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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!
swansongs: (To what I said)

[personal profile] swansongs 2020-11-19 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll be honest," he said, while hefting the robot up. It wasn't as heavy as he'd been expecting, honestly. "I have no idea how much a kilo is."

Or what Hold Item-ing it would do, but that was a different subject.

"But, this isn't too bad to carry."
so_dark_a_road: (rainy day in the forest)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-11-19 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin listened with interest. "Your world has been at a stand-still, technologically speaking, for 3700 years? No wonder you studied so hard."

He laughed a little, along with Senku. "You and I are not so different with respect to childhood hobbies. I liked to break and fix things too. Of course, my older brothers would have liked to break me at times, depending on what I broke. But that's impressive, that you've built robots and rockets. Did that rocket that made it into orbit just keep orbiting around your world, or did it take off for other planets?" Grin. Senku could ramble as much as he liked, so far as Curufin was concerned.
so_dark_a_road: (Christ)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-11-19 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh well, I guess this place is still inhabited by pandas and armadillos. They should count as beings worth saving, right?" But it's true that he cares far more for people than for animals, though he is not unkind to animals and may at times be markedly kind.

"True, we have the ability to evacuate in a hurry, if necessary. So, if the train is on it, we might not actually die here." He scratches his head. "But what about the pandas and armadillos? The train isn't going to evac them, is it?" He looks a little askance at that idea that somebody might be coming along later. "Somebody with the capability of wrecking this planet by throwing things at it? I certainly hope not."
ramengroupie: (serious)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-19 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Your sister and a worldmate, correct? We met her while cleaning the train."

"She was a whale."

Welcome back, Wormmon.
10billionpercent: (Default)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-11-19 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but it wasn't like that when I was studying. When I was sixteen, something caused every human on the planet to be petrified to stone, including me of course. It's just 3700 years later I was finally able to break free, but what was left was next to nothing." Senku explained. "So it was a good thing I studied so hard."

He was older than he looked, both physically, probably, and chronologically.

"Ah, yeah I've been there. When I set the wall on fire messing with the TV I can't say my dad was too thrilled." Many lessons were learned through childhood.

"Unfortunately not. It was just a small rocket, compared to the kinds the space program had. I got a few signals before it burnt up, but getting into orbit was impressive enough, even if it was the lowest level. My other two blew up on the way up. It's imprecise materials that was causing the problems. There was a limit to what I could get, sort of." He had his ways.
mtsilver_conquor: (Uncertain)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-19 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
"One second."

There's a glance at the SCA and the map she's pulled up, then at the jungle, though this one is longer, Eva's eyes flicking about as she locates various pointers and landmarks. It's not that easy and she's vividly reminded of the times she was in one of the forests back home, but then she grins and looks back at the map.

"This way. No lie, but if I had a perorīmu, this'd be easier."

Probably.
ramengroupie: (jog)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-19 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Me and Agumon and Guilmon." Those are all the Digimon Wormmon knows of on the train, anyway. "We partner with human children to protect them. My child is named Ken-chan!"

He smiles in what he hopes is a reassuring fashion.
so_dark_a_road: (a vision of war)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-11-19 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"It's kind of hard to explain how we all got on the train, but did anybody try when you first arrived on the platform? The Voidtrecker Express is a Void transport, but it is also a sentient being. It travels the Void between the universes, and it seems to feel it has a mandate to rescue people on worlds that are in trouble, but it needs a crew to help it. That's us. It pulls us out of our own worlds or other worlds we might have been sojourning in, and it makes us its Void Warriors."

Long explanation in response to a list of confusions, but here's the rest of it:

"We don't really know why the Voidtrecker chooses us, but we've speculated that everybody that is taken has some skill or ability that might be useful on the missions. And hence the other speculation, that we are assigned to the teams according to our abilities as well. For example, Team Orange has a lot of people with technical abilities, and we typically get tech assignments. Team Red has a lot of warriors, and they typically get fighting assignments. Of course, it doesn't always work according to that plan. There are people on each team who don't seem to fit in with those supposed purposes. And sometimes the teams get assignments that don't seem in character for them."
so_dark_a_road: (they came in the dead of winter)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-11-19 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin sits down near Masumi, and he also gazes up at the sky. Not only is he wondering if another meteor is coming, but he is of the Elven race, and they call themselves the People of the Stars. They have an affinity for the night sky.

"I hope we'd know if another one was coming." He glances sideways and smiles in response to her forced smile. "It sure was a high pressure task. I'm just glad we succeeded. What are you thinking about this task and this success?"
feixuehua: (02)

[personal profile] feixuehua 2020-11-19 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
He turns to the source of the voice and he recognized it's Ichigo, one of the medic team and doctors. He smiles brightly, as he did take his advice and suggestion, and Xingchen's health is doing much better.

"Somebody helped me set up the tent." With a nod, "Ah, is that what they are? I think I saw them before. Red pandas, they are called and they climb trees and eat bamboo when I had my sight."
gundamofthedesert: (sweater)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2020-11-19 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Quatre smiled. "Well, even if it's not like Lord Orome's forest, I'd like to hear more about it. I'll think of which area this reminds me of the most and we can share after the mission is over."
gundamofthedesert: (of the desert)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2020-11-19 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Gosh, the SCA is so needy... saying pay attention to me!

"Yeah, I do. I've gone with them a few times. Sounds like a plan. I'm sure they'd like the help." Yeah, his purple dot meant nothing to him as well.
achickenformylove: (mdzs 4)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-11-19 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"It is possible that they might. I do not know if they think the same way that my rabbits do. It is possible that they may have no interest in following when we leave."

A faint smile crossed his face. "I'm sure he is afraid I will spend more time with the animal than I will with him." So yes, jealous of the panda.
feixuehua: (03)

[personal profile] feixuehua 2020-11-19 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course they did. It's that or they are nibbling on my bamboo stick for a snack and they're looking for food."

With a nod, he listens and took his direction and walks to the right, walking straight and the herd of pandas followed. Though some have wandered off in search of bamboo to eat farther out in the forest.
namethattune: (...I'm not gonna be Mercy)

[personal profile] namethattune 2020-11-19 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Siebren pauses in putting together tent poles and simply looks at Tidus, expression flat. Tidus may have missed his earlier look, but hopefully a longer pause will get the point across.]

I am sure the armadillos enjoyed the experience.

[Dry as the desert. He may be slightly concerned about the armadillos now.]
gundamofthedesert: (over shoulder)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2020-11-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded. "We were not expecting that and unfortunately we were not able to get assistance from other teams because they were having the same problems that we were. The monsters were weak to light those who were outside or in upper floors of buildings had it easier than those that were not."

Quatre hadn't either. He still didn't have the best of one, but he had a better one.

"I don't think the placement is based on skills. My skills are far more suited to Orange Team assignments, but I was placed on the Purple Team. Red Team is supposed to be the ones who are stronger fighters, but not all of them are. And Blue Team seems to be the youngest team by far, but not all of them. I'd be curious to know the reasons behind the placements."
achickenformylove: (mdzs 2)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-11-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
There were probably a few of them on the Blue Team that didn't know how to cook or put up tents. Or at least hadn't when they first arrived.

"It would not hurt to be prepared."
achickenformylove: (mdzs 40)

[personal profile] achickenformylove 2020-11-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
It was quite adorable, WangJi had to agree. Watching the panda hold the leaf and chew on it was so very sweet. He had never gotten to see one so up close before in his own world so it was quite a treat.

"Yes, I think that is good. If nothing else, it will act as encouragement for others to come over." Carefully balancing his panda friend, he would start helping her gather plants, which of course panda friend thought were for him.
feixuehua: (02)

II. camping

[personal profile] feixuehua 2020-11-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Close by, near her proximity, there's a man who is clearly struggling with setting up the tent. He's taking contents out of the bags and the inventory keeps falling out and he bends over to search for the stuff on the ground.

It's clear to see why he is struggling. The man wears a blindfold around his eyes and because he is blind.

"Is there anyone closeby to me that can help me setting up the tent?" He asks as he hears voices nearby.
gundamofthedesert: (contemplative)

we can certainly handwave stuff and move onto them look at the shields

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2020-11-19 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Quatre thought about that for a moment, pausing in what he was doing as he thought about it. "Yeah, that might be the problem here, but we can certainly give it a try. Should we take a look now? Or finish up a few more of these?"
singlefaith: (getting up again)

[personal profile] singlefaith 2020-11-19 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Ran's mouth sets into a line at that response before she looks down to examine her leg. Her expression is not unlike Shinichi's, uncompromising -- some things cross between people. "I remember you. That moment with Ai-chan . . . how could I forget?"

Nearly being shot, that voice demanding, then screaming at her . . . it's carved into her mind. She can only question herself for why she hadn't recognized it earlier. It seems so obvious now -- something she should have heard beyond the accent.

Her leg is bleeding, the skin burned and raw from the energy blast. She presses her lips together more tightly; the sight of it turns her stomach.

"You're not who you pretended to be. Or not just that."
namethattune: (Endlessly the noise goes on and on)

[personal profile] namethattune 2020-11-19 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[It turns out hearing Ken attempt to take the blame for Siebren's actions is every bit as painful as listening to Wormmon do the same, and he winces when it happens.]

Don't. Please.

[He shakes his head as if to clear it and forces himself to look at Ken. This was his decision, his fault, his burden, and while it is a kindness that the two of them want to relieve him of it, he cannot allow it. It is not theirs to carry. Sigma's actions are his responsibility and his alone.]

It was not your fault either.
darkenedmoon: (wicked)

[personal profile] darkenedmoon 2020-11-19 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yotsuyu lets out a short bark of laughter at the latter. "You do have a point--I might even envy you myself. I just am not certain of the safety of things, considering I do not know the list of creatures we are sharing this world with."

And at being called a crafter, the woman shrugs. It's too much credit. "Shall we simply say I've had to learn to make do with very little?" That was the truth, long and short of it. She'd squeezed blood from a stone before, but mostly because she'd had to.

"It isn't terribly difficult, but if it is not something you are used to, I am sure it seems all very outre. But there is a pattern to it." To her, it was just weaving on a larger scale, and with different materials. "I shall find some sticks that should suffice, and if I might ask you to gather some vines?"

She was asking politely, at least.
mtsilver_conquor: (Behind these eyes)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-19 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
"If you want to get technical, it is only five," Eva adds with a small smile and shrug. "Plus it is the jungle..."

And she knows how easily one can lose track of anything in it.

"Hmmm, though I don't know if I can let my guard down even if we've dealt with all the robots."
mtsilver_conquor: (Default)

[personal profile] mtsilver_conquor 2020-11-19 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"True, but getting them off without damaging the rest of the thing is the hard part."

Even with care and a screwdriver, Eva's well aware that damaged doesn't mean it has to come off easily. "When it's off, we'll need-" Give her a second as she looks over the pile of parts. "-This piece, yes?"

It looks like it could fit.