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[Radio Controlled]

Keep navigating our way out of the anomalous zone. Once we are safely out, go back to camp and rest if it's really necessary, if not just take a break and then continue mapping the edge of the visual anomaly (as in, the area where anomalous things start to happen, not blundering through them or anything.)

((I find it intriguing that our camera feeds showed blinding whiteness too. That must mean it isn't merely our eyes/brains deceiving us, or that it affects our camera's somehow.))

It seems our base is surrounded by anomalies on almost all sides. It makes me wonder how the people who built this base managed not to land on something nasty. But if we're lucky, maybe hex 4 or 5 will be more normal.

[Sean Mirrsen]

((They didn't "not land on something nasty". The crater - that sits more or less right outside the walls - is only a safe zone because it's a known quantity - i.e. we know that going near it is certain death, so we don't. We do have a surprising amount of clear space around the base, but I'm willing to chalk that up to pure luck.))

[Parisbre56]

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((Decided to do a new notes post every time we upload 5% of the planet for historical reasons (so that people reading the thread in the future can see how they evolved).))

Spoiler: --- Team status --- (click to show/hide)

My location: With blue team
Red Squad location: Zone 7
Green Squad location: Zone 14
Blue Squad location: Zone 10
Home Squad location: In base

My Objective: Manage supplies / Complete Squad Objectives
Red Squad Objective: Explore and map sectors 2 and 7
Green Squad Objective: Explore and map sectors 5 and 6
Blue Squad Objective: Explore and map sectors 3 and 4
Home Squad Objective: Repair, maintain and upgrade base and provide support to and analyze and store the data of other squads
Team objective: Explore and map AP 1774

Spoiler: --- Team Info --- (click to show/hide)

Name	User	(H)	(R)	(S)	(P)	(O)
Miyamoto de Bergerac	[Radio Controlled]	*R ***		A	MK2? F	S = Mobility Battlesuit, robotic overlord
Lukas	[Prosperus]	R		C	R	S = Giant killer robot, all kinds of weapons, laser drones, robotic overlord
Denzel	[Doomblade]	R		C	R
Michael Alexander	[Corsair]	R	E	A	MK1
Brother Lars	[Toaster]	*G	E	C H~ A~	MK2
Jack Hansen	[Tavik Toth]	^G		C	MK1
Morul Migrurkeshin	[Kisame12794]	G		C	MK1	S = Detail vision DANGER: Detail vision beginning to show side effects
Auron Kell	[Unholy_Pariah]	G	M	M A	MK2	S = Batman
Bishop	[Zako]	*B	CE	A H? C	MK3 F	S = Slow regeneration
Vichislav Freidberg	[Thearpox]	B		D P~	MK1	S = 1/3d of an exoskeleton
Flint Westwood	[Parisbre56]	B	QM	C	MK2 F~	S = Miner with Jump Pods
Zephyris Haizea	[MutzelIRX]	B	M	M C ~	MK1
Simus Ferratum-Inanis	[PyroDesu]	*H **	SO	A C H~	R F	S = Rocket pods attached to robot body, phase suit, grenades
Mesk Vraite	[Remalle]	H	HM	M A	MK3 F	S = Fast Regeneration
Anton Chernozorov	[Sean Mirrsen]	H	E	H	MK1 R~	S = Roboarms, Shock Gauntlet (can it be used to stun?)

--- Hierarchy (H)---

***	=	Team Leader
**	=	Team Lieutenant
*#	=	Squad Leader (where # is the squad name or number)
^#	=	Squad Lieutenant (where # is the squad name or number)
#	=	Member of squad # (where # is the squad name or number)
R	=	Red Squad
G	=	Green Squad
B	=	Blue Squad
H	=	Home Squad

--- Responsibilities (R)---

CE	=	Chief Engineer (Garage) (Make sure everything is working well, both at base and on vehicles)
E	=	Engineer (Subordinate of Chief Engineer)
SO	=	Science Officer (Lab) (Analyze interesting objects)
S	=	Scientist (Subordinate of Science Officer)
HM	=	Head Medic (Medbay) (Practice NORMAL medicine. NOT alternative medicine.)
M	=	Medic (Subordinate of Head Medic)
QM	=	Quartermaster (Kitchen/Armory) (Keep track of and distribute supplies and weapons.)
J	=	Janitor (Subordinate of Quartermaster) (The correct military rank is storeman, however that would have gotten confusing with the scientists.)

--- Skills (S)---

M	=	Medic
C	=	Conventional
A	=	Auxiliary
P	=	Physimancer
D	=	Diplomat
H	=	Handiwork

--- Physical (P)---

R	=	Robot
MK#	=	Mark # suit (where # is a number)
F	=	Can Fly

--- Other (O)---

S	=	Special (Goggles, batman, killer robot, alien, mindfucked, mindfucked alien killer batman robot with goggles, whatever's worth mentioning/remembering)
#?	=	Unknown/Unsure about the # property
#~	=	Property # is in limited form but still worth mentioning.

Note: "x y ?" means unsure about x and y while "x y?" means sure about x and unsure about y

Spoiler: --- Base Map --- (click to show/hide)

All corridors and rooms can be isolated by ALVIN through emergency shutters.

Spoiler: --- Stockpiles/Equipment/POI in Base (Canary Base) --- (click to show/hide)

Medbay:
   Operating theater
      -Operating table
      -Anesthetic machine
      -Multipurpose life sign monitors (what does multipurpose mean?)
      -Surgical tools (sterilized. mostly. hopefully.)
      -Artificial replacements for any body part (except the brain of course)
   Recovery room
      -Beds for patients
   Lots of drugs (but not unlimited)
   Isolation room
      -Airlock (Decontamination?)
   Morgue (NO STASIS EQUIPMENT!? It's either get rebuilt or permadeath?)
      -Working sub-optimally due to severed main power cable (cable is behind a welded panel)
      
Central Control Room (CCR):
   Sensors
      -Cameras
      -Atmospheric (pressure, thermometers, etc)
      -Radio antennae
   Computers
      -Screens showing the base perimeter
      -Screens showing the team's helmetcams
      -Mapping program (data need to be entered manually)
      -Precursor helmetcam footage. (About 60 hours per precursor, 10 precursors total)
         --Revealed that the precursor leader disappeared toward the north
         --Revealed that the other 9 precursors died when their shuttle crashed into the crater. They were headed east.
         --Revealed that there was actually a builder team here before the precursors came. Also some other interesting facts about the past of the base
         --Revealed the existence of zone storms, increases in anomalous activity from nearby zones that may threaten the base.
         --Revealed that the team left after encountering strange phenomena on base, probably the so-called zone storm.
         --Revealed footage of the beginning of an anomalous event, probably a so-called zone storm.
         --Electrical effects during the zone storm are similar to those that occured during the passage of the blue radiation orb. Possibly the same event.
      -? Other data?
   Comm equipment
   
Armory:
   Laser rack
      -5   Gauss rifles (Loaded) (Not for resale)
         --1   Gauss rifle taken by Morul Migrurkeshin [Kisame12794]
         --1   Gauss rifle taken by Anton Chernozorov [Sean Mirrsen]
   Gauss rack
      -5   Laser rifles (Loaded) (Not for resale)
         --1 Laser rifle taken by Michael Alexander [Corsair]
   5   Laser rifle batteries (Not for resale)
   5   Gauss rifle clips (Not for resale)
      -1   Gauss rifle clip taken by Michael Alexander [Corsair]
      -1   Gauss rifle clips taken by Morul Migrurkeshin [Kisame12794]
      -2   Gauss rifle clips taken by Anton Chernozorov [Sean Mirrsen]
      -1   Gauss rifle clip taken by brother Lars [Toaster]
   NO COMPONENTS FOR BUILDING STUFF!! TAKE YOUR TINKER WITHDRAWAL TO THE GARAGE!!
   
Garage:
   3   4-man mini shuttles
         -Have limited sensors
      *MS1 Magpie
      *MS2 Raven
      *MS3 Crow
   4   Rocket bikes
      *RB1 Sparrow
      *RB2 Robin
      *RB3 Colibri
      *RB4 Swallow (an African or a European?)
   1   Manual power 4 wheeler
      *MPV Dodo
         -Electrically powered
         -Mechanically powered (pedals)
         -Mechanically charging (pedals)
   1   Shuttle ("Mesk's Bucket")
         -Has limited sensors
         -NO STASIS PODS!!
         -Currently outside the base.
         -Can carry the entire team.
         -ONLY VEHICLE THAT CAN CARRY OUR ROBOTIC OVERLORDS!!
   2   Large fuel tanks with vehicle fuel
   1   Large fuel tank with suit fuel
   1   Electrical generator (portable?)
   NONE OF THE VEHICLES CAN CARRY OUR ROBOTIC OVERLORDS!!
   NONE OF THE VEHICLES CAN DETECT DANGEROUS GRAVITY!!
   Landlines that can be used to connect to the base from other sectors, once they are layed.
   Box of automapping drones (number of drones?)
      -Autonomous rocket drones
      -Remain constantly at a height of about 50 feet (15.25 meters) when active
      -Map via camera and laser range-finder
      -Programmable flight parameters
      -Can be used to find teammates
      -Range of less than a zone
      -Can be used as regular scout eyes
      -Can detect strong gravity seeps (although it may not be able to detect weaker but still dangerous ones)
         -- You can thank Auron Kell [Unholy_Pariah] for doing that and probably saving you from a dive in a gravity seep
   Suit repair tools
   Vehicle repair tools
   Spare parts/scrap/anything else necessary to repair vehicles and create or modify stuff
   Base repair tools (used to seal holes, weld stuff, etc)
   Spray-paint and other paint in many colours
   Stencils that can be used to spraypaint various letters
   A probable missing vehicle spot. Maybe taken by precursors?
      -Probably the vehicle the precursor team leader took.
      -Probably a minishuttle.
   An empty container for the "Anomalous Shard" artifact.
   
Kitchen: (why am I writing this? Are you people going to use the microwave as a weapon?)
   Stove
   Microwave
   Oven
   Cutting boards
   Knives
   Sink
      -Unwashed dishes
   Plates
   Cups
   Garbage Disposal Incinerator
      -!!INCINERATOR!!
   Miscellaneous kitchen equipment
   Miscellaneous cooking and eating utensils (including Spoons!)
   Folding table
   Freezer
      -Nutrient packs good for 5 robots for 400+ days
      -Foods enough to last a year (limited)
         --Pre-cooked (only requires microwaving to reheat it)
         --Pretty good compared to the sword's food
      -Drinks enough to last a year (limited)
         --Massive water containers
         --Booze
      
Lab (more like "Sample labeling"):
   Sample containers (seemingly endless supply)
      -Can whithstand heat on the same level as a suit.
      -There are many containers with different properties (large/small, clear/opaque, etc)
   Label maker
      -Labels (seemingly endless supply)
   Limited lab equipment
   Giant vault
      -Ground samples from sector 1 [Flint Westwood]
      -Ground samples from sector 3 [Flint Westwood]
      -Small blueraditite artifacts [Anton Chernozorov]
      -Small blueraditite artifacts [Michael Alexander]
      -Iron samples from the iron sea (sector 5 & 14) [Auron Kell]
   
Conference room/planning room:
   Holoprojector on a large table
      -Currently displaying a base and planet map
   
Barracks:
   NO LOCKERS!
   Beds
   TV
      -Prerecorded programs (no live programs)
   Bench (made out of boxes by precursors)
   Communal Bathroom?
   Some precursor clothes and datapads
   Unscrewed vent
      -Contained a precursor datapad
         --Datapad contained the diary of the expedition leader and last survivor of the previous team.
         --Datapad revealed that the expedition leader explored the crater and uploaded the mapping data to the computer.
         --Datapad revealed that the expedition leader wondered about what happened to the team that built the base.
         --Datapad revealed that the expedition leader wondered about what lay beyond the border.
   Team leaders quarters
      -Biometric lock (Team leader registers biometric data with ALVIN)
      -Bed
      -Desk
         --? Unexplored
      -Computer terminal
         --? Unexplored
      -Bathroom

AI ("ALVIN"):
   Accessed by a secure hatch in CCR's floor
   Deep below ground
   Self sufficient (generators and nutrient tanks)
   Protected by auto lasers (a lot of auto lasers)
   Team leader registers biometric data via control screen
   Limited voice I/O. Interface via text for best results.

Life support:
   Accessed by a secure hatch in CCR's floor
   Deep below ground
   Water filtration and renewal
   Air filtration and renewal
   WORKS BY RECYCLING!! Try not to waste air or water. Especially air, since we have drinks in the fridge.
   Generators

Spoiler: --- Planet Map --- (click to show/hide)

Kept this map since it has the zone numbers
http://i.imgur.com/sEXeQ5Q.png
http://i.imgur.com/j4S5tGk.png
http://i.imgur.com/RTNIl5z.png
http://i.imgur.com/3Gn5G7T.png
http://i.imgur.com/YGj5hYH.png
http://i.imgur.com/SFXaKWL.png
http://i.imgur.com/Mb5rRPE.png

Spoiler: --- Colour-coded Planet Map, kindly provided by Sean Mirrsen --- (click to show/hide)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4152380/ER/ERmap_260313.png
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4152380/ER/ERmap_310313.png
https://dl1.dropbox.com/u/4152380/ER/ERmap_030413.png

Spoiler: --- Locations/Objects of Interest on AP 1774 (Vastitatibus Temporis (The Waste(s) of Time)) --- (click to show/hide)

Zone Storm(Event):
   Description: Anomalies seeping from their zone of origin into other zones, sometimes threatening the base. (info gained by precursors)
   Quote: "...the difference between the zones might not be survivable..."
      -Precursor Expedition Leader
   Danger: Unknown, presumed to be extremely dangerous.
      
Radiation orb(Event):
   Origin: Sector 6 anomaly, bright blue object
   Trigger: Automapping drone approaching the object
   Drone status: Evaporated by lightning coming from the blue object.
   Description: Smaller blue object that broke off from the large blue object in the center of the anomaly. Radioactive and electrically charged. Moved towards the Precursor Crusher after creation.
   Danger: !!EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!! The object will cause damage to electronics and radiation poisoning. Shutting down all equipment and taking shelter from the radiation and static charges should keep you safe.
   Aftermath: Team members taking cover in the AI core got irradiated. Hull breach. Unknown blue objects appeared near the hull breach. Full description in the Useful links section, under the name "Bluerad Artifact" or something like that.
   Addendum: A zone storm event.

Base ("Canary Base", sector 1):
   Interconnected modules
   Sits in what looks like broken volcanic glass
      -Ambient temperature: 20-15 Kelvin
      -Ambient gravity: 0.8 - 0.75 g
   Garage is the only entrance?
      -Exit faces southwest (zone 6).
   No decontamination?
   Surroundings are fairly safe (except for the crater and zone storms).
      -Be careful, zone storms could happen at any time without warning.
      -Slightly elevated background radiation after zone storm event.
   Blurad track
      -Goes from the center of zone 6 to the gravity seep
      -Melted into the ground
      -Mildly radioactive
      -Contains small blueraditite shards
   
Near base crater ("Precursor Crusher", east of base, 2 hexes distance, 2 hexes radius, sector 1):
   Crushing gravity (also known as gravity seep)
   Dead precursors (9 precursors and their shuttle, completely crushed and flattened)
   Blindingly bright when viewed by weird-o-vision
   The bright blue object of sector 6 sent a smaller copy of itself in the crater.
      -After impact, the crater kept glowing for a while and spewing radiation, althouh the effects diminished overtime.
   
Eerie blueish glow (name?, sector 6, 1 bighex distance):
   Dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   Ground has electrical charge
      -Cause is probably the bright blue object in the middle of the zone
      -Should take sample.
   Blue glow doesn't seem to have an origin. Instead it seems like the air itself is glowing.
      -Should take sample.
      -Air scans reveal traces of xenon. Xenon radiates blue when highly excited. Cause of blue glow?
   Radioactive, proceed with extreme caution
      -Fluctuating radiation levels
      -Radiation becomes noticeable at about 9 miles (4 hexes) from base.
      -Radiation becomes slightly dangerous at about 11 miles (5 hexes) from base.
         --Prolonged exposure (12+ hours) can cause (minor) radiation sickness.
      -Interference with electronics and strange all-over tingling sensations also begin at 11 miles.
      -Anton [Sean Mirrsen, via PW] recomends using full robot bodies or battlesuits to explore, since they are better armored against radiation.
      -The source of the radiation seems to be something incredibly bright and glowing in the center of the zone.
         --Morul [kisame12794] saw math related to radiation and electricity near the center.
         --Approaching objects are bombarded wih radiation and electrical bolts.
         --Electrical and radiation shielding absolutely neccssary to approach.
   
Anomalous motion zone ("Newton's Playground", zone 3, 1 bighex distance)
   Dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   Anomalous motion zones
      -? Looks like manipulator abuse?
      -Objects with higher mass seem to be subjected to different distortions.
            ---E.g. in the slow zone light seems to travel 5 feet in 1 second while rocks seem to fall 1 foot in half an hour.
      -Some zones produce effects similar to time distortions, while others seem to just mess with speed and gravity of entering objects.
      -Zone types:
         --Slow zone:
            ---A crystal fired in the slow zone regarded it's entry as a hit and began growing. It also crumbled after a while, showing that time does indeed pass at a normal rate inside the zone (for the crystals at least).
         --Fast zone:
            ---Also seems to increase gravity, since one object landed harder.
         --Very fast zone:
            ---Also seems to accelerate objects, since one landed further than it should have.
         --Up slow zone:
            ---Objects going up move slowly. Objects going down move normally.
         --Down slow zone:   
            ---Objects going down move slowly. Objects going up move normally.
         --Stop zone
            ---Objects seem to completely stop upon entering
            ---? Even though light seems to stop when entering the zone (the light from a lamp is not visible) the ground of the zone itself is still visible. The zone probably just makes things go really slowly?
         --Erratic movement zone
            ---All objects in the zone seem to accelerate and decelerate randomly.
         --"Normal" zone
            ---Everything appears normal, however there is a feeling of oddness here.
            ---Upon furhter investigation, it has been discovered that the further north you go, the more "viscous" the air seems to get. People also begin to exhibit symptoms of hypoxia.
         --No gravity
      -Effects become apparent a few miles after entering the zone (3-4 hexes away from the base).
      -Straigth line borders, not gradient.
      -Objects that accelerate while crossing the border are torn apart.
         --Rocks thrown from the fast to the slow zone received no damage. Probably due to lack of acceleration. Accelerating drone got torn apart by the thruster.
   There are also safe areas that exhibit no time distortion effects.
      
Hexagon-gameboard (name?, zone 2, 1 bighex distance)
   Possibly dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   The ground is completely flat and partitioned into hexagonal chunks
      -No friction
      -Near-abolute zero temprature. Possibly related to the lack of friction?
      -Ground very heat conductive. Possibly related to near absolute zero tempratures? Some kind of heat sink perhaps?
         --Laser caused glow but no damage.
   In the distance are strange objects/structures on the ground
      -Look crystaline in nature. (Oh, no! The crystals from mission 1 want revenge!)
   In the distance are strange lights in the sky
      -Look like "...hazy chains of light, more distinct then an aurora, but still not entirely solid."
         --Miyamoto [Radio Controlled]
      
Optical distortions zone (name?, zone 7, 1 bighex distance)
   No danger exhibited yet, proceed with moderate caution. Oh, and don't fall into a pit while blinded.
   Spires, pits and angular formations of balanced stones.
   Objects seem to have multiple or even fractions of their shadow.
      -There doesn't appear to be any potent light source around here.
      -? How do the shadows react to light?
      -? How do the shadows react to weapons?
      -? Dangerous? Approach with caution.
   Lukas [Prosperus] got a wierd vibe from this zone.
   Zone types:
      Mirror blindness
         -Vision in one eye replaces vision from another
         -Effect implies knowledge or at least understanding of the human brain or human and synthetic eyes.
      Bright blindness
         -Vision is completely replaced by white.
         -Effect first appears as white spots in the edge of vision.
         -Effect appears on everything that has vision, from humans, to cyborgs, to cameras.
         -Effect implies an intelligence capable of understanding the concept of vision.
            --Dreadful realisation: Everything we see could be an illusion.
      Off tint:
         -Colours are randomly switched.
         -? How does the zone react to other wavelengths (infared, etc). Investigation recommended.
         -Effect implies an intelligence capable of understanding the concept of colour.
         -Effect implies an intelligence that understands the human notion of colour.
            --More evidence that this zone messes with the brain directly then with the eyes or the light.
      Iverted tint:
         -Colours are inverted
         -Effect implies an intelligence capable of understanding the concept of colour and apply it on a human level.
      Iverted vision:
      Inverted vision perspective:
         -Closer objects seem further and further objects seem closer.
      Dark blindness:
         -Everything looks dark.
      Still blindness:
         -Blinded when standing still.
      Blurred vision:
      Painfully good vision:
      
MAGMAAAAAAAAA!!!! area (name?, zone 5 & 14, 1-2 bighexes distance)
   Mildly dangerous, proceed with moderate caution.
      -Unshielded equipment melts due to high ambient temperature.
   Volcanically active zone
      -Ambient temperature: 16000^oC
      -Atmosphere: Boiling sulfur
      -Heat vents (pits)
      -Magma (Molten iron) lakes
      -Weirdvision revealed no abnormalities. Whatever drives the volcanism here is probably hidden deep below ground.
      -Magma sea (a lake of molten iron)
   Rock beetles (?name)
      -May be dangerous. Proceed with caution.
         --Does not seem to be actively hostile to humans.
      -Looks like a Woodlouse and is several feet long and a foot or so tall.
      -Made up of carbon, silicon and ammonia based "organs" hidden deep a dense silicon shell.
      -Weights about 3 tons.
      -A live one would probably fetch a lot of tokens.
         --Needs specialised environment to survive.
         --Eats and breathes the rock it crawls on.
         --Excretes processed rock.
         --Probably best to capture one near the end of the mission in order to maximize survival chances.
      -? Vivisection could reveal a lot about them but it would also mark us as enemies if they are sentient.
      -? Do they seem to serve some kind of purpose?
      -? Did they evolve naturally somewhere else and then hitched a ride on this planetoid, probably transported by another explorer's ship, or were they created or evolved here?
   Magma dragons (?name)
      -May be dangerous. Proceed with caution.
      -"The appear to be long, vaguely serpentine but with large, individual body segments; like a string of boulders swimming very slowly through the molten sea. You can't see much of them, beyond glimpses as they barely break surface and then descend again."
      -Would probably be extremely difficult to capture without amp usage.
   ? Most zones seem to have been molten and volcanically active at one time. Possibly the formation of a new zone?
   
Orange goo (name?, zone 10, 2 bighexes distance)
   Possibly dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   Orange gooey things
      -"The blobs are big things, probably 10 feet tall in their largest sections, and spread out like marmalade across the land. You can make out vague things within them; like strands of shimmering thread that refract with a rainbow of colors, like the shine on spilt oil."
         --Bishop [Zako]

Spoiler: --- Sector map --- (click to show/hide)

Numbered sector map, if the need ever arises to refer to individual hexes.

Spoiler: --- Mapping Statistics --- (click to show/hide)

Sectors uploaded:

1:

100.% (55/55)

2:

58.2% (32/55)

3:

61.8% (34/55)

4:

03.6% (02/55)

5:

34.5% (19/55)

6:

74.5% (41/55)

7:

100.% (55/55)

8:

00.0% (00/55)

9:

03.6% (02/55)

10:

14.5% (08/55)

11:

00.0% (00/55)

12:

00.0% (00/55)

13:

00.0% (00/55)

14:

07.3% (04/55)

15:

00.0% (00/55)

16:

00.0% (00/55)

17:

00.0% (00/55)

18:

00.0% (00/55)

19:

00.0% (00/55)

20:

00.0% (00/55)

21:

00.0% (00/55)

22:

00.0% (00/55)

23:

00.0% (00/55)

24:

00.0% (00/55)

25:

00.0% (00/55)

26:

00.0% (00/55)

27:

00.0% (00/55)

28:

00.0% (00/55)

29:

00.0% (00/55)

30:

00.0% (00/55)

31:

00.0% (00/55)

32:

00.0% (00/55)

33:

00.0% (00/55)

34:

00.0% (00/55)

35:

00.0% (00/55)

36:

00.0% (00/55)

37:

00.0% (00/55)

38:

00.0% (00/55)

39:

00.0% (00/55)

40:

00.0% (00/55)

41:

00.0% (00/55)

42:

00.0% (00/55)

43:

00.0% (00/55)

44:

00.0% (00/55)

45:

00.0% (00/55)

46:

00.0% (00/55)

47:

00.0% (00/55)

48:

00.0% (00/55)

49:

00.0% (00/55)

Total:

09.4%

(252/2695)

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Spoiler: --- Distance and supply considerations --- (click to show/hide)

Reaching the outer edge of the furthest zone (32 hexes, 4 bighexes + 4 hexes) requires 16 and a half hours at 4 MPH (6.4 km\h, 1.8 m\s) speed. (Brisk walking speed. )
That makes the distance to the outer hexes 66 miles (106.2 kilometers).
That makes the distance between two hexes 2.0625 miles (3.32 km) and
the distance between the center hexes of two bighexes (7 hexes) 14.4 miles (23.17 km).

Fuel considerations:
   ? MK3 fuel considerations?
   A battle suit doesn't have the fuel required to reach the outer hexes.
      -Maximum distance of about 45 miles (72km, 21 hexes, 3 bighexes)
   A rocket bike has enough fuel to reach the edge, but not enough to return.
      -? Maximum distance?
   A 4 man shuttle has enough fuel to reach the edge. Can it return?
      -? Maximum distance?
   An HMRC shuttle has enough fuel to reach the edge and return.
      -? Maximum distance?
      
!!IMPORTANT NOTE!!: Please remember to account for unexpected obstacles, extra weight and teammate stupidity when considering expedition supplies (fuel,food).

Spoiler: --- Planned actions/experiments --- (click to show/hide)

Infirmary repairs:
   Repair the infirmary power cable.
   
Mapping drone rover:
   A mapping drone converted for ground based operation.
   
Fast zone mapping drone:
   Fitting a drone with a timer and some advanced programming should allow it to explore the fast zone by crossing the border without accelerating. (or you can just drop the timer altogehter and just have it shutdown its rockets while crossing the border)
   
Fast zone manipulator experiment:
   Are manipulators affected by the fast zone (or any other anomalous time zone?)
   
Spray gun:
   Used for finding anomalies by spraying dust or other particles.
   
Drone sensors:
   Fitting vehicles or teammates with a drone's sensors so that they can detect anomalies. (Drone goggles?)
   
Shadow zone experiment:
   Shine light to the shadows.
   
Drone anomaly sensor upgrade:
   Attach a rock thrower or similar device onto drones (single use is the simplest, but multiple use would be best), so that they can detect and experiment with anomalies. Both AUX (for the trigger and detection program) and HAN (for the thrower itself) skill required for the conversion.
   
Mirror blindness experiment:
   Does mirror blindness persist when viewed from different roboeyes or vision modes? (robots have multiple cameras.) What about cameras or drones?
   
Blindness zone experiment: COMPLETE!
   Does blindness only appear in sentient organisms (humans,cyborgs)? Opening a drone for a second while holding it would confirm this. Also, can people at base see through the team's cameras?
   RESULTS:
      Blindness appears to everything that uses sight: cameras, people, cyborgs, computers, everything.
   ADDENDUM:
      A teammate could hover outside the blindness zone, high enough to view inside it unhindered and give directions to people inside it. More advanced methods for transmitting visual info as sound can be devised with a bit of technical skills. Reaserch project proposal added to lab screen.
   
Assistance for the blind:
   Any way to allow blinded people to move around in the blindness zone: From simple rocketbike directions to having a drone hover outside the blindness zone and feed info to the team via some sort of audio interface.
   
Radiation and electrical shielding:
   Something that will allow someone to approach the big blue object of sector 6. Rubber is a good insulator and frozen water is good radiation shielding. Maybe a big chunk of ice surrounded by a large layer of plastic and a grounding rod pushed on top of the MPV?
   
MPV trailer:
   Dragged by the MPV and used to carry supplies and teammates. May also be dragged by exosuits. May also act as a temporary camp/sleeping place.
   
Crane:
   Something that can be used to move medium sized objects from afar.
   
Abduction pod:
   Something that can be used to store abducted indegenous creatures safely while keeping them alive or at least intact (not exploded or decomposed).
   
Automated MPV:
   By installing a transmitter and connecting it to the MPV's controls (maybe add a few actuators to turn the wheel if it doesn't have electronic steering) it can be converted into an automated vehicle that can haul goods and people without the need for a driver.
   
Rock Beetle Abduction:
   Exactly what it says on the tin.
   
Transport inspection:
   Inspect the transports for resistance to heat and radiation.
   
"Anomalous Shard" recovery:
   Recover and store the anomalous shard artifact. Should be performed by either Miyamoto or Lukas. The object should either be stored in the vault, or buried somewhere outside the base.
   
Stop zone experiment:
   Look through the stop zone either towards the base or towards the sky. What we see will probably tell us exactly how slow the light travels there, and how old the light from there is.

Spoiler: --- Recovered Artifacts --- (click to show/hide)

Small Blueraditite:
   Origin:
      -Found near the place where the large Blueraditite that came from the radiation orb from zone 6 impacted the infirmary corridor. They were spread both inside and outside the corridor.
   Physical characterisitics:
      -Rice shaped
      -Milky blue semi-transparent
      -Mildly Radioactive (not dangerous to humans)
      -Artifact did not react to physical stimuli
      -? Electrically charged?
   Danger: No danger exhibited yet, proceed with moderate caution.
      -It is unknown whether or not the objects will remain inert. Periodic checks recommended.
   Location: The vault
   Addendum:
      -The nature of the anomaly that produced them implies great capabilities for energy production. Object may fetch a good price.
      
Large Blueraditite ("The Hot Potato","Anomalous Shard"):
   Origin:
      -Found near the place where the radiation orb from zone 6 impacted the infirmary corridor. It was inside the corridor.
   Physical characterisitics:
      -Glowing with a blue glow
      -Radioactive (A few minutes of contact are enough to cause radiation poisoning to suited individuals. Synthetics will fare better due to lack of body.)
      -Electrically charged
   Danger: Highly radioactive, proceed with extreme caution.
      -It is unknown whether or not the objects will remain inert. Periodic checks recommended.
   Location: Near the zone 6-1 boundary
   Addendum:
      -Possibly a chunk of the radiation orb that fell off as it flied near the base towards the crater.
      -Possibly the source of small blueraditite. Small blueraditite chunks must have broken off when the large Blueraditite impacted the infirmary corridor.
      -The nature of the anomaly that produced them implies great capabilities for energy production. Object may fetch a good price.
      -The object seems to be still active. Examination may give more info about the sector 6 anomaly and the radiation orb. Recommend examination by someone with sufficient armor (Gilgamesh with Simus driving it?,Lukas?).

Spoiler: --- Useful links --- (click to show/hide)

Bluerad aftermath 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4130500#msg4130500
Bluerad aftermath 2/Small Bluerad artifact 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4132672#msg4132672
Small Bluerad artifact 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4136810#msg4136810
Big Bluerad artifact 2/Rock beetles 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4140907#msg4140907
Rock beetles 2: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4142163#msg4142163
Rock beetles 3/Bluerad tracks: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4144022#msg4144022
Radiation poisoning: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4146327#msg4146327
The magma sea: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4148669#msg4148669
Slightly slow 1/Magma dragons 1/Strange tint 1/First amputee: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4150886#msg4150886
Erratic movement zone/Succesful Mesk surgery?: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4152768#msg4152768
Various vision anomalies/SECOND SUCCESFUL MESK SURGERY??!!!? IN A ROW?!??!!!: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4156074#msg4156074
Orange blobs: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4158038#msg4158038

((If you have any suggestions/comments/corrections, please PM those to me.))

[Corsair]

follow our glorious leader

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Just popping into this thread to give a slow clap to Paris for the amazing note-taking he's doing here. I mean, damn.)

[Radio Controlled]

(Just popping into this thread to give a slow clap to Paris for the amazing note-taking he's doing here. I mean, damn.)

((I concur. That guy should get a medal, or a secretary job or something. I had started keeping some notes of my own in the beginning of the mission, but quickly stopped doing that once Paris posted his. They're much more thorough.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Indeed. He forgot to update to my latest map though. ))

[Toaster]

((:props:))

[Parisbre56]

((Thanks a lot everybody. You're making me blush. Your kind words encourage me to improve.))

((@SeriousConcentrate: I'm watching your mission intently. It's perfect, and it's got the perfect team for it. It's going to teach us a lot about the past, show us a glimpse of how an ubermind thinks and allow us to practice psychology on a borderline alien mind. I already have a theory on what's wrong with the ship (not sharing though because a.I could be wrong and lead you astray and b. I could be right and spoil it for you).))

((@Sean Mirrsen: Ahhh, you're a quick one. The Photoshop is strong in you. Check again. (I just incremented the date by one by the way. You haven't posted the map somewhere, have you?)))

((Oh and I would be a terrible secretary.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

Upon seeing the damage to the med bay and the radiation lockout warnings Auron sighed and turned to rejoin the others.

sorry guys but there will be no drugs today

rejoin team green and assist with the mapping.

[MutzelRX]

"I agree with Flint. Let's return to the base for now."
Zephyris also didn't like the aspect of camping out here sorrounded by anomalies but that'd be inevitable sooner or later.


If Bishop agrees, return to base and go to sleep.
If he does not, complain a bit and follow his orders.

((The notes are awesome.))

[kisame12794]

"Bugger."

Stare at the anomaly some more.

[Zako]

"There's no point to staying here and having a shitty time sleeping on rocks. We're just going to head back the way we came anyway. Let's head back to base and rest there, then head out and map the other end of the weird shit we found when we're back in form."

Back to base and take a load off. Come up with a design for a handheld, extendable grabbing device that we could use to grab samples without touching them. Something simple and easy that I can make out of the garage supplies.

[Thearpox]

((Huh. I am absent for two days, the GM is absent for a turn. Interesting. Just my luck. Unless he's waiting for me (I don't think so) in which case I am terribly sorry.))

Seeing as how everybody in his group already voiced an opinion, Vich decided not to piss against the wind this time.

"Sure. Let's go back."

Go back to base with others and sleep.

[piecewise]

Team Bleu:

"I agree with Flint. Let's return to the base for now."
Zephyris also didn't like the aspect of camping out here sorrounded by anomalies but that'd be inevitable sooner or later.


If Bishop agrees, return to base and go to sleep.
If he does not, complain a bit and follow his orders.

((The notes are awesome.))

"There's no point to staying here and having a shitty time sleeping on rocks. We're just going to head back the way we came anyway. Let's head back to base and rest there, then head out and map the other end of the weird shit we found when we're back in form."

Back to base and take a load off. Come up with a design for a handheld, extendable grabbing device that we could use to grab samples without touching them. Something simple and easy that I can make out of the garage supplies.

Flint Westwood - Blue Squad - Sector 3

@Anton:"My mining exosuit has some extra layers of protection. If anyone want to use it, I'm leaving it in the garage once I return. Oh and try not to touch these things. Putting them in a sample container and storing them in the vault is probably the best choice." ((Although Miyamoto or Lukas are probably the best candidates for the job.))

@Bishop:"Blue leader, we've been walking for 10 hours, we're tired and the base needs help with the repairs. Can we go home now and continue tomorrow?"

((Next time, we should take some mattresses with us or something.))

Unless Bishop orders otherwise, return to base, leave my exosuit in the garage and plug my laser in the generator. Then check for ways for us to sleep (somewhat) comfortably on the field. Finally, eat something and go to sleep.

((Huh. I am absent for two days, the GM is absent for a turn. Interesting. Just my luck. Unless he's waiting for me (I don't think so) in which case I am terribly sorry.))

Seeing as how everybody in his group already voiced an opinion, Vich decided not to piss against the wind this time.

"Sure. Let's go back."

Go back to base with others and sleep.

Team Blue finally departs from the shore of distortion and staggers home, exhausted, hungry and sore. They deposit their gear in the garage, wandering past the base crew and barely paying any mind to the hole in the Infirmary umbilical. Together they drag themselves to the kitchen, fill their stomachs with whatever they can easily scrape together and then collapse into bed. Their dreams are haunted by strange feelings of being trapped, immobile, in thin air.




Team Verde

Upon seeing the damage to the med bay and the radiation lockout warnings Auron sighed and turned to rejoin the others.

sorry guys but there will be no drugs today

rejoin team green and assist with the mapping.

"Bugger."

Stare at the anomaly some more.

"Gentlemen, we will rest here until"- here Lars grunted a bit- "Auron gets back.  Then we move out."

Eat breakfast, and give a quick sermon while we wait.  When Auron gets back, head to Hex 5, aiming for the corner hex at the borders of 6 and Base.

wake up. then get something to eat.

Team Irradiated, still feeling mildly ill, rises to Lars standing above them in his best heroic pose, belting out a sermon at no one in particular. He continues to preach straight through their breakfast and as they wait for their AWOL companion to join back up with them. He only stops once the team is assembled and he has personally blessed each and every one of them in the name of a half dozen gods they don't recognize.

"He would preach to a stone, given the opportunity."

"He was, for a while there."

"TO ZONE 5! IN THE NAME OF STEVE, ALVIN, AND WHATEVER OTHER GODS FEEL LIKE COMING!"

The team trudges off with Lars marching in front, ecstatic as usual. They enter the fifth zone via the northwestern corner and wander a little ways in. They don't have to go far before they come across something odd. The area here seems volcanic in nature: there are what appear to be heat vents or cracks leading down to molten stone maybe 20 feet below the surface, and an atmosphere or at least a haze of sulfurous gasses hangs over the place. There are great lakes of molten metal and even in the suits it's uncomfortably warm.

Team 赤

Keep navigating our way out of the anomalous zone. Once we are safely out, go back to camp and rest if it's really necessary, if not just take a break and then continue mapping the edge of the visual anomaly (as in, the area where anomalous things start to happen, not blundering through them or anything.)

((I find it intriguing that our camera feeds showed blinding whiteness too. That must mean it isn't merely our eyes/brains deceiving us, or that it affects our camera's somehow.))

It seems our base is surrounded by anomalies on almost all sides. It makes me wonder how the people who built this base managed not to land on something nasty. But if we're lucky, maybe hex 4 or 5 will be more normal.

follow our glorious leader

Miyamoto decides to give in to the needs of the non-power suited plebeians and walk back to the base for a bite to eat and a warm bunk. The anomaly will be there tomorrow. Probably.



Team "Base" in some other language.

((Whoohoo, artifacts! Deadly, deadly artifacts! ))

Anton eyes the little ovoids on the ground suspiciously, and decides that he'll need some help with this. He keeps his distance from them, but does his best not to let them out of his sight as he activates the suit's comms.

"Anton Chernozorov to XO Simus. I'm outside the base, examining the damage to infirmary corridor. There are several... artifacts, for lack of a better word, on the ground here, likely remnants of the anomaly. Radiation levels too high to safely approach in my suit. Would sure be nice if some of you better protected people got over here and moved them so we can start patching up that hole."

Request assistance. Monitor the artifacts for strange behavior. Once/if radioactive elements moved out of the way, approach the damaged area. Examine it and consider repair options.

((

Spoiler: Map Update (click to show/hide)

●- Red Team
●- Green Team
●- Blue Team
●- Home Team

█- Unexplored Area
█- Home base
█- Bare rock
█- Crater
█- Gravity Anomaly
█- Temporal Anomaly/Vector Anomaly? (+/- and arrows denote direction and rate)
█- Flat energy-absorbent zone
███- Progressive optical anomaly (odd shadows/progressive blindness)
█- Radioactive/EM anomaly

))

You keep an eye on the objects. They're strange looking things, almost like glass beads; they're a milky blue color, semi-transparent and seemingly mundane. They're not leaking blue light or arcing with electricity or hovering around. They're just sort of sitting there.

"Maybe some sort of residue from the actual anomaly? Something like trinitite? Eh, can't know without examining them and would prefer not to shove my face into them yet."

"Ok, looks like the infirmary is gonna have to be sealed up and decontaminated, so unless everybody feels like being smart and not getting hurt for the rest of the year (not gonna happen), I guess I gotta go fix it.  I'm headed out, Simus."
Grab a toolkit and head outside to survey the damage to the infirmary from the outside.

You walk out and join Anton in staring at the big old hole in the hallway.

"could probably just seal it. You know, two metal plates and some insulation between em?"

"Yep."

"Not gonna do it while that shit is still over there. I like not being sterile. And alive."

"Nope."

You both stand in awkward silence for the next 10 straight minutes.