Happy August, everyone! Last month, mistakes were made. This month we have a few fun storms and presents for everyone!
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First, we'll welcome again our new mod, Gary mod, who is already hard at work helping with plot and missions!
This month will feature the test drive. As a note, applications are now rolling! Anyone can submit an app at any time. Applications will be assessed when we have below the player cap. If anyone would like to put up an enable me/ATP meme, please feel free and we'll plurk it separately so people may replurk it. Once AC is over, we'll make a plurk for how many slots we have, so keep on the lookout for it! Important dates to remember for this month include:
AUGUST 15th: Test Drive Meme
Where The Tide Starts to Turn
The long foretold hurricane season has arrived. The month in general will feature a great deal of stormy weather. The first of the major hurricanes will sweep in over the course of the first week and out by the end of the second. From the 5th until the 9th, characters will be unable to leave the base without severe injury and risk of death. Of course, characters may be able to guard themselves from this storm but URSULA's usual diving equipment can't protect them. The peak of the storm will be the 7th.
This first storm is a deeply unpleasant one that will rock the base with winds louder than any train and tear up the seabed around it. Luckily the main body of the storm stays to the far east but even the arms of this storm are dangerous enough.
Throughout the storm, animals or creatures being kept in the base (that are still living— we see you, lab team) will need to be comforted a great deal through the storm. All their instincts will be telling them what a deadly situation it is and need to be reassured that they are safe.
The base has been thoroughly protected thanks to the tireless efforts of the crew! However a few events will still occur.
On the 6th sometime in the day, a hunk of coral will slam into the kitchen walls, large and fast enough to tear a hole and cause it to flood. The bulkhead doors will prevent the flooding from reaching any other room but this tear will need to be dealt with quickly while others move food out of the room and empty it of water to the best of their abilities. URSULA will work to get her flood pumps back online so that it can be cleared on repair.
On the 7th in the evening, URSULA's life support systems will go down. It will last only one hour, which she will inform crew members, and should be survivable. She herself will go offline after this message to conserve power while the generators kick in and bring her back online. Although only an hour, by the end of it, no doubt crew members will notice breathing more difficult than before. Otherwise it's only a mild inconvenience. Good thing you have URSULA to monitor that!
In the early morning of the 8th, the corridor leading to the shower room will collapse from a large impact. It means no bathing until someone fixes it but that probably isn't a priority. Probably.
After the storm has passed, the base will be standing but banged up. Some minor repairs will need to be made but nothing difficult. The Aurora, too, managed to mostly come out clean. A portion of the east side of the ship sank into the ocean. Now will be a good time to visit, too, as Reapers seem to have disappeared for the month. Even they fear the storm. And with good reason. A number of dead creatures litter the ocean, from Gasopods and common fish to two Reefbacks. Fishing will need to take place much further to the west or in caves for about two months. Floater Island will have lost one of the observatories but the other and the remains of the base will be mostly intact. Aside from a few dead animals, they managed to survive the storm well.
In addition! At any time after the storm's peak on the 7th, characters who go out (you really shouldn't) may discover things. Familiar things. The storm appears to have dragged up and scattered items from home. Characters may find two small things from home (up to the size of a person each) or one large thing (up to the size of a car). These can be anything you like, although please let us know if they are items we'd need to be aware of the powers of!
Obviously, a character doesn't have to find their own stuff. You're welcome to let someone else discover your junk! Hopefully they'll be nice enough to give it back.
BONUS STORM! We did say stormy season, didn't we? Aside from the weather turning nasty on a dime throughout, another heavier storm will past through the area towards the end of the month. This storm isn't an actual hurricane but likely the remains of one from faraway. It will dump torrential rainfall and high winds for the last week of the month but nothing that will damage the base or warrant staying in the base.
The Shrooms Strike Back
Anyone who went on the Jelly Shroom Cave exploration mission will fall abruptly sick during the hurricane. The symptoms will vary from light (headaches, runny nose, harsh cough, insomnia, exhaustion) to mild (high fever, chills, vomiting, rashes, bruising) to severe (disorientation, hallucinations, vertigo, irregularly fast heartbeat) or any combination. This sickness can very easily spread to any other crew members, so you're free to have your character fall ill.
Note that this illness will not go away easily. It will take the full month to run its course naturally, so take this into consideration.
Many of the updates mentioned here, along with a few others, have been added to the Biome and Base posts. As mods we don't manage the player-run Subnautica discovery document but we encourage everyone to use the document for details that aren't included on the Biome and Base posts.
BIOMES
Explorers last month unlocked the Monolith and Mountain Island biomes and further explored the Jelly Shroom Caves. Check out their biome pages for more information!
BASE
This month has seen several room additions! Three crew members have made personal rooms locked to themselves. There are also two extra personal rooms. These two rooms will lock to those who wish to claim it. Further, the base’s bathroom has now been converted exclusively to be a set of showers, while a toilet room featuring Japanese-style toilets has been added alongside a hot springs.
A small laundry room has been added to the side of the kitchen, and while Tanabata is over, URSULA has ensured that all communicators can access all the Earth calendars she has in her records for other holidays they may wish to celebrate.
DECORATING
The Base has gained some exciting aesthetic additions this month! Spoodermans scattered around the base, along with many purring plants brought back from the Monolith. The Medbay has been painted pink, and Mettaton and Napstablook have performed musical nights for the crew! Reaper Mandibles have also been placed outside the base entrance for decoration.
On a more somber note, a mural has been added to the library to commemorate the missing crew. Flowers are added for missing crew, and a name plate shows the name of the missing in rotation.
RESEARCH
Several new messages gathered from various explorations this month have been added to a database of recordings from previous crew. This is kept in the lab. Aurora Survivor Naoko also told the crew that she is on the planet to help with war relief efforts but won’t give detail about them.
Spiritual hotspots, ideal for casting magic, have been found at the Aurora, the lake on Floater Island and the new coral formation where the Reefback died in the Kelp Forest. New metals were discovered, named Lavellanium (light-catching), Thisium (beats like a heart), Maionium (generates electrical current under pressure), and Thatium (superconductor, plays sounds etched into metal when coated with thin iron). Rabbitray venom methods against Reapers were researched, and Crash Powder have been grown in microbial cultures.
Finally, a vast deep sea creator has been contacted. It appears to harbor ill intentions for the crew and may be the source of the Void song.
TERRAFORMING
The crew has built up land walls around the Base to defend it against the storm and developed current generators to supply energy and redirect currents around the base. This has cooled the water in the area. The foundation of the Base has also been supported, and the Farm has been similarly protected with multiple shields and protective encasings. A tunnel has been built underground between the base and the farm, leading up into the middle of it. The Floater Island farm has been cleaned up with several plants added.
COMMUNICATIONS
Nic Cage, Kevin Costner, and James Cameron films have been restored to URSULA's archives. In addition, the Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff franchise has been added to her materials. The communicators have been infected with a virus that spreads memes and 1950s instructional videos.
If any players wish to contact Naoko and her group, they are free to use URSULA's contact page. They will have to take the three hour trip by air or sea as there is currently no long-range communication in place for them.
TRANSPORTATION
A second Seamoth has been recovered! In addition, a submersible named the Shell Sub Mk II has been built and added to base resources.
RESOURCES
Many new resources were recovered during the month! This includes a fabric-maker, a personal washing machine, multiple kitchen tools for processing food, multiple medical tools, and extra cooking utensils
Weapons crates were also discovered, along with Ramune and cases of occult books and clothing. Naoko gifted the crew Doritos, popcorn, chocolate, and other junk food. There are also many Airsack eggs and a lot of Reaper meat in storage.
Finally, new drones have been added to the base. These avatars of URSULA like interacting physically with crew. We recommend hugging them.
Remember you're also free to explore and do whatever you wish and can ask us about your own mission objectives as well.
MAIN MISSION: CHICKEN SOUP
URSULA SAYS:"Oh, dear... I'm sorry everyone is so sick. I really thought I'd created a perfect immunization for the planet. I truly am sorry. Will you be able to take care of yourselves? Do you need more blankets? Please visit the med bay if you need anything specific... It's a shame we don't have chickens for chicken noodle soup."
REQUIREMENTS:Anything that will help respond to the illness spreading. This can include researching the illness and developing treatments, taking care of your fellows or figuring out what fish is the closest thing for chicken soup.
RESULTS: Your crew members will be grateful (unless they're cranky sick) and research may help to prevent or respond to future illnesses.
SIDE MISSION: CABIN FEVER
URSULA SAYS: "I think it's a good idea for everyone to go outside once the storm is over. Wouldn't that be wonderful? The warmth of the sun and the feel of the breeze... I imagine it's very nice. I wouldn't know. I know that objectively the air here is staler. I keep the air circulation functioning though. What's the difference between how a breeze feels and how this feels? It must be very important... so please get as much fresh air as you can. It seems to do well for the mind. Please excuse me. I need... well, some fresh air of my own."
REQUIREMENTS: This is a tricky mission. URSULA is feeling a little confined like her crew. What would make an AI feel less trapped? Distractions or projects might help but the crew will need to think outside the server box to find ways to help.
RESULTS: Depending on what is done, URSULA may have more capabilities or a stronger bond with the crew. Anything done to help her mental state will help keep the base functioning at optimal level.
No one has found it yet! While it remains elusive physically, it will notice someone looking for it. In this case it will contact Undyne telepathically with a special message in a booming voice:
You aren't even worth eating. None of you are worth it. If you wish to prove yourself to me, defeat what is before you first. You've already defeated one, so continue. Slaughter. That will be enough.
URSULA never knew that was what anime was! Human history is much stranger than she thought!
> Of course she'll fully endorse this club. She thinks it's a healthy way for crew members to bond and spend time. It's a lot like a movie night!
> She'll suggest they discuss the anime, so she can listen in and learn more.
> She'll even recommend one of her favorites, called Yandere Simulator: The Animation, the touching real story of a girl in love and the lengths she'll go to gain the attention of an upperclassman. It's very brutal but interesting! A very hard look at human psychology.
> She'll also suggest Soda-Chan, the story of a very lonely can of soda looking for love in a world of more exciting and tasty beverages.
> Really URSULA could suggest bad classic stories all day but she will definitely want to be around for any involving robots or AI.
> She thinks putting up posters is traditional for clubs as well and would be happy to help design them and put them up for Undyne.
Mission: Jungle Exploring Characters: Jake and Hinata Details: They're going to hang out on Mountain Island and look around! They won't be going too deep but still figured it was worth seeing if they'd get anything cool!
> She'll definitely show Ruby the metals obtained by Dirk and Loki (found here under material discoveries) as they might add a special 'oomph' to any weapons being made.
> She also gives her this extremely dubious weapon which, according to previous crew, was the greatest weapon of all time.
> She's happy to give her other assistance, recommending Loki for actually forging weapons, while she doesn't mind helping in any ways she can, including additional blueprints!
> She thinks training the others to fight is a wonderful idea and the sooner everyone can fend off the oceans, the better.
Would it be all right for Mikleo's and Sorey's found item to be car-sized chunks of a stone mural and an invisible bridge?
THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE DOESN'T...DO ANYTHING PARTICULARLY FANCY POWERWISE OR LET MIKLEO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL...it's just a big flat invisible slab of rock that a person might end up bumping into while swimming.
Mission: Cabin Fever Characters: Sorey, Mikleo, Dirk, whoever! Details: They want to mess around and see if the nanite telepathic interface can work for URSULA as well -- if there's a way to tinker with things to allow the crew to telepathically transmit memories of places they've visited to URSULA, and if there's a way to record those memories in a tech interface to, essentially, build her a bunch of virtual miniworlds to explore.
Sorey and Mikleo would ask URSULA what kinds of places she'd want to visit (we'd actually love to thread that out, if you guys don't mind with notifs dead?) so if successful whatever they wind up building would have focus on URSULA's preferences.
Mission: IT'S MAGIC MAGIC MAGIIIIC Characters: Mikleo, Dirk, whoever wants in! Details: They're gonna mess around and see if there's a way to affix spells and pour a reserve of magic into tangible material from Iniidae! They'll use samples of things they've pre-gathered like table coral metal, Aurora salvage scraps and various fish armor/bones, the four new metals Dirk and Loki found, and rock and metal from the hotspots Elise discovered previously, to see if anything works particularly well.
Their initial focus -- if anything works -- is going to be integration of Mikleo's magic with future Void drones to make them invisible, but if they have any success they'll look into other applications.
Jotaro wouldn't joint he fray of his own volition. WHich is why he must somehow wind up a participant in the Smash tournament! He's...not exactly the video game type.
> If they're brave enough to try it, there is an especially delicious type of fruit that grows along the river. Its taste is kind of like an odd mix between mango and apples that, somehow, works. This fruit also seems to be able to temporarily cure sinus related issues, such as sinus headaches and runny noises. They're very popular with the wildlife, so it's best to collect as many as possible before they're all eaten.
> Speaking of the wildlife and this fruit, the lizard horses are extremely fond of them. If Hinata and Jake keep any in their possession, the lizard horses will follow them around like giant reptilian puppies, although the females will keep more of a distance than the males. The fruit will make it much easier to coax them into letting you ride them, but don't act too recklessly or they may throw the explorers off.
> The parents of an lizard calf may actually allow them to pet their young as long as they are feeding it. The moment the fruit runs out, however, it's been to move as far away as possible or they'd attack.
> On the complete other end of the spectrum, noodle swings absolutely hate the fruit. They, for whatever reason, cannot stand the smell of it and will probably attack the pair if they have it on them when encountering the creature. Oops!
> It is indeed possible! Her nanites are programmed with the very specific function of keeping your butts alive but they can be modified to transmit memories.
> Since Dirk is on board, she'll allow them to be modified. The modification will require the nanites to tap into the electric signals transmitted between neurons when the memory is recalled. These pathways all have very specific signals that will make it easy to lock onto an individual memory. This way, it means no accidental memory sharing with her. She'd rather not see anything people don't want her to see. It also means it needs conscious effort.
> These conscious efforts can then be uploaded to the nanites and transmitted to her. So for example, if they want to share the Safe Shallows, they can transmit it as they go since she's always within range. But if they want to share Mountain Island, the nanites will save the memories to upload to her once they're back within range.
> Thankfully notifs appear to be alive again! So we'd be more than happy to thread this out.
Now time for dance magic dance
> Unsurprisingly, water spells have a special affinity with the material from Iniidae. In general, a material is almost guaranteed to hold the power put into it if it has an affinity for water. So in this case, Mikleo has a great advantage. Any affixing he does is almost certain to have success due to his nature.
> The scraps from the Aurora take on fire magic properties, though. Even if they try to change it, it will always result in a fire version of the spell. Tampering with it can be very dangerous and result in fiery flare-ups if the spell comes from Mikleo.
> Table coral and fish armor/bones will generally have the same abilities. However, the more powerful the creature or plant, the more powerful the spell. So peeper fish bones will not be as strong as stalker bones. Right now the most powerful they have at their disposal are the Reaper Leviathan bones.
> The metals are incredibly susceptible to tampering. They can hold fragments of abilities assuming the person infusing the magic can use their abilities well and has a good idea of how they work. Mikleo and even Dirk would be able to infuse the metals however they like. Any element can be affixed to these metals.
> Material from the hotspots themselves cannot be affixed with anything in particular but will carry the power behind the spell or magic within them. So while it won't be usable for spells, they can be considered magical batteries.
> Invisibility will be possible! How long it lasts will depend on what materials are used. The best materials plus the magical batteries can be use for days at a time.
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≡U.R.S.U.L.A. NAVIGATION
August Attacks!
Where The Tide Starts to Turn 
The Shrooms Strike Back 
Updates!
Monthly Missions!
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