Jason, Zoey and Dusty

[11:07] <E4D> Jason works on refueling the Eve, running a line from the fuel trailer to the Piranha's tank. <<Hey, yo, Dusty, you up?>>
[11:07] <Ragazzo> <<Yep.>> Dusty is inside florence.
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[11:09] <E4D> <<See up by Eve?>>
[11:09] <Ragazzo> <<Sure.>>
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[11:09] <Ragazzo> <<Hey, didn't want on the vehicles nearly get their side melted through before?>>
[11:09] <E4D> He cuts off the nozzle as diesel fills the guard, caps it, and winds the hose before wiping his hands on a rag, and stepping of to light a cigarette. He heads about 20 meters from the convoy.
[11:10] <Ragazzo> Dusty hops out. Looks around briefly for jason, and heads off in that direction.
[11:10] <Ragazzo> *didn't one
[11:12] <E4D> "Nah... things were reaching through like it wasn't there..."
[11:12] <Tom90deg> Zoe is up on the roof again, and gives Dusty a wave.
[11:12] <E4D> He takes a drag, exhaling slowly, pondering the ramifications of what he's about to ask.
[11:13] <E4D> "That swarm..."
[11:13] <Tom90deg> Zoe hops down and follows Dusty
[11:13] <Ragazzo> Dusty waves back, before turning to Jason.
[11:13] <Ragazzo> "What about it?"
[11:15] <E4D> "Lot of goddamn bugs, huh?"
[11:16] <Ragazzo> "Yep."
[11:16] <Ragazzo> "It was pretty awful."
[11:16] <E4D> "Need something awfully big to get rid of them all."
[11:17] <E4D> "Fucking *locusts*. You heard what they wanted, right?"
[11:19] <Ragazzo> Dusty scratches his nose. "World domination, assimilate all species, blah blah blah?"
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[11:21] *** Topic set by Maddy (9/5/2011 at 9:25 PM)
[11:22] <E4D> "Yeah."
[11:22] <E4D> "I was gonna ask..."
[11:22] <E4D> "You've heard John talk about nukes, right?"
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[11:22] <Ragazzo> "Yes..."
[11:23] <E4D> "Could you make transition elements? The radioactive ones? Weapons-grade concentrations?"
[11:23] <E4D> "Or is that something we'd have to find ourselves?"
[11:24] <E4D> "It's the only way to be sure."
[11:24] <Ragazzo> "Er...yes. But...you know. Have you considered these things might have come about as a result of all the nukes that got tossed around before?"
[11:25] <Ragazzo> "I can't do anything like that with out a lab anyway."
[11:28] <E4D> "No, I haven't, because this isn't a 1950's B movie."
[11:28] <E4D> "And even if it did, anything standing at ground is gonna be burned out of existence when we light it."
[11:28] <Tom90deg_> "Are you sure? We're haging out with a talking cat, a ghost and an animate scarecrow demon."
[11:29] <E4D> "I'm pretty sure none of you are giant ants mutated by radiation."
[11:29] <E4D> "Shank didn't come about because his parents lived under high-tension electrical lines."
[11:29] <Ragazzo> "Right. Only giant spider wasp things."
[11:30] <Ragazzo> "But what's your point?"
[11:30] <E4D> "Midnight wasn't the result of too much iodine in the water."
[11:30] <E4D> "These things are anomalous. They're a threat to existence. And we need to fucking kill them."
[11:30] <E4D> "*That* is my point."
[11:31] <Tom90deg_> "Can't argue with that."
[11:31] <Ragazzo> "I completely agree with you."
[11:31] <Ragazzo> "I can't do what your asking without a lab though."
[11:32] <E4D> "Then we'll find one." He pulls a green, rubberized device about the size of a VHS tape from a utility pouch on his belt, and taps at a screen on the top half. "Yeah... we can make that work. What kind of lab you need?"
[11:34] <Ragazzo> Dusty names an appropriate type, because fuck if his player knows.
[11:34] <Ragazzo> "What is that thing?"
[11:35] <E4D> "Hmm? It's a Foundation-built PLGR. GPS receiver/transceiver."
[11:36] <Tom90deg_> "You wnat to go to a foundation lab? Arn't they all destroyed?"
[11:37] <E4D> "All dedicated Keter and some Euclid containment facilities got scuttled. Well... that's the plan."
[11:37] <E4D> "You see... to scuttle a site, personnel have to activate the warhead. You don't key the warhead, site doesn't go boom."
[11:37] <E4D> "Site doesn't go boom, it's still live."
[11:37] <Ragazzo> "Huh."
[11:37] <Tom90deg_> "So some sites could still be around, with a live nuke in it?"
[11:37] <E4D> "Depending on what's inside, we might have in."
[11:40] <Tom90deg_> "One question...even if we get this bomb, how would we get close enough to get it into the hive?"
[11:42] <E4D> "Yes. And I have no idea."
[11:43] <E4D> "And the nukes aren't live."
[11:43] <Tom90deg_> "Right then, just asking. This may be a dumb question, but I don't suppose you Yanks have any secret orbital bombs or anything that we could use?"
[11:44] <Ragazzo> "Ehn. I could probably figure out a way to wrap it in a shell we could fire with john's help."
[11:44] <E4D> "They're only live if we arm them. And they're still safe. Until we detonate them."
[11:44] <E4D> He smiles at Zoe. "That's classified."
[11:45] <E4D> "But no... I don't know anything about any of that. And I have no idea how any of it would work. Or how to operate it."
[11:46] <E4D> He takes a drag, muttering off-handedly. "Man, I'd KILL for that nuclear grenade I killed myself with."
[11:46] <Tom90deg_> "Oh, maybe that'll work..."
[11:46] <Tom90deg_> "We could stick it on a robot of some kind..."
[11:47] <Ragazzo> "We coul probably just blast them with some insecticide. I'm sure I could figure out something to poison them if I got a look at the one on Kay's car.
[11:47] <Ragazzo> "
[11:47] <Ragazzo> *could
[11:47] <Tom90deg_> "That would be simpler..."
[11:48] <Tom90deg_> "Maybe get a helicopter and just crop dust the whole area."
[11:48] <Ragazzo> "Yeah."
[11:48] <Ragazzo> "Well, not a helicopter."
[11:48] <Ragazzo> "Might be dangerous."
[11:48] <Tom90deg_> "Ghost can fly helicopters, but don't know if anyone else can fly a plane."
[11:48] <Ragazzo> "Always wanted to try setting the sky on fire."
[11:49] <Tom90deg_> "You made a fair go at that yesterday, I saw that fireball. CI is probaly still dazzled."
[11:49] <E4D> "Left the body back on the SUV."
[11:49] <Ragazzo> "Aww, thanks. Um, sorry about your shoulder by the way."
[11:49] <E4D> "Looked... funny. 'S why I had ya'll abandon it in the first place."
[11:49] <Ragazzo> Dusty pulls on his gloves.
[11:50] <Ragazzo> "Well, I'm going to go take a look at it."
[11:50] <E4D> "Those things' fluids are weird anyway. You saw what the did when the thing came out of Vance's arm."
[11:50] <Ragazzo> "Erm...no."
[11:50] <Ragazzo> "I don't know who Vance is."
[11:50] <Ragazzo> OR does he?
[11:50] <Ragazzo> I forget.
[11:51] <E4D> Yes, he does.
[11:51] <Tom90deg_> "No worries, It's feeling better now."
[11:51] <Ragazzo> Retcon.
[11:51] <E4D> "
[11:51] <Ragazzo> He didn't see the wasp come out the arm though.
[11:51] <Ragazzo> That was lance.
[11:52] <E4D> "Things had some shit that made people crazy."
[11:52] <Ragazzo> "Huh..."
[11:52] <Tom90deg_> "Well, that won't effedt Dusty then."
[11:52] <Ragazzo> "Hahaha."
[11:54] <E4D> "They came from the same direction as the CI. Hopefully... *hopefully*... they might have engaged."
[11:55] <Ragazzo> Dusty comes back after a cursory examination.
[11:55] <Ragazzo> "That thing has a god damn uterus."
[11:55] <Tom90deg_> "So? Don't most animals have those?"
[11:55] <Ragazzo> RETCON
[11:56] <Ragazzo> Dusty goes to look for the SUV, and remembers they left it way the fuck back there.
[11:57] <Ragazzo> He shrugs.
[11:58] <E4D> Jason shuffles his stance a little, and bounces, redistributing the weight of his gear, squaring off at the two. He lights another cigarette before offering the pack to Zoe and Dusty.
[11:59] <Tom90deg_> Zoe shakes her head. "No thanks."
[11:59] <Ragazzo> "I''ll pass. I have enough trouble with smoking as it is."
[12:00] <E4D> He shrugs. "All right. Anyway, reason I'm asking all this, beyond being sure... I honestly have no other idea how we'd deal with it. I've never seen that many potential targets in my life. It goes so far above and beyond a target-rich environment that it boggles my mind."
[12:02] <E4D> "Even if we had, say, an aircraft with multiple gun stations... say we had a nose gun and  two door guns? That's three targets at a time. How many bugs would you say you saw, Zoe?"
[12:02] <Tom90deg_> "some kind of Posion may be the best way to go. In a ideal world, maybe some kind of biological warfare that'll only effect the Hellflies, but that's a bit beyond."
[12:03] <Ragazzo> "I could do it...maybe. The delivery would be tricky."
[12:03] <Tom90deg_> "Heh, I ave no idea, I was knocked on my ass by that morphine, but a lot. if we killed one for every bullet we had, Maybe we'd be able to get em all.
[12:04] <E4D> "Hah!" He shakes his head. "I think they'd have to end up sharing bullets."
[12:04] <Ragazzo> "Do we have any idea where they are right now?"
[12:06] <E4D> "They left back the same way we came. If I get could get a working satellite feed of this area, we could find the heart of the swarm easy enough."
[12:06] <Tom90deg_> "they problay have those at Sites, right?"
[12:10] <E4D> "Should."
[12:11] <E4D> "Goddamn, you couldn't even get much effect on target with missile salvoes..." He shakes his head, still obviously pondering over kill methods. "It *has* to be something big."
[12:11] <Tom90deg_> "guess we can nuke two birds with one stone then. Heh, maybe they'l even be a big "Orbital Laser" button as well."
[12:11] <Tom90deg_> "How about Napalm? Something that'll burn?"
[12:12] <Ragazzo> Dusty rubs his cheek.
[12:12] <Ragazzo> "How large exactly? A mile or so across?"
[12:12] <E4D> "I couldn't tell."
[12:13] <Tom90deg_> "Maybe we could set something up and get them to follow us? That's risky as hell though..."
[12:14] <E4D> "Napalm? That shit's dispersed in big, straight lines. Wide, but straight. Effective on ground targets only. No way we could get a bird in the air to carry it anyway. Even if we could, you're looking at the world's most advanced fighters carrying four to six of the things."
[12:14] <Tom90deg_> "Right, sorry..heh, just throwing out Ideas. I never had to kill a swarm of bugs the size of a Mini."
[12:16] <E4D> "Don't feel bad. I'm busting my cherry on this, too.."
[12:17] <E4D> "This was *not* my job in the Foundation."
[12:17] <Tom90deg_> "We need something that has area of effect. Bullets would be inefective...I heard they actually use Flamethrowers somewhat routinely to fight killer bees."
[12:17] <Tom90deg_> "I don't suppose that if we kill the queen, the rest'll die out?"
[12:18] <E4D> "Dunno. Does killing a bee hive's queen kill the rest?"
[12:18] <E4D> "But hell, these ain't bees."
[12:20] <Tom90deg_> "Don't know, heh, I'm not an apiarist."
[12:20] <Tom90deg_> "I like my women like I like my coffee...coverd in beeees!"
[12:20] <Ragazzo> Dusty rolls his eyes.
[12:20] <Ragazzo> "Beeeeeeees."
[12:22] <E4D> "Something to keep in mind. Alice was a Director like me. Joey had clearance higher than both of us. Between us, we'll see if we can get into someplace that's got what we need."
[12:22] <Tom90deg_> "In a dream world, we'd want something that would kill just the hellflies, and then go away. Some kinda...parasite or something...I dunno. As much as I hate to say it, a huge nuke would be the best bet."
[12:23] <E4D> "Now you're talkin'."
[12:25] <Tom90deg_> "Heh, but still, we'd have to get it in there. Maybe a missle? An ICBM, if there are any around..."
[12:26] <Tom90deg_> "One thing I do remember from BBC though...Bee hives do have several queens in potentia, and every now and then they take some of the hive and swarm off...I think we need to kill the Hellfly swarm soon."
[12:26] <E4D> "I don't even know how we'd mount and fire a warhead we made. Hell, I wouldn't know how to fire one that's just laying around."
[12:27] <Tom90deg_> "Heh, you mean the missles don't just have a big 'Launch' button on a panel?"
[12:27] <E4D> "I think a naked package might be the best bet. Slip it in under their nose, and fuck 'em up."
[12:28] <E4D> "And yes. They do. But you have to have them fueled right, and targeted. And launch codes..."
[12:28] <Tom90deg_> "Ahh...damn those saftey methods..."
[12:28] <Ragazzo> "The blast would have to reach all the way up..."