Action, Adventure, Excitement, Part 4 Chapter 29 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:35:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 19:10:06 PST In Message # 00003667 In alt.callahans Post # 00001880 Nemo said: Nemo had been busy sheperding people out of the strange place Chaos had shifted them into and back into their own world. Now he was salvaging records and equipment from the cavelike buildings. Suddenly he stopped as if listening. Then he nodded and opened a gate to a world with thick purple "air". Another nemo appeared on the other side of the gate. #Have you contacted the Brigade?# #Yes, I can call them in if needed# #"See" you later then.# With this the gate closes and the newest Nemo started exploring the Grey world, whose co-ordinates they'd gotten from the Stardragon. =========================== Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:04:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE: Strategy On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:52:53 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003668 In alt.callahans Post # 00001881 Shadow said: Jadis, having decided that he could gain no further benefit from resting on the edge of London, decided to have a discussion with his grey 'freinds'. He concentrated slightly and was very surprised to find himself still on the ground. A few simple spells confirmed that magical energy was being drained. He sighed, then started to walk towards London. After several feet he stopped, clearing some rubble away from a door. He entered the shelter, reappearing wearing a hardsuit, helmet held under his arm. "How fortuitous that this just _happened_ to be here," he murmured, smiling slightly. A slight crease graced his brow as he concentrated; a small machine appearing in his outstretched hand. He set this on the ground and it immediately burrowed down, quickly disappearing from view. Satisfied, he donned his helmet and continued his walk through London. OOC: Well? How long before he is spotted by one of Nemo's little helpers? =========================== Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:37:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:23:34 -0500 In Message # 00003669 In alt.callahans Post # 00001882 Zia said: >On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:52:53 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003668 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001881 Shadow said: > > Jadis, having decided that he could gain no further benefit from >resting on the edge of London, decided to have a discussion with his >grey 'freinds'. He concentrated slightly and was very surprised to >find himself still on the ground. A few simple spells confirmed that >magical energy was being drained. He sighed, then started to walk >towards London. After several feet he stopped, clearing some rubble >away from a door. He entered the shelter, reappearing wearing a >hardsuit, helmet held under his arm. "How fortuitous that this just >_happened_ to be here," he murmured, smiling slightly. A slight >crease graced his brow as he concentrated; a small machine appearing >in his outstretched hand. He set this on the ground and it >immediately burrowed down, quickly disappearing from view. Satisfied, >he donned his helmet and continued his walk through London. > >OOC: Well? How long before he is spotted by one of Nemo's little >helpers? ooSC: Pretty quick because I'm going to rat on the little weasel. Toss corruption bolts at me, will ya? Heh, Zia doesn't usually play any particular side, but she does believe in tit for tat. To Nemo: #Expected perp activity at time -23 minutes. (moving pic of Jadis' locale and current getup) Inbound on London central. He tried to fly in. Estimation of best straight line course is Az device Roland is attempting to penetrate. No current ETA as he has just found a hardsuit of unknown capability to me. He also released a small borrowing machine at {this} current location. I don't know his booby-trap methods - ask someone familar to handle it or should I just TK it into an orbit for later study?# Nemo might get the feeling that any underground attack at the moment will be noticed quickly - and that the Link is 'underground' itself. Then what seems to be a private thought, but it makes it into the send anyway, #How did he create that thing from nothing without magic? Slave nanos?# Nemo recognizes a perfect blend 'voice' of the Sealed Link people, but the transmission is through hyperspace pinpoint to pinpoint directly to his effective unit in London. =========================== Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:39:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:02:30 PST In Message # 00003670 In alt.callahans Post # 00001883 Nemo said: > On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:52:53 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003668 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001881 Shadow said: > > OOC: Well? How long before he is spotted by one of Nemo's little >helpers? On average, they are moving the "cleared" perimeter outward at the equivalent of a casual walk. So it depends on how far from the cathedral he is. And the machine had better burrow *really* deep or it'll attract a lot of "centipedes". They can sense things a moderate distance away and the disturbed dirt from the burrowing is a dead giveaway. =========================== Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:36:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:26:16 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003671 In alt.callahans Post # 00001884 Nemisis said: > On Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:03:51 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003583 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001796 Nemisis said: > >> On Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:19:09 -0600 In Message # 00003565 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001778 Michael Jon Knight said: >> >> The twins confer between themselves and Knytt, then reply: >> >> #Father had not considered that. Here {} are the technical >> specifications of the time bubble generator. It can be created with >> late 1970's, early 1980's Earth components. If it should not >> function exactly to these {} specifications, don't use it. Father >> says he'll leave it to your judgement then whether you wake >> Great-grandfather by other means, but he agrees that naturally >> fully rested, even in real time, does indeed beat artificially >> stimulated...We didn't know you ran a hospital once. :)# #I found it far more to my likeing, than blowing things up. :) However it would be more accurate to say that I built a Hospital, I only ran an Aid station until the Hospital was compeated... These are its current coordinates (), should you find need for it.# > amplitude, having no specific weakness, and requireing more bulk, > about .1 to .2 Kg, this should work in a manner consistant with the > Power Rings of the Green Lanterns.> >> "Well, Father has a new job for us." Melissa says, "Pyewackett, >> we'd better go. We may need your help for this." ^Nemo, I will be using the Tap you gave me to power a Time Distort bubble, I do not know if there will be any feed-back or side effects while I debug and update the Tech to work in this universe and at My Tech Level. I felt it wise to notify you as a precaution.^ Nemisis spends most of her attention for a while setting up and analyzing the structure and function of various emulations of the designs she was given. Returning to the church basement she flows around the Autodoc containing Fuzzy then shifts him through to the Drawing Room she set up for Dhyrclhanc. Inside the area Time Bubble will cover is the Autodoc, A Chair, A table with a Note on it, and a Picnic Basket. The Note reads: " Lord Fuzzy, I will turn off the Time Field, When you have eaten your Breakfast, Not Before. With Concern Nemisis" Nemisis sets the time rate to a rate at which she will just be able to keep track of Fuzzy's activities, Then Activates it. =========================== Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:05:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 14:44:27 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003672 (and 3673) In alt.callahans Post # 00001885 (and 1886) fuzzy said: > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:26:16 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003671 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001884 Nemisis said: > > Nemisis sets the time rate to a rate at which she will just be able > to keep track of Fuzzy's activities, Then Activates it. Several Milliseconds later, Fuzzy is released by the Autodoc, The Autodoc then Reforms back to HoverCyclone Mode. After reading the Note and Glancing at the nearly motionless Nemisis outside the Bubble, He spends almost an Millisecond trying to get out of the Bubble... Finally accepting that she can enforce this, He settles down to Breakfast. Finishing A Large breakfast almost 2 Milliseconds later... He spends nearly a Millisecond trying to display his impatience Giving that up as a Bad Job, He shifts the HoverCyclone to Trike Mode, Then settles down for a catnap in the Back Seat... 3 or 4 Milliseconds later... As soon as his Eyes open and He starts a good streach, The Bubble is Turned off... =Nemisis, Why did you keep me in that Bubble for so long?= =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 05:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:51:37 -0700 In Message # 00003674 In alt.callahans Post # 00001887 Gareth L Owen said: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 19:10:06 PST In Message # 00003667 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001880 Nemo said: > > With this the gate closes and the newest Nemo started exploring the > Grey world, whose co-ordinates they'd gotten from the Stardragon. > > OK, atmosphere is pretty much what they're trying to turn Earth's into, lots of very strange flaura and fauna, mostly sharing basic biochem with the Greys, much of it obviously genegineered, large Grey population, maybe 1,000,000,000. Oh, and spacetime is very badly warped, you'll be a bit disoriented at first, humans simply could not adapt to it at all most likely. The warping appears to be accelerating, you guess that within five years at the most the spacetime surrounding the Greys planet will implode into a singularity. Looking for anything spceific? =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Mission: Improbable On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:44:57 -0500 In Message # 00003675 In alt.callahans Post # 00001888 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Thu, 9 Apr 1998 21:52:06 -0500 In Message # 00003666 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001879 Michael Jon Knight said: >Molly digs around in her dufflebag, withdrawing a small black box (a >Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic she calls it), a short black wand with a few >switches and dials (her Electronic Thumb), and a black sphere with a >couple of retractable antennae on top and a hole on the bottom. She >holds the last thing up. > >*This is what I call a Smack-Down. A friend of mine, Doug, invented >it. Probably highly illegal, because I plug one end into the >Sub-Etha, and shove the Thumb into the other end, and >ba-da-bing-ba-da-boom, the nearest passing ship of a certain size >will land here, whether its pilot wants it to or not. Barring that, >it will guide you to the nearest landed ship. Depending on >how much of a hurry you're in. I am in a particular hurry. And >sometimes, if the gentle approach won't work, ya gots ta get >agressive.* > >She plugs it all together, flips the dial for long-range, >atmospheric, single-seat craft, sets it on top of her dufflebag and >waits for the results. After a while, Molly looks impatiently at her equipment. She starts fiddling with the controls. *Dammit,* she swears, *there are plenty of ships up there, but I can't get a lock on even one. They must be able to jam me or something.* Molly disconnects her equipment and shoves it back into her dufflebag. *I guess fighting is out of the question if I can't get to where the action is.* Molly slings her bag over her shoulder, adjusting the strap to fit more like a backpack, and walks toward the treeline. *I'm going to get something to eat.* she says moodily. =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:05:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:33:09 PST In Message # 00003676 In alt.callahans Post # 00001889 Nemo said: > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:51:37 -0700 In Message # 00003674 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001887 Gareth L Owen said: > > OK, atmosphere is pretty much what they're trying to turn Earth's > into, lots of very strange flaura and fauna, mostly sharing basic > biochem with the Greys, much of it obviously genegineered, large > Grey population, maybe 1,000,000,000. Oh, and spacetime is very > badly warped, you'll be a bit disoriented at first, humans simply > could not adapt to it at all most likely. The warping appears to be > accelerating, you guess that within five years at the most the > spacetime surrounding the Greys planet will implode into a > singularity. #OK, notify the Brigade to be ready for transport.# ^Stardragon, I'm going to be shifting this planet shortly, would you be so kind as to slap a 'lock' on it like the one around Earth, when I give you the signal? I'm about to teach the Grey's some manners... :-)^ Nemo requests extra power from NEMO. Upon receiving it, he transports the Grey homeworld and any incidental space installations orbiting it, into an equivalent position in the solar system the CAoL is in, chosen to minimize orbital interference. Next he gates in units of the Dinochrome brigade (a regiment of Mark XXXV Bolos) for "ocupational duty". Finally, he signals Stardragon to block transport from the planet (blocakage to be *outside* the orbit of the farthest installation). He deals with communications himself. Nemo now proceeds to contact the Greys on the planet.... =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Mission: Improbable On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:45:31 PST In Message # 00003677 In alt.callahans Post # 00001890 Nemo said: > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:44:57 -0500 In Message # 00003675 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001888 Michael Jon Knight said: > > Molly slings her bag over her shoulder, adjusting the strap to fit > more like a backpack, and walks toward the treeline. *I'm going to > get something to eat.* she says moodily. *Want a sandwich? Or I can conjure up something else.* *And might I offer you a lift to wherever you were going?* =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE: Negotiations? On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:47:59 PST In Message # 00003678 In alt.callahans Post # 00001891 Nemo said: /Folks, I think we may be able to negotiate with these idiots now. I've got their homeworld as a hostage.../ =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Mission: Improbable On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:26:22 -0500 In Message # 00003681 In alt.callahans Post # 00001894 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:45:31 PST In Message # 00003677 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001890 Nemo said: > >*Want a sandwich? Or I can conjure up something else.* > >*And might I offer you a lift to wherever you were going?* Molly turns back. Sighing, she says, *Well, Nemo, I am trying to get out of the boonies here and get to London. That is where this fight of yours is? If people intend to keep hitting me in the crossfire, I intend to start shooting back at someone. After all, first I can't rift out of this dimention, then my telepathy, now my magic. If I am going to be continually blocked, I would at least like to know in advance. I may even have a less harmful method. But as long as I sit out here, I can't do a thing and I just put myself in danger for no reason by leaving myself open as a target.* *Uh, well, as for the sandwich, uhm, can you swing Perfectly Normal Beast on potato bread with horseradish and tomato, and maybe a cold beer with a low-ish alcohol content? It'll be uh, ten hours behind in London. Lunch will be a bit of a wait.* Molly sighs. *Been a longer day than I realized. Food -would- be good now. Give me a chance to collect myself.* =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:14:25 -0400 In Message # 00003687 In alt.callahans Post # 00001900 Martin Gerster said: > On Sun, 12 Apr '98 Nemo said: > > Nemo requests extra power from NEMO. Upon receiving it, he > transports the Grey homeworld and any incidental space installations > orbiting it, into an equivalent position in the solar system the > CAoL is in, chosen to minimize orbital interference. > > Next he gates in units of the Dinochrome brigade (a regiment of > Mark XXXV Bolos) for "ocupational duty". ^^^^^^^^^ Dhyrclhanc sends to Nemo, /OK, I'll bite. If only in the figurative sense. What is a "Mark XXXV Bolos"?/ =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:22:02 -0400 In Message # 00003688 In alt.callahans Post # 00001901 Martin Gerster said: > On Sat, 11 Apr '98 fuzzy said: > >> Nemisis said: >> >> Returning to the church basement she flows around the Autodoc >> containing Fuzzy then shifts him through to the Drawing Room she >> set up for Dhyrclhanc. #With all do respects "Grandmother"# sends the draconian Lensman to Nemesis, using the twins' name for the AI nanotech colony 'bot. #I will need to be using "the Drawing Room" but I deduce that Fuzzy will be vacating it before I get around to using it, myself. However, would either you or Fuzzy be sure to let me know when he has vacated the pocket dimention?# =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:37:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:30:01 EDT In Message # 00003689 In alt.callahans Post # 00001902 Dane0R0A said: << Nemo wrote: ^Stardragon, I'm going to be shifting this planet shortly, would you be so kind as to slap a 'lock' on it like the one around Earth, when I give you the signal? I'm about to teach the Grey's some manners... :-)^ >> ^Certainly. No problem^ The Stardragon responds. << Nemo requests extra power from NEMO. Upon receiving it, he transports the Grey homeworld and any incidental space installations orbiting it, into an equivalent position in the solar system the CAoL is in, chosen to minimize orbital interference. Next he gates in units of the Dinochrome brigade (a regiment of Mark XXXV Bolos) for "ocupational duty". Finally, he signals Stardragon to block transport from the planet (blocakage to be *outside* the orbit of the farthest installation). He deals with communications himself. >> As Nemo signals, The Stardragon "locks" the indicated world leaving only the CAoL's known methods of communication open (and the power supply for the Az. Devices). =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Negotiations? On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:45:38 -0500 In Message # 00003690 In alt.callahans Post # 00001903 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:47:59 PST In Message # 00003678 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001891 Nemo said: > >/Folks, I think we may be able to negotiate with these idiots now. > I've got their homeworld as a hostage.../ Knytt's rocket launcher shifts itself back into a gold wand with blue grip. /First, Roland, if the twins can open a gateway to your group, would you let them do so now? I think your attention is needed back here. From here, in fact, we can get to the church if we decide we need to regroup based on the answers to my next request. Which is, to misquote the Patron, and I think Lord Buckley, 'Straighten us, Stranger, 'cause we're ready.'/ Grep quickly falls back to the house, taking a defensive position across from Knytt at the window in case the twins' FULL attention is needed for the gateways. Knytt and Company await their responses. =========================== Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:39:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Negotiations? On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:35:02 In Message # 00003692 In alt.callahans Post # 00001905 Morgan said: >On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:45:38 -0500 In Message # 00003690 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001903 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:47:59 PST In Message # 00003678 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001891 Nemo said: >> >>/Folks, I think we may be able to negotiate with these idiots now. >> I've got their homeworld as a hostage.../ /Oh lovely,/ Roland sends sarcastically, /this is _much_ better than blowing them up. I sincerely hope that you're running a long bluff, Nemo./ >Knytt's rocket launcher shifts itself back into a gold wand with blue >grip. /First, Roland, if the twins can open a gateway to your group, >would you let them do so now? I think your attention is needed back >here. From here, in fact, we can get to the church if we decide we >need to regroup based on the answers to my next request. Which is, to >misquote the Patron, and I think Lord Buckley, 'Straighten us, >Stranger, 'cause we're ready.'/ /Unless Stranger has anything to add, NASS yes!/ Roland frowns at the mostly dead equipment and Morgan's mostly-dead magickal power. Making a version of the robots' Swiss Army Rifle using the Matter Converter, and drawing energy from the sigil link to make up for his own slightly reduced power (Zia mentioned in an IM that psi is somewhat dampened as well; the more external the power source, the more its cut off), Roland focuses on shielding both Morgan and himself while keeping his ESP open. Morgan quickly checks in with Roscoe. /Any reason you guys can't leave in a hurry if we decide to bug out?/ /No offense, Roscoe./ and wait until he's ready.> =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 05:06:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:47:36 -0700 In Message # 00003694 In alt.callahans Post # 00001907 Gareth L Owen said: > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:35:02 In Message # 00003692 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001905 Morgan said: > >>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:45:38 -0500 In Message # 00003690 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001903 Michael Jon Knight said: >> >>Knytt's rocket launcher shifts itself back into a gold wand with >>blue grip. /First, Roland, if the twins can open a gateway to your >>group, would you let them do so now? I think your attention is >>needed back here. From here, in fact, we can get to the church if we >>decide we need to regroup based on the answers to my next request. >>Which is, to misquote the Patron, and I think Lord Buckley, >>'Straighten us, Stranger, 'cause we're ready.'/ /They won't negotiate, it's not in their nature, they don't even have a thought pattern for it/ > Morgan quickly checks in with Roscoe. /Any reason you guys can't > leave in a hurry if we decide to bug out?/ /No offense, > Roscoe./ /Roland? You still there? Good. Let me see through your eyes a second. OK. Your not in the Az device proper yet, it's a vaguely cubic structure one mile on a side, it has various access tunnels running to a central control room. It ain't Grey tech, and it ain't integrated into their control systems, but if you can get to that room and enter the control code, you'll reverse the whole process. We can then level the place. I have a small fleet of SSBN and SSGNs in the Atlantic with 'upgraded' missiles that'll do it, but if Stardragon's about I doubt we need them./ /Oh yes, the control code is 236942/ /Good luck, it'll be well guarded/ At that point the doors of the room fly open and a dozen grey soldiers rush in, they appear to be wearing silvery 'hazmat' suits, like in the Intel commercials, possibly to block electrical attacks. > =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 05:06:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:52:52 -0700 In Message # 00003695 In alt.callahans Post # 00001908 Gareth L Owen said: > Nemo now proceeds to contact the Greys on the planet.... OK, how and what are you saying? =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:37:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:27:38 -0500 In Message # 00003697 In alt.callahans Post # 00001910 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:47:36 -0700 In Message # 00003694 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001907 Gareth L Owen said: > >/They won't negotiate, it's not in their nature, they don't even have >a thought pattern for it/ Knytt sighs. /Why do I even try envisioning a rational universe?/ >At that point the doors of the room fly open and a dozen grey >soldiers rush in, they appear to be wearing silvery 'hazmat' suits, >like in the Intel commercials, possibly to block electrical attacks. > >> Melissa turns and blasts one of the Grey with a plasma pistol. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Negotiations? On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:05:07 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003699 In alt.callahans Post # 00001912 Driscoll said: > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:35:02 In Message # 00003692 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001905 Morgan said: > > Morgan quickly checks in with Roscoe. /Any reason you guys can't > leave in a hurry if we decide to bug out?/ /No offense, > Roscoe./ /Ummm now that we know the magical blocade only goes so far up we should be able to use Driss's 7-league boots to get out of here once we find a way up. Right now it's just _finding_ that way that's getting frustrating. But we should be OK as long as Driss's Tech disguise holds out./ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:26:01 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003700 In alt.callahans Post # 00001913 Nemisis said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:22:02 -0400 In Message # 00003688 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001901 Martin Gerster said: > > #With all do respects "Grandmother"# sends the draconian Lensman to > Nemesis, using the twins' name for the AI nanotech colony 'bot. #I > will need to be using "the Drawing Room" but I deduce that Fuzzy > will be vacating it before I get around to using it, myself. > However, would either you or Fuzzy be sure to let me know when he > has vacated the pocket dimention?# #It is likely that he will be able to do so in two or three minutes. I will of cource inform you immediatly, when that happens# =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:43:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:36:29 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003701 In alt.callahans Post # 00001914 Nemisis said: > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:16:59 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003673 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001886 fuzzy said: > > As soon as his Eyes open and He starts a good streach, > The Bubble is Turned off... > > =Nemisis, Why did you keep me in that Bubble for so long?= =You have not been takeing proper care of yourself, I felt it was my task to see that you did, as long as it would not interfere with your own tasks. As for Long Durations in the Bubble, according to my logs you were in that Bubble for less than 15 Milliseconds.= =When you are ready to go, Dhyrclhanc would like to be notified of the Drawing Rooms availiblity.= ^Here () is an Update of everything I have observed since you overtaxed yourself.^ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:08:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:34:09 -0700 In Message # 00003703 In alt.callahans Post # 00001916 Gareth L Owen said: Michael Jon Knight wrote: > Knytt sighs. /Why do I even try envisioning a rational universe?/ Stranger snorts, /One of the glorys of sentient life, the ability to envision things that patently don't exist./ >>At that point the doors of the room fly open and a dozen grey >>soldiers rush in, they appear to be wearing silvery 'hazmat' suits, >>like in the Intel commercials, possibly to block electrical attacks. >> >>> > > Melissa turns and blasts one of the Grey with a plasma pistol. > > won't have formed weapons until after Melissa's first shot anyway.> Stranger sprays the area of the doorway with Uzi fire, shell cases rain down around him. Greys fall over and expire. > =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:37:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:35:07 PST In Message # 00003704 In alt.callahans Post # 00001917 Nemo said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:14:25 -0400 In Message # 00003687 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001900 Martin Gerster said: > >> Next he gates in units of the Dinochrome brigade (a regiment of >> Mark XXXV Bolos) for "ocupational duty". > ^^^^^^^^^ > > Dhyrclhanc sends to Nemo, /OK, I'll bite. If only in the figurative > sense. What is a "Mark XXXV Bolos"?/ Well, you could describe them as "tanks" in the same sense that the Dauntless is a "warship". Bolos are from Keith Laumer's stories. They are intelligent, and progressively more self-aware as the models get later. The Mark V Bolo (aka "Continental Seige Unit") has a firepower rated as 5 megatons/sec. The Mark 35 is several hundred years of development later. Some of the characteristics of the Mark 35 are things like being able to absorb energy directly for power. Another detail is that the Bolos have "durachrome" armor. It's stated in one story that the 25 mm of durachrome on an early model Bolo is proff against anything short of a contact nuclear explosion. The Mark 35 has more like meters of the stuff. :-) It is a matter of record that one badly damaged Bolo that had been deemed not worth salvaging had been buried in reinforced concrete at a depth of several hundred meters. It was accidentally reactivated and broke out of the concrete and made it's way to the surface using nothing but it's drive system and emergency reserve power. And this after being entombed for 50 years. In short, these things are *tough*. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Mission: Improbable On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:16:09 PST In Message # 00003705 In alt.callahans Post # 00001918 Nemo said: > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:26:22 -0500 In Message # 00003681 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001894 Michael Jon Knight said: > > *Uh, well, as for the sandwich, uhm, can you swing Perfectly Normal > Beast on potato bread with horseradish and tomato, and maybe a cold > beer with a low-ish alcohol content? It'll be uh, ten hours behind > in London. Lunch will be a bit of a wait.* > > Molly sighs. *Been a longer day than I realized. Food -would- be > good now. Give me a chance to collect myself.* A small platform appears, with a table and two chairs upon it. The table has food and drink on it. After Nemo and Molly seat themselves at the table, the platform rises into the sky and streaks off, accelerating rapidly. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:37:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:46:59 PST In Message # 00003706 In alt.callahans Post # 00001919 Nemo said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:52:52 -0700 In Message # 00003695 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001908 Gareth L Owen said: > >> Nemo now proceeds to contact the Greys on the planet.... > > OK, how and what are you saying? I'l try various signalling methods, and if all else fails, go for the "floating billboard" bit we used in London. Once I have contact, I'll point out that their planet is now out of danger, but that they are being held hostage for the good behavior of their compatriots on Earth. I'll suggest that they might want to consider withdrawing from Earth since their world is no longer in danger. If they agree, I'll arrange for contact with Earth. To the rest of the CAoL: /I'm *not* going to wipe the Grey's out, even if they won't co-operate. But that doesn't mean I can't scare the hell out of them.../ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:37:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:10:00 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003707 In alt.callahans Post # 00001920 Shadow said: > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:02:30 PST In Message # 00003670 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001883 Nemo said: > > On average, they are moving the "cleared" perimeter outward at the > equivalent of a casual walk. So it depends on how far from the > cathedral he is. > > And the machine had better burrow *really* deep or it'll attract a > lot of "centipedes". They can sense things a moderate distance away > and the disturbed dirt from the burrowing is a dead giveaway. The machine is borrowing away from London, so that shouldn't be a problem. HMMM... well, he'll get noticed (Gee, thanks Zia :^) ) eventually. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:03:26 -0500 In Message # 00003709 In alt.callahans Post # 00001922 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:34:09 -0700 In Message # 00003703 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001916 Gareth L Owen said: > >Michael Jon Knight wrote: >> >> Knytt sighs. /Why do I even try envisioning a rational universe?/ > >Stranger snorts, /One of the glorys of sentient life, the ability to >envision things that patently don't exist./ Knytt just frowns. >> Melissa turns and blasts one of the Grey with a plasma pistol. >> >> > won't have formed weapons until after Melissa's first shot anyway.> > >but hey, we're probably under attack too, lets say they have suits >too, yeah, I'll go with that> >Stranger sprays the area of the doorway with Uzi fire, shell cases >rain down around him. Greys fall over and expire. > >> /How in the name of Marilyn Manson did they win this war?/ Knytt says, withdrawing a Tommy gun from under his coat. Grep creates a largish machine gun and they both pepper any Grey that gets within their sights with a large dose of lead. /They come a hell of a long way, have no established bases, and fight against a well-rooted force. If a bullet can still stop them, they wouldn't seem to be that advanced./ Grep suggests, /Just lucky?/ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:07:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:44:01 -0500 In Message # 00003710 In alt.callahans Post # 00001923 Zia said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:10:00 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003707 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001920 Shadow said: > >The machine is borrowing away from London, so that shouldn't be a >problem. HMMM... well, he'll get noticed (Gee, thanks Zia :^) ) >eventually. ooSC: You're quite welcome. Never start a grudge match with an Amberite. :) (grumble) Throw corruption bolts at me, will you? I'd try and mess with the electronis in that suit, but Zia thinks he'd catch her in the act. Shoot! Sera keeps track of Jadis' locale, her sight being inviolate to various forms of lying. (i.e. illusions, doubles, etc...). The Sealed Link, receiving no answer from Nemo about the pesky little machine of Jadis' resolve to just keep tabs on it, and continues it's/their scan of the entire underground of Earth for control rooms/bunkers or other little pesky surprises. Having taken natural caves as their own 'hiding' spots under the ground near the underground reinforcements for the nodes Nemo constructed earlier. Relying on the 'background noise' of the Arc and the Link to hide the probing, they go at the job with a 'fine-tooth comb'. Noting the field extrusion through the crust, James concentrates harder, renarrowing the field's strength back more towards the Arc's central twist. The 'resistance' to psionics above the ground level of natural earth fades off and is gone. Zia, simultaneously aware that the magic nullification she was in charge of also extrudes, strains but doesn't quite have enough capability to refocus a field that large, and maintain the current efforts. She gives it up for a bad job with some annoyance at herself, and takes over some of Sheila's load so she can scan the little mech with the Rigellian perception sense. (This is like X-ray vision as good as normal sight, and without X-rays... just a point of view that can actually be moved INSIDE things.) So, does the engineer of the Link find out anything, or does it react to the probe? James will be ready to TK it away if needed. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:09:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:40:19 -0700 In Message # 00003713 In alt.callahans Post # 00001926 Gareth L Owen said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:03:26 -0500 In Message # 00003709 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001922 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:34:09 -0700 In Message # 00003703 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001916 Gareth L Owen said: >> >>Stranger sprays the area of the doorway with Uzi fire, shell cases >>rain down around him. Greys fall over and expire. > > /How in the name of Marilyn Manson did they win this war?/ Knytt > says, withdrawing a Tommy gun from under his coat. Grep creates a > largish machine gun and they both pepper any Grey that gets within > their sights with a large dose of lead. /They come a hell of a long > way, have no established bases, and fight against a well-rooted > force. If a bullet can still stop them, they wouldn't seem to be > that advanced./ > > Grep suggests, /Just lucky?/ Stranger reloads. /Not with infantry, seen their saucers?/ As if on queue a house on the opposite side of the road explodes and a formation of saucers appear out of the firestorm above it and start destroying houses at random. Stranger glances out of the window. /They're pulling out, as soon as the last Grey soldier has left this house we're history/ Gruber by the other window fires a long burst at the nearest saucer with an Uzi he's acquired from somewhere. "No good Gruber, we gotta go." Stranger heads for the rear of the house. /Maybe you can bring that bugger down, but I can't/ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:51:15 -0700 In Message # 00003715 In alt.callahans Post # 00001928 Gareth L Owen said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:46:59 PST In Message # 00003706 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001919 Nemo said: > > I'l try various signalling methods, and if all else fails, go for > the "floating billboard" bit we used in London. > > Once I have contact, I'll point out that their planet is now out of > danger, but that they are being held hostage for the good behavior > of their compatriots on Earth. I'll suggest that they might want to > consider withdrawing from Earth since their world is no longer in > danger. You will be contacted in the same way that you were on Earth initially. They consider your offer and their response is... "If you have the power to destroy us then that is what you must do. The strong must thrive and the weak must die. If today we are weak then so be it." However, on a very weak, minor node sideband, narrow beam transmission Nemo receives a signal, originating from a group of Greys deep in one of the Grey industrial areas. Or maybe it's agricultural, it's hard to tell with the Greys. All it says is... "Help?" =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:37:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Meanwhile, back at the ranch... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:47:19 PST In Message # 00003722 In alt.callahans Post # 00001935 Nemo said: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:51:15 -0700 In Message # 00003715 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001928 Gareth L Owen said: > > You will be contacted in the same way that you were on Earth > initially. They consider your offer and their response is... > > "If you have the power to destroy us then that is what you must do. > The strong must thrive and the weak must die. If today we are weak > then so be it." > > believe absolutely that only the strong should survive, even to the > point of destruction if they are found to be weak. At least you > can't call them hypocrites :-) > > > "Why should should I destroy you when you may be of use to me? There is no logic in destroying a potential tool." *That* ought to keep them busy a while. > However, on a very weak, minor node sideband, narrow beam > transmission signal, but it's aimed straight at your billboard> Nemo receives a > signal, originating from a group of Greys deep in one of the Grey > industrial areas. Or maybe it's agricultural, it's hard to tell with > the Greys. All it says is... > > "Help?" Nemo will reply as unobtrusively as possible, and try to slip an observing device into the area. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:09:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:59:02 PST In Message # 00003725 In alt.callahans Post # 00001938 Nemo said: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:40:19 -0700 In Message # 00003713 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001926 Gareth L Owen said: > > Stranger glances out of the window. > > /They're pulling out, as soon as the last Grey soldier has left this > house we're history/ > > Gruber by the other window fires a long burst at the nearest saucer > with an Uzi he's acquired from somewhere. > > "No good Gruber, we gotta go." > > Stranger heads for the rear of the house. > > /Maybe you can bring that bugger down, but I can't/ /Allow me.../ A group of Nemo's "Martian Mantas" appears and starts picking off Grey saucers. Given the "organic" tech, they open up with Negran death rays. (A beam that acts as an anti-catalyst. All chemical reactions in the target cease.) If necessary victims can be easily resusitated, as there's no trauma, they just "stopped". =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:09:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 98 19:56:57 -0700 In Message # 00003728 In alt.callahans Post # 00001941 Roland X said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:47:36 -0700 In Message # 00003694 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001907 Gareth L Owen said: > >/They won't negotiate, it's not in their nature, they don't even have >a thought pattern for it/ /Joy. At least they're capable of _something_ like it...hmm...maybe we can trick them into it-they did negotiate with us-sort of-when we came to this world. Or maybe it's 'compromise' they don't understand; they sure weren't willing to do _that._/ >/Roland? You still there? Good. Let me see through your eyes a >second. OK. Your not in the Az device proper yet, it's a vaguely >cubic structure one mile on a side, it has various access tunnels >running to a central control room. It ain't Grey tech, and it ain't >integrated into their control systems, but if you can get to that >room and enter the control code, you'll reverse the whole process. We >can then level the place. I have a small fleet of SSBN and SSGNs in >the Atlantic with 'upgraded' missiles that'll do it, but if >Stardragon's about I doubt we need them./ /Got it,/ Roland nods. /I don't know how long it'll take me to get the code out of the computer, but I'll think of-/ >/Oh yes, the control code is 236942/ /-something,/ Roland finishes with a rueful smile. >/Good luck, it'll be well guarded/ /Of course-/ Roland begins. >At that point the doors of the room fly open and a dozen grey >soldiers rush in, they appear to be wearing silvery 'hazmat' suits, >like in the Intel commercials, possibly to block electrical attacks. > >> (OOC: Yep. That's why I 'rely' on one power all the time-they're not ready for the rest of my arsenal. ) Roland frowns at the attacking Greys and attempts to shock them into unconsciousness. When that fails, his abdomen glows a sickly green and the Greys' weapons disintegrate, though the suits themselves remain intact. Morgan smiles at the Greys and points her Legion ring at them. Their suits promptly turn into hollow chocolate rabbits. She looks at Roland. /I do so love springtime./ Roland breaks into a laughing fit as he creates a new door...with no joints. Next he knocks the imprisoned Greys unconscious with an astral bolt. He then sends the Matter Converter and the flight biopods into the pit left for 3-RP9-7 unit. Picking up Roland's intention of simulating the Reborn's demise, she sends, /I'd contribute some biomatter, but without my magick, we don't have any to spare./ Roland smiles faintly. He extends his arm and what looks like a side of beef grows out of it, flying into the pit after the bioimplants. /If I can grow to the size of a dragon, then I can manage some meat./ He then pulls back his right arm, and a blue cloth swirls around him. In a moment, Blaze has taken the place of Roland the Changeling. /Time to go./ Blaze offers Morgan his hand. When she takes it, they are both sheathed in lightning. In moments, they are in another part of the Azeronium device complex, near the heart of the machine. A forcefield stops Roland cold just outside the control room, however. /What a surprise,/ Roland sends dryly. /Let's see...a few frequency modulations to the power matrix and-/ The defensive screen rapidly becomes very offensive, lashing out at him. /-and the security systems'll activate,/ Roland sighs. /Enough subtlety./ Roland concentrates, and the entire security system begins to burn. Grey robots then appear out of the walls and start firing, though Morgan quickly turns them into pudding. Literally. Roland takes a quick taste. /Not bad, love. You already _did_ chocolate, though./ /Do _you_ want to take care of the next batch?/ Morgan responds dryly. /I think we should try to avoid any Grey 'hospitality' in the near future,/ Roland replies. Again the lightning surrounds them both and they surge into the control room. The Greys are wearing the hazmat suits again, but it's useless against Roland's telekinetic power, which he uses to bind them in their own uniforms. Quickly, Roland links with the system. #Computer, reverse planetary transformation process, control code 236942.# /There. It's done,/ Roland sends with relief. /Can you reprogram these things so the Greys can't unreverse them?/ Morgan asks. Roland frowns. The computer melts. /Okay...can you make sure they can't reprogram them from any of the _other_ terminals?/ Roland's frown deepens. /Okay, let's try something new./ He hands Morgan the Swiss Army Rifle, transforms into lightning, and _enters_ the computer. In a moment, he surges out again. /I couldn't reprogram it directly, but I was able to remove a command block. I allowed it to attempt to calculate pi to the last digit and commanded it to do so, to the exclusion of all other commands until complete./ Roland smiles. /Sometimes, the classics are still the best. Let's get the heck outta Dodge./ Roland opens a side door... ...and finds himself facing a large number of VERY angry Greys, their robots, and a recently reactivated security system. /eep!/ Roland slams the door, which is soon a white-hot slab of metal. /Knytt?/ Morgan sends in her best bad Russian accent. /Now vood be a goot time./ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:09:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:52:47 EDT In Message # 00003729 In alt.callahans Post # 00001942 Dane0R0A said: In a message dated 98-04-13 17:11:34 EDT, you write: << How in the name of Marilyn Manson did they win this war?/ Knytt says, withdrawing a Tommy gun from under his coat. Grep creates a largish machine gun and they both pepper any Grey that gets within their sights with a large dose of lead. /They come a hell of a long way, have no established bases, and fight against a well-rooted force. If a bullet can still stop them, they wouldn't seem to be that advanced./ Grep suggests, /Just lucky?/ >> Armagedon offers, /Either that, or extremely powerfull assistance. That Jadis person that Roland, Morgan, and the Twins fought would seem to qualify./ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:10:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:02:18 -0500 In Message # 00003732 In alt.callahans Post # 00001945 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:40:19 -0700 In Message # 00003713 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001926 Gareth L Owen said: > >As if on queue a house on the opposite side of the road explodes and >a formation of saucers appear out of the firestorm above it and start >destroying houses at random. /Uh, yeah, seen a few./ Knytt remarks, pointing toward the ships. >Stranger glances out of the window. > >/They're pulling out, as soon as the last Grey soldier has left this >house we're history/ > >Gruber by the other window fires a long burst at the nearest saucer >with an Uzi he's acquired from somewhere. > >"No good Gruber, we gotta go." Recognition of the name flickers across Knytt's mind, but he puts it down. Whatever the past, this was Stranger's ally, for now. >Stranger heads for the rear of the house. > >/Maybe you can bring that bugger down, but I can't/ /Pyewackett, whaddaya think?/ Knytt asks. /Maybe one or two, but these are dogs, not mice./ the feline sends blasting at the saucers. /Okay, people, we are -leaving-. Everyone meet at the back door. Sil, Pye, scout around back and make sure it is clear when we come out. Melissa, Grep, be ready with a gate to the church. Anyone else wanting out, we'll extract you there. You don't want to be here right now./ Grep took point, Melissa and Gruber assisted Stranger and all three watched the sides. Knytt brought up the rear. Grey were falling back now that the saucers had arrived, so attempting to buy some time, the group shot them as they retreated. A few facehuggers popped out from under things, but in the early stages they were fairly easy to kill. As the back door flew open, a gateway appeared in the middle of the yard. Grep went through first, then Stranger, Gruber and Melissa. Knytt waited for Sil and Pyewackett. Pyewackett swept out of the sky, his mini-Cylon ship morphing into a large feline-like space suit, with a blaster tail. Landing in front of Knytt, the cat leapt through the gateway. Once everyone passed through the gate, Knytt looked back to see the squadron of grey saucers firing on the house. They must have hit another gas main. As the fireball rolled for the gateway, Knytt dove through, the gate closing behind him. Knytt picked himself up from the dirt in front of the church steps. "Well, that was exciting." The twins helped Stranger into the church to rest and be tended, followed by Gruber and Knytt. ) and Roland also has plots elsewhere, I saw no reason to delay this fight, especially with Grey reinforcements arriving.> =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:10:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE IV: It May Be Magic, But It Ain't No Carpet... On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:02:25 -0500 In Message # 00003733 In alt.callahans Post # 00001946 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:16:09 PST In Message # 00003705 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001918 Nemo said: >A small platform appears, with a table and two chairs upon it. The >table has food and drink on it. Molly nods approvingly. "You lay a nice spread, Nemo." >After Nemo and Molly seat themselves at the table, the platform rises >into the sky and streaks off, accelerating rapidly. Molly starts a bit at the take-off, then feels a sudden refreshing surge of energy around her. *Ah...the ley lines are working properly up here.* Molly visibly relaxs. *Just being around one is invigorating. I guess if I intend any magic I will want to be up high.* >eating :-)> Taking a bite into her sandwich, Molly looked surprised. *This is really excellent, Nemo.* she sent as she washed it down with some beer. *And the beer is the perfect temperature, too.* As they approached the British Isles, Molly finished her sandwich and beer and reached into her dufflebag for some shoes. Slipping a pair of socks on as well, Molly pulled on her street shoes and picked up her dufflebag and sat it on her lap. *Do you need to clear the table or anything?* Molly stepped off the platform and looked around. Molly is 6'2", muscular, with fair skin. straight, shoulder-length, dark ash-brown hair framing a face with stunningly beautiful eyes, even though mismatched in color. She had a sapphire blue left eye, and an emerald green right eye. Pouty lips under a roman nose, and eyebrows that give the appearance of being angry even when in a good mood. She is trim, with long arms and legs, slender hands with long fingers, and a figure that televison producers love to reveal in long, slow, "from-the-ground-up" closeups with sleazy saxaphone music plastered over them. > Molly is filling out a black t-shirt with 'Disaster Area: Kakrafoon' emblazened in red on the front, tucked into a faded pair of torn, well-travelled, blue jeans. A pair of loosely-tied, white hightops completes the package. Slung over one shoulder is a large olive green dufflebag with a black shoulder strap. A large, black mesh zippered pocket holds a folded, bath towel with large blue and white stripes running the length of it. Two shallow pockets run the length of one side, one above the other. The lower pocket is somewhat shorter than the upper. A long, gently-curving tube bulges from the upper pocket, while a shorter, straighter tube rests in the lower one. Molly pushes a pair of John-Lennon sunglasses that appear to have two holographic eyeballs floating an inch behind the green lenses and takes a deep breath. *Alright, Nemo, now where are your friends?* =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:10:45 EDT In Message # 00003734 In alt.callahans Post # 00001947 Dane0R0A said: << Stranger wrote: Stranger heads for the rear of the house. /Maybe you can bring that bugger down, but I can't/ >> Armagedon says, /Incomming!/ as half the base's weapons begin firing on the Grey ships (only half, because at that altitude only half can fire without hitting stuff in the base). Everything fires, patrol primaries (they don't just wink and go out, they beam for a full minute before burning out, and being replaced), third, fourth, fifth, and sixth order energy weapons (ala the Skylark series), and phasers. All with extensions into both hyperspace, and 4 space. Nothing less than a gigawatt/second, ranging up to terawatt/second (for the primaries) beams. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:02:42 -0500 In Message # 00003736 In alt.callahans Post # 00001949 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 98 19:56:57 -0700 In Message # 00003728 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001941 Roland X said: > ...and finds himself facing a large number of VERY angry Greys, >their robots, and a recently reactivated security system. > /eep!/ Roland slams the door, which is soon a white-hot slab of >metal. > >/Knytt?/ Morgan sends in her best bad Russian accent. /Now vood be a >goot time./ Roland and Morgan find the world around them suddenly resembling sparkling champagne before it resolves itself into the steps outside the church. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:22:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:36:07 -0500 In Message # 00003737 In alt.callahans Post # 00001950 Zia said: Knytt picked himself up from the dirt in front of the church steps. "Well, that was exciting." The twins helped Stranger into the church to rest and be tended, followed by Gruber and Knytt. >Roland and Morgan find the world around them suddenly resembling >sparkling champagne before it resolves itself into the steps outside >the church. Stranger, Gruber, then the others tumble to the intuition something odd is up with the church. Then they realize what it is. The rubble around the church is all gone. The steeple and cornices are all untouched by the conflict - even the stained glass _windows_ are back without a shard missing. Maybe Nemo got bored?? Inside, they see the table in the forechamber still with some food left, and a few people who have sought out this place for shelter. The chapel is restored - and bizzarely clean and neat, if simple and unadorned except for the windows. =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:22:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:39:26 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003738 In alt.callahans Post # 00001951 fuzzy said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:36:29 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003701 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001914 Nemisis said: > > =You have not been takeing proper care of yourself, > I felt it was my task to see that you did, as long as it would not > interfere with your own tasks. > As for Long Durations in the Bubble, according to my logs you were > in that Bubble for less than 15 Milliseconds.= =We will be discussing Duration and Responsibilities later. :|= > =When you are ready to go, > Dhyrclhanc would like to be notified of the Drawing Rooms > availiblity.= > > ^Here () is an Update of everything I have observed since you > overtaxed yourself.^ =Thank You= @Dyhrclhanc, I am about to leave the Drawing Room. Is there anything going on that I should bew prepared for?@ =========================== Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:47:49 -0700 (PDT) In Message # 00003739 In alt.callahans Post # 00001952 The Lone One said: On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Michael Jon Knight wrote: > /Okay, people, we are -leaving-. Everyone meet at the back door. > Sil, Pye, scout around back and make sure it is clear when we come > out. Melissa, Grep, be ready with a gate to the church. Anyone else > wanting out, we'll extract you there. You don't want to be here > right now./ Raver's head came up at Knytt's mental summons, and she sent a brief burst of agreement before taking to the air in a beeline for the church. On the way there, several Grey saucers flashed into sight, accelerating as they picked up the intruder. She flew on, seemingly unaware, until they were nearly on top of her -- and then she abruptly dropped like a rock to skim down the street. Buildings flashed by faster and faster as she showed the saucers just what speed she was capable of. An alley came up, and she grinned. [Bingo.] Pulling up to a slightly higher height, she glided into a banking turn as the lamppost outside the alley came within reach. Mailed fists grabbed and held the post briefly, slinging her in sideways. Backwinging for all she was worth, she bounced off the wall, landing lightly on her feet. Unfortunately, the saucers didn't. [All right!] Mandy cackled. They grinned, and climbed the wall, taking off again for the church. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:47:26 In Message # 00003742 In alt.callahans Post # 00001955 Morgan said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:02:18 -0500 In Message # 00003732 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001945 Michael Jon Knight .said: > >>On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:40:19 -0700 In Message # 00003713 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001926 Gareth L Owen said: >> >>"No good Gruber, we gotta go." > >Recognition of the name flickers across Knytt's mind, but he puts it >down. Whatever the past, this was Stranger's ally, for now. "Give the man a hand," Sil remarks with a cold smile. >>/Maybe you can bring that bugger down, but I can't/ > >/Pyewackett, whaddaya think?/ Knytt asks. > >/Maybe one or two, but these are dogs, not mice./ the feline sends >blasting at the saucers. /Hey, remember me? I've got semi-phenomenal nearly-cosmic power here. You want me to-/ Sil begins. >/Okay, people, we are -leaving-. Everyone meet at the back door. Sil, >Pye, scout around back and make sure it is clear when we come out. >Melissa, Grep, be ready with a gate to the church. Anyone else >wanting out, we'll extract you there. You don't want to be here right >now./ /Oooor, I could scout around back and make sure everything is clear,/ Sil says, and the Kaneda Classic roars to life, zooming around the houses. >Grep took point, Melissa and Gruber assisted Stranger and all three >watched the sides. Knytt brought up the rear. Grey were falling back >now that the saucers had arrived, so attempting to buy some time, the >group shot them as they retreated. A few facehuggers popped out from >under things, but in the early stages they were fairly easy to kill. Sil pops a few Xeno hunters with the chain-gun, then begins tracking the saucers. >As the back door flew open, a gateway appeared in the middle of the >yard. Grep went through first, then Stranger, Gruber and Melissa. >Knytt waited for Sil and Pyewackett. /Coming through!/ Sil smashes through an already-demolished building on her bike, hits a piece of roof, and flies through the air and into the gate. /Hah! Evel Knievel, eat your heart out!/ >Pyewackett swept out of the sky, his mini-Cylon ship morphing into a >large feline-like space suit, with a blaster tail. Landing in front >of Knytt, the cat leapt through the gateway. /Nice outfit,/ Sil sends to Pyewackett with a smile. >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:02:42 -0500 In Message # 00003736 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001949 Michael Jon Knight said: > >Roland and Morgan find the world around them suddenly resembling >sparkling champagne before it resolves itself into the steps outside >the church. /I hate champagne,/ Roland cracks as the church comes into resolution around them. /"Went off like-well, not quite clockwork, Stranger, but it worked. We-"/ Roland, mentally checking off the returning members, realizes that there's one too many. In an instant the Phoenix Rod is in his hand and pointing at Gruber. /"It's not safe to pick up hitchhikers, you know,"/ he says evenly, but his expression is sub-zero. Morgan, on the other hand, counts two too few. /Roscoe? Azeronium mission accomplished. Do you and Dris need a gate out, or do you have your own ride?/ (OOC: I'm _really_ resisting her making some comment on Gruber's cyber-hand and asking what happened .) =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:37:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: It May Be Magic, But It Ain't No Carpet... On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:10:04 -0400 In Message # 00003743 In alt.callahans Post # 00001956 Martin Gerster said: > On Mon, 13 Apr '98 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>After Nemo and Molly seat themselves at the table, the platform >>rises into the sky and streaks off, accelerating rapidly. > > (snip of the Australia-to-Britian flight and the discription of a > Dame that David Adison would appriciate if she were ever to > spontaneously appear in the waiting room of the Blue Moon Dectective > Agency) > > *Alright, Nemo, now where are your friends?* Molly immediatly receives the following telepathic greeting from everyone's favorite Lensdragon, /Hi Molly, welcome to the CAoL!/ {} (telepathic equivilant of somebody taking Molly's hand and kissing it on the knuckles) /To misquote the Reverand Stogton's (sp?) Red(?) Queen -- Don't mind us, we're all crazy here./ (Dhyrclhanc's current whereabouts will be revealed in a later post, no big mystery though.) =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE4: Rested Fuzzy's (was Re: AAE 4: Making the rounds...) On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:22:56 -0400 In Message # 00003744 In alt.callahans Post # 00001957 Martin Gerster said: > On Mon, 13 Apr '98 fuzzy said: > > @Dyhrclhanc, I am about to leave the Drawing Room. > Is there anything going on that I should bew prepared for?@ > > Church.> (Actualy, Dhyrclhanc is kind of otherwise occupied for the moment, but he's never to buisy to respond to his Tutor) @^Thank you for the notice, Milord Fuzzy, I'll be using the Drawing Room momentarily. I've got to see a Doctor about a ring, you see, and I needed somewhere private. The following has occured recently {} (arrival of Molly, Stranger and Gruber, including Stranger and Gruber's appearent alliance), possibly durring your "nap". Thank you, again.^@ =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 04:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: It May Be Magic, But It Ain't No Carpet... On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:03:34 PST In Message # 00003745 In alt.callahans Post # 00001958 Nemo said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:02:25 -0500 In Message # 00003733 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001946 Michael Jon Knight said: > > *Do you need to clear the table or anything?* *Not a problem* At which Nemo picks up a plate and starts munching. After Molly reacts, he'll just "disappear" the dishes. *Sorry, I have an odd sense of humor.* > We'll land at the church. > *Alright, Nemo, now where are your friends?* That should become clear as we probably arrive about the time they are arriving from the fight. As she looks around another Nemo walks out of the church. *Hello Molly, Self. Self, why don't ou check out that report on the perimeter while I escort the lady.* "Self" is just the closest English comes to the concept. It's obviously one Nemo addressing another, but the concept is rather complex. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:03:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: It May Be Magic, But It Ain't No Carpet... On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 06:49:44 -0500 In Message # 00003746 In alt.callahans Post # 00001959 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:03:34 PST In Message # 00003745 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001958 Nemo said: > >*Not a problem* > >At which Nemo picks up a plate and starts munching. After Molly >reacts, he'll just "disappear" the dishes. Molly gets a sly grin on her face. *Most folks just lick the platters clean.* >*Sorry, I have an odd sense of humor.* *I've been noticing that.* >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:10:04 -0400 In Message # 00003743 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001956 Martin Gerster said: >Molly immediatly receives the following telepathic greeting from >everyone's favorite Lensdragon, /Hi Molly, welcome to the CAoL!/ {} >(telepathic equivilant of somebody taking Molly's hand and kissing it >on the knuckles) /To misquote the Reverand Stogton's (sp?) Red(?) >Queen -- Don't mind us, we're all crazy here./ *Uh, thank you I think, but in fact, I do intend to mind you, before I go crazy myself.* Nemo continues: >As she looks around another Nemo walks out of the church. > >*Hello Molly, Self. Self, why don't ou check out that report on the > perimeter while I escort the lady.* *Hello Nemo. Goodbye Nemo, thank you for the ride and wonderful lunch.* Molly turns to Nemo, taking an elbow. *As the cliche goes, 'Take me to your leader.'* =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:04:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:11:38 -0500 In Message # 00003747 In alt.callahans Post # 00001960 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:47:26 In Message # 00003742 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001955 Morgan said: > > /Oooor, I could scout around back and make sure everything is >clear,/ Sil says, and the Kaneda Classic roars to life, zooming >around the houses. Knytt looks out as various friendly fire rains down on the Grey ship. /Sil, if it were just you and me here, scratch that, just you here, I would say 'Sure. Go for it.' But not while I have others under my protection. We leave./ > /Coming through!/ Sil smashes through an already-demolished >building on her bike, hits a piece of roof, and flies through the air >and into the gate. > /Hah! Evel Knievel, eat your heart out!/ /Uh yeah./ Knytt muttered. >>Pyewackett swept out of the sky, his mini-Cylon ship morphing into a >>large feline-like space suit, with a blaster tail. Landing in front >>of Knytt, the cat leapt through the gateway. > > /Nice outfit,/ Sil sends to Pyewackett with a smile. /Thanks,/ the cat replies. /It works for me./ >>On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:02:42 -0500 In Message # 00003736 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001949 Michael Jon Knight said: >> >>Roland and Morgan find the world around them suddenly resembling >>sparkling champagne before it resolves itself into the steps outside >>the church. > > /I hate champagne,/ Roland cracks as the church comes into >resolution around them. /It's just that Star Trek effect Great-grandfather Fuzzy showed us, not the real thing./ the twins send. /We thought it appropriate./ >/"Went off like-well, not quite clockwork, Stranger, but it worked. >We-"/ Roland, mentally checking off the returning members, realizes >that there's one too many. In an instant the Phoenix Rod is in his >hand and pointing at Gruber. /"It's not safe to pick up hitchhikers, >you know,"/ he says evenly, but his expression is sub-zero. /Cap'n, Stranger says don't kill him, and personally, he is the least of our worries./ Knytt sends quietly. /I presume we have bigger fish to fry right now. With the Azerwhatsis Device working for us, that makes the Grey a minor nuisance. But, we still have Jadis and the Controller to worry about. Questioning Stranger's taste in friends can keep./ >Morgan, on the other hand, counts two too few. /Roscoe? Azeronium >mission accomplished. Do you and Dris need a gate out, or do you have >your own ride?/ (OOC: I'm _really_ resisting her making some comment >on Gruber's cyber-hand and asking what happened .) /Uncle Roscoe, just give the word./ the twins send. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:34:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:14:38 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003748 In alt.callahans Post # 00001961 Shadow said: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:44:01 -0500 In Message # 00003710 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001923 Zia said: > > So, does the engineer of the Link find out anything, or does it > react to the probe? James will be ready to TK it away if needed. Well, it's moving at a pretty good clip, inside is a small matter-converter to supply energy to the mech. Beyond that it just digs. There are also some devices of a indeterminate nature. They seem to be reproductory, but on a very small scale. (It can make about three others.) It continues to dig, looping through the crust, at times almost doubling back on itself. It doesn't seem to be doing much else. After about 15 minutes it splits, and the two go off on seperate angles. The new one will lack the reproductory facilities. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE: Fireworks On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:54:16 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003749 In alt.callahans Post # 00001962 Shadow said: Jadis looked up at the light show going on over London and laughed, "Ah, so that's where they are." He stopped walking, took off his helmet, and looked carefully around. After a moment he headed straight for an alley. Halfway down he knelt next to a large pile of trash and quickly reached into it, pulling out a struggling young child. Looking into his eyes, he began to calm the boy, "Shhhh... I'm here to help. I'm part of a group that's trying to end this war, but we need help. Can I trust you?" The boy nodded, a bit glassy eyed. "Good, I'm going to take you back with me, but we're going to have to fly or we might get picked off by the enemy. Would you like that?" "Ye.. Yeah." "Good." Jadis stood, donning his helmet. He picked the boy up, "Hold on tight." Engaging the suits flight systems, he took off into the air, getting a pleasant surprise after rising about 20 feet. He paused, rethinking his plans, but decided to go through with them with only slight modifications. He took off like a shot in the direction of the Azeronium device, angling to pass near the recent destruction of the grey ships. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:17:28 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003750 In alt.callahans Post # 00001963 Driscoll said: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:11:38 -0500 In Message # 00003747 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001960 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:47:26 In Message # 00003742 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001955 Morgan said: > >>Morgan, on the other hand, counts two too few. /Roscoe? Azeronium >>mission accomplished. Do you and Dris need a gate out, or do you >>have your own ride?/ (OOC: I'm _really_ resisting her making some >>comment on Gruber's cyber-hand and asking what happened .) > > /Uncle Roscoe, just give the word./ the twins send. /Thanks but we can make our own way out. We found a express elevator to the roof. Just planting one mroe surprise to balance out this place before we go./ Driss looks out over the roof as he finishes remvoing the coveralls and tosses them over. He watches them float down for a moment, then pulls out a red adn black cavalier outfit to don including his 7 league boots, an asortment of necklaces and pendants, and his gauntlets of speed. Finally he reaches into his cloak one last time and withdraws and large box-like device. Securing his cloak aorund his neck, he then begins opening up the box and flipping hiddn swtiches, both activating it and securing it to the roof of the building. He frowns for a moment, then shrugs and pulls out anther small device and plugs it into the first. Smiling he walks down to the other end of hte building and places a small silvery ball. Pushing a button small tendrils come out and plunge themselves into the roof anchorign the device. /OK. thoguht I'd balance the fire with some ice. When the radio channel I told Nemo about gets opened so the music detonators can activate, the ground level there's going to have one hell of a hot flash while the roof down begins to crystalize and freeze. 15 minutes after the roof starts to go the other device will activate. It's a sonic trap that should be set at the right frequency for the building to shatter like a fambrege' egg. if nothign esle this building should be a real mess by the end of it all./ sends Roscoe. Driss sits down on the roof. *What are you doing?* *You said they were willing to pull us out. I don't feel like walkign if I don't need to.* *Oh Sheesh...* /OK I guess we're ready for that gate now girls./ =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:56:47 -0500 In Message # 00003752 In alt.callahans Post # 00001965 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:17:28 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003750 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001963 Driscoll said: >> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:11:38 -0500 In Message # 00003747 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001960 Michael Jon Knight said: >> >> /Uncle Roscoe, just give the word./ the twins send. > > /Thanks but we can make our own way out. We found a express elevator >to the roof. Just planting one mroe surprise to balance out this >place before we go./ The twins send, /Okay. See you here in London./ > Driss sits down on the roof. > *What are you doing?* > *You said they were willing to pull us out. I don't feel like >walkign if I don't need to.* > *Oh Sheesh...* > /OK I guess we're ready for that gate now girls./ /What? Oh, alright, Uncle Roscoe, hold on just a second./ A gateway opens up under the portion of roof where Driss is sitting. He drops through to land with a bounce in the back seat of a taxi cab. A gateway opens under the cab and the whole thing lands, with a bounce, in front of the church. What happens next is a bit complex, but to Driss it looks like the cab starts falling again, but he doesn't. He feels something solid under him and passes through the cab's roof on its descent. Then the cab is gone and he is sitting on the ground. Meanwhile, from Roscoe's point of view, he feels a gateway around him, similar to Morgan and Roland's, that holds for a moment, then he is at the church, minus Driss's side-trip and the time it would have taken. =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:04:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:41:44 In Message # 00003754 In alt.callahans Post # 00001967 Morgan said: >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:11:38 -0500 In Message # 00003747 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001960 Michael Jon Knight said: > >>On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:47:26 In Message # 00003742 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001955 Morgan said: > >Knytt looks out as various friendly fire rains down on the Grey ship. > >/Sil, if it were just you and me here, scratch that, just you here, I >would say 'Sure. Go for it.' But not while I have others under my >protection. We leave./ /Hey, in Roland's abstinence, you're the boss,/ Sil laughs. >> /Coming through!/ Sil smashes through an already-demolished >>building on her bike, hits a piece of roof, and flies through the >>air and into the gate. >> /Hah! Evel Knievel, eat your heart out!/ > >/Uh yeah./ Knytt muttered. /Hmmph. Mel, Grep, remind me to teach you a few tricks I learned while I was working with Phoenix Covenant,/ Sil sends. /You _certainly_ don't need to be taught style,/ she adds approvingly. >> /I hate champagne,/ Roland cracks as the church comes into >> resolution around them. > >/It's just that Star Trek effect Great-grandfather Fuzzy showed us, >not the real thing./ the twins send. /We thought it appropriate./ /Oh, Trek I like,/ Roland replies with a faint, reminiscent grin. /You kids have taste, that's for sure./ /I already covered that, Roland, and it's called 'style,'/ Sil laughs. >/Cap'n, Stranger says don't kill him, and personally, he is the least >of our worries./ Knytt sends quietly. /I presume we have bigger fish >to fry right now. With the Azerwhatsis Device working for us, that >makes the Grey a minor nuisance. But, we still have Jadis and the >Controller to worry about. Questioning Stranger's taste in friends >can keep./ /Agreed,/ Roland replies, and the weapon retracts. "Gruber, I'm sure you have enough brains not to try anything with all these cosmic types around, but I figured it'd be bad form not to remind you anyway. Try anything and you'll be a fine red mist." He shrugs. "I don't kill, but I think I'm the only one in this lot who doesn't, and...well, I'm sure you know how it is." Turning back to the others at this point, Roland frowns and checks the magickal energy level. /Did anyone ever figure out what created this magick absorbing field? Since we seem to have the largest concentration of mages on the planet, it's almost certainly aimed at us./ =========================== Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:59:47 -0500 In Message # 00003755 In alt.callahans Post # 00001968 Zia said: > /Agreed,/ Roland replies, and the weapon retracts. "Gruber, I'm >sure you have enough brains not to try anything with all these cosmic >types around, but I figured it'd be bad form not to remind you >anyway. Try anything and you'll be a fine red mist." He shrugs. "I >don't kill, but I think I'm the only one in this lot who doesn't, >and...well, I'm sure you know how it is." > Turning back to the others at this point, Roland frowns and checks >the magickal energy level. /Did anyone ever figure out what created >this magick absorbing field? Since we seem to have the largest >concentration of mages on the planet, it's almost certainly aimed at >us./ ooSC: I hope I've got the HTML codes shut off. It was a new email program, Martin - this one (Eudora Pro) allows colored text in MIME formats. In my other two games, I was using it to color code who was posting what. Amazingly helpful. Now. I was in surgery today, so if I foul something up, just rewrite me. I've been told the Sealed Linkers can't see the Jadis-wrought eating machines, and I don't think Nemo ever answered any of the questions about them, or any of the intel reports about Jadis inbound... so... Zia makes another decision. On the Lens of Arisia, to Dhyrclhanc, the now perfectly harmonized mental voice of the Sealed Links members flows. @Lensman? Do you read me? We believe other electronic communication have been blocked. Please be advised of inbearing perp, hostile ID'd as Jadis, has taken a child hostage with him. {Fast squeal of events since the Link picked his movement up, with a projection of his ETA on the groups 'visible' altercation site.} We have caused him delay without his knowledge as to whom is doing it. But if we jam tech it will hurt the CAoL's effectiveness too much. Magic determined helpful blockage despite handicap due to presence of Shadow Brand sword, and lack of Soulstealer to match it on CAoL's side.@ @Also, have detected another attack based on subterranean macro-probes with exponential growth capability. Can you link us through to most effective against this threat, so we can download full schematics, and evaluate the threat quickly please? We have a very bad feeling about these "little" problems and would very much like to teleport them all into the sun.@ @ Be advised on true perp numbers and personalities, as well. {Replay of arrival of all baddies several days past. Including the use of Shadow Brand to kill one of the 'Red Shirts'} (Er, excuse me, 'Scarlet Robes.' Snicker!} If we do not receive update on the machine menace, we will teleport them soonest as we ourselves are in hiding underground seeking control areas under the surface of Earth. Oh, and the blue ring you'll see in moments is ours- that section of the globe's atmosphere will be cleaned next.@ @As you can probably tell, we are near the limit of what we can mentat at once, even in Link. Inform Fuzzy to raise his Wards will alacrity. We estimate exhaustion will crash the Link in another hour, perhaps two, at the longest. And would much prefer quitting it in a controlled fashion.@ The exhaustion in the Link is now evident in more than just their 'voice'. The thought began focused to the Lensdragon, but wander quickly broad enough that anyone with a lens will likely catch it as well. Since a quite a number of CAoL HAVE lenses, or close to 'em, this should be fun. Don't think Stranger or Gruber do, however. Now, for something COMPLETELY different: A few minutes later, irregardless of other reactions... A blue narrow line 'rises' from the western horizon. In minutes, it broadens and ascends into the sky, a HUGE arc running N-S across the sky. Where it has already passed the sky changes color. Back to the blue of Earth's normal sky. The Arc broadens (in sight perception from the dilation of the atmosphere... it's not really changing in measurement) as it rises further. Over the next six hours, it will transverse the entire sky, with a roughly 23 minute long BRIGHT GREEN light as it passes over the sun. (A prime-O chance for any GL stunts, anyone?) The sky turns blue behind it. And when it passes over London, the air is suddenly revised back to 'normal' Earth atmosphere. Minus London's usual smog, even. :) Regards, chaps, from the Sealed Linkage. Who might be making magic difficult, But are really ENJOYING doing same To Jadis' plans. They are furious with the hostage situation... good thing they CAN'T leave what they're doing. Quote to fit this post (I have fun with these.) "You know, Hobbes, sometimes even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help." -Calvin =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 03:50:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:45:17 -0500 In Message # 00003756 In alt.callahans Post # 00001969 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:41:44 In Message # 00003754 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001967 Morgan said: > >>On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:11:38 -0500 In Message # 00003747 >> In alt.callahans Post # 00001960 Michael Jon Knight said: >> >>/Sil, if it were just you and me here, scratch that, just you here, >>I would say 'Sure. Go for it.' But not while I have others under my >>protection. We leave./ > > /Hey, in Roland's abstinence, you're the boss,/ Sil laughs. /'Kay, just wanted to ensure no bad feelings./ Knytt says quickly, mind obviously elsewhere. > /Hmmph. Mel, Grep, remind me to teach you a few tricks I learned >while I was working with Phoenix Covenant,/ Sil sends. /You >_certainly_ don't need to be taught style,/ she adds approvingly. /Coolies, we'd love to Aunt Sil./ the twins send. /I'm grouchy, that's my style./ Knytt sends with a smirk. =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:27:50 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003757 In alt.callahans Post # 00001970 Driscoll said: > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:45:17 -0500 In Message # 00003756 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001969 Michael Jon Knight said: > > /Coolies, we'd love to Aunt Sil./ the twins send. > > /I'm grouchy, that's my style./ Knytt sends with a smirk. With a flourish of his cloak and a smirk on his boyish face Driss strides into the Church with a re-wolfed Roscoe by his side. "Ah but the question becomes are you the Master of they style or a slave unto it?" =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:10:28 -0500 In Message # 00003758 In alt.callahans Post # 00001971 Michael Jon Knight said: >On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:27:50 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003757 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001970 Driscoll said: > > With a flourish of his cloak and a smirk on his boyish face Driss >strides into the Church with a re-wolfed Roscoe by his side. "Ah but >the question becomes are you the Master of they style or a slave unto >it?" /Master of course./ Knytt replies, /Who else would want the job?/ /Hi Uncle Roscoe./ the twins send, /And Uncle Driss! How good of you to drop in./ =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep (Long!) On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:21:46 -0400 In Message # 00003760 In alt.callahans Post # 00001973 Martin Gerster said: > On Tue, 14 Apr '98 > Zia said: > > The exhaustion in the Link is now evident in more than just their > 'voice'. The thought began focused to the Lensdragon, but wander > quickly broad enough that anyone with a lens will likely catch it as > well. Since a quite a number of CAoL HAVE lenses, or close to 'em, > this should be fun. Don't think Stranger or Gruber do, however. Still unseen, Dhyrclhanc sends the following via the CAoL psi-web, excluding the Arc Linked Amberites. /Hey guys, as much I hate to break-up the happy reunion, the Amberites have reported another Jadis sighting. He is inbound and he is holding a non-com child that he is using as a living sheild. Worse off, he is appearently unleashed two separate tech-attacks, whether against us or against the planet, itself, they can't tell. Fuzzy, one of them seems to be nano-tech so perhaps you and and a Nemesis spilt would be the best to investigate that. If you need it, this {} is the telepathic Lens frequency which will allow you to communicate with the Gestalt Amberites directly. They'd also like you to raise that Deyrnai (sp?) Wards Major construct faster than a seven-sector-call-out, if you could manage it./ /Roland, they, the Amberites, tell me that the magic negation is their doing. It is by product of this "celtic knot" they've created and it is also part of their attempts to inconvienence Jadis. Also, if any of you could give me a hand I'd appriciate it {} (moving images of Dhyrclhanc still in combat with multiple cadres of Grey strike commandoes) fighting these guys is worse than fighting a Hydra, or HYDRA for that matter; more of them just keep popping out of the woodwork and I've got to see a certain Doctor about a ring. Not that I need to mention it but, would you please relay this message to those of us who aren't on the link. I only add this because I infere there are more of those around now./ =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:16:25 -0700 (MST) In Message # 00003761 In alt.callahans Post # 00001974 Driscoll said: > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:10:28 -0500 In Message # 00003758 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001971 Michael Jon Knight said: > > /Master of course./ Knytt replies, /Who else would want the job?/ > > /Hi Uncle Roscoe./ the twins send, /And Uncle Driss! How good of you > to drop in./ Driss reaches a hand into his cloak and flicks two bags of airline peanuts at the Twins. "OK now, all the technos in the group I have some thigns of your to pick over if you want." he begins to pull out some of the equipment he requesitioned from the Grey Supply warehouse. "I don't have the slightest idea what they do since Organic tech is not my forte' but I figure SOMEONE here might figure them out. And if we can find a common link in their tech, we can teach the humans to counter it. Sicne the idea of making them walk a mile in Earth's moccasins doesn't seem to work I don't know what else short of genocide can keep them from coming back in a decade or two to pull the same thing. But if we can force them to completely re-do their technology before they can attack again Earth should have a good fighting chance before something like this can happen again." Driss drops two pennies on the floor and heads off to the WC. =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:39:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Strategy On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:09:38 PST In Message # 00003762 In alt.callahans Post # 00001975 Nemo said: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:14:38 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003748 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001961 Shadow said: > > It continues to dig, looping through the crust, at times almost > doubling back on itself. It doesn't seem to be doing much else. > After about 15 minutes it splits, and the two go off on separate > angles. The new one will lack the reproductory facilities. Nemo decides that it's time to do something about the gadget(s). Half a dozen "centipedes" shift into high gear and start "swimming" through the dirt on intercept courses. They are aiming to come at the pair from six different directions before they get very far apart. And just in case, a second wave of several dozen is following along farther back. Upon reaching the gadgets, they'll be immobilized. Then Nemo will transport them to a convenient location for close examination. =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep (Long!) On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:36:40 PST In Message # 00003763 In alt.callahans Post # 00001976 Nemo said: > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:21:46 -0400 In Message # 00003760 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001973 Martin Gerster said: > > /Hey guys, as much I hate to break-up the happy reunion, the > Amberites have reported another Jadis sighting. He is inbound and he > is holding a non-com child that he is using as a living sheild. > Worse off, he is appearently unleashed two separate tech-attacks, > whether against us or against the planet, itself, they can't tell. > Fuzzy, one of them seems to be nano-tech so perhaps you and and a > Nemesis spilt would be the best to investigate that. If you need it, > this {} is the telepathic Lens frequency which will allow you to > communicate with the Gestalt Amberites directly. They'd also like > you to raise that Deyrnai (sp?) Wards Major construct faster than a > seven-sector-call-out, if you could manage it./ Nemo sends. /I've got the underground thingies, I've got them parked in a stasis field until things calm down a bit./ Nemo-at-the-church then switches to direct *private* links to such members of the CAoL as have the ability to monitor the upcoming fight between Nemo-on-the-prowl-in-London and Jadis. ^Things are *not* always as they seem. Please don't interfere.^ > /Roland, they, the Amberites, tell me that the magic negation is > their doing. It is by product of this "celtic knot" they've created > and it is also part of their attempts to inconvienence Jadis. > Also, if any of you could give me a hand I'd appriciate it {} > (moving images of Dhyrclhanc still in combat with multiple cadres of > Grey strike commandoes) fighting these guys is worse than fighting a > Hydra, or HYDRA for that matter; more of them just keep popping out > of the woodwork and I've got to see a certain Doctor about a ring. > Not that I need to mention it but, would you please relay this > message to those of us who aren't on the link. I only add this > because I infere there are more of those around now./ If Dhyrclhanc is in London, Nemo will dispatch some help. Expect some "Martian Mantas", and a bunch of things that look like the giant robot spider from an old Johnny Quest (complete with nasty rays from the eye). =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:45:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE: Fireworks On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:46:18 PST In Message # 00003764 In alt.callahans Post # 00001977 Nemo said: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:54:16 -0400 (EDT) In Message # 00003749 > In alt.callahans Post # 00001962 Shadow said: > > "Good." Jadis stood, donning his helmet. He picked the boy up, "Hold > on tight." Engaging the suits flight systems, he took off into the > air, getting a pleasant surprise after rising about 20 feet. He > paused, rethinking his plans, but decided to go through with them > with only slight modifications. He took off like a shot in the > direction of the Azeronium device, angling to pass near the recent > destruction of the grey ships. Suddenly Jadis is tumbled head over heels as the boy becomes a rapidly expanding cloud of plasma (which ought to do a number on that hardsuit). When he stabilizes, he's below 20 feet again. He's also englobed (actually more of a hemisphere) by a bunch of "Martian Mantas". And Nemo is standing in front of him about 5 meters away. And they are both enclosed in some sort of shield (to reduce any collateral damage). *To think that you were foolish enough to think that human's presence would *protect* you. . Now it's time to finish this.* With this, Nemo cuts loose with enough raw power to ignite a star. Any that bounces off Jadis, just gets reflected back by the shields (which are being maintained from *outside* by another Nemo). =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: AAE IV: Azeronium Quickstep On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:07:53 PST In Message # 00003766 In alt.callahans Post # 00001979 Nemo said: In mail, gamer writes: > Driss reaches a hand into his cloak and flicks two bags of airline > peanuts at the Twins. "OK now, all the technos in the group I have > some thigns of your to pick over if you want." he begins to pull out > some of the equipment he requesitioned from the Grey Supply > warehouse. "I don't have the slightest idea what they do since > Organic tech is not my forte' but I figure SOMEONE here might figure > them out. And if we can find a common link in their tech, we can > teach the humans to counter it. Sicne the idea of making them walk a > mile in Earth's moccasins doesn't seem to work I don't know what > else short of genocide can keep them from coming back in a decade or > two to pull the same thing. But if we can force them to completely > re-do their technology before they can attack again Earth should > have a good fighting chance before something like this can happen > again." > Driss drops two pennies on the floor and heads off to the WC. As soon as things calm down a bit, Nemo will look them over, along with Jadis's burrowing gizmos. =========================== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: AAE: Fireworks On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:09:33 PST In Message # 00003767 In alt.callahans Post # 00001980 Nemo said: Oops! I forgot a detail in the attack on Jadis. Not only is he being hit with enough energy to jump-start a star, he's also being hit with a psi-blast of comparable power. ===========================