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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / Re: [BtSS] Treasure Hunting (Closed, for now)

« on: September 28, 2016, 06:31:15 PM »

"Oh, I have plenty of ideas.  First and foremost, finding a door without a bomb."

The other airlock was an option, but one he preferred to leave for later; chances are if the one he was at was trapped that one would be as well, at least if it led anywhere interesting.  Space walking was another option, but one he wasn't a fan of either; he'd be in even more danger if he hit any traps while relying on an exosuit.  No, his preference was to find whatever entrance was actually meant for use.

To that end, after remagnetizing himself to the floor, he left the airlock and started making his way along the outer hall of the facility, peering at the map and periodically rapping his synthetic knuckles on the wall.  He might not find anything, but then again you never knew when you were discover a hollow wall.

"Ugh, the resolution on this thing was not meant for detailed maps.  Qara, I'm looking for a room on the outer edge of this fake or out-of-date map that's claims it's something so mundane or dangerous that no wanderer would even want to look into it.  Garbage disposal, or hazardous waste storage, something along those lines.  That'll be where our entrance is, I bet.  Well, the one that isn't rigged to explode."

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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / Re: [BtSS] Treasure Hunting (Closed, for now)

« on: September 28, 2016, 06:55:02 AM »

"Sure Qara, next time I find a bomb you can come on down and plug right into it."

She likely just being her usual sarcastic self, since doing any kind of hacking on a bomb could backfire spectacularly; anything remotely computerized would have some kind of defense against being tampered with.  And while Qara was good, Zen wasn't sure she was ready for a task where she either succeeded or exploded.  Especially with her sometimes spotty focus.

"Wanted to find another entrance anyway; this was one was too easy to get to, and that probably wasn't the only trap that way either."

Whatever was going on here, if they left the station mostly intact they were planning on returning at some point, which meant there was likely a less dangerous entrance.  Something better hidden. 

"Can you ping my location on that map you sent?  I want to see just how wrong it is."

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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / Re: [BtSS] Treasure Hunting (Closed, for now)

« on: September 26, 2016, 08:15:54 AM »

"Disable the card?  Easy."

Zen extended his arm towards the orange card; it shouldn't be too much trouble, in plain sight as it was, but he bumped the settings in his arm up just to be sure.  When he was fairly certain it was enough to pass through any shielding the card could have at that size, he fired.  An intense amount of magnetism was released from his limb, having two effects: one, the card popped and fried before it had the chance to send a detonation signal.

Two, it sent him tumbling backwards, breaking the magnetic lock his feet had on the floor and bouncing his lightweight frame off of the walls a few times before his momentum slowed to a more controllable level.  "...Right, just as I planned."

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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / Re: [BtSS] Character Sheets

« on: September 24, 2016, 12:48:10 PM »

Name: Zenniker "Zen" Kylos
Age: ? (it can be hard to tell with Machinals)
Species: Machinal (mostly)
Homeland: Born on Titan, but has now spent more time traveling than he has on his home planet.
Physical Description: A young looking man with light brown synthetic skin and shoulder length dark brown hair; appears to be a normal human at first glance, as only strips on the bottoms of his palms and feet give away his machinal nature.
Personality: Normally laid back, with fits of impulsiveness and mania.  Zen enjoys it when life is easy, complains when life is tough, and loves it when life is really tough. 

-History-
There once was a young boy who dreamed of the stars, raised on stories of adventure and treasure in the asteroid belt, and it became his dream to prove that those stories were true.  Unfortunately, he lacked the means to get there, so he did what any other ambitious youth would do: lie, cheat, and steal his way into a better body, useful augments, and eventually a starship.

Okay, maybe not any youth.

Like most treasure hunters, Zen is a bit of a hopeless dreamer.  Unlike most treasure hunters, he's gained experience primarily by barely surviving repeated disasters, cheating the wealthy and/or hateful, and sticking his nose where it doesn't belong whenever his interest is peaked or that pesky sense of justice he has wakes up again.

-Proficiencies-
Maneuvering using his lightweight body combined with powerful magnets in his limbs, small arms (as in guns, not limbs), hand-to-hand combat, piloting, "emergency maintenance", figuring out how stuff works.
On the other hand, he generally acts and looks like the kind of person most people would rather punch than talk to, and he's not nearly as good as he thinks he is at just about anything.  Also, being a machinal that occasionally uses Wyrd tech wins him no friends basically anywhere.

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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / Re: [BtSS] Treasure Hunting (Closed, for now)

« on: September 24, 2016, 12:24:02 PM »

"Didn't see any other ships here, did you?"  He examined the map, turning at different angles to confirm his suspicions.  "Are you sure you got the right map?  There should be a mining tunnel right about here, and I'm not seeing it on this thing.  Unless..."

He made his way down the hall on the outer edge of the facility, the magnets in his feet letting him walk almost as though there was gravity.  Almost.  He entered one a room filled with lockers--for mining gear no doubt, and if it was like the last few he checked they'd all be empty.  This time he set his sights on the airlock across from it.  "What do you suppose the chances are that if you open this, there's nothing but unmined rock on the other side?"

He was beginning to have a hunch about this place.  One that meant something very good could be here.  Either that, or something very, very bad.

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Beyond the Stellar Sphere / [BtSS] Treasure Hunting (Closed, for now)

« on: September 24, 2016, 10:55:29 AM »

I had a good feeling about this one too.

Boots echoing on the steel floors, Zen stalked the hallways of the abandoned mining facility.  The previous owners had left life support intact--a good sign that they intended to return in the future.  Which could mean treasure, legendary or not.  There was certainly plenty to find out here in the belt.  But he was seeing no sign of anything here but mining equipment that was more expensive to transport than just make another of.  He'd settle for something he could repurpose for himself, his ship, or his partner.

Speaking of...  "Have you found a map of this place yet?"