#ResearchCamp – April 20, 2016

Nathan falters as he sees Harmonia. He looks at Jasper, then back to Harmonia. "I think both of the bosses are in the away team... I don't think there is anyone in charge of us here. What's happened?"

Uvena is out on patrol, just far enough from the base for it to be barely visible to her.

Jasper glances over at Nathan and gives Harmonia a shrug. "I don't rightly know... What-... errr, uhh.... What sorta decisions need ta be made?"

Harmonia steadies herself with a hand on the edge of the airlock as a particularly strong gust of wind blows in, sending snow swirling around in the airlock itself. "They're looping the message, but the storm's interference is getting stronger! I heard something about vorcha and geth - can't be good! We need to contact the ship, and figure out a way to get to them!" she shouts, the noise of the blizzard making it hard to

Nathan unleashes a stream of curses. "Can we contact the ship from here?"

Jasper's eyes go wide. "Geth!? Vorcha!? Whaddya mean we need ta' find a way to get to them!? We got that mean ol' mother-scooter right over there!" he points towards the Grizzly, "Jus' gimme their coordinates and we'll mount up!"

Uvena starts walking back to nearest wall, and then follows it. "I can't see anything out here," she says over comms. She is almost at the airlock.

Harmonia shakes her head. "I've been trying, but the storm is causing too much interference. Do any of you know enough to find a way to get a signal through?" Her attention turns to Jasper as he speaks up. "Wha-... the tank?! Can that thing even drive in these conditions?! And what about the ship?!"

Nathan nods to Jasper. "Alright, uh.... Jasper, Uvena and I take the Grizzly and go rescue the away team. Korio and Tarkus will get you lot back to the ship," he suggests. "And hell, that Grizzly is meant to take on anything! And we got one of the best damn pilots/drivers I know," he says, slightly milking it. "Jasper can get us there.2

Jasper seems hyped up by Nathan's encouragement. "Oh, we'll get there! You jus' give us their last coordinates 'fore they fell off the grid and we'll find 'em, mark my words."

Uvena rounds the corner and walks over to the airlock.

Harmonia steps into the airlock for shelter and brings up her omni-tool, transmitting the coordinates to Jasper and Nathan. "We can't just leave all the equipment! Give us some time to pack up as much as we can, in case we can't come back! The ship can't leave until you're back with the others anyway!"

Nathan nods. "Also, we're cannibalizing parts from the equipment!" He taps his chest. "Suit was fried, I need to repair it!"

Jasper gives a nod. "That sounds-... good?" he agrees, looking to Nathan tentatively, giving another nod as he mentions the equipment. "Figure we take what we can from the mech Ten was pilotin' an' we should be able to get his suit up an' runnin' en route to the others." he states to Harmonia, not particularly asking for permission at this point.

Uvena enters the airlock, looking quite snowed down. "What's going on?" she asks, although barely audible over the weather.

Harmonia gestures outward into the stormy weather. "Get going then! Standing around here is a waste of time!"

Nathan looks to Jasper and Uvena. "Alright you two! Jasper, get the Grizzly ready and rearing! Uvena, help me scavenge off the mech! Once that's done, you hop on the turret in the Grizzly while I get repairs done on the way. We're going to rescue the away team!" He looks to Harmonia. "Take only the essentials. Waste as little time as possible."

Jasper nods to Nathan, "Yap. I'll get 'er goin'. Make it fast!" He looks to Harmonia, "Good luck an' be safe!" he shouts over the storm before beginning to hobble off towards the Grizzly.

Uvena nods. "Just tell me what parts to take off it," she shouts back a response to be heard over the noise. She then steps out of the airlock and starts following the wall.

Harmonia gives a wave towards the others before closing the airlock door, starting the cycling process.

Nathan dashes, or moves as quickly as one can in a storm, towards the mech. "Sensors! And whatever is left of the power supplies! The rest I'll get myself!"

Jasper climbs into the Grizzly, taking his time with his cumbersome suit. Once inside he begins checking over all the systems and making sure everything is in order.

Nathan waves his hands around. "You said tell me! I told you!" He replies. "Look, I'll point to things, you take them off, alright?!" He closes on the mech.

Nathan starts to rip apart plating and starts digging into the internals of the mech, grumbling. "Power cells are in the back! The sensors should be close to them as well!" He starts pointing at pieces. "Get as much as you can cleared and I'll deal with it!"

Uvena nods and starts removing the power cells, pulling them out gently to avoid damaging them.

Nathan starts to dig into the damaged parts to get into the internals, grumbling.

Nathan snarls in annoyance. "Dammit... of all the times for my omni-tool to not work!" He does what he can to take bits and pieces.

Uvena manages to get a power cell loose, which she places beside another one before starting to pull that one as well. "What happened to it?!" she asks.

Jasper continues to go about his business and soon enough, the Grizzly roars to life. "We're good ta' go when yer ready, Ten!" he announces over comms.

Nathan replies to Jasper. "Give us a few more minutes!"

Uvena gets the other power cell out, as well. "How did they get to your omni-tool?!" she asks. "And how many of these do you need?!"

Nathan grunts as he tugs out another piece, a small pile amassing. "I had to link my suit up to the mech and use it as a conduit for the power cells! They severed the connection to the thrusters!" He glances over her way. "That should do it! I'm nearly done, get those to the Grizzly!"

Jasper continues to poke about the Grizzly's interface. "Yap, yap. Jus' lettin' ya know. This is gon' be a little bit of a trip, judgin' by these coordinates."

Uvena nods and picks up the other power cell. "Going there now!" she says, and starts trudging over to where she saw the Grizzly parked last.

Jasper pokes at the console and opens the passenger's hatch.

Nathan finishes his collection and gathers them up in his arms. He starts to make his way to the Grizzly, shuffling through the wind and snow. "I'm on my way!"

Uvena enters the grizzly and sits down at one of the innermost seats of the vehicles.

Jasper nods to himself. "Awright, jus' lemme know when we're good ta' roll outta here."

Nathan enters the Grizzly and stomps his feet to shake off the snow. "Close the hatch! Uvena, get in the front with Jasper and man the turret. Jasper, get us moving! I'll try and get my armour fixed."

Uvena nods. "Right," she mutters before moving over to sit infront of the turret controls, looking them over.

Jasper pokes the interface and the hatch begins to lift up. "I've already got some parts fabricatin', Ten. You do what you can from back there, when these finish cookin', we'll make a pit stop an' I'll come back there to drop 'em off." he says. Once the hatch closes, the Grizzly begins to lurch forward.

Nathan jerks as the Grizzly gets moving. "Awesome," he says to Jasper. He then starts to tug off pieces off his armour and takes off his helmet. He sets them down and gets to work, jury-rigging what he can.

Uvena looks puzzled as she studied the controls in front of her. "I didn't expect it to be this complicated," she admits.

Jasper continues in the general direction of the away team's last-known coordinates. "Might be a good idea ta' put out a message on the comms range they're usin' an' set it ta' repeat, Uvena." he announces, "My omni-tool is a lil' busy an' Ten's took a beatin'. This way they'll hopefully be able to contact us when we're near."

Nathan is still working on his armour in silence, shivering from the cold.

Uvena enables her omni-tool. "I can do that," she responds over local comms before starting to record. "This is Uvena. If you are one of the away team, please contact us as soon as you hear this." She taps on her omni-tool a few times to loop the mssage, once every twenty seconds.

Jasper pokes, swipes, drags, clicks, pulls, shifts and pushes at the holographic interface as the Grizzly trudges along. "That should do the trick! Hopefully they ain't too far from their last-known location, cuz we ain't gonna get much distance in this here storm."

Nathan is currently fiddling with his helmet, trying to get the HUD back up and running.

Uvena resumes studying the control panel, bringing up a manual if there is one to be found.