USS Arcadia, 01/03/24, 10:00 PM ET

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USS Arcadia - Wednesdays 10 ET - Command Staff: Captain Lo'Ami

Between 1/3/2024 9:03 PM and 1/3/2024 10:06 PM

Last time... the AT started going down the rabbit hole... I mean, crystal tunnel

9:04 PM

We'll assume you keep going down and TBS you until somewhere near where something might happen

9:04 PM

?

sounds good to me

9:04 PM

(dana is on his way)

ok, while we are waiting... any sim-related qs?

Here

9:05 PM

None here

is it as cold in the tunnel as outside or is it finally warmer?

it's getting warmer as you go down and the air is of course thicker inside

9:08 PM

Anything else?

none here

nothing here

ok then...

9:10 PM

!begin

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::scanning while walking in the tunnel::

:: Trying to concentrate on her scans rather than the air ::

ACTION> there's something on the ground in the tunnel ahead. it registers as organic

Take a look at this ::points to the object ahead::

9:12 PM

can either of you tell me anything about it?

"Let me give it a scan."

ACTION> it's a humanoid skeleton, plus some preserved tissue (from the cold)

That...seems ominous.

any idea how old it is?

(( it's a decomposed skeleton in the cold... someone come up w/something reasonable))

((fifty and five hundred years could have very different implications))

((50; 500; 20,000 -- let me know ))

Natell can you get a carbon date?

"It's humanoid. Carbon-based lifeform. Let me get more readings."

9:18 PM

"The tricorder thinks it's between 2,500 and 3,000 sol years old."

wow, so ancient!

"I need finer equipment for more detailed scans."

maybe we can bring the remains aboard assuming we don't meet anyone living among their people, and we can learn more then. for now let's leave it

We may encounter more like it further down, for all we know.

true

9:22 PM

if they were escaping some calamnity

9:22 PM

we should be careful

9:22 PM

i'll stay in the lead just in case

9:24 PM

::starts walking again::

::follows, still scanning::

ACTION> more organic material up ahead (good prediction, Dana), this time, 2 skeletons, somewhat disturbed, some torn clothing fibers remaining; there are some scratches on the bones

that doesn't look good

"This is looking more disturbing the further in we go."

::pulls out phaser in case whatever caused the scratches is still out::

9:28 PM

are the scratches on the bone as old as the bones?

Those scratches are a bit ominous.

ACTION> scratches are quite a bit newer than the bones

:: Bends down to get a closer look :: "Hmm."

9:32 PM

"Uhh, these marks are not old."

we might have company, then

"Some creature from the looks of it."

Odd that some creature would just be wandering in here.

it could be native

9:34 PM

or maybe someone else with a claim to the planet ig they got here before us

If it's native, that would imply a whole ecosystem down here.

9:35 PM

Certainly nothing's survived out there.

there could be one. maybe there's geothermal activity farther down

9:37 PM

::scanning for anything that could make those scratches::

ACTION> there are more organic signatures as you go down the tunnel

there's definitely something down there. i don't know if it's dead or alive

"There are more."

Well, either way, this is going to get interesting...

(( keep going?))

indeed

9:42 PM

::going forward, more slowly::

ACTION> one newer body, this one is partially intact and is still wearing organic clothing.

this is not good.

::continuing to scan:: Best we can do is stay on the lookout.

"Preservation as it gets warmer is questionable."

Unless you want to come back with a full security team.

(( think about what Jasad's statement implies about the more preserved one )) (edited)

yet this one is more intact

9:46 PM

something must be causing this.

9:47 PM

i think a full security team would be wise, assuming the captain lets us go back down

:: Charges her phaser ::

is anyone down there?

ACTION> :: still more organic signatures, of differing ages ::

9:48 PM

ACTION> :: all of them dead ::

9:49 PM

ACTION> the crystal tunnel ends after one more turn about 100m ahead

"I do not have a species yet, or the tricoder does not have enough information."

dead end

It might be worth scouting out, in case there's something we can't see from out here.

ACTION> the tunnel ends at another wall just like the entrance

::heads up to the wall to see if there's a door::

ACTION> it looks the same but lacks a handle

no opening mechanism i can see. what would the point of this tunnel even be?

9:52 PM

maybe it only opens from the other side?

Maybe. Or maybe there's some trick to opening it?

::scans for mroe clues::

::knocks on door, just in case::

ACTION> weak energy signature on the right side

there's an energy signature on the other side

::scanning energy signature more closely::

ACTION> the locking mechanism can be scanned. it is connected to the part with the energy signature

"I am getting something in the electro-magnetic spectrum up ahead."

9:55 PM

"It's weak, at about 24 cycles per second."

Looks like the lock connects to the energy signature. Might be hackable.

9:56 PM

::pulls out glowy tool and starts manipulating magnetic fields in the general area of energy signature::

do it

Lock> :: mechanism responds... the door is heavy and the lock is sturdy but the locking mechanism is not at all sophisticated ::

((Do I roll for lockpicking?))

Seems like it's working...just not that secure or sophisticated a system, ::keeps opening door::

((1 min ))

9:59 PM

Door> :: slowly slides open ::

9:59 PM

(( you have 24th century tech against an early 20th century mechanism ))

good job!

10:00 PM

::looks around for space scavengers::

ACTION> on the other side of the door is a dark cavern, very large. tricorders can detect what might be structures, rocky hilly areas, organics...

10:01 PM

((and...))

10:01 PM

!pause

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paus'd

Congrats, you got to the end of the tunnel

paws'd

and there was no light there

I was expecting those bodies to be us.

it's not too late for that :/

too many of them

10:02 PM

unless you die lots of times and keep coming back to die again

10:03 PM

that could be fun

10:03 PM

You would have recognized the Cardassian, Klingon and Bajoran anatomy though

never give the GM ideas

so, that's not happening if I'm gonna keep it consistent

"Dormammu, I've come to bargain."

see you next week!

gnight

10:05 PM

until next week...

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