Something changes in The Mind. It doesn't know what it is and neither do you. It feels very much as it did before, but something is ever so slightly different... The Mind has never before experienced this sensation, this very odd feeling of change...
Lots of actions
This is going to bad day for Cromwell's blood pressure.
"Guni, Adam. Where the hell are you?" He asks through radio while running towards armory.
"I HATE MONDAYS!" Adam yells back. "I'm in the rapids, west of the base. You hear me?
IN the rapids!"
While Cromwell knew this planet would be dangerous, he certainly didn't expect this type of danger. Why's Adam in rapids?
"Why are you in rapids? Did you try to swim in it or what?"
"Our jeep decided to!"
Better leave interrogation for later, Cromwell decides as he gets assault rifle from armory. At same time Alex arrives into the armory and requests six double barreled pistols. Quartermaster and Cromwell both stare Alex for a moment before Cromwell snaps and starts yelling.
Alex is very bemused by this sudden aggression. He can't even understand what Cromwell is yelling about. "Ship", "job", "double", "never"... those are only words he can understand.
"Dude, calm down." He says. This is too much for Cromwell and he storms out, still yelling and swearing. Quartermaster gives Alex two auto-aiming pistols and extra clip for both, while raising his eyebrows in unspoken question.
Meanwhile Mark gets two-man flyer ready for launch. Thankfully the job is almost done as someone had moved flyer into position already. "Adam prepared it on this morning, and nobody bothered to set it down." answers one engineer into his question. Wow, that man must be a prophet or something to be able to predict this.
Unfortunately the flyer doesn't have a wench of any kind, it only has rings where one can attach ropes. Mark stows some ropes and hooks into flyers cargo compartment when Cromwell arrives.
"I swear to god, Mark, some days I think you're the only sane person here." Cromwell says and tosses Mark an imaginary pistol. Mark grabs it and passes it back.
"I'm already prepared. Also I'm just glad that I have someone else that's sane for once." he nods.
Cromwell slids the imaginary pistol back into his imaginary holster.
"When we get back, we should have a toast to hope that our sanity holds out through all this."
"Hey don't say that, you're going to jinx us."
At least their sanity is on same wavelength.
((Cromwell doesn't have a pistol. All he has is the assault rifle he just got.
The auto-aiming pistol works like this: you aim at your target, lock it, and fire in its general direction. You can use enviro-suit's HUD for locking. The bullet will home in exactly where it was locked to. Other pistols do not have this feature, but all bigger guns do with exception of gauss rifles.
Alex can't go outside. He can't wear enviro-suit because his neck brace is in the way. Or he could just take the risk and go without one... Air outside is very breathable, mind you. And you all are vaccinated against every harmful bacteria and virus you know exists outside.))
((Not really I'm a genetic engineer who came to see if things from alien life forms could be useful to humans. So I'm making animals which could be useful in general as well as to us specifically. Also I am a scientist not an adventurer. I'm not gonna risk my life to observe something that's not even my field of study.))
Yep. Start growing an improved batch. Also talk to the growing babies so they will recognize the sound of my voice when they are born.
Batch of version 2 is growing.
You babble sweet nothings to your new babies like a good father, even though you are not sure if they can even hear you. Never mind if it looks insane to others.
Perhaps you should record your babbles and replay it in permanent loop?
Take the fastest thing I can to Guni's location, after grabbing some first aid supplies.
Technically you have kept a first aid kit with you ever since Guni was attacked. As well as your small pistol.
Now here's two ways to go; two-man flyer Mark prepared for launch since no one else has stated intent to get in, or take an ATV, perhaps with a trailer, and drive there by yourself. Or pick the third option and take personal flyer.
Also, infirmary tells you that BAQ-3 vaccine ran out of materials. Which means it doesn't have enough the bacteria to test effectiveness of active part of the vaccine. Odd, you are sure you had enough...
Adam! Adam grab on! Hold out my rifle towards the jeep so Adam can grab it, if he can see it. Adam just reach out your hand! I can't see you!
You take two steps into the rapids, that's as far as you have courage to go due strong currents here (not to mention slippery rocks), and prepare to use your rifle as a holding stick for Adam to grab. The jeep is still three meters further in, so Adam has to make quite jump of faith even if he manages to get out of the jeep.
I have a question for you:
which direction the barrel is pointed at?
1: Guni Debres
2: Adam Tom and the Jeep, Part 3.
Currently we have following samples on ship:
* Large four eyed birds. (7 dead) (Studied)
*
Aquatic creature. (1 dead) (Studied)
*
Biggus Dickus (2 dead). (One studied)
** Possibly contaminated blood samples.
** Additional set of blood and tissue samples from female Biggus Dickus.
* Grasshopper-type insect (1 alive). (Studied)
*
Green/pink flashing insects. (3 dead) (Studied)
*
Assholium Rectumas. (4/6 alive) (Barely studied)
* Red headed birds (2/3 alive) (Not studied)
* Flying bone plated snakes (1/3 alive) (Not studied)
* Rat? (1 alive) (Not studied)
Experiments in progress:
* 5
Attack dog hybrid mutants (Puppy: -13)
* 5
Attack dog hybrid mutants, version 2 (Puppy: -15)
*
Werewolf (Adult: -5)
* Vaccine against
BAQ-3 (??)
Completed:
* Various vaccines.
* Biological replacement parts for Alex's wound.
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