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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] fun_thementalist 2020-11-21 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I admit I feel a bit sheepish, but ... like a lot of things, it seems all the more obvious when you know the solution, doesn't it?" He shrugged, and gave Taichi a smile, "Thank you, my friend."

Gen rubbed the back of his head. "It seems we owe you a bit of a favor. I'm not all that useful out here, especially given a lot of the tasks we have to do, but ..."
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-11-22 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Heh, you guys don't owe me anything," he said. "Just make sure you remember all this, alright? It can be useful, depending on where you end up."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-11-22 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"We should be able to, I have an excellent memory if nothing else." Senku answered with a smile.

"It looks like this is going to be our base of operations for this mission at least, which seems different from the last one. Last time all the teams were all over the place. It would be much easier to keep track of everyone with a central meeting point."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-11-24 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Splitting up is never a great idea. That's obvious enough from every horror movie I've ever watched alone," Gen joked mildly. "But lucky for us - if some random robots suddenly crash through the jungle - if we're all together, then someone will be around who can actually fight them."

Unfortunately, he and Senku were definitely not the fighting-robot-types. If they were camping alone and those had come to crash their tent, they'd be both SOL.
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-11-24 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aw man," Taichi said. "Don't talk about horror movies. That's totally gonna jinx it."

After that, he immediately turned serious, and straightened up a bit. "But that sounds like me and Agumon just got volunteered for guard duty. Don't worry guys, we'll be ready if something happens."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-11-25 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Excellent." Senku said agreeably. "We've got some food if you need some thing to eat. Spicy wolf jerky maybe?"

It was always better to offer a trade, or a reward for getting the protection they needed.
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-11-25 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
“The jerky is pretty good,” Gen agreed brightly. “And if spice isn’t your thing, we’ve got candy and other things too.”

Look at him. Offering to share the candy stash. That’s gratitude right there.
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-11-30 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"The jerky sounds fine," he said. "I'm not really big on candy, though."

He was an athlete. He had to stay in shape after all.

"I'll take the candy!" Agumon chimed in. Where had he come from?!
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-01 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
That was fine enough, he figured, after glancing at Gen. It would be better to build a little goodwill, wouldn't it?

Senku summoned a packet from the arms band, it was just wrapped up like a parcel and he opened it.

"Help yourself to a couple of pieces." He said with a bit of a smile. One hand free he summoned a Halloween-sized chocolate bar and offered it to Agumon, so he wasn't left out.
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-02 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
It would be better, especially when the guy they're making friends with had a dinosaur friend. Digimon or not, the little guy had a lot of teeth. Gen grinned brightly.

"You've got good taste, my friend!" Gen told the Digimon. "I'd take the candy over the jerky any time."
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-12-02 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Agumon took the chocolate bar and instantly began tearing into it, literally as he tore the wrapper with his teeth.

"Calm down, big guy," Taichi said, patting his partner on the back of his head. "If you eat too fast, you won't enjoy it."

"Alright, Taichi," the digimon said, face already smeared with chocolate. He turned towards Gen, and nodded. "I wanna try both, but candy comes first!"
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-03 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm glad someone likes it anyway." Senku grinned. He wasn't one for sweets but it was always good to have some on hand for people. "Hopefully the jerky's not too hot for you, we kind of like a bit of heat."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-03 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Gen grinned at the others, too, appreciating that they enjoyed their repayment of Taichi's help. "Candy always does come first, why not eat your dessert before your dinner?"

Senku got a smirk, and he said to the Digimon partners, "Sweet and spicy is the best, but unfortunately we don't have anything like that right now. Not yet, anyway. There's been a lot of cooking projects taking up Senku-chan's time."
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-12-04 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Taichi shrugged. "I can deal with spicy," he said. "I just don't try to eat chocolate too much. Agumon here meanwhile can scarf down anything."

"It's true," Agumon said, looking hungrily at the jerky in Taichi's hand. Taichi's response was to laugh a bit, and hand his partner one of the strips.
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-04 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Senku wrapped the rest of the jerky up and vanished it again, back into the arms band.

"Always good that, spice is something the kitchen sorely lacks. Among other things." He missed a good wasabi with his food.
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-04 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"But it's amazing what you can find, even on these alien worlds!" Gen said brightly. "Last planet had mint just, absolutely everywhere. So, now we have loads of that, if you wanted anything especially minty."

He hummed. "I don't suppose you've much experience with foraging, Taichi?"
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-12-05 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
That got Taichi to nod. "Yeah, actually," he said. "That's pretty much how we got our hands on any food to begin with when I first journeyed with Agumon."

"I remember the time we found a refridgerator full of eggs!" Agumon chimed in.

"Eh heh... I'm not sure that counts as 'foraging', Agumon..."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-05 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's always wise to pick up what we can, just in case." Senku said, considering that to be his wise advice for the time being. "It's an excellent skill to have."
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[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-06 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Gen had to chuckle a little at Agumon. “That’s the foraging experience I used to have! I had to learn a lot pretty recently, but Senku-chan is right. Anything we can find and bring back to the train helps.”

He tilted his head a little, smiling at Taichi. “You know if you happen to spot anything, we’ve been grabbing as much food stuffs as we can. It could really help people out.”
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[personal profile] showmeyourbraveheart 2020-12-07 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Taichi nodded. "Yeah, I'll keep an eye out," he said. "Besides... you never know when the train's gonna decide all we need to eat is, like, clumps of natto or something."