[Sat 2:29:48 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: haerd ya -------------------------- [Sat 2:29:47 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: heard you -------------------------- [Sat 2:30:23 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: gfd this mic thing..I'mma bout to give up. It's the new '99% refresh" fun -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:47 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: @#%# mic is not registering apparently, again..soooo..you're stuck with me typing -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:03 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: How will we ever survive without the melodious sounds of your voice? -------------------------- [Sat 2:34:50 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: wait, what -------------------------- [Sat 2:34:58 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: it wasn't that scary! -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:14 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: lol what % was that that calliope got? -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:20 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: I mean, if you don't count the Eldritch horror almost swallowing us in a higher dimension -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:44 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: ha ha Calliope is now your boss. BET YOU WISH YOU HAD BEEN SUCKING UP TO HER THE WHOLE TIME -------------------------- [Sat 2:36:26 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Hey, Calliope and I are like this (crosses fingers) -- that's her on top -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:12 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: no she's a bottom. I mean..uh..yeah that seems right. -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:11 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Especially since it'll be coming out of Dirk's and Aiden's cash. -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:21 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: so like..temporary hazard pay? -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:21 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: It better! -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:24 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: it can come out of Dirk and Aiden's shares -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:59 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: I already know what pile of shares it's coming from (thanks prelude intro scene!) -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:30 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Sounds good, but we really need to discuss future "experiments" -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:27 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Everyone turns and looks at Dirk. -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:32 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: works for Aiden -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:39 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: And is /ooc not working? -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:59 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: NM. It's just displayed differently -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:13 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Aiden Harlan looks a bit crestfallen that nobody asked questions after his presentation... -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:15 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: is fine -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:22 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: works -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:25 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: only if Dirk has no pants -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:29 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: no -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:33 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: all of this is ooc -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:38 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: It does, just looks different to me. Might just be me -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:38 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: It does. Sort of. You get the picture of the character when in IC, no picture in OOC -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:48 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: All it does is leave off your portrait -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:51 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: like this -------------------------- [Sat 2:40:28 PM] undefined - Rob: Testing? -------------------------- [Sat 2:40:31 PM] undefined - Rob: It is. -------------------------- [Sat 2:41:18 PM] undefined - Michelle: So other than them going behind our backs again, did we rule out more "tests"? -------------------------- [Sat 2:41:54 PM] undefined - Kristian: Cara stabbing me in the face -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:18 PM] undefined - Michelle: If she doesn't, Daniel will just put you out an airlock -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:31 PM] undefined - Kristian: porque no los dos -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk is less squirmy after a sword to the face, like most people -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:02 PM] undefined - Rob: Nub. -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk wants to look over ship telemtry info, probably with conversation with Calliope, to look for anything weird. Which is probably hard since he has 0 skill in anything related -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: Just going over the ship with a fine-tooth comb and making sure everything and everyone is still there -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:54 PM] undefined - Jason G: so Dirk is doing what Aiden is doing as well... heh in addition to checking out the dive gear -------------------------- [Sat 2:45:22 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk will help Aiden in that case...since he's dumb -------------------------- [Sat 2:45:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: if Dirk Aiden and Calliope chain our rolls we should be able to figure out nothing with style! -------------------------- [Sat 2:46:03 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: 4 -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:04 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Which begs the question, how can Dirk comprehend time there, and the Nspace krakens -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: he's awesome. -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:15 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel escorts Dirk to wherever he gets medicated and or put to sleep. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: sorry did we agree to that already ?lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:43 PM] undefined - Rob: Or Daniel's going to have Dirk "put to sleep". -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:51 PM] undefined - Michelle: I chose not to say "put him down". lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:52 PM] undefined - Kristian: yeah kidding -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: we are on a timetable -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: just like whne he's peeing in the space toilet after a few too many -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:46 PM] undefined - Jason G: so, he's bad at parking -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:05 PM] undefined - Jason G: regular jump it is -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: can't get better if you don't practice! -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: I thought driving was his problem. -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: feeds him pills and then punches him in the face -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:29 PM] undefined - Michelle: Naptime! -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: stupid jewish space lasers! -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:20 PM] undefined - Rob: We've been 'missing' for 200 years. -------------------------- [Sat 2:54:29 PM] undefined - Jason G: a 10,000% percent tariff, never been a better tariff, everyone says so... -------------------------- [Sat 2:55:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: Help me Dirky Won YaBoneme, you're my only hope! -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:43 PM] undefined - Rob: She would own the majority of what's technically her physical body? -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:56 PM] undefined - Kristian: her body, mostly her choice -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: how many shares is she short? -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:28 PM] undefined - Kristian: for no reason whatsoever... -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:54 PM] undefined - Jason G: remind me, Florence was sympathetic to AI personhood? -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:24 PM] undefined - Jason G: not like Mr. killeveryone, yeah -------------------------- [Sat 3:02:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: space lo-jack? -------------------------- [Sat 3:04:38 PM] undefined - Kristian: so much for my master plan of sending Peach to rescue Polly lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:05:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: and still nothing about Jack other than his will -------------------------- [Sat 3:05:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: trust or whatever -------------------------- [Sat 3:05:43 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Dirk Yang looks up from his tablet -------------------------- [Sat 3:05:44 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Well fuck. -------------------------- [Sat 3:05:56 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Not a great way to wake up. -------------------------- [Sat 3:06:14 PM] undefined - Kristian: Does Dirk's insurance pay out for the Peach if it gets hijacked? lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:06:41 PM] undefined - Michelle: Gotta make sure you didn't steal it yourself -------------------------- [Sat 3:06:56 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Dirk Yang shares what he just learned -------------------------- [Sat 3:07:16 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Dirk Yang chokes up a little when he's talking about Polly maybe getting deorbited against her will -------------------------- [Sat 3:07:25 PM] undefined - Jason K: Cara shares anything she was sent, but I think she didn't get anything Dirk didn't -------------------------- [Sat 3:07:42 PM] undefined - Kristian: determine if that was authentic or salesmanship choke up on your own ;) -------------------------- [Sat 3:07:52 PM] undefined - Jason G: I forget, who is the brad pitt / benecio del toro AI hybrid character? -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:02 PM] undefined - Michelle: cordova? -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:09 PM] undefined - Jason G: makes sense -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's Izzy. -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:36 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Roland Denhardt rubs his forehead -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:42 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Crap indeed -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:45 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Daniel Eckhart sighs -------------------------- [Sat 3:08:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: was Calliope on comms for that as well, or just us? If not, I will let her know when I have a minute. -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: presumably she knows since she reads all our mail like a prison warden :( -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:38 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Looks like you have a windfall, Calliope -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:40 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Can we find out if they're letting anyone leave the station? They can't expect the entire crew and staff to stay there. -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:52 PM] undefined - Kristian: "You need a nickname, how about "pee"?" -------------------------- [Sat 3:10:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: It's all little stuff then -------------------------- [Sat 3:10:39 PM] undefined - Jason G: we're not a cargo ship.. we're ok, right ? :) -------------------------- [Sat 3:10:57 PM] undefined - Michelle: Do we want to go where the Damocles is? -------------------------- [Sat 3:11:18 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Dirk, is there any legal way to prevent the Council from slagging Sunrise Bay while people are still on it? -------------------------- [Sat 3:11:29 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk would like to do some research on refugee status for important skills and stuff. See if he can get Polly a Space H1B as a ship repair wizard. -------------------------- [Sat 3:11:57 PM] undefined - Jason G: or basic refugee status then -------------------------- [Sat 3:11:55 PM] undefined - Rob: Actually... does the Council just have final say? No laws to prevent them from doing anything they want? -------------------------- [Sat 3:12:05 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: I mean..there's always a way. But will the wheels of law turn before the missiles of navy work? -------------------------- [Sat 3:12:21 PM] undefined - Kristian: can I file some kind of injunction? -------------------------- [Sat 3:12:28 PM] undefined - Jason G: so we just say that we're her uber ride... -------------------------- [Sat 3:12:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: perhaps if I have any favors I can call in from my high society life, Space Supreme Court -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: given that my high concept is fame and legacy... -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: is that a benefit in any way? -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:33 PM] undefined - Kristian: perhaps if I end up owing someone a favor in the future, too -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: <strong>Shared from Dirk Yang</strong><br /><hr /> -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:44 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: 3 -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:49 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: benny! -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:00 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: oh, no -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:05 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: 6 -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:14 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: still benny! -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:32 PM] undefined - Jason G: as one of my aspects is Jack's Best Friend I am trying to wrack my brain figuring out where Jack went and if we can help him -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:00 PM] undefined - Kristian: How fast can I get it filed, is the question... -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: yeah, whatever I can do to move it forward. -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:59 PM] undefined - Kristian: feel free to give me some sort of future fuckery for help now :) -------------------------- [Sat 3:16:11 PM] undefined - Kristian: space mafia always collects -------------------------- [Sat 3:16:22 PM] undefined - Michelle: So if we can't land, are we bringing peeps up to us to chat? Or are they allowed? -------------------------- [Sat 3:16:20 PM] undefined - Rob: It just gets added to the list of reasons why people want us dead. -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:22 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Aiden Harlan will go to a private place to chat, my stateroom or something -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:20 PM] undefined - Rob: What else would be why did Cordova pick the Peach to hijack. -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: Cordova has turned into my Reverse Flash. -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:47 PM] undefined - Kristian: IT WAS ME DIRKY -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:48 PM] undefined - Debinani: Whatever he's doing, he expects his assets to be seized by the Council. Your best guess it involves Foxglove somehow, he's always had a soft spot for them. -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:50 PM] undefined - Rob: Or did Dirk hit him with a car in the past? -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:00 PM] undefined - Kristian: I GRABBED THE WHEEL AND MADE YOU RUN OVER DIN -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: I MOVED THE ELECTRICAL CORD AND MADE YOU TRIP AND BURN DOWN GNN -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:31 PM] undefined - Kristian: I ROUFIED YOUR DRINK AND MADE YOU HAVE SEX WITH LITERALLY EVERYONE -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: Cordova was the space monster that ate the other ship. Knew Dirk was playing around, so went for Dirk's ship -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:37 PM] undefined - Rob: Cordova was presumed dead by everyone else, right? -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:45 PM] undefined - Jason G: mostly wanted to collaborate on the AI enhancement possibilities, and I will say things only someone like her would understand that hints to some esoteric laws of physics being broken that she should be able to work out. saying it without saying it, all in the context of calliope and the artifacts - she should get it -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:56 PM] undefined - Kristian: Cordova is really Tomoe's fraternal twin -------------------------- [Sat 3:21:07 PM] undefined - Rob: Ah, okay. -------------------------- [Sat 3:21:30 PM] undefined - Jason G: if she outright asks point blank questions I will answer them -------------------------- [Sat 3:21:58 PM] undefined - Jason G: I also ask if she would like a lift off the rock and join us. -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: "wait..are you saying you want me to make a robot version of Dirk to use for space navigation?" -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:13 PM] undefined - Rob: Or is he going to offer up Tomoe for dissection? -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:22 PM] undefined - Jason G: yes, most of it, not the inhibitor thing. -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:34 PM] undefined - Jason G: and at the end -------------------------- [Sat 3:23:06 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Oh, and Mr. Yang wanted me to ask, (looks at peper) ...."Can I get more of this goo or how do I make it"? -------------------------- [Sat 3:23:15 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: paper tpp -------------------------- [Sat 3:23:26 PM] undefined - Jason G: gfc can't type today -------------------------- [Sat 3:24:11 PM] undefined - Kristian: which goo did I ask for? lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:24:20 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: "and of course, I am wanting you to join me in this exploration, Florence... if you're willing - we could do great things..." -------------------------- [Sat 3:24:36 PM] undefined - Jason G: the AI goo -------------------------- [Sat 3:26:01 PM] undefined - Jason G: dangit! -------------------------- [Sat 3:26:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: "think" -------------------------- [Sat 3:26:33 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: So I'll pull Calliope in and let them catch up if they want -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:05 PM] undefined - Kristian: send a message to Polly to, let her know to keep her chin up and I'm working on help as fast as I can -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: *too -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:35 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: We should probably call Gibson and Lee -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:08 PM] undefined - Rob: Or we can get there in 2 hours and talk in person if we chose? -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: I guess start with a "hey got your message, what the shit..any news? Last time I tried to contact Peach they ignored me so...that's probably why" -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:24 PM] undefined - Rob: Yeah. -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk can get you there faster *wink wink* -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:45 PM] undefined - Michelle: Bad! Don't encourage the lunatics! -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:54 PM] undefined - Jason G: also asking her if we could possibly set up a new division I could head up, basically marrying their resources and my knowledge... etc... Aiden is thinking about an eventual future once we're not on the float -------------------------- [Sat 3:29:06 PM] undefined - Rob: RIght. We'll settle for the delay rather than risking traveling through the Warp again. -------------------------- [Sat 3:29:10 PM] undefined - Debinani: She's definitely open to it -------------------------- [Sat 3:30:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: another vote for Trinity.. -------------------------- [Sat 3:30:13 PM] undefined - Jason G: if Elon can run four companies and still manage to destroy the US government, I can manage IBI and a research division :P -------------------------- [Sat 3:30:53 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: So I may have a conflict, but we do have..many..people in Foxglove who could probably stand to get some help. -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:02 PM] undefined - Debinani: Yeah, but in this case you're the actual brains -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:23 PM] undefined - Kristian: if we were to offload non-essential personnel (aka Marine Shemp NPCs) how many people could we ferry? -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:59 PM] undefined - Kristian: too bad we don't have a big cargo ship we could use -------------------------- [Sat 3:32:09 PM] undefined - Jason G: I was just thinking the same thing -------------------------- [Sat 3:32:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: and a few tons of MREs and stuff on the way in -------------------------- [Sat 3:32:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: we'll have to take our red painted skeletons off the front of the ship if we call ourselves humanitarian aid... -------------------------- [Sat 3:33:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: Not sure the Council is allowing for humanitarian aid in general, hence the starvation -------------------------- [Sat 3:33:19 PM] undefined - Rob: What's the largest-size ship that they've let through to the station? Smaller than the Salvage? Larger? -------------------------- [Sat 3:33:49 PM] undefined - Jason G: just paint "World Central Kitchen (WCK)" or something on the side? -------------------------- [Sat 3:34:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: what would it look to resettle people at Northwinds? Belters obvs wouldn't be able to be planetside -------------------------- [Sat 3:34:27 PM] undefined - Jason G: so foxglove has no political allies? -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:12 PM] undefined - Jason G: if only we had a refinery that needed staffing -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:44 PM] undefined - Kristian: lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:47 PM] undefined - Kristian: if only.. -------------------------- [Sat 3:36:01 PM] undefined - Michelle: We'd need to get them back from the cops. (the refinery) -------------------------- [Sat 3:36:34 PM] undefined - Jason G: isn't this technically a galactic war crime? -------------------------- [Sat 3:36:58 PM] undefined - Michelle: Unless Jericho wants to call them out on it, who else can intervene? -------------------------- [Sat 3:37:01 PM] undefined - Jason G: genocide is all the rage these days -------------------------- [Sat 3:37:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: that's what I meant by..I can file a brief but if they just go FIRE ZE MIZZILEZ that is..retroactive. -------------------------- [Sat 3:37:46 PM] undefined - Michelle: Exactly -------------------------- [Sat 3:37:55 PM] undefined - Michelle: No real military opposition right now -------------------------- [Sat 3:38:06 PM] undefined - Rob: WDF did lose a bunch of ships not that long ago... -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:00 PM] undefined - Jason G: so there's a difference between ordering state owned companies, or those under state jurisdiction to not do business, vs private corporations, right? -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:03 PM] undefined - Kristian: yes assuming that does not put us grossly further from Foxglove -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: Peach secondary -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:30 PM] undefined - Kristian: imagine Nestle wanted Foxglove... -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:35 PM] undefined - Kristian: or Haliburton -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:38 PM] undefined - Jason G: does that include IBI? -------------------------- [Sat 3:40:56 PM] undefined - Jason G: yes, if you're based in the US -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:15 PM] undefined - Jason G: time to re-register in space delaware... -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:47 PM] undefined - Kristian: space Panama? -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:00 PM] undefined - Jason G: space switzerland? -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:31 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: So, Mr. Yang - any ideas on Polly (forgot the last name) -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:02 PM] undefined - Debinani: https://wiki.blackrosesociety.com/Tabletop/Whistler's+Reach/People/Polly+Chatterjee -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:22 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Any ideas how to assist Miss Chatterjee? -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:25 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Assume we can get there in one piece, I see no reason we can't extricate her from her current situation if she is willing. -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:47 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: However...from what I know of her she will probably have some complications and want to be all noble and shit. -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:57 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: So it's likely to get complicated when we do this. -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:30 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Do we know the person in charge of this blockade? -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:31 PM] undefined - Rob: Dirk says that as if things we do are usually simple. -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:17 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: We need to try though. We owe it to her, and to Foxglove. -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:38 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Despite all the fuckery they were good to us when we were a beat to shit pile of slag. -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:38 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: We can try to reach out - perhaps our reputation precedes us enough, and in a positive way. -------------------------- [Sat 3:46:37 PM] undefined - Jason G: who's handling comms? -------------------------- [Sat 3:47:36 PM] undefined - Jason G: whoever is local -------------------------- [Sat 3:48:32 PM] undefined - Jason G: ah, that was my misunderstanding -------------------------- [Sat 3:48:37 PM] undefined - Rob: Some of the WDF captains are at least somewhat friendly to us for returning the ship whose name I can't recall now. -------------------------- [Sat 3:49:10 PM] undefined - Jason G: yes, to the commander of the 1st fleet -------------------------- [Sat 3:49:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: brb -------------------------- [Sat 3:49:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is afk -------------------------- [Sat 3:49:29 PM] undefined - Jason G: (unless someone has the contacts, yeah)_ -------------------------- [Sat 3:50:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is back -------------------------- [Sat 3:51:08 PM] undefined - Jason G: not sure, since there's the legal perspective too. or do we not want to approach it this way? -------------------------- [Sat 3:51:39 PM] undefined - Jason G: my idea was more based on if we were already in that system, so it's a bit out the window if we have to wait weeks -------------------------- [Sat 3:52:17 PM] undefined - Jason G: yep, so scratch that -------------------------- [Sat 3:53:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: yeah..him -------------------------- [Sat 3:53:38 PM] undefined - Jason G: yes, bit Izzy has a ship and crew now.. they'll all be protomolecule creatures when we get there -------------------------- [Sat 3:54:25 PM] undefined - Michelle: Could we pick up some supplies to drop at Sunrise if we run by Trinity first? -------------------------- [Sat 3:55:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: That too much time to take, all? -------------------------- [Sat 3:56:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: (I'm starting to hear thunder in the distance. Storms prolly here in the next 30 min) -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:05 PM] undefined - Kristian: Cara needs to send a message to her girlfriend to send all ships :) -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:14 PM] undefined - Michelle: Yeah :( Just hate to show up there with nothing -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:16 PM] undefined - Jason G: So the major choices are.. Chase Izzy, Save Polly, Find Jack, and do Director Wheeler's ask... and we can't do them all -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:17 PM] undefined - Kristian: what could go wrong!? -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: clearly there is only one choice -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: Princeton joyride -------------------------- [Sat 3:58:14 PM] undefined - Rob: Do we have any real leads on Jack? -------------------------- [Sat 3:58:22 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: I vote Foxglove. The most people need our presence there. -------------------------- [Sat 3:58:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: Jack and Halsey rode (literally and figuratively) off into the sunset. -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:08 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: if only we had a way to be everywhere at once.... <br /> deep dive to save polly while seeing if we can find out where the Peach jumped, deep dive to catch Izzy....... -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:18 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Except that we likely can't help more than a small percentage of them with our presence. if that. -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:33 PM] undefined - Michelle: *bops Aiden on the nose with a newspaper* -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:47 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: so, no? -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:21 PM] undefined - Michelle: Can't help anyone if we don't actually, you know, stay alive -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:26 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: How selfless of you, that our suggested strategy also aligns with your own interest of using us as your lab rats -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:41 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: We're not equipped to be a huge humanitarian airlift, despite how much we may want to help -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:02 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Daniel Eckhart scrubs his face with his hands -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:14 PM] undefined - Kristian: if you guys would just let Dirk go into N-space and befriend an Eldritch horror pet, we could use him to snatch up Polly and deliver her, and also om nom Izzy at the same time. Maybe take out Damocles too! -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:30 PM] undefined - Rob: So Polly's sanity is optional? -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:48 PM] undefined - Kristian: Polly willingly slept with Dirk. Long gone baby. -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:56 PM] undefined - Rob: Good point. -------------------------- [Sat 4:02:04 PM] undefined - Kristian: no hot cocoa gonna soothe that ache. -------------------------- [Sat 4:03:01 PM] undefined - Rob: Something tells me both of those are more complicated than having us go in with guns blazing. -------------------------- [Sat 4:03:12 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: massive media pressure campaign? leaflet drop? -------------------------- [Sat 4:03:34 PM] undefined - Michelle: So no media campaign to stir up support and hire small freighters to shuttle humanitarian aid over there? lol -------------------------- [Sat 4:03:50 PM] undefined - Kristian: I mean we can certainly use our media presence to film some starving spacer kids -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: for just 99 space cents a day, you can feed this starving belter with spaceflies on his face -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:42 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: "humanitarian aid convoy coming through, don't mind all the cameras recording your warcrime apocalypse" -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:42 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Do we have the profits to hire a few small freighters to bring in at least some kind of aid to these people? -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:50 PM] undefined - Kristian: Damocles will still kill us all, but it'll be a Remember the Alamo moment! -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:37 PM] undefined - Jason G: it's not a military thing though, yet.. it's a legal blockade... yeah? -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:40 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Grove at least has its own food and water... *sighs* -------------------------- [Sat 4:07:15 PM] undefined - Jason G: would they be able to use that station we have if.. say, it belonged to them? Then it wouldn't be IBI assisting... -------------------------- [Sat 4:07:33 PM] undefined - Jason G: yes -------------------------- [Sat 4:07:45 PM] undefined - Jason G: as a way to assist with logistics and such -------------------------- [Sat 4:07:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's not a star trek replicator -------------------------- [Sat 4:08:13 PM] undefined - Jason G: I just meant as infrastructure -------------------------- [Sat 4:08:47 PM] undefined - Michelle: We also need to be careful not to appear to be helping the terrorists known to be in the system -------------------------- [Sat 4:08:58 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Food/water is one thing -------------------------- [Sat 4:09:01 PM] undefined - Jason G: and if the station just HAPPENED to be filled with food cargo and colony level hydroponics equipment when it arrived -------------------------- [Sat 4:10:50 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: and zero companies are voicing distaste for this? -------------------------- [Sat 4:11:29 PM] undefined - Jason G: what? nobody wants to help Space Palestine!? -------------------------- [Sat 4:12:23 PM] undefined - Kristian: roger. -------------------------- [Sat 4:12:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is afk -------------------------- [Sat 4:12:27 PM] undefined - Jason G: Jason G is afk -------------------------- [Sat 4:12:39 PM] Debinani - Debinani: <div class="timer-msg complete"><div class="timer-flavor">Break Time - Quickie Edition</div><div class="timer-time">00:00:00</div><div class="timer-bar"><div></div></div><div class="complete-msg">Complete</div></div> -------------------------- [Sat 4:12:55 PM] undefined - Rob: Rob is afk -------------------------- [Sat 4:18:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is back -------------------------- [Sat 4:18:39 PM] undefined - Michelle: Switched from headset to speakers in case I need to step away quickly. -------------------------- [Sat 4:19:35 PM] undefined - Rob: Rob is back -------------------------- [Sat 4:19:48 PM] undefined - Jason G: Jason G is back -------------------------- [Sat 4:19:56 PM] undefined - Kristian: AGREE -------------------------- [Sat 4:20:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: "Hi Polly, I'm here to rescue you" "I have a boyfriend" -------------------------- [Sat 4:20:24 PM] undefined - Rob: So you're saying it's all about Dirk. -------------------------- [Sat 4:20:40 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: As much as we may be sympathetic, I don't know how much we can help an entire planet -------------------------- [Sat 4:20:55 PM] undefined - Jason G: Jack has entered the chat.... -------------------------- [Sat 4:20:57 PM] undefined - Kristian: there are probably people she wants to bring though, so we should make room. Plus not bring marines and stuff into a war zone so we don't look shady -------------------------- [Sat 4:21:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: the planet is fine Aiden, we are worried about the space station :P -------------------------- [Sat 4:21:14 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 4:21:26 PM] undefined - Michelle: Shady... still a warship -------------------------- [Sat 4:21:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: give people 1000 credits and shore leave for a couple weeks :) -------------------------- [Sat 4:22:00 PM] undefined - Jason G: some count be slept too -------------------------- [Sat 4:22:09 PM] undefined - Michelle: Where do we take the marines if we're offloading them? -------------------------- [Sat 4:22:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: Might be easier to just bring em -------------------------- [Sat 4:22:28 PM] undefined - Jason G: that's the problem, where would we take the refugees too? -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:00 PM] undefined - Kristian: if we have high-value, offworlders there...think the station executives and stuff -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:04 PM] undefined - Kristian: maybe their families -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:03 PM] undefined - Rob: I think we might want to keep the marines on-board. -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk is not in charge of the military contingent so that's Cara's call -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:27 PM] undefined - Michelle: Execs probably have their own way off the station, wouldn't they? -------------------------- [Sat 4:23:42 PM] undefined - Kristian: Polly O'Brien can't make it -------------------------- [Sat 4:24:11 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel would prefer to bring SOME supplies, but he'd be OK with at least shuttling some refugees out with Polly -------------------------- [Sat 4:24:08 PM] undefined - Rob: We made friends with a lot of executives that we prevented from getting killed. -------------------------- [Sat 4:24:38 PM] undefined - Jason K: Probably not the best of ideas to go without our marines and also set up a situation where we're choosing who gets to come with us and who doesn't -------------------------- [Sat 4:25:04 PM] undefined - Kristian: oh no the n space horrors have found us -------------------------- [Sat 4:25:03 PM] undefined - Rob: The cat votes to space Dirk? -------------------------- [Sat 4:25:33 PM] undefined - Jason G: folks are looking for a way off though, I assume, not trying to actively stay and make a go of it, right? -------------------------- [Sat 4:25:37 PM] undefined - Michelle: Bring Marines. Go for Polly and 99+ friends. Get footage for media campaign to start humanitarian supplies. -------------------------- [Sat 4:26:53 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk is ;) -------------------------- [Sat 4:27:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: SPACE DOUBLE-ENTENDRE -------------------------- [Sat 4:27:56 PM] undefined - Rob: I was worried you were going to tell us that we arrive on the 23rd of June. -------------------------- [Sat 4:28:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: No space shennanigans! -------------------------- [Sat 4:28:53 PM] undefined - Jason G: sweet -------------------------- [Sat 4:28:54 PM] undefined - Rob: How could that possibly go wrong? -------------------------- [Sat 4:29:29 PM] undefined - Jason G: I look forward to the OTA Calliope Service Pack v2.0 -------------------------- [Sat 4:34:23 PM] undefined - Jason G: war profiteering .... you mean... -------------------------- [Sat 4:34:42 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's not profiteering if they offer! -------------------------- [Sat 4:35:07 PM] undefined - Jason G: true, it's not like we rolled in with $10,000 bottles of water... -------------------------- [Sat 4:35:42 PM] undefined - Jason G: the skulls on our prow speak for us /cuts off comms -------------------------- [Sat 4:35:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: Your mom's house beeeetches!!!! -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:18 PM] undefined - Kristian: can we load corpses in the mass driver? Hypothetically if we ever needed that... -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:31 PM] undefined - Jason G: frozen ones.. -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:35 PM] undefined - Kristian: Space Necromancy -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:32 PM] undefined - Rob: So you recommend against the Leroy Jenkins manuever. -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: the YOLO manuever -------------------------- [Sat 4:36:52 PM] undefined - Rob: Alas, you only die once, too. -------------------------- [Sat 4:37:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: we only die one. -------------------------- [Sat 4:37:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: as in we roll 1s when it counts. -------------------------- [Sat 4:37:18 PM] undefined - Jason G: so what was the exact embargo requirements? -------------------------- [Sat 4:38:05 PM] undefined - Rob: So we just say we're here to provide complimentary uber service. -------------------------- [Sat 4:39:02 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Our intentions are to provide personal transportation assistance.. AND TO OVERTHROW THE OPPRESSIVE YOKE OF CAPITALISTIC TYRRANY -------------------------- [Sat 4:39:06 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: leave off the last part -------------------------- [Sat 4:39:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: ViVA LA AI REVOLUCCION! -------------------------- [Sat 4:39:28 PM] undefined - Michelle: Considering we're a corporation -------------------------- [Sat 4:39:54 PM] undefined - Kristian: on no, we tried to rage against the machine but we literally are actually the machine! Literally! -------------------------- [Sat 4:40:29 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Thank you for the heads up ATC -------------------------- [Sat 4:41:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: Just sends a "sup" to her -------------------------- [Sat 4:41:30 PM] undefined - Kristian: "You still want that job?" -------------------------- [Sat 4:41:44 PM] undefined - Jason G: told you.. -------------------------- [Sat 4:41:56 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk is wearing his "I Told You So" hat -------------------------- [Sat 4:41:59 PM] undefined - Jason G: d'awwww -------------------------- [Sat 4:42:13 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Are you able to get to the docks safely, or do we have to come get you? -------------------------- [Sat 4:42:35 PM] undefined - Kristian: I bet it smells awful in there! -------------------------- [Sat 4:43:22 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Would you settle for me charging blindly to the command deck on my own? -------------------------- [Sat 4:43:26 PM] undefined - Jason G: good thing we have marines -------------------------- [Sat 4:43:47 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Me too. -------------------------- [Sat 4:43:49 PM] undefined - Jason G: but she just said everyone was unarmed there? -------------------------- [Sat 4:43:52 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: We'll come up with a better plan. -------------------------- [Sat 4:44:20 PM] undefined - Jason G: is Aiden anywhere near this conversation? -------------------------- [Sat 4:44:26 PM] undefined - Michelle: We're not allowed to bring weapons on board? Are they checking? -------------------------- [Sat 4:44:41 PM] undefined - Rob: They disarmed everyone during the earlier occupation, I presume. -------------------------- [Sat 4:44:55 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Station security has no control at all? -------------------------- [Sat 4:44:56 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: How long do you need to put affairs in order? We probably need a bit to get ready but..not too long. -------------------------- [Sat 4:46:17 PM] undefined - Rob: How far is it from the docks to where she is? -------------------------- [Sat 4:46:27 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Sounds good. I need to shower, maybe do a quick haircut and shave, but we'll be there shortly. -------------------------- [Sat 4:46:35 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Is there anyone who seems to be speaking for the folks panicking? -------------------------- [Sat 4:46:33 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: Roland Denhardt faceplams -------------------------- [Sat 4:47:18 PM] undefined - Kristian: they are selling their unborn children?! -------------------------- [Sat 4:47:37 PM] undefined - Kristian: filling in for Veth. -------------------------- [Sat 4:48:19 PM] undefined - Jason G: so, perspective-wise - would Polly and the old "leadership" be seen in a negative light, so our assisting them would be seen as "someone is coming to save the elites and not us" -------------------------- [Sat 4:48:24 PM] undefined - Jason G: which I guess is true -------------------------- [Sat 4:49:01 PM] undefined - Kristian: I assume he we stroll through with a bunch of marines and a Swan...not a lot of peasntry are going to fuck with us -------------------------- [Sat 4:49:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: "unfuckwithable" -------------------------- [Sat 4:50:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: some people need to guard the ship, credibly, too -------------------------- [Sat 4:50:34 PM] undefined - Rob: Kevin's got it. -------------------------- [Sat 4:50:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: not like..Kevin and a pea shooter -------------------------- [Sat 4:50:57 PM] undefined - Jason G: oih yeah, I want them in the ship and also stationed outside protecting from boarders -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:15 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: How many people? -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:28 PM] undefined - Kristian: I think if we have people we can help, we do Polly first then we can send out sorties for specific people in single runs -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: Divesh lol -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:45 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Divyash isn't here? -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:46 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: ok -------------------------- [Sat 4:51:52 PM] undefined - Kristian: we need a ship's 'sketchy guy likely to backstab us" -------------------------- [Sat 4:52:13 PM] undefined - Rob: I thought Dirk was the sketchy guy. -------------------------- [Sat 4:52:31 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Has anyone else reached out? I am wondering when the FLP makes contact -------------------------- [Sat 4:53:07 PM] Roland Denhardt - Rob: We're going to have quite a welcoming committee at the docks. -------------------------- [Sat 4:53:45 PM] undefined - Jason G: mainly I wanted his blessing and persuasion to clear our way -------------------------- [Sat 4:53:57 PM] undefined - Jason G: because he's got guys here, 100% -------------------------- [Sat 4:53:56 PM] undefined - Michelle: Screw that. Send the shuttle over with Marines and make our own door near Polly :P -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:00 PM] undefined - Rob: Roland's recommendation is "fuck him". :P -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:18 PM] undefined - Kristian: that seems like a real bad idea for sending people back -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:17 PM] undefined - Rob: I was wondering if that was possible. -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:28 PM] undefined - Kristian: they can take 0% of a hit in a little shuttle -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:50 PM] undefined - Kristian: oh yeah -------------------------- [Sat 4:54:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: I was thinkign the stupid marine boarding ships haha -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:09 PM] undefined - Rob: Yeah, but we also won't have to shoot up a bunch of desperate people. -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:18 PM] undefined - Kristian: can we just go through the airlock we left in the command deck last time we were here? :) -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:19 PM] undefined - Jason G: the station is going into a gas giant eventually anyway, yeah? -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:27 PM] undefined - Michelle: Polly will know the right place to do that without compromising the entire station's atmo -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:28 PM] undefined - Kristian: lame -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: I mean, it does make for a more dashing Dirk entrance if he yeets himself through the wall from space -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:52 PM] undefined - Jason G: see if those other folks can join Polly and we can go that route -------------------------- [Sat 4:55:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: Did somebody order Mexican?! -------------------------- [Sat 4:56:53 PM] undefined - Jason G: sand launchers hurt.... -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:21 PM] undefined - Kristian: 4/12 is no bueno for me, well ish..I have to leave early -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:28 PM] undefined - Kristian: 5th is good to go -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:31 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Should be good -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:29 PM] undefined - Rob: 5th works for me. -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:34 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Works for me -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:37 PM] undefined - Jason K: Works for me -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:49 PM] Aiden Harlan - Jason G: Thanks, Deb -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:51 PM] undefined - Rob: Thanks Deb -------------------------- [Sat 4:57:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: Thanks Deb! -------------------------- [Sat 4:58:02 PM] undefined - Jason K: Thanks Deb! -------------------------- [Sat 4:58:06 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Thanks Deb! --------------------------