Let's play: SCRAMming up!

[FaxModem1]

WCDG begins repairing RADIO but leaves hatch open so that the cockpit can air out.

"HEY, HOW ABOUT WE HAVE THE JANITOR DO HIS JOB AND CLEAN THIS PLACE?"

[Scottish Ninja]

RECONNOITER the AREA for any potential THREATS.

EXAMINE the SHACK and the DILAPIDATED HANGAR.

[Eternal_Freedom]

Say: "No, this motherfucker stays right where he is. I'm not letting him back anywhere near the spaceplane. He made enough of a mess of it despite only being on board for an hour or so."

LEAVE JANITOR bound and gagged in the dust. RETURN to COCKPIT and begin CLEANING INSTRUMENTS and REPAIRING WHERE NECESSARY.

REFLECT MENTALLY that this LANDING constitutes the THIRD piece of AWESOME FLYING and we're only back from our first trip.

[Zixinus]

Once my TEN MINUTES IN THE SHADE is done, I'll use my NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS, the in-built GPS of the Tablet (and asking for anyone's cellphone that does have a GPS) and any navigational instruments in the RAVENSTAR that might be of use as well as my memories before landing. It is however likely that we are in Western Australia, likely in the Little Sandy Desert as we are unlikely to have penetrated too far into the landmass.

SPEAKING OF PENETRATION, I make sure to CHECK ON the ROBOT PROBE.

[MKSheppard]

ME AND LARGE IRRITABLE DOG LAND VIA PARACHUTE NEXT TO DIRT AIRSTRIP. THE FOAMED RE-ENTRY SHIELDING HAS HELD UP AND OUR PRESSURIZED SPACE SUITS HAVE PROTECTED US FROM THE LOW ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.

I get out of MY SUIT and PUNCH the nearest PERSON I find in the FACE while LARGE IRRITABLE DOG BITES them in the CROTCH.

[FaxModem1]

WCDG looks through window.

"HEY, whose the guy with the dog?"

[Shroom Man 777]

SQUEAL "SHAPP! DOGGIE!" as SHAPP PUNCHES OUT CAPTORS AND DOGGIE EATS SOMEONE ELSE'S GROIN

NOW ASK TO BE UNTIED

[PeZook]

January 22nd 2025
Wednesday

ROUND 1



Middle of nowhere
Australia

-26.478932, 114.883118

You are now: ZIXINUS, ETERNAL FREEDOM, INSANE FILIPINO, IVAN IVANOV, SUAVE PLAYBOY, WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY, PHANT and ROBOTIC PROBE.

You are ALIVE. It is pretty AWESOME.

You are at a DIRT AIRSTRIP. It is very DUSTY. There is a SHACK. There is a DILAPIDATED HANGAR. There is a MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE. It is EVENING. It is VERY HOT.

You PILE out of the SPACEPLANE thanking the GODS for DELIVERING you. The AIR is HOT. It is also FREE of URINE and POOP and VOMIT. It SMELLS quite SWEET.

ZIXINUS does some MAINTENANCE before LEAVING the SPACEPLANE. He OPENS the CARGO BAY. He is UNABLE to EXTEND the RADIATOR. He is UNABLE to use EXTERNAL COOLING as there is no PROPER FACILITY nearby. He TURNS the SYSTEMS off to PREVENT undue HEATING.

ZIXINUS CHECKS his INVENTORY. It is UNCHANGED. He TAKES a DUSTBATH and INVESTS his EXPERIENCE.

It FELLS AWESOME.

MEANWHILE the SUAVE PLAYBOY KEELS OVER in the SAND having ESCAPED from the SPACEPLANE. He is FIRST AIDERIZED by ZIXINUS with DISTURBING and never SEEN BEFORE skill, but it is VERY LIKLEY he will require ANTIBIOTICS quite SOON.

As that is HAPPENING, ETERNAL FREEDOM DRAGS the INSANE FILIPINO outside the SPACEPLANE and STICKS a GUN in his FACE. He is REALLY PISSED. INSANE JANITOR is SAVED by ZIXNUS and his IDEA for a BRUTAL INTERROGATION.

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY and ETERNAL FREEDOM are CRAWLING all over the SPACEPLANE trying do some BASIC REPAIRS. They FIND that the RADIO is UTTERLY DESTROYED and IRREPAIRABLE.

IVAN IVANOV begins to RECOINTER the LOCAL STRUCTURES, while ZIXINUS gets some WELL DESERVED REST.

Suddenly, someone LANDS right on TOP of IVAN IVANOV like THUNDER from the SKY. IVAN IVANOV is KICKED in the FACE. The FIGHTERS are COVERED by PARACHUTE and BEGIN to WRESTLE.

A DOG. A FUCKING DOG also LANDS nearby on a PARACHUTE and TANGLES in the FABRIC. A SPACE EJECTION SEAT SLAMS into the GROUND right NEXT to ZIXINUS.

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY NOTICES the SCUFFLE and Says: Hey, who's the guy with the dog?

INSANE FILIPINO SQUEALS like a GROUPIE.

INSANE FILIPINO Yells: Shapp! Doggie!

What do you do? _

[Zixinus]

Take AR-15 from RAVENSTAR.

[Eternal_Freedom]

FIRE a WARNING SHOT into the AIR. TELL WHOEVER IT IS to let go of IVAN and CONTROL THE DOG. Or I'l SHOOT the DOG.

ASK THEM WTF they are DOING HERE.
Spoiler

...like thunder from the sky

...sworn to fight and die?

[Darkevilme]

SUAVE PLAYBOY invests his experience points in CHARM.
Spoiler

So am i too injured to look for a bath and a hotel?

[Shroom Man 777]

SCREAM: "SHAPP! DOGGIE! KILL THEM ALL!"

KICKS DUST INTO CLOSEST PERSON'S FACE!

[FaxModem1]

WCDG continues repairs, if the gunfight gets to him, he'll bop at whoever enters the cockpit with a wrench.

[Scottish Ninja]

HIT SHAPP in the NUTS. TANGLE him up in the PARACHUTE and ESCAPE.

[Shroom Man 777]

ATTACK SHAPP'S ATTACKER and WRAP his HEAD INSIDE a POO BAG to DENY HIM OXYGEN

[MKSheppard]

THROW HELMET AT ETERNAL FREEDOM TO KNOCK HIS GUN AWAY.

SCOTTISH NINJA'S KICK impacts USELESSLY against THE SPACE SUIT THAT SHAPP IS WEARING.

LARGE IRRITABLE DOG BITES SCOTTISH NINJA

[PeZook]

January 22nd 2025
Wednesday

ROUND 2



Middle of nowhere
Australia

-26.478932, 114.883118

You are now: ZIXINUS, ETERNAL FREEDOM, INSANE FILIPINO, IVAN IVANOV, SUAVE PLAYBOY, WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY, PHANT, RI'ANN SHAPP, LARGE IRRITABLE DOG and ROBOTIC PROBE.

You are ALIVE. It is pretty AWESOME.

You are at a DIRT AIRSTRIP. It is very DUSTY. There is a SHACK. There is a DILAPIDATED HANGAR. There is a MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE. There are two PARACHUTES. There is COMBAT happening under a PARACHUTE nearest to the DIALAPIDATED HANGAR. There is BARKING under a PARACHUTE nearest to the SHACK. It is EVENING. It is VERY HOT.

IVAN IVANOV manages to UNTANGLE himself from the PARACHUTE. He is KICKED by RI'ANN SHAPP, and KICKS him in RETURN. The KICK is USELESS, as it is STOPPED by the SPACE SUIT.

ZIXINUS RUNS to the MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE. ETERNAL FREEDOM FIRES a WARNING SHOT and THREATENS to SHOOT the LARGE IRRITABLE DOG.

RI'ANN SHAPP appears to be SWORN to FIGHT and DIE, however. He THROWS his SPACE HELMET at ETERNAL FREEDOM and by some MIRACLE manages to CONNECT. ETERNAL FREEDOM DROPS the AMERICAN IMITATION TOKAREV and is immediately SET UPON by INSANE FILIPINO. INSANE FILIPINO is still BOUND, so he can only BITE.

It is still VERY PAINFUL.

INSANE FILIPINO Yells: SHAPP! DOGGIE! KILL THEM ALL!

IVAN IVANOV uses the BRIEF DISTRACTION caused by the THROWING of a HELMET to FUCK RI'ANN SHAPP'S FACE up with SAMBO (which he quite MYSTERIOUSLY seems to KNOW) and TANGLE him UP in the PARACHUTE.

The LARGE IRRITABLE DOG tries to BITE IVAN IVANOV, but cannot.He would need to REMOVE his HELMET, which is IMPOSSIBLE due to a severe lack of HANDS.

ZIXINUS EMERGES from the MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE with the AR-15. He is STOCKED and COCKED, his TOAD is LOCKED and he is READY to ROCK.

SUAVE PLAYBOY has managed to LOCATE a nice HOTEL by using the TABLET and his newfound CHARM. It has reasonable RATES, CABLE TV, free WIFI TUBENETWEBS and AIR CONDITIONING. It is merely 260 KILOMETRES away from your current LOCATION in the MIDDLE of TOOLONGA NATURE RESERVE.

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY has MANAGED to DETERMINE that your RADIO is HOPELESSLY FUCKED.

What do you do? _

[Scottish Ninja]

Do a SPETSNAZ BACKFLIP HATCHET ATTACK.

Follow that up with a SPETSNAZ BACKFLIP THROWING DOG ATTACK.

[PeZook]

Error: No hatchet in inventory

Error: No dog in inventory

Error: No spetznaz backflip attack training

[Zixinus]

SHOUT "EVERYONE STOP BITING ANYONE OR I'LL START SHOOTING! I've had enough fights for today."

AIMS at RI'ANNON SHEP. SAY to him: "You! Get the fuck down or I'll land something nasty between your eyes."
SHOUT AT FILIPINO JANITOR "I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt,

CALL OUT to WCDG and SUAVE PLAYBOY, noting that we have a PROBLEM HERE.

If there is some piece, determine location:
Determine our location and using tablet/phone/newfound navigational skills I have found that the closest town is called Meadow. We are four kilometres from the closest road, the North West Coastal Highway. There is a DIRT ROADs around the area, we would have to look for one called "OLD BUTHCER TRACK" if we were to find a road to it.
We CANNOT TAXI the spaceplane (I think) which means that we have to rely on the RAAF to find us so we can transport the spaceplane to an appropriate facility.

[FaxModem1]

WCDG leaves COCKPIT to ASSESS situation. SEEING the CHAOS that awaits outside, WCDG decides to look in HANGAR for spare parts while the others FIGHT.

[Eternal_Freedom]

ELBOW JANITOR to the GROUND. DIVE for TOKAREV. JUMP to FEET, WHIRL AROUND and put a BULLET into the JANITORS LEG.

There, I finally shot you you bastard!

[Shroom Man 777]

START CRYING LIKE A COMPLETE SISSY

[Darkevilme]

SUAVE PLAYBOY has apparently found a TABLET at the AIRSTRIP BUILDING, how fortunate.

SUAVE PLAYBOY is lucky to have found one with UP TO DATE HOTEL LISTINGS, MAP and GPS.

SUAVE PLAYBOY walks over to ZIXINUS and allows him to use the TABLET for navigationification and tell him about the HOTEL cause a man must have PRIORITIES.

[Zixinus]

Thank for using tablet. Point out to Playboy regarding hotel that:
a, we have other problems at the moment,
b, going to any nearby hotel is pointless as we will need the RAAF's help to move the spaceplane (it would be more worthwhile to find a hotel once we find a spaceport to fuel up and repair the Ravenstar),
and c, we have no money on us.