MISSION AVERA 9 - PART II

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AVERA 9 - PART II

     OVERVIEW

Avera 9, Part II covers days :161 - :163, including the arrival log for newly hatched hosts. This post will give you a general guide to status updates on the planet as a result of host decision making and actions taken, in addition to providing information for new areas and providing space to plot and plan for the back end of the host's time on the planet. The guide will do it's best to cover all planned narrative events, however there's still ample room for things to go sideways due to player character interaction; any updates to that end will be noted here!

For a general guide to Avera 9, please see the earlier mission information post HERE.

WHO WAS CHANGED AND WHO WAS DEAD

     DAY :161 - :163
When the hosts originally touched down on Avera 9, they were just one of many groups populating Avera 9 during it's last days. But it's not actually a big world - or at least, this corner of it isn't - and by now the hosts have made a name for themselves (recognition can be kind of hard to dodge when you all travel in packs or wear similar articles of clothing; whoops). Unfortunately: it's not a great name.
On day :160, Prince and Cathaway, along with the ship that brought everyone here, leave the planet to go tend to some unexpected new arrivals. Meanwhile, thanks to the killing of a trader in Minte Spaceport and a big hullabaloo in Tari Town involving a prominent trader, public opinion of the hosts has cooled significantly. In fact, hosts are no longer welcome in Tari Town. While there's no unified security force here to keep them out officially, most Tari residents will refuse to trade with anyone they think might be a part of the host's party. Further, any host who chose to board in Tari for the duration of their stay on Avera 9 will be revoked the rights to their lodging. They will not be refunded any of their credits.

In general, nailing down goods and services has become significantly harder even in Minte. While there's a certain swath of the population twitchy enough to be willing to trade with the hosts, most simply give them a wide berth. On the other hand, a certain subset of Minte's back alley fighting circles - a prize fighting ring run by a Bari by the name of Rhgl Lolk - would now love to have any hosts come participate in some fights. They'll have a message left for anyone they can have tracked down and an offer for a not insubstantial number of credits to come beat up a few locals for fun and profit (if you've noticed an unspoken chilling implication that someone with a vendetta could track down hosts if they wanted to-- well, it's not an accident; luckily none of you have anything to worry about on that end, right?).

When the new hosts arrive on :161, they'll be dropping down onto a planet that isn't exactly actively hostile, but definitely is no longer neutral. Suspicion surrounds every trade, there are eyes on the hosts whenever they're in a populated area, and most locals give everyone some distance -- except for the ones that are trailing like vultures, waiting to see if they can make a profit over whatever body the hosts leave behind next.

But hey it's not all bad! The hosts' salvaging and investigative skills have unearthed a few possible points of interest:

THE CONSTANT

The Constant is a mid-sized Mustafe-class bulk-freighter and has all the hallmarks of the typical Mustafe-class ship, including it's elongated 'flying brick' design. Having tripped over the fact that the ship had recently offloaded all of its registered cargo, a small group of hosts attempted to sneak onto the ship to investigate further while its meager crew of three was away. While the means were invariably mixed, what Angel, Steve and Nathaniel were able to parse was that That Constant's cargo deck had been fitted with rows of cabling and a complex array of hammocks clearly designed to hold up to fifty lifeforms. The result is something like bodies stacked like cordwood from the top to bottom of the cargo deck, with very little maneuverability between rows, but one thing is clear: The Constant is planning to leave Avera 9 with more people than it arrived with.

And though the ship's computer terminals are clearly closed to the broader Minte Spaceport network, it's possible that the hosts who managed to sneak on board could copy some heavily encrypted files from the ship's security terminals to their databanks. It'll take time and effort to crack, but the result are indentured servitude contracts effective immediately once the ship lifts off from Avera 9 and a list of names with accompanying figures:

Harnkg Jalba - 957,346 Lknr Nindo - 1,693,608 Alian Bright - 967,890 Lorna Bright - 394,543 Meri Kenten - 3,439,068 Kaet Kenten - 5,834,086 Liaarm Chin - 532,985 Tterrr Foth - 3,763,976 Trtkh Rool - 8,756,534 Arhdgk Vuusen - 834,906 Srkk Vuusen - 3,959,058 Alark Vuusen - 4,684,908 Gkgh Vuusen - 4,643,965

Tlenr'ra'an Sid'as Bralgw'in - 1,676,950 Arnr Arnjak - 3,832,058 Lien Ordol - 239,085 Tlar Ordol - 9,428,957 Oenes Ordol - 9,583,408 Acgk Harlnor - 2,054,957 Rty Rty - 29,048 Onan Tan- 2,190,324 Leor'n Kid'or - 239,058 Wantr Prin - 3,058,395 Iean Prin - 121,424 Orr'Holna'rn - 53,469,430 Tiytuy Eris - 2,832,039

Markeatesch Crev - 905,092 Lpetth Kantr - 13,245 Aleoen sa Clynar - 546,864 Awwn so Bele - 4,785,478 Lyrteth Kaleko - 548,960 Peann Kaleko - 1,854,068 Laorn Kaleko - 4,568,904 Eosr Kaleko - 406,979 Roarn Kaleko - 409,606 L'ar'arn sa Mer'i'see - 907,641 Poai Yerkys - 1,959,709 Irnl Yerkys - 3,496,659 Tt''r'a Jet'r'ber - 54,670,697

ALKON FACILITY

Having found and decrypted a series of scrambled files from datacards recovered from the Iron Outposts, the location of an old secret facility lurking somewhere below the Hot Line has been discovered. According to the decoded reports, Alkon Facility was built as a secret weapons testing facility sometime during the bygone war. It's unclear what become of it, but there are three possible entrances to reach the facility: two direct entrances near the Hot Line and one emergency back route that opens somewhere in the Nelonian Plain (spoilers: one of you may have already found that one).

Investigating the Alkon facility will require some real manpower. If attempting to access the facility by the forward entrances along the Hot Line, hosts will hav to extensively reference outdated mapping information and cratered terrain. While putting the time and effort into exploration will eventually cede results because they more or less know what they're looking for, it will significantly cut down on the time they have to actually explore the facility itself as the lift systems once used to access Alkon have been irreparably destroyed by the planet's changing terrain. Anyone choosing to attempt access to the facility from the Hot Line will have a long, long descent down what is equivalently a dark, half collapsed elevator shaft.

Should hosts locate and unseal the secret back entrance on the Nelonian Plane, they'll find themselves faced with a series of closed blast doors leading all the way to the facility proper. While each set of doors will have to be pried, cut or detonated open, the passage itself is relatively clear and still more or less serviceable. It's also plenty wide enough to take a hoverbike down. As they get closer to the base, hosts will find each set of blast doors is less and less intact though the psuedocrete tunnel itself has held up relatively well despite that fact.

Upon arrival at Alkon proper, it becomes immediately evident that some kind of catastrophic accident must have once occurred there. If arriving from the Hot Line, hosts will find bone quiet barracks, mess halls and general living quarters. While there are no bodies present, there are plenty of signs of life abruptly interrupted. Personal items have been left behind; dusty dishes have been abandoned where once people must have been taking part in a meal; equipment has been dropped; a fire has burned out the entirety of the mess hall kitchen. Every science and research lab is quiet, half finished experiments left on their tables; construction projects have been abandoned. If arriving via the emergency escape hatch, hosts will find a lower research level burned out. There are multiple ground vehicles turned to char and slag here and the stairwells and lift tunnels from the lower level are either falling apart or dangerously inoperable. However, with some ingenuity and climbing skill it's possible to reach the lab proper from the lower burned out freight level by climbing up through the massive hole melted in from the top of the lower levels. This hole leads into some kind of plasma reactor chamber attached to the facility's central labs (also accessible from the top down, though the doors leading to it have been melted shut and will require serious work to get through).

While there are no obvious lingering physical effects, it's clear that at the time of the accident the plasma reactor must have somehow skipped out of its magnetized housing and arced through this level of the facility - slashing and melting through support structures and equipment and killing everyone on this level. Luckily, most of the bodies have been reduced to ash at this point, but at the time it must've been grizzly.

Despite the accessibility difficulties, Alkon Facility has been practically untouched by time and most of its equipment and raw materials are perfectly fit to be salvaged unless otherwise damaged by the accident that ultimately caused the facility to be shut down.

MISC. NOTES

A log will be posted for the hatch and arrival of new hosts; for all other exploration/salvage attempts/day to day interaction etc, players are more than welcome to create their own logs! As of :163, everyone will be clambering back onto the shuttle and going home before Avera 9 can be pummeled on its way through the asteroid belt. Happy salvaging and don't miss your bus out of here!

If you have any questions, please direction them to the questions thread below.

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