(( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iBZ1sL7xp0 ))You aren't entirely sure of what happened, a pulse having slingshot your ship out of orbit and towards the planet at terminal velocity. You find yourself in one of the escape pods, strapped down as folks rush about making last minute preparations for evacuation, after all, you still have a few minutes until actual impact, valuable data could be saved, messages could be sent!
"Warning! Crash imminent, lifepods launching in five m-m-m-"The ship feels as if it were hit by a pulse cannon of some sort as it gets thrown off-course for a second time, the lifepod doors sealing shut as it prepares to launch prematurely. You can hear your comrades banging on the reinforced glass window, hear their shouting to let them in as your pod launches from the ship and into the water below, skipping across the surface as the flotation devices deploy. You think it's all over before out of the viewport you watch as the Aurora collides with the water, a huge wave forming as a fire shoots out of the terraforming fleet head, a boom ringing through only seconds later.
Bracing for impact, your head hits an unsecured object as you lose consciousness, waking up several hours later from an AI speaking to you.
"Vital signs stabilizing. Lifepods one through five launched successfully, activity detected on lifepods one through four. Lifepods six through twenty failed to launch. Short-range communications established. Assessing damage... Aurora inoperable, contacting nearest authority... ERROR; Electromagnetic waves interfering with signal. Running diagnostics scan... WARNING: Aurora core unstable, radiation levels too high for life to survive. Crew assumed dead. WARNING: Expected meltdown in maximum nine days. First aid has been administered. Expected time to terraforming fleet arrival: 245 Earth Days. Atmosphere: Breathable type II Earth-like biome, algae-bloom based oxygen sources. Slightly denser-than-average air content. Humidity: 73%. Water Quality: Lower Salinity than average, non-potable due to salt and algae content. Water Temperature: Approximately 22.8 degrees Centigrade ((73 degrees Fahrenheit)). Water Visibility: High. Hello, Miss IDENTIFICATION REGISTRY CORRUPTED. I am an essentials-only copy of the Aurora AI program. I will be here to assist you in your survival until the arrival of the terraforming fleet. At this time, your life pod is equipped with: ONE emergency supplies locker. ONE fire hydrant. ONE Fabricator. ONE first aid kit. ONE short-range radio communicator, ONE pack of emergency rations. With the Aurora damaged, I have taken the liberty of converting the viewport and other broken equipment on-hand into a Fragment Analyzer. Fragments of the Aurora wreckage were strewn about in the aftermath of its collision. Some of these fragments may still be viable for the creation of new blueprints that will assist you in your mission. If you have any further questions, I will attempt to assist if applicable. It is advised that you bring back samples of the local flora and fauna for analyzing, as some species may prove crucial to your continued survival, and data will assist the terraforming fleet. At this time I ask that you equip the thin neck-ring in the emergency locker, this will allow me to read your vitals more accurately and communicate necessary information to you at a distance."(cue music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOJVtMtSLpw)Assuming it best not to immediately open the lower access hatch, you open the top hatch, peering out into the expanse...
Subnautica
Sarah
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
HP: 100%
O2: Full
Hunger: 70%
Thirst: 90%
Opening up the storage locker, you find some emergency rations (+50% Thirst/+50% Hunger), your builder, a flashlight, and 20 units of quartz. The Fabricator informs you that you can make silicone or glass out of said quartz.
As you look about the expanse, the water is surprisingly visible. Blood-red grass covers the ocean floor only about twenty meters below you, small fish swimming about. You think you spot some similarly safe shallows to the north, and to the west you see a series of what you assume to be sea caves, the Aurora's hull greeting you in the far off distance. To the east, the ocean seems to give way too deeper depths, and to the south there's nothing but large swaths of kelp in your vision. The only large sea creature of note is what you could only be described as a sea cow wearing a gas mask, a large yellow bulb trailing on their hind quarters.
Kyra
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
HP: 100%
O2: Full
Hunger: 70%
Thirst: 90%
Your storage locker seems to contain your Stasis Rifle, a durable knife, fifteen units of titanium alloy, and some emergency rations (+50% Thirst/+50% Hunger). As the AI said, those rations aren't going to last you very long. All your Fabricator says you could make with that titanium are pipes for breathing or ingots.
Opening up the top hatch and peering outside, you seem to be "beached." The water below you is only about waist-deep, and seems to be home to a pocket of sea mushrooms of some sort. The Aurora lies north of your position, its Engines staring at you from the distance, and a large kelp forest separates you from it. The ocean gives way to the west of your position to deeper waters as well as what you believe to be an island in the distance, and to the south there seems to be blood-colored grass pockets growing. To the east you can see what looks like safe shallows, but a small trench separates you from them... Your position is defensible, but you imagine those shallows would be even safer.
Skye
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
HP: 100%
O2: Full
Hunger: 70%
Thirst: 90%
Opening up the storage locker, you find some emergency rations (+50% Thirst/+50% Hunger), your builder and welder, and 15 units of titanium. The Fabricator says you can only use it for pipes and ingots, but you know full well that you can use it to construct a sea base via your builder.
Having opened up the top hatch, you peer around into the depths below... It seems you're in relatively safe shallows at the moment. To the east, the Aurora's hull greets you as well as a very deep trench that could hold any manner of creatures, and to the west, a mass of kelp forest greets your eyes. The south seems to be more safe shallows, but most curiously, a series of trenches and sea caves lie to the North that are no doubt full of resources (and possibly critters). In the corner of your eye, you note a series of boulders floating in the water, being held up by what appear to be small jelly-like sea urchins along its surface.
Robin
Spoiler (click to show/hide):
HP: 100%
O2: Full
Hunger: 70%
Thirst: 90%
Opening up your storage locker, you find a builder and terraformer, as well as some emergency rations (+50% Thirst/+50% Hunger) and ten units of copper. The Fabricator informs you that you can only build copper wire at the moment.
Looking out over the expanse, the Aurora greets your eyes to the south, the front of the ship seeming to peer into your soul... A large swath of red grass also lies to the south. To the east is a massive trench and cave system that holds untold treasures, and to the west you believe you see a Kelp forest. To the north of your position, you note a distinct chill wind and various small islands, but nothing but open sea below. Directly underneath you, there seems to be relatively safe shallows at a depth of around thirty to sixty meters depending on location.
