RP: "Adventures in Gunrunning" - Act 11
POSTED BY: FrauDirektor
UPDATED: Monday, March 15, 2004 03:00
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Kaylee's Move
Location: Engine Room to Bridge
"Simon didn't really clear anythin' up about why he went all violent," Kaylee thinks to herself. "He sure can kiss, though."
Noticing all of the activity going on around her, she figures the Alliance ships that Wash warned them about must be mighty close. Crossing through the Common Room, she sees Inara in a rare fit of temper. Snickering to herself, she figures she must have had another run in with the Captain.
Silently, she continues down the passage and up the stairs to the bridge. Wash is glued to his monitor as the first Alliance volley rocks Serenity. A slim blonde woman whom she's never seen before is sitting in the other chair, fiddling with some controls.
Looking around, her eyes narrowed, she notices small things out of place. Wires that weren't there before lead to the panel of blondie. The deck plating in one spot has been put back in sideways.
"Ah, this mus' be where that Damon fella loaded the cannon," she mutters resentfully.
As another Alliance shot skims the ground close by, she feels the deck start to vibrate slightly as the woman brings the cannon online. She tilts her head a bit as her eyes go glassy. No one on the bridge has noticed her.
Coming to, she gives a short little scream that startles both Wash and the woman. Running to one of the lockers, she takes out some of her emergency tools and proceeds to remove the deck plating above the cannon.
"The Captain oughta know better 'en ta let some stranger mess around with Serenity," she says to herself. "Shoulda done it m'self in the first gorram place."
Muttering to herself all the while, she dives into the deck hole above the cannon. She spies the problem right away and moves a small bundle of wires from one port to another. The cannon's inner mechanism smooths out and ramps up.
Smiling to herself, she climbs back out to the bridge and screws the plating down, correctly this time.
Glancing up, she sees both Wash and the woman staring at her wordlessly.
"What?"
End Move
BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."
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Thorne's/Mal's Move:
Location: Cargo bay/Bridge
[Thorne enters the cargo bay in time to see INARA walking away from MAL and the strange woman he's talking with. He glances at the woman, and then looks closer as he realizes his empathic sense doesn't see her at all. Interesting. From her bearing and tone, it's obvious she's not just a mercenary, but a soldier, and long-service at that. She throws a slute, which MAL doesn't answer, and THORNE hears her bark "Troy, Sir. Mercedes Troy." This must be the 'Merz' DAMON was talking to. And that's an Alliance salute. This tub's just full of facinating women.
As MERZ pivots and heads for the bridge, THORNE hears the approaching fighters. Per Alliance tactical doctrine, they'll fire a few warning shots near what they recognize as an unarmed Firefly class freighter, and make a high-speed pass to scare the crew into surrender. The missles he placed outside are designed to repel attack aircraft, not space fighters, but if he pops them at the right time they might chase the baddies away for a few minutes.]
THORNE:"Captain, when they make their first pass I have a little surprise for them that'll give you a couple extra minutes to lift off. You remember Nimbus AA missles? Got a rack set up outside ready to go, remote in hand. I'd suggest we start raisin' the ramp and get ready to scoot. If you don't mind, I'll head for the bridge. I have some experience in fighting spacecraft, and may be able to offer suggestion from time to time."
[At MAL's Nod THORNE heads for the bridge. As he goes he wonders if SLIGHT has left the ship yet.]
[MAL walks quickly to the control panel flips the ramp switch to 'close'. As it starts to grind he wonders if that SLIGHT feller ever got off. As he heads for the bridge, leaving the ramp to finish closing, he yells:]
MAL:"All ashore as is goin' ashore!"
EOM
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Thorne's Move:
OOC: Let's let this be the last move of ACT 11, and start ACT 12 with us returning fire. Astriana will please 'do that voodoo that you do so well' and start the next thread. Hold posting until then.
[THORNE enters the bridge as KAYLEE is fastening the deck plate. She beams at MERZ and WASH, sitting at the controls.What? she says as stands up.]
THORNE:"Better get back to your engines, Kaylee-girl. We'll need all you got, it's gonna get real busy here in a minute.
[The scattering of shots ends, and the ship is rocked by a series of sonic booms as the fighters do a close pass. THORNE pauses a second and activates the Nimbus launcher.]
EOM
...and on to ACT 12.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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LOCATION - BRIDGE ---COMMERCIAL BREAK----
Book steps out of the shadows at the back of the bridge, hands behind his back, and approaches the camera, smiling.
One of his hands gestures to a nearby storage locker and the camera follows. We see a grungy surface of the locker.
"Do your metal surfaces seem to get as dirty as an old ship? If so.." He pulls the other hand out from behind his back. His smile widens and he holds up a bottle. "...then you need the new and improved Blue Sun extra heavy-duty super polishing cleanser."
Book's teeth sparkle. He pulls a rag from behind his back and quickly wipes the grunge away. Turning back to face the camera, he holds up the bottle again and gives a thumbs up, then he fades into black. The camera and a spotlight appears on Wash and Mal, both holding up a bottle of the cleanser in one hand and giving a thumbs up in the other. They both smile and then the scene fades to black again.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
A battle rages across the desolate valley. Alliance and Independents are entrenched not 100 yards away from each other. The Alliance are raining hell on the Independents and cries of injured and dying Browncoats can be heard with all the gun shots. The fighting slowly comes to a stop. The dust settles. An Alliance soldier walks over to a cooler and pulls out a Blue Sun beer. He opens it, the sharp sound of the carbon dioxide escaping echoes across the wasteland. The Browncoats look up longingly. A white flag is raised and the Browncoats flood into the Alliance trenches, welcomed with open arms and lots of beers. An Independent smiles as he drinks his beer.
[Words appear on screen:]
Unity has never tasted this good.
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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