Lunatic Retard Robots
21-01-2004, 02:18
On an obscure ice planet, somewhere near the Galactic rim, Cygnus Arm
On the icy surface of the iced-over planet, the odd navy-blue and purple form of the LRRSV Alexander Von Humboldt stands in sharp relief to the bright white ice. Its landing legs dig into the icy surface, lest the ship blow away. Outside, crewmen in enviro-suits march around the ice with large ground-penetrating radar emitters. They are looking for something, though they don't quite know what yet. Their Olof Palme class frigate detected strange electromagnetic activity on the surface of the planet, near its present landing site, uncharacteristic of a solid ball of ice.
"I think I've found something!"
"That's off the scale! Quick, bring the plasma cutters!"
A pair of crewmen scurry off into the ship, and emerge carrying a large box festooned with pipes and valves. They drop it over the giant orange X marked by the GPR operator. A hot blue flame spouts out from the two plasma torch heads, and slowly but surely melts through the ice.
"Hold it! Look there. What's that?"
The GPR operator points down with his thickly gloved hand to a small point of blue-grey rock in the ice.
"What in blazes is that?"
"I don't know. Hurry, melt it out!"
The plasma torch operators make short work of the remaining ice. They uncover a piece of rock, obviously from the inner glaxy due to element composition and radioactivity levels. But this was no orninary lump of asteroid. This object had what could only be interpereted as a star chart carved into it!
"Bring it back to the ship. Archaeology to ship, you won't believe what we found! Get a power lift out here!"
The power lift arrives, and a few minutes the stone is deposited on the mineral analysis table in the frigate.
"Helm, get ready to take off. Deploy a nav beacon at this spot, and then prepare to set a course for the nearest outpost!"
"Right away! Brace for takeoff!"
The frigate blasts itself into space, and speeds away from the planet. Soon, a blue hyperspace waveform extends in front of the ship, and it leaves for the nearest LRR supply outpost.
A few hours later, they arrive at the remote supply depot. The skeleton crew of the outpost quickly spirit the sample away on a resupply vessel to WWSETI and the galactic hub- sol.
Department of Astroarchaeology, Lunatic Retard Robots Institute of Technology
"Professor!"
"Yeah?"
"Research just got quite a jewl in! Come and see!"
"I'll be right there. Just let me get my stuff."
Professor Colin Brooks gathers his notebooks and camera, and rushes off to the analysis department.
"Karos! That's it! That's it!"
"Alert the fleet! Alert the fleet!"
LRR fleet headquarters, Hugo Drive yards, WWSETI orbit
"By god! They've found it! What's the first ship we can get out there?"
"The Hawking is in dock, sir."
"Send word for captain Robertson, tell him that he is to set course for the Centuri station, and make way from there to the coordinates on the stone as soon as possible, scientific priority one!"
"Right away, sir!"
Finally, the Stephen Hawking sets sail for the Centuri Station. It carries copies of all the information gleaned from the discovery on Vibro VII. The stone itself, however, remains at LRRIT.
http://homeworld.sierra.com/images/hw/story/story-guidestone-small.jpg
Vibro VII Artifact A
Message to the International Community:
LRR has recently discovered an artifact that may be of great interest to your astroarchaeological and geological minds. You are intivted to send representatives to LRRIT in order to review this artifact.
On the icy surface of the iced-over planet, the odd navy-blue and purple form of the LRRSV Alexander Von Humboldt stands in sharp relief to the bright white ice. Its landing legs dig into the icy surface, lest the ship blow away. Outside, crewmen in enviro-suits march around the ice with large ground-penetrating radar emitters. They are looking for something, though they don't quite know what yet. Their Olof Palme class frigate detected strange electromagnetic activity on the surface of the planet, near its present landing site, uncharacteristic of a solid ball of ice.
"I think I've found something!"
"That's off the scale! Quick, bring the plasma cutters!"
A pair of crewmen scurry off into the ship, and emerge carrying a large box festooned with pipes and valves. They drop it over the giant orange X marked by the GPR operator. A hot blue flame spouts out from the two plasma torch heads, and slowly but surely melts through the ice.
"Hold it! Look there. What's that?"
The GPR operator points down with his thickly gloved hand to a small point of blue-grey rock in the ice.
"What in blazes is that?"
"I don't know. Hurry, melt it out!"
The plasma torch operators make short work of the remaining ice. They uncover a piece of rock, obviously from the inner glaxy due to element composition and radioactivity levels. But this was no orninary lump of asteroid. This object had what could only be interpereted as a star chart carved into it!
"Bring it back to the ship. Archaeology to ship, you won't believe what we found! Get a power lift out here!"
The power lift arrives, and a few minutes the stone is deposited on the mineral analysis table in the frigate.
"Helm, get ready to take off. Deploy a nav beacon at this spot, and then prepare to set a course for the nearest outpost!"
"Right away! Brace for takeoff!"
The frigate blasts itself into space, and speeds away from the planet. Soon, a blue hyperspace waveform extends in front of the ship, and it leaves for the nearest LRR supply outpost.
A few hours later, they arrive at the remote supply depot. The skeleton crew of the outpost quickly spirit the sample away on a resupply vessel to WWSETI and the galactic hub- sol.
Department of Astroarchaeology, Lunatic Retard Robots Institute of Technology
"Professor!"
"Yeah?"
"Research just got quite a jewl in! Come and see!"
"I'll be right there. Just let me get my stuff."
Professor Colin Brooks gathers his notebooks and camera, and rushes off to the analysis department.
"Karos! That's it! That's it!"
"Alert the fleet! Alert the fleet!"
LRR fleet headquarters, Hugo Drive yards, WWSETI orbit
"By god! They've found it! What's the first ship we can get out there?"
"The Hawking is in dock, sir."
"Send word for captain Robertson, tell him that he is to set course for the Centuri station, and make way from there to the coordinates on the stone as soon as possible, scientific priority one!"
"Right away, sir!"
Finally, the Stephen Hawking sets sail for the Centuri Station. It carries copies of all the information gleaned from the discovery on Vibro VII. The stone itself, however, remains at LRRIT.
http://homeworld.sierra.com/images/hw/story/story-guidestone-small.jpg
Vibro VII Artifact A
Message to the International Community:
LRR has recently discovered an artifact that may be of great interest to your astroarchaeological and geological minds. You are intivted to send representatives to LRRIT in order to review this artifact.