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Research Log Entry (Subject - Exploration Log: Universe 6012065): Testing testing... ok, great, this thing is recording. I'm starting exploration of the contact site for Universe 6012065, planet... hm, should probably give it a name... putting myself on the spot here... well, the initial visual scans showed a lot of arid deserty-like terrain, soooo... call it Dry Mesa? That'll work.
Anyway. Universe '065 is a fairly standard reality. Readings show average K-Factor of 0.85, so everything should be roughly what I'm used to size-wise. As far as I can tell, Earth, or our whole solar system for that matter, never actually formed here, and Dry Mesa registered as the closest habitable planet to the initial probing point. Suitable temperatures, gravity, and atmosphere. Not much in the way of precipitation, or any weather at all for that matter. One of the main goals of this survey will be to assess suitability as an offsite testing ground. Testing small scale experiments can be done in the workshop, but for anything bigger, like the kinds of projects that could potentially blow up the house... or the neighborhood... or the planet... having my own expendable Bikini Atoll located safely off-world and off-universe makes sense. Take a few soil samples, set up a weather station and recording equipment, all that, observe for a couple weeks just to be SURE that there's nothing wrong with the place. Usual stuff.
Beginning large aperture portal startup sequence... connection established... connection stable. Yep, that's it, as dusty and desolate as I remember it. Just a quick step here... note to self, increase default diameter of large aperture by another foot or two and shift lower edge to be adjacent to ground level. I don't know if I can actually 'trip' over the sill of a portal, but I'd prefer to not have the first step onto a new planet to involve me falling on my face.
Well, here we are, Dry Mesa. Temperature... 26 degrees C. A little warm, but not terrible. Humidity on the lower end. Gravity... 1.15 normal. Yep, matches with the probe readings. Planetary surface is... crusty. Mix of barren rock and gritty layers, with traces of what looks to be darker lichen spread around.
Odd observation... the place has a bit of a smell to it. It's not bad per se, just... I dunno, kind of a musty aroma. Like an attic in a dry summer. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that there's so little wind here, it becomes stagnant?
Nothing I can't work around, but some small points off on the test site evaluation. There appears to be a large mountain range to the north... I'm going to head that way, maybe find some higher ground to get a better view.
*crnch*
What the...
Stepped on one of those lichen patches, found it to be crusty, like a crystalline formation, almost sharp. Will have to make a point of avoiding those. Maybe I should've actually grabbed some hiking sandals for this trip...
Wait a second, is that... smoke? Yeah, it is, I can smell it, just a faint whiff. Combustible ground? Hang on, let me look closer... there is some awfully perfect geometry to these, almost a grid... smaller straight lines stretching out from the formation in all directions, they were just so faint I didn't see them. Wait... oh no. Running close range scan... oh shitshitshit, there are trace quantities of material that are definitely artificial here, power and EM readings... oh god, there's a civilization here and I just accidentally stepped on part of it. I don't know if you can hear me, but sorry! Sorry! Either I made a mistake on the K-Factor observations, or this is just a naturally occurring very small society... figure that out later. Just back up to the portal, watch your step, don't ruin any MORE of this place...
Gah!
*thump*
Ow.
Good news... I successfully backed up the two steps to the portal without, I think, stepping on anything else notable. Less good news... it turns out that you CAN, in fact, trip over the portal sill, and thus my first step back onto my home universe involved falling on my ass. At least I landed on my side of the portal and didn't do any more damage to Dry Mesa... or whatever the locals actually call it.
I'm just going to lie here for a few minutes and try to scrape up whatever is left of my dignity. Considering that I'm now unintentionally part of somebody else's pantheon, probably in the role of some 'destroyer from the heavens', I think I'm going to write off the rest of today and start over tomorrow.
Ending universe 065 expedition log, total exploration time... two minutes and six seconds. Shortest trip ever.
Artwork by
ShawnTheGirl detailing Lydia conducting a little offworld exploration, much to the chagrin of the local micro-sized inhabitants.
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Anyway. Universe '065 is a fairly standard reality. Readings show average K-Factor of 0.85, so everything should be roughly what I'm used to size-wise. As far as I can tell, Earth, or our whole solar system for that matter, never actually formed here, and Dry Mesa registered as the closest habitable planet to the initial probing point. Suitable temperatures, gravity, and atmosphere. Not much in the way of precipitation, or any weather at all for that matter. One of the main goals of this survey will be to assess suitability as an offsite testing ground. Testing small scale experiments can be done in the workshop, but for anything bigger, like the kinds of projects that could potentially blow up the house... or the neighborhood... or the planet... having my own expendable Bikini Atoll located safely off-world and off-universe makes sense. Take a few soil samples, set up a weather station and recording equipment, all that, observe for a couple weeks just to be SURE that there's nothing wrong with the place. Usual stuff.
Beginning large aperture portal startup sequence... connection established... connection stable. Yep, that's it, as dusty and desolate as I remember it. Just a quick step here... note to self, increase default diameter of large aperture by another foot or two and shift lower edge to be adjacent to ground level. I don't know if I can actually 'trip' over the sill of a portal, but I'd prefer to not have the first step onto a new planet to involve me falling on my face.
Well, here we are, Dry Mesa. Temperature... 26 degrees C. A little warm, but not terrible. Humidity on the lower end. Gravity... 1.15 normal. Yep, matches with the probe readings. Planetary surface is... crusty. Mix of barren rock and gritty layers, with traces of what looks to be darker lichen spread around.
Odd observation... the place has a bit of a smell to it. It's not bad per se, just... I dunno, kind of a musty aroma. Like an attic in a dry summer. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that there's so little wind here, it becomes stagnant?
Nothing I can't work around, but some small points off on the test site evaluation. There appears to be a large mountain range to the north... I'm going to head that way, maybe find some higher ground to get a better view.
*crnch*
What the...
Stepped on one of those lichen patches, found it to be crusty, like a crystalline formation, almost sharp. Will have to make a point of avoiding those. Maybe I should've actually grabbed some hiking sandals for this trip...
Wait a second, is that... smoke? Yeah, it is, I can smell it, just a faint whiff. Combustible ground? Hang on, let me look closer... there is some awfully perfect geometry to these, almost a grid... smaller straight lines stretching out from the formation in all directions, they were just so faint I didn't see them. Wait... oh no. Running close range scan... oh shitshitshit, there are trace quantities of material that are definitely artificial here, power and EM readings... oh god, there's a civilization here and I just accidentally stepped on part of it. I don't know if you can hear me, but sorry! Sorry! Either I made a mistake on the K-Factor observations, or this is just a naturally occurring very small society... figure that out later. Just back up to the portal, watch your step, don't ruin any MORE of this place...
Gah!
*thump*
Ow.
Good news... I successfully backed up the two steps to the portal without, I think, stepping on anything else notable. Less good news... it turns out that you CAN, in fact, trip over the portal sill, and thus my first step back onto my home universe involved falling on my ass. At least I landed on my side of the portal and didn't do any more damage to Dry Mesa... or whatever the locals actually call it.
I'm just going to lie here for a few minutes and try to scrape up whatever is left of my dignity. Considering that I'm now unintentionally part of somebody else's pantheon, probably in the role of some 'destroyer from the heavens', I think I'm going to write off the rest of today and start over tomorrow.
Ending universe 065 expedition log, total exploration time... two minutes and six seconds. Shortest trip ever.
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ShawnTheGirl detailing Lydia conducting a little offworld exploration, much to the chagrin of the local micro-sized inhabitants.Posted using PostyBirb
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