Oddballs' Introduction

Jun 20, 2021 1:30 pm

Up in the darkness of space, there is a lone white structure floating. This object is actually pretty large, and it is a home and place of work for approximately fifty men and women. This a Colony Gamma, and it orbits the planet Darst closer than its moon, Cera.

Up there, there is many types of staff. Some are focused on studying how things react to being in 0 gravity, while others are busy expanding the sattelite base. There is also some conflicts, such as individuals from rival nations trying to form political tribes amongst themselves. And there is also recreation, such as the smoking of "space herbs" to mellow out from the onboard drama.

There has been a growing complaint that the usage of such herbs is either causing staff to become distracted at work, or that smoking them could be a fire hazard. How might Oddball react to these claims?

Oddball

DeJoker Inactive forever!

Jun 21, 2021 2:19 am

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"No way baby, the herbs help you focus and the burning spheres are self contained no way could they be a fire hazard. I should know, as I designed them myself. Just those negative thinkers trying to drag us all down baby, light up a bowl and you will see its all just negative vibes and that embracing the positivity only increases the productivity."

OOC:

Cannot use my pic did you accept my character sheet yet?

Last edited June 22, 2021 4:41 pm

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Jun 23, 2021 8:44 am

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OOC:

Hmm? I did approve it.

Some examination of the herb and usage have appear to prove that Oddball's explanation to be somewhat true. However, some are still unsatisfied, and are plotting to remove the hippie space engineer from their "village".

In particular, Mathew, a United Advancement national electronics engineer who is known to bear distrust of the Industrial Alliance members of the staff, has begun to spread rumours that Oddball is a troublemaker set up by the IA to harm productivity.

OOC:

How might Oddball react? Do a Wis Save to avoid escalation.

Oddball

DeJoker Inactive forever!

Jun 23, 2021 9:17 am

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OOC:

Okay got it to work -- Wis Save ?? I only have Strength, Dexterity, and Willpower ??

"Oh man, why would anyone wanna do that." He shakes his head in disbelief. "I'm simply not that complicated of a guy all I do is my best ta keep things runnin' baby. I got no time for all that negativity, besides that would be just a major drag which is definitely not my scene."

OOC:

Well dang that surely accelerated the negativity. Kind of like putting out a fire with gasoline

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RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Jun 24, 2021 4:30 pm

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Sorry, yes, I meant Will. But a roll of 20 is definitely fail here.

Whatever attempt it is that Oddball may try to do to brush away the accusation, it clearly isn't working. In fact, his demeanor only drove a couple more people to be on Mathew's side. It has reached a point that even the IA members have grown frustrated with him as another excuse the UA folk has been using as a reason to kick the IA from the sattelite colony.

Over time, even Oddball's chill supporters have been having a hard time to defend their buddy.

Rumour now has it that the folks down on Darst are aware of the complaints, and are now planning the hippie's transfer. This might be true, as Mathew and his buddies seem to be in a better mood than normal.

OOC:

Oddball takes 1 Will damage. Mark it separately from the starting Will.

Also, is there anything Oddball might do? Investigate, or talk with someone?

Oddball

DeJoker Inactive forever!

Jun 24, 2021 5:51 pm

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Well things were not looking good for Oddball here but being a man of constant positivity and having a rather lassaifaire attitude towards things, he had no serious investment with the Colony and if it wanted to choose the dark path of negativity who was he to stop them from self destruction. So he focused on finding a better situation and potentially putting a positive spin on all this negativity. I mean he would rather not be around when their proverbial feces hit their proverbial rotary blades. So he proceeds to look into making a move to something more suitable for someone with such a high quality attitude and equally high quality skills.

Last edited June 27, 2021 9:17 am

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Jun 27, 2021 7:27 am

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Some colleagues have grown impressed by Oddball's enduring positivity despite the growing bad talk. A few tells him that they appreciate his presence onboard, as the rivalry of organisations have been growing unbearable.

Eventually, there is an official announcement. As everyone gather around to meet at the dining chamber, the monthly report is read out. Oddball is mentioned that he will be relocated to another colony, specifically Colony Beta on the planet Mersk. There, he will be assigned to a team that will perform auxiliary tasks. Further information will be given when he arrives there. He will take an Accelerator Pod to go there, which is a single-person spacecraft the size of a jet that has a top-of-the-line Accelerator Engine built-in.

Oddball's friends wish him good luck and farewell, while the negative talkers clapped themselves on their backs before moving on to complain about something else.

Oddball

DeJoker Inactive forever!

Jun 27, 2021 9:34 am

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Oddball takes the announcement with a smile of enjoyment saying, "Cool baby." Which the nega-talkers probably could not understand, assuming they even cared to pay attention to anything but their own negativeness. As that was the nature of negativity it focused inward and downward, while positivity focused outward and upward. He encouraged his friends to keep their heads above the negative waves so not to get drowned in them and was sure things would get better for them eventually as well, either here or elsewhere. Especially if they kept focused on steeping themselves in the positive energies of the cosmos for in doing so as one door closes two other doors will open. Just look at his situation, he had to do nothing to be given a sweet ride to a better place. He gives instructions to a couple of his friends on how to keep the herb garden growing and producing and then went about gathering the few important things he would be taking with him.

Last edited June 27, 2021 9:36 am

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Jul 1, 2021 9:53 am

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As he prepares his belongings, and keeping track that the Zero Gravity Farm has the herbs growing nicely, it soon becomes the day for Oddball to depart.

After farewells and good riddances are exchanged, Oddball place his bag full of belongings into the Accelerator Pod's storage compartment before stepping into the cockpit.

Once the docking connector finishes decompressing, the Pod ejects itself away from the orbital colony. The boosters does some realignments before going accelerating. Once it is at a good speed, the boosters cut off, and the Accelerator Engine kicks in.

A cheery male robotic voice speaks up from the console infront of Oddball.
"Route is set and under way! Estimated arrival to Colony Gamma: 1 week to 10 weeks! More accurate estimates being calculated. Chat Mode on. Hi there, Captain Odlyxacur Ballantschnik! This Onboard AI system is installed with the latest conversation simulator! Do be careful not to accidentally switch to Manual Mode, this AI can be rather sensitive!"

Oddball

DeJoker Inactive forever!

Jul 1, 2021 2:08 pm

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"Cool baby, I am just gonna relax and watch some vids during this long relaxing trip."

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Jul 6, 2021 4:01 pm

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"... Sorry, but I'm afraid no babies are allowed in this Pod. You wish to watch a video? Checking data files... There are two video files found. Do you wish to watch "Guide on how to operate the Emergency Pod", or "Introductory Film on the DOPEA"? "

Cathamber

Aug 8, 2022 6:57 am

Oddballs' Introduction

"Alright baby! A dope film, yeah. Play it baby" He says as he tries a bit of his new creation (still on beta testing): a chewable version of the cosmic herbs.

He probably falls asleep halfway through the film considering that DOPEA mission and projects are quite far from what he expected, and the relaxing effects of the herbs, but he may still learn a thing or two from what he did see.

OOC:

If it will take so much time to arrive to the colony, there may be a long-sleep feature in the ship, right? If there is, he would activate it, otherwise, he would play some cosmic reggae music while watching the stars.

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Aug 10, 2022 8:48 am

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The screen in front of the Oddball now shows a video being played. It has what seems to be an outdated documentary on the organisation Oddball may barely remember that he had been working for. Animations and slides shows makes it a bit entertaining, but otherwise its very corporate-y propaganda.

"Welcome to the introductory video programme for the Department of Off-Planet Exploration and Advancement! If you are watching this video, it must mean that you are now entering an exciting journey into a carreer that will bring you into outer space! You will see as you continue your hard work to develop our projects, you too may get a chance to leave Darst and work on another planet! And before we may guide you through your potential roles and responsibilities, we would like to introduce to you some of our recent accomplishments!
...
Behold, Colony Alpha, our first step into the new frontier of space! Our beautiful moon, Cera, is now a home to some of our top scientists. They are very busy over there figuring out how to make Cera a new livable world, like our Darst.
...
Will you take a look at that! Colony Beta is our next attempt to build a space settlement on another planet. Not our moon, but the planet Mersk! Did you know we recently discovered that our forefathers designated this planet to focus on mining and possibly production? That's why we now know the craters are not caused by falling meteors, but by planetwide excavations!
...
And finally, Colony Gamma. The new home that isn't on Darst, but around her. This satellite space station is home to 15 daring scientists and engineers who will live their lives working in zero gravity together. If this is impressive enough, just you wait till after a few decades, this floating base will grow into a town of its own!"

Oddball will see old images of the satellite base he was on. It was much smaller than it is now, and it now has about 50 occupants. Also, it is no longer zero gravity, as artifical gravity tech is has been developed and implemented in most of the satellite town.

The video continues on to talk a bit about the difficult early history and ambitious goals of the organistion and the UA nation it is formed under. Then it goes on to talk about scientists, technicians and managers. Blah blah. Oddball might recall that there were more colonies now being built, but can't remember every current ones now.

On checking with the auto-pilot system of the pod, the space hippie will find that he has about weeks of travel to go. There is an onboard supply of hibernation gas to make travel easier. But perhaps the edible herb snacks he has will do the trick too.

OOC:

I'll say there will be no complications or anything too interesting for the journey. Let me know if you want to do something, or you're ready to arrive at the destination.

Oddball

Cathamber

Aug 10, 2022 10:54 am

Oddballs' Introduction

Prof. Oddball, took another small bite of the herbs and tried to pay attention to the film... But he recognised some mistakes from the beginning "Oh man, I'm not entering this career, I've been working for a while." But he was surprised as the screen didn't answer.
"Hard work, yeah.. those guys full of negativity tried to give a hard time, but the work was niiice".. only then he realised this was NOT an interactive video...
"Hey baby, do you have some sleeping air in you? Do you mind sharing a bit?"

OOC:

If there in not an voice activation mechanism for the hibernation gas, he will look for a manual one.

He probably didn't finish to watch the video before falling asleep.

Cathamber

Aug 15, 2022 5:26 pm

Oddballs' Introduction

Oddball is deeply asleep, the video finished and automatically turned off, hopefully he'll arrive to Colony Beta soon.

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Aug 16, 2022 5:17 am

Oddballs' Introduction

As the sweat silence of sleep overcomes him, Oddball is lost to the passage of time. He saw all kinds of visions, things that can be explained as mere dreams or maybe omens. Some scenes are colourful and trippy, while others are dark and disturbing. Of the latter category, Oddball is finds himself alone in some kind of birthday party room. There are red streamers hung on the walls, the message is probably "Happy Birthday" but the letters are messed up. There are many black balloons tied all over the place. On a few of them, messily drawn smiles are graffitied with white marker. Distant laughter and chatter can be heard, and then a voice comes up behind him:
"Would you like to know why everyone left?"

Oddball wakes up before he could turn around. He finds his ship have made a landing on a grey barren world, which probably woke him. The computer system says that the emergency pod have safely reached Mersk, the destination, and that a signal have been sent to Colony Beta, and a land transport will soon fetch him and his pod.

(Will save passed.)

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Oddball

Cathamber

Aug 17, 2022 12:06 am

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He somehow finds it refreshing to be arriving somewhere, eventhough his body automatically starts streching his muscles as the sleep was way longer than what could have been confortable. He longs for some exercise...

And the dream, such a strange dream, quite vivid but not very nice. Not shocking either, as he has seen worst in previous jobs. He seems to recall something about a birthday that everybody left... "Cause they were full of negativity man! But, I left, they remained in their rabbithole." Answered aloud, even if only to reassure himself.

'Oh, so this is the gray world the nice baby of the video mentioned' thought to himself, not sure if he actually said it aloud or not. "Niiiice"

He stood up to have a better view of his surroundings and to pick up his stuff. But as soon as the hatch opened the world's smell entered his nostrils. "Oh, not that *cough*... nice... *cough* " Clearly it will take some time to get used to the smell.

After putting in his backpack whatever usefull items he could find in the ship, and getting out of the ship, he found a big rock where to sit to wait for the transport and put one of those chewing little masterpieces in his mouth to chill and enjoy the view, thinking all good things he could create here with his science, his engineering or ingenuity or new alliances, or both.

OOC:

Please, do tell if there was something usefull in the ship he could take with him. Probably some flashlight, tools, camera, or credits... if there is even an old picture of people he doesn't know, we would probably take it out of curiosity.

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RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Aug 17, 2022 3:06 am

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Oddball went to search the pod more thoroughly. He doesn't need flashlights, as he has one already...

He finds some lost Credits in the gaps of the seat. Seems to be 3. He also finds a spare emergency flashlight and Sealing Tape, if he wants to take along. If he doesn't want to carry too much, he can sell them off. As he almost thinks he is done, he spots a photograph that is trapped in a compartment. It is quite crumpled and scratched, but he can see it shows a woman with the background of a busy street. In the back of the photo is a writing: "My beloved, Natalya. Will miss you and our homeland."

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It took about half an hour for a "van" to arrive. Two large bearded men in overalls comes down from his truck to inspect Oddball and the landed pod. They ask him to board the vehicle as the two of them roll the pod onto the platform to be loaded into the back.

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Oddball

Cathamber

Aug 17, 2022 9:36 pm

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Happy to get something usefull from the pod, he puts the flashlight, the tape, the photograph in his packpack, and the credits in his wallet, before the van arrived.
As soon as he saw the van arriving, he slowly walked out of the pod to wait for them, visibly relax either from the long wait or from the cumulative effets of the herbs... or both. "Suup, guys? Thanx a lot for coming to pick me up! What's new in this place to need a good engineer?" He said while clumsily boarding the vehicle. He wouldn't want to stay longe there, and hopefully this guys are possitive people.

RoAries Inactive for 8 months

Aug 19, 2022 2:03 am

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These guys doesn't seem to want to talk much, but is willing to humour Oddball's questions.

"Uh... yeah, I suppose we always could use extra people. As for what you are actually doing, er I don't know. Seems like you are a special case. We don't normally get new people to travel to us via emergency pods. But I suppose they really need only you to come to us for you to sit through that lonely journey." The driver says.

"You know, maybe its a good thing we are getting more people, bro. I heard our uppers are sending teams out on suicide missions. You know James? I know that guy. He never came back again when he was selected for that special job. And now I heard they just sent a second team. At least most of them are new. There is that nice vet dude with that strange lizard dog thing. I wonder how he is since he got selected too..." Another guy with a bit of a Russian accent comments.

"Shush. Don't scare the new guy. As long as we focus on our own work we have nothing to worry or care about. I mean, we already got our lungs used to this smokey air, at least we have this adaptation to keep our stable jobs here."

OOC:

If you still want to talk with them on the way. You can.

After a while of going pass a long stretch of grey, dusty and rocky nothingness, you finally reached the base. From the outside, it looks like a couple of glass domes and steel boxes. The van enters into a massive garage door, where it parks and Oddball can get off it. Waiting for him, is a man in an office suit and glasses carrying a clipboard. His name tag reads "Administrator Theo".

"Welcome, Mr... Od... laxer... liser... Balance... Uh, whatever. You're the engineer that got dumped on us. I heard you got into some trouble over at Colony Gamma. I suppose that means you are unwanted. However, we always have use for new recruits, so don't you worry that we will just let you laze about with nothing to do."

The man pause a bit before continuing, in a whisper. "I could... give you a special job. It's nothing much that will conflict with your daily duties. It is just an offer from me that might see you becoming useful to us in the long run. Human Resources back on Darst like to send up anybody here without too much of an investigation on their background in substance use. I know you have your favourite... ah, hobby. But if you can look around and find the source of the drug supply here and report back to me, I could work out a way to promote you faster. What do you say?"

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