Shortround
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Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Sept 28, 2007 9:44:06 GMT -5
//Well, if I knew where we were, I'd tell you. We're on some planet somewhere. With a lot of bootleg robot dragon toys...//
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Skyfire
Major
I'm a scientist, not a....
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Post by Skyfire on Sept 28, 2007 10:18:48 GMT -5
Mercenaries certainly seem to be a short-tempered lot.
// You are marooned on a planet named Gillanan III, as are the rest of us // says Skyfire. // It was the seat of a high-tech civilization, but the inhabitants have vanished as mysteriously as we have appeared. Possibly there is a parallel there. If you can get an angle and elevation reading on the visible moons and the primary star relative to the local magnetic pole, I can at least give you a coordinate system for this planet and your location in that grid. //
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Post by Sell Sword on Sept 28, 2007 10:26:12 GMT -5
Sell Sword transmits the required data.
//May I ask who I'm talking to? I don't recognize anyone here.//
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Skyfire
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I'm a scientist, not a....
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Post by Skyfire on Sept 28, 2007 14:07:47 GMT -5
// I am Skyfire, an explorer and scientist. Prepare for data transmission... //
Skyfire sends Sell-Sword a reference grid for the planet, Academy of Sciences Standard survey geodesic v. 42.34, (mercator defined by the longitude line passing from the axial pole through the magnetic pole), and Sell-Sword's coordinates on the same grid. It's the same grid he used for plotting his orbital maps that Skyfire gave to Starscream.
Now he knows where he is. So does Skyfire and anyone else paying attention to General. Now people can tell him where they are in a meaningful way, if they want.
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Post by Sell Sword on Sept 28, 2007 15:54:47 GMT -5
//Ok, I now know where I am, but I still don't know who I'm dealing with though.//
//This is annoying. Someone give me private channels of communication to whoevers in charge.//
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Post by Kup on Sept 28, 2007 18:19:19 GMT -5
//Erm... how about you provide your private frequency.// Kup drawls out. Odds are, Sell Sword wouldn't recognize his voice, even if he knows his name. Many Decepticons, and certainly all Autobots, would probably find the voice familiar.
//Personally, and I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm here wondering, 'Who the blazes is this joker, and why does he think the rest of us should even want to pay for his services?'//
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Post by Sell Sword on Sept 29, 2007 2:19:02 GMT -5
//Payment? Well, if I really am marooned on some abandoned planet, a place to stay and enough energon to keep me running would easily be enough.... for now. And of course you'll never probably have to worry about my blades scything down on your neck during a battle.//
He proceeds to transmit his own private channel to all and sundry.
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Grimlock
Major
There's no crying in Basebrawl!
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Post by Grimlock on Sept 29, 2007 11:54:12 GMT -5
The scoff-tastic snort of Grimlock hits the airwaves at the threat the mercenary puts out.
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Post by Sell Sword on Sept 29, 2007 12:01:02 GMT -5
//Look, really, I like making up names for you people, I've got some really funny ones going. But I would like to know who I'm talking to.//
//Oh yes, haven't mentioned my name, its Sell Sword. Descrptive, isn't it?//
OOC: That 'probably' in my previous post was meant to be small.....
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Dead End
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Yes, we're all doomed. I already knew that.
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Post by Dead End on Sept 29, 2007 13:30:26 GMT -5
// Shockingly, I find myself in agreement with the Autobot. We might be more excited if we knew more about you--or not; I'm rarely excited about anyone. But, now that you've provided a method for contact, I suspect someone will be in touch with you. I am Dead End, of the Stunticons. //
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Grimlock
Major
There's no crying in Basebrawl!
Posts: 637
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Post by Grimlock on Sept 29, 2007 13:56:29 GMT -5
//Me Grimlock, Dinobot Commander.//
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Shortround
Minor
Breaker of the Fourth Wall
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Post by Shortround on Sept 30, 2007 6:48:45 GMT -5
//I'm Shortround, supply runner and toy collector//
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Post by Demolishor on Sept 30, 2007 11:53:42 GMT -5
//Demolishor. Any chance you know what a Mini-Con is?//
He's just trying to establish this guy's universe of origin, and see if Sell Sword has any news for a powerlinking type of mech.
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Post by Sell Sword on Oct 1, 2007 12:06:46 GMT -5
//Grimlock.... rings a bell.//
//As for me, I'm just a simple mercenary that now happens to be stuck here. All that I'm saying is that you'd probably want me on your side in a fight.//
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Post by Kup on Oct 1, 2007 12:14:30 GMT -5
//So that we probably don't have to worry about you stabbing us in the back? I don't know, that don't sound too encouraging to me. I mean, at least if you're on the other side, we can be sure of what to expect from you.//
//Name's Kup, by the by.// Not Kup, Security Chief of Cybertron. Not Kup, advisor to Rodimus Prime. Not Kup, potential interim leader of the Autobots on this planet. Just Kup. You either know him or you don't.
And the Decepticons already know he's here, anyway.
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