Discoveries

[atlasmods]

DISCOVERIES Because what's interstellar travel without a little exploration? Welcome to our discoveries page! Here players can try to glean extra tidbits, information, or locations from the current chapter. Please remember that exosuits do not store any information made through discoveries save for basic map data, and all chances of success/fail are determined by RNG. Discoveries are divided into three tiers: locations, FFR (Flora, Fauna & Resources), and item properties. Tier 1: Location Discoveries: ACCESS DENIED These are expedition-based. This means that in order for them to happen players must OOCly arrange an IC expedition for their characters to go out & explore on their own. Once you have plotted a course with the intent to thread & play out their trips, we will provide you with all the relevant information of what they will see, find, and discover! These discoveries are much more in-depth and count as a player plot which means it is up to players oocly to organize, and must be approved by the mods first. Characters may only investigate (1) location or direction at a time and are guaranteed a success. Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Plot Points (story-related areas) Points of Interest (ruins, cities, settlements) Items of Interest (alien technology, crashed spaceships) Since these are considered player plots you will first need to head on over and make a submission on our plot submissions post. Once approved, please use the OOC comm to gather your party members! Then when you're ready please use the Tier 1 Discovery Form and reply to this entry with the appropriate information and we'll get you started along your way! The player who first submits the player plot request will be our go-to contact for your discovery so make sure you're available! Tier 2: FFR Discoveries: ACCESS GRANTED Discoveries in this category are search-based and much simpler. Players only need to submit the general area in which their characters is searching & for how long in order to determine what can be found in any given (discovered) area on the map. This means you cannot search an area if characters haven't been there before. The soft rule is that they need to be able to reach it on foot with limited supplies. FFR discoveries have a 30% chance to fail and return results such as "You found rocks!". Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Water Shelter Resources Flora (quantity) Fauna (quantity) Items of Interest Tier 3: Item Property Discoveries: ACCESS GRANTED These discoveries are interaction-based. Once a resource, item, or species has been added to the Flora, Fauna & Resources page, all players can choose to have their character(s) interact with it to learn more about it. These discoveries require a short write-up of how the character will be investigating the desired object or creature, and have a 15% chance to fail. Characters can only investigate (1) object or species at a time. Examples of discoveries which can be made in this category are: Flora Toxicity (low, medium, high) Flora Uses (food, unique properties) Flora Behavior (patterns, neutral, hostile) Fauna Behavior (friendly, neutral, hostile) Fauna Uses (food, unique properties) Language Discovery (vocabulary) Lore (logs, documents, specimens) As Discoveries are been made they will be added to the game archives and noted in the Discord server changelog. By the time characters depart a planet both the map and the Flora, Fauna & Resources pages should be sufficiently filled in with detail regardless of whether or not they uncover all it has to offer. If you would like to make a discovery please fill out the appropriate form with "DISCOVERY TIER: #" in the subject line: Tier 1: Location Discoveries <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> | PLAYER NAME | PLAYER CONTACT CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> | PLAYER NAME | PLAYER CONTACT (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Link to Plot Approval:</b> <a href=>LINK HERE</a> (see https://theatlas-ooc.dreamwidth.org/2188.html) <b>Describe the Expedition:</b> Please include things such as their starting location, how long they plan to travel, which direction they're moving in, and whether or not they have an intended destination. Tier 2: FFR Discoveries <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Location Searched:</b> Kharas Valley, Desert, Arrival area, etc. <b>Duration of Search:</b> How long did they search for? At what time of day? <b>Type of Search:</b> How thorough were they? What sorts of places did they try to look? Tier 3: Item Properties Discoveries PICK ONE SUBCLASS OF ITEM TO DISCOVER: --RESOURCE DISCOVERY-- (minerals, power sources etc) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Resource:</b> NAME OF RESOURCE <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the item they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, fiddle with or prod it in some way? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back. --FLORA DISCOVERY-- (plants) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Flora:</b> NAME OF FLORA <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the flora they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, smell it, taste it, cook or prepare it in some way? Find something it can be used for? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back. --FAUNA DISCOVERY-- (animals, aliens) <b>Character(s) Involved:</b> CHARACTER NAME | <user name=USERNAME> (repeat as many times as needed) <b>Fauna:</b> NAME OF FAUNA <b>Type of Interaction:</b> What does your character do with the fauna they're trying to learn more about? Do they examine it, study behavior, try to approach it? Be as detailed or vague as possible! Just remember the less detail you provide, the less we have to work with and report back.

Please direct all questions regarding discoveries to our FAQ.

NAVIGATION

Comments

[atlasmods]

It will stay at 100% so long as nothing is done to drain the suit's power (in which case it will drain as it normally does).

[sobriquette]

well that solves the power drain problem in the hull

[atlasmods]

Odd, that :)

[sobriquette]

the call was coming from inside the house

[bladebabysitter]

--FAUNA DISCOVERY-- (animals, aliens)
Character(s) Involved:
Elma | bladebabysitter
Fauna: Trilobite Queen (isn't she really a resource at this point?)
Type of Interaction: In addition to the testing discussed here, Elma will be doing general physical study of the queen's exoskeleton. Testing it for strength and durability from multiple locations on the body. Can it be sharpened? Does it burn (using sparks from salvaged bone)? Can it be drilled through, with the old-fashioned 'stick and sand grains' juryrigged drill, and does that compromise its integrity? Would it work as armor plating, if set up to be worn somehow?

SUCCESS

[atlasmods]

The Queen's body is not flammable, but it can be burnt & blackened. It can be sharpened to make armor or weapons, but it will require a lot of work unless one has access to some of the plasma tech from inside the ship. It can be worn, and its integrity can't be compromised!

[ceruleo]

--RESOURCE DISCOVERY--
Character(s) Involved:
Lance | ceruleo
Clark | anewhope
Resource: Kh'svil
Type of Interaction: thread here - Lance and Clark are gearing up to check out the kh'svil specimen in the ruined hull. Clark's gonna use his x-ray vision to determine if there's anything organic inside, or even if the material responds in any way. Does it melt under laser? Can it be dented or scratched? (Fingernail, a bit of metal, they'll try various things) Would anything happen just from touching it? Etc. They won't spare the water to do a dunk test, but they might check how heavy it is relative to the moss on the hydroponics room floor.

SUCCESS

[atlasmods]

Kh'svil has many of the same properties as quartz: it is hard, doesn't damage easy, but can be scratched with sharp objects & high pressure. It can be broken apart & crushed with enough massive force, and is highly resistant to heat. If put under a laser the resin used to bind the quartz matrix will discolor (turn white) when heated too high.

Nothing happens from touching it, and there is nothing contained within the specimen. It's weight is roughly the same as a generic piece of rock.

TIER 3

[thephix]

--FAUNA DISCOVERY-- (animals, aliens)
Character(s) Involved:
Max Briest | thephix
Fauna: Seedlings
Type of Interaction: Max wants to know how smart those little things are! Her first step is going to be an attempt to motivate them with food, either from the trilobite queen or her own rations. If that works, she'll try the whole "put the food under a thing and see if the seedling figures it out" as well as a very basic maze out of pod bits/stone from the city with a food motivator. Like Clara with the trilobites, she'll also give clicker training a try.

If it doesn't have interest in food, she'll still try the maze test but with "freedom" as the reward rather than food. Overall she'll also be trying to figure out if they'll learn that someone doesn't mean them harm, since she'll be gentle when interacting with them.

SUCCESS

[atlasmods]

Max will find that although they react to stimuli and will move around obstacles, the Seedlings show no interest in food of any kind. The do not react to clicker training unfortunately, because they don't have any way to "hear" anything. This poor little guys are tone deaf. Like totally.

When it comes to the "freedom" test they will take a stupid amount of time to figure it out. These guys? Not smart. They're fully capable of jumping up over the tiny obstacle course but they just...don't. They literally wander around bumping into stuff until they make it out.

So long as Max is gentle with them, they won't spray pollen! But as soon as they're left alone they'll try to burrow back down into the sand.

[thephix]

she loves her dumb plant children

TIER 2

[thephix]

Character(s) Involved:
Max Briest | thephix
Location Searched: Underground lake
Duration of Search: On and off for an entire day/night cycle, at least an hour at a time but she'd go back outside to recharge her suit occasionally
Type of Search: She's gonna shift herself some gills and bioluminescence to go diving deep into the lake, looking for anything of interest like fish/plants/artifacts/secret tunnels. (If there's anything horrible in there I'm just gonna say rn that I'm okay with her getting hecked up)

(you have no idea how long we were singing "secret tunnel" after this)

[atlasmods]

SUCCESS. We would have put that in the header but we felt the above was more important.

Max will be able to find little in the way of life besides what looks like a species very similar to garden eels! They're not aggressive and don't have eyes, but will hide in their adorable little sand burrows whenever Max comes near. They're harmless and edible!

Further into the lake will be the haggard remains of something bulky and metallic, but it's buried too deeply in the sand for her to really get a good idea of what's there. Aside from that? Lots of bits of ruins. This chamber was some sort of basement area with structure before it filled with sand and water!

she just wanted to get to her lover on the other side of the mountain

[thephix]

wow those eels creep me the fuck out but max will be pleased

if she roped some kryptonians into it, could they get the big bulky thing out of the lake?

secret secret secret tunnellllllllllll

[atlasmods]

They definitely could! We don't have any images for it, but it's the broken husk of what was once an orbular robot with four legs attached at the bottom. It's roughly the size of small tank, and each "leg" of the robot is designed vaguely like an insect, only more claw-like at the foot.

It's broken and waterlogged, and probably filled with our precious baby eels which are adorable and in no way creepy!!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lisdf1OpsD1qb2gbs.gif mods confirmed for hippies

[thephix]

oh man that's super cool i'm definitely dragging timmy & zee into this

so the first can eat all the creepy eels inside the eels inside the bot B(

it's true, we're all hippies

[atlasmods]

Our babies :'(


no we're kidding, go ahead and eat them. They are delicious and nutritious!

i knew it

[thephix]

unagi for everyone!!!

TIER 2

[justice_of_toren]

Character(s) Involved:
CHARACTER NAME | justice_of_toren
Location Searched: The Forgotten City
Duration of Search: She'll start out as soon as it's daylight and go as far as she can before she thinks she'll need to turn around so she can get back to camp before complete nightfall. So probably about 6 hours of moving further into the city before heading back. Her sense of time and direction are inhumanely good, so *hopefully* she won't get lost...
Type of Search: This trip is less archeology and more surveying. She'll check a few buildings as she walks for anything obvious that looks useful or at least possibly informative about the people who lived there, but she's not going to go digging, yet. If she can find rock chalk-like enough to rub a big X by the door of buildings she's looked in, that's perfect. If she gets as far as some of the musical archways, that will for sure grab her attention and she'll follow them along until she has to turn back.

Also, she will be humming and singing at various volumes the entire walk. Checking acoustics is totally helpful. (Right?) You're welcome.

SUC...CESS?

[atlasmods]

Kinda. CHARACTER NAME, aka Breq completes their search of the city and not only turns up the desired chalk rock...but a whole bunch of rocks! Rocks here, rocks there, more rocks than her body has room for.

What we're saying is she finds rocks. Lots of them.

But hey--at least the acoustics are great!

[justice_of_toren]

Well, at least it was a fairly pleasant walk....or at least as nice as it gets on this planet.

Does she reach the whistling archways, or that going to take another trip? (Or maybe an IC post with some of her new comrades, because safety in numbers?)

[atlasmods]

Nope! She is cleared to reach the whistling archways :)

[thephix]

i'm back with more questions, sorry!

a) is the robot rusted

b) what will clark and/or Kara see if they x-ray vision their new metal friend

[atlasmods]

A) Robo-buddy is very much rusted! It's in very very poor shape, poor thing ):

b) If they x-ray him they will see that its insides have been gutted or melted in some fashion: where there was once a power source, it's been removed and is long gone. The rest is just the endoskeleton and frame.

tier 2

[ceruleo]

100000 years later......

Character(s) Involved:
Lance | ceruleo
Hunk | astromechanic
Pidge | sweatysometimes
Clark | anewhope
Location Searched: Forgotten City
Duration of Search: a full day; night-time has settled in by the time they get back. It's more secure as a group, so they're less worried about staying out past dark.
Type of Search: as there's four of them, they're a bit more organized (thank Clark and Pidge) and are essentially conducting a more in-depth recon sweep of the city's less worn-down neighbourhoods. Namely they'll be checking inside houses, trying to find anything salvageable, anything to give them a clue as to how the people of the city used to live. Lance found a bracelet in the hull and may take interest in anything resembling it. Pidge has her eye out for leftover tech. Hunk, nerd engineer that he is, will take a special interest in any repeating patterns, especially if they're mathematical in nature, like fractals or spirals. Of course, they're all on the lookout for more of that telltale Atlas symbol, aside from the murals.

They'll also be working off the map data from the hull, trying to mark important spots as they go in the hopes of making the city a bit less of a maze for the others.