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!
[every group has to have a sufficiently loud person who can just ramble on at times like these. or at least fill the gaps to a more important conversation.
kind of like this one.]
Several trips, huh? Well, I dunno much about where it's all going to yet, but you can count me in for coming back to help if you need a hand! [clearly, this stuff is really important, and staying where they are isn't going to be an option.
so why not just stick around and help? fukami has accidentally befriended a tree under the sea somehow.]
Yeah, can't argue with ya on that. Things in here are kind of a mess...
[even if the supply situation is good and some stuff seemed to be in pretty good working order.] Seems like whatever happened here wasn't pretty at all.
It did. URSULA said something about its engines, or core... I was somewhat preoccupied when it happened.
[gettin burned by boilin water and all
Fukami waves one of his tentacles with a frown at his own vague explanation. His ignorance on these matters is becoming more and more plain to him upon each passing day.]
Wooow... geez, no wonder this place is such a mess.
[he doesn't really need the details; there's a chance it could go over his head anyway. this tech is a lot more advanced than what he's used to—even seeing the steam trains in balka had been extremely exciting for him the first time they'd gone there.]
It looks like it's been this way for a while, yeah? Nothin' about it looks too recent.
I guess if we're gonna find anything out, it's gonna be right at the source. An explosion's a pretty hard thing to hide!
[which means there's definitely gotta be hints around here somewhere.]
There's gotta be an engine room or somethin' like that, right? A ship like this seems like it would. [there's no way it doesn't, this thing seems super savvy, after all.]
[The only boats Fukami has been on are 1) those lil submariney ones outside and 2) a boat back home which was powered by MAGIC. And this one but that doesn't count!!]
If there's time. But we gotta get these supplies and try to find the other people too, right? That part's way more important!
[if nothing else, he does have his priorities straight about that much. that's not to say he won't want to come back later if that's a possibility, but for now, ensuring other people's safety is way more important to tytree.]
I would hope this ship will not explode any more, either.
[So it won't all be destroyed by like... tomorrow... But okay. Fukami is gathering up several things in his tentacles, hoisting them up before giving Tytree a glance.] I am going to bring these to our ships.
We'd be in pretty big trouble if that happened! I don't... think it will, though? It's a mess, but it doesn't really seem like that...
[hope... fully? tytree's trying to keep a positive outlook on this, despite not really knowing at all.]
I'll give you a hand! Gotta get to know what that's all about to, right? [even if it ends up being in silence (is that possible for tytree?), he's just fine with following fukami's lead and seeing what their ships are like. he's gotta learn somehow!!]
[Fukami nods. He doesn't think it will either. There's probably not even much left to asplode. Maybe.]
Yes. Then, this way.
[COME WITH HIM TO THE SUBMERSIBLES that he doesn't drive. Personally, he'd like to just travel through the ocean since he's a fastopus but technology is even quicker. Crazy.]
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kind of like this one.]
Several trips, huh? Well, I dunno much about where it's all going to yet, but you can count me in for coming back to help if you need a hand! [clearly, this stuff is really important, and staying where they are isn't going to be an option.
so why not just stick around and help? fukami has accidentally befriended a tree under the sea somehow.]
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Fukami nods briefly in thanks. Several of his tentacles have picked up a box or two, apparently deciding he'll take these ones for now.]
The base will be best for you to come back to anyway.
...I do not know how stable this ship really is. [Since it EXPLODED not that long ago.]
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[even if the supply situation is good and some stuff seemed to be in pretty good working order.] Seems like whatever happened here wasn't pretty at all.
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[Well now it's definitely a wreck. Fukami's vaguely surprised it hasn't sunk.]
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[that's what happened? no wonder things were such a mess...]
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[gettin burned by boilin water and all
Fukami waves one of his tentacles with a frown at his own vague explanation. His ignorance on these matters is becoming more and more plain to him upon each passing day.]
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[he doesn't really need the details; there's a chance it could go over his head anyway. this tech is a lot more advanced than what he's used to—even seeing the steam trains in balka had been extremely exciting for him the first time they'd gone there.]
It looks like it's been this way for a while, yeah? Nothin' about it looks too recent.
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[Fukami would like less tech pls or at least a solid "technology explanations for dummy octopi" book.]
We may be able to find more information in this ship itself.
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[which means there's definitely gotta be hints around here somewhere.]
There's gotta be an engine room or somethin' like that, right? A ship like this seems like it would. [there's no way it doesn't, this thing seems super savvy, after all.]
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[The only boats Fukami has been on are 1) those lil submariney ones outside and 2) a boat back home which was powered by MAGIC. And this one but that doesn't count!!]
Are you planning to look for it?
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[if nothing else, he does have his priorities straight about that much. that's not to say he won't want to come back later if that's a possibility, but for now, ensuring other people's safety is way more important to tytree.]
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[So it won't all be destroyed by like... tomorrow... But okay. Fukami is gathering up several things in his tentacles, hoisting them up before giving Tytree a glance.] I am going to bring these to our ships.
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[hope... fully? tytree's trying to keep a positive outlook on this, despite not really knowing at all.]
I'll give you a hand! Gotta get to know what that's all about to, right? [even if it ends up being in silence (is that possible for tytree?), he's just fine with following fukami's lead and seeing what their ships are like. he's gotta learn somehow!!]
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Yes. Then, this way.
[COME WITH HIM TO THE SUBMERSIBLES that he doesn't drive. Personally, he'd like to just travel through the ocean since he's a fastopus but technology is even quicker. Crazy.]
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[he's ready to follow along with enough energy to probably fuel a ship. lead the way, fukami!]
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