OK...The Mallard probably won't be out for a while - it would be started in mid-2014, and would probably take some
time to design and build. Agatha is starting to devote more of her time to vehicle work, I'd say; I've found a few neat things, including one bike
that's got ME drooling, and a car that is definitely her. With Barry handling ship systems, we're in need of power engineers. And well....the ones that
popped to mind are perfect, I think. Though I still worry about using up too much cool. See what you guys think?
First - a few neat vehicle links:
Agatha's car...
Sidecars are
win...
And the bike to make me
drool...scroll to the end of the thread to see it.
Second...recruiting for the power room....
I leaned back in my chair, the screen that was hovering in front of me moving to stay in a comfortable reading position in front of my eyes. Agatha's notes
on the current state of the power room showed we were doing well so far - keeping ahead of our power needs at any rate, even with opening another two levels up
for farming and habitation. Still....we were getting more Fenkinder aboard, and some families, and the need for more power kept growing. Agatha was being more
and more distracted by vehicle design as well; the Mallard was coming along pretty well, but it was absorbing a lot of
her time, along with a few of her other projects. Barry was picking up the slack in ship maintenance, but we could really use another engineer just in charge
of the power level.
I breathed a sigh, and rubbed at my eyes. Well...hopefully that would be taken care of shortly. I'd gotten Fred's help in putting together another
computer, and it had been 'waved. We'd put just about everything Fate could find on power, reactors, generators and electricity into the hard drives,
too, along with the basic 'intro to Fenspace and the Yggdrasil' notes that we'd used in making the
original crew. Fate had been monitoring it, and we were just waiting to see if an AI formed, one that wanted to stay with us. At that moment, a soft chime
interrupted my thoughts, and I saved and dismissed the screen. That was the signal Fate had told me would mean there was an AI, and that it was now fully alert
and able to communicate. Getting to my feet, I cleared my throat. "Um...hello. I'm the Jason. Welcome to the Yggdrasil." A moment later, the air shimmered in front of me, revealing a woman.
She was beautiful - even I noticed...I'm gay, not blind - in her thirties, I'd guess, with short blond hair and blue eyes. She was also dressed in
black BDUs...and peering closely at her collar, I noticed an eagle in dark blue. I gave her a grin, and nodded. "Welcome aboard, Colonel." The grin
was returned with a smile. "Colonel Samantha Carter...reporting for duty, I suppose. Nice setup you have here." The smile turned into a grin.
"It's not naquadah, but this handwavium substance looks fairly interesting, I must admit." I laughed. "You could say that. You're
willing to be part of the crew, then?" She nodded, "As long as you don't mind me experimenting...?" I shook my head, grinning. "With
Barry, Agatha, and Junior on the crew? Welcome to Mad Scientist Central." That got another grin.
I hrmed softly. "We used the same sort of setup that formed most of the original crew. Are you alone, or..." I broke off as someone else appeared.
This was a man, maybe in his late twenties, early thirties. He was wearing an old-fashioned suit, and had dark hair parted in the middle and a neatly-trimmed
mustache. He also looked damned familiar, but I couldn't place him immediately. "I guess not. Hello, sir."
The man nodded to me, but didn't offer to shake hands. "The notes you left us said we could conduct our own experiments, yes? If so, I am willing to
aid you. At least you use a proper form of electricity." That started bells ringing in my mind...even as a box appeared in front of the man. He pulled out
a crackling blue-white globe of what appeared to be ball lightning, and started to juggle it from hand to hand. "Unlike that fool Edison." He gave me
a dry smile. "Nikola Tesla. You wanted someone familiar with electricity, yes?"
*grin* So...should I hide from the thrown objects?
time to design and build. Agatha is starting to devote more of her time to vehicle work, I'd say; I've found a few neat things, including one bike
that's got ME drooling, and a car that is definitely her. With Barry handling ship systems, we're in need of power engineers. And well....the ones that
popped to mind are perfect, I think. Though I still worry about using up too much cool. See what you guys think?
First - a few neat vehicle links:
Agatha's car...
Sidecars are
win...
And the bike to make me
drool...scroll to the end of the thread to see it.
Second...recruiting for the power room....
I leaned back in my chair, the screen that was hovering in front of me moving to stay in a comfortable reading position in front of my eyes. Agatha's notes
on the current state of the power room showed we were doing well so far - keeping ahead of our power needs at any rate, even with opening another two levels up
for farming and habitation. Still....we were getting more Fenkinder aboard, and some families, and the need for more power kept growing. Agatha was being more
and more distracted by vehicle design as well; the Mallard was coming along pretty well, but it was absorbing a lot of
her time, along with a few of her other projects. Barry was picking up the slack in ship maintenance, but we could really use another engineer just in charge
of the power level.
I breathed a sigh, and rubbed at my eyes. Well...hopefully that would be taken care of shortly. I'd gotten Fred's help in putting together another
computer, and it had been 'waved. We'd put just about everything Fate could find on power, reactors, generators and electricity into the hard drives,
too, along with the basic 'intro to Fenspace and the Yggdrasil' notes that we'd used in making the
original crew. Fate had been monitoring it, and we were just waiting to see if an AI formed, one that wanted to stay with us. At that moment, a soft chime
interrupted my thoughts, and I saved and dismissed the screen. That was the signal Fate had told me would mean there was an AI, and that it was now fully alert
and able to communicate. Getting to my feet, I cleared my throat. "Um...hello. I'm the Jason. Welcome to the Yggdrasil." A moment later, the air shimmered in front of me, revealing a woman.
She was beautiful - even I noticed...I'm gay, not blind - in her thirties, I'd guess, with short blond hair and blue eyes. She was also dressed in
black BDUs...and peering closely at her collar, I noticed an eagle in dark blue. I gave her a grin, and nodded. "Welcome aboard, Colonel." The grin
was returned with a smile. "Colonel Samantha Carter...reporting for duty, I suppose. Nice setup you have here." The smile turned into a grin.
"It's not naquadah, but this handwavium substance looks fairly interesting, I must admit." I laughed. "You could say that. You're
willing to be part of the crew, then?" She nodded, "As long as you don't mind me experimenting...?" I shook my head, grinning. "With
Barry, Agatha, and Junior on the crew? Welcome to Mad Scientist Central." That got another grin.
I hrmed softly. "We used the same sort of setup that formed most of the original crew. Are you alone, or..." I broke off as someone else appeared.
This was a man, maybe in his late twenties, early thirties. He was wearing an old-fashioned suit, and had dark hair parted in the middle and a neatly-trimmed
mustache. He also looked damned familiar, but I couldn't place him immediately. "I guess not. Hello, sir."
The man nodded to me, but didn't offer to shake hands. "The notes you left us said we could conduct our own experiments, yes? If so, I am willing to
aid you. At least you use a proper form of electricity." That started bells ringing in my mind...even as a box appeared in front of the man. He pulled out
a crackling blue-white globe of what appeared to be ball lightning, and started to juggle it from hand to hand. "Unlike that fool Edison." He gave me
a dry smile. "Nikola Tesla. You wanted someone familiar with electricity, yes?"
*grin* So...should I hide from the thrown objects?