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themnemosyne2024-12-16 07:47 pm
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Mini-Event
EVENT
One day, the Mnemosyne's sensors registers something unusual and the CL-10s light up to show a faint blip on the available short-range scans. Passive systems initially marked it as debris, but now L3TH3's own analysis reveals distinct structural patterns - artificial, deliberate. A derelict vessel.
The object hangs in the void, its silhouette jagged and uneven, as if time and space had waged a slow, corrosive war against it. Its hull is composed of a dark, matte material, absorbing most of the light from the surrounding nebula. Occasional metallic glints hinted at fractured plating, edges sharp like broken glass. It's small enough to take one, maybe two passengers. Not a ship to travel the ends of space with.
The vessel's shape is similar to a manta ray with a lattice of interwoven plates, some half-collapsed, others eerily intact. Small, irregular openings dotted its surface, their purpose unclear. Sections of the hull appeared fused, as though reshaped by intense heat or pressure. Faint scorch marks suggested prior damage, but there were no visible signs of propulsion systems or weaponry.
The Mnemosyne's scanners continue to sweep the ship, pulses of blue light rippling over its surface. The analysis returned incomplete data:
Material Composition: 47% unknown alloys, 32% organic compounds, remaining elements unidentifiable.
Power Signatures: Negligible. Residual traces of energy detected in isolated regions.
Life Signs: None detected.
Radiation Analysis: No hazardous emissions identified.
Quarantine Measures: Establishing containment procedures for potential recovery operations.
As the Mnemosyne drifts closer, external cameras capture the vessel in greater detail. The nebula's soft pink and purple hues frames the derelict ship, its battered form casting long shadows across the void. Automated proximity lights from the Mnemosyne illuminates portions of the alien craft, revealing intricate surface etchings - patterns resembling flowing script or circuitry, carved deep into the hull.
It drifts silently, its history unknown, its purpose long abandoned. Yet its presence in uncharted space raised questions that neither the Mnemosyne's crew nor its AI can yet answer.
Welcome to a little mini-event to stir things up over the Holidays! Crew can decide if they want to examine the ship further, take it into the hangar or leave it where it is.
The object hangs in the void, its silhouette jagged and uneven, as if time and space had waged a slow, corrosive war against it. Its hull is composed of a dark, matte material, absorbing most of the light from the surrounding nebula. Occasional metallic glints hinted at fractured plating, edges sharp like broken glass. It's small enough to take one, maybe two passengers. Not a ship to travel the ends of space with.
The vessel's shape is similar to a manta ray with a lattice of interwoven plates, some half-collapsed, others eerily intact. Small, irregular openings dotted its surface, their purpose unclear. Sections of the hull appeared fused, as though reshaped by intense heat or pressure. Faint scorch marks suggested prior damage, but there were no visible signs of propulsion systems or weaponry.
The Mnemosyne's scanners continue to sweep the ship, pulses of blue light rippling over its surface. The analysis returned incomplete data:
Material Composition: 47% unknown alloys, 32% organic compounds, remaining elements unidentifiable.
Power Signatures: Negligible. Residual traces of energy detected in isolated regions.
Life Signs: None detected.
Radiation Analysis: No hazardous emissions identified.
Quarantine Measures: Establishing containment procedures for potential recovery operations.
As the Mnemosyne drifts closer, external cameras capture the vessel in greater detail. The nebula's soft pink and purple hues frames the derelict ship, its battered form casting long shadows across the void. Automated proximity lights from the Mnemosyne illuminates portions of the alien craft, revealing intricate surface etchings - patterns resembling flowing script or circuitry, carved deep into the hull.
It drifts silently, its history unknown, its purpose long abandoned. Yet its presence in uncharted space raised questions that neither the Mnemosyne's crew nor its AI can yet answer.
Welcome to a little mini-event to stir things up over the Holidays! Crew can decide if they want to examine the ship further, take it into the hangar or leave it where it is.
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Does the ship have drones capable of space transit, including multi-hour functioning and remote operation, with sampling capability and high-fidelity recording functions? Equipment loss due to failed tethering is not recommended.
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Please send the specifications on the drone models available. You assholeeeeeeee
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If your tablet is manfunctioning, you should bring it to the workshop on D for repairs.
Attachment: Mnemosyne Electronic Equipment v3.01.02 Appendix 8 Table 1 -- Mobile Drone Environmental Parameters
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Equipment requisition: 5 model H3.RM3 series drones delivered to D Level Repair Bay 1 for testing and modification.
[Considering how long - or not long at all - it takes Rin to get to the bey they've specified, they must have been in the science labs nearby to start. If Wolfwood even shows up there, that is. They didn't exactly wait for a confirmation before they set out.]
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He's coming, he's coming! Don't touch anything! ]
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Nothing, actually. They haven't slumped into a chair in a corner to watch their shows, either. Instead Rin is standing in the middle of the room, their CL-10 (which sure seems to be running fine, funny that) in one hand. They've pulled up a usage manual and some technical diagrams on the construction of the drones in question, that they're dividing into sub-windows and marking up with various notes. There's a to-do list!
They look up, when Wolfwood enters, and the activity on their hardlight screen momentarily halts.]
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Nobody on this damn ship knows how to schedule a meeting, huh.
[ Hi Rin. ]
So what the fuck do you want?
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But that doesn't take them more than a moment, after which they keep their focus directed towards the screen.]
Identifying likely failure points in using the drones for examining the vessel. Given the high concentration of unknown alloys signal failure seems likely.
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Unless you want to have a direct cable to each of 'em, I don't know what can be done about that.
[ That's a question for a broadcast engineer, isn't it? Too bad they don't have one of those. ]
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[They're still focused on their screens, rather than looking at Wolfwood yet - it does suck, that there's about six dozen specialties they could use but don't have, doesn't it?
Then, abruptly, they add;]
Drones will be retrieving manual data, as well as visual display recordings. Is there any information about either ship you would like confirmation of?
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Huh?
[ The question catches him off guard -- this whole time he's been thinking about ways to stop anyone from dying over on that other ship, to the point where he hasn't considered what information they might gain from the visit. ]
No, I mean... what happened to 'em, I guess. If they were attacked.
[ It's good to know what dangers are out there, even if the ship is old. He doesn't...
...Wait, did Rin say information about either ship? ]
What else are you lookin' for?
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Rin's scanning through various kinds of documentation doesn't stop - they're currently mapping out what looks like a maximum distance for beacon ranges based on the initial ship scans, which is as good an excuse as any for them to continue not looking in Wolfwood's direction. Better than trying to avoid being in his space while still looming over him, as they did in the computer labs the last time they spoke in person.]
Visual scans of the Mnemosyne's exterior may supply data on additional points of weakness on areas currently not accessible for regular maintenance, such as A-Level.