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« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2017, 07:57:36 AM »
Hmm.. I sent an IC post via tablet hours ago but I see it didn't take...  I'll recreate it, I guess. Annoying.

Ffliz: An engineering check (M-Drive) reveals a likely answer for the high temperatures (110 Deg F.).  Space is a very good insulator, so to keep ships from getting too hot (rather than too cold as people tend to expect), the Gravity Drive is used as a heat sink, flushing the extra heat away from the ship.  That the ship is so very hot means that the Heat-Sink function, and probably the entire drive, is down and has been for several hours... a more exact estimate would require knowing how big the ship is, how big the power plant is and if there are any additional sources of heat (such as nearby suns).
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« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2017, 09:40:53 AM »
Pacific Standard Time here.

Spike, I will attempt three rolls to speed this process up: Leadership to establish squad positions as I see best so far; Tactics on how to reach the bridge -- and life support? -- ASAP as a unit; and Stealth so I can scout point.

It looks like a straight shot to the bridge, but I'll take these precautions regardless. The roll results can then help me in IC description.

Want to do the honors of the skill rolls? Or do you have a designated roll room? :)
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« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2017, 10:16:49 AM »
The main delay is in letting every player have a shot. At the moment I'm handling rolls, but I"m not adverse to moving to an online roller or something... I'm just somewhat incompetent at that sort of thing.

In Traveller the main use of Leadership and Tactics are initiative boosts for combat, though I'm not adverse to expanding their roles as skills in common sense usage. However, getting the other PCs to act according to your direction is... well... sort of between you and them.

As for Stealth (rolls dice, looks suspiciously smug...) you... are sneaky. :cool:
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« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2017, 10:19:11 AM »
I'm always sneaky! :cool: :p
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« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2017, 10:35:50 AM »
Ras Algethi- The flying drone appears to you to be a simple mek-form Avatar, and it does appear to be emitting data of some sort, though frustratingly you can't seem to actually 'see' it, though you are aware that the Avatar controlling it does so with a small hand held device, along with simple voice commands.

Opaopajr- how DOES that flying ball stay up in the air? It doesn't seem to have any jets or rockets, much less wings or rotors.  




Hmm.. I've REALLY got to get on top of scanning stuff in, since I'm absolutely sure I"m having a hard time describing floor-plans properly and I'm certain I don't have an adequet paint program on any of the three computers I've got running...  and even if I did I probably couldn't do a proper grid... I R luddite?
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« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2017, 12:05:17 PM »
Quote from: Spike;1000340
The main delay is in letting every player have a shot. At the moment I'm handling rolls, but I"m not adverse to moving to an online roller or something... I'm just somewhat incompetent at that sort of thing.
I'm comfortable with you making the rolls, in my PbP experience (about 10 years), GM rolling dice can definitely speed things up.

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« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2017, 05:48:29 PM »
So we all have combat armor of a sort already on through description. What about combat guns? Am I wielding a rifle, or would picking up those shotguns be a good idea?

Regardless, shotguns w/ ammo & stretchy vacc suits are a useful find.
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« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2017, 06:02:10 PM »
You and Ffliz have combat armor on.  Headless is wearing fancy robes and Ras Algethi is wearing some sort of thin silvery jumpsuit.

You've got a monsterous huge battle rifle, very familiar to you (you've had this gun all your life), that fires 12mm slugs of nickle-iron, designed to punch through light armor and split into curved wedges inside the body.  Commonly known as a slugger (stats to follow hopefully before you decide to shoot someone...). Its not terribly accurate and kicks like a mule but its very, very reliable.
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« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2017, 06:12:48 PM »
Ras Algethi- watching the other guy directing his drone it occurs to you that you can use the Drone's power supply to power up a door panel or some other device, though without tools it might be difficult.  You have the skills.


Opoapajr and Ffliz: The ration pack opened by Headless reminds you of commonly issued field food, though clearly not the same as you are used to its close enough to be almost... appatizing. Almost. Maybe if you get a little more hungry.


Headless: your remote chimes softly, letting you know that your drone has completed its orders and has interfaced with a ship's system. It wants to know what to do next.  Glancing at the remote you can see it appears to be on the bridge, which is softly lit by red warning indicators flashing on the various boards.  


Stats for Probe Drone:  STR 3 Dex 7 Hull 3 Structure 3
Armor 5 Integral system (Comm Audio/Visual), Integral system (Grav Belt), Integral System (Holgraphic Projector), Integral System, Sensors (gieger counter, IR/LI goggles, motion sensor, Electromagnetic probe)

The only motion it detects is the four of you, the only electromagnetic energy it detects is the weak trickle of power from the emergency lights and a stronger signal from the bridge.
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« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2017, 06:18:15 PM »
Ships logs!

Name.  Date.  Location.  Class.  Status and location of the crew.  When did we get loaded?  This doesn't look like the ship I was traveling on, at least not the part I saw.  

Hit me with exposition!

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« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2017, 06:22:21 PM »
(Checks character sheet... rolls... rolls...)
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« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2017, 08:22:02 PM »
I'll follow to the bridge or engineering or where ever when we go.  It's getting towards my bed time but don't delay waiting for me to respond.

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« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2017, 09:21:48 AM »
You're trunk is a drone too? I don't recall discussing that, but what the heck... I'll allow it, you certainly can afford it.

Of course, its going to be much, much stupider than the probe droid, which isn't exactly smart....


I saw the post last night, but I'm trying to give everyone a chance to 'act'.... setting and keeping a pace may be one of the hardest adjustments to the format I have to deal with!
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« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2017, 10:24:19 AM »
In 2017 my dish washer has a computer and my next fridge will make the grocery list.  I don't know if its a drone but voice command and the senses and software to keep from crashing into things seems like something a human would put in a cargo unit.  How else do I steer it?  

This is an old game right?  Does everything have a machine spirt?  Sorry wrong game, a computer in it?

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« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2017, 10:53:55 AM »
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In 2017 my dish washer has a computer and my next fridge will make the grocery list.  I don't know if its a drone but voice command and the senses and software to keep from crashing into things seems like something a human would put in a cargo unit.  How else do I steer it?  

This is an old game right?  Does everything have a machine spirt?  Sorry wrong game, a computer in it?

I didn't say it was clumsy...

But no, you're thinking of Warhammer 40k, sort of.  Actually there are some rules for adding computers to guns and pretty much anything else, that... and a generally good nature... is why I'm not actually objecting.  

I just had the painful insight that you earlier asked if your trunk floats. I assumed you meant in the tradtional fashion... if you tossed it into water. No wonder it seemed such a weird question.



So to properly answer: Adding one device (such as a grav belt, or a computer) to another unrelated device (such as a footlocker) is as simple as just paying the price for both. Normally a Grav Belt is 100,000, which is a bit odd, since your probe drone (I went with the cooler version btw, you can thank me later) only costs 15,000 and yet has a 'grav belt', and the cheap version is 2000 and STILL has a grav belt. So discounting a Grav Belt built into an object seems... more than fair.  Presumably the cost of the belt is proportional to how much it has to carry and how mobile it is (a personal grav belt can carry more than your body-weight and lets you fly around the sky like a weirdly non-aerodynamic plane... your trunk, presumably, simply hovers gently and moves at a fast walking pace, hence... cheap.)

Supposedly a gun with a computer and the right software can shoot people for you (er.... okay), and even improve your own shooting (er... not so okay! Bad TOUCH!!!), etc...

Where things start getting wonky is when you start making all these drones 'smart', as the Core rules don't really handle that at all, the default setting assumes low-robotics, and the Robot supplement seems to assume Emergent AI and full sentience to include robot-religions and other cray-cray.  Since I LIKE the lack of hordes of rules, its pretty easy for me to default to 'what is playable' and let it ride from there... I can assume at least some people know how to program fake-smart robots for users who don't want to spend all day playing 'remote control' or worrying about being turned into a duracell battery.
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