Double time... again!

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

C'mon people, we have only two days! You can sleep when the organ harvesters are dead!

[Lowe and his junker friends are running around like crazy, trying to fix the damaged units at speeds that would make the Dorombo Gang proud. Even 8 is super-busy, constantly diagnosing and analysing the damage!]

Hey, can you give me a hand? Hold this just for a sec!
[Yes, it seems the engineering crew needs random people to help - and that means YOU!]

Comments

[not_the_deer]

Wait, what the heck is this? Doesn't look familiar at all.

[Tobia looks at the weird robot part that's now in his hands.]

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

That? I think it's Tatsu's. Might be still alive, so careful with it.

[not_the_deer]

Really?

[Tobia looks at the thing like he was watching worms under a microscope.]

...Is it too much to ask for all robots to be normal machines? That operate on clearly known principles?

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

You tell me! The colony space had mostly mobile suits...

Not that I complain too much, usually the weirder the robot the stronger it is.

[not_the_deer]

And the harder to repair, eh?

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that too.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

[A tired Yuunagi was passing by, on his way to fixing another one of the damaged mechs. But he doesn't object to holding...whatever it was that was handed to him.]

I'll help with this one. It'll go faster...

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Thanks man, much obliged! We in Junk Guild mostly work with mobile suits, you see.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

It's not a problem. But I'm sure you've picked up a few things about other machines after working here.

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Of course! If you don't evolve, you die. Being a Junker is all about learning new things.

But mobile suits are still my home territory.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

[That reminds him of a thought he's been having lately...]

If you would hear me out...

I was thinking...that I should adapt more conventional technologies for the Straybird and Rushbird...if not only for weaponry.

The last incident proved how costly it is for our parts to be replaced. In events like this, we may not have the time nor the resources for repairs.

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of that one time I gave Ichitaka a Lion railgun...

I think we can do something here! Don't forget, customizing mobile suits is my specialty.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

[A Lion railgun...now that's interesting. He nods gratefully.]

I'll be counting on you then.

Energy supply shouldn't be a problem, but we'll need something that's effective enough, expendable, and if possible, up to the scale of both machines. That's where I've hit a block.

Ah, there was that axe left over by the unit that attacked us. I've come up with a few plans for it...but it's still a work in progress.

[And without wasting any more time, he picks up his tools and starts helping with the repairs. Seems he's getting used to talking while he works...]

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Axe, huh...

[Lowe is starting to get some ideas too, in that head of his.]

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

[Yuu looks at the junker curiously.]

Do you have something in mind?

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

It's nothing I can do now, so you'll have to wait and see!

[punches-vamps.livejournal.com]

[Somebody else is helping out with the work, and he seems...pretty okay on his own, really.]

IN THE WARRIOR'S CODE THERE'S NO SURRENDER

THOUGH HIS BODY CRIES STOP, HIS SPIRIT CRIES NEVER

[Roads is fixing things like it's the fist of the north star!]

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Someone's fired up!

Just don't burn out too quickly, we need you around for 2 days, not just a few hours.

[punches-vamps.livejournal.com]

Two days?

Challenge accepted.

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[cosmo-nova.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? [And Masaki barely gets himself back to balance as the thing shoved onto him.] The heck is this?

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Leg hydraulics part. A few mobile suits need theirs replaced you know.

[cosmo-nova.livejournal.com]

Uh huh, and maybe you should give this to someone who actually knows what the heck to do with it.

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Just follow me and hand it over when I need it. There's a hell of work for just two hands of mine.

[cosmo-nova.livejournal.com]

Alright, alright! I guess I still owe ya for the pizza...

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Thanks, every little bit helps! Just this one time, we need anyone we can get here.

[Yes, even a dumbass like Masaki, though Lowe didn't say that.]

[cosmo-nova.livejournal.com]

[And just like that, Masaki does try to help. If it weren't for organ harvesters and the debt, Masaki wouldn't even be doing this; he did want to train some more after all.]

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

[To quote a certain mad professor from the 31st century]

hu-wah? [and has now been sidelined into help with the repairs of his mobile suit.]

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

No time to explain, we gotta fix the megaparticle capacitor while there's still something fixable in it!

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

[And suddenly he's shifted gears.] Then what the hell are we standing around for, toss me a wrench already! [That gleam in his eyes is dangerous Lowe, watch yourself.]

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Now that's what I wanted to hear!

[What, warning about reckless behavior? Not with this particular mechanic!]

[gaimurakumo.livejournal.com]

[Gai had just finished helping with some other repairs to have some new task thrown at him]

Where's this one going Lowe?

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

Put it near the severed arm... I mean, pile of severed arms! With good luck, we'll be able to reattach 'em soon.

[gaimurakumo.livejournal.com]

Those harvesters must be pretty tenacious if they did this much damage.

[space-mcgyver.livejournal.com]

They're weaklings individually, but there're whole swarms of them out there.

Our folks gotta be really careful if they want their organs to remain where they are.