Re: Hymenopterran Hijinks

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Alright, two pages of writing for nothing.
Carry on then- I'll try and get Dysart to do something else somehow.
--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "Rebecca Tordoff" <cedrada@...>
wrote:
>
> Who: Amber, Efof, Rose.
> Where: Alota's BD
> When: After the Bug towers above them.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ---- Snip ----
>
> Efof wondered in his simple little mind what the exterior of this
> Blue Dwarf now looked like, with this monster ripping through floors
> and pushing bulkheads out of alignment. It probably had severe bulges
> that the monster had pushed out.
>
> It's mandibles clicked and the giant insect prepared to crash down
> into them.....
>
> ---- End Snip ----
>
>
> Emulating Efof's earlier statement, Amber decided to offer up some
useful
> advice to the rest of the group.
>
>
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn\
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!"
> she screeched, belting off down the corridor and dragging one of
Efof's many
> arms with her.
>
> "I have an idea." Rosette said, panting with the effort of keeping
away from
> the creature. "If we lure it back to it's ship, and then force it
out into
> space, all of the other Blue Dwarfs around will surely blow it to high
> heaven!" She said, proud of her plan.
>
> "How do we eject it though?" Efof asked, his naive mind always coming up
> with the best flaws in the plan.
>
> "Simple, I'll just go inside and set the auto-launch sequence whilst
you two
> distract it for a minute." Amber said, deliberately picking up the
pace a
> little bit. The deck plating creaked ominously behind them.
>
> "Distract that thing?! It's huge, and the corridors are tiny. What
do you
> want us to do, dress in drag and do the hula or something?!" Rose
protested.
>
> "No, I thought you could use the bulkhead controls to block it's
path on a
> few decks to cause it to go up and down a few levels rather than
going in a
> straight line whilst I run on ahead and set the auto-launch." Amber
grinned,
> breathless after the running.
>
> "Great... Nice and simple then...." Rose murmured, and branched off to
> engineering where the bulk head doors were controlled from.
>
> The giant stag beetle paused as his prey went two different ways, he
decided
> to go for the direction that smelled more. The direction that the
most prey
> had gone down. The deck plating behind Rose and Efof began to buckle and
> bend as the huge bug charged after them.
>
>
> Deep down at the back of the ship, Amber reached the Hymenopterran
crashed
> ship. It didn't take her long to set the auto-launch for the moment
the stag
> beetle returned to his ship, drawn there by a clever and alluring
maze of
> blast door traps. However, Amber did notice something odd. An
addition to
> the Hymenopterran ship that shouldn't have been there. After a few
moments
> of analysis she found out what it was.
>
> "Oh no... Seriously... This is bad." She belted out of the ship and
hammered
> on the nearest communications monitor. "Jay!" She danced on the spot and
> waited for a reply. "Jay! Come on this is serious. It's about that
> Hymenopterran ship that came through with one of the BD's." She paused
> briefly, making sure that anyone who was tuned in and happened to be
called
> Captain Jay Chrysler could hear.
>
> "What is it Amber? I'm busy in a meeting?" Jay finally responded.
>
> "It's carrying a homing beacon." She stated simply.
>
> "Smeg." Came the reply. Amber heard a rumbling in the distance.
>
> "Gotta run! I'll debrief if I get back..." And she pelted back up the
> corridor and hid in an escape-pod, waiting for the bug to go past.
>
>
> <Tag Rose and Efof... and Jay!>
>
>
>
> OOC - Sorry it's short and quite talky. I needed to post this and am
rushed
> off my feet atm! Hope it's ok Andy. I know it's not great. :(
>