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[privatizes]

Who: Tony Stark privatizes and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: S.S. Pathstone.
When: Now!

[ tony is currently on board the pathstone, if you want to bother him in person. sitting in his captain's chair and fiddling with something in his hands, as he usually is. he's been working on a large variety of projects lately, including (but not limited to): a hovering wheelchair, reversal of brain control, and trying to reinvigorate his arc reactor that the emotional tree of life had given him for holding hands.

god, he misses home.

but as his current projects are 1) a work in progress, 2) practically non-exsitent, and 3) almost there (in that respective order), tony requires the help of the population. especially since he doesn't have the engineering augment and the pathstone lacks an engineer. figures, right? god.

anyway -- ]

Soooo...

[ he pauses ]

-- I'm just going to cut to the chase and say that I need stuff, and you all might have that stuff. You should give it to me so I can make even better stuff. It's going to be for the good of the general population, I promise. [ no, really ] And -- who do I have to kill to get an engineer on board? Because this would all be a hell of a lot easier if I had what Atroma considered an engineer on board.

[ is tony stark still salty over the fact that he is not, apparently, considered an engineer by the standards of the atroma? you bet your ass he is. ]

The list is gonna be sent out in a text -- if you want to part with any of it or trade for stuff, let me know. I'm Tony Stark. Captain of the Pathstone. Don't ask me why I am, or how I got there. The question is getting old. Thanks.

[ and the video feed cuts, only for a text to be sent out: ]

[ NEEDED.TXT]

- soldering iron
- spark plugs
- electrical tape
- copper wiring
- steel (approx. 4.5 kgs, can be scrap metal)
- batteries (any size, lithium ion)

[ and, once that is sent out, an additional encrypted feed pops up: ]

[encrypted to: the pathstone + the avengers]

[ tony holds up one of the bugging devices between his fingers, lips pursed into a frown ]

Captain speaking. Or... whatever -- found this in the communications station, and no, I didn't ask permission before I yanked it out because I don't have to.

[ somewhat blithely ]

I haven't taken it apart yet, but if you find any more of them on board, hand them over and I'll see what I can do. No one weird has been on or off the ship that I know of, and I checked the logs. Anybody else have any solid ideas about where it came from, because I'm betting the answer begins with 'A' and ends with 'troma', and that's probably not good.

[ pause ]

Oh, and my superhero friends can see this, so if you're going to spill any deep dark secrets to me, in the pretense of honesty, I guess I should probably let you know that Captain America will know about it.

[ another pause ]

So. Anybody? Bueller?

Comments

Video

[spontaneouscombustion]

Oh, hi, Tony Stark, long time no see! How you doing?

[Oh gosh, it's the pink pony again.]

I'm an engineer, I've got some tape and metal you can use, and you can borrow my soldering iron if you want!

Video

[privatizes]

[ the poNY IS AN ENGINEER AND HE ISN'T ARE YOU KIDDING HI - ]

-- you can use a soldering iron?

[ look it's a good question for someone with hooves ]

Pathstone video

[onlyanapple]

Oh no.

The beings who are controlling our ships managed to put another something in our ship. How shocking. I mean, I am appalled by the very idea that the people who have kidnapped us and are keeping us prisoner on a television show have such little regard for our privacy.

Pathstone video

[privatizes]

You know, it's almost like I was trying to get more information about whether or not someone thought they were being cute and messing around with my stuff.

[ you want to sass TONY WILL MEET UR SASS ]

But I forgot what ship I was on for a second, so my apologies, definitely Atroma. Carry on, sir. Go back to your nap.

voice

[foxpas]

What are you planning to make?

voice

[privatizes]

An independent power source, and some things for a friend. They're personal. Not world-ending, promise.

[ tony doesn't know if the vision cleared letting people know about the hoverchair with charles yet, so ]

video

[takingkarabusiness]

I don't have a soldering iron, but I can probably volunteer to help in that department.

video

[privatizes]

Pinkie Pie the Pony Engineer has me covered.

[ HE IS SO BITTER ]

text

[pain_train]

um you could check with captain vision or erik or cisco and see if there's anything left over from making float chair 1.0 that we don't need for float chair 2.0 sharing is important!

text

[privatizes]

What's Float Chair 1.0?

[ and more importantly, what was used to build it ]

text; same encryption

[robitussin]

it was me, clearly

the plutiny begins

[i'm so sorry tony]

text; same encryption

[privatizes]

Damn it.

Do we even have a protocol for plutiny?

Am I supposed to throw you in the brig or something?

video;

[beathach]

[Tony Stark what is this list of items]

What in the world are you trying to make?

video;

[privatizes]

An Atari.

[ at least he made a culturally sensitive reference, right

also he's not making an atari but ]

video;

[therewillbeorder]

[Consider him intrigued, anyone who wants to build things, better things is promising. His own projects seem entirely too ambitious to be realistic here so he needs something to work on.]

Lithium ion? What do you intend to create with that?

video;

[privatizes]

It's a cheap power source that lasts.

[ which is really all there is to it ]

Lithium ion batteries are pretty common where I come from, but who knows what sort of technology people have stashed away up here. Taking them apart and putting them back together and extracting what I need out of them would be easy in a decent lab -- I'm really just experimenting with what I've got. Or might have.

Pathstone

[killedwithlove]

[As the pilot of the Pathstone... Cole is often not even board the ship, because he parks them next to other ships and goes visiting. Sorry about that.

But he's on board now! He has a small entourage of fluff slugs living on his hat, peeking over the brim.

He curls up into the pilot's seat and starts turning in slow circles.]

What's a battery?

Pathstone

[privatizes]

It's a portable power source that I can take apart for cool fun things inside.

[ automatically, without missing a beat, though tony tips back in his chair to turn and get a better view of cole ]

Dismantling the ship for parts is generally ill-advised, and I want to experiment a little bit.

text.

[theroadwarrior]

give you spark plugs for extra food rations

cans, nonperishables

text.

[privatizes]

Deal.

[ what does tony care the ship provides food for free and he has a cook ]

video

[resnipstance]

Lithium batteries? What are you, living in the dark ages?

video

[privatizes]

Listen, Jedi Warrior, I can't pick and choose what I've got to work with, alright.

[ JEEZ ]

If it were up to me, I'd have my full lab which makes the invention of the lightbub look like a chimpanzee figuring out how to use a stick to eat ants, but I don't. So starting small and taking apart the wheel to build the Ferrari is my best option until Atroma decides to give me something more than a broken piece of tech.

private video.

[uprightness]

-- I'll ask Peggy if anyone found one of those.

[ and as for everything else - ]

What are you up to?

private video.

[privatizes]

I lent out my genius to a lot of people.

{ aka he's trying to keep himself busy so he doesn't do stupid shit LOOK HE LEARNS ]

I said I'd try to help Captain Brainwash Victim. And work on some repulsor lifts. And I want a functional robotic assistant that isn't a complete waste of my time. I also want to create self-destructing hard drives.

[ pause ]

The hugging tree gave me my old arc reactor that I had removed. It's not working right now, but if I can get it to function, it's a limitless power source that I can use to begin rebuilding my suit. Or something close to it, if Atroma lets me have the right metals and lab equipment.

text »

[benames]

[ he really has to ask ]

Are you making a drone? because how would you program its operation system?

ok my guesses come down to

- drone?

- ATOM suit?

do you know the atom?

[ bc he's getting ray plamer vibes here ]

text »

[privatizes]

I create operating systems when I'm bored.

[ which is... technically true, with JARVIS and FRIDAY ]

- Kinda right.
- What's an ATOM suit?

I'm creating equipment for repairs and making a robot. And taking apart several robots. Do you have a robot you want to donate to the cause? I'll give it a good burial.

text;

[geonomy]

i've still got about that much steel from this one moon we went to

still need it?

[He's got more, but he kinda needs that for his own projects and bettering things for everyone (well, his crewmates at least).]

text;

[privatizes]

Yeah.

Apparently people don't hoard steel. Weirdos.

What do you want for it?

encrypted video »

[mucked]

-- We've got one, too. [ there's a tinge of grumpiness to her voice. like she can't quite stomach being livid, so she's settled for crotchety. the message comes shortly after steve's initial reply. ]

I'm trying to re-purpose parts from the shuttle systems in order to bypass the ship's proper communications array. Sad to say, it's not working.

[ comms might be her skill set, but the rest ain't. ]

encrypted video »

[privatizes]

[ . . . ]

Sounds like you need a me.

[ A PROJECT though tony is facing similar difficulties with his own ship. not having the engineering augment is a true hazard in this freaking fleet. ]

encrypted video; sorry this is late!

[unbearablynaive]

There was one aboard the Windrose as well. I've removed it and placed it in a simple Faraday cage for the time being; if it was transmitting anything before it won't be doing so now.

encrypted video; totally not late!!

[privatizes]

Mind if I look at it and see if it's the same, once I take this one apart?

[ he's curious, at any rate, and wants to see what atroma is up to. or insomuch as he can know what atroma is up to, anyway. ]

video » private

[falcony]

Glad to know Cap can watch all our inter-ship arguments.

[ he's only being slightly facetious. just a little. now he has to make sure he keeps it together. darn. ]

Any idea what it does?

video » private

[privatizes]

It's a transmitter.

[ that much is said easily enough, ignoring the point about cap ]

Sends out signals -- probably a wiretap, or a bug, or something like that. I haven't taken it apart yet, but I ripped it out of the system, so it's not connected to our communications station anymore. No idea if it's still transmitting, though. I'll find out once I dismantle it.

[video]

[summerschild]

... Your name is Stark?

[There's a very small boy in a very furry cape blinking at you over the feed.]

[video]

[privatizes]

My last name, yeah.

[ pause ]

So once again, I'm Tony, not Howard, so whatever happened is probably not my fault.

[ 100% dad thanks ]

[sandhate]

I have a lot of scrap metal. Paisely cargo if you want them.
What are you trying to make?

[privatizes]

A robotic assistant so I have more hands.

I also want a panini press.

video;

[universal_charm]

I think you still owe me a new coffee maker. Or at least the blue prints for one.

I've had to recite poetry to it, Tony.

video;

[privatizes]

[ AH, right. yes. well, luckily for jim, when the feed turns on, tony has it focused on one (1) little coffee maker. ]

Consider yourself lucky that I got bored one night and couldn't sleep, Captain.

[ mildly enough, before he turns the feed on himself ]

How's your poetry? Good? Decent? Shakespearean?

Pathstone Video

[onetwosixshit]

Oh, oh, this mean we've got some sort of spy on board? I don't speak nerd, so I'm gonna assume that that's what it means. Just say the word and I'll friggin' perforate 'em Cap'n. Uh, once we find 'em.

Pathstone Video

[privatizes]

Okay, one? I'm not a nerd. I'm a literal-genius with way too much time on his hands. Get it right. And for another, I want to keep the perforations to a minimum, because I like the floor in this place, and I don't want it to get ruined with some dead bodies. That's what we have a brig for. Right? Right.

[ pause ]

If we don't have a brig, build one.