Posted by Mar. Captain Wulf Baumann (MACO CO) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration

Posted by Lieutenant Naomi Locke (Science Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration

Posted by Vice Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration
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Lifting upon her legs, Naomi felt the sting of the gravity fight her. She was not a fan of it. With a deep breath, she forced herself upright and followed the rest to the cave entrance.

When they arrived, she spoke up.

“We should consider marking the rock walls with chalk. I rather have at least more than one way to find my way back.”

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

“Not a bad idea,” Logan agreed. “If our tech decides not to work right, we can at least do it the old fashioned way. Anyone have any chalk or do we go breadcrumbs like Hansel and Gretel?”

Lt kelleher, CE

Helena slipped her arm out of one shoulder strap and pulled her pack around her. She opened one of the smaller pockets and pulled out a larger piece of sidewalk chalk. “We sure this stuff is safe to introduce to the environment?” She passed the chalk over and grinned at the Captain. “Reminds me of Mars.” Helena was also the navigation officer and she pulled out paper on an old fashioned clip board, pencil, compass and her scanner. “Ready.”

Lt Laursen, pilot

“It’s just calcite limestone with coloring in it,” said Marceau with a shrug, “How bad for the environment could it be?” Then he smiled and shook his head. “Don’t jinx us, Helena.” He looked into the cave, took a deep breath, and nodded. “If we are all ready, let’s go.” He did not like the idea of a place they couldn’t easily exit. Though, to him, it was still better than flying.

~ Captain Renault

OOC: Fixing Split. My bad!

“I will take point, Captain.” the large Nordic MACO Sergeant said and moved to the front. Sergeant Kristensen was taller and more heavily muscled than anyone on the ship, and her tone was one of stating a fact, not asking permission. She carried a modified plasma rifle and had a pistol on one hip… and a wicked looking short-handled axe on the other. “Leaves me to take up the hind end of this little convoy.” a cowboy-hat wearing MACO male said. Unlike his partner, Corporal Hutchins carried no weapons in his hands; but had two pistols holstered, one on each hip.

OOC: Fixing split

Ensign Sanks went with the Sergeant, and sent the NE security officer with the Corporal. “I’ll help you Sergeant, the NE will stay back with the Corporal.” He caught up to her pace as he spoke.
Ensign Sanks, security

Helena smirked, she liked the sergeant. It was gorgeous axe too, and Helena had no doubt the woman knew how to use it. Helena turned and nodded to Hutchins, “Guess you’re stuck with me then Corporal.” Helena held out her hand, “Laursen. I’ll try not to slow us down.” She turned back to her clipboard and her scanner and made a rough sketch on the paper of the cave entrance and the measurements showing on her scanner. They only needed a rough estimate, exacts would be mapped out by any future survey and colonial teams.

OOC: Retitling the thread for cave exploring!

Once the group had reached the nearest cave entrance they found it was about 5ft or so in height and about roughly 8ft wide. Thankfully the low entrance rose up to 8ft from floor to ceiling once they ducked under the mouth area to the inner chamber after 3-4 ft letting them all stand to their full height. The inner cavern area was roughly a natural kind of oval/figure eight pattern in shape. At the northern west end about 50ft away was a tunnel that seemed to lead in a slopping curve deeper into the surface. Straight ahead at the top of the figure eight was a slopping tunnel which was about 11ft wide and 6ft high which would lead after another 100 or so feet to a much larger chamber of some kind which showed signs of an underground stream.

GM CockRoach

When Naomi ducked past the entrance, she lifted upright. Her eyes brushed upward to spot the stalactites looming over like jagged teeth. It was the first confirmation that running water had carved out this place. The next was the rumbling from a stream ahead. It echoed through the wide space, the walls catching any sound to vibrate back. Giving her back a break, she leaned her heavy pack against the base of a stalagmite.

“So, we using the buddy system? If so, who am I paired with?” She glanced to the others.

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Hutchins grinned at her and said “I’ll be happy ta be your buddy, L-T.” and he began to move towards her when a throat clearing from the MACO Sergeant and a look of incoming pain halted him and he said “Uh, yeah… sorry about that, Ma’am.” to Locke.

MACO Team

Helena sketched out the cave just past the entrance, she moved around the edge, watching where she stepped and taking some initial measurements from the two tunnels that branched off. Further back into the cave the light from the entrance started to fade, or at least enough for her to notice while she tried to write. She reached into per pack and pulled out a head lamps and slipped it over her head and turned it on low and glanced up at the ceiling.

Laursen, nav