A cry for help

[thespaceopera]

[a distress call has been tracked across the void, finally leading back to the source. a hulking crippled ship, teeming with hostile alien life, now lies before you.

what do you do? do you dive in or hang back? are you here to learn, play, build, or observe?

however you choose to proceed, your audience is out there somewhere, watching.]


ooc: here is a good ol' themed mingle to get you all started! and don't feel limited by the prompts and what they describe--they're just there as idea-starters, so feel free to go anywhere and do anything.

have fun!

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[ino]

[ She comes over to where Beverly's squatting, peering at how she's scanning it.

It moves a little, like it's trying desperately to get up and lunge at Beverly, so Ino will absently step down on its claw to keep it from going anywhere as she watches in awe ]

Man, those things are really handy.

[dancingmd]

Mmm...

[Sorry, she doesn't mean to be rude, Ino, but she's distracted by what she's seeing on the tricorder. That sinking feeling she's had in her stomach ever since she and Allen first boarded the ship has only grown. The insectoid twitches its last, then fades away. Beverly stands, her jaw tightening as she says in a clipped tone:]

Let's keep moving.

[ino]

[ ... Well, that's concerning. ]

What is it?

[ She's quick to start moving again, but that doesn't sound good, and she wants an explanation ]

[dancingmd]

[She stares straight ahead, not looking at Ino as she speaks.]

The insects. I'm fairly certain they aren't an infestation: they're the crew.

[And they've been killing them. She's been killing them.]

[ino]

[ ... She falls silent for a moment. ]

What makes you say that, exactly?

[dancingmd]

Their neural patterns... they're entirely too complex for a non-sentient species. That one back there was the first live one I could get close enough to for a thorough scan and well... while insectoids are less common than humanoids or even reptilians, they do exist. Admittedly I am less familiar with them than I am with the others, but I'm still certain from my readings that despite their behavior, they are intelligent people. Something is wrong with them and I intend to find out what.