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.
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[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-01-21 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's true." Yoite agreed with a little nod. "Sorry. I won't let that happen again. I wasn't trying to run into you."

He'd been much better at situational awareness when he had all of his senses in working order, but he was struggling a bit as of late to adapt.
10billionpercent: (This Is So Exciting)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-21 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Could be, but that assumes they're not all running the same system too." Senku mused on the problem. "You're right, it would usually target everything connected to one if it was a virus. Might be something else though."

It was really very hard to say without more information.

"Well then, I'm gonna keep moving because I want to find out."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-21 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm just doing what's necessary, in a pragmatic way." Senku wasn't really meaning to boast, he picked projects he liked and followed his passions. It was partially a very selfish pursuit.

"But it means I've gained some expertise I wouldn't otherwise have."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-21 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's an easy one. Space." Senku said with a chuckle.

"I wanted to be an astronaut, you know." He said, conversationally, like that was an ordinary dream. It was probably more normal when he was little, now he was old enough that he'd have been striving for it to be a reality.

"I wanted to go up into space and see everything for myself. And, of course, there's so much we don't know!"
10billionpercent: (Let Me Explain Something)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-21 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not a bad thing. I never would've been paranoid before. The modern world is very comfortable in comparison." Senku commented.

"Only now, we live on what we can get our hands on and that fluxuates based on what we get." It was just a reality to him. "So if we end up on a world like this one, where hunting can't happen, it's good to have a back up."

Senku snorted a little bit and shook his head. "Nah, don't have to do that. I keep extra food on me just in case someone needs it. I'll make more before the next mission."
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-21 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I kind of have to be. I can't sit idle. It drives me crazy and it brings out a lot of complaining." Senku commented. It made him restless and moody too.

"I'm used to working as much as humanly possible, so the first month here before I started making my own projects was just torture."
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[personal profile] sciencegirl 2021-01-21 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right."

She stretches the word out as she ponders. Her castle was one thing, certainly, an outside force corrupting her robots for its bidding. But it corrupted all of her robots. There are quite a few Helpmates still trucking along.

"Maybe I need to think of it differently. There was someone attacking my planet, using chips to control citizens and convert them to follow him. It took people being restrained to be chipped.

"Maybe whatever is doing this is having to act manually rather than spreading through the system."

Up ahead a Helpmate is aggressively tearing up a conduit, wires sparking dangerously around it. She pushes her mask down over her face.
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[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-01-21 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The helpmate seemed to give a last flicker before it seemed to shut down.

A moment, and then two passed and it booted back up, its usual friendly looking image back in place. There would no longer be any malfunction in its touch feature.

This helpmate lay prone beneath Nita, but seemed to turn its attention on her.

"Hello, how may I help you today?"
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. And Soldat thought they weren't chatty. (Yeah, hate to break it to you, you've learned chatty. Shit, seriously? Sorry, buddy. No. Well, obviously not you.)

Well. If 47 doesn't want to talk, they do still know how to be quiet. They prowl around the building at 47's side, eyes moving for threats.
Edited 2021-01-21 21:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nightmares," Soldat says, sounding kind of apologetic. "Sometimes disturbed sleep is worse than no sleep." They look around at the room they're holed up in, and allow, "Nothing here seems too bad, right now. But there was a field of. Electricity earlier today. That's a potential trigger."
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that makes sense. Soldat huffs out a reluctant sigh, but nods, and prowls back to look at the panel, to memorize the configuration she left it in. "Where did you unplug that wire from? If we're separated. I should know how to do that, too. Maybe show others." They can't sauter without the tools, but they can maybe hotwire the shit. They definitely know how to hotwire.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankfully, Soldat's seen someone fix this, and memorized the configuration. Hopefully they can make it work without a sautering kit. "Think I know what to do. Give me just a minute, here."

They pop a couple wires out of their current configuration, which gets the attention of the helpmates, but then quickly twists them together again. They spark, but thankfully he's using the metal hand, so nothing gets burned-- just a little blackening of their fingers.

The holograms jitter, flickering in and out, and then turn away, back to work.
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Soldat has no idea what they were doing in 1993. The purchase to Pierce in the American branch might have actually been complete by then. Ugh. "About ten years later, for me. But I never got. Training in that sort of thing."

They have to pause, because hey, they almost said "programming" when... one, they know now what they went through is not technically programming and they're trying not to use the word, and two, they just said they don't know a damn thing about programming. (Yes. I know, Asset, different kind. But still sounds funny.)
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[personal profile] worthallthis 2021-01-21 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're very welcome," Soldat says, and settles back against the wall for a moment. "That's how I calm down from things. Learned it in my last place, before here. But after where I originally came from."
ballseeker: (you tryna make shit so concrete)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-21 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)

If he isn't tech-inclined why would they put him on this team? [ It's an honest question, considering she'd come to think that people were divided by their skills here.

Vegeta and Trunks being on red made perfect sense, in that lay out and all.

Bulma picks up her kit enough to shift it to the next leak, squatting down and beginning her work even as she keeps talking. ]


I thought this was more of a .. mmn.. sorted kind of arrangement, if you get what I mean. Everyone was placed to their strengths.
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[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-21 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)

Maybe that's the point though - to make him come running. [ By that sly smirk she's teasing at best, but at the same time she can't help it. For the man who previously didn't care if she and their son almost died, Vegeta coming running when she screams is actually kind of cute.

Anyway, she taps her head as if storing the information. ]


Got it, though.

Hopefully I won't need it but you really never know. And knowing people that are like sensu beans is the best hack I've got at the moment.
ballseeker: (we're burning through the night)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-21 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)

Most people are lucky to have me. [ Except, of course, if you're Goku joking about her being slapped or something. Still, Bulma gives a little wave over her shoulder as she strides to join the rest of the crew, hands tucked casually in her hoodie pockets like this is all no big deal.

.. Considering she isn't going to see what Frieza looks like? This is a pretty casual affair. ]
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probably for the best

[personal profile] gentle_jim 2021-01-21 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"You saying you don't need my help anymore?" Jack scoffs, cocking his head at the sudden confidence.
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[personal profile] gentle_jim 2021-01-21 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
He startles a little at the lock of hair on his shoulder, nearly dropping the gun.

"No it's - Wait, you would?" His eyes narrow a little, one eyebrow lifting in doubt. "Why?" She's got to have some weird motive or she's fishing for a favor from him, which is kind of funny seeing as he has so little power on this stupid train.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-21 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .. Inigo guesses there's not much he can protest about that second part when it's most likely true.. But!! ]

It would be my responsibility if I threw you over!

[ He won't budge on that one! Even if Della made him by putting a gun to his head or something, it'd still be his choice! ]

I'd feel so bad if anything happened to you, you know!
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[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-21 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If Inigo wasn't so fond of Taiki, he'd be making a joke about now about how Tidus apparently doesn't find Inigo fun enough company all by himself.

But it's just true - this is one suggestion he could never turn down.

"Sure." It's safer with all of them together too, especially since Taiki doesn't really have any fighting abilities. And while the glitching Helpmates aren't the biggest threat around, Inigo still doesn't want to risk it. "Maybe he could fly up and take a look?"

Though it's not very likely he'll be able to spot something they haven't yet from just how much they've been looking around already.
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[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-21 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't want to take too much of what you made. There's a lot of other people who could use it too, right?"

And Inigo would never think of himself before other people. To ridiculously bad extents. It's probably not too hard to read into his words, since he's about as unsubtle as a brick wall to the face, even though he's really trying to seem okay.

"A little is fine enough for me." He smiles. "I'm sure it'll get me a long way, so thanks."
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[personal profile] happyends 2021-01-21 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Madoka sees the way the boy is looking at her, and so she quickly adds a: "R-Right, right!"

Though she sounds a little less convinced than him. Mostly since Madoka thinks that these alpacas probably doesn't understand human language, so verbally convincing them might not help much..

.. as evidenced by the fact that the alpacas just keep walking on, like they're totally ignoring Romeo's words.

"Aw.. It seems they really don't like us, huh.." Talk about a bummer. Madoka is already starting to look a little more sad as she says it.
happyends: (i want to see you smile with power)

[personal profile] happyends 2021-01-21 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, now she can't help but giggle. It's not that she doesn't feel bad about it, but it's just-- the mental image of Piccolo only pointing at the floor and forcing Tidus to do pushups with that single gesture.. it's kind of funny!

But to prove she doesn't mean it in a bad way, Madoka reaches out to try and pat his head.. except it's just not going to work. She's much too short for it. She's on her tippy toes, and still not quite there! So instead the girl just pats his shoulder.

"There, there, Tidus, it's okay.. I'm sure he just wanted to make you stronger!"

Madoka Kaname: always assuming the best out of anyone in any given situation.

"It's because of things like that that you turned out as amazing as you are now, you know!" Time for the hope squad compliments brigade.
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[personal profile] happyends 2021-01-21 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Autumn.. I think that's where Tidus and the purple team went!" Look, Madoka can't help but first think of the purple team members she actually knows, okay. "Maybe we can ask them about the stores?"

Because Madoka is kind of curious now. Are they really selling things here, even though it looks like there's no people around? Would there be anything useful they could take back to the train?

She tries to shove the thought to the back of her mind though, curious about something else after the things the Helpmate mentioned.

"T-Thank you though..! Although I'm a little curious.. Why did they build this new home? Was there no more place for more people at the old home?"