Saturn Valley, Trip 1: Meeting with Dr. Saturnious!

[Brian]

Liao notices Jade glancing him, and offers her a cookie.  "Want something to eat while we wait?"

[Halbarad]

"~/o The firing tube's connected to the.... magnetic induction coil.o/~
~/o The magnetic induction coil's connected to the... trigger assembly. o/~
~/o The trigger assembly's connected to the... power supply. o/~
~/o And don't touch your tongue to the battery~ o/~

[Dracos]

And the hours grew late and the moon set and the sun rose into the sky, shining through the one window...

Waking up the brats...

And showing a tired Phil, finishing up his new toy!

Dracos

[Zenthor]

Jade wiped her eyes and returned to her post over Phil's shoulder.

"So you spent the night working.  ...What... is it, anyway?  Looks kind of useless."

[Halbarad]

Phil grins, hefting the rifle-like object. It consists of a long series of copper coils around a plastic pipe, wired to something in his backpack.

"A railgun," he said with a grin. "Don't know how powerful it'll be yet, but it definitely won't be fun for the aliens."

[Zenthor]

"A railgun?  Oooh.  I've heard about those things, I think.  They make fun explosions, don't they?  You should test it out.  You know, now.  On something."  The excitement of knowing another person in the group could make large explosions quickly erased Jade's sleepiness.

[Brian]

Liao mumbled something to himself and turned over in his sleep.

[Halbarad]

"It shouldn't actually explode, just make really big holes in things," Phil corrects. "But if we're going to test it, let's go outside." So saying, he leads the pair outside, looking for a likely test target..

[Brian]

Liao yawns sleepily, and follows Phil outside.  "I think I should have eaten more than just cookies for dinner last night," he says quietly.

[Dracos]

They were in the valley.

They could destroy part of the walls of it.  Or head up into the forests outside and look for a target.

Dracos

[Halbarad]

Phil looks around pensively. "Hmm... don't really feel like hiking before breakfast..."

Selecting a suitable spot along the valley walls, he drops a steel ball bearing into the gun before taking careful aim and firing!

[Dracos]

The ball blasted out, nearly sending Phil off his feet in the recoil as it blasted pretty deeply into the wall, leaving a rather polished hole in it's path.

Dracos

[Brian]

Liao looks down at Phil for a long minute.  "You know," he finally says, "there's a trick I know ... the first one I learned really ... about how to fall.  It's martial arts.  I bet if you learned the right way to fall, you wouldn't land on your backpack.  Which might not hurt as much."

[Halbarad]

Phil stares at the hole, blinking several times. Slowly he regains his feet, not really hearing Liao at the moment. He reaches out to feel the edges of the hole, and finally declaims his assessment of his new weapon.

"...COOOL!"

[Zenthor]

Jade runs over to the hole and sticks her head in, echoing Phil's awe.