======Story====== =====Intro===== //I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state of a small city//\\ Themistocles 524-459 BCE 5:59 AM MST\\ 09 Leo, 266 Dr. Danu J Seloi's bedroom\\ Rift launch facility\\ Mars 6:00 AM\\ __**Alarm off Get out of bed**__ 6:35\\ Downstairs\\ __**Check Messages**__ **Inbox**\\ **Email - Director Hale**\\ From: Director Hale, Chief Scientist\\ To: Dr.Seloi\\ Subject: Sorry Kid\\ \\ So yeah, sorry about this kid, but no launch party for you. The system cache needs purging. You'll need to head to the launch site and run a full sim.... today. As in right now. You know, so we can launch the single greatest scientific experiment in human history on time, tomorrow.\\ \\ Enjoy your sim time, the real heroes around here will be sure to enjoy the launch party!\\ \\ Director Hale\\ __**Reply**__ **Email - Dr. Seloi**\\ From: Dr. Seloi\\ To: Direcot Hale, Chief Scientist\\ Subject: WHATEVER\\ Fine. Somebody has to be useful around here. Maybe I'll also instect the JOVEN drive while I'm there. You know, the thing made possible by MY grandfather and the only reason we are here. You can enjoy your 'party' while I make a difference.\\ Dr. Seloi\\ Junior scientist\\ Rift lab backup team\\ __**SEND**__ 9:12 AM\\ Rift Lab Control\\ __**Enter lab control and get this over with**__ =====09 Leo, 266===== The eve of humanity's greatest journey **[after doing the initial camera training]** **A.D.A. LOG**\\ **Analysis**\\ Hello Dr. Seloi. I hope your day is pleasant. Director Hale has requested you perform a few additional tasks in addition to the cache purge. Director Hale would like the likes on at the lunch site for tonight's launch party. He wants the visiting dignitaries to clearly see the launch site. He has instructed you construct a tower to connect the rift lab to the launch site. This will power the lights. You may close my interface and proceed. I will provide additional information as the need arise. [**after doing a building tutorial**] **Alert**\\ SYSTEM PROMPT\\ ACTIVATE EXPERIMENTAL SOYLENT FIELDS ON TOWERS?\\ SYSTEM OVERRIDE REQUIRED. ACTION NOT RECCOMENDED\\ **Dr. Seloi**\\ Yep, Override. That will show Hale. **Alert**\\ CONFIRM OVERIDE?\\ NOTICE: DIRECTOR HALE WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS ACTION **Dr. Seloi**\\ Absolutely **A.D.A. LOG**\\ **Analysis**\\ The soylent fields are now activating, Dr Seloi. These were not scheduled to be activated until tonight's launch party. They were supposed to be part of the exhibition. The soylent fields are operating within normal parameters. Each field is producing energy that is being fed across the network to the rift lab. The energy statis in the top left of the interface reflects increased energy production. Your assigned tasks are now complete. Director hale has requested you remain here during the launch party. [**after a bit**] **Alert**\\ ORBITAL SENSORS HAVE DETECTED INCOMING HIGH VELOCITY OBJECTS. POSSIBLE METEORS WITH LIKELY GROUND STRIKES.\\ INITIATE CONDITION 2 PROTOCOLS **Dr. Seloi**\\ Activate A.D.A **A.D.A. LOG**\\ **Analysis**\\ Orbital sensors confirm incoming meteor strikes. Protocol 2 initiated. Base on lock down. The rift lab is now decoupled from the base. All lab bulkheads are closed. Please Brace for impact Dr. Seloi. **After a building is destroyed** **Director Hale**\\ !!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!\\ MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE Danu! We don't know what caused those impacts. They weren't normal meteors. They have released something that is spreading across the terrain. I've releaseed the control systems for the lab. Move it to the launch site now! None of the crew are there... you have to do this alone! We can't get to you and that stuff is advancing on the whole base! **Dr. Seloi**\\ O... Ok... Doing it! **After moving the rift lab to the launch site**\\ **A.D.A. LOG**\\ **Analysis**\\ -- FULL SYSTEM ACCESS GRANTED --\\ The unknown material is approaching the rift lab. I recommend relocating mining cannons around the launch site. They may delay the progress of the material.\\ **After a bit** **Director Hale**\\ !!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!\\ MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE Danu.... you have to get out of here. You have to save the lab and yourself... That 'stuff' is destroying everything. There's no time... I've sent the command to A.D.A. to initiate the Launch sequence. Jump to Farsite! **Dr. Seloi**\\ No... No sir! **Director Hale**\\ !!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!\\ MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE Dr. Seloi.... Danu... you can do this. Take the lab through rift space. be the first to ever traverse the galactic void! You need to know that your grandfather [] MESSAGE TERMINATED AT SOURCE **Dr. Seloi**\\ Dr. Hale!!!! No!!! I CAN'T **A.D.A. LOG**\\ -- LAUNCH SEQUENCE INITIATED -- I'm sorry Dr. Seloi, but communications with Director Hale have been lost. Life support has failed across the base and the unknown material is continuing its advance. The launch sequence needs some time to initialize. The final calculations for our jump to Farsite have not yet been completed. An approximate solution is currently in place. Use mining cannons to keep the unknown material away from the rift lab until the initialization is complete. **after waiting for initialisation** **Alert**\\ RIFT ENGINES INITIALIZED !!! READY TO JUMP !!! __**--INITIATE JUMP TO FARSITE--**__ **after jumping away** **Alert**\\ Moments Later\\ A message is received\\ ---D-nu! --- Com-- in! We h--ve tak-en she-lt-r in the und--grou-d cav--rn- ! Da-u!!! __**--------**__ =====Farsite===== The jump was a success, but now what? =====Home===== You can never go home... =====Not My Mars===== This place had a hard life. =====Ruins Repurposed===== Eons of fighting must have taken place here. =====We Know Nothing===== It's clear. We've only just stepped onto the galactic stage. =====Hints===== Each world is worse than the last. But perhaps there is a glimmer of hope. =====Serious===== Things are getting real, and getting dangerous. =====More and More===== The complexity of each of these worlds is astounding. Each, filled with more and more abandoned technology. What could it mean? =====War and Peace===== One plus one is greater than two. =====Shattered===== This was once a world... maybe. =====Archon===== Sometimes the best offense is a good defense. =====The Experiment===== This world was used for some massive sale experimentation. =====Somewhere in Spacetime===== What if remembering the past changed it? =====Tower of Darkness===== What is life without the dark? =====The Compound===== Some things need protecting. =====Sequence===== The first of here info caches. Get it as fast as you can.