>Oddly, she was feeling quite happy about many things.&nbsp; At the moment a bubble of pure joy shot through Aura.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;Looking at her feet, she giggled and stopping her trek, she looked down and&nbsp; clapped the front of her feet together and stared at the knee high dark grey duraplas lab boots she was wearing.&nbsp; It was not the first time she was grateful that she had on her lab boots when the alarm klaxon sounded.&nbsp; Heavyduty, comfortable, lightweight, waterproof, weatherproof, and basically crudproof, she could walk through&nbsp; a foot of animal dung (oh, here is hoping that is not something she will need to prove ever) without feeling an ill effect.&nbsp; Well, she smirked, not in my feet anyway, she grimmaced at the thought."&nbsp; It was then that she noticed Rijka had stopped walking as well and was grinning at her.&nbsp; Covering a giggle with her hand, Aura pulled the straps of her rucksack out in front of her as though they were suspenders, and walking on her heals she chirped, "I love my boots!" in a singsong voice.&nbsp; Then she hopped forward and slapping her hands on her knees gave Rijka a toothy grin, and bursting into throaty laughter, ran to catch up with the sheriff who had stopped at the sand ridge just shy of basecamp.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>03-10-2009, 14:25:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka giggles at Aura. She looked down at her own boots, and was wondering what made Arua's boots so special.&nbsp; She shruggs her shoulders, and continues on.<br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka looks to the sky and makes a note of of the scenery she is seeing.&nbsp; The dual suns that she sees, have had a strange effect on her instruments.&nbsp; Nothing that she couldn't quite figure out.&nbsp; The barometer read a little low, which made it hard to exactly figure out, when bad weather was coming.&nbsp; It was a good thing she could rely on her own senses to figure stuff out. <br>&nbsp;<br>She looks back at the rising sun, and it looks so amazing.&nbsp; Never has she seen something so beautiful. <br>&nbsp;<br>(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/belovedgoofy/sun_rise.png)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>07-10-2009, 14:00:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Finally they arrived back at the beach camp. It wasn't long before they safely squared Raine away in the ad hoc emergancy ward, and were made aware that the Colonel and his group had moved through the area shortly after Zay had dropped off the food last night. <br><br>With the new information in hand, he turned back to his group. "With such a large group of civilians, we should be able to overtake them in no time. Shall we?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>07-10-2009, 15:11:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I think Sheriff, it might be wise to wait here for the Col. and his company."&nbsp; Aura shrugged.&nbsp; As the soldier said, the Col. was to come back through with supplies and their location.&nbsp; "Would it not be wisest to wait?"<br>&nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 02:25:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Lena was more than willing to wait, she was tired from walking and knew that a rest would be a good idea.&nbsp; "&nbsp; Yeah, once he returns we'll be able to see what we can do to start setting things up.&nbsp; I don't know about you guys but this seems like just the beginning, we have a lot of work ahead of us."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 02:42:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He nodded. Just sitting still never really sat well with him, but perhaps it was for the best. In fact, he could use a bath, and the sea water looked quite inviting. Even Augments sweat. Especially traipsing through sweltering jungles. <br><br>"Very well then. If anyone has need of me, I will be a quarter mile down the coastline bathing. &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>undisclosedtoyou</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 02:50:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She looked up at the mention of bathing and wrinkling her nose, sniffed at her self.&nbsp; She wasn't big on high heats, and all that walking had made her sweat a great deal.&nbsp; "I think that's a good idea.&nbsp; Mind some company?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 03:14:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Regardless of whether unisex bathing taboos persisted in human culture as a whole, they did not exist in Augment culture. Male or Female, Augmented soldiers did everything together, and that included bathing. "Not at all. This way. &nbsp;"He gestured down the coastline, and began walking alongside her once she was ready. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 03:47:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hearing the word bath, Aura quickly shifted through her rucksack.&nbsp; "Bath?"<br>Following her ears she locked step with the Sheriff and Botanist.&nbsp; "May I join your bath?"&nbsp; She held up her left hand in which she held a small ball of light green.&nbsp; "I come bearing gifts."&nbsp; The smell was delicious and unique to each person smelling it.&nbsp; To aura it smelled of dogwood and lavender.&nbsp; Keeping in step she explained, "It's Zerbian scent soap."&nbsp; Like a proud parent she showed it off passing it to the other two.&nbsp; "I made it myself and always keep some with me."&nbsp; Lena may perceive it to smell of what she longs to smell from home.&nbsp; To Zay, who knows, it might just smell like"... here she stopped to grin and look the man up and down, "grilled steaks?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>08-10-2009, 03:59:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He chuckled a bit and shook his head. "I'll always be a proud carnivore, but I tend to go for somewhat sweeter scents in my bathsoap. &nbsp;" Indeed, he caught a strong and pleasant aroma of vanilla from it. "There's a small freshwater lagoon we can use down the coastline. I saw it while I was hunting. We won't foul it as a drinking source either. It seems to be fed from an underground spring."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>10-10-2009, 21:40:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura steps to the edge of the shoreline and sticking one toe in the water, a delicious shiver flutters up her spine as the cool water hits her nerve center.&nbsp; Nicely cool without being too cold, Aura knows they will relish the cooling effect on their heat weary bodies.&nbsp; Striping quickly of all her cloths, Aura slips into the welcome coolness and ducks under the water to cool her entire body.&nbsp; Bouncing to the top, she wipes the wetness from her face and calls out, "The water is wonderful, come in!"&nbsp; With slow, languid strokes she swims toward the small waterfall on the west end of the pool.&nbsp; She carried a small piece of the soap in her left hand and would wash her hair under the falls.&nbsp; She also wanted the falls for another reason.&nbsp; Once she got there, she stood under the water and for the first time since the ship exploaded, Aura allowed herself to cry. Letting the water wash away her tears and the sound of the falls carry away her sobs, she gave into the grief that she had been pushing to the back of her mind.&nbsp; Now, in the privacy of the falls, she could let slip the tears for all those who had died coming to what they had hoped would be their new home.&nbsp; She cried for the ones who longed to settle a new world; she cried for her animals and the work they had done securing them; she cried for the crew she had cared for and most likely had lost, but most of all, she had cried for the children--all the sweet babies who had never even been woken up from stasis, who died quietly in their dreams.&nbsp; She wasn't sure how long she stood there.&nbsp; Time didn't matter when one mourned.&nbsp; Afterwards, later when she had finished her bath, she would preform her peoples remembrance ritual for those who had died.&nbsp; And then, like all her people, she would move on.&nbsp; The best way to immortalize someone, was to continue to live.&nbsp; Besides, it would be hypocritical of Aura to not, she had come alone to settle this new world.&nbsp; But for a few members of her staff, she really knew no one.&nbsp; To mourn overmuch seemed to make their deaths trite.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Heaving a heavy sigh, Aura used the soap and began cleaning herself.&nbsp; Once she was done, she swam back to where her cloths were lying, and pulled them into the water for a good scrubbing as well.<br>&nbsp;<br>Climbing out of the pool, she shook out her hair, then padded over to a flat rock and lying a drying cloth on it, stretched the length of it to sun herself for awhile.&nbsp; Seeing the Sheriff about finished with his bath, she motioned for him to join her. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>11-10-2009, 14:41:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He rose up out of the water, hidden from the waist down.Well, more like slightly above the groin down. Water dripped off his body and into the pool below, only to be swept by the gentle current toward the not so distant sea. He splashed an additonal bit of water into his face, before emerging from the pool. His own clothes were already drying in the sun on a rock and though he considered turning back into the water, Aura's beckoning gesture prompted him to walk unashamedly...and truly, one glimpse said he had little to be ashamed of...toward her. The heat on the rock felt pleasant on his skin as he stretched himself out on it beside her. It was no wonder so many reptilian species enjoyed this activity. He momentarily looked about for Mina, then turned his eyes to Aura. "Quite a long road we have traveled, to end up on this particular Rock, no? &nbsp;"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>13-10-2009, 13:17:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura smiled at Zay, "Yes, quite."<br>&nbsp;<br>Rolling onto her side, she faced the Sheriff.&nbsp; "I did want to warn you Zay, the resent check on our patient wasn't good.&nbsp; I am afraid your little mechanic friend is not going to pull through.&nbsp; We just weren't able to provide her with enough blood, nor able to stablize her quickly enough.&nbsp; At least, that is the way it looks at this point."&nbsp; Aura placed on hand on Zay's forearm in sympathy.&nbsp; She had had time to come to terms with the idea of Raine's possible death.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>13-10-2009, 19:02:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"I think Lena was friendlier with her than I. Still, that's regrettable. Not just for the obvious reasons but because we could have used someone with her skills. &nbsp;" If it had been soldiers from his old unit, he might take all of this harder. But the cold truth was he just didn't know any of the people lost well enough for their deaths to hit him on a personal level. Even in the abstact, grander scale he'd seen more mass death and carnage than this, than he cared to recall. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 04:53:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka had finished making her notes.&nbsp; Seemed a couple of nice days were in the forecast.&nbsp; She did notice that there might be some bad weather coming up.&nbsp; She had to let the guy in charge know, so they could be prepared.&nbsp; "Oh, my." she said with disbelief, "Where has the time gone."<br>&nbsp;<br>She looked up and noticed that a few had gone, including Aura. She wasn't sure if she was so in thought that she missed the announcement. She didn't feel like waiting until they returned, so she grabbed her towel, and went looking for them. <br>&nbsp;<br>Upon arriving, she saw everyone was getting their baths in.&nbsp; She stripped herself of her clothing, and ran full force into the water.&nbsp; "Yippieeeeee,"&nbsp; is all she could manage to get out.&nbsp; The water felt soooo good, that she didn't care to hold anything back.&nbsp; Coming up out of the water, she looked around and saw that Aura was laughing.&nbsp; Everyone else, however, did not see the humor.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka guessed that she had to be a little bit more reserved.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She threw a wink to Aura, at least that woman knew what Rijka was feeling. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 08:08:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura couldn't help laugh at Rijka's exuberant entrance into the water.&nbsp; The young person's Joy of life was not only contagious but also refreshing and so very needed in such harrowing times.&nbsp; The time they spent together in the tent the night previous had also meant much to Aura as it reminded her that the important thing about the last few days was that she, they were still alive.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>A need to play came over Aura as she watched Rijka's lithe form splash in the suns warmed water.&nbsp; Turning back to the Sheriff, she motioned with her hand and gave him a cocky grin, "We have bathed Sheriff, care to come in for some play."&nbsp; Not waiting for a reply, Aura pushed off their rock and sprinted into the surf, giggling after Rijka.&nbsp; When she reached her friend, she pulled her water slick body close and in an age old affirmation of life, slipped her lips over other's and kissed her as she stroked her face.&nbsp; Waving to Zay to join them, she dove under the water and reaching behind Rijka tickled the weakspot behind her knees hoping to loosen her stance and bring her under the water with her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 09:42:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka loved the way Aura touched her face, made her feel safe and warm.&nbsp; Kissing Aura back, she puled away and stuck her tongue out at her.<br>&nbsp;<br>Falling backwards into the water, she caught Aura's leg and pulled to make her fall too.&nbsp; Standing up, she laughed heartily and wiped the hair from her face.&nbsp; This light laughter and horsing around is just what Rijka needed to lighten her mood.<br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka looked behind Aura at everyone and was wondering if anyone else would join the fun.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 20:31:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Play? It had been decades since he had played at anything. Once he was put into the Barracks the only play he was allowed were team-building exercises with him and his unit. He tilted his head and watched the two women. Then with a faint smile he rose. They wanted to see play? Fine, he'd show them play. With a single superhuman leap, he catapulted himself into the center of the pool like a human cannonball, splashing all parties around heavily.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 20:41:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka heard a huge splash, and felt the wake of a wave hitting her in the back.&nbsp; Wiping her face, Rijka looked at Zay, and let out a laugh that almsot made her piss herself.&nbsp; She did not expect Zay to even come in.&nbsp; Boy did he ever, with one hell of a splash.<br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka took her hand and playfully splashed back at Zay.&nbsp; For the first time since crash landing, she felt that everyone was finally getting to know everyone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>14-10-2009, 22:05:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura, after a few minutes coughing her lungs free of the water she had swallowed when a huge wave had caught her unawares from Zay's wicked cannon ball, yelled "take no prisoners"&nbsp; in a voice choking with laughter.&nbsp; "Lets get him Rijka! First one to the top of the mountain wins!" Aura motioned to Rijka that in this case the Mountain would be Zay himself.&nbsp; Mountain was a swimming game she had suddenly remembered playing once as a child when the teachers had taken them to study water animals, and left alone for a few hours, one of the older children had initiated the game. She had no doubt that Zay would not have any difficulty stopping the two women from dunking him under the water, but still, it would be fun to try.<br>&nbsp;<br>Swimming swiftly to the man, Aura giggled and asked, "Do you dare be the man mountain, or " she taunted, "are you afraid?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 01:16:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Is there a rule against the mountain fighting back?"<br><br>Then, before she could actually answer, he grabbed for her shoulders to try and push her under the water first!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 02:04:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka saw Aura lunge towards Zay, and he caught her right before she reached him.&nbsp; Down she went.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>"Hmm," Rijka said, and dove down into the depths of the water, to find Zay's legs.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Just as soon as she saw Aura back on her feet, she pulled Zay's out from under him. <br>&nbsp;<br>Then she popped back up out of the water, saw Aura, and giggled heartily.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 02:11:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura high fived Rijka and signaling her by counting out one, two, three on her fingers that both woman should jump on the Sheriff as soon as he came rising out of the water.&nbsp; When Zay came up, Aura launched, and wraping her long legs around Zay's waist, attached herself firmly to Zay's left arm resting her chin on his head.&nbsp; Laughing as her co-conspiritor did the same, Aura locked her legs with Rijka's and chortled to Zay, "Whatcha gonna do now big guy?"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 03:37:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It didn't take long for the fact that two beautiful and naked women were jumping all over him to have a rather visible, and profound a effect on him down below. Still, he continued on as if he himself were oblivious, and simply laughed. "I must say, of all the times i've found myself in a tactically unsound situation none were ever quite this amusing. I suppose I could take a deep breath, drop below, and see which of the three of us can hold our breath longest. Then again, I could just do this. &nbsp;"<br><br>He worked just enough of his arms loose to pinch both women's behinds very sharply, simultaneously. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 04:03:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka's voice went peculiarly high pitched, and she said "OW."<br>&nbsp;<br>She turned sharply, and lifted herself to Zay's ear, and whispered with intent and a huge smile, "You'd better kiss that, Sheriff."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 04:04:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura slid her one leg down rubbing against Zay's "profound effect."&nbsp; With wide eyes she was about to comment when she felt his sharp pinch on her behind.&nbsp; Refusing to let go to rub it, she let out a loud squeak.&nbsp; With a full grin on her face she leaned in to lick his ear and purr, "Oh Sheriff, You better kiss that and make it all better."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 06:04:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Very much liking this new turn of events, he said "Patience ladies. Even an Aug man has but one pair of lips."<br><br>Setting them back on their feet for the moment, he took both women strongly by their hands and led them back toward the rock he and Aura had been sunning upon. That aforementioned profound effect seemed to have grown considerably more profound by this point. Though most social experiences were, by and large new to him sex was not one of them. Augment barracks were co-ed, and Augment drives and urges were as enhanced as their physical and mental functions were in some regards. <br><br>He turned then, pulling each into a powerful one-armed embrace. His hands slid around to each of their backsides and gently, soothingly rubbed where he had been pinching before. "Forgive me. &nbsp;" It only half sounded like a request. The other half was almost a command. One he punctuated by pressing his lips lightly against Rijka's, and then mirroring the action with Aura. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 06:41:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The aforementioned effect, was having an effect on Rijka's libido.&nbsp; Sure, she liked the time with Arua, and preferred to be with a woman but every once in a while, she had to admit, a good pounding was in order.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka was so hoping that Aura would be up for showing the sheriff a good time.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 07:31:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura's eyes widened at Zay's very very impressive special effect.&nbsp; "Well Sheriff, are you just going to point that thing at me, or are you going to use it?&nbsp; I do hope its the later."&nbsp; She purred.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 18:36:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Then I musn't dissapoint you." He gave Aura another breif, but heated kiss, before stepping around behind Rijka. One hand firmly held her hip, and the other pressed between her shoulder blades, bending her over so she could brace herself against the rock. He knelt down then, and pressed a breif kiss to the spot he'd pinched earlier. He kissed it again, and slid one hand up her inner thigh. Then, with his free hand he curled a finger toward Aura, beckoning her to come beside Rijka. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>15-10-2009, 22:19:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka bent over willingly for Zay.&nbsp; She felt the warmth of his kiss and his hands on her thighs. She shivered with excitement.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 03:13:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&nbsp;"Then I mustn't disappoint you." said the Sheriff.&nbsp; <br>Aura, looking at Zay up and down, as he said this, then looking him in the eyes, replied, "Oh Sheriff, my Sheriff, I don't think that disappointment is something I will be concerned about."&nbsp; Seeing him motion her to him.&nbsp; Aura walked sedately over to stand next to Rijka as he had beckoned.&nbsp; "Tell me what you want.&nbsp; For this, I am yours."&nbsp; Her body trembles as she waited to see what the Sheriff would have of her.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 04:00:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Whatever I want? Well, let's see about that. " He kissed Aura's picnhed spot as well, with a faint grin. Then he moved his mouth back over to Rijka, and teased the outer lips of her cunt with the tip of his tongue. Just for a few seconds, just as a hint of things to come. Oh Rijka would get that good pounding she wanted. Both of them would. But there was time enough to play a little more first. "Rijka, straighten back up. Aura, kneel in front of Rijka. We're going to show her what it's like to have her cock sucked. "<br><br>He let them stew on his strange words for a few moments. But it quickly became clear what he had in mind. He positioned himself behind Rijka once she was standing straight, and slowly slid the full length of his cock between her legs. But he did not push it IN her. Instead the thick, hard shaft slid teasingly along her lower lips, until his cock emerged in front of her. If Rijka looked down now, it was almost as if his cock was in fact her cock. He kissed the back of Rijka's shoulders and neck, and massaged her hips while he waited for Aura to suck on 'Rijka's dick'.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 04:25:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka stood, and obeyed.&nbsp; She felt the hard length of Zay, slide between her legs. At that moment, she honestly felt like a man.&nbsp; She flet the kisses on her shoulders, and almost melted.&nbsp; This was the strangest feeling.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Rijka looked down, and saw this enormous cock, and it was almost as though it was her own.<br>&nbsp;<br>She waited patiently for Aura, to put her mouth on Zay's cock.............................her cock. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 04:35:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura gave Zay a puzzled look, but his meaning soon became clear when he pushed his shaft between Rijka's beautiful legs to leave some glorious inches left for Aura.&nbsp; Grinning at the fact that she would get to torment both Zay and Rijka, Aura snapped a dammed fine salute off to the Sheriff and kneeling, thought about the best way to accomplish her desired two birds in one.<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura licked her lips as she looked at both objects of her desire, then making sure her mouth was nice and slick she ever so slowly eased the tip of his head into her mouth.&nbsp; Opening her mouth wide, she circled his head with her tongue to get his as wet and slick as she could. "Rijka, will you tighten your legs hon?" She asked, but her tone said it really wasn't a question.&nbsp; She wanted the presssure of the other woman's pussy lips and thighs to bring a nice pressure on Zay's shaft.&nbsp; Aura placed her right palm over Rijka's Venus mound and taking her index and middle fingers, slicked them in Rijka's juices, then began to make slow even circles on Rijka's clit pressing down so that her clit rubbed against Zay's penis.&nbsp; Soon, Rijka was gently rocking back and forth on Zay's dick, and clenching her thighs.&nbsp; <br>Aura continued to pleasure Rijka but now gavethe majority of her attention to Zay.&nbsp; "You are so big, Zay."&nbsp; She couldn't help but smile as she said it.&nbsp; "I like it."&nbsp; She make her tongue stiff and flicked at the hole in the tip of his penis.&nbsp; Then spreading her tongue flat she made sure there was a lot of wetness and began to circle under along the rim of the head, teasing him.&nbsp; Finally wanting the fullness of him in her mouth.&nbsp; She pulled him into her mouth, careful to keep her teeth back and away from his delicate flesh, and opening her throat, brought the rest of his exposed shaft into her mouth.&nbsp; Slowly, she began to undulate the muscles in her throat to make them tighten and loosen around him.&nbsp; With her nose up against the hand working Rijka's clit, both the smell of Rijka's hot delicious sex, and Zay's stiff prick had Aura's own juices flowing down her inner thighs.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 04:50:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Skillfull hands swept up Rijka's taut body to gently knead her breasts. He pinched her nipples, teasing and playing with them as he looked down over her shoulder to watch Aura work. He groaned, a heated erotic sounds against Rijka's ear. Then with a faint whisper, he said "Look at what Rij. Look what she's doing to your big hard cock. Tell her what a good job she's doing."<br><br>He moved his lips to her earlobes, kissing and nibble. Every few minutes another groan came out as Aura skillfully worked him into her throat. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 05:07:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"That's a good girl, suck it." Rijka said, obeying Zay and very pleased with everything.&nbsp; Moans and groans escaping her throat.&nbsp; She grabbed the back of Aura's head, and guided her up and down Zay's hard pulsing cock.&nbsp; The pressure that Aura was making over her clit, was the most amazing feeling she has ever had.<br>&nbsp;<br>The feelings from deep inside her, wanted more.&nbsp; She couldn't wait.&nbsp; Aura was making this spectacular.&nbsp; Rijka had always wondered what it would be like to have a dick.&nbsp; She swore, if she ever had a dick, she would stick it in everything she could find.&nbsp; Hopefully there was a way for her to experience giving Aura a pounding.&nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 06:01:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura throated Zay's heavy cock faster at Rijka's command.&nbsp; Feeling Rijka getting even juicier,&nbsp; she began to work her fingers harder on the woman's swollen clit, circling faster and applying more pressure.&nbsp; She could feel Rijka twitch and buck under her hand. Wanting to add to Rijka's enjoyment she pushed her palm down over Rijka's mound and ground her whole hand against the writhering brunette.&nbsp; The added pressure over her pelvic bone causing stimulus to Rijka's uterus and hopefully a harder, longer orgasm.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Aura's own sex was weeping fluids, aching to be touched, sucked, fucked--anything to relieve the pressure that was almost unbarable.&nbsp; Her excitement getting the best of her, Aura dug her nails into Zay's ass.&nbsp; Not enough to draw blood, but enough to score lightly.&nbsp; Pulling her nails up and down his well muscled thighs she began to pump him in and out of her throat faster.&nbsp; One good thing about her species, they had long flexable necks that were made to be fucked.&nbsp; Aura made full use of those skills.&nbsp; As she used her throat and mouth to their full measure, she watched as Rijka worked her rock hard thighs and tight pussy over the rest of Zay.&nbsp; The sight was incredibly erotic.<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura looked up into Zay's eyes, her eyes telling him she would not stop until he told her to do so, or he loosened himself allowing her to drink his release.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 06:32:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He growled slightly, and licked his lips. He was squeezing Rijka's breasts harder now, though he knew not to squeeze too hard. "Unngh..it's time Rijka. You have to decide. In her mouth? Make her swallow every hot juicy drop so that everytime you look at her the rest of the day you know she's still carrying a little bit of you in her tummy....or on her pretty little face, marking her as yours. Choose fast, it's going to come out soon."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 07:09:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka, so close to orgasm, she could almost no longer stand.&nbsp; Her clit was so swollen, and aching. She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs, but she could barely breathe.&nbsp; She heard Zay's words, so deep and seductive.&nbsp; Looking down at Aura, she growled, "Take it all baby, and don't miss a drop.&nbsp; I want to see my cum on your tongue."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Just as Zay was about to come, Rijka reached around and took his balls gently in her hand.&nbsp; She knew the warmth of her hand woud make the experience more intense for Zay.&nbsp; She turned and kissed Zay bit his lip slightly, and said, "Cum now, I want to see everything."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 07:46:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Like a volcanic eruption, big hot explosions of semen began to pump into Aura's mouth. At the same moment Zay forced a powerful, intense kiss into Rijka's lips as she tilted her face back and up toward him. It was almost as if he were trying to devour her, groaning and grunting into her mouth, sharing the sounds of his pleasure with her, so that she could claim them as her own. At the last spurt, he stopped. "Don't swallow it all now. Remember, she wants to see it on your tongue"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 08:03:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura slid back as he announced his intent and began to suckle as he came, drinking from his pulsing member as he exploaded.&nbsp; His taste was clean with just a bit of salt.&nbsp; Aura saved the last bit like Rijka had commanded, then rising but still keeping her hand at Rijka's swollen hot spot, she pulled Rijka's fact forward and opening her own mouth and rolling her tongue, showed the proof of Zay's powerful orgasm to the woman in his arms.&nbsp; Grabbing Rijka, Aura leaned in and in a deep kiss, passed what was left to fill Rijka's mouth.&nbsp; "Now you know how you taste too," she purred. With a heated look right into Rijka's eyes, she commanded in a firm voice, "Now, come for me baby.&nbsp; I want to feel you," and she the three middle fingers of her loose hand into Rijka's tight box.&nbsp; Aura laughed a deep low sound, and bit her lip, Rijka was so hot and tight and wet.&nbsp; "Feeling the other woman's vaginal muscles greedily clutch at her hand Aura knew it wouldn't be long before she came too.&nbsp; Aura moaned, I can feel you coming; you feel so good.&nbsp; That's it, come for me."
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 08:20:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<span style="font-size: 1em;" class="bbc_size"> Rijka moaned as she felt Zay pulse between her legs. She moved away from Zay's mouth long enough to watch Aura in action. Watching her suck down all the cum was so exciting, she almost came. When Aura stood to share the cum with her, she greedily took all that she could. Still swallowing, she felt Aura's fingers begin to rthymically brings her to orgasm. She wanted to come so hard, and she never wanted it to end. She felt Aura's hand now on her breast, and she leaned over tenderly and kissed her, and she began to feel the wave flush over her. Rijka leaned over just a bit, to get in arms length of Aura's sweet wetness. She whispered, "Fuck me baby." as she took Aura in her hand, and felt the wetness that was starting to run down her thigh. She slid her fingers easily over Aura's now swollen clit, and began to rub. Rijka could feel Aura's body begin to move with her.<br>She looked over her shoulder and up at Zay. She could see the beginning of him swelling again.</span>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>16-10-2009, 23:31:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He'd barely even begun to soften when he hardened all over again. There are definite perks to having an Augmented-Human lover instead of a common human. His behavior now was noticably different than before and there's a reason for it. Augments did not merely have enhanced human abilities, but also posessed enhanced human drives and urges. The intensive mental disciplining of their superior minds and intellects allowed them to compartmentalize parts of themselves that interfered in the day to day execution of their duties...like sex drive. But now Zay's sex drive was front and center, and free to indulge it's every wanton need and urge. <br><br>His thick long shaft was still nestled firmly between Rijka's thighs. Aura's fingers grazing against it as she worked them into Rijka. When Rijka looked back at him her kissed her again, hard. Then he coaxed Aura forward and kissed her too. "I think she's had enough tease Aura. Guide me into her. &nbsp;"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 00:04:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura wrinkled her nose at Zay; she had hoped to be at least first at that,&nbsp; but did as he bid anyway.&nbsp; Gently guiding Rijka back against the smooth flat rock, she placed each of Rijka's legs up and back so that the short haired woman's heals were resting against her hips, then spreading her knees wide, she her pussy a wide open target for the big man.&nbsp; Turning to Zay, she gave him a sizzling hot look, and grasping his cock firmly she tugged gently pulling him forward to line him up with his prize.&nbsp; Still holding onto his thick member, she rubbed the tip of him over Rijka's wetness making sure that he was totally slick.&nbsp; Sticking her fingers inside the woman she slicked them quickly and added that wetness to his cock by lightly rubbing his prick with her fingers.&nbsp; "Looks like you are all ready to go."&nbsp; She couldn't help but pout a bit to herself as she stared at what she was missing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 00:13:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka shook her head and stood, she wanted Aura to feel something from this.&nbsp; She wanted Aura to experience the hardness of Zay's cock.&nbsp; She laid Aura down.&nbsp; Since Zay was already slicked up from her own wetness, she had no doubts about Aura being ready.&nbsp; Aura was laying all the way down and Rijka thought for a sec, <em>'hmm, wonder if she would mind me sitting on her face, while Zay is pounding away?'</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 00:34:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura noticed Rijka's expression, and having a fondness for the woman, wouldn't let her be left out either.&nbsp; "Come pet, she said to the smaller brunette, I have someplace special for you to sit. But be warned, When I am close to orgasm, I bite."&nbsp; And motioning for her female lover to come closer, she smirked, "I long to taste you again," patting her upper chest, she invited Rijka to sit.&nbsp; Then pulling her forward and down, she buried her fast tongue in the weatherwise's wetness.&nbsp; She wiggled her bottom at the Sheriff to let him know she was fully ready for him.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 00:37:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				For a moment, he almost forcefully put Rijka back in place. His more sexually agressive characteristics were being stirred to the surface by the sexuality and beauty of the two women before him. But really, it didn't matter which he took first. He was going to have them both...repeatedly...before they returned from this lagoon. He'd been saving Aura simply because he had already penetrated into her mouth and thought Rijka would like to be taken now. But it didn't matter. He'd take the mouths and cunts...and maybe more... of both women before this was done. Licking his lips with aniticipation he positioned himself. He knew Aura's species to be physically more sturdy than most. He wouldn't have to hold back much when he pounded into her. <br><br>He placed his hand over her Pelvic bone, firmly pinning her down even as his thumb began to play and tease at her clit. With the other hand he began to press teasing, shallow thrusts into her.&nbsp; Fucking her slowly with just the thick bulbous mushroom head of his cock.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 01:00:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"unnnn Aura moaned low in her throat, as the Sheriff held her down and began to play with her clit.&nbsp; How he knew she was a bucker was beyond her.&nbsp; She loved the pressure of his hand there, and the feel of his thumb working her slick clit was incredible.&nbsp; But when he finally penetrated her throbbing hole with the thick head of his cock, she had to still herself for a moment to allow for his size.&nbsp; While she had totally enjoyed her sexual experiences, she hadn't had a vast amount of them.&nbsp; His length and girth were startling, but she knew she could take them completely.&nbsp; She felt herself stretch to accommodate the thickness of his head.&nbsp; She let out a feral growl, and began to undulate her hips in time with his thrusts.&nbsp; Feeling Rijka climax in her mouth, Aura guided the other woman off of her, to concentrate fully on the man standing between her legs fucking her so tantalizingly.&nbsp; Reaching up with one hand, Aura began to stroke Zay's chest, she wanted to beg him to fuck her harder, but she didn't--letting him be totally in control of their sex play.&nbsp; Aura lifted her legs and placed her feet lightly on Zay's shoulder to give him greater access to her continuing to moan and give off little gasps.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 02:38:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh she would get it very hard, very soon. But most women needed a bit of time to adjust to his size so he continued to rock his hips firmly but gently, each shallow thrust becoming a little less shallow than the last. Deeper, and deeper. Giving her time to get comfortable with all that thick hardness inside her. The slowness of it just served to build the anticipation for what was yet to come. He leaned down to give her a slow, deep kiss. He wanted to taste all the sweet juices Rijka had left behind on Aura's face. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 09:32:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura gave off gasping squeaks as Zay stroked deeper inside her.&nbsp; Her vagina stung but she wasn't about to complain because the other, sweet electric sensations his actions were more than making up for the slight pain. When he reached down and pulled her in for a deep kiss, she sucked on his tongue, then nipped at his lips as she felt an orgasm beginning to build deep inside her as well as one centering her clit.&nbsp; Aura began to almost frantically clench her vaginal muscles against&nbsp; Zay's stiff shaft as her first orgasm overcame her.&nbsp; she stuffed her hand into her mouth and bit down to stifle the screams&nbsp; that escaped her, still as the Sheriff continued to go deeper, and Aura after a moment where her body had completely relaxed, began to accept even more of Zay's manhood.&nbsp; "mmm aahh, she moaned,"&nbsp; then looking him in the eyes, whispered in a voice horse from her screams, "More, please." wanting to take all the man had to offer. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 14:13:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Once she was ready, he shoved the last few inches in very suddenly, which might rip a sudden gasp from her even though she was adjusted to him now. Then he slowly dragged that long shaft out of her, taking what felt like an eternity until it was halfway out...and slammed it back in. He withdrew again, a bit faster than before and then slammed back forward. Soon the only thing louder than his grunts of animalistic pleasure was the sound of his flesh slapping against hers as he pounded her against the rock, giving Rijka a glimpse of what lay in store for her. He knew Aura's species could take much of the strength his hips had to offer, so he fucked her mercilessly. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 14:46:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When Zay suddenly slammed all of himself into her she lifted almost completely off the rock; the only thing holding her down was his hand at her pelvis. She took in a long gasping breath and then let out a low guttural scream.&nbsp; Pulling her legs down from his shoulders, she wrapped them around his waist and locked them on his back.&nbsp; Then pulling herself up, she wrapped her arms around Zay's neck, and began to rub her breasts against his chest and grind her hips to match his thrusts.&nbsp; He seemed to be fucking to the very core of her.&nbsp; Laying her head on the broadness of his shoulder, she began to rake her nails up and down his back leaving little scratches behind.&nbsp; Quickly building to another orgasm, Aura's low groans turned to gasps as she clenched against his engorged shaft again and again.&nbsp; Just when she thought she was going to go insane from the pleasure, she was standing at the edge of her orgasm, and then Zay gave a deep thrust and she went spiraling out of control.&nbsp; &nbsp;She turned her face to his shoulder and screamed out her fulfillment in his name, "Zay!" quickly followed by "I'm cumming, I'm cumming,"&nbsp; All of Aura's muscles were clenching.&nbsp; All ten of her toes still locked behind Zay's back, were locked tight in a little foot fist.&nbsp; Still, the pleasure continued, one orgasm ended and another began, and Aura soon was lost to everything but what was happening at the apex of her and Zay. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>17-10-2009, 18:31:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He managed to hold out as her vaginal muscles clenched and spasmed their way through the first orgasm. But the second broke even his ability to resist, and he began to thrust very rapidly as a wave of cum so large you'd never beleive he had filled her belly such a short while ago began to fill her womb. He wrapped both arms around her when she rose to bring their chests together, her name mingling in amongst his groans as they both rode along the wave of their climax. When he was at last done, he gently pressed Aura back down onto her back, and leaned down over her. He kissed again, another long, slow, and warm pressing of lips, before glancing sideways at Rijka and smiling. "Don't worry. I've plenty left for you. &nbsp;"
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>18-10-2009, 06:35:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura leaned into Zay's kiss and gave it back in equal measure.&nbsp; It was a kiss of thanks and of fondness.&nbsp; She was not a wonton creature, but only shared herself with those she personally considered close for whatever strange reason only know to herself. It was good that he too looked on her with some small fondness.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>Aura, both exhausted and riding and endorphin high, rolled onto her side and gave off soft intermitten laughter that was occasionally punctuate by a hiccup.&nbsp; She tried to lift her arm but was too exhausted.&nbsp; "Giddy Up Rijka," she managed weakly.&nbsp; For a moment the realization that she was now ruined for other men flashed through her mind.&nbsp; Oh, not that they couldn't have sex with her, but that she would never be satisfied by anyone less than him.&nbsp; And he was unique to this world.&nbsp; Worried for a second, Aura almost cried, then her body shook with a residual orgasm.&nbsp; Giggling softly to herself, she rode it out and reasoned that she was the only one of her and she could take all of him, maybe she spoiled him too.&nbsp; With a huge smirk spread across her face, she drifted off to sleep sated by Zay and warmed by the suns.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>20-10-2009, 01:59:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka loved to watch people fuck.&nbsp; She was a voyer at heart.&nbsp; She slid over to where Zay could slide in pretty easily.&nbsp; HEr heart was pounding, and her clit wanted him.&nbsp; Every inch he could spare would make her more of a woman than she had ever planned.&nbsp; She wanted him to fuck her...<br>&nbsp;<br>"Zay, take me now, if you think you are "man" enough," she said with a slur of anger.&nbsp; She thought to herself 'Don't be nice about it either.'
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 00:22:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Be careful what you ask for. &nbsp;" He teased her a bit at first. His cock still glistening with Aura's cum and his own. He smeared the erotic mixture around her inner thighs, against her outer lips...against her aching clit. <br><br>He was going to fuck her gently. By Augment standards. By her standards, it was going to be the most vicious and brutal plowing she'd ever received. He licked his lips with anticipation. "Gentle" sex was fun too. Not better or worse than the rough fuck he'd given Aura. It was like comparing your favorite fruit to your favorite meat. Both loved, just in different ways. <br><br>He couldn't use his full strength on Rijka, but even half his strength was sure to be greater than all but a handful of races in the galaxy could muster. Once he was done teasing, he started to push that fat swollen head into her. His other hand grabbed her hard by the back of her neck, and pulled her forward until they were forehead-to-forehead. He stared agressively into her eyes. He knew that even though this was going to be fairly gentle by his standards, she was in for a very...VERY...rough ride. "You sure you're ready for this Rijka?"<br><br>Even though the words themselves might seem concerned, his tone was teasing...challenging. As if daring her to say yes. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 00:44:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rijka felt the huge head of Zay's swollen cock enter her.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>All she could say was, "Yes!"<br>&nbsp;<br>She took a few breaths, and reared her head back from his for a moment.&nbsp; She wanted all of him in her.&nbsp; None of this teasing.&nbsp; Her species may not have been as strong as Aura's, but she was ready.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She turned to see Aura, still laying on the rocks, still recovering from the pounding she had just gotten.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She was ready, and completely opened herself up to Zay.<br>&nbsp;<br>"I am ready when you are..." she said.&nbsp; Her breath heavy...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 00:51:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				He had worked himself slowly into Aura, giving her time to get accustomed to the feel of such a massive cock sliding into her. But he decided he was already being merciful enough as it is. So as soon as she said yes, he thrust every single inch of his cock all the way into her, until their bodies met. He sifled her scream by crushing a powerful kiss against her lips with his own.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 00:59:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Covering her mouth with his welcomed kiss, she groaned deep in her throat.&nbsp; "Oh, DAMN...SHIT...FUCK!!!!!."&nbsp; It hurt, but at the same time, was so utterly pleasing.<br>&nbsp;<br>She had never been so filled with cock, that it would hurt.&nbsp; But this man, Zay, had done it.&nbsp; Every nerve ending inside of her wanted more.&nbsp; She thought she had only wispered it in her own head, but <strong>no</strong> she had said it aloud, "Ah, yeah.&nbsp; That is what I had been waiting for."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>She needed this.&nbsp; More than she had needed anything.&nbsp; Air, water, food...nope, they did not compare to the fullness she felt with Zay.<br>&nbsp;<br>"Please Zay, more.&nbsp; Do something more. Let me ride you.&nbsp; I want you deeper, harder, and faster,"&nbsp; she said still out of breath.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheRedFear</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 01:17:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh...I don't know. I really had my heart set on plowing you until you couldn't even stand, let alone walk...but since you said please I guess I can make an exception this time." He licked his lips, and grabbed onto her hips so that she wouldn't slide off his cock when he stood up. Of course, it was so big and hard in her, it probably felt like he could hold her in the air with nothing but that thick, pulsing peice of meat. <br><br>Then he slowly lowered them down next to the napping Aura, sliding onto his back so Rijka could be on top. He glanced over at Aura's behind, and noticed his semen was slowly trickling out of her still-soaked cunt. He reached over, inserting a few fingers into her. He didn't seem especially concerned about whether or not this new penetration woke her up. Once his fingers were heavily coated in that warm mixture of his and Aura's cum, he pulled them out, and reached up to Rijka. To give her a taste of what his cum and aura's was like mixed together. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>21-10-2009, 04:29:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura wiggled her behind when when she felt something enter her.&nbsp; Her lips formed a pout when it was gone so quickly, had it been a moment longer she might have woken up and searched for it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Restart [Novus]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chelemar</strong> on <strong>23-10-2009, 10:38:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aura woke from her short nap refreshed to see that Rijka and Zay were still going at each other.&nbsp; Reaching over to kiss them both, she then jumped down from the rock.&nbsp; Hot from the delicious drilling Zay had given her and from sleeping in the suns she ran across the sands and jumped into the suns warmed water.&nbsp; Swimming under its refreshing coolness until her lungs needed oxygen, she quickly resurfaced and made her way to shore.&nbsp; Feeling better than she had in ages, it was good just to celebrate being alive.<br>&nbsp;<br>Aura grabbed her now dry clothing and sorting through it, pulled on the least amount of clothing she could get away with and still feel comfortable-- her sports bra, boy shorts, cotton socks and boots.&nbsp; Taking the diamond edged knife and her scanner, she shouted to the two on the rock, "Going for food, and headed off into the jungle."&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>The late afternoon noises were amazing and many were similar to her home world and even that of earth.&nbsp; Some sounded remarkably like bird calls, yet the creature making such noises were as far from birds as could be described.&nbsp; Gone for about twenty minutes, Aura came upon a lizardlike creature, scanning it for edibility, she found it had all the nutritional values they needed and was not poisonous.&nbsp; Instead of being long thought, this creature was wide as though it were a gumby that some stretched the other way.&nbsp; Stiffling a giggle, Aura made a noise to see if it frightened.&nbsp; The creature immediately changed to match the color surrounding it, and froze in place.&nbsp; She could sense fear in it, but no higher functions.&nbsp; Grateful it was not sentient, she killed it quickly so as to cause it as little pain as possible.&nbsp; Slitting it's throat and slicing it open, she drained the blood and cleaned its insides out, leaving them there for some other hungry creature.&nbsp; Slinging the lizardthing over her back, she made her way back to base and began skinning her kill to roast on a fire.
			</dd>
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