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legionmissions2016-04-07 04:45 am
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[MOD PLOT] THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS
Who| Open to All!
What| The gravity generators on the planet Naltor fail
Where| Naltor
When| N/A
Warnings/Notes| Since a natural disaster is a bit of a heavy thing, players may opt out by handwaving their character was on a different mission doing something less disturbing. There are always many crises going on in the UP.
Despite being precogs, the Naltorians don't see it coming and this is why the entire UP is sent reeling because of the disaster. Oh, there are times some of them have visions of a disaster that aren't complete enough for them to do anything about it, and times that they have visions but it's too close to a disaster to put out a warning call.
But this time? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Not a single Naltorian sees it coming.
The security forces and security technology around the gravity generators is dispatched quickly and quietly. The sabotage is devastating. Repairable, certainly, but it'll take time for UP scientists and any tech-inclined Legionnaires that want to help to repair them to get them up and running again.
In the meantime, disasters start plaguing the population. As the orbits of Naltor's moon and the debris field that is its broken sister planet, Detria, start to degrade, conditions on Naltor starts falling apart. The gravitational pull of both celestial bodies starts to mess with the planet's tides, causing flooding. Crashing meteors cause tectonic instability, tsunamis, and more flooding. The planet's magnetosphere interacting with the gravitational pull of the moon and destabilizing debris field causes terrible storms with high winds.
The native Legionnaires are on the planet helping, too, if the rookies need some experienced backup, but everyone is spread thin, and electromagnetic interference means communication between them all isn't always reliable. All they can do is try their best to save lives, help the Naltorians evacuate to shelters, evac ships, or threshold gates, and hope that this can be fixed in time before the planet is destroyed.
Fortunately, the UP is very organized. Rescue services are armed with very advanced technology to rescue and free victims with, such as small-scale anti-grav devices to lift debris to save people under it, and there are hover ships aplenty to help get some Naltorians safely in orbit or to take others to shelters. The planet's threshold gates have also shut down all unnecessary travel and are being used to funnel Naltorians to other worlds that have prepared disaster shelters. Most importantly of all, there's a good early warning system in place for every possible type of disaster, one that uses technology and precogs (they can see the effects now, at least, even if the initial breakdown was blocked to them), and the disaster relief coordinators are constantly piping information to the Legion so they know where they're needed most.
Kid Quantum has set up a feed so that any time the communicators are up, they'll receive orders telling them where to be, and during times they're down, they'll have standing orders to contact the nearest UP disaster relief coordinators to find out where need is greatest. While there's a lot of confusion among the masses, the Legionnaires can take solace in the fact they'll always know where they're needed most.
DISASTER THREATS
A. EARTHQUAKES
Thanks to meteors hitting faultlines and the strong gravitational pull of the moon and Detria's debris field, tectonic instability is ravaging the land. Legionnaires may need to help hold up buildings so Naltorians can escape them before they collapse, help rescue services free Naltorians trapped under debris, or pull Naltorians out of ground ruptures and sinkholes.
B. LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES
The combination of earthquakes and flooding means that some areas are prone to landslides and mudslides that innocent Naltorians need to be cleared from or pulled out of. Fortunately, early warning systems, both technological in nature and because of Naltorian precogs, mean that Legionnaires may receive warnings for landslides and mudslides before they occur, so they can help evacuate areas before they're hit. In places that can't be fully evacced in time, all Naltorians have also been instructed to head for rooftops so they can hopefully be rescued.
C. FLOODING AND TSUNAMIS
Flooding due to dams bursting and countless other factors will be happening all over, especially in coastal regions or in the flood plains of rivers. Fortunately, the early warning systems mean the Naltorians will know when to head for high ground, but some may not be quick enough and others may find themselves trapped atop buildings surrounded by rushing floodwaters.
D. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
The gravitational pull and tectonic instability mean that some of the planet's volcanoes may start erupting, leading to areas needing to be evacuated before pyroclastic flows and lava flows hit. Many of these areas have threshold gates that can help evacuees escape but they may need help getting to them in an orderly fashion.
E. FIRES
All of these disasters may lead to fires, especially things like meteor strikes. The fire relief services have very advanced equipment and can also use climate-con stations to send rain on any fires, but they still may need some help putting out fires before they go out of control.
F. LOOTING AND STAMPEDES
Sometimes people panic in the face of disaster. While keeping stores from getting looted isn't the biggest priority rescuers should have, since material goods matter less than people's lives, sometimes crowds can get violent with each other. Legionnaires may have to prevent people from hurting each other both purposefully and accidentally, and help them safely get to shelters or evac points.
G. GRAVITY GENERATORS
The gravity generators that need to be fixed are on the planet itself, something that at least makes them nice and accessible to fix. Only one station needs to be repaired to stabilize the moon and Detria's debris field long enough to avert disaster. Any Legionnaires that are technologically-inclined can help UP scientists do this.
However, they may find themselves under attack -- because the saboteurs haven't left the planet. Even non-tech-inclined Legionnaires may want to help out so that they can defend the gearheads and scientists as they fix the generators.
H. WILD CARD!
You can make up as many situations within the framework of the above scenarios that you like but if you're unsure on something or would like to make up something different, feel free to ask the mods! We're willing to include situations the mod team hasn't thought of.
What| The gravity generators on the planet Naltor fail
Where| Naltor
When| N/A
Warnings/Notes| Since a natural disaster is a bit of a heavy thing, players may opt out by handwaving their character was on a different mission doing something less disturbing. There are always many crises going on in the UP.
Despite being precogs, the Naltorians don't see it coming and this is why the entire UP is sent reeling because of the disaster. Oh, there are times some of them have visions of a disaster that aren't complete enough for them to do anything about it, and times that they have visions but it's too close to a disaster to put out a warning call.
But this time? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Not a single Naltorian sees it coming.
The security forces and security technology around the gravity generators is dispatched quickly and quietly. The sabotage is devastating. Repairable, certainly, but it'll take time for UP scientists and any tech-inclined Legionnaires that want to help to repair them to get them up and running again.
In the meantime, disasters start plaguing the population. As the orbits of Naltor's moon and the debris field that is its broken sister planet, Detria, start to degrade, conditions on Naltor starts falling apart. The gravitational pull of both celestial bodies starts to mess with the planet's tides, causing flooding. Crashing meteors cause tectonic instability, tsunamis, and more flooding. The planet's magnetosphere interacting with the gravitational pull of the moon and destabilizing debris field causes terrible storms with high winds.
The native Legionnaires are on the planet helping, too, if the rookies need some experienced backup, but everyone is spread thin, and electromagnetic interference means communication between them all isn't always reliable. All they can do is try their best to save lives, help the Naltorians evacuate to shelters, evac ships, or threshold gates, and hope that this can be fixed in time before the planet is destroyed.
Fortunately, the UP is very organized. Rescue services are armed with very advanced technology to rescue and free victims with, such as small-scale anti-grav devices to lift debris to save people under it, and there are hover ships aplenty to help get some Naltorians safely in orbit or to take others to shelters. The planet's threshold gates have also shut down all unnecessary travel and are being used to funnel Naltorians to other worlds that have prepared disaster shelters. Most importantly of all, there's a good early warning system in place for every possible type of disaster, one that uses technology and precogs (they can see the effects now, at least, even if the initial breakdown was blocked to them), and the disaster relief coordinators are constantly piping information to the Legion so they know where they're needed most.
Kid Quantum has set up a feed so that any time the communicators are up, they'll receive orders telling them where to be, and during times they're down, they'll have standing orders to contact the nearest UP disaster relief coordinators to find out where need is greatest. While there's a lot of confusion among the masses, the Legionnaires can take solace in the fact they'll always know where they're needed most.
DISASTER THREATS
A. EARTHQUAKES
Thanks to meteors hitting faultlines and the strong gravitational pull of the moon and Detria's debris field, tectonic instability is ravaging the land. Legionnaires may need to help hold up buildings so Naltorians can escape them before they collapse, help rescue services free Naltorians trapped under debris, or pull Naltorians out of ground ruptures and sinkholes.
B. LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES
The combination of earthquakes and flooding means that some areas are prone to landslides and mudslides that innocent Naltorians need to be cleared from or pulled out of. Fortunately, early warning systems, both technological in nature and because of Naltorian precogs, mean that Legionnaires may receive warnings for landslides and mudslides before they occur, so they can help evacuate areas before they're hit. In places that can't be fully evacced in time, all Naltorians have also been instructed to head for rooftops so they can hopefully be rescued.
C. FLOODING AND TSUNAMIS
Flooding due to dams bursting and countless other factors will be happening all over, especially in coastal regions or in the flood plains of rivers. Fortunately, the early warning systems mean the Naltorians will know when to head for high ground, but some may not be quick enough and others may find themselves trapped atop buildings surrounded by rushing floodwaters.
D. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
The gravitational pull and tectonic instability mean that some of the planet's volcanoes may start erupting, leading to areas needing to be evacuated before pyroclastic flows and lava flows hit. Many of these areas have threshold gates that can help evacuees escape but they may need help getting to them in an orderly fashion.
E. FIRES
All of these disasters may lead to fires, especially things like meteor strikes. The fire relief services have very advanced equipment and can also use climate-con stations to send rain on any fires, but they still may need some help putting out fires before they go out of control.
F. LOOTING AND STAMPEDES
Sometimes people panic in the face of disaster. While keeping stores from getting looted isn't the biggest priority rescuers should have, since material goods matter less than people's lives, sometimes crowds can get violent with each other. Legionnaires may have to prevent people from hurting each other both purposefully and accidentally, and help them safely get to shelters or evac points.
G. GRAVITY GENERATORS
The gravity generators that need to be fixed are on the planet itself, something that at least makes them nice and accessible to fix. Only one station needs to be repaired to stabilize the moon and Detria's debris field long enough to avert disaster. Any Legionnaires that are technologically-inclined can help UP scientists do this.
However, they may find themselves under attack -- because the saboteurs haven't left the planet. Even non-tech-inclined Legionnaires may want to help out so that they can defend the gearheads and scientists as they fix the generators.
H. WILD CARD!
You can make up as many situations within the framework of the above scenarios that you like but if you're unsure on something or would like to make up something different, feel free to ask the mods! We're willing to include situations the mod team hasn't thought of.
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Joke was on him, clearly. "If they throw enough people at us, it won't matter if we get these things fixed or not." The longer they had to defend their position, the more time the planet had to shake itself apart in the meantime. "How many of them?"
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"Is there any way to shut the doors? Keep them from reaching us? Maybe that'll buy you enough time to get things up and running."
Work his magic, so to speak.
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His hand was already back on the console, a frown crossing his face. "It's a mess in here, but I think -"
The doors slid shut.
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Now what?
"Nice. Think that'll be enough to get else back up and running in here?"
Maybe some defense or security systems. Yes, those would be great right about now.
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Those might be fun.
"Between all that, we've probably got enough to buy the time to deal with the physical damage to the generators."
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Please don't let her be right.
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He never promised to give the answers people want to hear.
"On that note, do you know how to use a soldering iron?"
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"What do you have in mind?"
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He vaulted over the console and headed to the exposed machinery in the back of the room. "Should be somewhere in...aha!"
As he popped a panel open, it was clear that he'd been right about that much. There were wires. There were loose ends that didn't connect to anything. "They're color-coded. Looks like we get at least one piece of good luck today."
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"Now I just need the actual tool to get started." Right, about that.
"You, uh... got anything on you I can use?"
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The future: a pretty awesome place, when nobody was in danger of dying.
He handed her the soldering iron and a piece of metal. "Flip it on right here, it heats up. You want to melt the solder without actually touching the iron to it - just hold it close. Use it to connect the wires and just don't let it touch anything else or it might screw up the circuit. It cools off pretty fast, so it should be okay a few seconds after you take the iron away."