*She shakes her head not buying it*
"You said something to them, that they wanted to hear. If you had not been an ass and they still tried, then yes, you tried to avoid it. Either way moot point Mr. Sack"
*You do quick stand, but it was shaky and didn't look well done ((8))*
*She sighs*
"Well at least no weapons went off, means likely no bad after effects, like the brig."
"Maybe," I tell her. I'm taking the mental image of what the Captain looked like.
"I can't just let that slide. How can you?"
*She looks at you*
"I spent a lot of time waiting for someone I cared about, it gives you a lot of time to reflect on your own life and how choices to make affect others."
*She looks away*
"So where to now?"
"We need to talk to the Colonel."
Keep heading onward.
*She follows you, you see she has six rail pistols tucked into her pants, she is deep in thought as well when you see the Colonel*
*He is in his office, working on some reports, it is not hard to find, and several people direct you there.*
I'll walk in, and salute smartly, acting like I don't look like I just got beat up today. "Second Lieutenant Arziay, reporting, sir." Give him the status update for the new cargo bay, then hopefully excuse myself to go and tell the Admiral.
*He nods*
"Very good work Lt, you are dismissed."
*You believe the Admiral is on the bridge and he is there, talking to a woman about a fight that was reported.*
I salute to him, and wait my turn.
*She finishes up with*
"They said the woman marine was holding two guns to them and was threatening to blow their privates off, calling them vermin who need to be put out of their misery."
*He nods*
"That is all Lt. Commander"
*He turns to you and salutes*
"Yes Lt.?"
I salute, introduce myself, and relay the report.
*He nods*
"So nothing happened this morning on my ship that I should know about?"
I figure he's probably referring to my dishevelled state. "Oh, no, sir. Just a few of the vets giving us recruits a little hazing. Nothing major, sir."
*He nods and smiles a bit*
"You girl, step forward and tell me why you have, 6 sidearms on your belt."
*Cass steps forward and Salutes*
"I took them from careless airman so they wouldn't be used in a situation they wouldn't survive sir."
*He nods*
"You can turn them in at the quartermaster, that is all Lt's"
*He salutes*
I salute him back, and I presume we head to the quartermaster to drop them off.
Then I suppose it'll be to the Colonel to report for duty, unless he gave us a task; forgetting as player what the character certainly knows.
*Your duty is to report to the Colonel if the Admiral doesn't need work done. You two are working on learning how to pilot a hovertank, you have Sgt Westerson walking you two through the systems, it is a technological marvel. It is the end of the day, and only has gone over half of them yet, saving the weapons and defensive systems tomorrow. It is dinnertime any plans?*
Sure, spend the evening with my favorite little demon.
Doubt there's a place I could ascertain a ring on board here.
*She wants to get dinner, and then find something fun to do, to forget about the events of today, The ship does have a recreation level, it's like a mall, so yes there is a place where you can get a ring, it has a good selection, in a automat kinda way, but the computer is very good at describing the properties and sizes of the rings. The mall is where most of the crew spends off hours, with a movie theater, arcade, cyber cafe, and normal mall type stores. She ends up wanting Thai food.*
Next question: do we have money.
*Yes and no, you have a military stipend of an officer, which is quite good, but the rings are expensive, the best one easily being 5 years of both of your salaries. On the plus side, it's in a computerized automat. In short, you have enough money between the two of you to eat out, buy things except the luxuries, which looks like these types of things.*
Hunh. A computer system, huh?
Nah... I'd better not.
But, hey, who could resist, right?
Gotta come back with my Pipboy and try to hack this thing.
Noted.
*You have some Thai food in a pretty nice place, there aren't a lot of civilians on ship, but it looks like the 500 or so live and work on this level, it means the clothing shops and restaurants are manned, and anything that can be automatted is*
*I assume you are looking when Cass is occupied at a clothes store? When do you plan on coming back?*
J
Well, my Pipboy is likely in my quarters.
I'll go ahead and sense my equipment to make sure it's all in one place now; after our little run in this morning, I know there are a few guys out for some hardcore revenge.
So, once I see it's automated and way beyond my price point, I'll head on back to Cass.
*You have only one vector and it's where you think it is*
*Cass is picking up some lingere, she is easy to find, just find the trail of gawkers, she isn't trying it on, they are just leering at her for obvious reasons*
"Hi, sweetheart. That'll look nice on you."
Smile.
*She grins at you*
"Aww that's sweet."
*Girlfriends are slapping boyfriends, this is likely to become a problem to have someone that good looking in a ship*
*She is ready to retire for the night*
I don't mind having the most attractive woman in the universe at my side, heh.
We'll head on back to the rooms, alert rest. Then discuss with Cass that I feel differently about stealing than I once did. "I mean, you know; I was a rogue, and stealing kind of came with the territory; ever since the cryogenic freezing, though, I get this overwhelming feeling when I want to take something without asking."
*She considers*
"That computer program really messed you up, in the meantime what do you want to steal I can get it for you?"
I don't mind having the most attractive woman in the universe at my side, heh.
We'll head on back to the rooms, alert rest. Then discuss with Cass that I feel differently about stealing than I once did. "I mean, you know; I was a rogue, and stealing kind of came with the territory; ever since the cryogenic freezing, though, I get this overwhelming feeling when I want to take something without asking."
*She grins*
"That computer really messed you up, what do you want me to steal for you?"
I laugh a little in spite of myself.
"Well, there's this thing I saw tonight that I want for you, but it's well beyond our means at the moment. It's guarded by a computer system, but using the Pipboy I may be able to bypass the security systems protecting it. The only problem would arise if then I couldn't bring myself to take it."
*She thinks*
"As for treatments, I could try to block your memories of the things you don't want, but it would be messing with your mind. I am an expert in it though. I get the feeling you don't want me to know what you want to get for me, so that might be the best way to deal with your mental issues. I didn't want to suggest it before, but the conventional means, just aren't cutting it."
"Go ahead, honey. I trust you. Mold me into the guy you want me to be," I say the last teasingly with a grin.
*Lets see how this goes, 95 could be very good or very bad, let's goto the numbers. BRA 2@10=30, SAL 3@1=31, Doubled Bias 27=88%, not a botch*
*She can't get the skill, she puts her hands on your head to try again*
*72*
*She is a psionic surgeon, and pulls out and neatly splices memories together to account for the bypassed ones, she pulls out the kids stipulation, the not starting fights, and the stealing one. She feels she has cured you of the female sexual one.*
bump
"I guess you know why I got so messed up now. I know, it was a foolish thing for me to do... thank you for helping me and not lecturing me about it."
Go for Alert Rest and pay a visit to the recreational level in the middle of the night if nothing happens between now and then.
*The night shift is quiet, you can get down there, the beauty of automats is, they aren't worried about theft or having to keep people there manning those stores. Your at the Jewelry Store.*
J
Look around for cameras. See if I can find a place off camera with some sort of input jack to hack in with my Pipboy.
*There are only camera in the main corridors, easily bypassed with skills such as yourself, that there is no need to roll*
*You make it to the shop, you plug in, the pipboy is a pretty adaptive piece of technology and go to work, it takes about 4 minutes and 8 seconds, but the door pops open with a ding, and the screen says thank you for your purchase, please come again, You pull out a 5 carrot Diamond Ring, in a Platinum setting, one that would be given only by the rich and famous. The diamond is flawless and clear.*
Hope I didn't screw anything up, take it, try to cover my tracks in the system; if I can, make it look like this ring as well as the transaction never existed, then disconnect, head back to my room with Cass's ring stowed away safely.
Ow, that will be a 100, a botch, even with your skill, using an interface that wasn't quite made for it, made it not a 100% ability, botch list time
1) Computer becomes AI like Skynet
2) Computer becomes AI like Cortana
3) You fry the network on the ship
4) You fry the network GE roll on how bad
5) You fry the network in the store
6) Pipboy fried
7) Pipboy exploads for damage level determined by GE roll
8) The machine spits out credit chits ((think of them as one time use credit cards without tracing))
4 it is, and GE roll is 19, I used the Psionic and Magic Table explosion table for radius not damage, and a mile is big. This ship is a mile.
*You go to cover your tracks, and things go very, very wrong, you start a feedback loop, that you can't stop, it gets worse and worse, and shoots out through the computer and through the rest of the ship, and things go dark*
J