After getting himself situated with Corda’s help, he was starting to accept the fact he was in a strange land with a lot of strange new people and features to get used to and adapt to. Amongst these was the fact that he knew he would have to find out materials to use in his future engineering endeavors and to help power and improve his power armor going forward. As such he leaves the guild hall and goes exploring the surrounding area to both give him a lay of the land and to help him learn what different plants, foliage, minerals, and other potentially useful materials might be in the area. He also makes a point of letting Corda know what he’s up to now. Without his knowledge Corda decided to tag along unnoticed just to make sure he does not get himself into to much trouble or danger.

Alex starts to walk along looking around, studying the area finding it rather relaxing compared to the world he came from that was one giant battlefield. He stops periodically and will make note of various points that look like they could be landmarks telling the onboard computer to map out where we go in a 3d map for later use and make sure it notes the various landmarks we find. He stops by a river in the area and kneels down releasing some nanites to take samples of the water, nearby soil, and even air samples. He then asks his onboard computer to analyze the samples as they are gathered.  He stands back up after noting how crisp and clear the water is and smiles though others can’t see this and says more to himself as “no one is around.”  “It is amazing how clear this water is and how lush the plants seem to be. “He takes his time enjoying the exploration and is not in to much of a rush.

As he walks along eventually a female voice broadcasts using the internal speakers “Sir you might want to look up. We have an unusual phenomenon in the area… at least compared to where we come from.” Alex then decides to look up and notices a large floating temple over his head.  He then replies “What the heck?  Do some of the materials in this place have a repulsion effect on the ground?” He tries to scan it using his sensors but as they are still inoperable due to the big explosion and portal transport, they are not giving any real relevant information currently. As he starts to leave the female voice of his armor speaks up again “while our main sensors seam to be offline the nanites are still able to gather data with things they interact with. Might I suggest we try to use those vines hanging from the island to climb up and investigate? “He notes a pair of thick vines hanging down from the side of the temple and moves to climb to investigate the temple.

                As he gets near the temple he sees a few para-kats gliding around the area. He looks at them curiously then kneels again releasing some nanites to gather samples of the island we are floating on. He then approaches the temple as he has the armor adapt and turn on the shoulder lights so he can see inside if there is no light source. He moves forward exploring the area making note of the various markings on the walls and the statues and such. As he approaches the middle of the temple, he finds there is a large pedestal with a large orb imbedded in it but it is not glowing. He walks around the thing studying it and reaches forward to touch panel curiously as he tries to figure the thing out as all of a sudden, a bright light flashes and a portal erupts from the orb that he is sucked into as he is so close to it.

                As he appears on the other end of the portal, he finds himself in a cave as the portal closes behind him just as quickly as it appeared. He starts to look around as he notices a decent size node of a new material, he is yet to be familiar with. He releases some nanites to take samples of the node and the surrounding area. “This random portal stuff is going to take some getting used to…..” He muses to himself as his nanites return with samples of the ore he finds that his armors power which was at minimal power starts to sky rocket. He freaks out trying to figure out what’s going on as the female voice speaks up “It seems the material here is giving off a large amount of energy. And somehow it is powering our systems beyond normal parameters.” She starts to analyze the mineral a moment as he starts to move closer to the ore. The female voice speaks up again “The mineral here does indeed produce a form of energy we can use to power our systems, but by basic math this should not be the quantity being out put normally by it. “The armor starts to glow a bit as it gathers so much energy beyond its normal parameters.  She speaks up “Please stand by while I perform a self-diagnostic and Bioscan on you.” She starts to scan both the power armor and him. After several minutes the voice chimes in “It appears that we have been both affected by the transport to this dimension. The systems of the amor and yourself seem to have been attuned to an energy of this realm that seems to permeate from the plants, minerals and such of this dimension.  I believe this attunement might cause us to be more capable of utilizing the materials from this world more efficiently.”  He ponders this and sighs “This could be useful but will take some getting used to.” He moves to take another sample when there is another flash of light and he appears in the temple again and he looks around perplexed and sighs “That material could have been so useful…” He looks around “Better get out of here before another portal jump thing happens.” He moves to leave and continues his exploration of the area.