Fire and Ice (EE D4)

[Djanik]

"Captain! Back up in the world."

Djanik grinned.

"I love to fly - so I don't mind doing my part to help us get to and from the base for now - but if we plan to expand this little army - a bulkier transport would likely be in order."

[Bowze Coppa]

''It will be hard to get or retrofit I suspect...stil we can try if we are adventurous.''

[Jabber]

"Sounds good. I'm going to take a lap and see if anything useful if hanging around."

Ice Shelf Scavenging-Average Skullduggery-Two Boost from Vayas facts: 1eP+3eA+2eD+2eB 2 successes, 2 advantage

[Jabber]

"Oh, T-1, can you print out a copy of the old plans and the surrounding region? I can try to do some leg work in Rygor."

[Jabber]

Jabber inspects they hanger a bit more, breaking out into a run
As he spies s hulking, squat shape in the back

"Hey guys...I think they left something here. I think there's a light freight...or at least what's left of one."



OOC: Justifying the Obligation spend

[Bowze Coppa]

Bowse approached the ship through the Junk

''An Aurore-Class freighter'' he looked at the ship with interest ''Used by the zygerrians as slave ships...a distateful assignation.''

He crossed his arms appraising the ship further

''But it does have a large hold...and can serve...'' he motionned towards the droids. ''...as a carrier''

[Djanik]

Djanik gave it an appraising look.

"Going to need some work before it can fly."

[Bowze Coppa]

''Or act as a carrier'' he added ''But between a carrier and a fighter we have a good start for any given operations.''

[Djanik]

"I wish I had a wing of Vultures to back it up, but it's a good start, yes."

With a whistle, he poked a B1 idly. "Need to get these up and running too - maybe see if we can upgrade them any. They were never the... most effective."

[Bowze Coppa]

"They were poorly designed and their software was baseline adequate...built as cheaply as possible." He shook his head

"But yeah, a good mechanic could improve them"

[Djanik]

"If we could... at least make them somewhat smarter?"

He tapped the head of another. "Teach them to use cover, and not just stand in lines? We don't have enough of them to really get away with the 'unstoppable horde' approach this time."

The spindly limbs got another glance.

"Some armor, or accuracy upgrades, would also not go amiss... I'm glad your army used these, and not more of those bloody B2 models..."

[Bowze Coppa]

''That what you get when you staff your high command with bankers and CEOs instead of proper officers.'' he lamented

''Updating their hardware will be hard but it's doable. Reprogramming will be long...but it is possible and without cost.''

[Djanik]

"Well, given we have time, and not money, that seems the place to start."

He scowled.

"I really wish I'd spent more time my classes on AI at school... I'm not well suited to this work."

[Jabber]

Jabber nods. "I think I have some work coming up. If I can sink the profits from all that, into this, maybe we can get this place up and running."

[Vaya Mer'darrow]

Vaya shrugged uncomfortably. "On expeditions, personnel are often limited, so you do little bit of everything. I've done basic maintenance and memory wipes on binary excavators, archive droids, and the like." She didn't know how she felt about programming droids to kill. She'd gotten in some fights, some serious, when she was young and hadn't escaped Balosar yet, but sending an autonomous killbot out in to the world? That was different.