CHAPTER 2: PROBES ON A SPACEPLANE
January 22nd 2025
Wednesday
Wheels Up + 01:48:42
SIMULATION ENGINE RUNNING
TIMEFLOW INTERRUPTED
You are now: ZIXINUS, ETERNAL FREEDOM, IVAN IVANOV, WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY, BITCHING BETTY, ROBOTIC PROBE, INSANE FILIPINO, SUAVE PLAYBOY, PHANT and FUCKER NEWTON.
You are on a SPACEPLANE. The SPACEPLANE is FLYING really FAST. It is PILOTED by ETERNAL FREEDOM and ZIXINUS. It is rather CRAMPED. The CONTROLS are CONFIGURED in METRIC UNITS. There is no SCRAM FUEL. There is 32% of MAIN ENGINE FUEL. There is plenty of HYDRAZINE for the APU. The COMPUTERS have FAILED due to OVERHEATING. There is a ROBOTIC PROBE in the CABIN. It is BLARING a lot of MISMATCHED MUSIC. The SYSTEMS COOLANT is BOILING. There is much PEE and VOMIT in the AIR. It is EXTREMELY HOT. You are FAR AWAY from your LANDING SITE. There is PANIC. The PANIC is ENORMOUS.
You ARE at 30 KILOMETRES of ALTITUDE and FLYING at about MACH 8
ETERNAL FREEDOM is still SCREAMING due to MASSIVE PAIN. He still manages to INTERPRET the RAAF MESSAGE and LIFTS the NOSE. You are PRESSED into your CHAIRS as the MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE begins to SOAR UPWARDS.
The CONTROLS are SHAKING PROFUSELY. You are quickly GAINING a lot of ALTITUDE.
PHANT Yells: Oh my god the filipino is trying to masturbate again ARGH HELP ME
ETERNAL FREEDOM YELLS a BATTLE CRY and HEADBUTTS FUCKER NEWTON. He LEVELS OUT the MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE at about 60 KILOMETRES.
It is STARTING to get COOLER, but the MAGNIFICIENT SPACEPLANE begins to PLUNGE DOWNWARDS.
ZIXINUS SHOUTS to ETERNAL FREEDOM to be CAREFUL as he FURIOUSLY COMPUTES a PLACE to LAND. All he can DETERMINE is that you should probably GO towards DRY LAND and HOPE for the BEST.
ETERNAL FREEDOM agrees and TURNS the SPACEPLANE onto an EASTERLY COURSE.
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Wheels Up + 01:58:42
You are now: ZIXINUS, ETERNAL FREEDOM, IVAN IVANOV, WHITE CHINESE DELIVERY GUY, BITCHING BETTY, ROBOTIC PROBE, INSANE FILIPINO, SUAVE PLAYBOY, PHANT and FUCKER NEWTON.
You are on a SPACEPLANE the SPACEPLANE is PLUNGING towards CERTAIN DOOM. The AIR inside SMELLS really FOUL. There is PANIC. The PANIC is ENORMOUS. There is MUSIC. The MUSIC is quite DEAFENING. FUCKER NEWTON is UNCONSCIOUS on the FLOOR.
You have CLEARED the COAST.You are SPEEDING into AUSTRALIA. You have NO IDEA where you ARE. The TEMPERATURE inside the CABIN is DROPPING.
BITCHING BETTY suddenly WAKES UP.
BITCHING BETTY Says: Pull up! Pull up!
BITCHING BETTY Says: Warning! Gear is down!
BITCHING BETTY Says: Warning! Terrain ahead!
The ALTIMETER turns ON. It SHOWS you are scarcely TWO hundred METRES off the GROUND.
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January 22nd 2025
Wednesday
Wheels up + 2:02:12
Middle of nowhere, Australia
You are now: NO LIVING SOUL
You are at a DIRT AIRSTRIP. It is COMPLETELY EMPTY. There is a small SHACK. There is a DILAPIDATED HANGAR. It is EVENING. It is VERY HOT.
There is a SOUND. The SOUND is VERY LOUD. It LOOKS like something TERRIBLE is about to HAPPEN.
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ZIXINUS Says: What the fuck?! PULL UP! PULL UP GODDAMMIT!
ETERNAL FREEDOM GRINS WIDELY. ETERNAL FREEDOM Says: No way, I'm putting this bitch down!
ETERNAL FREEDOM OPENS the HOVER DOOR and SETS the SPACEPLANE on its TAIL. PHANT FLIES across the CABIN and SLAMS into the BULKHEAD. You MIGHT have KILLED him.
ETERNAL FREEDOM LAUGHS MANIACALLY. SUAVE PLAYBOY is WAVING a GLOWSTICK around and SCREAMING his HEAD OFF about BUTTSEX DEMONS and DEFILING people's REARS.
The SPACEPLANE STALLS. EVERYONE YELLS. There is ABSOLUTE TERROR.
There is a THUMP. The LANDING GEAR GROANS like it is about to BREAK. The SPACEPLANE SHAKES again and STOPS in a CLOUD of DUST.
You are ALIVE.
You are on the GROUND.
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MISSION COMPLETE
MISSION SUMMARY
TIME: 2:04:12
MONEY EARNED: 0 $
PASSENGER CASUALTIES: 0
===SYSTEMS DAMAGE===
MAIN COMPUTER - OK
FLIGHT SURFACES - OK
HEAT SHIELD - OK
RADIO - DESTROYED
HYDRAULICS - OK
RADIATOR - DAMAGED
INTERIOR - RUINED BY BODILY FLUIDS
DOCKING CLAMP - OK
RADAR - OK
COCKPIT INSTRUMENTATION - DAMAGED
===CARGO===
RANDOM SPARE PARTS (23)
MK 84 2000LB LOW DRAG MUNITIONS (3)
FUELING HOSES (4)
OFFICE CHAIR (1)
MEDKIT (1)
SPECIALIZED TOOLBOXES (2)
CHINESE TAKEOUT (4)
===FUEL LEVELS===
SCRAM FUEL: 0%
MAIN ENGINE FUEL: 11%
RCS FUEL: 98%
APU FUEL: 84%
You have gained copious EXPERIENCE in NOT DYING.
END OF CHAPTER 2
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