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3201.114
Jim0007 : 3201.112: It is a quiet day, outside the M25
of Tuskan. Crews are staying alert, UNIT is busying itself on the Aggie.
Jim0007 : Stardate 3201.113
Jim0007 : Stardate 3201.114
Jim0007 : By the Ideal, it's boring out here on the M25
Admiral Andropov : There is also a scout group of Venerians a ddi
and 2 merchants way out there on obseravation mode.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Presumably UNIT report in regularly
Jim0007 : UNIT have yet to report
Tregear, CSS Haig : that was very sudden nothing....usually they're
more sedate
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Call them up and ask how things are going
- low speed line, voice only ..
UNIT : We'll report when we have something of value.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : we can do some exercises - inter-fleet
cooperation. Perhaps some zero-G sports between teams from each fleet
Admiral Andropov : Yeah co operation like getting to be ploite
to each other and not use offensive racist names. Be Warned
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Keep an eye out for USOs outside M25.
Don't lose focus
Jim0007 : Ok, as I was saying. Is everyone sure they want to stay
here?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Give the GFD embarked some on-board combat
training
Admiral Andropov : Staying.
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia :
reviewing int summaries it suggests that the earliest arrival date of
the Z'Ha'Dum ESBs here is 3201.033 (ages ago).
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : I have some of them too
Admiral Andropov :
OK - we've got WSN, CSN, VSN, MSN within 1000km. Xyonists many many klicks
away
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Mars - 300km at 270 deg from Aggie. 6CVI,
2 ALSI (= 1 GFD), 2 LSSI
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : we've plotted HS microjumps to make
sure we can go wherever we need to (i.e. join each of the contingents)
Tregear, CSS Haig : Centauri at 45 degrees 350km (bbi, cai, cvi,
alsi, lssi)
Admiral Andropov : fleet 1000km at 90 degrees
Adm Carley : so we're all just sitting here watching the stars
go by?
Tregear, CSS Haig : yup
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : we're doing training, lots of drills
and planning
Tregear, CSS Haig : we're drinking tea
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : just no moving the ships and keeping
watch
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : also lots of vids
Adm Carley :: is that Venerian tea or the proper Wolfer tea.
Adm Carley :: The only true tea
Jim0007 : All proper tea is theft
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Listen up - probable micro-burn at 1500km
at 180 deg. Orange Alert in Martian fleet. Inform all friends, inform
UNIT. Anyone expecting SLOW visitors?
Admiral Andropov : We're checking out the video "hats and
helmets 32 the uncut version"
Tregear, CSS Haig : Centauri tea....all natural no machines used
to make it at all.
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : which direction is the system from
the Aggie?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : 0 deg
Adm Carley :: any idea of mass?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : plot for intercept microjump
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : analysing now - ensign give me some readings
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : sound ACTION STATIONS
Adm Carley :: Jim0007 are the Centaurs and Xyonists still with
me?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : YES WE ARE
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Handing over local command to Adm Carley
Adm Carley :: proceed with caution, it might be a merchant
Admiral Andropov : send scouts?
Adm Carley :: yes
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Why microburn when a merchant would head
for the inhabited planets
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : send CLI
Adm Carley :: damaged?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : maximum vigilance on exit from HS
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : we're not particularly silent- they would
hail if damaged
Adm Carley :: yes
Admiral Andropov : Send them a message a hail at least?
Adm Carley :: at your discretion
Adm Carley :: who's actually inbound on the ufo?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : me, well one CLI, by HS
Adm Carley :: ok
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSN to purple alert
Adm Carley :: what was the position of this burn in relation to
the fleets? - heading?
Admiral Andropov : Send a hail to the USO to the effect "Who
are you". Urgent reply requested.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Carrier crews to battle stations. [possible
target 180 deg]. 50% Pacs with HELLS, 50% with missiles (inc some nukes)
Jim0007 : No answer to any hails. No USO sighted yet
Adm Carley :: All Jac ships to amber if not there already
Admiral Andropov : Amber
Adm Carley :: CLI proceed with caution, may be similar to Esteeler
incident
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : lets feed video links and do a triangulation
Adm Carley :: agreed
Adm Carley :: any ideas from anyone on what it is? Anyone got telemetry
yet?
Tregear, CSS Haig : nope
Admiral Andropov : Something bad trying to do a sneaky run
Adm Carley :: pirates?
Tregear, CSS Haig : very brave pilots if it is
Adm Carley :: I agree unlikely
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Comparing feeds from different angles
(base of triangle 1300 km, "target" 1500km) what do we detect?
Jim0007 : Attention all ships. Contact with a small warship range
1400km bearing 180 deg
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Pirates - yeah - site of biggest battle
ever - lets go visit and see the navies of the worlds
Adm Carley :: what sort of warship? nationality?
Tregear, CSS Haig : How small?
Adm Carley :: type?
Jim0007 : Looks like a light cruiser sized vessel emitting active
radar
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : its us
Tregear, CSS Haig : can you see anything ?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : XSS Alia - NOT doing micros I assume!
Adm Carley :: CLI confirm position
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : ESB sighted
Tregear, CSS Haig : Ah
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Just the one?
Adm Carley :: Red alert people
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : contact, wait out
Admiral Andropov : red
Jim0007 : A large vessel is opening fire with energy weapons range
1400km bearing 180
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Red Alert.
Tregear, CSS Haig : Red
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : launch pacs
Jim0007 : Pacs launched
Adm Carley :: Rice-Burroughs, move to intercept
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Ack. moving
Adm Carley :: Admiral Andropov support
Jim0007 : Large vessel has ceased fire.
Adm Carley :: What's it's heading?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : XSS Alia - how's trix?
Jim0007 : Large vessel has appeared range 200, bearing 180
Admiral Andropov : Move.
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : It engaged, the CLI jumped
Tregear, CSS Haig : Check sensors - is this real ? Do we all see
it ? Correlate logs ?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : We'll be with you in a moment (CAI,
2 CLI & EVI)
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : Jumping now
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : This is a SINGLE ESB ?
Jim0007 : Looks like a single ESB
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Shadows?
Adm Carley :: Can the Pacs see it on visual?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : transmit all data received to other
polities
Jim0007 : No shadows detected.
Admiral Andropov : Move into Hyperspace and Micro jump to 800km
90 degrees
Jim0007 : Its close man...real close
Adm Carley :: Did the ESB fire cause any damage?
Tregear, CSS Haig : Launch PACs
Jim0007 : ESB closing with Martian contingent using 2g burn
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : it doesn't appear to have done
Admiral Andropov : What does the ESB want. The AGGIE?
Admiral Andropov : ADMIRAL ANDROPOV move fast to support Martians
Adm Carley :: Evac UNIT personel
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : 2LSSI to the rear. ALSI back up carriers.
50% Pacifiers to engage when able. Concentrated attack from one side.
Use nukes - take it.
Jim0007 : Closing on Martian contingent
Jim0007 : UNIT personnel are evacuating now
Adm Carley :: Centauri ships, prepare to target Aggie
Jim0007 : Pacs engaging ESB
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Aggie should be rigged with a Martian
nuke
Adm Carley :: Inform when UNIT off Aggie
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSN LSSI microjump to 45 degrees 1000km &
observe
Jim0007 : UNIT now clear of aggie
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : am sending LSSI to evac UNIT personel
Adm Carley :: Better safe than sorry
Jim0007 : Pacs taking fire
Jim0007 : Damage inflicted on ESB, but it is closing with the Martians
Adm Carley :: Damage assessment?
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSN PACs to support Martians
Jim0007 : 12 pacifiers shot down so far. ESB damage slight
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Let's fire when in range. Back off to
side. Prepare shuttles for marines
Jim0007 : ESB closing with Martians, range 200km to carriers
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSB BBI & CAI locking wapons on Aggie -
just say the word Admiral
Admiral Andropov : VSS ROGOV ALSI Prepare to RAM the ESB. Stop
it re entering hyperspace
Adm Carley :: No other signs of burns?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : other half of Pacs to engage - missiles
in single wave
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Blow the Aggie
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : wait
Adm Carley :: agreed if unit clear. Range from Agi to ESB. eta?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Don't hang boys, plenty for everyone
Tregear, CSS Haig : Check sensors of ESB reports - any anomalies
? ie. is this real ?
Adm Carley :: is Agi showing any signs of powering up?
Jim0007 : The ESB is moving away from the Aggie to attack the Martians
Tregear, CSS Haig : Admiral we should blow the Aggie and join hte
fight versustheESB - its our only hope !
Jim0007 : Martian second wave going in now
Adm Carley :: Xyonists and Centauris engage
Jim0007 : ESS Liberte reports it is under attack
Tregear, CSS Haig : 16 CSN Pacs helping them
Adm Carley :: Rice-Burroughs send me the code for the nuke so I
can detonate it
Jim0007 : Xyonist and Centauri fleet microjump within range.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Martian fleet to maintain distance as
long as possible - let the pacs do their work. ALSI launch marines as
they become ready.
Jim0007 : ESB is taking hits all over
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Apparently UNIT removed the nuke!
Jim0007 : ESS Liberte reports it is being boarded
Adm Carley :: is Agi still where we left it?
Adm Carley :: Wolfers close on Agi
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Liberte where are you?
Jim0007 : ESB has stopped accelerating - its manoeuvre is shot
Tregear, CSS Haig : Permission to open fire on the aggie !
Admiral Andropov : THE ESB is a distraction. NUKE the aggie now.
Now.
Adm Carley :: is it still where we left it?
Jim0007 : Aggie is still where you left it.
Jim0007 :
Tregear, CSS Haig : what is the ESS Liberte and where is it ?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : ESB status?
Jim0007 : Sensors down
Adm Carley :: whose?
Jim0007 : everyone near the ESB
Adm Carley :: so what's going on? I'm not near it?
Tregear, CSS Haig : repeat what is the ESS Liberte ?
Jim0007 : Damage control parties active
Jim0007 : ESS Liberte reported being under attack from clankers
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : DC - Replace sensor arrays. Carriers prepare
to recover pacs. How far from Martian ALSI to Liberte?
Jim0007 : ESS Liberte is an Earther CLI near the M25
Tregear, CSS Haig : REPEAT: what or where is the Liberte
Jim0007 : Sensors up
Jim0007 : ESB is gone
Adm Carley :: so it wasn't near the ESB?
Tregear, CSS Haig : is it one of the quarantined ships with the
Aggie ?
Jim0007 : Debris field indicates it was nuked to bits
Jim0007 : Liberte isn't quarantined
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Sweep near space for clankers
Adm Carley :: status on Agi?
Jim0007 : Aggie is still there
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSN ALSI to help Liberte - go marines !
Jim0007 : Sensor report a micro burn bearing 090 range 500km
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : We've already sent marines to help
Liberte
Admiral Andropov : Micro Jump to 090 500km and look
Adm Carley :: I don't like this. Nuke the Agi
Tregear, CSS Haig : ok missed that !
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : no
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : wait until we absolutely have to
Adm Carley :: I've had enough
Adm Carley :: which is just after it's too late
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : no point destroying perfectly serviceable
kit uneceesarily
Jim0007 : Rackham reports 250 clankers destroyed. ESS Liberte has
repelled attack
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : Have UNIT been picked up off the Aggie?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Carrier Ops - what's the status on Martian
Pacs (96 pacs launched, 12? lost)
Adm Carley :: Someone give me some pacs near the Agi
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : UNIT evaced minutes ago
Tregear, CSS Haig : move CSN BBI & CAI into range to PREPARE
to take out Aggie
Jim0007 : UNIT is in its own ship heading for M25
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Quarantine UNIT
Adm Carley :: tell unit to stay in system!
Admiral Andropov : Check last burn 090 500km
Tregear, CSS Haig : Agreed quarantine UNIT - taken the nuke off
!
Jim0007 : Admiral Andropov - your ships have microjumped to within
75km of a fully active ESB, it is closing
Admiral Andropov : FIGHT Ram It.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : 2nd ESB up. What is my Pac status?
Jim0007 : UNIT is heading IN to the M25 not out
Adm Carley :: Can they support?
Admiral Andropov : Require assitance now
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Believe UNIT did return the nuke
Jim0007 : Martian PAcs being recovered
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : fighting ships to join the Venerians
Jim0007 : ESB engaging
Adm Carley :: All units close and engage 2nd ESB
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : launch PACs
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : prepare to board
Jim0007 : VSS Bat Out of Hell damaged
Jim0007 : Rogov closing to ram - taking heavy damage
Adm Carley :: are these ESB's fighting at full strength?
Tregear, CSS Haig : engage ESB
Jim0007 : ESBs don't appear to be holding back
Jim0007 : VSS TRUXTUN destroyed
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Mars - recovering PACs - not able to engage.
R-B to carrier ops - launch 2nd wave when we have 50 pacs available
Admiral Andropov : Fight it hard
Tregear, CSS Haig : But we took out that first one rather easily
?!?
Admiral Andropov : HELP
Jim0007 : CSS Alexander CAI destroyed
Adm Carley :: status on Agi?
Jim0007 : Venerian pac launching
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Martian vessels - once all pacs on board
- micro jump to 100 km
Tregear, CSS Haig : 12 PACS for an ESB ?
Jim0007 : Aggie is still there
Jim0007 : Venerian and Centauri fleet engaging now
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : engage more closely
Jim0007 : VSS Bat Out Of Hell Destroyed
Jim0007 : All vessels engaging
Admiral Andropov : HELP NOW
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : as soon as enough ESB weapons damage
launch boarding action
Jim0007 : XSS Geola CLI and XSS Reshef CLI destroyed
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Martian ALSI - retain shuttles on board
and micro-jump to 100 km - do not wait for carriers to recover
Jim0007 : VSS Rogov missed the ram and is destroyed
Jim0007 : Martian force engage
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : keep firing
Jim0007 : ESB taking some damage
Adm Carley :: Are we hurting it? Any more burns appearing?
Jim0007 : ESB taking damage but slowly
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Launch Pacs - when we have 40+ ready.
Launch ALSI shuttles with Marines when ready.
Jim0007 : Martian and Venerian PAC waves engaging
Adm Carley :: I don't suppose there were any Earther ships still
in the area that would like to join in?
Jim0007 : Centauri pac waves engaging
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Launch remaining PACs when all ready (however
many that is)
Tregear, CSS Haig : At last
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : they're already engaged
Jim0007 : Remaining Xyonist pacifier shot down
Jim0007 : Sirian fleet engages
Jim0007 :
Jim0007 : Sensors out
Tregear, CSS Haig : ok who was that ?
Admiral Andropov : to CVI go into hyperspace
Jim0007 : Can't see for a bit
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : some flash bugger
Jim0007 : Sensors back
Adm Carley : ESB destroyed?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : is the ESB gone?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : if not board
Jim0007 : The ESB seems to be radioactive dust
Adm Carley : Any more incoming?
Jim0007 : An hour passes
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : Hurrah! although there may be two more
Jim0007 : Two more hours pass
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : how is Liberte doing
Adm Carley : Status on fleet?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : is there an ESB nearby?
Admiral Andropov : To 3 ships left in the fleet recover remaining
pacs
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Sensor sweep for clankers. Recover pacs
that need it. Recover shuttles to ALSI. Damage reports?
Jim0007 : Liberte is secured
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : recover pac pilots
Tregear, CSS Haig : Status of Aggie and UNIT ships please
Jim0007 : Commodore Rackham was slightly wounded defending the
ship's control room
Adm Carley : How did Liberte get Clankers on board?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : you mean he had to head butt some clankers?
Jim0007 : Aggie is still there
Tregear, CSS Haig : Good
Jim0007 : UNIT are about 5000km away
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Has anyone FIRED at Aggie?
Adm Carley : no
Tregear, CSS Haig : Nope.
Jim0007 : ESS Liberte seems to have been the victim of a silent
running attack
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : can we get UNIT back on her then to
carry on
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : where is the ship that launched it?
Adm Carley : give it a day
Jim0007 : No ship detected
Tregear, CSS Haig : Lets put some marines onto Aggie nnow
Adm Carley : to see if any more turn up before letting UNIT back
on
UNIT : can we go back to the Aggie now?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : KEEN!
Jim0007 : A day passes
Adm Carley : fair enough
Tregear, CSS Haig : CSN marines on Aggie yesterday
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : 2 ESB destroyed. Analyse silent running
- was the likely source one of the 2 ESB?
Jim0007 : Stardate 3201.115 CSN Marines report that there is nothing
to report
Admiral Andropov : Repair crews do your stuff. Admiral Andropov
To farley down to 1bbi and cvi and lssi unlikely to do much more if ESBs
return
UNIT : can we go back to the Aggie now?
Tregear, CSS Haig : analyse ESB debris - enough for two ?
Adm Carley : Let UNIT back, but keep marines on board and ALSI
near to evac
Jim0007 : Yes enough ESB debris for 2
Adm Carley : Martian damage?
Tregear, CSS Haig : Good - they could have faked it and jumped
away...
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Pacifiers losses only I believe (around
25). LSSI to rejoin fleet and crack open some new PACs
UNIT : We wish to protest. A number of items of equipment have
been removed by your forces. These might be significant and MUST be returned
immediately
Adm Carley : like?
Tregear, CSS Haig : status of other quarantined ships (CLI &
DDI) ?
Adm Carley : who has removed what exactly?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Analyse comms logs - any comms out of
Aggie during battle?
Jim0007 : No comms out of Aggie during the battle
UNIT : Detection units, stores, personal effects, 4 TRUC robots
and a number of items of furniture have been removed.
Tregear, CSS Haig : We've removed nothing mate.
Adm Carley : any signs of the Aggie being boarded?
UNIT : Someone removed these items.
Jim0007 : Aggie appears to have been boarded prior to the Centauri
arrival
Adm Carley : Hmmm. Slient running, clanker theft?
Tregear, CSS Haig : theory: silent running ship dropped off clankers
and took them?
Adm Carley : Yes. Could they still be around?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Worth 2 ESB - should have nuked it from
the start
Adm Carley : no signs of burns?
Jim0007 : No sign of burns
Tregear, CSS Haig : Agreed - bloody AIs
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : A chase - good idea - lets hunt!
Adm Carley : so they could have gone already - bugger
Jim0007 : Indeed- days ago
Jim0007 : A small shuttle drift in might not be picked up on active
radar, though a viking would be
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : A small shuttle has no HSD - Lets hunt
Jim0007 : Your logs report no movements near the Aggie that are
not identifiable as human ships
Adm Carley : would HMS Wells have seen anything as I did move up
to the Agi well before our forces boarded, just after UNIT left
Admiral Andropov : Next Moves? Unit investigate what was taken.
Then Nuke the Aggie. Let the Martians hunt.
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Note absence of Shadows in this operation
Jim0007 : I'll just re-run the Well's records for a moment......
Tregear, CSS Haig : re items removed from aggie: are these UNIT
things or were they on board the Aggie before they turned up ?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : 4 TRUCS and some detection gear - weld
them together on a couch frame and you get .....
Adm Carley : does it look like anything was removed from the Agi
that UNIT didn't bring with them?
Jim0007 : It was mostly UINT kit that was removed. And Aggie furniture
Adm Carley : what sort of furniture?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : yeah, what colour cushions?
Jim0007 : 4 mess tables and 6 acceleration couches - teal
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : with 130th are the best inscribed on
the side...
Adm Carley : i was wondering if it was furniture with computers
in, captains desk or something.
Jim0007 : HMS Wells logs do report movement of Xyonist ships near
the Aggie just before they RVd
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Mars send shuttles and pacs on a hunt,
with the CVI etcetera in attendance
Jim0007 : The Martians go on their hunt - the hunt locates 3 drifting
clanker shuttles, unoccupied
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : the int report did say that 24 VIKINGS
were unaccounted for
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : we've only sorted out 12 between the
2 ESBs - where are the other 12?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Tranship some of the GFD from the ALSI
to CVI to reinforce their on-board defences - say a company to each. Ditto
for LSSI.
Tregear, CSS Haig : no 36 were missing, at least - now 24
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : could there be more near here?
Adm Carley : we would have spotted a Viking picking up shuttles?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Mars agreed - early estimates were too
low (came from Esteel I believe)
Jim0007 : You might spot a viking picking up shuttles
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : if it was SR and went to HS without
burning we could have missed it
Tregear, CSS Haig : They can't add up anything but money
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Check out clanker shuttles - any discarded
cushions etc?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : are they usable by humans?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : cushions?
Tregear, CSS Haig : re: missing detection units - what were they
being used for ?
Adm Carley : any suggestions?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : well there are still several VIKINGs
out there that we know of
Adm Carley : not necassarily here though
Tregear, CSS Haig : might as well continue the search - probably
too late, but what else is there to do ?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : obviously they attach some importance
to this system otherwise these two wouldn't have come here
Adm Carley : do we think the AI was on the Aggie?
Tregear, CSS Haig : or to what they've taken
Adm Carley : and if so is it now gone?
Tregear, CSS Haig : Now we do !
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : we probably need to patrol the outer
system area a bit more
Adm Carley : the stuff they took is odd - why acceleration couches?
and detectors?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Xyon - did you loot the Aggie - honest
now!
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : I didn't loot the aggie, I was fighting
the ESBs with you - we lost two CLIs
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : maybe they have prisoners.
Adm Carley : That doesn't seem very likely
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : probably not, although they have in
the past
Tregear, CSS Haig : Repeat to UNIT : what were the missing
detectors being used for ?
UNIT : these were small hand held devices used for circuit emission
testing
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : If the AI did not leave Aggie (if it was
ever there - and we know of no technology that would allow it to ever
GET there) then it's still there
Adm Carley : so what were the clankers after?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : how likely is it to be on the Aggie
though? AIs need specialist hardware
Adm Carley : so they ran out of spares?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : They had recording units, these detectors?
Adm Carley : thought they'd loose 2ESB's to get some?
Tregear, CSS Haig : to UNIT : can you remember what you
were testing with them before you left the aggie ?
UNIT : The detectors were passive devices. We were testing phase
throughput circuit arrays in the lower deck 5 riser
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Unit - what did you suspect?
UNIT : It will be in our final report
Adm Carley : What were the personal items that were taken? Did
they have anything in common?
UNIT : Yes, they all belonged to UNIT personnel
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : UNIT - whose side are you on? What did
you suspect?
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : let them be, research doesn't work
to a timetable
UNIT : I refer to the answer I gave a moment ago
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : they'll tell us when they're ready
Tregear, CSS Haig : UNIT, you were very insistent to get the items
back when you first noticed them missing - why ?
UNIT : Because it is our property! Are you SURE you don't know
anything about it?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Hey - possible Xyonist looting, possible
Clanker theft mission - if the former then we can relax a little, if the
latter we have a sophisticated AI on the loose....
Adm Carley : Possibly, we still don't know it was ever on the Aggie
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : why does everyone always blame us when
things go missing!
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : cos it happens more often when you're
about
Commodore Slade, XSS Alia : we don't take stuff unless people leave
it lying around
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : exactly
Tregear, CSS Haig : where was the ESS Liberte when it was boarded
? and was it involved with the woods asteroid affair in anyway ? I mean
why board it as well ?
Admiral Rice-Burroughs : Lets not take our minds off the main task
- scan and watch, repair damage, etc
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