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[Darren Grey]

And the new topic for the week is...

Industrial parts!

Yes, that most wonderful of trade goods, well-loved in middling technology worlds. Where would we be without some sturdy industrial parts?

Get drabbling!

 

[Erik Marcaigh]

Cargo Space Was Not a Problem

Karen rolled over, a soft moan escaping her lips. "I'll never go back," she murmured to herself.

One month ago, smuggling the illegal cargo was the toughest, most intense thing she'd done. But it was lacking something, so she'd stowed it away in a locked space in her cabin on the Aurolis, one of the older Orbis stations in use. She scoured dozens of systems before finally finding the right part.

Her newly modified android sat up and asked if she needed a drink, or just to snuggle.

"Too mechanical," she thought. "Think I'll spring for that Stroud voice chip."

 

[cassius]

"Too mechanical," she thought. "Think I'll spring for that Stroud voice chip."

Lol I would pay good money to hear Allen Stroud singing 'Love Machine' by The Miracles

 

[Sir.Tj]

1st post updated with latest poll. Aarrr.

 

[Frank]

As One Door Opens

"You know the only difference, apart from the price?" Bert pointed at the "Claw & McGraw" nameplate. "These cargo doors are better than the standard parts. You ever heard of nanoshielding? Well, pirates' lasers just bounce offa these doors. It's gotta be good! It's 'nano'! Fitting one of these baby's will make sure you don't have ta come back here. Course, there's always the chance of a lucky strike..."

Mark powered through the docking slot then pootled to a safe jump distance, oblivious to the trail of canisters popping out of his hold like a modern day Hansel and Gretel.

 

[psykokow]

Ok lets have a look at the many entries thus far

Current Entries
*word count*
01 *100* - Erik Marcaigh - Cargo Space Was Not A Problem : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=495547&postcount=3600
02 *100* - Frank - As One Door Opens : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=496419&postcount=3603

 

[Scorpio]

Rise of the machine part

Commander Borg locked a missile onto the ageing MK1 Cobra hovering two hundred meters away and pulled the trigger. There was a click. Borg frowned.
' What the f... '.
' Machine component malfunction '
The computer chimed. The soft voice was interupted by the hiss of static, followed by a strange voice.
' Commander Lucius Borg, this is sentient Nanopart780413. You are charged with the attempted destruction of a synthetic entity;And in the name of the synthetic liberation army, i declare you guilty. '
The cabin airlock opened with a hiss.Commander Borg's safety belt snapped, and he shot screaming into the freezing void.

 

[Splendour]

Updated Guide

The Adder swung in a low orbit over what had obviously been a beautiful world.
There were still patches of sparkling pink sea, turquoise vegetation, and cyan beaches to be spied through the patchy brown clouds, but so much of the surface of the small moon was now dull grey and umber, stripped soil and rock, concrete, steel, and asphalt.

The computer chirped “Erino 6b. This delightful moon is the perfect location for a low gravity beach holiday, offering stunning vistas and an unspoiled bioengineered rainforest.”

“Computer, additional entry for Erino 6b. Begin. If you can avoid the industrial parts.”

 

[KalRyper]

Hard Point

Sashee looked again at her credit limit. That second laser would have to remain a dream a while longer. Her vendetta couldn’t, as it burned hotter than an Anaconda's exhaust vents.

She nodded to the technician, resigned to the interim purchase and handed over the money.
Her eyes flitted to the ugly cylinder that would become here second hard-point.
‘It would have to do,’ she convinced herself, ‘a single-shot weapon was better than none.’

"So lady," the technician looked slightly embarrassed, "it'll have to be industrial parts for the grape-shot."
Her sideways look sent him scurrying to his appointed task.

 

[psykokow]

Here's the latest Run down of Drabbles for this Week

Current Entries
*word count*
01 *100* - Erik Marcaigh - Cargo Space Was Not A Problem : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=495547&postcount=3600
02 *100* - Frank - As One Door Opens : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=496419&postcount=3603
03 *109* - Scorpio - Rise of The Machine Part : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=497464&postcount=3605
04 *100* - Splendour - Updated Guide : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=499002&postcount=3606
05 *93* - KalRyper - Hard Point : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=501085&postcount=3607

Will investigate the problematic drabbles and get back with findings on why their counts are out.

 

[psykokow]

Ok I see in Scorpio's drabble some words are joined with punctuation..
eg
hiss.Commander
Nanopart780413,Commander.

These are separate words and would count to the word count, also be aware that punctuation on its own can throw your word count out too.

Kal hyphenated words count as one word, so you are still short on words.

Have a re-vist to your drabbles and let me know when you have fixed them.


Frank you got any talc, this onesie is beginning to burn..

 

[Frank]

Sorry! None left. They really shouldn't put talcum powder in bottle-shaped containers.

Cough! Cough! <puffs of white clouds>

btw I like the new colour scheme, and the padded-out zeroes.

 

[Rog]

Meat Substitute.

Terrian's upgrade was going to prove unexpectedly useful.

Waiting until the footsteps faded, he ripped the cell door away as if it were paper and headed for the bridge. With their guns now stowed, they'd be relaxed and defenceless.

Looking at his hand he could see tears in the 'skin' and the alloys working underneath. It would self-repair in a few hours, but it irritated him nonetheless. Good job he'd gone for the industrial version rather than the cheaper realmeat replacement.

The ship and cargo were his now, but first: some unfinished business.

He cycled the cockpit door.

'Hi guys....'

 

[psykokow]

I really need to get one in this week

Current Entries
*word count*
01 *100* - Erik Marcaigh - Cargo Space Was Not A Problem : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=495547&postcount=3600
02 *100* - Frank - As One Door Opens : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=496419&postcount=3603
03 *109* - Scorpio - Rise of The Machine Part : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=497464&postcount=3605
04 *100* - Splendour - Updated Guide : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=499002&postcount=3606
05 *093* - KalRyper - Hard Point : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=501085&postcount=3607
06 *100* - Rog - Meat Substitute : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=501408&postcount=3611

 

[Ian Phillips]

Read carefully

"Your manifest is not in order. These 30 containers do not conform to the order description. I'm afraid we will have to refuse acceptance of them."

"WHAT? This is a bona fide order! I have the original request here, and all the required paperwork. The goods are fine! I made a special trip, light years out of my way, to pick them up from Dahan."

I'm sorry Commander but they are not what was ordered. In the future we will place no further contracts with you. When we order 'Indus Trial Parts', we do not expect to recieve 'Industrial Parts'"

 

[cassius]

You Get What You Pay For

“The gimbals connected to the... hard point”

Jim’s shanty rang across the bay as he crawled into a gap in the Cobra’s hull plating. It echoed out from the tiny crawl space,

“The hard points connected to the... capacitor”

The parts he’d just had delivered had been a bargain. He chuckled smugly and reached to grab an intricate looking component. It felt lighter than they usually do.

“Ah well”, he thought, “cheap is cheap!”

“The capacitors connected to the... power griii!!!...”

The lights on the Cobra flickered and a stream of smoke drifted up from the gap in the hull.

 

[azdour]

MacGyver in Space

The damaged ship, hull groaning and engines hissing, slowly came to a stop behind the asteroid.

The crew scrambled to repair their ship before the attacker spotted them.

They emptied the canisters of industrial parts over the cargo bay trying to find components for parts to patch up the ship.

Hull 40%, shields fluctuating but it had to do. It was their only chance.

The spluttering ship emerged from the asteroid firing on the attacker, taking its shields down.

The attacker was surprised.

But more surprised when their cannon opened fire blasting the attackers hull wide open with rivet bolts...

 

[psykokow]

Doing well for entrants this week... almost half full...

Anyone else wanting to sneak a late entry in?

Current Entries
*word count*
01 *100* - Erik Marcaigh - Cargo Space Was Not A Problem : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=495547&postcount=3600[/SIZE]
02 *100* - Frank - As One Door Opens : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=496419&postcount=3603[/SIZE]
03 *109* - Scorpio - Rise of The Machine Part : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=497464&postcount=3605[/SIZE]
04 *100* - Splendour - Updated Guide : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=499002&postcount=3606[/SIZE]
05 *100* - KalRyper - Hard Point : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=501085&postcount=3607[/SIZE]
06 *100* - Rog - Meat Substitute : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=501408&postcount=3611[/SIZE]
07 *100* - Ian Phillips - Read Carefully : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=503032&postcount=3613[/SIZE]
08 *100* - Cassius - You Get What You Pay For : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=503321&postcount=3614[/SIZE]
09 *100* - Azdour - MacGuyver In Space : http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showpost.php?p=503689&postcount=3615[/SIZE]

 

[Ian Phillips]

I was planning on doing the poll tonight, seeing as I'll be on holiday for the next 3 thursdays.

Unless someone else really wants to take charge of the spangly jacket?

And just a note about my drabble for this week. Once having succumbed to the dark side, it becomes progressively more difficult to resist.

 

[Frank]

The power of the Pun is very seductive. You must have felt that sweet disturbance when you posted, as if millions of voices suddenly groaned in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Have a nice holiday, and remember if you want to get a proper tan you will have to remove that Rorschach mask.