You say,"Hail, Master Chief Gearspanner"
"Ahoy mate! Glad ta see ya made it aboard the Smarmy Sprocket. We've very little time to get her ready now. Me needs ya ta go speak to the rest of me crew an' make sure that they be ready ta get underway."
You say to Master Chief Gearspanner,"I can do that."
"Is me crew ready?"
You say to Master Chief Gearspanner,"No, they are not ready yet."
"What ya standing around for then? Get ta it mate!"
You say,"Hail, Blendrap the Engineer"
"Ahoy, there! I be the new engineer of th' Smarmy Sprocket. What is it ye be needing, eh?"
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"I'm curious about the crew."
"And who could blame you? I'm often left wondering about them myself. Patches there, the bo'sun, she's all right even if she can't find her way out of a laundry bag. I thought I'd bust a gut the time Cap'n Cog had her put in that bag and..."
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"What about the other crew members?"
"There's not so much crew left as there used to be, of course. We used to have two astrolomagicians to do the navigation, plus the old engineer and all. Sliced to ribbons they were when the prisoners revolted on the island."
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"Do you know what happened there?"
"Me? No, I was aboard ship, eatin' some of the cook's apple fritters. You may think you've had good apple fritters before, but wait till you've tasted these. Not even a halfling can make a fritter like Smith! See, the secret is the special fritternomitron to get the batter..."
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"We were talking about the crew. I think."
"Right. Well, aside from Patches and Smith, there's Greedu. He be the cabin boy for Cap'n Cog. Smart lad, that one. He sounded the alarm when some of them prisoners tried to chase after us. They nearly took out the Wind-o-Matic! In fact, they budged over some of them boxes on the deck and that's made us a bit wobbly."
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"Could you tell me about the ship?"
"The Smarmy Sprocket's the fastest pirate ship in these waters. In any waters, if it comes to that! There be several of our ships plying the trade but the Sprocket....ah, a classy lady! I don't mind telling ye that it's a stroke of luck for me the old engineer was gutted during the prisoner's revolt! That opened up this job, not to mention his belly! Har! Har!"
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"Er, yes. Har, har."
"Though the Sprocket be one of the older ships, it's got the newest in gadgetry. It was docked at the prison island for about a week before them prisoners revolted. Overcrowding, they said! Bad food, they said! That's all they did: complain, complain, complain!"
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"What's the history of the Smarmy Sprocket?"
"A tribute to its builders, it is. A sturdier ship ye'll never find, nor an older one! The Smarmy Sprocket's been terrorizing the high seas for many generations, despite the ill effects of the Shattering and the Rending and all."
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"You've been around that long?"
"Not me personally -- the ship! It's a vessel with a proud heritage. It be the first ship to use the Wind-o-Matic. That allows us to sneak up on any ships, including those newer ones the Far Seas Trading Company uses. I'm real proud to be the new engineer here. Anything else you need to know?"
You say to Blendrap the Engineer,"Not right now."
You say,"Hail, Smith the Cook"
"What!? Can't ya see it's some fine cooking I be doing??"
You say to Smith the Cook,"The Master Chief is wanting to know if you are ready to get underway."
"Use your deadlights, mate! Do I be looking like me readies?"
You say to Smith the Cook,"I guess not, is there something I can do?
"Sure there be! Them crates over yonder need to be pushed to either the starboard or port sides of the ship. But yah need to make sure the weight is even..."
You say to Smith the Cook,"Well what's in them?"
"Grub, bub! I've got the order sheets here, if ya be needing to know whats inside just ask!"
You say to Smith the Cook,"What's in the extra-large sized crate?"
"Let's see here... Order number one one four five six! That there crate seems to be filled with three hundred and fifty five Heavily Salted Sun Dried Sardines. Each one weighs about one point four centisprockets."
You say to Smith the Cook,"What's in the large sized crate?"
"Hrmm... Order number one one four nine two! That crate's got two hundred and fourty of Skinny Pete's Seasoned Beef Snacks. They seem to weigh about eight millisprockets each."
You say to Smith the Cook,"What's in the medium sized crate?"
"Yessir, this be the good one! Order number one one four seven two! This one's got thirteen bottles of Smartly Smashed's Jum Jum Juice. Each bottle filled to the brim with thirty point seven centisprockets of goodness."
You say to Smith the Cook,"What's in the small sized crate?"
"Yar... Order number one zero five six nine nine! That small box is filled with Burning Bum's Pirate Curry. Says here the whole box weighs about two sprocket's worth."
You say to Smith the Cook,"What's in the very small sized crate?"
"Order number one one five two one! It has fourty eight boxes of Regulator's Wholegrain Wheat Noodles. Each box is about six point two five centisprockets."
"Well I'll be a briney wench! Ya did it. Looks like I'll be ready ta get underway, let the Master Chief know."
You say to Smith the Cook,"Thanks, I will let him know."
You say,"Hail, Bosun Patches"
"Aye, captain?"
You say to Bosun Patches,"I'm not your captain... The Master Chief wants to know if you are ready to get underway."
"No! I'm not ready yet! I can't get this darned contraption to work! He's gonna kill me!"
You say to Bosun Patches,"How do you normally get it to start?"
"Give it a good kick! It may need a few kicks... so just keep kicking it as fast you can until it starts."
You say to Bosun Patches,"This is gonne be fun!"
*clunk* *clunk* You begin to notice some movement... *clunk*
*whirr* *beep* Some more cogs begin to move... *whirrr*
*click* *ca-chunk* Gears start spinning... *ca-chunka*
*whirrr* *whirrrrr* All the gears start to spin... *buzzzzzz*
"Did you get her working?"
You say to Bosun Patches,"I think so..."
"Now what type of malarchy are you trying to pull here? It doesn't look to be working... you get back over there and kick that Wind-O-Matic some more!"
*bzzzt* *put-put* Some movements begins to slow down... kick faster. *put*
*vrrrrooooommmm* The Wind-o-Matic begins producing an extremely strong wind *vrrrrr*
"Did you get her working?"
You say to Bosun Patches,"I think so..."
"Perfect, everything is set then. You can tell the Master Chief that I'm ready to get underway. Thanks!"
You say,"Hail, Greedu the Cabin Boy"
"Ahoy there, mate! Sure is fun being a pirate!"
You say to Greedu the Cabin Boy,"Master Chief wants to know if you are ready to get underway."
"Not yet! I'm having some difficulties plotting the course. Maybe ye can help?"
You say to Greedu the Cabin Boy,"Sure, what do I need to do?"
"You'll need to read Captain Cog's Logs and figure out what stars we followed to the island on the last trip and then use the Glittter GadgeScope to find out what directions they are. Once you know what way to go just punch the directions into the Navitron Mk VI and the rest is up to the gears, gizmos, and sprockets."
You say to Greedu the Cabin Boy,"Ok... let me see if I can get this done for you."
You turn the book to the page marked "The Prison of Admiral Grimgadget"...
Yarr, it is a frothy night on the great n' onery sea. Ole Hurly, as he's so oft ta do, let his grog go off the starbord. He be on swabbing duty again fer sure come morning.
By Bristlebane's Beard I've managed to navigate our fair ship to the prison using the stars alone, the course I followed was tricky, but it should get us here again if we ever be in need to be dropping off another load of them smelly drevs. Let's see here...
First we steered towards the Malfunctioning Gadget...
Then we turned straight at the Glittering Gizmos...
Finaly to the Steamfont Comet...
And that was that, straight as a sprocket's spring...
er.. well, you know what I mean.
-Cog
*whirr* First heading confirmed. *click* Course information updated.
*Beep* Second heading confirmed. *click* *click* Course information updated.
*click* *click* Third heading confirmed. *Whirrrrrrrr* Course plotted sucessfully.