Robotech - Tales of the UEEF (Main)

[Sherwood]

Alex applauds. "Well said! We shall set our mark upon the UEEF by becoming the best squadron on the ship! So, we have two votes for Dragon, and one for Shock or Storm; not sure which one you were going with there. Any other thoughts on a team name?"

 

[Psychie]

Amanda looks at Grumpy and lets out a sigh. He can be soooo insufferable some days. "I still like Dragon, but I have to admit that Storm Squadron is not a bad name to go with. What do you guys think? Dragon or Storm?"

 

[Orikanyo]

"..How about Storm dragon?" grumpy shrugged, raising an eyebrow. "Cut out the middle man."

 

[Psychie]

Hmmm. Not a bad idea. As much as I hate to admit it, I kinda like it. "Not to bad. What do you guys think? Should we be the Storm Dragons? I can go with that."

 

[WlfSamurai]

Ty shrugs. “Sounds fine to me, “ he says. He wasn’t about admit it to the others, but it did have a nice ring to it. Better than simply Storm or Dragon by themselves. While he still truly believes that the unit will make the name, hearing that the Storm Dragons are raining down upon you makes it sound dangerous and fun.

 

[Kwops]

THUD

"Ow."

Nathan sits up, rubbing his head and wincing. After the briefing, he'd gone straight to his room and passed out. He'd checked his pad, and his roommate had been listed as a man named Alex Kilgore, but when he'd gotten there Alex was nowhere to be found. "They've really got to install rails on these beds. You could hurt yourself falling out of them." He roots around in a bag, and pulls out a few lengths of pipe. "Well I've got materials, I should probably go see if anyone's got a torch I could borrow. Not sure bolts'll do the trick."

Still scratching his head, with his hair in a mess, he opens the door, but stops in the doorway. "Now that I think about it, I should check in with the squad lead. Far as I know they haven't seen me all day. Not that that's unusual, but my understanding is that doesn't fly, and 'not flying' and 'Aviators' dont exactly mix." He quickly pulls out a tablet, and checks his squad assignment. "Chen Tseng, huh? Says here there's a squad meeting happening right now. And what better way to introduce them to me than by showing up late to a meeting with a raging headache? Perfect." He takes a turn of of his room and heads towards the squad room. With a quick silent pep talk, he opens the door and steps in, hearing "Sounds fine to me" coming from somewhere.

 

[Psychie]

When the door opens up again, Amanda looks over to see just who is coming in. "Hey Nate. What up? You assigned to work with us, too? We're just trying to lock in a cool squadron name, and it seems we've decided on calling ourselves the Storm Dragons. What do you think about that?"

 

[Kwops]

Nathan cocks his head, mulling it over. "Yeah, sounds serviceable to me. Personally I'm a little partial to something more along the lines of 'Steel Dragons', but 'Storm Dragons' is perfectly fine as well." Nate looks around to find an empty seat and ends up picking one next to Ty.

 

[Sherwood]

When Nathan enters the room, you recognize four of the five people in the room from flight training on the Atlas Fabricator Ship. You may not know them well, but you do know that they all have gravitated to be fellow Valkyrie pilots like yourself. The last man in here is a older fellow, probably in his late 20's to early 30's, and he is not familiar to you at all. He looks up from his seat and gives you a nod, and in a rich Scottish accent he says, "Running a little late there, mate? We've been here rubbing elbows for several minutes already."

 

[Kwops]

Nathan gives a small shrug and replies "Yeah, I ended up getting back to quarters and taking a sadly short-lived nap. Guess it was fortunate after all, though. Wouldn't want to miss the first squad meeting. By the way, would you happen to be Alex Kilgore?" He pats his pocket where he left his tablet. "This thing said we were assigned to be roommates."

 

[Orikanyo]

"And learned something odd about Scorch... Girl needs to lay off the internet it seems..." a grumpy voice could be heard not to far off, looking only a slightly bit smug before going back to his grumpy self. He stood up and fiddled with the camera in hands. "Sit tight and put on your best face." grumpy sauntered over to a good spot to start aiming his camera.

 

[Sherwood]

The older man gives you a charming smile and nods. "You have me pegged correctly. I am Alex, and I look forward to getting to know all of you much better as we work to put the Storm Dragons at the top of the leader boards for performance and panache."

 

[Epiphany]

"Storm Dragons it is. I'm glad it meets with everyone's approval, including..." Chen rechecks her data tablet and grimaces before saying, "Lieutenant Sy-ko-ro-os? Did I say that right? Welcome to the squad."

The Chinese Lieutenant surveys the assembled pilots and specialists before nodding with a satisfied air. "We have a wider range of skills in this squad than I trained with, than I imagine most of you trained with. I need to check in with the CAG for our immediate orders but if we don't have anything scheduled today, I want us out and practicing. I have a hunch they're going to give us multi-purpose assignments. And I want us all drilled and experienced in working with each other, practiced in letting an immediate expert take over for each given part of a mission. Whether it's detecting enemy aircraft, recording the enemy to provide intelligence for strategic operations, skirmishing or a straight up fight, as well as getting used to supporting our own EW in our midst."

"Each of you are excellent at what you do," Chen adds, taking a moment to look each squad member in the eye. "With practice, we can be excellent together. With practice, nothing will stop our victory over our enemies!"

"Now, let's get to know each other a little better. Each of you, why did you enlist? What do you hope to be doing in five years?"

 

[Psychie]

Amanda fires off another glare, then softens her expression for Nathan. "Don't listen to him. He's just the human embodiment of Grumpy Cat. Just be glad you don't have to bunk with him!"

As Chen pipes up, she quiets down to listen to her new commanding officer. "I've always wanted to be a pilot ever since I can remember, watching videos of greats like Rick Hunter and Max Sterling in their Veritechs. Other than to get some great stick and throttle time flying through space, I want to be a leader of my own squad someday."

 

[Kwops]

Nathan rubs his glasses and looks around. "My name's Nathan Sykoros, 2nd Lieutenant, although anyone who shares space with me for more than a few weeks ends up calling me 'Juryrig'. I joined up for a few reasons, although the biggest one would be the chance to get to tinker around with some military-grade tech. Getting to test it out in the field is even better. Five years from now ... well, I honestly haven't thought that far ahead. Best I can come up with is protecting Earth and the rest of humanity, which is another reason I signed up."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Welcome to the mechanics club." grumpy began to ignore scorch once again and start his picture taking spree, listening to Chen as he went about. "I enlisted because of Alien species and their culture..... And food... And weapons... I.. Want to see it, record it and try it..." he hated admitting it, but god damn did he want to try space alien food. If it wouldn't kill him of course, but even then, maybe something could be done right?

"As for the future.... i don't know... It'll come I guess." the man continued to take a few snap shots all flattering, as best as he could make them atleast.

 

[Psychie]

Amanda looks at Chen, "What about you, Boss Lady? What do you see yourself doing in the next few years? And what do you want us to call you? Lt. Tseng? Ma'am? Something else entirely?"

 

[Sherwood]

Alex lets out a chuckle. "Well, I don't have a call sign, but that's fine with me. I've been in the service for a while now, looking to train with the advanced Robotechnology we keep coming across from the Zentraedi, and soon, the Robotech Masters. Besides, it should be quite an adventure, being on the first human expedition out of our own solar system!"

 

[Psychie]

Nodding in agreement, she says, "Yeah, aliens are cool, just so long as they are not trying to kill us! Who knows what we will run into out there? Maybe even Grumpy will find something to make him smile." She gives her fellow pilot a playful wink.

 

[Epiphany]

"Great answers!"

Chen looks pleased with how the conversation's gone so far. Seeing it directed back at herself makes her pause and think for a second. "First of all, it's Ma'am when we're on the clock. As for the future..." She looks out the door of their squad room, then looks back at the four men and one woman assembled before her. "I plan to serve the UEEF shoulder to shoulder with all of you. I hope to see each of you grow into being vital, critical members of this fleet. I wish for you all to be the people we looked up to when we were younger. For my goals, I'd like to captain my own ship someday. I don't know that'll happen in five years but that's what I have my eye set on."

"That and keeping you all alive."

"Now, let's get down to the hanger. I'll check with the CAG for orders. If we've got an assignment, I'll brief you. If we don't, it's drills for us. I want us to be smoother than a transformation circuit." Chen gives them all one last affectionate smile before pitching up her voice. "Now, move like you've got a purpose!"

 

[WlfSamurai]

Ty sits trying to decide how far he wants to answer his commanding officer. Should he stick to the surface and simply say he loves the freedom of the sky and space? That when he's strapped inside a veritech he feels free and alive? Or should he go deeper and bring the whole affair down to his inner thoughts; the burnt skin of his mother, the crushed body of his father, his brother and sister missing. The war had taken them all. Some would swear vengeance. Others would have ended their lives. Ty simply enlisted. He had nowhere else to go and for a time couldn't stand to let himself think or feel.

Some of that carries with him even now. Getting too close is dangerous. Anytime someone does, instinct kicks in and he pushes them away.

Before he can decide and answer, the conversation sways to Lieutenant Chen who answers and gives new orders. On to the hangar. He stands and follows the rest. Doesn't matter anyway, he decides. It's none of their business.

 

[Psychie]

Amanda stands up. "Yes, ma'am. To the hangar bay, everyone." She heads for the door, wondering just what kind of team this odd bunch of fellows would make. I also hope our new squad leader will be a good one. Hey, don't be a pessimist! We are going to rock this ship!

 

[Orikanyo]

Grumpy followed the group, looking over the pictures he took already and tossing out a few that were no good. He appeared to more or less follow the group automaticly even as his head was stuck on the camera infront of him. "After this... Food?" he grumbled, wondering about his next meal. He hoped they actually served good stuff on this ship.

 

[Sherwood]

When Chen checks in with the CAG, she learns that her squad is not set for flight duty for the next few days, but if you wish, you can get some flight time in. Cmdr. Holston makes a few quick notes on your requested squadron name, and tells Chen that if you hustle to the hangar deck, you can get clearance for a few hours of drills, sparring off against some other squads wanting to do the same thing as you.

After checking with the ship's directory, you find that your Valkyries are currently waiting for you in the port side hangar. Once you get there, you can see that the deck is a scene of controlled chaos, with Veritechs being moved about by trucks, and scores of people all moving about. Also, you can see that right now your fighters are currently getting the Super Valkyrie FAST Packs attached, and the deck crews are scrambling over your jets like monkeys, checking them over and getting them ready to fly. Grumpy's Valkyrie is getting the Recon Pack as requested, but if anyone else wants the Recon Pack now is the time to ask for it.

 

[Kwops]

Nathan walks over to the Falcon and starts looking over it with the rest of the deck crew, but immediately notices something missing - the Recon Pack. "Oh good grief! I thought I'd asked for one of those already. Should have known I needed to do it myself." In a bit of a panic, he runs back over to the head of the deck crews and quickly asks for a Recon Pack to be installed along with the FASTPack.