did someone say dinosaurs

[articletwelve]

...Or something like it, anyway. Thanks Google.

Hello all! Larissa here with a plot to shake things up a little bit - and what better way than dinosaurs in space?

THE PREMISE
So, about a week ago now, Wash (articletwelve and York (neverknocks) took a job for Hypatia to fix up a malfunctioning teleporter in Garden Zone 08. Unfortunately for them, it didn't go so well -- the teleporter was right in the middle of Sacrosanct's dinosaur territory. While they managed to fix up the teleporter enough to get through it themselves, they were in too much of a rush to double-check the work, and... well.

Now it's really malfunctioning.

THE EVENT
From Sunday, August 12 to Friday, August 17, dinosaurs will be randomly popping out of the teleporters. What these dinosaurs are is up to player discretion, but expect a good number of (Jurassic Park-style) velociraptors, T-rexes, compys, you name it. (Here's a top ten list if you need some ideas!) Extra-large dinosaurs like Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus probably won't be able to fit through the teleporters, but T-rexes and dinosaurs around that size will have plenty of room.

There will be as many dinosaurs as necessary -- basically, use your imagination. The way the teleporter is broken is that when dinosaurs go through, their patterns are stuck, and even if the starting teleporter is destroyed a couple of days into the event, they'll still be caught in there until they run out on Saturday. There will still be dinosaurs left in Garden Zone 08 afterwards, since the ones that pop out are basically just respawned copies.

Anyone can NPC the dinosaurs as necessary, so long as there's no godmoding. Get permission before another character gets mauled or killed.

PLOTTING
Of course, someone needs to go take care of things. I do need volunteers to take out the teleporter that's causing all of this - just comment in the thread below if you're interested. Wash and York will have a vested interest in fixing it, obviously (and Madi and I are totally okay with them taking the blame for the whole mess), but I'd much rather have other characters involved in the actual strike. (Something short of a nuke should do fine.)

ETA: I think we're good on volunteers, but if anyone's got any other ideas just let me know and I'd be happy to figure something out.

Feel free to use this post for plotting!

OPT-OUT
If you'd rather not run into any dinosaurs, teleporters in Residential Zone 12 and Garden Zone 06 will not spawn dinosaurs. Chalk it up to a programming error.

QUESTIONS?
Any questions (or if I forgot anything), just toss 'em in the thread below.

Comments

VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

Interested in going to blow up the teleporter? Let me know here.

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[mcfussyfangs]

CAN THE TELEPORTER BE SOMEWHAT FUCKED UP BY AN UNUSUALLY TALL TEENAGE GIRL WITH A CHAINSAW ARSENAL BECAUSE
IF SO
SIGN ME UP???

I haven't submitted the app of the only character I play who actually uses firearms

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

YES SURE. Of course, she has to make it to the teleporter in one piece, but if she can then she can totally go at it with a chainsaw. It just might need somethinga little sturdier to finish the job.

wow that was an intense random icon choice dammit wash

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[mcfussyfangs]

she can pull cover
and by cover I mean a dinosaur murdering diversion
woop woop

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

excellent. i look forward to seeing chainsaws + dinosaurs.

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[fe_male]

are you apping from lollipop chainsaw or

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[mcfussyfangs]

Nah
Kanaya uses chainsaws and is also a super strong alien vampire and Tucker uses his dumb energy sword and grenedes and assault rifles
there isn't a PC port of lollipop chainsaw
which makes me weep when I remember
WHY WOULD YOU REMIND ME WHY WHY WHY

[fe_male]

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW CAN

Violet Parr

[personalbubble]

This girl knows that her bubbles are chew-proof -- she could provide protection for the anti-teleporter team.

Re: Violet Parr

[articletwelve]

Ooh, that'd be good! It's a bit of a hike up to the teleporter, and it'll be crawling with dinosaurs, so she'd definitely be a good help.

Re: Violet Parr

[personalbubble]

Then she will be all over that.

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[selfmadehero]

Oh you know it.

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

Awesome! I am totally canon-blind, so what kinds of things could she do against it?

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[selfmadehero]

She's got projectiles, a bunch of minor explosives, and a real talent for not getting herself blown up?

She can fight off dinosaurs, and she would quite probably tag along even if she's useless and/or has been directly ordered not to.

[fe_male]

tony stark uncharacteristically showing up for duty

[articletwelve]

wow tony you're really straining yourself.

He'd be great, though - if anybody can fuck with a teleporter spouting dinosaurs Tony Stark better be able to.

[fe_male]

ikr okay he's got a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre he is totally excused from basically all normal responsibilities by default

the biggest question is why he would want to fix it but i'm sure a raptor can fix that i can come up with something

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[arlenadja]

Exploding teleporters with large amounts of firepower? Sounds fun to me!

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

Awesome! C: What can she do exactly?

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[arlenadja]

Magic! Fire, ice, lightning, the normal stuff. (She also has a spell that doubles the power of her next attack and can be stacked repeatedly for massive damage and completely removing all semblance of strategy from combat.)

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[soldad]

I need to find out if grenade launchers are available on the station

otherwise, Arthur is totally up for blowing up teles and shootin' dinos

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[articletwelve]

If not, there's probably something like it in the junkyard. Or he can get creative.

Re: VOLUNTEERS

[soldad]

dare we say dream a little bigger

I'm sure he's very good with improvised explosives and such lol

bullet between teh brain hurts most anything right :|b

Harry Dresden

[windycitywizard]

Did someone say fireballs? I'm pretty sure someone said fireballs.

...Harry might end up trying to ride a dinosaur too. He's done it before! Nevermind that it was undead and under his complete control.

Re: Harry Dresden

[articletwelve]

Hey - sorry for the late reply! I think we're actually good on volunteers, since I don't want to make it too big a group, but Harry can totally run around shooting fireballs or what have you. Or he can help contain them? Let me know what works for you and we can figure something out. ♥