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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!
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-22 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"This way!" Romeo waved at him and then grinned widely at the pandas around him. "Mister Tidus is bringing yummy food so you all got to be good and eat that and not the wires okay!"

The pandas didn't seem to pay any attention to him, but one did try and clamber up onto him and two others bounded towards Tidus to investigate the new human.
blitzcheer: (i need one hands behind head)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-22 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey hey," Tidus laughs at the two come on over, and Tidus drops the lot from his arms, taking a step back. Hoping they won't get too cuddly with him and just want to see what he's brought. They do seem to slow though, sniffing and searching the greens.

"What's the plan? Is everyone going to move them or do something with the power boxes? I don't know how good moving them's gonna help in the long run."

At least, if they're meant to be caring about that.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-24 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Me and mister Lan Wangji are trying to make more fun toys for them to play with!" Romeo informed Tidus with a small smile.

"But I think we got to find a way to make sure they can't get at the wires, because they like them so much so I don't think they will stay away for long!"

blitzcheer: (whatcha gonna do about iiitt)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-24 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"What kind of animal thinks wires are yummy and tasty to eat through, huh?" he jokes, though fortunately not all the wires were appetising in that manner. Tidus hums, thoughtful.

"I wonder if we can make a fence...? Something real simple? The pandas aren't small, and I think those little robots need to get to them if they break..."

Probably? He has no idea how anything is supposed to work.
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-28 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"These animals!" He told him with a sigh but then nods, "A fence is a really good idea! We will need wood right?"

Well there is plenty of that... "And we could... We could tie the wood together with vines! So then it will make a fence!"

Romeo has never made a fence before, but he is certain that between him and Tidus they will manage!
blitzcheer: (ugh keywording tho u guys)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-28 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Romeo you innocent smart alec!!!

"Vines! There's lots of them around. And wood - I was thinking about the bamboo! Those would be easy to take down and split. Right? Senku's got an axe on him, we can borrow his!"

What would he be using it for anyway? He was on repair, not cleaning. Actually, maybe the axe would even help him with some of those really gnarly vines that were around, more like tree roots than ropes.

"I'll see if he'll let me borrow it. Few of us with arms bands can carry around the wood if we think it's worth it."
myblueskies: (they really are delicious apples!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-28 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay! I can cut things with borderlines too!" Maybe he could cut bamboo, it might take a lot of cuts, but he would try his hardest!

"But having an axe is good too! Because they cut things really good!"

He remembers Tidus explaining about the arms band on the ICP, that would be a good way to carry all the wood!
blitzcheer: (mm ps2 graphics)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-28 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah, your power!" Ohh, that was good. If he could cut like that.

"If it's a line - can you cut in a straight line? So a bamboo's like this..." He makes a circular shape with his hands, then brings one up and chop it down. "--but if we half it, that'll mean fewer bamboo we need to use!"

So he thinks! And they won't know unless they try.
myblueskies: (of course!)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-11-29 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can cut in a straight line!" He nodded, it was the only way he could cut!

He sort of understands what Tidus means, he has no idea if he can do that with borderlines, but there is only way to find out.

"I'll try my best!"
blitzcheer: (ur not me mam)

do you want to keep playing this out or fade to black? lmk! \o\

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-30 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then I'll go get some bamboo and we can test it out." Tidus nods to the panda friend Romeo has, grinning. "You take care of the little guy. There's some around - I won't be long!"

He'll just need to get some that won't be too much of a hassle, be unsavoury and use his sword to chop, an extra boost of energy to make a clean sweep. Some of the bamboo is thicker than the rest, but he tries not to focus on ones ones. Watching his feet for the shoots poking out of the earth...

Time for Operation: Pandas Keep Out!
myblueskies: (of course!)

fade to black is good!

[personal profile] myblueskies 2020-12-04 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay mister Tidus! Me and panda-chan will wait for you!"

And soon they would make it so the pandas couldn't ruin any more of the solar stations.

He sat down on the floor with the panda, and found a nice leaf to feed his new friend while they waited for Tidus to return.