On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa fiddles a bit with a rotary dial on the ham radio.
On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa [to the ham radio]: Ground control, this is the Flying Fish, registration number DQ9167, preparing for liftoff.
On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Ground control, this is the Flying Fish, registration number DQ9167, preparing
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa [to the ham radio]: Ascending from hover.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Ascending from hover."
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa pulls back on the stick.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa takes a slurp from her camelback.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa forces down a bite of her soylent red. Yuck.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa pulls back on the stick.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa [to the ham radio]: Leveling at fifteen-hundred meters.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Leveling at fifteen-hundred meters."
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa manipulates the control yoke.
The ham radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa manipulates the control yoke.
You set the encryption key for your ham radio to 'nothing'.
The ham radio: "&5@ugA$4WnV1pVfp"&^U>5,vtv23)Xy`tQuE0crVn&/%5YngY?JVT5%e^(E;~gm#i;Jb=5r#gt*-%!
You set the channel on the ham radio to 23.
Syria [to the ham radio]: Sorry, Ground Control was busy elsewhere.
On your wristpad radio: m'gpI%`?@64?1Q4V{pgt\+69@SDQoG'R&3$VO'J.1Gg?+L'Ox'{pP775@AD5)KyWtlvtj9
You set the channel on the ham radio to 5.
You configure your ham radio to use no encryption.
Syria [to the ham radio]: Sorry, Ground Control had transmission problems. Are you receiving now?
The ham radio: a calm, snooty voice says, "Sorry, Ground Control had transmission problems. Are you receiving now?"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Roger that. Loud and clear, ground control."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "I'm hovering at fifteen hundred meters over mountainside making final equipment checks before the armor test."
From the closet door, you hear a distant door latch.
On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa [to the ham radio]: Ascending to twenty-five hundred meters.
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Ascending to twenty-five hundred meters."
On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Ascending to twenty-five hundred meters."
On your wristpad radio: [cam-Cockpit] Erisa pulls back on the stick.
The closet door swings open.
Maurine arrives from the closet door.
Syria [to the ham radio]: We're trying to get your wife in for a quick good luck.
The ham radio: a calm, snooty voice says, "We're trying to get your wife in for a quick good luck."
Maurine sits on the floor.
From the closet door, you hear a muffled door latch.
Maurine closes the closet door.
You poke Maurine.
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "I'm not sure that will work."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Systems are go. Beginning test flight."
Maurine [to the ham radio]: Kick it's ass, Erisa!
The ham radio: a guarded, stuttering voice says, "Kick it's ass, Erisa!"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "The armor seems to be holding strong."
Syria [to the ham radio]: Ground control to Flying Fish. Are you still in hostile environment?
The ham radio: a calm, snooty voice says, "Ground control to Flying Fish. Are you still in hostile environment?"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "She took a hard beating but the armor test has proven a success."
Maurine [to the ham radio]: What's the condition?
The ham radio: a guarded, stuttering voice says, "What's the condition?"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "No, I pulled the Flying Fish out before structural failure. Tests will be conducted back at base to analyze how best to refine the design."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "mayday"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Engine failure"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "I have managed to stabilize but it won't hold for long."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Attempting emergency landing in crater rim"
Syria [to the ham radio]: Dispatching emergency repair unit. Please state specific GPS location asap.
The ham radio: a calm, snooty voice says, "Dispatching emergency repair unit. Please state specific GPS location asap."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "emergency landing at coordinates 16,10 - trailer circle"
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "setting her down..."
The ham radio: a calm, mocking voice says, "Flying Fish is landed. Repeat, Flying Fish has safely set down."
Syria [to the ham radio]: Emergency repair unit is on the way. Stay calm. You did great work for the Cessna corporation today!
The ham radio: a calm, snooty voice says, "Emergency repair unit is on the way. Stay calm. You did great work for the Cessna corporation today!"