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[Twi]

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Harpe blinked twice, feeling a sense of pride well up inside her as she received the badge of her rank. Up till now, she'd only known that she was nominated... The experience was still a bit of a shock to her.

"T-thank you," she managed, blinking. "Both of you," she added after a moment.

"Okay...First off, this mission sounds...dangerous to say the least. They'd probably be there in greater force than this attack, not to mention they'd have stationary defenses of some kind. So if there's anything on this ship we could use in a pinch- fighter drones, mines, et cetera- I'd like to know."

A grim expression settled upon her face.

"I'd like to make sure we don't lose another person so soon into our tour, or worse."

[adwarf]

Dylan saw how nervous Harpe was as she talked, but he continued through with his idea despite it. "Yes I have one request actually, I would like permission to begin modifications on the White Knight as soon as possible, as we observed in our last battle the Tsuan are far superior technology wise, but I have a plan that should weaken them severely. Of course to do this I will need free reign to modify the White Knight along side the engineers as I see fit, and I will need access to new weaponry, and parts for it." Dylan said taking a deep breath at the end before continuing, "Now the actual plan revolves around the fact that the Tsuan forces consist of drones, and their weapons are entirely energy based so my idea is to outfit the White Knight with high-quality experimental EMP shielding, and an EMP Weapon built into it. In this way I think we can neutralize the Tsuan suits in battle and give us the upper hand. I have more ideas, but I'll stick to this one for now. So what do you say Captain?"

[Twi]

Harpe smiled and nodded at the ideas Dylan was putting down. Okay, that was definitely a good idea, but it could use some work.

"Well, if we're going to talk about that, we might as well just use a nuclear warhead or a... what was the term...oh! Explosively pumped flux compression generator. Yeah, that sort of thing. After all, Tsuan circuitry is probably smaller and more compact than ours, and thus more vulnerable to EMP if not properly shielded. But really, I don't think you need to switch to vacuum tubes to deal with lasers." She grinned at her fellow pilot. "Perhaps you were thinking of high-quality mirrors? Believe it or not, those could in fact work. If they were really high quality. And you kept them undamaged by space debris."

"...And while we're talking about it, we could get a few electron beams and pump them full of X-rays..."

[Haspen]

Harpe&Dylan:

Captain Lydia glared a little at both of them during their technotalk, as the First Officer looked at a datapad in his hand and pushed some buttons, letting out a hum afterwards.

"Well, the repairs are still underway. I don't think you will be able to do any modifications before we reach the inner asteroid belt. But feel free to pass your notes and ideas to Sir Arthur or Chief Engineer. They might find some time for you. Supplies and extra parts might be even harder to get, especially that our Quartermaster dislikes experiments involving our limited supplies." He said briefly looking at Dylan.

"Dismissed. I need to take a nap. Sergei, you have the ship." With that, the Captain stood up and marched out of the ready room.

[Twi]

Harpe chuckled after the captain left. "_{Yes, yes she does need a nap}...Moving on.  It'd be unfortunate if we don't have anything. I suppose I shall go and try to talk something useful out of our infamous Quartermaster. A few missiles, perhaps... Think I've got a chance, sir?" she asked the First Officer.

The captain was not, in fact, scary when she was annoyed. How fortunate. Harpe knew quite a few people who were.

[Haspen]

Harpe:

"Hmm. He is the most bureaucratic officer on the ship. If you show him proper forms and all that he asks for, he should be cooperative."

[Twi]

"Thank you, sir."

Bureaucracy time! Find out what stuff is around in the first place- missiles, drones, what have you. Useful stuff. Obtain forms to acquire said stuff for whatever purposes. Fill out said forms. Yadda yadda yadda.

[Haspen]

Harpe:

At Storage and Management part of the ship, in the main room, there were several printing terminals. Just as Harpe accessed one, a menu of available forms came up.

Code: [Select]

Alpha: Personnel-related forms

1: Rank and status confirmation form
2: Transfer request form
3: Non-officer rank promotion form
4: Officer rank promotion form
5: Death form
6: Absence form
7: Retirement/leave form
8: Confidental affairs form

Beta: Equipment-related forms

1: Essential vessel/PCASS/installation system modifications form
2: Non-essential vessel/PCASS/installation system modifications form
3: Equipment transfer form
4: PCASS exchange request form
5: PCASS equipment transfer/upgrade request form
6: Equipment experimentation form
7: Weaponry experimentation form
8: Medical supplies handling form
9: Special supplies handling form
10: External trading form
11: Salvaged alien equipment handling form
12: Other equipment handling form

Gamma: Administrative forms

1: Commission of vessel form
2: Commission of installation form
3: Commission of PCASS form
4: Non-military Vessel order form
5: Non-military Fleet order form

Delta: Restricted or otherwise non-standard forms

1: Intelligence report form
2: Forced personnel removal form
3: Security breach form

Epsilon: Special forms

***ACCESS DENIED***
Please enter your officer database password and special one-time security code to access Epsilon forms.
***ACCESS DENIED***
A young Centaurian behind a desk in the room coughed and looked at Harpe with his bright blue eyes.
"In case you're here for the first time, I can help. I don't bite."

[Twi]

Harpe smiled a bit and nodded. "Well, thank you! It happens that I'm trying to find out if we have certain items on this ship... You know. Missiles, weapons platforms, drones, mines, weapons of mass destruction, stuff like that. You can help, right?"
Find out from Centaurian if there are any of the above around.

[Haspen]

The man scratched his cheek a little.

"Uh, well. We have several dozens of weapons and utilities mountable on PCASS. But this is a cruiser, not a missile frigate nor a minelayer or construction vessel. I think the most you can get from Arus is additional weapon for your suit, if you have place on it, of course. Said weapons of course come with full ammo bank... As for WMD or special equipment, you won't get those. The first were banned eighty years ago, during Unification, and the second is restricted for Captain's orders and science department. Sorry to dissappoint you."

[Twi]

Harpe nodded, sighing. "Figured that might be the case. Ah, well... If you happen to see the Captain and she's feeling better, tell her I asked for the equipment, would you? I didn't expect much, but there should at least be a drone or two on this ship somewhere. They're so very useful for scouting..."

"By the way, the WMDs were a joke." She chuckled and shook her head.
Review the inventory of additional weapons and utilities in case we want to change up our Suit's equipment. Also, pull rank on fellow suit pilots to make a meeting. We must figure out how to outfit our Suits!

[Haspen]

Harpe:

Upon hearing the request, the centaurian at desk grabbed a datapad, turned it on and pushed several buttons for ten or so seconds. Then, he handed it to Harpe.

Code: [Select]

Current spare weaponry/utilities for PCASS on board of TLC Scylla
Date: 06/02/2133
Quartermaster Code: *********

Weapons:
Main Weapons:
-Rifles:
--Heavy Gauss Rifles: 6
---Heavy Gauss Ammo: 840 in packets, 91 loose
--Heavy Laser Rifles: 8
--Heavy Slug Rifle: 7
---Heavy Slug Ammo: 1180 in packets, 104 loose
--Tesla Guns: 4
--Tactical Long Range Laser Rifles: None
--Disruptor Pulse Rifles: 3
-Lances:
--Ionized Titanium Lances: 4
--Polarized Titanium Lances: 4
Side Weapons:
-Rifles:
--Gauss Rifles: 5
---Gauss Ammo: 800 in packets, 37 loose
--Laser Pulse Rifles: 5
--Slug Rifles: 6
---Slug Ammo: 1520 in packets, 111 loose
-Blades:
--Polarized Titanium Blades: 5
--High-Charge Titanium Blades: 4
Missile Launchers:
-Devastator: 5
--Devastator Missiles: 248
-Scatterer: 10
--Scatterer Mini-Missiles: 995
-Vetan Dual Homing: 3
--Vetan Dual Homing Missiles: 86
Utilities:
-Evade Boosters: 6
-Secondary Aiming Computers: 7
-Charge Collectors: 4
-Energy Amplification Units: 5
-Solar Wind Turbines: 4
-Weapon Control Matrixes: 7
-Passive Armor Shieldings: 5
In the meanwhile...

Intercoms in corridors and rooms where the rest of the squad were voiced the messages requesting their presence in Pilots' Ready Room, which was near their quarters. For poor Kira, her intercom had it's volume slightly higher to make sure she will wake up after just fifteen minutes of a nap.

[Twi]

Pilot ready room!
Arrive with copies of the inventory list. Stand around looking apologetic. Especially if Kira comes in.

"I shouldn't be doing a meeting this late.... Oh well."

[RAM]

Sarah enters the mess hall with blood-stained eyes and a grimace, demands a stimulant beverage, and then departs to review her suit.

[Taricus]

Erava stalks out of the shadows in a corner of the room.

"Meh, I don't mind. The Tsuans aren't going to off themselves."