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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2019-11-10 08:21 pm

Race Against Time: Ongoing Mission

Once the training is over people can get to work pretty quickly, there is plenty to be done both out in the world and back at the hub for those not too keep on jumping straight in to a strange volcanic planet with creatures that probably want to eat them.

Hub

The underground hub is a centre of activity. It turns out there isn't all that much fuel for shuttles to get back up to the space station so trips are rationed, they will hold villagers and lindusi until they have full shuttles and then send them up. So the hub is busy with scientists, lindusi in holding pens and as the week goes on villagers who may not be too impressed with the evacuation.

There is food, usually large pots of soup that can be reheated whenever people are around. Though some heavier meals are provided at set times the people leading the evacuation are keen not to let any of their helpers, or those they are rescuing, starve.

Sleeping rooms hold bunk beds, usually around eight a room but as the hub fills up space gets limited. Sharing beds or sleeping on the floor may become necessary.

For those hanging around the hub as the week goes on there is plenty to do, small jobs, entertaining village children, logistics, communication. Or they can find a quiet place to rest before going back out on their mission.

Red

The skies are heavy with debris, both from space and the volcanic ash and rocks from the planet itself. The fighter craft are not difficult to pilot but nor are they easy. They cannot be piloted by one person, unless that person has four arms and space in the cockpit is tight for two people.

It's difficult work and it is probably good for everybody that the craft only fly for six hours before recharging, it means they have to work in shifts, and rest when they are not in the sky. The pilots from the world are generally friendly, if very focused.

Purple

Flying bubble pods around what seems like an apocalyptic wasteland may seem surreal and that's before they even get to the villages. The villages are mostly underground, bunkers where groups of people shelter. There are a range of ages. Some villages come easy, some do not. Diplomacy is key.

Watch out for falling rocks, rogue lindusi and angry villagers, all are threats that have to mitigated. As the week goes on the villagers get more stubborn, the earthquakes get more frequent and the villagers that are waiting to be taken off world get more impatient. It's a tough job.

Orange

The lindusi are scattered across the island. Mostly as far away from volcanoes as possible though there are a few that seem too curious for their own good.

The trucks to hold the lindusi in are kept in a central point in an area whilst the groups go out to try and round as many up as possible. The voidtreckers are encouraged to stick together as they don't know the area or threats very well.

Blue

The Blue team are to protect the scientists, both those collecting plants and other life samples and those with Orange rounding up Lindusi. Once they have the hang of the shield devices it's just a case of sticking close by, keeping both eyes open and being quick to activate shields whenever there is a threat.

There are plenty of threats, it's one thing this island has in abundance.
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[personal profile] unholyandbroken 2019-11-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Then let me shoot" Jessie simply fired at Feanor. "Plus I'm playing with a theory about my problem with tight spaces, maybe a focus means not flaring?" she explained. "Besides my religious ability is useless so time to roast space rocks?"
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[personal profile] tinkerheart 2019-11-23 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
Fëanor nods.

"I'm all for experimentation," he says moving away from the entrance so she can get in first.

Space in the vessel is limited but the front panel is large enough so once inside it feels less like being stuck in a metal box and more like sitting on the windowsill of a really high tower. Minus the wind of course. Plus the incessant rattle of the small rocks on the hull.

"I'd wager you won't have much time to get distracted once we're up there."

Evading all the debris raining from the sky and trying to take down the worst of it before it hits something important on the ground is plenty engaging even for two people.
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[personal profile] unholyandbroken 2019-11-23 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Jessie gets in but she does swallow, its her needing to face her phobia. "No kidding right?" she does observe. "Plus you have to admit this beats goblins." as she sets in and gets ready to fire.
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[personal profile] tinkerheart 2019-11-24 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't mind the goblins that much, ugly horde that they were. They were more predictable enemy to me."

They go up fast. Fëanor weaves between the debris with ease that looks like more experience than he actually has. Yet it requires intense focus to dodge all the bigger rocks that could send them crashing down while still keeping the craft steady enough for Jessie to take aim at her targets.
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[personal profile] unholyandbroken 2019-11-26 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
While Jessie is aiming and firing with skill not man would expect for someone like her. 'Only problem with the goblins was sheer numbers mostly. And my idea royally backfiring."
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i'm sorry, i totally dropped the ball this week

[personal profile] tinkerheart 2019-12-01 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Then she's in good company.

"You miscalculated, that happens."

Fëanor is usually a lot more judgmental but being a king of bad life decisions himself, he won't judge her harshly for that one blunder.

Then there is shooting. Even as his whole attention is focused on steering the craft into the most insane maneuvers to dodge flaming rocks and boulders that litter the sky, he has yet to see a single shot of her that would miss.

"You've got a good eye. Where did learn to shoot so well?"

They should get her a bow.