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The Forgotton Outpost
Topic Started: Jul 4 2006, 02:24 PM (253 Views)
The Empire of The Iron Fish
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Twenty Four Months Ago

[General Morfin paces back and forth in his small, cramped office. Well, not so much pace as slighty bounce. The gravity producing system on board is very rudimentry, and full gravity has yet to be achieved.

He's been waiting for Director Black to answer his last e-Telegram back to Earth. He'd heard that war had broken out between The Iron Fish and some...some Dynasty? Was it? Whatever it was, as a General he felt he was needed on the ground.

He'd been waiting for a reply for almost two weeks, and when it finally did arrive...]

Morfin: Abandon the station? What in the...*reads*...funding *mumble* *mumble* regional differences in the nessescity of space exploration?.

Good lord.

[Morfin wasn't unhappy. He'd wanted to return to Earth. But, he'd spent a lot of time on this station, gotten close to his crew. Well, most of them. That scientist the Assasination Army sent keeps staring, and he smells like a burnt out car. But mostly, he'd grown acccustomed to waking every day with a neck that felt as though it'd been removed, whacked off some concrete throughout the night and returned just in time for it to cause him no end of pain throughout the day. He'd grown accustomed to watching the Earth turn slowly from the window in his quarters, and then puking violently. Damn motion sickness. Well, there was no point in putting it off, he'd better tell the rest of them.]

Morfin: Gather round, gather round. I've just had some unfortunate news. This station is to be shut, indefinatly. And we are required to return to Earth.

[Gasps. Shouts. Somebody faints.]

Morfin: Now, now. I realise we've all grown to call this place our home. But, it is not our home. Our home is The Iron Fish - stop staring, you nutjob - and we have our orders. Now, I'll gi-

Science Officer: Sir, I'm reading an intruder on the station.

Morfin: Where?

Science Officer: I'm not sure Sir, I can't get a lock...

Morfin: What? This station has four rooms, and you can't get a lock?

Science Officer: I've got him Sir, he's in the mess.

Morfin: Dispatch a security detail.

Science Officer: You mean Jenkins, sir?

Morfin: Yes, yes. Jenkins.

"ARRGHHHHHHHHHH---KKKK--GAAAAHH---CCCJKHEEEELLLLP~~~~~!!!!111"

Morfin: *Cough* What was that?

TO BE CONTINUED.
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Quaon
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OOC: Interesting idea...
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Nag Ehgoeg
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OOC: I really hope I didn't read the words "gravity generator". And if this intruder is an alien... I will have to forum ban you. Other than that, this looks exciting.
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Jul 4 2006, 02:41 PM
OOC: I really hope I didn't read the words "gravity generator". And if this intruder is an alien... I will have to forum ban you. Other than that, this looks exciting.

OOC Thank God!
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 4 2006, 02:41 PM
OOC: I really hope I didn't read the words "gravity generator". And if this intruder is an alien... I will have to forum ban you. Other than that, this looks exciting.

Aww....can't you just let people have a bit of fun, Nag? If that was what he was planning, can he at least post an alternate version with the alien?
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Nag Ehgoeg
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OOC: No. No aliens. Communists. Fine. Hell, I'd even let it be Hilter up there! But aliens, no way. Don't even want to hear it.

[Edit]

You can have plenty of fun without going into rediculas sci-fi. [Edit Edit] And how would you feel about aliens in UD?
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Jul 4 2006, 03:12 PM
OOC: No. No aliens. Communists. Fine. Hell, I'd even let it be Hilter up there! But aliens, no way. Don't even want to hear it.

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You can have plenty of fun without going into rediculas sci-fi. [Edit Edit] And how would you feel about aliens in UD?

OOC: If they were the source of the zed virus, I'd just kill the lot of them. I'd be fine.
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OOC: Don't worry, no aliens. I'm just trying to tie up the loose end. There were a few Frontier RPs and I didn't get to tell it's story.

Also, its no so much a gravity generator. The gravity on the station would be not much more than the gravity on the current RL International Space Station.

It makes sense to me that there would now be ways to increase gravity in space-bound vehicles. Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?
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OOC: Aww... why does my scientist have to be a smelly kid? :( :cry: :lol:

Are you planning to scrap the entire station by chance? Or just abandon it? If its the second choice, I'd gladly take over. I have some pretty harsh ideas for it. >=D
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OOC: Well, I'm not sure what I could do with it. I mean, there seems to be a lot of anti-sci-fi feeling here, and when you've got a space station...well, sci-fi's the only way to go really.

Eh, I'm sure we could come to some sort of arrangement.
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OOC: Spy from E.E.? His nation does hate mine, and everything we touch. That would include the space station. Random idea anyways.
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Jul 5 2006, 07:04 AM
Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

OOC: I would say that we are perpetually stuck in the year that we are in RL.
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Jul 5 2006, 09:56 AM
The Empire of The Iron Fish
Jul 5 2006, 07:04 AM
Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

OOC: I would say that we are perpetually stuck in the year that we are in RL.

I'm incline to agree, besides it makes thing a whole lot simpler. I mean sure maybe a gravity generator wouldn't hurt, but who says it'll stop there.

Next thing we could know people are building huge battleships in space, with photon torpedoes and phrase, and beam me up Scotty's...and then it would just end up in a whole hell of a lot more arguments than we already currently have from time to time.

SO with simplicity we shall take bliss.
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OOC: I'm not saying that we should have massive laser guns, and wars fought somewhere near Mars.

I'm just saying that it stands to reason that our nations would progress, and create new technologies.

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Science Officer: You mean Jenkins, sir?

Morfin: Yes, yes. Jenkins.

"ARRGHHHHHHHHHH---KKKK--GAAAAHH---CCCJKHEEEELLLLP~~~~~!!!!111"

Morfin: *Cough* What was that?


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Science Officer: I...I'm not sure Sir. It sounded like...like...the cries of a man being...sawn apart...and eaten.

Morfin: Alright, first of all...how do you know that?

Science Officer: Uh...books?

Morfin: *Shudder* Riiiight. Is Jenkins on his way?

Science Officer: I think that WAS Jenkins, Sir.

[Morfin wasn't happy. The minute he thought he'd finally booked his one-way ticket back to Earth, some nutjob had gotten aboard and eaten his Security Team. Well, not so much team as man.]

Morfin [Via comm-link]: Facilities, this is General Morfin.

Facilities: Yes, Sir?

Morfin: What's the hand-held weapon situation onboard?

[Silence.]

Morfin: Hello?

Facilities: Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir. I was just counting.

Morfin: So how many?

Facilities: Uh...one, Sir.

Morfin: ONE?! How are you supposed to survive a boarding party of cannabalistic lunatics with one weapon?

Facilities: Well...I think we've got some stones we could throw as well.

Morfin: St...stones? If and when we get back to Earth, I'm definatly filing a
complaint.

[More screams are heard, this time nearer to the Command Center.]

Morfin: Well, this is most unfortunate. Most, most unfortunate.

[Morfin smiles.]

Morfin: Well, see'ya!

[Morfin begins walking briskly to the door. First of all, he's not a fighter. He's a General. He sits on the hill-top, drinking tea, planning the battles. He doesn't engage in hand-to-hand combat with flesh-eating monsters.]
Science Officer: Sir, where are you going?

[Morfin stops and sighs.]

Morfin: Listen, one man must stay here. To defend the station. It belongs to The Holy Empire of The Iron Fish, and military law dictates that we get as many people as we can off the station, and only a few stay behind to defend it.
Science Officer: Well, who's staying?

Morfin: You, Bradley. Alright, everybody else, abandon ship. Wait, is it abandon ship or abandon station? Whatever. the escape pods are in the opposite direction of the primal screaming.

Science Officer: Si..SIR, please, wait for me! At least, give me a gun!

Morfin: Sorry, Brad, but the one gun we have is in the direction of your flesh-eating lunatic. You'll get a medal for this, Brad. A 1st Class Medal of Honour, I'm sure!

[And with that, Morfin exits the Command Center.]

[Bradley starts to cry.]

TO BE CONTINUED.
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Quaon
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Umm...that is...WTF?
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OOC: I concur. WTF?
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If you tell me what you're WTFing about, I may be able to explain?
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OOC: Umm... so there's a man eating maniac in on the moon?
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OOC: If this is a zombie virus, I think Nag Ehgoeg isn't just going to ban you-I think he will have you sent to a mental hospital.
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Jul 6 2006, 11:24 AM
OOC: Umm... so there's a man eating maniac in on the moon?

For your information, the station isn't on the moon....gosh don't you pay attention :P ....wait, actually weren't you going to build a moon base with Norightisa, Iron Fish?.....oh no I'm confused now :wacko:
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Jul 5 2006, 12:26 PM
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Jul 5 2006, 09:56 AM
The Empire of The Iron Fish
Jul 5 2006, 07:04 AM
Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

OOC: I would say that we are perpetually stuck in the year that we are in RL.

I'm incline to agree, besides it makes thing a whole lot simpler. I mean sure maybe a gravity generator wouldn't hurt, but who says it'll stop there.

Next thing we could know people are building huge battleships in space, with photon torpedoes and phrase, and beam me up Scotty's...and then it would just end up in a whole hell of a lot more arguments than we already currently have from time to time.

SO with simplicity we shall take bliss.

We have gravity imitating technology now. They were originally planning to put one on the ISS, but it was too expensive. Thank you wikipedia.

(CAM) Centrifuge Accommodations Module
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Jul 6 2006, 08:42 PM
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Jul 5 2006, 12:26 PM
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Jul 5 2006, 09:56 AM
The Empire of The Iron Fish
Jul 5 2006, 07:04 AM
Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

OOC: I would say that we are perpetually stuck in the year that we are in RL.

I'm incline to agree, besides it makes thing a whole lot simpler. I mean sure maybe a gravity generator wouldn't hurt, but who says it'll stop there.

Next thing we could know people are building huge battleships in space, with photon torpedoes and phrase, and beam me up Scotty's...and then it would just end up in a whole hell of a lot more arguments than we already currently have from time to time.

SO with simplicity we shall take bliss.

We have gravity imitating technology now. They were originally planning to put one on the ISS, but it was too expensive. Thank you wikipedia.

(CAM) Centrifuge Accommodations Module

But if its a centrifuge, wouldn't it only work in space, not on the moon?
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Jul 6 2006, 10:29 PM
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Jul 6 2006, 08:42 PM
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Jul 5 2006, 12:26 PM
Catholic Europe
Jul 5 2006, 09:56 AM
The Empire of The Iron Fish
Jul 5 2006, 07:04 AM
Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

OOC: I would say that we are perpetually stuck in the year that we are in RL.

I'm incline to agree, besides it makes thing a whole lot simpler. I mean sure maybe a gravity generator wouldn't hurt, but who says it'll stop there.

Next thing we could know people are building huge battleships in space, with photon torpedoes and phrase, and beam me up Scotty's...and then it would just end up in a whole hell of a lot more arguments than we already currently have from time to time.

SO with simplicity we shall take bliss.

We have gravity imitating technology now. They were originally planning to put one on the ISS, but it was too expensive. Thank you wikipedia.

(CAM) Centrifuge Accommodations Module

But if its a centrifuge, wouldn't it only work in space, not on the moon?

It's not on the moon, Wadj.
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Yeah, I thought it was in space... I mean, he said,
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Also, its no so much a gravity generator. The gravity on the station would be not much more than the gravity on the current RL International Space Station.

It makes sense to me that there would now be ways to increase gravity in space-bound vehicles. Unless we're perputally stuck in 2006?

He compares the normal gravity of the station to that of the ISS, then refers to increasing gravity in space bound vehicles. It's in space, and it has a centrifuge accommodations module, or something like it, and theres a cannibal on board... :lol:
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