[Open] A Place We Call Home

[electricyousei]

Who: Ruri/Open
Where: Can be seen from most of the city, but landing in the Capricorn Ward
Summary: The Battleships Nadesico swoops over the city and lands in the park
Warnings: Uh... Space... Battleships?



[Ruri looked over her controls, the Nadesico was operating as it should, however keeping it running completely on her own was taking its toll on the girl and she decided it was time to put the ship down. Radioing the city to warn of the event before she started to bring it down avoid as much panic as possible she let out a breath.]

"This is Ruri. I'm landing the ship in the park."

[The ship came out of the cloud bank it was hiding in and circled the city slowly twice, scanning the ground for a place that was large enough to accommodate it and wouldn't cause the citizens any worry due to a big battleship sitting there. After the second pass the ship slowly came to settle over the Capricorn Ward, in an unused field that was a ways away from the trains but not unwalkable.

The ground shaking slightly as it landed and steam belched from its exhaust ports, the ramp to the catapults opened, and then a ramp down lowered. Shortly after the small blue haired girl started down the ramp, dwarfed next to the size of the ship.]

Comments

[second_destiny]

Asem had been in the park himself, running a routine checkup on the AGE-2's systems. Of course, that came to a halt as he saw the battleship descending not far from where he was.

He stared, awestruck, at the ship. The Diva may have been a big ship, but this one was bigger still and looked little like the battleships he's seen, both EFF and Vagan. It didn't take long for his curiosity to get the better of him, and so he began moving toward it, the AGE-2 walking at a steady pace.

When he got there, he saw the girl walking down the ramp, and immediately recalled his conversation with Ruri several days ago. But hey, this gave him an idea. He opened the hatch and descended via cable to the ground, waving to the girl to get her attention.

...As if an 18.3-meter tall, all-white mech wasn't a massive attention-grabber already.

[electricyousei]

[Ruri descended the ramp and stretched, taking a breath and yawning slightly. She wasn't a pilot and Omoikane had complained bitterly the whole time as this wasn't a terribly interesting task for the computer system. Due to this it took a minute for her to see the mecha and nod slightly to the pilot exiting it.]

[second_destiny]

"So this is the ship you mentioned, huh?" Asem commented as he approached. "It doesn't look like any ship I know back home. It's a bit bigger than the one I'm used to, too."

[electricyousei]

[She nods a bit]

Well its based off of gravity waves, if that's not a technology you have the ships would probably be rounder.

[second_destiny]

[Asem scratches his head.]

Not really? I mean, the Diva has a pair of plasma engines for propulsion, but it's not very round.

[electricyousei]

Did it have artificial gravity? Or use a magnetic system?

[second_destiny]

It's got artificial gravity, but the only place it's as strong as Earth's is the residential area. The rest of the ship has just enough to stand securely.

[electricyousei]

Hrm, I'm curious how it works then. The ship didn't come with you, did it?

[second_destiny]

Huh? No, I'm not with its crew anymore. I got transferred to the Special Forces nearly a year ago.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

Duo, in the middle of his explorations of the city, looked up when a shadow suddenly blotted out the sun and saw a giant spaceship drifting overhead. He was surprised of course, but even more than that he was gleeful. After so many of the "arrivals" here seemed like they were from mindblowingly primitive worlds that didn't even have space travel, any sign of modern technology was a relief.

He changed course towards the only place in Hinoto-Ri a ship that big could land, the Capricorn district. This he had to see in person.

[electricyousei]

[By the time Duo reaches the ship Ruri is outside of it, inspecting the landing struts and vent system, the Nadesico while big and impressive wasn't EXACTLY designed to land on land.]

Hrm, its not optimal for emergency take off, but once I find a source of water it should be ok.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

Heero, Duo decided, probably would have spent a day or two observing the ship and then infiltrated it covertly to get to the main computer and download the its specs and personnel files, possibly knocking several people out in the process

Fortunately for the Nadesico, Duo preferred a more direct approach.

"Hi, nice ship you've got there."

[electricyousei]

[Ruri peers over and looks at Duo with her usual deadpan.]

Thank you sir. She's not exactly designed for the park, but its the place I call home.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

He took a moment to look over the Nadesico.

"She looks like she's not meant to land at all."

[electricyousei]

Water landings were the prime design, but you are right, atmosphere isn't the best environment for the Nadesico.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

"As long as it doesn't fall to pieces under gravity, right?"

[electricyousei]

She's rated for Jupiter's atmosphere so that's probably not an issue, but yes, falling to pieces here where there isn't a proper dry dock would be problematic.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Shortly, having terrorized enough not-elves for the evening, another white-blue-and-red mech appears near the Nadesico. Is it just me or does everything here have matching colors already?

Wildraubtier stands still for a moment as Latooni appraises the battleship. The shape and the energy readings she was getting were almost entirely unlike what she was used to, although she was picking up an elevated level of gravitons she was used to seeing around the Hiryu Kai.

Seeing the apparent captain of the ship on the ground, Latooni moves a bit closer to the ship and opens her cockpit, beginning the somewhat arduous process of climbing down from a giant robot when you are five foot nothing and wearing street clothes.

[electricyousei]

[Ruri peers over from inspecting one of the landing struts and waves slightly. Seems like there were a fair number of pilots given the overall low tech level from this place. Still people from her time were just as likely it seemed as people from the 1800's.]

Do you want to bring that inside where we have proper elevators?

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Latooni manages a sort of waving salute in return, and calls down from the Wildraubtier's cockpit hatch.

"Yes! Just point where I should be going."

This would be a whole lot easier with operators and standardized comm frequencies, but hopefully that can be fixed later.

[electricyousei]

[Ruri points at the ramp she came down]

I'll have Omoikane warm up the systems. All the berths are empty, its mostly automated. Just hit the red button on the elevator.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Latooni nods, and re-enters her cockpit.

After a minimal amount of maneuvering, she's pacing the giant robot up the ramp and into the hangar bay, looking curiously and appreciatively around. This ship seemed much better-lit than what she was used to, for some reason...she does, however, notice the complete lack of a crew, and the general emptiness of the hangar.

[electricyousei]

[Ruri nods and follows, peering at the robot as the automated systems move the elevators in place and bring one up to cockpit level]

I don't really have a crew so the ship's computer and I have been handling everything up to now. That's why putting down was so tricky.

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

"I see."

Well, at least there's a gantry in here. Latooni shuts down the Raubtier's systems and carefully steps over to the elevator.

"Your ship's computer is very impressive if you can handle a capital ship on your own at all."

[electricyousei]

Omoikane is still the most advanced computer back home, despite being online for almost 6 years now. Other AI's have too many personality defects. The science in creating them is rather difficult.

Still I can handle most of her with extreme effort, she really needs a crew to be fully functional.