Open Log

[tiedonastring]

Who: Hux and You
What: Exploring
When: The first few days of arrival
Where: Power Plant/Exploration up till the Power Plant
Warnings: None at the moment will update if necessary


Upon arriving at the strange world, Hux wasted little time at the hotel, or at least the building claiming to be a hotel. Everything around him appeared to be rundown and not been in use for a long time. It felt like the particular hotel was being used for the first time in ages.

He had a lot of questions, but there was no host to ask them to. Everyone around him appeared to be just as confused. The last few things Hux remembered were his times aboard the S.S.Bishop. It didn't feel right either. This wasn't a simple drift he was accustomed to of late. He felt on edge and restless.

Hux decided to set out and explore wanting to gain a better understanding of what had happened. Maybe he would see a familiar face or learn of what happened to his cat Millicent. And if the ships were still around.

Eventually his wanderings found himself in front of a stone gate with a sign with a bunch of markings he couldn't understand. He found what appeared to be a pathway, but that itself took time. It was only through sheer stubbornness that Hux managed to find a bunch of buildings. Hux had been hesitant on taking some of the plants with him as samples to study later, but not knowing what they were and having the right equipment he refrained.

It took a couple of days of exploring for Hux to gain an understanding the purpose of the building and what needed to work....which was pretty much everything. The humming sound of what appeared to be crystal rods gave him a lot of hope. This seemed to be a possible power source. Yet, Hux didn't understand how it worked. In another building he came across a small floating orb. Curious, Hux reached with his gloved hand to touch it. He seemed to gain an understanding of how things worked and what was expected. Was this like the augment he had back with the Fleet? It felt like it. He smiled, pleased with the knowledge he gained and began to set to work on what could be done to get everything in working order. He knew if he could get this plant to operate it could get the rest of the area back up and running.

Comments

[alaspooryork]

Part of the problem, Delta would posit, is that there simply aren't very many of them. Having recently come from a very crowded city, it's a bit odd - but not unlike the semi-abandoned colonies he'd explored back in his own timeline, once upon a time.

"Excellent. Have you downloaded the information from the data point?" Because that's an obvious place to start, if he's really interested in getting things running. "These crystals appear to be a power source; the plant seems designed in part to recharge them. I am not sure what sort of fuel it consumes, however; we can hope for something renewable."

[tiedonastring]

"Indeed, I have. This is very different from what I used to know, but easy enough to adapt to." Hux answered and gave a nod in agreement to the other's statement.

"Perhaps we can research what is used to recharge them."

[alaspooryork]

Delta frowns and clicks a few buttons, advancing the text on the screen a bit. It's no font he's familiar with, but certain words or concepts jump out at him thanks to the data point.

"And what they power, aside from the machinery in this building. I think there are other locations...."

He trails off for a few seconds, distracted, then shakes his head and looks away from the screen to focus on the other person. "My apologies. I had thought to take inventory of how many crystals we have, determine a means of recharging them, and then noting all locations in the portions of the city we have access to that may be powered by them. Did you have a similar thought?"

[tiedonastring]

Hux gave a nod in agreement.

"It seemed to be the logical way of handling things. It's best to know what we have available and what needs the crystal rods. I feel there should be a way to recharge them. How else were they able to stay in good shape with no one around? They had to have been charged at one point.

What other locations do you believe they are to be in?"

[alaspooryork]

"Agreed." Unless this society was a lot less logical than its buildings would suggest. One can never tell with alien races.

Delta shakes his head as if to clear it. "There was a broken lift in the tall building near the fountain, and a slot that may match these crystals. I would want it to be fully powered before reactivating the lift, however, as I do not desire to become stuck in an elevator shaft."

[tiedonastring]

He wasn't entirely sure what an elevator was, but Hux believed it was close to what a turbo lift was. It wasn't something he wouldn't want to be stuck in either. For now that was a secondary concern.

"How is the hospital running? I would believe that would consider a main priority as well."

[alaspooryork]

Delta chews on his lip for a moment. Hospitals and medical facilities have not had the greatest history with him, but it would be good for everyone to have them available in case of injury. "To my knowledge there have been supplies found, but none of the complex equipment is in working order. Restoring the power should help that as well, although I do not know to what extent the associated data point will confer knowledge of the their use, or if any are calibrated in such a way that will be useful to us."

Who knows what Agri physiology is like, anyway?

[tiedonastring]

"Understood. Once we get this place operational we can move onto the next critical areas. Are there others here helping with the plant? I have ran across at least two people showing interest." Hux stated.

He believed it would be a good idea to figure out who worked on what so they could eventually meet in the middle and save time.

[alaspooryork]

Delta nods, glancing back at the screen he's been working with.

"I encountered a young man who called himself Billy," he says, "and have seen others around who seemed too engrossed in their own business to warrant conversation. I believe we will have enough resources to resolve this problem."

It's kind of refreshing to have something like this to work on, actually, rather than desperately fighting against an overbearing corporate interest.