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| mattblackgod | Jul 9 2017, 03:20 PM Post #1 |
Big boss warlord dude!
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I now begin what is a way to display my 28mm factions and get them close enough to each other for them to knock the snot out of each other. I have been thinking about this project for a long time. This thread will be a mix of fluff and miniatures. Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 22060117 Day 1: Rioting has broken out across Utopia city and the Magistrates are stretched to the limits trying to contain it. The PSI divison claim that there is a strong PSI signal originating beyond the city triggering the riots. I am to lead a team of Mags to locate and disable the signal source. It pains me to leave my Mag brothers and sisters at such a time of great need but the Chief Magistrate insists the rioting will not stop until this mysterious signal is neutralized. I would normally think this PSI stuff is nonsense but we all feel it. Like a itch you cannot scratch calling to you, making you feel tense. It is all very weird.  The first heros of our tale. The Utopia City Magistrates. Figures from Mongoose 2000AD range. Magistrates Warren, Black and myself are to accompany PSI Mag Monk in a shuttle. We leave in a hour to head out into the cursed wastelands of this world. Mag Warren is from the Science divison. Hopefully his knowledge will guide us and help keep us alive. Magistrate Black like myself is a old street Mag. Our combined skills and experience should I hope prove successful. May the Matt Black God watch over us and make our quest successful. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 9 2017, 09:02 PM Post #2 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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 Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 23060117 Day 2: We have flown for many hours and covered over 11,000 miles with Magistrate Monk acting as a living compass. The weird feeling we all have has been getting stronger making us all on edge. We have burned nearly half our fuel. I have a bad feeling that this will be a one way trip. We will deal with that when the time comes. Our first priority is to the mission and the safety of Utopia city. Mag Monk thinks the source of the PSI signal is close. We have landed to rest up. The constant concentration drains the PSI Mags leaving them exhausted. There is another reason to rest besides nightfall and exhaustion. In another 100 miles we will cross the mountains that circle the Matt Black Hellzone. A place so contaminated that very little can survive for long. I hope the shuttle's NBC filters can cope. We will "suit up" just in case. After the mountains lies 200 to 300 miles of contaminated hell which leads us to the ruins of Matt Black City, our planet's capitol. The city was 200 miles across. That is over twice the size of Utopia today! I have seen pictures of the once beautiful city in its grandeur in historic holo vids. A mega city like no other. The wars and the orbital bombardment turned the city into ruins. Only strange twisted creatures live there now. If any human life survived it would be in vaults and bunkers. But after over 100 years what are the chances they will still be alive? One thing to note on today's long flight is there appeared to be several large groups moving in the same direction as us. No doubt they feel the draw of the PSI signal too. Mag Monk claims it is calling everyone. Drawing them toward the cursed place beyond the mountains. I wonder if the whole planet is heading here? I have reported our position and findings back to Utopia's Halls of Justice (HOJ). I must rest for now for tomorrow's challenges. |
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| Crazy Joe | Jul 10 2017, 04:20 PM Post #3 |
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Great fluff and figures! |
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| tinker | Jul 10 2017, 10:24 PM Post #4 |
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Always good fluff Warlord! The paint jobs of the are especially good looking. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 11 2017, 06:37 PM Post #5 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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Cheers lads. Expect a large update soon. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 11 2017, 07:19 PM Post #6 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 24060117 Day 3: We took off at first light and discovered to our pleasure that the weather conditions where calm and clear. The legendary near constant storms that haunt the mountains and the hellish wastes beyond seemed to be at a rare lull. I foolishly took this to be a symbol of hope that our mission would be a success. As we passed the mountains Magistrate Warren pointed out that the sensors where only picking up pockets of contamination. In fact the hell zone was no worse than the rest of the world. As we puzzled this Warren noted traces of what the ancients called Terraforming elements. These microbes and chemicals where designed to transform hostile worlds into places humanity could live. Warren wishes to land on our return trip to collect samples. If Utopia can replicate these we may turn our world once again into a eden. This raised new questions namely who set off the terrafroming and where did they get the kit? On approach to the Matt Black City we did a high altitude fly past circling the huge expanse of ruins for Mag Monk to get a bearing on the transmission. Many blocks where gone, just piles of rubble or dust. Others stood broken whilst one or two lay on their sides. It was shocking to see the mega city in this state. Again the contaminent levels seemed normal for the rest of our world with only pockets registered here or there. We noted many active camps and settlements. The immensity of the ruins keeping many of them miles apart. It seems others have been drawn here too. They better take care and avoid the contaminated zones. Shockingly towards the centre of the ruins there appeared to be what looks like a ramshackle city. Mag Monk confirmed the transmission was coming from the city. Warren also noted that the location of the tomb of the Matt Black God should lie dead centre of the city. This city is not here by chance nor do I feel the recent terraforming and transmission is a coincidence. Taking a lower sweep we could see the ramshackle city was teaming with Trogz. Trogz have been recorded in the wastelands for a long time and are incorrectly thought by many to be mutants. Trogz are a Genetically Engineered Life Form or GELF. These are also known as ORCS (Organically Replicating Combat System) produced long ago before the wars on a far off world to act as troops in wars. There use was banned and the were probably brought here illegally as spores during the wars. According to the data the ORCS are hard to control, extremely violent, bloodthirsty and replicate at a alarming rate. Even when dead up to 12 creatures can spore from one for years to come. Worlds were overwhelmed leading to the GELF wars. Reading about the Trogz makes me miss the Pyscho-d up mental street punks of the Blocks. The tomb of the god lies dead centre (we could see it from the air) and is unmolested by the creatures. It is kept clear of their buildings and detruius. Mag Monk confirmed that The Tomb is the centre of the transmission. The trog city stretches out for a estimated two miles in all directions from the tomb. How many of these beasts are there? Near the centre of what we call "Trog City" lies many large constructions. They look like warmachines made from junk. We noted one Trog bigger than all the rest. Here is a picture of the Boss.  The Matt Black Trog is a 40K Ork Warboss I got cheap on evilbay. The usual head wasn't what I envisioned so I gave him a head swap and raised his cranium with greenstuff putty. I added a Scar and Lump on his head. I am happy with his skin which is supposed to be black. The Grot slave is a classic 40K figure I have owned since the early 90s. He must be the Big Boss/leader. He is unusual in having black skin and a higher cranium than most of his species. Mag Warren speculates that it may have higher intelligence or possibly PSI abilities. Trogz are known to have various skin colours depending on where they where spawned. It seems local contaminants can effect them. Most are green or brown skinned. Black is a rarity. Note the smaller creature behind. That is a Grots. A smaller GELF closely associated with Trogz. They are of a similar make up but are smaller and weaker. Both their designers and the Trogz use them as a source of slave labour. Like the Trogz many in the wastelands think the Grots are mutants and call them "The mutie men". We also spied another Trog on one of the construction sites wearing fierce looking power armour. He seems to be a big mek, a trog version of a engineer. Note the Grot slave.  Big Mek Tinka. This is a standard 40K figure. The grot is a classic 40K metal figure I have owned since the early 90s. At this point we started to take hostile fire and we were forced beat a hasty retreat. Thankfully the shuttle only took superficial damage. I have ordered us to land on a old city block many miles away from Trog City so we can reassess. We have launched spydat drones to collect closer Intel on the Trogz. We cannot shoot our way into the tomb. Even with our weapons and skills we wouldn't get past the walls. The shuttle has enough firepower to damage the tomb but will it be enough? Our missiles and cannon have limited stores. We could use the shuttle as a distraction and infiltrate. Head for the tomb and disable the transmission. However if we get spotted we stand little chance. Another option is for Utopia to send a bomber or gunships to our location and hammer the tomb from above. A nuke should do it nicely. As I fear our mission may now be impossible and suicidal I have contacted Utopia city to advise of our findings and for further orders. In addition I have ordered the shuttle be ready for immediate action in case we encounter large groups of hostiles and we have to bug out. For now we rest. Tomorrow we may die. |
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| tinker | Jul 11 2017, 09:59 PM Post #7 |
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Me likes "Matt Black Trog" skin color! |
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| Brummie | Jul 12 2017, 02:26 PM Post #8 |
Boss Sec Man
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Very nice mate. Enjoyed the fluff but love the Boss Trog he is ace! |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 12 2017, 07:53 PM Post #9 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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Cheers. He was a interesting paint job. More to follow. Installment 4 should see some mobs with a bit of luck. I have drafts up to installment 6 so far with plans for at least another 2 in the coming weeks. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 18 2017, 07:50 PM Post #10 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 25060117 Day 4:  Last night was uneventful. Alas high command have not yet replied to my report/request. I hope their decision will not take too long. Our supplies are not in a good way and we have begun rationing. Magistrate Black found a old Trog carcass near by in an advanced state of decay. It was probally killed by one of the mutant beasts that prowl the ruins. Black took a flamer to it to stop it spawning more. Mag Warren fears it may be too late. If remain here we will have to keep be alert for young savage Trogz or "Yoofs" as they call them. Our drones have been feeding back data. The images from the ruins are a depressing sight. There are whole areas choked in rubble, dust and decay. Other areas have crumbling ruins and wrecked blocks. Civilian vehicles lie decaying in the streets many of which are blocked by rubble or vehicle jams. In other areas old military vehicles can be seen, evidence of the war on the streets of the capital. More disturbing are the groups of war bots standing immobile in some places. Are they depowered, dead or are they in power save waiting to kill again?  Warbots by Ramshackle games. The Trog City has high walls of rubble and scrap. There are also clanking walking machines made from junk patrolling the outer walls. The Big Boss takes security seriously.  There are many war machines in the city. Most seem to be of the buggy or truck variety but our drones did spot some that could be classified as tanks. All the major Trog clans seem to be present. Red Sun's, Evil Moons, Blue Skulls.    We have some data showing battle axes, Goffz and Snake Bites are also here but the drone was destroyed before the data could be confirmed. Most clans seem to wear war paint and tattoos in black symbolizing loyalty to the Big Boss. In addition there seems to be a unrecognised Clan. Possibly a new one dedicated to the Big Boss? They copy his black clothing and rusty armour. Apparently they call themselves The Matt Black Trogz. Perhaps this world has twisted the Trogz too?   Also present are Trog Freebooters (anarchist pirates) and many small gangs. Only a handful of these seem to have any Clan affiliation. I wonder if in Trog culture when a gang gets famous or powerful enough they form into a Clan? Our drones over Trog City have all been destroyed. The other drones that went out over the ruins showed that there maybe a hundred observed camps or settlements. Many of them appear to be human or mutant. Have they been drawn here too by the signal? In addtion our drones also spotted a larger Trog settlement in the northern part of the ruins. Further investigation will be required. There are also some settlements beyond the edge of the ruins a few miles out into the hell zone. We have not got close enough to collect more data yet. Hopefully they won't be infested by Trogz. Perhaps we could convince some of the other human groups here to join us? Then maybe we could complete our mission. The hordes of mutant beasts reported to haunt the ruins by our robotic drones 50 years ago are much less in number than we expected. Groups moving through the ruins will still have to take care. Many old beast carcasses appear across the ruins. A closer look also showed some Trog skulls and bones mixed with them. It would appear the Trogz had some fun clearing the ruins ahead of the new occupants arrival. A job they are suited for and probably loved. It makes me wonder just what the Matt Black Trog is up to? Trog remains spread across the city also means that the Trogz are here to stay. There appears to be large patches of plant life growing in the ruins. It seems a strange contrast seeing the vibrant colours against the bleakness of the ruins. Whilst this at first sounds promising there is a possibliity that the mutated carnivorous plants found in parts of the world may be growing here. There are also patches of large fungi growing wild. Mag Warren says that some of these are the result of the terraforming. They take contaminants out of the earth. The bad news is some of these fungi patches are possible Trog spawning sites. Out in the ruins the drones have spotted large structures made from scrap located across the ruins. No doubt this is the work of the Trogz. We have no data to their purpose. One theory is that they are way markers so exploring Trogz can navigate the ruins. Another is that they are territorial markers. Mag Monk has suggested that these may be trog shrines. All data collected has been forwarded to HOJ. I hope we can either continue on our mission or abort. To be honest I will be glad to leave here.The remains of this great city are depressing to see. The Trogz of Trog City are my first faction in this series. The rules for the Trogz are : 1. Trogz cannot and won't hire mercenaries. Only Freebooters and Blood Axes can be hired by other factions as Mercenary muscle. Blood Axes will not carry out missions against the Matt Black Trog or it's interests. 2. The Trogz raid the ruins and other factions for scrap, vehicles and other resources. 3.The Trogz keep human slaves in addition to the Grots. 4. The Trogz will trade with other factions for resources. 5. The Tomb of the Mattblackgod is sacred and the Trogs will not go near it. 6. Trogz will not trade with Grots. Edited by mattblackgod, Jul 20 2017, 08:29 PM.
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| tinker | Jul 18 2017, 11:40 PM Post #11 |
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Sweet Googly Moogly! That is awesome collection and fun background... You and the wife need to retire to the States so we can play games. |
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| Crazy Joe | Jul 19 2017, 05:02 PM Post #12 |
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Those are hideous! and I mean that in a good way. Those paint jobs add a lot of character to the figures. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 20 2017, 08:25 PM Post #13 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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Thanks guys. More fluff and factions to follow, there are some humans out in the ruins. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 20 2017, 08:28 PM Post #14 |
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 Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 26060117 Day 5: Orders! Finally high command has gotten back to us. Our orders have changed. We are to stay here in the city, dig in, gather intel and report. Renforcements are on their way and should arrive in the next few days. We are not to engage the Trogz or the other factions here unless in defence. Where possible we have to find possible allies. The tomb is to remain unmolested and intact. I suspect that like us UHC are wondering just what is going on here and what the Matt Black Trog's plans are. The good news is that the riots have stopped in Utopia City. The PSI divison came up with some gadgets that jammed the PSI signal. These have been placed across the city. Although they have a side effect of giving people headaches if the get too close to the PSI jammers. At least the city is safe. The others are not happy that we have to remain here. But that is our orders. I have advised Utopia about our current supply status. I hope we get a resupply soon. Looks like we are here to stay for a long time. |
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| mattblackgod | Jul 27 2017, 08:08 PM Post #15 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 27060117 Day 6: Move Today I ordered us to move our base to a new location for security in case we where observed by the landing here by theTrogz. We also need a better location to set up a permanent base. Thankfully our remaining drones found a good location a good distance away from our last position in the ruins. We are parked on top of a block that seems reasonably intact as do many of the adjacent blocks. Scans showed few signs of life in the immediate area so hopefully we will be left unharassed. The block isn't far from a dried up river which should help with navigation in and out. Utopia have been advised of our new location. Still there has been no word on a resupply or the dispatch of our reinforcements. Apparently there is a logistical issue with the distance. The old long range transports used in the evac of the wastelands have been long scrapped due to age. After our move to our new "home", things look grim supply wise. We are further rationing our supplies and the shuttle is down to quarter of it's fuel. There is only a couple more hops left in the tanks. We may get a couple of hundred miles beyond the mountains in a single flight. At least we can still bug out if things get desparate. There is less than 20 percent of our spydat drones still operational. The Trogz and other groups here have reacted with hostility towards them forcing us to operate the remaining drones at a safer (higher) altitude. We are keeping the remaining ones back for recon purposes only. I hope Utopia send more, they are listed in our resupply data. Magistrates Black and Warren have been exploring both the blocks we have visited but haven't made it to street level. Over 100 floors would take a while to traverse. Apparently both blocks are pretty much left as they where at the end. There has been no scavengers to strip the city clean like elsewhere in the world. Electrical cables, pipes, fixtures, tools, tech and many personal items lie ready to be salvaged. Much of it is scrap but there will be some salvageable items of value. Maybe this is also an attraction for various factions present here? The ruins is a treasure trove. Many settlements across the planet could benefit from their looting. Sadly there was little consumable food found although Warren did find some old medicines. I doubt they will still be effective. Mag Black is talking about hunting mutant beasts to top up our supplies. Both Warren and I doubt they would make good eating. The beasts here are probably highly contaminated. Thankfully the shuttle has a emergency solar still in equipment bay so drinking water should not be a issue. We have set it up on top of the block. Mag Warren has botched together a filter and purification system so hopefully it should be safe to drink. |
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| mattblackgod | Aug 2 2017, 07:16 PM Post #16 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo: Storms and signals. Date 28060117 Last night a howling chem storm drifted in from the sea. The lightening was impressive and the rain stank of chemicals. There was a lightening strike on a distant half ruined block. We watched awestruck as a huge corner of the block collapsed. Magistrate Black got a spot rain on his hand and it left a small burn. It only seems strong enough to effect exposed flesh. The storm passed quickly. Thankfully Black's injury was only superficial and is healing well. The top of the block reeked of chemicals until midday when the heat of the sun burnt them off. It was so bad at dawn we had to wear our respirators. The storm is a grim reminder of the perils of this place. Later on we formed a three man team to sweep the top three floors for supplies. As there are other factions here we also stockpiled anything we might be able to trade for supplies. Mag Monk stayed with the shuttle to man the comms and scanners. We found little of use. Some ancient preserved food stuffs. Black seems game to try eating it. But the rest of the team are unsure. I have forbid him from trying. We cannot afford someone out of action with food poisoning or worse. There is a small pile of personal tech and jewellery we have salvaged that we can use to trade. Monk touched a bit of salvage and recoiled like she had been burnt. Later she explained she felt and saw the horror of the wearers last days condensed into a fraction of a second. It took Monk a hour to recover. Some "gift", more like a curse to my mind. We have been picking up several radio signals. One is heavily encrypted and seems to be coming from a high tech source. Possibly another group from Utopia? There is also a few signals using old military encryption tech. We have not cracked the encryption yet. Many signals appear to be moving around the city. I suspect a couple bands of mercenaries are here or maybe groups from one of the wasteland cities. Liberty, Nu Sodom, Great Lakes, The Free Burgs and Brittainna are most likely. I hope it is Liberty City is here as we have a good relationship with them. It would be good to have some allies here. There was one signal we picked up which wasn't encrypted. It appears to originate from the Kraptoidiots corporation. K2I was banned from trading in Utopia due to the low quality, highly addictive and often dangerous nature of their products. Both Black and I where in the front line during the Mutant Munch riots. Hard to believe a baked snack could be so addictive and as it turns out full of mutagenetic materials. I have informed Mag Black that he can go trade with them for food if he wants and his reply was that he would rather eat the brain of a rad ghoul. Let's hope it won't come to that! |
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| mattblackgod | Aug 3 2017, 06:55 PM Post #17 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 29060117 Day 8: Maps Nothing much to report today. We have further cleared rooms on the top floors. Thankfully these blocks are similar in design to the ones back home in Utopia. We have set up the managers apartment as our command centre and armoury. The penthouse apartments will be medical bays, dorms, store rooms and common/mess rooms. Magistrate Black and I went down the block 10 floors. Thankfully this block appears to have been deserted for a long time. It was a good workout climbing back up. I dread when we have to go to the street level. One hundred floors will be hard work. Whilst we where on patrol Warren flew the drones on a high level data sweep of the ruins. Curiously it appears that several camps are now deserted. It is possible that these groups have joined other factions here in the ruins. Many of the human groups appear to be building walls and other fortifications. Mainly the Trog's appear uninterested in the humans unless they are provoked. There isn't a lot to do at here in between the night watches . Last night I sketched up a couple of maps of these lands. A general one of the Hell Zone area around the mountains, not to scale or very accurate as Warren kindly pointed out in a sarcastic tone (maybe I should put him on outhouse duty for a couple of weeks?). The other is a map of the city with the locations of the main settlements. This map shows the mountains that ring this area. There seems to be a few locations of interest in the hills that we spotted. There is probably a lot more in those mountains.  From the mountains through the city runs a a dried up river bed called dead gorge. It runs to what was the sea. The sea is now many miles out leaving contaminated sands. The whole area is littered with wrecks and other debris generated by the sea before it shrank. The sea is likely to be highly polluted although the Trogs release of terraforming elements may have cleaned it a little. We will need to collect more data on this. The wastelands around the ruins were highly toxic. The winds and dust have buried most of what was left of the old world. Odd building ruins like through the sands like broken teeth in a rad ghoul' s mouth. A old port lies half buried in the sands a few miles from what is now the coastline. There seems to be three large settlements to the south of the city out in the wastelands . We will need to collect more data on them. We didn't scan all the wastelands of the hell zone. There could be more settlements out there. The city itself looks like this:  One square equals one square mile. The numbered squares are settlements our drones have recorded out in the ruins. Our position is ringed in blue. In the centre lies the Tomb of the Matt Black God. The PSI signal is being generated there. Trog Town surrounds it preventing us or anyone else from getting close. The Trogs seem to treat the Tomb with reverence. In the North East quadrant of the ruins lies what is left of the city's Space Port. Wrecked hulks and transport containers no doubt providing much scavenging and salvage. Two settlements have set up here. No doubt they will end up fighting over the spoils. I am surprised the Trogs haven't claimed the space port. The chasm crosses the city and there is a settlement at the bottom of the dried river bed. Another settlement appears on what was an island. In the north west quadrant is a large area of greenery (the squares marked in green). There is a lot of plant life here and the ruins are seriously overgrown. It is a jungle down there. In the south west section is three places to note. One is what is left of the capital's airport. The other is a large area of ruins which are still highly contaminated. We have nicknamed it "Nuclear Alley". The other is a large crater that appears to into the bowls of the undercity (assuming that Matt Black City is built in a similar manner to Utopia). We have called it "The Pitt". The only place of interest apart from the settlements recorded in the south east quadrant is a over grown dome. There is jungle sprouting from it (note the green square marking it). Both of these maps are on the wall of the command centre despite Warren and Black's mocking sarcastic remarks. I am unsure if Monks "ooh pretty pictures" remark was sarcasm or genuine enthusiasm. I will be detailing them further as we discover more about the city. |
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| Crazy Joe | Aug 3 2017, 08:04 PM Post #18 |
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Cool! |
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| mattblackgod | Aug 5 2017, 06:18 PM Post #19 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 30060117 Day 9: Supplies It has been eight days since we set off from Utopia and things were starting to look grim. Black kept talking about eating his boots and socks. Again I stopped him on health grounds, especially his socks. Monk claims they are a evolved life form of their own and highly toxic. Things changed for the better today when Utopia contacted us and advised us to switch on the Shuttle's transponder. Half an hour later two supply pods crashed onto the roof top. There was a third pod but the navigation system failed and it was lost near the mountains. The supply pods are modified long range guided missiles with the warhead removed and a extended fuselage to take the cargo and extra fuel cells to extend the range. We now have a extra solar still, solar panels, emergency lights, a small medi bot, survival kits, water canteens, anti radiation and toxins kits, extra munitions for our pistols, survival shelters, a solar heater, cooking kit, a data chip and about 2 weeks worth of food. Sadly the missing pod contained perimeter sensors, spybot drones, a sentry gun with 2000 rounds, four assault rifles, 1000 rounds of ammo, more pistol ammo and frag grenades. Looks like we will have to rely on our side arms and basic Magistrate street kit. I hope the lost pod isn't found, that kit could set a gang up. Unlike our pistols the assault rifles do not have a DNA switch in them to prevent illegal use. We got busy setting up and stowing the kit (after turning the transponder off!). Then we stripped the pods for parts. The engines maybe tradeable. The remaining fuel cells have been stored. Batteries and air vein charging systems have been jury rigged so we now have emergancy lighting on the top three floors. Looking at this from another angle, I guess we may be alone here for at least another two weeks. Examining the data chip on the Shuttle's reader it is filled with all manner of survival data, information on most of the world's factions known to us, Trog & Grot biology and as much information on the layout of this city and surrounding lands as Utopia could find in it's data banks. Both Monk and Warren are itching to study the data. There is a new radio broadcast from the ruins. This is on the old public transmission bands and is unencrypted. Kraptoidiots have now set up a station advertising their awful products broken up by a babbling idiot playing the same three awful ear worm tunes. Much of the old personal tech found in the ruins (usually on human remains) will be able to pick up the broadcasts once recharged. I think K2I hope to have quite a audience. Black and Warren think we should storm the site and take out the station just for the musical content alone. I suspect after a short while the gangs here may be doing that for us! |
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| mattblackgod | Aug 8 2017, 07:20 PM Post #20 |
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Journal of Senior Mag Stevo. Date 31070117 - power Last night a late night chat gave me some food for thought. After studying the basic layout of this type of block Magistrate Warren thinks that the salvaged fuel cells may be able to start up the block's Plasma Reactor. The problem is it is located 100 floors below us. Then there is the issue of the reactor being in a fit state to provide power. However power, heating and lights would greatly improve our chances of survival not to mention comfort. At dawn Mags Black and Warren took the fuel cells, tools, flashlights and a few good lengths of electrical cable stripped from the walls. After a few short goodbyes they headed into the inky darkness of the stair cases. Monk and I waited for over two hours at the comms unit before they contacted us. The block as we suspected looks pretty deserted and abandoned. The reactor is located in a sub basement four levels below street level. It took them a good while to find it. Another hour passed and we got the signal to man the block's control room on the top floor. We both rushed to man the stations. Black's voice came through on the comms to hit the reactor start button (a big red button with Start on it!). The block shook and vibrated. The lights flashed on then off again. They settled into a pattern of flickers. Thick dust fell from fixtures and fittings. For a few sick moments we could not hail Black or Warren. Then to our great relief they called in ok. There was power indication on the boards. Only at 34%, but enough for our needs. When I think that this block housed over 154,000 people the power will be ample for us. It will be enough to run emergancy lighting, door power, basic life support and to the relief of Black and Warren to run the grav lifts. Within the hour the heros of the day where back on the top floor. Tonight we will celebrate as best we can. |
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