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<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy" data-source="post: 9271287" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>Eric suggested that we set off in the morning. He would pack their personal possessions - it was obvious that the modules were too large to fit in the ATV with all 6 of us - and Myntelle would cook. We handed over some of our rations, which were gratefully received, and then the kids took us on a tour of the area. Egino, the son, and Runa, the daughter took Helena, Peter and me up to some of the caves they have been working in. Runa talked us through some of their parents's ideas and findings. Apparently there was evidence of Aslan settlers on Mithral which pre-date Aslan use of jump technology. Runa argued that radioactive material, which was found by a previous (“And rather amateurish”) survey which also found the first Aslan rock carvings on Mithral, was evidence that thousands of years ago a ship was here. We weren’t all that interested but the kids were very keen so we tried to ask encourage them. The conversation continued over dinner. </p><p></p><p>The Bothildrs know the direction the air/raft set off in and received a distress signal shortly after. But the signal stopped being received after a few hours and they didn’t have any means of transport anyway. I could sense them some 200km away, roughly in the direction the Myntelle had waved when describing the air/rafts direction. So both of them are still alive. We packed up their equipment and had an early night. We wanted to start early in the morning.</p><p></p><p>Day 12</p><p></p><p>It was cold but not nearly as cold as Mithral can be. After a couple of hours we lost control of the left hand wheels. Part of the steering system was damaged. It took us a few more hours to find out the cause. It was a software problem. We were not very cheerful by the time we got moving again. </p><p></p><p>Day 13</p><p></p><p>We woke in the middle of the night to howling wind. The lightning storm was impressive. We recorded a fair amount. The storm lasted well into the next day and we set about digging ourselves out around lunch time. When we were moving the wind was still quite strong and is felt like we were in a snow storm at times. There was a lot of ice pressure and we had to stop when it got dark. It was frustrating as we were less than 50km from the air/raft and its crew. It is cramped and very difficult in the ATV. Everyone is very obviously on their best behaviour.</p><p></p><p>Day 14</p><p></p><p>Light snow fall accompanied us the short distance to the crashed air/raft. Helena and I made sure we were driving so we didn’t have to “make suggestions” to another driver. We had gone about 30km and we picked up a reply to our periodic broadcast asking them to respond. Helena was driving and I was up front with her. V, Myntelle and the kids were riding on top as it was over crowded inside and the snow wasn’t bad as long as you were wrapped up. We were on a level patch of thick, and we thought, compacted snow. The ATV lurched and we fell forward! There was some kind of cavity which the front of the ATV was embedded in. Those who were riding up top were hurled into snow and the ones onside bounced around. Eric was making some coffee and was ill prepared for the crash. He sustained a nasty crack to his ribs. The rest of us were a bit shaken and bruised but ok. There was some blood on Runa where she burst her lip but, all things considered, little harm came to any of us. We clambered out of the rear hatch. The cavity was a sort of tunnel, maybe 2m in diameter. We had no idea of how it got there. There wasn’t any signs of technology which could make the tunnels and we hadn’t seen any animals large enough to leave such a burrow. We had sensed unfamiliar life but other than “multi-cellular” and bigger than say, a chicken, it wasn’t easy to work out the size of an unknown animal through psionic life detection. </p><p></p><p>We set to digging our faithful steed out when I got the fright of my life. I wasn’t expecting to find the weight on my shoulders wasn’t a miss-thrown shovelful of snow but rather one of the badger sized reptile things which had climbed onto me from a pile of snow. They are basically snow coloured and everyone had been focused on the task in hand so no one saw it coming. I yelped like a Peter! A few minutes later and Eric, who couldn’t help dig as I’d bandaged his ribs and given him a local, said he had spotted something moving a little distance away. We all stopped and looked but we couldn’t see anything. It’s hard to make things out when it is just snow in all directions. We were unnerved enough that we all kept pausing in our work to look around. On one occasion I spotted snow collapsing into what I assumed was the same cavity, about 250m away. Others reported that same.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, we dug out the ATV and before long we were on our way again. We came to a low rise and Katrin guided us along it. She told us that Egil is injured from the crash and so they wouldn’t be able to come out to us “…even if there wasn’t something under the snow”. We pulled up a few dozen metres from a snow bank which led to where we thought the cave we were looking for was located. We all froze as we felt the ATV shudder. Something huge forced its way up from beneath of us, knocking our vehicle on its side. We were all prepared after our earlier experience, and we were stationary, so no one was hurt. We saw through the side window which was now effectively a skylight, a vast worm-like creature, a full 2m in diameter and rearing up a good 30m before it came crashing down on the side the ATV. We were all horrified and froze in place. A second blow rocked our only means of salvation. It was rearing up for a third blow when Helena sprang into action and probably saved us all. She pushed myself and V out of the way in her mad haste to get to the drivers seat and slammed her hand on the horn. The worm thing swayed in the air. Keeping one hand on the horn Helena fumbled with her comm and linked it to the vehicle’s systems. The horn was replaced by very loud music coming out of the outside speakers. This appeared the be it for the animal. It pulled back under the snow and was gone with a few bulges in the snow showing where it went. In less than minute since the attack began it was all over. Barely believing our good luck we jumped out of the roof hatches once again and started lashing some cords to the side of the ATV which was pointing upward. Myntelle ran up the slope, looking for the cave. We worked frantically wile Helena’s playlist blared out. We clumsily righted the ATV with a crash and Eric, the kids and Helena got back inside. P, V and myself went after M. Some dozen metres or so up the slope we saw M crouched in the mouth of a low cave. We moved closer and saw that she was talking to a woman who looked filthy and pale. A moment later we saw another figure, lying In the crashed air/raft which was just inside the cave. It looked like it still had power but it couldn’t have much after all this time. They had run out of food a few days earlier and were eking out power to deliver a little warmth to Egil. M led Katrin to the ATV and we carried Egil down the slope as best we could. Egil was in pain constantly and picking him up was obviously agonising, We got him in the warm music still playing. Egil was irritated by the sound but we ignored his angry complaints. I shot him up with a sedative and looked at his wounds. None were open, but he obviously had broken ribs and I was worried that there might be a slow bleed due to a tiny puncture. I was probably worried about nothing as he most likely would have died by now if that were the case. Still, he was in a very bad way. After a while Helena turned off the music and as katrin was asking what had happened at the base, were the others ok, how had we found them, etc., P and I dismantled the grav plates on the air/raft. We set off as soon as we could. We fed Katrin and after another hour I gave her a mild sedative and she rested. I’m not sure the grav plates will work. But we didn’t think it would matter. “Supply Run 4-14” will be along eventually. Although I wasn’t sure it would be soon enough for Egil. </p><p></p><p>Week 3</p><p></p><p>The rest of the week was something of a nightmare. The atmosphere in the ATV was strained at the best of times. At one point a crevasse forced us to backtrack a whole day. On another an argument broke out between Katrin and Eric when we spotted what looked like an octagonal ruin of a building - Eric wanted to stop and examine it and Katrin demanded that we carry on. In the end we just recorded the grid reference and drove on. We only had one storm on our way back to the base. Egil’s mood remained sour and Katrin, well, she will benefit from time with a good therapist. I’m beginning to think the same applies to all of us. </p><p></p><p>Week 4</p><p></p><p>It took a total of 12 days to get back to the base after picking up the Bothildrs. We were only 10-15km away from the base when night fell on 200-1080. We decided to carry on for once. We made it close enough to see the base when we saw a ship take off and head up and to our right (south). At first everyone was jubilant. Myntelle went to pick up the radio but V stopped her. We didn’t know who was at the base and Katrin confirmed that it didn’t look like a A2 trader, like Supply Run 4-14. We pulled up in-between a hillock and a deep drift and we hacked into the base’s security cameras. We had already done that when we looked for old footage so we already had the feed on my comms. We could see maybe a dozen people wearing flak jackets and carrying auto-rifles apparently searching for something. We had a good idea what that was - the data chips I had found in the wall of the visitor’s room. It was a fair bet that this was the team who had killed the three crew at the base and taken the visitor. They were not going to want any witnesses. We powered down the ATV until the only systems it was running was the video feed and a comms link to our personal comms - we wanted Eric to let us know what was happening and where the newcomers where so we didn’t have any surprises. We kitted up and made sure our P-HUBs and breathers were operational and slipped out of the ATV into the heavy snow. Katrin and Myntelle started to rig a cover over the ATV - hopefully a build up of snow would hide it from the sensors of the ship when it came back. Eric was going to try and listen into any comms traffic from the ship if it wasn’t scrambled. We assumed the searching team would be on personal comms like ours which might take hours to hack due to the security on most phone apps. Again we split into two teams. Again we approached the base, but this time with a running commentary from Myntelle about the comings and going of the marauders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ptolemy, post: 9271287, member: 1412"] Eric suggested that we set off in the morning. He would pack their personal possessions - it was obvious that the modules were too large to fit in the ATV with all 6 of us - and Myntelle would cook. We handed over some of our rations, which were gratefully received, and then the kids took us on a tour of the area. Egino, the son, and Runa, the daughter took Helena, Peter and me up to some of the caves they have been working in. Runa talked us through some of their parents's ideas and findings. Apparently there was evidence of Aslan settlers on Mithral which pre-date Aslan use of jump technology. Runa argued that radioactive material, which was found by a previous (“And rather amateurish”) survey which also found the first Aslan rock carvings on Mithral, was evidence that thousands of years ago a ship was here. We weren’t all that interested but the kids were very keen so we tried to ask encourage them. The conversation continued over dinner. The Bothildrs know the direction the air/raft set off in and received a distress signal shortly after. But the signal stopped being received after a few hours and they didn’t have any means of transport anyway. I could sense them some 200km away, roughly in the direction the Myntelle had waved when describing the air/rafts direction. So both of them are still alive. We packed up their equipment and had an early night. We wanted to start early in the morning. Day 12 It was cold but not nearly as cold as Mithral can be. After a couple of hours we lost control of the left hand wheels. Part of the steering system was damaged. It took us a few more hours to find out the cause. It was a software problem. We were not very cheerful by the time we got moving again. Day 13 We woke in the middle of the night to howling wind. The lightning storm was impressive. We recorded a fair amount. The storm lasted well into the next day and we set about digging ourselves out around lunch time. When we were moving the wind was still quite strong and is felt like we were in a snow storm at times. There was a lot of ice pressure and we had to stop when it got dark. It was frustrating as we were less than 50km from the air/raft and its crew. It is cramped and very difficult in the ATV. Everyone is very obviously on their best behaviour. Day 14 Light snow fall accompanied us the short distance to the crashed air/raft. Helena and I made sure we were driving so we didn’t have to “make suggestions” to another driver. We had gone about 30km and we picked up a reply to our periodic broadcast asking them to respond. Helena was driving and I was up front with her. V, Myntelle and the kids were riding on top as it was over crowded inside and the snow wasn’t bad as long as you were wrapped up. We were on a level patch of thick, and we thought, compacted snow. The ATV lurched and we fell forward! There was some kind of cavity which the front of the ATV was embedded in. Those who were riding up top were hurled into snow and the ones onside bounced around. Eric was making some coffee and was ill prepared for the crash. He sustained a nasty crack to his ribs. The rest of us were a bit shaken and bruised but ok. There was some blood on Runa where she burst her lip but, all things considered, little harm came to any of us. We clambered out of the rear hatch. The cavity was a sort of tunnel, maybe 2m in diameter. We had no idea of how it got there. There wasn’t any signs of technology which could make the tunnels and we hadn’t seen any animals large enough to leave such a burrow. We had sensed unfamiliar life but other than “multi-cellular” and bigger than say, a chicken, it wasn’t easy to work out the size of an unknown animal through psionic life detection. We set to digging our faithful steed out when I got the fright of my life. I wasn’t expecting to find the weight on my shoulders wasn’t a miss-thrown shovelful of snow but rather one of the badger sized reptile things which had climbed onto me from a pile of snow. They are basically snow coloured and everyone had been focused on the task in hand so no one saw it coming. I yelped like a Peter! A few minutes later and Eric, who couldn’t help dig as I’d bandaged his ribs and given him a local, said he had spotted something moving a little distance away. We all stopped and looked but we couldn’t see anything. It’s hard to make things out when it is just snow in all directions. We were unnerved enough that we all kept pausing in our work to look around. On one occasion I spotted snow collapsing into what I assumed was the same cavity, about 250m away. Others reported that same. Anyway, we dug out the ATV and before long we were on our way again. We came to a low rise and Katrin guided us along it. She told us that Egil is injured from the crash and so they wouldn’t be able to come out to us “…even if there wasn’t something under the snow”. We pulled up a few dozen metres from a snow bank which led to where we thought the cave we were looking for was located. We all froze as we felt the ATV shudder. Something huge forced its way up from beneath of us, knocking our vehicle on its side. We were all prepared after our earlier experience, and we were stationary, so no one was hurt. We saw through the side window which was now effectively a skylight, a vast worm-like creature, a full 2m in diameter and rearing up a good 30m before it came crashing down on the side the ATV. We were all horrified and froze in place. A second blow rocked our only means of salvation. It was rearing up for a third blow when Helena sprang into action and probably saved us all. She pushed myself and V out of the way in her mad haste to get to the drivers seat and slammed her hand on the horn. The worm thing swayed in the air. Keeping one hand on the horn Helena fumbled with her comm and linked it to the vehicle’s systems. The horn was replaced by very loud music coming out of the outside speakers. This appeared the be it for the animal. It pulled back under the snow and was gone with a few bulges in the snow showing where it went. In less than minute since the attack began it was all over. Barely believing our good luck we jumped out of the roof hatches once again and started lashing some cords to the side of the ATV which was pointing upward. Myntelle ran up the slope, looking for the cave. We worked frantically wile Helena’s playlist blared out. We clumsily righted the ATV with a crash and Eric, the kids and Helena got back inside. P, V and myself went after M. Some dozen metres or so up the slope we saw M crouched in the mouth of a low cave. We moved closer and saw that she was talking to a woman who looked filthy and pale. A moment later we saw another figure, lying In the crashed air/raft which was just inside the cave. It looked like it still had power but it couldn’t have much after all this time. They had run out of food a few days earlier and were eking out power to deliver a little warmth to Egil. M led Katrin to the ATV and we carried Egil down the slope as best we could. Egil was in pain constantly and picking him up was obviously agonising, We got him in the warm music still playing. Egil was irritated by the sound but we ignored his angry complaints. I shot him up with a sedative and looked at his wounds. None were open, but he obviously had broken ribs and I was worried that there might be a slow bleed due to a tiny puncture. I was probably worried about nothing as he most likely would have died by now if that were the case. Still, he was in a very bad way. After a while Helena turned off the music and as katrin was asking what had happened at the base, were the others ok, how had we found them, etc., P and I dismantled the grav plates on the air/raft. We set off as soon as we could. We fed Katrin and after another hour I gave her a mild sedative and she rested. I’m not sure the grav plates will work. But we didn’t think it would matter. “Supply Run 4-14” will be along eventually. Although I wasn’t sure it would be soon enough for Egil. Week 3 The rest of the week was something of a nightmare. The atmosphere in the ATV was strained at the best of times. At one point a crevasse forced us to backtrack a whole day. On another an argument broke out between Katrin and Eric when we spotted what looked like an octagonal ruin of a building - Eric wanted to stop and examine it and Katrin demanded that we carry on. In the end we just recorded the grid reference and drove on. We only had one storm on our way back to the base. Egil’s mood remained sour and Katrin, well, she will benefit from time with a good therapist. I’m beginning to think the same applies to all of us. Week 4 It took a total of 12 days to get back to the base after picking up the Bothildrs. We were only 10-15km away from the base when night fell on 200-1080. We decided to carry on for once. We made it close enough to see the base when we saw a ship take off and head up and to our right (south). At first everyone was jubilant. Myntelle went to pick up the radio but V stopped her. We didn’t know who was at the base and Katrin confirmed that it didn’t look like a A2 trader, like Supply Run 4-14. We pulled up in-between a hillock and a deep drift and we hacked into the base’s security cameras. We had already done that when we looked for old footage so we already had the feed on my comms. We could see maybe a dozen people wearing flak jackets and carrying auto-rifles apparently searching for something. We had a good idea what that was - the data chips I had found in the wall of the visitor’s room. It was a fair bet that this was the team who had killed the three crew at the base and taken the visitor. They were not going to want any witnesses. We powered down the ATV until the only systems it was running was the video feed and a comms link to our personal comms - we wanted Eric to let us know what was happening and where the newcomers where so we didn’t have any surprises. We kitted up and made sure our P-HUBs and breathers were operational and slipped out of the ATV into the heavy snow. Katrin and Myntelle started to rig a cover over the ATV - hopefully a build up of snow would hide it from the sensors of the ship when it came back. Eric was going to try and listen into any comms traffic from the ship if it wasn’t scrambled. We assumed the searching team would be on personal comms like ours which might take hours to hack due to the security on most phone apps. Again we split into two teams. Again we approached the base, but this time with a running commentary from Myntelle about the comings and going of the marauders. [/QUOTE]
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