@TheWindel An angel who lives in a factory, has NANOMACHINES SON, a bunch of super fighting robots, and has a beast with an internal fabrication matrix. Miyu's about as machina an angel can be without being Shizuka.
And yes, I've been getting the vibe that "no, nothing in space that's interesting... Except the occasional we might throw an eldritch horror at you." It's almost a no, but then there's that really big attention drawing caveat.
@TheWindel An angel who lives in a factory, has NANOMACHINES SON, a bunch of super fighting robots, and has a beast with an internal fabrication matrix. Miyu's about as machina an angel can be without being Shizuka.
Remember when I was worried having Omega be an angel with guns would be controversial? Simpler times.
@TheWindel I've already gotten the clear to go to space, just not have FTL.
The problem is:
"Hey, what will I find?" "Nothing planned. Except maybe an eldritch horror." "Cool, I'll just make some stuff up.. wait, what?"
@Lonewolf685So, would you like to throw a eldritch horror/character at Miyu and Endian's SPAAAAACE adventure if it happens? Or should I assume that was just foreshadowing?
You aren't getting what I mean. What I don't want is people making things up where there should be nothing for the purposes of the story. Don't add unnecessary complication where it's not needed. A narrative Occam Razor.
There are characters like the Celestial Spirits and Eldritch Beings that are certainly linked to space, but it's mostly in a metaphysical way. What I tried to say is that, unless you go really out of your way looking for Yog-Sothoth's bedroom, all that miyu would find there is the same thing that astronomers find when they look at the sky, huge balls of gas and dust floating away in an endless vacuum.
You can go ahead and skip Hibiki and Shizuka for now. I don't have much for them to say or do until they're dismissed. I'll also be busy for the next few days as the 4th of July is going to be hectic on my business.
As fun as Miyu's and Endian's Space Odyssey would be, my intentions are rather grounded. Grafdakka intends to find and launch onto Miyu's shop for the purpose of killing her, and Endian may pop out to offer her a chance by Grafdakka's side.
If you do join Grafdakka however, that may give you the Needed access to Machina technology for space travel. Though Grafdakka will intend to keep you close, peopbally by leaving you in a space station or something.
You can go ahead and skip Hibiki and Shizuka for now. I don't have much for them to say or do until they're dismissed. I'll also be busy for the next few days as the 4th of July is going to be hectic on my business.
If that's the case, then I'll probably get a post out today or tomorrow. The one who has to explain the second half of the rewards is @Lonewolf685, anyway.
@TheWindel Yup, I was misunderstanding KoL, as always.
@KoL Righto, well, do you mind this much? Basically a backwater mining/refining station rendered obsolete by technology over an uninhabited planet? That's what my original pitch to @Lucius Cypher was.
Fulcrum Hive, was a space station made long ago, practically a relic of an ancient era by machina standards. Specifically, it was designed before the Machina developed anti-gravity technology, and so needed to actually be in space to perform zero-g manufacturing. Where said manufacturing took place was called Fulcrum Factory, a stationary hub at the center of the station. Around it rotated an inward facing ring where the workers lived off shift. The fact that the workers long ago had been human and needed gravity also helped tell one how long ago this facility had been created.
Once upon a time this had been a fiercely contested spot, and the outward sections of the the ring still bore scorch marks. It was bristling with hastily tacked on guns, turrets and missile blisters peppering the outside of the station, half of which had been blasted to scrap. Around it was the floating debris field of battles long past, space ship hulks, the freeze dried corpses of both monster, angel, and human, forming a macabre field around it. Pirates sometimes hid amongst this debris to hijack shipments to or from Fulcrum Hive, as some backwater station was far easier to burgle than anything Eos might take interest in.
There was a population of humans still aboard Fulcrum Hive, as the factory, and docking facilities were still mostly unautomated. There just hadn't been much call to upgrade the facility. They'd lose some of the only business they had left, that of rogue outfits stopping by for resupply, far from Eos and the Machina's watchful eye. It's "Zenorian XI" metal, once revolutionary for it's superior strength to traditional materials of the time, had been exceeded by the relentless march of the Machina's magi-tech. But these humans had been born upon Fulcrum Hive, and so would their children. The jungle world below, Zenor, though lush and verdant, was exceptionally dangerous. It was dotted with the ruins of past settlements and mines, the abandoned project to colonize the surface. The initial investors in Fulcrum Hive had thought to pay for the exorbitant military force required to clear and render the surface of the Zenor of its exceptionally deadly (for the time) wildlife with Fulcrum Factor's proceeds. But as time left them by, they could no longer afford protection, and after their mercenaries left, they lost contact with the surface. The Space Elevator still regularly sends up raw material necessary for the functioning of Fulcrum Hive, but anyone sent down the Space Elevator never returns, and it has been generations since anyone tried. Currently, the main source of consternation for the inhabitants of Fulcrum Hive, was arguments between those who lived in the Hive and those who ran the Factory. Things were heating up, and some feared war might break out again, with the inhabitants turning the salvaged weapons of an era long gone by upon each other.
So, there was a number of reasons Endian might show up to this station. Perhaps she wished to see if the station's "Zenorian XI" metal was any good. Perhaps she wished to beat up on some pirates while waiting for Eos' next orders. Perhaps she wished to test herself against the wildlife of Zenor. Perhaps she wished to establish Eos' order upon the station. Regardless, Miyu was showing up because she was one of those "rogue outfits" who appreciated a space station equipped for resupply that didn't have Eos' attention due to it's lack of machina for Eos to see through.
That can work, but Miyu would still need more rocketry technology to go that far and come back in any reasonable time frame. Even if this planet was as close as Mars, she would still take months for the trip to and from there, since the mecha/missile propulsion she may have stolen isn't meant for space travel.
If you don't mind the time issue, she could take off even now. Otherwise, she'll need to raid more Machina facilities to gather more parts.
After reading the description I'm getting a very big Alone in the Dark/Resident Evil vibe.
That's indeed what I was thinking of a good comparison. Except that it isn't as combat intensive as RE. Not that there may be no fighting at all, but more like your mind is a far worse enemy than any creeps lurking in the darkness.
@TheWindel I've already gotten the clear to go to space, just not have FTL.
The problem is:
"Hey, what will I find?" "Nothing planned. Except maybe an eldritch horror." "Cool, I'll just make some stuff up.. wait, what?"
@Lonewolf685So, would you like to throw a eldritch horror/character at Miyu and Endian's SPAAAAACE adventure if it happens? Or should I assume that was just foreshadowing?
Oh believe me, there's a horror that certain RPers have been dying to meet...or should i say, reunite with~?
First, what is with everyone guessing the wrong characters of mine? I know I cycle through them pretty quickly but still.
Second, Regia? How do you even remember her?!
Third, Regia was a Machina, and while she has been active in certain circles in the Nexus, you'd need to look down rather then up to find her. Follow the sound of hounds and the smell of flora and blood.
