Tuning up

[aesoprevived]

[After the incident with the Beastmen and the sorting out of the issues with the Moonrace, Mad's been working in the hangar - surprisingly though, it wasn't with the Lambda.]

Alright... where'd those notes go?

[Mad was more or less helping with any maintainence and repairs anyone else needed before going to help check over her own personal machine - she also has a few notes that fellow mechanics had helpfully made for anybody working with tech they're not sure about. She backs off from an open panel and wipes her forehead carefully.]

Think I got this right?

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[littleshortforanelemental]

Mad being one of the few non-clansmen who was at all qualified to work on clantech, she was a natural choice to help the Scorpions try to get their battered dropships back into shape....To no avail, it seemed.

"Aff, probably. You are Madeline Caine, quiaff?" The elder clanner said as he clambered out of his own elemental armor, having just lent its laser as a stopgap welding torch.

[aesoprevived]

Aff. The one and only.

[Mad gives the tech in front of her a rather annoyed look... its like a lot of the jury-rigging she tried wouldn't take when regular repairs failed. It took everything she had not to punch the damn thing.]

[littleshortforanelemental]

"Celia told me of you." He looked up at Mad, then at the poor Hannibal's Journey. So had Resnick's old reports, but as Matthew had shown, that was a sore subject. "Do not become too frustrated. We knew it was possible pursuing White Chalice and the Wolves that it might not fly again for a long time, if ever."

[aesoprevived]

She did huh?

[Mad had a small smile on her face.]

Let me guess... what she said was along the lines of 'She is a stubborn little pup... for a freebirth.'

[The blonde stretched tiredly before tapping one of the tools she had in her hands against the side of the open panel.]

We may as well salvage whatever we can then. Though... that's only my opnion.

[littleshortforanelemental]

"All in an admiring tone." He closed the panels on his armor and winced as his burned leg suddenly took the support. Savashri flamethrowers...He nods, leaning on the bulkhead with one hand. "If we can not find any more salvage for it in the next month we will cannibalize it as spare parts for Brood Shelter. This leaves us too dependant on our allies for transportation though..."

[aesoprevived]

Don't be too worried about it. Allies. You're all around to help each other right?

[littleshortforanelemental]

It showed that Nikolai was a more liberal sort of clanner that he didn't wince at the contractions. He was also prepared to lend his considerable strength to the effort.

"Hmm...That would normally be so, but my Clan has leaned on the Wolves far more than is fair. Ah, but I noticed ours is not the only vessel in bad repair. Did the negotiations with the Moonrace go that badly?"

[aesoprevived]

Nah. As tense as things are, they're doing a lot better than we started off. Most of the damage came from a third party.

"Beastmen" they called themselves.

[littleshortforanelemental]

"EVIL, Beastmen...how nice of them to broadcast their intentions a clearly as a batchall, quiaff?" Another one of those chuckles. No but seriously, he wondered, who just calls themselves EVIL?

[aesoprevived]

... EVIL... Honestly, Beastmen I can get - I mean... that's what they are.

But that former one I'll never understand at all.

[littleshortforanelemental]

"For that reason alone, we can be sure the Word of Blake will not deal with them. They may be honorless but they are the smart kind of honorless...You have been up there for some time. Perhaps you should take a break, quiaff?" That may also be a new one on her: a clanner that believes in pacing yourself.

[aesoprevived]

I had enough of a break laid up in medical.

Honestly I'm a lot happier working right now.

[wardeninexile]

Have a Ranna handing her the notes over her shoulder as she peers at the panel.

"I am not so sure."

[aesoprevived]

... Damn...

[Mad looks over the notes and indeed - she screwed up on a few wires and needed to reconfigure a few modules to boot.]

This should go... here... gah!

[She jerked back at a sudden SNAP from the panel.]

The hell?! Who the fuck turned this damn thing on?! I put up fucking signs not to mess with it 'til I'm done!!

[wardeninexile]

Ranna holds a hand to her back, even as she looks up and around with... not quite a glare.

A technician yells an apology back, a sheepish expression on his face.

[aesoprevived]

Goddamnit YOU FUCKING IDIOT! WATCH IT!

[Mad shakes her fist at the man... seriously, if she were unluckier she could've died.]

Fuck..

[wardeninexile]

"I am sorry. Sometimes they become careless when working with non-Clan equipment."

She studies Mad for a while, then... chuckles.

"It is, however, good to see you so lively again."

[aesoprevived]

Heh. I can say this, feels good to be back on my feet again.

[Mad's carefully stretching her arm in front of her. Her smile fading a little... yeah, that beating she took a while back pretty much sucked.]

[wardeninexile]

Ranna smiles wryly.

"Live and learn, quiaff?"

[aesoprevived]

Aff!

[She claps her hands together to get back into the flow.]

There's still a lot to take care of too.

[wardeninexile]

"Indeed. Though I suspect I will be learning from you some time in the near future."

Ranna bends slightly again to take a look at the panel.

Completing the Circle of Clanner Characters...

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Not bad at all." Matthew remarks, leaning in to examine one of the exposed actuators.

"You seem to have picked up a knack for Clan Omnitech."

[aesoprevived]

Heh... Yeah. Helping fix a couple of battlemechs and tweaking the tech I used for the Prototype I made for the Lambda kind of helped out a lot.

It's pretty different from Mobile Suits and a lot of the other mechs here though.

[Mad's trying to figure out how to word things.]

Its... complicated in some places and a lot simpler in others.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"That makes sense." Matthew remarks.

He frowns in thought. "It is interesting...Techs and Mechwarriors are traditionally segregated in Clan society, yet some of the finest Mechwarriors aboard the White Chalice, you among them, are a combination of both."

Matthew grins. "I suppose you could call them...Techwarriors, quiaff?"

[aesoprevived]

... I should beat you so hard that any Trueborn that ever use your genetic material will feel phantom pains whenever they think about coming up with something like that.

[Mad gives Matthew a very VERY stern look. Remember when she threatened to beat you to a pulp that long time ago when you drank with Ranna, Resnick and herself? Thankfully it changes to a small grin.]

I'll let you off this time though.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"I think my ancestors and descendants would be proud to bear the genes of one who could survive a beating from you...yet I appreciate the forbearance, Mechwarrior Caine."

[paladin_robot]

Think so...

[Richard suddenly appearing like a ninja from behind is a strange sight, but then, did anyone really expect him up and about yet?]

Of course, the best way to tell would be just to try it out.

[aesoprevived]

... Maybe. Then again the last time someone told me to 'just try it out' - well... lets just say a friend and I weren't allowed nearby any machines meant for carrying cargo and leave it at that...

[Mad shuffled a little in place - as if feeling the sting of a particularly embarassing memory and double checked her work.]

[paladin_robot]

...Then should I do it, if you're scared?

[Richard's just teasing as he lightly nudges Mad's shoulder.]

Still, think this ship'll be back to her best anytime soon?

[aesoprevived]

Hah! I know no fear... sort of...

[Mad scratches the back of her head with a sheepish grin before looking back at the work.]

She probably will. Hell.. we still don't know a lot about her.

[paladin_robot]

...Wait, what do you mean? Like, us two, or.. the entire crew?

[Its the tone of it that took him by surprise.]

[aesoprevived]

... The second one.

You know that the doctors don't know how a lot of the medical stuff we have in the infirmary works? 'Too advanced' they said.

[paladin_robot]

A-Are you serious? Are we actually flying a ship we know next to nothing about? But someone had to build it, didn't they?!

[aesoprevived]

Pretty much...

[Mad ponders the whole situation though...]

I honestly got no idea who built this thing. Maybe ask the bitch queen?

[Ah yes, Mad's name for Ayame.]

[paladin_robot]

Bitch queen? W-Who are you...?

[Richard pauses for a second, and then realises it.]

You mean Doctor Jin? But she's a nurse, even if the first officer. Why would she know more about a starship?

[aesoprevived]

Maybe, but she was here longer than the rest of us. Considering Dan's kind of scatterbrained and he's an AI who's probably got locks on him... and our captain's kind of a nut... well...

Would you really try asking the Captain? Would you?

[paladin_robot]

Well... he's not really that bad, is he? And the only way I imagine he's in charge is if he's the one who found the thing...

[aesoprevived]

... Ahahahaha... You have no idea how wrong you are...

[paladin_robot]

...You know, you have a terrifying laugh...

Guess I'll just have to stay in the dark on this one, huh?

[zetahatsudo]

[Kamille looks up from his tablet to the work Mad's done, then back to the tablet to double check, then to Mad, and gives a thumbs up.] Alright. Nice job. [He closes the panel of the Zeta Gundam.] You've gotten pretty good at this, Mad.

[aesoprevived]

Yeah... But I have to say, its more that I had good teachers.

[Its funny, looking at how much humility Mad is showing... she really has changed.]

[zetahatsudo]

This coming from the woman who tried to challenge the White Chalice to become its leader? Amazing how the times change, isn't it?

[Kamille smiles as he says this, his tone jesting as he looks through his tablet.] Still, those fucking Inspectors really wrecked our shit didn't they? Setsuna had to send the 00 back up to have it repaired, and its still not back yet.

[He looks up at Mad] So what kind of nonsense did you get into with the moonrace delegation?

[aesoprevived]

Yeah. Its kinda funny though, I don't think you changed one bit Blue.

[She saw the mess that happened on 'Fairy boy's Gundam. All she could say was she's actually glad she didn't have to work on it.]

Eh, you know. Saw some weird Mobile Suits, blew up some things piloted by animal people. Just another day here.

[zetahatsudo]

I'd like to think I've made progress. [It's not his fault his changes don't cause significant shifts in his overall behavior.]

Par for the course, is it? Well, as long as the job is done and we don't have to deal with the Moonrace going to war with us, I'm happy. [He's taking a seat on the floor at this for a quick break.]