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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerooc2021-10-04 05:40 am
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Enemy Unknown OOC Information and Sign Ups

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!
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-10-04 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Matt
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] atrypical, Discord: Matt#6266
Character: Ken Amada (AU)
Please Choose: B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.
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[personal profile] 4starlowclasshero 2021-10-04 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Knux
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] AshBlaze
Character: Son Goku
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.
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[personal profile] catti 2021-10-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Daimon
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] dropitlikeitshod, daimon#1067 @ Discord
Character: K'zeka Tia
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.
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[personal profile] hitokiri 2021-10-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Player name:
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] koutenko + koutenko#5884
Character: Okada Izō (AU)
Please Choose: C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.
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[personal profile] jingyeets 2021-10-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-04 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Maruah
Player Contact Discord: Everyworker#8128 or [personal profile] wewillwewill
Character: Elidibus
Please Choose:
C: This character is a very skilled fighter or very good at stealth.
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[personal profile] jingyeets 2021-10-04 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] blue_ice 2021-10-04 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Seto Kaiba
Likely to search?: Computers, primarily
Team They're With: Orange
Days Searching: Nebula 22
Strengths: Skilled hacker, recognizes patterns, suspicious by nature
Weaknesses: ...suspicious by nature, might fail to give benefit of the doubt, sometimes impatient.
Can they fit through child-sized holes and/or medium ventilation shafts?: Holes, no. Shafts, maybe.
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Re: Sign up Disappearances!

[personal profile] monkeyinthewrench 2021-10-04 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
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.)
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Re: Questions?

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-10-04 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
For those that glitch out during departure (opt-out), do they return to the luggage car as if they evacuated from a mission?
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[personal profile] essek 2021-10-04 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Campa
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] ZodiacRockstar
Character: Essek Thelyss
Please Choose:
B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.
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OF COURSE I manage to find a question.

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-04 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
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
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[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2021-10-04 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Mary
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] delatour
Character: Zelda [OU]
Please Choose: B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.
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[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2021-10-04 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Usami
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] usamichan13
Character: Kitty Pryde
Please Choose:
B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.
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[personal profile] cureofmanyworlds 2021-10-04 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Nozomi Yumehara (CRAU)
Likely to search?: personal belongings
Team They're With: Purple
Days Searching: Day 2
Strengths: Good with computers, leader skills
Weaknesses: Rusty fighter with no powers, too willing to defend friends, family and loved ones
Can they fit through child-sized holes and/or medium ventilation shafts?: Yes to both - Nozomi's body hasn't really grown all that much. Stupid worlds.
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[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-10-04 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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Re: Trick or Treat?

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-04 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Character: Elidibus
Likely to search?: anything interactable like any proper jrpg protagonist Probably files, personal belongings, drawers, chests. Computers if they're fairly straightforward.
Team They're With: Red
Days Searching: Day 1 (2 and 3 if he doesn't get selected to disappear. Day 4 if 4 gets included in the search days.)
Strengths:
Very observant
Excellent with puzzles and pattern recognition
Millennia of experience.

Weaknesses:
Prone to getting caught up in research
CAN make hasty decisions but prone toward looking for the best possible solution when multiple are presented.
Tends to keep his full findings to himself.
Woeful lack of self-concern in regards to death. Immortality things. :(

Can they fit through child-sized holes and/or medium ventilation shafts?: Childsized holes: Not without a childsize body (see question!). Medium Vent Shafts: Yup!
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Re: OF COURSE I manage to find a question.

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-04 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
o7
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Re: Sign up Disappearances!

[personal profile] tactlesstantei 2021-10-04 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Player name: Absol
Player Contact [plurk.com profile] darkestabsol
Character: Masumi Sera
Please Choose:
B: This character is a decent fighter or is particularly sneaky.
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Re: OF COURSE I manage to find a question.

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-10-04 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh right! While you did mention this isn't a gore-themed survival horror, if death to his current host body DOES happen in a non-powers section, what would happen?

(Canonically Ascians typically just leave the host body since their aetherial selves are basically immortal.)

Could see a couple things here:

A) be trapped in the body til someone moves it to a powers-ok area OR the area becomes accessible for powers
B) pops out of body, but is unable to interact with anyone else, including the WoL/ spiritualists outside of a powersokay area because of the blocked spiritual abilities
C) sent back to train baggage
D) ???

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