Halloween 1/4

"Here is the challenge," Xander told them with a grin. "We have four, count them, four suits of stormtrooper armor."

"That's so bland," Warren complained.

"Exactly!" Xander agreed. "The stormtrooper armor is just the base. A blank canvas, as it were. We are the four - since no one else showed up - four generals of the Death Star."

"That's not bad," Johnathan said, his mind already jumping ahead to how he could modify his set of armor.

Xander grinned and laid three folders on the table. "Welcome to 'Pimp my Death Star!'"

They each grabbed a folder.

"Who got the super laser?" Andrew asked as he looked in the folder he'd grabbed and saw his quarter didn't have it.

"I have it," Xander admitted, setting his folder on the table. "See, I had an idea. Just destroying planets is wasteful and unnecessary."

The three geeks poured over the blueprints.

"This is Federation tech. Is that even legal?" Warren asked with a grin, making everyone laugh.

"You get to blend a single other universe with your quarter of the Death Star," Xander said. "Your stormtrooper armor should show it, so choose carefully."

"You've turned the planet destroying super laser into a multi-tool," Johno said. "Attract, repulse, shield, beam?"

"I've also replaced the core of the Death Star with a singularity," Xander said. "So no worries about power and resupply."

"Yeah," Andrew said thoughtfully. "We won't have an empire to provide outside resources, so we'll also have to grow our own food. Of course, we actually have enough room to raise cattle on board, as well as grow plants, so it's really not that big of a deal."

"You know which universe you're using?" Xander asked.

"Sailor Moon," Andrew replied. At everyone's confused looks, he explained, "They had magic at science level and made barren planets fertile. Remember, they were a magic based interstellar empire that didn't just find earthlike planets, they created them."

"And the award for thinking outside the box goes to Andrew," Warren said.

"I have no idea how you are going to mix a magic girl outfit with a set of stormtrooper armor, but I gotta give you mad props for the concept," Xander said.

"It's going to be hard to match that," Johnathan admitted. "Replicators probably could have handled the food supply, but Sailor Moon actually handles a lot more than just food, providing backups to several important systems. Between Star Wars, Star Trek, and Sailor Moon, most of the bases are covered, so... Tenchi Muyo."

"Light Hawk wings or Cabbits?" Warren asked.

"Both," Johnathan replied. "Jurian trees for reinforcing ships systems with yet another redundancy and Cabbits for shuttles and fighters."

"Upgrade them like Ryo'Ohki," Warren said. "It's not fair to give them human intelligence and deny them human form." Seeing everyone looking at him skeptically, Warren chuckled. "Also, catgirls."

"Aaaah," went the chorus.

"Sailor Moon has catgirls: the Mau," Andrew said.

"Star Trek also has them too. Mostly in the animated series, but they're there," Xander said.

"OK, so I need a good series, preferably with catgirls," Warren said.

"Catgirls are optional and all major systems are covered and backed up," Xander said. "Remember, you get one universe and your armor must match it."

"Yeah, but catgirls is a good theme to follow," Warren said with a grin. "And, I know what to pick."

"What?" his fellow geeks chorused curiously.

"Marvel," he replied with a grin.

"I'm listening," Xander said.

"Tigra, Black Cat, Kitty Pryde in Limbo; Marvel has had its share of catgirls and a pretty wide selection of various techs, but I'm thinking Iron Man armor would blend quite well with stormtrooper armor and his technology was a lot more flexible than the tech from the universes you guys have chosen."

"So I'm thinking you are going as Tony-the-Starktrooper-general," Xander said.

"Exactly," Warren agreed.

"Stormtrooper Moon," Xander said, waving at Andrew.

"By the light of the Empire, you shall be punished!" Andrew said.

"That fits together way better than I thought it would," Johnathan admitted.

"Yeah," Xander and Warren agreed.

"I can't think of a Tenchi pun that works," Xander told Johnathan. "I'm assuming you're thinking of going as Tenchi as a stormtrooper."

"I'm actually thinking Ryoko's half-brother who is related to the Royal Family, so I get both power sets. That's a lot more reasonable than Tenchi 'I Pwn Gods' Misaki," Johnathan said.

"He's got a point," Warren said. "It also allows him a bit more leeway in costume design, but he'll need a wooden key and Ryoko's gems."

"Very workable," Xander agreed.

"And your outfit?" Andrew asked Xander.

"Composite clone of James T. Kirk and Anakin Skywalker with the full set of genetic augments Star Trek has available," Xander said.

"That's an impressive power and skill set for a non-anime," Johnathan said.

"He'd need Khan's superior immune system to deal with Kirk's habit of nailing alien females," Andrew said, making them all bust up laughing. "What? It's true."

Typing By: Ordieth

AN: I have no idea where I was going with this, but rest assured Janus was fired in the ensuing chaos.