DRAGON HATCHERY: Walkabout Info

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Dragon Hatchery
our very first player-created walkabout
August 7th - September 16th

Welcome to the desert planet of Jangwa. Jangwa is the native planet of several species of lizard-birds that the human colonists have named “dragons” and after centuries of exploitation, there’s a planet-wide effort to reintroduce dragons to the wild and save the crumbling ecosystems that depend on them.

The Sah’afar District Dragon Rehabilitation Center is one of the keystones of that effort. The center takes care of eggs and young hatchlings, helping to teach them skills to survive in the wild, as well as giving them medical attention. Some dragons have been rescued from the hands of poachers who use them for illegal dragon cock-fighting, or irreparably harm young hatchlings to be shipped off planet for an equally illegal exotic pet trade. Other dragons have telempathic bonds with humans, and will never be fully wild, but their hatchlings, if raised carefully, can be introduced to the desert with less dependence on the humans that have settled the planet.

Due to an expected hatching boom, the Sah’afar Center has put out a call for volunteers to help juggle all the extra work of caring for so many hatchlings, but also to increase security, as poachers are always desperate to steal newly hatched dragons. A youth program has agreed to send a group of children and teens, and there have also been a large number of adult volunteers. As the sun rises for another day of desert heat, all of these volunteers have been dropped off at a way station to wait for hovertrucks from the center to pick them up and take them the final distance.

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SKILLS

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—Bonded Dragon: Come back from walkabout with a dragonet and the accompanying telempathic bond. (a character with a familiar/pet/etc can take this and have their familiar/pet/etc take a dragon form with corresponding abilities. This is one of the few ways for investigators to come home with an older dragon vs. a new hatchling)

—Wildlife Rehabilitation: The knowledge to handle care and feeding of animals in such a way that they can probably be reintroduced to the wild later. Obviously, the detailed knowledge works best with dragons, but the basics can be applied to lots of animals.

—All Terrain Hoverbike: A single-person vehicle that hovers about 2 feet from the ground at all times. The hover-motors are designed in such a way that it can cover uneven ground and even climb near vertical slopes for short distances.

—Hovercraft maintenance: the knowledge and ability to do basic upkeep and repairs on all kinds of hovercraft.

—Self-adjusting tranquilizer gun: Includes a rifle-like gun, and high-tech darts that can drill through scales and have tech that detects size and weight to deliver the proper dose of sedatives. The darts are refillable and can be fired several hundred times before becoming unusable.

--Desert living: The knowledge and skills to survive in an extreme desert. Includes knowledge of how to conserve and recycle water, how to dress, and other ways to manage the abrupt temperature changes and extremes.