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Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#38401: May 11th 2017 at 7:28:59 PM

Asagi: ...Then I hope you like being in here for a while. >.>

We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#38403: May 11th 2017 at 7:35:01 PM

Asagi: Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh...I so don't have time for this...

-She calls the Captain-

@Captain Can you send someone to watch over Eris? She's threatening to throw herself out the airlock.

We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#38404: May 11th 2017 at 7:38:03 PM

Eris: No I am not. I am getting alcohol. >.<

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#38405: May 11th 2017 at 7:41:40 PM

Asagi: Whatever. Just...whatever. >.<

-She leaves-

We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)
NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#38406: May 11th 2017 at 7:43:35 PM

Eris: -Goes to get smashed, deciding she absolutely despises Asagi-

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38407: May 11th 2017 at 8:24:28 PM

-The truck manages to make it up to the mountain, with surprisingly little interference, though lightning does strike near it a bunch of times. As the team near the power plant hooks their lightning rod into the existing electrical grid, the truck people manage to wire their radio dish into the electrical grid. Power floods the radio dish. It takes a few minutes to get the radio dish reprogrammed, but eventually the dish team manages to crack it and they begin scanning for signals.-

-The radio dish scans the stars for 15 minutes. All they find is junk data. A couple of sentences here and there that don't seem to have any connection to each other. A few garbled words and a lot of static. Incomplete burst transmissions - who knows if the transmitter was broke, or if it got cut off, or if passage through space has simply degraded it? At this stage, it's impossible to tell.-

-After fifteen minutes of junk scanning, however, the radio dish team finds their holy grail - a complete signal. Very automated, highly structured, and stable enough that they are able to triangulate the location of the signal's origination point - Centerpoint Station, which is calling every Ark that it can to its position. It takes a few more minutes and gratuitous misuse of a robot for the radio dish to restore its ability to send messages, but eventually the group is capable of firing a subspace radio burst in the opposite direction - not much more than "hey Centerpoint, Ark Destiny is alive and we're en route to you guys, might want to make preperations". Oh well. Not every message needs to be complex.-

-Both groups return to their FOB and head to the shuttle to get off-planet. As they board, they find... Stubbs. Or what's left of him. Just one quarter of him - one of his arms, most of his body, and his complete head, having dragged itself into the shuttle by its remaining arm for God knows how long. After shutting him off, Mercuria extracts Stubbs's cortex to free him from his destroyed body, though she keeps his "remains" for sentimental reasons (and spare parts).-

-With everyone secure and safe aboard, the shuttle takes off and heads back for Ark Destiny. Ecstatic that Centerpoint Station has been found and that Ark Destiny's surviving colonists will have safe harbor, as soon as they're back aboard Kotei orders a jump to Centerpoint - which is well within FTL range. The trip is short, but harrowing - travel through the interdimensional medium has not been kind on Ark Destiny, and neither has the space cloud it hit. The ship shudders and creaks and sounds like it's about to break apart at any moment, but it holds together, and two hours later it leaves jump in front of Centerpoint Station. It looks different. And also pretty big.-

-Centerpoint itself, in stark contrast to its sister Terminus, is in orbit of a brilliant greyish gas giant. While it isn't as vibrant as people might expect it to be, it's certainly not just a featureless white marble - it's criss-crossed by many different white, grey, and blue bands that seem to constantly be shifting. While these bands of shifting gas constantly form patterns, they never hold for very long, giving the planet a constantly changing image. Those inclined would be able to get a few hours worth of entertainment out of watching the planet shift and change. The patterns of ships headed towards and away from the giant - as well as science data on gas giant classifications - suggests the planet's clouds are made of water vapor, and that Centerpoint is harvesting those clouds to hydrate its citizens.-

-Ark Destiny gets docking clearance incredibly quickly - it seems as though people are VERY happy to have another Ark shamble its way into port. Once the Ark docks you're allowed off first as repayment for saving the rest of the ship - as well as because you're some of the first people awake at all. Once you're onboard, the first thing that comes to mind is its sheer size - Centerpoint is a big station. It feels empty, too - there are very few people milling about, and it's almost spooky walking through a ghost station, though eventually it comes to pass that since there's only two arks docked here - Destiny and Fortune - Centerpoint is probably just under capacity.-

-The second thing that comes to mind is that it looks almost exactly like Terminus did if Terminus was bigger and emptier. It's also almost spooky how uncannily like your old home it looks, down to the shape of the storefronts and the police bots. Cementing this is the fact that after enough wandering, you all find your new housing - an exact copy of the penthouse you all owned on Terminus, only it's much larger and has a bunch of extra rooms due to the station's much larger size. Not as personalized, unfortunately, but hey, what can you do?-

-Congratulations; you survived the apocalypse! Kick your feet up and rest for a few days. You've certainly earned it. It's not like it'd be all that different from what you normally did - there's still a bunch of food, enough open stores to provide a massive amount of options for wasting your hard-earned paychecks, and it's not like the TVs haven't mostly been airing multiversal content anyways (though what little locally produced content exists is almost B-movie tier, and definitely good for a laugh with friends if you're into that sort of thing).-

-Welcome home.-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38408: May 11th 2017 at 8:45:31 PM

-*I guess characters are around for once.*

Roy: *Is amazed on how new and roomy the station is.*

Longram: *He, however is just staring up at the gas giant on the new penthouse's roof, thinking.*

edited 11th May '17 8:54:51 PM by MrKirb

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#38409: May 11th 2017 at 8:53:47 PM

-Mercuria looks at the boxes of supplies that remain of Stubb' former chassis and sighs-

-And with that, she sets to work on something much...much bigger-

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#38410: May 11th 2017 at 8:54:23 PM

-Nate heads inside the pent house and lies on the couch, tired-

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38411: May 11th 2017 at 8:59:04 PM

-Oliver has found a punching bag and is making very good use of it-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38412: May 11th 2017 at 9:02:15 PM

Longram: *Eventually, he just goes back into the penthouse, finding Oliver.*

"Hey umm....awesome work back at the stormy planet there."

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38413: May 11th 2017 at 9:04:19 PM

Oliver: It was fast thinking. Any idiot could have done that.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38414: May 11th 2017 at 9:12:43 PM

Longram: "Guess your right."

-*He just sit down and watches, he looks a bit sad, deeply contrasting the usual icy look.*

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38415: May 11th 2017 at 9:13:11 PM

-Without further stimulus, Oliver returns to punching-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38416: May 11th 2017 at 9:18:45 PM

Longram: "I dunno if I should say this but, do you feel alone or scared sometimes?"

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38417: May 11th 2017 at 9:37:29 PM

Oliver: Sometimes.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38418: May 11th 2017 at 9:40:32 PM

Longram: "I felt the same as well."

edited 11th May '17 9:41:00 PM by MrKirb

Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#38419: May 11th 2017 at 9:45:32 PM

Nate: we all feel scared...some of us more than others. The trick is whether you let it paralyze you.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38420: May 11th 2017 at 9:46:27 PM

Oliver: What she said.

-Keeps punching-

-Nate might note that Oliver looks less slouchy. More like something resembling a Guardsman, but not quite there yet-

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#38421: May 11th 2017 at 9:48:51 PM

Nate: what made you grow a pair servitor?

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38422: May 11th 2017 at 9:52:53 PM

Oliver: Oh, trust me, nothing's grown down there.

It's just a bit easier to get violently angry with the knowledge that you're both a murderer and a coward.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#38423: May 11th 2017 at 9:54:56 PM

Nate: hm, I see.

Well don't pull a muscle or what ever. With our man power reduced so much we'll need what we can get.

SpartyMcFly Military Grade Shitposter from Not where he should be Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Get out of here, STALKER
Military Grade Shitposter
#38424: May 11th 2017 at 10:01:08 PM

Oliver: I appreciate the sentiment. But this body doesn't have muscles.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
MrKirb Lights, Camera, Action! from bluh bluh land Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Lights, Camera, Action!
#38425: May 11th 2017 at 10:02:09 PM

Longram: "I see."

"Mostly the fact that I tend to experience the ugly side of multiverse travel, making me feel smaller by the day."

@Oliver "What makes you say that?"


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