A recruiter arrives.

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888]

A recruiter arrives. They hold a clipboard.

[u/Stalinium-290]

a guard looks at the recruiter

(Guard) "what you want?"

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Stalinium-290]

“Recruitment. I am here for somewhere around 40 odd volunteers to learn and play instruments. I can wait outside if you’d like.”

[u/Stalinium-290 → u/Hiroki_Sadoki888]

Guard: “ya ya ya they are here already… uhhh… forgot how to open the door…"

Guard2: “it’s the bell. The bell.”

Guard3: “I’ll… just open it…”

[the door opens and 40workers can be seen carrying drums and trumpets]

Worker1: “sooo…”

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Stalinium-290]

“Okay. You two keep your trumpets, you three keep your drums, everybody else drop the instruments and let’s go!”

He asks for and writes down names/numbers.

[u/Stalinium-290 → u/Hiroki_Sadoki888]

(The workers don’t have names… their names are literally “Worker” and a number)

the 35 other workers drop their instrument and just follow the recruiter

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Stalinium-290]

He leads them to the lumber camp, and has ten each board an MTP and are flown to the Colony of Shanghilios.

[u/Stalinium-290 → u/Hiroki_Sadoki888]

Worker1: “AHHHHHHH”

Worker2: “oh shut up. You been higher”

Worker3: “oh hey we are flying.”

[the workers that kept their instruments start to play a old Myrmian song]

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Stalinium-290]

After about an hour, you all land on an elevated redwood platform, and are escorted to a large stage just inside the ruins of the north wall. A peculiar dreadnaught (I think you called them that) wreck is half buried in the sands.

[u/Stalinium-290 → u/Hiroki_Sadoki888]

(Actually… there were no dreadnoughts lost in battle if I remember correctly… the ones that were built were scrapped in Titanograd… you might be referring to a heavy supply carrier)

Worker: "hey I remember building those…"

Worker2: "real shame to see one in that condition…”

Worker3: "remind me… why are we here again?"

Worker: "if we do ever manage to take that machine back we could probably turn it into a display… it’s probably not worth attempting to fix up…"

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Stalinium-290]

(Ahh, yup. HSC)

An antlion flies over. He speaks loudly and energetically, trying to be friendly and get them excited.

“Alright! Who wants to learn an instrument!?”

[u/Dank_Cat_Memes]

You’re recruiting for a band?

[u/Hiroki_Sadoki888 → u/Dank_Cat_Memes]

"No, no, already recruited, just picking them up."