Vicious/Meia: Face off!

[Bean Bandit]

Vicious found that the door opened the same way as the outer one, with a full hand scan, followed by individual fingerprints.

The door snapped open to reveal a fairly spacious cockpit, which was clean and steamlined, unlike most of the 'Spare part' looking equipment Vicious had seen so far.

[Carthrat]

Vicious hops in the cockpit and has a looksee of all the buttons, trying to work out how to pilot the damn thing.

Well, uh, maybe it's like a bike, once you learn, you never forget.

[Bean Bandit]

The layout seems fairly similar to a flight simulator, though there are a few extra gauges and buttons, but most of them, conviently, have labels.

There are two main panels, and there is a strip of masking tape stuck to each. On one piece of tape, the words "Spaceflight" are written, and the controls seem to reflect that function, having switches and gauges for Airlocks, Thrusters, and other assorted Sci-Fi-ish terms.

On the other piece of tape, "Atmospheric flight" Is written, And the controls are almost identical to that of a flight sim, only labeled.

[Carthrat]

Pause.

I can't fly this. Fuck.

Vicious heads back into the other room, and inspects the other control panel..

[Bean Bandit]

As opposed to the other panels, this one appears to be absurdly simple. It is, not only atmoshperic controls for the cargo bay, and seals for the doors, but it also, apparently is a library computer, containing more than a few books, and, convienently, a systems and control guide for the vessel.

[Carthrat]

Vicious ponders the online library, and goes through information on Atmospheric Flight. After all, it's harder to deal with gravity than it is to deal with space. Especially the whole 'take off' and 'land' bit.


OOC: What time is it? >_>

[Bean Bandit]

Apparently, the engines on the Lexco Cruiser functioned the same way in space as they did in the atmosphere, but the key to takeoff and landing was apparently in appropriate manipilation of the bottom and rear thrusters.

The bottom thrusters had a hover setting, which, when combined with the rear thrusters, served in place of landing gear...which, according to the manual, drastically shortened the necessary runway length...

[Carthrat]

Vicous checks a few of the specifications of the ship, like average accelaration, maximum atmospheric speed, armour, weapons, and anything else that looks particularly pertinent.

[Bean Bandit]

A table quickly appeared in the computer.

Acceleration: 30 metres per second

Maximum Speed: Atmos-670 miles per hour; Space-Untested

Armor-Duranium-steel alloy plating

Armament-Two .40 caliber machine cannons.

[Rezantis]

Meia winced noticably.  What Spike was saying made sense, though.

"Barnette?"

[Bean Bandit]

Barnette looked completely confused. "I don't know." She admitted finally. "Should we?"

[Carthrat]

Vicious thinks.

Right. There's no way in fuck I can pull what Vicious did, but on my side, I'm not gonna get sprung by that bomb, and.. if I play my cards right, I might not have Spike chasing me. Hmm..

A cunning plan comes to mind!

Vicious checks the ships inventory, looking for some kind of thin cord, to use as a tripwire..

[Bean Bandit]

Unfortunately, the ship's manifest was blank. Completely so. Apparently, the Lexco Cruiser was brand new, and no odds and ends were floating about.

Ironically, there was nothing even slightly useful as thread on board.

[Carthrat]

Vicious uses the library to work detect if the Lexco cruiser can carry missiles, and if so, what type. While he's at he, he checks if there are any other bells and whistles he could tack on.

[Bean Bandit]

According to the library, the Lexco had a modular rail that could be attached to the roof, which carried two missiles, one fired forward, the other back.

They were a new type, designated as afHAWK-1 missiles, and while expensive, the warhead yield was fairly high.

There wasn't much else that could be attached to the little ship, unless Vicious planned on bombing a city...