VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-01-11 05:58 am

Fierce New World- Mission Start!

"Good Morning passengers. Today is day six of the month of Jelly." 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.

Preparation and Arrival

They have a short time to prepare for their mission, enough time to read their briefs, make decisions, meet in their teams and gather anything they may need.

A few hours later there is another announcement. "Shortly arriving on System #2207385. All passengers get ready to disembark. Next stop world #2207385. Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

The train judders as it leaves the void, the colours from the windows turn into the blackness of space but quickly white as the train descends into the entrance of the biosphere.

The doors of the train open and passengers can enter the large white-walled holding bay. Currently, they are the only vehicle inside. There are four large doors around the bay each labelled with where they lead. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

The doors open easily, and their SCA’s show a basic route, though the non-linear nature of the sectors mean that obstacles will need to be navigated. While they are in a closed world, there is a day and night cycle: the panels far up above are designed to make it seem like there is a natural sky, brightening and dimming every ten hours.

Red/Summer

Empty Streets

Wide streets divide sealed-off factories and manufacturing pods that tower up towards the ‘sky’. It is hot here, though the fumes from the factories are vented out, leaving the air breathable if overly warm.

Sometimes the pods are not yet finished, empty shells that can be sheltered in. There are also stations for living, with plumbing and basic amenities scattered through the sector. Places to rest as they move towards the center and the Great-Summer that they seek.

Helpmates

Where factories are still being built they will find Helpmates, operating machinery or moving materials.

They will not pause in their tasks for long but are programmed to answer questions so can be drawn into a conversation. Or, if the Voidtreckers are unfortunate, they will find those that are malfunctioning turning on them as they approach.

They aren’t too difficult to fight, but can do some damage with the machinery if they manage to take a Voidtrecker by surprise. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down outright.

Wild Weather

Though warm, the corridors remain a constant temperature that is not too unpleasant for people. For the most part. Unfortunately, due to the malfunctioning state of things routes may become impassable. Boiling air, freezing blasts, electricity crackling across a pathway.

Their SCA’s do a good job of warning them, allowing them to change direction or shelter in nearby buildings.

Purple/Autumn

Exploring

The Autumn sector is the least complete of the sectors, with shells of habitation pods and not much else. No one is expected to live here until nearing the end of construction, and so the pods are unfurnished, many missing doors, some missing internal walls.

Outside the streets are wide and clearly made to be pleasant to walk on; it is airy, bright and spacious, if a bit eerie due to the quiet.

There are panels on the walls, to call Helpmates to appear. Here they are primarily for helping citizens, giving directions and offering aid.

Malfunctions

Since there are more helpmates there is more risk of them malfunctioning. They attack with or without weapons, using any tools they can pick up to attack. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down.

They won’t chase people into the houses, their privacy programming preventing them from doing so.

Turned Around

The roads seem simple, built in a grid pattern around the houses. However, whatever is going wrong here is affecting the very streets themselves. Sometimes there will be a wall where there wasn’t before or roads go in circles. Sometimes they find themselves at a dead end, trapped until structures shift again.

Their SCA’s do their best to keep up but it can take a while for them to reroute and by the time they do, that path might be blocked too!

Blue/Spring

Patchwork Forest

The Spring sector houses the hydroponics and pastoral sections. It alternates between grazing land and more heavily forested areas with rows of pine-like trees in a checkerboard pattern, with empty plots interspersed. Walkways divide each square, but all squares appear able to move about as required, as though on a conveyor system.

There are clear walkways to avoid stepping on any newly growing plants. In the grazing land live flocks of camelid creatures resembling alpacas with blueish wool, on average a metre and a half tall at the shoulders. Helpmates appear here as if on a timer to feed the animals and tend to plants.

Destruction


If the Helpmates here malfunction they attack anyone nearby, cause havoc to any farming equipment and frightening the animals.

They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down. The panels here are less obvious than they are in the more urban sectors, low to the ground, looking almost like energy panels. But once they know what to look for they will be able to use them to shut down the Helpmates.

Stampede

Frightened animals are likely to flee and unfortunately in this case it means rampaging across the grazing land to the newly growing trees.

They will need to be calmed, returned to their grazing lands and the plants restored. Or it might be that the Voidtreckers can stop the Helpmates before the creatures get too spooked.

Orange/Winter

Exploring

The Winter sector’s primary concern is life support. Huge banks of air scrubbers form artificial cliffs, while other sections are tanks filled with water in varying stages of processing or recycling.

The paths here are a lot narrower than they are in other areas, sometimes requiring moving between pipes or scrambling over layers of railing.

There doesn’t seem to be any easy or straightforward path through the sector, their SCA takes them on wild winding routes through the machinery.

Help or Hindrance

The fluctuating temperatures here are causing problems with many of the pipes, several sections are flooded, others are in danger of being so.

There are patch kits in easily opened panels, designed to be used by the helpmates and indeed there are many helpmates out.

But some are less helpful, those that are malfunctioning are more likely to cause more damage than they are there to fix. They will attack any one who tries to interfere with them. They can be fought with weapons or magic, or for those that think to use the panels they can be shut down.

Patch Job

Once the malfunctioning Helpmates are dealt with the pipes still need to be fixed. The patch kits do not have any instructions but are simple enough that anyone with a basic knowledge of how to fix things should be able to figure them out- though the more knowledge and expertise they have the better the fix!

For those that don’t, many of the jobs will need more than one person and so for those that don’t mind taking instructions they will find an extra pair of hands is always welcome.
melodiouspacifist: (Aw We Do Too Have Hearts)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-01-31 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uhhh." Demyx blinked. "I'm not sure I really understand. I'm not really human or dead, I think, so I can't really be sure what you mean."
subcircuits: (interface)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-01-31 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
There it is. "Thank you," Devero says to Romeo, even as he takes a knee in front of the screen. Lifting a hand to his Interface, he sends out a generic connection ping from his Interface to any receiving systems-- including, hopefully, this one.

This isn't likely to work, but if he can just network to it directly...
worthallthis: (determiend-sarge)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-31 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesus Christ, that's familiar. There's a beat where Soldat is frozen, reeling with a memory of another tall blonde charging headlong into battle with a shield, but even before they're properly out of the flashback, they're charging right after her, because that's what Bucky Barnes does with headstrong idiots who need rescuing all the goddamn time.

They should be going for the panel, but flashbacks are strong things sometimes. Soldat is, for the moment, gone: Sarge is in the fore comes up on her left flank and swings a knife through the one she just slammed into, growling, "You couldn'ta waited for cover, punk?"

His voice just went from flat middle-American to strongly Brooklyn. Enjoy that, Alley.
worthallthis: (arm-curled)

[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-31 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That part sounds pretty great. Soldat does enjoy protection detail. "For the best. This is mostly waterproof." They hold up the metal hand with half a smile. "But only mostly."
ballseeker: (blame the game it's all the same)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-31 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)

Yep! Vegeta is one of the last full-blooded Saiyans alive from what we've gathered.. [ But then again, Saiyans also keep appearing out of the woodwork too, so you know. She's sure another one might just come out of who knows where somewhere along the line of things.

She shrugs as he explains that Trunks didn't really explain. ]
I'm sure it's something he wouldn't think about. He's always been half-saiyan so there's no reason to think of it, right? He's dealing with a lot in his part of the timeline, anyway.

Mmhmm. Or at least some? I know Videl did, and Krillin.
reluctantjinrou: (Sleepy)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-31 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"True, but that planet was going to be destroyed by a meteor. This planet's just boring." Natsuno quipped.

"Unless you want sudden cold and nothing happening, then it's perfect."
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-01 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Cassie does it to get a reaction, so if Koumyou is like that, I wouldn't put it past him either." Trunks agreed.
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-01 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Both of my parents have a temper. And Pride issues." Trunks offered, reaching out to place a hand on Rich's shoulder in support.
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-01 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking we bypass the obstacle course altogether. By flying past it.
light_of_willpower: (long-hair looking down)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-01 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, you might still meet her. She's on Orange Team too, and here. I helped her earlier against a rogue helpmate too." Trunks offered, although Entrapta really didn't need to go bragging about him to his mother.
azrthmtrnznthos: (Default)

Re: ><

[personal profile] azrthmtrnznthos 2021-02-01 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
"I wanted to see where my mother was from." Raven said smoothly.
pleple: (Drinking out)

[personal profile] pleple 2021-02-01 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a much better world, yes." One that she doesn't quite get to live in... "Being here is good, though."
subcircuits: (tired and triumphant)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-02-01 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Devero laughs again, but with incredible fondness. "Oh, I'm doomed, then. Maybe I shouldn't show up around him wearing this."
strawberryprotector: (smile)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2021-02-01 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
"I never had any formal education or training about how to use it. I got a crash course at fifteen, so I'm probably not the best person to teach or explain it." There was almost a sheepish tint to Ichigo's smile as he and Demyx walked forward.
subcircuits: (the earnest man)

[personal profile] subcircuits 2021-02-01 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"It is," he agrees. Especially for her.

"Hey--" he starts uncertainly, after a quiet moment's contemplation of the neat landscape rolling away in front of them. "You ever need anything, if there's anything I can do for you, you let me know, okay?"
pleple: (srw gives us a smile)

[personal profile] pleple 2021-02-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ple Two... could brush him off pretty easily. But she doesn't, because letting people help her... well...

It's worked out. "...thank you. I'll keep you in mind."
its_dad_sanzo: Ibun-era (ha ha we may be fucked)

[personal profile] its_dad_sanzo 2021-02-01 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"'Would' as in 'given the opportunity' or 'would' as in 'this would be a normal thing to have come up in every-day life'?"

Important distinction!
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971655)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-01 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ She manages a small smile, though it doesn't last. ] Thanks. But people aren't going to take the time to get to know individuals when they hate you as a group. All they see is that we're Mutants, and we're different. We have powers that change the way they understand the world, so they become afraid of us.

They're not going to take the time to understand who we are because of what we are.
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971962)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-01 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's what we're told. But we weren't given too much information for the mission this time.

Oh for sure. That's the way it always happens. [ She says with a slight eye roll, because that would be their luck. ]
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971678)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-01 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh...no, that's okay," she said after a moment with a smile. "Actually, it kind of reminds me of someone I know back home. Not exactly the same way, but the...suddenly appearing out of nowhere thing."
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13969459)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-01 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm sure something will come up sooner or later. There's usually a couple of surprises on these missions.
goingthroughaphase: (pic#13971828)

[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-02-01 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Though I hope you're good at the putting them back together part, because my knowledge on wiring is a bit limited.

[ She follows him over to the panel. ] So what's first?
adregem: (the truth is somewhere out there.)

[personal profile] adregem 2021-02-01 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Roland swallows thickly, but nods all the same. Instinctively, his hand drifts to where his SCA is wrapped tightly around his wrist, rubbing it as if he's already getting ready to perform the experiment.

"Got it. I'll let you know as soon as I can." A beat. "If it matters some, I'll try and do it on the next platform too. We used to...leave messages during those lulls in train activity. There might be something unexplored there for you too."

Roland wouldn't have agreed to this had it not been Senku to helm the experiment. Such is the trust he's already granted the guy.
paopuofyourlife: (nwg1cAO)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-02-01 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
So do we usually get more information?

[This was pretty much her first mission so she didn't know how exactly it worked. But she smiled briefly for a moment before looking around.]

I guess sometimes we figure things out by exploring. So maybe that will help.
paopuofyourlife: (vlcsnap-00778)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-02-01 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded slightly, maybe even a bit confidently at that. Doing her best was what she was going to do. Even if she made mistakes in her mind she was going to use that as a way to learn.

"Let's do our best and hope that things go as well as they can." She soon turns a look of determination upon her face before she waved to the other, the smile coming back briefly.

"I hope to see you after this is done."