Blackstar Warp Exploratory Corps

[alakin1]

"So much for a non 'blasting to oblivion' teamleader" Alakin muttered as he walked up to the warp and entered. He soon arrived at the metal construct next to Cloud, "Any orders sir?"

[Swix]

"Yessir"

Tina says, though nowhere near as loudly as Monicas yell as she moves towards the portal, watching Team One go through and waiting for Team Two.

[Shine]

Obed decides to wait and see what they find on the other side of the portal before choosing to change shape. He wasn't sure if being a dog in the jungle sounded very safe.

He step up to the portal, and then steps through . . ...

[Goron40]

Monica stepped from the portal, brushing a plant from her face. She surveyed her surroundings, taking in every little detail. It was all pretty standard. Large trees all around her, plants creeping every which-way, and strange noises coming from all around her. More than likely the planet's native fauna.

She glanced casually back at the portal, waiting for her team to emerge.

[Angel]

*Jen steps out shortly after her team leader, still jogging lightly. she slows and stops next to Monica and her sharp eyes pick through the green shadows automatically. the thick undergrowth restricts visibility, anyone could disappear in a few yards.

the first thought that comes into Jens head is that it would make an ideal area for ambush. she drops the thought immediately, this is a peaceful planet, and is ashamed of her warlike mentality. even so old habits die hard and she keeps alert, keeps scanning the unfamiliar sounds.*

[GBE]

((Sorry I've not kept up with this. I've been rather busy and in about two weeks, my postings will become quite erratic. I may have to pass on control to the individual storylines to others during that time in order to keep things moving. Do not be afraid to add a little storyline to this, providing you keep it realistic, and within the realms of reason for that planet.

If I do disappear for a couple of weeks, I will ask the teamleaders to take control of their teams and their environment. Hopefully they'll be able to judge the suitability of plot developments. Until then, lets get going again!

And a point to note, Monica, who Goron is roleplaying, has a much more advanced version or the warp armband than everyone else due to being a member of the Psychotopian Warp Exploratory Corps, and can warp whenever I believe. I am sure though, she wouldn't abandon her team..? Eh Goron.. ))

The CiC watches as each team departs for ther set locations. Hopefully everything should run smoothly. These were basic missions. He expected very little chance of there being enemy contact on any of these planets. But then, how would he know, they were going to be exploring these worlds.

((I'm moving everyone to have warped if you haven't already done so, I don't want another two pages of people warping You can react, but just get there ok.. ))

Team one departed first. All scans were nominal. Team two departed, the distance appeared to raise a minor fluctuation, but nothing that would have caused any problems, just a bumpy ride is all. The third team departed with no problems. Satisfied, he walks back to his tent, and continues doing paperwork. It was always bloody paperwork for him. Paperwork and politics. He just had to make sure things looked productive to keep the facility running and out of prying eyes.
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As soon as Team 1 warped into the jungle, the heat and humidity would have hit them as if it were a fire passing by them from a short distance. The plant life on the ground was well spread around, some brown patches of dirt being visible. The trees weren't particularly big, smaller than Earthen junge trees, but still fairly tall.

Similar insect sounds from Earth could almost be recognized, but the other sounds of animals had stopped as they'd arrived. Almost as if everything had stopped to watch the strangers in the jungle.

((You have free range to explore, collect plant samples if you wish or encounter wildlife. Whatever. Take it away Team 1..))
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Klaine, having a little nervously walked through the warp portal considered his surroundings. It really was quite a vast temple. Not like what he'd seen before. The roof appeared to be almost a mile high, supported by grand pillars. Several statues were spread around, adorning different people. Gods? Famous people. Walking up to one, he runs a finger across it, lifting dust of it.

As he does so, he accidentally pushes a button. Within the temple, grinding sounds can be heard. "Uoh!" Klaine looks around, did he do something wrong? The temple begins to vibrate a little. Klaine quickly moves to a position giving him a four way view that allows him to see down a few passages.

((Take it away Team 2))
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Team 3 upon arriving would find themselves in a pitch black tunnel of some kind. Its the metallic room they'd been told about. There is a choice of three directions to choose from once the lighting is sorted. No sounds can be heard apart from a strange churning from one of the directions. However, this churning is causing the entire tunnel to reverberate with vibrations.
Something somewhere clanks, and a strange sound can be heard.

((Team 3 you have forwards, left and right to choose to go to. Which way will you choose? Will you split up perhaps? Either way somethings happening, and you need to decide. Take it away Team 3..))

[Falhado]

Candy steps towards the warp portal, no sense of fear upon her face. She had offered her help to this young project, much to Father Mac's objections. He was concerned for her welfare and for what may happen to the other cultures. Standing there with her team, she felt quite confident, which had been a foolish thing to do in the past.
Knocking these thoughts from her mind as the warp began, she found herself a little worried by finding herself in a pitch black place. One that seemed to be vibrating and a strange sound not too far in the distance.

She wasn't sure if she were dead, or had actually exited the warp. Searching about herself calmly, she found the torch that had been issued to her. Holding it a way not unlike a police officer, her eyes suddenly water as they adjust to the bright light. Pointing it about the room, she finds its a tunnel formed from some kind of metal. Taking a few steps, she accidentally bumps into Cloud. "Oh, do excuse me sir. Sorry. I didn't see you there."

[Till Doyle]

Tyler could visibly be seen worrying about entering the warp. He'd even bounced his ball a couple of times as he stood beneath the construct. Coming out of the warp, and stumbling into a solid suface, his fears at least had been nothing to do with paranoia.
The darkness just seemed to be vast, until a torch was turned on at least. As it flashed around, it briefly passed across his face, almost blinding him. Back in the darkness, he silently fumed as he rubbed his eyes. The silent vibrations weren't helping. He seriously needed to get out of the room. Addressing Cloud, "Sir! Permission to scout? Sir!"

[Swix]

After entering the Warp a little bumpily, Tina looked around at all the statues in the place.

However after Klaine accidentally pushed something the experiment flapped her wing-arms and began hovering in the air, so she didn't step on anything.

"Perhapsss we ssshould refrain from touching anything elssse?"

[Azaria Matthews]

As Az stepped through, she couldn't help but compare this to her own Portals. The main difference was hers weren't quite so advanced, and had knocked her around quite a bit.

Then there was that storm...

Az's thoughts were cut off as one of the larger members of their team set something off, the human stumbled about a bit before steadying herself on a wall.

What if there were booby traps, or horrible creatures in here? What if he'd set something deadly off? Az's eyes began to swirl a little faster, her head snapping to look every which way as paranoia made itself more prominent.

"I vote we leave this place as quickly as possible"

[Cloud]

Everyone, quiet down a little. We don't want that strange noise to be a giant man eating robot and if it is we certainly don't want it coming closer.

*Cloud whispered. He had fitted a portable light to his rifle so he could aim the weapon and see what was through the darkness. He took out his device and started scanning the metal construct. After a couple of seconds the device stated that the construct was made out of a material unknown to its database.*

Strange. Right I say we split up. Alakin, take Alphabet and Candy either to the left or right. It doesn't really matter as I speculate that they will both end up at the same place. You'll be in charge of them, keep them safe. Tyler, your with me.

*Cloud knew that both left and right paths would come together since they both curved around in similar ways. He slowly made his way forward.*

((I can see I'm going to get mightily confused at some point so I might make mistakes as to who is on my team. One question, do we have any radios or any other communication device. I know we have a device to take scans and send data to people but could this be used for communication?))

[alakin1]

"Yessir, I hate that word, right, we'll go right, objections anyone?"

[Shine]

Having come through the Warp portal, Whiteoak began a full spectrum scan. While the device was taking its radings, he was also examining the room and its statues.

There was clearly a "front" where there appeared to be a raised deus or altar of some kind. Lots of ornate stone carvings, mixture of geometrics and plant motifs. Behind the ?altar? there was a mural on the wall with cloth drapes on either side, but the cloth appeared ancient and disintegrating, and the mural/picture was so dust covered that he couldn't really tell what it portrayed, he was still examining it from the distance and it was just comeing to make sense, when the grateing/rumbling began, ((Oh, dear dungeon master person,... so what might be in the picture? and what if anything did the scan reveal??))

He joined Klaine in the center, and looked down the four directions in which passageways went.

"I suggest we check out the one that goes directly away from the deus, as it would seem to be the one most likely to serve as an entrance. Then from there we should come back and explore the other passages. We should stay together untill we get a basic lay of the place, then we will break up into two groups to further study the temple."


Whiteoak began to head towards the passageway he had indicated

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Obed arrived in the forest and his scenting kicked into high gear, there were many unfamiliar scents, several which seemed vaguely animal, but there was one unmistakeable scent as well; something very similar to blood.

"Say commander; something has been bleeding over in that direction." he said, pointing the way, "should we check it out?"

[Goron40]

"An excellent idea, as I see no pressing matters at hand," Monica commented, "Lead the way."

[Angel]

*Jen looks at Obed appraisingly, she isn't used to people picking things up before her and it makes a pleasant change. she falls in behind the captain, still wary but less so now.*