Travis looks back..."no, we're going to need a crew in here. Can we take this tub to the Ship Repair Facility? or we need to keep this on the QT??"

Radek smiles and says to Sanke, "get in there with Travis and get a complete list of parts needed for Violet."

"Yeah, get a repair crew and take her to the Ship Repair Facility if that's what it takes to get Gussie ready," Radek replies back.

As an afterthought, he asks, "are you a whiskey man, Travis?"

Sanke snorts, “The Gussie fly in 16 days? Whoo boy! Borgni, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess that them folks you’re partnered with is gonna want lots of QT on this project. That actually makes things simple in a way…we don’t have to worry about towing her. But, we’re gonna need to hire a work crew.”

Violet nods and adds, “Shoot, I know lot’s o’ folks that need a job and knows their way around a ship. We’re gonna need to hire a work crew, get life support and power back up and get all the crew quarters fixed up. Then we can start the real work on the ship.”

“Mr. Borgni, can you give me 20,000cr? I’ll get those items taken care right away with it.”

Sanke pats Violet on the shoulder, “Borgni, you can count on us!”

“Ewww..stop touching me creepy man!”

Sanke laughs, “Oh, she’s a pistol she is!”

Radek shakes his head affirmatively, and says, "yes, let's keep this all on the QT.  Best practices and all."

He gives Violet the credits with a smile and says, "alright, let's get to work!"

"Alright, first...Yes, I do enjoy Whiskey, Scotch, any of those..."

"First order of business...aux power needs to be connected, life-support recharged, Hull checks, then we can work inside the ship outside these dam Vac Suits. Second, crews quarters refurbished so's we can move in to finish Engineering work, gonna need sensors, computers, there is a great supercharger we need to get operational, Power-Plant needs checking, jump-drive and Maneuver drives will need replacement parts and op-checked...Violet, you have some eng and tech skills, will need your help, Sanke, check and go over the guns...it's your ass if they don't work. Use your contacts and get us some ammo, also tell the yard worker you know where in hell those missing parts went to. Oh, any upgrades will be welcome, Radek, what Tech skills do you have?? "

Travis heads off to get power connected...first things first...

Sanke heads inside the Gussie to help out.

"As he enters the hatch he murmurs to Travis, "I think I'm winning him over to us pard! See - he already asking us about our favorite booze! I'm gettin' you in solid!"

Loudly he says for Radek's benefit, "WELL, LET'S GET BUSY WITH THIS LIST IN HERE - HEY! NO GOOFING OFF, YOU!"

Surprisingly, he actually gets busy himself.

Meanwhile, Violet begs off from working in the ship right away and instead heads back to town and within the hour workers begin drifting into the hanger and getting to work. First, a portable airlock is added to the hanger front door. The life support is pumped into the hanger. Eventually the hanger pressurizes enough to unsuit and open up the ship for airing out and cleaning.

More and more folks arrive, and soon a group of 30 cleaners is onboard the ship scrubbing and sanitizing the spaces. Around dinner time an enormous sand crawler pulls up and locks into the airlock. The cleaners pour out of the ship and begin to offload brand new bedding and fixtures, rapidly arranging them into the ships freshly cleaned spaces. The air is quickly filled with the sound of showers and faucets running, and freshers flushing. Power cables are hooked up to the ship and lights wink on throughout the passageways and spaces.

Soon after, Violet comes inside and announces that the dinner truck has arrived. It too lines up for the airlock and in short order folks are spread out all over the floor of the hanger eating their dinner and drinking cold beer.

For herself, Violet has ignored dinner and is currently focusing on laughing and talking to a portly gentleman that has just arrived at the hanger. He blushes and smiles at her every word, nodding in agreement. After a short time she gives him a hug and he staggers away back to the airlock.

She walks back to Radek, "That there was Mr. Moody from the parts yard. He'll be back here in the morning with a sand crawler full of parts, but I'll need another 30,000cr. Is that okay?"

"All of these things that are done today are the easy stuff. The hard part will be making the actual repairs and getting these systems back online."

She gives you a hug, "Well, let's just enjoy the easy part today I guess."

(OOC - OK, is the crew quarters good enough to move in?? With Aux Power applied, Hull Checks good??? What is the condition of the Life Support System?? What works and what doesn't???)

Travis sits in the bridge, going over papers and check-lists, mostly hand written. He calls Radek over and has a sit-down with him, bottle of Whiskey and 2 glasses ready, well, 1 is, his is already seen a shot or two.

He looks over at him, "My name is Travis Scott, former 1st Officer and Chief
Engineer of a few Merchants. and you are???" He continues to scribble notes as he talks...chewing on a well chewed cigar.

The work crew chief lets you know the crew quarters are now ready to go. The will come back tomorrow and work on both Galleys and the passenger quarters. He nods goodnight to both of you.

Fortunately, the ship's hull is solid. Life support is currently hit and miss - life support is showing active on the upper deck and dead on the lower deck. With the fault being so large it should be fairly simple to chase down in the morning.

Quote from: pbj44;750461The work crew chief lets you know the crew quarters are now ready to go. The will come back tomorrow and work on both Galleys and the passenger quarters. He nods goodnight to both of you.

Fortunately, the ship's hull is solid. Life support is currently hit and miss - life support is showing active on the upper deck and dead on the lower deck. With the fault being so large it should be fairly simple to chase down in the morning.

Travis is making those notes during the sit-down with Radek, can't move in yet...crews quarters on lower deck...

Radek will see posted on wall...

1. Life Support
2. Power Plant
3. Computer
4. Comm
5. Sensors
6. M-Drive
7. J-Drive
8. SuperCharger
9. Med-Bay
10. Low Berth
11. High Berth
12. Middle Berth
13. Cargo Bay
14. Air Locks

When Radek enters the Bridge, not only does he see the priority list, he sees two set of plans on the wall...

Quote from: pbj44;750451She walks back to Radek, "That there was Mr. Moody from the parts yard. He'll be back here in the morning with a sand crawler full of parts, but I'll need another 30,000cr. Is that okay?"

"All of these things that are done today are the easy stuff. The hard part will be making the actual repairs and getting these systems back online."

She gives you a hug, "Well, let's just enjoy the easy part today I guess."

Radek gives her an easy smile and says, "indeed, enjoy the good while you can is my motto!"

He gives her the 30,000 Credits and says, "make it last.  I have a limited budget for this project."

He smiles at her warmly and says, "I have faith in you that will."

Quote from: rarmy;750459Travis sits in the bridge, going over papers and check-lists, mostly hand written. He calls Radek over and has a sit-down with him, bottle of Whiskey and 2 glasses ready, well, 1 is, his is already seen a shot or two.

He looks over at him, "My name is Travis Scott, former 1st Officer and Chief
Engineer of a few Merchants. and you are???" He continues to scribble notes as he talks...chewing on a well chewed cigar.

Radek takes the drink and holds it up in salute to Travis and then downs it.

As he reaches for the bottle and pours another round, he says, "I am Radek Borgni.  I did a twenty-year stint in the Merchants Service and was an Officer.  I mustered out before I could make Captain.  I know my way around a ship and know a little of this and a little of that, as it were."

The next day is a busy one with Mr. Moody dropping off a huge load of parts and supplies first thing in the morning. Violet pays him off and whispers to him a bit which again has him blushing and laughing quietly with her.

The massive work crew quickly set about continuing the work on life support for the lower deck area. Others fan out to work on the power plant under Violet's direction. By the end of the day the crews are ready to fire up the power plant and thus take the ship back onto regular life support. Violet thanks them for their quick work and signals Travis on the bridge to fire up the power plant on a test run.

OOC - Okay rarmy - roll 2d6 for the first two items on the list posted in the bridge. If you roll high enough we can call the whole two weeks successful in getting the entire job done.

Quote from: Drohem;750638Radek takes the drink and holds it up in salute to Travis and then downs it.

As he reaches for the bottle and pours another round, he says, "I am Radek Borgni.  I did a twenty-year stint in the Merchants Service and was an Officer.  I mustered out before I could make Captain.  I know my way around a ship and know a little of this and a little of that, as it were."

"Sorry bout Sanke...he really is a good man to have around, dam good in a fight, and he does have a knack in finding out what's really going on someplace. We met 3-4 years ago, and despite his ass-kissing, conniving ways, well...he shrugs.

Anyway, have a few ideas here, was out in this tub earlier today, got to explore some...found both these plans, one I'm seeing here, but the other?? Reminds me of a tub I came across once, called a "RumRunner". Would like to take Violet and do a real exploration of this tub, might be a few surprises.

Anyway, as it's your name on the paper...you want us to hang around?? What's the real plan??? Before I get too deep here, what exactly do you want, Captain???

Quote from: pbj44;750682The next day is a busy one with Mr. Moody dropping off a huge load of parts and supplies first thing in the morning. Violet pays him off and whispers to him a bit which again has him blushing and laughing quietly with her.

The massive work crew quickly set about continuing the work on life support for the lower deck area. Others fan out to work on the power plant under Violet's direction. By the end of the day the crews are ready to fire up the power plant and thus take the ship back onto regular life support. Violet thanks them for their quick work and signals Travis on the bridge to fire up the power plant on a test run.

OOC - Okay rarmy - roll 2d6 for the first two items on the list posted in the bridge. If you roll high enough we can call the whole two weeks successful in getting the entire job done.

(OOC - OK, 9 and 5, hopes it's good enough...)

Travis starts power-up sequences, Violet on constant contact with him, you hear two competent Engineers at work, talking back and forth...curt, business-like, much diff from the bickering and horse-play you saw earlier...it's time to work. Before all the workers take off, he asks a few older, seasoned workers to hang for power checks, spreading them in key locations, Letting Violet take Supervisor roles, while occasionally running back screaming "Make a Hole" as he sprints to do a visual, or in response to a critical question...the life of an Engineer...