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.
gundamofthedesert: (contemplative)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2021-02-01 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I should be able to put it back together afterward. I'm pretty good with that.

[Quatre looked at the panel] First... is figuring out how to open it.

[He reached into his pocket to get out a tool, trying to see if there was a gap to use to try and open it]
strawberryprotector: (smile)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2021-02-01 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nice to meet you, too. Is this the first mission you've been on?" He seemed like a new enough face, but Ichigo was also aware that he hadn't been very sociable lately. Most of his time had been spent with Grimmjow or with Shiro, or both.
reluctantjinrou: (Default)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-02-01 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't have dragons in my world so I can't really imagine how strong that is. I don't know much about armor either." He considered with a little frown.

"You must have a very different life from me."
blitzcheer: (and a lifetime with you)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-02-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't get offended about it but chuckles instead, a knowing sound that's the farthest thing from upset. And Tidus might have had a reason to give to Inigo - an explanation to why he's invested in it, pushes as often and annoyingly as he does; how Inigo's passion for dance reminds him of blitzball, of his entire life.

But there isn't a moment, so Tidus just continues to smile. Humming out loud as he takes a step back, meaning to actually face again the direction they were going in.

"Sure, why not? It'll be a mess if I get the last one I wore though. I got dragged into Spira in that one!"

Luckily for Tidus, he has more than one of the same outfit!!

"Buuut, you know, it'd be better if I showed you when we were somewhere with water. Where you could see me too."
gundamofthedesert: (another cup of tea)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2021-02-01 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiled]

I agree. A little impractical to transport with the train, but would be nice.
renegadeprince: (fighting 03)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-02-01 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am assuming whoever owns this would prefer we don't destroy more than we have to." Even if it's more efficient and quicker to solve the issue. Or at least the immediate issue. And more satisfying. Well, a bit. They were rather easy targets for Vegeta just wanting to let loose with his full strength, but he could just change up his thinking about this all; use the Helpmates as precision targets instead, trying to disable them with a single strike to a specific part of them. It wasn't a bad idea, but still destroying them.

As 47 is already moving away, Vegeta uncrosses his arms, moving forward a couple of steps to draw attention to him instead of the other man. Then racing forward to close the gap, going after one that was following after 47 and jabbing a quick strike to the device's 'spine', enough to disable it to the ground before turning back to the rest. That was the way to do this, treat it like a different from of training.
reluctantjinrou: (Default)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-02-01 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Anyone with a brain in their head." Natsuno said with a rude snort.

"Look. Even if they were right and you were in an asylum because you were as insane as they said, they let you out, which would mean you'd gotten better." Natsuno pointed out.

"I don't think you're any more insane than I am, for whatever that is worth." She'd have to decide how insane he was, really.
voidtreckernpcs: (helpmate)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-02-01 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is there anything else I can help you with?" The helpmate asked, moving back and forth a few times as though it wanted to be helpful, even though Jack had declared it hadn't been.
comefadeaway: (A Threat)

[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-02-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yoite obviously didn't hear it coming until it was on top of them and he got whacked with the helpmate's hand.

He spun around and lept backwards, throwing his shuriken into its face, and flicked into place his kunai.

"Don't shoot over here, I'll take this one!"
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares 1/4 stage left, neutral expression. (Frown)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2021-02-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Alfredo lapses into a respectful silence.

... And then, belatedly, remembers to check that packet.

"I - Devero, should this be done, now?"

Might be best to check before the warmth from the water has too much of a chance to die down.
renegadeprince: (lean 01)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-02-01 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[That doesn't surprise Vegeta at all, nor does he fault Trunks for thinking that way. Once he may had, but not now. He also doesn't doubt he would help his mother if, no, when she got herself into trouble. Meaning there really isn't much more he can offer, or really felt right to add to this, Vegeta still giving Trunks the space to approach him more first. He'll be around if the boy chooses to.] That's fine.

I'll leave you to prepare. Return the rest when you're done with it.
melodiouspacifist: (Default)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-02-01 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. It's not that exciting. I thought more would happen, you know?" Demyx commented but shrugged helplessly. "I got all turned around so I guess I'm following your team around or whatever."
strawberryprotector: (laidback)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2021-02-01 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Man, be careful what you wish for." Ichigo stuck his hands in his sleeves and shook his head a little. "The last mission we had seemed like a real cake walk. Repair the planetary shields for a nature preserve planet. But then some mercenaries showed up, and a lot of people got hurt. Ideally, that won't happen here, but who knows."
melodiouspacifist: (Aw We Do Too Have Hearts)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-02-01 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't really want to fight anything it's just this place is so empty. It's kind of creepy, you know?" He shrugged helplessly. That didn't sound good, he didn't relish going on a mission where people got hurt, since he didn't want to get hurt.
onehandsomeslickninja: (the cool ninja)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2021-02-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll take you at your word. When shall we begin?" Obviously, now was particularly ill-advised.
badassfreakingoverlord: (omfg yay)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2021-02-02 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
That gesture never fails to get a gleeful smile out of him. "More than that, but there are sure some upsides!"
swansongs: (Let's face it I blew it you waited)

[personal profile] swansongs 2021-02-02 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Dyme considered that for a moment. "You know...you might be right. If we find a way to get off this train for good, who knows what else we might figure out by then."
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Trunks could guess there was more there, but maybe it wasn't his place to point it out. Or pry yet. "Ready to try and find more things to patch, or do you want to head back to the group for a bit?" So time to change the subject.
light_of_willpower: (long hair profile talking)

And this is a wrap

[personal profile] light_of_willpower 2021-02-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Trunks nodded, still kind of amazed that Vegeta had sought him out, and what he was offering. There were a lot of different feelings he'd have to process later. For now he needed to focus on the mission.]

I will, Father.
lucklessgege: (Default)

[personal profile] lucklessgege 2021-02-02 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"We will celebrate our victory and completion after!" He smiles and waves to her as they go in their opposite directions.
knifewithnoname: (serious)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-02-02 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
She didn't like the idea of that, seeing things that weren't there. Confusing people. But she nodded, listening as they explained about being support, being a distraction so a bomb could blow up the monster.

She shook her head. "No on my world. But we did be going to a world on the train and we did be evacuating a city and then there did be being shapes in the sky, we did all be being pulled back to the train all at once, we do be thinking that world did be being eaten."
Edited 2021-02-02 05:29 (UTC)
knifewithnoname: (But I don't want that)

[personal profile] knifewithnoname 2021-02-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
"That do be being true." She sighed, "Maybe it will be dying because it do be being so boring." She nudged a nearby structure.

"Who would even be wanting to be living here."
hotheadwarmheart: (Dorky)

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2021-02-02 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Lea was mildly amused at he Klefki's annoyance. The rubbing up against his Keyblade was a little weirder though. "OK," he said. "I'll let you give it a try. Just be prepared to be disappointed; Keyblades really aren't like normal keys."

He flipped the Keyblade around so that he was holding it by the part of the 'blade' just below the handle and offered the handle to Klefki. He glanced over to see Madoka working on the control panel, then returned to splitting his attention between the Pokemon and the Helpmate.
strawberryprotector: (smile)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2021-02-02 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, it kind of is. I'm not sure what's worse, the completed houses that are empty, or the half finished ones." They were both eerie to Ichigo, so he absolutely knew what Demyx was talking about.
hotheadwarmheart: (Attentive)

Re: Arrival

[personal profile] hotheadwarmheart 2021-02-02 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I doubt it," Lea said. "The train called it a 'biosphere' which probably means there'll be plants and animals and things. What kind though, or how they'll be arranged, I have no idea."

"We're supposed to find something called 'the Great Spring' though, and since every other season is mentioned too, I'm guessing that's someone or something that runs the 'Spring' section. How exactly we're supposed to help them though, I've got no idea. Though hopefully we won't have to herd animals again."