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This place is nuts, you know that, and I fought Nazis, I know nuts. This breaks all kinds of rules. Hasn't anyone heard of relativity? This doesn't just go off the brain of some pulp writer, these things have to have foundations and-

[Pause, and a breath]

All right, I get it. Shut up, Stark, right? Some of the fellas back home would be having a day at the zoo with this, going into space, saving dames, all that. Me, I'm a simple sort of guy. Tell me there's a place with blueprints for this boat, and I'll be happy. Anyone? How about the variables for the jump? I've been here five minutes and I already want to know this stuff, I don't believe that anyone who's been here more than that hasn't tried to figure it out yet.

[But he'll forgive you if you haven't. Not everyone can be Howard Stark.]

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[amethysts]

We have a terrible map, a head engineer who won't tell us anything because I'm sure she's aware that if we knew how to maintain the engine her and the captain would be spending the rest of our trip in the brig, and ship computers that block out even the other Stark. Not the history geek Starks, the tech geek one.

Welcome aboard. I say pour yourself a drink, then join the team. Trust me, we all want this fucking thing figured. Oh, and read this.

[Shrike is taking her own advice about the drinking, thanks.]

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And where would I get a drink? Open bar?

[Not that the rest of it isn't important.]

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How familiar are you with inter-dimensional portals?

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Are you asking on a professional or a layman capacity?

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[Okay, he did say Stark -- but there seem to be no shortage of Starks on the ship. That doesn't mean anything.]

No blueprints, no. If you're interested in taking a look around Engineering, I can help with that much.

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There seem to be a lot of people willing to help me out with that.

Sure, I'd be happy to take a look.

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Stark?

[He'll just hit on the obvious, here.

Also 'sup, not-grandpa.]

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Popular name around here, isn't it?

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[redhotsummers]

Hold up--Stark?

[He raises his eyebrow.]

So you're related to Tony.

[Somehow he isn't surprised.]

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[Well. Probably.]

I wouldn't know about that. As far as I know the only person who has the name Anthony Stark is me, but my first name is Howard.

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[jurisimpudent]

Miles Edgeworth; prosecutor. Have you spoken yet with the engineering team?

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A couple of dames from the team have already contacted me.

Howard Stark, mechanical engineer.

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You name yourself Stark?

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It's a family name.

I'm of the genius subset, not the medieval one.

And I know someone named Tony.

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[purrfectlycute]

[ THERE IS ONE IMPORTANT THING SHE HEARD IN THAT INTRODUCTION AND SHE WILL HONE IN ON IT. ]

Another Stark! Oh, are you from Winterfell too? Did your direwolf-lusus make it on board?

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No, I'm the other kind of Stark.

[Jesus he didn't think his last name was that popular]

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[IS NO ONE ELSE REALLY GONNA SAY IT?

OKAY?

OKAY.]

So you're Tony's dad.

[It ain't a question. The resemblance is uncanny, the guy's a techhead... It jives well enough to pull a guess and be pretty sure of it.]

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Excuse me?

Doesn't a man even get a hello?

I could be part of the medieval Stark society that seems to be pretty popular around here.

encrypted 100% in so many ways you don't even know.

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WHY COULDN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR BROTHER ALEX, TOPHER? AT LEAST HE DIDN'T SAY THIS SHIT. ]

Topher, where are you?

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[cloy]

[ She's twirling a lock of her bright red hair around the knuckle of a finger. ]

Seems we're already full-up on Starks, dear.

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I noticed that one. How about we talk about something else.

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[ Rescuing dames? Finally, someone that speaks his language. Literally. It's a breath of fresh air, even if the guy has one hell of a moustache. ]

The dolls around here can hold their own if they're behind the eight-ball on things.

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You from California?

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Most of the ones where I'm from can, too. That's not what the pulp writers would have you believe, though.

New York.

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Any luck getting your hands on those blueprints?

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Not yet.