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

[quisling]

[ Admittedly Suzaku's not really convinced anyone should be cutting any wires here even if they know what goes to what. That's just him and his skepticism about everything involving the Initiative though.

He shakes his head at the comment. ]

If you want to help the others here you can always find a small group and keep watch for any of the robots they have patrolling the area, or make sure everyone that came along on this trip has food, but... it's probably better not to mess around with these towers.

[knightofcourage]

[That...is a better idea than any other Emil's heard lately, including this entire mission, and the suggestion gets a real smile out of him.]

Right, I know I can do that. Thank you.

[quisling]

[ A nod in return. The mission might be a bad idea, but it's not like the people going on it don't deserve people watching out for them. Better there be more people out there taking care of the people that did insist on helping the Initiative than reluctantly complying with them. ]

There's no need to thank me for anything, but you're welcome.

[knightofcourage]

I think it's worth thanking you for. I haven't known what to do when I got here...not other than just watching.

[quisling]

I don't think most of us do though. It wasn't like they gave us any really specific instructions going into this. Everyone they sent here came in underprepared for it.

[knightofcourage]

Is that true? I've seen many people who look like they know what they're doing so far.

[Granted, "what they're doing" means smashing in a lot of cases, but at least they're doing it with purpose.]

[quisling]

[ Yeah, he's seen a lot of people take to the task with a certain zeal too, but he's not sure that really means they know what they're doing... ]

I think most of them are just improvising as well as they can.

[knightofcourage]

Oh.

[He really should have waited for a better mission. Oh, well; he ought to get going, if he wants to be useful on this mission, so he turns as if to leave.]

I'm going to go take a look around now. Thank you again.

[quisling]

[ At least he can rest easy know he talked one person out of doing something potentially stupid here. ]

No problem. Stay safe.