The hero of our story is a “simple” janitor. A worker who just wanted a normal day at work when something went wrong. The ship derailed and by the time he woke up, the Aurora 5 had sunk into the total madness of space-time.
He must use all his skills and abilities to get out alive, or better still, steer the ship back on course.
Before anything else, watch our educational film on the subject:
So, who are the janitors, you ask?
The janitors are trained to keep the city-ships clean and tidy while most of its inhabitants sleep in deep stasis. Janitors are maintenance and cleaning staff in one, trained to work quietly and invisibly, using secret passageways or hiding in the shadows, so that their work never disturbs sleeping or awake passengers.
Equipment and skills of janitors:
As chaos erupts, our hero must utilize the very skills that made him an effective janitor.
One of the most important pieces of special equipment janitors have is the A.U.C.S helmet, which not only tells them their current duties, vital signs, and equipment status, but also the surrounding light levels, and therefore their visibility. It is an essential tool in the eyes of every janitor.
Although janitors can do their job without a helmet, the Aurora Board does not recommend ignoring it (but you can do so if you want to)
Although the janitors mostly hide in the shadows and travel by secret passages, some of them, once the madness has taken over the ship, rely on the power of weapons and mutations rather than hiding.
In such cases, they use homemade gadgets - in addition to Mutamod(s)™ - or weapons from the defense forces, or, in a desperate emergency, their primary tool: the power wrench!
The power wrench:
The power wrench or the “board-allowed multifunctional, heavy-duty, extendable maintenance tool” is the janitor’s best friend. This handy tool is suitable for a wide range of tasks and can be outfitted with a variety of accessories. Although there have been cases where a janitor has used the tool in self-defense, it is important to remember that a power wrench is not a weapon! And using it as a such, especially against a passenger, is a serious offense and will result in immediate off-ship teleportation.
The cult of the wrench:
Sadly, in the chaos after the incident, an organization of renegade janitors and civilians called the "Brothers of the Wrench" emerged. This illegal grouping uses the power wrench not only as a weapon, but worships it as a sacred object that holds the combined power to both build and destroy, and as such, is the solution to all problems. What exactly they mean by this is anyone's guess, but the radicals of the group are growing in strength and currently control most of the engineering section of the ship.
The Aurora Board of course strongly dissociates itself from the organization and its methods or narrative!
The janitors' oath:
Janitors are not just ordinary workers. They are all highly skilled and highly dedicated individuals who have accepted the job with the knowledge that they will probably never see the new homeland of mankind as the slumbering passengers will. Yet they are dedicated, knowing that only with their help will the ship stations eventually reach their destination, hundreds of years away.
The janitors are not just laborers, but a brotherhood, a tight-knit fellowship, bound together forever by a common purpose, and a shared creed. (and a very strong conditioning program)
So... are you ready to be one of them someday? Will you undertake perhaps the hardest job in the world for the greater good, for the survival of humanity? It's up to you...
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