The Ruined Hull

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THE RUINED HULL Your First Spacecraft The encounter with the Trilobite Queen has left behind more than just meat and chaos. Where the gargantuan creature originally rose out of the sand, an equally massive sinkhole has formed--and exposed something gleaming in the bottom of it. Something old, something metal, something huge... Welcome to THE RUINED HULL. The Ruined Hull is an enormous derelict ship, long-entombed beneath the surface of the sand. The Trilobite Queen's egress has disturbed the ground significantly enough to open a way down to it, and while there are no doors that lead inside, a large gash along one side permits entry. Unlike those seen before, this particular gash doesn't look like it was made by anything organic. What is this thing? Well, you'll have to discover what's going on with it. But characters must be careful while exploring... While inside the Hull, the suit's power drains at an alarming rate: anyone at 100% has about one hour before dropping completely down to zero. The derelict craft is a seemingly-infinite maze of rooms that's all too easy to lose one's way in. The deeper one goes, the faster the power drains. Characters will need to watch their power levels to make sure they return to the surface in time for a recharge, or risk freezing up somewhere in the bowels of this abandoned spaceship. One thing is common to most of the rooms, though: the unique nature of the metal in this ship has condensed moisture in the area, making much of the surfaces slick and moist. Water drips from the ceiling in many places, especially those rooms closest to the surface. There is bounty to be found inside the Ruined Hull! It's much too large for the interlopers to completely explore (especially given their suit restrictions), but there's plenty to be found for those brave enough to search. How does all of this relate to world-building? We'd like you to help flesh it out! How do you do that? It's a simple as commenting to this entry. We've provided some sample locations below here to help get you inspired, but what we're looking for is for players to submit their own ideas for locations, items, or things of note to be found inside the hull. Are there maze-like corridors? A room with giant hole in the middle of it, falling for floor after floor until it goes too deep to see any further? Maybe your character is looking for some kind of central command-looking area, or a terminal to interface with in the hopes of gleaning more information. Whatever it may be we'd like you to come and help flesh out the ship's layout! And that's where Exploring come in! To explore the Hull, comment to our Exploration thread below. This can be mid-IC thread or ahead of time if you have plans, whichever works best! The comments themselves should be along the lines of asking about interacting with objects in the rooms or what you might find from exploring a given room. Feel free to ask about anything that is there or that one might find. As details are worked out, the descriptions of the rooms will grow and there will be even more for everyone to play around with! The descriptions and the responses given are your building blocks to create posts as characters explore. To start the start the event off we have provided (4) rooms for characters to explore & uncover. As things progress and players move throughout the Ruined Hull, more items, supplies, and areas will be unlocked! Final Notes As there will no doubt be a lot going on in terms of exploration and suggestions, feel free to throw up threads here to work out ideas or plans, set up groups to go exploring together, or even potentially get your character in a fix from staying down deep too long and needing to get dragged out. There is a lot of potential for what you can find, so don't be afraid to ask if you have an idea! While this post is to keep planning in one place, it is largely up to everyone to make their own logs detailing their explorations! There will not be a mingle or mass post to reply to, so don't hesitate to make up a post of your own to get things started. Have an idea for something a bit bigger in scope or plan? Hit up our plotting post! More general discoveries are still open so don't feel as though you can only attempt discoveries from the new setting. Everything is still fair game! The Ruined Hull will be available for exploration until November 11th.

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Any questions about the Ruined Hull & how it works? Ask here!

(frozen comment) KNOWN LOCATIONS

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EXPLORATION

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This is where you comment to either explore an existing location, search for a new one, interact with objects inside a room, or provide us with your characters' movements! You can also request or suggest locations in this section.

Want something? Don't be afraid to ask :)

(frozen comment) GREEN ROOM (HYDROPONICS)

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GREEN ROOM (Hydroponics) Green covers this room from floor to ceiling. The air is pungent, reeking even - and the floor is downright spongy with some kind of plant matter. There used to be tall, vertical bins in the middle of the room, but most overturned their contents ages ago. Broken lights flicker in the ceiling when approached. On the far wall, there is a massive set of absolutely tiny shelves, each one no bigger than one's thumb. Each has a label on it in an alien script.

(frozen comment) CHAIR ROOM (COCKPIT)

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CHAIR ROOM (Cockpit) Close to the very bottom of the ship, there is a large, somewhat triangular room with several decaying chairs arranged in it. They're all facing one large, relatively intact panel that could be glass; like the panels in the OPEN ROOM, it offers a very lovely view of the sand outside. Each chair has a smaller panel next to it, or an array of interesting switches and buttons. Or both.

(frozen comment) COLD ROOM (MEDBAY)

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COLD ROOM (Medbay) This room is much, much cooler than the surrounding area. The moisture saturating the ship has turned to frost in most spots; there's something in the air that's keeping the temperature unusually low. A row of strange cylinders line one wall. The rest of the room is dominated by a large table surrounded by implements hanging from the ceiling. A large, darkened panel hangs on another wall, with several drawers built into the wall and locked by some kind of passcode. (The panel also doesn't seem to have power, though it flickers faintly when approached.)

(frozen comment) DISORGANIZED ROOM (WEAPONS CACHE/TRASH COMPACTOR)

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DISORGANIZED ROOM (Weapons Cache/Trash Compactor) What a mess! Most of this room is covered in absolute junk. What doesn't disintegrate upon being picked up is twisted from some kind of insane heat or rusted badly from the moisture. But there may be usable items down here, depending on what one is looking for. It will take a while to go through all the trash...

Re: EXPLORATION

[falsesmile]

1. What happens if you push buttons in the Chair Room.

2. Is there an accessible engine room? What is the engine system? (The power source is something Ves would go looking for sooner than later, but "how the ship flies" seems like a fairly big deal and I don't want to step on mod toes with that one.)

3. What is the light situation like outside the Green Room? Like, how does anyone see anything.

[bladebabysitter]

Elma will be:

1. Checking the weapon room thoroughly.
2. Checking for a computer database.
3. Checking for a medbay.
4. Checking for a hangar. Any type of transport craft.

[exorion]

So Cayde's focuses are gonna be

1: Weapons. So many weapons. But also you know, what kind of ammunition do they take, how much is available here, how easy will it be to find more once they exhaust what's here.

2: Looking for some kind of an engine room, any kind of... Power... place? Can the ship be activated, can it be used?

3: Escape pods, smaller ships, any kind of ship/travel tech that can be salvaged.

4: Do the chairs in the cockpit spin

5: Also are there any maps/star charts/telemetry in the cockpit

6: Will vertigo cause him to fall down and die because one should not be exploring a cold ship when one is dizzy and disoriented as all hell

[adamance]

Hey there!

Lexa's main goals will be the following:

1. Finding a weapon that she can use (something bladed, spear-like, or anything that is not gun-like—though she may seek out something gunlike for Clarke). Lexa comes from a culture where going through "garbage," so to speak, is basically what has kept her people alive, so this will be her main focus at first.

2. Finding a place where they might have stored rations and/or containers to get water. They desperately need that above all else. Is the water safe? Is it all right to store up water? Are they desperately licking the walls of the ship to get water? (Lexa isn't, but. Y'know.) Would any of the rations have survived given the moist atmosphere, and if not, can they empty out containers to store their stuff?

3. In GENERAL, storage will be a focus, too. Things that the exosuit-wearing folk can wear on their backs so that they don't have to awkwardly carry things in their arms.

Mostly, because of the battery drain, Lexa will be viewing the hull as a resource for them to pillage and move on from down the line.

[sheshotfirst]

1) Weapons. Shepard will look for the storage areas and prioritize finding ones that don't drain her suit, but will take anything. Including things that look like they need to be repaired.

2) New location: Crew quarters! Shep wants to get some idea of what the creatures piloting this lived like.used

3) Med bay: Totally poking at those cold containers in the background.

SHEPARD PLANS

[sheshotfirst]

Shepard would love a team of 1-3 other people to go work as a group to explore each area. Also down for changing team-ups.

A big thing I would like to do is Shepard pushing too hard, leading either to others having to talk her back into returning to the surface or someone dragging her out.

Re: EXPLORATION

[atlasmods]

1. If anyone wearing an Atlas Exosuit touches the buttons in the chair room momentarily flash red. If pressed with an object (stick, rock, etc) the buttons flicker white once but lack the power to do anything.

2. There is indeed an engine room! Would you like to roll to see if Vestara finds it?

3. "Broken lights flicker in the ceiling when approached." This means that when characters enter the room, the lights flicker on and off. Kind of like a dingy house in a horror movie :)

Re: EXPLORATION

[bringguns]

Clarke is going to search the Disorganized Room for something usable until she finds something. If there are any sealed boxes she will try and pry them open with some of the surrounding junk but she is just a regular human after all.

Re: EXPLORATION

[falsesmile]

Re: 3 sorry I thought that was only for those two rooms!

And heck yeah I'd like to roll/buy a vowel/bet everything on the Daily Double/etc.

(frozen comment) GLOWING ROOM (FTL DRIVE/ENGINEERING)

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GLOWING ROOM (FTL Drive/Engineering) This room glows with a strange, faintly blue light. Most of it emanates from a large tube in the center of the room, encapsulating the remains of some kind of crystalline substance. The entire room is a couple stories high, with catwalks above and below to allow access to the tube at various heights. There are also various footlockers with passcode panels set into the lids.

[atlasmods]

1. Upon searching the weapon room thoroughly Elma will find:
-2 small power cells (think C-batteries)
-a plasma knife (no charges left, roughly the size of a kitchen knife)
-a plasma pistol (no charges left)

2. The weapons room contains no active terminals for use. Sorry!
3. The COLD ROOM is listed as a medbay! Would Elma like to investigate the area?
4. Elma has discovered: The Glowing Room. Details can be found here.

[atlasmods]

We address what is of course the most important part of this series of questions:

4. These chairs can totally spin.

1. We suggest checking out the Disorganized Room for weapons and ammo!
2. The Glowing Room was just discovered! If Cayde is so inclined to look around he will notice that whatever working displays he can find are flickering from a lack of power.
3. See answer to question #6.
5. There are no paper documents, but if power can be supplied to the room...
6. .......Well, he didn't roll a fail! But he can most certainly fall into the deeper, more mysterious parts of the ship if you'd like. He would need a rescue though!

[atlasmods]

1. Whatever race oversaw this ship, they did not fight with very many bladed weapons. We would suggest giving the Cold Room a look for something bladed.
2. The water is safe and will actually boost characters' immune systems if drunk! Unfortunately the moisture has destroyed most rations in the room, but there appears to be a single intact case. Would Lexa like to open it?
3. A suit upgrade is available. Would you like to roll to unlock it?

(frozen comment) HONEYCOMB ROOMS (CREW QUARTERS)

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HONEYCOMB ROOMS (Crew Quarters) This section is a cluster of smaller rooms, with a long vertical hallway and multiple hexagonal chambers recessed into the wall like honeycomb. The state of each chamber varies somewhat - many on one side are crushed or filled in with sand - but each has a doorframe set into it. The more intact ones have a low, plain bench attached to the wall. Hidden buttons activate a spring loaded panel that reveals a small dais with a elliptical recess and a curved pipe hanging over the top of it.

[atlasmods]

1. Shepard has performed a general search for storage and found the following:
-1 small power cell (think C-batteries)
-1 Assault-class plasma rifle (no charges)
-1 assault-class plasma rifle (4 charges, firing mechanism damaged and in need of repair)

2. Shepard has discovered: The Honeycomb Rooms. Details can be found here.
3. Shepard search the containers and found the following:
-1 medkit (1 sypringe filled with clear fluid, gauze, scissors, tape wrap)
-3 pill packets (green)

[sheshotfirst]

Follow up question: during her walk around, does she see any claw marks, plasma scorches, bodies, basically anything that would suggest a battle or that creatures later came into the ship to consume the corpses.

THIS TIME IN THE RIGHT ACCOUNT

[exorion]

Sweet.

Okay,

1. He'd like to search the Disorganized Room thoroughly, focusing mostly on guns & ammo, but anything like knives, weapons holsters and tactical gear would catch his eye too. (EDIT: Also anything that looks like it could be used as training equipment? Probably a long shot, but he gets the feeling some people are gonna need to be taught a thing or two and if they've got limited ammo...)

2. With nothing really working, he'd try to find a way to power them. Rooting around the Glowing Room for any kind of information on what kind of power source it takes or anything like that. Maybe see if the Queen's pearls react in any way since they're crystal-y and so is the stuff in the tube.

3. I would love to have him fall deeper into the ship. This is going to be his life now, a lot of falling and hurting. GUESS I BETTER FIND SOMEONE TO SAVE HIM.

[adamance]

2. and 3. yes x 2, please!