Having just arrived at the Gamma Site to begin investigating the abandoned settlements I left my npc crewmember alone in my T-10, the Ryoko-Sha, whilst I took the SRV around the settlement. I patched Arianne through Comms so she could read the logs with me as I went through each one and wondered if the content was unnerving her a little. It’s her first trip out beyond the Bubble but had assured me during our interview that she was an experienced and Competent pilot, as such I put it down to being left alone in a hauntingly large and empty ship on what is a pretty spooky place and headed back to join her.
Besides, when we’d done our initial DSS scan of the planet we had two notable signals from the surface, one Human which we’d expected and one Other....which we had not. Nothing had shown up in the Nav panel so once I’d lifted off and reached a couple of kilometres altitude I jumped into a GU-97 to eyeball the surface and gave Arianne the order to follow.
Only minutes later I got notification from the ship that the hull was down to 50%, by the time I switched back to the Ryoko-Sha her hull was down to 33% with the shields slowly coming back online. Arianne brought the SLF back on board but was visibly shaken and chattering away without making much sense. She muttered something about “bright lights” and “losing all systems control” but I don’t know, has she lost herself between the tales of horror and the overwhelming darkness out here? Did she sabotage our trip in an effort to make a quick return to civilisation or did she really experience something that the guys working out there felt all those years ago.
Whatever happened we’re left 8306.13ly from Sol with heavy damage to the ships hull and no chance of completing the full journey which would have taken us up through Augustia and The Perseus Crags to a new life in Colonia.
Unless there’s anywhere closer than the California Nebula to make repairs......and hire and fire crew members?
Post Script: I’ve had to sedate Arianne and lock her in her quarters for the safety of us both. Only now I’m alone in the deep dark Rift.
Besides, when we’d done our initial DSS scan of the planet we had two notable signals from the surface, one Human which we’d expected and one Other....which we had not. Nothing had shown up in the Nav panel so once I’d lifted off and reached a couple of kilometres altitude I jumped into a GU-97 to eyeball the surface and gave Arianne the order to follow.
Only minutes later I got notification from the ship that the hull was down to 50%, by the time I switched back to the Ryoko-Sha her hull was down to 33% with the shields slowly coming back online. Arianne brought the SLF back on board but was visibly shaken and chattering away without making much sense. She muttered something about “bright lights” and “losing all systems control” but I don’t know, has she lost herself between the tales of horror and the overwhelming darkness out here? Did she sabotage our trip in an effort to make a quick return to civilisation or did she really experience something that the guys working out there felt all those years ago.
Whatever happened we’re left 8306.13ly from Sol with heavy damage to the ships hull and no chance of completing the full journey which would have taken us up through Augustia and The Perseus Crags to a new life in Colonia.
Unless there’s anywhere closer than the California Nebula to make repairs......and hire and fire crew members?
Post Script: I’ve had to sedate Arianne and lock her in her quarters for the safety of us both. Only now I’m alone in the deep dark Rift.
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