In Pursuit of Knowledge~ End

[voidtreckermods]

It is day twenty nine when the Voidtreckers finally leave the void base. They have made good progress, a lot of research has been done, the train memories have been unlocked and the scientists have a lot of data to work with. It will take longer for them to work with that data and they promise to keep the Voidtreckers updated on their progress. Reaching out is slow but that is to be expected, hopefully the Voidtreckers learned enough to keep trying even as they are back on the train.

Here is a quick summary of the memory history that they have now learned:

~ Before this event characters knew that system #1015 (the train’s homeworld) had been destroyed by the world eating shapes. This happened when the voidtrecker was their dealing with an existing threat. Most of the crew were killed, and those who survived tried to find a way to save the others.

~ They also knew that there was no recollection or record of system #1015 existing at all, which was not the case with other systems that had been eaten.

~ They knew that the train could go back in time for short bursts. That is how catastrophe missions work- a place has already been destroyed, and the train hops back five hours to try and stop whatever destroyed the world.

During this event the train was able to show the memories that the voidtreckers had gathered in the memory cave last month. They showed the pieced together memories here and the voidtreckers now have learned:

~ The survivors decided to go back in time- to force a catastrophe mission and return to system #1015 to try and rescue people before the shapes arrived. This was illegal but they were desperate enough to try anyways.

~ They knew they would only have five hours and their weren’t a lot of void tethering stations- they didn’t have the portable tethering technology that the ministry now have (that was used in Osiga). Even worse, there were no tethering stations on their second planet of Thistea. Two of the crew found a way to turn off the safeguards on the voidtrecker express so they could skip the tethering stations, and tether people directly to the train.

~ When they arrived, there was strange lightning- something they noted they hadn’t noticed the first time they had been there. Their attempts to not run into the other Voidtrecker Express failed, and they caused a time paradox, shattering reality.

~ That was the end of the memory on screen, but some people entered a trance and felt as the train had then, lost and alone seeing the first ten passengers of this current crew and reaching out to take them.

Outside of the memory things people did some research and if you haven’t it might be worth having a quick look at what they found.

People also trained in combat, helped with experiments on their tethers and powers, and began trying to reach out through the void to their lost friends.

A few takeaways:

~ Those that trained with the batons are given one to use, or to give to someone else who they train.

~ Though exactly how the Voidtreckers tethers work is still a mystery, the scientists have managed to make some SCAs that create a temporary tether to the Voidtrecker Express. They give the Voidtreckers a crate of them, in case they are in the position of needing to evacuate people to the void again. There are a couple of tethering data tablets with them. They make it clear that if they do tether anyone to the Voidtrecker Express, they will need to get them to the void base as quickly as possible as the temporary tethers will only last a week at most.

~ They have also got an upgrade for the voidtreckers SCAs. This will allow them to message the ministry. It will be a case of ‘leave a message’, but all voidtreckers will be able to do so if they need to.

~ After a passenger request and with the permission of the Voidtrecker Express, they have installed some of the holo illusion technology into the VR game system. This is a much simpler version of the simulation rooms on the void base. They can be programmed to meadow, beach, prayer temple or mountain top. People will be restricted by needing to be wearing the VR equipment, but it allows for relaxation and calm.

~ They will also be given a small box of void rock pebbles. They are smooth flat stones that sit well in the palm of a hand. The meditation instructors suggest that using those as a focus- especially if they connect to their craft using the methods they tried when first attempting to find the train memories (here for info) might help them in their efforts to find their lost friends.

The voidtreckers will now return to travelling, though the ministry promises they will be in touch soon.