Middletown

It has been about 2 days since the day Aquarius and Channelwood teamed up against Middletown and took out the two generators, rendering Middletown cripple for a while. Ra is not as furious as one would expect. He was at first, but he put two and two together. A special type of enemy showed up on the very day both generators went out. One looked like some malfunction more than a purposeful sabotage while the other looked like purpose was involved. The one that seemed to be a "coincidence" just so happened to be the illusive backup generator. The more Ra thought about it, the more he put his anger behind him, realising he was up against a smarter, more dangerous group of people now. A new recruit? A new leader? He's not sure. What he knows is that things have been more hopeful for the enemies of Robotnik and they have new toys. And Robotnik will NOT tollerate failure. This isn't the first time a generator was taken out, but it's the first time backup failed.

Ra thought long and hard about what to do about this new foe while the SWATbots went hard at work to rebuild what had been damaged. He turns his attention to Blipvert. "You have been given upgrades, but this happened while you were busy. We clearly need more surveillance." He growls as he recieves an incomming message. Snivley comes on the screen looking none too happy.

"Greetings, Ra. Robotnik is curious how you managed to allow two generators to go down. It's been two days and you have not sent a report."

Ra lets out a gutteral growl, "How did-?! ....forgive me. Coincidence struck while the Freedom Fighters did. I did not wish to appear weak before his excellence, so I decided I will handle this myself."

Snivley raises an eyebrow. "...most interesting.... very well. You are off the hook this time, Ra. But Robotnik does NOT like being kept in the dark. He likes that even LESS than failure. So be sure you have a report ready by 0900 hours. Over and out." Snivley doesn't buy it, but he will be watching Ra with much interest. After all, Ra isn't the ONLY one who makes plans behind Robotnik's back.


Aquarius

Shelly had gone with Mittens to recover a SWATbot head, but neither of them had success since Blipvert cleaned up what mess might have been scavengeable, much to Mittens' disappointment. But Shelly reassured Mittens there would be future missions. Today, Samuel's new suit is ready and Shelly fully intends to let Sam play with his new toy. And this time around, she can contact Channelwood to inform them of the mission they are prepairing to do.

Shelly calls a meeting at the private meeting hall (Think an aquatic version of Captain Picard's Meeting Room).


Channelwood

Meanwhile, in Channelwood, Katy is waking to a new day, having just done the finishing touches of the monthly maintainance yesterday. Now that the materials they gathered have been put to use and the party has been celebrated, Katy intends to go on another mission. Middletown has not lit up the past two nights, which is a great sign. It's a shame she couldn't lead a follow-up strike, but Katy now knows what CAN be done. And it gives her hope.

After breakfast, she heads for Michael. It's time to figure out what the next plan of attack is...
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  Mittens has been spending her time getting to know the people of Aquarius.  ^.^  Not surprisingly, she has a particular interest in Shelly and Samuel, but since Sam's been busy she's only pestered him with questions about outer space when she finds him at a pausing point - like meal time.  :9

  Those times she's not socializing, she's busy repairing existing gear and rigging new stuff - namely sunglasses and earplugs for the next time she meets that annoying... whatever-it-was.  >.<

Although Samuel has finished the SWATBot 'suit' which will enable Samuel to 'walk the walk', Samuel has told Shelly that until he knows enough about how SWATBots think he can't try to pass himself off as a SWATBot. Thus the suit would not be sufficient as Samuel is still waiting to hear back from Aquarius' computer expert on how the SWATBot's think. Additionally, Samuel has said that during the joint mission with the Channelwood Freedom Fighters, that his communications bracer had recorded strange pattern of signals from the SWATBots that it hasn't picked up from them before the two SWATBots that were used to make the suit were acquried. Samuel makes it clear that the bracer didn't recognize those short transmissions as being relevant to the mission at the time so it didn't notify him of them till after the mission was over. Thus until those signals can be figured out, a SWATBot disguise is useless since if one can't 'talk the talk' there is no point to try and 'walk the walk', since it will take far more than appearance to fool anyone in Middletown.

Samuel has also stated that all should be needed to figure out those signals is a SWATBot's head as it would contain the memory core and processor which could be analyzed to figure out what those transmissions are. And since Mittens has been wanting a new shield, for which she wants the head of a SWATBot, a good course of action would be to get the head of a SWATBot, removed the components needed to figure out what the 'new' signals are and how to properly fake them, while also procuring a new shield for Mittens using the external plating of the SWATBot's head.

Michael is sitting on a tree branch when Katy approaches. The chimpanzee asks, "Is something the matter?" As Michael hasn't been idle during the past two days, he is currently taking a short break. After all, the daily chores he has around Channelwood need to be done no matter if Middletown is still in the dark or if the city is functioning normally again. As such, Michael has been somewhat busy.

  While others took care of the various minor details of home inspection and repairs that didn't include damages caused by yourself, Joe was writing stuff down.  Of course, things like Journal entries weren't high on his list of writing materials use.  In this case Joe was putting down in writing how to make a particular form of arm protection.

  After all, it would be more useful in the long run if people knew how to deal with that sort of thing if he wasn't around anymore for whatever reason.

Katy headshakes at Michael. "No problems in the past two days. But I don't want our victory to make us lazy either. It's time we discuss a new mission. We've never had Middletown on the ropes this badly before and they haven't shown any sign of being fully recuperated yet."

Shelly says, "Alright then. A mission for the head of a SWATbot. And to be safe, if we can pull it off, more than one would be ideal so as to have sufficient data to compair." She hrms. "Mittens should go with you, of course. She proved she can listen and obey. Right?"

Mittens ideas might not always be the best, but Shelly get the feeling that cat might be eccentric enough to come up with good ideas that would NEVER have crossed anyone else's minds.

"The sooner we can get this done, the better. I don't like having to do two missions at once, but I am pretty anxious to go on a mission against Urser again. Should they ever learn of some of Urser's secret resources, we won't stand a chance against them in the future." She mostly says this as a reminder to Samuel since he's still relatively new here and might have forgotten that Urser is just as real a threat as Middletown. "But if your idea concerning SWATbots is successful, then maybe we can use that same ploy on Urser with their Marinebots."

Michael grins at hearing that there aren't any problems and that Katy just wants to make the most of the situation. Michael then ponders for a moment before saying, "Well any ideas about what the mission should deal with? And maybe those in Aquarius might have an idea if you don't? Even if you do have an idea, it would be best to coordinate our efforts wouldn't it?"

Samuel hadn't thought about making a Marinebot disguise since he wasn't even sure how effective a SWATBot disguise would be. But after hearing Shelly suggest it he considers the concept and the advantages that the suit could be tailored to have such as internal equipment that would be useful in an underwater mission. "That is a good idea, about making a Marinebot disguise. After all there is no one suit fits all, and a SWATBot would look more than a bit out of place underwater."

Samuel doesn't know what secret resources Shelly is referring to, after all they are secret. But he keeps to himself what he thinks of any resrouce that could 'tip the balance of power'. After all, it would no doubt just tick Shelly off as being told 'if the resources can't be secured, they need to be destroyed.' Samuel knows that is what his father-in-law would say about the situation. Then again Samuel also knows that his father-in-law is probably trying to pull every string he can to get a special forces unit sent to this planet to recover his daughter, or failing that make Samuel's life hell for 'failing to protect her'. For the moment, Samuel isn't too upset about the quarantine that the Space Forces put on the Mobian star system to insure the threat of roboticization doesn't spread. After all that is probably the only thing preventing Samuel from having to explain the situation to his father-in-law... and that would be something Samuel fears more than facing Robotnik.

Katy hrms. "Well I was thinking now is a good time to take out some SWATs and use their carcasses to power a deroboticization machine. Then begin deroboticizing some folks." She pulls out a very basic schematic of a SWATbot. "Emerald has figured out how to port power from a SWATbot thanks to some of the parts we got. We may yet get more electricity working in Channelwood too thanks to this. A backup power if you will." So far, all their electricity was provided by the windmill and waterworks. "As for how we could get a deroboticization machine... well I'm hoping Samuel can help out with that. He seems pretty techno-savvy from what I saw."
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Shelly nods to Sam. "Alright then. Such a small mission shouldn't require much. Take Mittens and anyone else you want should you feel the need for more. Have at it. And, of course, if you think you can get away with a little more, do it. But be sure to let me know what you're thinking of doing so I can know how long to expect you to be. I'll be calling this in to Channelwood so they know to expect you in whatever area of Middletown you plan to attack."