<<sorry, couldn't resist ::grins::>> Aidan grinned with anticipation. He was going to rock this party, that was for sure, his disguise was perfect. The cloak, the helmet, the weapon, he had replicated everything within the last detail. He had even managed a holographic interface for the weapon, noise included. It was, in one word, perfect. The fact that he was tall, did also help, and the voice... well that needed a bit of technology, but nothing difficult, just a sonic converter at throat level, embedded in the armor. He had not been too excited about the Halloween party idea, after all, a party was to get wasted and sleep over the next day, which wasn't quite possible at the Chimera itself. On the other hand, since his little service, Jack had allowed him quite some freedom within his lab, which enabled him to take quick naps every now and then, breakfast when he slept over, or work on this little disguise of his in this particular case. Checking the chrono, he saw that he had ten minutes to get to the messhall, so, he adjusted the helmet, donned the large, black, billowing cloak and left his quarters. With bemusement, he could notice the stunned looks on the other crewmen, as he passed by with a grave, even pace, accompanied with a heavy, slow, metallic breathing, so necessary for his disguise. He finally reached the door and entered the already crowded room, almost bursting out in laughter, as he saw the different reactions on his crewmates. "GIVE IN TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE..." he boomed in a lowpitched, metallic voice, taking out a metallic shaft and activating the holomatrix, upon which a large, red tubular light of half a mans length appeared at one end of the shaft. "YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE..." he continued, as he walked into the room breathing heavily. "Dark side of the horse?" asked a crewman dressed as Cracker, the Corporate Chicken, as Aidan passed by. "What is that, some new kind of perversion? I thought this was a Halloween party.." he continued, talking to an Orion girl. Aidan stopped in his tracks. "Not horse... force" he said, flinching his teeth, which produced a squelching noise, amplified by the sonic converter. "Whatever" muttered Cracker and returned to his conversation. Aidan couldn't believe it. He paced on, looking for familiar faces, stumbling finally over Major Walsh, who had shown up dressed as Greek Soldier. "Jack!" he said relieved. "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!" he boomed, inaccurate to the movie, but very effective still. Walsh looked at Aidan for a short moment, then took a sip of his drink. "What the hell are you supposed to be?" he asked dryly. Aidan looked at Jack with disbelief. "Darth Vader!" he said desperate. "Lord of the Sith? Not ringing a bell?" he said, as if that explained everything. "Check out the breast plate, and here" he waved the lightsaber around. "a Sith Light Saber. With sound and everything. You don't get these in stores, you know". Jack just lifted his shoulders. "Nice toy." he said. "Is that gonna be part of the ODA equipment?" he added, sarcasm and alcohol dripping from his voice. "Oh man" groaned Aidan, took the helmet off and sat next to Walsh. "Come on, you haven't seen the movie?" he asked. He felt thoroughly disappointed. ---------------------------------------------------- Darth Aidan Dark Lord of the ODA USS Chimera A