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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-24 10:59 pm

Shore Leave: Geartopia [Open to All]

||Attention all crewmen, shore leave is now in progress, attention crewmen, shore leave is now in progress...||

Stacy's voiced called the entire crew, until all of them were gathered at the Obs Deck. Then, a dossier appeared on the screens, along with the image of a rotating planet.

Planet Designation: Geartopia
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: Homo Sapiens, Homo Animalia, Machina Erectus.
Water: 20.6% of the planet's surface.
Climate: Earth-like, Arid desert
Landscape: 70% Desert..
Air: Normoxic concentration.
Air Pressure: 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch)
Sky: Blue
Sun: A class G2V, yellow star.
Warnings: Wildlife, humanoids and plant-life can be hazardous.
Nomalanga has given us a map with which areas to avoid.
Mission: Shore leave, and preparing for an attack in a few days, planet's time. Nomalanga has promised food, clothing and animals in exchange for your cooperation in aiding her.




Once, long ago, Geartopia was built by aliens visiting the planet and granting intelligence to some native species. Of course you wouldn't know this apart from the giant black obsidian monoliths humming precariously outside of town. They are formed in a circle formation that might remind those who come from earth of Stonehenge, only built out of a much more study device. This is what Nomalanga used to contact you. The rocks cannot be moved and any attacks on them will be useless. The Wild Ones will come out of the forest at night, leaving a trace of plants as they go back and fro their own forest. The technology the elder aliens left them allows for contact with Stacy but otherwise there is nothing futuristic going on on the planet - the aliens wanted it this way and for the most part the population respects this.

All except Snidley and his goons, of course. Thankfully most of them have gone into hiding once their plot was found out. In fact, Nomalanga and those still loyal to her are busy working on making this planned attack, and getting the townspeople ready for it.

You can also find a few remains of their culture scattered around the land in the form of large stone carvings around the town, in between a wooden tavern bar or used as a sort of tribute, covered in dry plants. Most of the area is dry and arid, with very tiny grass and shrubs growing over the hill, and, strangely enough, an area from town that is densely populated by forest. Few dare go in, due to it being the territory of the Wild Ones.

As you walk around, you notice that the technology is steampunk with a cowboy flare; there is one train that comes from the towns every morning at 6am and leaves at 9pm. Horses can be rented for a price (some normal, some like this), chariot rides as well. Gears and dark clothing seem to be the norm, possibly due that their source of leather. The inhabitants are mostly humans, humanoid animals, alien natives and steampunk robots.

But enough of that, let's see what you can do here:

- Saloon and bars of all sizes, most comically named with an object, and a color. You can find all sorts of them across town, but those on the western side are more sympathetic towards Snidley and hate strangers with a passion. Do not go there unless you're ready to fight a few of them.

They do, however, have the best drinks, and card games.

There are hotels with gear pianos playing wistful tunes as you drink hard liquor made from cactus juice, honey and barley. The honey wine is especially prized and costly.

There is also a small carnival with steampunk and old west fair, sugar and cactus fruit pies, whole animals roasted over open pits, musicians, and a single wooden coaster. It's not much, but the food is excellent.

Be careful, however. The cactus fruit does cause stomach aches for most people not native to this world. Think of it much like lactos intolerance. It's a chance you take eating it. However if you do, it tastes much like an orange, strawberry and a banana were put together in a blender.

As thanks for helping her out, anyone stepping into the city is given by the mayoress as part of her exchange bartering price, one cowboy hat (all brown), one pair of steampunk goggles, a steampunk vest, and, most importantly, one part of leathersnake steampunk boots. This is a gift for anyone who is just visiting to blend with the locals and to prove she's honest about her dealings. As if it wasn't obvious after the first mission, in any case. She'll need your strange and powerful manpower in the upcoming days.

And hey, if you're up to it, you can help with a little cleanup. After all most people here don't know your skills. However, it's also calm and quiet in the farms. You want to do some honest work for a day, they'll give you some of their seeds in exchange. The system seems to be based more on services and barter than any money.

There is still currency and Stacy has given you a few golden coins, spend them wisely. A few farms are opened up to sleep for free, if you don't mind being with the animals.

The General store has steampunk items for sale, but most of them are much too expensive for anyone on the ship to by. You can try to barter.

Oh and news travels fast. Cause problems, and Nomalanga won't be too happy about it.

[OKAY ALL DONE GO FOR IT. You are also free to create additional places, to post your own private logs involving the town! Contact me if you need extra information about Geartopia either via PM to things_go_boom's account or by AIM, I'll be happy to answer. NPC goons if you want to do a bunch of bar fights, just think typical cowboy stuff. Shore leave will last until the 31st and players can go to and from the ship to the city each day, so you can have your characters stay for a day or two and then come back.

People in the miniplots, the mini plots will start up in a few days! There will also be a general fight for anyone who wants to join in on the 29th. Thank you and enjoy yourselves!]

[identity profile] cobalt-inferno.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, don't worry about it! I'm sure it'll come up sometime and when it does, all I have to do is count how many times I go to sleep and that's how many days passed!"

That's not quite how it works, but to Rin it made perfect sense!

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Atom tried a smile. "I guess so. It just kind of worries me. If I can't tell time, maybe other things are wrong with me, too... but I guess that's one way to work around it."

[identity profile] cobalt-inferno.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Rin gave him a once over and frowned in concerned.

"Well, Yukio's a doctor. I can ask him to take a look at you."

He paused for a moment before looking a bit embarrassed.

"Buuuut I don't think he knows how to deal with robots... Have you asked the people over at that engineering place?"

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Atom shook his head. "They're nice, but... I don't think there are any roboticists there. There weren't too many people who knew how to work with my AI back on Earth. Especially not systemic issues. But... thanks, anyway."

[identity profile] cobalt-inferno.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You don't think?" That meant he hadn't tried!

"Hey, you never know little bud! There might be someone who might surprise you, I mean, just look at the crew! The majority of the people there you'd never expect outside of a movie, game or manga! So there could be someone who knows just how to help you, or something close enough to offer assistance!"

There wasn't such a thing as never, impossible, and can't in Rin's vocabulary.

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Atom shook his head. "Where I come from, there was only one person in the world who could repair significant damage to my systems. And the people here are nice, but..."

Rin, you are asking him to trust a stranger to perform major brain surgery on him.

[identity profile] cobalt-inferno.livejournal.com 2011-10-31 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
But that's okay, he wouldn't ever think that far ahead! He's in the now... If he knew it was that sort of deal...

"I guess. Well, I'm sure if you ever change your mind, they'll be there! But hey, if it doesn't impede you, why change it right?" Yes, perfect logic!

[identity profile] tetsuwan-atom.livejournal.com 2011-10-31 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I guess. I know other people have been having similar problems. I've been wondering if those Daligig guys don't have something to do with it. But I guess we should just enjoy this place while we're here."

[identity profile] cobalt-inferno.livejournal.com 2011-10-31 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah those," What the hell was a Daligig? It seems Rin hasn't gotten himself acquainted with the information fully, even after Yukio finally gave him his omnicomm... he'd been using it for what it should be used! Games...

"But you're right!" Rin replied with a smile, "We should enjoy as much as we can while we're here. No telling when we'll find another cool spot like this."