Better Living Infinite: The Stars Are Fading

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE TWO
CAPTAIN CHAPMAN
WHITE WHALE'S BANE
WHALING SPOT
SPACE

"They're beautiful, Captain."

[thegreatnewbebi]

cough

[Gwebster2]

Harold gazed at the space whales, breath taken away.

He sure did kill a lot of those floating bastards.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE TWO
CAPTAIN CHAPMAN
WHITE WHALE'S BANE
WHALING SPOT
SPACE

It's not like they weren't everywhere back when.
It was a depopulation effort.
Good eating, whales.

[Gwebster2]

Harold looks back at the digital library to see if space whaling was made illegal since he last Hunted.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE TWO
CAPTAIN CHAPMAN
WHITE WHALE'S BANE
WHALING SPOT
SPACE

You need 30 permits, a written consent from the board of Space Whaling, and a humane harpoon standing device.
So now we have a ship that can't legally do shit.
But hey, it's got guns.

[thegreatnewbebi]

(Space cough)

[thegreatnewbebi]

Gwebster2

another space cough

[cargocultist]

NAME: Roy Fowler
ALIASES: N/A
OCCUPATION: Diplomat
ISSUING STATION: The Chapel
DATE OF BIRTH: 2034
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Extremely pale skin, red eyes, and an aversion to bright lights. Also enjoys a good smoke, thinks that synthetic tobacco (especially the LoS brand) tastes better than the real thing. He wears a simple, iron infinity symbol around his neck comprised of two snakes biting each other’s tail, one of the symbols of the Church of the Dark God.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: He’s the ambassador to Phobos, trying to convince them to join the war on the Chapel’s side. He currently resides in a ship docked long-term there. Most of the time, he conducts meetings with that station’s ruling council through holographic projection.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE ONE
ROW FOWLER
CHAPEL SHUTTLE OUROBOROS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

"Bosh man, we here!" Lou, the brutish mutant piloting your shuttle says. "Goo luck, Bosh man!"

[cargocultist]

"Thanks, Lou. I'll need it." I hand him a Land of Smiles cigarette, and ask him "Now, How's the crew doing?"

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
CHAPEL SHUTTLE OUROBOROS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

"The arabaras is running as well as can be!" Lou says tucking the cigarette behind his green-tinted ear. "Any impodan gear is by da airlock! Avva safe misshin!"

[cargocultist]

I wave goodbye to Lou as I walk to the airlock to grab the gear.

[thegreatnewbebi]

(Sorry for the long reply time, sprite ripping isn't fun.)

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
CHAPEL SHUTTLE OUROBOROS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

Your important gear sits in a
An offering of primitive physical money, as it says in the book of synthesis "Gold is a powerful thing, minds shift sides when gold shifts hands"
A 20 cigarette packet of Land of Smiles Synthetic Tobacco cigarettes, missing 4 cigarettes
A brass lighter, with holy engravings
An access card to the Ouroboros, in case of emergency
A knife, good for, knife related things
A micromed tube, full of everything needed for basic survival (Heals life to 100%)
A piece of insurance, may not be necessary, but a good thing to have.
And your Minicomp communications unit, tuned to the communications officer of the Ouroboros.

[cargocultist]

(Nice sprites you have.)
Awesome. I suppose it's time to enter the outpost, eh?

[thegreatnewbebi]

(Thanks.)

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
HADES ARRIVALS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

As you step into the station, a pleasant voice says over the intercom

"Welcome to Outpost Hades! Today's dinner is meatloaf with gravy, today is poker night in the video arcade, dress accordingly. For further information, tune to frequency 285.28. for the Phobos news radio, for Phobos music radio, dial 528.52."
The message then cuts to music, and then loops.
To the left, you find a hallway leading to a few airlocks, to the right are a couple lockers and a maintenance hatch.

[cargocultist]

(I am here on a diplomatic mission, right?)
I look at the airlocks, checking to see if they are the kind that keeps bacteria out, or the kind that stands between the station and the vacuum of space.

[thegreatnewbebi]

(Yep.)

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
HADES ARRIVALS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

The airlocks are to divide two sections of the station if one catches fire or detonates, pressure reasons, you know?
They were made of a seethrough material, along with the standard space grade metal.

You could see an extended hallway beyond it.

[cargocultist]

Alright. I walk further down the hallway.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
HADES ARRIVALS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

To your right appears to be a tool storage room, to your right appears to be a lounge.

[cargocultist]

I enter the Lounge. Can't wait to see all those hazmat-wearing dudes I've heard so much about.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
HADES ARRIVALS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

A man in an orange suit, a hardsuit helmet concealing his face is fiddling with a fuse box in the corner.
In the room are many vending machines, and a table.

[cargocultist]

I try to get the attention of the man, to see if he can direct me to where I'm supposed to be going.

[thegreatnewbebi]

PHASE ONE
ROY FOWLER
HADES ARRIVALS
PHOBOS OUTPOST HADES

The man's comms unit clicks on with a static.
"Keep down the hall, first left on the uh, left."

[cargocultist]

My first encounter with an inhabitant of Phobos. Huh. Not that intimidating, but I'm still wary.
I follow his instructions.