Sixteen tons and what do I get?

[Halbarad]

"Awesome!" Phil's eyes gleamed as he began to pick through the piles of stuff, packing away all of the useful looking junk in his backpack.

[Dracos]

Lots of it looked useful.  Does he go through it now or just stuff it in his backpack for later?

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil took a short time to pick out the choicest items, resolving to come back later for a closer look when he had time. With his pack a bit fuller, he headed onward, towards the source of the construction noises.

[Dracos]

Construction noises it was...

He came over a hill and could see....

Ships.

Hundreds of ships being built.  Ships of all shapes and sizes.  A small robot army putting them together piece by piece.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil gazed at the panorama wide-eyed. "What in the world..."

The young boy watched the activity below with a mixture of awe, fear, and outright desire. So... many... toys...

[Dracos]

The ground rumbled slightly as a giant dog creature came out of the ground, surveying the work that would lay waste to the pitiful human world.

He walked up towards the only structure in the area that was remotely tall (they were building low to avoid being seen apparently), examining some kind of radio tower.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil dropped down low to avoid being seen... what were they planning to DO with all of these ships?

One way to find out. Waiting until he was sure the dog-thingy or any of the robots were looking his direction, he began to creep closer to the shipyard.

[Dracos]

He got closer, the robots clicked and clanked but didn't seem to speak in any english language.

The ship he was hiding behind was really cool though.  He couldn't quite figure it out.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil stayed low, trying to stay out of the robots' notice as he looked for some way to get inside the ship.

[Dracos]

Well, there was no entrance visible on this craft...but they were all slighly different, and maybe there was some trick to getting in?

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Still trying to stay out of sight, Phil keeps an eye on the robots and the other ships, trying to look for a way inside any of them. Number one to get a closer look - these looked really cool - and two, it would probably be easier to hide inside one of the ships rather than outside.

[Dracos]

The place was getting steadily more crowded since the dog creature arrived.  He found his way to another ship...but it had the same issue.  No visible entryway.  Darn.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Deciding that discretion was the better part of valor - and that it would be a lot easier to investigate the ships with fewer robots around - Phil began to sneak back up to his hiding spot on the hill, still trying to stay out of sight of the robot drones.

[Dracos]

Luck was with him as he managed to sneak back to the hill without being spotted.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil crouched down in his hidey-hole, waiting for the activity below to die down a bit so he could get a closer look.