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Kevin Flynn ([personal profile] gridfather) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou2018-02-03 07:52 pm

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[ Have Flynn, absent his usual smile. He's all-business, and in one of the labs, though the shadowed backdrop of hexagon tiles probably doesn't look terribly familiar. For a moment he's not even looking at the camera, but at something past it, until he drags his attention back. ]

Evening, folks. Gotta skip the pleasantries tonight, I'm afraid- there's something you all need to see.

[ He taps at his ACE, and a beautiful little holo model of their end of the station shimmers into view like a heat mirage. There's the observation deck, the barter block, living quarters, the whole shebang, with tiny points of gold light scattered hither and thither- roughly marking the inhabitants. It turns slowly, a wireframe of cyan light, while he continues, ]

For the past five months, we've been inhabiting this portion of the former Ingress Station, making journeys out into the wider universe via the portal. Much of the structure outside our immediate area isn't in the best shape, so we've been pretty limited when it comes to moving around.

Now, check this out.

[ With an easy gesture, the drag of two fingers, the wireframe pulls back. More of the old station appears, bands of light branching out to form the structure- a massive one at that. Anyone forget how freakin huge this place is? Will get a reminder here. ]

For the past couple of months, I've been working with Erik and Wanda to get a new scanning device up and running- ah, here we go-

[ At a fair distance from their home, the wireframe quits assembling in the air. After that long expanse of nothing in the preceding build, gold pinpoints of light suddenly begin to bloom, lighting up like a Christmas tree. Flynn looks back to the camera, calm still, but for the glint of excitement in his eye. ]

I'll spare you all the technobabble of the how for the moment, but we're not alone on Avagi. We estimate there's maybe a couple hundred people a good two, three days' trek away. We know- or can make a pretty good educated guess -that they're humanoid, like us.

Right now, that's pretty much all we know. I've made a copy of our findings for anyone who wants a closer look.

[ Heyyy, a file pop-up, in the interests of transparency! For a second, though, he looks like he might have more to say, but changes his mind. He adds, ]

So. Who's feeling neighborly?
lavelly: (score some red)

[personal profile] lavelly 2018-02-06 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a little bit of trouble, and as he takes a deep, slow breath he wishes he hadn't done this over voice.

Too late now.]


How much do you know? [If Flynn needs to ask, then he probably had never been on the planets, but there's no point in rehashing what he's already learned.]
redshitlord: (With one hand off the side)

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[personal profile] redshitlord 2018-02-06 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Dude! No wonder you think this is a good idea!

Okay, so like. Literally every weird thing that suddenly got on the ship? Or just ... you know. Was there all of a sudden?

Bad news.

Like epic bad news. We're talking like those old movies where the world gets half blown up and everybody's gotta live in sand kind of bad news.

Some of us died, man.
shiro2hero: (oh my god it's full of stars)

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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2018-02-06 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I agree. Especially with this living situation as unstable as it is.

But for all we know, whoever this is could be thinking the same thing about us.
brokeassgoing: (can i get a puff puff)

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[personal profile] brokeassgoing 2018-02-06 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I know you guys are all about information, and I am too! But I can guarantee none of us will be stealthy enough to get that close. Not one. Someone will fuck up. It's gonna happen.

So unless we got invisible drone tech....no. Leave it the fuck alone.
araignee_du_soir: (Default)

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[personal profile] araignee_du_soir 2018-02-06 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
You are considering these people a threat? [And that would be her picking up a cylindrical clip, thumbing bullets into it.]
seeingscarlet: (girl; 136)

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[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2018-02-06 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
It is possible, but...I didn't feel anything special about anyone.
lavelly: (cry deeply)

[personal profile] lavelly 2018-02-06 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[And who are you.]

Meaning what, exactly?
seeingscarlet: (downcast; 109)

video;

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2018-02-06 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I can't read them from here.

[She sighs. She hates not knowing.]

They could be like us, or this could be where the Savrii went when they left this part of Avagi.
seeingscarlet: (snark; 135)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2018-02-06 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
No one felt like an Intermediary from here. We should still be careful, but they might also be trapped like us.
lavelly: (approve missives)

[personal profile] lavelly 2018-02-06 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He can't believe he's asking this, and yet.]

And what did the intermediaries feel like?
nishizono: (20 - 61ngJBr)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-02-06 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
how do you know if your scanning thing's accurate?
magneticfields: (relax)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-06 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
I could go through all of the technical explanations, but it would take some time. Flynn, Wanda, and I have extensive experience with this sort of array and what it does. It's working properly.
nishizono: (25 - 7os1rHQ)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-02-06 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
try me. what tools are you guys using?

[ look, okay, the last time anyone back home had an accurate scanning system, it involved human eyeballs. ]
magneticfields: (hardhat)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-02-06 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ The question takes him slightly aback, as it was not one he was expecting. ]

I can manipulate metal without tools. We used Nihlus' fabricator to construct the circuit boards, which I made in a modular pattern so they could be networked with minimal hardware. The power cables I was able to scavenge and used wire cutters and pliers to do whatever manual construction was necessary.

The physical construction is really what interests you? Do you have a background in engineering or metallurgy? Perhaps a trade?


[ He asks with genuine curiosity. Not many would ask specifically about the tools. ]

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