it was the same dream @ZyerFire
the delivery, the probe, the dead planet, the secret underground hanger, the same scenario as far as you could remember. You then decided to finally sort this out, and end this.
Transmission to the Scavangers from Admiral Derek
Could I purchase a beetle MK 3 by any chance?
Tim: umm, ok, why not! we were about to send an old MK 3 anyway... we thought you could collect the resources... funny that
You searched the ship, and the same as your dream, there it was, same place as you expected. You found the disk, with its secret data and map.
Soon you had the evidence, and Tim had blurted out the location of the dead planet. things were going smoothly
Your expedition to the dead planet felt so familiar, you could spot the palace from orbit, but you kept your mouth shut, and soon your crew found the minerals underground, and set out an expedition to find them. You find the bulkhead door, but this time, the control panel wasn't even on. Unlike in your dream, you really were on an ancient dead planet, and nothing worked, no power, no electricity, no energy or movement to be heard of. you take it all in before continuing to the palace.
The hallways were familiar, and you easily found the rulers bedroom. It was grand, but ancient. preserved in time, but unlike your dream again, you knew that this room had lived thousands of years, and most articles where lain to dust. The bed was no more than a pile of timber, sprawled over the floor in the sterile air. You and your crew moved the dusty remains away, and sure enough was the secret trap door. You climbed down into the basement bellow.
You turned on your headlamp, and your crew split up, finding ancient artifacts, but these really where old. The FTL drives were very basic and simple, the reactors seemed volatile and dangerous. Everything was perfect. Then you glanced across the Beetle MK 5, its hull had a layer of dust on it, but it was fresher, cleaner than the rest, then you looked at the ground, and saw track marks. Somebody had landed this in a hurry, almost crashed it into the ground. The rest of the ship seemed intact, usable, why was it still here if it was so ready?
You continued searching until you found the freight elevator. It was covered in rust, and had barely any paint left. When you commanded the elevator down, it simply hissed, as air trapped for centuries in pneumatic pipes finally let itself free, and instead of a confident wirr, all you felt was the air rushing past you as you descended using only the power of gravity.
Then, you arrived, and all at once powerful spotlights beamed on, but how? How did an ancient infra-structure survive so long, unmaintained. Nothing else worked, so why this and now? you saw before you the grand steel sky scrappers holding numerous members of the lost fleet, but something was afoot, but what? you pushed forth to the control tower, standing proud in the center, and found a non-functioning elevator. Luckily, you had brought climbing gear for such an occasion, and made it up to the top still. Once there, you found it as you had expected, dusty office chairs, old blueprints, a computer console still on... a computer console? but first, to be sure, you check the blueprints and notes, and there, sure enough, was an unambiguous yellow note saying "Tim was here".
Lastly, now with one task, you set yourself in front of the computer console, your crew more confused than you expected. You set yourself the task. to write in shadowfleet. You searched for the letter S, and went to press S. the key bouncing down confidently under your finger, and on the screen appeared the letter, S, just as you would expect. however, you were only one letter through, and so had to get going! therefore, you decided your next goal would be to press H. your fingers lept at the letter H, forcing the key to respond. Now the screen displayed SH, your making progress!
you continued to type each key, A,D,O,W,F,L,E but now you had a problem! the E key was stuck! how would you type in the next E?! you began to rapidly tap the keyboard, hoping it to be free! To come all this way, just to be beaten by a keyboard! What a disaster! You would be ruined! You turned every prayer, every thought, every ounce of willpower, blood, guts, grit you had to making the E key come free! AND IT DID! You wiped your forehead in relief, and finished off the final key: T. then, you pressed the enter key, its size feeling confident under your finger filling you with pride for what you had achieved!
----ACHIEVMENT GET----
type "shadowfleet" on a keyboard
xp +0
But it was short lived. Your task was done, but now, now was a new question, just what did you do. The screen turned blank, and you heard a wirr of gears and metal, and then thrusters, and you saw in the distance a swarm of small ships came flying towards you, desperate to kill you. In that instant of adrenaline you Grabbed a climbing rope and assailed down the tower, the rest of your crew followed quick. You ran across the smooth concrete, faster than you thought you ever could, desperate to get up. But then, you realized you were trapped, the elevator down was a one way trip. Was this how you would die? Would it all end, trapped, afraid, hopeless?
Of course not! You heard the sound of a huge engine blasting it's way from above you, and in a slow motion action shot, you see Jack and Tim piloting a Fluro Green "Pew-Pew" blasting away the ships barely keeping them at bay. The craft lowers next to you, and Tim throws a ladder. "Jump on!" he cries over the roar of the engines. You all scramble up the ladder, as Jack continues to pilot the craft, desperate to stay alive. Once everyone was aboard, the craft flung around and shot out through the hanger, through the workshop, out the door which had been freshly blasted off it's hinges, and flew out
But what was it that you had just witnessed? But what had you awoken? There is more to come... Stay tuned for more:
Tales Of Interest!
(and RP, you are now directly involved in the creation of a new faction 😛)