17-11-2003, 17:27
Near the outer planet of the Hlormar Secondus system, a space station floats. The station is a conglomeration of steel and random metal placed at odd and often contradictory angles. It is roughly rectangular, with what appears to be the front of a starship cut off and attached to the rest of the station forming an arbitrary front to the structure. Large glyphs made of steel plaster the sides of the station. One looks like a stylized ork face with a huge jaw and horns. Another is a roughly shaped crescent-moon, painted yellow, with an eye cut in it and a mouth full of teeth. The stolen front end of the station looks like the bridge deck of a Falasmayon frigate, in fact the word "Siren" is still faintly visible beneath the ork grafitti and the years of grime and damage.
Inside the station...
Grobash sat at his control panel in the command center of the small monitoring station... muttering to himself.
"Dis is grot-stink work... Sittin' at a panel o' lightz dats not blinkin' even do i gots tu watch'em...eef I waznt up in dis heer box o' metal Id give dat big boss Snikrot a piece o' my fist!"
As Grobash sat in his chair complaining. A small Gretchin, called grotz by the orks, scurried by with a tool in his hand that looked like a jury-rigged welder. The Gretchin bumped Grobash as he passed.
"Wats duh big idea hittin' me!" The ork roared as he turned and lifted the 3 foot tall creature at least twice that distance into the air. "You gots a problum wid me, den i show you!" Grobash then proceeded to throw the hapless creature a good 15 feet through the air into a bulkhead with only one hand. The gretchin got up and hurried off, anxious to avoid another such flight.
While this was happening. The sensor panel that Grobash was supposed to be watching activated. Out of the myriad of green, red, and yellow lights a single red light began to blink... Then promptly shorted out. The label under the light read "WARP ACTIVITY INCOMING".
When Grobash sat down at his console in his too small chair, the light had gone out, and the bored ork paid it no mind.
Inside the station...
Grobash sat at his control panel in the command center of the small monitoring station... muttering to himself.
"Dis is grot-stink work... Sittin' at a panel o' lightz dats not blinkin' even do i gots tu watch'em...eef I waznt up in dis heer box o' metal Id give dat big boss Snikrot a piece o' my fist!"
As Grobash sat in his chair complaining. A small Gretchin, called grotz by the orks, scurried by with a tool in his hand that looked like a jury-rigged welder. The Gretchin bumped Grobash as he passed.
"Wats duh big idea hittin' me!" The ork roared as he turned and lifted the 3 foot tall creature at least twice that distance into the air. "You gots a problum wid me, den i show you!" Grobash then proceeded to throw the hapless creature a good 15 feet through the air into a bulkhead with only one hand. The gretchin got up and hurried off, anxious to avoid another such flight.
While this was happening. The sensor panel that Grobash was supposed to be watching activated. Out of the myriad of green, red, and yellow lights a single red light began to blink... Then promptly shorted out. The label under the light read "WARP ACTIVITY INCOMING".
When Grobash sat down at his console in his too small chair, the light had gone out, and the bored ork paid it no mind.