Intro Log: The Forgotten City

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GOOD MORNING NEW ARRIVALS This time for real! WAKEY WAKEY. As the storm finally peters out and characters can once again move above ground it becomes abundantly clear that the landscape has changed. Where vast expanses of sand dunes once laid is now the half-buried remnants of what looks like some sort of...city? Full of structures. It stretches so far it's really hard to tell. But there is one thing characters will notice: There are more stasis pods. Revealed by the sandstorm, a whole new flurry of pods can be found scattered on the way to the city (curiously though, not in it. Hurry and wake those guys up! SPREAD THE LOVE. OR ACID. With the departure of the storm there's even more new arrivals to be found besides those fellow travelers of yours! The "Seedlings" and "Cactus" are now both available, the former blown in by the storm and the former uncovered. The Seedlings are generally pretty harmless. They like to burrow into the sand so only their "Leaves" plant-like leaves remain above ground, and they're quite happy to stay that way until surprised. Then they pop up and trip over themselves a little, before slowing down and wandering aimlessly. When they find a patch of sand that looks comfy they begin burrowing back down. Pull or yank on their leaves though and you'll find yourself with a face full of pollen that makes you want to just tell everyone how super-cool they are. It lasts a while, and then you get a fever and vomit for two hours. Good times. The Cacti are much less harmless and just...why would you eat them? Everything about this plant is poisonous, and cracking it open causes a corrosive acid-like substance to spill out. It'll eat through everything but...dirt, oddly. Metals and flesh are like hot oil on plastic. DON'T GET LOST And last but not least: The Forgotten City. Maybe you want to check out the Hull first for some loot, but maybe that's not such a cool idea anymore? Although it looks like the ship's definitely more powered after draining the suits of whoever went in, now it's started to spread and fill the sinkhole the ship's in. Suits can go from 100% to 0% in just ten minutes--not good! Lucky for everyone else, it looks like finally there's some sort of civilization up ahead. Go on and check it out! OR DO. THAT'S OKAY TOO. Go nuts, have fun, and enjoy! (This is the wildcard option) OOC The Flora, Fauna & Resources page has been updated with information on the seedlings, cacti, and crystals! These items are now all available for Discovery, and The Forgotten City will be available indefinitely from now on! Characters can take this time to settle & build up a foundation for themselves, explore the area, and of course, harass those poor little seedlings. We encourage players to make their own open posts for this setting--you don't need to stick to just this intro log! But make sure to make our newbies feel welcome!

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[cortexual]

[ McCoy lets her do as she wishes, ready to assist if necessary. But none of the pods attract her attention more than a second. Looks like she is only here for now. ]

I was piloting an alien cruiser. I assume I crashed. [ His hazel eyes wander the arid terrain behind them. It's clear that no longer makes much sense to him. ] But I'm not so sure anymore.

[justice_of_toren]

"Alien cruiser? What species of alien?" she asks, turning back to the doctor.

Humans in her corner of the cosmos had met aliens, certainly, but only a handful and none of them could be mistaken for human.

[cortexual]

Honestly, I can't say. They came from an abandoned planet and abandoned technology.

[justice_of_toren]

[She looks up and around at the ruins.]

So this could be the same planet, but now you doubt it?

[cortexual]

The planet was more temperate. Plenty of trees, grass, flora, fauna... [ You know, all that jazz. ] This sure isn't that. No, none of this is right.

Do you have anything on you? From before thi. A communicator or anything?

[ Please be more useful than McCoy is right now please pleeease! ]

[justice_of_toren]

[After half a second of deliberation-] I have a communication device implanted, as does the rest of my crew. If we were anywhere inhabited in Radchaii space I should be able to make contact with something, even if it's just a relay. I can't.

[cortexual]

Radchaii? [ Hold on a sec now. ] Just what planet are you from?

[ He assumed she was human, but perhaps she is only humanoid. Hell sometimes it's hard to tell! Slap a beanie on Spock and you wouldn't be able to tell. ]

[justice_of_toren]

[Being a ship built in space docks, she's not really from any planet. But that's not a conversation she thinks she should have, at least not yet.]

Ghaon. [Her body was born on that planet, so that's not exactly a lie.]

But if you were familiar with the Radch, you probably wouldn't ask. People outside of the Radch rarely do. Where are you from?

[cortexual]

Earth. [ Duh. His eyes narrow a bit, considering. ] Are you familiar with Starfleet?

[justice_of_toren]

Earth. The actual originating planet of humanity? [That's a name somewhat lost to the vagaries of time. She knows it because she's had plenty of time to peruse databanks for such esoteric facts. Earth is so very far away from the Radch that she can't help but be skeptical.]

I haven't heard of Starfleet. But then, we haven't had any credible news from so far, in a long time.

[cortexual]

[ Oookay, the more she speaks the more McCoy recognizes just how far apart in time and space they are. That doesn't put him at ease in the least. ]

How long does "a long time" mean exactly? Are you part of the frontier?

[justice_of_toren]

Not from a frontier in any sense that you mean, I think. [Ghoan was the edge of the Radch and Atoek, where she'd been most recently, fairly so, but both had been settled by humans for quite a while.]

I'm honestly not sure how long. Most people in my part of the universe wouldn't even know that Earth is in any way special, so why would they make note of news from there?

weh sorry for the lateness........ pokemon happened

[cortexual]

Jesus... [ He can feel the tension headache coming right between his eyes. His fingers pinch the bridge of his nose, but it doesn't help. The only thing that woudl help is if this whole situation ended up from bizarrely vivid fever dream that the crew could just all gather around and laugh at. But that sure ain't happening. ] Who ever these bastards are, they've got some serious juice behind them to pluck us from that far in space and—What's the st—The date. What's the date when you're from?

No worries, I'm slow myself rn, obv

[justice_of_toren]

[ In canon dates, what are those? Breq looks at the doctor for a long moment.]

I could give you an answer in a number of calendars, but I'm beginning to doubt any of them would be helpful to you. Am I wrong in surmising that, as far as you know, humanity had not been spacefaring for millennia?