162009
Level 28 Chipist
hanna
post #162009 ::
2022.10.23 3:48am
MemoryCanyon, PCA, Lotepamera, DefenseMechanism, damifortune and Juniper liēkd this
MemoryCanyon, PCA, Lotepamera, DefenseMechanism, damifortune and Juniper liēkd this
you clamber laboriously out of the cockpit of your HT-500 stealth interceptor, the bulk of the experimental containment device restricting your movement considerably. naturally, it's quiet in here -- not much atmosphere left for sound to travel through. still, the smell of burnt oxygel somehow lingers, reminding you of what happened on the sagittarius. not everyone was as lucky as you are. no, can't think about that now. your wrist term spits out reams of scan data: sixty levels and that's just the tertiary habitation module. the reactor appears to be at the bottom of a long vertical shaft, and below the main reactor is the auxiliary reactor. this appears to be the approximate location of the anomaly. normally, here one might expect some residual beta radiation, especially considering the age of a first gen fusion core, but it seems none is present. instead, intense antineutrino bursts that appear to be oscillating regularly. on the bright side, these are harmless. the problem is that no physical object smaller than a star should be generating this much and this kind of energy. lit up by your headlamp, mangled titanium girders and rusted drone parts paint the walls with shifting shadows. you steadily approach the service lift at the end of the cargo bay when suddenly its long dead control panel seems to spring to life, inviting your fingers to its surface. your heartrate jumps, as clearly shown on your hud, and your respiration system clicks into compensation mode. wait a second, nothing here should be operational. just what the hell is going on..? and then it hits you. again. it's happening again. you hear their voices calling to you.. they're wondering when you will be coming home.