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.
voidtreckernpcs: (Default)

[personal profile] voidtreckernpcs 2021-01-25 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"My status is optimal, thank you for asking. Is there anything I can assist you with?" The helpmate asked as it righted itself, trying to look as comforting as one could for a potential resident.
happyends: (better than the rest)

[personal profile] happyends 2021-01-25 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah.. The one I spoke to before was very sweet and helpful." It told her all sorts of alpaca facts! Which clearly is the sweetest and most helpful thing anyone could do here right now. To Madoka, anyway.

"So I don't know what's making some of them act like this instead.. It makes them seem a little creepy."

Though she can't help but feel a little bad for putting it that way. That first Helpmate had seemed nice, after all! But what other word is there than 'creepy' for these odd glitchy ones?
irrationally: (i was travelling through the past)

[personal profile] irrationally 2021-01-25 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
".. Dead?"

Alice repeats the words with some surprise in her tone. Like it's a possibility the girl herself hadn't quite imagined yet, though she supposes it's not entirely impossible.

"So they started building this place.. and then stopped when the person who was making it died? What a waste."
reluctantjinrou: (Glancing Around Corners)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't consider what it would mean with a boring world. Aren't they supposed to be having some sort of crisis?" Natsuno asked with a frown.

"I thought that was the whole point but..." He hadn't been on very many missions, she was very much the experienced party here.
reluctantjinrou: (Mournful Glance)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That was kind of exactly what he did. Natsuno didn't mind letting people do as they pleased as long as he didn't have to do something he didn't want to.

"More than I know her." Natsuno responded. "I don't know if I know you very well or not."

He can tell she's still cold and he'll open an arm, an unspoken offer that she could get closer if she wanted to.
reluctantjinrou: (Glancing Around Corners)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Natsuno shrugged helplessly at him. "Sure, but I'm not sure anyone got more instructions than I did, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to ask."
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[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"....Alright. If I may ask, how did they get to the moon?" That seemed like the most pertinent question out of the many Natsuno no doubt had.
reluctantjinrou: (Glancing Around Corners)

cw: suicide

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's true, but I'm not alive in my world." Natsuno explained, shaking his head.

"Blew myself up with dynamite. Killed Tatsumi with me."
reluctantjinrou: (Glancing Around Corners)

[personal profile] reluctantjinrou 2021-01-25 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have gear that lets you go through fire?" Natsuno couldn't help but ask. He didn't have things like that in his equipment set.
comefadeaway: (Smile)

[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-01-25 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yoite hesitated only a moment, but he remembered this and he gave Romeo the high five he was asking for with a smile.

"Yes, we did, actually."
comefadeaway: (Hopeful)

[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-01-25 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
While Yoite didn't have much to fear from Yukimi, at least he thought that was the case, their relationship had been a bit tenuous. He was unsure. He was scared of getting close to him and it seemed to go both ways.

"I..." He hesitated a moment, considering that. "I could do that." He said, after a moment. "I think I know how to use this." He held up his wrist.

"It's...not very complicated."
comefadeaway: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] comefadeaway 2021-01-25 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is." Yoite agreed with a bit of a nod. "I understand it's not acceptable."

He'd been through training and with the last mission and this one, he was making rookie mistakes. Without Miharu at his back to help, he was floundering.

"I...will train until it's no longer a problem." He promised, looking a bit grim about the whole thing.
flatteries: (there's so much more)

[personal profile] flatteries 2021-01-25 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That laugh makes absolutely everything about this worth it. Inigo doesn't even care if they may attract one of the glitched out Helpmates like this. What matters is that Della is clearly happy and having fun. ]

NOT SO BORING ANYMORE NOW, HUH?

[ Anyone overhearing them is going to think they've gone crazy.

But it feels harder to care about that around Della, at least right now. ]


COME ON, LET'S GO AROUND.
gundamofthedesert: (it's amazing)

[personal profile] gundamofthedesert 2021-01-25 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nice. I like it. I do quite enjoy music.

[And it was something that he hadn't heard before]
10billionpercent: (This...is exhilarating)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-25 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Very useful." Senku agreed. "I usually need my knife most of the time, although not so far on this mission. I don't use it as a weapon, it's a tool to me." He explained.
10billionpercent: (Default)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-25 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm always willing to teach if you want to learn. If it doesn't interest you though, there must be others who are interested in combat." It wasn't him, but that didn't mean there weren't.
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[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-25 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds good to me." They'd have to do their best to repair and do it as they went.

"I'm sure it will be fine, one way or another."
hisblueskies: Blond-haired boy stares slightly off-center, concerned look on his face. He is outside. (serious plotting)

[personal profile] hisblueskies 2021-01-25 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"We mustn't need to be an expert in technology to fix it, I suppose, or the train wouldn't have given us the mission in the first place."

Those panels hadn't seemed too complicated, despite their lack of labels and such.
10billionpercent: (I Sense A Plot)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-25 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well that's an interesting matter of debate. Either space has a limit or it doesn't, but the human mind can't comprehend the vastness of space on a good day, so it's hard to say, but..." Senku smiled. "In my world, there's so much we don't know. I always wanted to go see it for myself."
10billionpercent: (Satisfied)

[personal profile] 10billionpercent 2021-01-25 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Isn't it? Definitely doesn't behave like a computer virus I've seen." Senku hummed.

"If there was a terminal at all, I'd give hacking an attempt, but these little panels don't seem to do much, they're very limited to just these areas. I don't know if they're all connected to a main system or not. You'd think they would be..."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking directly at the viewer, mouth slightly open, as if she's in the middle of an important or unamused expression. (Focused)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2021-01-25 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Now, to go with general information research, ask it to help them with repairs, or...?

"When would you say was the last time anyone visited this place - that being Crysohale IV's system in general?"

Nita gestures for Conan to voice any questions of his own, if he's going to.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita looking right, holding a book. (I'm In The Book)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2021-01-25 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Being a wizard comes with a minimum threshold sense for most all kinds of life, organic, inorganic, or otherwise," Nita explains, with a shrug.

"And... yeah, I visit a lot. Not that I talk every time; sometimes I just read."
soldier_blade: (30-not buying it/unhappy)

[personal profile] soldier_blade 2021-01-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not always," They were give them a general area of course, or just have them transported right to the locations. She said this to her new team mate, before adding. "Once and awhile there are locals who're willing to help out, but really it's a mixed bag."

Not for the first time, she felt once like a first lieutenant all over again; being in charge or part of a team when she only had the basic information.
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[personal profile] crimson_rain 2021-01-25 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure they are." He laughs too and pats on the bedding inside the tent and beckons him to join him. He opens his arms and draws him forth, so he could wrap him around in his arms and pull the cover over.

Looking into his eyes, "Comfortable?"
melodiouspacifist: (Nort Yeah yeah I'm on it)

[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2021-01-25 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, don't worry. I'm real cautious when I want to be.

[ That happens to be all the time. ]