-The man finally stops in front of the group from Serenity. He seems to visibly brighten up looking over the group, and speaks with an obvious Croatian accent, not that this impairs your ability to understand him at all-
???: So, you are our esteemed guests from space, hmm? Well, on behalf of the colony of No Refunds I would like to congratulate you for making it past the energy weapons in orbit of this planet. A couple of ships came in before you did, and until you landed here, all of them were destroyed. It is good to see that at least somebody has made it down here.
edited 13th Aug '17 7:30:43 PM by SpartyMcFly
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."???: -to Quartz- Naturally, yes. Of course, perhaps you would be able to get away with leaving as well, given you are the only vessel to have successfully made it to the surface.
-to Lovisia- Well, go ahead. Of course, if you would like to go somewhere that looks more professional for a right and proper discussion then I have brought these vehicles for transport into the colonial body proper.
I apologize for our relatively ramshackle state, but we have only been here a few months. There has not yet been enough time to pave roads.
edited 13th Aug '17 7:35:59 PM by SpartyMcFly
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."???: -to Lovisia- You are very perceptive! I like that. You would be good here.
Yes. I am the former captain of Ark Fortune, and current colonial director of No Refunds. We have been trying to come up with a better name for the place but we have much work to do. It was originally named "I Want A Refund", and then it was changed to "No Refunds". I do not know who did it and to be frank there are so many things that need doing that I am willing to let this slide so long as people do not change it further until we can come up with a proper name.
-to Quartz- Effectively, yes. We have plans for communications satellites but those space stations are incredibly accurate. Every one we send up is destroyed within minutes of deployment.
edited 13th Aug '17 7:40:24 PM by SpartyMcFly
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."???: -to Lovisia- Most of them. There were some deaths due to the circumstances we were forced to land under, but most everyone made it out okay, and I will have to content myself with that knowledge.
We just did not know where we were going. We couldn't have known Stroj was the way it was.
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."???: Indeed, come on, step into the rovers, there is enough room between them to carry you all!
-The man turns around and heads back towards his assigned rover, the soldiers following them-
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."???: -to Longram- They should be able to!
-Well, Lovisia, Lisa, Longram, you're very big people, so it's a cramped ride. Especially for you, Longram - your power armor is heavy metal and has no give, so it's a wonder you make it in without punching a hole through the rover-
-Everyone else manages to climb in okay as the rover convoy sets out, churning gravel and heading towards the colony proper-
edited 13th Aug '17 7:58:41 PM by SpartyMcFly
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Alberts: -to Rostam- I cannot say I would know. But this certainly does seem like an adventure.
-The rovers eventually proceed into the colony. And it looks pretty much exactly like you saw it coming in-
-Nearly every building here is a stark white prefabricated shelter, but they've now got a nice coat of dirt from being in the proximity of gravel roads for a few months without being properly cleaned, because everyone else has more important things to do-
-Speaking of everyone else, there's quite a few people just out and walking. The proper word to describe them is "used future"; their gear looks advanced, but at the same time also looks well-worn, a sign of frequent use-
-Anyone who can look past the broken in appearance of No Refunds can catch glimpses of a colony that's alive. People walk and talk, they barter and play, they get unreasonably angry at simple requests, and there's a lot more rovers and vehicles moving around than this simple convoy of five. Every few minutes something's coming in or going out of the town-
-As the convoy heads towards its destination you catch sight of what are currently the only two actually uniquely constructed buildings; the machine shops. They look pretty ramshackle, but surprisingly, are also rather clean, which suggests there were probably built very, very recently. Nevertheless, from the constant goods, parts, machines, and occasionally vehicles that roll out of them, you can tell they're getting put to very good use-
edited 13th Aug '17 8:12:01 PM by SpartyMcFly
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

Lovisia: "..."
~continues to wait for the man to approach~