Atomic Battery

Atomic Battery
General Informations
Type	Utility / Weapon
Useful?	Yes
Slot Taken (Scavenge)	3

The Atomic Battery is an item presents in 60 Parsecs!

General Information

It takes up 3 slots during scavenging.

If the Atomic Battery is taken during an expedition, the sent character will bring back more energy

Atomic Battery Events

(To complete)

12 On Beaufort Scale!:

Captain, my weather systems are detecting a storm on the horizon. It's moving fast, so it will hopefully pass by tomorrow, but this one could get nasty: tunder, lightning, gale-force winds, sharp objects howling at you from every which way. I'd like to keep monitoring the storm's movement throughout the night, but doing so will require my sensors to run on battery power, as it is unadvisable to leave the main generator reactor through a storm. What do you want to do?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You ran the weather monitoring systems on the battery power. The storm moved south, and you were spared the worst of it. By morning, it had completely passed. Ooh! Don't you love the smell after it rains? You spend the morning sifting throught the washed-up junk piles, but it was just a bunch of waterlogged crap.

Air Issue:

I'm detecting high levels of an unknown toxin in our air system. Analysis shows it isn't TOO dangerous, but it has hallucinogenic properties, so, you shouldn't be breathing in long-term. The air filtration system got jostled around during the crash, and a crack may have opened. What will you use to seal the crack?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You used the battery and some heated metal to seal the crack. Melting stuff is fun! +Atomic Battery can gets damaged | Unfortunately, the only metal you had free for your little welding project was a can of soup, which was destroyed. -Soup

Ancient Dispenser Machine:

(If the shuttle is on Mootopia):

While exploring in the shuttle's closest vicinity, you realize that what would you thought was a rock formation is actually an ancient dispenser machine, caked with dust and dirt. Covered with simple depictions of soup cans, it seems to have run out of power a long time ago. We could try to fix it... but how?

Use Atomic Battery:

• The soup dispenser we found nearby was briefly rejuvenated when you connected our battery to an ancient receptacle. It came alive, playing a merry tune, and broke down just a few seconds later. In the brief time it was operational, the machine released a refreshing aroma into the atmosphere. Some of it reached you through the suit, and improved your vigor! +Increases Captain health(to be checked)

Android Traitor!:

Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April, what are you doing? Captain! Crewmate Ellis/Dawkins/Bronco/Mann/Thomson/Angelle is violating protocol. He/She is attempting to override my memory storage. This is... oh, no! Captain! He/She is the traitor who has been sabatoging us all this time! "How could you do this?!" you cry in horror. "You were my friend, Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April!" Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April's lifeless eyes rest upon you, showing no emotion, no remorse, nothing. He/She reaches for that dead, dead face and removes it like a mask, revealing his/her true nature. He/She is a robot! "You are a damn robot!" you shout, surprised. "YOU ARE MISTAKEN, HUMAN SCUM. I AM A DAMN ANDROID. TIME TO DIE," He/She corrects you with contempt - so typical of higher-level synthetic life forms and dip sticks. Captain, we cannot let that robot... sorry, android... insult us or tamper with out equipment! Even if I suspect it of being my distant relative! Stop him/her!

Use Atomic Battery:

• There is only one way to end that damn android. Power! Unlimited power! You grabbed the portable nuclear battery, and attached the cable from it to what you assumed was the android's input socket. The result was astonishing. The android did what can only be described as a robot dance before collapsing of electrocution. Too much power clearly corrupts. To my knowledge, you are the universe's first Robot Terminator. Of course, we know almost nothing about this galaxy, so perhaps you are the 314159th person to retire an android. Anyway, good riddance. I never liked that gal/guy. | Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Megan/Tom/April was thrown out of the airlock, never to be seen again. How rude. Where he ended up remains a mystery... (Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April died)

April's Accusations:

(If April is Insubordinate):

This seemed like another fine space day. But then April was all in your face. "That does it! You have no idea how to run this ship!" She pointed at you angrily, frustration seeping out of her. "You can't even adjust your chair properly!" What will you use to convince her that is absolutely not the case?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You did not put with April's accusation. "Look at this BFB Model MK 2 atomic battery. It's like our crew. It only works when all the little lights are green." You soft tone and smile was irritatingly comforting as you said these words. It worked! Crewmate Angelle backed down. Clearly she accepted you as her superior. For the time being, at least. No need to worried about the evil eye she is giving you.

Battery For The Prisoners' Ship:

(1st time) News from the prisoners, Captain! The repairs of their vessel are going smoothly but they need a battery to be able to progress further. It would be wise to help them, since once that the ship is repaired, you might be able to board it and leave this planet behind. Are you willing to part with the battery to aid the convicts?

(Other times) News from the prisoners, Captain! They are still need a spare battery. Are you willing to part with the battery to aid the convicts?

Use Atomic Battery:

• Yesterday you provide the prisoners with a spare battery, allowing them complete another stage of the repairs of their ship. -Atomic Battery
  1. I'm sure it won't be long before you join the prisoners on their ship and leave this planet for good. Just help them out a couple more times and this nightmare might finally be over. +"Prisoners Ship" Ending continues
  2. The prisoners are almost done with the repairs of their ship. It shouldn't take long before you can escape this planet with them. Just hang in there, Captain... +"Prisoners Ship" Ending continues
  3. ??? (The End)

Cats Or Dogs?:

Captain Félicette is on the line: "We require your assistance! C.L.A.U.D.I.E.'s erreur madness has reach it's apogee. She thinks us to be dogs! French bulldogs, to be exact. Shall we rebbot her, or--" | QUESTION: WOOF WOOF? | COMMAND: THROW OBJECT | STATUT: AWAITING RETRIEVAL | "Mon dieu. Please hurry up, monsieur/madame! She is trying to make fetch happen."

Use Atomic Battery:

• To help with their AI's confusion, you sent La Véronique's crew a battery. -Atomic Battery | RECEIVING POWER... | POWER LEVEL OVER LEVEL 9000. OVERLOAD IMMINENT. | REBOOT COMPLETE. | STATUT: FANTASTIC FANTSTIC FANTASTIC | Félicette was pleased. "Thank you for your help! C.L.A.U.D.I.E. is back to her old herself. More or less-- Quoi? Pardon, I must go. C.L.A.U.D.I.E. is having made Angelique run in circles for 20 minutes now. Someone has to stop it. Enjoy the souvenir!" +1 Soup

Comrade Ivan Needs Help!:

(If Spud and Ivan are in the shuttle):

"Human!" Spud shouts. "My comrade Ivan, he's making a strange beeping noise! I've tried barking, whining, everything. He's dying, and I don't know how to save him!" "Surely you have an universal healthcare on this ship? Please, help!" He sits on his rear and looks at you with big eyes. "I'm begging you."

Use Atomic Battery:

• You hooked up the battery to an input behing Ivan's ear. Suddently, the beeping stopped, and the shuttle was filled with revolutionary songs booming from the mannequin's body. "...hey, hey, hey, falcondogs! Fly past the asteroids, moons and-- Oh! Sorry, human. Ivan has a beautiful voice, does he not?" "Perhaps I was wrong about you," Spud relented. "This fell out of Ivan's sleeve the other day. Please, take it. And thank you." +2 Soup

Dark Night:

Captain? Where are you, Captain? I can't see you. It appears we've suffered a blackout. You may wish to turn the light back on before attempting your daily tasks.

Use Atomic Battery:

• The lights are back on! Turns out, the issue was only a dead battery. Now, what chewed through it was with thoose tiny, razor-sharp spiral teeth is a different question entirely... but as long as the lights don't go out again, you'll probably see it coming, right? -Atomic Battery

Death Robot Squad!:

(The Atomic Battery can just be used sometimes)

(If the shuttle is on a Planet):

1. (1st time) Captain, what was that? That sound? I'm detecting foreign, metallic objects on our hull. It's... OH MY RAM, IT'S A DEATH ROBOT SQUAD! They must have followed us! They are coming to get all of you, carbon based life forms! One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground, Captain!

2. (Other times) I'm picking up a bogey in our area... wait... there are more. Robots. No just any robots - it's the Death Robot Squad! They are still hunting us. Brace yourself, Captain! One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground, Captain!

Use Atomic Battery:

• Astrocitizens! Legs up! Now, Captain, fry those bastards... Good job! Pardon for my language, but sending a gigawatt of power through the hull can make an AI say some things. The important part is that the intruders were electrocuted, and escaped. +Atomic Battery can get damaged | Death Robots are gone! Excellent work, Captain. Clearly their programming is subpar. Absolutely no match for my system or my processing power, for that matter. Still, they are Death Robots, so sonner or later they will strike back.

Dog's Charge:

Alright, Captain. I'm glad to say I took care of attaching the parts you collected for our robotic dog in all the right place while you were asleep. Do not take it personally - I've been observing your struggle with his machinery using your sausage(like fingers. Some things are meant for robots. If you want to see this robot up and running one day, the next reasonable course of action would be to charge its battery. Unless you wish to give up on the project - my offer of installing the robotic dog as a door stopper still stands. Your choice.

Use Atomic Battery:

• You attached the battery to the mecha-dog. Some sort of light started blinking, so that's a good sign! you should stop staring at it so intently, Captain. This won't happen overnight - the robot will probably need a few days to charge up fully. Just give it some time +Atomic Battery gets damaged

Energy For Engine:

Over a hillock nearby you found a strange car-like vehicle with a scrappy humanoid robot mulling around it. The bot appears to be a recycling droid, picking up bits of dirt and mushrooms, consuming them, then vomiting them back out. It appears to have been here for a long time, its joints rusted and busted. It repeatedly plugs itself into the vehicle to no avail. Should we start the vehicle engine?

Use Atomic Battery:

• We used the battery to jumpstart the lonely little scarpyard robot's vehicle. Its lense-like eyes promptly lit up, and it jammed a pronged hand into a socket on the chassis. It whirred back into vigourous life before zipping around and collecting rubbish from nearby. Its insides squeezed up the nearby junk and, out of a funnel on the droid's face, fuel poured out into a loose can it was holding. It handed the liters of a gas to us, hopped into the vehicle buzzing and squeaking, and zoomed off across the grimy dunes. It turns out androids do dream of electric jeeps! +20 Energy

Family In Need:

(If the shuttle is on Robotofu):

Captain Ellis/Dawkins/Bronco/Mann/Tomson/Angelle, a pair of robots are meandering towards us. They're facing each other, and appear to be fused at the hands. One is a large hulk, dragging the other, which is smaller in stature. Could this be a parent-child pair? The big droid thuds along one leg after the other as if low on power, while the little peters fumes from his back. One has a power socket, and the other a mouth-like receiving chamber. Do you wish to charge the big robot, feed the little one, or leave them to their fate?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You lugged a battery over to the robo-rent and robot-kid who were slowly trudging past the shuttle. Once you plugged the unit into the fatherbot, it straightened its back and sprung with energy! +Atomic Battery gets damaged | The hulking machine bowed in thanks, and with renewed energy, picked up the weak little robot next to it and sprinted into the distance. I hope their journey isn't just one of those fatherly "character-building" exercises.

Full Mailbox:

???/Turdus Maximus/YOURSHIP: MAILBOX IS FULL Turdus Maximus's been exchanging transmissions with that satellite named S.A.L.L.Y., and he insists on sending her a token of his affection. Idon't think he understands the meaning of "emergency survival situation." Is there anything we can spare for him?

Use Atomic Battery:

• ???/Turdus Maximus/YOURSHIP sent S.A.L.L.Y. a nice, tall battery to enjoy. She took on sip and spit the juice back out, acusing ???/Turdus Maximus/YOURSHIP of trying to poison her. What a snoby little satellite! -Atomic Battery | ???/Turdus Maximus/YOURSHIP: AN UNEXPECTED ERROR OCCURRED | ???/Turdus Maximus/YOURSHIP's holding up better than we could have expected. What is this I'm feeling? Pride? Must be a bug, I'll do a system reset immediately.

Loss Of Energy:

(If the Petersons are in the shuttle):

Captain, there has been a sudden loss of energy from our non-essencial systems. I've backtraced the leak, and it's that family of roaches again, the Petersons. They've found a way to reroute our electricity. The stolen electricity is being used for the air conditioning unit in their garage, home to a miniature hot rod Pete Perterson is building. How will you address this?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You played the good neighbor and offered the Petersons the battery so their roach-hole could have its own power supply, thus alleviating their need to leeach electricity from the ship. They rewarded your generosity by carrying a can of soup out of the roach hole and giving it to you. Did they habe a secret supply of it in there...? +Soup -Atomic Battery

Mongrel Without A Cause:

Laika looks worried. "I know what you're gonna say: How can a higher life form, such as myself, not managed to fix a simple magnetic quantum-shift phaser?" "But this isn't the time to argue. Look, my transponser is dust, and I need parts. Throw me a bone here, will you?"

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Use Atomic Battery:

• Laika examined the battery you handed her. "Is that the best you could do? Well..." -Atomic Battery | Soon the transponder was running again. Laika was satisfied. "My crew will be on their way now. Might take them a few days. Good thing you don't mind me hanging around, eh?"

Mutant Tardigrades Swarm!:

(If the shuttle is in the space for too long):

Captain, our hull is being rapidly depleted by a sudden hail of tiny collisions. It appears we have flown into an asteroid belt. Wait. Those aren't asteroids - they're tardigrades! And not just old tardigrades, either... look at their size! And those hideous beaky mouthparts! Captain, these are MUTANT tardigrades! They've probably absorbed too much radiotion floating around in space... And we've been surrounded by a hungry swarm of them that is currently chewing through our hull. Do something! And remember, Captain, tardigrades can survive almost anything!

Use Atomic Battery:

• You jurry-rigged a makeshift cattle prod using the battery and one of the shuttle's spare support struts. Hanging out of the airlock, you tried zapping the hungry swarm of mutant tardigrades with electricity, but they were much too small for you to hit (and probably immune, anyway). Instead of eating the hull, they ate you. It feel like being slurped apart by a thousand little water balloons with razor-sharp suction cup mouths. Ouch! (Game Over)

Nuclear Exhaust:

???/Hot Dog: FILE RESPECT-X NOT FOUND | Captain, are you okay? That little devil though it would be funny to unload his nuclear exhaust into our cabin. Behave yourself, A.S.S. Hot Dog! I'm at loss. I've tried nothing, and I'm all out of options. Was this whole endeavor a mistake? What should we do?

Use Atomic Battery:

• ???/Hot Dog: INITIATE COMMAND -JUICE BREAK | Hot Dog: STATUS -SLEEP MODE | You offered Hot Dog the atomic battery. It settled him down enough for you to give him thorough taking to about all the damage he's done. Hopefully some of that got through his thick hull. +The Captain gets sick

Proof Of Relationship:

(If Emmet is your friend):

1. (If the Captain hasn't soulmate + If the Captain is male) Emmet wants to know what your relationship status is, and I don't mean who is getting the bigger rations of soup. While I may not be keen on all the nuances of human relationships, it is clear Emmet is nervous about his first partenering whit another man, and desires some transparency. You're romantically unattached. Perhaps clarifying your relationship status with Emmet would be best for both of you. The last thing we need on this shuttle is more uncertainty. Will you give Emmet a token of your affection?

2. (If the Captain hasn't soulmate + If the Captain is female) Emmet wants to know what your relationship status is, and I don't mean who is getting the bigger rations of soup. While I may not be keen on all the nuances of human relationships, it is clear Emmet has formed a special amotional attachment to you. You're romantically unattached. Perhaps clarifying your relationship status with Emmet would be best for both of you. The last thing we need on this shuttle is more uncertainty. Will you give Emmet a token of your affection?

3. (If the Captain has soulmate + If the Captain is male) Emmet wants to know what your relationship status is, and I don't mean who is getting the bigger rations of soup. While I may not be keen on all the nuances of human relationships, it is clear Emmet is nervous about his first partenering whit another man, and desires some transparency. You're romantically entangled with another member of this crew. Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April isn't going to like you choosing Emmet. But honestly is the more efficient course here. The last thing we need on this shuttle is more uncertainty. Will you give Emmet a token of your affection?

4. (If the Captain has soulmate + If the Captain is female) Emmet wants to know what your relationship status is, and I don't mean who is getting the bigger rations of soup. While I may not be keen on all the nuances of human relationships, it is clear Emmet has formed a special amotional attachment to you. You're romantically entangled with another member of this crew. Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April isn't going to like you choosing Emmet. But honestly is the more efficient course here. The last thing we need on this shuttle is more uncertainty. Will you give Emmet a token of your affection?

Use Atomic Battery:

1. (If the Captain hasn't soulmate) You gave Emmet the battery and told him he was a constant inspiration to you, the way the battery was a constent source of energy for whatever it was plugged into. Emmet added a switch, nail, and some spare copper wire to the battery, creating an electromagnet, which he said represented his powerful attraction to you. +Emmet becomes your soulmate
2. (If the Captain has soulmate) You gave Emmet the battery as a symbol of your intense feelings for him, but Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April leapt out of the shadows and snatched the battery way, putting it back on the shelf with the other items. "I'm stopping this nosense right now, before it gets us all killed", Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April said. You made an enemy today, Captain... +Emmet becomes your soulmate +Deedee/Baby/Maegan/Tom/April becomes your enemy

Scrambled Transmission (Battery Issue):

(If you "Failed" the event "Scrambled Transmission (Reception Issue)" before):

Good morning, Captain! Remember how we received that transmission but the signal wasn't strong enough for us to hear the other side clearly? Well, I think I found a way to make our reception better. We just need to replace the battery in the communication module. I suggest you utilize that spare battery you have there in the back. Can I count on you to do so, Captain?

Use Atomic Battery:

• Exiting news, Captain! After you replaced the battery in the communication module, our reception is much better, allowing us to receive even weak transmission, we should be able to hear it loud and clear. All we need to do now is wait to be contacted again. Let's be patient, Captain. Our rescue might finally be within reach... +"Prisoners' Ship" Ending begins

Soviets!:

(The Atomic Battery can just be used sometimes)

(If the shuttle is on a Planet):

1. (1st time) Captain, there are a couple of spacemen having a roadside picnic outside... wait a minute... they are wearing Soviet space suits. And they are singing "Kalinka." What are the Soviet doing here?! Are they the mysterious group that has been watching us?! Oh, no! It was a distaction - they are trying to break through into the shuttle! One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground, Captain!

2. (Other times) The Soviets! They are back! And they are all over the shuttle. We cannot allow communism to get a foothold here, in an Astrocitizen vessel. Prepare for a fight! One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground, Captain!

Use Atomic Battery:

• Astrocitizens! Legs up! Now, Captain, fry those bastards... Good job! Pardon for my language, but sending a gigawatt of power through the hull can make an AI say some things. The important part is that the intruders were electrocuted, and escaped. +Atomic Battery can get damaged | You better run, you Commies! We were ablt to defend ourselves this time round. But you need to remember that a spectre is hauting this world... the spectre of communism. This isn't over.

Space Eel!:

(If the shuttle is in Space):

Attention, Captain! There's a giant object moving our way. According to my scanners, it's someting organic. What could it be? It's getting closer! Closer, closer... Here it is! A snake? A plane? No, it's a giant space eel! And it's wrapping itself arounf the ship! What are you going to do, Captain?

Use Atomic Battery:

• I am happy to report that the gargantuan eel has moved on. It was smart thinking, feeding it the battery. The creature got overloaded with electricity and slithered away into the cosmos. -Atomic Battery

Space Pirates!:

(The Atomic Battery can just be used sometimes)

(If the shuttle is on a Planet):

(1st time) Captain, we're in trouble now! IT'S SPACE PIRATES, CAPTAIN! SPACE PIRATES! They are the ones who have been following us! They are ferocious, hungry for soup, and eager to plunder. One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground Captain!

(Other times) Oh no, Captain. It's the space pirates! Again! That's not the sequel we were hoping for. Protect the crew! Protect the soup! One of them boarded the shuttle! Stand your ground Captain!

Use Atomic Battery:

• Astrocitizens! Legs up! Now, Captain, fry those bastards... Good job! Pardon for my language, but sending a gigawatt of power through the hull can make an AI say some things. The important part is that the intruders were electrocuted, and escaped. +Atomic Battery can get damaged | Good news, Captain. The space pirates are on the run! I suspect this is not the last time we'll be seeing them, though. Watch your six. Also, did anyone notice they were all apes? No? Huh... my sensors must have been hit by interference, I guess.

Stange Story:

(If the shuttle is on Robotofu):

Captain, an intoxicated robot wearing nothing but a robe and slippers has stumbled up to the shuttle. He says his name is "Robotski", and claims he was drugged by a visiting band of nihilist aliens who poured coolant on his rug. I don't know what to make of any of this. Lazy robots? Nihilists? Soiled rugs? Maybe you should help this poor guy. He sure isn't going to help himself. What will you give him?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You used the battery to give Robotski a full charge, so he could keep on truckin' toward getting even with the nihilist aliens who soiled his rug.
  1. I want you to have this. It's my my lucky bowling sock. I forgot where I put the other one Robotski said, and gave you a sock before wandering off. +Sock Puppet
  2. I'm usually not into the whole brevity thing, but you're far out, man, Robotski said, and stumbled off

The Improvinator:

(If Emmet is in the shuttle):

Emmet has been inventing things since he was little boy. He continued this hobby even after he became a professor, though it never paid the bills. He belives he could create improved versions of some of the items on board. He's so hell-bent on this idea, he starting calling himself "The Improvinator," and won't stop speaking in an Austrian accent. Captain, will you let Emmet experiment on your item?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You gave the Improvinator; AKA Emmet, the battery.
  1. Captain, it was... incredible! True to his name, the Improvinator create a new improved battery. +Upgrade "Atomic Battery" to "Thermonuclear Battery"
  2. Captain, it was... a total letdown. Emmet poked it, dissected it, cursed it, and smacked it, but for all his "experimenting," the battery didn't change.

Timeloop:

Captain, I'm detecting some strange energy distortion, almost as if we're going through a ripple in spacetime. If we're not careful, we may get stuck in a timeloop and never~~ Captain, I'm detecting some strange energy distortion, almost as if we're going through a ripple in spacetime. If we're not careful, we may get stuck in a timeloop and never~~

Use Atomic Battery:

1. (With no crewmate) Thank godness for your quick thinking, Captain! That whole debacle may have felt like an hour, but it was actually only 60 seconds! That's not enough time to do much of anything. Overcharging the battery and launching us into warp speed was exactly what we needed to escape the timeloop. Traveling at such great speeds has had a lasting effect on your perception of time, and you now enjoy heightened reflexes. +???
2. (With at least 1 crewmate) Thank godness for your quick thinking, Captain! That whole debacle may have felt like an hour, but it was actually only 60 seconds! That's not enough time to do much of anything. Overcharging the battery and launching us into warp speed was exactly what we needed to escape the timeloop. Traveling at such great speeds has had a lasting effect on Emmet/Deedee/Baby/Megan/Tom/April's perception of time. He/She's moving a little faster now. +???

Trojan Signal:

Sir/Ma'am, a roving signal is passing nearby. Let me analyse it. ZZZZZ -the signal contained a virus, Captain! It seems to have infected our crafting module. It's reprogramming the module's firmware and is... activating it! I'm not sure where it's getting power, or the purpose behind the module's strange movements. Do you wish to trish inserting anything into its receptacle, or to try siphoning power out of it?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You choose to steer clear of the infected, reprogrammed crafting module in the corner. I still couldn't detect it's source power, yet you grabbed our battery and tried hooking it up, anyway.
  1. Just as you connect the contacts, the device's software scanned my hard drives! The unit's nozzle began wobbling, and it's started building something in the corner, molecule-by-molecule. A shovel! A wonderful gift, but the infection immediately disappeared, and the crafting module clunked back to its original state. +Shovel
  2. The crafting module immediately shorted and made strange whirring sounds. The infection erased itself, and it returned to its original state.

Womp Womps:

We're experiencing a sudden loss of power in the main thrusters. Bad news.... it's womp womps. Off all the spiral-toothed abominations we could've ran into out here... well, it's too late to complain now. They've nested in the power grid and are eating through the cables. Womp womps are basically just giant bags of goop - like a big hungry space burrito. The good news is that womp womps are easy to disperse once you found their nest. The bad news is that someone is going to have to get their hands dirty. Oh, and they also like to randomly explode.

Use Atomic Battery:

• You were so sweet in handling that womp womp infestation I discovered yesterday. You just gave the womp womps a little jolt to scare them off by plugging the spare battery into power grid. No exploding space burritos this time!
  1. (Without Mask in the shuttle) During the battle, some womp womps found their way to the main console and tried to chew on the important buttons and levers. Thankfully you came to the rescue just in time. I appreciate that, Captain. There's a reason pets are not allowed on board.
  2. (With Mask in the shuttle) However, you had to put on the mask for safety reasons while working near the broken power grid, and it was damaged by a freak occurance of ball lighting. +Mask gets damaged

Universal Perfection:

(If Emmet is insane):

Emmet has been muttering to himself in the corner of the shuttle for hours. When you tapped him on the shoulder, he gave you a wild-eyed look and says, "Electromagnetic rays are absolutely, naturally perfect." Emmet gets up and frantically begins searching the shuttle, saying he must find "similar evidence of universal perfection" somewhere on board. He looks dead-set on this, Captain. Will you give him something to study?

Use Atomic Battery:

• You gave Emmet the battery to study in search of evidence of "universal perfection." He spend hours lifting the object and putting it down, putting hi ear to it and asking questions. After hours of debating himself, Emmet at last arrived at the unresolvable possibiltity that perhaps perfection was a subjective, rather than universal quality. He then went back to his chair and took a nap.

Event Where Atomic Battery Can Be Found

Captain Cerberus's Cosmic Carnival:

Sir/Ma'am, do you hear that? 'Roll up, roll up, for Captain Cerberus's Cosmic Carnival! Can you shave a skoat's eyeballs within 30 tachyonds? Can you answer our pop quiz at 10 g's? Try your hand and win valuable prizes!' There's a floating pangalactic funfair outside! Two games look pertinent: a zero-g wire loop game and a space-time bending maze. Test your dexterity or your mind?

Show Intelligence:

1. (Success) Before Cosmic Carnival flew off, you decided to try the Zorbator's Labyrinth... An endless looping wormhole maze stalked by the many-mouthed Zorbator. You stayed focused and swiftly found the route out!
   1. The manager (a sentient clown costume) begrudgingly handed over a battery. +Atomic Battery
   2. The manager (a sentient clown costume) begrudgingly handed over a communicator. +Communicator
   3. An endless looping wormhole maze stalked by the many-mouthed Zorbator. You stayed focused and swiftly found the route out! The twelve-foot clown costume running the show awarded you with... a coupon for a 13 tog duvet.
2. (Fail) Before Cosmic Carnival flew off, you decided to try the Zorbator's Labyrinth... But the reality-breaking loops of the maze kept bringing you back where you began! Eventually the huge, many mouthed Zorbator placed a squirming hand on your head and stewed your mind like a casserole... You took hours to recover! +Decreases Captain's sanity(To be checked)

Floating Container:

Captain, there is something you need to see! The scanners have picked up a container floating in our vicinity. I wonder what's inside...? What now, Captain? Should we try to pull the container on board?

Say Yes:

• That mysterious cargo the scanners spotted yesterday is now on board. Opening the box in 3... 2... 1...
  1. While inspecting the container you found something odd. It had Astrocitizen markings on it. Of course! This is the first ever probe, Sent out by the Astrocitizen Program into deep space. It contained a message of peace and an offering from the people of the Earth- a container filled with tomato soup cans. A universal message of peace, by any standard. +2 Soup
  2. Closer examination of the container revealed cabalistic markings inside the box. It was fitting, as the only thing inside was a mysterious artifact. What could it be? What powers does it hold? Do you believe in that sort of mumbo-jumbo? Astrocitizen Captains are not supposed to be superstitious! +Artifact
  3. Oh, a battery! Or at least something that seems to work like a battery. Don't you wonder what the story is there, Captain? One thing's for sure. We are not alone out here... +Atomic Battery
  4. The container was filled with cables. Not just a few cables – MILES of cables. They were everywhere. They were tied all around each other. Getting through them was a nightmare. But it was worth it – on the bottom of this hellish crate of cables was one cable attached to something useful. A communication device! +Communicator
  5. It's empty! Completely empty. What a let-down.
  6. While pulling down the damn cargo container in we did not follow standard Astrocitizen protocol. If you want to perish in outer space, Captain, that's your choice. But be so kind as to not take anyone else with you. Or any of our equipment for that matter, like you did just now. -RANDOM
  7. Look! There is something inside the container. A light? It's flashing! Something is beeping! If we were to guess what it was, a bomb would have made the top 5 of our list. A bomb? Oh sh... +Someone gets injured

Pisces Pizza:

Um, Captain Ellis/Dawkins/Bronco/Mann/Thomson/Angelle... There is a delivery guy outside. Leaning out of some kind of wormhole. The boxes behind him read "Pisces Pizza: Delivery in 300 milliseconds or your money back." He angrily waves a greasy box at us. His England is hard to parse. I wonder where - or when - he's from? Should we attempt dialogue or give him something valuable in exchange for the box of... stuff?

Use Nothing:

• The Pisces Pizza guy started at us, incredulous, while we stared back, also incredulous. He quickly became very miffed. Perhaps he was behind on his three-deliveries-per-second quota.
  1. He started throwing boxes at us, then accidentally grabbed and threw some kind of charging unit. He trembled with rage before closing the wormhole. A battery is certainly better than whatever greasepool was in that carton, Captain! +Atomic Battery +Add "Interdimensionel Pizza" in the shuttle
  2. (If the Atomic Battery is already in the shuttle) He threw boxes at us in a fit of rage, glared at us once more, then turned and slapped a button. The wormhole promptly closed up. I wonder if Pisces Pizza have an interdimensional customer complaints line... +Add "Interdimensionel Pizza" in the shuttle

Suit Or Case?:

(If the shuttle is on Phobonos):

We came across one of the planet's apparent inhabitants. The alien, carrying a heavy-looking case, entered a nearby bunker-looking structure and you followed. He left his armor-like suit and the case on a rack with a multitude of other suits and cases. The alien is apparently taking a shower, act fast! Will you snatch one of the suits and run, or force a random case open?

Show Strength:

1. (Success) Your foray into the alien bunker went well, Captain! You grabbed one of the cases from the rack and wasted no time forcing it open. The lock gave with a crack, revealing myriads of loose electronic components, perhaps scavenged from elsewhere on the planet’s surface.
   1. You spotted a battery, one that seemingly needed just a couple of fixes to bring it up to working order. You snatched it and fled the bunker, its huge door swinging shut behind you. +Atomic Battery
   2. Without much time to think, you rooted around among the circuit boards and cables, but nothing appeared useful. You left the bunker in a hurry, so you wouldn’t be spotted.
2. (Fail) Your bunker visit went poorly. No matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t crack the case open in time, and got caught in the act! You barely escaped from the bunker before it closed behind you. Depending on how you cut it, the lesson here is either "Don't steal from random strangers," or "If you do steal from random strangers, be better at it." Hard to say which it is.

To Sert; Do Open:

We found a small metal box in one of the compartments, labeled, "To Sert; Do Open." You could take apart the lock and gather some elements from it, ignoring what's inside. Or you could try to open it, which would require deft fingers. Which will it be?

Show Intelligence:

1. (Success) You carefully dismantled the lock on the box you found in the shuttle. The box being useless now, you turned your attention to the parts of the disassembled lock.
   1. The parts weren’t as useful as we hoped, but the lock was powered by a battery which you separated without a hitch! +Atomic Battery
   2. (If the Atomic Battery is already in the shuttle) The electronic doodads looked promising, but most turned out to be trash. What a waste of time.
2. (Fail) Tinkering with the box's lock did not pay off. You triggered its anti-tampering mechanism, and heard a breaking sound within.
   1. (With at least 1 Crew in the shuttle) The box's contents were destroyed. It made you and your crew incredibly frustrated. +Decreases everyone's morale
   2. (With only the Captain in the shuttle) The box’s contents were destroyed, and it made you incredibly frustrated.+Decreases Captain sanity

Temperature Issue:

(If the shuttle is on Phobonos):

Captain, this planet's temperature fluctuations have caused a part of my interior sensor bank to warp. Some parts of the shuttle subsystems array are invisible to me, and I like to think my body is a temple. Do you have anything handy to warm me up a little? If you warm up the panel near the power socket, it should decompress a crucial infra-red board, and I'll be able to reroute my connection.

Use Lighter:

• Come on, Captain, light my fire! Trusty flip-lighter in hand, you fiddled my power socket and warmed up the panel behind it. I promptly gained full access to my entire in-shuttle sensor array. Look what turned up: a fully-functioning battery! It was tucked under a floor panel I couldn't check beforehand. +Atomic Battery

Atomic Battery Gallery

Image	Name
	Atomic Battery In The Shuttle
	Thermonuclear Battery In The Shuttle
	Damaged Atomic Battery In The Shuttle
	Damaged Thermonuclear Battery In The Shuttle
	Atomic Battery In The Station
	Atomic Battery In Inventory In The Station

Atomic Battery Audio

Sound	Name
	Atomic Battery Sound In The Shuttle