H.M.A.S Badger ~ Online Æther Ship ~ Member's Wanted (OOC Thread)

[Alexis Voltaire]

Alexis, can't wait to see pics of those khukhuris!

they'll come. (when I find time away from writing to work on them. )

I would think Gwydden is more likely be on the Sutter's Revenge with the containers.

[Theosophus Grey]

It is to be hoped that Bailey's little evening walk will contribute to the chaos aboard the Shatzenjaeger (pardon me, but is that a GG reference? lol Cheesy)

Yes, I admit it freely - who do you think could have built it but the Heterodynes?  

I would think Gwydden is more likely be on the Sutter's Revenge with the containers.

Agreed, that makes sense with Pratt having left them in his care.

Yes, the Sutter's Revenge is clamped to the outside of the Shatzenjaeger, right above the hangar where Zuttle walked in, for all the world like a scout that almost didn't make it home...

Ah, the old Millenium Falcon hide-in-plain-sight-then-drift-off-as-debris trick, works every time...  

On the issue of our current status - given that we were essentially commissioned via the Black Suits to Her Majesty's Own Secret Service via their interaction with Mr. Bailey, I believe we can view ourselves as an independently operating asset (a "flyng squad" so to speak, pun intended...) of British Intelligence rather than the active military, pursuing threats to the Empire at our discretion if not on direct orders; therefore, we would have had "tacit" approval to pursue the Beast, as well as continue into the Rim to thwart the Germans as backed by the Illuminati.  Of course, being so far from home and infrequently in direct communication we will by necessity be "unconventional" in our approach, but history is rife with precedents in that regard (right, Mr. Bailey?   ).  So, one would hope that some level of pay based on our grade will be waiting on deposit at the Bank of England - Syrtis Major Branch.

As to practicalities, I agree with Alexis that, having been laid down as a passenger ship, the Badger is actually better equipped than a warship for long voyages - we have immense cargo capacity, especially since we're not carrying more than the crew, and we've so far managed to make landfall (?) at least every few weeks, if only at a spot like IceBerg Station.  This is actually why I made a point of delaying our departure from there, to allow us to "take on sufficient supplies for the Rim".  As for the moondragons, Alexis - would they object to jerky and dried crickets?  

BTW, I picked out a Labrador puppy for my niece and nephew yesterday, 5 weeks old and cute as hell:

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We were tempted to name him "Murray" because he looks like a little old man, but we went with Beau.

[MWBailey]

Awwww, but he looks like a Boudreaux! (pronounced "boo-droh" --sorry, there was a skit on the radio earlier about a hunting dog named "Boudreaux").

And yes, history is rife, as you say, Mr. Grey. The Mad Badger could almost be said to be an Secret Service privateer...

Pay waiting on Syrtis Major? probably, as well as a parcel designed to make it easier for our "notions" supplier Mr. Rodney (sic) to visit us whether close to earth or not...

A note on what the Black Suits do vs Bailey's "flitting", perhaps pratt's as well, though I have no data on that with which to truly support that idea...

What Bailey does is organic; that is to say, it does not involve any external (or internal, for that matter) technological device. It's an aptitude-derived thing. Range? unknown for certain. Accuracy? much better than the Black suits' method, as it involves concentration on a person or place, instead of interstellar coordinates. Basically, it 'homes in' instead of traveling in a straight line, so to speak. Unfortuinately, accuracy does suffer if one is unsure or if one has naver met a person or been to the destination before; Bailey's flit onboard the Cthuga is/was therefore something of a rarity; it's supposed to be difficult to the point of impossibility to do that...

What the Black Suits do is done with a small device that they carry on their persons, but which is keyed to the individual (thus, stealing it will render it useless). Mr. Rodney would know how to adjust that, but might or might not be forthcoming with the information. Of course, the Dragon Corps's Hal should be able to figure it out either way -- just not instantaneously...
The devices have nearly-unlimited range, but accuracy suffers at distances similar to that between Earth and the Outer Rim; thus, while Rodney could conceivably 'port aboard from Earth to Mars, say, from Earth or Mars to Iceberg would be a chancy proposition.

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

Mr. Bailey assumed that Mr. Pratt was using the same ability that he himself possess, if I have it right by the description Bailey gives his ability, its not.
Correct me if I am wrong Mr. Bailey, it looks to me as you IC take a step and when your foot comes down its thirty feet from were you started or longer. It could be called teleport as it seems happen in an instant.

Mr. Pratt’s abilities are far from instant. Pratt is in effect moving from one Plane of  existence or universe to a another close to our one. If you read any of the works of Michael Moorcock, Corum Jhaelen Irsei of the Vadhage had similar abilities. This is how Pratt could travel so quickly. He would shift himself to a plane that coexists within our own but with a different temporal flow, in short time on the plane he moved to flows faster then in ours. Then Pratt travels to the geographic location that corresponds to were he wants to be in our plane or universe and shifts back. For Mr. Pratt days or weeks could have gone by, but in our universe, only moments hours, days depending on distance and the amount if time Pratt spends in that other Plane.

Mr. Pratt’s claims to be psychic stem from these abilities as well. When he told Mr. Bailey and company that a Pirate attack endangered the Mad Badger it was because he had seen it happen already on a different Plane. Moorcocks vision of the universe is based on the “Many worlds theory”  String theory and  M theory, that states. That all possible events that can happen do happen some were in an infinite universe. Mr. Pratt KNOWS the Mad Badger will be destroyed in less she gets help he saw it happen. Just as he KNOWS the ship wont be destroyed if helped. Few people believe it when you tell someone your psychic and have advance information on events, fewer still will believe you when you tell them you can see events in different universes. So he claims to be psychic.

As for Mr. Pratt now,
Could Mr. Pratt save himself in time? Well first he would have to wait in till the ship he was in was close enough to the ships he was trying to destroy and was most likely trying to avoid  a collision. That dose not give him much time. Then, can he get far enough away in time. Events on planes so closely linked are mirrored so the explosion could have killed him on the very next plan. Or tossed him so far away{Across the planes of existence } that he is now lost. Easy to do in an infinite Multiverse. So is he dead or lost?…

One could assume that by the fact that I am showing what is behind Mr. Pratt’s curtain that he wont be showing up any time soon/if at all.

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

We are getting close to the, {What happens next?}  part of the story. I hope someone is dreaming up our next exciting adventure..

As it looks now the Mad Badger and her allies seem to be once again thwarting Loftis for the second time. I have to wonder how he is getting along with his Illuminati superiors.
Not the most understanding bunch of people in the world. I would think that if nothing else cutting them selves off from this epic loser would be the least that would happen.

If we encounter him again at some later time and place assuming his own people don’t kill him,
I am sure he would be dangerous even on his own. If he dose survive I can see him having a big ax to grind with those responsible with his fall.

[Theosophus Grey]

Good comparison to Moorcock, Jim - I was always a fan of the Elric of Melibone stories myself (someone please introduce a warship called Stormbringer...)  

Getting close, Jim, but let's wrap a few loose ends first:

1. Though badly damaged, the Schatzenjaeger will likely limp along without a little help from Zuttle (hint hint), who might also learn something of value before making her escape (which need not be immediate, if she can manage it...).
2.  Mad Badger will need to survive the almost suicidal run they're making on the crater to allow the Dragon Corps an opportunity to board, then disengage completely to make the rendezvous without being finished off.
3.  The artifacts will have to be returned to Luna for safekeeping by the masons (should be interesting keeping THAT secret...), after which we should be wrapped for Chapter 4.

Of course, feel free to elaborate and embroider as you all see fit, those just seem to be the action items.  As for our next stop, I recall that Alexis had mentioned a Royal Botanical Society station on Venus...?  Hey, we'll be almost there anyway once at Victoria Base, and we could tie it in with Mr. Pratt's backstory of the "founding race".  

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

If we stay on the dark side of the moon it should not be that hard,
 no? the Venus thing dose sound good to me too

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

As for delivery to Luna. Pratt did say that as a possibility, so one would assume that Linton would have some plan in mind to deal with that. Grey could use that shuttle {I forget the name } to make contact with Linton to coordinate the drop off

just an idea but your right we have to finish this first

[Theosophus Grey]

As it looks now the Mad Badger and her allies seem to be once again thwarting Loftis for the second time. I have to wonder how he is getting along with his Illuminati superiors.  Not the most understanding bunch of people in the world. I would think that if nothing else cutting them selves off from this epic loser would be the least that would happen.

It occurs to me that he COULDN'T actually be this incompetent and have survived to his current position; hmmmmmm... possibly holding back for his own agenda? 

[Theosophus Grey]

As for delivery to Luna. Pratt did say that as a possibility, so one would assume that Linton would have some plan in mind to deal with that. Grey could use that shuttle {I forget the name } to make contact with Linton to coordinate the drop off

Good idea, once we're done with all the action I'll post something to that effect and we can move on, unless someone else wants to chime in - ?

[Theosophus Grey]

HOLY CRAP - I just checked the other leading RP threads, and we are not only NUMBER FOUR to date based on posts (see below), but none of the top three have been active since 2009 - WHICH EFFECTIVELY MAKES THIS THE LEADING THREAD ON THE PORTRAYAL BOARD.  

Steam London - 3206 posts, last active 7/23/09
Pirate Solidarity - 1341 posts, last active 4/4/09
Steam and Sand - 1045 posts, last active 12/3/09

Hurrah; hurrah for us.  

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

Thank You Dan Badger!

[Theosophus Grey]

Thank You Dan Badger!

Wherever he may be... (cue mysterious music)

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

We owe it all to a raving lunatic and drug addict

[Theosophus Grey]

Isn't that redundant?

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

I do wonder about RL Dan.
clearly he had no clue THIS was going to happen. I could see how it exploded into some thing he could not handle{14yrs old or so}

but dose he ever, look in on us,,, just to see how his baby has grown


I like the up date Mr Grey

[Theosophus Grey]

Thanks, I also dropped Dan an email to see if he's still around.

[MWBailey]

Mr. Bailey assumed that Mr. Pratt was using the same ability that he himself possess, if I have it right by the description Bailey gives his ability, its not.
Correct me if I am wrong Mr. Bailey, it looks to me as you IC take a step and when your foot comes down its thirty feet from were you started or longer. It could be called teleport as it seems happen in an instant.

Sort of; However, its actually somewhat like the method used with the knife in His Dark Materials, except, as said, it's organic; one has to "feel" the gaps or soft spots in time and space. supposedly there are ways to make it work like Pratt's method, and in fact is probably much the same as Pratt's in regard to how one initially crosses over; I'm thinking that there is in fact a region of extreme cold that one has to pass through, very briefly, like the "between" mentioned in Anne Mcafferty's Pern novels, or the place where Rand had to build a raft of flows for the maidens or whoever it was in the Wheel of Time series to stand on while they crossed over; the width of teh space to be crosses would depend on the distance tro be travelled in terms of realspace (for lack of a better term. I had thought of using something similar as a plot device if Miss Curious were to require rescue, but decided against it.

Good comparison to Moorcock, Jim - I was always a fan of the Elric of Melibone stories myself (someone please introduce a warship called Stormbringer...)  

well, actually, I was thinking of that for one of HMSS' ships; an Aetheric Ram, in fact...

Getting close, Jim, but let's wrap a few loose ends first:

1. Though badly damaged, the Schatzenjaeger will likely limp along without a little help from Zuttle (hint hint), who might also learn something of value before making her escape (which need not be immediate, if she can manage it...).

Well, that nixes the Jaguarundi's resonance attack. I assume the Osprey is somewhere close by for pickup...

2.  Mad Badger will need to survive the almost suicidal run they're making on the crater to allow the Dragon Corps an opportunity to board, then disengage completely to make the rendezvous without being finished off.

The Jaguarundi is about to reappear on the scene, having been righted and the location of the battle sighted in upon; she and Frobisher's ship, or whichever one is still around, could try to provide strafing to distract the German ships long enough for the Badger to load up and get away; also, the plummets do have their own aetheric propulsion systems, however rudimentary, so they could follow the Badger out, and redock later, or whatever fits, while teh Dragon Corps piles aboard, or the Plummets board carrier-style into the hold, and the Dragon Corps pile in after, or the Dragon Corps all pile into the plummets, willy-nilly, and then all the plummets pile in carrier style...

3.  The artifacts will have to be returned to Luna for safekeeping by the masons (should be interesting keeping THAT secret...), after which we should be wrapped for Chapter 4.

I agree with Jim, maybe Luna would be the rendezvous point, on the dark side,
or perhaps we could  rendezvous in the airspace of the dark side, and then land the artifacts at a prepared location, say?

Of course, feel free to elaborate and embroider as you all see fit, those just seem to be the action items.  As for our next stop, I recall that Alexis had mentioned a Royal Botanical Society station on Venus...?  Hey, we'll be almost there anyway once at Victoria Base, and we could tie it in with Mr. Pratt's backstory of the "founding race".  

Or, instead of Luna, maybe have the Containers secreted on Venus?  Another thing: the Sutter's Revenge will probably be moving a bit faster than the Badger, and has had a head start, so which should she head for?

And, I'm thinking that whoever stays behind for strafing with the Jaguarundui will get splattered, or at least heavily damaged... Gotta have some casualties to trade for the Dragon Corps...

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

If the idea is to protect what is in the storage containers on the moon is a good place.

Venus is damp humid and largely unexplored. To much of an unknown factor.
The  settlements that are on Venus deal with the unusually high rate of decay of almost everything.
Metal rusts away at an increased rate, leather or paper rots even more quickly.
Not exactly a great place for artifact and archive storage.

[MWBailey]

Agreed. Sutter's Revenge to the Dark Side of the moon, then?

[Zuttle D. Curious]

The  settlements that are on Venus deal with the unusually high rate of decay of almost everything.
Metal rusts away at an increased rate, leather or paper rots even more quickly.

Sounds like Florida?

[MWBailey]

Florida in an even-worse sort of way; the word "exponentially" springs to mind... remember Dagobah from  The Empire Strikes Back?

Or maybe that was before your time (sorry if I havethat wrong, I'm not sure of your age).

[Zuttle D. Curious]

Ok so now is the Schatzenjaeger is both on fire and left in the dust of the Badger, the Sutter's Revenge, and the Jaguarundi?

... And I don't think things burn like that in space. But I get the point.

I can work with this :3
I don't need rescue by the way. I'll catch up. Or die trying, but that is besides the point.


I'm just about 18 by the way. (May 27th. Almost there.) Also, I don't think Star wars is before anyone's time. That would just be kind of weird. But I'm not familiar with it. Not that I haven't had opportunity. We have episodes 4,5,6 on VHS and three VHS players. I really should make a point of watching it soon. I think I've watched enough Lost world Jurassic park. ... (I've watched it about 8 times in the last 30 days. I think mom got her dollar's worth out of that one.)

[Dr. malcolm moriarty]

Florida?
Ahh the land of humidity and bugs the size of VWs and the snakes I could tell you some stories about the snakes. I lived most my life in Ft. Lauderdale. Did I mention the bugs, LOTS of bugs. No, I mean lots of them. every were.

ok you got me started,
We rented a house, it had been empty for three months, someone left the windows open in the bathroom.It was full of mushrooms growing in the bathroom tile grout. Ok discusting!

[Alexis Voltaire]

Bah, was away again today, unexpectedly, and now I have to discuss some stuff with family... I'll catch up as soon as I'm finished, hopefully soon.