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Mining Camp IX
Cirus_II
3 weeks ago
Foreman Dee sipped at her drink as the machines in the deep sinkhole before her continued their work. Dust and particles flew up into the thick
"Breaking through --- layer now. Estimate time to --- 5 minutes" The comm at her side crackled with static.
Foreman Dee grabbed the comm and spoke into it slowly. "Roger that. Get your devices under control. You're breaking up"
"Rog---" the comm spat out before going silent.
Dee sighed. Ever since this particular mining adventure, the electronic junk went to kriff. First, the droids began to malfunction and develop personalities faster than a nest of wamp rats breeding. Then, the sensors began to show living organisms in places where there weren't, and caverns of minerals where previously were none. Then some of the machines began to short out randomly, as if their very batteries were spiking. It was a non-stop conveyor of problems as the team got closer and closer to the motherload.
Dee smiled as she sipped her drink again. This was the motherload. The load that would make her a very rich woman. The sensors, before they started malfunctioning, showed very rich veins of what looked like Kyberite below the surface. Even when the sensors were malfunctioning after they began, the cavern below remained in the same place and the same readings were found. Dee had to reconfirm her findings with her collegues in the mining guild, but they agreed. This was Kyberite, and if she could get to it, she would be a rich woman. Sure, she had to basically create a mining town from scratch, and sink most of her life savings into this adventure, but this kind of riches would easily be worth 10 times that. The Galaxy would pay through the nose for such rare stuff, whether it was from Jedi, Imperials, or the black market.
The comm on the table blazed with noises of excitement as one of the drillers in the sinkhole made a new noise. They had broken through. They had gotten to the cavern.
"Mike, give me a readout!" Dee shouted into her comm as she stood up suddenly. She was anxious for the good news.
"Foreman..." The operator whispered on the other side. "Its...its so beautiful! I...I cannot"
Dee smiled. "A good haul, eh?"
"The colors Foreman..."
Dee frowned. Colors?
"The colors...I've never seen such...."
The comms suddenly shrieked and blared. It wasn't the only one. The astromech droids surrounding Dee also began to shriek and spin around uncontrollably, and the machines roared with life. Dee's brain felt like it was on fire. Like something was worming itself into her mind through the sound! Dee would've overed her ears, had not the ground began to shake violently.
"Get out of there! Repeat get out..." Dee tried to shout into her screaming comm, before a large kaleidoscopic crystal erupted from the ground into her thigh. She screamed in pain as the ground around her continued to break apart as more and more crystals emerged.
Today
No word had come from Mining Camp IX. Neighboring mining camps went dark shortly afterwards, with their own camps abandoned. Those who journeyed to Cirus II to find out what happened would never return from the camp. Bounties from loved ones requesting any information increased slowly but steadily.
From space, the mining camp was extremely alien looking. It was as if a forest of pale crystals had erupted from the ground, covering the land for miles. Ships from previous explorers were noticeably missing, but there were signs of life inside and around the crystal forest. People were living and working around the crystal forest, if sluggishly, with the most primitive of tools.
Mining Camp IX
Cirus_II
3 weeks ago
Foreman Dee sipped at her drink as the machines in the deep sinkhole before her continued their work. Dust and particles flew up into the thick
"Breaking through --- layer now. Estimate time to --- 5 minutes" The comm at her side crackled with static.
Foreman Dee grabbed the comm and spoke into it slowly. "Roger that. Get your devices under control. You're breaking up"
"Rog---" the comm spat out before going silent.
Dee sighed. Ever since this particular mining adventure, the electronic junk went to kriff. First, the droids began to malfunction and develop personalities faster than a nest of wamp rats breeding. Then, the sensors began to show living organisms in places where there weren't, and caverns of minerals where previously were none. Then some of the machines began to short out randomly, as if their very batteries were spiking. It was a non-stop conveyor of problems as the team got closer and closer to the motherload.
Dee smiled as she sipped her drink again. This was the motherload. The load that would make her a very rich woman. The sensors, before they started malfunctioning, showed very rich veins of what looked like Kyberite below the surface. Even when the sensors were malfunctioning after they began, the cavern below remained in the same place and the same readings were found. Dee had to reconfirm her findings with her collegues in the mining guild, but they agreed. This was Kyberite, and if she could get to it, she would be a rich woman. Sure, she had to basically create a mining town from scratch, and sink most of her life savings into this adventure, but this kind of riches would easily be worth 10 times that. The Galaxy would pay through the nose for such rare stuff, whether it was from Jedi, Imperials, or the black market.
The comm on the table blazed with noises of excitement as one of the drillers in the sinkhole made a new noise. They had broken through. They had gotten to the cavern.
"Mike, give me a readout!" Dee shouted into her comm as she stood up suddenly. She was anxious for the good news.
"Foreman..." The operator whispered on the other side. "Its...its so beautiful! I...I cannot"
Dee smiled. "A good haul, eh?"
"The colors Foreman..."
Dee frowned. Colors?
"The colors...I've never seen such...."
The comms suddenly shrieked and blared. It wasn't the only one. The astromech droids surrounding Dee also began to shriek and spin around uncontrollably, and the machines roared with life. Dee's brain felt like it was on fire. Like something was worming itself into her mind through the sound! Dee would've overed her ears, had not the ground began to shake violently.
"Get out of there! Repeat get out..." Dee tried to shout into her screaming comm, before a large kaleidoscopic crystal erupted from the ground into her thigh. She screamed in pain as the ground around her continued to break apart as more and more crystals emerged.
Today
No word had come from Mining Camp IX. Neighboring mining camps went dark shortly afterwards, with their own camps abandoned. Those who journeyed to Cirus II to find out what happened would never return from the camp. Bounties from loved ones requesting any information increased slowly but steadily.
From space, the mining camp was extremely alien looking. It was as if a forest of pale crystals had erupted from the ground, covering the land for miles. Ships from previous explorers were noticeably missing, but there were signs of life inside and around the crystal forest. People were living and working around the crystal forest, if sluggishly, with the most primitive of tools.
ATTENTION:
DUE TO RAMPANT ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTABILITIES, WE REQUEST ALL DROIDS TO BE DISABLED BEFORE LANDING AND ALL EQUIPMENT WITH CHARGES REMOVED.
DUE TO RAMPANT ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTABILITIES, WE REQUEST ALL DROIDS TO BE DISABLED BEFORE LANDING AND ALL EQUIPMENT WITH CHARGES REMOVED.
This adventure's threat is something original, and not Kyberite related. My character (@Narzen) will be introduced later in the story