h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

'cuze me, it should read "armory workshop"

'Scuse me, it shouldn't. I speak English. It's "armoury". I run one in real life, okay? I should know how it's spelt.

Ooops, sorry, I thought you were complaining about my spelling.

*Complains about being transported in such an undignified manner*

OK, how 'bout this *to apologize for tractoring Krans, he invites him aboard for a large lunch and moderately-priced domestic non-vintage champagne.* (And BTW, I'm not criticizing your spelling. To each his own, I just refuse to compromise my naitonality by adding the extra "u")

mmmm.... lecker.

*after a brief shot of Sober-all(tm), he goes out and starts looking at the shuttle* Well, first of all you're gonna need a hyperdrive, and maybe you'll want to upgrade that old ionic engine into somthing using anitmatter.

Nah, I'm just going to stick with the ion drive. It's more efficient. Not as powerful, I know, but cheaper and more efficient. Which is what's important with a shuttle.

*Gets out a screw driver and prises off the engine inspection hatch*

But you will want to get that rat out of there for sure. Shoo! Shoo! *the rat runs off and Venom climbs into the hatch, looking for some place to install a hyperdrive*

*looks up at gathering cloud*

I think we'd better... move inside.

Let's go to the armoury.

*Couples up a pre-spaceage tractor to the bits of ship and tows them indoors with much screeching of metal and crunching of bits*

*various clanking noises eminate from the interior as Venom tries to find an air pocket in a forest of diesel fumes*

*Greg walks into the hangar area which has now been derelict for over a year.

He walks out again but reappears a moment later dragging some very large cases.

The next few minutes are taken up with the unpacking and setting up of three PC's connected to a large internet server and a sattelite communications system.

He then wires the server into the hanger's already present security systems.

Then, from another case, Greg takes a sentry gun, he sets it off and then wanders off down a corridor with it, reappearing a couple of minutes later looking very pleased with himself *



Okay that's about it.

*Walks into almost (but not quite entirely) derilict hanger*

Yes, you called?

J.J

ah, hello

right. Shall we go get collect some bounties then?

*'ports in*

Can I watch? I've never collected bounties before. My kind of jobs involved taking targets dead

OK what did you do before?

Oh wait a minute

*Greg gets another, smaller box out of one of the cases, undoes a catch on it and the box unfolds into a dome-shaped mesh. Greg takes a lead from the server to the appliance and plugs it in*

Alright, thay's the teleporting inhibitor online

Who are we going after first then? Any ideas?

Sniping, which isn't the most useful thing to do in a bounty mission.

Dunno: you're the expert :D

OOOH! sniper! so we insert you to a nearby towerblock so you can shoot anything that moves that isn't worth anything!

I'm trying to make a deal with Super-Heros to see if we can get a price on key members of STUMPED.

Possible targets include:

Red Fox (U179935)
NYC (U132663)
Yo (U150489)
Sea (U139689)
Corrupt & Kudos (U150500)

Better get your kit ready.

*goes over to one of the PC's and starts hacking...*

...there you go take a look at that (F110854?thread=238747) that's what our targets are like.

Do you have any of the Merc's gelsuits left?

*pulls out a Psion 3, keys in one of his old access codes and appropriates a Destinatas laser rifle, a pistol, a camo net, some flashbangs, NV goggles, etc*

*walks to the nearest access chute and gets one of the transports to head on down to the armoury and pick that lot up*

Any idea what sort of environment we'll be in?

Ooh! Sniping! that's good with me!
Do you think this Magnetorifle will do for the job?
I've got a bit of other equipment as well...

J.J