The Flagship [OPEN]

[leafonthewind]

Wash rarely went anywhere but the bridge of the Quarter - the whole thing felt creepily like an Alliance ship and the bridge was a smaller space, easier to deal with after Serenity's tight places.

Not that it was much better on the bridge. Wash sometimes felt like he was in a vast fishbowl, standing out on the end of the bridge. It was built in the thrust, three sides surrounded by air and railings. Luckily the consoles were high enough that no-one was likely to get vertigo.

Wash went straight to his station, running his hand over the console. Even in a ship this high-tech they knew that the pilot had to feel her to fly.

"She's not my first love but she's well enough," he said.

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[leafonthewind]

"The General is always on them to deploy faster. Every time we run a sim they get better at it." Wash grinned hugely when she asked about transformation. It was his cry favorite part of flying this boat.

"This ship turns into w giant robot for close combat." He would never not he excited about that. "Unfortunately the weapon systems go offline when we do it because we have to route the reactor power to the shift. Transformation clocks it at about two or three minutes when I don't screw it up."

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Eva almost laughs at that. "A giant robot? Really?" When did her life start sounding like one of those cartoons Marco watched a decade ago?

"Do the weapons systems come back on while we're a giant robot, or do we just...I don't know, robo-punch the Ohm in that form?" Not that robots aren't ludicrous yet cool, but this is definitely not something the Yeerks did.

[leafonthewind]

"Punching?" Wash's face fell. "What? No punching when the paint's still shiny."

His hand tightened around one of the joysticks that were his flight control. "The cannon comes back on once we're done diverting power."

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"Fine, fine. No robo-punch. You boys and your toys." Wash reminds her of her husband, in a way, but comes across like he'd be more competent under fire. "And the other weapons systems?"

[leafonthewind]

"Same as when we're a carrier," Wash said. "Not much changes as far as Tactical is concerned. Flying her is a whole different story, though."

He grinned. Flying a giant robot was the most awesome thing that had happened to him on this ship.

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"Goodie for me, then, it's only one array of weapons to learn and a standby mode. I take it flying a giant robot is living the dream for you?"

[leafonthewind]

"The only thing that would make it better was if it were a giant dinosaur robot," Wash said, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "With laser eyes."

Who was twelve years old? Not Wash.

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"And wielding samurai swords, am I right?" It's not like Eva doesn't have her own inner geek. "Is there anything else I need to know before we try me in the Sensoriums?"

[leafonthewind]

"Swords is a little much," Wash said. "Besides the kids with the Gundams have that covered."

Beam weapons - really cool, but Wash preferred something that could shoot. "There's not much more we can look at without powering her up, so to the Sensoriums we go!"

Wanna thread Sensoriums or handwave?

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"Oh, but laser eyes are just par for the course," she says with a laugh. "Ready whenever you are, Wash."

Can we handwave for now?

[leafonthewind]

"You make fun. It'll be different when you're actually flying in her."

Wash offered his arm to Eva purely out of playfulness on his way off the bridge.

Sure thing!

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Equally playfully, she takes his arm, thinking that as a whole that went rather well.