Dwarf: Part 2: Some serious smeg.

When: Just after the Holly peewee like thing pulled Davie into the closet to
avoid being ripped to shreds by zombiegrams.
Who: Davie,
Holly (kinda), and some really cool Scutters.
Where: Alternate reality Blue Dwarf.
 
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"Who are you?!" Davie
said, looking at a small, and hovering, robot. A screen on the peewee looking
robot lit up, and on it was only a face. "I'm the ship's central computer."
came the reply.
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            Davie looked at the
hovering peewee like robot, little arms extending from it's body. "The ship's
computer? Holly 6,000?" asked Davie.
"Nope, 8,000. That's me."
he said smiling.
            "In that
case can you explain to me what the smeg is going on here, how I got here, and
what those things are out there?"
            "You don't
know how you got here?" asked the hovering little Holly. "No." said Davie. The Hollywee
looked at him curiously, and then smiled. "Ahh…of course!" he said, "That
explains the energy surge in the wormhole generator room. You've been
transported here from another dimension."
            "Great…"
said Davie,
"…now how do I get back?"
            "I'll help
you, on one condition." said the Hollywee. "And what's that?" asked Davie. "You take me, and
my six little buddies with you."
            "Buddies?"
            "Yeah, the
last six remaining scutters on board the ship."
            "Alright,
deal." said Davie,
"But first tell me what is going on here?"
            "I'll
explain, but first let's get somewhere safer. I'll tell you on the way." said
the Hollywee pulling a vent grate from the floor, floating into it. "Follow me." he said and Davie
jumped in after him.
 
 
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            Davie crouched inside the
vent, his gun still drawn, following the Hollywee, who himself had a heavy duty
welding laser pointed outwards from his body. "So what happened to all of the
crew?" asked Davie.
"Dead," replied the Hollywee, "they were killed by a rogue Simulant after he
took control of the Hologram sweet and raised and army of undead zombie
holograms. Hard light zombie holograms."
             "I thought Blue Dwarf could only support one
hologram by design?"
            "In your
dimension maybe, but here the Dwarf can support an entire crew of holographic
entities. Here, the Space Corp. focused greatly on the need for holographic
tech and weapons."
            The
Hollywee rounded the corner and Davie
followed. "So this Simulant has control of the ship?" asked Davie. "Yes, he rewired the ship to be
controlled exclusive from the Drive Room. To get you back, we have to
incapacitate him and his army of holograms."
            "Well if
you haven't noticed my weapons can't do a thing to one of these holograms, let
alone doing any damage to a Simulant. I'd be ripped to pieces in a fight."
            "Not for
long." said the Hollywee. "What do you mean?" asked Davie, as the Hollywee stopped and pulled a
metal grate from the inside of the vent and dropped down. Davie dropped in after him after him to be
greeted by six gun barrels, brandished by mean looking Scutters laden with
weaponry. "Smeg." said Davie,
looking at the Scutters. "How could you guys have avoided capture with all that
crap on you? I thought Scutters were fairly slow?" asked Davie. "Not here," said the Hollywee, "Here
these things can outrace Humans and Sims with ease."
            "The
Hollywee floated over to a door in wall and keyed in a combination. The door
slid back to reveal shiny, tough looking exoskeleton armor. "Let me introduce
the Prometheus 7 exoskeleton." said Holly. Davie smiled and let out a long whistle as he
admired the piece of armor. "Smeg…" he said. "With this, you will be on even
terms with that Sim, and his army." began the Hollywee, "Blue Dwarf was
commissioned to test this suit before the Sim wiped out the crew. It's a 7th
generation exoskeleton, equipped with a hard light shield. Easily as strong and
as tough as any Simulant. It was designed to be interchangeable between a
combat model, or a mining model. And it has a built in oxygen generator and can
withstand the vacuum of space, plus you would never know you were wearing it."
            "What do
you mean?"
            "It's light
enough to allow you to move normally. Go on try in on."
           
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            Davie's body rested in
the suit, which immediately turned on. He took a step forward and barely felt
the weight of the armor. The helmet display showed his suits inventory, his
heart beat and vital signs, it looked like Heads Up Display in a video game.
"Woah." he said as he looked around the room. "You know you have a gun on that
thing right?" asked Holly. Davie
looked down to his side and saw what looked like a tactical shotgun in a long
holster at his waist. He took it from the holster and rolled it over in his
hands, which were covered with the metal gloves of the exoskeleton. "A
holographic shotgun," said Holly, "You'll do just fine with that."
            "Speaking
of holographic, how do activate the armor?"
            "You tell
the suit verbally to turn it on. Don't worry if you say `Stealth Mode' before
hand no one but you will be able to hear your voice. The suit will turn off
your internal microphone and no one will hear you."
            Davie nodded as he took
this in. "Armor on." Davie
said. Suddenly in his helmet's HUD said "Holographic Armor Active"
            "Now,
what's the plan to get rid of this guys army?" asked Davie.
            "We will
have to destroy the Holographic Projection Suite. With that armor that should
be no problem. After that we have to incapacitate or destroy the Simulant."
said the Hollywee. "Well then," said Davie,
"what are we waiting for?"
 
<TBC>
<OOC- Smeg! What a time for me to be trapped in an
alternate dimension! If I get back in time, I'll help evac the planet. Oh and
if need be, like Cass said, maybe the captain needs a killing. It's just a
thought.>