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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!
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-11-16 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hummed a moment and then sighed. ]

Yeah, yeah, save the fluffy animals. It's probably fine, you hunted a lot on the last mission. I broke down those bears for Tidus, so he's got all that spare meat.

[ He'll just walk with Inigo, right? No problem. ]

He gave me some of it, plus the insides. Hey, he didn't think you were using the pelts, I could make blankets and coats out of them, if you want.
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The heat is something for most of them, if not all. Tidus is no different; he's taking the work of filling the empty bottles just in the guise of doing something other than sitting around. ...but also, not doing anything worth more exert.

Still, none of this stops Tidus's features brightening when he sees the familiar guy, a surprised lift of the brow that quickly eases.

"Oh, 'sup! That's-" he nods his head in the direction of the creatures, "Gibbs. He's with me. Don't worry, he's making normal water. Promise!"

That's Gibbs, like there's a singular instead of many. A few however, ones currently not doing anything but mucking around by shaking their non-existent booties in a weird crouched dance, do pause from their activities to turn to Sizhui. ...and spin like ballerinas, arms not long enough to have their pointed hands reach, like a greeting.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-16 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Not? Toys? Not toys? The armadillo equivalent of deep thought appears to be happening. Want to know. Want to explore. Want to know. Who is this? Want to know.

Oh! What is that? Branches rustling! The other brightly-colored two-legged thing is waving a branch. Want to know. Want to know.

And now something is landing on the ground! Oh. Want to know. Want to know. Want to know.

The armadillos cluster around Ken's thermos, which is both shiny and rolls around if they bat it. Amazing. Incredible. Oh, joyous day.

Ken nods at Nita and then makes a break for the path.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-16 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Ken walks past Grimmjow, trusting that he's telling the truth - someone who'd been so upfront about things like wanting to fight and be King would have no reason to lie. Kneeling, he starts unwinding Wormmon from the vines.

"We were looking for these robots," he explains. "Wormmon's the right size, so he volunteered to explore. He must have gotten stuck the same place they were."

As for what made him faint.......

.......Ken is too polite to say.
blitzcheer: (i need one hands behind head)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Haha, oh yeah, I didn't get to introduce you before! This is Gibbers! He's--uh, well, he's all these guys!"

A few of which said guys, even one coming up from a water bottle, stop what they're doing and squeak lively at Axel - who, with possibly a good heart as he has, should be able to understand their noises as actual greetings. 'Good day, young flame! Don't you love this rush of adventure?'

...they have a very old-man voice, for something so tiny and cute.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-16 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The bug eyes Siebren coolly, hovering in place. Behind him, Ken comes running up.

"Is everyone all right? How many were there?"

He's trying to keep count so they know how many they need to fix or adjust programming in later, when it's time to keep the control centre safe from "intruders" again. He is also completely heedless of the threat posed by this giant creature!

Which is now turning to swoop towards him!
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-16 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
....Ah. Ken blinks.

"Sorry. To the left of that."

Wormmon works his mandibles, making a face. These vines taste yucky.
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[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-16 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bent at an angle, there." Ken nods towards the appropriate object, tense but not so tense as to take it out on someone else. "There's a portion of the machine I can't reach."
blitzcheer: (never trust a squirtle)

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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhh...

[ This was a predicament, wasn't it. Tidus has never seen a different-sized tent form the 'usual' around, which is how it normally went. Only the clothes ever actually considered different body sizes.

But that wasn't the problem here. ]


...what if we stuck two tents together? I brought a few.

[ is he helping, siebren ]
blitzcheer: (very gud thinker)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Wormmon you are SO lucky right now!!

"O-oh. Right." Okay, switching it up and passing it over. And while it make not sound like it-

"You actually know what you're doing?"

That's a compliment, as baffled as it comes out.
comefadeaway: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] comefadeaway 2020-11-16 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I haven't met any of them, but I don't know what would happen then." Yoite considered that. He wasn't sure.

"Maybe they could send me a message on the messaging system in the rooms. I can read those." He actually got text for the messages that everyone else could only hear or see.
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[personal profile] seacub 2020-11-16 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think so...at least, I don't think it's possible anyway...

[Hmmmm.] ...Do you roll over a lot in your sleep?
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[personal profile] comefadeaway 2020-11-16 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He had asked if he needed someone to accompany him, as Yoite was used to being watched over, but he'd been told that wasn't necessary. So he took it to mean that they were on their own with these things. It was possible he didn't have the full picture.

"Oh." He needed to drop his pack a moment and he pulled out his SCA, and strapped it onto his wrist.

"People just talk into it?" That sounded complicated for him. Hopefully he didn't need to get any messages. It didn't look like it could send texts, but neither did the intercom on board, so it was possible he'd get some kind of message. He'd have to wait and see.
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Arrival

[personal profile] soldier_blade 2020-11-16 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Trekking through jungles with full gear wasn't a new experience for Sonya. Indeed, it seemed most of the missions back home took place either in a highly forested or urban area-likely given for the various reasons that made trekking difficult. Having found out about the environment, she was better able to prepare for dealing with such humidity and wild life.

She may've not been able to move through the jungle as easily as Glorfindel, but he'd find she wasn't struggling to keep up when she found him either.

"Sounds fair," She agreed. "Robots are more my call anyway."
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[personal profile] comefadeaway 2020-11-16 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yoite gave that a moment's thought and he nodded. "I'm not in any worse condition than I have been."

If that was what constituted well, then he was fine.
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[personal profile] comefadeaway 2020-11-16 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It was the most unusual request he'd encountered, but a mission was a mission.

"I see..."

Yoite crouched down and pointed away from the comforting mechanical noise the panda liked.

"Go that way." He ordered, looking intently at the panda, who flicked its ear back and forth but otherwise didn't pay him any mind.

Yoite glanced back up at Yugi. Now what?
blitzcheer: (i don't even know what i've uploaded)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. It's only on missions." Tidus taps the screen lightly. "They don't work as a walkie talkie on train. Uhh..." Does he know that word? "Like - something that lets you talk over a distance."

There. Best to be careful than not.

"You need it anyway, off the train. The atmosphere..." He lifts his hands, waving them out. "It's different! That keeps you safe somehow." And, arms coming down but still someway up, he shrugs. "Somehow! Magic."

Everything unexplainable might as well be magic to him.
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-11-16 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nerdanel would very much prefer that he NOT mimic his father in that one particular regard, please and thank you.

"I would like that." She reaches to tidy his hair back. "You're working very hard, my Atarinke."
blitzcheer: (who asked you!!)

herding

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-16 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
For once, it didn't matter which team you were on, what the job was. And Tidus could see Romeo from the roofing where he was tearing vines away from the solar panelling, carrying...

"Whoa! Romeo! Mister Muscles down there! Don't drop the lil' guy!"

If Romeo looks up and over, Tidus will wave. But be careful!!
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2020-11-16 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't fault you for that, I don't really know what to expect." Natsuno admitted. He hadn't done the whole mission thing before the train, and he'd only been on one mission.

He could appreciate that, the train was somewhat stifling, size aside.
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2020-11-16 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm still learning." He admitted as he grasped one of the robots, yanking it off balance and punching it hard in the midsection. It was a clumsy move, but somehow effective enough.

He stumbled a bit as he tried to catch himself from being pulled down and punched it again until it stopped moving. "Last time there were wolves."
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2020-11-16 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Considering I'm all the way over here, I wasn't in your way." Natsuno snapped back a little bit.

If she wasn't going to be polite, he could be...well less polite.
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2020-11-16 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Natsuno could be amusing, if he tried. Usually he was too sullen, but at the moment they were just in battle. The stakes weren't terribly high either, it was robots, whose programming was probably limited.

"It'd be a real fashion statement."
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2020-11-16 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was rather fond of a nice comfortable bed that wasn't surrounded by bugs." Natsuno quipped, moving a collapsed tree out of the way, picking it up like a nonhuman could.
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[personal profile] marriedanidiot 2020-11-16 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
She chuckles. "It's far more complicated than anything I'm use to as well."

She examines the set up thoughtfully.

"But still, some things are the same." She nods in satisfaction. "Here, you take this part, and then we'll connect these ... and there!"