The day before the outing, URSULA will address the crew with her plan.
"Recently, I've been tracking the progress of an island, called Floater Island, coming within swimming range. It is currently south of the Aurora. As part of my focus on recovering what I can from previous crews, I plan to visit the old base there. I would like it very much if anyone who wishes to enjoy the island and help me come along. I would advise bringing your bedding and some tools to make staying on the island a little easier.
Anyone staying on base will not have to worry, as I won't be out of range for base management. But I think a trip together as a crew would be relaxing and perhaps ease any negative feelings lingering from my previous mission.
I will return to all functions in two days. Approximately."
She will encourage anyone with questions to come with her, as she promises the island will have many resources, as well as just being fun. She will also ask for help in recovering whatever she can from the previous crew.
The trip to the island will take place in the early morning, with one of URSULA's small drones leading the way to a pleasant beach. Don't worry, no Reapers will party crash.
Instead, the crew gets to enjoy Floater Island in all its glory.
What about the objectives? Well, URSULA wasn't kidding about wanting to do something nice for everyone. Seeing everyone explore and enjoy themselves will be enough.
But for those looking for more, the island is full of resources, especially of the food variety, but also something about look at is the base! URSULA will appreciate any investigations into what might have happened to the crew there and she always encourages efforts to bring extra supplies back to base for the crew. If asked further, she might also suggest that 'fellows' seem to enjoy climbing trees and mountains, and potentially stargazing with those they have a romantic interest in. She has heard this is very popular with romantic couples!
So enjoy Floater Island. Dive in the caves. Eat fruit. Lick a frog! Try to adopt as many birdogs as possible. Recover records from the former crew and make your AI overlord feel emotions she isn't programmed for.
Have fun while the island is in range!
Questions about the island, the mission or discoveries can be asked under the OOC Questions comment!
[ He meets Donatello's glance with attention and a small bit of curiosity, but without the wide-eyed look someone might expect of his apparent age. Non-humans, while individually interesting, are an old presence in Loki's life in all their shapes and forms. ]
Right. Let's see what we have to work with, shall we?
[ Though he's visited the Aurora quite a bit already, he never paid attention to the machinery. There's bound to be something there, though. ]
I'm curious to hear about how you improvised your electromagnet, though. Can the process be recreated?
At the time, I was trying to make an electromagnetic pulse to shut down a bunch of nanobots simultaneously. My friend and I used my laptop to override the functions of a roller coaster's power system. We magnetized the tracks by redirecting the current through the roller coaster, then alternated the polarity to generate a multipolar flux - that's what caused the electromagnetic pulse.
[A beat, mostly because he needed to take a breath after that.]
I kinda made it up as I went. It worked, though! [Surprisingly.] Just about fried my laptop. [And... well, killed the robotic equivalent of a child. Don's still a bit sad about that, though better Nano than his family.]
The only problem is, we don't have anything like that here.
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Right. Let's see what we have to work with, shall we?
[ Though he's visited the Aurora quite a bit already, he never paid attention to the machinery. There's bound to be something there, though. ]
I'm curious to hear about how you improvised your electromagnet, though. Can the process be recreated?
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At the time, I was trying to make an electromagnetic pulse to shut down a bunch of nanobots simultaneously. My friend and I used my laptop to override the functions of a roller coaster's power system. We magnetized the tracks by redirecting the current through the roller coaster, then alternated the polarity to generate a multipolar flux - that's what caused the electromagnetic pulse.
[A beat, mostly because he needed to take a breath after that.]
I kinda made it up as I went. It worked, though! [Surprisingly.] Just about fried my laptop. [And... well, killed the robotic equivalent of a child. Don's still a bit sad about that, though better Nano than his family.]
The only problem is, we don't have anything like that here.