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.



TBC...