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Contact [Bendy timed to 3 or 4 days after Lirath]
In the aftermath of the battle at Lirath, Stacy had been severely damaged. Though she still eventually managed to build up enough power to resume course, she was obviously struggling, her pace far slower than normal. She could barely even manage to directly address those who needed to speak with her, instead allowing the more monotone voice of the Warden to speak up wherever she couldn't.
Several days after the battle, however, she once again stopped course suddenly and without warning, and let out a message throughout the ship.
||Notice to all crew members, Daligig Vessel Horizon is approaching. Archon Yavek is requesting to board so repairs can begin on this vessel. Please report to the Obs deck to recieve Daligig personnel and begin briefing. I repeat, notice to all crew members...||
Those going to the Obs Deck to check out the commotion would see the Horizon just out the observation window. It was massive, nearly half as long as Stacy, and likely had enough room for over a million crew members. The ship was colored a brilliantly bright white, with sleek, smooth lines, making the ships the GIA had that the crew had seen in the battle at Lirath seem like ancient relics.
Not long after the crew had arrived at the Obs Deck, bright, crackling lights began to appear towards the far end of the room as figures began teleporting in.
The first to appear were...not the Daligig. Instead, the first figures to arrive were massive, 9-ft tall reptilian soldiers, each decked in thick armor carrying equally massive battle rifles. At their fore stood one of them wearing lighter armor, carrying a tall metallic staff. He appeared older than the other reptillians, and wore a red sash that seemed to mark him of higher rank than the others. He raised the comm unit on his wrist to speak into it.
"Situation green, Archon. It is safe come over."
At that point, more figures began teleporting over, much smaller than the reptilian soldiers that came before. In fact, they were even somewhat shorter than normal humans, the tallest among them barely six feet tall. These were the Daligig, strange looking and varied in appearance. Each of them had devices on their arms, apparently small but powerful micro computers, each with different colors denoting the rank of the wearer. At their side were numerous tiny beings, each barely 4 feet tall, who almost immediately fanned out, obsessively observing and picking at Stacy's techno-organic structure.
Suddenly, one of the Daligig, wearing a dark blue arm unit, stepped forward with a rather grim, serious expression on his face. This, apparently was Archon Yavek.
"Who is in charge here?" he demanded bluntly.
[ooc: Meant to get this up a week ago, but school got the better of me, so sorry, guys! First thread that I put up will be the main expositionary thread, but feel free to make more threads for you characters to react, talk to each other, or try and talk to the Daligig and their companions. Basic info on the Daligig can be found over here.]
Several days after the battle, however, she once again stopped course suddenly and without warning, and let out a message throughout the ship.
||Notice to all crew members, Daligig Vessel Horizon is approaching. Archon Yavek is requesting to board so repairs can begin on this vessel. Please report to the Obs deck to recieve Daligig personnel and begin briefing. I repeat, notice to all crew members...||
Those going to the Obs Deck to check out the commotion would see the Horizon just out the observation window. It was massive, nearly half as long as Stacy, and likely had enough room for over a million crew members. The ship was colored a brilliantly bright white, with sleek, smooth lines, making the ships the GIA had that the crew had seen in the battle at Lirath seem like ancient relics.
Not long after the crew had arrived at the Obs Deck, bright, crackling lights began to appear towards the far end of the room as figures began teleporting in.
The first to appear were...not the Daligig. Instead, the first figures to arrive were massive, 9-ft tall reptilian soldiers, each decked in thick armor carrying equally massive battle rifles. At their fore stood one of them wearing lighter armor, carrying a tall metallic staff. He appeared older than the other reptillians, and wore a red sash that seemed to mark him of higher rank than the others. He raised the comm unit on his wrist to speak into it.
"Situation green, Archon. It is safe come over."
At that point, more figures began teleporting over, much smaller than the reptilian soldiers that came before. In fact, they were even somewhat shorter than normal humans, the tallest among them barely six feet tall. These were the Daligig, strange looking and varied in appearance. Each of them had devices on their arms, apparently small but powerful micro computers, each with different colors denoting the rank of the wearer. At their side were numerous tiny beings, each barely 4 feet tall, who almost immediately fanned out, obsessively observing and picking at Stacy's techno-organic structure.
Suddenly, one of the Daligig, wearing a dark blue arm unit, stepped forward with a rather grim, serious expression on his face. This, apparently was Archon Yavek.
"Who is in charge here?" he demanded bluntly.
[ooc: Meant to get this up a week ago, but school got the better of me, so sorry, guys! First thread that I put up will be the main expositionary thread, but feel free to make more threads for you characters to react, talk to each other, or try and talk to the Daligig and their companions. Basic info on the Daligig can be found over here.]
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"You are in charge of this ship at the Council's pleasure," Yavek said. "You are free to disobey my orders, if you wish to face the consequences. Vessel, your programming is intact, is it not?"
||Damage sustained in combat has not affected programming,|| the monotone voice of the Warden spoke up. ||However, efforts have been made by the crew to reduce influence of security protocols on normal programming.||
The Warden just ratted them out.
"I see," said Yavek, before speaking to one of the other Daligig, a shorter one with a green arm unit, "Make sure the Ghyyl rectify this problem."
"Sir, perhaps we should worry more about fixing the ship rather than getting the crew to behave? That's why we're here, after all."
Yavek gave her a stiff look for a moment, before relaxing and letting out a slight sigh.
"Very well, Archite," he replied. "Go speak with their leadership, and establish an understanding. But we will be re-establishing those security protocols."
"Very well, sir," she sighed, before turning to move towards Leon after he called her over, offering him a quick salute.
"Archite Rekkti, second in command of the 34th battalion and first officer of the Horizon. Pleasure to meet you."
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"Hold on. Why are you putting them back?!" he said. "I hate to break it to you, Captain Stick-In-The-Mud, but do we look like prisoners You guys saved us from the Ohm and you're going to thank us by making us go through that again? Half of the mess we're in now we wouldn't be in if it wasn't for that flat-voiced computer!"
"And if you think you can scare us with Punishments, think again. We've seen what that is."
He turned to Leon before he left. "Now I feel better!"
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"I'll be straight with you: We've fought the Ohm and won; we've found ways to handcuff the Warden; hell, I've tossed a god into a black hole; The Archon isn't going to intimidate us, bully us, or force us into submission." That wasn't said as a threat or even a warning, just a simple statement of fact. The Archon's attitude was not going to work. "I understand you have certain protocols you need to adhere to, but I'm the only one under any kind of obligation to the Daligig, the rest of my crew never swore an oath to anything, except to each other. You're going to have to meet us half way.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're guests on my ship, you're here to help us with repairs, and obviously, we need it. So long as that's the case, there won't be an issue, and my people will be glad to assist you in any way we can." And those that won't, he can keep out of the way. He didn't bother with any kind of 'or else,' not really feeling the need to make threats.
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She points briefly to the leader of the massive reptilian warriors.
"See that guy? That's Force Commander Hukkar, in direct command of the Kessek forces within the 34th battalion. Pleasant guy most of the time, and he doesn't do anything without provocation, but he will follow any order Yavek gives him to the letter, and he is more than capable of carrying them out. Not to speak ill of the dead, but that explosion your guy was killed in after he killed that Firewurm on Lirath? Hukkar survived a similar explosion when he killed the last Firewurm the Ohm tried to deploy. He's strong enough to fight anyone in your crew one-on-one, and with nearly a million Kessek back on the Horizon, they could put down your entire crew if things got out of hand."
She sighed, putting her hands on her hips and shaking her head.
"I don't expect things to get that bad, mind you, but at the same time, I don't want you thinking Yavek's words are just hot air. However, I can keep Yavek mostly off your back. In exchange, though, I need you to keep your people from getting his attention. Keep out of restricted areas, no interfering with any work we have the Ghyyl do, and no attacking any of our personnel. If you can manage that, then I promise you that you won't even notice Yavek's presence, and after we leave you can go back to whatever you were doing with the computer."
"Is that acceptable?"
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"I suppose it'll have to be. Though my crew is still going to need someone to talk regarding the repairs. Since its unwise for Yavek to talk to the crew any more than he already has, so I'll be instructing the crew that you'll be the official liaison."
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She pointed back to a rather taciturn looking Daligig wearing one of the green arm-units, darker than the other ones.
"He's not much of a talker, but if you know what you're doing, he's easy to get along with."