[Mission Event] Moqsing TQ-727

[khuimods]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: March 25th - April 5th
Location: Recovery ships out on the great wide ocean
Situation: Recovery/Salvaging of the Moqsing TQ-727.
Warnings/Rating: Descriptions of injuries
AC Note: This log will qualify for an AC Exemption, meaning you can use your comments from it for either March or April AC, but not both.



The Naval Division reported the discovery of a new Shunt: a hulking metal behemoth floating in the ocean.
Initial observations made from their safe distance do not report any signs of life, however
only the designation visible at various intervals along its outer shell: Moqsing TQ-727.
Exploratory teams are quickly assembled for reconnaissance and probable collection of resources.

The Naval Division's main recovery ship, the Ikimitanu, captained by a Castian woman named Moneku, has anchored just outside the borders of the Shunt, approximately 500 yards away from the downed ship. Smaller boats are being used to ferry survivors and recovered items back from the cargo ship, and the wide deck of the Ikimitanu is being used for both sorting and storage as well as emergency triage.

Overseers move up and down the crowded, organized chaos; many of them are veterans of previous Shunt missions. There's a high-energy, high-stress vibe around everything, and the supervisors will frequently remind the volunteers that time is of the essence and that the downed ship can disappear at any moment, taking any left aboard it away from Konryu, probably never to be seen again.

SURVIVORS

Although the initial report from the Naval Division's observations was that there were no survivors on the obviously-crashed ship, it turns out they were wrong! The first responders came across a trio of panicked crew members huddled on the outer hull of the ship - not by choice, because the hatch they exited from has been barred behind them and they've been stuck outside! It seems something terrified whoever's left inside and they won't open the doors.

The crew members identify themselves as a race called Corfuhl, and are mostly humanoid in shape and form, albeit taller and stockier, with their average height being over 6' and both sexes being quite muscular. They're more durable than the average human, but not durable enough to weather a crash through atmo and into the ocean without injury, and everything from bruises and broken bones to serious internal injuries afflict the extracted survivors.

This far outside of the barrier, the translation magic that keeps everyone on the archipelago able to speak to each other seems strained - one moment the survivors will be communicating fine, and the next they're freaking out because they can't understand whatever's being said, and they have no idea why.

ENGINEERING TEAMS

Once the Shunt is identified as a ship of some kind, the experts in xeno-engineering put a call out for people with relevant skills. The team lead is a short Muin woman with shockingly purple hair and a no-nonsense attitude named Lauristal, but her regular team will typically call her 'Cable'.

The silhouette of the Moqsing TQ-727 is blocky, like a 6-storey building turned on its side. Very quickly, the engineers start calling it the 'Space Brick'. The propulsion systems are of particular interest; it's unclear whether the salt water of the ocean has started to affect the engines yet, but Lauristal wants them salvaged as quickly as possible. The computer systems, if there are any, are also a top priority. There could be valuable data about the engine function, as well as the world the ship comes from. Because these tasks are both large and potentially complicated, there will be two separate engineering teams.

CARGO

A pair of male Sinayg supervisors, Veik and Bref, are overseeing the resource collection. They're gruff and not much for conversation, but they'll direct the team members into the depths of the cargo hauler with a surety that's nearly unmatched - the benefit of having long navigated their native home without sight being their primary sense.

The primary cargo is an unknown ore with strange properties - it seems to have "memory", allowing it to not only retain but even possibly revert to other shapes under certain conditions. Although the majority of the ore cargo is in its unrefined/raw state, and therefore inert, a large number of the tools on the ship are also comprised of this same metal and may be suitable for testing its properties. Inquiring with the survivors will confirm the the metal is from a particular type of meteor that their people are adept at mining. In its ore form, the material is called Praonyte, and in its refined form, Praonyx.

AIFARAN DOCKS

Once the presence of injured survivors was established, an emergency medical clinic is set up at the Aifaran docks, awaiting the arrival of the Ikimitanu back to port. Those with healing skill, whether magical or mundane, are being called from all over the city and being put on standby.

The lead healer in charge of the emergency clinic is a tall Arybar named Em'nyse, sweeping through the assembled volunteers with practiced patience. "Radio communications from the ship have confirmed the survivors are called Corfuhl, does anyone recognize this name? They appear similar in physiology to Castians, Muin, and Humans. Step forward if you have experience triage situations. First aid responders, over there on the left please, magical healers on the right. Don't dawdle - we've got the most critical cases coming by air within 20 minutes!"

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OOC Notes: Use the OOC coordination comments to decide which of the provided options your team is going to use, and comment there with your choices. Questions regarding the event, please direct them HERE.

Comments

OOC - Questions

[khuimods]

If you have questions about the event, please ask them here!

[perfectenn]

Compiling the questions asked thus far…

1: Can a unit split up tasks? (Half of the team signups pursue one option while the other half chooses another.)

2: Do characters’ permission abilities regarding mental and/or physical manipulation work on the Corfuhl?

[iseeall]

As per Leo's power, his eyes are able to do a lot of things, like see perfectly in the dark and through walls if he tries, as well as navigate small complex spaces. How much would he be able to see on the ship when his group look for survivors?

cargo team!

[afoolsgold]

responding from the wrong account but--part of the cargo team (i.e. Kit, Padparadscha and Kei) are ready for a bit more guidance!

another question!!

[afoolsgold]

If the Fool were to touch the sides of the strange ship with his Skill-touched fingers, what sorts of information would he be able to glean about it? Info here on his abilities.

Survivors and Aid Team B

[redlightgreenlight]

We are ready for our next prompt!

[consumeation]

Cargo team 1 prompt two question:

Are the intact spheres in any way removable from the generator, or are they in some way bolted down/attached in a way where they cannot be removed?

[iseeall]

Another question about Leo's power! Since the second round of options have come up, I know that Leo can see the auras of the survivors, but can he see anything special/off about the door and its lock?

Re: OOC - Questions

[redlightgreenlight]

What emotions would Valdis sense coming from the Corfuhl for Survivors team B?

search & recovery

[powertotearer]

Our team is ready for the next prompt!

[driverslicense]

Cargo team 2 is ready for our next prompt, assuming that's how it works... If we're supposed to use the same one as Team 1, then please disregard |D

Survivors and Aid Team B

[redlightgreenlight]

We chose #3 on part 2 and are ready for part 3

Re: OOC - Questions

[powertotearer]

Survivors Group A has gone to check in the recreation room and is ready for the next prompt.

OOC - Team Coordination

[khuimods]

Add your character to one of the subheadings of this comment to sign them up for that team, and you can plot with your fellow teammates on what choices for each stage you'll be making.

SIGNUPS - Engineering Team A - Engine Recovery

[khuimods]

If your character is joining the Engine Recovery team, please comment here with their name, and use this space to organize your team's choices.

SIGNUPS - Engineering Team B - Computer Core

[khuimods]

If your character is joining the Computer Core team, please comment here with their name, and use this space to organize your team's choices.

SIGNUPS - Cargo Team - Resources

[khuimods]

If your character is joining the Cargo team, please comment here with their name, and use this space to organize your team's choices.

SIGNUPS - Survivors Team A - Search & Recovery

[khuimods]

If your character is joining the Search and Recovery team, please comment here with their name, and use this space to organize your team's choices.

SIGNUPS - Survivors Team B - Healing & Aid

[khuimods]

If your character is joining the Healing and Aid team, please comment here with their name, and use this space to organize your team's choices.

IC - Engineering Team A - Engine Recovery

[khuimods]

The first team will locate the main engine room (or equivalent), identify any damage, and determine the best means of salvage. If the engine is not in immediate danger of being eaten away by ocean water, the team is also charged with identifying the engine's power source and how the engine integrates with the rest of the ship. Due to the exact nature of the engine being unknown, team members will need a mix of mechanical and electrical engineering skills who aren't afraid to get zapped or covered in some variety of engine grease.

The Engine Recovery Team will be directed towards the section of the ship where what is presumed to be the engine is located, visible from the outside. The corridors of the ship are dimly lit, and there's no vibrations or other signs that the engines are still powered on. Along the way, most of the bulkhead doors have either remained open or were damaged in some way to allow access through them - until the team reaches the 'aft' section (because up is down, in space). When you reach the area that should be engineering, the team encounters a heavy door that is secured shut.

Your first round choices are:

1. Try to force your way through the door.
   
2. Attempt to pick/hack the electronic door lock, or find a survivor who knows the door code.
   
3. See if there is another access point.

IC - Engineering Team B - Computer Core

[khuimods]

As computer systems tend to be infinitely more tricky than many other aspects of a spaceship, this team skews more technical. Electrical engineers, coders, cryptographers, hackers, and linguists of all shapes, sizes, and specialties are in need. This team will also have an additional set of Muin supervisors, because we know how techies can get. The primary objectives of this team are to retrieve any computer or data cores, including vital control technology (microchips, crystals, whatever format they come in).

The Computer Core Team needs people who understand the architecture of computer systems (or can unravel that architecture) because it may be absurdly straightforward and mind-bendingly complicated. Survivors have informed rescuers that the computer core is accessible from the command deck, but there's also a backup operation core midship that is heavily shielded in case of incident.

The command deck is a bit mangled; nothing is actively sparking out of a conduit, but many display screens are cracked beyond use. Most of the functional displays are small, about the size of a tablet, and a lot of them are blinking angry colors and occasionally spitting out indecipherable verbal warnings about system failures. The translation magic seems especially weak here, creating difficulties in directly accessing even uncorrupted data.

Your first round choices are:

1. Go to the backup operation core and hope things are in better shape.
   
2. Find a way to directly access the hardware of the primary computer core, bypassing the damaged user interfaces
   
3. Try to wrestle with the existing user interfaces until they behave.

[lasergrenades]

Pepper would generally opt to find survivors, but there's an overwhelming number of volunteers for that who are all very capable. Once many of the passengers are collected and other teams deployed, she and the others who have some technical skills are sent to investigate the status of the computer systems.

She's aware this is not Bakura's favorite, and she's a little uncertain about Conan seeing as he's a kid, but she recalls that Tony was a child genius. There's only so dangerous computers can be, right? It'll be fine. She's donned the Rescue armor since it'll be of significant help, but the faceplate remains open for now.

"Alright, someone seriously needs to invest in gorilla glass," she assesses, grimacing at the plethora of cracked and/or fritzing screens on the command deck. "I don't think these are gonna be much use to anyone. There's gotta be a better access point up here."

IC - Cargo Team - Resources

[khuimods]

The ore itself is a dark ashy gray colour with lighter gray veining throughout, and its surface has a faint iridescent sheen to it, like gasoline. It's also incredibly dense, and quite heavy - a chunk of it around the size of a basketball weighs upwards of 25 kilograms (55 pounds), and many of these ore chunks are significantly larger than can be carried by hand.

Curiously, the objects and tools that are found forged from this metal do not appear any heavier than their average steel counterparts! Weird, huh? There are some tools with pretty obvious uses, but there are others that aren't immediately recognizable - but that must be useful, seeing as how many of them there are!

The hauler is also designed to house around 250 crew members, and so is well-provisioned with food, medicinal stores, and other sundry supplies, around half of which remain since they were 2/3 of the way through their trip. Although the Corfuhl seem to be all right with the food and liquids they've been given by the rescue teams, having some of their own supplies might be beneficial in the long run, especially the medicine.

Your first round choices are:

1. Focus on the raw Praonyte ore - which will require some serious muscle to move in quantity.
   
2. Search for and gather Praonyx tools and other objects - which are lighter, but more spread out.
   
3. Head for the ship's supply berths to gather food, medicine and other reserves to salvage.

option 3 group 1

[consumeation]

[Kit, Kei, and Padparadscha.]

IC - Survivors Team A - Search & Recovery

[khuimods]

There’s a number of survivors on-board, sticking close together and treating their injured as best they can. They’ve holed themselves up in the sickbay, the doors heavily barricaded, and those who are well enough to talk explain that when some of the crew tried to set off for land, a thick fog rolled in. They immediately lost all contact with this team, and the only indication that something happened to them was a single scream abruptly cut off.

While trying to move them off the ship, there is trouble with a crew member who’s reluctant to leave, saying that her daughter is still on board and she won’t leave without her.

This is unusual as not only did they not bring her daughter aboard, most of the crew member’s close comrades know that the girl has been dead for well over six years now. Something is clearly amiss…

But there's still the potential of survivors further in, or people who have only been rendered unconscious or not dead. Is it worth venturing further for people who might not be there to save?

Your first round choices are:

1. Press the survivors for more information regarding the crew members who vanished.
   
2. Try to get the distraught mother outside the ship, either by force or by guile.
   
3. Agree to search for the missing daughter.

Option 3

[powertotearer]

"Wait, what does she look like?"

As soon as Eiji hears that there's a missing child, just about everything else leaves his mind--including the other crew members pointing out that the girl she's talking about died years ago.

IC - Survivors Team B - Healing & Aid

[khuimods]

The survivors on the outside are all too happy to be put somewhere safe -- mostly. They need medical attention from an assortment of bumps and bruises, and if and when more survivors are extracted, they will also certainly need the healing. Several crew members also have more severe injuries, ranging from broken bones to internal bleeding.

Other Corfuhl are getting progressively more agitated by the intermittent language barrier that they're experiencing, and have gotten to the point where they may be aggravating their injuries by refusing to sit down and listen.

One particular of the outer survivors seems strangely shifty, though, and when pressed will say he actually wants to go back in. He can show the way, he says. He needs to find someone, he can help you and point out the hiding places, anywhere there might be something valuable to pay for your time.

Your first round choices are:

1. Try to calm the agitated Corfuhl before they worsen their injuries.
   
2. Refuse the survivor and insist he stay here with the others, assisting and settling and getting things ready for further injured.
   
3. Agree to go with him, leaving a more skeleton staff here but potentially recovering more people.

[annihilist]

There had been some heated discussion (read: bickering) about whether to follow the Corfuhl into the ship, which may or may not have been informed somewhat by the selection of individuals who are grouped together. Prior history has left tension between, well, most of them, but it seems they're willing to set that aside when others need assistance.

One of the smaller boats ferries them from the Ikimitanu, and if being crowded together into the narrow rows of seating isn't awkward enough to cause problems, they'll probably be just fine. Devin helps their guide lash the boat to their destination so they can disembark, and then climbs into the opened hatch with as much grace as the shifting seas allow.

Inside, it's dimly lit, there's visible structural damage almost everywhere one looks, and they don't have a map; hopefully this Corfuhl gentleman can lead them without incident.

"Seems safe enough," Devin announces dryly. "Let's get a move on." He leans out the hatch, offering an arm to steady the rest of his teammates if they need it.

IC - Aifaran Docks - Emergency Clinic

[khuimods]

Those who didn't volunteer for the mission may still find themselves drafted into helping, particularly if they have knowledge of healing or simply want to aid with the offload of the survivors being brought back. The first, and most injured Corfuhl are being escorted by Igheerian air transport - mostly those with internal injuries who were deemed in too poor a condition to wait for the return of the recovery ship to port.

Healers are busy prepping their workspaces, snagging anyone passing by to fetch supplies, help them move equipment, or find someone in the mad, frenetic crowd that they need to speak with. There are many ways to pitch in and help!