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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.
hotheadwarmheart: (Attentive)

Re: o7

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2020-12-30 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Not personally," Lea said. "But I think I know what you're talking about now at least. Not that it helps us a whole lot, unless you've got one of those horns tucked away somewhere."

He considered a moment. "I guess if all else fails, I could conjure up a bit of fire and scare them out. But I'd rather find a way that won't lead to a panicked panda stampede if we can."
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares slightly off-center, one eyebrow perked. (Eyebrow-raise)

Re: o7

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2020-12-30 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Alfredo nodded, expression grim.

"These pandas wouldn't treat a fire like they do those machines..."

An idea hit him.

"What if we turned off the power in here, took a few of those robots, and then led those out?"

They'd just have to turn the power back on later, was all.
hotheadwarmheart: (Interested)

Re: o7

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2021-01-14 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Now that's an idea," Lea said. "There's probably some kind of master power switch somewhere, if we can find it. Hopefully it doesn't have a panda sleeping on it or something."
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares 1/4 stage right, serious expression. (Serious)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2021-01-14 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Or eating it!"

He'd caught a few pandas munching on wires this past week - not that they had much enjoyed the experience after the fact!

"Let's get looking."

It's fortunate they only have the one station to look through...
hotheadwarmheart: (Attentive)

Good place to fade out?

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2021-01-26 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Or that, yeah," Lea said. "Though of one of them tried that, they're liable to end up a crispy-fried panda."

"Anyway, yeah, lets get looking. I figure a master switch will be pretty big and obvious." At least he hopes so, because otherwise this might take awhile.
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy, eyebrows mostly straight with a serious expression. (A Serious Boy)

Yup!

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2021-01-26 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe it's even on the outside...?"

But enough guesswork; time to get hunting!