equipment orientation ♔ monday afternoon

[lissatrinall]

WHO || Lis'sa Trinall, Katniss, Myrilandel, Andrea, Arthur, Merlin, Riddick, and James
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, February 13th, 1:00pm
HOW || Actionspam; don't feel obligated to tag all threads!  Just whichever ones you want to play out your char's reactions to / questions 

Lis'sa meets the squires inside the laboratory, behind its "Biohazard" labelled doors. She doesn't really offer much of a greeting, or even introduce herself - just waits inside the strange multi-storied library section until everyone is gathered, and then instructs them to follow her up the steps.  A great deal of models are suspended from the ceiling that look like space age designs for jet planes, cars, boats, and any number of other things. There are other objects that are much more inexplicable: a giant silver ball, suspended by several rods, for example.

There's another set of doors at the end of the balcony, and she swipes an access card through a reader besides them. They depress with a space age his. revealing a clean white laboratory, with rows and rows of tables and lab equipment set up. Numerous knights buzz around in white lab coats, working under microscopes and on computers, conferring over a number of projects.

"This way," she instructs simply, not sparing the lab a second glance, heading for a door on the left hand side of the room.  She presses a hand against the panel there, and the red light changes to green, unlocking the door for everyone's access.

Beyond is a very long room, with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside.  Lis'sa steps crisply to the other side of the large stainless steel table.

Comments

Credit Cards

[lissatrinall]

[Seven envelopes lie on the table already, and she spreads them out for everyone to claim the one bearing their name, as she explains.]

Each envelope contains a card in your name that can be used to pay for any mission related expenditures. Our financial department tracks expenses, so you're asked not to make unnecessary purchases, but hotel rooms, air fare, meals, equipment not provided by this lab, and so on can all be covered. [Each card is silver, with this logo branded on it, and the words KARTHUR INSTITUTE across the top]

You'll receive a monthly stipend for your work here as well, that should cover any personal necessities.

[lightblindbadass]

[Riddick picks the card up slowly, eyes hidden behind his welders goggles. He taps it against his hand slowly, then places it in his front pocket with a deft movement. Not only would his mission necessary expenses be paid for, but he'd be getting a check out of it all too? That was a helluva lot more than he was expecting.

He says nothing as they follow Lis'sa to the next piece of equipment. Guns. That made him grin.]

[befree]

[She hadn't ever heard of a credit card before now, so she just stares at hers, wondering how something so small and meaningless could have any value at all.]

It's only a piece of plastic.

[She muses, turning the card this way and that and holding it up to the light to examine it. It serves as an interesting reminder that she's not from this world at all.]

[piratitude]

[Whatever plastic is, even. To which effect, Andrea is even more lost.

She flicks the card with her finger and an utterly perplexed look on her face]

Right. How's there supposed to be money on this?

[spymaster]

[Oh wasn't this interesting. Picking up the envelope and taking the card out he turns it over, examining it, interested to some extent to just get the feel of it.

This seems pretty normal to him and he pulls out his wallet to tuck it away in there for the moment. At least they were well looked after for things.]

[servant]

Does yours have your name on it too?

[Merlin seems inordinately delighted by that. But he has a little trouble fathoming anything beyond that...like how this card will pay for things, especially when it'll be given right back to him.]

Excalibur brand pistol

[lissatrinall]

[Lis'sa gestures at seven aluminum cases lined up along the floor by the glass case.]

Help yourself to one. These contain your Excalibur - a modified Glock 17 handgun. You'll be expected to train with it if you have no firearms experience, though if you have no interest in using the weapon, you may leave it here.

We ask that all Knights train in some manner to defend themselves, but whether you prefer gun, sword, martial arts, or something combination thereof, is entirely up to you.

[Opening a case reveals a weapon that looks something like this, except that it also has the Knight's symbol of a dragon on the handle, and the words EXCALIBUR across the barrel. Below it are located several 17 shot magazines and a silencer]

Misuse of a firearm, or failure to avail yourself of the necessary training will result in consequences, which could include a denial of your position as a Full Knight of this Order.

[lightblindbadass]

[Again Riddick says nothing as they are offered the guns. He instead "helps himself to one" as she had suggested, setting the case on the table and opening it immediately. With quick, deft movements and a nat 20 disable device check he tears the entire gun down within seconds and lays it, disassembled, upon the table.

He begins examining each separate part of the gun, then looks in the case for the standard cleaning kit that comes with it, pulling out a file. He picks up the barrel of the gun and very gently files at the end that would be inside the handle, then takes a brush from the kit as well and brushes away what debris he just filed.

After looking the rest of the gun over he just as quickly re-assembles the weapon, puts it and the kit back in their case, and takes it off the table. He looks at Lis'sa and says in a rumbling voice-]

Might want to have that checked out in the rest of your guns. That catch could cause the weapon to blow back on the Knight using it, or cause a misfire that would make the whole damn thing explode.

[lissatrinall]

[Lis'sa watches this with a look of something close to actual surprise on her face. She at least raises one eyebrow quite high.]

... An anomaly, I'm sure.

[befree]

I'm not using one.

[Katniss is quick to decide this, and just stares at the handguns. Nope, she doesn't trust herself with one. Why in the world would these people trust a teenager with one, if she can't even trust herself?

Besides, it's not what she's used to using.]

I prefer my bow. [She elaborates, looking almost sheepish at speaking up about this. A part of her feels that maybe she should have just accepted the gun and stored it somewhere, only to never use it. But that would be wasteful.]

[lightblindbadass]

[Riddick looks over as he hears the girls voice. A bow was pretty respectable, especially if you know how to use it. From her staring he got the sense that maybe she was intimidated by them, but more than that, she held them in contempt as well. He agreed with her, though it didn't hurt to be proficient in more than one area.]

Bow's a good choice if you have good control. Much quieter, anyway. [He rumbles this while looking over the gadgets behind them, then moves towards them nonchalantly. No need to feel all... advice-giving- friendly. Or to make her feel like he thought she was seeking approval. Cuz he didn't.]

[piratitude]

[Andrea looks the weapon over with some measure of fascination. She's not sure how much she trusts these. The gods knew she would prefer her rapier, but she also knew it was suited to everything. She'd trained in the use of a bow for that reason, but if these were more efficient, then it might not hurt to at least give it a fair try.]

How powerful are these things, anyway?

[lissatrinall]

Bullets can pierce through most forms of armor. [She would go into a detailed discussion of the way the gun itself is only as powerful as the ammo used in it but she figures its a lost cause] It harnesses the energy from one shot to reload the next, making it a very simple weapon to fire multiple times in rapid succession.

[spymaster]

[And next up is guns is it? Like Riddick, he helps himself to one, fingers brushing over the catch as he looks over first the case then the catch and then finally over the contents of it, taking his time. There's little rush in his movements.

Unlike Riddick though when he takes the gun out he just examines it, flipping it over in his hand, making sure it's not loaded before he takes a look anywhere near the wrong end of it, looking. Mostly as she had said modified and it caught his interest to see if he could figure out how.]

You said they are modified, how so?

[lissatrinall]

They've been converted to carry a higher caliber bullet, and re-engineered by our ballistics team for more precise accuracy than the standard police weapon can produce.

[king]

[ After hearing about guns at the feast, Arthur is interested to try one for himself — mostly because he feels it's his obligation to master every weapon he comes across. It doesn't look at all like he expected, and he touches the gunmetal lightly, looking down on it in the case. ]

Excalibur, though. Really.

[lissatrinall]

[LOOK, SHE DIDN'T NAME IT THAT.] You might have noticed the thematic nomenclature around here.

[servant]

[Excalibur. Yeah.]

[Merlin looks at the gun a touch nervously. He's never been...especially gifted with weapons. He can manage a sword well enough, but sometimes even it gets knocked out of his hands. And doing something stupid with one of these...handguns obviously has serious consequences.]

[He'll be leaving his here.]

So...we don't have to use a firearm if we can use actual fire?

[Who says there's no such thing as a dumb question.]

[lightblindbadass]

[That question gets a loud gauwffing laugh out of Riddick, looking skinny Merlin up and down.]

Very spunky of you, kid. I'd like to see that in action sometime.

[king]

[ Paaaaassing by~ ]

Going with the gun then, Merlin?

[ That supercilious, and vaguely dubious, tone he's using? Probably not wholly encouraging! But it is actually a genuine question. ]

Gadgetry

[lissatrinall]

These two items represent your standard issue equipment. You're also encouraged to avail yourself of a sword - however the Dragon's Hide will assist you in selecting one of an appropriate weight and grip when your weapon's training begins. If some other melee weapon is preferred, they can assist you with locating one at that time.

[She move smoothly to the case behind her, unlatching it and removing several items, which she lines up perfectly on the table.]

Our Research & Development team is consistently working to invent or improve items to assist in field work, and after being assigned a mission, you are free to return to this room with a member of the Dragon's Hoard in order to sign out any of the items you see in these cases.

[She gestures over a pile of what looks like jewelry and cosmetic materials, both men and women's] High tech surveillance equipment, and a variety of other tools are built into innocuous looking devices in order to allow you to operate more subtly, without revealing the existence of our Order to those outside of it.

[She points out a wristwatch] Our most popular item as of late. It features a wire grappling hook, recording device, miniature circular saw, [She depresses a button on the side that makes the clock face suddenly sprout tiny blades and whir around rapidly] and an extremely potent high grade laser.

[She snaps the watch off, looking at the squires finally. Yes, somehow he has managed to almost entirely avoid eye contact until now.] You'll be expected to receive proper orientation to any item before using it in the field. The same warning applies about misuse of equipment.

Do you have any questions?

[lightblindbadass]

[He moves over to the gadgets section, his interest more noticeably peaked. His eyes, though they can't be seen behind his goggles seem to be scanning the entire table quite thoroughly. He'd really like to try out all the different types of gadgets they have here.

It would be nice having an entire department that worked on gadgetry among other things, that not only made the items, but kept up with maintaining them as well. Though he was pretty good a rigging things up when necessary, it would just be damn convenient to have something already prepared and most likely it would have a better probability of not falling apart on him.]

[witchwoman]

[Carrying the strange little hard rectangle in one hand, and a handled box in the other, Myri simply stares at the rest of the array, slightly slack-jawed.]

Stargods... [She whispers, completely overwhelmed at this point.]

Are we meant to know how to use these things. This money and these... weapons? [Not to mention everything else. Her eyes continue to drift to the gadgets on the table, wondering what miracle each one holds and not being able to understand the magic.]

[piratitude]

[Andrea is just...staring at that watch with an expression that probably looks like someone just slapped up upside the head, which...it almost feels like to her. It's almost too much at once, but at the same time...

Oh so curious.]

Um...I suppose at some point you might explain what all of that meant, but uh...explain 'misuse'.

[Because she at least understood the words 'grappling hook', and she getting ideas]

[spymaster]

[This? This has his eye, and where the rest are staring and questioning and such, James is just once more looking.

Like a creeper maybe, really, because his gaze is rather intense to be looking at the gadgets. But this is after she's finished talking, as he was paying close attention as to how she had been behaving, acting. Not making eye contact until then? Well just what was going on here now...

But no his interest is more on the gadgets for the moment and he looks like he is seriously debating taking one to study but is holding himself back, instead crouching down to peer at them from table level to try and look at them from different angles.]