Spaceberg Ahead!

[itsjustthebots]

Everyone! I was doing routine checks of the ship's functions when I just found out we're all gonna die!

Cambot! Give me Rocket #9!

[Cambot obliges...and indeed, it looks like they are fast approaching a huge chunk of ice just kind of floating in space. Cambot brings it back inside.]

That space iceberg is gonna punch a big hole in the ship if we're not careful!

Comments

[punsofiron]

Dammit I hate being right.

Any chance we can get out of its way? Or get it out of our orbit?

[itsjustthebots]

Being right most of the time is okay but sometimes it's not.

Well, I can't exactly steer this thing. Maybe Mike can fix it! He's got arms and everything!

/threadjack

[sailorlaughter]

What if we all took jetpacks out and pushed it out of the way? Or melted it?

[itsjustthebots]

Um. It'll probably take a long long long long time to melt.

But maybe we can move it!

[punsofiron]

Got any sort of weapons on this dogbone? Maybe we could try to knock it out of our way.

[itsjustthebots]

There's some weak lasers on the subpods...

[fatedcircle]

There isn't anyway to get out of the way?

[itsjustthebots]

It's very difficult to move something this big real fast!

[fatedcircle]

We don't need to move fast. We just need to not hit it.

[itsjustthebots]

That's also difficult to do when it's difficult to steer!

[virtualunknown]

Then let's be caeful.

[itsjustthebots]

It's very hard to be careful when you're dealing with 158 tons of steel and various alloys versus half a mile of solid ice!

[virtualunknown]

...

What if we shifted as much weight as we can to one side? Would that help turn it?

[itsjustthebots]

Hmm...maybe, if we all stood at the front of the ship, that'd tip the Satellite down and we could go under it instead!

[sylvan_child]

[Scared bitty is scared]

...what do we do?

[itsjustthebots]

[Gypsy will not help!]

Panic?

[sylvan_child]

...

[crafty_punk]

HEY! Don't listen to that crap! We're all gonna be fine, y'hear me?

[itsjustthebots]

Yeah, kinda like that!

[gettraught]

[...Yeah, he can put two and two together. This scenario is not one he wants to contemplate, so it's time to do something about it.]

Where's the bridge on this ship? We can steer around it.

[itsjustthebots]

The bridge is right in front of the hall to the theater. But there's nothing to steer it with there.

[gettraught]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[inomnetempus]

[Alice is still trying to get around the fact that there is AN ICEBERG IN SPACE and no one seems concerned about this anomaly.

But hey, what does she know? The humans and the ponies want to blow it up, so let them have at it.]

[itsjustthebots]

Oh! Hello there. [Gypsy doesn't recognize this person.]

Do you know how to get rid of space icebergs?

[inomnetempus]

[Sotto voce:] I can't say I've dealt with too many space icebergs in my lifetime.