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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!
happyends: (i won't forget)

[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-17 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
See, she figured as much! That panda looks so big, there's no way it couldn't be heavy. And it's not like Madoka likes carrying heavy things, or is even really good at it, but someone has to do the job.

And if that someone are just two tiny kids, then that's the way it's got to be.

"Okay, let's do that." She nods. "Try holding him out a bit towards me, with his back down, so we can both carry a side."

Surely the panda won't mind hanging between them, right? It's like it'd just be laying on its back.. except in the air.
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-21 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay!" Romeo nodded, "I bet you would like that, wouldn't you!" He said to the panda as he tried his best to manoeuvre him like Madoka had said, so they could both carry a side.

The panda sure didn't seem to mind, and lay passively enough.
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-21 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing that these pandas are so lazy, huh? Being carried like that really must be paradise for them. Like a moving bed.

"Oof.. he really is kind of heavy."

It's not too bad to say that about a panda, right. They won't understand you anyway! So then it's not insulting! Besides, it's a valid observation to make as Madoka carefully holds onto the other side of the panda, letting the creature hang between them.

"Hopefully we won't have to go too far.."
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-22 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
They are really heavy! Especially compared to him and Madoka, but they will move this panda together!

"I don't think we will, just far away from the wires so he doesn't want to go and eat them!"

He seemed a bit lazy so Romeo thinks if it's too far for the panda it won't want to go back.
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-22 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, look at Romeo, wildly going around labelling these pandas!

"I really don't know why they think they look so tasty.." Madoka can't help but remark while they still carry the animal. Apparently someone has never had a fondness for brightly coloured pieces of candy as a kid, huh. "I mean, they're wires..! Why do they want to eat that when they're surrounded by so many plants they could eat instead? It's like they're making it really, really difficult for themselves!"
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-24 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe they think they are just really bright plants!" Romeo thought for a moment, "If we could find them some bright colourful flowers they might want to eat those instead!"

And then they might leave the wires alone. Maybe pandas didn't like grean things!

Romeo thought it would be pretty boring to eat all the same coloured food all the time.
happyends: (lies in the palm)

[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-25 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"You think so..?"

It would explain why the pandas seem entirely uninterested in what's around them all over the place compared to all the eletric technology.

"I guess we could gather some and try.. But we'll first need to find a safe spot to put this panda, so it can't hurt itself while we're doing something else." Who knows if it won't just slowly wander away if they put it down and turn their backs for even a moment!
myblueskies: (the world is beautiful!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-28 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, we gotta make them a panda jail." He frowns, "'Cept a nice one. Where they can be safe, not because they are bad!"

He doesn't want to put them in bad panda jail! That would be so mean! But they need a place for them to not be able to escape from, whilst he and Madoka came up with a long term solution!
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-29 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
A panda jail. Madoka already knows what Romeo means before the boy clarifies himself, but just the thought of it. Pandas in little prison uniforms..

"Maybe we can call it a panda daycare instead? That sounds nicer!" And hey, kids also aren't allowed or supposed to escape from daycares, so it just works.

"Do you think they're good at climbing? Maybe if we just had some sort of fence that was tall enough.."
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-29 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"I never heard of a daycare!" But he understands what she means, Madoka is full of good ideas. They can make a panda daycare that they can't escape from!

"Yes we can make a big fence! I don't think they can climb... They are a bit big!"
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-11-29 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right?"

Look, she's.. just.. going to gently overlook the fact that Romeo doesn't know what a daycare is. Is it just because they don't have daycares in heaven? If people don't have jobs in such an ideal paradise kind of place, then young kids probably wouldn't have the need for a place they can be at while their parents are working...

"Although building a fence may be a little bit hard with just the two of us. Maybe we should ask an adult for help. Or someone who's really strong." Strong enough that they wouldn't need another person just to carry a panda!
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-04 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're right!" He nodded, "A big fence for a panda daycare will take lots of teamwork!"

He grinned at her, "Let's go find all of blue time and ask if they want to work together to make a panda daycare together!"
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[personal profile] happyends 2020-12-06 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Madoka nods. "Okay!"

Especially since she's sure it'll take quite a few people to make it, and considering their team isn't really that big at all.. Maybe all of them will just have to work on it. Surely the pandas will be okay for a little while more out there while they work on it, right..?

"Maybe it'll even go a lot faster if mister Piccolo helps us. After all, he can do a lot of amazing things."

Does he maybe have some secret instant-fence power they just haven't witnessed before?
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-06 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yes!" Romeo nodded, "I bet mister Piccolo could make a panda daycare in no time at all! He can make almost anything!"

Piccolo was great at that! He would be able to make fences and then the pandas would be safe!
happyends: (lies in the palm)

[personal profile] happyends 2020-12-06 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Should we see if we can find him then?"

.. Although that might be a little hard. Piccolo blends in here in the jungle.. Everything is green..

"Um, as long as he's around, that is! I'm not sure if he stayed around here, or if he's busy helping out one of the other teams with some of their tasks.." Some teams have a whole lot to do, after all.
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[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-07 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"We can go and see if we can find him! And if not we can see if he answers if we talk on the SCA's!"

It was good that they could talk to each other now!

But for now it was time to go on a Piccolo hunt!