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[savmods]

Who: Everyone
When: July 1 and onward. See this post for info.
Where: Kauto + Chioni + Ingress Complex
Warnings: Potential violence. Please label warn-worthy content in your subject headers.

There's a burst of light in the sky when the Ingress breaks, a final flare followed by a shuddering that only those in the facility can feel. A flurry of panicked activity in the complex follows, ushering new arrivals to where they need to go in a hurry, with little time to give them the needed information, much less answer questions. The lights remain on, but dimmer now, life functions still operating but little else. On Kauto and Chioni below, the sky fades into an early twilight, followed by night, and day does not come again.

nerds save the world

Before the end of the day, all TABs receive an emergency broadcast notification outlining the situation. The speaker, a lead Savriite Ingress technician, does not invite panic but nor does he mince words. The Ingress is broken; their best efforts have failed to restore it. The time has come to turn to anyone who can help: scientists, engineers, those who have worked with advanced technology on any world. Formal qualifications don't matter when it could be the end of everything.

"Help us. Before it is too late."

Those who come will have the run of the complex and full access to the Ingress, as well as whatever tools are available and as much coffee as they can drink. People are encouraged to work in groups and share ideas, and a small number of young and nervous technical assistants will be on hand.

the land below

As Thisavrou is denied light and warmth, the weather becomes brisk and descends into bitter cold. Chioni is evacuated due to the effects on the already-harsh weather cycles there, although a skeleton crew of scientists remain behind. On Kauto, the arboreal Region Three and pastoral Region Two suffer the most from the temperatures and the snow that eventually begins to fall. Many crops are frozen over, and refugee citizens are driven from their homes to the Regions One and Five, where stored energy will keep dwellings warm. Save for those who choose to leave the underwater facilities, Region Four remains largely unchanged, but there are unverified accounts of strange aquatic animal behavior near the surface.

Overcrowding, limited supplies and a pervasive fear presents the opportunity for both heroism and foul deeds. Many come together to share resources, supplies and fellowship in what could be the end of worlds, while others take what they can from the unwilling or exploit the desperate. Sentient evacuees are followed by fauna from Region Three and unsettled lands beyond, in search of warmth or food or merely confused by the change in habitat. Some are unthreatening herbivores, while tanglesnakes and clownbees are more troublesome. Others are poisonous hunters, while still others are small, but dangerous when faced as a pack.

Just when all seems lost, light returns to the sky. The Ingress begins to function once more.

the coming days

As the temperatures rise, many demand answers, but most turn to the rebuilding of their lives first. Damage has been done that isn't so easily fixed, and even in the least-affected areas, remnants of the crisis show in the lack of fresh food, in the increased signs of criminal activity. Those who can help others through their own efforts of by organizing assistance are needed, but those with impure intentions are more likely to go unnoticed.

Eavesdropping on the streets may reveal a desire for vengeance. "Those intruders from last week. They're responsible for this, aren't they? What's being done?" But don't listen too closely, or a suspicious eye may be turned on you. "Aren't you one of the refugees from the Midway Hub? You should return to where you came from! All the trouble began when your people showed up!"

Life goes on. But life does not go on unchanged.

[quick ooc note: the Region 4 search & retrieval mission/RNG fight will be posted in a separate log.]

Comments

[deal_me_in]

[The Ghost pauses.]

Quite all right. It wouldn't be the first time I've been mistaken for something else- apparently having a small, floating personal companion of sorts isn't a completely foreign idea. -and at least you didn't call me a drone.

[The last is added flatly. He hadn't been particularly pleased at that.]

A survey... That does sound like an interesting suggestion. I don't think it was part of the information that was gleaned from us upon arrival, but I believe that the focus was more upon the technical readouts than environmental.

Although that would take time, and that's one thing we don't seem to have very much of. We may have to just make do with what's here and find different angles of approach.

[alan_1]

[Alan doubts Bit would be too pleased with that designation either. He listens to the small “companion” speak, though he still keeps an eye on the screen in front of him.]

Honestly I feel like I should leave the heavy theorizing to more experienced minds. World-sustaining teleportation devices weren’t really my day-to-day back home. [Unlike Lora. It’s melancholy, thinking of how thrilled she’d be to work on something like the Ingress. Not that Alan would wish for her to go through any of the other adversities that come with being stuck here.

...Though at least Alan could see her if she were.]

Troubleshooting the software’s about all I can offer.

[deal_me_in]

I would be quite surprised if it were a normality for more than a minimal percentage, and that's only in allowance being that we happen to be in one such place.

Actually it seems impractical to have a singular device that handles such things.

[The Ghost looks back and forth between the Ingress and Alan.]

And no less appreciated than any other work being done, I can assure you. Given the extensiveness of these systems and the integration with the hardware itself, I doubt any of it can be handled by any one individual. Between the different strengths of focus presented by those who have offered to help, I think we'll make some progress.