While Stephen had been expecting Alex to perhaps return for another game console, he hadn't planned on it being so soon. Luckily for him, he'd made a few copies of the prototype after he'd finished the first, and left them in his lab as well. So it hardly put him out when he'd gotten the message that Alex needed another.

For the moment, he was puttering about in his lab. This meant he was standing in the center of the work floor, glaring up at the walls. Seems that there were things going on that meant he needed soundproofing.

That is, if he ever wanted to get any work done while that long-winded, blowhard Overlord was in the City as well.

Until he got the soundproofing up, on the other hand, he was relegated to blasting heavy metal music at high decibels, just to drown out the sound of...dare he say it...dorking.

After months of hiding, passing as one of them, finally, finally Shiva's time had come. There were no worries, no fears. There was only elation. There was no need for patience, no need to play the fool.

There were no specific targets for his next ploy. It was all a matter of chance. Who he would encounter first as he walked through the halls.

There were four people grumbling with various levels of irritation.

Kate frowned, as she made a beeline to the Sensoriums. "I swear, how many of these stupid experiments does she have to run?"

Dean was scowling as well, and already checking his Omnicomm to get updates.

"Sammy? Cas? Kaylee? Dammit, where the hell is everybody?"

Nathan just shook his head, and flew to his office to check with Sasami and his messages.

Peter meanwhile just stopped and rubbed his eyes, "What the heck was that? And where's the cake already?"

(ooc: Somebody want to bring the poor mun and her people up to speed please?)

They had all been Chosen. The usual story when it came to Stacy. They'd had no say over who went on the mission, but fortunately a group of competent individuals had been chosen, with Kang, an Away Team leader there to act as mission leader.

The mission: to repair some of the mining mechanisms that had run down in an abandoned terraforming colony, to gather some rare ore with minerals and other substances vital to Stacy's functions. One small chunk would last her for ages.

The planet: LV-428 was a very hostile world, a dead rock with a very weak atmosphere that was comprised largely of Nitrogen, Argon, and Neon. Terraforming efforts had introduced enough oxygen for it to support human life, but only just barely. Due to the violent nature of terraforming on the climate, raging electromagnetic storms often occurred, cutting off all communications.

The intel: Due to a war on Earth, the members of the colony had been recalled back home. The entire place was abandoned, but thought to be safe.

The Mission Personnel: Jamie Hemeros, Kang, Sokka, and Hiccup were on to handle the mechanics ends of the mission. Scarlet Levy was to be their medic, just in case of injuries. Reimi was their pilot. And on the security detail were Tobias, Hap Suriz, Rose Tyler, Setsuna, Kettch, and Stoick. Kang doubled as their away team leader.

Surely this group could handle anything thrown their way. For something as simple as an empty colony, they were almost over-equipped.

...Right?

[ooc: Don't post until I have subthreads set up]