[Away Mission:] Arrivals Post, Alemar III (Party Post!)

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"Welcome, everyone, to geothermal field two-nine-one," Dr. Johanna Sk'Amor says, once everyone has gathered in the entryway.

The shuttlebay the group has just left is behind them, while the large entrance to the facility is directly ahead. The building is quite spacious, and despite the high volume of visitors no one is cramped for space while standing here. It's like a museum lobby, with fixtures in the center of the room and wings on either side. While the design is not as bright and clean as the Enterprise, the high ceilings and white walls give a feeling of spaciousness. To the right is the main observation room, where the convex wall making up one full corner of the drilling facility is primarily floor-to-ceiling windows. The vistas beyond are stunning: tall, grey mountains and low valleys, all covered with snow. To the left is a winding staircase that leads to an upper level, and beyond that are several labs.

"This is one of five scientific outposts located on Alemar III," the doctor continues. "At one time we had seven, but two have been destroyed by earthquakes. Alemar III is highly geologically active, so our remaining facilities have been reinforced to withstand even the most devastating natural disasters. There's nothing to worry about, our engineers are some of the best in the quadrant, but if you feel some tremors while you look around just keep in mind that this is normal.

"Two of our outposts are at the polar north and south of the planet, while the other three, this one included, are evenly spread across the globe. Our staff is small, only about ten scientists and five archaeologists, and enough engineers to keep everything in working order. In all, the entire planet only has about ninety occupants at any given time. It's rare that we're able to entertain guests.

"If you'll follow me, I'll show you some of the work we accomplish here."


[ooc: This post is open to those who signed up for our game plot only! As it's being run party post style, all characters are encouraged to tag in and mingle; since teams have not been divided yet, any participating character can tag anyone else, you don't have to stick only to those on your teams. You may also tag in as many top level threads as you choose if you're doing the full tour, just be sure your character ends up in the room where their team will be positioned for the rest of the plot (for those who will be divided in the mines due to cave-ins, the main mine connects to many other rooms and alcoves, so simply tag in under the Main Mine subheading and have your characters move around the different passageways to explore. Wherever rocks fall, that's where the rooms will be divided). Threadhopping and backtagging are encouraged! This post will remain open for as long as it takes all characters to tag in.]

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Billy Cranston

[morphitudinous]

Billy is enamored with everything he's hearing and seeing. It's a wonder merely to be off the Enterprise, and to learn more about this era to boot? He's devouring every bit of information he can. He's had to jog to catch up with the group more than once due to his tendency to linger.

He longs to explore, but his desire to hear everything he can keeps him rooted to the main area.

"Isn't it absolutely amazing?" he gushes, gazing at the crystal. "Harnessed properly, you could really speed things along. And if terraforming was successful...wow. There's so much untapped potential."

He eagerly thinks back on everything he's picked up, licking the taste of the strange fruit from his lips. This is one of the best trips ever.

[immafrog]

"Careful, Billy," Adam laughed softly. "Your nerd is showing."

Obviously, being a nerd was hardly a bad thing. But it was always kind of hilarious when Billy really gushed and nerded over something because it was like he was at a comic book convention. But with crystals and energy readings.

[morphitudinous]

"How often do we have opportunities like this, though?" Billy questioned, still smiling as brightly as ever. "There's so much to potentially study here...and it isn't exactly fresh air, but isn't it a nice change of pace to be off the Enterprise?"

Nothing could bring him down. Well...almost nothing, but that wouldn't be happening quite yet. For now, he looked like a kid on Christmas morning and everything was just fine.

He watched Adam expectantly.

yeah so I switched to gmail and forgot to confirm the address and didn't know you tagged D:

[immafrog]

"It is," He laughed and nodded. Billy just made him smile brightly with his mannerisms right now though. He wasn't sure why, maybe because he never saw Billy so excited like this. "I just hope we can study enough before these earthquakes get too strong."

He lived in California long enough to know that earthquakes didn't always die down after the first and this whole planet was full of the activity.

no worries!

[morphitudinous]

Billy crouched to study a crystal, taking it in, then slid over to the wall. He wasn't going to slow down when there was so much to see! Come on, Adam. Smile with him.

"I don't think we're meant to be here long. A few more minutes, perhaps...and then we leave the studying to the experts, and continue aboard the Enterprise."

He didn't sound entirely happy about that. "But that leaves the possibility we'll visit other planets later, right? Maybe we'll see something even bigger."