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Archduke Daynel, PhD · Post by **Archduke Daynel, PhD** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:20 am

Tanya, noticing Vena shouting, pulled her rifle and took cover behind the crate. She looked at the weapon stock poking out, and decided it couldn't hurt to quickly search the crate.

Post by **Error** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:41 am

Karl raised an eyebrow at this, but continued to the corvette. Pausing at the open hatch, he looked for a release mechanism; finding none (or at least, none operating), he motioned for Ytiil to follow him in. Climbing up to the widest part of the gap, he slid inside; the cargo bay looked much the same as the hangar deck.

Rifle at the ready, he swept the room, looking for remains, ID tags, anything of note.

ACH0225 · Post by **ACH0225** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:07 pm

Spoiler:

Ytiil draws his SMG and follows Karl, looking around. He activates his thermal helmet sensor, looking around at the boxes and cargo bay in general.

"Ought to make our way to the Command Room. Don't like the feel around here; something went down, and I want to find out what before it happens again."

Julo · Post by **Julo** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:10 pm

Kea turned around and saw Vena firing at the vent. She was not sure if this was a thread or just the overreaction of a weird and unpredictable mind. Kea focused on Vena and didn't receive any thoughts, this was not surprising, since Vena was equipped with psionic powers, which greatly surpassed hers, but she could not detect any fear. So Kea took the Toolkit and shouted: "Calm down 'Nomaly, please tell us what you've found, before you wreck the whole place!"

Toolkit aqcuired

Professor Fenway · Post by **Professor Fenway** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:54 pm

Vena isn't firing at the vent, only leveled the weapon at the vent.

Tanya
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You quickly search the crate. Rolling for luck... 36.
You find nothing particularly useful in the crate; it's all broken electronics and components. Worthless. You do pull out the stock, however, which turns out to be a weapon of a model you don't recognize. It's quite obviously busted, but the sights on the weapon are interesting- and, more importantly, functional. You clip them off and attach them to your rifle. Interestingly, the sights automatically adapt and match your rifle's weapon spread and range.

-ADAPTIVE HOLO-SIGHTS ACQUIRED- +1 Marksmanship

Vena
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There is no response from the creature- it seems to have vanished. The smaller creatures don't seem interested either, and simply scuttle around the ventilation some distance away, so say their signatures. Rolling for luck... 99 (seriously?)

One creature breaks off from the pack and approaches, slowly and cautiously. You raise your weapon as it approaches, and... it's a rabbit. A tiny, white rabbit-like creature peeks out from the gap in the vent where the vine used to be. It looks at you quizzically before hopping out onto a pile of crates stacked up to the vent. You sense no hostility in the creature's mind.

Karl
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The place is really, really creepy. The lights are all shattered or broken, and everything loose in the room is piled against the northern wall (towards the front of the station) as if gravity was shifted. The room slants towards that path. Only a few lights remain intact, and oddly enough, there are no bodies in the room. Rolling for luck and perception... 97 and 50 (dice please).

You step over a fallen wire and gently nudge it. It sparks as you does so, and you jump back. The entire wire begins sparking and leads towards a few dark consoles on the wall, which you hadn't noticed before. The power arcs reach it and the monitors blink on one by one, showing a multitude of screens.

Ytiil
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You scan the boxes, and the thermal visor reveals nothing alive whatsoever. The monitors that activated, however, draw your attention. They appear to connect to the entire ship and consist of many controls. Some of them are locked.

Post by **Error** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:18 pm

Karl walked slowly over the the consoles. Cautiously, he tapped in a simple system diagnostic command, then turned and swept the bay once more.

Tripping his radio, he relayed to the team, 'Valkyrius here. Active control stations inside the corvette, attempting access now. Standby for update.'

Luna · Post by **Luna** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:45 pm

As Ricco rolled up on the rabbit with his gun out, he identified the new creature and added it to his info log. "Creature appears to have no hostile intention," Ricco announced rolling onto his four legs. Ricco folded his gun away and began walking to Karl's location. Acknowledged Karl, please notify me of any ports connecting to the ships computer systems, there could be some helpful information in it's database.

cats · Post by **cats** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:21 pm

Spoiler:

Vena removes her blanket with a flurry and stuffs it into the ventilation shaft. She then thinks better of that, retrieves the blanket, and wraps it around herself again, replacing its spot in the vent with a hard, fried doughnut from her pouch. Another nigh-inedible doughnut Vena pitches at Ricco, accusing the robot of "fraternizing with the enemy of the Vine." Invigorated by the experience, she stows her gun and sets off on a mission to capture Vinebane, as she is calling the rabbit creature, at least to amuse herself until "they're all good and finished fucking around in here."

ACH0225 · Post by **ACH0225** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:54 pm

Spoiler:

Ytiil takes one more look at the boxes, cracking one open experimentally, just to see if there is anything useful inside. Moving on from that, he begins poking through the computer displays.

Professor Fenway · Post by **Professor Fenway** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:16 pm

Ricco
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You reach the corvette's cargo bay door only to find that you can't get in. The ajar door is not conducive for a rolling ball to fit through, so you're stuck outside until the door can be fully opened.

Karl
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You look at some of the screens. Several are diagnostic reports; the most prominent being SYSTEM FAILURE. Most core ship systems have overloaded. Another displays a recent sensor log. You scan over it. It describes a "rapidly shifting" gravitational anomaly present extremely close to the ship itself; perhaps this anomaly is what skewed everything around?

One final screen catches your eye. It appears to be the master control screen. But it is locked down, presumably to prevent unauthorized personnel from gaining access to it. You guess several codes. Rolling for logical... 17 (tough luck mate).

You fail to gain access, but fortunately, the system doesn't lock down.

Ytiil
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You look in the crate (rolling for luck)... 40. Nothing really useful or pertinent. Components and such. You meander to the consoles and look them over. You hazard a try for the passwords. Rolling for logical... 13.

You also fail to gain access, but the console doesn't lock down.

Vena
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You slowly approach what you call "Vinebane", who continues to stare at you quizzically. It doesn't seem frightened so far. Rolling for social... 88

You get within a meter and it tenses up. Shortly afterward, it jumps into your arms and snuggles against you, purring softly. It seems to trust you completely.
ACQUIRED: Vinebane. +1 Social from interaction.

ALL
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The floor seems to shift under all of you, very slightly. It is leaning a bit towards the fore of the ship. The new slant is barely noticeable.

Post by **Error** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:24 am

'Valkyrius here. Corvette's logs show gravitational anomalies were and may still be present on the station. Corvette seems to have exoerienced systems overloads. No more is known.'

Cutting his transmission, he joined Ytiil is glaring at the console for a moment, before turning to try and find any of the corvette's other compartments or passageways.

Julo · Post by **Julo** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:07 pm

Kea let go of the sandwich and continued to search through the hangar. There were mostly big, sealed crates, some with danger signs, others with a sign saying what was inside them. A machine block here, a coolant system there. She stopped at a crate which was obviously opened with violence. She checked the sign: Groceries. Next to the crate was an angle grinder. It was cold, but it still had energy. Kea estimated that it was used in the past 6 hours. A sign of life! She looked around suspiciously, in the academy they learned a lot about traps and observation. And now she had the feeling of being watched. She opened a comms channel and said: "I have the feeling we're being watched, watch out for signs of life." After a second she said: "I think we should move on."

ACH0225 · Post by **ACH0225** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:20 pm

Spoiler:

Ytiil follows Karl silently, using his armour mounted lamp(puny human armours only have regular torches), he illuminates the rooms and bulkheads. Inside his armour, his wings twitch from being folded so long; not that it's unconfortable, just getting cramped. He performs a basic atmospheric test.

Professor Fenway · Post by **Professor Fenway** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:32 pm

Karl
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As you and Ytiil advance, you the path forks. Ahead it is blocked completely, but the passageway goes left and right. After sweeping the area and confirming no life signs, you take the right. Ytiil takes the left.

Your hallway soon folds back forward towards the fore again. The further you progress, the more twisted and slanted the room becomes. Cracks and fissures line the entire hallway. Soon you are standing more on the wall than the floor. Rolling for perception... 69.

As you step over a crack, something creaks. Then snaps. Metal screams as the entire hallway drops a meter or more, you with it. You are able to stay on your feet as it dropped and weren't hurt, but the hallway behind you is no more. Instead it appears to lead into a room that was previously sealed off. It appears to be the power generator from what you can see- the massive fusion reactor dominates the center of the room. On the far side of it, very below you, is another door. This one is ajar, and precisely opposite from the door on your side a meter or so above you.

Ytiil
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You take the left side of the hallway, which leads down in a way. There are many, many things piled on the walls down here, from broken components to miscellaneous items. And yet there are still no signs of life. Rolling for perception... 31.

The ship creaks, something snaps, and the floor drops a little. Just a bit, compared to the upper floors. But you are caught off guard. You lose your balance and fall to the floor, amid a few crates and other items. But you don't appear to be injured. You look to your left and see a human face staring back at you. You jump up, it falls over and the corpse crumbles to dust. Only the clothes and I.D card remain- "Dr. Riley Zonas, PhD. Project Gravity."

Kea
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((For future reference, I will be handing out items and such. Or giving you the option to get them.))
Unsure of the feeling, you send out a small psionic pulse in the room. Surely it would detect anything other than your friends. Rolling for psionics... 86.

The pulse fills the room and permeates slightly outside it- Vena feels it slightly. It detects nothing apart from your team and Vinebane- inside the room. But there is something outside the hanger's closed doors. It only appears for a second before vanishing completely.

ACH0225 · Post by **ACH0225** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:39 pm

Spoiler:

Ytiil activates his comms unit.

"Idea of what happened here; found an ID card. Dr. Riley Zonas, Project Gravity. Name seems to be fairly apt for the goal."

Ytiil grabs the ID card, and begins poking around the room for any other clues.

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