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005 - video/text; the power is yours
Who: Clay Terran + You
Broadcast: Yeh
Action: On the Vanquish
When: April 11th
[Clay had been counting down the days, and now, today's the day. Just a year ago, he arrived with his former captain, Sheena, and set out on the journey of a lifetime. It feels - It's weird, it's like a mix of gratitude and exasperation, happiness and sadness. It's a whole jumble of feelings that he's been trying to sort through ever since he realized the date was closing in.
He thinks about contacting a few people about it, and even opens up his communicator and tries to do so, but he notices that he can't reach one person in particular. And when he sees why... Well. Okay then. It's fine, it's just - It's fine. He's fine.
But... he might as well tell the network, for the few that did know the guy. When he turns on the video, Clay's sitting in his room, papers taped up to the wall of various notes and sketches of what they've come across so far.]
So, uh... it looks like Orion went home.
[He purses his lips a bit and frowns at the thought of him going back there, now that he's said it out loud. He knows Orion's not... exactly a good person, and he's done some terrible things and has a horrible past. And he's going back to that, probably not remembering any of the progress he's made, and he might not even be Orion again if he comes back -
Right. Right. On to other things. He's fine.]
It's also been a year since I showed up here. [And here he finally smiles a bit, though it grows as he keeps talking.] I was so enthralled - Space is my whole life, and it's always been my dream to go. So to come here and wake up to a galaxy full of stars... I didn't know why I was pulled into Atroma's gravity, and I still don't know. But when I first came here, all I wanted to do was find evidence of all the answers to the questions my Earth has to send it back to them. But now? It's about way more than that. It's about everyone's homes, every planet and moon we come across. I want to seek out the truth of what's out there for the betterment of everyone out there, not just my planet. It... took me a while to come to that.
[And he's proud of it, and it shows. And now that he's on the subject:]
I wrote down all my notes about this moon. The file's going to be attached to this broadcast, if anyone wants to take a look at it. And if you've found out anything else about the moon, could you let me know about it? Thanks in advance!
[He waves to the camera, then turns it off while he uploads the file.]
moon and planet unnamed. citizens of the moon just call it "home".
source of sunlight - yellow dwarf star.
planet's gravity is severe. shuttle showed signs of distress even from a distance. no oxygen, can't support life that relies on it.
reason for critical pollution: conflicting.
what we know: the cause - the terraformers. terraforming efforts originally successful, giving them a forested ecosystem with clean air and water. something with the terraformers went wrong, causing deadly toxins and oils to spread across the surface. vein and channel system? while it was a source of wealth at first, it soon got into the water, soil and air, affecting all life.
inhabitants don't know what happened - terraformers are self-maintaining/programmed, people never worked on them. error in terraformer programming?
all other information conflicting. study history more.
wildlife: adapted and evolved to handle pollution. look like Earth creatures with some key differences. some are large and very dangerous, do not go near. BEARS ARE BAD.
if they can adapt to a poisoned life, they can surely adapt to life without
vegetation: forests from the past still stand, horrible shape. very hilly terrain, several cliffs seen when atmosphere was clearer. abandoned mineshafts - big source of gas? another source: oil towers. air felt oppressive even with the mask.
water extremely polluted: need more study. papers for notes became contaminated while sitting near a lake, showed symptoms of sickness after taking them on the ship. soils show signs of critical pollution as well.
really really need microscope
water heavily filtered to support residents? - yes, mud is too for games
residents: "war games" happen often. no real physical violence allowed, citizens get pitted in a war game match for it. adapted well to the poisonous ecosystem, take pride in the gas masks they create, though would like to see a day they won't have to put them on all the time.
i really want to help them see that day
the core: while much of the poison is on the surface, even more of it is inside the moon and in the core of it. (observation by: mikleo)
question 1: did the pollution come from the core and the terraformers just brought it out into the world?
question 2: did the terraformers introduce the pollution to the moon and its core?
question 3: what was the moon like before the terraforming started?
overall question: where did the poison come from?
pollution is not supernatural in nature (observation by: allen walker), so how did so much of it spread?
hypothesis 1: the terraformers are still working and the poison is coming from themselves
hypothesis 2: properties in the core are being brought out into the rest of the world
hypothesis 3: the moon is rejecting what the terraformers are doing (hypothesis by: mikleo)
Broadcast: Yeh
Action: On the Vanquish
When: April 11th
[Clay had been counting down the days, and now, today's the day. Just a year ago, he arrived with his former captain, Sheena, and set out on the journey of a lifetime. It feels - It's weird, it's like a mix of gratitude and exasperation, happiness and sadness. It's a whole jumble of feelings that he's been trying to sort through ever since he realized the date was closing in.
He thinks about contacting a few people about it, and even opens up his communicator and tries to do so, but he notices that he can't reach one person in particular. And when he sees why... Well. Okay then. It's fine, it's just - It's fine. He's fine.
But... he might as well tell the network, for the few that did know the guy. When he turns on the video, Clay's sitting in his room, papers taped up to the wall of various notes and sketches of what they've come across so far.]
So, uh... it looks like Orion went home.
[He purses his lips a bit and frowns at the thought of him going back there, now that he's said it out loud. He knows Orion's not... exactly a good person, and he's done some terrible things and has a horrible past. And he's going back to that, probably not remembering any of the progress he's made, and he might not even be Orion again if he comes back -
Right. Right. On to other things. He's fine.]
It's also been a year since I showed up here. [And here he finally smiles a bit, though it grows as he keeps talking.] I was so enthralled - Space is my whole life, and it's always been my dream to go. So to come here and wake up to a galaxy full of stars... I didn't know why I was pulled into Atroma's gravity, and I still don't know. But when I first came here, all I wanted to do was find evidence of all the answers to the questions my Earth has to send it back to them. But now? It's about way more than that. It's about everyone's homes, every planet and moon we come across. I want to seek out the truth of what's out there for the betterment of everyone out there, not just my planet. It... took me a while to come to that.
[And he's proud of it, and it shows. And now that he's on the subject:]
I wrote down all my notes about this moon. The file's going to be attached to this broadcast, if anyone wants to take a look at it. And if you've found out anything else about the moon, could you let me know about it? Thanks in advance!
[He waves to the camera, then turns it off while he uploads the file.]
moon and planet unnamed. citizens of the moon just call it "home".
source of sunlight - yellow dwarf star.
planet's gravity is severe. shuttle showed signs of distress even from a distance. no oxygen, can't support life that relies on it.
reason for critical pollution: conflicting.
what we know: the cause - the terraformers. terraforming efforts originally successful, giving them a forested ecosystem with clean air and water. something with the terraformers went wrong, causing deadly toxins and oils to spread across the surface. vein and channel system? while it was a source of wealth at first, it soon got into the water, soil and air, affecting all life.
inhabitants don't know what happened - terraformers are self-maintaining/programmed, people never worked on them. error in terraformer programming?
all other information conflicting. study history more.
wildlife: adapted and evolved to handle pollution. look like Earth creatures with some key differences. some are large and very dangerous, do not go near. BEARS ARE BAD.
vegetation: forests from the past still stand, horrible shape. very hilly terrain, several cliffs seen when atmosphere was clearer. abandoned mineshafts - big source of gas? another source: oil towers. air felt oppressive even with the mask.
water extremely polluted: need more study. papers for notes became contaminated while sitting near a lake, showed symptoms of sickness after taking them on the ship. soils show signs of critical pollution as well.
water heavily filtered to support residents? - yes, mud is too for games
residents: "war games" happen often. no real physical violence allowed, citizens get pitted in a war game match for it. adapted well to the poisonous ecosystem, take pride in the gas masks they create, though would like to see a day they won't have to put them on all the time.
the core: while much of the poison is on the surface, even more of it is inside the moon and in the core of it. (observation by: mikleo)
question 1: did the pollution come from the core and the terraformers just brought it out into the world?
question 2: did the terraformers introduce the pollution to the moon and its core?
question 3: what was the moon like before the terraforming started?
overall question: where did the poison come from?
pollution is not supernatural in nature (observation by: allen walker), so how did so much of it spread?
hypothesis 1: the terraformers are still working and the poison is coming from themselves
hypothesis 2: properties in the core are being brought out into the rest of the world
hypothesis 3: the moon is rejecting what the terraformers are doing (hypothesis by: mikleo)
Video > Action
[And with that, he cuts off the feed. BUT! About an hour later sure enough, one of the Blue Fish's shuttles will be coming to dock at the Vanquish.]
Action
When Allen emerges, Clay holds out a hand to help him out, even though he doesn't need it at all, but mostly just to pull him into a hug.]
Hey.
Action
Hey yourself. Ready to go?
Action
And realizes something.]
... I probably could've just jumped into the shuttle, huh.
Action
Yeah, you could've. But I like your enthusiastic greetings, so it's fine!
Action
[He gives Allen a kiss on the cheek as he passes him to climb into the shuttle, soon settling in the passenger seat.]
All clear and ready for lift off!
Action
[He follows after him. Clay may notice that besides the pilot seat the front passenger seat- it looks like the other seats had been taken out, so there was a lot more extra space. Huh, weird]
Great! [He moves to sit into the pilot seat and get ready for take out] So learn anything new about the moon yet?
[You know, from the broadcast he did and all that]
Action
Mm, yeah. This whole thing goes a lot deeper than I thought. And when I say deeper, I mean it's even worse at the core of the moon.
Action
[He glances over at Clay, with surprise]
That isn't good. How are we supposed to reach there?
Action
[He frowns, two fingers pressed to his forehead as he looks out one of the windows] The core of Earth's moon is extremely hot, a lot like Earth's core, only a lot smaller and doesn't have nearly as much energy. If this moon's core is just the same as ours, then actually going to it is next to impossible. The only solution I can think of right now is to try to fix whatever caused the terraformers to change their programming in the first place. Hypothetically, if they brought the toxicity into the core, then maybe they can take it out again.
Action
If the terraformers brought the toxicity into the core, do you really think they could take it out again? It's not easy to clean up chemicals like this...especially if it's been going on for centuries.
[he doesn't mean to be a downer. Just you know- IT SEEMS HARD]
Action
Action
Which...means I have no idea how there could possibly be so much of it on this moon. [a sigh] Which we probably won't figure out unless we get access to a Terraformer, from the sounds of it.
Action
Action
Yeah...it's all just theories until we see that terraformer. [He taps his fingers against the control pannel] I wonder if you could offer some sort of trade- you think they'd find information about other systems useful?
Action
Mm, don't get too close to the planet, it could damage the shuttle.
[Which Allen probably doesn't need to know, but eh, after his close encounter with the planet's gravity, he'd rather not repeat it. Back to the topic at hand:]
I'm not really sure. But I've been thinking... Even if we can help clear up the pollution, the plants and wildlife might have adapted so much to it that the change might not be good for them. I'd have to ask Ino and Beverly, but how do you think the locals would feel about us trading some seeds from other worlds to them? Like, for trees or whatever we might have that's okay to give away. That way, if our effort affects their plants negatively, they've still got some that haven't been contaminated by the poison.
Action
Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.
[He actually thought this out or something!]
Hmm...that's not a bad idea, I think. I mean, I'm not an expert in growing plants...but if they had more seeds they could use to harvest safe plants to eat, then they'd probably would like that a lot! At least, I know I would.