GESB: Operation Cocoa Puffs

[Chad32]

"Hm. A water planet." Temrash said when they passed into real space. "I'll be sending a message to Christine's adoptive parents in the place called California. Once we land, I'll make arrangements for you." He said to Ardiss, then flipped off communications. "don't let Myitt bother you too much. You don't have to interact with her if you don't want to."

[Darth Revan]

"Indeed, the white is rather unsettling."

[Myitt]

((Chad, we haven't emerged from z-space yet.  I'll take care of that now, though ))

Myitt yawns and stretches, checking the controls.  "Everyone, we're going to be emerging from zero-space quite soon," she tells the rest of their little fleet.  "When we do emerge, we'll be near a large planet the humans called Jupiter.  Stay away from the inner orbit, its gravity well is pretty strong.  We should reach Earth in about ten minutes, and as we approach we need to be cloaked and on minimal power.  The planet is orbited by human satellite arrays, which shouldn't be much of a problem if we're cloaked; but it's also ringed by a number of powerful Yeerk ships.  Most of them will also be cloaked and shielded from human detection, but they will see us if we aren't on auxiliary power and entirely cloaked.  Even the faintest heat signal from a main power conduit will give us away.  If anyone does contact you, give them this message."  She transmits a signal code and a message declaring who each ship was in Yeerkish. 

"Do not let them see a visual feed.  Breekan, Cutter and I are going to be landing in the city of Perth, Australia.  Whoever wishes to follow me may do so.  I think the U.S. is too dangerous for Cutter and myself, and of course Breekan would stick out like a sore thumb anywhere."  She grins back at Breekan.  "Sorry, Breek.  Take care of your errands but do not let yourself become detected uncloaked.  Planetside we should be able to use our main power, there's too much air traffic--human and otherwise--for that to likely be an issue.  Just be careful.  I'm making the jump back in three..."

In a few moments the Bug fighter emerges near the orbit of Jupiter, cloaked and powering on auxiliary engines, zipping over the asteroid belt in a high arc and at maximum burn.  She only slows down when they pass Mars, estimating time of arrival in Perth in about five minutes from that point.

Barring anything going wrong.

"So far so good, guys," she whispers to her crewmates, watching as Earth gets closer.  No communications yet.

[Darth Revan]

Thordon watches as they pass the many planets. Awestruck, he stands perfectly still taking in the view.

[Terenia]

"I didn't plan on conversing with her more than necessary," Ardiss said, leaning back and stretching, "As I will be listed as an infested, the Empire will know of my existence. They do have records, you know. My name will not be listed as this human's Yeerk. What will be? If I am confronted for any reason, I should know what to say."

[Chad32]

"The Yeerks that will be helping you should have a new identity all set up. I won't be able to contact them right now, as we'll be trying to get past Loyalist sensors. However, when you speak to them they will be able to go over everything."

Temrash followed Myitt's command. he had done this kind of thing before, and wouldn't have done things very differently.

(You can control the other two if you want, and when Ardiss meets them you can make up whatever ID you want. I haven't given that part a whole lot of thought, but I figure you'd be interested in doing it yourself.)

[Breekan1]

Breekan shakes his head. "It's all good, Myitt, the suit provides." Breekan taps a panel on his shoulder, and his wings slip comfortably into an extra-dimensional flap on his back. He then brings up a viewscreen on his forearm, activating a list of possible disguises. "There are no human holograms in the Crayak's database, unfortunately- the suit wasn't designed to head to your galaxy. There was a star system a few millennia ago containing relatively human-like lifeforms." He squints at the feed for a few moments before tapping one. A hologram encases his head and hands; it resembles a bald human with all-black eyes and white skin. There are four fingers on each hand and its teeth are tiny and sharp, like a pirannha's. He slips on a pair of goggles and gloves. "I won't exactly look normal by what I understand human standards to be, but I'll at least look plausible."

[Myitt]

Myitt watches Breekan transform, slack jawed.  "Uh....well then."  She clears her throat.  "I guess you're good to go, huh?  Just don't smile at anyone, okay?  Do you have a hat?"  She winces.  "It's the middle of summer and hot as hell where we're going."  While she waits for a reply she turns back to the controls, bringing the ship neatly between the perimeter of the International Space Station and the bristling, invisible Yeerk ships. 

Myitt exhales.  "Everyone please buckle up, this might be rough."  The hull shielding flickers with flame and the cabin trembles alarmingly as the invisible fighter streaks through the upper atmosphere.

[Gaz]

"Here we go," Gaz said, "prep for landing you two."

"Got it," said Fletcher, as he monitored his own console.

[Darth Revan]

Thordon takes his seat again and braces for anything.

[Myitt]

The ship cruises invisibly, down and down and down in an endless drop.  It evens out and sends everyone's stomachs back to normal as the ship slows to a less maniacal speed.  The cloaked Bug fighter emerges from the clouds and over the water of the Indian Ocean, the green edge of western Australia on the horizon.  The water is sparkling, and behind the verdant developed strip of coast lies a vast and arid network of grazing land and desert.

"Okay," Myitt exhales, "we're going to have to land someplace where we can find our ships, but not risk some poor sap bumping right into them.  I need to go to the damn grocery store, so I'll try and find..."  She does a quick scan on the Yeerkish connection to the human internet.  "...a Cole's.  In Mundaring.  Okay then.  We may not all be able to fit on the roof of a supermarket, and I'll be damned if I don't get some Cocoa Puffs.  So what shall we do, then?"

[Hunter]

(whoa... i vanish for 3 days and i missed heaps!)

After Myitt described what z-space was, John's brain just completely blanked. For lack of a better term, brain-fart could be used.

Zoning out, he had to blink a couple of times to straighten his mind as they 'jumped' out of z-space near Jupiter. "So, that's what it looks like" he said to no one in particular as he headed to an out of the way corner of the ship to brace himself.

Hearing the other guy ask him about what he said when he was back in the bar, he said to him "Yeah. I'm a Corporal in the United States Marine Corp. 1st Air Corps, from 1944. But now, it looks like I'm stuck here in what was it, Myitt? 2003?"

Sitting down with his Tommy gun next to him, he removed the 30 round magazine, and he started checking over the gun, making sure that it was in serviceable condition.

[Chad32]

Temrash had turned his computer back on earlier. "I can call my ship from long distance, Myitt, so I could just park in an isolated area and meet up with you later when you're done shopping."

[Gaz]

"All right," said Gaz, "looks like we made it in one piece. Time to find a place to park."

She listened to the chatter on the comm as she tried to figure out where a good place to touch down would be.

[Breekan1]

Breekan frowns and lets out a series of hideous chirps before double-tapping his wrist. "Sorry! Accidentally activated the vocal masking. What I was trying to say is I've got a gasmask and a bonnet. I'm not sure if either of those'll help me stick out any less."