THE AURORA was once a sight to see. An impressive mining ship, home to many, it could travel across great interstellar distances while providing all the comforts necessary to those within. Its star-sailing days are over now, as it now is a terrible wreckage, with salvage and dangers for those who come near.
It’s also exactly where the new crew members just showed up. URSULA will be immediately sending the on-base crew towards the Aurora, while those who have just arrived have some time to explore. The Aurora, however, isn’t the safest place to be. There are some large creatures in the water, and they may not be friendly towards the crew…
Below is a timeline of events as they unfold, with some further information!
1000: THE AURORA
While the new crew may have arrived anywhere throughout the ship, many will have found themselves in the common rooms, surrounded by the comforts of those who once lived here. Those who choose to wander further may find many rooms throughout, often in varying states of decay. While there are smaller predators on the Aurora and the danger of a wrecked vessel, an unsettling peace pervades the crashed ship. For now, they are safe.
1030: THE BASE
At 10:30 in the morning, URSULA reaches out to all crew members with an urgent message:
”All crew members please report in immediately! Life signs detected on the Aurora! Please stop all other activities and begin rescue mission. Gather any supplies you need, use the vehicles and help any survivors you find. Devices are near the entrance to track life signals once you're on the Aurora. If they're safe, please remember we need to salvage what we can from the Aurora as well. The supplies will benefit any survivors as well.”
Get cracking, crew! Base and Biome have information on what kind of weapons and defenses your fellow crew have had.
1100: THE AURORA
Thanks to the transportation they had built, the base’s crew is able to arrive in record time. They can help seek out their new crew members, take the opportunity to explore more of the Aurora, or just sulk in the transporter. URSULA reminds everyone that salvaging is a key part of their mission, and they should gather what they can before returning to base.
1200: THE AURORA
The crew however only gets an hour to enjoy itself (?) in the wreckage. At noon, URSULA broadcasts to all present, new and old:
”Attention! Dire warning! Reaper Leviathans! According to what I've salvaged of my database, they're apex predators from the westernmost region of the ocean. One signal coming from the west, two others coming out of the Void from deep below the ship!”
The crew may try to evacuate, but it is probably better to prepare for battle or hiding instead. They won’t get enough time to get out of the way before…
1210: THE AURORA
The Reapers are here. Peering out one of the Aurora's entrances will reveal that they are already circling around the vessel, as if they realize something is inside. One even beaches, its entire, 160 foot body soaring through the air before slamming down into the water. It almost feels like a warning. A threat.
URSULA urges the crew to stay inside where it is safe, but if anyone does insist on charging forward, she advises them to split into teams and take on as many Reapers at once as possible to avoid any group being teamed-up on by multiple Leviathans.
NOTE: To fight a Reaper Leviathan, comment under the REAPER FIGHT THREAD comment below! We ask that you work in teams of two or three for the battle to keep threads organized and minimize the number of fight threads the mods will need to work through. Be mindful that these are extremely fierce, dangerous, fast, giant apex predators, and they are very likely to do damage against those who fight them! By tagging in, you are agreeing to put your characters at risk of injury from the Reapers. As URSULA advised, those who don't want to get hurt should hold back and wait.
1300: EVACUATION
Things are looking grim. While the crew's teams make a good fight of it, these Reapers are durable, and they just keep coming back for more. It seems they're on a mission, to stop the crew, no matter how battered they become.
That's when the bellowing starts. Coming from everywhere, a song like that of the cavalry that disorients the Reapers as a large pod of Reefbacks swim in. Several put themselves between the ship and the Reapers, allowing anyone on aboard to safely get into the transports and into the water.
Others begin to fight. The use the concentrated power of their songs to knock back attacks from the front, powerfully lashing their tentacles like whips to crack against the Reapers. In battle they're surprisingly agile, able to spin around in a moment's notice to alternate between confusing and attacking the Reapers.
But any crew members watching can see the toll it takes on the Reefbacks. One Reefback in particular chooses to guide the crew back to the base by swimming along aside them. Thick, dark blood trails in the water behind it but it beats off any curious smaller predators like Stalkers. But its shell is cracked, its 'face' smashed in, and it gets no further than the Kelp Forest before it settles into a dense patch of creepvines for a final rest. It sends out a final cry that somehow feels like a wish for the crew to keep going on to the base, away from the continuing battle.
The rest of the pod manages to drive the Reapers back, though they too have their casualties. Still, the Aurora and the crew are safe for now.
Perhaps that was their only wish.
Direct any questions and plotting to the OOC post and have fun!
[ This is a bit different. Although she is reminded of her first encounter with Steven inside the temple. She puffs up a little, trying to avoid blushing. It's a bit weird to receive compliments on her appearance - not like she puts much effort into it. ]
Well, yes, an actual gem.
[ When in doubt, explain things. She gestures at the gemstone in her forehead. ]
My body is a solid holographic projection, based around my gemstone.
[ Roxy observes the gem on the other girl's forehead, pensive as she does so. There are just so many neat and interesting people out there in the multiverse, you know? She considers herself fortunate to be able to meet and befriend so many of them. Peridot is no exception. ]
That's so sweet! I'm nothin' that exciting, just a dumb ectobaby that was created in a lab and misplaced in time n' space n' stuff. Ain't the universe strange? Ha ha. We're lucky we get t' meet so many different n' cool kindsa people, tho'.
[ She beams. ] I just got an idea... 'bout havin' a funeral for our tentawhale friend... to honor his sacrifice, and whatnot. Would you like to help?
[ Forgetting her first question both because hey, it's an honest question and not one anyone else will know the answer to, and also why wouldn't you want to have a funeral for someone who died... animal or no. ]
There's a difference between sapience and sentience. I don't doubt that they're... interesting and useful and... an integral part of the planet's eco-system, but that doesn't meant I'm going to have a funeral for it.
[ Peridot can still be a jerk a lot of the time. ]
I guess? Man, you're really harshin' mah buzz, brosis.
[ Roxy makes a derpy face at the gem. She can't be mad. Ok, time to change the subject. We'll just casually segue into a different topic, like... the planet. Yes. ]
Speaking of the planet though, do you have any idea what universe we're even in? My understanding of everything has always been like, totes vague, but uhm...
[ Didn't the Batterwitch's race conquer a bunch of other planets out there, too? She's still not sure this isn't some elaborate ruse and they're actually on one of her planets... ocean planet and all... ]
[ Because according to Roxy, from her point of view, there are at least three, and she's sure there's a hell of a lot more. And within those universes are an infinite number of timelines, so there's also that to take into consideration...
Normally, Roxy mostly just chooses to go with the flow and see where she ends up... but this whole thing is so out of the ordinary from what she is accustomed to, it wouldn't feel right if she didn't ask questions. ]
I mean, it could be your universe still. But how do we know that for realsies? Are ya able to verify that somehow? A single universe is fuckin' infinitesimally pants-shittin' massive, let alone alla the alternate ones alongside it.
[ Despite her crude and unusual way of speaking, Roxy is not dumb. She gets this shit. ]
No one mentioned parallel dimensions or universes! At least - I don't think they did. I just thought I was going to another planet-!
[ That's a rather alarming thought in of itself, of course. Is she in another dimension? An alternate timeline or universe? She needs to sit down and calculate this thing out. ]
Besides, I think I'd notice if I got moved into another universe!
[ Calculate this thing out? Hellz to the yes, get a fuckin' pen! Hashing out science-y stuff is just so wonderful. So, so wonderful. ]
Wouldja even know you were crossin' between dimensions though? It's not like the door between dimensions' got a big damn welcome mat in front of it. I can kinda vouch for that, yanno. I've gone to different dimensions and back through time n' shit, and there are about as many different ways to traverse planes as there are planes themselves.
[ And universes are frogs. Shit be weird, yo. ]
Maybe you'd feel it, maybe you wouldn't. But how would you know?
I'm not one hundred percent sure. Universal travel isn't exactly what I've been focused on through my existence! Admittedly, it might end up being relatively simple to try and compare it to warp pads, but even those only move you through space-time in a relatively linear fashion...
[ She could probably talk about this all day. ]
You're... probably right, though. I don't know why they'd want to drag me all the way over from another dimension, though.
Why not? Stranger things have happened. Well... to me, at least. Dunno about you.
[ Roxy moves away from the window finally, but not without making a silent promise to honor the fallen reefback properly... she will never forget its sacrifice. That funeral will definitely be a thing that happens in the near future. ]
I have a feeling things aren't as cut and dry as they seem, yanno? But... in any case, we're here, we're alive, and we should be grateful.
[ She offers Peridot a smile. ] I know we just met, but I'm glad you made it out in one piece. You're not hurt anywhere, are you?
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[ This is a bit different. Although she is reminded of her first encounter with Steven inside the temple. She puffs up a little, trying to avoid blushing. It's a bit weird to receive compliments on her appearance - not like she puts much effort into it. ]
Well, yes, an actual gem.
[ When in doubt, explain things. She gestures at the gemstone in her forehead. ]
My body is a solid holographic projection, based around my gemstone.
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That's so sweet! I'm nothin' that exciting, just a dumb ectobaby that was created in a lab and misplaced in time n' space n' stuff. Ain't the universe strange? Ha ha. We're lucky we get t' meet so many different n' cool kindsa people, tho'.
[ She beams. ] I just got an idea... 'bout havin' a funeral for our tentawhale friend... to honor his sacrifice, and whatnot. Would you like to help?
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[ She's confused by that, although she understands the concept of people being grown - that's how she came into existence, after all. ]
A... funeral? For that thing? Why?
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Dude. Because it's hella sad when people die?
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[ She cares about things. She just cares less about most things that aren't Steven. Or people in general. ]
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[ Roxy nods sagely at her own explanation. ]
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[ Peridot can still be a jerk a lot of the time. ]
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[ Roxy makes a derpy face at the gem. She can't be mad. Ok, time to change the subject. We'll just casually segue into a different topic, like... the planet. Yes. ]
Speaking of the planet though, do you have any idea what universe we're even in? My understanding of everything has always been like, totes vague, but uhm...
[ Didn't the Batterwitch's race conquer a bunch of other planets out there, too? She's still not sure this isn't some elaborate ruse and they're actually on one of her planets... ocean planet and all... ]
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[ Because she's mostly assumed that these people come from totally different planets, not different dimensions. Woops. ]
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[ Because according to Roxy, from her point of view, there are at least three, and she's sure there's a hell of a lot more. And within those universes are an infinite number of timelines, so there's also that to take into consideration...
Normally, Roxy mostly just chooses to go with the flow and see where she ends up... but this whole thing is so out of the ordinary from what she is accustomed to, it wouldn't feel right if she didn't ask questions. ]
I mean, it could be your universe still. But how do we know that for realsies? Are ya able to verify that somehow? A single universe is fuckin' infinitesimally pants-shittin' massive, let alone alla the alternate ones alongside it.
[ Despite her crude and unusual way of speaking, Roxy is not dumb. She gets this shit. ]
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[ That's a rather alarming thought in of itself, of course. Is she in another dimension? An alternate timeline or universe? She needs to sit down and calculate this thing out. ]
Besides, I think I'd notice if I got moved into another universe!
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Wouldja even know you were crossin' between dimensions though? It's not like the door between dimensions' got a big damn welcome mat in front of it. I can kinda vouch for that, yanno. I've gone to different dimensions and back through time n' shit, and there are about as many different ways to traverse planes as there are planes themselves.
[ And universes are frogs. Shit be weird, yo. ]
Maybe you'd feel it, maybe you wouldn't. But how would you know?
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[ She could probably talk about this all day. ]
You're... probably right, though. I don't know why they'd want to drag me all the way over from another dimension, though.
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[ Roxy moves away from the window finally, but not without making a silent promise to honor the fallen reefback properly... she will never forget its sacrifice. That funeral will definitely be a thing that happens in the near future. ]
I have a feeling things aren't as cut and dry as they seem, yanno? But... in any case, we're here, we're alive, and we should be grateful.
[ She offers Peridot a smile. ] I know we just met, but I'm glad you made it out in one piece. You're not hurt anywhere, are you?
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[ She heaves a sigh. And now it's just getting stranger. ]
What - me, hurt? Oh, no! I'm fine! Uh... Are... you hurt?
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[ Hell yes, they are up to their necks in this friendship thing. Roxy couldn't be happier. ]
I feel you on the "strange" business, though? I don't know what I'd do if my life wasn't strange.
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[ Peridot's expression falters for a moment. She really does miss Homeworld, but - well. She's found something better. Or had, anyway. ]
Instead, I'm here!