Session 7
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- Sasani System
- Approach oddly shaped planets, tidally locked band from space (spot where they go over each other is devoid of greenery), through which, massive train tracks
- Energized train = perpetual motion machine = battery generators
- Inside is very guarded, several frigates that would stop ppl from trying to blow it up
- Platforms meet the train, train doesnt stop
- Along the tracks is Voz Ricander
- Kaa Disposal Plant
- Knock on the door and theres no response
- Sound of machine crunching on something
- Our ship is the only one here but the signal is here
- Door is unlocked, no one within
- Able to notice small drops of blood, not from a gunshot, but maybe a knife that seems to go either towards one of the operator posts or away from it
- Some very small thoughts happening, low brain waves, and oddly in one of the trash bags, more thoughts
- Trash bag is full of metal parts
- Almado tries to lift the trash bag, but slips and gets stuck on the conveyor belt
- We are all trying to get him off
- Almado rips it, metal falls to the ground, parts of robotics also fll
- Computer chip, similar to ds cartridge, meant to be slotted into smth, emitting small thoughts
- Part of the neural interface that would belong to a high value pilot, this one is part of a soldiering program, this is hyper vigilance
- Guy is slumped behind wall, impromptu brain surgery
- Akin to being comatose rn
- 26: how can we awaken you mortal?
- “Insert some chips, be selective.”
- This one is his desensitation chip, to make him calm
- We need 3-4 to make him active, he lost abt 7
- We send 26 to go find the others, goopy ghost rises out of acid
- Combat
- Irradiated plant reaches to 26 laws of power
- Desensitation, hypervigilance, Loyalty, compartmentalization, survivor’s guilt, pragmatism, and discipline/control
- Survivor’s guilt = mostly try to save others, issue is he does it over himself
- Pragmatism = will start doing things other cant decisively, will treat other people as assets, makes quick decisions
- Loyalty = unshakable devotion to us, but also his prev held motivations, will occasionally override ethics or common sense
- Compartmentalization = functions under extreme stress without breaking down, will not process emotions til afterwards but will be bad
- Discipline/control = great self regulation, endurance, good aptitude at things, will stick to his dogma he’s been following with, will struggle with peaceful/civilian situations
- Loyalty, Compartmentalization, Pragmatism, Discipline/Control
- Elven man w odd mechanical arms and legs turns around, small bow
- “Thank you”
- As: u ok?
- “A dispute with my friend, but he’s free now. There’s no reason to pursue it further.”
- Al: free? Dead?
- “No, he has collected the bounty on me.”
- As: i dont understand the friendship then
- “It is important amongst friends. Ik why he did it, but it’s for the best.”
- “Are you the ones im supposed to be meeting about finding an array on the planet?”
- Yeah
- “Is it on the planet or the system?”
- 26: we are unsure, we merely know it is in this system
- “Before my old employers get here, we should leave.”
- Al: ship?
- “I had a ship, but i believe my old companion stole it.”
- Al: you can ride with us
- “I can fly if you need.”
- 26: you may be a better pilot than us
- To the blue angel
- Looks at the cultivators “your garb is a bit odd. What sect do you follow from?”
- 26: Lián Huā Sect
- “What”
- 26: long time ago
- “What are their beliefs?”
- 26: well. Have you ever heard of the 26 laws of power?
- “That is your name is it not?”
- 26: that is our cultivation technique
- “Cultivator?”
- “I’d probably not follow down that path, lest that result in the death of one of us. I follow the Solara Imperium.”
- To asper “are you also striving for immortality?”
- As: im not striving for it but it may happen
- 26: should our goal end in an extended lifespan
- “We’re not directly conflicting right now, but I merely warn you that you wander toward sin”
- “What do you know of the object we’re looking for, i understand it is a form of matrix array?”
- “You should seek to rectify the infinite lifespan if you succeed.”
- “Has anyone’s dao been fated to succeed for forever?”
- 26: we do not know, even our own sect was not fated to survive for eternity. One has to experience life and the tribulations that come with it
- “Does one actually experience the tribulations of life if they reach immortality?
- 26: yeah
- As: the thing we are looking for was marked as biological for transportation. Attaches to host bodies like a parasite
- “Forgive my secrecy, but i have seen the footage of what you fought at the wharf. How familiar are you with the things that are not quite of our world? From far far beyond.”
- Al: not alot
- “Are you familiar with the Nullus Verge?”
- (during almado’s time in training, he went on the Dark Infosphere. A little bit of treason against corporation. Able to create Remembrance Streams, these things are often not announced. Distress signal sent out, but concord of aedryn announced it as mechanical failure. Thus remembrance stream was never created.)
- “I encountered smth while investigating, it took 10 years to investigate it, we discovered smth known as the Reimap. A group of people that come from another universe. As were our orders, we killed them all.”
- (they are functionally immortal. Die only when smth happens to them.)
- “Many were kind to answer our questions, recreated thru visuals what happened. We found smth known as Hekath on it. A bug that eats dna and integrates it into it’s own body. They mostly eat and integrate upon themselves. Their tech is the opposite of what i saw at that wharf. Since they are purely biological, the creature youre fighting is purely mechanical. Furthermore, it seems to have split itself, which isnt common in biologics, but common in programs.”
- As: it seemed to not want to seek out the androids in the wharf. Maybe it can only eat organics
- “It may only seek out organics bc it hates them. I as an elf can eat many things, but i cant eat other elves or humans lest i get sick. There is the possibility that if it, like the hekath, try to eat each other, they gain very little. May lose individuality.” (eat an android = may lose part of itself = better off killing them)
- “I hope we have a good working relationship.”
- Writes on the glass a simple message, “avoid your phones if you don’t want Velu to hear.”
- “I probably know where it is, but you wont like it. The one that that provides what the automaton needs. The train generator. The train is guarded by 4 frigates, one personally hovering atop.”
- 26: we hope we don’t have to fight through a colony ship of zombies
- “That would be too noticeable, the creature is small. It was able to fit in a barrel. Turning people into a zombie would stop it from being there indefinitely.”
- Al: infecting everywhere it stops
- “Those batteries are loaded onto frigates and sent deeper into aedryn space.”
- 26: wherever the batteries end up they can spread from there
- “Yes, but idk if they can. The zombies were harrowing, but it had its entirety there.”
- (could stay dormant, could affect ppl subtly.)
- Al: steering civilization instead of outright controlling it
- “Ik a way onto the train but u may not like it.”
- “We simply have to find one of the massive colony batteries, hollow it out, label it for refill. Load you all in, some stay behind to distract for scanning process, load you on to get past security.”
- 26: where do we get a colony battery?
- “Idk, but it’s a start.”
- As: any contacts where we might get such a battery?
- “Ik a few colonies i helped, but alas they have returned such things as the battery is a downpayment, they collect taxes once its returned.”
- X: how much are they worth in credits?
- “In credits? One that couldnt be identified? 20,000 maybe.”
- X: we dont have that
- “I say we land for a bit, go to… Irovox, unless you have a better destination? It is the largest city on the major.”
- Looks at the cultivators “your garb is a bit odd. What sect do you follow from?”
- Irovox
- Notably has an open parking bay we can use. Yayyyy. Do unfortunately have to bolt the ship to the ground tho bc the ship will float away otherwise
- Do manage to land, one person, halfling
- “Are you here for the competition?”
- Huh?
- “Your brain friend. The contemplative.”
- 26: which competition?
- “A competition for contemplatives in meditation being held by Corvin Rusic (head of Aetherion Corporation R&D)”
- Al: YOU HAVE TO WIN
- Halfling is struggling against the gravity, clipboard trying to fly away
- “Entering?”
- 26: yes
- “Name?”
- 26: the 26 laws of power
- (writes it as “26LP)
- 26: are you able to explain any other contemplatives that may be present?
- “Sure.”
- 26: which ones? Who?
- “I’m not reading all of these off. There are over 200.”
- 26 goes to look at it, halfling is clearly upset but 26 sees ZLD on the list
- 26: we appreciate your time and assistance
- “YEAH.” stomps away
- 26: almado i would not get your hopes up
- Al: ILL GET YOU AS MUCH COKE AS YOU NEED
- Kalervo Turred “you dont need cocaine, you need adderall.”
- 26: we are not sure if you are aware, but have any of you heard of zebufara’s last doctrine.
- (prodigy, help with medical science, very far along based on contemplative age)
- R: theyre your rival??? Do they know this????
- 26: we have met
- R: ok ive met many people. I dont know some of them exist bc ive run into them on the street
- 26: they are well regarded by society. Rather skilled at everything.
- 26: it pains us greatly to strive for 2nd place
- Voz “I’m going to gather information about the battery if you dont mind”
- Goes with Siryu, dwarfs ppl in the party at abt 7ft
- Walk into the city, sapient purple orb follows
- Bubbles “is that friend?”
- Points at a bar, floating vocaloid head on a contemplative yellow head (male of the twins, CV02-2)
- Al: not friend, associate. 26 i might need assistance. This one is. Uh. (gestures)
- 26: we can go with you
- “Mmm. we are happy to see you.”
- “Mmm. do not smoke, it is against company policy. We talk telepathically, the shock has yet to go off.”
- CV02-1 guard is a shabohad
- Al: how’s the promotional tour?
- “Good. we thought the twins was the best place for the Twins to have their first album.”
- (FUCK MIKU DOESNT HAVE AN ALBUM YET)
- “We’ve been congratulated, the manager will be down here soon.”
- Al: he’s here???
- “He will be here in 2 days.”
- Al: if you dont mind me, (pulls out phone, theyre at 3k followers vs mikus 200). Is yours the major?
- “Neither of us are the major. We work together.”
- “You are charming. Why arent you doing better for yourself?”
- Al: we made some long term investments that will turn out
- “Are they here to replace your job?”
- “The head provides ample cushion and stopping others from poking at the brain.”
- 26: we have trained our bodies to strengthen ourself
- “Ive yet to strengthen my body, it is just our mind.”
- 26: we’ve done both
- “We wish to be part of an R&D program that expands entertainment.”
- 26: this involves wearing a large head and guarding a bar?
- “We do not think that this is any more embarrassing than any other mortal job.”
- 26: we’re the 26 laws of power
- “We’re The Ohm Between Moments.”
- 26: a pleasure to make your acquaintance
- Al: can you secure our communications
- “Theyre always secure”
- Al: just you and me buddy
- Al: the 26 laws of power. You think they have what it takes to be in the business
- “They are a beautiful brain. But not the most beautiful.”
- Al: entering the competition?
- “Of course, ive already paid the company for my time off.”
- Al: you help the 26 laws of power place well, and miku will open for you’
- “That would be dishonorable no?”
- Al: its just good business
- (agrees to it)
- Shobhad is Thrakkun-Mar (AKA The Spider) that got reassigned do to Atrocities