@Travis - You hold your breath as Violet lights off the power plant. Telltales begin to light up on your panel which is now glowing yellow! Warning chimes fill the air!

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Violet yells "Shuttin' it down!"

As the power plant rumbles to a stop...."CRAP!"

Quote from: pbj44;750911@Travis - You hold your breath as Violet lights off the power plant. Telltales begin to light up on your panel which is now glowing yellow! Warning chimes fill the air!

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Violet yells "Shuttin' it down!"

As the power plant rumbles to a stop...."CRAP!"

(OOC - Let's do this right...)

"G@D D@M IT!!!  MOVE!!!" Travis sprints back and up to the Power Plant..."TALK!!" he hollers at Violet...furiously going over dials switches, checking lines, wiring diagrams, he goes over everything...

Wait a minute...How much fuel do we have??? This is a dry planet, so Hydrogen is kinda scarce... (OOC - pg 15-16 Starship Ops Manuel)

Quote from: rarmy;750899"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???

Radek nods as Travis speaks about Sanke and possible modifications to the ship.  He takes a sip of whiskey and a smile instinctively crosses his face as the alcohol warms his throat.

A good and smooth blended whiskey is such a simple pleasure, he thinks to himself.

He sets the glass down and looks Travis in the eyes as he says, "what do I want?  I want the freedom of spacing and to make some money.  Look, we'll do good and honest business.  However, once in a while we'll transport some cargo for some associates that we shouldn't think about, talk about, or look at.  We just move it from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible, and then get paid well for our discretion and punctuality.  Understand?  Are you good with this arrangement?  Will Sanke be good with it too?  I know Violet personally as he father was an old friend so I'm not worried about her loyalties."

@Travis- "The damned power distribution net is shot!"

"You know what that means? We're gonna have to crawl through every conduit on this tub and chase down every single error. CRAP!"

The next 10 days are crazy, but at last you think the last of errors are taken care of. You get a small victory when the repaired jump and thrust drives pass all their diagnostic tests with flying colors as well as the fuel purification units. Life support is now running properly throughout the ship. Finally you are ready to test the power distribution net again!

OOC - okay rarmy - roll 2d6 again!

Quote from: Drohem;751035He sets the glass down and looks Travis in the eyes as he says, "what do I want?  I want the freedom of spacing and to make some money.  Look, we'll do good and honest business.  However, once in a while we'll transport some cargo for some associates that we shouldn't think about, talk about, or look at.  We just move it from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible, and then get paid well for our discretion and punctuality.  Understand?  Are you good with this arrangement?  Will Sanke be good with it too?  I know Violet personally as he father was an old friend so I'm not worried about her loyalties."

Travis looks at him..."Space is where I belong, and yea, I met her father years ago as well. Dam good Engineer, and I see she has picked up alot of those skills, though with your permission I would like to further her education when I can.

As for Blind obedience to your Associates, I had been on the receiving end of cargoes gone bad more than a few times, almost lost my life, so...well, as long as you are up front and honest with us, then we'll be up front and honest with you, understand I have a suspicious nature, so's will sometimes question stuff. If you can live with that, then we are good..."

At the mention of Violet's Father, a quick, dark cloud runs through Travis's eye, *So he knows him as well...wonder where he stands. I will protect her with my life if I have to, but I wonder what his interest is??? The Reward??? I wonder if those Psionic Groups are still out there, looking for her...*

Quote from: pbj44;751061@Travis- "The damned power distribution net is shot!"

"You know what that means? We're gonna have to crawl through every conduit on this tub and chase down every single error. CRAP!"

The next 10 days are crazy, but at last you think the last of errors are taken care of. You get a small victory when the repaired jump and thrust drives pass all their diagnostic tests with flying colors as well as the fuel purification units. Life support is now running properly throughout the ship. Finally you are ready to test the power distribution net again!

OOC - okay rarmy - roll 2d6 again!

(OOC - Let's pause a minute till we get our time-line re-synced...)

Quote from: rarmy;751115Travis looks at him..."Space is where I belong, and yea, I met her father years ago as well. Dam good Engineer, and I see she has picked up alot of those skills, though with your permission I would like to further her education when I can.

As for Blind obedience to your Associates, I had been on the receiving end of cargoes gone bad more than a few times, almost lost my life, so...well, as long as you are up front and honest with us, then we'll be up front and honest with you, understand I have a suspicious nature, so's will sometimes question stuff. If you can live with that, then we are good..."

Surprisingly, Radek seems to be put at ease by Travis' response.  He downs his drink and pours another one for the both of them.

As he screws the cap back on the bottle he says, "if the business goes by the numbers, then you'll never meet our associates.  I've been burned a time or two in my day too so I get where you are coming from, Travis.  As far as honestly goes, I believe that the bond between a Captain and his First Officer is sacred and I'm laying the foundation of honesty between us right here and right now.  You can question me privately, but never in front of the crew."

He smiles as he picks up his glass of whiskey and takes a sip, and then says, "I have no intention of being hung out to dry if things go south at some point.  We'll always have our asses covered, I assure you.  This isn't my first cruise."

Quote from: Drohem;751131Surprisingly, Radek seems to be put at ease by Travis' response.  He downs his drink and pours another one for the both of them.

As he screws the cap back on the bottle he says, "if the business goes by the numbers, then you'll never meet our associates.  I've been burned a time or two in my day too so I get where you are coming from, Travis.  As far as honestly goes, I believe that the bond between a Captain and his First Officer is sacred and I'm laying the foundation of honesty between us right here and right now.  You can question me privately, but never in front of the crew."

He smiles as he picks up his glass of whiskey and takes a sip, and then says, "I have no intention of being hung out to dry if things go south at some point.  We'll always have our asses covered, I assure you.  This isn't my first cruise."

Travis, visibly relaxing, reaches over into a Pilot's bag, pulls out a bottle. Your eyes lighten up as you see the label, Single Barrel, Well Aged, and expensive, a Bottle of Whiskey you've seen the well-off drink. He pours 2 full glasses, and salutes you.

"Good...Let me start with 3 things...
1. I do believe there might be a void in the Fuel Tank I want to explore, will let you know how that goes...
2. We both know all ships have internal and external cameras, I WILL be installing additional cameras, as well as cameras that will monitor the cameras, in ALL Spaces...I once was on a ship where the hijackers used the Heads for their weapons and bombs, after all, nobody has cameras in the Heads...(he smiles)...
and 3. I am going to install secret hatches and doors in the Landing gears and back part of the ship, incase we ever have to sneak back on board or leave unseen...
4. and I may as well add some remote controls for the ship, something you and I can carry whenever we're off the ship.

anything else???" .. as he pours 2 more liberal shots...

(OOC - Drohem, not sure of your background, but as a former Navy Sailor, I still refer, to this day , the term Head to the restroom, I know that Traveller refers to them as "Freshers", but, as a crusty old sailor, I will be using the term "Head")

OOC - "Head" is fine with me as well. I was a squid back in the day.

Quote from: pbj44;751293OOC - "Head" is fine with me. I was a squid as well.

(OOC - Sweet, then we speak the same language, and as I was an ET, I do love the tech stuff of Traveller...wait...I thought I was talking to Drohem...)

Quote from: rarmy;751158Travis, visibly relaxing, reaches over into a Pilot's bag, pulls out a bottle. Your eyes lighten up as you see the label, Single Barrel, Well Aged, and expensive, a Bottle of Whiskey you've seen the well-off drink. He pours 2 full glasses, and salutes you.

"Good...Let me start with 3 things...
1. I do believe there might be a void in the Fuel Tank I want to explore, will let you know how that goes...
2. We both know all ships have internal and external cameras, I WILL be installing additional cameras, as well as cameras that will monitor the cameras, in ALL Spaces...I once was on a ship where the hijackers used the Heads for their weapons and bombs, after all, nobody has cameras in the Heads...(he smiles)...
and 3. I am going to install secret hatches and doors in the Landing gears and back part of the ship, incase we ever have to sneak back on board or leave unseen...
4. and I may as well add some remote controls for the ship, something you and I can carry whenever we're off the ship.

anything else???" .. as he pours 2 more liberal shots...

Radek smiles and says, "no, that's a good start.  Our priority is getting her up and running.  We can fine tune her once we start making runs."

Sanke leans into the bridge, "Don't want to bug you guys, but there's a pair of salty lookin' dudes watchin' us from across the hanger. It's makin' my dew frizz up. They've been there for the last couple of hours. Captain, you want them to have an accident?"

Radek says quickly, "get our external cameras on them and get their images.  Let me know once you get their shots and then we'll see if they're willing to talk or not."

Quote from: Drohem;751402Radek says quickly, "get our external cameras on them and get their images.  Let me know once you get their shots and then we'll see if they're willing to talk or not."

Travis leans over, hits a few buttons..."Done"... looks at the photos, passes them on to the Capt...