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[arcreact]

[ The video feed opens to the gentle chaos that is Nomo #001. The background is a mess of laptops, cables, and for those who helped Tony haul around a giant metal cylinder at the beginning of the month - a suspiciously similar-colored suit of armor, still slightly disassembled but much less pod-like than before.

In the foreground you're treated to Tony and Adrien, looking grimly self-satisfied and just grim, respectively. ]

So, we've got an ear in their ship. My ear, specifically. [ He says, with great humbleness. ] Negotiations has already heard this, but there's some intel I think the defense and offense teams will wanna be privy to.

[ Info he wants defense and offense teams to be privy to, because even if this feels a little like bussing negotiations' cause somewhat, he likes being alive. So, there's that.

There may have also been a discussion, before this video was even turned on, over this particular course of action with the decision coming down to two key factors. Everyone being informed of all known intel, in order to make an informed decision, and the need for more help. ]

Go ahead, say it. You know you want to. [ Adrien mutters, more as an aside to Tony than as a direct address to the video. The comment earns a roll of Tony’s eyes, but he proceeds regardless. ]

Several hours of obsessively trying to cobble together their strategy has told us they either 1.) aren’t great at strategy, 2.) don’t particularly care, or 3.) are too pissed to bother. Or, y’know, a little off the top of all three columns. Point is, there’s nothing stealthy about them. They’re just planning to come at us with everything they’ve got, guns blazing.

[ Tony shoots a look at Adrien, as if to say ‘happy now?’ His pointed look earns him a flat look in return. Listen, Adrien’s not the one who kept using the terminology. He didn’t even get the pop cultural reference. However, to continue. ]

There is a definite tone of seeking recompense from not just one or two individuals but upon this entire ship. We understand that everybody is still in the midst of sharing ideas and formulating plans; this is just information we believed people might want to have on hand when in those discussions.

[ The next part proceeds with an almost grudging tone, like the idea of admitting the need for additional help is particularly distasteful to him, but see aforementioned: he likes not dying. ]

But there’re still some questions we don’t have answered. Questions I would very much like answered, given the above information; if they’re coming at us in a direct assault, we need a way more thorough threat-analysis than we currently have. And make no mistake - I’m amazing - but I can only be in fourteen places at once. We need more ears if we want to gather as much intel as possible, and that’s counting everybody who’s already crashed this shitty party.

[ Tony gives the camera a pointed look, a deliberate nod to everyone who’s already lent a hand with the hacking efforts. He knows who they are. They know who they are. ]

[ Alright Tony, Adrien will give voice to the words you just can’t bring your egotistical self to speak. ]

We’ve also hacked some ship specs but neither Mr. Stark, nor myself have enough experience with the Moira and her capabilities to be comfortable in what information we have and what further mining we should pursue.

More experienced eyes, either with the Moira, the Caducians, or even deep space vehicles, would also be appreciated.

And if you've done any digging of your own, by all means, share with the class.

[ Tony doesn't quite get the feed shut down before muttering under his breath about needing more coffee. ]

(( For reference these were the questions put up in the plotting post to the mods, about any hacking efforts and the results, for anyone who wants to jump in on uncovering details! Information about ship specs, Information about communication eavesdropping. ))

Comments

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[skelepun]

[Well. That sure is a thing. Go team proactive.]

don't got an ear to spare, personally. but if it's a couple eye sockets on the inside you need, we're working on a little something that might interest you.

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[arcreact]

are you using comic sans? good god, Beetlejuice

whatever, don't leave us in suspense

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[prorenataa]

I suspect Tony has already jumped on this but please count me in as being interested as well.

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[gladiumetscutum]

Humble as always, Mr. Stark.

[ Don't mind the teasing lilt to her voice, it shifts to something a bit more serious as she continues. ]

I'd be happy to lend my ears, of course. And I can take a look at those ship specs, too. I should be able to make sense of them--I've got plenty of experience with a variety of different ships.

[ Getting in to help with what she's good at, that's so much more her speed than just standing around and discussing plans. Not to mention it'll help keep her a bit busier, which is always nice. ]

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[arcreact]

Have I mentioned you're my favorite person on this rust bucket? Thought I'd bring it up.

[ Is he joking, is he not joking, we really don't know. ]

I figured you would. I'll send you what we've got. I don't suppose you'd prefer a data stream to an audio stream? We need to be monitoring the former, but the number of takers is currently limited to... my AI and pretty much nobody else, so far.

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[prorenataa]

I should have recorded the fist pumps from earlier.

[ Not that Tony didn't deserve his bout of self confidence but it wasn't like Adrien was just going to let it go unremarked. ]

We weren't able to identify specific specs, at least nothing that said "this is the Caducian ship here." But I expect there is a lot we missed.

[ Don't look at him like that Tony, there was too much going on, they had to have missed something. ]

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[morethan084]

Wow. Way to not invite me into this hot mess of a situation.

...I've been eavesdropping too, and basically came to the same conclusions you have. Glad it's not just me, because I've drank way too much coffee that I can taste colors at this point.

But we should team up, probably can find a lot more about them if we work together.

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[arcreact]

I'm egomaniacal and don't play well with others. I'm pretty sure that's in my file.

[ HE'LL BE ACTUALLY HELPFUL IN A SECOND, MAYBE. ]

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[ventifact]

send me the specs

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[arcreact]

figured we could count on you, Tomb Raider

[ Almost immediately, Rey will find herself in possession of all the info they've gathered on the enemy ship. ]

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[prorenataa]

Some of these are based more off the Moira than the actual Caducian ship itself. We couldn't make an exact one to one match there. Just similar vessels.

[squadgoals]

Great news — Team Offense was putting together a tech team for just such a purpose. I'd love to combine our powers, no matter where the plans take us.

You wouldn't happen to have access to the ship's schematics, would you?

[arcreact]

Finally, some actual good news. Music to my ears.

[ He doesn't care what team he was arbitrarily assigned to, offense having their shit together is very relevant to his interests. ]

We've got a rough outline. J, send it to her.

[ He says this to seemingly nobody, but Shep will find a copy of all the info they've discerned hitting her inbox almost immediately. ]

[prorenataa]

Careful with the schematics, we're working off assumptions based on library data on this ship, the actual Caducian ship came up as a swing and a miss.

[ Which was .. frustrating. ]

But there appear to be some similarities that might be exploited. At least, I hope. I can barely make heads or tails of it.

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[decepticonpeacemaker]

[Hopefully Tony and Adrien aren't too startled by the giant robot on their screen. Soundwave has better things to do than go over the whole Cybertronian spiel with them right now.]

I would be willing to assist both in understanding the schematics you have obtained, and pursuing further information. My main occupation before arriving on this ship was gathering intelligence.

[His voice is too monotone to really tell but he's still irritated that the captains of this ship thought he was best suited to be a mailman when he has four million years experience being a spy.]

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[arcreact]

[ It's fine. It really can't be worse than being manhandled by Tarn in an expensive boutique. ]

Check your inbox, big guy. [ The info they have on the other ship will be waiting for him there, though most if it is extrapolated from what they know of the Moira, and fairly bare-bones besides. ] What're the chances you can get us more info on their munitions? We've been busy with the audio channels, which haven't been particularly illuminating on that front. And dull as hell, incidentally.

[ Normally he might ask a few more questions, but he's somehow automatically inclined to believe the giant talking robot will probably know his way around this kind of thing. ]

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[prorenataa]

[ Adrien was actually Cybertronian compliant so the new facial panels (new face??) did not come as a shock, more a curiosity. How many of the large 'bots were on this ship??

Now was probably not the place to ask such questions and Tony appeared to have handled the heavy lifting in this conversation, so rather than sound like a recording, Adrien merely raised his hand in acknowledgement.

Hello, nice to meet you, thank you for your assistance! ]

[warandpeace]

I'd been discussing some things with Shepard.

Would it be possible to get a layout of the ship? If so, it could be replicated in the Training Sim.

[arcreact]

Now that's the kinda thing I like to hear from the people in charge of saving our asses.

[ Almost immediately, Miller receives a copy of all the information they've gathered regarding the Caducians' ship. ]

That's not exactly a perfect picture. We've cobbled it together using some intel from them, and a lot of info on the Moira. You might need to update your simulations once we get better info.

[video]

[soldiergenes]

[ Well, fancy that. The guy who'd made a show of buying everyone drinks back on their last stop has turned out to be useful. Snake isn't entirely surprised by that, but it's good to see that he can put his money where his mouth is; he doesn't really mind the arrogance if Stark has what it takes to back it up.

The other guy Snake doesn't know, but it seems like he should make an effort to change that. ]

Team Offense here. We could definitely make some use out of that information. [ Particularly since he's one of the people who might be sneaking onto the Caducean ship, if their plan is chosen. ] Not sure how freely we can talk over the MIDs, though. [ Who's to say that they aren't being hacked right back? ]

[video]

[arcreact]

[ Oh look, the guy with the totally bullshit prison yard name. ]

Reptile-fixation guy. [ That's code for 'hello'. ] In-person pow wows more your style?

[ Tony can respect a healthy dose of paranoia. The only reason he's not there with him is because his arrogance has trumped his paranoia, in this case; the way Tony sees it, if he can't hack the MIDs, nobody can. ]

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[a_shadow]

[ This is a little more her speed than waiting for negotiations to work themselves out. She likes to be out there doing something, and this gives her a reason to speak up. ]

If you need a scout, I have a suit of armor with an invisibility cloak on it. Which also doubles as a space suit.

[ Also, she has the balls to do a spacewalk between the two ships, but she figures that goes without saying. ]

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[arcreact]

[ You and him both, Tex. ]

wait, hang on a second
seriously?
that is VERY relevant to my interests
i mean, partially due to current events, but only partially

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[neveroutwrenched]

The Moira has had some serious power issues in the past.

[Inexcusable powers issues, if you asked him, on a vessel designs for deep space]

One of the instances was probably...because of some kind of, [he really hated saying this] magical interference...but it's also gone out for mechanical reasons.

I'm not saying it's much, but if it's a weak point on this ship? It might be on theirs too.

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[arcreact]

[ MAGIC. Shame Ratchet can't see the deeply offended expression on his face. ]

You wanna elaborate on those serious power issues? Because - correct me if I'm wrong - the vast majority of us wouldn't make it very long in the event of a total power failure.