Open Event: FEEDING FRENZY! (3/25-31)

[aminerproblem]

 

Summary
On March 25-March 31. the Moira will be suffering from an infestation of scraplets, making a mangled mess of the ship's systems as they chew their way through its internal workings. They will then try to make meals of any non-fleshy crewmates that happen to cross them until they are exterminated from the ship.

What are Scraplets?
A horrid mix of termites and flying demon pirahnas, Scraplets are a pest from the planet Cybertron. They consume anything and everything metal, and make mincemeat of Cybertronians in large enough hordes. Although they can basically eat giant robots alive, they are harmless to anything that isn't food. They are even shown to be friendly to organic species, as long as they have no metal bits to them.

A lone scraplet is a pomeranian-sized bug-like robot with deceptively adorable eyes, and can generally easily be destroyed by itself. The problem is that there's never just one of them.




One of the greatest killers to stalk the surface of Cybertron.

TIMELINE

PART 1: Arrival (ICly, March 25)

Due to Megatron's Space Bridge increasing in activity, a  frozen canister will be spit out of his chest portal into the cargo bay. After the canister thaws, the scraplets will begin to chew their way out and make their way into the Moira.

PART 2:  Escalation (ICly, March 26-29)

As the infestation begins to spread, they will begin to make a mess of the internal systems: Lights may go out, doors may stop working, there might be leaks in places you'd least want them. Scraplets have a preference for living metal, though, so the horde will eventually gnaw to the surface and try to attack and eat any crew members that happened to be made of their favorite food source.

PART 3: Counterattack (ICly, March 30-31)

The infestation will start to threaten critical systems if left unchecked, and will need to be taken care of. Because the Cybertronians on board are(mostly) from another continuity, they won't immediately recognize the scraplets for what they are and will pretty much be on the same page as everyone else.

By now it will be known that:

• There's a horde on the ship
• They consume any and all metal, metal on living beings is preferable
• They ignore everything else
• They are vulnerable to the cold

So they will need to smoke them out and get rid of them, through cold or the void of space. The event will be played in a catch-all log for whoever would like to participate! The plot is OPT IN, so you can feel free to participate however you'd like. However, those interested in being part of exterminating them should sign up so that I can keep track of who will do what for the Counterattack phase of the plot.

Comments

Questions

[aminerproblem]

[redshitlord]

I HAVE A QUESTION AM I ALLOWED TO CRY.

[aminerproblem]

maybe they can save the crying for later

[redshitlord]

fine ok ill do it ill be bait

whatwouldbumblebeedo

Re: Questions

[warandpeace]

So for all the people that have prosthetics with metal bits in them :< ....

I ask in the right place now

Re: Questions

[aminerproblem]

They would definitely be driven to munch on things like metal (or partly metal) prosthetics. How voraciously the scraplets will react can be determined by the player to fit whatever's most convenient.

Re: Questions

[skatebird]

How are the adorable, terrifying little guys with fire as opposed to cold? And how resistant are they to smashing/crushing damage that could be done by a guy with a baseball bat?

[aminerproblem]

They can be smashed apart fairly easily, actually. Feel free to bat away!

With heat, if the fire is hot enough to easily melt metal it will probably melt them (keeping in mind metals from Cybertron tend to be a little hardier than Earth ones).

[dragonspride]

How good are they at distinguishing "metal" from "mimicking metal"?

[aminerproblem]

Canon doesn't really touch on that, so my best guess is that it would depend on how convincing the mimic is.

If it's like plastic with a metallic finish on it, probably not. If it's some kind of material that looks, bends, and behaves like a metal would it's probably getting chomped up.

There's no hard rule though, so it can be pulled to whatever's most useful to what you want to play!

[dragonspride]

...Welp, his scales have been made into jewelry before like metal, and I am always up for new and interesting ways for him to get injured. >w>

[abide]

sorry if i missed this BUT would the scraplets still be able to sense the metal attached to living things if they wrapped it up with clothes or concealed them in some way? :>a

[aminerproblem]

They get most attracted to things that have some kind of energy/power running through them, so I'd say yes if it's something that'd have some kind of noticeable energy source in it.

[heart_breaking]

What are the chances of an organic someone successfully trying to keep one as a pet? Asking for a friend.

[aminerproblem]

1 or 2 scraplets by themselves are relatively harmless in the large scheme of things and would probably be easy to befriend. They will just need to be kept fed so they don't try to nibble on equipment or someone they find tasty.

[heart_breaking]

In that case I volunteer Chara for contributing to the Escalation stage a little by befriending one, thinking they're cute, and then ushering a few more into the safety of the ship's ventilation system.

[aminerproblem]

Chara NO

[heart_breaking]

chara yes

Re: Questions

[whoami]

What about circuitry? Does that fall under the heading of 'living metal' or something else altogether? Because It's not really organic either...

And ngl I thought it would be funny as hell if poor Sam got his clothes eaten off

[aminerproblem]

I think that's a gray enough area that it might be better to leave it up to what the player wants to do. They have been seen to chew on the non-metally parts of computer chips to get to the juicy parts!

[whoami]

:|a

Might work as an excuse to show Sam has glowy bits, too. Anyhoo, thanks c:

[diamondslap]

[aminerproblem]

[visionarie]

.... You knew this was coming. :|

A few questions....

1) Would they try to eat an android who's "flesh" is made up synthetic cells coated with Vibranium (an exotic metal from outer space that absorbs kinetic energy as a specialty and overall one of the most durable substance on the planet)?

2) If they eat a part of him, what happens to that portion of himself? Is it gone for good?

3) Vision has the ability to phase through anything and unphase inside it to destroy it from the inside out. Could he destroy the scraplets in this format?

4) Vision has an infinity stone called the mind stone lodged on his pretty little head. Will the scraplets be able to to sense it? Will it deter or attract them? Meaning will he be pounced a lot more than your every day android or be left mostly alone?

And lastly, not a question but:

5) I'm not quite sure how dangerous the scraplets would be to Vision since he can just fly away or even blast them with his energy beam from the stone, or Q3. I don't know how well they'd fare against him so any clues would be greatly appreciated!

[aminerproblem]

1. Vibranium would probably be closer to what they normally eat on Cybertron - the planet is covered in exotic metals that are usually more durable than what's found on Earth.

2. Yes, The scraplets pretty much instantly grind and blend up their meals into shavings.

3. Yes, though a large part of their teeny adorable bodies are the chewy-grindy parts.

4. They would probably be most interested in the energy it provides to Vision more than the stone itself.

5. The scraplets can fly and are agile enough to avoid blaster fire from Cybertronians, but they're easy to destroy once you hit them.