Subnautica Mission: Rescue Discovery

andrewc

Discovery was on a grand scheme campaign to the depths of the inactive lava zone. Her mission was to setup a forward observation base at the newly discovered Ghost Tree.


Docked at Prime - the main base of operations she was loaded full of materials needed for constructing a base and observations room.



The mission was underway...

Traversing through some tricky floating stones she ran aground - wedged in by rock and alien floating stones. Full thrust was given in all directions for a good amount of time in an attempt to loosen the vessel but to no avail.





Having inspected the exterior - the plan was to use the PRAWN - aka Strider - to dislodge Discovery from its shackles.




After a hour of groaning and grinding, the PRAWN was unable to dislodge Discovery. The power of Discovery was being drained by the endeavours of the PRAWN. It became clear that a alternate plan was needed.
An idea was put forward to attempt using a unique creature found only on this planet - a Floater - once attached they would add buoyancy to the object and then an attempt could be made to either thrust out of the area or use the PRAWN to nudge it out.
Knowing that the PRAWN had a limited power supply - there were 2 known areas where Floaters could be found, around the Floating islands - or the Safe Shallows.
There was a fear that the PRAWN suite would not have enough power to seek out these creatures - so the plan was to walk the PRAWN back to home base - Prime - in order to make use of the Seamoth vehicle - Alpha which has the speed and manoeuvrability perfectly suited for searching out the floaters.



Leaving Discovery - unknown how long it would take - all systems were shut down to preserve the little power remaining.

TBC

** Let me know if your interested in finding out the next chapter in the comments.

Ralij

Fantastic story and some amazing screenshots! Can't wait to see more!