Day 158 : Return from the Observatory

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone and anyone
Open: Day 158
Where: The Monument + some other locations
What: The group returns from the Observatory with one core, one rescued person, and a lot of salvage.
Format: whatever you like
Warnings: science

[On day 158, two days after they left, the salvage crew returns from the second trip to the Mancer Observatory. This time, instead of answers, they have loot. Lots and lots of loot. Also, they've brought a new person with them!

There is a lot of discussions to have, so have them in here.]

((Also, be sure to check out the post here!))

Comments

[freedom_engineer]

[And there's Colin, wheeling in a small ship on a wagon of some sort. AZ's Golurk has been helping to steer, but it's heavy work. He's going to be taking this to his vehicle bay. Needless to say, he's rather pleased with how the expedition went. Someone fill him in on what he missed?]

[dontyoujustwish]

[That is an awful lot of loot you guys brought back.]

Did you find enough toys to play with?

[freedom_engineer]

We found a few, weren't able to bring back nearly enough.

[She should see his backpack, currently stowed away IN the ship.]

That place really is a treasure trove. I may have to go back again later, fortunately it's going to be a lot quieter now. We took out the plant.

[dontyoujustwish]

Really? In my experience even carnivorous plants don't make a lot of noise.

Unless you mean the screaming from the people they eat.

[freedom_engineer]

Actually, I was thinking more about the shifting earth. The thing had vines EVERYWHERE.

Of course, now that it's not eating any of the creatures there, I expect they'll probably move into the observatory in short order.

[Colin shrugs, and grins.]

Oh well, that's just another reason I'm making peace gestures towards the intelligent ones.

[dontyoujustwish]

Oh, yes, that can be noisy.

[Peace gestures?]

Have you told everyone about that? Most people are in the habit of going out and killing everything for the shards, and that's not going to help your peace effort.

[freedom_engineer]

Oh yes, I told them. Everyone was on their best behavior.

You know, other than killing the giant omnivorous plant.

[Once again, amusement wins the day.]

Keeping this crowd calm does take some doing...

[dontyoujustwish]

I mean everyone, including the people who didn't go on your little mission.

[freedom_engineer]

Fortunately, that's not my concern.

[He looks moderately smug about that.]

If everyone here wants to go pissing off the natives, I'll just take a calm sidestep out of the way when the horde comes rushing.

I couldn't wrangle all these maniacs if I tried. So I'm just gonna devote my energy to my work, and making sure that I don't look tasty when everyone else does.

Or, as the saying goes... "I don't need to outrun the hungry monster, I just need to outrun you."

[dontyoujustwish]

That sounds very much like the human definition of a peacemaking endeavor.

[freedom_engineer]

Hey, I see no reason to change a winning formula.

How was everything here while we were gone, anyway? Anything exciting happen?

[dontyoujustwish]

Probably not as exciting as your giant plant, but one of my neighbor's rooms was ransacked.

[freedom_engineer]

... Ransacked?

[Colin blinks and tilts his head, looking at her.]

Like... prank ransack? Or an actual break in?

[dontyoujustwish]

If it was a prank, this person has a terrible sense of humor. The place was completely trashed. It made me fear for my belongings.

[freedom_engineer]

... I see.

[Colin frowns, and his eyes narrow slightly.]

Vandalism and theft? Smash and grab tactics, it sounds like. Or obfuscation to keep people from realizing the real goal.

Next project's going to be some cameras, scanners, and stun turrets, I think...

Do we know what was taken?

[dontyoujustwish]

Hard to say if anything was, but I'd guess they were looking for something small, or something written.

Saix took pictures of the mess. I imagine he's gone to ask Nathaniel, he seems to like investigating things.

[freedom_engineer]

Hmmm... I see. I'll have to corner one of them later.

[Well, there goes his good mood...]

I need to get these supplies put away, and then check to make sure nothing's been disturbed. Would you care to join me, or would you rather go and see if anyone brought back something you might like?

It was a pretty good haul.