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

My location: With Blue squad
Red Squad location: Sector 14
Green Squad location: Sector 8
Blue Squad location: Sector 18
Home Squad location: In base

My Objective: Manage supplies / Complete Squad Objectives
Red Squad Objective: Experiment with and if possible finish mapping sectors 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Green Squad Objective: Explore sectors 19,8,9,10,11,12,13
Blue Squad Objective: Explore sectors 18,17,16,15,14,13
Home Squad Objective: Repair, maintain and upgrade the base and equipment. Provide support to the other squads (resupply, transport, MedEvac, etc). Analyze and store the data and artifacts of other squads.
Team objective: Explore and map AP 1774

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

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

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

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 01 - 07 -- (click to show/hide)

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.
   Exists for 3.5 years subjective time

Blurad track (name?, sector 1)
   Goes from the center of zone 6 to the near base crater gravity seep
   Melted into the ground
   Mildly radioactive
   Contains small blueraditite shards
      -Caused by the blue radiation orb event

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
   Mapped by precursor team leader after his team was lost
   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, although the effects diminished overtime.

Flat Hexagons with Skylights (name?, zone 2, 1 bighex distance)
   Dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   The ground is completely flat and partitioned into hexagonal chunks
      -Straight line border, not gradient
      -Border between hexes barely visible
      -No friction
      -Can be traversed with the help of rockets.
      -Near-absolute zero temperature. Possibly related to the lack of friction?
      -Ground very heat conductive. Possibly related to near absolute zero temperatures? Some kind of heat sink perhaps?
         --Laser caused glow but no damage.
         --Gauss round bounced off without breaking apart. This suggests great capability for energy redirection.
         --The flatzone's energy absorbent properties could help create armor against directed energy weapons. Sampling recommended.
   Ecosystem
      -Look crystalline in nature.
      -Live right after the border hexes
      -? How do they interact with the surface? How are they able to walk?
      -? The surface absorbs energy. How do the life forms cope with that? Do the life forms get energy from the skylights?
      -"On the ground are things you don't quite know how to classify. They look crystalline and sliver or chrome, but their shapes seem vaguely organic. Trilobites and Sea urchins, slowly moving things crawling amongst a forest of branching silver anemones and vent worms."
      -"None of the creatures or plants-thats the best analogy you can make for these things-seem dangerous. They're just very slowly sliding or crawling around. Or doing nothing at all."
         --Anton
      -Trilobites
      -Sea urchins
      -Anemones
      -Vent worms
         --In what kind of vent are they in?
   Anthills
      -"...look like enormous ant hills or termite mounds. They're rare, scattered about across the flatlands and made of a strange sort of dully luminous wax looking substance. They tower several stories tall, almost up into the lights above."
         --Anton
   Sky lights
      -The lights begin right after the border hexes.
      -The lights caused the disappearance of two drones
         --? EMP?
         --Ground below the lights safe.
      -Look like "...hazy chains of light, more distinct then an aurora, but still not entirely solid."
         --Miyamoto [Radio Controlled]
      -"The sky filled with strange strings of glowing shapes, like chains of interlocking squares and triangles slowly wriggling in the sky."
         --Anton

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?
         --Chaotic movement zone
            ---All objects in the zone move randomly towards random directions. The objects then stop and begin to move towards a different random direction.
            ---All objects in the zone move at the same speed and direction.
         --"Normal" zone
            ---Everything appears normal, however there is a feeling of oddness here.
            ---Forms a passable corridor between the south and north sides of the anomalous motion area.
            ---The closer to the north edge of the corridor one goes, the more "viscous" the air seems to get. People also begin to exhibit symptoms of hypoxia.
         --Horizontal movement zone (Flies off without falling)
            ---All objects in this zone are able to move only horizontally. Nothing can go up or down.
         --Very slow
            ---Slower then the slow zone
         --Fast up, slow down
            ---Objects going up move fast, objects going down move slowly
      -Straight line borders, not gradient.
      -Makes communicating with the base harder.
      -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.

Gravity seep area (name?, zone 4, 1 bighex distance):
   Dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   Gravity seep craters
      -"The land beyond is potmarked with craters, not unlike the one that sits outside the base, and the light is strange here; near the craters it's so distorted as to produce as rainbow effect, where gravity teases the spectrum apart." "The seeps aren't hard to find; they're quite obvious cracks and craters in the stone."
         --Red Team
      -The gravity can be felt even from a distance. Watch your step and you should be fine.
         --The greater the density of the gravity seeps the harder it gets to stand without being puled to the side.

Magma area (name?, zone 5 & 13 & 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 specialized 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?

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] recommends using full robot bodies or battlesuits to explore, since they are better armored against radiation.
      -The source of the anomaly (? name, center of the zone)
         --The source of the anomaly 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 with radiation and electrical bolts.
         --Electrical and radiation shielding absolutely necessary to approach.
         --Source of the radiation orb zone storm event.
         --? The radiation orb was cylindrical and seemed like it had broken off from a longer cylinder. Maybe the object in the center of the zone is cylindrical too?

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?
   Lukas [Prosperus] got a weird 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 realization: Everything we see could be an illusion.
      Off tint:
         -Colors are randomly switched.
         -? How does the zone react to other wavelengths (infrared, etc). Investigation recommended.
         -Effect implies an intelligence capable of understanding the concept of color.
         -Effect implies an intelligence that understands the human notion of color.
            --More evidence that this zone messes with the brain directly then with the eyes or the light.
      Inverted tint:
         -Colors are inverted
         -Effect implies an intelligence capable of understanding the concept of color and apply it on a human level.
      Inverted 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:

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 08 - 14 -- (click to show/hide)

Mindfuck zone (?name, sector 8, two bighex distance)
   Possibly Dnagerous, proceed with extreme caution
      -No apparent physical danger. Drone mapped the zone unharmed.
      -Severe mindfuck danger
   Giggling
      -There is no atmosphere in that zone, so probably mindfuck

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]

Magma area (name?, zone 5 & 13 & 14, 1-2 bighexes distance)
   The magma zone from sector 5 extends here. See sector 5 for more details.

Magma area (name?, zone 5 & 13 & 14, 1-2 bighexes distance)
   The magma zone from sector 5 extends here. See sector 5 for more details.

Electrically active area(name?, zone 14, 2 bighexes distance)
   Dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   A great chasm ("Arc Gap Chasm")
      -Blocks ground movement
   Electrically active areas ("Electric fields")
      -? Maybe the iron flow of the magmafalls somehow "charges" it?
      -Dangerous to non-insulated individuals (MK1&2 suits are definitely not insulated, unsure about the others)
      -"This place is probably not somewhere you want to go without some sort of electrical insulation. Even outside the chasms, the ground crackles with live current; formations of what look like stalagmites shot through with veins of metal throw arcs of electricity a dozen feet long and steams of current leap about between them. The ground itself is black and volcanic looking, rent with massive chasms where the electrical discharge is even worse."
         --Red Team
   The ironfall
      -A place where the iron sea falls inside the chasm.
      -Stone islands near the edge of the falls
      -Creatures clinging onto islands
      -"It's a waterfall of sorts, or an ironfall, in this case. A flow of pure, yellow hot molten metal into a massive chasm. Tiny islands of stone dot the edge of the molten falls like sandbanks in a stream and the flow throws off a continuous hell of sparks and embers as it rolls down into the abyss. Even stranger still, the chasm itself, even beyond the falls, is crackling with electricity; arcs of discharge that bridge the gap between the walls and race upward like the charge on a jacob's ladder."
         --Red Team

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 15 - 21 -- (click to show/hide)

Black Rod forest (name?, zone 18, 2 bighexes distance)
   EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, proceed with extreme caution
      -Flammable atmosphere
      -Alien lifeforms
   Atmosphere
      -At ground level
         --Some oxygen
         --Mostly methane
         --3 atmospheres pressure
         -- (-10^oC) temperature
      -Atmosphere is mostly safe at ground level, however it may be FLAMMABLE higher up, so watch your fire.
   Alien ecosystem
      -"As you slowly rise toward the top, you see many things. What look like tiny studs along the surface of the towers-those must be the beetles- and strange things that half fly and half climb, gliding and leaping and cartwheeling from one tower to the next, scooping up beetles as they go. And other things to; slugs and centipedes that crawl on sheer vertical surfaces, strange, stilt-legged creatures with shrunken bodies that tiptoe across the tops of the towers."
         --Mesk
      -Beetles
         --Clinging from the towers
         --? Possibly the creators of the carvings?
         --? Seem to be composed from the same material as the towers?
         --"You find something on the ground. It looks like a black stone, but shiny and segmented almost. You pick it up to discover it's hollow and, by the looks of it, organic, like a shed cicada's shell. Judging from the shell, which is incomplete with bits of it broken, the thing is about the size of your fist with a beetle like shell on it's back."
         --"The shells are quite clearly not alive; though they seem to have a bit of..meat? Flesh of some kind left in them. It's strange stuff; just as black as the towers and gritty like sand."
            ---Green Team
      -Beetle predator
         --Moves between the towers, eating beetles as it goes
         --"...movement somewhere high above, a barely visible shadow passing overhead. It looks like it's moving through the spaces between the towers, though it's hard to say exactly what it is. As it moves away you notice things falling down toward you. The group backs up, pressing themselves against the tower as a dozen more beetle shells hit the  ground  and crack apart."
         --"You grab some of the beetle shells, but you don't think you can get a full one. It seems like something has broken open the bottom of them and scooped out what was inside, leaving these half shells."
            ---Green Team
      -Centipedes
      -Slugs
         --? Possibly the creators of the carvings?
      -Stiltwalkers
         --Walk on top of the towers
   Black rods sprouting from the ground.
      -! REMEMBER: I have marked one of the rods so that I can tell whether or not it grows upwards or outwards.
      -! REMEMBER: I have left a mapping drone recording a trunk so that hopefully I can see what is carving those carvings.
      -"Sector 18 is an expanse of black rods, some only a few feet across others hundreds of meters wide, and all of them standing what must be over a mile tall. It presents a wall of black, like the trunks of a graphite forest, that blocks the way forward. The only way through seems either to fly over, around, or walk through."
         --Mesk
      -"Judging from the way the ground is pushed upwards, it looks like these structures rose or were extruded out of the ground itself. You run your hand over the closest rod; it's a bit hard to tell with the suit on and all, but it feels smooth and solid as far as you can tell. There's nothing about it that stands out as anomalous as you touch it, no tingling or hallucinations or alien mind rape."
         --Flint Westwood
      -Blocks air movement (but you can fly over them if you go high enough)
      -Some rods have uneven sections higher off the ground
         --? Possible nests for the alien life forms?
      -No discernible pattern on placement and size.
      -Incredibly hard
         --Can be cut with a monorazor
      -Have complex carvings etched into their surface in a spiral pattern.
         --"And, looking at them, there seems to be a complex pattern spiraling around their "trunks" in bands, like a string wrapped around a broom handle. The pattern doesn't look natural to the stone, or whatever the "trees" are made of, it looks like it was cut or carved in."
            ---Michael Alexander
         --"The carvings seem to consist of a single, continuous line that dips and dodges around to form symbols, like cursive. However the symbols themselves are widely varying and it is quite hard for you to tell where one starts and another ends. They're carved about two inches deep and have a rounded bottom, like they were scoped out with a melon baller or ice cream scoop."
         --"You see what you think are repeating patterns, or at least what appear to be that way. It's a bit like how "v, w, and y" have repeating patterns in their construction, you see repeating structures, but you're still not able to tell what, if anything, constitutes a "Letter" of sorts."
         --"Careful examination of the bottom of the towers reveals that the designs don't seem to extend underground. In fact, they stop roughly a half an inch above the ground."
            ---Flint Westwood
   Coastline
      -A place where the gel sea (sector 19) appears to have flowed inland a bit and swallowed up the bottoms of the towers.
      -The film from the sea seems to have grown a bit on them and is hard to remove.

Gel sea (name?, zone 19, 2 bighexes distance)
   Mildly dangerous, proceed with moderate caution
   Indigo gel sea
      -? Organic?
      -Is bouncy. Rocks bounced when thrown at it.
         --Could make a good shock absorbent. Sampling recommended.
      -Contains a "purplish, greenish, bluish fluid"
         --Fluid not under pressure
         --"It's quite viscous and gooey, but not sticky."
            ---Green Team
      -Gel sea surface surrounded by an incredibly resilient film
         --Is very hard to penetrate or get a sample from.
            ---Can be penetrated with enough force
         --Walkable
            ---Standing still for too long means you may "sink" to the bottom
         --Heals slowly
            ---? Property of the film or does the liquid inside solidify into the film, like blood from a wound?
      -"Sector 19 seems to consists of what looks like a lake, or sea, of purplish blue substance. The colors of it shift and fade darker and lighter, different hues of greenish, bluish and purplish and the entire thing seems to be churning ever so slightly. But the surface is still and placid, and looks like someone has stretched a thin sheet of plastic over it, a thin sheen of surface tension that causes the edges of the fluid to bow out a little bit and stray away from the walls that hold them in, filling the space only roughly."
      -"Sector 19 looks quite odd as well, its a strange sort of indigo expanse, like an ocean but...well..purple."
         --Mesk

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 22 - 28 -- (click to show/hide)

No data available

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 29 - 35 -- (click to show/hide)

The Unknown X

Spoiler:  -- Sectors 36 - 42 -- (click to show/hide)

Yellow fog (name?, zone 36, 3 bighexes distance)
Possibly dangerous, proceed with extreme caution
   "Zone 36 appears to be hidden beneath an all encompassing yellow fog. Hard to tell if thats dangerous or not. But it probably is."
      -Blue Team

Spoiler: --- Subhex numbers --- (click to show/hide)

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

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

Sectors uploaded:

01:

100.% (55/55)

02:

65.5% (36/55)

03:

81.8% (45/55)

04:

32.7% (18/55)

05:

61.8% (34/55)

06:

74.5% (41/55)

07:

100.% (55/55)

08:

85.5% (47/55)

09:

10.9% (06/55)

10:

14.5% (08/55)

11:

00.0% (00/55)

12:

00.0% (00/55)

13:

00.0% (00/55)

14:

25.5% (14/55)

15:

00.0% (00/55)

16:

00.0% (00/55)

17:

00.0% (00/55)

18:

78.2% (43/55)

19:

03.6% (02/55)

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)

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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)

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00.0% (00/55)

40:

00.0% (00/55)

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00.0% (00/55)

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00.0% (00/55)

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00.0% (00/55)

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00.0% (00/55)

47:

00.0% (00/55)

48:

00.0% (00/55)

49:

00.0% (00/55)

Total:

15.0%

(0404/2695)

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

Name	User	(H)	(R)	(S)	(P)	(O)
Simus Ferratum-Inanis	[PyroDesu]	*R **	SO	A C H~	R F	S = Rocket pods attached to robot body, phase suit, grenades
Lukas	[Prosperus]	^R		C	R	S = Giant killer robot, all kinds of weapons, laser drones, robotic overlord
Denzel	[Doomblade]	R		C	R
Anton Chernozorov	[Sean Mirrsen]	R	E	H	MK1 R~	S = Robohands, Shock Gauntlet (can it be used to stun?)
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
Miyamoto de Bergerac	[Radio Controlled]	*H ***		A	MK2? F	S = Mobility Battlesuit, robotic overlord
Mesk Vraite	[Remalle]	H	HM	M A	MK3 F	S = Fast Regeneration

--- 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) ---

Spoiler:  -- Medbay -- (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
      -Extends the time for which revivification of a corpse is possible.
      -Working sub-optimally due to severed main power cable (cable is behind a welded panel)
         --Loss of power would be bad news for any corpses contained there.

Spoiler:  -- Central Control Room (CCR) -- (click to show/hide)

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.
      -Base cameras footage
         --Cameras appear to record only when a team is active on the planet.
         --Contains footage of the radiation orb event, both from the precursors and the current expedition.
      -? Other data?
   Comm equipment

Spoiler:  -- Armory -- (click to show/hide)

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!!

Spoiler:  -- Garage -- (click to show/hide)

Garage:
   3   4-man mini shuttles
         -Have limited sensors
      *MS1 Magpie
      *MS2 Raven
      *MS3 Crow
   4   Rocket bikes
         -Can carry 1 person, maybe two with a little difficulty
      *RB1 Sparrow
      *RB2 Robin
      *RB3 Colibri
      *RB4 Swallow (an African or a European?)
   1   Manual power 4 wheeler
      *MPV Dodo
         -Can carry 2 people
         -Has trailer that can carry another two people and should be able to move around independantly if given a power source.
         -Is equipped with drone thrusters that should allow it to move easily in the flatzone of sector 2
         -Electronically assisted steering
         -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.
         -Can withstand extreme heat and radiation.
         -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, but has the size and weight of a fridge)
   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 (about 127 of them)
      -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.

Spoiler:  -- Kitchen -- (click to show/hide)

Kitchen: (why am I writing this? Are you people going to use the microwave as a weapon?)
   Stove
   Microwave
   Oven
   Cutting boards
   Knives
   Sink
   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

Spoiler:  -- Lab (more like "Sample labeling") -- (click to show/hide)

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
      -Test results are logged by Simus in a datapad
   Giant vault
      -Ground samples from sector 1 & 3[Flint Westwood] TESTED
         --"Well, your acid testing reveals that your rock samples are a complex blend of things, but that they are porous, igneous rocks  resemble Gabbro but lack olivine in any significant amount. They don't have any unique qualities that set them apart from normal terrestrial stone, although it does hint that the surface here is the result of some sort of volcanic upwelling, since this material only forms underground at high pressures."
            ---Simus
      -Small blueraditite artifacts [Anton Chernozorov, Michael Alexander] TESTED
         --Test results logged in the artifacts section
      -Iron samples from the iron sea (sector 5) [Auron Kell, Michael Alexander] TESTED
         --Probably an  Iron-nickel alloy

Spoiler:  -- Conference room/planning room -- (click to show/hide)

Conference room/planning room:
   Holoprojector on a large table
      -Currently displaying a base and planet map

Spoiler:  -- Barracks -- (click to show/hide)

Barracks:
   NO LOCKERS!
   Beds
   TV
      -Prerecorded programs (no live programs)
   Bench (made out of boxes by precursors)
   Communal Bathroom?
   Some precursor clothes and datapads
   The cube of death
   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

Spoiler:  -- AI ("ALVIN") -- (click to show/hide)

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.

Spoiler:  -- Life support -- (click to show/hide)

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

Small Blueraditite ("Blue beads","Anomalous Shard Fragments","Small Coerulus"):
   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.
      -Also found in the track the radiation orb left in the ground.
   Physical characterisitics:
      -Rice shaped
      -Milky blue semi-transparent
      -Mildly Radioactive (not dangerous to humans)
      -Incredibly hard
         --Nothing happens if they break
      -Mildly Electrically charged
      -Radiation and electrical charge increase when in proximity to other small blueraditites.
   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
      -The track left in the ground by the radiation orb
   Test results:
      -"First thing, Their structure is oddly crystalline, considering they're so smooth and ovoid, and you can make out myriad rombohedral structures through the microscope. They aren't terribly dense, but are extremely tough, as your attempts to test their hardness yield not a single scratch or chip. They are mildly radioactive and electro-active, qualities that increase when near other beads; so much so that visible arcing between beads is observed when they are a few inches apart. Flame seems to have no effect on them, besides blacking them with it's residue, which can be wiped off to reveal the unchanged surface."
      -Shooting them with a hand laser caused them to break. Nothing happened when they broke.
      -Did not react to acids or bases.
   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","Large Coerulus"):
   Origin:
      -Found near the place where the radiation orb from zone 6 impacted the infirmary corridor. It was inside the corridor.
   Physical characteristics:
      -Some physical properties can be extrapolated by experimenting with the smaller artifacts of the same kind.
      -Looks like the middle section of a cylinder
         --? The blue radiation orb was a cylinder? The object in the center of zone 6 is a cylinder?
      -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 (visible electrical arcing)
      -Hot
      -Vibratring
   Danger: Highly radioactive, proceed with extreme caution.
      -It is unknown whether or not the object will remain inert. Periodic checks recommended.
   Location:
      -Near the zone 6-1 boundary
   Test results:
      -"Thermal reveals that it's hot, which really isn't a surprise considering all the radiation leaking out of the thing. Motion reveals it's either vibrating slightly or it's causing minor distortion in the thin amounts of atmosphere around here. X-ray can't see inside it and the rest are equally unhelpful."
      -"The thing is quite different from the beads. Where as the beads were small, smooth and ovoid this thing is quite large and is partially cylindrical, with a jagged edge on both sides, as though it was broken off from the middle of a larger rod. It doesn't seem crystalline in nature either, though it's hard to tell without a microscope."
      -"You're not really sure what it or the beads could be made of, but whatever they are they're certainly unstable, and contain a rather massive amount of energy. And neither are amorphous, they're both quite rigid in their shape."
      -"One clear application would be a power source, if you could figure out a way to harness it."
         --Simus
   Addendum:
      -Possibly a chunk of the radiation orb that broke 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 object seems to be incredibly tough. How could chunks of it break off?
      -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.

Gel Sack:
   Origin:
      -Created by Flint Westwood by cutting off part of the Gel Sea (Sector 19).
   Physical characteristics:
      -Weighs the same as water.
      -Properties similar to a non Newtonian fluid (slow to deform, fast to bounce back)
      -Does not bounce
      -Completely vulnerable to laser fire.
      -? Organic?
   Location:
      -On Flint Westwood (two containers, one has a black tower shard in it and is marked for size changes)
   Test results:
      -"It's about the size of your fist, a sort of purplish, greenish, bluish fluid trapped inside an thin, slightly opaque but mostly transparent film."
      -"It's fairly firm, almost like trying to squeeze fine sand. But it deforms more if you squeeze it more slowly. It returns to it's original shape fairly fast, but doesn't "Spring" back. It weighs a little more then water, you think. It does not bounce."
      -"You shoot the sea. It is scorched but doesn't burn or boil or evaporate. But it does cut through it like butter."
   Addendum:
      -? Could the sea be a living giant single cell organism?
         --? Food?
      -Possible applications as a shock absorbent.

Spoiler: --- Alien Autopsies --- (click to show/hide)

"You scan the lice with your patented pirate vision. Well, it weighs a lot. 3 tons or around there. And it's shell is incredibly dense, made mostly of silicon and other inorganic elements. The "living" part of the creature is pretty much just a lump of strangely configured carbon, silicon and ammonia based "organs" hidden deep in the shell. From what you can tell it doesn't breath or eat; more like it does both at the same time, scrapping off the top layer of the stone it travels over, processing it for nutrients and then excreting the remaining mass."
   -Morul

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

Infirmary repairs: COMPLETE!
   Repair the infirmary power cable.
   RESULTS:
      All cables repaired successfully Bishop managed to trap Mesk behind the welded power cable panel. How that happened, nobody knows.
   ADDENDUM:
      Someone should spraypaint "Dangerous doctors, do not open" on the panel. Only release Mesk when medicine needs to be practiced.

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 motion 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: COMPLETE!
   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.
   RESULTS:
      The MPV should now be able to take a total of four passengers.

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: COMPLETE!
   Inspect the transports for resistance to heat and radiation.
   RESULTS:
      Only the shuttle seems to be capable of withstanding elevated 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.

Search base camera footage: COMPLETE!
   Search for footage of the blue radiation orb anomalous event, both of this team's, and the precursor's. Also serch for footage of the precursor team leaving and moving around the base.
   RESULTS:
      Revealed footage of the blue radiation orb event, which was identical, both for the current team and the precursors. ALVIN does not have any internal cameras so there are no footage from the inside of the base available (or so it seems anyway). The previous team never got out of sector 1. No other interesting data revealed.

Determine whether or not the area around the skylights is safe:
   Send a drone flying low, or even better, a drone at the end of a long stick held by a flying individual.

Test the flatzone ground:
   The flatzone's energy absorbent properties could help create armor against directed energy weapons. Should take a sample if possible. Dig near the flatzone. How deep does it go?

Test sample containers for heat protection:
   Will putting something in a heat resistant sample container protect it from the heat of the volcanic zone? Putting some food in a container and watching if and how fast it melts is a good test.

Hovercraft\Rocket sled: COMPLETE!
   Make a hovercraft\rocket sled.
   RESULTS:
      The MPV should now be able to move in the frictionless zone (flatlands).

Motion anomaly comm cable:
   Lay a comm cable through the safe zone of the motion anomaly so that the base can be easily contacted by people behind it.

Check drones for legs:
   Do the drones have legs like scouteyes?

Electrical Insulation:
   Electrical insulation is necessary for movement through the electrically active zone (zone 14).

Spoiler: --- Notable anomalous events --- (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: Extremely dangerous.
      
Radiation orb(Event):
   Origin: Sector 6 anomaly, bright blue object
   Trigger: Automapping drone approaching the object. Footage from the precursor cameras revealed that the phenomenon can also occur naturally or at least without human intervention. (Maybe a micrometeorite impact is enough to trigger it?)
   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 caused by the "Anomalous shard" artifact. Unknown blue objects appeared near the hull breach. Full description in the Useful links section, under the name "Bluerad Artifact" or something like that. A track/ditch was molten to the ground from sector 6 to the crater. The track was covered in Small Blueraditite shards.
   Addendum: A zone storm event.

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

Precursor zone storm footage: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4160070#msg4160070
Gravity seep area/Radiation orb event footage: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4165105#msg4165105
Drones and skylights 1/Gravity seep dead end: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4169588#msg4169588
Drones and skylights 2: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4171741#msg4171741
Bluerad Lab tests 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4176271#msg4176271
Miyamoto's team assignment post: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4177880#msg4177880
Bluerad Lab tests 2: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4178723#msg4178723
Bluerad Lab tests 3: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4181797#msg4181797
Bluerad Field tests 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4183325#msg4183325
Black rods 1/Magmafalls 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4189382#msg4189382
Black rods 2 (beetle shed)/Magmafalls 2/Flatzone experiment 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4196101#msg4196101
Black rods 3 (beetle predator)/Flatzone experiment 2: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4199021#msg4199021
Black rods 4 (ecosystem glimpse)/Flatzone creatures 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4203108#msg4203108
Indigo sea 1 (bouncy)/Flatzone creatures 2: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4208352#msg4208352
Indigo sea 2 (penetration)/Flatzone creatures 3 (anthills): http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4212793#msg4212793
Indigo sea 3(Walking and holes closing)/Black towers and indigo sea 1/Yellow fog 1: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4217657#msg4217657
Indigo sea 4(Goo sacks):http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4220757#msg4220757
Indigo sea 5(Fire)/Goo sack examination/Giggling zone 1(It begins):http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106279.msg4225332#msg4225332

Links from before the previous notes post are at the previous post.

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

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Um.. I think you accidentally half the notes there, Paris.))

[Thearpox]

Um.. I think you accidentally half the notes there, Paris.

((Tshhhh. Quiet. He's still editing it. Don't let him see us!

Also, Action Edited (one hour ago).))

[Parisbre56]

((Done. Like the new style? Anything wrong? Anything I forgot? If there's anything you'd like me to change, send me a PM.))

Um.. I think you accidentally half the notes there, Paris.

((Tshhhh. Quiet. He's still editing it. Don't let him see us!

((Oh, don't worry, I see everything. I have the forum set up to notify me for every post posted. That way I can see all your mistakes before you edit them! That way I have a record of all of your mistakes that I can use to blackmail you! *evil maniac laughter* (I think I'm using the evil maniac laughter too much lately.)
Anyway, no, real reason I do that is because Wi-Fi coverage in my university is sporadic, so I just download my mails during a break and then view them at my leisure during a boring class.

I'll post an action soon. Hopefully.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Done. Like the new style? Anything wrong? Anything I forgot? If there's anything you'd like me to change, send me a PM.))

((Don't feel like PMing, but would still like to point out - Anton has robohands, not roboarms. And I should likewise post an action or something.))

[Parisbre56]

((Don't feel like PMing, but would still like to point out - Anton has robohands, not roboarms. And I should likewise post an action or something.))

((Done.))

"Just a bit tired, that's all. I'm not used to walking around all day."

Requesting an update on what anomalous motion zones are around us: I know one of them is the erratic movement zone (things move around on their own) and one of them is the no gravity zone.
What are the other ones? Do objects in the erratic movement zone move on all directions? Could a drone handle flying inside the no gravity zone (does it have down thrusters) or the erratic movement zone (can its thrusters respond fast enough to the changes in speed and direction)? Could I send a drone in one of those two zones and start throwing rocks while viewing their movement from the drone's camera, in order to determine where the border of the next anomalous motion zone is and what kind of effect that zone has?

Send a rock through the no gravity zone towards the sky and see if I can see its ceiling (not the sky's, the zone's). Go back to base and eat, sleep and resupply. If the team doesn't let me go back to base, just keep following them, staying a few paces back.

((EDIT: @Sean: You can always help me build that flatbed trailer for the MPV if you have nothing better to do. Or just check the proposed actions section of my notes. Lots of things there that you can do/investigate.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((I was planning to do some experiments in the time/vector warp zone, as well as a very scientific experiment a-la "toss a bluerad shard into the energy-absorbent zone and see what happens". But making a trailer (and advanced control system) for the MPV would be a passable pastime, as soon as Anton becomes aware of its necessity.))

"Well, that at least makes sense. Everything here must be controlled by ALVIN. The base was in shutdown before their team got here, and went back into shutdown once they... er, left. Hm. Unusual perhaps, but not quite strange... hm."

Look through footage of the fixed cameras from between the previous team's arrival and their... departure. Look for three things specifically - the first zone storm, the events leading up to the team's boarding the shuttle, and, if existant, the footage of the planning room the last time the previous team's leader is seen in it. See if he was planning any route away from the base, or anything of the kind.

((edit: also, just noticed. "Misson"?))

[Parisbre56]

((Yep. The previous one said "missions 9", if you hadn't noticed. Looks like piecewise is either testing our perception or just tired. Or maybe it's some kind of joke I don't get.))

[piecewise]

Team Blue

((Don't feel like PMing, but would still like to point out - Anton has robohands, not roboarms. And I should likewise post an action or something.))

((Done.))

"Just a bit tired, that's all. I'm not used to walking around all day."

Requesting an update on what anomalous motion zones are around us: I know one of them is the erratic movement zone (things move around on their own) and one of them is the no gravity zone.
What are the other ones? Do objects in the erratic movement zone move on all directions? Could a drone handle flying inside the no gravity zone (does it have down thrusters) or the erratic movement zone (can its thrusters respond fast enough to the changes in speed and direction)? Could I send a drone in one of those two zones and start throwing rocks while viewing their movement from the drone's camera, in order to determine where the border of the next anomalous motion zone is and what kind of effect that zone has?


Send a rock through the no gravity zone towards the sky and see if I can see its ceiling (not the sky's, the zone's). Go back to base and eat, sleep and resupply. If the team doesn't let me go back to base, just keep following them, staying a few paces back.

They're all Chaotic movement zones. Thought I updated that on the map, but must have forgotten. Updated now.

As per what I can tell you about the erratic zone, it just looks like everything inside of it is being shaken around; like if you put stones into a shoebox and shook the box. They seem to go in all directions but the thing is that they all stop and change directions at the same time. You could try to send a drone in where ever you want, but I can't tell you one way or another if it will survive.

You throw a rock into the "zero-g" zone, trying to arc it up. It doesn't fly up, instead it immediately halts it's ascent and just slides off away from you as though it's slipping between sheets of glass or ice. Further experimentation shows similar effects at other heights. The stone doesn't fall or ascend; it just slides of across an invisible horizontal plane.

You finish up your tests, flip Vich off, and then walk straight back to base, leaving the rest of the team to prevent their own progress.

((Alpha Protocol? Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckrbHXNtoI (3:30 - 4:15) ))

"Speaking of going back, we basically have a choice right now. We can either go back through the tunnel. We're still less than half the way through it, and after we get through it, we will stumble all the way to base, and fall asleep as soon as we get inside, extremely tired. I'm not exactly exited for this choice, because it will mean that when we continue exploring, we will have to stumble all the way back, and it will also mean that we will have to go through the entire of the anomaly.

The other choice is to go back to the other side. Assuming only me and Flint actually went it and the rest of you stayed outside, it would also be the simpler choice. We have supplies for three days, we will travel a bit from the anomaly and make camp there. In the morning, we will explore the rest of the other side of the anomaly, and then figure out a way back. Or the base could send a shuttle for it if it feels paranoid. "

Something was weird about the way Flint behaved. If he was feeling weird, why did he go into the corridor? If it was that bad, why was he continuing it. And why was he so eager to abandom them and go with Zephyris all of the sudden. Damn it, in the olden days it would have taken Vich seconds to make sense of this. Today, after years of solitude, it was that much harder.

Intuit why the Flint is behaving the way he is. Shut the fuck up about what I figure out. And stop trying to argue with Flint, it is obviously getting nowhere.

If Bishop doesn't make a decision, Vich goes back to the Bishop and Zephyria who are totally waiting at the start of the tunnel, because only Vich and Flint said they were going in. He doesn't try to overly persuade Flint to not wander off by himself, because fuck Flint. If he wants to collapse ten miles from the base, he can do it. It's been confirmed that it's not that dangerous on the way. Then everybody goes a square or two into sector 9, and unless they meet an anomaly, they make camp.

If Bishop does make a decision, he follows his decision without question. (Am I seriously the only one of my team who posted an action this turn?)

((In case someone hasn't noticed, I have another telling of my backstory in a spoiler in my previous post. Also, Bishop, you might want to accept help with the unmapped sector, because we're not going to be mapping it anytime soon.

Also, where do you live right now?)

Flint appears to have wandered off. As to what his problem is, it seems to come down to the fact that you prevented him from performing an action that he wanted to do. And now he is angry with you.

"Humans sure are complex. Glad I'm not one of them. I mean...um...Things humans say..."

Team Green

Keep on trucking mapping.

Help lars.

"What's with this place?"

map the volcanic fun zone

Mapping continues unabated! The team makes it all the way back out to the other shore of the Iron sea. Neato. In other news, it's hot as hell, no one has water or food and this place is as close to a literal hell as possible. Not even an interesting one out here on the edges; there's none of that neat, weird life shit out here to poke with non-existent sticks.

When I wake up, find some material for an eyepatch, so I don't have to keep my eye closed all the time. Then grab additional supplies, especially water, and head back out and look for the team.

Remember that Pirate vision only engages when you keep your eye closed, not when it's open. Plus you'd look straight through the eyepatch if it was active when your eye was open.

Team Red

Once the rest of the team is reasonably well rested, go to sector 4 and start mapping. Fly up and try to get an idea of the area once we reach the edge of the known area, while cycling through vision modes.

"We should start chucking rocks again once we get near the unexplored area. Lucas, if you'd be so kind?"

Head on back to base and spread the word about what I saw.

((Yes, speech roll if needed.))

Follow the leader shoot things that try to murder us

"Sure thing, boss"

Start throwing rocks around in sensible directions once we arrive at sector 4.

"By the way, you seem to pronounce my name with a 'c,' whereas it is actually pronounced with a 'k.' It's no biggie. The 'c' just makes my name sound all weird." (( ))

Denzel returns with tales of strange lands beyond the edge of the explored world and regales the team with descriptions of them as it moves out toward the fourth zone. They have to skirt the gravity seep to get there and even from the edge of the zone, it's clear that bad things await them. The land beyond is potmarked with craters, not unlike the one that sits outside the base, and the light is strange here; near the craters it's so distorted as to produce as rainbow effect, where gravity teases the spectrum apart.

Team Base

((I was planning to do some experiments in the time/vector warp zone, as well as a very scientific experiment a-la "toss a bluerad shard into the energy-absorbent zone and see what happens". But making a trailer (and advanced control system) for the MPV would be a passable pastime, as soon as Anton becomes aware of its necessity.))

"Well, that at least makes sense. Everything here must be controlled by ALVIN. The base was in shutdown before their team got here, and went back into shutdown once they... er, left. Hm. Unusual perhaps, but not quite strange... hm."

Look through footage of the fixed cameras from between the previous team's arrival and their... departure. Look for three things specifically - the first zone storm, the events leading up to the team's boarding the shuttle, and, if existant, the footage of the planning room the last time the previous team's leader is seen in it. See if he was planning any route away from the base, or anything of the kind.

((edit: also, just noticed. "Misson"?))

It doesn't appear as though the base has internal cameras, or at least there's no footage from them if there is. The outdoor cameras show a hard blue light surrounded by a halo  of black specks moving out of the radiation zone and toward the gravity seep, much like what happened recently. The footage cuts off as it gets close. Nothing seems terribly interesting besides that in the footage from between arrival and departure. A few people wander out along the edge of the base, look around a bit, but no one ever seems to go too far.

 
map

http://i.imgur.com/0NUabax.png

[Zako]

"Well shit, now he's gone off on his own like an idiot." Bishop sighs with frustration and shakes his head. "Whatever, at least we have a corridor through this mess that we could use if it stays like this, so he'll just have to look after himself if he wants to come back. We're mapping the edges of the distortion on the other side, so let's keep moving."

Keep mapping around the other side of the distortions. Wonder what Red team is up to.

[Tavik Toth]

Follow lars.

[kisame12794]

Grab four days worth of food and water, plus some assorted sample containers and labels. Also grab some suit repair supplies.

[Unholy_Pariah]

follow lars unless doing so risks dehydration, if that is the case head back to base and grab some food and water for myself and the others then start carrying the supplies back to them.

[Doomblade187]

Test the area with rocks to check for gravity seeps.