Re: *Action* - \"Disposable starships\" pt1

Another minor point is that if you read their profiles, Jay and Kara
are both ex-military - hjaving served together before Blue Dwarf on
the Ulysees..and before that, Red Dwarf!
But we can let you off for not knowing anything about one of the
longest running characters!!
--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "Onion" <theonion770@...>
wrote:
>
> OMG
>
> I even read that paragraph twice, wondering what you were
complaining
> about.
> Gah. Yes I admit it! I am confused by real and fictional people!
>
>
>
> --- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Longman"
> <sirlagerlot@> wrote:
> >
> > "
> > The crew were military-trained, and each had oodles of
> qualifications
> > and experience on top-notch Space Corps battleships, apart from
Andy
> > Longman, Kara McGellan and a few other ex-Dwarfers who were just
> > winging it.
> > "
> > Idiot.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Onion
> > Sent: 15 April 2008 22:19
> > To: JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] *Action* - "Disposable starships" pt1
> >
> >
> > Who: 1st officer Jay Chrysler
> > Where: SCV Dauntless, near the Krylon Gateway
> > When: Deep space
> >
> > The Dauntless was a large shiny battleship, all painted
military
> > grey. It was polished to perfection, and even had micro
turrets
> that
> > instantly vaporised any dust or space-dirt that decided to
cling
> to
> > the hull.
> >
> > The crew were military-trained, and each had oodles of
> qualifications
> > and experience on top-notch Space Corps battleships, apart
from
> Andy
> > Longman, Kara McGellan and a few other ex-Dwarfers who were
just
> > winging it.
> >
> > On the bridge, Kara looked at the controls in front of her. Her
> > holographic matrix had been programmed to include full
knowledge
> of
> > the complex navigation system on the Dauntless, as well as
> approved
> > military manouvers and strategies. The Spacecorps were
trialing
> this
> > method with a few holograms, to see if they would be more
> efficient
> > than living people.
> > Sill, her personality remained the same, and she looked over
the
> > large sea of controls in front of her and said "What the smeg
are
> all
> > these for?"
> >
> > Stood to her left and her right were more trained military
> personnel,
> > and behind her stood Jay Chrysler. Jay wasn't yet sure if he
would
> > adapt to this militaristic lifestyle. Everyone was incredibly
> > efficient, and nobody grumbled when you gave them an order,
then
> only
> > executed it after first making a cup of coffee, and checking
their
> > emails twice. Jay was incredibly impressed earlier when he
> ordered a
> > course change, that the officer initiated it without checking
his
> > facebook and changing his status to "At work. Bored".
> >
> > But even with all this efficiency, Jay missed the nice relaxed
> > atmosphere of the Blue Dwarf.
> >
> > As he thought about the Blue Dwarf, a crimson red wormhole
opened
> in
> > front of them. Jay had seen the same wormhole many times
before,
> but
> > always from the opposite side.
> > "Sir, the test ship is coming out of the wormhole it's the
JMC..."
> > "Blue Dwarf, yes. Thanks Ensign, but I know what it looks
like. I
> > actually worked and lived on it for the last... seven years?"
he
> > paused in thought. "Wow, I hadn't realised it had been that
long!"
> > He looked up, deep in thought. He was sad that a ship that had
> been
> > his home for so long was now being used as an experiment.
> >
> > Everyone on the bridge of the Dauntless remained quiet, until a
> > science officer spoke.
> > "Remote control is operational. The Blue Dwarf is under the
> control
> > of SC Automated Recon."
> >
> > Jay nodded. "Send her in."
> >
> > **One hour Earlier... approaching the Krylon Gateway**
> >
> > The Krylon gateway was a large tunnel structure in space. The
> Space
> > Corps hadn't collected much information about the Krylons so
far,
> > other than they are 100% mechanical, and seemed to be pissed
off
> with
> > the entire galaxy.
> >
> > But what they did know, was that this is where they came from.
The
> > gateway was approximately a mile in diameter and several miles
> long.
> > It was made of intercrossing wires that formed a lattuce, like
a
> > toilet roll that had several metres of wires wound around, and
> then
> > the toilet roll removed.
> >
> > But this was a toilet roll that was heavily armed. Any
Spacecorps
> > ships that had gone anywhere near had been cut down by it's
> powerful
> > lasers, powerful to pierce any ship and cut all the way
through
> it's
> > hull.
> >
> > Most significant about the funnel-shaped gateway was that no
ship
> > could pass through that had any type of organic life on it
> > whatsoever.
> >
> > This was the gateway to the Krylon realm, a mysterious sub-
layer
> of
> > space that had been given the name "Root Directory". Nobody
knows
> > anything about this strange dimension, but this gateway was
the
> only
> > way to get there.
> > The Krylons seemed to be sticklers for security, so they
protected
> > this entrance to their realm incredibly well. Any ship that
passed
> > through was subject to an intense scan that killed all living
> > creatures, only after a ship was rid of anything that isn't
> > mechanical it was allowed to pass through.
> >
> > The Krylons seemed to be quite racist against anything organic.
> >
> > Because of this intense scanning method, the gateway had earned
> > itself the nickname "the firewall".
> >
> > "All stop. Don't get any closer to that thing!" Said Commander
> > Chrysler. Normally the Captain would be the one giving the
orders,
> > but as Jay was new, he was standing back and testing his new
first
> > officer.
> >
> > Jay had been through the plan a hundred times already, so knew
> what
> > had to be done. Actually on his part it was very easy, he just
> had to
> > watch.
> >
> > The Blue Dwarf had been stripped of all crew and essential
items
> > because the Space Corps wanted to see what happens if they
could
> get
> > it through the firewall. It would be flown by remote control
into
> the
> > firewall, where it would be scanned before being transported
to
> the
> > Krylon root directory. Once there it would scan the area and
send
> the
> > data back to them before the Krylons realised it was a blatent
big
> > blue spy and blow it out of the sky.
> >
> > Jay had argued with the Admirals until he was blue in the face
> that
> > they should send a smaller ship, one that nobody cared if it
got
> > blown up. Like a Starbug.
> > But the Admirals had all agreed, none of them cared about the
Blue
> > Dwarf. It was an out-of-date rustbucket that they didn't want
> around
> > anymore, and it just happened to be roughly the same size as a
> Krylon
> > warship they had seen.
> >
> > "The Blue Dwarf is approaching the firewall." Kara said.
> > "Lets hope they don't realise it's a fake before it gets
there."
> Said
> > Jay.
> > "How could they not realise? It looks nothing like their own
> ships!"
> > Said Kara. "It's a big blue brick!"
> > "The Krylons seem to identify their own ships by code, rather
than
> > what they look like. It'll get through." Said Jay
optimistically.
> > "Then what?" Said Kara. "How do we get it back?"
> > Jay was quiet for a moment before answering. "We probably
don't."
> > "Oh."
> >
> > <TBC>
> >
>