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.
sciencegirl: (077)

2. Patch away

[personal profile] sciencegirl 2021-01-14 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Entrapta, if nothing else, is used to this kind of life. She thrives in it, and crawling along the pipe with the help of her mobile (if creepy) prehensile hair. She moves pretty quick on all fours, then lets herself drop off of it, hanging only by her pigtails.

"You found a real rickety one! Here, let me help."

She's still rightside up, even if she's hanging, and she moves to hold the patch on so that Perse can do the attaching without being assaulted with more water.
mynameisallen: (Smile ★ Let me help you)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2021-01-14 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded slightly, going to move right before looking at his own SCA.

"Then it seems like we can walk ahead for a little bit... Though I cannot tell distance on this thing. So how far would this be..." he said as he stopped for a moment to look over, they both have the same thing, so he was sure the other knew what he was on about.
mynameisallen: (87)

[personal profile] mynameisallen 2021-01-14 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, yes the climate things aren't necessarily fun either. I think this is probably one of the least fun missions so far." Not that any of them are fun, but at least so far he was more than a little relieved they didn't have to do a lot so far, but was wondering when that was going to change.

And when it did it wasn't going to be pleased with the climate changes.

"Do you remember where we came from?" It was hard to tell if he was kidding or not as he turned around.
blitzcheer: (water five four up)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-14 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure we will! I don't know what kind of world this is supposed to be though... a 'biosphere shell'... is that some kind of large space station?"

Was it? Around a giant star?
sos_pilot: by <user name=cupcake_graphics> (waiting on the wings)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, really?

[ Della's so used to her ideas getting a GODDAMMIT DELLA response instead of positive feedback here on the train, so she's a little surprised. ]

I mean - of course! In fact, if we really wanna distract them...

[ She leans down, trying to twist off her prosthetic leg - intending to throw it as another distraction. ]
blitzcheer: (everyone gets a keyword!!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-14 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
V?, Tidus wonders, but it doesn't seem a big enough point to ask. Takes a second for him to figure what she means, until- ohh, right. Those things.

Wait. His eyes widen, before his brow then dips.

"What, you think it could be that? That stuff that took out that one world?"
blitzcheer: (fluster fluster!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-14 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
The blade makes contact, not meeting with a force that a full-fledged body would produce, but it still knocks the holographic entity back and onto the floor like any other human-shaped being. No grunts or sudden noises to go with, except the stumbling, 'Ex-ex-ex-exCUSE me--'

It's only got so many responses to circumstances packed in there, after all.

Tidus follows up Inigo's strike with one of his own, taking its downward position as an opportunity to thrust downward the end of his sword. It goes in with some resistance, but whether he's stabbing it in the chest doesn't exactly matter for something not entirely real.

"Argh, go away!"

It doesn't. Instead, it tries lifting its hands onto his sword, attempting to take a hold of it.

INGIO WANT TO STOP FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE FUTURE MAYBE.
blitzcheer: (skip to end game pls)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-14 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Tidus nods to the guy. "In shops or really fancy work buildings. You ask the computer what you want and hope it gets the question."

Which doesn't sound all that successful, but it's what he's trying here. And with Xie Lian's own attempts...

'Please confirm, is your business with the Great-Season of Autumn?'
ayao: (genius)

[personal profile] ayao 2021-01-14 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He has shared spiritual energy with others for a variety of reasons, but Lan Xichen's feels the best. Stability is returned to his body and his trembling muscles relax, finally able to retain heat.

"Are you going to rest?" he questions shyly, peering up at the other man from under long, dark lashes.
paopuofyourlife: (03)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know... But I can see what you mean," she stated as she paused to look over a couple of things. She had no idea just what happened here if anything, but it must have been something at least.

"Something has happened either way."
ayao: (proud)

[personal profile] ayao 2021-01-14 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The offer of fire - and blessed warmth - isn't something he can turn down. Meng Yao is thankfully quite accustomed to magic and so he doesn't flinch from the use of it. Instead he takes a deep breath into his aching lungs and gently reaches out to tug on Lea's sleeve.

"Will you sit with me?"

In his world, it would be forward of him to ask such, but he doesn't know Lea's social rank - nor does he think it particularly matters. They are in a special circumstance and if Lea is being friendly, Meng Yao wants him near.
paopuofyourlife: (CI5TaLM)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have only really been to like a few but none of those I had gone to were anything like my home or much like each other." So she could at least say that much confidently.

"but... I haven't seen anything similar to this either, so we add tuit to the list of new."
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (let's float down to peru)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
... Do you know how heavy a stomach is when it's filled with three eggs? And then having to push out those eggs one by one? Only to be told by someone that those beautiful, precious eggs you spent agonizingly so long tp get out are unappealing...

[ She turns her face away, her expression a little unreadable... ]
ayao: (consider)

[personal profile] ayao 2021-01-14 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
If they can. Meng Yao winces each time Senku is hit, finally sliding away from one of the pipes in order to be of some assistance. He is small and fast and his sword can fit into delicate nooks and crannies that can disable a robot.

"Keep its attention." he isn't sure if he is heard over the wind, but he brings out his flexible sword and circles around to come at the robot from behind.
firewalled: (Mayday)

[personal profile] firewalled 2021-01-14 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're..." Huh. So maybe doing a good deed did help after all. Rich turns back to the pipe.

"As long as you don't aim it at me, we're good, then. Just give me a few to get this patched."
paopuofyourlife: (15836475 (3))

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay... I wasn't that far behind you, but it just means we have to try and find a route that will lead us back the way we came."

She soon started to walk, she was going to back a guess and the best way was to try and find an area that seemed to be going at down downwards towards the direction even if it's a bit further left or right.

"Let's try this way."
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (if you could use)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, duh? That's the point!

[ She grins, clearly enjoying the game she's playing. But now that she has an audience, she decides to jazz it up a bit - here's an arm now and then! ]

You wanna give it a try?
blitzcheer: (cinnamon sticks)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2021-01-14 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Oh, listen to Madoka! Should Tidus feel embarrassed that he had no clue and she did? ...he is a little, but he's not going to sit on it. Something to do with farm animals, got it!

"Let's hope it's just that! But don't let your guard down either, huh? Something's real weird with how nothing that mission descript was. You ever seen that on any of the missions before Gyueran?"

That's only as far back as Tidus knew personally. Not without going and looking at Lightning's mission notes.
paopuofyourlife: (1152467)

Re: Exploring

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I can understand why people might not.

[It's not for everyone at the end of the day.]
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (in llama land)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Della rubs her beak, trying to get back up. ]

Yeah, yeah, I've had worse... still, guess that means we have to pause here...
paopuofyourlife: (PJ4aOtK)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay..." Seeing probably was better than simply answering and it seemed like it could do a bit in dealing with them.

For Kairi herself she summoned her keyblade out of thin air holding it up to send a thunder attack to some nearby.

"So it's a multifunction type of thing."
sos_pilot: by <user name=cupcake_graphics> (like the beat of a heart)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"What? Dude, no, you HAVE to fly me through the wall." Yeah, it was creepy - but that was the best part about it. "I'm not missing that chance, ever!"
paopuofyourlife: (Untitled-9)

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She nodded slightly before looking over.

"Okay, so I will need to go this way." she said turning on her heels. At least she thinks she needed to go that way.

"You seem to be finding getting around easier than I have been"
paopuofyourlife: (XRhIEr6)

Re: Prep

[personal profile] paopuofyourlife 2021-01-14 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I believe my own team which is purple... I figured to start it's best to stick with what you've been assigned." Mostly so she could get use to how things are done and so on.
sos_pilot: by <user name=noimpulsecontrol> (once i get you up there)

[personal profile] sos_pilot 2021-01-14 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm.

[ He has a point. If the fingers can't find an edge... they have to make edges! ]

Maybe we can smash the helpmates and use their broken bits to claw into the wall!