MISSION: RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE WILD

[initiates]

Date & Time: April 27th - May 1st
Location: Wollongong, Australia, 2464.
Characters: All voluntary transports + maybe a few drafted ones.
Summary: Make those stay-at-homes leave their nerdcaves! My god, do they even know what sunshine looks like???
Warnings: none planned, will be updated accordingly!

The city is old, dark, and very, very quiet. A good deal of the buildings are crumbling and old, but the ones that are actually inhabited glow like candles in the dusk the Transporter has dropped you into. All of these buildings are infested by wiring pouring in from every angle, ensuring that each inhabitant in his or her little block of a room has every modern convenience available in 2464.

There is no one on the streets, no public transportation, and even cars look scarce. But that doesn't mean there's no movement. Maintenance drones, controlled remotely, run deliveries or work repairs. Armed law enforcement drones patrol on rounds through the city, although their mechanized attention is mostly turned outward. Still, they might come to investigate a ruckus within the city limits. And if the persons causing the ruckus don't respond to peaceful attempts to get them to cease, the drones might attempt to subdue them with paralyzing technology and haul them in for a night in the city jail — another dark, unused place.

If you get hungry, there are entire warehouses dedicated to the production of foods. It can't be that hard to sneak in and collect a meal, right? Or you can hack into the system and order whatever you want, if you're good with that kind of thing. Or you can just scavenge—or fast for four days, maybe—if thieving and hacking aren't your style.

And somewhere around here, in those glowing, secluded towers, behind the legions of automated drones, live the reclusive citizens of Wollongong. The methods are up to you, as long as you can get them to come out and breathe the fresh air somehow.

[[ ooc; Mission details are here! This will run from 27th of April to May 1st, with those on the mission returning to Exsilium at the same time that the new arrivals show up. It's an optional mission, but if you'd like your character to go along that would ICly sit it out, feel free to say that the Initiative drafted them for this one.

There aren't any teams or structured threads to this one, so go wild! ]]

Comments

[andagain]

[Keith dressed in his usual hero suit that granted him flight, he hovered towards an undamaged house for cover. He still felt a little guilty about doing all of this, but Coby's words help reassure it was for the best.

Now on the ground, he leans against the wall and takes off his helmet for some fresh air.]

It's not something I'm used to doing, at all. But I hope the citizens have long since left this place.

[chore_boy]

Part of the problem involves how their lifestyles have poisoned them to exposure.

[Lifting one foot, Coby deftly snuffed out the remainder of one of the robots beneath his heel. It was crushed against the cement flat.]

They should be safe, otherwise. As far as I know, we've only been executing measures within safe limitations. Have you been intercepted by the drones before, Keith?

[andagain]

Yes I have. I just knock them off their feet. Just so it doesn't cause anymore damage to this place.

[And he demonstrates by doing so to one robot drone on the street with a strong gust of wind.]

Have you had any trouble yet?

[chore_boy]

A number of them managed to pinpoint me and fire a few bolts as I dropped my notes. The blasts themselves seem like they would do damage to someone less defensible than myself. [Coby reached down briefly, tugging at a singed part of his uniform to gesture. He smiled weakly from beneath the brim of his hat.]

At the very least, it's non-lethal. So, our fellow transports won't be killed. We should just make certain that no one gets captured.

[andagain]

Right. Is there a way we can disable them to prevent anymore trouble?

[He eyes the burnt part of the uniform but it looked like a glancing blow. He straightened up his posture in the meantime, wondering how many could there be.]

[chore_boy]

I have no idea. I'm not a mechanical expert myself and these machinations look as complex as Pacifista. I worry if I were to try it myself that I'd end up doing long-term damage, when these things are the residents' prime mode of defense.

[Which sounded horrible. Having unfeeling robots as defense units seemed to be absolutely terrifying.]