[Steve Hamrick]

In a rare situation, SV-1, SV-2 and SV-3 all find themselves back on base. Taking advantage of their downtime, the team members begin to investigate parts of Vedas that are still unexplored. They come across a long forgotten laboratory where the Devas were developing a powerful new source of energy and make a startling discovery - the experiment is still active miles beneath the surface of the planet. The problem is, the new power source is only days from overloading, threatening to wipe out the base. Together with the Base Personnel, the SV teams venture deep below the surface of P-0967 in a race against time to shut down the dangerous experiment before it is too late.

Hope I'm not overstepping myself, but decided to throw this up.

Let's brainstorm! The only thing presenting to me right now is Blake telling Steve not to touch anything, lest it activate, until Blake finishes the translation.

[Henry Pratt]

I didn't have anything specific in mind when I came up with this plot, I figured 'something is about to explore and threaten the base' was enough to carry us through the quiet/busy (depending on how you look at it) Christmas-New Years period.

Looking to Hindu mythology, maybe the power source could be related to Vajra, a lightening weapon used by the Devas? Or maybe Varunastra, a storm weapon? Happy to look into these more if people are interested.

[Evan Cross]

Some sort of trans-dimensional energy draw? I have grander visions of Project Arcturus going horribly, horribly wrong (which, I think, they later tried to do in a different episode and failed). But we're not technically bound by forms of energy found in this dimension. 

[Stephanie Martin]

Storm weapons sound interesting. I see that going so well. "What does this button do?

Can we do this episode with no brain to mouth filter? I shall let DG explain that

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[Blake Warren]

I like the Varunastra idea, a weapon that can shape as any weapon could be a power source.

Well, actually, it worked in "McKay and Mrs. Miller" except for the whole "connected to inhabited other universe and tearing it apart" thing.

And I don't think that concept would mesh in this one, it's an idea we were talking about on Skype that involves certain people being exposed to some kind of pathogen that effects the ability to not have everything you think come out of your mouth immediately.

[Evan Cross]

I think some people would consider destroying an inhabited alternate universe to be a resounding failure. LOL. Although, I was thinking more drawing on a theoretical power source foreign to this dimension. Could cause for some trippy happenings; as it builds towards something inexplicably bad happening, the "barriers" between the two dimensions would start to unravel and you'd get them bleeding into each other. But not really too sure what you guys are aiming for in this one.

[Matthew Oxford]

My vote is for Vajra >..> That's sounds goooood too. I'll roll with whatever gets decided.

Plus I started us off with something.

[Blake Warren]

Or geothermal energy, which ends up requiring a "journey to the center of Earth P-0967" sort of mission, there's another option.

And question, how much time is between "Illusions" and "Balancing Point"?

[Vanessa Whitmore]

Each new episode is a new month isn't it?

So it should be My 2014 now?

[Javan Huntley]

the virus everyone is taling about could be a left over from the last episode, wih the giant squirrels, I suggested it before that the vermin were carrying something, it could cause a disruption in the decision and speech centers of the brain resulting in open mouth insert foot situations....

There are people who think Terrets might be caused by a viral infection in the womb, or by a virus that reacts to or alters certain genes. And with the Genetics lab found, it could be that the virus was created by the aliens but reacts differently in humans than other creatures...

Just to provide a scientific a suggestion for the lack of filter between brain and mouth...

As for an energy source that begins to overload, could a chaos generator work? it would theoretically cause a rift between dimension, and change shape depending on outside influence, like in the book Claws that Catch, or was it Vorpal Blade? anyway there was a space station that when the ship approached with the chaos generator turned all the crew and such into Anime characters... if that's too nerdy sorry, I read a lot of fiction xp

[Steve Hamrick]

And I caved to temptation, I'm thinking contagiousness is limited to SV-3 and exposure is from the first lab they're exploring. But the timeline of the planet about to blow up forces them to focus on that instead of going down for medical exam, and they get through the job while trying not to say whatever crosses their minds.

[Javan Huntley]

sounds good, we can chalk javan's outburst to the virus too lol

[Steve Hamrick]

I was assuming so, about to try to create the circumstances for us to know about the ticking time bomb that our planet is right now.

Evan Cross could be nearby, near enough for Steve to radio, if that's cool with you, O? Maybe already familiar, and thinks Evan can tell what they've found.

My full thoughts go like this, input always welcome. The power required to jumpstart the chaos generator is coming from geothermal power at the planet's core. The generator was inactive until we arrived and it fired up, which increased the load required from the geothermal power and now the planet is itself unstable. Process has been going for a while unnoticed and is now critical.

[Javan Huntley]

sounds good, I did some research on virology, so I have some ideas on the viruses capability. I was thinking it could be a modified Virus spread by a bacterial agent, which is an idea the US military explored during the cold war, the bacteria is not just a host, but part of the viruses life cycle, the virus lives in the DNA of the bacteria, and when the bacteria dies, like what happens to most that reach the brain, the virus is released, and bonds to the cells in the brain, causing the brain to short circuit in some places, causing not just verbal issues, but possibly psychotropic effects in the later stages.

[Evan Cross]

Dec 21, 2015 9:36:23 GMT 10 Steve Hamrick said:

Evan Cross could be nearby, near enough for Steve to radio, if that's cool with you, O? Maybe already familiar, and thinks Evan can tell what they've found.

That'll work. I was struggling to find a way to write Evan in.