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Entry tags:
- !plot: lirath,
- allenby beardsley,
- angie spica,
- anwei ayles,
- applejack,
- ash ketchum,
- cassie,
- chell,
- daniel jackson,
- dean winchester,
- dhianeila,
- eleventh doctor,
- eva,
- feldt grace,
- hank pym,
- hit girl,
- hoshi hikari,
- jamie hemeros,
- jono starsmore,
- kaya,
- lash,
- lord zetta,
- martha jones,
- midna,
- nightwing,
- nokosi,
- phillip,
- rapunzel,
- red xiii (nanaki),
- ren akiyama,
- river song,
- ruffnut thorston,
- sandy marko,
- satellizer el bridget,
- schmuz 44356,
- setsuna f. seiei,
- shoutarou hidari,
- son of satan,
- spider-man,
- stature,
- sumeragi lee noriega,
- tenaya,
- the master,
- wheatley
Lirath - Ship Survival
As the battle raged outside, those remaining aboard Stacy had their hands full preparing for the incoming flood of refugees.
Positioned near the Bleed-Gate orbiting Lirath, Stacy stood ready to receive the refugees. Ship after ship ascended as quickly as they could, some of them making a break for the Bleed-Gate itself while the smaller ships were forced to dock at Stacy, unloading their cargo of refugees before setting off again for the planet's surface again to take on more passengers.
Several small units of GIA soldiers were also sent up to help the Transmigration crew take in the massive amount of refugees, many of whom were tired, wounded, and scared. It wouldn't take long for the ship to begin filling with people.
With the battle raging outside, and the Ohm clambering outside, trying to get in, it would be a tall order to keep all of the refugees safe and calm, but the crew didn't have much choice.
[ooc: Open!]
Positioned near the Bleed-Gate orbiting Lirath, Stacy stood ready to receive the refugees. Ship after ship ascended as quickly as they could, some of them making a break for the Bleed-Gate itself while the smaller ships were forced to dock at Stacy, unloading their cargo of refugees before setting off again for the planet's surface again to take on more passengers.
Several small units of GIA soldiers were also sent up to help the Transmigration crew take in the massive amount of refugees, many of whom were tired, wounded, and scared. It wouldn't take long for the ship to begin filling with people.
With the battle raging outside, and the Ohm clambering outside, trying to get in, it would be a tall order to keep all of the refugees safe and calm, but the crew didn't have much choice.
[ooc: Open!]
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Well. Chell had a problem, and, as always, that problem's name was Wheatley.
Everything was happening too fast for her to even register--at first she'd been pleased to stay on the ship, thinking that Stacy meant safety, but she was quickly proven wrong as the Ohm stormed the hangar. After that, it was a scramble for cover as she found herself completely out of her element. She could shoot a gun, yes, but she was a survivor, not a soldier. Being an expert of self-preservation more often than not meant finding clever ways around the danger, not charging it head-on, as their crewmates seemed to be doing. She felt decidedly out of place in the chitinous armor, wielding an unfamiliar weapon, and quickly chose "flight" over "fight", in part because of her aforementioned problem.
Simply put, the problem was one she'd anticipated but hadn't managed to do anything about: it was flat-out difficult to fight and tote the AI at the same time. She'd settled for hefting him with one hand and trying to shoot with the other, but her priority was always staying alive, and her plan adjusted accordingly. Chell was going to have to find somewhere safe to stow him until this was over.
Easier said than done, of course. The Ohm were everywhere, but at least the hangar provided hiding places in the form of the sheer amount of vehicles contained there. Sprinting from her alien pursuers and managing to shake them temporarily, she ducked under what appeared to be several large, bipedal combat vehicles, like massive suits of armor. Chell allowed herself a moment to catch her breath, glancing down at the robot as if asking what they should do.
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Finally, he caught sight of where exactly they were. He looked up at Chell. "Hey, I've got a bit of a brainstorm! Just go ahead and plug me in right over there," he said, gesturing.
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His "brainstorm", of course, gave her pause. Wheatley's brainwaves usually involved some sort of new and elaborate form of death trap, so obviously she was going to regard the suggestion with no small amount of suspicion.
At the very least, she appreciated that he seemed to realize she needed him out of the way or they'd both bite it, and found herself searching for this mysterious "over there" to which he was referring. Was there a rail? A port? Chell looked down and raised an eyebrow. Plug you into where?
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Time, unfortunately, was not on their side, and though Chell had spent most of her life surrounded by SCIENCE, she was still painfully ignorant to the exact functions of things like this.
Whatever it was, it looked sort of important, so obviously she was not going to plug him into it.
Glancing around again, she immediately revised her plan as her eyes fell on the powered armor that stood motionless and unoccupied. Maybe if she stowed him in the cockpit of one...with the limited moments they had, it wasn't a good option, but it was probably the best one they had.
The bipedal vehicles were easily twice as tall as she was, but Chell made quick work of dashing to them, using the arm as means to pull herself up, bracing her legs against its side to keep herself at chest-level with the machine as she frantically searched for a suitable place to hide Wheatley away.
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That wasn't helpful.
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But Chell wasn't stupid. Even if most of her technological experiences involved destroying said technology in one way or another, she recognized a port when she saw it. This thing didn't have a handy cockpit for humans, or hiding robots--it had a decidedly too-small-for-a-person alcove, and another plug.
Even worse, she knew there was no choice, no time, and she couldn't deny that he needed to be useful. The only problem was whether or not he'd be able to control himself. Maybe he wouldn't even be compatible with this thing.
Better to plug him into a piece of independent machinery than something that potentially connected to Stacy herself, Chell decided, casting a glance at the other, really important-looking port.
Having made up her mind, she jammed him into the bipedal armor in one swift motion, like ripping off a band-aid. Then, completely uncertain of what would happen next, she hauled herself up onto the shoulders of the thing, keeping her gun trained on the back of Wheatley's casing.
From here, at least, she'd be able to kill him in one shot.
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"Oh, MAN ALIVE!" he called out, the suit getting to its feet and flexing its arms (as much as a robot can flex). "Would you just look at that! I'm like Atlas or something! Just massive!"
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His reaction, of course, was expected and painfully familiar and it made her stomach drop. Chell found herself repeating an inner mantra of please do not go crazy please don't. Even if she was more than capable of blasting a hole through his mainframe to save herself and the crew, she didn't want to, not when she had him back to normal, not when they were (sort of) getting along like they used to.
Maybe she could prevent another mad-with-power debacle by reminding him of why he was in this giant robot suit in the first place. Still perched atop his shoulders (but now trying her best not to fall off as he tested the capabilities of the armor), she gave him a not-so-gentle tap on the casing to get his attention, pointing toward the skirmish from which they'd just fled. That many missiles and giant guns had to be good for something. Hopefully he'd be able to use them.
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The suit began to walk backwards.
"Wait, no, that's not right..."
The suit began to crab-walk side to side.
"No, that's not it... This should really come with a manual."
Finally the suit began to walk forward.
"Ah, there we go! All right, Mantis Men, get ready for ol' Wheatley and Chell!"
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In the next instant, however, she found herself hanging on for dear life as Wheatley attempted to manipulate the armor. Jerked backward, then forward and side-to-side, Chell struggled to keep a hold on her gun, though when she really thought about it, he was doing surprisingly well for a robot who, until now, had never possessed limbs.
By now, they'd regained the attention of quite a few Ohm, and when Wheatley manged to get moving in the right direction, she spurred him on and leaned forward, pointing at one of his (bloody massive) arm-mounted guns and then at the approaching aliens, indicating that he should probably try to use those next.
She shouldered her own rifle and began to fire.
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Suddenly she found herself cease firing and trying to steady herself with a hand tight on his top handle.
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It was hard to miss that airlock incursion, though - and as far as she'd seen, the supplies that had been on the Ptolemy still were. Which meant the weapons stores were still there. The linear catapult decks were high enough off the ground to make a good vantage point, and she keyed in the commands to open one up before sprinting off to grab one of the heavy assault rifles, praying she hadn't forgotten that much since basic.
She was no sniper, but it was easier to see out from the end of the catapult deck. Some of the insect like creatures seemed to be chasing a woman across the hangar, and she took aim at the center of the pack and opened fire.
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"Be careful, Miss Sumeragi, please exit the catapult deck. The Meisters are getting ready to launch. They can't launch with you still on the deck," Feldt said as her fingers flew across the keys.
She didn't like this at all, but they would do what they could to defend their home for now.
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"Exiting GN system repose, ceasing GN particle dispersal." All systems were green. The only thing now was to wait for clearance to launch.