Project Arrow

Player Characters
David 'Dai' Bush
Joseph Connelly
Isabellalala Everitts
Tadim 'Tac' Cromwell

As the moon travels more distant from Earth, there is hope of a return...

In this Episode...

Someone drives a Moonbuggy...	Someone nearly gets hit by a rock...	And Commander Koenig says, "No!"

Dai and Isabellala drive their Moonbuggies across the lunar surface to a clearing about a mile form Moonbase Alpha. They carry with them equipment to take readings of a spatial anomaly that the moon is currently passing.

They arrive safely and start setting up the equipment when Paul Morrow contacts them to advise to get to cover as their is a meteor shower about to hit their location in 5 minutes. Isabellala thinks she can get the scans done and rushes. The scans are complete but both Dai and Isabellala are injured form the meteorites. The manage top scramble under their moonbuggies for cover, then eventually returning to Moonbase Alpha.

On their return Commander Koenig is not happy.

Commander Koenig "When given an order you obey. We cannot sacrifice any lives, everyone is important. Equipment can be replaced, you cannot."

Koenig dismisses both and orders them to take 24 hours R&R.


Dai just relaxes while Isabella has a visit from Professor Bergman who has found more fermenting jugs for Isabellas home brewing.
 

It's 5:30am and Isabel is woken by someone banging on her door.

Slowly Isabella gets out of bed and answers the door. Professor Elsa Mycroft, a ditzy eccentric lady, barges into the room.

Prof. Mycroft "Oh, glad I didn't wake you. Did you do those scans of the anomaly yesterday? Yes, of course you did. Oh it's wonderful isn't it?!"

Isabella "What is?"

Prof. Mycroft "Come to the lab, I'll show you..." Professor Mycroft grabs Isabella by the arm and starts to drag her to the door.

Isabella "Wait!"

Prof. Mycroft "Whatever for?"

Isabella "I'd like to put my uniform on."

Prof. Mycroft "Oh yes, silly me, do hurry."


At the lab Isabella instantly notices the board with all sorts of calculations about gravity and thrust.

Prof. Mycroft "Can you see it. We can go home. To Earth!"

Isabella "You want to go back to Earth?"

Prof. Mycroft "We can use the anomaly to slingshot an Eagle, and with a little extra thrust... back to Earth!"

Isabella looks over the calculations.

Isabella "This doesn't look right, but we'd need Moonbase Computer to finalise the calculations."

Prof. Mycroft "I'll go see Mr. Kano right away." With that she all but runs from the lab.


Davis Kano, not wanting a long discussion with Else gives her the computing power she needs, and on the way back she passes Dai in the corridor on his way to work in the hanger bays. Elsa grabs him by the arm, "we'll need you too, you'll need to pilot!"

Dai "What? Where are we going?"

Prof. Mycroft "Home. Earth."


In the lab Isabella and Prof. Mycroft go over the calculations with Moonbase Computer able to correct the thrust calculation.


Dai "That's faster than an Eagles top speed."
Prof. Mycroft "We've fitted them with extra thrusters before."
Dai nods.
Prof. Mycroft "So we need to get started."

Isabella brings things back to reality. The Commander would need to give authorisation, and he's just given them a lecture about how people are needed. Not to mention he doesn't get on with Professor Mycroft, and the Moon will only be in range of the anomaly for five days.

Professor Mycroft asks if Dai and Isabella will bring this to the Commander.

In Main Mission Isabella approaches Commander Koenig and tells him about the plan.

Commander Koenig "No! I made it quite clear no one should be working on this."

When told it was Professor Mycroft he didn't seem surprised and wanted a meeting with all concerned in 20 minutes time in his office. He orders all Main Mission personnel to keep this quiet.


The meeting starts badly, Koenig again emphasises how important everyone is on Moonbase Alpha. Then Isabella offers another suggestion. Instead of sending people, just a message to Earth. If Professor Bergman is right about the time dilation and over a hundred years having passed on Earth, they may have the technology to bring them home.

Elsa is a bit upset, she stresses how much people miss their home, but concedes that just sending a message would be an option. Isabella also suggests that removing life support form the Eagle they send would reduce the thrust needed and stop any plans of someone sneaking aboard.

Commander Koenig agrees to this plan.

Isabella is to work with Professor Mycroft in finalising the calculations.

Dai is to oversee the outfitting of the Eagle.

Tac is to speak with the crew of Moonbase Alpha and collect any messages they may want to send home.

Joe is to monitor security and personnel as tensions may rise with the thought of a way back to Earth.

There is a buzz of excitement around Moonbase Alpha. While no one would actually be travelling in the Eagle back to Earth just the thought of passing on messages to loved ones was giving a moment of satisfaction to all Alphans.

Tac was continuing his efforts to collect the messages to loved ones.

In the Eagle Land Bay Dai was leading the team re-fitting an Eagle for it's flight to Earth, this would involve stripping it of weight and life support, and fitting additional thrusters. Fellow pilot Marcus approaches Dai and ask him to delay stripping out the life support.
 

Marcus "There are a few of us that feel it is not right that the Commander gets to rule on this. We're taking a petition for the option to be on the Eagle put to a vote." Dai is wary, and says that although he doesn't know the calculations, he's sure that there any additional weight cannot be accounted for. Marcus is disappointed and says he will take it up with Commander Koenig.

Isabel continues to work with Professor Elsa Mycroft on the calculations required to slingshot the Eagle around the gravity anomaly.

Joseph is called to investigate a break-in at the food store, the door controls were over-ridden. A woman was seen running from the scene, but nothing was taken.

Tac is down in Nuclear Control collecting messages. Sarah airs some concerns, much like Marcus, that the Commander should left people have a vote on leaving for Earth. Out the corner of his eye he can see that Hiroshi is trying to give Sarah a signal to shut up. Tac says nothing but reports his finding to Paul Morrow and Commander Koenig.

A short time later there is another reported crime, Joseph attends. Doctor Russell reports some missing

Commander Koenig call his senior staff together including Paul Morrow, Dai and Tac.
The commander says he is not changing his mind on allowing Alphans to be on the Eagle. He asks Tac to increase security measures and those who have made suggestion of rebellion have been confined to quarters until the Eagle launches.

The night before the launch is a celebration. People are drinking, dancing and singing in the recreation rooms, discussing where is the best place to get a view of the Eagle's launch. Tac gets chatting with Alice, a nurse who works with Doctor Russell. Tac feels his drink tastes funny, feeling it has been spiked. Alice says she can test for it in the Medical lab, Tac goes with her. Only Dr. Mathias is on duty.

Tac does see Marcus sneak in behind him, "Okay, I don't want to do this, we just want to be heard." Tac realises Alice must also be in on the plot, turning around Marcus is holding a Stun Gun. Tac manages to hurl a char at Marcus, who does shoot but misses. Marcus is defeated and Dr. Mathias come sot assist. Security arrive and confine Alice and Marcus to quarters, Marcus was already meant to be under observation but had slipped by security with the help of the journalist Lucas, the last of their rebellious party. With his allies now under guard Lucas would lay low and take no further action.

On the day of the launch Dai does not turn up for duty, it turns out he had failed to spot his drink being spiked by Alice the night before. He awakes with the effect of a hangover to find Tac, Joseph and Doctor Russell standing over his bed. Doctor Russel; ask if Alan Cart should pilot the Eagle instead, this spurs Dai to shake off his hangover and ready himself for the day

The Alphans crowd the windows of Moonbase to watch the launch of the Eagle piloted on Remote by Dai. He successfully manoeuvres the Eagle but is slightly off on his approach to the anomaly, but is able to correct it before turning the Eagle into the slingshot and activating the thrusters. In less that two minutes the Eagle is beyond the sensors of Moonbase Alpha with rapturous applause from the Alphan crew.

END