Terror Nova (part 3)
New
Mr Zoat
Dedicated ragequitter
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2016
- Messages
- 18,660
- Likes received
- 982,903
20th August 2013
10:01 GMT -7
"Mother Box-."
Actually…
"Ping?"
"Persuader, why don't you make a portal for us?"
I can't see her face with that mask on, but I do see her shrug her shoulders. "Because I've got no idea where we're going."
"Do you need to know that? You didn't know what the layout of Challenger Mountain was before you opened a portal to here."
Her shoulders relax as she takes a moment to stare at the blade of the atomic axe. I considered using New God technology to augment it, but I decided against it on the grounds that I've got no idea at all how the blasted thing works and I don't want it to stop working.
"Controller Hinon, right?"
I nod. "Hinon Hee Hanannan."
She raises the axe into a high guard. "Try saying that three times fast."
"Hinonheehanannanhinonheehanannanhinonheehanannanhingonheeharannan-." She stares at me as Iname giggles. I shrug. "I managed three."
Iname stops giggling, looking slightly concerned. "Master, what do we do if the Lady Controller is doing something-"
Persuader swings her axe, slicing through reality and eliminating the space between us and our target.
"- private?"
"Brace for the end-"
Controller Hinon looks up at me through the jagged tear in reality.
"-times. Controller Hinon! Good morning."
She gives me a low wattage glare, then closes her eyes, shakes her head, and drifts slightly to the side so that we can enter…
I look around at the blank walls, utilitarian furniture and the strange machines-.
"Hinon, is this actually where you live?"
"Yes. I don't normally receive guests here, but for you I suppose that I'm obliged to make an exception."
Persuader follows me through, checks for concealed attackers, then for exit points, then puts her back against a solid-looking wall and waits for fighting. Ah, a real knock out the old block.
Iname-. Is already inside, looking around. "It is a very nice home that you have. Very minimalistic."
"It's just because I can't be bothered to decorate."
"I could decorate for you!" Iname smiles. "What colours do you like?"
Hinon sighs, quietly. Then she looks over to Persuader. "Are you going to leave that open?"
Persuader shrugs. Not The Boss Of Me
"Well." Hinon points to the rift with her right hand, and-.
Owowow.
Closes it, causing all three of us New Gods in the room to wince as something very wrong happens to… Something. I cover my reaction best, just tensing up a little. Iname ducks like she just heard the first rumblings of an earthquake and Persuader… She's acting like she's dizzy, staggering a few steps back and forth before she deliberately slams the back of her helmet against the wall to try and clear her head.
"Alright." I make a point of loosening up as the rift snaps shut. "Point made. Be polite to the elderly millennial."
"Especially when you break into her home." Judging us appropriately cowed, she floats over to a… Work surface of some sort. "I have several options for you."
The three of us cluster around, though I sit down because the display is clearly intended to be at a convenient height for maltusians.
"The first is a planet provisionally named Cargg." She brings up an image of a star system… With three suns? "Presently uninhabited. Weakly magical."
Iname peers at it. "Lady Controller, where is the planet?"
The image zooms in…
I frown. "What's it's orbit like?"
"It barely has one. It effectively rests in a LaGrange point while the suns orbit around each other."
"That… Can't be stable."
She rolls her eyes at me. "And yet it is. Cargg has almost constant daylight, though it's far enough away from the stars that the surface temperature is merely 'hot' rather than 'scorching'. If you can't see a star then it's probably raining on you."
I nod. "No seasons, either. Neighbours?"
"No one who wants it. None of them are aggressively expansionist and there are other systems around for them to settle."
"Other planets in the system?"
"Small desolate rocks. They could be mined, but they're all too hot, too small, or have exactly the sort of orbital paths a planet trying to include all three suns sounds like it would have."
"Plants? Animals?"
"Nothing readily domesticable. Quite a few things feed on light or electromagnetic radiation."
That sounds like a killer. "Electromagnetic radiation?"
"Elevated, but you could cope."
I shrug. "We could just build everything underground. This sounds not so much like it's a good option as one which technically meets my requirements." Hm. "Where did the magic come from? Did you drop off you-know-what here?"
"No. We once tried building a superstructure around the three suns."
"Oh? Is any of it still there?"
"No, it was fully demolished."
"Why?"
"The Guardians involved found that Oa made a better centre of operations. Since the superstructure wasn't needed, and we don't continue with pointless projects, the decision was made to scrap it. There are probably one or two odd trace elements in the stars, but that's all that's left."
"This… Sounds like something we can put on the long list." The very long list. "Anything else?"
"Yes." Cargg vanishes, and is replaced by a significantly more normal-looking system. "The Krilt system. Moderate magic presence, no easily inhabitable worlds, but there are a number of planetoids which could easily be adapted to your use."
I sigh. "What's wrong with it?"
"There used to be another planet here. It vanished, and we're not sure where it went."
"You don't know where a planet went?"
"We don't watch everything all the time. Sometimes planets vanish."
"Was it inhabited?"
"Yes-."
"Pass. Next."
10:01 GMT -7
"Mother Box-."
Actually…
"Ping?"
"Persuader, why don't you make a portal for us?"
I can't see her face with that mask on, but I do see her shrug her shoulders. "Because I've got no idea where we're going."
"Do you need to know that? You didn't know what the layout of Challenger Mountain was before you opened a portal to here."
Her shoulders relax as she takes a moment to stare at the blade of the atomic axe. I considered using New God technology to augment it, but I decided against it on the grounds that I've got no idea at all how the blasted thing works and I don't want it to stop working.
"Controller Hinon, right?"
I nod. "Hinon Hee Hanannan."
She raises the axe into a high guard. "Try saying that three times fast."
"Hinonheehanannanhinonheehanannanhinonheehanannanhingonheeharannan-." She stares at me as Iname giggles. I shrug. "I managed three."
Iname stops giggling, looking slightly concerned. "Master, what do we do if the Lady Controller is doing something-"
Persuader swings her axe, slicing through reality and eliminating the space between us and our target.
"- private?"
"Brace for the end-"
Controller Hinon looks up at me through the jagged tear in reality.
"-times. Controller Hinon! Good morning."
She gives me a low wattage glare, then closes her eyes, shakes her head, and drifts slightly to the side so that we can enter…
I look around at the blank walls, utilitarian furniture and the strange machines-.
"Hinon, is this actually where you live?"
"Yes. I don't normally receive guests here, but for you I suppose that I'm obliged to make an exception."
Persuader follows me through, checks for concealed attackers, then for exit points, then puts her back against a solid-looking wall and waits for fighting. Ah, a real knock out the old block.
Iname-. Is already inside, looking around. "It is a very nice home that you have. Very minimalistic."
"It's just because I can't be bothered to decorate."
"I could decorate for you!" Iname smiles. "What colours do you like?"
Hinon sighs, quietly. Then she looks over to Persuader. "Are you going to leave that open?"
Persuader shrugs. Not The Boss Of Me
"Well." Hinon points to the rift with her right hand, and-.
Owowow.
Closes it, causing all three of us New Gods in the room to wince as something very wrong happens to… Something. I cover my reaction best, just tensing up a little. Iname ducks like she just heard the first rumblings of an earthquake and Persuader… She's acting like she's dizzy, staggering a few steps back and forth before she deliberately slams the back of her helmet against the wall to try and clear her head.
"Alright." I make a point of loosening up as the rift snaps shut. "Point made. Be polite to the elderly millennial."
"Especially when you break into her home." Judging us appropriately cowed, she floats over to a… Work surface of some sort. "I have several options for you."
The three of us cluster around, though I sit down because the display is clearly intended to be at a convenient height for maltusians.
"The first is a planet provisionally named Cargg." She brings up an image of a star system… With three suns? "Presently uninhabited. Weakly magical."
Iname peers at it. "Lady Controller, where is the planet?"
The image zooms in…
I frown. "What's it's orbit like?"
"It barely has one. It effectively rests in a LaGrange point while the suns orbit around each other."
"That… Can't be stable."
She rolls her eyes at me. "And yet it is. Cargg has almost constant daylight, though it's far enough away from the stars that the surface temperature is merely 'hot' rather than 'scorching'. If you can't see a star then it's probably raining on you."
I nod. "No seasons, either. Neighbours?"
"No one who wants it. None of them are aggressively expansionist and there are other systems around for them to settle."
"Other planets in the system?"
"Small desolate rocks. They could be mined, but they're all too hot, too small, or have exactly the sort of orbital paths a planet trying to include all three suns sounds like it would have."
"Plants? Animals?"
"Nothing readily domesticable. Quite a few things feed on light or electromagnetic radiation."
That sounds like a killer. "Electromagnetic radiation?"
"Elevated, but you could cope."
I shrug. "We could just build everything underground. This sounds not so much like it's a good option as one which technically meets my requirements." Hm. "Where did the magic come from? Did you drop off you-know-what here?"
"No. We once tried building a superstructure around the three suns."
"Oh? Is any of it still there?"
"No, it was fully demolished."
"Why?"
"The Guardians involved found that Oa made a better centre of operations. Since the superstructure wasn't needed, and we don't continue with pointless projects, the decision was made to scrap it. There are probably one or two odd trace elements in the stars, but that's all that's left."
"This… Sounds like something we can put on the long list." The very long list. "Anything else?"
"Yes." Cargg vanishes, and is replaced by a significantly more normal-looking system. "The Krilt system. Moderate magic presence, no easily inhabitable worlds, but there are a number of planetoids which could easily be adapted to your use."
I sigh. "What's wrong with it?"
"There used to be another planet here. It vanished, and we're not sure where it went."
"You don't know where a planet went?"
"We don't watch everything all the time. Sometimes planets vanish."
"Was it inhabited?"
"Yes-."
"Pass. Next."
Last edited: