Log:SGG - No. 2

Starguard Gamma 2012/03/01 	 Dorian Jennifer Jolt Kay Paul Van Sterran Star Girl Starlight 1

The briefing room looks like it's not quite ready for use. Tables and chairs and monitors are all still wrapped in protective plastic. On top of the main conference table, someone has set out coffee and doughnuts.

Kay has arrived early, very early really. She'd gone to the meeting and still kept an eye out for anything that looked remotely like unifying color scheme or the like. Upon reaching the room designated for the meeting and debriefing she'd found herself a place to sit and done just that. Fingers laced together over her stomach and the muscles there as she kicked her feet up absently on the table crossed at the ankles to wait.

Dorian enters the room a couple of minutes later, and looks around. He waves to Kay, as she appears to be the only one here. "Hey there." He then takes a seat.

Star Girl steps into the briefing room. With her last University class ending in the early afternoon, she was able to arrive ahead of time, but not as early as Kay. "Hey there!" she says cheerfully to Dorian and Kay. Her eyes narrow slightly as she eyes the doughnuts. o O ( Carbohydrates -- my old enemy... we meet again... )

Starlight arrives shortly after Dorian, turning up in hero identity. She gives Kay a smile and wave, and looks at Dorian with slightly disguised curiousity. "Hi."

Kay lifts a hand in a wave to Dorian and she offers a smile to Star Girl and a wider one to Starlight when they arrive. "Make yourselves comfortable. Coffee and calories available if such is your wish." She gestures to the beverage and doughnuts but touches neither herself. Hey that figure takes a /lot/ of work! Well not really but it'd be rude to share that. "I expect our Director will be along shortly."

Jennifer turns up just after Star Girl. She grins on seeing Dorian, waves to Kay, glances with frank interest at Star Girl and Starlight. "Hi, everyone. Dorian, it's been a while. How are you doing? How about Zeal?"

Star Girl looks around for a spot to sit. She settles on a swivel chair that's still wrapped in plastic. Idly, she toys with her ID badge which she wears on a lanyard around her neck. It's got a photo of her and 'AGENT' in big block letters.

Jolt doesnt take too much longer to arrive. The electic girl waves to the others and smiles as she sees some free food and goes straight for the donuts, picking one up and starting to munch. Jolt is one of the lucky heroes who doesnt have to watch what she eats thanks to her body converting all excess calories into electricity "So whats everyone been up to?" she asks the others when her mouth is empty.

Star Girl waves hello to Jolt.

Starlight waves to Jolt.

Dorian smiles, and looks to Jennifer, "She's doing pretty well. Wedding's back on. Just need to pick a date. How about you? How're you doing?"

Jennifer grins, "Hey, hi there, Jolt."

Kay smiles at Jennifer as well when she arrives but jumps on an opportunity provided by Jolt, "Training. Tomorrow afternoon and evening. We need to start working as a team, getting used to each other and our various strengths, and weaknesses." She says to everyone, "If I have to," she grudgingly admits, "I'll bring punch and pie." Clearly joking as her lips twist into a half-smirk half-grin.

Paul Van Sterran steps into the room, glancing over his shoulder at the wall clock as he does. He's right on time. At a glance, Paul is a middle aged man with a relaxed attitude but the look of an experienced and capable Starguard officer. Today, he's wearing a dark blue suit with matching tie. "Let's get started shall we?" he says. He allows a moment or two for folks to get ready.

Jennifer grins at Dorian, "I could tell you but then I've have to kill you. You know me, the kind of things I get involved in."

Star Girl sits up straight and pays attention.

Jennifer speaks to Paul, "Good afternoon. I'm Jennifer Markham. Miles Fuchs sends his regrets. He's been called away to Washington and asked me to attend in his place as the FBI representative if you're agreeable to that."

Kay removes her feet from the table and sits up as well, turning her attention to Paul Van Sterran when he shows up. Hands move from her stomach to the table, fingers still laced together as her appearance returns to professional curiosity.

Starlight sits on the edge of a table, feet over the edge, all two inches of her attentative.

Dorian raises a brow at the mention of Jennifer working for the FBI, but then he turns to look to Paul.

"Washington," Paul says, "I don't envy him. Welcome Ms. Markham. This is the new team." He takes a moment to look about the room. "I see people from the two recruitment sessions..."

"Just to make sure," Paul says, "Everyone introduce yourselves. Spirit, why don't you start."

Dorian nods, and raises his hand to wave to the others. "Hi. I'm Dorian Perrault, also known as 'Spirit'. I'm a former member of SGG in its prior incarnation, and worked as extra muscle when they needed me after that. I've been a hero in town for several years, under this name, as well as 'Syphon', which was my codename when I first arrived in town."

Dorian says, "My powers are all energy based. And I can operate in space without any problems. And...my background is in the sciences. I was working as a nuclear lab tech when the accident occurred which gave me my powers. I think that about covers it."

Kay takes her turn, standing up to her full height as she does so and offers with a hint of formality, one can almost see her fingers twitching to try and straighten the lines on a uniform she no longer wears. "My name is Katherine Carson, Kay to most everyone, Force to everyone else though no costume yet. Still working on it." She smiles a little it's almost a smirk. "While I am new to the hero thing, I am not new to meta-scale engagements. I've only recently arrived in Colonial Bay." She pauses for a moment as she looks around at everyone, "I've worked with many of you already and look forwards to working with the rest of you. My powers are Telekinetic in nature, I can work in space, or the bottom of the sea unassisted." Then as an almost afterthought, "My powers come from an unexplained random variation in my DNA sequence." And she moves to retake her seat with a nod.

Star Girl stands up to speak. "I'm Star Girl. I'm still pretty new to this hero thing, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I've got an alien supersuit that gives me decent strength, speed, and stamina. I can survive in space, and I've got energy blasts that are generally pretty reliable." She smiles cutely and gives a small wave to everyone.

Starlight flies up so everyone can know it's her speaking, "I'm Starlight. I've been a Vigil, what you call a hero, all my life. I'm from another dimension and arrived here only recently. I'm small, strong, can fly very fast and I'm space capable. In fact I can survive and function in almost any environmental conditions.

Paul says, "So as you've already heard, some of the team encountered an alien who referred to himself as Dreadnaught at North Beach. He was defeated, and he's in our custody. At this point, I'd like to turn the discussion over to Kay." He turns to her and adds, "Maybe you can fill us in on what you were able to find out?"

Jolt whews a bit as she's not bothered to introduce herself again... Then again anyone who did their homework would know her. She's abandoned her past life to become a full time hero after all.

"Alright." Kay stands up again, since Jolt apparently doesn't want to do the introduction thing. She moves over towards the head of the table as it were. "We know that ship appeared in orbit out of nowhere, it either teleported somehow, maybe through hyperspace gate, or some other means of warp.... or it was able to avoid /all/ of our detection methods. It's impossible to say which. The ship apparently broke up and splashed into the atmosphere to burn up." She pulls out a map of the east coast, "Except for three now confirmed escape pods that have landed here in the bay as those who faced Dreadnaught know, and another here near the Virginia West Virginia Border, and finally here near the small town of Middleburg."

She pauses, "Those of you who were present for the detainment of Dreadnaught know that he was a prisoner of some sort, and that he was being held. The escape pods that survived the destruction of the ship were in all actuality stasis pods that kept the person in them in suspended animation. The pods also were beaming some sort of energy directly into the occupants. I suspect that this was to help contain or perhaps condition the prisoners but that is pure guesswork on my part." She looks a little annoyed by that but continues on.

"Dreadnaught had the power to meld with soil, possibly of any sort. Noticably from the silt on the bottom of the bay. He was reasonably strong, if I had to guess, in the fifty to one hundred ton range, resistant to harm, and moderately fast." Kay pauses, "Most importantly however, is that Dreadnaught is telepathic at at least the broadcast level. What the abilities of the other two prisoners are at this time has yet to be determined." She looks towards the rest of the team and then over towards Paul.

Dorian furrows his brow at the description. "Something doesn't mesh. If the prisoners were in stasis and they were launched, it likely follows that they were sent here, much like the Brits used to send criminals to Australia or Georgia hundreds of years ago. That means the ship was on a one-way trip to begin with."

Kay shrugs very slightly, "The ship itself has not been recovered as far as I know in any significant piece. Which does suggest that the stasis pods that, while damaged in their descent, were indeed made of sterner stuff. As to wether or not it was intentional that can neither be confirmed, nor denied at this juncture. Nobody has claimed any sort of responsibility that I know of, nor has anyone, again that I know of, come looking for the three prisoners held in stasis."

Paul draws in a bit of a sigh: "We're still not sure what race Dreadnought is. We've put in a request for information to the Guild, but that pathway can be slow sometimes. As an organization, we're still short a chief xenobiologist. The downsizing of the agency was a tough blow -- we lost some of our best minds to the private sector or to other countries."

Star Girl asks Kay, "Is there any writing on the pod we have? I might be able to read some of it."

Dorian nods. "Has there been any way to determine who made the stasis pod?" He smiles at Star Girl's question, "...like..that."

Kay nods, "There were heiroglyphic style markings on the pod that I recovered from the bottom of the bay. To my knowledge none of it has been translated yet." She looks to Paul to see if he has pictures that can be provided.

Paul says, "Sure. Let me put it on a screen..." He clicks on a remote and a tv monito comes to life. Unfortunately, it's still wrapped in plastic. Paul grumbles and unceremoniously tears the wrapping away. The tv screen displays a slideshow of the pod from different angles.

Jolt listens and ponders out loud "Has anyone tried asking him what he is or where he comes from? Seems pretty simple that might be the easiest route to getting information if the Guild is too slow"

"His information would be suspect without verification from a second source." Kay says as she moves so that she isn't blocking the screen at all. "During first contact with Dreadnaught he was aggressive in a style of a wood be conqueror. The fact that we've heard /nothing/ so far out of the other two suggests that Dreadnaught was most probably a simpleton brute, a battering ram as it were."

Paul responds to Jolt, "So far he hasn't opened up, but he might be willing to talking to you guys."

Star Girl begins to watch the display intently, eyelets narrowed.

Dorian nods. "The information would be suspect, but it's also a starting point, if we can get him to talk. Let's assume he's going to act like a normal prisoner would. What would get him to talk? Probably not someone coming from a position of authority."

"Weird..." Star Girl comments. "I can tell what it says, but not what language it is. That part..." she points up at the screen, "... says 'Dreadnaught', followed by some kind of number -- a prisoner number I think..."

Kay smiles faintly, "He was positively chatty. Whomever we send should have mental defenses, it could be that Dreadnaught has more subtle telepathic abilities and was simply trying the brute force approach. I recall he was pleased that he could hit me without my breaking." She smirks a little at that.

Paul looks around the room at the heroes. "Does anyone here qualify? Kay, you're telekinetic... do you have any telepathic abilities?"

Kay shakes her head, "Just an exceptionally strong willpower. I'm not a telepath."

Paul says, "Maybe we can call in a specialist to handle the interview."

Dorian nods, "If Dr. Yolanda Simmons is still available, she'd be a good choice."

Paul nods. "After the meeting, give me her details and we can look her up."

Jennifer breaks her silence to mention, "Ellbeth Wryd helped out Random Factor on several occasions. Might be worth seeing if she's available."

"All else fails, I'll try and get him to talk. It'd take a very powerful telepath to have significant impact on me, and I'm pretty sure I can subdue Dreadnaught before he could incapacitate me if he did attack my mind." Kay says with a slight shrug, "Especially with backup from the rest of the team. Now however, I wonder if you can translate the other capsule's markings Star Girl?" She looks for a control for the screen to see if there are images for the other capsules available. "Dreadnaught was pretty straight forwards much like his name, knowing the names of the others might well give us an idea on their capabilities and an edge."

Star Girl's eyelets widen a little bit. "Here's something... 'For the crimes of high treason and sedition against the Phylxian people, prisoner number ... yadda yadda... AKA Dreadnought... sentenced to indefinite exile in hyperspace...'"

Jolt shrugs a bit and smiles "You can always have me talk to him too... I mean worst case scenario is he tries to punch me or something and gets a nice shock for his trouble"

Dorian raises a brow. "Curious."

Jennifer looks to Star Girl. "Did you say Phylxian?"

Kay seems to agree with Dorian, "Do we have any data on the Phylxian people?"

Jennifer says, "We have a Phylxian on Earth. Well a half Phylxian as I recall. Name of Bard. The musician."

Star Girl blinks. "Bard's part alien?" . o O ( That might explain it the unearthly hawtness. )

"Interesting." Kay says without betraying any expression on the revelation, still she looks for heiroglyphs from the other two stasis pods for Star Girl while she thinks, .oO( Explains why he's got such a horrible track record. Dreadnaught wasn't charming, makes me wonder if Bard is a cyclops too and psychically hiding his appearance.)

Dorian nods. "Does he know much about their culture?"

Star Girl's expression twists a little bit. o O ( Ew. What underneath it all if he's a slug like Dreadnaught... )

Jennifer shrugs, "You'll have to ask him. He came on the scene pretty much at the time I was leaving for other commitments. So I don't know him all that well."

Starlight interjects, "Obviously one of the races involved is space faring. There's no proof either way that Dreadnaught himself is Phylxian."

Star Girl says, "Oh! Good point!"

"Sedition, treason, indicates that one is indeed a member of the governing body." Kay refutes.

Star Girl hmms as Kay scores another point for the 'Bard equals slug' theory.

Starlight says, "You're working on an alien spacesuit's translation of a different alien language. I wouldn't assume too much from nuances."

Jolt says, "or he was merely caught stirring up trouble in thier domain... After all if you were plotting to take over America I'm sure they'd be happy to stuff you in a hyperspace pod and shoot you in a random direction"

"Anyways... are there any pictures of the other pods Paul? I can't seem to bring them up." Kay says to Paul.

Dorian nods in agreement with Jolt. "I'd agree. It only proves he was in their domain and committed a crime."

Paul says to Kay, "Not from up close. We have aerial photos, but no boots on the ground at the other two sites yet."

Dorian says, "Where did the other two land?"

Kay frowns, "Damnit why wasn't I told? I could have been there already." She then looks at Dorian and patiently restates, "One landed near the virginia and west virginia border on the map there. The other near the town of Middleburg, there." But she's already heading towards the door.

[To Starlight] Star Girl says, "My suit hasn't let me down before. I'd bet on the translation being pretty accurate, and to me 'treason' implies acting against one's own country. Er, planet."

Paul says, "Hold up one moment, Kay."

Starlight nods, "Fair enough. You'll know the capabilities of your suit better than I do."

Kay pauses, with difficulty, and looks back to Paul, "Sir?"

Paul says, "Starguard is a paramilitary organization -- this is a team here, but a team can't function without a leader. Kay, you've shown initiative in the recruitment session and also in investigating Dreadnaught. How wold you feel about leading this team?"

"That's not up to me Sir." Kay answers easily and honestly, "That's up to the rest of the team. I've been honored that they've accepted my suggestions both in actual combat situations and in trial situations. If they're willing then I'll do so, but it's not my choice. It's theirs and I won't belittle that by accepting without a consensus."

Paul nods. "Fair enough." He addresses the others. "What do you guys think?"

Dorian smiles. "I think that's fine. I certainly wouldn't feel slighted. Though...I tend to view myself as an auxilliary, rather than a full member. If you need advice, or extra firepower, feel free to contact me, Kay."


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Star Girl shrugs and offers towards Kay: "You seem to be doing ok so far."

Jolt shrugs and doesnt seem to mind Kay being put in charge "Lets get going then?"

Starlight says, "Fine by me... with one observation. Although I'm sure this won't be an issue after the training sessions give us a better idea of each others abilities. Kay, you're doing okay but seem to have a bit of a tendancy to do everything yourself instead of delegating."

Paul nods to Starlight. "Good advice." He turns to Kay and says, "There's some administrative stuff that we need to take care up, but it'll wait -- there's more important stuff to do than file paperwork."

Kay nods to Dorian and then to Star Girl before she looks towards Jolt, and then towards Starlight whom she suspects, might be the one who might want to lead also. But, that's a majority of what's present, "Thank you all." And to answer Starlight she nods, "I know I do, because I don't know what everyone else can do well yet. That's why I want everyone to come to these training sessions at the Gym. Starting tomorrow so we can all start developing trust with each other." She pauses, "But for now, we need to get to Middleburg as soon as possible. At the very least we need to recover that pod, and make sure the civilians. Starlight, you're fastest I think, I'm not sure how fast everyone else can fly or if we have fast transport vehicles available to us." She looks to Paul, "But there's a real possibility people are in harms way, right now."

Starlight says, "If there's a vehicle on hand we can use that I can lift with everyone in it I can get you there in a few seconds. At top speed I can circle the Earth fives times in one second."