The Far Future (In your Quarters)
The first time you arrive in your quarters
"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Initiative. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
With that out of the way, you being to wonder why all these red lights are flashing and someone is repeating, "Captain <player>, please report to the bridge at once."
You are in the Captain's quarters.
| It has been <n> minutes since you first heard the red alert. You are holding a flute/a visor/a phaser/a tricoder/<booze>. |
| Wait a minute |
| Play the flute for a while |
You play the flute for a while. This post-scarcity future world really gives you time to work on your hobbies.
You feel like a noticeably better floutist.
This action takes 1 minute
Each time you play the flute, your skill improves and it shows your skill under the alert message.
- You are an adequate floutist.
- You are an able floutist.
- You are an amazing floutist.
| Use the visor |
You put the visor over your eyes and examine your Quarters. It's as though you are reading rainbow colored output of everything's energy emissions. Far out. This gets boring after about a minute.
| Access the computer |
If you haven't taken the computer training
- "Computer?" Huh, it doesn't respond.
If you have taken the computer training at least one time
| Run "WTR'S PROGRAM" |
> ./WTRs\ PROGRAM WTR's Program? Y BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS! BEWBS!
If you have taken the computer training at least two times
| Write a "Hello World" program. |
> cat > helloworld.e+++++ dear computer, please print the phrase "Hello World!" on the command-line. Make it So, MiB > compile helloworld.e+++++ > ./a.out Hello World!
If you have taken the computer training at least three times
| Execute "ssh Computron.ship" |
> ssh Computron.ship Spacenix Computron.ship 5.3.2-x86_4096 Stardate 42:21:31:56:3211 Welcome to Spacenix! > ls nav_howto.txt resume.pdf selfie.jpg > cat nav_howto.txt Navigation is simple. execute: navigate --quadrant=alpha --warp=1 --coords=11,41,24 > navigate --quadrant=epsilon --warp=10 --cords=11,37,42 > logout
- Over the ship's com, you hear, "Admiral, the hostile ship has changed course and sped off towards the epsilon sector."
- After returning to stardock, there is a grand parade and an awards ceremony; after all, you did resolve the situation without loss of life!
- Just as your commanding officer is pinning a second medal to your uniform, you feel yourself being pulled back from the future.
- "Well," you think, "at least I have the memory of earning <n> medals in the future."
You earn 2 medals in the future for this solution
| Leave Computer |
| Use the Replicator |
| Go to sleep |
You've had enough of this future craziness. You lay down in the bed and drift off.
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You find yourself abrubtly returned to the present.
"Well," you think, "that could have gone better. At least I have the memory of earning X medals in past futures."
| Go to the Bridge |
Occurs as a consequence of using your Time-Spinner and choosing "Visit the Far Future".
