Posted by Vice Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim - Team 1 Planet Surface - Civilian Life
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With a hum the entire team group by group was brought down from the Bonnie safely by transport. The team as indicated by the NE chief earlier was outside a large town or small city. They currently were among some dense scrub which was already being coated by a film of dirt, dust, ash, and snow from nuclear fallout. Thankfully with the precautions taken before they wouldn’t have to worry about fallout for a little while. In the distance sirens were weakly wailing, and a ballistic gun shot or two echoed by shouting was heard, but nothing was nearby.

The only other thing evident to their proximity was a road going north and south a sign in the local language alphabet they couldn’t decipher was interesting echoed by one in english just below it! It read North-South Rt 116. Nearby was a green sign in the same duel alien/english script. It read Lexi’ton 1/2 mile. The fact they were referencing Earth based measurements and such was quite....odd to say the least.

GM CockRoach

Isaac was with his group he had a MaCo phase pistols In a holster within his jacket he kept his eyes open for anything that meant danger.

Lt.Isaac Black (AC)

El glanced at the scrub. It was different from the more tropical or sub tropical foliage that she was used to growing up and certainly not quite like the English hedges and heather. Her nose wrinkled at the dust and unconsciously she pulled the hoodie up further. Her toe kicked at the dust on the ground, stirring up a small cloud. She would be having one serious shower later on after this, she thought. She scanned the horizon for the source of the sounds but it looked like it was yet too far away to tell. Squinting at the sign she spoke up. “If we’re one of the first humans out in space how can we have a world like this?”

Moving over closer to where Roger was she commented, “Talk about Rosetta Stones. If this is common it will make your translation pretty easy.” Indeed already she was putting her mind to that and took out her scanner to record that for a possible translation matrix. What was the tech here? Ballistic weapons? Plasma weapon platforms? Nuclear missiles? An impossible colony from Earth? The idea was perplexing but exciting too to consider.

• El, Eng

Rachel looked around the area for a moment whilst casually checking to see if all her fingers and toes were still there. She knew there were no real health risks to transporters but still, she’d yet to find an engineer she trusted with pulling her apart then putting her back together on a molecular level. She cocked her head as she read the sign. “Lexi’ton” She read aloud “If we do make contact we should try’n hear what they sound like, if they be humans mayhaps they speak in some odd creole or american.”

Dr. Grey - CMO

El certainly agreed with that. By all rights, the town on the horizon looked Earthy. The language seemed English. She’d be happy with some good old fashioned Chinese characters though. While her accent was not a strong Asian one it was certainly not ‘North American’ in any of its varieties. She pulled out her scanner from one of her coat pockets and, shielding the lit up display with her hands ran a scan, first for radiation levels and if, where they were heading it was higher, and second, for energy readings that went beyond normal street light levels. She could have done a scan for life signs but they could hear them ahead and so seemed unnecessary.

• El, Eng

OOC: Reply coming later today!

GM CockRoach

Roger looked around in awe, despite the feeling of danger and destruction all around them. He walked around the immediate area slowly, looking at everything around, the flora in particular. He didn’t notice any fauna, but no doubt they had fled and went into hiding.

Noticing that he’d strayed a bit from the main group, Roger turned and made his way back to where they all were by the road sign. He waited for the Captain to give further orders.

-Roger Ferguson, CSO