As if in response to your words, Robynne, yellow spinning lights pop from the walls, light up and start flashing, warning of potential life support failure.
Rajani gapes at you, Jek.
"Mr. Bezier, the entire idea was to keep things from explodin…
Alchea alerts you when the transponder backups are online and you execute the switch, meaning your transponder went dark for a few milliseconds.
"Transponder... appears normal, Sai." She looks up. "Let's hope they don't think we're deceiving them…
Jek,
The trouble with this kind of device, as you know, is that it's tricky as hell. You carefully go through your countermeasure sequence... only to find it ineffective. The node closes itself off to you, not taking your bait, just as your data s…
When you announce your tale and begin he blinks with impatience, but cannot honorably escape. The cast of his features changes to something more thoughtful as you work your way through the story and he looks on you with a new light by the ending.
H…
I look at the two of them, the vines around Riesling's ankles making me think of Sounder and the day we pulled her out of the ground.
I look at Rain.
"Have they chosen this? Or were they compelled?"
“Like a bullet” I say “Easy to go in, not so easy to come out again.” I slide away from August’s grasp, taking her hand instead and at the nod from Gates, starting forward again, after Rain.
It is more dangerous, no doubt, to dive further in, but…
She's right. There's some junk emerging from the secondary encryptions of the transponder signal. Enough to, as I'm sure you know, look like an attempt at a fake id to a deliberate and suspicious party. A ship flying that signal could be a pirate o…
Bai, his eyes do flicker fleetingly, the slightest telltale of surprise and caution, when you put the emphasis on the word, but otherwise his countenance remains smooth and polite.
"I hope you will forgive my trespass, then, your Grace, and be a…
“I will take evac then,” Peshkov supplies and moves to tap into a different access port.
In the background you can hear Rajani and the head of engineering directing crewman to help get comms back online.
Go ahead and roll +expertise here you t…
Perhaps not as close as you might expect. To be honest, I am still sorting it all out. Over the years I have had others confess the details of their personal relationships. I have been an ear for many Arrows past and present, offering a balm to the …
I am trying to keep my eyes everywhere at once. Check on everyone that I can see. Small starts of panic well within me when I lose someone behind a tree, quelling a little when they reappear and starting all over again when someone else is obscured.…
Xuan,
You feel Alchea look for another moment before she looks away intent on other duties, but you’re sure the question has been raised in her mind. How often have you ventured out like this? You’ve been on the ship about three weeks and on a ves…
Captain, lets see you assess with +Interface, I think.
The cold voice responds. Thousand Blessings you wi...
Rajani's holographic form blinks out suddenly.
Qing speaks up from his station. "Captain, we've just lost comms. Some kind of power surge…
Robynne,
You partition them out neatly, Terci handing you tools as you go. The device seems entirely unaware that its being fooled. I suppose your knowledge of the software code that it's mimicking gives you something of an edge here.
"Sai, from…
His lips compress slightly. "Indeed, nor is it even an indicator that it will come to pass." He responds, with the tiniest tinge of disappointment. "Though it is a profound honor for me to receive your Grace's instruction on the matter, I must beg y…
"The direct address of all these things is to talk first." I say, nodding to Gates. "And I can think of none more persuasive than the two of you. Perhaps we four go ahead and the others wait for us here?" I look at Vignette, put an hand on her shoul…
A hard voice comes over the comms. “Thousand Blessings this is Her Grace’s Ship Winter’s Heart of the Mayaran Navy. Your transponder ID is suspect. You are instructed not to deviate your course or speed until we intercept you. You will prepare to be…
He raises his chin a bit. "Your acquaintance was not my only object, considering our proposed union. Her Highness wished to continue our conversation. As did I. Despite the supposed impropriety, I do not regret it."
By his face, that isn't quite t…
Something in me flips, excited, when August pulls up. I cannot help but smile at her, basking in her familiar and energetic presence. I wonder when I can tell her how thoughts of her have helped me these past days.
I chuckle. "Here is the lake call…
He comes through the door from Xuan's quarters looking troubled and taking a moment to register your presence in the room, his guard having to catch his attention.
"Lady Bai... I..." He glances back toward Xuan's door, composes himself. "I was on…
He nods. "Aye, sounds like the way."
And you all can do it too. Tell me what you do exactly and I'd say this is a Face Adversity +Interface again, unless you're doing something more physical than hacking it.
Alchea is a senior remote sensing research engineer, something of a prodigy and head of a team of such engineers at TXR’s main R&D facility. She jumped at the chance to serve aboard the Thousand Blessings rather than staying back in her lab. You…
I admit that it is intersting to watch the slight expressions of exasperation flit across Vignette’s face as her people prevent her from taking meaningful action in our preparations.
In contrast they do nothing in particular to assist me, but it …
Jek and Robynne,
“Of course, Sai” Terci says from your elbow, Robynne, where she just handed you the hair clip.
The main thing you learn in looking at the read outs, both of you, is that this thing didn’t seem to observe the reporting structures…