Everything's looking great with the story, folks!

Just checking in; I should be able to get a little pc time at least once a day, and will resume posting when everything's caught up.

Will those on the Charon be posting this weekend?

We'll be right back after these messages...

I had intended to have that last post up by now but.... ... I fell asleep watching some show about the Dark Ages on the History Channel and haven't quite finished, yet.... Soon my pretties, very soon.

...just a couple of thoughts for you all, gang.

I figure that recovery of the pods will be via tractor beam and/or direct flight of the ASRVs into the Charon's shuttle bays... we'll likely be met by medical and security personnel, I would imagine... and, as noted in my last, everyone can expect medical evals and full debriefings at some point soon after boarding the Charon.

Sound reasonable? If not, let me know and we can haggle.

Sounds more than reasonable.

I'm working on a bit of a new angle for Cameron, since the sabotage bandwagon has been thorughly leapt upon, then will be posting; thought I'd let the general populace get caught up to the rescue before I went on.

.. oh unless Capt Gavison countermands Lt. Cmdr Talon's orders regardine the 'securing' of Cerebeus personnel then you can expect heavy security screening as well as medical evaluation.

The Lyran will no doubt focus alot of attention on the Romulans... well.. just because they are Romulans.

Then maybe the Kzinti.. he sounds like a prime suspect.

I am waiting on the Capt Gavison to post so Talon can continue with his 'work'.

How long can Stan go without changing? It has been over 36 hours and he cannot get away from anyone to change. Just curious.

Also Brianna keeps her men away from the man but watches him keenly especially when he opens up the controls panels.

There are only 4 Rommies left. (Sienae, S'Talon, Shiarrael and Rhiana.)

I don't know which will happen first: a Romulan being mauled by one of the cat people, or the cat people killing each other. Either way the fight will likely be offered on Galactic Pay Per View.

Rrowl vs. Talon...who would win?

Sorry, YeOlde...Rrowl is more ill-tempered than Talon...and that's saying somethin'. He's the kind of savage brute that really kills.

By the way, as Solus was killed on the Cerberus, will sciences division from the Cerberus be merged into my department? We could use a fuller crew to work the relatively empty science lab...

Posted, by the by.

Yes, the Cerberus' science crew will be merged under the command of the Charon's Sci Dept (assuming they get cleared by Medical and Security after coming aboard). Those depts aboard the Cerberus that lost their dept heads will be simpler to manage, of course, junior officers and enilsteds simply get assigned to a new dept head aboard Charon... Depts like TAC and Engineering, however, will be a bit trickier and there may be some double-teaming and/or 'reassigning' necessary.

One thought I had, for example, was where Rrwol and Talon were concerned... Since both cats are TAC/SEC heads (not to mention cranky ones) it might be easiest or safest to leave Talon at post as CTO aboard the Charon and, as the MACOs lost their CO (Capt Jasper Caide) in the destruction of the Cerberus, Rrowl could be nudged into the role of taking on the duties of the MACO commander...etc, etc... Just an idea, of course, and the players input is always welcome....

...Sorry Brianna... I missed your question about Stan and how long he can go without changing.

I used to know the answer to this without looking it up buuuuut, at the moment, I'm at a loss. Let's say, however, that it has been quite a long time for Stan to be holding this form and as the Charon approaches, he'll be very close to 'running out of time'... Stan might appear to be "sweating profusely and otherwise showing signs of illness and/or fatigue"... He's not going to start "losing his shape" or melt into a pool of golden goo in the pod but it'll probably start to become apparent that something is ailing the engineering dweeb.

Update: Per Memory Alpha, a Changeling needs to revert to it's liquid form every 16 hours in order to rejuvinate... Sooo, that noted, since coming aboard the pod Stan has exceeded that limit by 2.25 times... We'll equivocate that to a human having been deprived of good, theraputic sleep, for three straight days, okay? Stan's exhausted, probably looks like crap despite having cleaned up and defunkified himself, and is likely becoming quite irritable.

Good question, by the by... especially considering that your Marines have been stuck with Mr Stinky for more hours straight than anyone aboard the Cerberus ever was. Brianna and her leathernecks may do well to recall all of this during debriefing, huh?

...might be a little bit in advance but we will be making a 'layover' at DS9 and, as such, the Centurion and her remaining crew may be summoned to a meeting with General Velal (current RSE attache to DS9) and/or Senator Vreenak (a key member of the Romulan senat, co-chairman of the Tal'Shiar, and one of Proconsul Neral's most trusted advisors... possibly best known, atm, for negotiating the non-aggression pact between the RSE and the Dominion in late 73)...

Brianna. Brianna has a BIG point to make about Mr. Stan, besides his current condition or his previous condition of personal hygiene.

The B_ S T _ _ D tried to shut the escape opd door before she got her MACOs on board She hasn't said a thing to the man by vengence is best served cold. But believe me s he will draw him over the cools slowly once her pod gets pulled in and she is cleared.

Now for the Romulans Lt, Rhianna. We surviving Romulans are all on the Tal'Shiar s*** list. Why do you think we got this wonderful job. the foxes are in the pigeon cote. Thanks a lot. Hmmm, can we ask for asylum?

Of course also you realize that bother Romulan Science officers are highly qualified individuals as well How about integrating us???

I want to see a cat fight.

I wpuld wager quite a bit on S'Talon against either of them

...after wha' we've jus' been thru, th' last bloody theng I'll be standin' fer'll be a coopla starfleet officers actin' like a coupla alley-prowlin' toms wantin' tae claw oot the other's eys tae show who may be th' toughest puss onna block! An' I swear tae Charlie ef there's s'much's a 'ard glance passed amongst me crew ye'll bloody wish ye'd no' found yerself in an ASRV tae begin wi'!"


Good luck giving Stan that arse-chewin' if yer waiting til we get to the Charon, too... might wanna rip him that new one before we get escorted from our pods by Charon Security.