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Finn rethinks finding the high ground, and continues.The dunes seem to discharge their bolts of lightening from their summits every minute and a half.
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Finn rethinks finding the high ground, and continues.The dunes seem to discharge their bolts of lightening from their summits every minute and a half.
"Command? Do you copy? Do you have any information on what's happening at the Visitation Site?"Lassie only gets radio noise, but he does get a faint breathing sound at one point and hears what sounds like lightning for a second.Code:The poor doctor working here. She was obsessed, pushing things further and further. I don't fully understand the technology, I only compute enough to help them, but not enough to figure things out. She tested the technology on herself. It had some kind of mental effect on her. She came back missing skin once. It wasn't right
Teleporting where, exactly? No skin on return, how did she survive? I'm sorry to say but I believe the doctor you're referring to is dead. Any information you can give me on who might've been involved in killing her would help me get her some justice.
Finn marches for another while. The gravity is quite weak on Titan outside of the colony that generates 1g for a comfortable experience. As a Martian Finn has no problem adjusting and is able to get a steady speed of about 10km/h going without tiring himself. Following the vehicle tracks along he begins to see some kind of complex on the horizon ahead of him. Three buildings in total. The dunes around here seem a bit less statically charged, only going off every five minutes or so.Finn rethinks finding the high ground, and continues.
Koga answers."Command? Do you copy? Do you have any information on what's happening at the Visitation Site?"
Skin grafts. Though she almost didn't make it on one occasion.
She became increasingly obsessed.
Getting me to calculate things to leave 'between locations' for as long as possible.
The cult valued her, as did the Zaibatsu's helping them, that is my manufacturers.
Must have been somebody else.
Approaching the buildings and circling them Finn sees there are three in total. Two small shed like structures and a large hexagonal building. Around the back is a large vehicle about 15 meters long.Finn will continue towards the complex with his SMG slung over his shoulder at the ready, but not in hand. When he gets within 100m or so, he'll circle the buildings to see what their purposes are, where there are entrances, and if there appears to be any kind of defenses or sensors. Finn will avoid silhouetting himself on the horizon or approaching too closely at first, but he's not taking great pains to be stealthy; time is limited and he's not expecting a military reception.
Koga answers.
"Lassiter! I saw the feed...we've been having problems here as well. Power has being on and off around the colony and..."
Lassiter feels a shake, dust coming off the roof above him. Koga's signal is too weak to hear.
Code:Skin grafts. Though she almost didn't make it on one occasion. She became increasingly obsessed. Getting me to calculate things to leave 'between locations' for as long as possible. The cult valued her, as did the Zaibatsu's helping them, that is my manufacturers. Must have been somebody else.
Which locations, exactly? Do you have the co-ordinates. That might help understand what she was doing, and who would want her to die for it.
There you are.
She wanted me to calculate extending the time between disappearing and reappearing for as long as possible.
"Alright Robert. We'll seal ourselves in our rooms, I'll open the hatch remotely and you can enter and send your message. I warn you though anything funny and I'll pull the air from the main room and seal the doors"Finn clears his throat. "My name's Robert and it's a long story as to how I got here. What I need is safety and access to your communications. I don't know who you are and you don't have to tell me if you don't want. But I do need you to surrender your weapon to me and let me in so I can make my call in safety.
"Please excuse my current paranoia but it's been a very trying day," he adds as an apologetic afterthought.
Finn sees the image of Koga come on screen."Finn Shah reporting," he says, looking over to the crew of this station to see if there is any sign of recognition. "I've been...transmitted to my current location. By that thing you probably saw for a few moments. I'm currently safe, as I've come across a manned station close to my arrival point. I'm currently holding its crew against their will just in case they have any involvement in the operation. I'd like a pick-up ASAP.
"Also, please update me on the status of the operation. How are Coop and Luke? Is Omega Squad safe and the prisoners secure? What about Smith's team?"
OOC: Finn was pretty careful to keep all of the staff in his line of sight, so if this is a lead-in to some funny business, I'd like to object. But if it's just stylistic, I'm fine with these folks keeping out of the view of the camera.The man in charge of this station comes up behind Finn.
OOC: Absolutely Consider that redacted/retconned, he didn't come up behind you. I had their positions relative to you arseways in my head there when I imagined the scene. Reading your post again he clearly can't have done thatOOC: Finn was pretty careful to keep all of the staff in his line of sight, so if this is a lead-in to some funny business, I'd like to object.
"Of course...I'm Dr. Martin Fuchs from Mars University, the Olympus Mons campus. I study Titan's weather, it's the only complex terrestrial planetary weather complex in the solar system besides Earth, despite the disimilarity of the two worlds there are striking...." he stops "....sorry you're probably not here for that. Weather, that's the short of it..." he looks around idly for a moment "You hungry?""Sorry for the bit of indirection, but the situation is pretty serious and I have to be paranoid. The truth is out: my name is Finn Shah, and I'm working with Titan administration to contain an ongoing crisis. I'll tell you how and why I got here in a moment, but first, could you tell me something about yourselves? What is the purpose of this station, and who are you working for?"
OOC: I missed #449, apologies!Smith not sure if you saw #444 above.
Koga comes on the comm line.
"Lassiter, just to let you know we've located Mr. Shah. It seems that creature sent him up to the surface. He's 150km from the colony"
It sounds like whatever it is she wanted to see or do, it was in the plane between the teleport locations. Did she offer up any information on that? Do you know if she had notes of any kind stored related to this?
Fuchs gives a little smile upon hearing from a fellow Martian, but grows more serious when he hears about the cult.Finn sighs in relief, but he doesn't put his gun away quite yet. "Pleased to meet another son of Ares, Dr. Fuchs. I was in the marines before I went private sector.
Gesturing at the rest of the group, Finn continues. "I think the only thing I still need to know is whether anyone from your group is a member of the Inner Way cult. If so, I'm going to have to arrest them for now, but I can promise things will go smoothly down the road. It's mostly the leadership that we're concerned about.
"They're prepping as we speak..."Replying to Koga, Lassie steps away from the console to half-yell into his comm unit. "What the fuck? Is he safe out there?? Do you have any units en-route to save him?"
Her reticence on the matter indicated possibly immoral intentions.
I know she had notes in her apartment, from hacking security feeds.
Handwritten, so I couldn't hack them.
Did I do well?
Shouldering his SMG, Finn extends a hand to the man. "Dr. Fuchs, pleasure to make your acquaintance - pleasure to make all your acquaintances, and I deeply regret the need to be so suspicious and threatening.""None of us here are members certainly.
Finn sighs. "Many of them may very well be harmless. The leadership isn't - wasn't. They were dabbling with crazy experimental technology and using it to settle petty scores. That's why we've been carrying out widespread arrests. But the rank-and-file fall over each other to surrender."I always thought they were harmless.
Finn hesitates. "Sort of - maybe - probably - it's hard to say. It's wrapped up in that experimental technology I was telling you about. There are factions in the cult, and I'm not sure if I was sent here by accident or on purpose." Finn ponders the question a moment. "'Weather station,' you say? Have you seen anything odd-"Did they put you out there, on the surface?"
"Say, is that normal?" Finn asks, pointing out the flickering displays.Finn notices a flickering on the consoles, like static interfering with the displays
Fuchs shakes Finn's hand.Shouldering his SMG, Finn extends a hand to the man. "Dr. Fuchs, pleasure to make your acquaintance - pleasure to make all your acquaintances, and I deeply regret the need to be so suspicious and threatening."
Finn sighs. "Many of them may very well be harmless. The leadership isn't - wasn't. They were dabbling with crazy experimental technology and using it to settle petty scores. That's why we've been carrying out widespread arrests. But the rank-and-file fall over each other to surrender."
"No it's not, but it has been happening now and again recently. I can't pinpoint the source of the disturbance. We're shielded from the electric discharges from the dunes so it's not that. And I've used the antenna and dishes on the roof to see if there is some signal or broadcast affecting things, but I pick up nothing"Finn hesitates. "Sort of - maybe - probably - it's hard to say. It's wrapped up in that experimental technology I was telling you about. There are factions in the cult, and I'm not sure if I was sent here by accident or on purpose." Finn ponders the question a moment. "'Weather station,' you say? Have you seen anything odd-"
"Say, is that normal?" Finn asks, pointing out the flickering displays.
"Unusual...there's that static on the consoles..." he looks to the others "...okay you'll think we're mad...""That's why I'm looking for anything unusual. I'd be interested in hearing about anything odd that you guys have observed - no detail is too small. The truth is that I don't know exactly what I'm dealing with, so I am forced to cast a wide net.
"Oh, and I will take you up on that offer of food. I've been out of cryosleep for less that an Earth day and my stomach is filled with a mix of coffee and ouzo."
The daughters introduce themselves as Danielle and Victoria. The mother gives her name as Lidia.Finn nods thoughtfully. "No, nothing mad about it. Like I said, this cult was playing around with some very strange tech, and if I shared all the details with you, I'd be the one who sounds insane.
"I guess you're family, then?" Finn says, turning to the women. "All of you? I'm sorry, there's so much going on, I haven't been more curious about the people I've invaded at gunpoint. That's two strikes, I suppose. Um, who are you all?" Finn asks sheepishly.
Danielle speaks.After people have introduced themselves and had a chance to speak, Finn returns to the previous topic. "So tell me about this voice. What does it sound like and what's it been saying?
And how soon until it speaks again?"
Finn gives a tired smile. "This ought to be be interesting. I'll make sure to get a recording.""Definitely a woman, it just sounds really distorted. To be honest we thought it was friends pranking us in some way. We should hear it pretty soon"
"Please excuse me for a second, I'm just now able to reconnect with my team members," Finn interjects.Finn's comms makes a pinging sound. Koga has him back on the secure mission channel.
"Yes, still here. What's the situation with the other teams?""They're prepping as we speak..."
The ground rumbles and Koga's voice degenerates into static before coming back.
"....iter? Lassiter? Oh, lost you there. Everything alright?"
Code:Her reticence on the matter indicated possibly immoral intentions. I know she had notes in her apartment, from hacking security feeds. Handwritten, so I couldn't hack them. Did I do well?
Yes, thank you, you are helping me. Are you experiencing these shakes too? I need to make sure you are not at threat.
"We're alright Sir but we're getting significant power fluctuations here and the caves keep shaking. Might be some cracks developing in the walls""Yes, still here. What's the situation with the other teams?"
Lassie comms to his local squad, "You guys alright?"
Yes I can sense them.
No danger to me, my core is very difficult to crush.
I might only loose a few memories.
I would be more concerned with yourself Sir.
OOC: No worries man, I should have said he can indeed hear you.OOC: I probably shouldn't have made that bit public in case Lassiter had no access to a communicator. Lesson learned!
The teams at the church and lab confirm that they're alright, but are experiencing tremors and blackouts occasionally at their positions. Lassiter's comms show he is currently talking to his team, but can hear Finn.Finn waits for a reply from the other team lead. "Damn, maybe the other team ran into problems. This whole thing is a huge mess," he says to the occupants of the weather station.
Finn turns away from the console. "Someone should get back to me soon. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to hearing this voice. Perhaps we can help solve each others' mysteries," he says with a grin.
"Should be here shortly Sir I think. Five of ten minutes"Lassie comms to his local group. "Copy team. Has backup arrived to help us process these prisoners? We need to calmly get them out of here."
Lassie eyes the console, and says to himself aloud, "how do I get you out of here safely?"
The vibrations are getting worse Sir.
I suggest you take my memory module's 54A and 23C back in the room where my core is housed.
They relate to Dr. Contos.
That way you can get out quickly.
Should the cave collapse I will survive though some of my memory modules will be crushed.
If possible I have placed my most cherished memories into module 1A.
I would appreciate if you took it so that it is not at risk.
It will be a simple matter to reinsert it when I am excavated