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!
[it's good to know his hype magic touch still works on getting mao all pumped up.]
...You gotta go look at it for yourself. [and an anti-climatic finish, of course. tytree just folds his arm over his chest and nods towards the door. do the thing, mao.
(yeah, he's totally proud of himself right now. cool, isn't it?????)]
[ Wow, way to ruin the moment by not just telling him. Naturally, he looks a little disappointed at first. ]
Your deliveries a little lacking, Tytree. [ Should've kept the hype going! ] But fine, I'll go look myself.
[ He's going to do the thing, okay! So he walks past him, making his way into the storage area and taking a moment to take in the surroundings before he speaks up. Rather excitedly. ]
Whooooaaa, it's huge! You think they're keeping something really cool in here?!
[ Okay, he admits, this place is pretty impressive and his big bro found something good here. ]
[ If it's got weapons, then there's a huge chance it has even more useful things in here. Which is a stark contrast to everything else he's seen since he ended up on this ship, that's for sure. ]
So what you're saying is we should start checking the place out, right? [ But he has priorities — ] Maybe we'll even find some amazingly delicious food somewhere in here!
[ Makes sense to him. He'll eat anything he finds, after all. ]
Can't you think about something other than food for just a minute?! There's people who probably need this stuff pretty bad to help them out of a bind... this place is a mess!
[priorities!!!
not that tytree is that much better. he doesn't want that important point to be forgotten, but...]
Though I probably could make something if we found the right ingredients... [maybe tytree's just a little hungry too.]
[ Is there really anything more important than fighting and eating anyway? Oh, wait. ]
Maybe there're some medical supplies in here? That'd probably come in handy in a place like this. [ There's gotta be someone around here who's already cut themselves on the debris and wreckage. And one of these two is probably likely to do it themselves.
He'll peer around the place a little to see if he can spot anything obvious. ]
Yeah, I'll bet we'll find some stuff if we look. I didn't really see much else that had supplies or anythin' until now.
[he's not sure if there's some kind of infirmary or anything though—he didn't stumble across it himself, so tytree's just assuming that any and all supplies are stored in here, probably.]
[ The place isn't exactly easy to search thanks to all the debris and water, but he'll idly look around in the easy-to-reach spots while chatting it up with Tytree. ]
Neither did I. [ Okay he sounds a little annoyed here — ] All I've seen are a bunch of dumb toys.
[ He still takes offense to that despite the toys not being directed at him at all. ]
[it's okay, big bro is here to reach any areas that mao can't get to on his own—even if he doesn't agitate mao by saying as much right now. he just automatically starts prodding around a bit.
but—well, why does mao sound so annoyed by his other findings?]
Dumb? I dunno, I dunno! I saw some pretty cool stuff in the room I started out in. Like, way cool! There's stuff there I've never seen anywhere back home! [those vidya games were cool as hell, okay.]
[ Wow, he better not bring up Mao's inability to reach higher places —
Tytree, please. Mao didn't peek through the video games or really any of the games, so he's not aware of how cool some of them actually were — he shut down to the idea of it after noticing how colorful and childish some of the boxes in his room were. So he's just seeing Tytree like a big childish kid right now. ]
You actually liked all that kiddy stuff? Well, I guess I'm not surprised.
Hey, come on! If ya actually took a look at, there was a ton of cool stuff! Nothin' like what we got back it Petnadjanka... I bet they don't even have that stuff in Balka, either!
[leave it to tytree to staunchly defend his stance on something so stupid and inconsequential. but the vidyas were cool as hell, okay.
once he figured out that mario was in fact, not actually a real living man trapped in a glass panel.]
[ Tytree what the heck. This is probably something that would be better if he had seen it in person, because his mind is all over the place with this right now. ]
Are you sure it was a game? It sounds kinda like torture to me!
[ There's a man trapped in a glass box and you're controlling him?? Even if he was apparently helping him ... Do the means justify the end here ... ]
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...You gotta go look at it for yourself. [and an anti-climatic finish, of course. tytree just folds his arm over his chest and nods towards the door. do the thing, mao.
(yeah, he's totally proud of himself right now. cool, isn't it?????)]
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Your deliveries a little lacking, Tytree. [ Should've kept the hype going! ] But fine, I'll go look myself.
[ He's going to do the thing, okay! So he walks past him, making his way into the storage area and taking a moment to take in the surroundings before he speaks up. Rather excitedly. ]
Whooooaaa, it's huge! You think they're keeping something really cool in here?!
[ Okay, he admits, this place is pretty impressive and his big bro found something good here. ]
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It's pretty cool, huh? The great Tytree doesn't disappoint with things like this! [tytree, pls.
he's following mao into the room properly now and toning down that ego just a little. a tad.]
Yeah, there's gotta be a ton of good stuff in here! I saw some weapons over that way, and some other stuff... this place is totally loaded!
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So what you're saying is we should start checking the place out, right? [ But he has priorities — ] Maybe we'll even find some amazingly delicious food somewhere in here!
[ Makes sense to him. He'll eat anything he finds, after all. ]
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[priorities!!!
not that tytree is that much better. he doesn't want that important point to be forgotten, but...]
Though I probably could make something if we found the right ingredients... [maybe tytree's just a little hungry too.]
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Luckily, it seems Tytree feels him on the food thing anyway, and he perks right back up again. ]
See, see?! I knew you'd get me, Tytree! So we'll look for weapons, but if we find food on the way, we keep it!
[ Everyone wins. ]
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[or... they'll be ready for anything that involves fighting or eating. which really begs the question:]
You think we can find anything else important in here? I dunno what some of this stuff is, but it looks useful...
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Maybe there're some medical supplies in here? That'd probably come in handy in a place like this. [ There's gotta be someone around here who's already cut themselves on the debris and wreckage. And one of these two is probably likely to do it themselves.
He'll peer around the place a little to see if he can spot anything obvious. ]
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[he's not sure if there's some kind of infirmary or anything though—he didn't stumble across it himself, so tytree's just assuming that any and all supplies are stored in here, probably.]
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Neither did I. [ Okay he sounds a little annoyed here — ] All I've seen are a bunch of dumb toys.
[ He still takes offense to that despite the toys not being directed at him at all. ]
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but—well, why does mao sound so annoyed by his other findings?]
Dumb? I dunno, I dunno! I saw some pretty cool stuff in the room I started out in. Like, way cool! There's stuff there I've never seen anywhere back home! [those vidya games were cool as hell, okay.]
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Tytree, please. Mao didn't peek through the video games or really any of the games, so he's not aware of how cool some of them actually were — he shut down to the idea of it after noticing how colorful and childish some of the boxes in his room were. So he's just seeing Tytree like a big childish kid right now. ]
You actually liked all that kiddy stuff? Well, I guess I'm not surprised.
[ It's Tytree. ]
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[leave it to tytree to staunchly defend his stance on something so stupid and inconsequential. but the vidyas were cool as hell, okay.
once he figured out that mario was in fact, not actually a real living man trapped in a glass panel.]
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It doesn't matter! It wasn't cool. It was just irritating. [ Clearly they had very different experiences with the toys. ]
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[don't talk shit about things you don't understand, mao!!]
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What're you talking about?!
[ .......... Is that man okay?? ]
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That was the game! I didn't even know it was a game, but that's how it works... it's really cool, Mao!
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Are you sure it was a game? It sounds kinda like torture to me!
[ There's a man trapped in a glass box and you're controlling him?? Even if he was apparently helping him ... Do the means justify the end here ... ]
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[geez, mao. that's just rude???]
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Okay, okay! I believe you! Geez, you don't have to get so mad about it.
[ He knows Tytree wouldn't even torture a fly!! (Unless the fly stole his sister.) ]
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You're the one who started it, y'know! Maoooo....
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Hey, hey, that doesn't matter! What matters is that the man's safe now! You did save him, right?
[ Swiftly changing the subject back to that. ]
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[but he was assured the man would be okay even if he didn't win, somehow.]
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So you left an innocent man there to die?!
[ ... Honestly that question is half to see if he gets mad again. He sounds innocent and concerned when he asks it at least?! ]
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