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!
According to the ship's records, all the lifepods that ejected contained living crew.
[So there at least is hope (?) for those who escaped the crash itself.]
I'm not the only person around. There are a few people I know, as well as people I've never encountered before. I'm not sure how they managed to turn up here. [Like, he's pretty sure he knows how he got here. But how did they get here? John, what did you DO?]
[He perks up at the mention of the lifepods. There's still a chance, then! A slightly bigger chance than before. But that means there's likely no one from the original crew left on the ship, too.]
Yeah? Most of us from the base don't know how we got here. I sort of tripped and fell, and suddenly I was in the ocean. It seems like a common story for a few of us. Do you know how you got here?
I can't imagine they'd abandon everyone here. They are not those kinds of people.
[Dirk doesn't know all of the Beta session kids as well as he knows his own crew, but if Jake and Jade are anything like their genetic parents, they are not going to just leave people here. It would be impossible for them.]
Good to know we can count on them. I think we're all a little anxious to find a way home, at least to have that road open.
[Sorey takes him at his word, just glad to know they'd be willing to help. Staying in the base hasn't been terrible, but he'd be more at ease if he knew that people could safely make it back to their homes too.]
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[So there at least is hope (?) for those who escaped the crash itself.]
I'm not the only person around. There are a few people I know, as well as people I've never encountered before. I'm not sure how they managed to turn up here. [Like, he's pretty sure he knows how he got here. But how did they get here? John, what did you DO?]
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Yeah? Most of us from the base don't know how we got here. I sort of tripped and fell, and suddenly I was in the ocean. It seems like a common story for a few of us. Do you know how you got here?
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[He's pretty sure someone on the team messed up though. Seriously.]
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[He's not even going to try and pronounce it.]
I'll just take your word for it. I'm guessing that doesn't happen a lot?
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[And then if Jade pops up maybe she can teleport everyone home? Who knows. He's just going to deal.]
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[If that's even possible, which it might not be, but he hopes it'd be that simple.]
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[Dirk doesn't know all of the Beta session kids as well as he knows his own crew, but if Jake and Jade are anything like their genetic parents, they are not going to just leave people here. It would be impossible for them.]
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[Sorey takes him at his word, just glad to know they'd be willing to help. Staying in the base hasn't been terrible, but he'd be more at ease if he knew that people could safely make it back to their homes too.]