The Alien Wars 6: The Progenitor Wars
Lightbringer
Session Start: Mon Oct 28 18:26:23 2024
Session Ident: #PW-Session10
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01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.5
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *several days have passed since the Jarrivan battle where despite the Queen supposedly being defeated, all that has been left is the asteroids of the planet. And while the cure is being made and spread as fast as it can be, time is still ticking. But worst of all, those on the ship the last week or so have been experiencing a strange sense of emptiness, and lathergic nature*
01<@DS> *it seems many crew are not showing up at their posts or if they they simply are not that motivated*
01<@DS> *Isis sits at the meeting table frowning*
01<@DS> <Isis> I am not even positive on where to begin
<@Dias`> <Id> Perhaps you we should start from the beginning of it.
01<@DS> <Isis> Is there a beginning? *she tosses the papers down* Ever since capturing that hybrid we're no closer to learning anything and the Galactic Council is wanting answers from us.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *examines her nails then looks over* "Mmmmmm...and what questions have they asked?"
01<@DS> *Azora seems to be quiet, leaning back*
<@Dias`> <Id> That is problematic I suppose. But it's hard to put a time frame on something unchartered.
01<@DS> <Ako> They essentially want us to attend to bring them up to speed.
<@Dias`> <Id> Then why not send one of your aides to deal with them.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then don't drag it out. Sowing dissent just feeds this monster."
01<@DS> <Ako> I guess I can send the little one and hope she does not spaz out
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at Ako over her glasses* "...did you just listen to yourself?"
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "If she can't handle it, why would you want to subject her to that?"
01<@DS> *Ako makes a I can't hear you motion while talkingto her daughter*
01<@DS> <Ako> It's her job and I'm needed here with Jaime busy
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then pray she does not spaz out, lest the Senate go into rebellion."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Should she really be doing that job if she's so unreliable?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> I do not think we are in that much risk
01<@DS> *she arrives and sits down*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh? So the senate would not object?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> I cannot forsee what the senate will do, but if you look at it this way; the spread of the virus has been halted
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hyperbole on my part, maybe...but the Cartel under William Spade is looking for any excuse to be digruntled."
<@Dias`> <Id> You believe that William Spade is at the head of the Cartel?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "To be honest, yes."
<@Dias`> <Id> You also believe the Cartel to be the crux of all evil do you not, Charlotte?
01<@DS> <Adeline> All that is left is those that are infected, both Dark One and Progenitor, but for the most part now it is a matter of reducing them with the cure.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...my observation is that alot of influence in the Cartel has been consolidate din a short amount of time."
01<@DS> *Isis listens, hands folded*
01<@DS> <Isis> Is this .... belief shared by Jaime and Jikuu?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I haven't asked."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...as for the cure...mmmm...this practically makes me the savior of my people, does it not? I find that somewhat gratifying."
01<@DS> *she clicks her tongue oddly*
01<@DS> <Isis> Let us review some things
01<@DS> <Isis> The Hybrid
01<@DS> <Isis> It was activated from it's container mysteriously and Azora, have you learned anything yet?
01<@DS> <Azora> All it repeats is that a cold, male voice is the first thing it heard. As for how someone got past security, I do not have access to the people I brought right now so I see two options
01<@DS> <Azora> Take the PAX to the downed ship and connect the two so the PAX can try to learn what happened, or allow me to return home and see if I can find the tools
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...would it be possible to do both?"
01<@DS> *Ren sips her coffee and rubs her head* Both?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Do we need the PAX for that?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Take the PAX to talk to the other ship, while Azora goes to her home in search of the tools."
<@Dias`> <Id> It would make it easier I suppose.
01<@DS> <Azora> The PAX has abilities in it that would surprise you. It was not meant to be a ship of peace, after all.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...in the ancient Human tongue of Latin, PAX translates literally to 'Peace'. Now I am curious what your name for it is."
01<@DS> <Adeline> I suppose I could try to have the PAX talk to the other ship without her with some tinkering. But do we really want to let Azora out of our sight? <Isis> We could have Drasek or Ao go with her
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Why those two?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...do we have any choice but to trust her, at this point? Consider my position...she was ready to incinerate me before..then we showed that we could fight this thing."
01<@DS> <Azora> It's name is complicated bringing it to your language, but it was roughly "Hidden Ship"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...interesting..."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I prefer PAX."
01<@DS> <Isis> I am guessing Azora is planning to travel back through hyprspace; they would be the only two who could keep up without a ship without hurting themselves
<@Dias`> <Id> Isis is correct.
01<@DS> <Azora> Jikuu probably could learn how to defend herself, but I am not sure I would be a good teacher for her
<@Dias`> <Id> We should focus on what's infront of us right now.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...and what of the other Progenitor faction? The fanatics? Is that an apt description?"
01<@DS> <Azora> Giving them the cure would be ... hard
01<@DS> <Azora> I will see to them
01<@DS> <Isis> That leaves just one more topic to go over
01<@DS> <Isis> This strange depression that is hitting the crew. I have noted even Ren is not eating like she normally does and others are hiding it well, but the normal crew is taking it harder than us. Is it coming from the hybrid? We still have not been able to get anything out of him
01<@DS> *Ren's ear twitches and she throws her coffee back*
<@Dias`> <Id> Have you had the medbay test their blood to see if there's an increase in any certain chemical?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Ah, that's the reason? That's a little reassuring, but not much."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Not a bad idea. *she grabs Ren's arm and pokes her, drawing blood*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...perhaps it could be some psionic influence...that was how it contacted Charlotte to begin with, wasn't it?"
01<@DS> *Adeline comms Cuddles and Vodka to come up to the conference room*
01<@DS> <Isis> It seems to have little interest in Charlotte or Jikuu since entering the brig.
<@Dias`> <Id> Perhaps it's withdrawls
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Withdrawal? From what?"
01<@DS> *Ren rubs her arm, scowling, as the two take the sample and move to examine it*
<@Dias`> <Id> From the influence from the Hybrid.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Maybe... but my reasoning brings up another question. Why wasn't I affected?"
01<@DS> *Ako answers Olivia's call* .... .. uh huh? Uh huh? ... hold on I'm going to meet you at the teleporters
01<@DS> <Adeline> Oh. Cuddles took your sample and came up with a semi reason
<Jackieness> <Noire> "By the malaise?"
01<@DS> <Ako> Let me go cut off a scandel
01<@DS> *Ako hurries out*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime warps in, tilting her head**
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "By the hybrid."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm...that just happened."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Also, don't let her say we didn't warn her..."
01<@DS> *Adeline hands Charlotte a piece of paper*
<@Alicia> * Charlotte reads it
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...indeed."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I missed a bit I see.
01<@DS> <Adeline> They are curious if your blood might help make defenses, but with the enemy captured they returned to the cure
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...Jaime, the future of the empire was being charted without you."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Maybe it's worth working on that now."
<@Dias`> <Id> Don't worry though. We did well in your stead.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Thoguh something obviously just occurred."
01<@DS> <Adeline> I will go prepare the PAX to travel to the planet for now *Azora has already left*
01<@DS> *Ako returns, shaking her head, dragging Olivia by the ear*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> What happened there sis?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, come on. Surely it's not that big a scandal. After all, you said nothing big would happen."
01<@DS> <Ako> It seems the council wanted answers on how fast the cure could be implemented galaxy wide, what we were doing with the hybrid to gt answers, that sort of thing
01<@DS> <Ako> Olivia panicked and began to apologize profusely
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "And?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Will tease her to death again?
<@Dias`> <Id> They saw it as a sign of weakness and took advantage of it
01<@DS> <Ako> And nothing much - though William Spade wants to come here to pay his respects
01<@DS> (Will)
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...and there you see my concern."
01<@DS> <Ako> He wants to see Lenneth
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Jaime, do you not see how that will not help?"
01<@DS> *Ako sits down and eyes the two* I okayed it
01<@DS> <Ako> When we were not busy
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I may be failing to see the danger. Sis is frozen.
01<@DS> <Ren> I'll keep security tighter when he does arrive. *she lazily taps her ear* Drasek, Ao, and Azora have left
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hopefully, those two can actually be trusted to watch her."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> They didn’t happen to leave a note or anything?
01<@DS> *Adeline speaks over the comms from the bridge in the next room* <Adeline> I am jumping us now. *The PAX leaps into hyperspace*
<@Dias`> <Id> You seem to have a lot of trust issues.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "...that may be so."
01<@DS> <Isis> Jikuu is still on the ship, right? I would find it bad if she was chasing after them or something worse
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...look at current events from Charlotte's point of view...all this has happened because soemthign wanted to molest Charlotte's brain."
01<@DS> 8
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, she's been relaxing."
01<@DS> *Athena lowers from ceiling and reaches for Charlotte's head, then rubs on it playfully*
01<@DS> <Athena> Make Athena smarter~
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sis speaks like she isn’t a genius.
01<@DS> *Cuddles comes on the comm* <Cuddles comm> We might have found something in Ren's blood
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> It might not be a bad idea to take everyone's blood again
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is that so? I wonder what the origin is."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm? Don't leave us in suspence, Cuddles."
<@Seraphna> Jennifer> We need a blood bot or something.
<@Dias`> <Id> I believe she need's a bigger base line to determine.
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> Well, if you force me to give an answer now
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hypothesis, Cuddles. Call it a hypothesis."
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> Comparing to what was in her blood before with the hybrid's rage infection, it is very similiar, but not it seems to be attacking her body to make her depressed, tired, run down; her body is beginning to slow down as well.
01<@DS> <Vodka on comm> Same cure am not working against this strain.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So it’s not that causing the crew to act all dour?
01<@DS> <Cuddles on comm> Basically.
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> But if this gets worse Ren might just fall asleep and not want to wake up
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, it might be that I have defences against that too, since it hasn't affected me..."
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> Same with the crew
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm....Aunt Bobbi fell into a catatonic state after she was freed."
01<@DS> *Isis drums a finger against her hand* Our guest is becoming more of a nuisance.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Is it coming from him?
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> Yes. It seems to be matching his I don't know if it's depression or void of emptions
<@Dias`> <Id> Hmm. It's possible that since you're tied to it, you're also tied to it's emotional state.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...have we tried using the psi dampers on the hybrid?"
01<@DS> <Vodka> Dah dah, it took weeks for those in the catatonic state to wake. Should ask for their blood to see if they are okay
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well this is not good.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> The brig is designed to block all sorts of powers, including psionics
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then this must be somethign else."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Are we sure the hybrid is the source?"
<@Dias`> <Id> It could be on a different level...a sub-atomic or a quantum level.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This is all hypothesis right now. Let Cuddles run her tests."
01<@DS> <Cuddles comm> I'll look into it more and take more samples before I give you a definitive answer. For now, happy thoughts!
01<@DS> *Ren scowls*
01<@DS> *the PAX comes out of hyperspace*
01<@DS> <Adeline comm> I need you on the brig
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses** Erevis AI, unleash the Athena Happy Mix.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime warps to the brig**
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Let me guess, the hybrid escaped."
01<@DS> *Athena happy happy meow music plays*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The internal alarms would be going off if that were the case."
01<@DS> *Adeline stands there on the bridge with Taiga, studying the crashed progenitor ship below*
<@Alicia> *brig or bridge?*
01<@DS> *bridge my bad
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Are we salvaging it?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stands* "...now I am curious too. Shall we?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> If we're going to plug the PAX into that ship to learn more about who opened the capsule we need to plug our ship into their's
01<@DS> <Taiga> Sam, plug into the central Empress system
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Make sure nothing infects the system."
<@Seraphna> **Sam acknowledges and a short time later the Empress system keys on**
01<@DS> *Ren leans against the wall, acting all bad ass*
01<@DS> <Taiga> We need you to unleash the plugs system if you can locate it
01<@DS> <Taiga> Okay
01<@DS> <Taiga> Lets do it manually then
<@Seraphna> **Sam does so after a moment**
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Seems she did it.
01<@DS> *Taiga pauses after bringing Jaime and Jikku close together; outside massive cables crash onto the planet*
01<@DS> <Taiga> The uh, hard part is that the ship below is mostly gone so...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm?
<@Dias`> <Id> So no guarantee we'll be able to access all of it's systems
01<@DS> <Adeline> Right. Lets go down there and look to see if there is something we can connect to
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...let's go."
01<@DS> *Taiga, Adeline, and Ren down to the planet surface, where Adeline and Taiga work on the large connectors while Ren walks along the progenitor ship. It looks mostly buried* <Ren> Anyone got tools to dig this thing up?
<@Dias`> <Id> I could create a hard light shovel but it would take forever.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Tools? **she holds out a hand and starts shifting it out with Earth Spirit power**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads down too* "Perhaps I might be able to assist as well." *conjures large Dark Arms to start trying to lift the ship out as Jaime uncovers it*
01<@DS> *Ren stands to the side, comically buried*
<@Alicia> * Charlotte heads down with Jikuu
01<@DS> *as they unbury and lift it up, more of the damage to the ship is revealed; gaping tendril holes throughout the engine sides, but there is one different attack that stands out. Some sort of energy blast akin to EarthGov, but much more powerful, that seems to bave melted most of the under side near where one of the ports are at *
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hyperspace?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm? No...a particle weapons, maybe."
<@Dias`> *Id floats down to the hole and begins scanning it*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "It was just a suspicious location."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The rest were clearly Dark One attacks, but this one may have been the killing blow."
01<@DS> *The weapon type comes up as being a mix of weapon types oddly - particle, the power of a massive rail type gun mixed with hyperspace, and there might even be some blackhole damage there but due to how long ago it is one can only guess by the damage left behind*
01<@DS> *Taiga and Adeline begin to plug into the ship*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Alright , I will head up to the PAX and see if we're connecting to the capsule
<@Dias`> *Id floats up to Taiga and relays the information to her* This is what I've all found.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That readout is what seems like our technology. Mixed?
01<@DS> <Taiga> ... Strnge. What sort of weapon uses that
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Honestly? I don't know."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *eyes the report* "...mmmm...I'm curious how that cominbation even works."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Exactly, they do not play nice together
<@Dias`> <Id> Seem's more like it was a combination hail mary attack.
01<@DS> <Taiga> But this thing was aimed to try to kill the ship. If we walked through the hole, it likely tore right down the middle, might have even come close to the capsules
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Maybe it's a hybrid attack... or maybe it was just a combination."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Erm
<@Alicia> *it was, not it's
01<@DS> *Adeline speaks up on the comms from the PAX* <Adeline on comm> You might want to return
<@Dias`> <Id> I will send the data to Winters. Hopefully he and his children can figure something out.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime warps back to her wife**
01<@DS> *Adeline can be heard hesitating a moment, then says nothing*
<@Dias`> <Id> I guess the rest of us will have to travel back the hard way.
01<@DS> *Taiga grunts and Ren practically drags herself back toward the ramp*
<@Dias`> *Id floats along side Taiga*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Guess we're putting this off, then." *heads back*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I am here, you know." *steps forward, shadowporting right to the ramp and then walks up*
01<@DS> *a mechanic runs past them, fleeing*
01<@DS> <Taiga> .... *watches them run down toward the pit they dug out*
01<@DS> *Ren looks ahead but nothing is chasing him*
<@Dias`> <Id> ...That appears to be abnormal
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Mind control?" <Charlotte> "Or illusions."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...nani?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am confused.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> IT appears
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Scanning him before he ran off, that he was massively sleep deprieved
01<@DS> <Erevis> Shall I tractor beam his ass back?
<@Dias`> <Id> Yes
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Please."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...this sort of chaos does us no good."
01<@DS> *the employee is dragged back raving about spiders and shadows by blue beam*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I guess we need to isolate some medical rooms and pad them.
01<@DS> *Vodka creeps out of the shadows, making the man scream more*
01<@DS> <Vodka> Be leaving it to me. *She pulls her patient away*
01<@DS> <Taiga> .... I uh, ..... is it me or is Vodka more....
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I would not know."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "..perhaps someone should follow Vodka to medical."
01<@DS> <Ren> Right, yeah, I can do it
01<@DS> *Ren follows after her*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'll go too."
01<@DS> *the group soon reaches the bridge where Adeline is waiting at a console*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes for the bridge*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime is waiting there, watching Adeline work, yea, that’s what she’s watching**
01<@DS> <Adeline> So
01<@DS> <Adeline> This is what the capsule recorded.
<@Alicia> * Jikuu watches
01<@DS> *she hits play and it startsup with the capsule starting itself as someone begins to power it up; for the first few seconds we see from the inside of the capsule, facing outward and away from Hybrid. Soon the capsule door opens, confirming the command of Azora and it opens to reveal .... Chad Winters, holding some strange cube like devise and studying the hybrid and then speaking to him in Prognitor before stepping away*
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "... I should have known."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> The fuck?
01<@DS> <Taiga> .... *rubs her chin, staring at the screen hard in thought*
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Azora and Chad were conspiring against us from the beginning."
<@Dias`> <Id> Hmmmm.
01<@DS> *Isis sits in one of the chairs, leaning back*
01<@DS> <Isis> Interesting hypothesis. Back it up
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "You too?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I don’t actually see Chad needing Azora to do anything. But… why?
01<@DS> <Isis> If I was truly part of it, then I would have already accomplished my goal. Taking the second seat from you
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Probably to restart the war."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...does he know Progenitor?"
01<@DS> <Isis> I want you to walk through your hypothesis of the two working together and see how it makes sense
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I do not know the functioning of Chad Winters mind."
01<@DS> *Turns to Jaime* <Isis> What is your hypothesis then?
<@Dias`> <Id> You believe that Winters wanted to restart a war that would drag his own family in to it?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Or what he even gets out of all that has happened.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Do we have a timestamp for this event?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am not sure that is Chad Winters.
01<@DS> <Isis> Good girl
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **blushes a bit** Besides a mere disguise, there are multiple other people with his face.
01<@DS> <Adeline> It appears to have occurred after the defeat of "it"
<@Dias`> <Id> There is only one known person.
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Did I miss something? Multiple Chads?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I thought his predecessor was dead… twice over though.
01<@DS> <Taiga> There is a few I could name
<@Dias`> <Id> Yes you have, but I suppoose that anything outside of Suisen Territory, you've chosen to not pay it heed.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Please do illuminate this matter."
<@Dias`> <Id> There is the clone child version of Winters that they recovered alongside an Aya clone from a black market auction.
01<@DS> <Taiga> There is the clone Chad and Aya, which were brainwashed. But from what I last heard, Aya was watching over them closely after they were used
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Could it be another Sin we did not know of?
01<@DS> <Taiga> And there's one other
<@Dias`> <Id> It's possible that there could be another clone that was released, but Winter's spent a lot of time searching to make sure none existed.
01<@DS> <Taiga> The problem is the other makes little sense since they stand little to gain
<@Dias`> <Id> Hmmm. Yes, it's possible it's that Winters. But it does make little sense unless he wanted to sow chaos for a different goal.
01<@DS> <Taiga> *tinkers wither the PAX to bring up the Higer Reality*
01<@DS> <Taiga> Jog memories?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...them again? Why now?"
01<@DS> <Isis> I am unsure. I agree that the motivation makes little sense, but the technology to get to this hybrid was more advanced.
01<@DS> <Isis> Also, I am unsure how there could be a connection between him and Azora
<@Dias`> <Id> Well, it would appear you have 3 choices. Confront Winters, Confront the clone, or push to go after the higher.
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I guess it makes sense that there would be a Chad there."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Jikuu. Have we gotten in touch with Fate since returning back here?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...call our chad in first. This would interest him in any case. As to why Azora? Perhaps he has taken the knowledge from the higher reality Azora."
<@Dias`> <Id> I have chosen not to keep him up to date with this, so if you would like me to contact him, I will. Also what would you like me to tell him?
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I have had no chance to talk to Fate..."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Well we know Fate and the higher reality are connected
01<@DS> <Adeline> Well
01<@DS> <Isis> I suppose we should tell him there is a possibity the higher plane Chad has a hand in all this
01<@DS> <Isis> And that we will have to look into how much of a hand
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...that should get his attention, at the very least."
<@Dias`> <Id> Then I will let him know.
01<@DS> <Taiga> There are a few things we need to discuss - Jaime, Isis, Jikuu
<@Dias`> <Id> He would like to know where and when you want to meet him
01<@DS> <Isis> I will let Jaime decide that one.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Indeed.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We could have him here as soon as possible then.
01<@DS> <Taiga> First, with the Empress system, reaching the higher planes should be easier. But it is up to you if you want to retrieve Azora first; second going up there might be a one way trip. You recall what it was like last time, so if either of you three want to accomplish anything here we should do it now, especially with the crew in bad shape
01<@DS> *Ako peeks in* William and his sister have arrived; I'm going to escort them to medical
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I... did not go the last time..."
<@Dias`> <Id> A side note on that. Do you want to bring the hybrid with? It maybe more advisable to leave it here.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...though it would be funny if they had to deal with the mess that they tried to inflict upon us..."
01<@DS> <Taiga> I am aware, I am including you in the decision because the damage it did to the PAX and the fact we lost Fate there for decades
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Where would we keep it?
01<@DS> <Adeline> Cheryl perhaps
<@Dias`> <Id> You do not have an offsite secure area for such things?
01<@DS> <Adeline> The Cartel or the the Erusians next
01<@DS> <Adeline> The city does have locations
01<@DS> <Adeline> But there is a drawback
01<@DS> <Adeline> Risokyo would begin to become depressed and go to sleep
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps a station.
01<@DS> *Erevis AI gets chatty with someone as they approve a teleport*
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Who is teleporting?"
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Mister Winters
01<@DS> <Taiga> I know someone who could watch the hybrid for us
01<@DS> <Taiga> Wind - if we can contact him
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "We are certain he is not in cahoots with Azora?"
01<@DS> *Taiga tilts head* If you are certain she is a villain why did you allow her to leave the ship?
01<@DS> <Taiga> She could lead Drasek and Ao into a trap and never return
<@Dias`> *there's a cough as someone steps on to the bridge*
01<@DS> <Isis> Hello, Mister Winters
<@Dias`> *Chad stands there* Id showed me the security footage. And let me know about your discussions. *He eyes Jikuu and then Jaime briefly*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm....Chadwick Winters. We believe that your highe rplane coutnerpart is up to shenanigans."
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Oh, was I supposed to chase after her?"
01<@DS> *Isis seems to be thinking on something*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Speculations of course. But a Chad Winters may be best to solve this mystery.
<@Dias`> <Chad> That or my younger clone. *He looks at Noire briefly before moving and sitting down*
01<@DS> <Isis> If it is a clone, Cheryl and the others can look into it with Aya's connections
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...that is why we asked for you. If anyone would be able to shed some light on this matter, it would be you."
01<@DS> *Ren has joined the group*
<@Alicia> * Charlotte joins the group shortly after
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, I can't exactly clear myself. I tend to go off the grid for stints. My younger clone, Id and Aya can help clear. Other possible clones? *He leans forward* I don't know if I'd worry about that possibility.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Let's show you the found footage then. Play it for him."
01<@DS> <Ren> I don't see a clone that looks like your ugly mug wielding some weird cube
01<@DS> <Adeline> I can play it again but I am sure Id has done it
<@Dias`> <Chad> I've seen it. *He waves his hand dismissively* It looks like me so that clears clones. *he eyes Ren with that dangerous look*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "You don't?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Lets look at it like this
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm....Ren it beign negatively impacted by her recent experiences. Don't take it personally."
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Mmm..."
01<@DS> <Ren> Venerator's fan clubs are mostly gone. What few that were went after the younger clone and that even failed
01<@DS> <Ren> If a clone survived the odds of a clone sticking to itself and is Chad's age, along with superior weapons, is very slim
01<@DS> <Ren> Only to one day go, let me open pandora's box before I die
<@Dias`> <Chad> It would be a slim possilibity, yes.
01<@DS> *Ren grabs some more coffee and seems like she isn't eating based on how she slumps*
<@Dias`> <Chad> But even for me to consider doing it, I'd have to be put in either a very bad spot or be so scorned I wanted to see the world burn.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, possible, but very unlikely."
<@Dias`> <Chad> Who knows, I've still yet to full figure out what the Sin Cran did to me.
01<@DS> <Isis> Okay. Unless you have a twin, named Dahc, the other possibility is the higher up Chad since Fate isn't responding to Jikuu
<@Dias`> <Chad> The math would point to that, yes.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm..."
01<@DS> <Isis> He hasn't appeared before us himself; and his toy is captured
01<@DS> <Isis> We do have the option of not confronting him. Who is in favor of that
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I still can't fathom the one answer I really want still, which is Why.
<@Dias`> <Chad> One of three options. If it is him. Revenge for something, a bigger goal, or...sheer boredom.
01<@DS> <Ren> Last time we saw or heard, he was locking our asses away from the other realities
01<@DS> <Ren> Because we were dangerous. So I'd like to know why come down here and stir the pot
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I think he intends to destroy us."
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's possible he wanted to see what the Hybrid could do. So unleash it, find out it has a way to control people.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think Chad might be on the path
<@Dias`> <Chad> And controlling people is something that would be very useful to me.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Chad - erm, the other Chad seemd to want to keep his world in perfect controlled harmony
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm....so why would he attack now?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> Test grounds
<@Dias`> <Chad> He learned about it from fate most likely. And yes, this is his testing grounds.
01<@DS> <Adeline> It might indicate he has a hybrid
01<@DS> <Adeline> Based on the fact he hasn't bothered coming for this one
<@Dias`> <Chad> ...Hmmm. It's possible. If one if here then in theory one should be there.
<@Dias`> <Chad> But there's no guarantee that one will manifest the same powers as this one.
01<@DS> <Isis> *rubs her eyes*
<@Dias`> <Chad> But no doubt, he's seen what this one can do and will see if that one will act the same. If it does, we're running out of time. If it doesn't, he will come for this one.
01<@DS> <Ren> Personally I want to go just because I don't like the idea of him showing up now and again to test things here
01<@DS> *Taiga quietly digs her nails into her palm as she grapples with the problem* Well then
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...if we are wrong, then this coud be a bad distraction from the current crisis."
01<@DS> <Isis> It is why I said we can remain to clean up anything that is bothering us first
01<@DS> <Isis> But time is on their side - since it moves faster
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Indeed..."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So our theory is that Higher Chad first locked us away to keep us out of trouble, now essentially is using us as his prison experiment? Lovely.
01<@DS> *Adeline seems to be talking to Sam on the side while this is going on, typing on the console* <Adeline> Speaking of prison experiment
01<@DS> <Adeline> Sam can use the PAX to send out a loud message to Wind to get his attention
<@Seraphna> Sam> Dad really needs to learn to text more.
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's not like we haven't used time dialation to fix our problems in the past
01<@DS> <Taiga> Do we really want to give the hybrid over to him? <Adeline> We can use the same system to ask him to give it back
01<@DS> <Isis> Do we want to sleep on all this for a night?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Call him in I suppose.
01<@DS> *Adeline signals Sam to use the Empress system to emit the sound*
<@Dias`> <Chad> I still believe we should destroy the Hybrid...but now I have my reserves seeing as we may need it to counter whatever the Higher Chad is planning. If he keeps it in his plane, so be it. I couldn't care less. But if he decides to reach farther than he should, then I'll have a problem.
<@Seraphna> **Sam sends out the Wind Signal**
01<@DS> <Ren> So we might need to bring out emo one to counter his
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's possible, yes.
01<@DS> *Wind appears holding his ears, then adjusts his suit* Ai yi yi
01<@DS> <Wind> Are you all dog whistling for me?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes.
<@Dias`> *Chad grunts*
01<@DS> *Wind slides over and pulls Jaime up and begins to dance with her* So, what will it be?
01<@DS> *he speed dances around the table*
01<@DS> *Wind leans over toward Chad* You also need to smile more like Slasher. He at least can appreciate a good dick joke
<@Dias`> <Chad> No I understand why the higher me does what he does.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Oh no, he went evil
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We are trying to track the Evil Chad that woke up the Hybrid and now need a babysitter for the Hybrid.
01<@DS> *Wind changes partners with Jikuu, dancing wih her*
01<@DS> <Wind> I can do that. I thought this was going to be about the stuff happening in the other galaxies
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "I am not sure it is not."
<@Dias`> <Chad> What stuff?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> What fresh hell is happening out there now?
01<@DS> <Wind> Well, I
01<@DS> <Wind> Well, I'll try to describe it as best I can from a distance since even it could have wiped me out with what little power of reality I have left
<@Dias`> <Chad> I feel a migraine coming on.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This is going to be annoying, isn't it?"
01<@DS> <Wind> It was in the old progenitor/dark one galaxy; the sun was engulfed with blackhole and it kept expanding. I noted three progenitors there but they went to warp out, but had trouble. I couldn't get near them but they did eventually
01<@DS> <Wind> Next system over had the sun overload itself and explode. I don't know if they were gunning for them or not stillbut it was a battle on a massive scale
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...that could have been the Progenitor star killign weapon again."
01<@DS> <Wind> Ended up taking 3 systems in all; 2 blackholes and 1 star overload
<@Dias`> <Chad> So we have a higher me. And now we have a secondary war that's wiping out solar systems.
01<@DS> <Ren> You think they're connected and were they after Azora and Drasek/Ao?
<@Dias`> <Chad> Id. *The shell shifts in acknowledgement*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm...what did they call it again? The Divine Justice?"
<@Dias`> <Chad> I thought you destroyed it. On top of that, based on Wind's details, this is something else.
01<@DS> <Taiga> The Divine Justice was confirmed destroyed, but....
01<@DS> *Taiga frowns*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Not recovered.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Much like the queen being confirmed destroyed, no debris for either was picked up. But I agree, these attacks seem different. <Wind> It might be a progenitor overloading the star and taking both out
<@Seraphna> Jaime> There is that.
<@Dias`> <Chad> But it appears to be wanton destruction.
01<@DS> <Wind> I didn't notice Dark One motion but they had to have used the black hole attacks.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well....we did have ause to believe that the entity had managed to start infecting Progenitors, so perhaps it is acting again after losing the Hybrid."
01<@DS> <Wind> Why they were fighting over those systems, no clue
01<@DS> <Isis> You know
01<@DS> <Isis> The entity you keep referring is likely you know who
<@Dias`> <Chad> What direction would you say they're heading towards?
01<@DS> *she points up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...maybe...but what disturbs me is what originally set my people off in ancient times."
<@Dias`> *he looks at Wind*
01<@DS> *Wind thinks* I think they were headed toward the center of the Dark One territory
<@Seraphna> Jaime> They nicely divides our attention.
<@Dias`> *Chad rubs his face a bit* We need more information out there. Maybe the Dark One's have woken up there and they're fighting a secondary battle. We should divest some people that way to confirm.
01<@DS> <Wind> Well, I'll be honest
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...very well. Taiga, what is the condiiton of my ship?"
01<@DS> <Wind> 3 Progenitors going into that nest aren't likely to come back out
01<@DS> <Taiga> Flyable, but still not in the best shape; just don't push it super hard
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'd rather they not kick the hornets nest and starts a new dark one war.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...my ship is one of the few that can make it out there or go to the higher plane."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Alright. Lets split up for now and we'll see what we can in the Ancient Galaxy. I'll take my fumoffu club and attune to the PAX
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'd prefer to keep the PAX here. So my thought is this. PAX to the unknown. Noire's ship to the higher plane. Worse case you ask Dias to..*he sighs* punch you up there.
01<@DS> <Taiga> You want Noire's ship to jump up there?
01<@DS> *she rubs her face, running calculations*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...let's go to the Ancient Galaxy first... Taiga will need to affect addiitonal repairs before my ship can make the planar jump anyway."
<@Dias`> <Chad> The PAX would be more useful and safe here if it was not locked up there.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Not necessarily
01<@DS> <Taiga> Plus the PAX will take a while to get out there
<@Seraphna> Jaime> With our new systems jumping up seems it may be simpler than far somehow.
<@Dias`> <Chad> You believe that the PAX was originally designed to jump up?
<@Dias`> *He looks at Jaime*
01<@DS> <Taiga> The Empress system will aid in the upgrades given to it
01<@DS> <Taiga> So it won't break apart
01<@DS> <Taiga> Same with the jump out to the Ancient Galaxy
<@Seraphna> Jaime> More that it’s lack of need to move to jump might make things easier.
01<@DS> <Taiga> The draw back is how much Progenitor energy will each jump take
01<@DS> *Taiga grabs her coat* I'm going to return to the Strikers and see to something if you all plan to keep traveling toward the Galaxy
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Jumping is something I can do."
<@Dias`> *Chad leans back* I don't plan on going that way. As long as that fight stays there, it's not my priority.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm? Striker business, Taiga?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> The Striker Ship has been given upgrades; I want to see if it can make the jump up or will it break apart
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Very well. And what of the Fumoffu Club?"
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, the more venues the better chances
01<@DS> <Taiga> I'll join which ever team needs me the most *she glances at her datapad* Plus we need to hook up with others to get them ready to form a team B
<@Dias`> <Chad> From what I've gathered. We have a few paths going forward. Highest plane and Origin Galaxy.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmm...then I suggest we just make preparations for now, and not jump into any missions just yet."
01<@DS> *Taiga steps out of the bridge, heading for teleporters*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> William and his sister have said their goodbyes and are also departing.
<@Dias`> *Chad glances up then at Jikuu and Jaime at the announcement*
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Hopefully everything went well?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I suppose we may as well begin the jump when they leave.
01<@DS> *Wind - seeing they plan to remain on the ship and head out that way - prepares to go*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Just remember, we can't waste too much time on this for the highest plane issue.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Indeed. They seem to have respected Lenneth. *after a moment* All have departed
01<@DS> <Adeline> Alright Sam - put as much power as you can into the Tiger Engines
<@Dias`> *Chad eyes Adeline* I believe that means it's my time to leave then.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Good luck.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Try not to blow up with Taiga
<@Dias`> <Chad> I've made it this long Adeline. *He grunts a bit as he gets up and makes his way out*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Jikuu
01<@DS> <Adeline> After Sam tires herself out you can power the Empress system next
<@Seraphna> **Sam starts powering up the engine**
<@Alicia> <Jikuu> "Alright."
01<@DS> *Ren checks to see if any last minute people boarded*
01<@DS> *looking hopeful*
01<@DS> *The PAX begins to glow all around as Sam feels super drained; they jump and leap into a whirlwind of catgons chasing them*
01<@DS> *the crew is terrified by the catgons latching on and slowly reaching into the ship to snatch them when they arrive in normal space*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Judging by the distance, we are deep into the Unknown Galaxy. Somewhere deep in Templar Space.
01<@DS> <Isis> Well
01<@DS> <Isis> It seems if we can keep jumping at this distance we should arrive in less than a day
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> Location: Mansion Base
01<@DS> *Cheryl leans back, listening to the information being given to them by Aya about the crisis in the other galaxy*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Opinions
<@Dias`> *An Id floats there*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> We should meet up with Chad and see if we can help him
<@Seraphna> Angela> May as well.
01<@DS> *the computer alarms begin to go off and Chii and Freyja jerk*
01<@DS> *Cheryl fumbles blindly for the button to bring it on screen*
<@Dias`> <Id> ...Interesting.
01<@DS> *Lemon leans over with Mem to tap it
01<@DS> *it shows what appears to be a large ball like creature approaching earth from space; large blasts taking out the orbinal defenses*
01<@DS> <Mem> *leans forward, using Hotaru*
<@Dias`> <Id> I'm struggling to identify it.
01<@DS> <Lemon> Same. Let me zoom in
<@Dias`> <Id> I do not like the timing.
01<@DS> *as the computer zooms in, it shows a shredded and damaged Queen floating in space, attacking the orbital defense platform and absolutely wrecking it*
<@Seraphna> Angela> Are we really being attacked by balls?
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01<@DS> <Cheryl> Don't tell me all the strong ships are gone right now when that thing shows up
<@Dias`> <Id> Angela, activate your beta's. Buy Earthgov time. *The tone shifts*
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01<@DS> *the EarthGov defense force working to destroy it*
03* Jackieness` is now known as Jackieness
01<@DS> *while this is happening, a familiar voice whispers in Hotaru's ear*
01<@DS> *like a voice from a distant memory*
<@Seraphna> **Angela smiles, able to launch more on Earth, sending them out**
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Well, lets hope our little Beta party will be enough
<@Dias`> <Id> It'll take time for Earthgov's closest allies to make it here. Cheryl, start forming a team to get ready just in case.
01<@DS> *Lemon watches the ships going down as Cheryl nods, heading to get the shuttle ready*
<@Dias`> <Id> Talk to Evette, she'll be preparing
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> Location: Striker HQ
01<@DS> *Taiga shows off the Striker Ship, which has stuff running along the hull ala the beat up time machine in Back to the Future Part III*
<@Dias`> *Chad looks it over as she shows it to him*
<@Seraphna> **Si fuus, having painted lightning bolts on it for added power**
01<@DS> <Taiga> These extra parts should help the Striker make the jump by feeding into the circuits and energy, but it doesn't have the power of either Noire's ship or the PAX
01<@DS> <Taiga> So I been boosting it where I can
<@Seraphna> **Kumiko floats by them**
01<@DS> *Aurica logs stuff at her station*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, we could take the power core I use for Id's shells and increase it's size.
<@Dias`> <Chad> It just....is better small scale
01<@DS> *Taiga thinks* Well lets make a compromise somewhere inbetween then, maybe. Lets see what we can make
01<@DS> -TBC-
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<@Dias`> <Chad> There's an alternative. The Light Engine could be adapted possibly.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Ah, the more unstable of the engines. But.... it indeed has that... *she muses*
<@Dias`> <Chad> The most dangerous of engines. *He notes* The source to jump distance could be focused in a different direction.
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's possible that if we dial it back it could do the same with less repercussions. *He crosses his arms, clearly thinking*
<@Dias`> <Chad> That said, we always can fall upon Dias. If he's recovered enough.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I admit that I prefer to put faith in science and what I can build
01<@DS> <Taiga> Lets see, lets give it a shot
01<@DS> *she goes to storage and seems to bring out some of the engines*
<@Dias`> *Chad looks at her* I follow on the same path, but he got us up there before.
<@Dias`> *Chad eyes the engines she's brought out, studying them.
01<@DS> <Taiga> We can bring him as back up; I mean I used him as plan B last time
01<@DS> <Taiga> *Studies the engines and the ship, then works to make some adjustments*
<@Dias`> *Chad looks them over, making suggestions* I'll be honest. I'd prefer that it wasn't the highest plane version of me.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I agree. For some reason he's hard to read and understand.
<@Dias`> <Chad> That's not what worries me.
01<@DS> <Taiga> That he'll go ahead with certain things with no retraint
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's that he's had more time than I have to prepare and plan.
<@Dias`> *had*
01<@DS> <Taiga> If it is the case, then we're not going to win except by luck or overwhelming firepower
<@Dias`> *Chad looks at her for a moment* There's a third reason.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Oh. .... Oh!
01<@DS> *another Taiga begins to help her install*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Tortoise and the hare.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I want to get more information, I confess, but I feel even doing that much will play our hand
<@Dias`> <Chad> Unfortunately, while I'm a case study, he has centuries upon me.
<@Dias`> <Chad> But that maybe an advantage.
01<@DS> <Taiga> He must. *she has ehr copy keep working and go to the reality detector and begins to scroll everything since Nyarl's defeat*
01<@DS> <Taiga> There is working everytime some goes to Tareh and returns, or someone comes from 25 and so, but not a single blip from above
<@Dias`> <Chad> Let me ask you this, when's the last time you've seen me make the last move?
<@Dias`> *First*
01<@DS> *Taiga considers* It feels like it has been a very, very long time.
<@Dias`> <Chad> And when I did, there was a reason.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I know it runs in the family to predict what will happen by making moves, but going over it all even I can't see how one could guess all this would have played out this way
<@Dias`> <Chad> Maybe I should've joined that dumb council. Maybe it would've prevented a lot of this.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I'll be honest. They would drag you down.
<@Dias`> <Chad> Given enough time and patience it's possible. But even I have struggled over the ages to keep my thoughts straight. *He taps his arms as he thinks* He had a cube shaped object.
<@Dias`> <Chad> Granted, he's not so much flesh as a qoute unqoute god now.
01<@DS> <Taiga> If possible, I'd use them against him without revaling that was what you were doing. *Thinks* What is that cube. Some Progenitor tool or something more
01<@DS> *she begins to use her access to the ship's libraries to see if she can find anything*
<@Dias`> *Chad gives a subtle nod to Taiga at the first part* Something more I think. With enough knowledge I could've released that Hybrid.
<@Dias`> <Chad> But is it a false flag. I would always expect to be caught on camera. So either he's confident we can't identify it, he doesn't care, or he wants it to be seen.
01<@DS> <Taiga> It is hard to believe how close it was this whole time and if it reacts to emotions; it could have been used in various ways, but it could monkey paw too
01<@DS> <Taiga> Say I took it and filled it with love emotions - what if it spread love and it broke people up or made people attack each othr in the name of love
<@Dias`> <Chad> Technology prevented it or pure luck.
01<@DS> <Taiga> I might have found something
01<@DS> *Taiga turns the screen - it shows a drawing of the cube*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Thought now. What if he has gone through each plane til he hit ours. Hybrid existed in each one. Different stages it was found. Ours was the first that gave the right emotional status.
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<@Dias`> *Chad looks at the screen*
01<@DS> *it reads: The Codex. Progenitor - Empress Belonging. Classified.*
<@Dias`> *Chad takes a seat and he rubs his face a bit*
02* Disconnected
Session Close: Tue Oct 29 00:02:16 2024
Session Start: Tue Oct 29 00:02:16 2024
Session Ident: #PW-Session10
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<@Dias`> *Chad takes a seat and he rubs his face a bit*
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> I never heard of this before. I know Erevis never talked about it
<@Dias`> <Chad> Get permission from the Suisen Empire to cross reference it.
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01<SuperDS> *Taiga works on it, taking moment to fuss at her clone after a clang, then leans back* It seems that this was meant to be stored either in the palace, or on the royal ship
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> Otherwise you get classified
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> I did not see it at the palace when we were there did you
<@Dias`> *Chad thinks about it*
01<SuperDS> *nothing of such an object would stand out; maybe one of the cenobites puzzlebox under a candlestick*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Nothing clicks for me.
<@Dias`> <Chad> But is it a master key or something else. *He clicks his tongue* If it's a master key. Then what else has he unlocked.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> I'll send it to the others andif they run into Azora maybe she can answer that
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> It'll make Jikuu distrust her more
<@Dias`> <Chad> She already distrusts more than even me.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> A healthy amount will keep her alive, which was what I think Lenneth wanted to teach her, but she's going a little overboard now. I think that's why Lenneth showed up to see if they were okay
<@Dias`> <Chad> Gut reactions are ok, but she has a very narrow vision.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> Alright - I have one more bad theory
<@Dias`> <Chad> Let's hear it.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> If there is a codex in his reality, and he took the one here, that could explain a lot. Or best case he might not have ours or eve better there is just the one
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, if every plane followed a certain trajectory. He would now where ours is.
<@Dias`> <Chad> Or he had an idea and watched for the clues.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> ugh
<@Dias`> <Chad> My fear is that when we confront him, that some of those that come with let their feelings towards me over write their best judgement.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> I know for a fact that we need to becareful oif some drops him without all the clues *she pinches her eyes at the fact so many get annoyed at Chad, looking sour*
<@Dias`> <Chad> No need to get upset over me. I prefer it that way.
01<SuperDS> <Taiga> If having a sharp tongue is all it took, I am shock Warren made it as long as he did
<@Dias`> <Chad> Fair. Mine apparently cuts deeper
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<Dias`> <Chad> We'll need to prepare for an escape plan once we get up there and a counter plan for whatever his hybrid could potentially do.
01<DS> <Taiga> I'll see what I can plan out with what crew decides to be part of this.
<Dias`> *Chad closes his eyes as he thinks* This is going to be a gamble no matter what we do.
01<DS> <Taiga> We'll need to rais the odds
<Dias`> <Chad> Indeed.
01<DS> *Taiga and her clone finish with the engines and both sit back*
<Dias`> <Chad> You work fast when the need is high.
01<DS> <Taiga> It burns energy faster when doing this but time is essential; especially since I need to run tests to get this perfected
<Dias`> <Chad> I suppose you're correct. *He rubs his face slightly then taps his neck* Evette, I'll be pushing myself today. *He lowers his hand* What can I do to help beside my bottomless knowledge?
01<DS> *Evette looks up from a console*
01<DS> <Evette> You two need more assistants than using powers
<Dias`> <Chad> Taiga has Si to be her assistant. I'm not good with people.
01<DS> <Taiga> Lets see. *she dismisses her duplicate and motions at a console plugged into the Striker* The plan is to program various scenarios with the ship and see how the engines handle it. Just program the parameters of what you'd like to see and the program should run it from there. For example
01<DS> *Taiga programs a normal jump straight up to the higher reality with no other factors placed in it; and the Striker makes it just fine*
01<DS> <Taiga> You can get fancy and program a fleet as factors, or even higher versions of ourselves waiting; as well as anything you can imagine as long as you just enter and tweak the code
<Dias`> <Chad> I see. You want me to come up with all possible scenario's that could prevent us from getting up there or that. *He crosses his arms* Now I understand why Cheryl fears you.
01<DS> <Taiga> Hah. If I have the time I try to run these scenarios with anything I build. When we went up last time with the PAX, I was getting multiple crashes and why I brought Dias as a factor. It annoyed me though that I could not get a true "Dias" down and has to guestimate him
01<DS> <Evette> Even if you scanned him with the equipment here, you wouldn't be fully accurate
<Dias`> <Chad> The nature of his Weapon ability. *he eyes the program and begins typing various scenarios in, either testing it's limits or simply inputing all the scenarios he's already thought of*
01<DS> *the system gives him various pass or fails, or partial passes and points to where it would fail at. Taiga takes note of what is being sent to her datapad and looks over the shields and weapons, clicking her tongue*
01<DS> <Evette> If we need a quick upgrade we could rip it out of one ship and move to this one
<Dias`> <Chad> The problem with that is it would be temporary. We'd need more time to make sure it's integrated properly and the redudant safey systems are in place.
01<DS> <Taiga> I got an idea. The Striker has some hidden secrets. After making Noire's ship and Yoiyami's, I added some Dark Tech to this aging ship
01<DS> <Taiga> Putting it closer to what they can do
<Dias`> <Chad> I do have something that could potentially help us. It'll either work or the highest version of me had figured a work around it and I'll be wasting decades of refinement for nothing.
01<DS> *Taiga climns in and powers the Striker off; Evette studying from the console* <Taiga comm>> Any little bit helps. *the Striker seems to be unlockng a few things*
<Dias`> *Chad looks at Evette*
01<DS> <Evette> Itt
01<DS> <Evette> It is hard to say; he clearly has an eye here, and he clearly has been tinkering with both races. I have no idea if he has touched that though
<Dias`> *Chad closes his eyes* Do you think it's worth the risk?
01<DS> *Evette is quiet a moment, eyeing a spot on the floor hard, then finally* Yes. I have a reason I believe it might be useful
<Dias`> *Chad nods to her then looks at Taiga* We'll have one of our associates bring enough for the ship. *He pulls out his datapad, pulling something up and holding the datapad out to Taiga to look at*
01<DS> *Taiga looks at* <Taiga> Ah, right. I could be wrong but I think there were a few minor Suisen factories step under Erevis before her "death" to process something like that in the Unknown Region, but the problem is there isn't a ton of it. Adeline might know more about it since she handles all the Suisen stuff
01<DS> *set up
<Dias`> <Chad> Correct, I was part of the group that discovered it and we made sure to keep it very....close to the chest so that it wasn't used in the wrong way. Plus refinement wasn't easy. This would use up the majority of my stock
01<DS> <Taiga> Well I'll poke Adeline to see where our stock is in Risokyo. But if we do need more, you know there is probably a larger amount
01<DS> *Taiga steps away from the ship and pulls up the maps they made of the Ancient Galaxy*
01<DS> <Taiga> Most likely where they were nested across from the Progenitors would be the true source of it. Assuming whatever is destroying sectors of space hasn't destroyed it all yet
<Dias`> <Chad> If it's refined to the state I've shown you by all means, burn up there's. *He eyes the chart* Honestly, I assumed it was just a by product slash circumstance that it was created on that planet we discovered. Seeing as we hadn't seen it anywhere else.
01<DS> <Taiga> It is possible. *She conceedes* But if Adeline does come across anything hopefully she'll share the news. Hard to say with that one. *Taiga hands Evette her ID card and a map of Risokyo to retrieve what they need* <Taiga> Go grab it whenever
01<DS> *she kneels, checking how the light engines play nice with the upgrades*
<Dias`> <Chad> Adeline will play nicely with us. Her and I have agreements in place for situations like this.
01<DS> <Evette> Hm. *she studies Taiga, knowing that she is family, then wonders if Adeline appreciates the fact Chad and her father were best friends*
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Evette* I'm sure I'll need to make concessions if we want to keep it amicable.
01<DS> <Evette> We'll see. Okay let me grab what I've been working on and get out material. i'll beb right back *She steps out*
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