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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 8:27:03 GMT -5
Post by Dangerous Wave's Corporation on Oct 20, 2009 8:27:03 GMT -5
"Hey!" Ras piped up as Darren pulled a cigarra from his pocket and moved to light it "Give me one of those" He continued holding out his hand expectantly.
"You have your own" Darren replied as he inhaled and motioned towards the man's jacket pocket - which undoubtedly carried a similar pack of Cigarra's to the one Darren had just lit for himself.
"I can't smoke those..." Ras scoffed with a slight grin and wiggled his fingers "Come on Dare, don't be a stiff"
"and why Sith tell me can't you smoke your own?" Darren asked with a raised brow, although he none the less issued a long suffering sigh and held out his pack for Ras to extract one.
"It's part of my cover..." Ras answered as he pulled a cig free and placed it between his lips to light. "your cover..." Darren echoed skeptically as he further tossed over his lighter as Ras once more held out a hand.
"Yeah...I'm laid back cool guy" Ras answered around his cig as he tugged the edges of his civilian styled bomber jacket to extenuate the statement. Darren couldn't help but let out a bark of laughter at this comment and by the amusement in Ras' eyes Darren was pretty sure that as the reaction he'd been going for.
"Oh yeah...and whats Jethro then?" he asked motioning towards the lanky man who was busy doing a last minute update to his datapad. "Oh thats easy" Ras answered as he flicked ashes from his cig "He's nerd guy".
"I heard that!" Jethro muttered casting them both an irritated look "You think your being funny... you think your tough osik but 'nerds' could rule the galaxy if we wanted too"
"mmmhmm" Tylera piped in from here she'd been leaning against the all nearby "until they snap your pretty little typing fingers and throw you out an airlock" Jethro threw her a betrayed look and Tylera batted her eyes innocently. Even Vidown's typically surly expression quirked a little at the edges.
"Don't worry Jethro...I won't let them snap your fingers.." Vidown rumbled and Jethro cast him a look "What about the airlock?" he asked and Vidown shrugged thoughtfully causing Jethro to scowl at him "I don't even know why I'm friend's with you people" he muttered.
Darren chuckled slightly and then motioned towards their Corellian counterparts who were standing in conversation a little bit aways, although Darren knew a fair amount of the Corellian Marines these two were unfamiliar to him. "What do you know about them?" he asked, the question clearly directed to Jethro.
"You see...this is why you need me, you lot would be completely lost without my expertise" Jethro answered in a smug tone before Ras cleared his throat. "Right..well their fairly green, just come out of training on Talus but they both showed competence."
"I hate green Marines" Vidown muttered "you hate everyone" Ras responded with slightly rolled eyes, Vidown shrugged slight "s'true"
"I'm sure they'll be fine - Talus has a good training program" Darren responded before grinding out what was left of his cig with his heel.
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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 18:32:12 GMT -5
Post by Taaru Masako on Oct 20, 2009 18:32:12 GMT -5
Taaru chuckles as they finally cross the threshold into the hangar. Jet's mercs have assembled near the freighter serving as their cover, a modular design that was actually scripted to deliver this very shipment aboard the actual Tokyo Rose, but was diverted for the purpose of allowing the Faustus to complete this mission.
"Trust me, Jet. Of all the things we have to worry about in the 'Verse, the Galactic Alliance is the least troublesome. If we wanted to, we could successfully invade and occupy Rendili with just this Prowler."
This of course begs the question: Why DON'T we invade and occupy Rendili?
Oh yeah.....ancient superweapons and some such nonsense.
Taaru, accompanied by Miko, sidles up to the waiting Mercs.
"I see you are all amusing yourselves with your clever wits and idle chit chat. Did anyone bother to run a preflight on the freighter?"
Taaru glances up at the said ship, looking a little concerned that it may fall apart at any moment for comic relief.
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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 18:48:22 GMT -5
Post by Jet Almeara on Oct 20, 2009 18:48:22 GMT -5
Jet knowing Taaru long enough to anticipate the direction his mental processes would take him smiled a little and remarked "Maybe on the way home"
Following Taaru towards Darren and his crew she glanced meaningfully at Darren "Well?"
Darren and crew don't look all that surprised as Taaru and them arrive - of course they had been expected, and the group had hardly been attempting to be stealthy.
"Just keeping the mood boss" Darren remarked before glancing behind him at Tylera "Tylera?"
tylera ho is leaning against the freighter near the ramp turn's an yells into the ship "hey droid?!? you about done in there?" the answer is an angry reply of beeps as a very familiar droid came rolling out. Darren jerked his thumb towards the astromech.
"We had Ice do it"
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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 19:04:47 GMT -5
Post by Taaru Masako on Oct 20, 2009 19:04:47 GMT -5
Taaru folds his arms and shakes his head.
"Here I am trying to bring some dignity and order to Corellia and improve our image abroad, and you cropdusters are still running around in dilapidated freighters and trusting droids to do the important work."
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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 19:11:33 GMT -5
Post by Jet Almeara on Oct 20, 2009 19:11:33 GMT -5
Ice upon hearing Taaru begins yet another round of angry beeps and whistles before rolling over to Jet who patted him on the dome affectionately.
"It's alright Ice..I know your fully capable of running a simple pre-flight check" She assured him before giving Taaru a 'now I'm never going to hear the end of this' look.
Darren shrugged slightly and motioned to his team "Sorry, but you can only do so much with what you've got, don't worry...we're pretty good at dusting crops - despite first impressions"
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Rendili
Oct 20, 2009 22:02:52 GMT -5
Post by Aaron Starkiller on Oct 20, 2009 22:02:52 GMT -5
Aaron walked up and leaned on one of the arms that raised and lowered the boarding ramp on the freighter. he sighed, shaking his head at Taaru's comment about Corellian lifestyle. "So lemme get this straight Tay-Tay," he says holding up his index fingers. "You're complaining about a droid running a freighter, yet here you stand on a giant ship run by an AI that projects itself as a naked female." He puts his hands in his pockets and shrugs. "Seems like it's just a case of bigger hand means bigger gun."
Moving on stands up straight and starts to transfer his weight from one foot to another. "Anyway, back to back up plans. We'll just make sure to dump everything onto a hard disk as well," he says reassuringly. "That way if we get caught all I have to do is teleport the disc onto the bridge while Erika and I stay back to cover the marines incase you can't get to us before you jump."
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 0:04:37 GMT -5
Post by Taaru Masako on Oct 21, 2009 0:04:37 GMT -5
Taaru retorts Jet's dirty look with one of his own, this time of the "It is only a matter of time and your inattentiveness before I dismantle your droid and turn it into an espresso machine."
Aaron, on the other hand, deserves a more verbal response.
"Droids are programmed, Aaron. Our AIs aren't. Their core logic is a copy of a biological donor brain: flash cloned or recently deceased. But I wouldn't expect you to know much about cognitive impression modeling, since you seem to be a lot less interested in what people have to offer mentally..... The short of it, however, is that AIs are a lot more like us than Ice over there is."
"As for getting the data ourselves: That's the last resort. Remember, we don't want the GA to know we are even accessing their database, let alone what we are retrieving or where we may be going. Lilith gets the first try...failing that, we'll have to do it the good old fashioned way."
As if on cue, Miko stretches his arms and cracks his fingers: "Brute force. If it's not working, you're not using enough of it."
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 8:18:05 GMT -5
Post by Jet Almeara on Oct 21, 2009 8:18:05 GMT -5
Jet huffs slightly at Taaru's non-verbal retort, but seeing as how she didn't respond with a threat about what she might do if he did it was somewhat obvious that she didn't really believe he would. Every other droid maybe - but most of them had sense enough to make themselves scarce when Taaru was about.
Aware that the conversation could well take a turn which would further infuriate Ice who was rather pretentious as far as droids were concerned Jet gave him a small datacard and asked him to transport it to ShadowChaser. No sooner had the astromech rolled off then Taaru launched into this lecture about AI's.
To forestall any further comments about the preflight check Jet fixed Darren with an expectant look, before responding to the conversation.
"We are sending two slicers and an AI capable of force knows what if we let her, to get our hands on astro-navigation maps from the Galactic Alliance, it's not like we're trying to break into their central intelligence agency. If we can't pull this off without getting caught we probably don't need to be going on this little venture in the first place. This should not be a difficult mission, just go down...do your respective jobs and come back"
Taking note of Jet's expectant look Darren turns and motions towards Jethro who places his datapad in his pocket and grabs Tylera along the way. "Let's go double check the droids work" As they disappear into the freighter Darren turns back to the group just in time to catch Miko's remarks.
"I like him" He commented with a roguish look while Vidown merely snorted a surly response which probably meant something long the lines of 'you would'.
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 12:25:29 GMT -5
Post by Erika Freeborn on Oct 21, 2009 12:25:29 GMT -5
Erika listened to all the details of everyones ideas of what the back up plan would be in case they got caught. Some were better than others, but it didn't solve the problem of which plan B they would use. Why couldnt they just grab all the mercs and shadowwalk them back to the ship, she thought. Sure they would feel pretty sick for several hours after that, but it was the quick and easy solution out. Either way this mission sounded simple enough to do without getting caught.
"Get in, get the stuff done, don't get caught...but if we do get caught wait for one of the many plan B's to come save our ass. Am I missing anything?"
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 15:54:50 GMT -5
Post by Taaru Masako on Oct 21, 2009 15:54:50 GMT -5
Taaru begins to make his way up the boarding ramp, but decides to stop about half way up and address the group with some incredulity after Erika's question.
"Guys. Seriously. It's one, two , three Force Users and a couple Corellians doing a very basic wireless link so an artificial intelligence the likes of which this galaxy has not yet seen can access some MAPS. We are a prominent enough force that we could be laying SIEGE to this backwater GA planet. Stop worrying. You're like a bunch of nervous cadets before the big exam."
And with that, he turns and makes his way up the ramp, intent on finding a spot in the bridge. He wouldn't be captaining, that would be left to the freighter's crew, who would also be making the delivery. He just felt more comfortable in a cockpit than a passenger area.
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 16:02:49 GMT -5
Post by Erika Freeborn on Oct 21, 2009 16:02:49 GMT -5
"I'm not worried. Did I say I was worried? Just merely reiterating what was discussed to make sure I had a good understanding of everything."
She follows Taaru into the ship, finiding a seat in the passenger area.
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 16:18:48 GMT -5
Post by Jet Almeara on Oct 21, 2009 16:18:48 GMT -5
Jet had never liked being the one left behind, but the ramifications of the Corellian Diktat being suddenly seen on an Alliance planet, if by some chance things did go wrong - would not be good, and so while a few years ago she would have simply walked onto the ship and dared anyone to make her get off.... responsibilities dictated she reign in that particular impulse and sit back and trust that everyone else could get this handled. Trusting other people was a hard thing for Jet to do.
None the less she had elected to do so and stood back with Darren as the other's boarded. A good luck at this point seemed rather trivial as both she and Taaru had pointed out they were almost defining overkill with this mission group, none the less she brushed each of her force using companions with a mental 'good luck and see you back soon'. You just didn't send people off without such things - past experiences told her this had the chance to lead to far more pain then withholding the thoughts was worth. A brief nod to the Mercenaries and Marines was enough to get this across.
Darren shook hands and issued a few fragments of last minute advice to the four members of his team who would be taking part in the mission. They along with the Corellian Marines who had been selected to round out the group all trooped into the shuttle and took thier places in the passenger seating.
Walking back across the hanger with Jet to a safer vantage point from which to watch the shuttle depart. Darren whistled a cheery tune, he was far more used to sending specific team members to handle things rather then doing everything himself then Jet.
Casting an irritated look at Darren as he whistled Jet shook her head and turned her attention back to the freighter whose engines had spooled up and she could fairly assume was busy gaining permission to launch form Faustus control.
Permission must have been quickly granted because it wasn't long before the vessel was maneuvering out of the bay on thrusters and making for space. As it disappeared from view Jet turned on her heel and made for the inner ship.
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 16:40:59 GMT -5
Post by Taaru Masako on Oct 21, 2009 16:40:59 GMT -5
The freighter departs as the hangar bay doors slide open on the outside of the ship. Clearing a far enough distance from the hangar, it ignites its own sublights, and makes for Rendili's capital city, where the shipment is to be delivered.
At the same time, the communications technician with an open line to the Provost's Pride thanks her captain for his time as Tokyo Rose enters the proscribed orbital path.
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 16:57:12 GMT -5
Post by Dangerous Wave's Corporation on Oct 21, 2009 16:57:12 GMT -5
From her seat alongside Ras in the passenger compartment Tylera glances out one of the freighters viewports and furrows her brow slightly as Faustus shrinks away. Elbowing Ras she motions out the window. "Hey..wasn't the ship white before....and we definitely didn't have that absurd painting on the side - I would have noticed that" she scoffed slightly at the portrayal of the women.
"what the hell are you talking about women?" Ras answered - somewhat grumpy about being disturbed while he was rechecking his gear to pass the time. "Of course the ship was white"
Jethro who by this time had noticed the conversation glances out the same viewport "Well it's not anymore" he remarked "and I definitely would have noticed the women...thats some good work"
Ras is clearly sure that his companions are pulling his leg and glances at Vidown for confirmation - the surly man shrugs and confirms their story "It's blue boss, they're not lying" Since vidown rarely if ever partakes in the company's jokes Ras sighs and looks out the viewport for himself. "Well kill me a womp rat....so it is, I'll tell you one thing...I've been on allot of ship but none of them like this one"
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Rendili
Oct 21, 2009 22:12:22 GMT -5
Post by GA Employee on Oct 21, 2009 22:12:22 GMT -5
The Provost's Pride acknowledged the Tokyo Rose and settled into their own orbit waiting for clearance to land. While not in a hurry the small number of crewers were anxious to get home and be off duty.
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