Let's play: SCRAMming up!

[Darkevilme]

SUAVE PLAYBOY starts to emerge from his HIDING PLACE as the situation looked LESS DANGEROUS. SUAVE PLAYBOY sees KILLER HELICOPTERS and returns to HIDING but in the process stumbles upon POORLY KEPT RPG.

SUAVE PLAYBOY has acquired a POORLY KEPT RPG and DELUSIONS OF BADASSERY.

SUAVE PLAYBOY emerges from his HIS HIDING place and with a DRAMATIC YELL fires the RPG at the KILLER HELICOPTERS.

SUAVE PLAYBOY misses HORRIBLY, the rocket propelled grenade spirals crazily off into the JUNGLE.

SUAVE PLAYBOY has expended POORLY KEPT RPG and has lost DELUSIONS OF BADASSERY.

SUAVE PLAYBOY has acquired the attention of the KILLER HELICOPTERS and RUNS LIKE HELL in search of somewhere ROCKETPROOF to HIDE.

[Simon_Jester]

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST realizes that ROBOT MINIONS are MORE DANGEROUS than REMAINING LETHAL ROCKET FUEL FUMES. HEARS the KAMIKAZE SPACE PILOT, who is OBVIOUSLY a PROFESSIONAL BADASS, shout orders.

PHYSICIST TURNS AROUND and starts dragging HISTORIAN back INTO HANGAR.

ONCE INSIDE, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST once again CURSES lack of RANGED WEAPONRY. WISHES he had his LASER CANNON.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST will LOOK AROUND. Looks for HOLE TO HIDE IN. HOLE TO HIDE IN is best kind of cover when shit is EXPLODING or there are RIDICULOUS NUMBERS OF BULLETS. If there is no HOLE TO HIDE IN (and there probably isn't), MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST goes LOOKING for NEXT BEST THING. PREFERABLY some OBJECT large and sturdy enough to be IMMUNE to SMALL ARMS FIRE to TAKE COVER BEHIND.

[FaxModem1]

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY goes to PC. EMAILS FAT DRAGON and INFORMS her of situation. WCDG then SCRAMBLES into SPACEPLANE and BUCKLES IN SEAT.

WCDG says to ETERNAL FREEDOM
"We're waiting for the others, right?"

[Eternal_Freedom]

Say to WCDG: "Of course we're waiting for the others. But notnSHepp or the janitor. Maybe the dog."

SAID in a HURREID tone whilst POWERING UP SPACEPLANE.

Mutter: "This shit is getting old man."

SCREAM out WINDOW: "Deranged physicist! You build crazy shit right? Well built us a railgun or a laser or something. Meanwhile, GET IN THE FUCKING PLANE!"

[Simon_Jester]

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST duly GETS IN THE FUCKING PLANE. Experiences SUDDEN BURST of DERANGED ENERGY, allowing him to HEAVE the HISTORIAN through the HATCH,* take one more LOOK AROUND to MAKE SURE he DIDN'T FORGET to bring ANYTHING, and BOARD the MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE himself.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST forgot to bring SOMETHING with him.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST forgot to bring the rest of his EXPLODING BAGELS.

Meanwhile, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST considers possibilities of building LASER CANNON. Concludes that this is PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE without way way more facilities than he has. And, for that matter, without way more facilities than exist within several hundred kilometers of DISUSED NEW GUINEA AIRSTRIP.

[FaxModem1]

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY looks at DERANGED PHYSICIST, trades notes and ideas on UPGRADING SPACEPLANE.

[Simon_Jester]

DERANGED PHYSICIST has IDEAS, but all involve LOTS OF MONEY and SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. Would be IMPRACTICAL for FLY BY NIGHT operation. And WE are a FLY BY NIGHT operation. Literally.

[FaxModem1]

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY mentions FAMILY CONNECTIONS, and that if we give them access to SPACEPLANE, they would give us plenty of MONEY and TOOLS to UPGRADE SPACEPLANE.

WCDG then does a PREFLIGHT CHECK to make sure the SPACEPLANE is ready to fly.

[Force Lord]

HISTORIAN wakes up COUGHING, still feels PAIN. Sees that he's inside some sort of SPACEPLANE. Feels EXCITED.

[FaxModem1]

WCDG continues PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST, but tells HISTORIAN to BUCKLE UP.

[Zixinus]

IGNORE TRIBES-PEOPLE. It is NOT WISE to INTERFERE with FAMILY MATTERS.

SPRAY MIXTURE of PÁLINKA and UNHOLY MIXTURE INTO SHEP'S FACE, effectively KNOCKING HIM and DOG OUT.

Notice cell phone. Read text massages. BE VERY ANGRY.

TAKE any ITEMS from SHEP, including WHIMPERING DOG. TIE SHEP with HIS OWN CLOTHES.
WRITE INTO GROUND in a WAY THAT SHEP WOULD SEE WHEN HE WAKES UP:
"Look at America the brave,
Killing all from those who gave for it.
Slaughtering its own children
And gladly be silent for their suffering."
PUT CELLPHONE in SHEP'S UNDERWEAR. BE REPULSED BY SMELL.

RUN INTO HANGAR with IRRITABLE DOG. OPEN HANGAR DOORS. IMPROVISE SMOKE-FIRE to DISTRACT and CONFUSE HELICOPTER DRONES.

ENTER RAVENSTAR. PLACE WHIMPERING DOG on one of the SEATS. APPLY PROPER FIRST AID and ASK FOR SEDATIVE from SUAVE PLAYBOY or WCDG or anyone.

TELL MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST that forget ABOUT LASERS, how about something to CONFUSE the DRONES OUTSIDE so we won't be shot down like a lame duck who wondered into a firing range.

[Simon_Jester]

TELL MUSTACHIOED HUNGARIAN "I'm trying! I'm trying!"

Tries to THINK OF SOMETHING. Most solutions MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST knows of also involve EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT that we DON'T HAVE.

EMP... see above. Radio jamming... see above. Shooting drones down with air defense weapons... see above, plus SUAVE PLAYBOY tried that and failed. Hmm. Smoke screen? Wait. We might be able to come up with something that could conceivably work there. Maybe.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST scrambles to think of way to create SMOKE SCREEN to confuse DRONE HELICOPTERS using SCIENCE! Wonders where he put the rest of his INCENDIARY BAGELS.

EDIT: Realizes HUNGARIAN already DID THIS. Feels SAD and CONFUSED.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST is out of IDEAS and/or RESOURCES at this point.

[FaxModem1]

"Wait, does this thing have cameras? Maybe we can transmit the fight between TROPICAL BEAUTY and SKINNY GUY and have the people behind the drones think they accidentily tuned into a soap opera."

WCDG checks manifest for CAMERA.

[Zixinus]

TELL PHYSICIST that forget about that, I'll think of something.
Meanwhile, calculate us up a course to Russia.

AGREE WITH ETERNAL FREEDOM that this is INDEED GETTING OLD. And it's all SHEP'S FAULT. Hopefully, his own countrymen will kill him for us.

LEAVE RAVENSTAR and HANGAR. YELL AT IVAN to STOP FUCKING AROUND WITH THE NATIVES and GET HIS BUTT INSIDE. FORGET THE GUNS.

IMPROVISE THERMITE using GUILE and ANARCHIST SKILL from DARK PAST. USE FLAMMABLE CHEMICALS, JUNK and WOOD to IMPROVISE TORCHES and FUSES.

CAREFULLY LEAVE HANGAR. PLACE TORCHES near HANGAR ENTRANCE and RUNWAYS. USE FUSES ON TORCHES. LEAD FUSE to small POCKETS OF TERMITE in the GROUND.
LIGHT TORCH.

TELL ANY TEAM LAME MEMBER I see outside of the Ravenstar that "GET INSIDE THE RAVENSTAR, NOW! WE ARE LEAVING IMMIDEATLY! ANYONE WHO ISN'T COMING WILL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
REPEAT MESSAGE IN RADIO.

ENTER HANGAR. PICK UP ANY SPARE SUPPLIES NEARBY AND STUFF THEM INTO SPORTS BAGS. PICK UP SPORTS BAGS with SUPPLIES and THROW THEM INTO the RAVENSTAR.

ENTER RAVENSTAR.

GO INTO CO-PILOT'S SEAT. SAY to ETERNAL FREEDOM: "I've arranged some lights along the runway. Hopefully, it will blind the drones for a few seconds until we can escape."

[FaxModem1]

"Looks like its going to be Lights Out for the Drones."

WCDG puts on SUNGLASSES, and THE WHO starts playing on the RAVENSTAR's SPEAKERS.

[Scottish Ninja]

GET ONBOARD the RAVENSTAR. USE the RADIO to CONTACT the RUSSIAN TRAWLER and see if they can DO ANYTHING about the DRONES.

YELL at COMBAT JANITOR to TAKE the JEEP and GO! GET TO THE TRAWLER!

[FaxModem1]

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY asks IVAN IVANOV why he is trying to HELP COMBAT JANITOR, the person who has been trying to kill us since Florida.

WCDG then helps PHYSICIST figure out FLIGHT PATH.

WCDG asks ETERNAL FREEDOM: "Do we have enough tarmac?"

[Simon_Jester]

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST whips out CIVILIAN SLIDE RULE* and sets to work. With help from WCDG, he begins to PLOT SUBORBITAL HOP to OKHOTSK, as this is RELATIVELY SIMPLE compared to other, more ambitious trajectories. We can always take the plane SOMEWHERE ELSE later.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST remains CONCERNED about RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSE COMPANIES demanding PROTECTION MONEY. Also SOMEWHAT CONCERNED about risk of OVERFLYING major US NAVAL BASE in JAPAN. If US MILITARY is REALLY FUCKING PISSED, they might try to SHOOT US DOWN.

PHYSICIST considers possibilities of evasive routing- more on that later. Depends on our ability to make engine burns to bend our course at high altitude during the suborbital hop, assuming we can't simply scramjet our way across the entire distance from here to Okhotsk.

*Spoiler

Slide Rule Fu breaks down into two subdivisions: mathematical and stabbing. The assault slide rule is optimized for stabbing, and reasonably usable for calculation; the civilian slide rule is optimized for calculation, and only marginally usable for stabbing.

[Darkevilme]

SUAVE PLAYBOY hears ZIXINUS yelling to get to the CHO-MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE and attempts to do just that if possible.

[Force Lord]

Tries to stand up, FAILS MISERABLY due to BURNT ASS. BUCKLES UP hands instead.

[Zixinus]

OOC: Wish I could have edited my last line to just "Sorry for the delay, I've just made a few lovely lights to help us find the runway."

[FaxModem1]

WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY thinks about something. He then looks to IVAN IVANOV?

"What's to stop your government from just killing us and taking the plane once we get there?"

[Scottish Ninja]

"It would not be profitable. But would be best to have patron, such as oligarch company, or Air Force. Former we have one contact already; latter I can help with. We will have to cover own expenses though."

[MKSheppard]

RUN into HANGAR holding LARGE IRRITABLE DOG.

Due to VAST KNOWLEDGE OF USELESS WWII TRIVIA, RECOGNIZE airfield as old ABANDONED WWII airfield for USAAF HEAVY BOMBERS.

INSIDE THE HANGAR is an AGING WALK IN SAFE for NORDEN BOMB SIGHTS to be stored when B-17s and B-24s are on the ground.

Place LARGE IRRITABLE DOG on PUSH CART. GET 3 x OXYGEN CYLINDERS, 3 X OXYGEN MASKS, FLASHLIGHT, and VARIOUS SMALL TOOLS out of MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE and PLACE THEM ONTO PUSH CART.

PUSH the CART into WALK IN SAFE FOR BOMBSIGHTS and close the door after CHECKING to see that the inside safe door has ACCESSIBLE LOCKING MECHANISM FOR SAFETY.

SHANGHAI SMARMY SAILOR into coming with me, as he looks like he has EXPERIENCE WITH OPENING WALK IN SAFES FROM THE INSIDE.

[FaxModem1]

WCDG hits RIANN with CROWBAR rather than allow him to enter RAVENSTAR to STEAL SUPPLIES.