Not with a Bang: Finale

[voidtreckermods]

It's been a strange few days, between trying to complete all of the tasks needed to stabilise the solar stations and keep the shield going, keep the pandas and armadillos away and fix robots whilst smashing other robots. That's not even counting the strange events that kept happening.

They might have heard the news from those who had found themselves on a small adventure of their own that there were potentially dangerous saboteurs on the planet and indeed once they were aware there were more signs, things moved, pandas far more frightened than they should have been, robots back in areas that had been cleared.

But no sign of the saboteurs themselves as the days go on. Until the evening of the twelfth day of Imagination, the sixth day of the mission.

Everyone's SCA alerts them to an exclamation mark, the Western Control Station, where red and blue had initially went to initialise shields. Clicking on the exclamation mark will show the message. Danger: Control Station unstable. Attempt stabilisation. Situation critical.

A few seconds later there is another exclamation mark, this time on a solar station about an hours walk to the south. A herd of Violet Pandas are loose in Solar station #13, clear the station and minimise damage.

And a few moments after that there is a third exclamation mark, right where they are in the camp. Robot activity approaching. Any red team members who check will see many red rots approaching their camp.

Control Station

For those that decide to tackle this one it is clear the moment they arrive that things are not as they should be. A tree has fallen, or been felled and though it seems the station is designed to withstand falling trees it makes getting into it difficult.

Every alarm is blaring, and indeed when they get inisde their own alarms on their SCA start to flash amber. It's dangerous in here!

Something they will quickly have learned anyways. It looks like someone pressed every button, flicked every switch. Every guage is showing too high, every warning light is flashing.

It's going to take some very quick fixing before this place overloads and explodes. Hopefully their work on the stations in the last few days has taught them enough that with some very quick and diligent work they should get the situation under control.

Solar Station #13

To the south in one of the solar stations a very different situation is unfolding. Those that arrive here will find pandas... everywhere. Somehow they have gotten into the station itself and are busy chewing on wires, exploring machines they really shouldn't be exploring. Some are trying to climb the solar tower and others are just lying on the monitors, seemingly enjoying the lights.

Luckily it seems less damage can be done to the solar stations than a control station, but still, there are alarms and flashing lights and far too many pandas. It will be some work to clear them all out.

Base Camp

It doesn't take long for the robots to arrive. There are a lot, some seem very patched together, as if someone had gone around scavenging parts and remaking them. Some are large terraforming machines, others the smaller security drones. Some are even the automatons that were used for maintenance, yet here they were being put to another purpose.

As they approach the permitted of the camp they stop and six human figures step forward. All are armed with large rifle type weapons and a tall woman speaks in a loud, clear voice.

"You are trespassing on our land. You will leave this place or you will die."

She casually waves the robots forward, they attack.

Comments

[so_dark_a_road]

"Okay, I'll be back shortly."

[ He runs off into the trees, and the sound of chopping can be heard before long. When he comes back, he has not only cut a branch the same size as the one she had before, but he has also shaved it and shaped it so that it resembles a wooden katana practice sword. He hands it over. ]

"I hope this is useful. Meantime, if you like, we can tackle the robots together for a while."

[ This is along the lines of being there to protect her in case the wooden sword is not enough. ]

[tactlesstantei]

[Meanwhile, Masumi spends the time she's left alone fending off the robots to the best of her abilities. Thankfully it's just the small ones, but she's still grateful when Curufin returns with the stick.]

"Thanks! I'll take all the help I can get out here!" [She clearly has no idea how to hold what looks like a dull wooden sword, but it doesn't really matter much as she really only has to use it to hit the robots.

She's also more than happy for the backup, knowing that she's better off having help dealing with the attack.]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin hustles to get back, not wanting Masumi to have to deal with the robots solely with her hand skills. ]

"Here, I'll help you get started with this. It's called a bokken, a practice sword. You hold it like this. . . "

[ He demonstrates, gripping the handle of the bokken with both of his hands, one above the other. ] "And then you can slice sideways or strike from above, or if you prefer, treat it like a baseball bat and just WHOMP anything that comes at you."

He looks past her and grins. "Here come some robots. Want to give it a try?"

[tactlesstantei]

[She copies the way the stick/bokken was held, still feeling awkward but willing to give it a try.

Not that there's much choice, because there's more robots coming at them. Giving a brief nod, Masumi turns her focus to the approaching bots, waiting until one came within range, then swung.

The swing strikes true, knocking the robot sideways with a solid thump. And best of all, the stick held up this time, rather than snapping like the first one had.]

"There we go!" [There's no time for a proper thank you, because there's still robots coming at them.]

[so_dark_a_road]

"Whoohoo!" [ Curufin shouts, celebrating Masumi's strike. She really knocked it out of the park! ] "Very nice!"

[ And yes, more bots are coming, so he lifts his sword and gets ready to slice and dice. Four of them come at the two Void Warriors, and Curufin lets Masumi pick her target before he picks his. ]