<Katrina`> Session 37: The Decisions We Make
<Katrina`> Time Chart: 1 day after last session
<Katrina`> Location: The Aquarius
* Katrina` paces the bridge, looking tired and a little sick.
* Shiva lies in the Medical Bay
* Sardis is about.
* DocBlack sits in her office, looking out at Shiva. She's done everything she can, just time is needed for healing.
<Katrina`> .oO (What ... do I do? Skaad is dead...Namarie is missing...)
<Katrina`> Ensign 2: What should we do, sir?
* Shiva life signs fluctuate, and she stirs in her bed, her life signs returning back to normal
<Katrina`> I... don't know. What's the Captain or Commander when you need them?
<Sardis> NRP: Stupid brother annoying me!
<Katrina`> NRP: Where's.
* DocBlack eyes Shiva, and walks over to her bed, "Welcome to the land of the living."
* Shiva is asleep
* DocBlack shrugs, and motions for a nurse to keep watch. She ambles up to the bridge.
<Katrina`> Skippy: We need to do something. Command is going to have us meet back up with the Captain in a bit and if she learns what happened...
* Shiva stirs in her bed again, obviously something she's dreaming about is bugging her
* Katrina` sighs, brushing back her long red hair.
* DocBlack enters the bridge, and sits down beside Katrina, "Shiva's life signs have returned to normal."
<Katrina`> That's good...thank God...
<DocBlack> How are you holding up?
<Katrina`> Not well. I don't know what to do next. We're two crew members short, Jarivan wants us bad --- and for some reason, Gaven was there.
* Sardis heads up to the bridge.
<DocBlack> You should sleep.When was the last time you slept?
<Katrina`> I...don't know. Sometime before our mission...I think. *Rubs her red eyes*
<DocBlack> Sleep, or I'll give you something to make you sleep
<Katrina`> I can't...not right now, Doctor. We have little time before the Captain and Commander come back. I need...to fix this, somehow.
* DocBlack rolls her eyes, "Right, the MO of every CO."
<Katrina`> MO?
<DocBlack> motive operandi
<Katrina`> Oh.
* DocBlack shrugs, and sips from her flask, "Look, take an hour or three, get yourself together. We can do a few scans of the region for Namarie while you're napping."
* Shiva mutters in her sleep. "Why did.....Why...."
<Katrina`> We'd have to go back to Jarivan to scan for him. And that could risk them finding us.
<DocBlack> Are there any places we could hide a ship? Astroid belts? Places of high radiation?
<Katrina`> No.
* Caladia is away -( Sleeping. )- at 12:10a -( P:On / L:On )-
*** Caladia is now known as Cally-Sleeping
* DocBlack sighs, "Then we wait for the captain, and you rest your pretty little eyes."
<Katrina`> I can't just sit here. We need to go back...but I don't know how.
<Katrina`> I mean, Skaad might even be alive. We can't just sit here doing nothing. What if Namarie was caught, too?
* DocBlack sighs softly, "Can you pull up a map of the system?"
<Katrina`> Skippy: *brings up a map of the Jarivan system. Two planets, only one inhabitant, and a single star*
* DocBlack pouts her lips, and swishes som whiskey around her mouth.
<DocBlack> Hrm. We could come in behind the uninhabited planet?
<Katrina`> It would buy us only a little time. They run patrols through there to make sure pirates aren't lurking to rob incoming and outgoing ships.
<DocBlack> What about the star? How much can we use the radiation as a cover?
<Katrina`> It wouldn't hide us. Jarivan's big on security.
<Katrina`> But---I do have an idea.
<DocBlack> And the ship won't surrive a brash out in the open swoop, would it?
* Katrina` grins suddenly, like a little kid.
<DocBlack> Idea? Spill it tuts.
* DocBlack frowns, getting a sinking feeling in her gut
<Katrina`> Well, if we drop the Aquarius in behind the planet, we can use an unmarked shuttle and launch some of our people from it. Then, the Aquarius can re-enter hyperspace and the shuttle will come in like it's just here to gamble.
<Katrina`> What do you think?
* DocBlack nods, mulling it over, "Sounds good. But trigger happy Tsivs don't go."
<Katrina`> We need everyone we can get, Doc
<Katrina`> That's why I'm going, too.
* DocBlack sighs, "Fine, but leash the Tsiv. We don't want him blowing up more crew members."
* Katrina` hits the Aquarius PA system, turning it on
<Katrina`> All available staff members, report to the Bridge immediately for a briefing.
<Sardis> NRP: Good to go.
<Katrina`> Ensign 2, take us to the Jarivan system.
<Katrina`> Ensign 2: *nods, entering the Aquarius into hyperspace*
* Sardis stands on the bridge.
* Shiva stirs awake, sweat on her forehead and her breath heavy
<Katrina`> Sardis, we're sending a retrieval mission to pick up Namarie and learn about Skaad's fate. Plus, Corvus told me Gaven was in the Business District 1. We need to learn why Gaven was there.
<Shiva> Where.....*looks down to and gains her bearings back* That's right...I was shot..
*** X1 is now known as X1-Sleep
<DocBlack> Who's Gaven?
* Sardis nods.
<Katrina`> The Raider leader. Sardis has met him. Sardis?
* Shiva swings her legs over to the side of the bed, and starts pulling off the monitoring devices, setting the system off
<DocBlack> *the nurses smile and wave. they continue to read Cosmo mags*
<Katrina`> Skippy: I have a crew preparing an unmarked shuttle for us to travel on. I'll give it false signal codes, also.
<Sardis> He's powerful. He can materialize and dematerialize whever he sees fit, and has a mystic weapon of sorts.
<DocBlack> Great.
* Shiva push's herself up and looks over at a Nurse
<Shiva> Where's my clothes?
<Katrina`> ...the Emerald Sword. I vaguely remember that sword.
<DocBlack> *he points to the bed beside her&
<DocBlack> Emerald Sword..... where's that from?
<Sardis> You know of it, Miss Katrina?
<Katrina`> Well, yes. I do. Mainly what I remember is from Garland said to me once, but I do have some memories of him using it when I was little.
<Katrina`> I think he purposely broke it.
* Shiva grabs the clothes from the bed next to her's and looks to see a huge hole in it
<Shiva> ....Damnt...*walks off towards her room*
<Sardis> What can you tell us about it?
<Katrina`> I don't know a whole lot, sadly. But someone who knows Garland could probably tell us more. Sadly, I don't know where to get in contact with any of his friends.
<Sardis> Hrm.. I'll look into this.
* DocBlack blinks, "....the name sounds framiler...."
* DocBlack snaps her fingers, "I think he's dead."
<Katrina`> Yes. He died five years ago.
<Katrina`> Ensign 2: We'll be arriving in the Jarivan system soon. I advise you all make your way to the shuttle so you can launch immediately after we drop out of hyperspace.
* Shiva enter's her room and walks over to her closet, pulling her clothes out and quickly putting them on
<Katrina`> Alright. *steps onto the elevator, waiting for Doc and Sard to join her*
* DocBlack stands, and follows Katrina.She's oddly enough not in uniform, but in civies and her lab coat.
* Katrina` is in casual work clothes that hold no Alliance symbols on it.
<Katrina`> GM: *the elevator takes Black, Kat, and Sardis - who's taking too long to get on the elevator by himself - to the hanger*
* Katrina` steps out into the hanger.
* Sardis follows Kat, wearing...... a polyester design shirt and khakis.
* Shiva puts on her dress and her armor and walks out of her room, and towards the elevator
<Shiva> Skippy, where's the others?
<Katrina`> Pilot: You guys ready? *pokes head out of the shuttle*
* DocBlack eyes Sardis, and rolls her eyes as she follows after Katrina.
<Katrina`> GM: *the nearest terminal near Shiva activates* Hanger.
* Katrina` gets into the shuttle, sitting near the front. She buckles up. It's the law.
* Sardis notes one day DocBlack's eyes will stick that way.
<Shiva> .....*Steps onto the elevator and takes it down to the Hanger*
* DocBlack snickers and walks for the shuttle
* DocBlack sits in the shuttle, in the far back corner.
* Shiva reaches the hanger and exits, walking towards the unmarked shuttle
<Katrina`> GM: *The Aquarius drops out of hyperspace. The time table has begun*
* Katrina` checks her comm, quietly giving Ensign 2 and Skippy instructions*
* Shiva walks onto the shuttle and puts her hand on a chair, a pain shooting through her abdominal area, causing her face to contort
<Katrina`> Shiva! You shouldn't be here -- you're hurt! You need to rest up!
<Katrina`> Ensign 2 on comm: You need to go. Now. Go go go.
* DocBlack sighs.
* Shiva looks at her in the eyes
<Shiva> And you should be sleeping right now,..
<Katrina`> ... *looks worried, but bites her tongue. She leans back*
* Shiva sits down slowly, her face showing pain
<DocBlack> And we should all be plastered and drunk right now, let's go.
<Katrina`> Shuttle: *lifts off and flies out of the Aquarius hanger. Moments later, the Aquarius leaps back into hyperspace*
<Katrina`> Pilot: *begins to fly them around the planet and into normal traffic space. Jarivan looks a little less busy today than it was yesterday. Probably due to the shoot out incident*
* Shiva looks to see who's all on the shuttle
* DocBlack rests her head against the window and looks out
<Katrina`> Scan for Namarie first. He can live in space.
<Katrina`> Pilot: Aye. *scans*
<Katrina`> Co-Pilot: *handles the talks with Jarivan*
<Katrina`> GM: *Kat, Doc, Sardis, and 2 pilots*
<Shiva> ....Won't they recognise Sardis?
<Katrina`> A lot of Tsivrixshs come here. Probably not. But they might remember the Doc.
<DocBlack> I would think yes.
* Sardis nods.
<DocBlack> Why me?
<Katrina`> You WERE in the custody briefly.
<DocBlack> How many perps do you think they arrest daily?
<Katrina`> Not many. But how many blow up cars, then have a Gear come to rescue them, then enter an Alliance ship and flee?
<Katrina`> NRP: Er, Many
<Katrina`> Pilot: I think we've located Namarie. But he's out of the fly zone we're allowed to be in. What shall we do?
* Katrina` glances at the others.
<Katrina`> Should we go after him? This shuttle won't be much against the Jarivan ships if they decide we're a threat.
*** Disconnected
*** Attempting to rejoin...
*** Rejoined channel #taw
*** Topic is 'Session 37: The Decisions We Make - Has Sardis' shooting the thermite killed Skaad and left his body in Jarivan hands? And is Namarie lost forever? Katrina's acting on her own cost the Aquarius a lot - but there's one bit of information to be gained: Gaven has ties to Jarivan. Will the team return?'
*** Set by DeathStar on Wed Mar 19 00:16:53
<Sardis> ...damn, I think we're PAUSED. :P
<Katrina`> Grrr, damn connection.
<Katrina`> UNPAUSE
<Katrina`> Pilot: I think we've located Namarie. But he's out of the fly zone we're allowed to be in. What shall we do?
* Katrina` glances at the others.
<Katrina`> Should we go after him? This shuttle won't be much against the Jarivan ships if they decide we're a threat.
<Shiva> Try comming him
<Sardis> If we won't stand much of a chance, why would they think we're a threat?
* DocBlack shrugs, "Comm him."
<Katrina`> He's in space. He couldn't communicate back with us.
<Sardis> Tell him to join on our position?
<Katrina`> Maybe we can get his attention though.
<Shiva> Morse Code?
* Katrina` whispers something to the pilot.
<Katrina`> Pilot: Aye. *begins to flash the shuttle lights at Namarie's position*
<Namarie> NRP:brb
<Katrina`> Co-Pilot: Uh, Jarivan is wondering if we're having a light malfuction. They're offering to send some gears out to help us.
<DocBlack> NRP: Got to go.
*** DocBlack has quit IRC (Quit: Now the flood gates may not hold, though we may race and we may run, we cannot change what has been done.)
<Sardis> NRP: This sucks!
<Shiva> Tell them the flasher is malfunctioning, but we'
* Namarie blinks as he sees the light and flies towards it (now brb)
<Shiva> Tell them the flasher is malfunctioning, but we're working on it now
<Katrina`> .
<Katrina`> Co-Pilot: Right. *does so*
* Sardis looks out the window
<Katrina`> Co-Pilot: I believe they fell for it, sir.
* Namarie flies up next to the shuttle and looks in at Sardis
* Sardis looks at Namarie.
<Sardis> He's outside.
* Katrina` waves at Namarie, then points at the back of the shuttle.
Session Close: Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 2003

Session Start: Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 2003
Session Ident: #taw
* Namarie nods as he waves back to Kat, before moving to the back of the shuttle
<Katrina`> GM: *a back room, closed off from the rest of the shuttle. A door opens up in front of Namarie, allowing him in this room*
* Shiva leans back in her chair, letting out a breath of air
* Namarie moves into this room
<Katrina`> GM: *the exit to space closes off and the pressure in the back equals out. Namarie can now open the door to the passenger compartment*
* Namarie enters the passenger compartment and looks towards the others, waving in greatings
* Katrina` looks happy.
* Sardis notes Namarie.
<Katrina`> You're alive. Oh, thank goodness.
<Katrina`> I was worried they got you, too.
<Sardis> NRP: <Goodness> Anytime.
<Namarie> Well i might be tall to you, but i`m kinda tinty to large ships
<Katrina`> Pilot: Heading for Jarivan now. Where should we go - Casino Area #5 where Skaad last was, or Business District #1 where Gaven was at?
<Sardis> We need to get Skaad.
<Katrina`> They probably moved him out of the area, though.
<Katrina`> If he's dead, I don't know where the body is. If he's alive, he might be in any jail on the planet.
* Sardis nods.
<Katrina`> Pilot: Well, you all decide on our location.
<Katrina`> Well, Sardis - Shiva, where do you think we should go?
<Sardis> Gaven.
<Shiva> Doesn't matter.
<Katrina`> Pilot: Heading for Business District #1, then. Good luck.
<Katrina`> Shuttle: *enters the Jarivan atmosphere*
<Katrina`> GM: *the business district is very different from the casino the team was at before. This area has several tall buildings, filled to the brink with various business corporations across the galaxy.*
<Katrina`> GM: *the shuttle lands in a parking area in the center of the business district*
<Katrina`> Well, I'm not sure how to go about it, but I hear Gaven had a meeting in the Jarivan bank. I'm going to follow you guys on this one, since I don't know the best way to go about finding information.
<Katrina`> And maybe we can learn what happened to Skaad, too.
* Sardis steps off the shuttle.
* Katrina` follows Sardis. She adjusts a saber hanging on her side.
<Katrina`> GM: *the first bank of Jarivan can be seen down the street from the parking area*
<Sardis> Ah, er.... *looks around*
<Katrina`> Well, Shiva, any ideas on what we should do?
* Shiva steps off behind Kat
* Namarie follows out behind Katrina, almost stumbling due to the readjustment to gravity and walking lots
* Namarie sighs and sits down for a few moments next to the shuttle
* Shiva looks around
<Katrina`> GM: *several aliens in fancy clothes - well, I guess for THEIR culture, it looks more like Earth's disco era - walk by*
<Shiva> What do we know about Gaven?
* Sardis fits in!
<Katrina`> Well, we know he was here in the first Jarivan bank, talking to someone important. And we know he's the leader of the Raiders.
<Sardis> So... we go to the bank?
<Katrina`> Is that--smart?
<Shiva> We could just walk in and ask, but then they'd get suspicious
<Katrina`> Probably.
* Namarie stands slowly as he moves over to the others
<Shiva> No it wouldn't be.
<Katrina`> What do we do then?
<Shiva> It could end with us being killed
<Katrina`> GM: *munch munch munch*
<Katrina`> ...do you guys hear something?
* Shiva looks around
* Namarie looks around for the sound
<Shiva> What?
<Katrina`> GM: *it's coming from...the other side of the shuttlE*
* Namarie moves to the other side of the shuttle
<Katrina`> GM: *a giant robotic praying mantis head swings out in front of Namarie before he makes it all the way. The mantis eyes stare at him, a piece of shuttle in it's mouth* Greetings.
<Namarie> Greetings.. May i inquire why you are munching on our shuttle?
* Sardis looks over at Namarie and the Mantis
<Katrina`> Mantis: Hungry. *it keeps chewing*
<Katrina`> What in the world?
* Shiva eyes the Mantis
<Shiva> You...
<Sardis> A mark III?
<Katrina`> Mantis: Mark II. Cipher.
<Katrina`> Cipher: *hops down from the shuttle, finishing the piece of shuttle*
<Sardis> Right... too advanced to be a mantis.
<Katrina`> A Mark II..reploid?
<Shiva> ...He did mention you once...
<Katrina`> Cipher: Mark IIs are naturally superior.
* Namarie looks over to Kat, raseing a brow, trying get some answers
* Katrina` shrugs.
* Namarie sighs and shakes his head slightly beforoe he looks back to chipper
<Katrina`> Cipher: *munches on the underside of the shuttle*
<Shiva> Arrogant too.
<Katrina`> Cipher: It's a fact.
<Namarie> Think he may have some of the info we want?
* Katrina` glances at Shiva to see if she thinks so
<Katrina`> Cipher: *keeps munching. He moves over and starts eating Sardis' khakis*
* Sardis idly rests his fist on the top of Cipher's head. However painful that may be for Cipher.
<Katrina`> Cipher: Tasty. *turns into a floating ball*
<Sardis> ....
<Katrina`> What an interesting reploid. *looks it over*
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: *floats around Sardis' head*
* Sardis grabs Cipher and holds him still.
<Sardis> Do you know anything of the Raiders?
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Perhaps.
<Sardis> I'll feed you if you give us information.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Okay. What do you want to know?
<Sardis> Where is Gaven, and how can we stop him?
* Sardis shakes Cipher like an 8-ball
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: *hisses*
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Try again later.
* Sardis shakes him again.
<Sardis> It's later.
* Namarie snickers
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: I don't know where he is now or how to stop him. I've been tracking him.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: *floats away from Sardis and out of his reach*
<Sardis> ....
* Shiva eyes the ball
<Shiva> Cipher correct?
<Sardis> Well, that's not useful information.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Correct.
<Shiva> May I ask what you know about a man called Gaven?
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: He has tasty ships.
* Katrina` teardrops.
* Shiva smirks
<Shiva> Do you like him?
<Sardis> .... The floating insect has nothing, let's move on.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: No. He's trying to make a Mark III. Bad.
<Sardis> Why is he trying to make a Mark III? And why is that bad?
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Working with people from the old Infinity Inc. Must not let him make a Mark III, will become inferior.
<Sardis> ..... So you stay the best by destroying anything better than you.
<Shiva> Sardis, that's how things usually end up working.
<Sardis> That doesn't make it right.
<Shiva> Your people tried doing it to an entire galaxy.
<Katrina`> Lets not fight, you guys!
<Katrina`> Superiority or not, if Gaven is making a superior Reploid, then it spells trouble for us.
<Shiva> ....*turns back to Cipher* May I recommend working together?
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Agreed.
* Shiva reaches her hand out to Cipher
<Katrina`> Cipher ball: *bounces into the hand*
* Namarie walks over to Kat and looks around "think it will get messy?"
<Sardis> ....
<Shiva> Do you have any leads on where Gaven may be reciding?
<Katrina`> I hope...not.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: To the location of his hidden base. There could be a location inside the Jarivan bank. He's been getting money directly from the planetary leadership
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: *munches on Shiva's sleeveS*
<Shiva> Any idea how we can gain the information from the bank without drawing their attention?
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Sure. I'll cloak you. *pauses* Okay, you're all cloaked. *rests on Shiva's hand*
<Shiva> ....
<Sardis> Really?
<Shiva> Guess that works....*starts walking towards the bank*
* Sardis looks around.
* Katrina` looks dubious, but follows Shiva.
<Katrina`> GM: *no one seems to pay attention to the group*
* Namarie follows next to Kat
<Katrina`> GM: *this continues all the way up to the front door of the bank*
* Shiva walks in behind someone that opens the door
* Katrina` runs in next. Still, no one looks their way*
* Shiva looks around for an unused computer
* Sardis stands to the side of Kat
<Katrina`> GM: *this lobby area has several unused computers*
* Shiva walks over to an unused computer and boots it up
<Katrina`> GM: *it boots up without asking for any passwords*
* Namarie looks towards Shiva as she boots up the computer
* Shiva quickly begins running through the system looking for records
*** Phirax has joined #taw
<Katrina`> GM: *a record labeled G is found. Just plain G. No records for a Gaven, though*
<Shiva> .oO(Has to be this one..) *opens the record up*
* Namarie watchs
<Katrina`> GM: *it's locked. Highest clearance only*
<Shiva> *quickly begins typing furiously, trying to bypass the password*
<Katrina`> GM: *Shiva's hacker skills aren't high enough*
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Let me. *extends some wires from it's body into the computer*
* Shiva watches
<Katrina`> GM: *the screen garbles, but then the file opens. Sadly, the alarms in the bank go off, too*
<Shiva> Download the files quickly
<Sardis> Nice going, ball.
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Done. Shall we go?
<Shiva> Let's..
<Shiva> *stands up and starts heading towards the exit
* Katrina` heads for the exit. Guards poor into the room, heading for the computer.
* Namarie takes off towards exit
* Katrina` rushes outside. No one sees them, all looking at the computer in bafflement
<Katrina`> Whew. That was close.
* Shiva stands next to KAt
<Sardis> I suppose we really are cloaked..
<Katrina`> NRP: Eesh, it's hard to focus when you're doped up
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: I told you so!
<Shiva> Nice skill Cipher
<Katrina`> Well, we'll look at the files later on the Aquarius. Right now, we need to find out what happened to Skaad.
<Sardis> NRP: *hands DS glowsticks and a pacifier*
<Katrina`> Any ideas?
<Sardis> We could ask around.
<Namarie> NRP: got to go, need some sleep before work
*** Namarie has quit IRC (Quit: <Cardinal> *grabs the PA* Aquarius-wide notice: IT'S NOT a difficult concept to grasp! I am a WOMAN! MA'AM!)
<Katrina`> Cipher Ball: Skaad? I'm sorry to inform you, but your friend's body was removed from the planet. I accessed those files earlier.
<Sardis> NRP: Lovely. DS, make a new rule that if you can't sit through the whole session DON'T join it.
<Katrina`> NRP: Is that legal?
<Sardis> NRP: You are the GM, you will make it legal.
<Katrina`> NRP: You're RIGHT! FROM NOW ON, IF YOU CAN'T SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE SESSION, YOU CAN't JOIN!
* Katrina` looks disappointed.
<Katrina`> Skaad's body was taken away..? It's all my fault...dammit.
<Sardis> NRP: Barring emergencies, obviously.
<Katrina`> I guess...we should head back to the Aquarius. I'll have to inform the Captain of what happened.
<Katrina`> But at least with Cipher, we have an idea where Gaven is now.
<Katrina`> Session Ends
Session Close: Sat Mar 22 01:06:55 2003