RP: YSS Eucharis [Mission 19.1] Derelicts (HX-12 System)

[Floodwaters]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Cabin 6

Sienna nodded as Citrine turned to leave, then bent down and gathered her cleaned things up in her arms. She couldn't help putting her face in them and taking a big whiff. They smelled fresh and actually even felt lighter. She didn't think she'd ever known her personal effects to be this clean. With another grin, she stepped back into the cabin and closed the door.

She laid her things on the desk in the back of the cabin and stripped out of her pajamas, tossing them on the bed. As she started to go back to her clothes, she thought better of leaving the silk garments wadded up in a heap amid the crumpled sheets, and went back to fold them up. When she was done, they certainly didn't look like they'd been folded by a professional, but at least they were somewhat neat and wouldn't crease. Dropping them back onto the bed, she walked back over to the desk.

Electing to leave the silk panties they'd given her on, she put on one of her white bras, and stepped into a pair of her thick dark utility pants. She grinned as she felt the coarse, tough fabric on her legs without the gritty, dirty feeling and oily or sticky patches. She pulled a dark green, tight fitting tank top over her head, working it down her torso and tucking it beneath the beltline of her pants. Then her belt. Sitting in the desk chair, she pulled a pair of her thick socks over her feet, and then it was on with her black boots. She almost laughed a little - they'd even scrubbed the outside and inside of her boots with a brush bristled with who-knew-what, because there wasn't a single bit of caked-on dirt or grime evident anywhere on them. She laced them up, pulling the last one tight and tying it off as she dropped her pant legs over them.

Standing before the cabin's mirror again, she ruffled her hair vigorously, trying to get it to lie down somewhat. Her eyes were still a little cloudy from sleep; perhaps she should just stop by the sink in the bathroom on the way up. She elected to leave her jacket in the cabin for the time being as well, as she didn't figure there'd really be any need for it. Other than that, she smirked in satisfaction. She looked like herself again, at least.

Wardroom

Sienna came up into the wardroom, dressed, her face washed, and hair finger-brushed down into submission. Once again the exotic smells of foods she didn't know the word for met her senses, and immediately her mouth moistened in anticipation of another hearty meal. The sound of sizzling and boiling only sweetened the experience. It seemed like the rest of the crew was already well into their meal around the central table, and the captain was in her usual place at the head. Seeing them all still dressed in those silly skintight suits made her suppress another grin, pursing her lips. She was so grateful she didn't have to strut about in one of those.

Wasting no time, she started for the buffet to see what was left.

 

[Kyle]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

Takeyu remained quiet, he wasn't being anti-social he just didn't see a reason yet to interject into the conversation. He nibbled casually on his food, and took a sip from his drink before casting his eyes amongst the crew and noticed a distinct lack of a certain someone.

"Charisma-san? Can you please locate and get Hightower Santo Hei out of bed and remind him of the briefing please."

 

[Yoshi]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

After looking at the information for a few Misato followed Mimi-chan over and grabbed some cooling food. Wasn't the best breakfast she ever had aboard but it was still good. once she sat down she studied her roommate for a few seconds, she looked a bit tense. "What's brewing in your brain case?"

 

[Reynolds]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

"My what? Oh." It took her a moment to catch up after that comment. "This area seems...simple. Quiet. I like it." She sighed. "I suppose that means it won't stay this way for long, knowing our luck." Mitsuko glanced over when Sienna entered, frowning. She hid her expression with food, still keeping an eye on their passenger while the conversation about their current mission continued.

 

[Yoshi]

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Wardroom

Misato nodded in agreement, Mimi-chan had a point, none of the missions she had ever been on worked out simply. She looked up and saw Sierra walk in to the room an get food. She new her roommate didn't trust her. So Misato did the only thing she knew to do to get to know some one. "Hey Sierra, you want to sit with us?"

 

[Riko]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

Bors munched away at his food while looking over the information that was displayed in front of him. As he chewed his hash browns he mulled over his options, he could go participate in operation Kozan, some decent combat would be nice, though fighting for an indefinite amount of time in the jungle wasn't his cup of tea, for Bors wasn't a huge fan of humidity. The planets in the system however did give him several things to think about however.

"When you guys were here last did you ever swing by Planet IV? It seems that that one would be interesting to take a look at."

After speaking Bors quickly downed a glass of water to clear his thought, which he noticed sounded like he had gravel in it when he spoke, before heading back to refill his glass.

 

[Floodwaters]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

So Misato did the only thing she knew to do to get to know some one. "Hey Sierra, you want to sit with us?"

With her back turned to the crew's table as she started piling her plate with the circular pastries, fruits, syrups, and fried meats, Sienna snickered briefly, and somewhat disdainfully, to herself as one of them called out their invitation to her. She really was only interested in her meal, and not at all in entertaining anyone's designs of becoming friends. But these people had provided her with luxuries she'd only dreamed of before when all she really expected was safe passage out of the HX-24 system, and she was going to be in close quarters with them for a good while it seemed. On some level she felt begrudgingly obligated not to shun them.

Sienna was accustomed to being addressed in a far less friendly manner, typically in the form of derisive slurs and barked orders, so even thought Misato had gotten her name wrong, at least she'd tried. Turning with her mountain-high pile of food, she scanned the faces at the table. Only one of them was looking at her inquisitively, so she surmised that must've been the one who'd called. She started to reply, but couldn't help the quick expression of curiosity, tilting her head as she saw Misato's grayish skin and hard-edged features, outlined by knifed ears. "It's Sienna," she corrected her, and strode over to where they sat. "Sure," she said, after her mouth gaped open in another uncovered yawn. Placing her plate down on the table across from Misato and next to Natsumi, she dropped down hard into a seat, fork in hand, and tore into her food, her eyes on her plate and not on anyone else. It was fairly clear that she didn't have much of an intention to start a conversation with anyone.

 

[Nashoba]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

Sune reviewed the data they had while eating, once through with his food. He looked over Hanako, "Ma'am I for one have no desire to leave the Eucharis to go fight in another jungle against the NMX.

I personally think there is enough to keep us busy in this system. I recommend that we first send down a team to Planet II, since we know there is a wrecked ship from our last visit. A more thorough investigation is warranted."

He turned to Ramiro, "Is it possible to plot our in system transit so that we can pass close enough to do some scans on IV and V with the Ks-MIES-E3030. It would appear that the data we have is incomplete. There is no data regarding any atmosphere, it could be there is none, it would not be a bad thing to confirm that."

 

[Gunsight1]

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Wardroom

Natsumi was quiet, deep in thought about the possibility of going to HX-13 to see her sister. She frowned as she took a bite from her rapidly cooling meal. The chance she would actually get time to see Sakura was slim to none, especially if there was a lot of fighting going on down there. Then she would be stuck on another muddy ball fighting the squids for who knew how long.

She wasn't infantry. She was a starship gunner and needed to stay with the ship. She would see her sister again when times were more appropriate.

"Shosho, I do not wish to depart the ship either" she said, "And I can help with setting things up to scan the planets, if you want the assistance, Ramiro-san" she added.

Then she noticed Sienna sitting down next to her and smiled. She had not seen their new friend come in she had been so deep in thought. "Good morning, Sianna-san. Did you sleep well?" she asked.

 

[Wes]

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Wardroom

"That sounds like a good start," Hanako agreed. "We can stay in orbit here at HX-12 II and use the shuttles to investigate the nearby planets, starting with the old cargo ship below. Ramiro, you're welcome to point the main sensor dome at objects of interest and see what you find. Bors, we can certainly look at the fourth planet, although the second and third seem to be the most interesting. One nice thing about this system is that all the planets have comfortable gravity levels, so feel free to land on them. Other than the rescue mission on HX-12 II, our scans have mostly been from orbit or longer ranges."

The Shosho turned to Citrine. "The Firebird is in the system now and is scheduled to dock with us this morning. The Eucharis crew has permission to use one Firebird shuttle if we need to."

 

[Nashoba]

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Wardroom

"Thank you Shosho." Citrine replied to Hanako, the gave a bow and turned to get her food. She listened to the discussion, once she returned to the table she found an empty place to sit.

"Does anyone have any specifics about the biosphere? Are there any contagions that our our non-NH series crew members need be concerned about. For that matter do we have any information on any dangerous lifeforms?" she asked to no one in particular.

 

[Reynolds]

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Wardroom

Mitsuko was confused for a moment, as Misato spoke up. "Huh?" Her eyes widened behind her glasses as Sienna responded and headed over. She became even more interested in her food than before, not sure how to react now that the target of her long range observation had suddenly moved so close.

Murakami remained focused on her plate until she heard shuttles being discussed. Looking up in time to catch up with the conversation, she mentally launched into full-fledged worrying. Lists were being made. Things that could go wrong on the ship, with the shuttles, precautions to take to avoid these complications, supplies that might be necessary for any of these trips. Most importantly, a list of things she could be responsible for that would keep her busy and far away from the shuttles.

 

[Gabriel]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardoom

"Aye Shosho," Ramiro responded once he received a response from Hanako. It would be interesting to to investigate these planets since they had such negativity attached to them after their last visit. Sighing a bit, he listened in on the other conversations before deciding to hop in.

"Sune, I can get you some more specifics once I return to the bridge, but if I remember correctly Tasuku Yarani had to remain sealed in a Power Armor during his stay because of a contagious atmosphere. Actually..."

Ramiro leaned his head back and looked toward nowhere in particular as he spoke, "Charisma, can you pull up that atmospheric sensor data that you had for me earlier."

A few moments later he got a ping on his comm as Charisma responded, "I've sent it to you in digital form because from your previous tendencies probability states that you will forget the data a second time."

"What would I do without you Charisma?" Ramiro said with a grin as he opened the data. "50% argon, 30% carbon dioxide, 20% oxygen."

 

[Riko]

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Wardoom

Hearing the ShoSho listing to his suggestion surprised Bors a bit, seeing as he was somewhat expecting to get looked over. Shaking off his momentary surprise he munched on what what left of his breakfast and read the data in front of him,

"What are you thinking about doing?" He asked Natsumi, "I don't think going to the jungle is better than any of these."

 

[Floodwaters]

Re: [Mission 19.1] (HX-12 System)

Wardroom

Sienna nodded slightly in response to Natsumi's question, between shoveling forkloads of waffle and fruit into her mouth, never taking her eyes off of her plate. "Yeah, great," she responded around a mouthful in a most unladylike fashion. She paid no attention whatsoever to the other conversations at the table.

She glanced up and over at Natsumi briefly, wiping a glob of syrup hanging from her lower lip with the back of her hand. "Still got the clothes I borrowed from ya in the cabin," she told her, and dug her fork into the food again. "When you want me to get it back to you?"

 

[Gunsight1]

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Wardroom

Natsumi glanced at Bors as he asked her what she was thinking of doing. "I'm going to stay here on the ship" she replied. "My sister is on HX-13, but there wouldn't be any chance to see her since there is probably a lot of fighting going on down there and she is Infantry" the white haired Neko shrugged.

"What about you?" she asked Bors, then turned her attention to Sienna for a moment.

"There's no rush" she said. "I can get them back any time, I don't need them until we go on leave again" she went on. "And I have no idea how long that will be. This mission could go on for a bit. We have a decent amount of space to cover before we are finished"

 

[Kyle]

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Wardroom

"That might be a good idea ma'am, in relation to the Firebird's shuttles," Takeyu spoke up, finishing off a drink and then looking over at the captain. "Sadly, the Santo-hei and I weren't able to fully repair the shuttle. Its damage is to extensive for our facilities, plus we lack the parts. We'd have to send it off for repairs."

 

[Wes]

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Wardroom

Hanako nodded to Takeyu in understanding. "I will summon a logistics ship to take it away then. I believe there is already one on the way that is scheduled to pick up Mashiro-Hei, who has been assigned for a special project, at least for the time being. I like him, and I must say even though I have not had much of a chance to get to know him, I will miss him and having a fellow computer enthusiast on the ship."

There was a slight lurch felt through the Eucharis as it docked with the YSS Firebird.

"Ramiro," Hanako interjected. "Did you say the atmosphere was contagious? Is there some issue with the fungal spores down there?"

 

[Nashoba]

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Wardroom

Citrine perked up at the word contagious. She reviewed the data provided.

"HX-12 II's atmosphere is toxic at the minimum. The level of carbon dioxide would render a person unconscious in 30 seconds or less, death in approximately four minutes.

At a minimum personnel would need oxygen masks to hypoxia. With the risk of contagion, I recommend either AMES or Power Armor to protect personnel on the surface." she said looking at the officers.

 

[Emblem]

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Cabin 5

-- Several hours earlier --

*THUD* ''...Aah! Damnit!''

Conrad had been hard at work during the night. Quite frankly, he couldn't remember getting into his hammock. However, seeing he woke up face down on the floor, he knew he had made it in...and he should learn not to move too much.

He looked around...hoping he had not awoken Egil. Egil however, was busy himself. The Hei's exchanged looks. Conrad asked with a little growl what Egil was doing. Egil then told him he had to get his belongings, he was going away...off the Eucharis. This news made Conrad sit up and look at his so-far-bestest buddy. He never liked t be woken up by bad news. After a short conversation, Conrad could understand, but he already missed that one guy which he could freely talk to.

''Well, now that I'm up and you're already packing...you got time for one game of cards? You know, seeing we never had the time to?''

Egil nodded. both the men sat down and Conrad grabbed the Star Army cards. He nimbly shuffled the cards, separated the deck in two piles, and merged them with nimble movements. It was clear he had done this more then once. With a smile, Conrad started to explain the rules of the game.

*Half an hour later*

''Damnit Egil! You are one sly snake...You sure you never played this before?'' said Conrad laughing as he admitted loss. Egil was a calculating individual, and showed as much skill in a card game based around deception and chance calculation as an advanced player. It was then that Egil looked at the time, and noticed he had to continue preparing, outside the cabin. The two stood up, and shook hands, before Egil was off.

''Here.'' whispered Conrad as he gave Mashiro-Hei the stack of cards. ''Something to remember your cabin giant by.'' Egil nodded in approval, and moved out. When the door opened, Conrad called him back, ending their conversation with a joke.

''Did I fall..or did you kick me out to say goodbye?'' Although he'd never get the answer to it. Silence followed in the empty cabin. Surely Egil would have to move and do something so important, but Conrad still could not grin and bear the idea that after being stationed on the Eucharis, his buddy was called off after one day of work. As he could only hear his own breathing, Conrad realised how alone he felt all of the sudden. sitting down at the desk, now devoid of Egil's plushie Eucharis, Conrad grabbed a cigar and lit it. Egil had been clear he wouldn't like Conrad smoking or drinking, but he could not sleep. Conrad himself was not a big smoker, but had a small stash of cigars to celebrate or commemorate and event.

Creating rings of smoke as he exhaled, Conrad reviewed his time here so far. Off all the things he loved to do, it was the tinkering with the Taii the evening and night before so far that only suited him. He had not been able to get in the maintenance tunnels, had not been allowed to cook yet. He still had to confirm if he was allowed in the kitchen freely.

Unable to sit still for more then a quarter of a cigar, Conrad called up the ship computer systems. It was in the middle of the night, yet sleep had completely left him. He looked at two things: Gun schematics in accordance with his plans for a new rifle. It had to be big, brutal, powerful...perfect. Yet the other project on his mind now was the shuttle. Although good work had been done, it wasn't ready. Far from ready, actually.

As he made sure hid cigar was not lit anymore, Conrad slowly got up. Still a bit wobbly on his legs, he thought Egil might already be gone. Restless, he decided to put on his work uniform and put some extra hours in the shuttle. The higher ups might appreciate it. That way, they would only have to wait for the missing parts.

Shuttle Bay

A mess of twisted metal and loose cables, Conrad glanced upon the shuttle yet again. Grabbing whatever tool he could find, he decided to have a good look at the shuttle. Before he knew it, he was in his working ruse, tinkering on the shuttle while rhyming in his head. At his side he had his tools and a computerised schematic of the shuttle, with indications what needed repair and what was beyond fixing. It was more then an hour later that he was harshly disrupted form his work.

''Hightower-Hei. You currently have a meeting in the Wardroom. Your presence is requested.''

The giant jumped up at the sudden voice of Charisma and bumped his head on a fragment of loose hanging metal debris. He could only barely hold another curseword inside as he took a deep breath and rubbed his head briskly.

''I should take notice of time huh... Will go ASAP Charisma, thank you kindly.''

Conrad took a piece of cloth to wipe off his dirty hands. With a deep sigh, he made his way to the Wardroom with large strides.

Wardroom

As he walked in the Wardroom, Conrad was still wiping his hands on the now dirtier cloth. It seemed they had already started. He was a fool to forget what time it was, a nuisance-inducing side effect of his hard work. He nodded deeply to the Shosho and the other officers, silent as he felt he was letting them down yet again. Stricken by this silence, he grabbed some of the leftovers, cold as they were, and sat down on the far end of the table again. Alone he sat, forced due to his build. He meant no disrespect; he just needed a bit extra space. He took a large sip from his orange juice, and looked at the Taii. Whispering, he shared his tidbit of news, trying not to disrupt the others.

''Sir. Had another look at the shuttle. Did some extra work, but I'm 'fraid it is as we concluded yesterday. We did what we could, but there's no fixing about half a shuttle like this.''

Although he preferred them warm, a cold waffle was still a waffle. This cook was very capable of making cold foods still taste like something nice.