Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Main Sim - The Cloud

Posted by Lieutenant Patrick ‘Paddy’ McMillan (CNS) in Main Sim - The Cloud

Posted by Gamemaster Alias Smith N. Jones, Esq. (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - The Cloud
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After five days at warp, the Pelican dropped out and went to impulse at the direction of Agent Blue. Scanners showed nothing around them but empty space. Blue stood at the back of the bridge. “Ok, Captain… here is where it’ll get a bit tricky. There is a station out there. A big one. But it’s tucked behind a sub-space distortion that acts like a cloaking device. You’ll get a hail in a few minutes. They’ll ask some weird question that seems wholly random and just.. well, I already said weird. The trick is you have to respond with code words. The words are paired to words they use in their question. You have to give them a sentence in reply using the paired words. And you have to keep your comms open the entire time so they know you aren’t being fed the information by someone else. So when they ask their question, don’t be surprised when I whisper in your ear.” and he chuckled.

GM

Sara settled into her command chair. “Alright. Better have the right code, or this will be one short trip.” She turned her attention back to the bridge. “Helm, bring us closer. Let’s get this done.”

-CO

The Helm officer steered them ahead towards, well… nothing… until comms said “Incoming hail, Captain. Putting it through.” There was a brief pause and then a synthetic voice said =/\= Unidentified vessel, stop. Identity verification. I once saw a black cat wearing an umbrella. How much toast does a targ need in order to build a house on Fredelen VII? With a pool and why are there orchids? =/\= Blue leaned in a whispered in Sara’s ear softly “Cone… Flood… Buttermilk… Grandstand… Square… Hive… Green. In that order.”

GM

Sara breathed in, then out. Here we go. =/\= Cone, flood, buttermilk, grandstand, square, hive… =/\= the last word escaped her for a second. =/\= Green.=/\= And like with most other parts of this mission, she waited then for something awful to happen.

-CO

There was a long pause and nothing. Blue looked at her and said under his breath “You gotta use them in a sentence.”

GM

“Thanks for the heads up.” she whispered to him. =/\=Apologies, I believe we were cutting out there for a moment, allow me to repeat. An umbrella should be a cone, but they’re no use in a flood. Especially not if it’s buttermilk. Pardon my tendency to grandstand here on the square. I was wondering what color to paint the hive. I think it should be green.=/\=

-CO

There was another pause and then the helm said “Captain. Marker buoys just went active. On screen.” The main viewer came on and showed a series of marker buoys, paired together with about fifty kilometers between them, floating in space. They formed a kind of ‘road’ that seemed to vanish after a few hundred kilometers.

GM

OOC: Am I ok to jump in here?

-Kieron-

OOC: If you like. You’ll be on the away team in a bit, but if you want to jump in here before we meet up with the cruise ship, feel free.

Shara was at her station, watching the readouts carefully, letting Strickland do his thing. this was no her mission and as such, she was support. So she’d be the best damn support she could be.

Commander Calloway, CIO

Sara tensed up a little. “Helm. Follow the buoys. Slow and steady.” She turned to the agents. “This is all a little cloak and dagger for a luxury cruise. Is there anything I should know about where we are?”

-CO