HEY MODS Newt has put together a team to... catch a nautilus. For science. Sorry in advance that this is long as shit, we wanted to be Thorough...
The general plan is this: The group is gonna build two portable nautilus cages, and then they'll patrol Hadriel and the surrounding area. Once they find a nautilus, they'll try to herd/bait it into one of the cages.
The goal here is to study and communicate with a living specimen, and maybe eventually turn it over to the gods. The group isn't out to kill or even hurt the creatures.
THE GROUP IS Newt Geiszler, Alphys, Shigeru Miyata, Michael Munroe, Cashmere, Scott Ryder, George Lass, Steak, Lee Rosen, Cecily Trevelyan, Sora, Riku, and Red Wine
And the plan in detail:
Newt and Alphys will design two large, strong cages cages for capturing and holding the things. They'll construct the cages with the help of Steak, Red Wine, Rosen, Scott, and Sora. The cages will be constructed using some scrap material the lab's been hoarding, and Newt's other, smaller cages/traps will be broken down to use for materials too. So, mostly the cages will be made from wood and scrap Null parts. They're designed to be strong and portable, which means two things. One, the cages are solid walls with no door (Shigeru will operate the traps later) for maximum holding potential. Two, the cages have wheels along the bottom and handles for easy maneuvering.
Once the cages are constructed, it's time to put the plan into action. Everyone in the group will help with this part in some capacity. To start, the group will split into two groups of six, with Alphys staying behind at the lab to conserve her body heat to play mission control between the two teams. She'll be in charge of tracking their location and communicating between the two teams during the plan.
Starting in the center of town, the two groups will spiral outward to cover as much ground as possible. They'll continue until they run into a nautilus or until they hit the outskirts of town. They'll be trying this pretty much every day until the manage to find a thing, so this isn't "oh we tried once guess it didn't work bummer the end" type operation.
The teams are: Newt, Shigeru, Cashmere, Sora, Riku, Cecily Michael, Scott, George, Steak, Red Wine, Rosen
Michael will be able to track any nautilus creatures within about a mile of him (he'll make them the Visitor's target, which allows him to know their location), and ideally, he'll get a read on one of the creatures so then both groups can gang up on the nautilus as Alphys directs traffic. Newt's group will mostly just be keeping a sharp eye out for any signs of tentacle tracks or shellfish delinquency. If one group runs into a nautilus or two unexpectedly, they'll notify Alphys who will send the other group in their direction as fast as possible.
ASSUMING THE BEST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS and Michael gets a ping on a nautilus and both groups are able to join forces, everyone in the group will try to herd a single nautilus into one of the traps. Newt, George, Cashmere, Shigeru, Rosen, and Michael will be responsible for moving the cages around while Scott, Steak, Cecily, Red Wine, Sora, and Riku will fight/herd the nautilus into a cage. Steak, Red Wine, Sora, Riku, and Cecily are all experienced fighters, so they're the brute force of the operation. Cashmere is too, though her job is specifically to protect Newt's nerd bones and will be protecting him as he tries to coordinate everything. Scott can move stuff around telepathically, so he will either be maneuvering one of the cages or moving around rocks and any large debris around to try to barricade the nautilus and corral it in the right direction. In a pinch, he can telepathically move living creatures too. Shigeru is capable of altering matter, so he's in charge of opening and closing the cages as needed. George can heal very quickly, so she's kindly offered herself up as bait to try to draw the nautilus into the trap, plus she can temporarily pull the soul out of a nautilus, which will stun it briefly to allow the others to wrestle it into the cage.
Once the team actually catches a nautilus, they’ll take it back to the lab for science time. First thing’s first: Gotta figure out how to communicate with it, if that’s possible. The crew wants to find a way to determine whether or not these things are the actual original hosts of Hadriel, along with why they’re attacking us, what they want (ideally to like get them to stop attacking us???), and how they ended up here/survived the Null. From there, there’s probably other stuff the crew will want to ask, but those are the main things.
IF THIS IS POSSIBLE… We’d also like to have Alphys build a small GPS tracking device/app that they can use to tag the creature if they end up releasing it (maybe the gods want to keep it as a pet we don’t know). The idea here is that the tag could lead to the colony or whatever, which could lead to further sciencing. We super get that this is a stretch so nbd if it’s not gonna work.
After everyone is satisfied with the communication attempts and after Newt is done studying its biology, they’ll turn the nautilus over to Sorrow to see what he thinks.
AAAAAAND here's our planning doc that we've been using which goes into a little more detail on everyone's particular qualifications in terms of building/hunting/doing science/whatever. No pressure to delve into that since it's way long, but in case y'all wanted more specific info, there it is!
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The general plan is this: The group is gonna build two portable nautilus cages, and then they'll patrol Hadriel and the surrounding area. Once they find a nautilus, they'll try to herd/bait it into one of the cages.
The goal here is to study and communicate with a living specimen, and maybe eventually turn it over to the gods. The group isn't out to kill or even hurt the creatures.
THE GROUP IS
Newt Geiszler, Alphys, Shigeru Miyata, Michael Munroe, Cashmere, Scott Ryder, George Lass, Steak, Lee Rosen, Cecily Trevelyan, Sora, Riku, and Red Wine
And the plan in detail:
Newt and Alphys will design two large, strong cages cages for capturing and holding the things. They'll construct the cages with the help of Steak, Red Wine, Rosen, Scott, and Sora. The cages will be constructed using some scrap material the lab's been hoarding, and Newt's other, smaller cages/traps will be broken down to use for materials too. So, mostly the cages will be made from wood and scrap Null parts. They're designed to be strong and portable, which means two things. One, the cages are solid walls with no door (Shigeru will operate the traps later) for maximum holding potential. Two, the cages have wheels along the bottom and handles for easy maneuvering.
Once the cages are constructed, it's time to put the plan into action. Everyone in the group will help with this part in some capacity. To start, the group will split into two groups of six, with Alphys staying behind at the lab
to conserve her body heatto play mission control between the two teams. She'll be in charge of tracking their location and communicating between the two teams during the plan.Starting in the center of town, the two groups will spiral outward to cover as much ground as possible. They'll continue until they run into a nautilus or until they hit the outskirts of town. They'll be trying this pretty much every day until the manage to find a thing, so this isn't "oh we tried once guess it didn't work bummer the end" type operation.
The teams are:
Newt, Shigeru, Cashmere, Sora, Riku, Cecily
Michael, Scott, George, Steak, Red Wine, Rosen
Michael will be able to track any nautilus creatures within about a mile of him (he'll make them the Visitor's target, which allows him to know their location), and ideally, he'll get a read on one of the creatures so then both groups can gang up on the nautilus as Alphys directs traffic. Newt's group will mostly just be keeping a sharp eye out for any signs of tentacle tracks or shellfish delinquency. If one group runs into a nautilus or two unexpectedly, they'll notify Alphys who will send the other group in their direction as fast as possible.
ASSUMING THE BEST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS and Michael gets a ping on a nautilus and both groups are able to join forces, everyone in the group will try to herd a single nautilus into one of the traps. Newt, George, Cashmere, Shigeru, Rosen, and Michael will be responsible for moving the cages around while Scott, Steak, Cecily, Red Wine, Sora, and Riku will fight/herd the nautilus into a cage. Steak, Red Wine, Sora, Riku, and Cecily are all experienced fighters, so they're the brute force of the operation. Cashmere is too, though her job is specifically to protect Newt's nerd bones and will be protecting him as he tries to coordinate everything. Scott can move stuff around telepathically, so he will either be maneuvering one of the cages or moving around rocks and any large debris around to try to barricade the nautilus and corral it in the right direction. In a pinch, he can telepathically move living creatures too. Shigeru is capable of altering matter, so he's in charge of opening and closing the cages as needed. George can heal very quickly, so she's kindly offered herself up as bait to try to draw the nautilus into the trap, plus she can temporarily pull the soul out of a nautilus, which will stun it briefly to allow the others to wrestle it into the cage.
Once the team actually catches a nautilus, they’ll take it back to the lab for science time. First thing’s first: Gotta figure out how to communicate with it, if that’s possible. The crew wants to find a way to determine whether or not these things are the actual original hosts of Hadriel, along with why they’re attacking us, what they want (ideally to like get them to stop attacking us???), and how they ended up here/survived the Null. From there, there’s probably other stuff the crew will want to ask, but those are the main things.
IF THIS IS POSSIBLE… We’d also like to have Alphys build a small GPS tracking device/app that they can use to tag the creature if they end up releasing it (maybe the gods want to keep it as a pet we don’t know). The idea here is that the tag could lead to the colony or whatever, which could lead to further sciencing. We super get that this is a stretch so nbd if it’s not gonna work.
After everyone is satisfied with the communication attempts and after Newt is done studying its biology, they’ll turn the nautilus over to Sorrow to see what he thinks.
AAAAAAND here's our planning doc that we've been using which goes into a little more detail on everyone's particular qualifications in terms of building/hunting/doing science/whatever. No pressure to delve into that since it's way long, but in case y'all wanted more specific info, there it is!
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