((PTW.
Were aspects of this game inspired by Halcyon Crown, by any chance?
Edit: ... or vice versa - your account's a lot older than I thought.))
Are you at all portable?"
Crystal is in our head, no? Or at least communicating with us that way.
((Yeah, both Halcyon Crown and McCreary's Planet, the other game ran in the same universe, were sort of the inspiration for this. Not...all of it, I don't want to steal everything, but some of the mechanics and status/etc. spoilers are. I've always had a bit of a thing for the idea of eternity/immortality though, so that's mostly all me.
I almost certainly didn't have an influence on either game, though - I hadn't posted in a long time when McCreary's Planet was started, and hadn't started a game in a
long time. I've definitely never done anything like this or Halcyon crown before!
Crystal is in your head, yes.))
Muscle atrophy? Holy crap, that's a mess. There's no waiting that out in any reasonable timeframe, we'd need months of physical therapy to recover. Take a closer look at the medical nanites. Are they rated to help with muscular problems that severe? Pay close attention to the warnings, of course. But if it can help us, that's something to think of.
Anyway, now that we're better situated, let's start talking to Crystal about what we need to do here. Can they plot us a route? Better yet, could that key into our visual overlay? Let's see what our next move is.
You take a closer look at the medical nanites. Warning include a long list of scenarios
not to use the nanites in - namely starvation and extreme blood loss, but they're also not rated for intense head trauma, or much of anything involving your brain beyond a moderate concussion. There's also some notes that improper genemodding, intense cybernetic modification, and non-human patients can cause a long list of complicated issues.
They are, however, apparently designed to help with the rest of the side effects of prolonged cryogenic storage - muscle atrophy included. It notes that anyone with muscle atrophy should be taken to a proper hospital for rehabilitation in all but the most extreme of circumstances, and to have plenty of nutrients to supply the patient with. The nanites will use them to reconstruct bodily tissue, but they have to have resources to build with, or they won't do much of anything before dying out.
"Hey Crystal, can you plot me a route to wherever you need me? I've got an overlay you could route it to."
I can supply you a map and a course to my main core, you'll be closer to most of my vital components there, but I cannot guarantee it to be accurate. There are some deadzones in my sensors and cameras - I can't see what's in there. I can plot around these, but it could double the length of your trip.
As for your overlay...you'll have to grant me access, but I should be able to figure out whatever you've got running and project it on there.
Whatever you decide, taking a right on the way out of your current location will bring you closer to me."If this place is dangerous, maybe we should prioritize leaving over fixing up the place. Are you at all portable?"
...No. I'm built in to the station. Theoretically I could be compressed down for storage and transport, but it'd be like putting a human into cryo.