Chojin Patriarch
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Low-tech solution. Suggests a low-tech mind. This will be interesting to see what happens from here. Although I suspect Mantis feels like he left his lunch back at the Primitive's camp. First-time FTL transitions, am I right?
Or the creator simply didn't have anything more advanced. I mean, it's entirely possible it could be some steampunk thing, forgotten for years...
All very good questions, especially the identification of its origins.
Huh. Suggests a fairly modern origin, then. But who would be out here, especially this far from Earth?
Assuming the current owner isn't around, anyway. They may well be.
Huh, guess it's up for grabs, because it sounds like the last owner hasn't been around for a while. Or didn't leave any DNA traces.
Best to be polite, never know if someone's present, or possibly injured aboard.
Indeed, casually ignoring energy blasts directed at you tends to put most people off.
Loose like they decided to stop wasting energy on shooting. Although... A figurehead? Flashy.
Ah, a charge attack. Might have been effective, had their target been less agile.
Oh, I think I know what this is. Unfortunately, it's very hard to find a good picture of it...
Logical, given it was made in the fifties or so. Very Raygun-gothic in design, hence the figurehead.
So you're looking at automated defences, or someone on board who can't access the navigation and flight controls. Making it all the clearer who's aboard...
Heh. That's almost petty, both the shot and the dismissive disabling.
And there we are. The original Starman, Ted Knight, created a space-vessel using his technology. I want to say it was called the 'Starfarer'? Been quite a while since I read the Trades that Starman Volume 2 was collected into...
We saw its design used in the Renegade's timeline to create Lex's spacefleet. But here...Say what you will, Ted have a sense of style.
"Well, then. This is a fine mess. How to sort all this out, I wonder?" Not just any Mother Box, you'll find. This one...
...Has a copy of a younger Ted Knight's mind imprinted on it like a personality engram.
I have to wonder how much of a kludge the computers are, given it would likely have been made with vacuum tubes and...
...Huh, a mechanical computer. I see someone else did the equivalent of hacking by plugging in newer tech, though.
Young, healthy in mind and hopefully not suffering any of the mental issues some versions did. At least one version of Ted took part in the Manhattan Project and its result nearly broke him.
Just to be specific: How long ago was this? Anytime after the last couple of years, and, well...
Why do I get the feeling he recovered, went to the ship and fucked off from Earth for a while? Perhaps in search of alien allies...
Joy of knowing the right people.
That emergency would have been the Anti-Life, wouldn't it? Wonder if he or Shade took over Star City?
Ah, this is going to be a fun time. Stealing the ship Vandal Savage already stole, and letting Roy have some space adventures in the meantime. That does raise the question of what Vandal was doing here on New Genesis, and where he is now? Remember, he was canonically playing stupid games by working with Apokalips by Season 2. Perhaps this is how he gained a meeting?
