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Yangfan
Somewhere in the outer fringes of the Anisa system, the Celia and her escorts suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Celia, open an audio channel to the rest of the ship," said Henry.
The silver haired Neko nodded.
"The trip to our objective will take several hours with the CDD system," Henry announced to everyone. "Our mission is to make first contact with the dominant species in the objective system. Before we leave Anisa, I wish to have us begin preparations. We will follow standard procedures.
"If the species in question has space travel capabilities, we will attempt to make first contact either in space or in the orbit of a populated planet. Otherwise, a planetary landing will be necessary. There will be two away teams, with each taking a shuttle. Team Alpha will consist of Shosa Hayasaka, Taii Kaori, Taii Kamitaka, Taii Tanaka, and Taii Yuan and I. Alpha will attempt to make first contact. Team Bravo will consist of Ittô Heisho Wikkedson and anyone else whom he wishes to bring along on the shuttle. Bravo will act as an honor guard for any diplomats and dignitaries that would greet us, or as our security force if we receive a less than friendly welcome.
"Now, Taii Kaori, Taii Kamitaka, please report to the medical bay to get yourselves backed up on the ST machines. I'll need you back here on the bridge before we move into unexplored space. The rest of us will take turns on the ST machines while we are in transit. First Sergeant Wikkedson, please assemble your team in the mean time."
Wes
Wikkedson gathered up his sentries as usual, and sent them to their stations in the bay. Not surprisingly, they were wearing body armor and heavily armed. The team consisted of Wikkedson, Bloodfist, the Nishizaki twins (as the shuttle's pilot and copilot), Seraphsmasher, and Sixthree Tangozulu. Leet and Woot were told to hold down the fort (besides, they were busy getting sloshed the night before).
Tyler
Ryoko had been stationed on the Celia, and had taken a ride on an aeroshuttle to reach it, long hours later her shuttle contacted the Celia for docking permission. While the impatient Neko waited inside tapping her foot, she was wearing a Star Army uniform with a red panel because she technically didn't have a occupation just yet and she needed something other than exotic dancing clothing to wear. "Come on I've been waiting for hours..." she said irritably.
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"Sir, Yamikage Ryoko requests permission to come aboard," said Celia.
"Hmm? Were we expecting her?" asked Henry, while his crew made preparations to move into unexplored space.
"Yes, sir," the voice of Shosa Hayasaka Yuri chimed in from Henry's computer terminal. "I requested a junior intelligence officer for this ship, sir. Please make the proper arrangements."
"All right," replied Henry, feeling very much inclined to let the SAINT agent get what she wanted. He began typing into his terminal.
"Thank you, sir."
The shuttle was immediately given permission to dock, and was soon inside the Celia's shuttle bay.
When the shuttle's hatch opened, Ryoko could see a brown haired Neko waiting for her. The Neko had a dagger-shaped genetic tattoo on her left cheek.
"Greetings, Miss Yamikage."
Tyler
Ryoko squealed a bit girlishly when they finally docked and pushed the backdoor open and stepped out and stretched, hauling a fair size duffle bagon her shoulder. She blinked her pretty blue eyes and looked at the Neko who was waiting for her and walked over and examined her visually, remembering the tattoo so she could put name with face. She bowed a little in return. "Hello." Ryoko said sweetly to the girl.
Yangfan
Yuri gave a quick glance over Ryoko's body, noting her height and build. The SAINT agent did not offer Ryoko her name, as she was accustomed to not giving out information unless she felt it was necessary. She took out a data pad and checked Ryoko's new orders from Henry. "You'll be working under me as an intelligence officer. Your rank… is now Shoi," she said. "Your room will be next to mine… Here." She let Ryoko have the data pad, which now displayed a map of the ship, with her room high-lighted. "I'll have a sprite deliver your rank pin and a gray-paneled uniform to your room, in case you don't feel like using your holography system. Get into proper uniform and report to me in the medical bay… Any questions?"
Yuri looked a bit uncomfortable as she gave Ryoko her orders. She probably was not used to talking this much in a conversation.
Tyler
The fairly tall amethyst haired Neko nodded and had patiently waited for her to check on it and scanned it when she was finished with it to find her quarters. She gave a small chuckle of amusement at the sudden rank hop, obviously she'd done something good in a past life to have such good luck come her way. Ryoko noticed that Yuri was feeling a little...uncomfortable with speaking this much but she appreciated the effort. "I'll do just that ma'am." She said and started for the door. "Look forward to serving under you." Ryoko smirked maliciously. "Though I prefer to be on top." She quipped... not referring to rank.
Mia
Kaya stood patiently in the medical bay as ordered, she was unsure of what to do so had decided to wait for someone else so that she could observe them.
Yangfan
Yuri watched as Ryoko walked away, and then went about her business. She had a bit of time before she would have to meet with Ryoko again in the medical bay.
"Hi, you're the first one here! This way, please." An Asian-looking Geshrin girl directed Kaya to an examination bed. "Lie down, please." The girl was wearing a green Star Army uniform and a Taii pin.
After Kaya had lied down on the bed, the Geshrin girl folded out a mechanical arm out from under the bed, which held some sort of scanner over Kaya's head.
"You are new here, right? My name's Meemeel. Allow me to explain how this system works. This scanner is taking a snapshot of the current neural patterns in your brain. If you ever get fragged out there, we can take the scanned image, and, with a little help from some Elysian technology, bring you back from the dead! Neat huh? You'll probably lose any memory gained after you've been scanned, though. So check back with me periodically, and especially before potentially dangerous missions…"
Of course, Kaya probably knew all this, as a former SAINT agent trying to forget her past. Meemeel had no way of knowing that, though.
The small indicator light on the scanner changed color from yellow to green.
"All done!" Meemeel announced, folding the mechanical arm back under the bed. "You may go back to the bridge now. What's your name, by the way?"
Mia
She had calmly just done as instructed and listened quietly to what the Geshrin told her. Once she had finished Kaya sat up and that's when the Taii officer had asked Kaya what her name was.
She looked at Meemeel a blank expression on her face the only movement a single blink. After a few seconds of silence though she finally answered, "My name, is... Sarah, John, Seiji, Aya, Mira, Teijo, Akina, Sakura... or at least a few of them are... but the name everyone refers to me as is Kaya... she's almost gone though..." Her tone carried a heavy amount of sorrow but just as quickly as it had come so did it dissapear and she broke into a smile while energetically pushing herself off the bed to land on her feet.
"You're right we must report to the bridge, the eager one awaits, do please keep my muddle safe!" That said, she ran out of the room with an excited burst of speed towards the bridge.
Tyler
Ryoko headed to her room and flopped down on the soft bed and snuggled around in it a little and yawned. Then she sat up and started getting her stuff organized, though it wasn't too long before the sprite showed up with the grey paneled uniform and rank pin for her. Ryoko nodded and immediately changed into that uniform, it felt good to have one official one of her own and in a few moments she strode down the hall to the medbay, her stride confident in herself mixed with a little habitual sensuality, but nonetheless she showed up where ordered. "Shoi Yamikage Ryoko reporting." but before she got herself composed, another Neko came flying out of the room and slammed into Ryoko; bowling them over.
Ryoko giggled then acked, their bodies intertwined as they lay on the floor, Kaya on top. "I'm glad to meet you too." She smiled after brushing a hair out of her mouth.
Yangfan
Meemeel was about to look up Kaya's full name on the crew manifest, so that she could store Kaya's brain image properly, when she heard the "thump" of flesh hitting carpeted floor outside. "Is everyone all right?" She asked as she poked her head outside.
Meanwhile, Yuri was walking down the hall toward the medical bay. She didn't see the two Nekos slumped on the floor yet.
Mia
Kaya looked at Ryoko with a puzzled expression before stating, "You shouldn't walk in the way of people who are running." This said she got up and sprinted off towards the bridge again.
Tyler
Ryoko blinked at the girl, she was puzzled by how she instantly blamed her. How could Ryoko know she was going to come barreling out of the medbay. She shrugged and turned to Meemel and smiled. "Hi, I'm okay." She said. "My name's Ryoko, what's yours cutie?" Ryoko smiled.
Yangfan
"Um, I'm Meemeel. Hi… Oh, please, um, have a seat on one of the beds and I'll be right with you." She then went back inside the medbay to save Kaya's brain image into memory, blushing all the way. Meemeel was still not used to the Nekos flirting with her, despite having served for a quite a while with the Star Army.
Yuri was standing by Ryoko, who was still on the floor, and looking down at her. "Odd place to take a nap, Shoi," she commented.
Meanwhile, Henry, also known as "his eagerness", was waiting patiently for two of his bridge officers to report back to him.
Tyler
Ryoko got to her feet and nodded; "Yeah it is isn't? I got bowled over by another Neko." She said standing up and went into the medbay to take a seat. "Let me guess, routine ST backup day?"
Yangfan
"You know the drill, then," said Yuri as she followed Ryoko inside. "By the way, we are on a first contact mission. If we go planetside, I'm bringing you with me. It should be a good learning experience."
Henry nodded to the two bridge officers as they returned to the bridge from the medbay. "Man you stations, lieutenants. Celia, you have the bridge. Start up the CDD and take us to the objective system. Shina, you're with me."
Shina nodded as she got up from her chair, and followed Henry as he headed for the medbay.
(OOC: I'll carry Drew's character along the plot until he picks things up again. Also, we'll be leaving Anisa soon.)
Tyler
"Actually...." Ryoko smiled, rubbing her purple hair embarrassedly. "This is the first time I've been on a starship before, and still a little shocked at that I got promoted from slave to Shoi in such a short time." The sultry exotic dancer said as she waited to get her backup created. When Yuri mentioned planetside, she blinked in moderate confusion, she'd never been on a mission like that before and was mildly unsure of her place in it. But facing the fact that she didn't have a choice in the matter, she smiled and nodded. " Hai, it should be."
Yangfan
Yuri watched as Meemeel backed up Ryoko's brain patterns on the ST system, and shrugged at Ryoko's comment about being a former slave. "We're all slaves to the Star Army here, in a way," she observed. "I wouldn't trade this job for anything, though."
It didn't take long for Henry and Shina to reach the medbay. Several medics helped the admiral and his assistant as they made use of the ST machines.
"Taii Kamitaka," the Celia avatar addressed Kaya, in person this time. "Please make one last check on our plotted course before I activate the CDD. I'd prefer not making course corrections while going FTL." The avatar Neko was standing behind Kaya's station, watching her with the neutral expression that she usually wore.
Tyler
For a moment, on the active machines, Ryoko's brainwaves shone with momentary curiosity. If such a thing registered on brainwave scans; she looked up at Yuri for a moment. "No, you're a soldier, hired or created to serve. I was created to be an exotic dancer but I fell into debt and sold myself into slavery to the military." She said pointedly. "I enjoy what I do and I figure that I'm here to to perform and keep morale up." Ryoko said, making a few gesticulations as she spoke to make her point.
She looked up as Henry and Shina walked in as she rose from her seat when the backup was completed. She noticed their rank pins, and figuring that they were the big-shots around here; Ryoko went over... no she half strutted over to Henry and bent over at the waist showing a little cleavage as she bowed to him. "Hello Taisho-san." She said and winked at him. She smiled and trailed a couple fingers over his cheek. "Mmm you're pretty cute, I think I might enjoy being on this ship.." Ryoko giggled. and backed off.
Yangfan
Henry had just gotten up from the examination bed when Ryoko "greeted" him. He smiled. While Ryoko's actions could be considered impertinent, Henry was as vulnerable to flattery as anyone. Besides, Ryoko was right. Henry was fairly handsome if one overlooked his grayish cybernetic right eye.
"Shoi Yamikage, the new intel officer, correct?" he asked.
Instinctively, Shina placed her hands on Henry's arm, showing a slight hint of possessiveness.
"Ah, I should be getting back to the bridge," said Henry as he felt Shina's touch. "As you were, Shoi."
Yuri looked on silently as the admiral and his assistant left the medbay. "You know…" she said to Ryoko after the two were gone, "it is usually not a good idea to make physical contact with a superior officer. Then again, Taisho Chen seems to enjoy the attention."
Tyler
Ryoko nodded to Henry and giggled quietly at Shina's possessiveness and kept a fairly amused smile on her lips as they left and turned to Yuri as she spoke. The smile faded when Yuri told her it wasn't the best idea; but Ryoko always had been one to take chances, convinced of her ability to charm her way out of deep trouble. "I'm sorry...you're right..." she hung her head as if in shame, her inferiority complex kicking in. "A second rate Neko such as myself doesn't have a right to to enjoy such things." She sighed, then looked up at her.
"I don't have that much experience on ships, could you possibly help me become familiar with how it works here?" She asked her fellow Neko.
Mia
Kaya turned her head to see who had addressed her and as she saw the avatar she eyed it warily. Turning around fully she took a step towards it and examined her body as if she was looking for something. "Something’s strange... no nothings strange... shhh who asked you... I did it was me... I know something’s wrong...Could her strangeness be that she is actually a projected holographic image and is fairly transparent... nonononono... I know... what... *numerous whispers* ... Ahhh! You're right well done...thank you!"
After her second of thought she stopped examining the avatar and simply stated, "Smile." She then walked off to follow her orders and check the plotted course again.
When she arrived in the astrometry room she went over to the control panel and started to double check the plotted course.
Motoyama Kaori
(OOC: Before you read this, I apologize for my absence. Problems in the real world.)
He watched as the door slid open into the room upon which he was about to enter. That room being his new home upon the bridge. He stepped in and snapped a quick rigid salute to the current person in charge. He didn't much care to look and notice who. He was here to do a job, and knew proper military etiquette. Though he found it odd being on this mission. So he was part of an Expeditionary force? Obviously the threat to the crew existed as meeting new planet's inhabitants could cause problems. He would not allow this crew to fall prey to something like that. No, indeed he would not allow such. He would face whatever challenges came about, and conquer them as he had most of his life. He nodded to whomever it was that simply took his station in his absence. The other simply got up and went on. He sat down and looked across his readouts. Everything seemed to be in order. His fingers danced across the various input area's on the panel. Feeding the thing commands, and retrieving what was needed for his knowledge. "Hmm. Looks like it is gonna be a long day..."
Yangfan
(OOC: it is all right, Drew.)
"That's my job, I suppose," replied Yuri. "I'll try my best, although I mostly keep to myself. Anyway…" Yuri lied down on the examination bed that Ryoko was on a moment ago, so she could get backed up herself. "I'm gonna take a nap after this. Consider yourself off-duty until I call for you."
After hearing Kaya's comments, Celia was prodding herself on the tummy, just to make sure that she was using her flesh-and-blood Neko avatar, and not a holographic projection as she occasionally did. With many ways of manifesting oneself, even an AI could get confused once in a while.
"Something wrong, Celia?" Henry was back on the bridge, and staring at her with a raised eyebrow. Meanwhile, Shina returned to her station on the bridge.
"I'm fine, sir," replied Celia, quickly clasping her hands behind her back again.
After giving Motoyama a polite nod, Henry took his seat at the captain's chair.
"Why isn't the CDD activated yet?" he asked Celia.
"I asked Taii Kamitaka to double-check the route, sir, and am monitoring her progress as we speak. We should be headed for the object system shortly."
Sure enough, within a matter of minutes, the YSS Celia and her escorts began racing toward the objective system at superluminal speeds.
Somewhere in the outer fringes of the Anisa system, the Celia and her escorts suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Celia, open an audio channel to the rest of the ship," said Henry.
The silver haired Neko nodded.
"The trip to our objective will take several hours with the CDD system," Henry announced to everyone. "Our mission is to make first contact with the dominant species in the objective system. Before we leave Anisa, I wish to have us begin preparations. We will follow standard procedures.
"If the species in question has space travel capabilities, we will attempt to make first contact either in space or in the orbit of a populated planet. Otherwise, a planetary landing will be necessary. There will be two away teams, with each taking a shuttle. Team Alpha will consist of Shosa Hayasaka, Taii Kaori, Taii Kamitaka, Taii Tanaka, and Taii Yuan and I. Alpha will attempt to make first contact. Team Bravo will consist of Ittô Heisho Wikkedson and anyone else whom he wishes to bring along on the shuttle. Bravo will act as an honor guard for any diplomats and dignitaries that would greet us, or as our security force if we receive a less than friendly welcome.
"Now, Taii Kaori, Taii Kamitaka, please report to the medical bay to get yourselves backed up on the ST machines. I'll need you back here on the bridge before we move into unexplored space. The rest of us will take turns on the ST machines while we are in transit. First Sergeant Wikkedson, please assemble your team in the mean time."
Wes
Wikkedson gathered up his sentries as usual, and sent them to their stations in the bay. Not surprisingly, they were wearing body armor and heavily armed. The team consisted of Wikkedson, Bloodfist, the Nishizaki twins (as the shuttle's pilot and copilot), Seraphsmasher, and Sixthree Tangozulu. Leet and Woot were told to hold down the fort (besides, they were busy getting sloshed the night before).
Tyler
Ryoko had been stationed on the Celia, and had taken a ride on an aeroshuttle to reach it, long hours later her shuttle contacted the Celia for docking permission. While the impatient Neko waited inside tapping her foot, she was wearing a Star Army uniform with a red panel because she technically didn't have a occupation just yet and she needed something other than exotic dancing clothing to wear. "Come on I've been waiting for hours..." she said irritably.
Yangfan
"Sir, Yamikage Ryoko requests permission to come aboard," said Celia.
"Hmm? Were we expecting her?" asked Henry, while his crew made preparations to move into unexplored space.
"Yes, sir," the voice of Shosa Hayasaka Yuri chimed in from Henry's computer terminal. "I requested a junior intelligence officer for this ship, sir. Please make the proper arrangements."
"All right," replied Henry, feeling very much inclined to let the SAINT agent get what she wanted. He began typing into his terminal.
"Thank you, sir."
The shuttle was immediately given permission to dock, and was soon inside the Celia's shuttle bay.
When the shuttle's hatch opened, Ryoko could see a brown haired Neko waiting for her. The Neko had a dagger-shaped genetic tattoo on her left cheek.
"Greetings, Miss Yamikage."
Tyler
Ryoko squealed a bit girlishly when they finally docked and pushed the backdoor open and stepped out and stretched, hauling a fair size duffle bagon her shoulder. She blinked her pretty blue eyes and looked at the Neko who was waiting for her and walked over and examined her visually, remembering the tattoo so she could put name with face. She bowed a little in return. "Hello." Ryoko said sweetly to the girl.
Yangfan
Yuri gave a quick glance over Ryoko's body, noting her height and build. The SAINT agent did not offer Ryoko her name, as she was accustomed to not giving out information unless she felt it was necessary. She took out a data pad and checked Ryoko's new orders from Henry. "You'll be working under me as an intelligence officer. Your rank… is now Shoi," she said. "Your room will be next to mine… Here." She let Ryoko have the data pad, which now displayed a map of the ship, with her room high-lighted. "I'll have a sprite deliver your rank pin and a gray-paneled uniform to your room, in case you don't feel like using your holography system. Get into proper uniform and report to me in the medical bay… Any questions?"
Yuri looked a bit uncomfortable as she gave Ryoko her orders. She probably was not used to talking this much in a conversation.
Tyler
The fairly tall amethyst haired Neko nodded and had patiently waited for her to check on it and scanned it when she was finished with it to find her quarters. She gave a small chuckle of amusement at the sudden rank hop, obviously she'd done something good in a past life to have such good luck come her way. Ryoko noticed that Yuri was feeling a little...uncomfortable with speaking this much but she appreciated the effort. "I'll do just that ma'am." She said and started for the door. "Look forward to serving under you." Ryoko smirked maliciously. "Though I prefer to be on top." She quipped... not referring to rank.
Mia
Kaya stood patiently in the medical bay as ordered, she was unsure of what to do so had decided to wait for someone else so that she could observe them.
Yangfan
Yuri watched as Ryoko walked away, and then went about her business. She had a bit of time before she would have to meet with Ryoko again in the medical bay.
"Hi, you're the first one here! This way, please." An Asian-looking Geshrin girl directed Kaya to an examination bed. "Lie down, please." The girl was wearing a green Star Army uniform and a Taii pin.
After Kaya had lied down on the bed, the Geshrin girl folded out a mechanical arm out from under the bed, which held some sort of scanner over Kaya's head.
"You are new here, right? My name's Meemeel. Allow me to explain how this system works. This scanner is taking a snapshot of the current neural patterns in your brain. If you ever get fragged out there, we can take the scanned image, and, with a little help from some Elysian technology, bring you back from the dead! Neat huh? You'll probably lose any memory gained after you've been scanned, though. So check back with me periodically, and especially before potentially dangerous missions…"
Of course, Kaya probably knew all this, as a former SAINT agent trying to forget her past. Meemeel had no way of knowing that, though.
The small indicator light on the scanner changed color from yellow to green.
"All done!" Meemeel announced, folding the mechanical arm back under the bed. "You may go back to the bridge now. What's your name, by the way?"
Mia
She had calmly just done as instructed and listened quietly to what the Geshrin told her. Once she had finished Kaya sat up and that's when the Taii officer had asked Kaya what her name was.
She looked at Meemeel a blank expression on her face the only movement a single blink. After a few seconds of silence though she finally answered, "My name, is... Sarah, John, Seiji, Aya, Mira, Teijo, Akina, Sakura... or at least a few of them are... but the name everyone refers to me as is Kaya... she's almost gone though..." Her tone carried a heavy amount of sorrow but just as quickly as it had come so did it dissapear and she broke into a smile while energetically pushing herself off the bed to land on her feet.
"You're right we must report to the bridge, the eager one awaits, do please keep my muddle safe!" That said, she ran out of the room with an excited burst of speed towards the bridge.
Tyler
Ryoko headed to her room and flopped down on the soft bed and snuggled around in it a little and yawned. Then she sat up and started getting her stuff organized, though it wasn't too long before the sprite showed up with the grey paneled uniform and rank pin for her. Ryoko nodded and immediately changed into that uniform, it felt good to have one official one of her own and in a few moments she strode down the hall to the medbay, her stride confident in herself mixed with a little habitual sensuality, but nonetheless she showed up where ordered. "Shoi Yamikage Ryoko reporting." but before she got herself composed, another Neko came flying out of the room and slammed into Ryoko; bowling them over.
Ryoko giggled then acked, their bodies intertwined as they lay on the floor, Kaya on top. "I'm glad to meet you too." She smiled after brushing a hair out of her mouth.
Yangfan
Meemeel was about to look up Kaya's full name on the crew manifest, so that she could store Kaya's brain image properly, when she heard the "thump" of flesh hitting carpeted floor outside. "Is everyone all right?" She asked as she poked her head outside.
Meanwhile, Yuri was walking down the hall toward the medical bay. She didn't see the two Nekos slumped on the floor yet.
Mia
Kaya looked at Ryoko with a puzzled expression before stating, "You shouldn't walk in the way of people who are running." This said she got up and sprinted off towards the bridge again.
Tyler
Ryoko blinked at the girl, she was puzzled by how she instantly blamed her. How could Ryoko know she was going to come barreling out of the medbay. She shrugged and turned to Meemel and smiled. "Hi, I'm okay." She said. "My name's Ryoko, what's yours cutie?" Ryoko smiled.
Yangfan
"Um, I'm Meemeel. Hi… Oh, please, um, have a seat on one of the beds and I'll be right with you." She then went back inside the medbay to save Kaya's brain image into memory, blushing all the way. Meemeel was still not used to the Nekos flirting with her, despite having served for a quite a while with the Star Army.
Yuri was standing by Ryoko, who was still on the floor, and looking down at her. "Odd place to take a nap, Shoi," she commented.
Meanwhile, Henry, also known as "his eagerness", was waiting patiently for two of his bridge officers to report back to him.
Tyler
Ryoko got to her feet and nodded; "Yeah it is isn't? I got bowled over by another Neko." She said standing up and went into the medbay to take a seat. "Let me guess, routine ST backup day?"
Yangfan
"You know the drill, then," said Yuri as she followed Ryoko inside. "By the way, we are on a first contact mission. If we go planetside, I'm bringing you with me. It should be a good learning experience."
Henry nodded to the two bridge officers as they returned to the bridge from the medbay. "Man you stations, lieutenants. Celia, you have the bridge. Start up the CDD and take us to the objective system. Shina, you're with me."
Shina nodded as she got up from her chair, and followed Henry as he headed for the medbay.
(OOC: I'll carry Drew's character along the plot until he picks things up again. Also, we'll be leaving Anisa soon.)
Tyler
"Actually...." Ryoko smiled, rubbing her purple hair embarrassedly. "This is the first time I've been on a starship before, and still a little shocked at that I got promoted from slave to Shoi in such a short time." The sultry exotic dancer said as she waited to get her backup created. When Yuri mentioned planetside, she blinked in moderate confusion, she'd never been on a mission like that before and was mildly unsure of her place in it. But facing the fact that she didn't have a choice in the matter, she smiled and nodded. " Hai, it should be."
Yangfan
Yuri watched as Meemeel backed up Ryoko's brain patterns on the ST system, and shrugged at Ryoko's comment about being a former slave. "We're all slaves to the Star Army here, in a way," she observed. "I wouldn't trade this job for anything, though."
It didn't take long for Henry and Shina to reach the medbay. Several medics helped the admiral and his assistant as they made use of the ST machines.
"Taii Kamitaka," the Celia avatar addressed Kaya, in person this time. "Please make one last check on our plotted course before I activate the CDD. I'd prefer not making course corrections while going FTL." The avatar Neko was standing behind Kaya's station, watching her with the neutral expression that she usually wore.
Tyler
For a moment, on the active machines, Ryoko's brainwaves shone with momentary curiosity. If such a thing registered on brainwave scans; she looked up at Yuri for a moment. "No, you're a soldier, hired or created to serve. I was created to be an exotic dancer but I fell into debt and sold myself into slavery to the military." She said pointedly. "I enjoy what I do and I figure that I'm here to to perform and keep morale up." Ryoko said, making a few gesticulations as she spoke to make her point.
She looked up as Henry and Shina walked in as she rose from her seat when the backup was completed. She noticed their rank pins, and figuring that they were the big-shots around here; Ryoko went over... no she half strutted over to Henry and bent over at the waist showing a little cleavage as she bowed to him. "Hello Taisho-san." She said and winked at him. She smiled and trailed a couple fingers over his cheek. "Mmm you're pretty cute, I think I might enjoy being on this ship.." Ryoko giggled. and backed off.
Yangfan
Henry had just gotten up from the examination bed when Ryoko "greeted" him. He smiled. While Ryoko's actions could be considered impertinent, Henry was as vulnerable to flattery as anyone. Besides, Ryoko was right. Henry was fairly handsome if one overlooked his grayish cybernetic right eye.
"Shoi Yamikage, the new intel officer, correct?" he asked.
Instinctively, Shina placed her hands on Henry's arm, showing a slight hint of possessiveness.
"Ah, I should be getting back to the bridge," said Henry as he felt Shina's touch. "As you were, Shoi."
Yuri looked on silently as the admiral and his assistant left the medbay. "You know…" she said to Ryoko after the two were gone, "it is usually not a good idea to make physical contact with a superior officer. Then again, Taisho Chen seems to enjoy the attention."
Tyler
Ryoko nodded to Henry and giggled quietly at Shina's possessiveness and kept a fairly amused smile on her lips as they left and turned to Yuri as she spoke. The smile faded when Yuri told her it wasn't the best idea; but Ryoko always had been one to take chances, convinced of her ability to charm her way out of deep trouble. "I'm sorry...you're right..." she hung her head as if in shame, her inferiority complex kicking in. "A second rate Neko such as myself doesn't have a right to to enjoy such things." She sighed, then looked up at her.
"I don't have that much experience on ships, could you possibly help me become familiar with how it works here?" She asked her fellow Neko.
Mia
Kaya turned her head to see who had addressed her and as she saw the avatar she eyed it warily. Turning around fully she took a step towards it and examined her body as if she was looking for something. "Something’s strange... no nothings strange... shhh who asked you... I did it was me... I know something’s wrong...Could her strangeness be that she is actually a projected holographic image and is fairly transparent... nonononono... I know... what... *numerous whispers* ... Ahhh! You're right well done...thank you!"
After her second of thought she stopped examining the avatar and simply stated, "Smile." She then walked off to follow her orders and check the plotted course again.
When she arrived in the astrometry room she went over to the control panel and started to double check the plotted course.
Motoyama Kaori
(OOC: Before you read this, I apologize for my absence. Problems in the real world.)
He watched as the door slid open into the room upon which he was about to enter. That room being his new home upon the bridge. He stepped in and snapped a quick rigid salute to the current person in charge. He didn't much care to look and notice who. He was here to do a job, and knew proper military etiquette. Though he found it odd being on this mission. So he was part of an Expeditionary force? Obviously the threat to the crew existed as meeting new planet's inhabitants could cause problems. He would not allow this crew to fall prey to something like that. No, indeed he would not allow such. He would face whatever challenges came about, and conquer them as he had most of his life. He nodded to whomever it was that simply took his station in his absence. The other simply got up and went on. He sat down and looked across his readouts. Everything seemed to be in order. His fingers danced across the various input area's on the panel. Feeding the thing commands, and retrieving what was needed for his knowledge. "Hmm. Looks like it is gonna be a long day..."
Yangfan
(OOC: it is all right, Drew.)
"That's my job, I suppose," replied Yuri. "I'll try my best, although I mostly keep to myself. Anyway…" Yuri lied down on the examination bed that Ryoko was on a moment ago, so she could get backed up herself. "I'm gonna take a nap after this. Consider yourself off-duty until I call for you."
After hearing Kaya's comments, Celia was prodding herself on the tummy, just to make sure that she was using her flesh-and-blood Neko avatar, and not a holographic projection as she occasionally did. With many ways of manifesting oneself, even an AI could get confused once in a while.
"Something wrong, Celia?" Henry was back on the bridge, and staring at her with a raised eyebrow. Meanwhile, Shina returned to her station on the bridge.
"I'm fine, sir," replied Celia, quickly clasping her hands behind her back again.
After giving Motoyama a polite nod, Henry took his seat at the captain's chair.
"Why isn't the CDD activated yet?" he asked Celia.
"I asked Taii Kamitaka to double-check the route, sir, and am monitoring her progress as we speak. We should be headed for the object system shortly."
Sure enough, within a matter of minutes, the YSS Celia and her escorts began racing toward the objective system at superluminal speeds.