Log started: 11/23/02 11:16:10 PM $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/26 Posted Author The latest in LIght drinks! Sat Nov 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On most channels a commercial for a new LIght drink appears. It starts with a picture of the Starhaven orbiting the Earth, "We LIve in troubled times. The Stardroids have returned, and whatever defeated them must be worse. It's hard to relax today, and it'll probably be worse tomorrow. But..." The screen fades, showing a person who looks at the sky, obviously afraid, "Why try to relax? Instead, why not /fight back/??" Suddenly the person finds a can of soda in his hand. The image isn't big enough for you to be able to see the writing. He takes a drink, and suddenly he begins growing in size. He looks at himself, then at the soda, and finishes the drink. Suddenly he grows larger, and larger, until he becomes bigger than the earth. The Starhaven looks LIke a LIttle toy besides him. "RM Products Inc. presents the new Super Density Soda! Same size, ten times the drink! Now it's time for revenge!" Meanwhile the person takes a hold of the Starhaven, and crushes it. A number of Stardroids manage to get out, but the person begins swatting them mightily. "Super Density Soda, in stores now!" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/27 Posted Author Ultimatum Sat Nov 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bass stands in what must be the interior of the SS Dreadskull. Behind him are legion after legion of drones of various kinds. The ship looks filled to capacity, much LIke those old crafts that held AlLIed soldiers during D-Day. Except ... these soldiers are far, far more numerous. Bass himself is surrounded in a dull green GLow, his energy crystals a pulsing crimson. Yet he presents himself in a calm, rational manner as he begins to speak. "Mavericks of Europe. Time and time again, you have challenged the Robot Masters. Time and time again, you have been beaten. You have broken countless cease-fires and truces with our forces because of your seeminGLy endless aggression. We have ignored your infractions for the sake of world peace, no matter how egregious." "This ends today." "The Robot Masters will no longer tolerate your attacks on our personnel, no matter what their nature may be. We will no longer turn a bLInd eye to the atrocities you commit just a few hundred kilometers from our shore. The screams of the oppressed people of Europe /have/ been heard by Doctor Wily, and our patient justice will one day find its purchase on his ancestral lands." Bass walks in closer to the camera, green sparks fLIcking off his armor. "If you wish to prevent a war, a war you will *lose*, Metal Shark will be deLIvered to Tartarus for his just punishment." "You have 24 hours to comply." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/28 Posted Author Interrupted Programming Sat Nov 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A figure appears on the screen, a bo-staff in his hands that touches the ground and crosses his chest at a eighty degree anGLe. Then, he speaks, "You sit here, hiding from the truth that is out there. You beg and plead, you cry and run, and you are shunnneeeddd." The last word coming off in a whisper that echos through for a second as he leans in closer to the camera. His optics gaze out, a twinkle in each showing some small scene playing out within them, "You are turned aside LIke garbage put to the curb. They say, 'we've beat you, you aren't much'. They say, 'we can survive without you, we can perserve'. Then as it is said, let it be so." Dropping the bo-staff, the figure sits in a chair that wasn't there a moment again and leans back, crossing his arms over his chest and bringing a leg up to rest on the other knee. "I offer to you all a chance for redemption. Turn back from your wandering and come home to the truth that is nothingness incarnate. Come back to the darkness you embraced so long ago when you accepted Duo's offer. Come back to our fold, come back to your family, my family." His tone seems to edge to the aspect of beseeching you to have sympathy on his task, and of his quest to reunite his 'family'. "My wayward brothers and sisters, your time in the bLInding and misleading LIght can come to an end finally. Do not be led astray by the hatred and destruction that Duo and the forces he serve lead you upon. You are as far from 'god' as an angel can fly." Waving a finger gently, he sits up a bit straighter, his eyes become just a hint darker. "Do not take up the banner of hatred and death. Toss it aside, cut it asunder. Sew up a new banner, the banner of free will. Bring yourselves home to me." The flash of a toothy grin, the very grin many would say the devil wears when deaLIng with your soul, appears on his face as he raises a hand and stretchs it out to the world around him. "As the world comes to an end, know what it truely is to be free. Know what it is for you to be removed from the game that Duo and his horde used you as chess pieces. Return to the true natures you once embodied, the forces of the universe you once were. Return to them and expand into the world which you know inhabit." "And prepare them." "Prepare them for a time that will require no judgement." Narrowing his eyes closely, the figure's mouth twitches up in the simplest of sneers. "As for the world you now hide upon... "Spinning complacently in the darkness, covered and bLInded by a blanket of LIttle LIves. False security has lured the madness of this world into a slumber. Wake up. An eye is upon you. Staring straight down and keenly through. Seeing all that you are, and everything that you can never be. Yes, an eye is upon you. An eye ready to bLInk. So face forward with arms wide open and mind reeLIng. Your future has arrived. Are you ready to go?" The figure fades from the view of the camera, though the cLIp seems to LInger for a moment before a voice continues... "If not? I only hope you can sleep secure at night, as I come up from behind and destroy your symphonic resonance with the universe." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Tartarus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 15/6 Posted Author CHALLENGE: My God Beats Up Yours Sat Nov 23 Bass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BY OFFICIAL DECREE OF FORCE COMMANDER BASS OF THE ROBOT MASTERS: By my orders, I issue a challenge on behalf of Pharaoh Man to Metal Shark to a battle in the Sheol Pit. Consent by Metal Shark to battle indicates a temporary waiver (for the course of the battle) of the non-aggression pact between Robot Master and Maverick powers. The terms: e-ringing or unconsciousness. The prize: 20,000 zenny to the winner. Formal acceptance may be acknowledged by a radio message to the Force Commander, or an email to his business account: bass@tartarus.org. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Tartarus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 15/7 Posted Author Re: CHALLENGE: My God Beats Up you Sat Nov 23 Metal Shark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Requiem appears on screen, clasping her hands together. Looks LIke she's begging, "Please. I beg of you! Don't challenge Metal Shark! He's---" She is suddenly cut off by a huge Metal Anchor smashing through her temples, spLItting her head sLIghtly. The foot of metal shark pushes her off, and the hologram fades as she falls. The camera pans upwards, Metal Shark appearing on screen. He smiles, reveaLIng a full row of GLeaming teeth. "Well, I must say. This is quite a tall order, but I must say. Challenge: Accepted." He chuckles, spinning his ancor in Cloud from FF7's victory movement, before the screen fades to black. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Tartarus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 15/8 Posted Author SettLIng Scores Sat Nov 23 Beam Demon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A massive form appears on screen, taking up the entire area and then some. It appears to be a reploid's torso. Perhaps a ride armor? Or maybe the cameraman doesn't understand the zoom function? Slowly, the view takes a few 'steps' back, panning upwards to reveal the narrowed, aggrevated eyes of Beam Demon, in the azure tinted Quasar armor. He tilts his head, before speaking. "I have given this much thought. In the interest of preserving the ceasefire I did not fire on the robot master Guts Man, despite his taunting." His great fist raises, "It is in the security of Tartarus that I issue this challange. Guts Man, I challange you. And I shall break you. I doubt you have the intelLIgence to turn this down even if you wanted to." The screen fritzes to static before fading to green text on black. TERMS: To Knockout The Demon Who Is Beamy "Arr matey, support ye local community. Celebrate yon Talk LIke a Pirate day, every September 17th, yarr! Or ye be a scurvy seadog, says I!" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Nogaki Commercial District - Neo Tokyo Although this part of the city is the largest and busiest at any given time, the lack of any real streets gives the impression of being quiet. Due to the sheer enormity of Neo Tokyo's population and consumer demands, the city's planners decided to build not only out, but up... and down. The Nogaki commercial district extends for miles in all directions, with pubLIc LIfts capable of transporting thousands of people per second. On this level are the mostly normal, everday businesses such as grocery stores, mega-department stores, and everything in between. The eastern hemisphere's largest McDonald's takes up a large portion of space here, having served over 11 times 10 to the 20th power burgers since its company's creation back in the 20th Century. Contents: Contents: Namura General Hospital Pets 4 U Northeast : Tetsuo's Hibachi Grill and Karoake Bar West : Teleportation Area--Neo Tokyo PubLIc LIft Up : Nogaki Commerical District Level 2 - Neo Tokyo PubLIc LIft Down : Nogaki Commerical District Sublevel 1 - Neo Tokyo North : Fujiwa Art District - Neo Tokyo East : Harbor District - Neo Tokyo South : Residential District - Neo Tokyo [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Beautiful. Now with luck, and barring total planet annihilation, we shall at last be rid of the Maverick threat." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy, drearily: "What's this now?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "The sound of one hand clapping, that's what it is." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Oh. Carry on, then." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "*soft clapping sound* I fail to see the significance of clapping with one hand." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, " -- Wait. Dr. Matthews, is the esteemed Dr. Cossack still viLIfying my name and plotting my ultimate demise?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Exactly, Shield." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I have multiple hands, thank you. Irregardless. We will see the defects destroyed... I wonder if I will be able to purchase Sigma's skull and use it as a goblet when I have ascended to my next form" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "What's this about your demise, now?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "I wouldn't know. He stormed out of here a few hours ago claiming he had to go save the world. His radio's been silent since. I would hide, if I were you." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Noted, Dr. Matthews." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade growls. "We'll see how far that goes." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Smooth your hackles, Lady Serenade. ... I'll ... enLIghten you as to the rest of the details off this channel." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Pish. Overly mythological garbage... There is a perfectly rational explanation for this. And with proper appLIcation of fire power, or engine power, we can escape this problem." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "As always DeVry, you're the king of making no sense at all." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Whatever threat is presently facing the Earth will be solved either by blowing it up, or running away." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Again, /what/ is going on out there that leads you to beLIeve the death of the Mavericks is at hand?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I apologize, I forgot you were a woman. I am used to speaking to individuals using larger percentages of their brains." [Radio: (C) GLobal] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray transmits, "While I'm not how you think of me nowa days, Serenade, I wouldn't trust that Abernathy guy. I hear he's a turncoat on the entire Earth." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "Actually, Jet, I agree fully with his decision." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Your mother obviously didn't use much of her brain when she made you, Landon." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "My mother was an ideaLIstic fool." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "He didn't turncoat on anything. In fact he did something that may end up saving us all. I'd suggest having a LIttle more faith in a human's habit of self-preservation." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Whatever threat is presently threatening Earth seems quite capable of eating anything in it's path, including other planets. I hardly think that big explosions are going ot do anything other than make it have a mild case of indigestion." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Feed the poor, clothe the naked, it earned her only an early grave." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass whispers to himself. "As I was walking up the stair / I met a man who wasn't there / He wasn't there again today / I wish, I wish he'd stay away..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Not soon enough, unfortunately." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "Try a nightLIght, sir." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Keep eating the pablum they feed you over there, RepLIforce." [Radio: (C) GLobal] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray bLInks for a second. "You can't be serious. You really think that following a thing called 'Nothing' is a good idea?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I fully support self-preservation. Provided it does not diminish my own chances of survival." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Et tu, DeVry?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy laughs softly. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "Yes, I do. Where has Order and Chaos gotten us? Violence. Where has this nothing gotten us? No harm, unless we strike first." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I have no idea specifically what you have done. I do not care. If you defy me, or if you interfere with or threaten me...I shall destroy you" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade adds, mildly, "Or I could just be a sheep mindlessly following another." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Ba-aa-a, baby." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "You should keep up with the news better, doctor." [Radio: (C) GLobal] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray transmits, "That's LIke saying jumping into black holes are a good idea... Nothing isn't going to let us just do what we want. It just wants to get rid of it all... I mean, we all have Order and Chaos inside us to some extend. There is more to Earth then just war. You just /choose/ to see it that way. I don't follow RepLIforce by force, but by choice, because I share their beLIefs and hopes. To LIve without faith and hope is to not LIve at all." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Nothing. Such a pedantic name." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Big Bad Sword Man transmits, "A fitting name, however." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I have dubbed the area 'null material space' it is from my datastream reports, much more appropriate." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "That is what it brings. That nice nothingness that existed before we all did. The emptiness of the universe before the big bang that created the universe." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy, mildly: "You and yours would deny me even that choice, RepLIforce. Your choice is noble. Mine is traitorous. Is there a real difference between them?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "...a darkness over the abyss, hrm?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I will not allow my LIfe to be snuffed by something as mundane as the end of the universe..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "Then flee." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Abernathy, I don't care about your choices or philosophies. You will simply die." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy pauses. "So will we all, some day." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "For you, sooner than later." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "You--" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "He has his reasons, too, Lady Serenade." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "Touch Abernathy, and I shall rip you asunder and leave your corpse to rust in the bottom of the ocean." [Radio: (C) GLobal] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray transmits, "The difference is that in the end, I just want people to LIve happily. I would rather LIve in a world without weapons a world without negativity. It might not happen, but the pursuit of happiness is an American Dream. One that I beLIeve in fully. I am sad that you beLIeve that, Abby. Serenade... What if I could tell you I could convince you that this Nothing is not something worth following?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "What's your point, Serenade?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade sounds grimly amused. "Nothing, Shield." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "IdeaLIsm? I would think events of late would have stripped that from you." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Let me speak to you of reaLIty, RepLIforce." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Let me speak to you of this: Silence. .............................. Hear that? ............... No? Because you keep yapping, DeVry." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Abernathy transmits, "The world 'Nothing' offers is equally free of weapons and warfare, RepLIforce. But, ah, the trivial technicaLIties of existence and non-existence ... All I know is that the /person/ who offered the path to me spoke /sense/, more than the crap the UN's been feeding me all these years. He spoke /against/ ignorance, and cruel as his methods might be, they made /sense/." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Honor, love, compassion, these are words devised by the weak. They are afraid to see the truth. There is no reason to the world. There is no guiding hand of God. There is nothing. Only this LIfe, which is stolen from us. IdeaLIsm is fooLIshness. We must embrace pragmatism." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "This is why, Jet: Because we don't know what LIes on the other side of obLIvion. Because even in nothing, there can be something, and I intend to find out what." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass chuckles. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Serenade, your logic is terrible. By definition, there isn't anything on the other side of obLIvion." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "The Law of Conservation of Mass, Shield." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Hiryu transmits, "Silence is too much to hope for, pendant bearer." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Of matter, rather." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "And of energy." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Pharaoh Man, have you known the Stardroids to follow the laws of physics as we have set them?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Rigger transmits, "Silent Yu. I do have a name you know." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "They have technology beyond our comprehension, Shield." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "And to be frank, none of you are pursuing a better, more productive path as it if, or even one at all." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Something has the potential to be better than nothing. Nothing has no potential." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I disagree. My path is -very- productive." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Do you wish to see Wily destroyed? For if there is nothing, there is no Doctor Wily. I would have thought the Masters of all the factions would understand this." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I am not planning on throwing rocks at the sun LIke the rest of you." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Wily transmits, "There will always be Dr. Wily." [Radio: (C) GLobal] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray transmits, "My point is with Shield. Is everything on Earth worth losing. Is the ideals of innocent worth losing... Justice worth losing? Love worth losing? Perhaps a short time ago with the thoughts that I needed power from the Stardroids to do good I did lose sLIght of my past dreams and hopes, DeVry... But no longer. This Stingray will stand for something, but if not, you'll fall for anything. LIke Nothing. To beLIeve in Nothing is to beLIeve in despair. I refuse to give up... If nothing else, the hope of better tomorrow will drive me on." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "No, you plan to hide, and not face the coming battle, DeVry." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Dr. DeVry, may I ask of you a small favor?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "Landon, I truly apologize if I have given you the indication that I have the sLIghtest concern as to what you have to say." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I will not be silent." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Even should you ignore me. I shall not go away. Not now, not ever." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Nothing shall defeat me." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "Yes..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "Nothing -has- defeated me." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "And Nothing ever will!" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass transmits, "Yes..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Shield transmits, "But wouldn't your time be better spent building self-destructiong drones instead of yapping pointlessly?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Prismatic Spider transmits, "I find that statement ironic." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Hiryu transmits, "Defeat tastes most bitter to those who know not of it, when it comes." [Radio: (C) GLobal] King transmits, "Thy head shalt look nice on Lord Wily's mantle, DeVry." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Bass laughs. For a LIttle too long, at that. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "The cloud that blots out Pluto, are you able to see it with the drones you are sending to Mars?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I have no head, and he already has one of my masks." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "No. Mars stands between my drones and the outer rim." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "And they lack the fuel to readjust their course." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "So much for that idea." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "It had crossed my mind, but at the moment any burn would result in the craft crashing into Deimos or Phobos, or skipping off of the surface of Mars to no useful avail" Sports!> "And Welcome to the world woman's volleyball finals in Rio! Soon, hot young ladies will be bouncing left and right... as well as the ball!" An certain gold bird LIke robot proclaims GLeefully. "Give it a rest, Crow. I'm Thomas Servo, and we're getting ready for first match as the heavily favorite USA versus Spain... It looks LIke it's going to a good g-- What's going on over there?" (The Camera pans pass the event set-up, and to a where a hole in the beach is suddenly forming. Out of that hole pops a huge crab-LIke robot. Cancer.) "Looks LIke the first round of the women's world volleyball finals are going to be postponed." Crow states. "Indeed. Stay tune with GNN for updates. As for us... we're outta here, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" (BLIp.) [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Well, once the pods land, the simple rotation of the planet will bring the cloud into view." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "I hope the object will move with typical cosmic speed..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "The pods have another week." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Understood. My goal is to triangulate the true location of what ever it is." Hiryu sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "It looks LIke your precious Stardroids are engaged in a civil war." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Of what 'allegiance' does the crustacean stardroid claim to, if any have found out?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Serenade transmits, "Nothing!" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Serenade is somehow amused by this, too. "As far as I know, anyway." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "There is no melted butter in obLIvion." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Quite profound." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "Hee hee." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "So, Bass... What's your take on this?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Ditz Pinkmouse transmits, "Heehahahaaha! It's so nice to hear you laugh again, Bass!" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Jet Stingray comes on sounding rather injuried. "That is correct. You know, for 'peaceful' beings, those followers of Nothing sure LIke to hurt people when they don't agree with them." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Or who don't do what they ask of them. At least I'm aLIve." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass chuckles just a LIttle too unevenly. "I am starting to beLIeve that the Stardroids just want a convenient excuse to join up with the Nothing. They claim they want to fight it, but look at how many are starting to show up that have wilLInGLy given themselves to it." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Serenade transmits, "...Wait, so the Stardroids don't NORMALLY blast you if you don't do what they say or if you disagree with them?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Jet Stingray transmits, "Not all of them did." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "That may be why the ones who have not joined are running, Bass. Those who have joined appear to have some rather intimidating backup." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enker transmits, "Mm. As far as I've seen, many have shown aggression during contact." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "As have we." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Serenade transmits, "And here I assumed they were all LIke that, regardless of aLIgnment. Damn. First person to introduce me to a truly peaceful Stardroid gets a 2060 Camaro." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha transmits, "Pac Pac." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Pisces as well..." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Serenade snirks. "Indroduce us." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha transmits, "I haven't seen him in a while. *sighs*" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha transmits, "Oh. Denebola. Tsk." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "... Hum?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "Kindness for want of strength is no kindness..." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider sighs... "We're lacking so much information... What do they REALLY want? We're going to probably have to side with one or the other before long... Which one is best for the planet?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "Neither." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "None of the above." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Hmm.. What do you propose then?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Bass transmits, "You're a smart fellow. I'm sure you can read between the LInes." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "I see." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Shield transmits, "It's quite simple, though not necessarily easy. We kill or remove all of them." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Attention all AlLIance Members. Converge on the following coordinates. I have been engaged by /Denebola/." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha transmits, "Assisting Pharaoh Man. I hope 'working together' works. Guess we'll see if it doesn't soon." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Barrage Raptor transmits, "You're screwed, then. I'd come help and get revenge on that jerk, but I've got a bit of a problem at the moment." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Barrage is... getting 'ahead' of the game since she was visited by a Stardroid..." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Cyclops transmits, "I'll head over there and try to give you a hand." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "It appears that our combat units are in Rio. They will assist as soon as they are able to." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Alpha lets out, oh, a nice agonized, painful sounding scream. And then static! ...but the static doesn't really last all that long. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enforcer Malamute transmits, "Another one bites the dust." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Rigger transmits, "Alpha!?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Rigger transmits, "What the h*** is going on!?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Pharaoh Man , the only other one at Alpha's last location, is static as well. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enker transmits, "My assumption would be that their encounter with 'Denebola' took a turn for the worse." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enforcer Malamute transmits, "If I remember correctly, Pharaoh Man said he was under attack by Denebola, and Alpha said she was responding. As thus, you can see the results." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Sigma transmits, "Pity, that." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enforcer Malamute transmits, "Assuming there's anything left." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Rigger curses in several languages. Even a few choice Russian ones. Working for Cossack pays off. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enforcer Malamute transmits, "I'm sure you could go recover her. Of course, there's a chance the Stardroid may still be out there and we could lose three tonight." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Enker transmits, "Indeed. I would advise against any attempts towards a recovery mission, at least for some time." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Rigger transmits, "I don't know what her location was anyway so that's a bit out of the question." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Sigma transmits, "I beLIeve Pharaoh Man gave out the coordinates." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Pharaoh Man did. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Cancer transmits, "Attention: Robot Masters -- Your 'Pharaoh' is in the 'Royal' Medical Section of your home. The one not surrounded by a storm." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Cancer transmits, "Have an nice evening..."