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.
renegadeprince: (bulma 02)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-01-22 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[...she has him there, Vegeta letting out a huff of annoyance at her correct comment.] I haven't needed to before! I didn't know we wouldn't have easy access to the stupid train, or that this location wouldn't be supplied for basic life! [His snap turning into grumbling.] I didn't even bring any food. [And out of all things he could had not brought, that was the worse.

A sigh then hissed out from between his teeth as she instantly snuggled up to him, something that almost sounded like a rumbling from deep in his throat at her doing to this to him in public. But Vegeta supposes this is better than her yelling at him... Doesn't mean he has to be happy about it! Or... at least them being in the open for this. Having her close was nice.]
It's not my fault you humans are not better equipped for the cold.
ballseeker: (you tryna make shit so concrete)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
You poor thing. [ It's partially sarcastic, partially true. Look - she loves Vegeta to death but he does eat enough for like ten people. She herself gets angry fast when it comes down to it, so does she really blame him? No.

Does she blame him for not thinking to bring supplies? A little bit. ]


I guess you were thinking it'd be like planet conquering again in a way? [ Look.... she knows enough, okay. She knows enough ]

Stop. No one's around you big baby. [ And she'd be annoyed if they were, knowing he'd probably find some less cuddly way to provide her with heat. For now she's feeling a little bit better curled up against him, nose at his neck for the moment. ]

What can I say? I'm delicate I guess.
Edited 2021-01-23 01:30 (UTC)
renegadeprince: (annoyed 05)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-01-26 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He may not say it, but the look Vegeta gives her is one that is for her to shut up. Thought he knows it's pointless. Nothing could get her to shut her mouth if she doesn't want to. He then lets out a short sound, a 'hgn' as a reply, focusing his attention on their hands as he answers.] Only with what might grow here. [He wasn't going to eat the locals, Bulma, he swears.] Others had said they had been able to take food back from the stops before, I had assumed this would had been the same.

You're an annoyance. [Vegeta corrected her, but there is no real anger or malice behind it, almost tired sounding instead, far too used to her like this.]
ballseeker: (blame the game it's all the same)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-26 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)

I would hope something would grow here. [ But then again, she hadn't exactly been paying attention if she's honest. Bulma's mind had been laser-focused on her repairs and everything else involved from the moment she laid eyes on it for the moment. ]

Well you know what they say about assuming... [ Bulma trails off with a little smile, teasing him but happy enough to just roll her eyes and move on as she's called an annoyance. ]

I'm your annoyance, at this point, mister. So deal with it.
renegadeprince: (bulma 02)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-01-29 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
I had expected considering they plan to sustain life here they would had started to establish some sort of ecosystem already. [Vegeta may not know a lot on creating such set ups for large populations, but he knows from destroying so many what the important parts of a society was. Kind of a reverse way to gain such knowledge, but it worked.

Vegeta's lip curled up at her little jest, muttering out a reply.]
Humans have stupid sayings. [The first time she had ever used that on him he didn't have a clue what she had meant. And explaining it hadn't increase the amusement of it at all for him. He still claims it's a stupid joke. He then however gave a long glance to her, then let it pass with a sigh of breath out, confirming what she said.] Yeah, you are.
ballseeker: (not looking for no crazy love)

[personal profile] ballseeker 2021-01-30 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)

Well if they're having all these issues they probably haven't been very successful in starting an ecosystem, you know? [ Sounds a lot like putting a plan in to place without the proper QC testing to Bulma, but she's not the head person in control here, either. She'd run things a lot of different ways if she were in control here, but.. well.

There you go. The difference between her and others when it came to creating. ]


Better than no sayings at all, honey. [ She taps her fingers on his chest in a little, jesting reminder, laughing lowly. It's a sweet little moment as she says she is, Bulma grinning and leaning in to her husband a little harder for a moment before she sighs. ]

I should probably get back to work..
renegadeprince: (annoyed 06)

[personal profile] renegadeprince 2021-02-04 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Happens more often than you would think it should. [It's why taking over naturally establish planets had been more fun back in the day. Or seeing someone Frieza had put in control screw up a newly 'acquired' planet, only for them to fail and, well, not get a second chance.] Either incompetency or whatever is overseeing this is not actually going to be using this location themselves and doesn't care.

[Her little jab back at him doesn't get a response, Vegeta just letting it go and letting her have that, but focuses on her with that sigh. She has a point, they are here for a job. However,] I'm glad you're having fun. [His tone says the opposite of that, though it's not really towards her enjoying the chance to play with tech, more just how bored he is with his section he's supposed to be in.]