Mini-Event

[mnemosynecrew]

EVENT

It happens in the dead of night - so sudden, so absolute, that for a moment, it feels like the ship itself has ceased to exist. The familiar hum of the Mnemosyne's systems vanishes, replaced by an unnatural, suffocating silence. A heartbeat later, the darkness takes hold. Total blackout.

Then, as if the ship itself is gasping for breath, emergency lights flare to life, flooding the halls in deep red. A shrill hiss follows as every interior door slide open in unison.

The system has gone dark. Terminals are dead. CL-10's have no access. Anything reliant on the ship's core network is unresponsive. Even elevators between decks are frozen in place, leaving only the cold, metal emergency ladders as a means of traversal. Synthesizers refuse to function.

And most critically -

L3TH3 is gone.

Not silent. Not unresponsive. Offline.


Yet, despite the eerie stillness, some things persist. Life support remains operational, oxygen still cycles, temperature remains stable. Airlocks are firmly shut. The engines continue their course, thrumming faintly beneath the floors. Even power still technically exists, but there is no intelligence behind it any more. The Mnemosyne is still moving - but without a pilot, without a shield and without defense.

To some, the fact that the ship's quarantine protocols also remain intact is a reassuring sign of system redundancy. To others, it is an opportunity lost. After all, a coup - or mercy killing - requires more than emergency rations and dim red lights.

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Welcome to this month's mini-event! The system being offline will continue for a week, until the 17th. As the mod will also be unavailable at a computer during this time, direct any questions to mnemonsynecrew@gmail.com for a quicker reply.

As noted in the event, CL-10s won't be able to access the system for anything (work, ship data, etc.) during this time, but it can still be used to communicate between crew and used for personal data.

Comments

[itdoesntlikeyou]

[For a while, Rin just lets that sit in silence, as they try and think around that. It's... depressing, to say the least.

Too bad they had to disable all the previous crew's leashes. The systems access would come in handy, right about now. If there's even still a system to access.]

... If L3TH3 doesn't reboot, we may need to rewrite protocols from scratch.

[tarakan]

That is big 'if.' Obviously we will not do anything until situation becomes such that it cannot be maintained.

[ It's not dodging the question. It's not kicking the can down the road. It's taking time, taking course, and waiting. ]

For all we know, L3TH3 will reboot tomorrow, perfectly fine.

[itdoesntlikeyou]

[Something's wrong if Hilbert has been stuck into the role of being the optimist. Though, given the number of pessimists on this ship, 'relatively optimistic' doesn't have to be more than a few points above...]

Right.

[Fine, if they're all maintaining as best they can - (and isn't that what they've been doing anyway? Going through the motions as best they can, with the situation stuck in an un-ideal equilibrium?) - then there's a few things that ought to be taken care of.]

What systems do you consider priority for triage in this situation.

[tarakan]

[ You can be relatively pessimistic and still be the optimist on the Mnemosyne.

As for Rin's question, ]

Cryogenics, [ said with no hesitation. ] System looks to be running, system looks like it is maintaining course, but I have no way of knowing for sure. Even if enough electricity can be coaxed into unit for me to run simple status report, that could possibly stop future problems in tracks.

[itdoesntlikeyou]

You mean if we have to be frozen again.

[A question, despite the inflection of a statement as it considers the pods, but...]

Consoles are down but there might be manual ways to divert it.

[tarakan]

[ He does mean if we have to be frozen again. But also, you don't have to phrase it like that. ]

There is enough auxiliary power to maintain temperature and life support. Would gladly suffer through system ten to twenty degrees cooler if we could reroute power to something useful.

[itdoesntlikeyou]

[It's the molluscs all over again. But - there's an idea.]

Agent Massani is going to want shields. Core system access may be more critical.

[tarakan]

Of course Massani would want shields, [ Hilbert grumbles slightly. He enjoys Massani's company, he is someone sensible to talk to, but he can be such a soldier at times—and there's something derogatory about that thought. ]

I am willing to indulge his request for shields if power is able to be rerouted. But the moment cryogenics start to fail, if that even happens, it should become top priority.

[itdoesntlikeyou]

[Rin just - nods along with that. Soldier (derogatory) doesn't seem to be a concept that they disagree with. But maybe that's just a function of having been subjected to friendly fire when the whole Wolfwood Incident first went down.]

... Engineer Saverem might be able to manually adjust power output. I haven't checked him yet.

[tarakan]

Then I suspect that will be next stop for you. Personally, I need to find Dr. Baizhu and make sure he is alright.

[ As he suspects Baizhu will instantly be worried about the state of the cryogenics as well. ]

[itdoesntlikeyou]

Confirmed.

[It's not phrased like a request or an order - they notice that. Or maybe they notice the way it doesn't ping at them - regardless, they still nod, making their way back to that tether by the wall for navigating.]

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