[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets

[JakeCollins]

"Um... Captain you may want to come down here. WOL seems to have forgotten how to speak. And who he is apparently. I think he's got amnesia or something." Kyrie motioned to WOL again. "You are WOL..." She nodded slowly. "WOL."

Jake gave a confused look, furoing his brow.
"Go to the medbay, I'll meet you there," Jake said, getting up and proceeding to the medbay.

Jake met Kyrie and WOL in the Medbay. For an Engi, WOL didn't look so good. There were cracks and dents in his metallic form. "WOL? You OK?" Jake asked. WOL didn't answer.

"His memory cards must've been damaged from the gravity of the Black Hole," Jake theorized. "That's not good..."

Suddenly, Sarah appeared. "That's what I thought. There are copies of Engi basic data and Language Packs in the storage bay. We can re-install those into WOL, and hopefully communicate better." She disappeared, and a few minutes later came walking in (she was holding a solid object, so she had to walk back) holding an Engi data disk. Sarah slowly approached WOL, holding the disk.

Sarah spoke to WOL gently, in a soft, sweet voice. "This contains basic Engi info that all Engis are born with, as well as an English Language Pack. It will allow you to communicate with us. Can you install it?"

"WOL?" Thought the engi. "Is that who I am?" "WOL..." He mused to himself. Suddenly, another human came into the room. This human was different from the other, it exchanged some words with the other, and beckoned the engi to follow. The engi complied with the human's orders, and followed it into the medbay.

The human inspected the engi. Apparently, he was damaged during an incident with a black hole? He tried to think back, but again, found no answers. Suddenly, another being appeared in the room. It looked similar to a human, but no life could be detected in it.

It spoke to the engi in a soft tone, as a mother would to a child. He was given a small metallic disc. He was then instructed to assimilate it within himself. The engi obliged, he wanted answers more than anything.

Jake watched as a slit opened on the top right corner of the Engis chesy, and he inserted the disk. A small whirring noise was heard from within, and everyone held their breath, waiting for something, anything, to happen.

The whirring sound grew as the disk spun more and more, eventually wirring to an abrupt stop. The slit re-opened and the disk popped out.

"WOL?" Sarah asked. "Can you understand me?" A long pause. "Did you install the files?"

[stylesrj]

One of the yellow triangles on the sector map started flashing. "One of the ships at the next jump just turned on a distress beacon" Lux said over the comms.
Eden smiled "Always answer distress beacons. Chances are they've got some free stuff."
Lux looked at her "Typical attitude."
"Well it just recently turned into a distress signal. Someone's no doubt under attack. If you don't help out, then it becomes free salvage" Eden retorted.

Is it a trap? Is it Giant Alien Spiders or is it a civilian ship being attacked by pirates? Who knows? I'll go with one of the three if no one else has any ideas?

[BrenTenkage]

One of the yellow triangles on the sector map started flashing. "One of the ships at the next jump just turned on a distress beacon" Lux said over the comms.
Eden smiled "Always answer distress beacons. Chances are they've got some free stuff."
Lux looked at her "Typical attitude."
"Well it just recently turned into a distress signal. Someone's no doubt under attack. If you don't help out, then it becomes free salvage" Eden retorted.

Is it a trap? Is it Giant Alien Spiders or is it a civilian ship being attacked by pirates? Who knows? I'll go with one of the three if no one else has any ideas?

"I'll go investigate, my ship is pretty fixed up, and I've been meaning to get some action in to test my new weapons' Bren said

(my guess, some pirates waiting around here wanting to ambush people who left the station)

[stylesrj]

Lux said "You'll probably want some backup, Bren."
Eden nodded "My crew have been itching for some action."

[BrenTenkage]

Lux said "You'll probably want some backup, Bren."
Eden nodded "My crew have been itching for some action."

"Alright then, Jake you good on your own?" He asked over the coms

[TheLonelyAI]

RESTORATION AT 15%
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"Yes. I. Understand" Said the engi. His voice came out strangely, tones rising and falling, as if he had no idea how to control it. The engi paused before he resumed speaking, searching for an appropriate tone of voice.

"I. Have. Something. To. Ask. Of. You. WOL. Why. Do. You. Call. Me. By. That. Name?" He said slowly, but steadily.

[JakeCollins]

RESTORATION AT 15%
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"Yes. I. Understand" Said the engi. His voice came out strangely, tones rising and falling, as if he had no idea how to control it. The engi paused before he resumed speaking, searching for an appropriate tone of voice.

"I. Have. Something. To. Ask. Of. You. WOL. Why. Do. You. Call. Me. By. That. Name?" He said slowly, but steadily.

"WOL is your name," Jake said, worried about his long-time friend. "It's how people address you. If I want to talk about you, I'd refer to you by your name. My name is Jake."

Jake turned to Sarah. "Is there any Backups Engis have? Do they locally copy files? Is there some kind of 'Cloud Backup' that we can restore his memories from? Does he have any backup memory cards?"

"I have know Idea," Sarah said, her eyes widening. "I'm sorry. But maybe you could ask him. The data on that disk includes files all Engis are born with. This includes basic data on Engi structure and mechanics. He might already know if there is a way to restore his software."

Jake turned back to WOL. "Do you know if standard Engis keep backups of their data somewhere? Can you somehow restore your files? Is there some kind of Cloud Backup we can use?" He asked, speaking slowly.

On a previous RP I made, my character was an Engi named 'Error'. The Rebels had screwed with his programming, to the point of permanently damaging him. The RP failed, but this reminded me of Error. The reason his name was 'Error' was because the memory file containing his name was corrupted, and he was thus called Error.

EDIT

Our current positional status:

New Ship is at Safe Beacon, 1 jump away from Exit and Distress Beacons
Robin + Pelican are at Distress Beacon, 1 jump away from Exit Beacon (So it's a 1-jump-detour)

The Exit Beacon leads to Sector 3, a Nebula (JUST TO CLARIFY: None of us have made it to the Exit Beacon yet, and thus none of us are in the Nebula sector.)

Just to clear things up! Have fun!

[stylesrj]

When the Pelican and the Robin arrived at the source of the distress signal, sensors picked up a badly-damaged space station and a pair of red-painted pirate ships in a holding pattern over it.
"Looks like those idiots activated the station's distress beacon during their looting" Eden remarked "They don't look prepared for an ambush."
The Robin was then hailed by the pirates "Hey! This is our loot! Get lost you scallywags or we will destroy you!"
The second pirate ship chimed in "Why would you tell them that? If we kill them as well, we'll have even more loot!"
"Good point! Prepare to be destroyed!"
The first pirate ship began sluggishly moving towards the two while the other remained in a holding pattern.
"Bren, you keep that first pirate busy. I'll be hunting my prey at that station" Eden suggested, hitting the thrusters of the cargo ship "Lux, head to the teleporter and watch my men in action."

Lux headed for the Pelican's teleporter. The device had been refitted from the standard cargo ship teleporter into a faster-charging combat model. However, in order to give it a reasonable recharge time the maximum amount it could send to an enemy vessel was up to 4 people. It also had a reduced range, requiring the ships to pretty much be at "knife-fighting" ranges in order to send people over.

[stylesrj]

Might as well put this out there for Eden for reference...

Name: Eden Cortez
Species: Human
Age: 36 years
Skillset: Pirate Captain
Appearance: Green-skinned woman of average height and build. Has long black hair and tends to dress in rather revealing outfits due to her unique abilities requiring it
Personality: A nice woman who's fallen under strange circumstances and adapted to them. She also believes in helping out those in trouble for more than just pragmatism.
Quirks: She can consume large objects intact without too many issues.
Backstory: Eden Cortez used to be a longshoreman travelling on the Cargo Ship Pelican when a virus sample had broken free of containment. Very quickly, the entire ship had been infected and turned into crazed cannibals.
Eden however had been affected in a rather different fashion to the others; when the crew caught up to her, they started seeing her as their "Goddess" and began feeding her the remains of those they had killed.
Seeing that the ship was compromised and the crew too far-gone to be treated or reasonably quarantined, the Federation began a radiation bombardment of the ship in order to eliminate all organic materials.
Due to an issue with shipping, a lead-lined cargo container was put onboard the ship and thus Eden and several members of the Pelican's crew were able to survive. A crew was sent to fly the ship to a shipyard for a refit but never made it when she and her crew broke out of the container and devoured the skeleton crew, seizing the ship for their own. She felt guilty about having done this but her voracious crew left her with little say in the matter.
Deciding that if she was to continue with this new way of life, she would need to find a way to channel her own powers and the crew's cannibalism towards other pirates.

[BrenTenkage]

"Alright then, Ruwen we are going into combat, you got the shields down?" He asked moving in to attack range, charging up the weapons

"Yes, I think I understand how to work the shields" Ruwen said and Bren smiled, his first fight on his own without anyone else...this was gonna be good...