IC: Gate technologies, Stargate: 2064 Options

[BGMFH]

"First things first... The gate uses pictograms. Can you please draw for us the symbols used to get to world 1, the ones we dialed to come here, and then the two choices?"

James never moves from his position near the entry to the DHD room, having held position the entire time except when going outside to use the latrine.

[kevyn668]

Chase digs around in his pouches until he comes up with a small note pad and pencil which he hands to Cosmo.

"Might as well do as the man says. Never know, it could help." He shrugs, "Can't hurt."

[Misfit Toy]

Cosmo looks at James rather oddly, even going so far as to tilt his head. A moment later, a small printer can be heard scuttling around under his jacket just as Chase moves to hand him a notepad. "Way ahead of you, man."

At that, he eventually reaches in and yanks out a print-out displaying all four addresses he's chronicled thus far. He's about to hand it to James, but a moment of paranoia strikes him.

"Hey, like... wait and stuff. You're not plannin' on, yanno, killin' me or nuffin' are ya, dude? 'Cause that would seriously harsh my mellow."

[kevyn668]

Chase freezes in mid action, "Oh. Guess you got it covered." He stuffs the pad and pencil away. "Don't go all paranoid on me, omea. I got your six." The would-be Troll winks and hooks his thumb into the strap holding the HK. "Besides, you got us this far. That counts for something in my book."

Oddly enough, the li'l guy held together. I guess when you're loco, planet hoping doesn't phase you as much.

[Moonstone Spider]

Noting the plant's peculiar properties Torque marks it's description and records down and continues to inspect other plants, planning to uproot a sample at the latest possible point to help it survive gate travel.

[BGMFH]

"No, my job is to get us all home together. " James sounds more than slightly exasperated at the question.

"Now, as for these addresses... I guess there is no way to test it ahead of time, is there? And only one chance to get it right?"

[Misfit Toy]

"Basically, yeah... well, like, we could send Snoopy through and, yanno, monitor what he sees and stuff since we can create a more stable madoohickey tunnel thing... but if its the wrong address we'll just be leavin' the poor li'l guy for dead if we don't go and pick 'im up. That'd prolly snack on my mellow a bit, too."

[kevyn668]

Memo to self: Bring disposable drones next time.

Chase scratches his chin, "Cos, could you rig up something from the equipment that we brought with us? Like a camera, maybe some basic scanners, and radio transmiter? We could use parts from your 'board, our comms, and the tech stuff on Snoop."

He pasues for a second. "Or we could just hop through, hope nothing kills us on the spot and if its the wrong place, we just dial the other number?"

[Misfit Toy]

"Yeah... yeah, I could prolly do sumfin' like that. Prolly take a couple hours though."

[kevyn668]

"I think a coupla hours is a good investment if helps keep us alive," Chase looks around the group. "Right?"

[Leowulf]

"It depends on how much your life is worth to you," Ghost Dragon says as he stands up from his meditations. "A couple of hours will give me time to exercise. Or I could practice my martial arts. I will need a sparring partner for that..." He eyes everyone with a sinister glee, which is somewhat disguised by his shades.

[kevyn668]

Chase smiles, "Well, my life is worth quite a bit to me..."

"Sparring partner, huh?" He cranes his neck from oneside to the other as if trying to touch his ear to his shoulder, a sharp crack is heard after each motion. "I guess I could use the exercise too but Ran might be a better candidate," Chase turns to the elf. "Lady's choice," he smiles.

[Tziluthi]

Os watches on as the team goes about their business, neither making much of an effort to interact with them nor avoid them. He perks up slightly when he hears Ghost Dragon talk about sparring, but decides to stay on the sidelines and watch, rather than getting involved.

[crechebaby]

Ran, who has spent the better part of the last few days practicing with her sword, sleeping, and--oddly enough--building very large and intricate sandcastles, looks up from where she's nibbling on a chocolate bar and leafing through a small book. Her golden skin has tanned to a startlingly dark shade.

She smiles up at Chase. "Go ahead. I'll take the winner."

[BGMFH]

James looks up from his corner, "I'll take the final champ, rules to be discussed prior to my entering the ring." The 'Old Man' is grinning like a kid in a candy store as he settles in to watch.

"One Caveat first though. Lets put all our gear in the small circle, in case we need to evac."

[Leowulf]

Ghost Dragon grins. "Fine," he says. "No permanent injuries during sparring. There is no sense in beating ourselves up without knowing if we can still get to the gate."

He takes off his gear and lets it fall onto the ground, along with his coat. He gently places the grenades and his gun onto the ground on top of his coat to try and protect them from dust.

[Misfit Toy]

While tinkering away with a helmet and a radio, Cosmo looks up with a bit of glee in his eye. "Ooh, ooh, ooh, can I, like, take on someone, too? Yanno, after I finish this up an' stuff?"

[Tziluthi]

Os settles in to watch the fight.

[kevyn668]

Chase strips down to his waist and does a few stretches before placing his gear in the pile.

"Whenever you're ready, Ghost."

[Leowulf]

Ghost Dragon doesn't take off his other clothing, since he wants to be able to grab his gear and go if he has to. He stands up straight and walks toward Chase with no stance, though anyone familiar enough with ninjitsu would know that walking itself is a ready stance. With a sudden, lightning-fast motion, he switches to an offensive posture and strikes with a sword-hand at Chase's upper arm on the outside. He follows up with a knuckle punch to the top front of the same arm on the shoulder, where the bone connects to the collarbone. Then, he pulls back and to the side, waiting for Chase to react.

[kevyn668]

Chase seems taken aback as the slim man approaches. When Ghost explodes into action the insticts take over.

This guy is fast!

Chase reacts without thinking. He steps inside of the initial attack and raises his left arm to deflect the blow and catches the second strike in the same motion. He pivots left and back to give himself space for his counter.

He lands a solid blow with a straight right to Ghost's short ribs and follows with a left palm strike to the mage's chin.

[Leowulf]

I never did finish my training. When I get back, it is time I did - on my own.

Ghost Dragon scowls as his probing attack is parried and turned against him. He grunts at the shot to his ribs and resumes his attack with a kick to the side of Chase's knee. He puts all of his effort into making sure the kick hits the mark, but the pain in his ribs swells up and makes his kick miss completely. Chase's counter-attack comes before Ghost Dragon has put his foot down.

[Tziluthi]

"Steady on, Chase. You're sparring, not fighting," Os calls out from the sidelines.

[Leowulf]

"That is enough for me," Ghost Dragon says, "Thank you." He bows to Chase and turns to refit his gear to his person.

[kevyn668]

Chase freezes in mid motion. With a quizical look he does his best to return the bow. "You're, uh...welcome."

As he is retrieving his gear, "So are we homeward bound or what?"