I'm going to roll now to get the ball rolling toward the next section. Sorry Comrade!
>Dr. Winston Arran, chief of staff--KEY ACQUIRED
>Dr. Alice Walker, head of Astronomy--KEY ACQUIRED
>Researcher Yorick Bentley, head of Biology--KEY ACQUIRED
>Researcher Samuel Ashcroft, Nanotech researcher--KEY ACQUIRED
>Researcher Eveline Joyce, Nanotech researcher--KEY BLUEPRINTS ACQUIRED
CNR Laboratory, Ceres
Feb 2nd, 2398
16:05 GMT
Samarkand AKA Felicia Hasting---General Skills---
Observer (1)---Sciences---
Medic (1)Botanist (2)Chemist (1)---Thievery and Deception---
Saboteur (1)Scavenger (1)Sleight of Hand (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
Nanofabrication [1/3]
[5] The paper on Titan outlines a detailed project involving the exploitation of underground ice on Titan in order to create an artificial forest underground, powered by a city on the surface. The project, if funded, would be carried out by the people of Atlantis, the only human settlement on the frigid moon.
Other titles include:
-A United Earth: Political Approaches (book)
-Interstellar Trade: Suggestions to the Grand Admiral (letter)
-Economic Prospecting in the Outer Rim (report)
The Froggy Ninja AKA David "Dave" Steel---Crafting---
Inventor (2)---Sciences---
[spoiler=Skills]
Engineering (1)---Nanites---
[spoiler=Skills]
Cloud Combat (1)Cloud Health: 50%
Composition: 0 Regular Nanites, 100% Tiny Nanites
Constructor [1/3]
[3] Deoxygenating the air around the chief's face and producing sound is a fairly difficult task, but you manage to do it by forming a quick, invisible bubble around the chief of staff's head, sealing itself airtight around his neck. He scratches at it a number of times before you can begin forming the oxygen into unbreathable compounds, breaking the seal each time, but eventually he adjusts to it and relents with the scratching. Soon, a cloudy vapor forms inside the bubble, and before he can react he falls to the floor, incapacitated by the noise. The noise itself is relatively silent--not because you were able to form a vacuum with your fragile nanobots, but because instead of resorting to loud noises ((seriously, 150 dB is as loud as a jet engine at
30 meters! Your bodies run on battery power!)), you simply project the noise very close to his eardrums.
The chief of staff collapses to the floor.
Avis-Mergulus AKA Anton "Tosha" Teremnoi---General Skills---
Acrobat (1)---Vehicles---
[spoiler=Skills]
Piloting (2)Engineering Technician (1)---Deception---
Sleight of Hand (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
[5] As Dr. Arran falls, you catch him and whisk the keys out of his coat pocket without so much as a noise. Hiding the keys inside your closed left hand, you set the doctor on the floor and back away, acting surprised.
Sleight of Hand skill gained!
Comrade P. AKA Hamilton Teromo---Deception---
Ambusher (1)Liar (1)---Combat---
[spoiler=Skills]
Sidearms (2)Swordsman (1)Cloud Health: 100%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
You hear Anton over the mic, responding to your message slightly late.
"I just got them, my friend!" As it turns out, you asked your question right before they incapacitated the chief of staff on the other side of the room... somehow. The chief is simply knocked out, without any sort of noticeable injury.
"Is there something you're not telling me...are you trying to steal or... leave the base?"She backs away, anticipating that you are going to use force.
[5] You regain your composure and calmly state that in fact, this was simply an exercise in reintegrating yourself into the world. Though she remains suspicious at first, you manage to convince her that you were asked to make an outlandish demand to a random person you found. She won't give you the key, but at least you avoided raising the alarms. Phew!
Liar skill gained!
McDonald walks up to David Steel and briefly congratulates him in a whispering tone. Then, he asks:
"You mentioned having images of the keys? Show me with your Cloud."David is able to condense the nanites into hollow shells resembling the keys. He cycles through each one until the doctor tells him to stop.
"Stop. This one, condense the nanites further. If you haven't yet figured out, one of the key reasons nanite technology is so powerful is because they can assemble themselves into nanoplasm quite easily, even when deformed by environmental conditions."The key forms itself, and drops into the doctor's hand. He collects each from the others in the lobby. The only ones he doesn't currently have yet are the ones Felicia collected. He contacts her.
"Hey Felicia. Can you bring the keys to the lobby so that we can start? We'll be in the control room--"The doctor halts as he sees the entrance to Control Room 1 is blocked off by a bulkhead. On the digital display mounted to the door, the words "GAS LEAK" appear in flashing red.
"Well damn."