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.
Mission: Create Your Own - Exploring is Fun Characters: Feferi and Roxy Details: Feferi and Roxy are going to pack some food and go as far west as they need to in order to find something cool! They may spend a night out in the ocean but only if Feferi can find a cave or other shelter she determines safe enough for Roxy to stay in. They'll be swimming, with Feferi totally willing to give Roxy a ride if she gets tired. IMPORTANT EDIT: Roxy may also be riding the aquatic hoofbeast.
Can animals be found after the storm in place of items? I was thinking an aquatic hoofbeast. It can be ridden just like you'd ride a horse, more or less.
Mikleo's heal is geared towards fixing injury rather than illness, but if someone used healing magic that's more generalized, would it have an effect on the mysterious alien flu?
Loki doesn't catch illnesses unless they're of an existential nature, so is it okay to say he won't get the Jelly Shroom sickness? I don't mind either way, he's just a special snowflake so I... have to ask...
It would help lessen the symptoms and provide some temporary relief. Consider it like taking an aspirin for a really bad headache. It will help but need to be reapplied.
> It will be a long swim, roughly 5-6 hours. They'll pass through pretty but ultimately almost barren areas. Though Gasopods and other, smaller fish can be found here, for some reason most animals seem to avoid the area.
> They'll be able to pick up two interesting new plants, however: the Redwort and Spiked Horn Grass. These new plants will prove to be very useful. Redwort can be eaten as it is for a quick burst of energy and focus, tasting similar to raspberries. Spiked Horn Grass can kill parasites in the body and is good for general pain relief.
> A few scattered areas of debris from the Aurora can be found as well. A vending machine can be broken open for chips, pretzels and other typical vending machine snacks. Some luggage can be found containing cute clothing, as well as a case of juice from lemons, limes and tomatoes.
> As they pass by a deep ravine, they'll see odd, swaying lights. Following the lights down even deeper to their source will lead to a strange new area. This area is called the Blood Kelp Zone and it earns it's name as you can see. Despite being down so deep and far, the kelp is very bright. This ghostly area is filled with caves and different depths making it hard to navigate but it's obviously an expansive and interesting area.
> The odd blood packets are safe to touch and feel silky. They can be burst to expose oil that can be collected as well. The kelp can be broken up and used for light. Broken, it will last four hours. Both the oil and the kelp will need to be investigated fully for their potential to shine.
> In addition, they'll gain a few friends! Brightly glowing grubs called Rockgrubs. These odd little creatures might nibble on them but their bites can barely tickle. For the most part they're much more interested in the kelp and their new friends. They also happen to taste delicious if they want to try them. A little like spicy chicken.
> In this area at least they're safe to explore. But given the odd nature of the place, they may want to bring friends on their next go around.
- Elize has healing magic to lessen symptoms to those that are sick! ...But unfortunately, she's also one of the people that went to see the Jelly Shrooms. So she's sick too and will have difficulty channeling her spells. She's also stubborn and will attempt to offer her services. If you want a stubborn little girl trying to heal you, I can offer her up!!!
- She has a new pet/friend that's a little Rabbitray that she rescued from the Dunes by healing its wings. Hopefully it's safe to assume that she moved it to the aquarium in the base. It's probably smaller than the ones that are currently in the aquarium?
- She's probably going to be spending most of her time at the aquarium, huddled up in a blanket, being ill, and sleeping nearby the Rabbitrays. Feel free to visit/hang out/keep her company????
...I'm not really sure about any projects/missions while she's sick, but I'll keep an eye out on other plotting posts. Or let me know if you have any ideas. Just a heads up- I'm going to be trying to take it easy for the first half of August and take a mini-hiatus. I might at least try to put up a top-level for her somewhere if there's a base mingle.
I know we haven't tagged before, but will you be open to Sanson visiting her? he's a physician but his magic is more for injuries so he's going to have to do this the old-fashioned way :D
hajime is not sick! i am on the fence on whether or not she might later catch it since she's going to want to help take care of all the sick people but. we'll see!! she's definitely going to be running around and trying to make sure everyone is as comfy as possible though.
she's going to further the decorating of the base. her style of decorating is very... elaborate and with the fabricator she will definitely be putting that to good use. people are free to help or like, attempt to stop her if they think it's too much although she is going to completely ignore anyone who does the latter. SO. she will at least not touch people's private rooms so there's that.
she'd also be really into trying to help URSULA's problem out, so if anyone wants to collaborate on ideas regarding that please hmu?? so far i got nothing.
karkat is also not sick. he is probably gonna obnoxiously hover around his sick friends a lot until they get annoyed and tell him to go away, and then he will obnoxiously hover around them from a distance. he'll check on the other sick people too but he'll be less annoying about them.
when the hurricane damages those rooms karkat will help to repair it and if anyone sick attempts to he'll just yell at them a lot. STOP STRAINING YOURSELVES YOU MORONS???
iii do not have any other plans as of now. if anyone has bad ideas about venturing into the ocean during the storms though, both karkat and hajime might tag along for the ride depending on why you want to leave the base. hajime would be easier to convince. rip.
Mikleo will be working with people to send out an exploration drone into the Void to investigate the horrorterrors within pre-hurricane and come up with a follow-up based on results! That's about the only big mission he'll do this month on his own initiative, I think.
He's likely gonna get pretty sick after and confused about it and horribly cranky since I'm also around less in August and need to catch up with thread backlog. He will try to heal people at first but his magic will have very little effect, it's not built to combat illnesses. He can help a bit during the hurricane-induced leaks since he can push the water out of the rooms while other people patch them up, though.
He'll also be picking at ideas to help URSULA out with her cramped feelings since that's possible to think over without straining himself too much. He will stop cooking while he's sick though so if you were mostly eating his food for lunch then...oops...
Someone please keep all the dogs on the base away from his bed, he will appreciate it.
Mission: Void Recon Characters: Jake, Dirk, Mikleo, idk anyone else interested? He'll let the base know results anyway. Details: Pre-hurricane, they'll be sending down a remotely operated, depth-reinforced drone into the Void to hunt around and see how present both horrorterrors down there are in the waking world.
I think they mostly focused on making it sturdy and giving it a camera with enough range to transmit back to the base. Jake and Dirk may have messed around with propulsion cannon tech to add in a means for a speedy emergency getaway, too.
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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!
We do apologize to Mikleo for saying yes to this.
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