voidtreckermods: (voidtrain)
VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-11-23 06:39 pm

Not with a Bang: Finale

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.
10billionpercent: (Ha Ha)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-05 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Senku snickered lightly at his comments. "Tropical paradise. Internet. Showers and privacy. Well, sounds like I'm going to be really busy when we get back."

Gen could make of that what he would.

"Grab that." He said with a nod.
Edited 2020-12-05 20:39 (UTC)
fun_thementalist: (senku is crazy)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-06 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Gen went to grab it, focusing the best he could despite ...

... “You’re not seriously considering re-inventing the internet?”

He handed him the tools, and without Senku needing to ask, reached to help hold some of the drooping mess of wires out of the way so Senku could better work.
10billionpercent: (Huh?)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-07 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Why not? I mean, I don't think we could tap into the pages that existed before, considering the satellites are all gone, but we could make a local network, and computers..." He hummed lightly as he worked, thinking about it.
fun_thementalist: (that's my line usually)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-09 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
This was definitely a better conversation than, 'what is the SCA trying to warn us about, is something about to catch on fire,' which was the background noise of Gen's brain. Definitely instead having him think of all the work he'd need to do in the future.

"Sort of like the ... hmm. That thing in the 70s and 80s, between all the universities. Right?" Gen asked.
10billionpercent: (Default)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-09 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, something like that." Senku agreed with a nod. "Just have to make new internet pages." He commented.

"And I mean everyone would have to contribute or the internet will just be science."
fun_thementalist: (manga - innocent 1)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-13 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I think I've got a few ideas of things to contribute as websites," Gen said in an all-too innocent tone of voice. He helped hold more drooping wires out of Senku's way. "You won't need to worry about that, my darling."
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-13 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure you do. You're lucky I'm fine with an open internet, even though I'm sure you'll put your astrology garbage on it."
fun_thementalist: (manga - liar 3)

[personal profile] fun_thementalist 2020-12-18 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure I'm only thinking of information people would like, of course!" Gen beamed, and hoped that he was riding that line well that distracted them from the anxiety of imminent danger without distracting them from that task.
10billionpercent: (Default)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2020-12-19 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Liar." Senku said with a huff.

It was fine. He was sliding a panel back into place and then the last of the danger would stop flashing on the SCA, Gen's anyway. Senku's was not on his wrist so he didn't know what it said.