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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-11-13 04:28 am
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Not with a Bang Start and Ongoing

"Good Morning passengers. Today is day seven of the month of Imagination." The voice echoes through the train as passengers wake up in their beds. Not long afterwards their SCA’s glow with the colour of the void and a holographic image will appear.

Preperation

They have about an hour to prepare, a little less than usual but perhaps expected, given the urgency of the task.

The cupboards in the dressing room are open to reveal rows of tents, in all four team colours as well as some basic camp cooking equipment. They are in bags that should be easy enough to carry.

"Shortly arriving on System #6416. All passengers get ready to disembark. Next stop world 6416. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." The train rocks and lurches, bright colours of the void filling the space and then fading as they fly downwards towards a very green landscape.

Arrival and Initial Task

The train lands in a clearing, curving round in an attempt to fit. Once everyone who wishes to disembark has done it flies back into the air, vanishing from sight.

The air is heavy and humid, though it is not currently raining. The clearing is open to the sky and looking up will reveal a worrying sight. The sky is an angry red colour, colours shifting as if the clouds themselves were on fire. It's an unnerving sight.

Their SCA's show three points, one Orange, One purple and one that is half blue and half red. The three control centres. Each are a few hours treck through the jungle and it certainly feels like there is no time to waste.

Those that don't want to treck through the forest can start setting up camp, though the darkening sky might be a little distracting. As time goes on flecks of fire drift down, though they extinguish before hitting the forest floor.

Orange are to travel to the north, Purple to the south and Blue and Red must travel together to the west. Each route takes them through thick and unrelenting jungle. Flying is difficult here unless you can get up past the canopy layer, which means vision of the ground is severely hampered.

The control stations themselves are half buried in vines and require cutting into. If voidtreckers are unlucky they will meet their first security robots here, firing on the intruders. They might even meet their first giant Armadillos, the creatures are curious and may wish to investigate. They are not helpful or constructive to trying to power up the stations and prevent the destruction of the planet.

The control stations are simple enough to operate, but there's quite a lot that needs to be done in way of repairs and clearing. It will take a team effort to get it in working enough order to activate the shield.

The shield itself, when it is activated, is mostly invisible but there is a loud humming sound. The meteor, which has gotten more visible throughout the five hours, hits the shield and splinters, fire enveloping the whole sky. It is visibly terrifying, but no fire falls to earth, no rocks get through, the planet is safe.

Ongoing

Once the planet is safe the voidtreckers deserve a rest. But once the next morning dawns it is time to start with their next tasks, to make sure that this planet stays safe from future threats.

Red

The robots at the control stations are not the only malfunctioning security robots around. They roam the jungle, or are more often stranded in the jungle, powering up only when faced with a new threat.

Some are benign, terraforming machines whose only crime is using up precious power. These need to be dismantled so that power can be saved for the shield system. Others are security robots that will attack the intruders to the planet.

Though the machines are scattered they are often obvious, emitting warning alarms or flashing lights. Their SCA's will show some areas where there are larger clusters but machines can be found anywhere.

Purple

Their SCA's are filled with hundreds of purple dots, each a solar stations that needs cleared and brought back online. It's not the most glamourous job, the stations are deep in the jungle, the treck is difficult and most of the work needed is weed clearing.

But once the weeds have been cut away they will need to patch up the station, doing basic maintenance to get it back online. In some cases wires need to be patched back together but it shouldn't take any great feats of engineering to get the stations up and running.

They may run into some of the security automatons, needing to fight their way into the stations before they can begin the clean up operations.

Orange

Like the red team their SCA will show areas where there are clusters of the small insectoid automatons that need to be rescued and restored. However they can be found anywhere throughout the jungle, they are not too suited for the terrain outside of the stations and so they have gotten tangled in vines. They can be found powered down, stranded and in dire need of maintenance.

Tools and spare parts can be found in many of the solar stations that purple team have been locating. Actually repairing the robots takes some engineering knowledge but once they are restored they will go about their tasks in the stations. They will need help getting to the further flung stations as well as the main control centres.

They are very basic in design and follow pre programmed instructions rather than being able to hear and listen to orders. But once in the correct place they are very effective at their job.

Blue

Once the shield is up there is a faint humming that can be heard throughout the jungle if they listen closely and find it among the sound of rain and insects. But once they hear it, it is obvious where it is louder and more prominent.

Their SCA will pin point some of the larger control boxes but there are truthfully too many to show on a map. Not all of them have attracted Violet Pandas, but many of them have.

They are curious creatures, both of the power boxes and the voidtreckers. They are protective of each other but not so much of territory and therefore it is not difficult to move them on. Keeping them away is another matter, the power humming is interesting and they will unearth wires and chew through them. It doesn't seem to do them much harm, there is clearly safety stops in the system for such eventualities. It does however cut power off to entire solar stations and require a lot of patch work.

Good luck voidtreckers!
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-11-15 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"No surprise here." Della grinned from ear to... uh... nevermind. "I'll be the decoy, how many can you take down in a short amount of time?"
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-11-15 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well yeah, how else would I eat?

[ Rimshot. ]

Ah, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I know about the leg.
blitzcheer: (bluh bluh dad sucks)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-15 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhh- .... Roland might have some? Or one of the techy people.

[ He's looking around, wondering about any of those-


! ]


Wait, I know!

[ And walks over to what he spots, taking it off from the wall. He turns and holds it where it can be seen. ]

These first aid kits have bandages in them!

[ Yes this will not look bad at all! He's already opening it up! ]
mtsilver_conquor: (Unsure of this path)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-15 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
They both should have and it's more than a little embarrassing on her end. Her survival sense's degraded and she'll have to fix it.

But she can do that later.

"Go for it. If you aim for the middle, you probably won't free it. But I can't say for certain as while they look like vines I'd know..."

She's worried, that much is clear even as she nods, mind already at work on how to salvage this, or at least make it so that Conan has a chance to get away to safety. "It'll cover me getting Lele into position."

Technically, she didn't have to recall it, but she can explain why after.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ken-chaaaaan!!"

Ken looks up and over, alert, at the sudden presence of a new person. "Nita-san!"

Hurrying over, he offers her a pile of inert repair automata. "I'll explain soon."

His gaze flicks, concerned about removing his focus even a second from a gathering of very curious armadillos. Who have discovered a little green ball and are rolling it from armadillo to armadillo.

The ball, too terrified to uncurl, is crying.
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[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-15 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"CEO does have perks," Eva says, gaze never once wavering from her duty. Her stance is loose, but it's clear she's ready for anything to happen.

"At least it's not people or body clean up we're dealing with."
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
SUDDEN

GHOST

PERSON

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Wormmon flails but cannot flee. Because he is trapped! Trapped in a tangle of vines, surrounded by equally wriggly repair robots! He had - he had come in here to help - but he's the same size - and now he - now he -

HE'S GOING TO DIE AGAIN AND THAT WILL MAKE KEN-CHAN SO SAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"There has to be a way to convince them we're friendly!" Ken glances around. "Otherwise, we'll be leaving this place vulnerable...."

With Agumon and Stingmon on the job, though, is it worth risking - ?

Yes. Ken pivots and starts running headlong for the control centre. If there's any way of sending signals to those robots, it'll be in there.

His stride is long and his running posture is perfect. Kid has kept in shape.
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Re: Ongoing

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Wormmon rushes towards the noise - he knows those voices. Takato and Guilmon will be suddenly confronted with a worm flying at one of their faces.

"Ken-chan is--!!! Ken-chan is!!!!!!!!"

Wormmon is panicking too badly to say much else. And face-sitting is apparently his new hobby. He isn't even really aiming, just hoping to stick somewhere.

So he's either gonna smack right onto one of them or go sailing past. Well done.
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-15 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Pfft. "They're all just Gibbs to me." A knitted brow, and Tidus looks at Gibbs, who is just happily...doing a jog dance on the spot. Higgledy really love to dance, okay.

"I mean... I'm pretty sure they're all Gibbs when he splits apart. Right?"

Which is a question for the higgledy, who squeaks in response (does he??), spinning in place and continuing his sweet moves.

"... ... ... Well, he's happy!" yep that's all that matters, right. "Nothing to worry about! Say," not to change the subject or anything, "your leg's doing okay, right?"
mtsilver_conquor: (casual)

Re: Helping Free Bots - Any/all Pokemon welcome!

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-15 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Eva's almost sad to see the vines uncoil, but now is not the time and she ruthlessly shoves the love of nature down until it's little more than a seed for the time being.

"If you don't mind," Eva says with a thankful nod as she stands, eyes tracking to Lele as the porygon2 patrols the surrounds. "I'll need my hands free." Incase she needs to recall or send out more 'mons. "Stay close though."
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[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-11-15 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I did this morning," he replied, after furrowing his brows in a moment of thought.

"I haven't been hungry since."

Which was true enough. The mission should have been enough to hold his focus, and yet...

Finally, he turned to actually look at Zechs, some amount of exhaustion clear on his face.

"Have you?"

There's no bite to the question.
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy, mouth partly open, stares slightly off-center. (Doubt)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-11-15 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If Alfredo had the presence of mind - or more likely the cruelty - he'd ask something about Koumyou's Theory of Mind... but his heart wasn't in it.

And besides, what Koumyou is actually doing had finally caught his attention.

"Wait, how are you doing that?"
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares slightly off-center, one eyebrow perked. (Eyebrow-raise)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-11-15 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Alfredo lifted up at the same time Yoite did, even without carrying anything, just in case the panda needed two sets of hands...

But for now, things looked good?

"Can you hear its heartbeat?" he asked, finding himself suddenly curious.
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Re: ongoing

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-15 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Eva can tell, and while she doesn't outwardly show it, more focused on free the robot from the knot of vines, she is as well.

"Like the stillness that precedes a sandā'-driven storm." Her eyes flick to Taichi, then back to the robot she's working of freeing. "But relax. Tempting as it is to be hyper-alert, it does no-one any good outside begging the Fox to laugh at us. Plus, we've Princess further out as advance warning."

And last she knew or saw, Agumon was with him. Granted, she'd also been near face first in untangling the foliage, and it's with a vicious tug one of the vines breaks, Eva falling back with a yelp. "Almost there!"

Only a few more vines to go.
Edited 2020-11-19 04:45 (UTC)
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares slightly off-center, one eyebrow perked. (Eyebrow-raise)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-11-15 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alfredo absently gives Amar a friendly pat-and-smile, though the lion's share of his attention still goes to Red Eyes.

And briefly back down to Jonouchi's shadow, which makes his eyes widen more.]

That seems rather unfair to him, yes.

... Maybe if we made a loud enough noise, they'd come off again?

[The trick was, again, doing so without hurting any of the animals involved.]
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy kneeling on a windowsill, perhaps to leap? (Ready for Action)

Animal Herding

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-11-15 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think they do - pandas can eat all parts of a plant... except the roots, maybe?"

This was something else he'd have to read up on, no doubt. Alfredo wished it was easier to predict which books would make helping with the missions easier!

Carrying his own - rather small - Violet Panda, he looked over at his friend.

"Maybe if we move enough of them, the rest will follow? These seem to like being in groups..."

And strangers, for some reason.
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-11-15 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is that something you've done before?"

The preface of on this planet piques his interest.

"Or that, if anyone came back who wasn't them, it wasn't worth the concern?"

He doesn't like to think like this, but forgetting people's darker impulses can backfire quite spectacularly, he's learned.
iamnotgod: Many lines curving off into the distance and entangling, shaded in colors from yellow to purple (Default)

I need a proper frowning emote for this fellow. XD

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-11-15 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
For a moment, Webmind allows himself to just watch.

This was, seemingly, a life or death moment. And, as much as he's aware they'll have to repair these machines later, they have little time to waste.

... Worst comes to worst, he can literally punch it, he decides.

"It's already corrupted," he calls.

"Aim for the damaged panels!"
ramengroupie: (interest)

you can't just drop that pun in here and expect me to scroll past it

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Ken and Stingmon have ventured rather far afield in their search for the missing repair automatons. The canopy cover is lush enough that they have to keep dropping down out of the sky to explore, but thanks to Stingmon being able to fly in the first place, they're able to comb the perimeter, Ken keeping track of where they've been on a rough area map in his train-provided notebook.

He's checking off a box when he wanders into

whatever

this is.

"Ah...."

A faint whir behind Ken, and a giant green Kamen Rider expy crashes down to join him in staring. He could probably take care of this. He could definitely take care of this.

But it's time to stare instead.
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[personal profile] sos_pilot 2020-11-15 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, smart thinking! And technically, it's a limb, so it's not a waste! Slap it on me!

[ No brain cells to be found here today, it seems. ]
iamnotgod: Webmind projecting a smile. The robot is wearing an orange hoodie. (A smile!)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-11-15 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Given our exploits on the planet Terra, that may be easier said than done - but I would rather that we tried."

Webmind affected an additional pause between his answers before nodding.

"I'll break this one down further, if you don't mind fixing that one in its stead."

There were going to be many more robots to fix, no doubt.
ramengroupie: (jog)

A

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yep!" pipes a reassuring voice from near Dyme's feet, about his current eye level. If he looks over, he will be confronted with a larva the size of a breadbox, grinning at him.

"It's busy here, huh?"
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Re: Lan WangJi | Blue Team | Ota

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-15 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"We do!" Romeo had a friend too and he grinned at Lan Wangji as he ran up to him, small panda next to him, trying to get under his legs.

"They really like the wires though sir! They want to eat them!"

Which isn't good, they could get hurt!
ramengroupie: (huh?)

Initial task

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-15 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Wormmon had just been eyeing a problem vine, thinking he might have to fight it on Ken-chan's behalf (he hopes he can win), when out of nowhere it severs! He turns to see what amazing Digimon has done this.

So does Ken.

"....Romeo-kun?"