Tasha Walker
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She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
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Post by Tasha Walker on May 17, 2011 21:36:03 GMT -5
Blackarachnia cuts her eyes toward Starscream again. After a few moments, she shrugs and moves to seat herself in a chair more or less between the two commanders. It's a little closer to Scourge, but not because she moved it there. She has to flip the chair around and straddle it to be comfortable.
"Probe or no probe, we'll need to make a resource run. We're not dangerously low, but the repairs from the fight back on Pz-Zazz but a dent in our stores. We can distill energon all day long, but we still need raw energy sources to do so. We should have enough metals, thanks to that never ending supply of bodies, but...." Does she grimace here? Yeah, she does. "Though I'm a bit wary of building something like that from spare parts. Don't know about your realities, but it is possible to animate the spark-dead in mine and still have portions of the original programing remain."
"The funky Pretender tech- I can't promise it. We can probably have a prototype ready for testing. Maybe. Find a way to make a Pretender and a Maximal show up on the rocks for me, and it'll go faster."
She tilts forward in the chair, "Meh, that mudball. Sending a scouting party shouldn't be difficult. I found some interesting notes on mass-shifting and subspace use when trying to puzzle through the specs on Hellbender- sending equipment with them won't be difficult if we can make it transformable into a smaller form."
Finally she sighs in exasperation, "Scourge, from what I understand it, the last time someone here tried to brake those barriers, we wound up with pansy Decepticons and demonic Autobots. Don't rush me."
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on May 18, 2011 21:00:50 GMT -5
Starscream restrains himself from doing what he'd like to do, which is attempting to scoop out Scourge's optics with his bare claws. They were getting along so well, talking shop, and here the tanker has to go and remind Starscream about his idiotic plans.
He nods when Blackarachnia starts talking about resources. It always comes back to control of resources. Every war is ultimately fought over this. He tries not to look at her straddling the chair as he brings up a chart of their route. "We'd need to stop in a system with rocky planets." Technically, they could probably mine a gas giant for metal, but that would be prohibitively expensive. (Not that that has ever stopped the Decepticons from doing anything, but it probably also wouldn't hurt anyone or result in an explosion.) "I take it passing near a star for solar power won't be sufficient to our energy needs?"
Screamer chances a look at his commander when Blackarachnia advises caution. Come on Scourge. Listen to your woman.
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Post by Sable Conolly on May 18, 2011 22:04:53 GMT -5
Scourge looks intrigued by her passing comment about the spark dead but lets it go. They have more important matters at hand. He asks, "Live ones, then? We've had dead Predacons before. I'm not sure you'd even need a Pretender. It's just rapid mode scanning in a small Predacon."
He reminds firmly, "I'm not rushing you. Just keep at it steadily." Besides, the Autobot were the ones who broke the dimensions. The Decepticons haven't done anything yet. Disgraceful!
Scourge muses, "We could try a stray asteroid or comet."
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Tasha Walker
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She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
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Post by Tasha Walker on May 22, 2011 11:39:20 GMT -5
"We might be able to make it just taping stars for power on a regular basis," Blackarachnia muses, "Didn't Shockwave have some specialized energy conservation projects in his reality? Something about being able to draw energy straight from the planet? If we could get into that research..."
"If we can create a constantly renewing energy on Ship...," she shakes her head, "Later. Swindle volunteered to head up supply runs not that long ago*. Just send him with someone who'll make sure he comes back*."
She crosses her arms over the chair back and balances her chin in one hand as she looks over at Scourge. "Maybe. But that insta-mode scanning trick doesn't seem to play well with other realities."
Now why would Blackarachnia know that?
"But yes, I'd prefer live specimens."
*Which will make Swindle running off to get the fastest ship in the galaxy his new toys at some point not so suspicious. >_>
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on May 22, 2011 21:29:34 GMT -5
Starscream manipulates the display with the map on it, estimating travel times. "We could send him to any of these systems, and he'd rendezvous with us here," he says, pointing.
"I'll be sure to pass along any Maximal I come across to you."
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Post by Sable Conolly on May 24, 2011 20:12:31 GMT -5
"I'm working on it," Scourge says, of Shockwave's files.
He's not sure what to feel about the idea of sending Swindle off.
"We can just set a standing order that any Maximals are to be kept alive during interrogation and turned over to Medical intact."
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Tasha Walker
Minor
She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
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Post by Tasha Walker on May 26, 2011 21:25:51 GMT -5
Blackarachnia nods at both commanders suggestions, "That works."
"Anything else pressing you two need from me?"
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Post by Starscream (Movie) on May 28, 2011 10:59:11 GMT -5
Starscream isn't crazy about the idea of setting the arms dealer loose, either, but if they only let the most absolutely loyal Decepticons go on away missions, they end up on a ship full of disloyal, self-serving Decepticons, just waiting for an excuse to mutiny while the loyal guys are away.
"Nothing comes immediately to mind," the gangly jetformer replies to Blackarachnia. He'd dismiss her himself, but he doesn't yet know how touchy Scourge is about that sort of thing, whether or not he'd see it as overstepping his bounds.
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Post by Sable Conolly on Jun 1, 2011 19:46:29 GMT -5
Scourge pauses a moment and replies, "Nothing... pressing at the moment."
He folds his hands and looks innocent.
Then Scourge looks over at Strarscream and moves to get into the nitty gritty of the schedules and stratagems...
OOC: Wrap?
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Tasha Walker
Minor
She's got legs, she knows how to use them. She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
Posts: 430
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Post by Tasha Walker on Jun 7, 2011 23:26:01 GMT -5
Blackarachnia stands and nods differentially at both mechs, though Scourge gets just a little something extra from her gaze when she turns his way.
Without further ado, the spider is gone.
yes, please wrap
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