SPACE FIELD TRIP (Plotting Post!)

[fun_police]

Hello Outsiders!

In a few days, Prowl's going to make a comm post calling for a team to help him investigate the shuttle debris in ~space~ (and take a peek at one of the relays, but that's kept hush hush). If you're interested in having your character(s) involved in space investigation hijinks, here's the basic lowdown:

Preparation

• Comm post to call for a team
• bothering Joker 
• Getting a shuttle, Meet the Team, ~mission briefing~, etc. (This can be handwaved)

FIELD TRIP!
(the actual shuttle passage will be a log)

Pt. I Shuttle Debris

• The shuttle will approach the debris field.
• Before physically disturbing the debris, Prowl will be "reading" the remains with his computer brain. Think reconstruction simulation but more advanced.
• Afterwards, the space-capable can go on a floaty walk to look for specific pieces that can help them identify the makers of the explosive device. Omni tool scanners will come in handy.

Pt. II Mass Relay

(This part of the plot still needs to be developed a little, so I'm open to suggestions!)

• Any engineers or tech specialists will be tasked with gathering information on the Relay. It will essentially be a scouting/research mission. They will also get another chance to go on a space walk.
• What they gather here will be used to plan a future trip.

What's still up in the air is if they'll choose to visit the active Omega-4 Relay or the dormant Omega Relay for research purposes. I'm curious to hear what you guys think! 

UPDATE

• Alright, I took into account replies/thoughts and chatted with the mods on which relay they'll be visiting, and this time around it'll be the Omega-4 Relay! The reason being that they've got a bit of a surprise in store on that end, and it'd be good to streamline the plot a bit so the pacing doesn't slow down too much. An NPC will be part of the space party to help nudge our motley group along towards le Ω4.
•  They can visit the dormant one after.

Return to Omega

• Review gathered evidence to try and find out who blew up the shuttle.
• Plan future trip into the active relay. The eventual aim will be to see if they can make safe passage.

Participants so far:

Arcee
Arthur
Joker
Kirrahe
Pax
Prowl
Tomar-Re

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UPDATE

•  Removed dropped characters

 

Comments

[xudarlantern]

Just to verify, will Pt2 of the trip be conducted solely aboard the shuttle, or will there be an additional space walk involved? I know Tomar-Re's spaceflight is compromised by proximity to the Omega-4 relay, and I'm not sure if any other characters have a similar limitation.

If it's from the shuttle I vote for either relay, though if a spacewalk is involved, I would suggest the Omega relay (for reasons stated above). It would also offer some interesting plot repercussions if Omega citizens found out and thought he outsiders were manipulating the relay for their own ends.

[fun_police]

Pt. 2 will have an additional spacewalk if they're at the dormant relay. Considering they don't know much about relay tech, it would be too dangerous to go flouncing around the active one.

You'd have to clear it with a mod, but I think because Tomar-Re will be using a shuttle to get to the relay, his spaceflight should be okay in this case?

Also, YES! That's a great idea for plot repercussions. There's a reason Prowl wanted to keep it under wraps, but it could always be discovered despite their attempts.

[jumpiness]

I think both relays should be visited in turn. The active one is obviously trouble for some of the participants, so maybe people could choose to visit both relays if they feel comfortable splitting up?

That said, if not I think Arthur has more interest in the Omega-4 relay, but he'd also like to examine the Omega relay since damage occurred to it and find out what happened there. So it's split. I lean towards the inactive relay for safety purposes.

[fun_police]

:|a Hmm.

I was thinking the Omega-4 Relay could be visited a second time on it's own trip.

This is mainly for organization purposes, since this trip would essentially be the launching point for two separate plotlines (the investigation of the explosion and the mass relays).

Checking in

[ninjabike]

I personally have no actual strong feelings on which one is done/done first in regards to the relays. I can also see pros and cons for both in regards in what would be IC reasons to pick either one.

Especially in regards to getting a base reading versus not being in the way in case the Omega-4 relay spits out a new batch of people while they are space walking. Though I think Arcee would ICly lean towards the Omega relay first as a precaution and as a test run to see how well this team will mesh and react if something doesn't go as planned.

Like someone sabotaging them to stop them

[fun_police]

Alright, keeping that in mind.

sabotage would be just aweful

[spinelessdecoder]

I'm game for either of the relays from an IC perspective, there are enough aspects with them that either relay would create a good stir.

Pax would personally lean toward the inactive one since she's heard stories about where the omega-4 relay leads and would be wary of activating it. Either way Pax has gear to space-walk in her armour to check things out so it'll just be a matter of pointing her at one.

[fun_police]

Alright, got it.

Prowl might be asking Pax for help with regards to Pt I of the trip. He's going to need to cross reference manufacturers to find out who made the explodey device when they get back.

[spinelessdecoder]

Sounds like a plan, Pax can certainly do that when it comes to technology.