*Action* - "Leaving the BD"

*Action*
The ice planet of Gastropon was the third planet the Mollopods ever
colonised. The fat, smelly slugs actually preferred the cold
temperature, as it didn't make them sweat as much as warm places.
Nudibron was Cousin to the Apophallationmaster, and didn't want to
let him down. Word had spread across all the planets in the Mollopod
empire that an invasion fleet of killer robots coming to wipe them
out. Something about "cleansing the galaxy". The Mollopods were
pretty foul and stinky, so if anything they did need a good cleansing.
But Nudibron was ready. He hated baths, and anything to do with
cleansing. He launched his armada of ships against the invading
fleet. His ships were not very fearsome, as they were shaped like
restaurants. But they were well armoured, and could put up quite a
fight.
He watched as explosions lit up the sky like fireworks. He had no
idea if they were winning or loosing.
Unfortunately for Nudibron, he was loosing badly. His entire invasion
fleet were obliterated by the advancing robot fleet. The wreckage of
his ships fell to the ground.
Nudibron was killed, by a Nandos dropping on his head.
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Who: Andy Roos and Major Harris
After the shooting of Captain Calvert, janitor Andy Roos was dragged
to the brig by a Blue Dwarf security squad.
"Hey, I did it for us all, I thought it was for the best. The Captain
was insane!"
"Sorry Andy." Said Major Harris, as he dragged the cuffed janitor
into a cell. "But it's regulations. It's murder, and I want to keep a
close eye on you in case you go off murdering anyone else."
"But I won't!" Said Andy. He sat in the corner of the cell as the
Security Chief left him there.
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**One week later**
With the Captain injured, the Blue Dwarf made no further resistance
against the Space Corps. A Space Corps ship turned up to tow both the
JMC Blue Dwarf and the SC Oath-Keeper back to the Earth solar system.
Jay Chrysler was pushed forward by the Space Corps security guards
that had boarded the ship and assembled everyone on the Promenade.
Jay didn't know what he was going to say, but he knew he had to tell
everyone to leave.
He looked out of a far window and saw the SC oath-keeper with rigging
around it, being repaired. The same would soon be happening on the
Blue Dwarf. The Space Corps were taking over, repairing it, and
refitting it for some other purpose.
Jay stood up on a high railing on a balcony over the Promenade. The
crew had all assembled, but not just the crew, the shop keepers,
cooks, janitors, toilet cleaners, telephone sanitisers. Everyone had
to leave.
"Listen up everyone..." Jay started. "The Space Corps ordered us to
return to Earth quite a few weeks ago, but Captain Calvert tried to
put it off as long as possible. Now we have returned... we have to
leave. Leave the Blue Dwarf. The Space Corps have need of this ship
that requires no living people left aboard." he paused. "I've got no
idea what that purpose is, but I've been told it's fatal for anyone
to stay onboard."
He paused as people murmured amongst themselves.
"We'll be reassigned, to other ships. There's a new war, a race of
robots we've met before. We call them the Krylons. We don't know what
their agenda is but they are wiping out hundreds of planets in the
solar system."
Jay paused as someone in the crowd put up his hand to ask a question.
"Efof?"
"I was just wondering..." started Efof. Will we ever come back to the
Blue Dwarf?"
"I'm not sure." Said Jay.
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<snip>
"Well..." grumbled NSD when the battering had stopped, "You know you
get those emails that ask for you to send a message back
automatically when you read them."
"Yes!!!" growled Dante
"Well you had one of those." NSD flinched waiting for the smack.
"Who from and what did it say?" asked Dante menacingly.
"It's from the Space Corps......... It's a Job offer."
<end snip>
Who: Dante Wendigo
Dante stood in a cold windy street in the city of Auckland on the
planet New new new Zealand. New new new Zealand was a place that many
people feared to travel to, as many people think it is cursed. New
new Zealand was one of the first planets colonised by humans, but was
destroyed by a rampaging space dwelling creature. New new new Zealand
has had many tragedies, leading a lot of people to think it is cursed
and there will soon be a New new new new Zealand.
The chilling wind didn't bother Dante as he was a pretty tough man,
but he much preferred the indoors. He gripped the piece of paper in
his hand and checked the address written on it. This was the place.
Inside, a friendly receptionist showed him up to an office where a
fat friendly man in a suit shook him by the hand.
"My that's a firm handshake." said the man. Dante didnt even notice
he was shaking it too hard. He probably could have crushed the man's
fingers if he wasn't careful.
"As you might have guessed, we need a man like you. Tough, imposing,
with military experience etc."
"What's the job?" Dante asked.
"Bodyguard. To Ambassador Malcolm Hippodrome."
"Never heard of him. Is he an Ambassador like Ambassador Niples."
"No." Said the man. "Ambassador Hippodrome is a very important man.
Ambassador Seymour Niples is about as important as..." he picked up
his pet cat. "...this cat."
"Oh." Said Dante. "What makes him so important?"
"Ambassador Hippodrome is negotiating with the Hymenoptera. He is
trying to establish peace between our two peoples."
"Impossible." Dante said.
"Well, he is trying, and the Hymenoptera are responding well. They
are being constantly attacked by the Krylons."
"The what?"
"Krylons. The robotic race that have been attacking the entire
galaxy. Keep up!"
"Sorry."
"So your job will be to protect Ambassador Hippodrome when he travels
to Hymenoptera space to talk with the Hymenoptera."
"Sounds sufficiently dangerous." Said Dante, and shook the man's hand.
OOC – Nat, take this as far as you want, and in any direction you
want. I just thought I'd give you a starting point. If anyone else
wants to join Dante, please go ahead. Like I say I have no plans, so
you can make this up. Do the Hymenoptera genuinely want an alliance?
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**Several days later**
Efof stood in a room. It was a large empty room that would probably
echo if you shouted.
Efof was too nervous to shout. He was being studied by two men and a
woman who were sat behind a desk. They stared intently at him and
asked him all sorts of uncomfortable questions, like "So, you're an
alien then?" to which he replied "Yes. A Ffionian. But the good kind."
They stared at him for a long uncomfortably long time.
Efof wasn't sure what to do. Was this some sort of human tradition?
Was he supposed to do something now?
"We are assessing you for possible transfer to a Space Corps
starship." Said the man on the end. "Do you think you would be
valuable to a crew of a Space Corps starship?"
"Oh yes!" Efof sad and nodded like a child.
"Then what kind of contribution would you make?" asked the woman in
the middle, her icy fingers interlaced in front of her.
"I... um... I'm not..."
Then Efof remembered where he had seen this before. Is WAS a Human
tradition! He had seen it on the television.
Much to the surprise of the evil Space Corps judges, Efof started to
dance.
When he had finished, the judges were so confused they actually
started to clap. Efof left the room and the judges realised they
hadn't asked him anything on the form. They just scrawled something
on the paper to assign the blue alien to some garbage freighter out
on the rim somewhere.
They called the next ex-Blue Dwarf crewmember in to interrogate.
OOC – Apologies if you think this is a silly way to leave this action
post, but not as silly as last week's! It lets you do several
things...
Your character has to justify and demonstrate their skills to
the "judges".
Explore a solar system without the Blue Dwarf.
Have your character discussing other jobs.
Make your character realise that they might not see certain people
again, and choose who to stay in contact with, like when leaving
school or uni.
Part 2 of this action will be next week!