Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[DolosusDoleus]

DISASTEROID

OOC Thread

"Well then. Welcome to the MMCEC, glad to have you with us, blah blah fucking blah. My name's Captain Dimbik, the overseer of MMCEC division Theta-13. Don't bother introducing yourselves to me, I already know far too much about the lot of you than anyone has any right to."

Captain Dimbik is not an attractive man. His tiny, screwed up eyes are hidden beneath the deep folds of his skin, his jaw juts out at such an angle it appears to be about to break off, he looks as though his nose has been broken several times, and the creases of his brow are so deep that one might suspect they are merely flaps of loose skin. He leans heavily on a steel cane, granting him an unsightly leer and enhancing his already ghoulish pallor. He snorts and glances over at a piece of paper in his free hand.

"Let's see here... right. The lot of you'll be heading for the planet Bawg, in sector Alpha-GR4. Planetary conditions are... roughly earthlike gravity, and a nitrogenous-based atmosphere. That means no taking off your helmets, mmkay? Bawg is tidally locked to its sun, meaning that one half is constantly in the dark, the other half is constantly in the light.

You'll all be heading for a small island on the dark side of Bawg, which the MMCEC is dropping you down on to investigate the appearance of a sudden explosion of life forms on the surface there. The eggheads up in command say that the sensors pick up the whole thing as being one huge organism. Your mission is to head down there, find whatever the hell has made this happen, and rip in out of the ground and bring it back if possible."

Spoiler: Map (Warning: Big) (click to show/hide)

"We're gonna be dropping you off on that yellow bit up off in the northeast corner. Scanning suggests that whatever's causing whatever the hell's going on down there is located where that white bit near the center is.

Oh, and those of you who got alien crap shoved in you? The ship's bioanalyzer'll probably be able to tell you what they do to you when yer in transit. Just because every time someone asks me when they find out what the thing does.

...And that's it. Launch is in 45 minutes. If you have any questions, now would be the time to ask them."

[Rautherdir]

"Is it too late to get more equipment?"

[Glass]

"Explain the map. All the colors - those are terrain, yes? What kind?"

[Dustan Hache]

"two things sir. One,can you give us more detail on the terrain map, such as what those colors mean and the bold lines between some of those hexes?
Two, you mentioned an outbreak of life-forms and a giant organism. Am I correct in assuming that we have a strong chance of encountering something that might afflict us with 'the gift'?"

[Coolrune206]

"No questions except for the alien stuff jammed inside me, and you've already answered those ones."

[DolosusDoleus]

"Is it too late to get more equipment?"

"So long as you're in the shuttle before launch, it's not too late."

"Explain the map. All the colors - those are terrain, yes? What kind?"

"two things sir. One,can you give us more detail on the terrain map, such as what those colors mean and the bold lines between some of those hexes?
Two, you mentioned an outbreak of life-forms and a giant organism. Am I correct in assuming that we have a strong chance of encountering something that might afflict us with 'the gift'?"

Dimbik looks at his paper.

"Ah, says here that the yellow is rocks, blue is water, brown is dirt, and we haven't a clue what red, purple, or orange are. I can say with some certainty that the blue bold lines in between the hexes are rivers of some sort. The whole island's pretty flat, so I can only assume they correspond to some sort of terrain.

As for The Gift, I suppose it's entirely possible you could run into something that'll give it to ya. Mission notes don't say anything about it though."

"No questions except for the alien stuff jammed inside me, and you've already answered those ones."

"Mmkay"

[Dustan Hache]

"Right. So if this thing happens to be mutagenic, how are we gonna get it out and transport it without getting turned into biological silly putty?"

[Glass]

"You're telling me that the map is essentially useless for us right now."

[FallacyofUrist]

"Where'd you source this map?"

[DolosusDoleus]

"Right. So if this thing happens to be mutagenic, how are we gonna get it out and transport it without getting turned into biological silly putty?"

"That sounds like a 'later' problem. Tell you what, supposing you live long enough to make it to the source, I'll get one of the eggheads to help you out with that over the comms. Okay?"

"You're telling me that the map is essentially useless for us right now."

"Smart lad, able to figure all that out on your own. Yes, the map is pretty useless at this point."

"Where'd you source this map?"

"Hell if I know. It's probably from a satellite of some sort."

[Glass]

"Where'd you source this map?"

"Hell if I know. It's probably from a satellite of some sort."

"Then shouldn't they be able to say something about what's there? Sattelite imagery is pretty accurate, even on small scales."

[Rautherdir]

"Alright. Some armor would be nice, and something that I know will be a weapon. I'll go grab those."

[DolosusDoleus]

"Where'd you source this map?"

"Hell if I know. It's probably from a satellite of some sort."

"Then shouldn't they be able to say something about what's there? Sattelite imagery is pretty accurate, even on small scales."

"Then maybe it's not from a satellite. Maybe the picture was taken from another source. It's not like I had anything to do with it."

"Alright. Some armor would be nice, and something that I know will be a weapon. I'll go grab those."

"Mmkay"

[FallacyofUrist]

"It's probably not a picture at all. More like a rendition of some sort of computer scan.

If this is the best you guys can give us, MMCEC has serious tech issues."

[Glass]

-_-
[is displeased]