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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!
ramengroupie: (object)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-23 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Got it. Stingmon!"

The bug turns.

Ken holds up a twig with leaves on it. "Bring one of them over here."

"Got it, Ken-chan."

Look at this; they're being delivered Panda to-go.
pleple: (Turning us into fire)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-25 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I feel like I should be taking notes." If only she had a camera and a British man to narrate it.
ramengroupie: (serious)

[personal profile] ramengroupie 2020-11-25 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Some people are." The panda eyes the branch, then grabs it and sticks it in its mouth wholesale.

This is the part where the British man would say something dry about violet pandas being not the brightest creatures.
pleple: (Default)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-25 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
They seem to have managed to live so far, somehow.

"I don't imagine we'll need them for long." The notes. They're leaving these stubborn critters behind soon enough.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] neutral)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-26 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ken fetches another branch with which to lure the next panda. "Not likely. But there's value in learning temporary things, as well."

Sometimes, the nicest things in life are transient. Knowing these pandas are out there. Doing one's best to protect a planet.

Making a difference, even if you can't stay.
pleple: (Drinking out)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-26 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
"There... certainly can be, yes." Animals aren't her greatest area of interest, but cute animals... are fine. Friendly animals are nice to have around.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] interest)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-26 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ken glances behind him and makes sure he's backing up both in the direction he wants the pandas to go and towards more sources of this particular leaf. The panda follows him. Other pandas, unphased entirely by the presence of Stingmon in their midst, amble around the Digimon now that they have noticed something is happening over here. Maybe they should check it out.

Mind you, they're not in a hurry, but...

"This looks - promising."

Promising enough that Stingmon begins to glow and shrink. Ken-chan did it! Ken-chan did it!

Ken-chan is just the most amazing.
pleple: (Taking over)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-26 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ple Two notices the methodical approach and follows, carefully collecting some of the leaves as she goes as well.

"I think it's working pretty well now, yes." If any pandas seem like they're feeling a little crowded, Ple Two starts to draw her own crowd away carefully.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] teehee)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-26 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Once they're all eating, they're probably safe to leave."

Ken smiles as he watches the pandas have lunch. He's...a little hungry himself, honestly, and trying not to think too much about that, since it would make a certain somebuggy feel bad.

Who is now bouncing up, properly travel-sized and many-legged again. "Ken-chan, did you see me? Was I strong?"

"You were very strong, Wormmon."

Wormmon cups his cheeks in his claws. He's a spoiled lil thing.
pleple: (srw gives us a smile)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully they'll just decide to sleep it off." That's what animals do, right? Even humans live like that.

"You were also very good, Wormmon," she adds to the praise. This little bug deserves validation!
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] wink)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-26 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ehee!"

A flying leap - Wormmon is trying to jump onto Ken-chan's shoulder and grin at Ple Two over it. This almost works, except Ken-chan is so tall.

He ends up smacked against his partner's torso, but at least he's sticky and can cling? Oh, and Ken-chan is boosting him up too.

Okay, here he is. Hi!
pleple: (:D)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-26 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That is... so cute. Darn it she can't resist smiling up at Wormmon once he's scaled Mount Ken. "We're making very good progress."
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] query)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-26 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
These pandas appear successfully diverted. Ken turns back to Ple Two.

"Was this your team mission?" he asks; he's aware he's a little far afield, himself, but....well, these things happen when one is both looking for small objects and scavenging for food.
pleple: (Pacifier)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-27 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"And then trying to fix what they've damaged, ideally." Which might be the easier part - it's just fixing a hopefully predictable machine.

Granted, electricity is scary.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] eavesdrop)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-27 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
Right, that was the mission, huh. "Reach out if you need help. I don't know how much good I'll be, but I'm decent with machines."

"Ken-chan is GREAT with machines!" Wormmon corrects, not letting anybody talk smack about Ken-chan, even Ken-chan. "He'll fix that up quick!"
pleple: (Default)

[personal profile] pleple 2020-11-29 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm pretty good with physically putting bits back together myself, so I think we'll be able to make swift progress." Even if it's a bit different from repairing a blown out bit of wiring in a mobile suit.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] hat)

wrap?

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-11-29 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
"All right." Wormmon settles down for the trek on Ken-chan's head. "Let's go."

And leave the pandas to their. Uh.

Some of them have laid down to chew because standing was, like, work.
pleple: (Doesn't make side to)

Aye!

[personal profile] pleple 2020-12-01 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
As long as they stay out of trouble they can do whatever the hell they want.
ourtomorrow: ([kenzuna] eavesdrop)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2020-12-01 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mm."

Back they go, then. Wormmon watches over Ken's shoulder to make sure no pandas follow.

This is not their Ken-chan.