Dark*Matter: Discovery, The Delphi Paradox

[Falkus]

It looked like it was just time and nature that had worn the wall down. Of course, it was impossible to be sure, the collapse wasn't recent enough to make any firm conclusions without a more detailed architectural analysis.

OOC: Oh whoops, my bad. I forgot to mention, but there was an industrial blow torch and fuel included with the equipment drop.

 

[Friadoc]

"Well, between the conditions and time, it should be easier to gain entry," says Cade as he looks around the freight area. Before giving up on the area, Cade will give it a cursory search and see if anything in the ruins of and near the elevator hold any hidden clues.

 

[Falkus]

There isn't much left in the base. It looks like the Soviet's cleaned out the topside facility before dumping the waste. There's nothing indicating that anybody has stepped foot in the area ever since it was abandoned.

 

[Shayuri]

"Well that was a bust," Meri notes, her voice given a tinny, raspy overtone by the suit's microphone. "Any ideas on how we should get down? Kind of hoping there's something easier and safer than just rappelling...like I know anything about rappelling."

 

[Friadoc]

"Let me see," says Cade as he aims his PDA down the opening, using the sonar mapping to give him an idea of the layout below. "Although I got a bad feeling, darlin', that we're hoffing it."

OOC

Cade will use the PDA's capabilities to see if he can find the best route to access the lower levels.

 

[Falkus]

The PDA beeped and scanned, and after a minute, displayed a rough map of the upper levels, thanks to the miracle of sonar mapping. It looked to be about the same as the map that Boris had sketched out for the team. It did, however, also indicate the presence of several airshafts that made their way up from the first level to the surface, possibly wide enough for a human being. They surfaced in a few different locations several hundred feet from the team's current location.

 

[Friadoc]

"I think we might have a better way in," says Cade as he shares the map out to the others via their PDAs. "We've got a few airshafts that we might be able to get down through."

 

[Shayuri]

"There is a God," Meri sighs in relief. "And apparently he lives in that little gadget of yours."

She calls up the map and marches over to the nearest shaft location to give it a look-see.

 

[Falkus]

The closest shaft was collapsed, and inaccessible. The next closest was under a tank of something that was both corrosive, and toxic. The third one, however, was clear, and according to the map, led into the armory. There was, however, a heavy steel plate welded in place over it.

 

[Friadoc]

"Looks like it's torch time," says Cade as he breaks out the cutting torch. However, instead of going for the quick and easy cut, Cade will use a bit more finesse so that he can weld things back in place once they are done.