Event: The Preparation

[trpmods]

Your ship has been traveling for some time now. Finally, on Wednesday, August 5, you've reached the coordinates for the portal. Right before you is what looks almost like a tear. It is wide enough for a vessel many times your size and has a blue light coming through it. If seeing it now gives you second thoughts about going through, it is unfortunately too late to change your mind. Your ship is drawn in. One by one, the shuttles pass through, disappearing from your sight. And then it is your turn. The tear swallows you up and there is a flash of light that seems to stream straight through your ship.

And then it’s over.

You’re on the other side and it looks like the same open space and stars you’d travelled before. Only this time, your shuttles are not alone.

In front of you is a giant vessel, unmoving, unlit, just sitting in space like a stubborn rock. It is long and vaguely oval-shaped. The middle of it has a large pane of glass that covers it from one side all the way to the other. It looks large enough to hold a large city. Maybe even a small state. But there is no indication that it has anyone on board nor, if there was someone on board, that they saw them arrive.

On one side, there is what looks like a hole punched into the metal. Anyone who came from a universe strong in the Force will immediately recognize it as a shuttlebay. They can lead the way and show how a shuttle can just fly through the forcefield and land safely in the empty room.

The ship is safe to walk in without any equipment. As soon as you leave your shuttles and begin to look around, your communicator alerts you to a message. It’s a voice message from Ga Re and she sounds scared:

If you mess-age get, he-rows are here. I stay in core room. No take yet. Me last left. No know why.

She pauses and there is a soft almost singing in the background. Like music trying to soothe her.

Me think core Ga Re keep safe. Noise heard in ship. Not Agrii here. Think Not-Agrii took Agrii. Please help. He-rows. Please help. Agrii alone. Ga Re alone.

You all have.

The message cuts out. It’s not as helpful as it could have been. Only says that Ga Re is alone with the ‘core’ and there are apparently other people on their ship. It’s not much to go on but it is all you have.

The next steps are up to you.

There are three possible groups that your character will join with:

The Rescuers
The Investigators
The Defenders

The Rescuers are going to be going after whoever is on this ship. This group will benefit from security and potentially medical expertise. Their job is going to be to locate and confront the intruders as needed. Will they be hostile? Will this be a fight? That remains to be seen but you should be prepared for anything. As a secondary priority, you will also be making a distraction for the Investigators so they can do what they need to. Both are critical for the mission’s success. This option will have the high possibility of your character getting injured. Please keep that in mind if selecting the option.

The Investigators are the spy group. This group will need communications and potentially agriculture and engineering expertise. Their job is going to be reconnaissance and infiltration. We all have many questions about the Agrii and what has been going on. This may be your one chance to find the answers. As a secondary priority, you will also have the option to smuggle items off the ship, if desired. This does not need to be done and will be limited to only certain established items. Be quick, quiet, and watch your own back, spies.

The Defenders are the support for all of the other teams. This group will need medical as well as potentially communications and piloting. Their job is to guard the shuttles and help any member of the other teams as they need. The injured will be coming to you, if there are any. The Investigators may contact you for long-distance support or for critical distractions. This option is also available for anyone who wishes to opt out of the event completely. Characters who opt out will be able to stay with the shuttle and interact at the base. However, please make it clear if you are opting out or not so the other teams know.

Choose your teams now with the groupings in the comments below. There will not be group-switching unless directly stated in the event.

This event will be HEAVILY guided by your character’s choices and your choices as a group. Please keep that in mind. PLEASE make use of the group plotting space here and on the updates. We cannot stress enough that the outcome will be decided by your choices as a group.

The event will run for four weeks with plot updates every Wednesday, starting this Wednesday, August 5, which will kick off the main event.

Failure is an option.

Comments

Questions go here!

[trpmods]

[in_extremis]

I haven't decided on a team yet leave me alone but

You don't have to have answers right away, but you know I'm going to have a lot about the ship's networks.
Are any of them closed?
Is it all wireless?
Is there any reason Tony can't access any of them?
And what is he going to tap into if there's no OOC restrictions?
He'll be most immediately interested in any security systems, especially if he can use them to observe other PCs. Then ship functions, then information, natch.

[out_of_order]

Are there any scanners aboard the ships to see if/where anyone is on the Agrii vessel?

Along the same lines, are there computer systems that can be sliced into for maps and info once they get aboard?

you can bet someone'll be looking out for Force echoes too but I'mma wait for actual thing XD

Re: Questions go here!

[tempredmental]

So, this Force thing... other universes have equivalents, so... would someone who's potentially sensitive to quintessence also figure things out or is it specific to the Force and that universe only?

[beholding_archivist]

Let's add some more super specific questions.

Anything our little fear monster here might pick up in regards of present fear?

Re: Questions go here!

[doubled_speed]

Okay, here's a big one. Tommy takes after his dad and uncle in that he can phase through things if he vibrates fast enough. I've clearly been making it so he can't get out of the ships themselves, but passing through walls and doors is pretty common for him.

Can he phase through things in the Agri ships? Important because as a scout, it could be useful for getting through doors in unexpected manners.

[wearingthestars]

Is there anything preventing Billy from magicking himself/others straight to Ga Re? Other than the fact that it would be annoying to the plot?

The Rescuers

[trpmods]

[deal_me_in]

Cayde-6, reporting in! Here for confrontations and distracting!

[brooklyn_boy]

What else would Steve do? Really.

[the_tailor]

Voltron's Red Paladin at your service!

[beholding_archivist]

I hear this rescue team needs an eldritch monster, so there you go.

[hulkintraining]

Teddy is joining in to potentially kick some butt.

[backoff]

He already has experience in this. Cloud's ready to fight.

[measuringdistance]

Chikai is very excited to put his shiny new space gun to the test!

Re: The Rescuers

[tempredmental]

o hai thar... Keith's diving in. No holding him back on something like this.

[heeeyadora]

Catra's got a gun now and wants to use it. :D

[happybeeps]

Of course he wouldn't be convinced otherwise

The Investigators

[trpmods]

[out_of_order]

These two, right here.

Re: The Investigators

[theladyofwinterfell]

Sansa is an investigator. She'll be leaving her baby behind with someone in the Medical group so it will be just her and Lady. Soldier!Bucky taught her how to fight hardcore in the Fleet so she isn't helpless but combat isn't something she's looking to seek out. She can, however, be very quiet. And has a giant wolf.

[foundlingfather]

Din's been shown to be good at sneaking about, and smuggling things.

Like Sansa's baby, the Child will probably be left with the medical groupwhere he some how winds up healing someone j/k

[seeingscarlet]

Gotta make Natasha proud, right?

[sinistral]

Absolutely not babysitting anyone. You get shot? Walk it off.

The Defenders

[trpmods]

[rage_on]

Much as he'd love to go charging in with the rescuers, I think Raph would be willing to do defense, especially if it looks like the majority of their fighters are heading out and there are non-fighters to watch.

Also the idea of something happening to their ships and leaving them stranded is Not a happy thought. He really hates space.

Not opting out.