Quote: robkelk wrote:I apologize if any of the following is OOC. It just struck me.
If it ends up canon, then it'll be Yayoi and Lisa making a quick tour of interesting places in the Main Belt while Kohran, Sora, Skuld, and Kaolla help
Wiregeek and Sparky repair the Pinafore. (That's "repair", not "upgrade and outfit with weapons systems", Kohran. Sometimes
it's a hospital ship.) Skuld's presence will be over a vidcom link only. Thus, Luna might not even hear about the Blackbirds until after it's too
late to suggest a shrink spell.
As for portal size, note that Lisa said "the portals we open", not "the portals we can open". She's worked with reporters for long
enough to know a few tricks with language...
Yayoi: "What are your ships doing with that little asteroid over there?"
Benjamin: "Munitions tests. We've been working on some new toys. Right now they're using one of our Gravity Bomb test-types."
Yayoi: *With Glare 'O' Doom in her glasses* "What exactly is a Gravity Bomb?"
*All watch as the asteroid implodes on itself.*
Benjamin: "Exactly what it sounds like."
Yayoi: *Presses herself against the Bullet Boy Express's window, a rivulet of drool hanging off the corner of her mouth.*
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Gina: "Jess? You sure you got these people in hand?"
Jess: "Sure. Stitch is keeping the younger tourists entertained up in the biodome while the adults watch and take turns getting some dinner. Why?"
Gina: "Not them. THEM!"
*Points at Kohran, Sora, Kaolla, Wiregeek and Sparky as they work on the Pinafore, with Skuld's direction by vidcom, in the massive
repair/maintenance bay normally used for the Peacemakers. The situation is, as guessed, devlolving.*
Jess: "Oh? That? I wouldn't worry until they begin to uncrate munitions or break out raw handwavium or something like that."
Gina: o_o;
Amendment to Benjamin's rant:
"Then again, you do have some pretty heavy hitters on your team, so I wouldn't know for sure if you'd really need it."
You know, if they do walk away with a 'bird, Ben's not gonna want to let them take one that's stock. He'll want to make sure that it actually
suits their needs and is willing to perform such outfitting at his own expense. He kinda has the same mentality Skuld did about Doug's bike. (Could she
help them install a suitable portal generator in that thing? Be a bad-ass way to travel.)
Hell, I think Skuld will just love Ben on general principal because he is such a gear head and is such a perfectionist in that respect. That and he has cool
projects. Build a corps of space fighters complete with bad-ass support ships? Check. Race a hot-rodded space-sedan (that he fixed up himself) at suicidal
speeds through an asteroid field? Check. Tinker around with wave-tech engine systems just for fun? Check. Get in on science projects with some
freaky-yet-cool kids around her age with nearly-mad-scientist-zeal? Check.
Yay or nay? ^_^;;