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[Unholy_Pariah]

push lars into a volcano  build a pumpstack   go fishing for magma carp

walk around and use echolocation to map the area, maintain minimal safe distance from thermal vents and other such things.

[Prosperus]

Keep following the leader

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Aren't even MkI's essentially insulated against heat to such a degree that you could take a bath in molten metal without adverse effects?))

Anton waits. Help doesn't arrive, apart from a likewise inadequately protected Mesk. "Might as well be watching paint dry. Translucent, radioactive blue paint." Flint's transmission reaches him just as he's about to try something stupid, like shooting one of the grains with a laser to see what happens. "Roger that, Flint, and thanks. Should come in handy." Leaving Mesk to watch the artifacts, Anton goes back into the base.

Go to the Labs, find a few sample containers labelled "Radiation-Shielded". Failing that, just grab anything opaque and metallic that looks like it can do. Go to the Garage and get into Flint's exosuit. Familiarize myself with controls and walk back out to the infirmary umbilical, sample containers in suit's manipulators. Proceed to stuff artifacts into containers, if possible without touching them. If containers not adequate to reduce radiation levels, move them away from the base until Mesk reports that radiation levels are acceptably low for the infirmary to function. Keep a watchful eye on the artifacts(or containers, if opaque) at all times.

[Corsair]

((Considering we are back at base now...))
Find those blue beady things and use slingshot on them (something to do at least)

[kisame12794]

"What? Why? Oh fuck it."

Scan anomaly with weirdvision, don't fall in.

((And yes, the MKI's are insulated enough to take a bath in molten metal. Or at least enough to make a cast from it.))

[Parisbre56]

Flint Westwood - Blue squad - Gates of horn and ivory, in base

((I'm a bit surprised red team came back to base, since Michael [Corsair] is the only human there.))

"Hey, can anybody write a program for these drones so that they 'throw' themselves through certain points, if you have the time for it? You know something like bwoosh" Flint made a small fence with his one hand and a fist with the other. "tschoou" He then tried to imitate the sound of an engine cut-off as the fist flew in an arc over the fence. "bwoowoo" he said as the fist reactivated its engines and continued flying. "A system to detect anomalies would also be great from you MacGuyver people. Something like a rock thrower or even a spraycan attached on the drone so that it can tell where motion anomalies begin." ((Basically an IC way of requesting projects ''Drone anomaly sensor upgrade","Spraygun" and "Fast zone mapping drone" from my notes to be completed whenever you have the time. Later though, since the Medbay repair takes priority.))

Wake up. Place full sample containers in the vault. Refill equipment (Sample containers,Food and drink for 4 people for 2 days,4 automapping drones, cans of spraypaint). Examine the Manual Powered Vehicle (MPV). Look around for any camping equipment, like those self assembling tent things they sold on the sword. ((Some exploring while I wait for Anton to finish playing around with my exosuit.))

[Toaster]

Brother Lars looks around, happy that his squad is filled with holy energy.  "Onward, men, in the name of Steve!  We shall trek deep into this anomaly!  May Cog-Azaon grant us understanding of this world!"

Head deeper into the anomaly, toward the center.  Don't fall in.

[Zako]

Bishop wakes up feeling somewhat uneasy from the bad dreams, stretches a bit and puts his suit back on before heading to the garage.

"I suppose I best get ready to fix that hole I noticed earlier. It's not going to fix itself."

Get the required supplies to fix the hole and after the strange crap is gone, take a good look at the hole to see if there's anything left over. If not, fix the damn thing already.

[Radio Controlled]

((Considering we are back at base now...))
Find those blue beady things and use slingshot on them (something to do at least)

((Sorry if you feel bored. Maybe I'm being too careful, but once the experimenting starts you'll have enough to do for sure.))

"If anyone would like to try and grab one of those residual glass-like object, I'll leave my pliers here. Best try not to touch those, I reckon."

Leave pliers in barracks. Then, try to program a drone so that it can directly stream its video signal to my suit, and so that I can control it remotely. Once that works, get back to the visual anomaly and try to map the edge of it using the drone.

[Thearpox]

((Basically an IC way of requesting projects ''Drone anomaly sensor upgrade","Spraygun" and "Fast zone mapping drone" from my notes to be completed whenever you have the time. Later though, since the Medbay repair takes priority.))

((You do know that IC, those projects have already been suggested. And Bishop has already promised to build a dust gun. So you don't actually need to talk about it as if this idea has just come into your head, since we already discussed it.))

"Bishop, I understand that sealing this hole is important, but I wonder what happens if you get stuck. Because I feel this could drag on for a while. Maybe not in this case, but some other time. In those situations, should we just leave without you? Also, this doesn't apply to our current situation, since as Flint reminded us, we should probably get those projects built first."

Refill Supplies. Help Flint with looking around for stuff.

[Zako]

"It shouldn't take too long, but if it looks like it is, feel free to head out anyway. I'll catch up with you when I'm done."

[Parisbre56]

"Bishop, I understand that sealing this hole is important, but I wonder what happens if you get stuck. Because I feel this could drag on for a while. Maybe not in this case, but some other time. In those situations, should we just leave without you? Also, this doesn't apply to our current situation, since as Flint reminded us, we should probably get those projects built first."

"Well, no need to do these things like RIGHT NOW. I'm just putting the idea out there. Our objective is to make a scouting run, remember? Green team and red team have already started exploring their second sector and we're still on our first. Granted, ours is one of the most dangerous, but that's all the more reason to not delay and find a safe path through zone 3."

((Basically an IC way of requesting projects a|''Drone anomaly sensor upgrade",b|"Spraygun" and c|"Fast zone mapping drone" from my notes to be completed whenever you have the time. Later though, since the Medbay repair takes priority.))

((You do know that IC, those projects have already been suggested. And Bishop has already promised to build a dust gun. So you don't actually need to talk about it as if this idea has just come into your head, since we already discussed it.))

((1)I remember the b| (spraygun/dustgun/whatevergun) was discussed but I do not remember the other things coming up, neither IC nor OOC. The idea for c| was a result from my rock throwing/drone wrecking experiments and a| came to me when I was thinking of ways to allow the drone to continue exploring the motion anomalies on its own, since there's a chance its signals may become scrambled or change frequency when it's in the anomalous zone. So the drone goes in the zone and starts using an appropriate detection method that will come up from project b|along with a motion tracking program to detect anomalies and avoid them or jump through them with method c|.

2)The part you quoted showed nothing about me claiming these ideas as my own. I simply said that those projects were also noted in my notes so that people can see them and remember what the proposals are. Which is the exact purpose of noting them down in the notes. I do not claim ownership of what is written there.

3)Please read the above in a non-offensive tone. I am simply making a statement and trying to understand. Just saying, since it has recently come to my attention that such misunderstandings can arise when communicating through text.))

((Completely irrelevant, but I just realized the green team would have finished mapping zone 6 quicker and much less irradiated if they had just sent a drone to map the edge of the blue glow. Then again, if they had sent a drone and then left, they wouldn't have seen the anomaly brake off from the center and as a result the base team would have had much less time to prepare for the anomaly.))

((EDIT:Fixed spelling errors and post layout.))

[Thearpox]

((Could you split your wall into paragraphs, or at least new lines, especially the a/b/c and 1/2/3 bits? My eyes want to escape every time I try to read it. No offence to you personally. PS: a key for a/b/c would also help.

To be continued when I actually read it and formulate a responce.

))

"Well, no need to do these things like RIGHT NOW. I'm just putting the idea out there. Our objective is to make a scouting run, remember? Green team and red team have already started exploring their second sector and we're still on our first. Granted, ours is one of the most dangerous, but that's all the more reason to not delay and find a safe path through zone 3."

"One, this is not a race. Two, the reason were behind is because we bumped into the Red's anomaly while exploring. The drone you sent mapped their sector, and plenty of it too.

And the dust gun in particular would actually ease things up a lot, even if Piecewise does not reflect on it. I don't know about you, but at the grand age of 46, my back is very sore from bending down and picking up those rocks. So I would appreciate anything that would allow me not to bend down to pick something up every 5 meters. And you over 60 aren't you? Shouldn't it be worse for you? Maybe it's your mining suit, or maybe you're just more fit..."

((Ok, I think I understand better what you meant. I must have been thinking of something else which we did mention or discuss. And I specifically avoided accusing you of claiming these ideas as your own, since you didn't actually say it. But since you mentioned it, remember that you always have to filter that stuff through the lens of our DM. I don't know if the ideas are actually worth much, or if it's the person who makes stuff who makes them who's the winner, but it's also may be who's the loudest in talking about it.... Still not accusing you of anything.

And I think you don't think you really have to worry about the tokens at this point. You're probably getting a bonus for excessive notekeeping.

PS: Regarding me mentioning Piecewise in my dialogue. Yes, I broke the fourth wall. Yes, I will do it again when I feel it fits. No, it will not be as bad as Homestuck. I am aiming at something similar to the Order of The Stick, but significantly tamer. Basically I am
a): trying to avoid saying something in a convoluted way, and then having to attach an OOC explanation, and
b): sometimes I may do it for humor. ))

[Toaster]

((Paris:  While that's true, I was reading about the time dilations at the time and was paranoid of sending a drone into the unknown.  Also, I get the feeling heavy radiation would be bad for the drone.  As for this zone, we're going for the center for just that reason.  Assume the worst is at the center, and if we can go there (or reasonably close) then the drone is safe to send.))

[Corsair]

((Considering we are back at base now...))
Find those blue beady things and use slingshot on them (something to do at least)

((Sorry if you feel bored. Maybe I'm being too careful, but once the experimenting starts you'll have enough to do for sure.))

Well It is something to science do you want me to edit my action somewhat?(and the reason for using my slingshot is because it hasn't had much opportunity to do much beyond slinging rocks anyway).