Enemy Unknown OOC Information and Sign Ups

[voidtreckermods]

On day 21 of the month of Nebula their SCA's glow gold and a holographic screen appears.

A space station is System #903849 has requested void assistance. They are under attack and experiencing a systems failure. No space ships from their own system are close enough to help.

Red Team Find out where the enemies are coming from and stop them, secure any breaches to the space station.
Blue Team Find the survivers of the attack and protect them until the enemies are cleared.
Orange Team Repair the space station and get the vital systems back online.
Purple Team Clear the station of all hostiles, secure areas for survivors to be taken to.

Notes This is not a catastrophe mission. The Voidtrecker Express recognises that voidtreckers have already been out on a mission in the month of Nebula, however we appear to be the only voidcraft in range of the distress call. All parameters look normal and it is not anticipated that it will be a difficult mission for voidtreckers to complete.

RUN TIME AND TONE

The mission will run between the 13th to the 19th of October, through days 22 to 25 of Nebula. A log will go up on the 13th, with a conclusion on the 20th October.

Please note that this event has survival and horror themes. It is not going to be gory, nor is it going to have excessive violence but the general tone will be creepy exploration against an unseen threat. If you would rather not play this mission but cannot think of an IC reason why your characters would sit it out you can assume that they got recalled back to the luggage carriage by some glitch as they disembarked.

OVERVIEW

➜ OBJECTIVE.
The goal is straightforward: get on the space station, and search for the missing staff or clues as to what happened to them. However, this will be more difficult than straight-forward. As a station used by clients from different parts of the void, it has a fussy security system that prevents any damage done to its structure. On top of this, powers cannot be accessed except for in specific areas. Everyone will have baseline human strength and capabilities, no matter their biology.

Note: Though powers cannot be accessed, those characters who are magic/require magic to live will not feel any adverse affects. There will be parts of the mission where powers do work and these will be clear on the event log.

Why is this important, exactly? It means you have to suffer finding a way to get through sections of a station you don't have access to, in an emergency state. ...while something unseen seems to be on the search for Voidtreckers.

On top of all of this it is clear from arrival that something is strange here. Those looking for survivors will find no sign of them but they will also find no bodies or any sign that there was a fight here.

The mission log will cover three days, though the mission itself will run for four. This is because the conclusion log will cover the fourth.

➜ SCAs.
Taking off your SCAs during this mission will bring no harm, and individuals will be able to understand each other without it. However, keeping one's SCA off will make individuals unable to locate threats around the station.

Voidtreckers will find that certain parts of their SCA do not work as well as usual. Their map does not show the whole space station, but will only show as they move through, creating a map as they go. For those that try it evacuating back to the train does not work.

➜ ENEMY UNKNOWN.
There are two types of entities voidtreckers will meet as they explore the space station.

Surveillance Bots
Creepy spidery-looking bots. If they spot the voidtreckers they will make a lot of noise, beeping warning sounds or commanding them to take shelter. They can be silenced by following their commands, or by obtaining a certain level of access to the station. This will be a priority, as...
Unseen Monsters
The other monsters in the space station are completely invisible. They attack with blasts that work like tasers, causing pain and stunning characters, but not injuring or killing them. The blasts can be seen, which might be the only way of getting enough of a sense of them to fight them. However...

When these monsters are close their SCA warns them, using the warning system. It beeps directly into their earpiece as to not make external noise which will attract the monsters. (For Deaf characters - their SCA's will vibrate in warning on their wrist.) The more frequent the beeping, the closer the monsters.

The monsters seem to hunt by sound, so keeping as quiet as possible and sneaking past them will be better than a straight out fight. Though, they can be killed with enough violence.


➜ SIGN-UPS.
Unseen enemies and an eerie abandoned space station are not the only thing that the voidtreckers will have to contend with. Over the course of three days they will find that some of their own number disappear.

There will be sign-ups for the disappearances. This isn't a simple 'disappear and sit out' scenario. While your character will not be able to engage in the main log after they disappear, they will be involved in interactions outside of the main log.

This will include an NPC thread as well as the opportunity to thread with other disappeared characters. The form is below, it will be chosen by RNG and we will let you know what day your character disappears on before the log starts! Sign ups will be open until 11th October. In signing up we ask that you feel you will be able to tag throughout the week of the event- boomeranging will not be required, but tagging regularly throughout the week will be!

➜ DISAPPEARANCES?
As people disappear, no one will be able to reach them by SCA, but their names will not be in gold. The call will keep trying to connect but never go through, no matter how long it's kept up. However, by the second day, characters will be able to find some possible sign of where they might be, by a map that shows where people are. Dots will show life forms, and more appear in a certain location as Voidtreckers disappear.

It also catches flickers of other lifeforms, but seems unable to keep a steady track on them.

➜ TRICK OR TREAT?
True to any survival horror experience, this mission will largely involve investigating to find your way through. Documents relevant and not, passcodes, solving puzzles - these are needed to get anywhere. However, you're as likely to find danger as you are relief.

Sign up for a Trick or Treat? to have your character find delights and box pushing tasks. And possibly boobytraps. We will ask for your character's strengths in investigating, and also weaknesses, to make it fair for those who love to snoop. Each character may apply for one Trick or Treat per day they are on the mission, though there is nothing stopping them being with other characters as they investigate and find things out!

Comments

Questions?

[voidtreckermods]

Re: Questions?

[controlsthedie]

For those that glitch out during departure (opt-out), do they return to the luggage car as if they evacuated from a mission?

OF COURSE I manage to find a question.

[wewillwewill]

Is it safe to say that casual possession of bodies by aetherial beings will also be blocked by the security system with some means?

I mean. NGL, I DID consider it might be an interesting way to solve puzzles. Just... use that kid's body over there to make it through the tiny child-size ho---


OKAY MOVIN ON. c.c

Re: Questions?

[thawed_pride]

If a character is suffering from some sort of subtle curse/possession/other supernatural influence, will they be relieved of its effects in no powers areas?

[flameinthedarkness]

In regards to biology not stopping the changes, two question:
For Vegeta/Saiyans/others with high resistance to injury, do they keep this during the event, or are they now squishy/able to be hurt as if they were humans?

For Idia: Would this affect his hair and the glow to it at all? Asking in regards to if he will stand out like a beacon in the darkness due to it.

Also for Idia and his tech (though maybe something later for the actual event to answer), will his tech be able to read/communicate with whatever technology they will come up against in there?

Thank you!

Re: Questions?

[tactlesstantei]

So if Sera disappears during the mission, what would happen if she were to try contacting someone through a means outside of the SCA? Specifically, Conan gave her a Detective Boys badge a while back, which can be used to communicate with anyone else who has a badge and is in range. I'm assuming no, but I just want to be sure.

[yondu]

I know everyone is still down to basic abilities but can Yondu still light up his arrow/fin for some faint eerie red light in dark places aesthetic sometimes? (Talking held up like a glowstick and not flown.)

Re: Questions?

[wewillwewill]

Oh I remembered another question.

Station Map: Will we be provided with one loaded into our SCA?

Station Map the Sequel: Will this have the specific points where powers can be used marked on it?

Station Map - The Mappening: If we are among the disappeared, will the map still be accessible during those times?

[essek]

I know it says that the Blue/Orange and Red/Purple are going different directions, is it possible to still split off from your team to accompany another team that is going the other direction?

[jingyeets]

I have only dumb questions.

1. Is it possible to overpower one of the Unseen Monsters? Can we. Try to tie one up. Like how do you even, you have to feel this monster up and hope you disarmed the weapon and imagine how hilariously bad this could go and how you still don't see them.

2. Can Unseen Monsters be made visible through any Home Alone boobytrap means, aka "we threw flour on the ground/on the Unseen Monster and now there's flour floating in the air" style of thinking! (Can one end up with a sheet over them for five seconds. Can we have a haunting joke.)

[stillnewatthis]

What do you think is the best way for me to follow the spirit of the "baseline human" nerf with Orisa, what with her not even being bipedal and all and having her 'powers' be based entirely on machinery?

[yondu]

Are there findable speakers (whether they be station speakers or personal radio) that someone could use to lead some of the invisible monsters out of a room or into another area? Would there be any evidence that the creatures went after them before?

Re: Questions?

[yondu]

QUESTIONS:

If someone accessed the medical area to have a look around what would they find there right from the get-go? (Either from a physician's POV or a layman's POV, depending on who investigated).

Would there be equipment damage?

What types of aliens inhabited the station?

If they looked at recent records, would there be any recent changes or obvious problems popping up?

Sign up Disappearances!

[voidtreckermods]

<b>Player name:</b> <b>Player Contact</b> <B>Character:</b> <B>Please Choose:</b> A: This character is not good at fighting, nor will they be able to hide particularly well. B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky. C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

[miseris_socios]

Player name: Matt
Player Contact atrypical, Discord: Matt#6266
Character: Ken Amada (AU)
Please Choose: B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.

[4starlowclasshero]

Player name: Knux
Player Contact AshBlaze
Character: Son Goku
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

[catti]

Player name: Daimon
Player Contact dropitlikeitshod, daimon#1067 @ Discord
Character: K'zeka Tia
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

[hitokiri]

Player name:
Player Contact koutenko + koutenko#5884
Character: Okada Izō (AU)
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

[jingyeets]

Player name: rakel
Player Contact pm or catch me on discord
Character: Lan Jingyi (Untamed AU) (so he can complain about being kidnapped for a third time)
Please Choose:
C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

[wewillwewill]

Player name: Maruah
Player Contact Discord: Everyworker#8128 or wewillwewill
Character: Elidibus
Please Choose:
C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.

Re: Sign up Disappearances!

[monkeyinthewrench]

Player name: Zoki
Player Contact zokiblu #5949 or PM
Character: Jake Peralta
Please Choose:
A: This character is not good at fighting, nor will they be able to hide particularly well.

(unless he somehow obtains a gun, then levels up to B. but mostly A.)

[essek]

Player name: Campa
Player Contact ZodiacRockstar
Character: Essek Thelyss
Please Choose:
B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.

[wisdominshadows]

Player name: Mary
Player Contact delatour
Character: Zelda [OU]
Please Choose: B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.

[goingthroughaphase]

Player name: Usami
Player Contact usamichan13
Character: Kitty Pryde
Please Choose:
B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.

Trick or Treat?

[voidtreckermods]

<B>Character:</b> <B>Likely to search?:</b> Computers, files, drawers, personal belongings <B>Team They're With:</b> This is important, as items are specific to routes! <B>Days Searching:</b> Please note one search a day per character! <B>Strengths:</b> Observant, good with computers, good with puzzles <B>Weaknesses:</B> Impatient, trigger-happy, bad with musical cues, flight or fight? <B>Can they fit through child-sized holes and/or medium ventilation shafts?:</b>

Note: You can sign up for day 1 trick or treats in advance and we will get them to you before the mission starts. Even characters who might disappear on day one will be able to get a trick or treat here since they won't be vanishing until the evening of day one.

[jingyeets]

Character: Lan Jingyi
Likely to search?: Drawers or personal belongings
Team They're With: Purple, and sticking with Purple
Days Searching: Day 1
Strengths: Used to dealing with invisible presences, sadly, uh; persistent. Good with musical cues. Good with teamwork puzzles.
Weaknesses: Not modern. Anything requiring modern tech is a weakness. Gets frustrated. Not great at flight, probably will fight when shouldn't.
Can they fit through child-sized holes and/or medium ventilation shafts?: Medium ventilation shafts, not child-sized holes.