[05:06.46] <&Starseeker|GM> ~~~===Flashpoint Session 2, Part IV: Blowing Up The Chessboard===~~~
[05:15.40] * Starseeker|GM | As the Megaspells slowly ebb out, with only the bombardment of Canterlot still ongoing, something that would was rather concerning for the party as the watched from the Maintenance Depot just outside of Neighyanne's City Limits. The triage facility for those from Neighyanne was being set up, with Doctor Harp organizing the medical supplies from the Hospital. Exodus and Silver
[05:15.41] * Starseeker|GM Lining are also aiding in that, retrieveing shelves and other necessary storage implementations.
[05:17.30] * Starseeker|GM | Commander Ironwing is beginning to coordinate the effort to gather as much of the population of the city that survived the earthquake and potential Zebra infiltration throught the subterranean caverns that had been located in the Police Station.
[05:18.34] * Starseeker|GM | Lieutenant Current was still babbling nonsensicaly, acting far too happy than he had a day before.
[05:21.38] * Starseeker|GM | And Mayor Razorheart was doing the best that he could to stay out of the line of sight of Ironwing for the time being. The relationship was already slightly tenuous, and the thought of it being lit again was not pleasant.
[05:24.23] * Swoop looks over the Vert after that last action, looking for any sign of damage. She knows she won't find any, but it's better to be sure.
[05:24.59] * Starseeker|GM | Current's mental status was somewhat "fried" after having been used as the part of a rag doll for Exodus's talons and fists. His current mood was "elated"
[05:31.05] * Hala trots to her bunk to strip out of her fatigues and slips the training sword over her back, she takes a moment to square away her gear and trots to the gym to blow off some steam.
[05:31.29] * Starseeker|GM | Now that the situation was mostly under control, now might be a good time to fully investigate the base.
[05:32.33] * Grunt keeps watch for any trouble, standing at a random doorway chewing a wheat stalk
[05:36.45] * Starseeker|GM | Razorheart:  "Ugh...why is she here? I thought that we had just...gotten past our relationship issues..."
[05:37.08] * Swoop continues her check. "Because reasons?"
[05:38.44] * Hala trots up to one of the training dummies and begins a simple practice sequence, slowly progressing through the form.
[05:39.42] * Starseeker|GM chuckles.  "It started out well...before I was Mayor. Met in the Mountainfall--local watering hole. Had a drinking contest. I...think I won, but...it was kind of lost in the translation."
[05:40.10] * Starseeker|GM : |GM: The hangar is large enough to house two Vertibucks. There are several workstations inside it, all with access to terminals. The Headquarters building is two floors, with the Base Clinic taking up a half of the first floor, with the CO’s office on the second floor. The remainder of the space is that is not used for administrative tasks is allotted out to be a training room.
[05:40.10] * Starseeker|GM The Armory is a smaller building, with no windows and only one door that requires a key card to access.
[05:41.13] * Grunt moves to patrol around the base, continuing to chew the inexplicable wheat stalk and keeping an eye out for any commotion
[05:41.27] <Swoop> "Did you fuck her?"
[05:42.29] * Starseeker|GM gives the pegaus a gaze.  "No, you idiot, I wrapped her up in flowers and then had her for breakfast. Of COURSE we had sex. Moron..."
[05:42.43] * Swept_Wing snickers.
[05:42.52] <Swoop> "Ok ok. Just askin. No need to be a bitch about. ...was she good?"
[05:43.00] * Swept_Wing slaps Swoop.
[05:43.21] * Swoop is slapped, does not react.
[05:43.30] * Starseeker|GM says  "What, are we trading notes or something now?!"
[05:43.44] <Swoop> "Maybe.
[05:43.45] <Swoop> "
[05:45.13] * Starseeker|GM <Razorheart> groans. " Right...I am supposed to be a public official, so none of this gets to the press, got it?" He makes a slicing motion across his throat and ponts a talon at Swoop.
[05:45.41] <+Grunt> ot it?" He makes a slicing motion across his throat and ponts a talon at Swoop.
[05:45.44] * Swoop hits a button on her pipbuck secretly. "Sure. No worries."
[05:45.59] <+Grunt> [wat, keyboard, stop]
[05:47.02] * Swept_Wing rolls his eyes. "Swoop!"
[05:47.16] <Swoop> "What? I was turning the recorder off."
[05:47.30] * Swoop totally was... as far as you can prove.
[05:47.40] * Swept_Wing facehoofs with a groan.
[05:47.56] * Starseeker|GM <Razorheart> levels his gaze at Swoop.  "What recorder? You work for the press too? Trying to get some dirt on me in this horrible time?!?"
[05:48.13] <~Swept_Wing> "Just... check the inside of the Vert please."
[05:48.16] * Grunt 's patrol takes him past the gym, he looks curiously for a second before moving to continue along, waiting for more orders
[05:48.19] * Swoop starts laughing. "Relax, it's a joke!"
[05:49.37] * Swoop steps inside the vert. "Wait... I did turn it off didn't I?" Checks. "Yeah. I did. WASN'T LYING!!"
[05:49.59] * Starseeker|GM <Razorheart> snorts. "Right."  He takes a look at Ironwing before heading to the Headquarters building himself.
[05:50.12] * Swept_Wing grumbles and crawls back underneath the Vert to continue welding.
[05:50.38] <+Hala> [Grunt would hear the sounds of a training dummy being brutalized and shouting as he got close, and see Hala in the middle of training as he peeked in.]
[05:51.47] * Swoop sighs and stomps the floor of the Vert. "Jerk."
[05:53.30] * Hala rages against the training dummy, it's no longer a dummy but her Grandfather, his imperious attitude and utter lack of concern for the hell he'd put her through by ordering her parents murdered.
[05:59.40] * Swoop does her inspection. "Welp. I'm bored. I'm gonna see if the gym is still working."
[06:02.13] * Swept_Wing crawls out from beneath the Vert. "I suppose I'll accompany you... nothing much else to do."
[06:03.25] * Hala continues her assault on the dummy her training sword cracking from the force of her strikes, the dummy continues to resist her assualt but the body is showing some serious damage.
[06:04.58] * Grunt blinks and makes a mental note not to piss off Hala before approaching "Uh... hows it going Hala?" he looks over the damage on the dummy
[06:10.06] * Hala howls as she hits the dummy one final time, her training sword snaps as the dummy finally breaks, she looks around as she spits the bit of her broken training sword away, panting and sweaty as she looks at Grunt she sighs and says softly, "I finally found the bastard who had my parents murdered... and he's my grandfather." she groans, "How do you think I'm doing?"
[06:13.16] * Grunt stares blankly at the broken sword "Seems... good, not that I know much sword play anyhow." he looks back to her "What happened to your parents?"
[06:13.17] * Starseeker|GM | An officer on the base comes into the hangar bay. "Hey, flyboys! How did your op go"
[06:13.27] <Swoop> "Boys? Really?"
[06:13.42] <Swoop> "Swept, handle my light work."
[06:15.14] * Swept_Wing snorts, adjusting his cap. "Check your ranks Sergeant."
[06:16.06] * Starseeker|GM <Sergeant Wild-Eyes> "Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am, I meant no disrespect. Did you two have a chance to check the supplies we got in before...well, now we won't be getting any new supplies in..."
[06:19.22] <Swoop> "We've had shit to do besides logistics."
[06:20.02] * Swept_Wing nods. "Indeed, though, if those supplies happen to include fuel and ammo, we'll be needing them."
[06:20.12] * Starseeker|GM <Wild-Eyes>  "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Swoop...I just thought that you'd want to see the new engine replacements that we got for the Vertibucks."
[06:20.58] <Swoop> "You mean those finally came in at the end of the world? I think I made a bet with a private about that..."
[06:21.59] * Swept_Wing chuckles. "New engines, well, I'll be damned."
[06:22.16] <Swoop> "Someone owes me alot of bits now. Hope they survived."
[06:22.29] * Starseeker|GM <Wild-Eyes>  "They're right next to the rows of cabinets on the far wall if you wanted to inspect them."
[06:23.25] * Swoop gestures. "Shall we, brother mine?"
[06:23.50] * Swept_Wing chuckles, adjusting his Aviators. "Indeed."
[06:24.16] * Swoop trots over to the boxes indicated. "Now.. where's my Morgan Freemane when I need it..."
[06:24.48] * Hala reaches over to the dummy and tosses it into a pile with several others, she'd been notorious for breaking them since she'd been posted at this base, "The swordplay was what my father taught me as a filly," she settles onto her haunches and looks at Grunt, "They were killed in an explosion at a Ministry of Peace facility, my grandfather was the one who ordered the attack just to
[06:24.48] * Hala kill my parents."
[06:26.25] * Starseeker|GM  "They're not playthings, you two! Don't get too attached to them, cause they're gonna sit there until your current ones fall off."  Ironwing jokingly said as she helped to coordinate the influx of ponies and griffons that would soon be coming into the triage location.
[06:27.35] * Swoop looks back at Ironwing, then at Swept. "Twenty bits says we can have these assembled and attached before dinner."
[06:28.29] * Swept_Wing grins. "40 bits says we'll have it done in 6 hours."
[06:28.56] * Swoop grins. "You're on." She starts opening boxes.
[06:32.02] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Two thousand bits says I can tie your wings together and use you for target practice."
[06:32.48] * Grunt blinks noticing the broken dummies, shaking himself out of his stupor and nods understandingly "Sorry to hear that. How long ago was this?"
[06:34.03] * Swept_Wing starts getting the boxes open as well, starting to organize the different parts, only to blink and turn his gaze to Ironwing.
[06:34.27] * Swoop looks back at her too. "Really."
[06:36.28] * Starseeker|GM  "Really really. Or you could look in the cabinets to the sides after you two are done drooling over those "sexy engines" somepony said that you might have said..."
[06:37.35] <Swoop> "More presents? Who called in the early Hearthswarming Day?"
[06:38.56] * Hala looks at Grunt, her rage from earlier spent and she speaks softly, "Six years ago, I had fought with my parents and moved to Ponyville for a bit," she sighs, "I wanted to enlist and they wanted me to join the Ministry of Peace. When the news came that the facility had been destroyed I joined up." she gestures to her mark and the two names branded beneath it, "I figured it'd be the
[06:38.57] * Hala best way to find who'd had them killed and return the favor."
[06:42.01] * Starseeker|GM | <Ironwing>  "Don't tempt me, you two. I might need to start treating you like capable intelligent ponies."
[06:44.18] * Grunt nods "So it was your grandfather? Why did he attack the MoP?"
[06:46.23] * Swoop snerks. "Yeah. Wouldn't want to make that mistake. So what's in the cabinets?"
[06:47.36] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Some useful things. I think I might have seen a book in there or something..."
[06:48.02] <Swoop> "Books are useful." She trots over to the cabinet and opens it.
[06:48.06] * Hala shrugs at Grunt, "My parents didn't talk much about him. I guess there was some bad blood..." she stretches a bit and her neck pops loudly, "All I know is that he killed them and if I have the opportunity I /will/ kill him."
[06:50.01] * Starseeker|GM | GM: Swoop's attempt to open the cabinet ends up with the false handle popping off in her hoof.
[06:50.25] * Swoop blinks and looks at the handle. "...how am I even holding this?"
[06:50.58] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> snerks for a second, and then starts to laugh.  "You just...did that?!? Oh, my!"
[06:51.39] * Swoop tosses the handle behind her and pulls her pistol. "Alright. Plan B."
[06:53.10] * Starseeker|GM | <Ironwing> now rolls her eyes.  "You're going to shoot the lock. And...waste ammo."
[06:53.33] <Swoop> "Yes. Plan B is always shoot the offender."
[06:53.35] * Swept_Wing snickers.
[06:53.58] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> sighs.  "How about we do it my way? You have lockpicking tools on you, right?"
[06:54.30] <Swoop> "Do I look like a thief?"
[06:54.53] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Do you want me to answer that question?"
[06:55.01] * Grunt shuffles nervously "Well, we'll see if we run into him again I suppose..."
[06:55.16] <Swoop> "Well why wouldn't you? Do you want me to remain ignorant?"
[06:55.38] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Do you wanna have chow tonight?"
[06:56.30] <Swoop> "Well, I wasn't feeling all that hungry..."
[06:57.06] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> sighs.  "Rookie.."
[06:57.46] * Swoop blinks. "... Really? REALLY? You calling a 12 year veteran a rookie?"
[06:57.52] * Hala sighs and shakes her head, "I can say this much right now, it would be best if I don't see him. The zebras of the North Corner are already set to become a threat, killing him would send the wrong messsage and in so doing I would be forced to take leadership of the tribe. I'd likely be dead in less than a week."
[06:57.55] <~Swept_Wing> "Daaaaaaaaaayum!"
[06:58.01] <Swoop> "Well, my opinion of you is plummeting."
[06:58.16] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "When they go to take a shortcut to unlock a damned filing cabinet, yeah, cause it's a rookie move."
[06:58.46] <Swoop> "It's worked in the past. I say, why divert from a proven method?"
[07:00.30] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Because when you're on my base under my command, you'll do things my way, is that clear, Staff Sergeant?"
[07:00.59] * Swoop sighs. "Fine fine... You win this round."
[07:01.46] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> then chuckles.  "Oh, you'll soon find out that I always win. So...do either one of you trained pilots have the tools to pick a simple lock?"
[07:02.10] * Grunt blechs "Yeah... that does not sound promising. Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and never see him again."
[07:03.06] * Swoop blank stares.
[07:03.56] * Swept_Wing is about a quarter of the way thorugh assembling the transmission for one engine.
[07:04.34] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> says  "Please don't tell me you don't even have lockpicking tools on you?"
[07:04.42] <~Swept_Wing> "Nope!"
[07:05.01] <Swoop> "I'm a pilot. What part of my job description includes locks to pick?"
[07:06.53] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> looks over to Swept_Wing.  "What...are you doing...?"
[07:07.06] * Swoop smirks. "You're not very observant are you?"
[07:07.22] * Swept_Wing puts down a gear. "Putting together an engine..."
[07:08.14] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> groans, pulling out ten bobby pins and a small screwdriver for Swoop.  "Here, pick the lock."  She turns to Swept. " "And who said that you needed to do that?"
[07:09.29] * Swept_Wing blinks. "Well, no one, but they're here, so why not?"
[07:09.32] * Hala nods to Grunt, "We can hope," she stands and shakes herself lightly and collects the bits of her training sword tossing them into a trashbin nearby before turning to him once more, "Why did you join the military?"
[07:09.33] * Swoop takes the pins and screwdriver. "...the fuck do I do with this?"
[07:09.49] * Starseeker|GM | Swoop gains Ten (10) Bobby Pins and a screwdriver.
[07:10.35] * Grunt shrugs "Didn't have anywhere else to go."
[07:11.06] * Swoop [does the Link Get theme]
[07:11.35] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Because you don't need to do that right now. Stand down, please, and help your sister."  Turning back to Swoop, she says  "You honestly don't know?"
[07:11.55] <Swoop> "Again. Pilot. That's not part of basic training."
[07:12.30] * Swept_Wing nods. "Well... I have no idea what I'm doing with those either."
[07:12.43] <~Swept_Wing> "Pilots, ma'am."
[07:13.17] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> chuckles.  "Welcome to learning on the fly. You put the bobby pin in the lock and use the screwdriver to pop the lock open."
[07:14.30] * Starseeker|GM | Swoop, roll Lockpick.
[07:16.38] * Hala waves a hoof for Grunt to continue and follow as she heads to the showers.
[07:16.47] * Swoop shrugs and tries to lockpick.
[07:17.16] * Starseeker|GM | The lock clicks and the cabinet pops open, revealing two (2) bundles of compounds, and a copy of TLC Squared: Tender Loving Care for Totally Lost Causes
[07:17.56] * Swoop looks at the book. "...you trying to tell me something, Ironwing?
[07:17.57] <Swoop> "
[07:19.54] * Grunt stutters for a second "Really, thats pretty much it. Wasn't cut out for higher education and was fed up with home, so I enlisted."
[07:20.39] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> shakes her head, saying  "Nothing. Everypony can use that."
[07:20.39] * Hala ([email protected]) Quit (Connection closed)
[07:21.11] * Hala ([email protected]) has joined channel #Neighayenne
[07:21.12] * ChanServ sets mode +v Hala for #Neighayenne
[07:21.30] * Hala nods slightly and chuckles, "What never seen a mare in the showers before, I figured most posts were co-ed now."
[07:21.34] * Starseeker|GM | Swoop gains +10 permanent in Mechanics after reading the book.
[07:21.48] <&Starseeker|GM> (Redact)
[07:21.58] * Starseeker|GM | Swoop gains +4 permanent in Mechanics after reading the book.
[07:23.22] * Swoop [does the Link Get again]
[07:24.53] * Grunt shakes his head "No, just saying thats all there really was to say..."
[07:25.35] * Swoop checks the book out, then tosses it at Swept. "Check it out. Neat stuffs."
[07:26.19] * Swept_Wing catches it, flipping through it. "Huh... interesting."
[07:26.21] * Starseeker|GM | Swept_Wing reads the book, and gains +2 permanent in Mechanics as most of it was things he knew already.
[07:27.51] <Swoop> "So. Back to the engines. Want me to get the crane?"
[07:28.22] * Swept_Wing nods. "Yeah, I'll finish putting the transmissions in."
[07:28.56] * Swoop trots over to the crane controls.
[07:29.25] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> rolls her eyes.  "Guess you two know what's best. Best make sure you properly fuel cycle those before taking off again--they came shipped mostly dry, so they'd need to be lubed up before you fly on them."
[07:29.51] * Hala glances at Grunt and chuckles a bit more, she grins mischievously as she steps into the showers, "If you want to keep talking you'll need take your gear off, wouldn't want it to rust."
[07:30.44] * Swoop grins as she activates the machinery. "You'll learn that when it comes to the Vertibuck, we always win."
[07:31.18] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing> "Suuuuure...."
[07:31.47] <Swoop> "Pilots always have last say on what does and doesn't go on their ship."
[07:32.43] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "And I sign off on your paychecks. But you keep thinking that."
[07:33.15] * Starseeker|GM | GM: the two engines that have been taken off now suffer -15% repair stat. They can be put back on, but they won't work as well.
[07:33.25] <Swoop> "Wait, we get paid? Swept, why didn't you tell me??"
[07:34.17] * Swept_Wing chuckles, shrugging. "Apparently."
[07:34.47] * Swept_Wing finishes putting the transmissions into the new engines. "Alright, lift 'em!"
[07:35.00] <Swoop> "I'm so lodging a complaint. My recruitment officer never mentioned pay."
[07:35.07] * Grunt blinks, rubbing the back of his head "Uhhh... I'll just stay outside the shower, hate to have to throw it on in an emergency." he leans against a wall as she steps in
[07:35.12] * Swoop brings the crane over."
[07:37.04] * Hala shrugs and gets the shower running, "Your loss."
[07:40.15] * Swoop waits for Swept to attach it to the engine.
[07:41.45] * Swept_Wing hums as he hooks the engine to the crane. "Bring it over!"
[07:41.59] * Grunt shakes his head "But yeah, military seemed the best option. Day after I graduated high school I signed up. Told mom I was leaving, doubt she even noticed."
[07:42.55] * Swoop lifts the engine and gently carries it to set down next to the Vert. "Alright, let's get that engine off."
[07:46.36] * Hala lets the shower clean off the sweat and dirt from the last few days, "No father?" she comments as she continues to shower.
[07:48.02] * Swept_Wing goes about removing the old engine.
[07:49.41] * Swoop grabs the secondare crane controls and brings it over to take off the old engine.
[07:51.51] <Swoop> secondary*
[07:53.02] <+Grunt> "He was a soldier. He and mom used to drink and party all the time, they seemed to be happy. Didn't care about me too much though. Eventually he went off to a battle and didn't come back. Then she was just drinking alone. I tried to get her to stop, but she just said I was a mistake, the green and grey little runt who invaded their lives."
[07:53.36] * Grunt he chuckles mirthlessly "Always did wonder why they named me that."
[07:56.14] * Starseeker|GM | <Ironwing>  "Now that you two have managed to totally waste time, why don't you go head over to the HQ building? You two could use a scrub..."
[07:56.52] * Swoop [assumes time laps] grins. "Aww. Offending your sensitive nostrils are we?"
[07:57.19] * Swept_Wing chuckles.
[07:58.29] * Hala frowns as she hears that and speaks up over the sound of running water, "That's terrible." she sighs and reaches for the shampoo, "I just assumed most ponies had happy families."
[07:59.00] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "You two look like zebras with all that grease and grime on you I'd just a soon you not get shot at."
[08:00.35] <Swoop> "Yeah we'd totally be mistaken for winged zebras. That would be bad."
[08:01.06] * Starseeker|GM <Ironwing>  "Glad you agree!"
[08:01.17] * Swoop facehoofs. "Officers..."
[08:01.36] <~Swept_Wing> "Oi!"
[08:02.04] <Swoop> "You just further my point. Come on, shower time."
[08:03.03] * Swept_Wing chuckles. "Right."
[08:03.08] * Grunt shrugs "Not really. Worked out I guess, I learned how to take care of myself a lot earlier than most. Wasn't bright enough for higher education, even if I gave a damn."
[08:03.40] * Swoop trots to the exit.
[08:05.06] * Hala scrubs her mane and tail clean before cleaning her coat with the shampoo, "Well some good came out of it then, you're still here with us."
[08:06.03] * Grunt chuckles "Yep, guess so. Otherwise I might have been in Manehatten if I never left."
[08:07.54] * Hala finishes showering and steps out of the shower and grabs a towel on her way out, "Mmm, so what's happening now?"
[08:09.41] * Grunt shrugs at her "Wait for orders, and delay the inevitable I suppose."
[08:15.08] * Hala nods to Grunt, "Well then I suppose I'll head back to my quarters for now, been a long week." she idly works the towel through her mane, "Sleep is sounding real nice right about now."
[08:15.54] <&Starseeker|GM> ~~~=== End of Session 2: BLowing Up The CHessboard, Part IV===~~~