FTL, The fall of the Federation.

[shkkf]

The cat blinked at seeing the Mantis, somewhat confused now himself that he wasn't informed of the cat's arrival. But it then hit him as the male grabbed his papers and showed them hastily. "Tio Crowell, sir. I was assigned here as the weapons expert. High command merely said I needed to get here in time. Nothing more."
He then scratched the back of his head, somewhat stressed at being late. "Terribly sorry for being sir, uuh..." Trying to find out the Mantis his name.
 
He hoped that there weren't two Mantis people onboard, or this might have become rather akward very soon.

[Oedipus Rex]

I click my lower mandibles together, the equilivent of a shrug, "Another unannounced recruit, not that I'm not happy to receive more crew. Fortunately for you I already preformed the weapons checks, so you can report to your post and familiarize yourself with the controls." I say, making it sound like a request, but actually giving an order.

[shkkf]

The cat nodded in respect, before looking at the Mantis. "With all due respect, sir..." Before he looked strictly at the other. "But I prefer to do a checkup as well. I need to familirize myself with the weapons installed."
Not before the other could say a word did the cat walk alongside the ship, he entered one of the many rooms. The room was filled with many items of medical origins, the medical bay he assumed.
 
He was kind of lost in his enthousiasm, not knowing where on a Mantis ship the weapons room was located. He quickly sighed. "Uurgh... Me and my head. I should have asked where the weapons were. Where is the captain?" As he tried to search someone of the crew.

[serpington]

Max groaned and stretched, having just finished rearanging his room to his liking the call from the bridge was welcome. "okay flyboy, most the checks are done, i'll let you know as soon as you can go." He climbed back into the access ways and headed towards the engines, hearing a new voice on the way "Uurgh... Me and my head. I should have asked where the weapons were. Where is the captain?" Silently opening one of the hatches he looked down at the lost cathian. "need some help there? if you're looking for the firing controls then those would be in the bridge. if you're looking to check that everything's working then i think i saw some parts in here you might like to see. keep up though, you get lost and you're gone."

With that he continued through to the engines and did his checks, before calling the bridge through comms. "everything looks fine down here, i'll keep an eye on the gear when you give them some power to be sure."

[shkkf]

The cat followed the other into the vents. It was a tight fit for sure but doable before he asked the other his name. "So you are the engines specialist over here I take it?... Name's Tio. Yours?" As the feline kept following the others, seeing indeed a few machines that already got his attention. A few hallways deeper down, he began to notice various control panels and weapon chargers. Deeming that this would be the weapons control room he looked for the screws of the vent.
 
"It isn't the prettiest way to get to know the ship, but heck. If I ever find myself stock in these things. I'll give you a call!" As the male waited untill the other had responded on his question before checking out which armaments this little ship actually had.

[Oedipus Rex]

I walk into the bridge head over to the shields control panel, turning them on at low power and checking outside the view port to check that the bright blue bubble had surrounded the ship, which it had. I power the shields down and turn my head towards Sam, "Have all systems been checked and deemed operational?" I ask the pilot.

[serpington]

"max, and yeah, i guess you could call me a specialist. i'll probably start drawing maps of the insides of the ship, since unless this heap of metal is prone to breaking i don't see myself being all to busy." Max finished checking the engines and headed back to Tio and helped him with the vent. "there you go. i'll be in here if you need me."

[shkkf]

The cat laughed at that. "Hehhe, you prefer tight spaces eh?... Can't blame ya. Captain is kinda scary if you know what I mean." Before he bid farewell and jumped into the weapon room.
 
The chamber was large and had various instruments to keep the weapons charged. There was room for a lot of improvement. Especially around the prevention of weapons igniting themselves during combat. Or worse during travel. He shivered at the thought that any of the weaponry onboard could explode. The ship wasn't too well armed either, when Tio went to the controls and looked for the weapons they were using. "huh... One would expect this ship to be armed to the teeth seeing as it is a Mantis ship." But he thought nothing of it, making notes on a simple datapad he had with him and tried to mesmorize the various layouts of the systems.
 
"I could have max tune up some of these machines if he's indeed as good as he says."

[serpington]

"something like that. and it's not the captain i'm worried about, my kind used to eat things like him for lunch." He made sure to say the second part under his breath, not sure how good the cat's hearing was. He stayed next to the opening in case he was needed, staying silent and listening. "never said i was good. but if you wanna see something impressive i can show you no one else on this ship would have seen." He smirked, wondering if he had the gunners interest.

[shkkf]

"You can show me it... And I'll keep quiet on you saying you eat the captain." As the male laughed at this, knowing he need s to be carefull now around this Max fella, lest he wants everything he says to be drawn out fo context as a result.
 
"Does it require me to move through more vents? Or can we take the normal route? The latter of which I would prefer." As he crossed his arms a bit, smirking at the idea as his mind began to ponder on what the other might have found that was so special.

[serpington]

Max smirked and jumped down into the room "good ear. i'll have to keep an eye on you. and to answer your question, it's a bit of both, it's an engineer only area so, lips shut." he walked out of the room  and down the halls, looking around before opening another vent access hatch. "come on in."



(okay, i think we should let the others catch up now )

[MrRazot]

Sam had smiled when the engineer referred to him as "Flyboy". He was sure all the crew would end up becoming a pretty close knit group. "All's good on this end
As the Captain walked in and checked the shields though... he was probably an awesome guy too, even iff the relations between the Federation and the Mantis Empire were hazy.


"Yes Sir, all systems are go. The Engine's warmed up and on your call we can set launch."
Sam felt a mixture of excitement and pride as he brushed down his uniform before setting his hands upon the various levers, knobs, touch and holographic screens. I beautiful blue light shining onto his features and reflecting in his blue eyes as each screen showed it's own unique system and the data charts indicating various important fields.


Sam waited excitedly, eyes set out the front window, past the holographs, awaiting his orders.

[Oedipus Rex]

"Thank you, Pilot" I say before heading to the wallmounted intercom, and brodcasting over the entire ship, "Attention all crewmen, we leave the dock in thirty minutes. Preform all final checks, make sure that all heavy objects have been tied down, and report to your quarters."

[shkkf]

As Tio wanted to climb into the vent he heard the voice of the mantis calling. He grumbled slightly and moved himself out of the vent. Well it seemed that their voyage would start. The male had no clue as to where they would be heading or what their task was. He hoped that the captain would explain this soon enough.
 
"Well guess you need to show me once we are done with the launch I suppose." As Tio shook his head before grabbing the gear he had dropped in the weapons room. "Max, do you know where the sleeping quarters are?... I havn't had time to explore the ship yet." Scratching his head in dismay. The cat would be able to memorise the ship once he has had the chance of seeing it fully, but untill that time he would stay near their quarters and strap down. Offcourse with Max leading the way, which was the better option then going alone.

[serpington]

Max reluctantly closed off the hatch again and walked with Tio back to the weapons room. "Yeah i know where they are. Follow me." He lead Tio to one of the empty rooms closer to the weapons room before returning to his own room to fiddle with some gadgets he had brought along to fill his time while wondering why they needed to be in their rooms, especially him, the one there to make sure the ship is running right.