Re: Captain Calvert - \"French search\"

Hi peeps, just realised that I probably should have labelled this
post as an *Action* post, so treat it as one
thanks!
-Onion
--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "Onion" <theonion770@...>
wrote:
>
> Who: Captain Jed Calvert
> Where: Drive Room, BD
> When: After the Raven crashed
>
> Captain Calvert took off his cowboy hat and scratched his messy
hair.
>
> He looked like he hadn't had a shave in…. well… ever, and wore a
dirty
> ragged shirt.
>
> "The French have us surrounded Captain!" Called someone from the
> sensor computer. Calvert was a man never frightened to run away
from a
> fight, but this time he really knew that the French would make his
> life difficult if he fought them.
>
> "I hate the bastard French!" He said to himself. Loudly. Over the
> intercom.
>
> "Err sir… you DO know that they are on the viewscreen don't you?"
said
> Mike Gostuk at communications.
> "Yeah yeah." Said Calvert and turned to the French General on the
> viewscreen. "'Alright froggy." Jed said.
>
> "Now now Monsieur Calvert, let's settle this man to man, tête-à-
tête!"
> said the French General. "We have a suspiçion that you are
harbouring
> weapons of mass destruction, so it would be très bon if you could
> power down all your weapons and let us board and search you."
>
> "Oh is THAT all you wanted." Jed said, playing along. "I thought
you
> wanted a fight. `Cuz I hoped you'd come over here and join me in
> fisticuffs so I could deck your sorry ass."
> The Frenchmans eyes squinted. "We could take your ship by force
> Monsieur Calvert."
>
> "Like heck you could. But, I'm going soft in my old age and I know
> I'll never see the back of you unless I submit will I?"
>
> "Non Monsieur."
>
> "Then come on over y'all! We have nothing to hide, and if it'll
make
> you paranoid frogs feel better then you can do your search." He
said
> with a mocking grin.
>
> The French general nodded. "Oui monsieur. Merci."
>
> Calvert turned to his crew and shrugged. "Well we have nothing to
> hide. It's just their paranoia playing with their senses." He
barked
> orders at some subordinates. "Open the landing bay doors and
welcome
> our `guests' aboard."
>
> He then strolled out of the Drive room away from prying ears and
> contacted Peter and Kevn. "Guys, I don't know where you are but for
> the love of Billie the Kid tell me that you've hidden those
smuggled
> weapons somewhere good."
>
> Peter's voice came back. "We're on it right now Captain."
>
> "Good because there are French search parties coming onboard and if
> they find those weapons I'm blaming you two and leaving you with
them,
> and they don't like foreigners `round here."
>
> He heard some gulps and Kevn replied. "Oh Captain we also found a
book
> titled `The Ultimate Defence: Viral Weaponry by Dr. Heman
Fleegman' in
> the crate. It sounds important."
>
> "Sounds rubbish, what's the gist?" Calvert asked.
> Kevn read the first page. "Sounds like its about some kind of bird
> disease."
>
> There was a pause as Calvert thought for a moment. "Jezus H Christ
and
> the Sundance Kid! I just got told of some freak disease like that
on
> New Francais right now! If they find that book we'll all be screwed
> harder than a dirty French whore in springtime. Hide it really
well!"
>
> Captain Calvert walked down to the flight deck and stood on a rail
> overlooking the French ships landing. He hated the Frecnh and
wanted
> to pick a fight with every single one of them, but he also wanted
to
> get rid of them as soon as possible. So he hoped to hell nobody on
the
> Blue Dwarf would mess it up and make them stick around longer.
>
>
> < OOC – tag to everyone else! This is an open playing field, so
your
> characters can make of this situation what they want >
>