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When spells are prepared (Cultist was doing a small fire, metal-bend, and cut, if I recall) the cultist uses the cutting spell on whatever is holding him in place and runs for the fuel storage tanks at the airport.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST feels his hair TWITCHING SLIGHTLY. Appears SOMEWHAT MADDER.

SOMEWHAT MORE DERANGED PHYSICIST asks COMBAT JANITOR to please be more cautious in his application of BODILY FLUIDS to interior of SPACEPLANE, since nobody, least of all COMBAT JANITOR, wants to DIE IN A FIRE.

Proposes that future damage caused by BODILY FLUIDS be taken out of his PAYCHECK.

Points out that SPACEPLANE REPAIRS are LUDICROUSLY EXPENSIVE and could well place COMBAT JANITOR in GREAT DEBT to COMPANY.

Points out that this is LIBERTARIAN RUSSIA, and while SOMEWHAT MORE DERANGED PHYSICIST isn't QUITE SURE, he suspects DEBT SLAVERY is LEGAL.

Confers with REPAIR GUY.

"Okay, what can we replace out of our own resources, and what will we need spares for to get this thing spaceworthy again?"

You are not SURE, but an AIRPORT should have WIRING and HYDRAULICS that could FIT.

The GYRO is a CUSTOM MADE piece of EQUIPMENT, though, but it was a SEPARATE SYSTEM from the MAIN GYROS which are the IMPORTANT BIT.

If the AIRPORT doesn't HAVE SPARES, they will surely KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES.

[Hopes that MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE was designed by SMART PEOPLE who used METRIC UNITS. Expects so...]

GYROSCOPIC DIRECTION INDICATOR may be SEPARATE SYSTEM, but if we can FIND ANOTHER, we should. The same goes for CHAIRS and AIR PURIFIERS.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST repeats his EARLIER WARNINGS to COMBAT JANITOR about RESPONSIBLE use of BODILY FLUIDS while IN SPAAAACE! Repeats that careless spread of BODILY FLUIDS can lead to not only UNPLEASANT diseases, but also to DYING IN A FIRE.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST continues to ASSIST REPAIR GUY in REMOVING DAMAGED PARTS and tidying up necessary TUBES and WIRES and CAREFUL NOTES.

SCIENCE!

Shouts to remind REPAIR GUY of my CUNNING PLAN involving the air filters and the pilots' seats while dragging PHANT's and SHEP's body to our temporary headquarters.
TWIRL MUSTACHE at the THOUGHT of CUNNING PLAN, while THINKING OF CONTACTS to arrange it. ASK IVAN midway about acquiring certain chemicals.
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"Let's focus on the wiring. Since we know they have the parts here. After that will be the hydralics, since the parts are also here. We'll have to seek our team on a mission to acquire a gyro and once the janitor has done the cleaning, we can work on the instrumentation and the air purifier."

REPAIR looks at the SPACEPLANE.

"If we have time, then we can replace the seats. Or we can get someone else to do it, as its not that hard to unbolt a seat and bolt in a new one."

REPAIR GUY gets WIRES from HANGAR and REPLACES BAD WIRING.

REPAIR GUY asks ETERNAL FREEDOM and ZIXINUS to get PARTS for plane.

WILL DO. What PARTS are REQUIRED?

REPAIR GUY gives list to ZIXINUS.

"Ask Zixinus, he knows what to get."

INQUIRE as to which CHEMICALS it is that ZIXINUS wants.

Slowly tries to FLEE.

Point ETERNAL FREEDOM to HISTORIAN.

"If we want him to leave, we're good. If you want him to stick around, you might want to stop him."

DETACHES the CYBERNETIC PROSTHETIC's CYBERNETICS and USE IT AS A non-cybernetic PEG LEG

REPAIR GUY asks JANITOR:

"How's the cockpit looking?"

SQUEAKY CLEAN

*continues cleaning*

MAKES SQUEAKING SOUNDS with the CLEANING TOOLS while SECRETLY TALKING to PHYSICIST

"We should get the flight records of the stowaway's mysterious appearance, give it to the GRU, so they can take him away to be dissected for information."

Once REPAIR GUY has SPARE PARTS, REPAIR GUY fixes WIRING, HYDRALICS, CONTROLS, SEATS, AIR PURIFIER, and anything in between.

As for hole in Spaceframe, REPAIR GUY is unsure how to fix.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST approves of COMBAT JANITOR'S CUNNING PLAN, and agrees to SUPPORT THE PLAN, in exchange for other aid on ANOTHER TASK later on.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST suggests that they need an EXPERT ON HEATSHIELDS.

STOP SQUEAKING and CACKLES INEXPLICABLY

INQUIRE as to which CHEMICALS it is that ZIXINUS wants.

Certain medical supplies.

SUAVE PLAYBOY has limited technical expertise and seeks out in order: A SHOWER, NEW POSH CLOTHES for himself and BEAUTY and finally A PARTY. SUAVE PLAYBOY borrows AMEX to pay for it.

CONSIDERS letting HISTORIAN FLEE. DECIDES he KNOWS TOO MUCH, and we MAY NEED HIM.

BORROWS LOGIC PROBE. ZAPS HISTORIAN into SUBMISSION.

OVERHEARS JANITOR and PHYSICISTS PLAN. LOOK into COCKPIT briefly to say:

"Good plan. Go for it."

Simon_Jester wrote:MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST suggests that they need an EXPERT ON HEATSHIELDS.

"Okay, that's your job, find someone who is an expert on heatshields."

REPAIR GUY fixes or replaces what he can.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST begins ATTEMPT to get into contact with RUSSIAN SPACEPLANE EXPERTS who can EXAMINE HEATSHIELD. Unfortunately, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST commands only ONE WORD of RUSSIAN, which is "NICHEVO." This is NOT a WORD HE WANTS TO HEAR about HOLE IN HEATSHIELD.

Therefore, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST goes looking for EXTREMELY RUSSIAN PERSON. IVAN IVANOV appears to have MYSTERIOUS POWERS to COMPEL OTHER RUSSIANS by virtue of being MORE RUSSIAN THAN THEY ARE. Or something like that. Also, he SPEAKS ENGLISH, which is A PLUS.

HISTORIAN keeps TWITCHING from the SHOCK.

QUIETLY REMIND the PHYSICIST to TRY AND CONTACT GRU so we can have them PERFORM HUMAN EXPERIMENTATIONS on the CULTIST.