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[Iituem]

rusting bucket seats in the back of a cheap shuttle
This squalid shuttle barely made the trip down from the sweltering star liner. The sooner you leave, the better. You can do so by typing: OUT.

My name is Lorelle Harker, and I need somewhere to hide.  It would only be a matter of time until Interpol caught me back in civilisation, so I'm heading to the frontier instead.  I'm at some rust-bucket in the middle of nowhere calling itself "Central Command", and they are desperate enough for colonists to accept me without credentials, which is just the way I like it.

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inside central complex alpha      -o commerce main junctionway [3, 3, 2]
         ||          The junctionway hums with passing traffic.  Travel
         __          zones lead north and south to the outfitting and sales
    o-   ()   =]     district. 
         --         
         ||         
  Complex technician and Necanthrope are standing here.
You see a shuttle terminal and an economic loan terminal here.
[ Exits: north east south west in ]
I pass an auto-bank, a robot loan shark of a style that went out of fashion in the core worlds fifty years ago.  A technician is busy fixing some sort of wiring, whilst an bored-looking colonist examines his work.

"Excuse me, how do I-"

"East door," says the technician.  I nod and walk on.

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inside central complex alpha      =] complex-alpha mall lobby [4, 3, 2]
                     The lobby floor is a beautiful shimmering blue
         __          nano-walk.  Hundreds of colonists and functionaries
    -o   ()   []     mill around various q-spool racks and HTM interfaces. 
         --         
                     
  Mrjohnson is standing here.
You see a link-up terminal and a colony dispatch terminal here.
[ Exits: east west up down ]
A busy floor awaits me, and I shoulder through the crowds to a terminal that lists 'AVAILABLE DROP SITES'.  A quick search brings me to available locations for drop:

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                                     ======                                     
                               Available planets:                               
                                     ======                                     
  >] 7-BLUEJAY in solar system DSO-12                                           
  >] WY-1444 in solar system DSO-12                                             
  >] FROG-1322 in solar system DSO-12                                           
  >] MC-1954 in solar system Supra-1146                                         
                                     ======   
I pick one at random.  It seems fair enough, large in size and relatively inhabited, so I get into the requisite pod and -

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Would you like to choose MC-1954 as your starting planet?  You can easily travel to other planets later. [ Enter 'yes' or 'no': ]
yes
Success.  You head for the drop pod that will catapult you to your destination...
You board the drop pod, which is constructed of a glossy black alloy.  You strap yourself in to the cramped single-seat.
You are in a tiny drop pod, descending at a perilous speed towards the surface of an uncivilized world...
 
There is a flashing altimeter here, that you can look at.
look alt
 
altimeter
A drop pod altimeter, this device tracks a pod's descent to the planet's surface.
You snatch a wobbly glance at the altimeter.  1300 meters until impact.
look alt
 
altimeter
A drop pod altimeter, this device tracks a pod's descent to the planet's surface.
You snatch a wobbly glance at the altimeter.  700 meters until impact.
look alt
 
altimeter
A drop pod altimeter, this device tracks a pod's descent to the planet's surface.
You snatch a wobbly glance at the altimeter.  300 meters until impact.
look alt
 
altimeter
A drop pod altimeter, this device tracks a pod's descent to the planet's surface.
WHUMP!  The drop pod lands on the planet surface.
BANG! The drop pod self deconstructs, leaving you on the surface.  A small speaker box squawks "Good luck, col-" before shorting out.
Augh!  Talk about a rough landing.  Just as I start getting my bearings a metal pod crashes into the ground five feet away, covering me in dirt.  There are a few useful items inside.

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'#'#'#'#'###'''#'#'#'#..............       shady copse[X: 100, Y: 46 on
'#'''''#'''#'#'#'#''####..............     MC-1954]
'''#'#####'###'#'###'#'#'#''.............. forest biome
##'#'#'''#'#'''''#'#'#'#'''###'#.......... weather: mist
'#'#'#'#''##'#'#'#######'#'#'''#'#'#...... A large swathe of native plants have
'#####'#'#'#'###'#'#'''#'#'#'''''#'#'#'#.. overgrown this area. 
'''''#'''#'###'###XXXX'#'###''##'###'#'#'' Where the ground has eroded, inert
####'''''#'''#'###'#######''##'#'###'#'''# metal is exposed. 
'#'###''''####'#'''#XX'#'#'#'#''''##'''''' A patch of ground is warm with
########'''#XX'''#XX##''####'#'''#'''#''## geothermal energy. 
'#'#'#'###'#'''''#'#()'#''##'#'#'#'''#'### There is a flowing stream of water
'''#'###''''**'###''##'#'#'#'#####'''#'''# here. 
'#'''#'#######''XX##XX''''##'''###'#'#'#'# Exotic plant life grows wildly here. 
''''######'#'###''XXXX##'#'#'#'#'''#'#'#'' This area is a forest, with thick
..'#'#'#####'''#''XXXX''##'#'''#'###'''''# tree growth throughout. 
....'''''''''''#'#'#..'#######'#'#'''##### The ground is topped with a thick
......'#'###'#........'''#######'#'###''## layer of soil. 
......................'#'###'#'#'#'#'#''''
......................'#'#'#''##'#'#'''### 
......................'#''''##'#'#........
......................'#''##'''#..........
 
   
You see a deserted starter prefab house here.
[ Exits: northeast south northwest west southwest north southeast east ]
Don't forget to check out the guides available at http://www.wayfar1444.com !
 
THUMP!  Just as you get your bearing, your equipment drop arrives.  Inside you find cheap orgo-reaper, hand-held energy absorption unit, basic crafting tool, colonial machete, atmo-thrasher condenser, complex shuttle ticket, ion-driven mineral collector, colonist's handbook, colonial assembly datapad.
Well, at least I'm off the grid...

[This story is inspired by 00112's Wayfar LP.  This is a completely blind playthrough, as I have never experienced the game before save reading some of 00112's posts.  As such I expect to die quickly and often.  Losing is Fun!]