((Yeah, sure I didn't get very far in. I also didn't get lost, didn't get injured, and got a fair number of samples. Speaking of,
I got that tree trunk sample, right?
And who is the "Mike" Flint is using?))
Take a short rest (15 min) and label the samples.
Before doing that, send Zephyris in to the thicker part (but where she can still see us) to observe the effect.
When we finish resting, or after the effect finishes, whichever comes last, head to the sector NorthWest of the fog, and West of the Teleportation Mushrooms, making a detour (if we need it) to the shuttle to resuply, and mapping the fog sector limits in the process. Also, I hate numbers. I like math, but I hate numbers. Numbers for labeling, not numbers used in math.
Yeah, you got the sample. The "of" in that sentence should be "off"
You sit down on the edge of the zone, cursing your old man body, and command Zeph to explore the fog some more. Zeph just sort of stands there.
"Oh, wait, thats right, gotta..."
You stand up and slap Zeph in the back of the head a few times till she starts ambling forward robotically. You watch until she's on the edge of your vision and then tell her to stop. She stops. You content yourself with the fact that, though she may be half brain dead for some reason, at least her cameras still work. You watch as the pulsating, spreading redness eventually softens and vanishes as the tree heals itself and returns to normal.
"Ok, come back."
She doesn't come back.
God damn it.
Examine base for damage
Really? It's easier to tell you what areas aren't damaged.
Basically: armory is ultra fucked, medbay is mega fucked, garage is fucked, no one has even looked at the conference room, and the lab is sorta damaged.
"O Cog-azaon, may you grant us understanding of this grey fog that is hopefully shark-free!"
Follow the leader some more.
The HMRC's Second favorite game. Right after "Fuck everything up and light shit on fire."
((Only because I lack anything flammable.))
((Also, clouds and sharks? You must be thinking of this.))
"I wonder why he doesn't use me for exploring. I mean, surely he knows that the sleepwalkers like Zeph are easily captivated and hypnotized. She probably saw a shiny rock and is now dead from the neck up."
"Well, there's nothing for it. Might as well get to work."
Weld the armoury umbilical door shut and spray paint a bright coloured X across the middle of the door. Then head outside, around to the armoury umbilical and start cutting away large slabs off the walls from the armoury and the umbilical.
[handi:5+1] You weld the door shut alright. And by weld I mean you melt the entire front half of the door into a flat wall of slag. Ain't no one getting through that door any time soon. You not to yourself and take the long walk around to the other side of said door, to the armory umbilical.
[handi:6+1] You, rather foolishly, just cut the umbilical off at both ends; separating the two buildings but leaving you with a giant metal pipe that immediately falls to the ground and begins rolling off toward the Gravity seep.
Assist Bishop in disassembling the remnants of the armory.
You take the armory building itself, since Bishop seems to have the umbilical well in hand.
[handi:5-1]
You dig into the structure with your torch, hacking off large sheets of metal and tearing out electronic components and pieces. It goes fairly well you think; and you leave nothing but the building's metal skeleton. Mostly because thats whats holding up that heat shield that sliced the building in half. And you don't want said heat shield falling on you.
"Hey Bishop, I got this half..." And then you notice the umbilical rolling away with bishop chasing after it.
reroute all power out of the armory, watch the deconstruction team pull the armory apart and grab any thermal cameras they remove.
[aux:4+1]
You shut the power off without issue, rerouting it to the still functional areas of the base. While you're at it, you do the same with the wasted power in the medbay as well. That done, you take the ladder route over the roof and finally over to the armory, or whats left of it. To your dismay, the electrical works of the building are all laying in a completely unorganized, partially torn apart, tangled heap.
Get him as close to one of the entrances as you possibly can while keeping him in Gilgamesh. Medical, or what's left of it, is where you'll be going. I'll get there and cut a hole in the wall big enough so we can fit the suit inside, as close to the airlock as possible.
...What happened to him, anyways?
Abandon wiring project for now, cut holes in Medbay so that Gilgamesh can be brought in and positioned close to the airlock into the habitable section of the base.
((Actually, PW, could you mark the map of the base what is completely sealed and what we can still get into/out of the habitable zone through? At the moment, it's indistinguishable.))
(Marked soft sealed -ie doors that open onto vacuum but CAN actually be opened- with blue lines and hard sealed doors-doors that can't be opened for one reason or another- with red.)
[handi:1]
You weld the door from the main building to the medbay completely shut.
"That sounds like a plan. I'll move him there now. I don't know what exactly happened, to be honest. He simply took a beating from the blast."
Bring Gilgamesh (Anton) close to the entrance to the Medbay and wait for Simus to cut a hole. Then bring Gilgamesh in.
"Ok simus, I'm here and waiting. Wait, simus, What are you doing? Simus, stop! SIMUS!"
"AAAaaaaand done! Now you can come insid--wait..."
"God damn it simus. God damn it."
Go look for something to fix.
Garage wall still needs fixing. As do several of the vehicles. And the lab and lab umbilical.
Find my exosuit in the garage. Crawl it near the gate. Find a handhold on the gate and another one somewhere stable near the gate. Grab hold of one with one hand and the other with the other hand. Prepare to start pulling so I can straighten the door.
Unfortunately there are no good handholds on the outer gate. Otherwise Lukas could have just done this himself. He is stronger then you, after all. Bigger too. Might be more handsome, if his head weren't a metal skull.
Wait a minute...Lukas is a giant robot with a metal head...Miyamoto drives a giant robot and has a metal head...If you get a giant head, you get a giant robot! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
Head to medbay to assist with Gilgamesh/Anton.
You head over to the med bay door, find the mess simus caused and help by slapping her in the back of the head.
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