Forum Game: the UEFS Shrike

[Stupot]

>Examine the ventilation grates.

[WHAM]

> Push the button on the door labeled "Recre."



You walk up to the door and press the button. The door doesn't open as you approach, nor does the button cause it to do so. Instead you are greeted by a buzzing sound that is a familiar indication of "access denied". The reason you cannot fathom.

> Examine the ventilation grates.



The large grates serve as passageways for two-way atmospheric transfer, taking turns in spouting out fresh air and scrubbing the atmosphere of toxins, particles and CO2. Usually behind such grates are devices called atmospheric regulators, which then connect to the primary ventilation system of the ship.

[selmiak]

> walk to the right towards command and (try to) enter

can we turn 180° to see the other doors?

[Erenan]

The text description stated there were only the four doors we can see in the image, so I'm assuming the ways into the other rooms must be somewhere else.

[WHAM]

> Wonder if you can turn around to see the opposite wall



Why wouldn't you be able to? Nothing much to see here, no idea what "other doors" you are referring to.


> Walk to the right towards command and (try to) enter



You walk up towards the bow of the ship, approaching the door at the end of the corridor. To your surprise, it opens without issue.



You enter a smaller room with two doors, one of which you just entered through. It seems there is an elevating platform on the floor here, with a wall-mounted control panel near it.

[Erenan]

> Touch the button on the door marked A.

[Cassiebsg]

>Examine wall panel (computer?)

[WHAM]

> Touch the button on the door marked A.



You walk up to the only other door in the room, before you can touch it, it responds to your presence by sliding open. You take a peek beyond and can see another long corridor with a total of 5 doors including the one you are looking through now.

> Examine wall panel



Your turn back and examine the panel on the wall. This one is displaying a simple "SECURITY LOCKDOWN" -indicator.
And odd metallic scratching noise seems to be emanating from beyond the panel, as if gears were grinding on one another inside the wall.

[Erenan]

> Place hand on wall to feel for vibrations associated with the grinding noise

[WHAM]

Going through some real life stuff. Might not make major updates for a few days. Sorry.

[Erenan]

Hope everything is okay and turns out all right. Obviously, real life is more important than this game, so absolutely take your time.

[WHAM]

> Place hand on wall to feel for vibrations associated with the grinding noise



You press your hand on the wall to feel for vibrations. The sound seems to be growing in intensity and you can actually feel the control panel itself rattling and vibrating as something moves within.

[selmiak]

>stand on safer ground, like between door and floorpanel until ratting stops

[WHAM]

> Stand on safer ground, like between door and floorpanel until ratting stops



You step back and observe the rattling panel. The noise grows louder and louder and finally the panel shatters outward, pieces of glass and electronics scattering on the floor.



Some kind of a strange mechanical spider plops out of the broken panel and stops a short distance from your feet. An odd hologram lights up above it's body, displaying what seems to be a smiley face.

[selmiak]

>think sequence of smiley faces send from shrike

[WHAM]

> Think: sequence of smiley faces sent from shrike



You distinctly remember a sequence of letters and smiley faces being broadcast by the Shrike moments before it fired on the Jibril, annihilating it.
You wonder if this mechanical creature is somehow related to those symbols?

All you know for sure is that no UEF codes require or use smiley symbols, and that the mechanical spider before you is not any kind of technology you are familiar with.

[Stupot]

> say "hello" to the smiley

[WHAM]

> Say: "Hello"



You greet the odd spider-creature. As you do so, the hologram changes shape, though the new shape seems not one bit more informative than the first one.
The spider's tiny mechanical legs skitter as it slowly approaches you.

[cat]

Why does it have to be a spider? My arachnophobia will from now on also include robot-spiders

> Maka a step backwards.

[selmiak]

I've seen too many replicators in stargate to not be uneasy on this thing...
>Catch spider with helmet