Thread: Voyage of the Space Vagabond [Blueflame & Sensualist]

They begin their work inside the vessel. Lex had no way of knowing how much time they had before the sputtering core on the boxy freighter died. He just knew when it did die there was a good chance of a critical meltdown best case it would burn through one of its mag-seals and emit a short-lived spew of deadly radiation, worst case there would be an explosion, likely spectacular. He couldn't dwell on it though, they had a job to do. He showed the gynoids the main environmental system. The core workings had turned out to be right under the power relay Lex had targeted his pod to impact during his attack run. Like a flea out to kill a bear, he wondered what the chances of his attack working really were. He made a mental note to have one of the bots calculate the odds when they were safe. They set down three of the salvaged bundles here and he instructed Alana and Delta to begin repairs on the main system. Delta's luscious curvy body seemed to draw his hand like iron to a magnet and he found his hand wrapping her waist as he indicated problem areas in the unit and where to start. Lex took Epsilon to check the power systems, together they drifted down the corridor toward the engineering section. There first task was to make sure the ship had power after that they had to had to make sure the ships systems, especially the environmental system once repaired, would actually get that power. The reactor itself was hardened this absolutely screamed military grade tech to Lex, in near perfect condition and in standby mode. It was idling safely after the cascade failure of the power relay system waiting for the dead pirate engineer to make repairs and restart the power process. They also found the charged reserve battery system more military grade tech that could power the ship while the reactor was off. The ship had plenty of power, they just need to restore it to key systems. Lex and Epsilon had lots of power conduits and relays to help, and when Beta returned she joined their efforts. Absolute gun nuts! the vocalizer in Lex's suit cracked, his helmet head and shoulders inside one of the primary power junction. He pulled out and signaled Beta and Epsilon to take a look, It looks like they wired the secondary power systems purely to weapon and defensive hard points. Gun happy and short sighted as hell. Lex remembered how the pirate ship positively bristled with weapons, and how his ship and livelihood had been shredded by the barrage those weapons produced. Those batteries needed plenty of power and this was the setup for that, did the bloodthirsty fools even realize the chance that had taken with this setup he wondered. Lex pushed back into the space, squeezing between the pair, he was sure it was not imagination that his silicon seducers seemed to delight in pushing back against when sharing a space. A gloved finger pointed to a junction. We crosswire the primary system over into the secondary here. We'll be done in a fraction of the time, of course if we bring weapons online we'd likely burn out the secondary system. The trio soared between the sections of the ship rewiring critical and necessary shipboard systems into the secondary conduits, by now Alana and Delta were on the task too making sure the atmo-scrubbers would have power to pass breathable air to the bridge and main corridors. It took just over an hour but they had main systems switched over now and were ready to bring things online. The interior of the ship came to life! Proper lights clicked on, humming faintly for a moment as they bathed the corridors in a glow that seem brilliant compared to the subdued emergency lighting in which they had worked. Recessed vents shook in the walls and emitted a tiny hiss as environmental pumped oxygen back into the hallways. Finally a dull pulsing hum issued from the floor before it fell away to the sub-sonic as the grav-plating in the floor pulled power. Artificial gravity returned to the ship, suddenly pulling the new crew, the former now dead crew and floating detritus, tools and parts down to the floor. Lex felt his stomach do a sickening summersault or several as gravity suddenly grabbed at him again. As he recovered he watched the readout on his wrist scanner. At last it cycled green indicating breathable air and with a smile he pulled off his EVA helmet. We did it! Air, gravity a few steps closer to getting out of this alive. Absolutely thrilled Lex emitted a triumphant chuckle, it was a pleased and cocky sound of victory. Still elated he turned on Epsilon and swept up the waif-like gynoid in an impulsive hug. Grinning from ear to ear he spun her once finishing his happy laugh. The chuckle and the spin ended but he did not immediately release the violet hair beauty. Lex gazed down at Epsilon, her careful design eliciting subconscious impulses in him he was only partially aware of, he wanted to protect her even as he was cautious of what trouble she might cause. There was another more recognizable impulse for Lex too and he answered it. He bent his head and kissed Epsilon. As his tongue passed her lush lips he slowly turned their bodies, carefully pushing the gynoid's deceptively delicate body against a wall as the kiss heated. Lex was tall and broad shoulder and with the added bulk of the EVA suit his form seemed to absolutely swallow the little gamine. The passionate kiss ended and he breathed heavily across her chin, the air that had been so sweet a minute ago seemed stale when compared with the perfect flavor of Epsilon's mouth. He felt elated and maybe a bit greedy to have formerly laid claim to another gynoid. His emotions quivered at some strange mingling point of guilt and eagerness as he thought sexually of Epsilon and her five sisters. Lex leaned away from the wall and cleared his throat loudly, he beamed a lopsided smile at Epsilon as he reached for his coms. Zeta, initial repairs are complete. He indicated the purple haired beauty to follow as he started toward the command section. We'll be on the bridge shortly, are we ready to begin cargo transfer?