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« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2017, 09:42:52 PM »
Ok.  That's very helpful to dial into the setting.  The future from the 70s is a bit wonky when it comes to computers and comunications.  

Just so I am clear the trunk floats gently along behind me? And it cost less than the probe drone? And it's not planning to enslave me for my body heat?

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« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2017, 10:48:11 PM »
I now have to fight back the urge to buy a floating refrigerator drone to ride into battle. That way my ride can keep my beer cold for after battle. :cool: Fight it! :mad: This is not that type of sci-fi game!
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« Reply #32 on: October 15, 2017, 08:00:39 AM »
Oh... oh god no. Not the stupid player tricks trend!  I WILL NOT have my game degenerate into flying box riding mongol warriors conquering the airless steppes of some asteroid hab...

Now: What is your Character doing? I've got Headless's character, but he said he was following, and  I'm starting to fear I've killed my first PbP campaign before it even begun. Save me, Opoapajr, you're my only hope!
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« Reply #33 on: October 15, 2017, 04:21:13 PM »
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I'm comfortable with you making the rolls, in my PbP experience (about 10 years), GM rolling dice can definitely speed things up.


Same, that works for me.

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« Reply #34 on: October 15, 2017, 08:53:14 PM »
you lack the experience or skills to accurately estimate that. (from IC thread).   Not only that, but the primary reactor fuel sensors indicate that there is no fuel at all, meaning that the internal sensors have already reached their limit.  It is safe to say that the ship is literally running on fumes.

You DO know that it is exceptionally hard to re-ignite a fusion reactor that has gone cold, without access to another, working reactor. The power requirements are significant... though again, you lack the skills to know exactly how hard that might be.
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« Reply #35 on: October 16, 2017, 08:14:59 PM »
Is it fair to say the bridge crew is staying in contact with the engineering team?  Does the figure show up on crew manifest, internal sensors?  Can the drone see her?  Do we have access to internal sensors?  Can we tell the atmosphere and radiation levels on the otherside of the hatches before the away team opens them?  

What kind of physical tech are we dealing with? Submarine or star treck?

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« Reply #36 on: October 16, 2017, 08:33:27 PM »
It is fair to say, yes, as I believe most of you have comms of some sort and, more importantly, you can project a hologram through your drone to 'remote'. Yes, that is in fact something you can do.... so for conversations and what not, you are effectively there.

The ship does not have 'life sensors', too high tech, and most internal sensors not related to systems are, in fact, down so no, you aren't detecting her from the bridge, nor is she listed as crew... per se.  

.  With your Admin skill you determine that there is one 'M. Robertson, Mercenary For Hire' listed on the ship's manifest, occupying Cabin 10.  No other details are listed.  

Without power it is difficult and time consuming to check hatches before opening them, though an emergency indicator should light up (battery powered) if vaccuum is detected.  Under normal power the hatch access panel provides more details and will refuse to open automatically if an 'unsafe' condition is detected.  The stairwell serves as a crude airlock between decks, preventing multiple doors from opening simultaniously as a standard safety precaution.

Physical Tech: Somewhere between. The ship is a lot more spacious and capable than a modern submarine, though in some respects the aesthetics are the same (perforated metal grating for decks, metal bracing in the passageways), rather than the futuristic flying hotels of Star Trek.  This ship is clearly a modified military ship, so while some areas have been 'dressed' with decorative panels to hide the purely functional design of the ship, its incomplete.
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« Reply #37 on: October 16, 2017, 08:37:07 PM »
you don't think this was your absolute sneakiest, but you also don't make a horrible racket as you approach.

As for assessment: Human, Female, Un-aug, though that is implied (in your experience) by gender. Very small, almost childish in stature and build but you don't think she's an actual child. Dressed in a form fitting leather outfit that appears military, perhaps an undersuit for armor, small sidearm holstered, wearing a rebreather mask, probably to avoid carbon dioxide toxicity in the bad air.    She doesn't seem appropriately concerned by the lack of power or life support, her manner seems to be someone just going about their day despite the looming disaster.
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« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2017, 10:02:36 PM »
Whats the proper form of adderess for a civilian?

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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2017, 10:10:07 PM »
I'll be honest... I haven't really thought I needed to come up with answers to that question.  Names are good, Sir or Ma'am or some variation on that them I guess?  Hey You! That works for me in real life...  :)
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« Reply #40 on: October 16, 2017, 11:29:21 PM »
We never established if my combat armor has any internal comms... If not, I don't actually have any comms since my Comm unit is basically a smart phone.

I could retro comms for the combat armor if appropriate.

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« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2017, 12:13:42 AM »
Did you say she's been entering and leaving her room like clock work for a year? But we've been accelerating out of control for decades?  

Are we still accelerating?  Might want to stop that probably going fast enough.

The Ball can talk to you if necessary.

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« Reply #42 on: October 17, 2017, 01:29:48 AM »
The logs only go back one year. That seems to be the buffer for the computer before archiving data.  She doesn't scan as a drone, though of course you have never heard of a human looking robot either, so who's to say?

You are not accellerating, no. But neither are you slowing down, at least not to measure.

Yes, if you have comms you have comms. I'm not planning any stupid-GM tricks where you can't use your smartphone because your helmet got in the way. I'm assuming most of your kit came from your previous life and was meant to work together anyway. Modular and all that.
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« Reply #43 on: October 17, 2017, 02:08:02 AM »
Who owns this ship?  

Starts pulling up relevant forms and legal precedents on the drone remote. Or a PDA in the trunk, checks the ships library, its probably not there, nothing else is.

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« Reply #44 on: October 17, 2017, 02:14:27 AM »
There does not seem to be a ship's library at all, no archives, nothing. The computer is running, poorly, but lists error codes for attempts to update the database from active memory.

You do seem to be on a half dead ship, alone (ish), and flying at an absurd speed to nowhere.
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