Galaxy's Edge Space Bar (archive)

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver watched and was dumbfounded. She turned to Claxter. "what did you do to him? What is that thing?" she asked looking at the weapon.

[Chad32]

<It's the hyperstore.> Claxter said. Silver had been in the room when Theta explained it, and had been watching him use it. Maybe she hadn't been paying attention. <I can let him out with that console.> He expected the drones to attack, but they seemed dumbfounded. Just automatons waiting for instructions. He started firing on them before they collected themselves. <We need to secure the ship.>

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Salem smiled at Mar and shrugged. "Couldn't tell ya. Not until I get the information. Gotta make a quick run to my ship for it. I'll be back momentarily."

He stood, turned, and walked out the door and towards his ship.

[radgeek]

Taylis 4127 didn't care about much anymore.  She just needed a place to crash her bugfighter until she thought out her next move.  She had messed up big time and couldn't go back.  She didn't want to either.  The bar looked like a dump but she could land there and hopefully no be recognized as the New York City politician her host Amy Tang was.

[Midnight_Huntress]

"Hell I thought you shot something else." she said. She looked to her arms and seen her tattoos were glowing the same color as her lightening. She wondered of maybe her tattoos were more than decoration.

[Chad32]

<Have you always had tattoos, Silver?> Claxter asked, as her glowing body was distracting him a bit. His main eyes and one stalk eye were on the drones, but the other stalk was looking at Silver.

[radgeek]

After a smooth gentle landing, Taylis stepped out of her bugfighter.  "I'll have a drink," she said to herself.  She started walking to the bar.

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver shook her head. "Just recently. Every year since the CG experiments I have been gaining some kind of power. Growing stronger or a new skill. Awhile back I was training when these appeared. They go down my back to my waist down my arms wrap my wrists and into my palms. But this is the first they have glown." she said watching her palms.

[Terenia]

Terenia glances at Ossanlin, nervous about speaking too directly. Not wanting to cause more trouble. Is this what the rest of your life is going to be? Walking on eggshells? To hell with that idea.

<Reven,> Terenia says, <I do not think that Efaen is trustworthy. She does not even truly believe that your people have defected from the Empire. She still thinks that somehow my joining you will result in her helping the Empire win. What I do know is that she respects honor and tradition. If she is sent there on orders - Andalite orders - she will do as she is told and be no threat to you.>

<<You speak for me now as well as control me?>> Efaen asks bitingly. <<I have agreed to none of this.>>

<Ossanlin, Efaen does not trust you,> Terenia goes on, ignoring her hosts anger. <She thinks that you have been...swayed...by Corliss and your other rebel friends into betraying your own kind without realizing it. I don't like you very much, but I am willing to...try...and trust you. But orders from you will not be enough. She needs it from Andalites that she sees as trustworthy and loyal. She thinks that you are a traitor.>

[radgeek]

Taylis pulled some hair in front of her face to cover it better.  She entered and quickly walked to the bar to keep from being seen.  "Whatever you have that is strong but won't kill me."

[KitsuneMarie]

Elayne gives Trey a suspicious look before telling Keshin, "Playing dumb seems like a stupid way of getting entertainment, and there are plenty of impossible situations that occur here, so... fine. I'll play." She folds her arms. "The other Keshin is a bounty hunter. I don't know him well, but my interaction with him certainly led to some unpleasant results."

[Myitt]

Corliss opens his mouth to reply to his brother, and shuts it again quickly.  He looks over at Terenia in surprise.

Reven, however, crosses his arms and smiles at her.  When he replies, it is to Ossanlin.

"So, my old friend," he says.  "Who among your Andalite allies would be able to force...excuse me, to order...this Andalite girl to cooperate with us?"  His gaze shifts to Ossanlin.  "And will they be able to guarantee that she won't attempt to destroy what she considers to be an Imperial front from within?"

[Aluminator (Kit)]

As Salem was walking up the ramp to his ship, he noticed a Bug Fighter land, and a human he didn't recognize step out and head for the bar. Before she went inside, he pointed his device at her and hit some buttons, causing it to trill. He then turned on his heel and strode into the ship. He sat down in his chair and docked his device into a small port clearly designed just for that purpose, then spun around and began speaking to Al, who was working on something at the workstation in the middle of the cabin.

[Cobra (Gymn)]

Bear trotted out of the glad his assumption had been correct. He would keep it to himself and John of course. He trotted up to the door and nudged it open with his nose. John was resting and Bear didn't want to disturb him so he would relax in the Bar for now. He trotted past a few humans, two Hork-Bajir, and a Taxxon. That was new. He headed for an empty table and laid down watching the inhabitants.

Kevlin watched the human walk in and then a few seconds later the dog then he turned his attention back to Temrash and the Taxxon. He walked around to them and stood behind Temrash.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Ossanlin looks up at Reven again and nearly begins speaking as Terenia pipes up first.  He allows her to continue before speaking again in open thought-speech.  <Well, Terenia didn't really illustrate my...conditions...c learly.  Efaen does not express a desire to join the Alliance as one would expect.  She has, unfortunately, been completely indoctrinated with the propaganda rubbish that the Electorate is so happy to spread about.  Be that as it may, she is still an individual with her own rights and opinions which she may cling to to her hearts' content.  She is not joining the rebellion, which means that she will remain a charge of the Andalite military.  Assuming you still accept Terenia, and assuming you agree to these terms, we will be stationing Efaen amongst the rebels.  More or less, it means that we will have the capability of removing Efaen and stationing her elsewhere should we deem it necessary.  Should such a measure be needed, a memory wipe involving the removal of all rebel intelligence could be performed.>

Ossanlin takes a few breaths as he thinks about possibilities to Reven's most recent inquiry.  <It would be difficult to find others amongst the military that would allow a morph-capable Andalite to remain in Yeerk hands, even if those hands belong to the rebellion.  I know a number of officers off the top of my stalks that would shoot me on sight for allowing such a thing to occur.  I'm taking a large risk.  Working with the rebellion is one thing, allowing the rebellion to have a morph-capable Andalite...quite another.  I will have to consider options...>

Ossanlin switches to private thought-speech and directs it at the comm receiver.  <<It is a risk for both of us...allowing her to join you.  It would be much easier to simply separate Terenia from Efaen.  This in itself would create several problems however.  I know that voluntary hosts do not grow in groves, and Terenia is natively human...it would be more than difficult for her to be required to maintain her Yeerk form in its natural state.  There is also the fact that Efaen possesses a human morph identical to Terenia's original body, this would also be a grave loss for her.  Efaen would be happy not to join you, but she would not be happy fulfilling a simple role within our own military structure.  She desires close-quarters situations involving combat, something she would most-likely never see aboard a Dome Ship.  Given your types of...operations...s he would be much more likely to experience her desires with you.  I have also sensed a bit of a connection between Terenia and Efaen...they dislike each other and yet they do not wish to be separated from what I can tell.  Efaen's feelings are not as strong of course, but I believe they exist.>>

Ossanlin falls completely silent again before speaking in open thought.  <I suppose I can contact my friend back home and see if he can arrange something with a member or two of the Electorate...we shall see.>   In private thought to the comm and Reven, he continues.  <<If we propose the idea that Efaen is being sent mainly as a spy to observe the rebellion, we may have a small chance of convincing one of them.  However, this would require your absolute trust in me old friend.  I know that this is not lightly given, so I will need to know one way or the other.  If we station Efaen and Terenia as "spies", they will need to make regular status and informational reports to me, and I will have to choose what will be passed on to the superiors.  Efaen will have to believe that her true purpose is spying, and Terenia will have to pretend to go along with it...she will have to be very careful about which thoughts are shared with Efaen.  I know you cannot respond without the others listening in...if you allow it, I will attempt to contact you later from my own communications device in private.  If you would like me to do so, please instruct Corliss to transfer your contact codes to me when we end the transmission, if not...well I'm sure we'll figure something out.>>

He looks at Terenia with his main eyes.  <<I know that you do not like me Terenia, and I'm trying to not care.  Unfortunately that is not within my character.  If I truly didn't care about your well-being I would separate you from Efaen and throw you by the wayside.  Many other Andalites would simply starve you and be done with it.  Be that as it may, it has no bearing on what is currently transpiring.>>  Then in open thought-speech.  <I am certainly not a traitor, Efaen.  The Electorate might not know how to actually fight Yeerks, but they most-certainly are expert at manipulating the minds of their own people.  One of my greatest blessings is that I had a Prince in the Academy who taught me how to rise above all the filth the Electorate circulates and make my own decisions using what I know, not what I've been told.>  

As Ossanlin finishes speaking, the idea fruits more fully in his head.  Given the correct words and acts, it shouldn't be too terribly difficult to convince Efaen that he is putting on a farce for Reven...Efaen would see machinations that didn't exist...he could exploit that property as easily as he could exploit an enemy's weakness in battle.  Ossanlin smiles a bit to himself looking back up at Reven.