NationStates Jolt Archive

According to records from the now shattered Terra Pvlchra, there are 50 starships buried somewhere on the moon. Using rudimentary space technology and sensors, we have managed to locate the ships. We will need 1 day to extract the ships.

The 3 primitive starships, weak as they were, could still dig with ease. They carve out the dirt and use a barrage of small explosives to clear the area. The tops of the starships are visible.

So you have the technology to transport heavy equipment to the moon, to find the locations of burried spaceships, and to make all the said equipment.

That's more than a stretch, it's a GODMOD.

The 3 primitive starships, weak as they were, could still dig with ease. They carve out the dirt and use a barrage of small explosives to clear the area. The tops of the starships are visible.And you just gave away the identity of a puppet. Congrats.

So you have the technology to transport heavy equipment to the moon, to find the locations of burried spaceships, and to make all the said equipment.

That's more than a stretch, it's a GODMOD.Howso? He's got a pop of 139 million... that's not too young to have transport technology :) I could perform this job when i was his age... and he has a semi-decent post count.

So you have the technology to transport heavy equipment to the moon, to find the locations of burried spaceships, and to make all the said equipment.

That's more than a stretch, it's a GODMOD.

We did salvage a good deal of Terra Pvlchra's technology.

And you just gave away the identity of a puppet. Congrats.

What puppet? Didn't you know that Terra Pvlchra had excellent starships?

Bah, what does post count have to do with anything? I usually say that modern-esque nations have to be at least two months old before having a space program, and three before it's any good at interplanetary transport. If he's RPing as a nation lost in its own technology, then by all means he should go ahead being lost.

What puppet? Didn't you know that Terra Pvlchra had excellent starships?Oops, for some reason I thought your first and second posts were by different nations. :(

Howso? He's got a pop of 139 million... that's not too young to have transport technology I could perform this job when i was his age... and he has a semi-decent post count.

Exactly. These starships aren't all that advanced. They wouldn't last very long in a fight and they are not very fast.

Several hours later, the dirt is being brushed away and the starships are getting closer to being free. A few people are being sent to check the condition of the ships.

Bah, what does post count have to do with anything? I usually say that modern-esque nations have to be at least two months old before having a space program, and three before it's any good at interplanetary transport. If he's RPing as a nation lost in its own technology, then by all means he should go ahead being lost.Is he modern? Doesn't seem like it :)

Bah, what does post count have to do with anything? I usually say that modern-esque nations have to be at least two months old before having a space program, and three before it's any good at interplanetary transport. If he's RPing as a nation lost in its own technology, then by all means he should go ahead being lost.

Well, we aren't completely starting from scratch. We will have to relearn how to make hypermatter, so that will be a problem. We have a small supply that should power the ships for a few weeks of moderate use.

12 hours have passed and the ships are almost free. A small group of people is being placed on each ship to pilot it out. 15 ships have been boarded and they all have enough fuel to lift off, though not enough to do much else.

Is he modern? Doesn't seem like it

We sure are.

Is he modern? Doesn't seem like it

We sure are.Oh, well in that case, yeah, godmodding to me too :)

15 hours have passed. Inside one of the ships, N|u|x'îmi looks around. "This is fascinating. I'm not even sure we will be able to pilot these out of here," he says.

Oh, well in that case, yeah, godmodding to me too

I thought you ment advanced. We are definantly ahead of the real world.

17 hours have passed and the starships are almost out. In a short time, the first starships will be ready to leave. N|u|x'îmi looks at the controls. "Hmm. This is not going to be easy to figure out. This control turns it on, but what does this do? I'll have to ask," he says to himself.

Using his phone, he says "What does the control 20 cm to the right of the activation switch do?" They respond, "It controls the fuel flow. The order of the control activation will be given when we're ready. Just follow our instructions and the ship should do what we want. Instructions were included with the text that told us about the lost fleet."

On board one of the digging ships, the captain states, "This is going quite well. I expected there to be a lot more interference. If we were caught in battle, we would have a hard time winning with these things."

Now that 20 hours have passed, the first 5 ships are ready to leave. N|u|x'îmi carefully follows the instructions and the people on the other freed ships do, too. The ships float slowly from the burial place. After they have left the hole, they turn toward Letila space and wait for the rest of the ships.

Meanwhile, the other ships are still partly buried and will need at least 4 more hours. So far, so good.

22 hours and now a total of 20 starships are free. The operation is almost complete and has gone without trouble.

Now that 24 hours have elapsed, 35 ships are free. They work hard to remove the remaining 15. It will take another hour or so.

25 hours and 11 minutes have passed. The last ship is free. The fleet of 50 ships and the 3 digging-ships head back after a successful mission. The Tu'lîmû were one step closer to regaining what they had lost.

Epilogue: We are making progress on creating our own hypermatter. We know what hypermatter is made of and how it would be made, but we still don't know how to make it. We are working urgently as this will allow us to reëstablish our presence in space. We have a new enemy and our survival may depend on how fast we can relearn hypermatter production.