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hexarchate_rpg2017-07-25 04:24 pm
yhlee) wrote in hexarchate_rpg2017-07-25 04:24 pm
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Move 4 (Chapter 1.4)
Time: 361 (high calendar)
Place: out-rift near Station Moongray
[GM's note: I know several characters/players are still resolving matters from Move 3. That's fine! You may continue posting to Move 3 to resolve those threads or shift threads over to Move 4 to reflect the changed state of affairs, whichever you feel more comfortable with. Ashari and the rest probably ought to settle the matter of who's going where.]
A few new things happen.
Presumably Sasha has some kind of alert set up on the virus. She notices that it's trying to wriggle its way out into the wider grid, specifically so it can listen in on conversations and send back recordings to its unknown master.
[Since the grid responds to voice address, it's a fair bet that some form of sensors are always active within the Wasp.]
Meanwhile, Kaliyan, who is monitoring Scan from the Wasp's cockpit/command center, gets an alert from the Wasp's automated functions. While the "welcome message" from Station Moongray is still droning on repeat, what looks like the research moth Butterfly Lens is starting to move in the Wasp's direction.
What's more, a basic query of Scan will reveal that a second spacecraft has come out from the Scan shadow of a large nearby planetoid, and is also converging on the Wasp's location. While this second spacecraft isn't making any (more) effort to hide itself, any check on Scan will reveal that, unlike the Butterfly Lens, this second moth has some armaments. It's not a full-fledged warship--and it's almost certainly not Kel, since the Kel avoid traveling alone if they can help it--but it's probably intended for local defense.
[EDITED TO ADD: Sorry, I glitched and forgot]
If Yehan gets a good luck at the second ship on visuals, she'll notice with some surprise that it looks like a ship out of the past--there are markings on it that look Naxorian, but weirdly distorted, like it's from another dialect or related symbology.
Place: out-rift near Station Moongray
[GM's note: I know several characters/players are still resolving matters from Move 3. That's fine! You may continue posting to Move 3 to resolve those threads or shift threads over to Move 4 to reflect the changed state of affairs, whichever you feel more comfortable with. Ashari and the rest probably ought to settle the matter of who's going where.]
A few new things happen.
Presumably Sasha has some kind of alert set up on the virus. She notices that it's trying to wriggle its way out into the wider grid, specifically so it can listen in on conversations and send back recordings to its unknown master.
[Since the grid responds to voice address, it's a fair bet that some form of sensors are always active within the Wasp.]
Meanwhile, Kaliyan, who is monitoring Scan from the Wasp's cockpit/command center, gets an alert from the Wasp's automated functions. While the "welcome message" from Station Moongray is still droning on repeat, what looks like the research moth Butterfly Lens is starting to move in the Wasp's direction.
What's more, a basic query of Scan will reveal that a second spacecraft has come out from the Scan shadow of a large nearby planetoid, and is also converging on the Wasp's location. While this second spacecraft isn't making any (more) effort to hide itself, any check on Scan will reveal that, unlike the Butterfly Lens, this second moth has some armaments. It's not a full-fledged warship--and it's almost certainly not Kel, since the Kel avoid traveling alone if they can help it--but it's probably intended for local defense.
[EDITED TO ADD: Sorry, I glitched and forgot]
If Yehan gets a good luck at the second ship on visuals, she'll notice with some surprise that it looks like a ship out of the past--there are markings on it that look Naxorian, but weirdly distorted, like it's from another dialect or related symbology.
Re: Sasha is bad at hierarchies: paging Kaliyan
"I noticed we've dropped out of warp. Do you know of a way to find out what's happening besides distracting the people flying the ship?" There's no reason to think that he does, except that he has an extremely suspicious signifier and one of the times they briefly scried it they got definite hints of subterfuge (the other time they got some things they ended up interpreting as "unfocused, distract with shiny things.") More importantly he's the only person in the corridor for Sulen to try and intimidate.
Actually, it's a little hypocritical to call Avrayen unfocused, Sulen thinks, trying to shake mental images of sprinting to where Kaliyan is, pushing her out of her seat, and randomly pressing buttons.
Re: Sasha is bad at hierarchies: paging Kaliyan
If Ashari’s confidante observed the shift, then something probably did happen beyond Zhurovet fucking with his room lights again. Unless this is him being tested by the trusted lieutenant, of course. But he can handle a wolf nosing at a deviation from routine, if not a full interrogation, and this isn't that.
[Er, I think I anticipated an action before it happened. Call it a mysterious rift effect? And that the messages aren’t being broadcasted all over the ship.]