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It is 1999 CR, and Equestria's Royal Space Fleet explores the stars in the name of her everlasting majesty, Celestia. You are an officer onboard the HMS Blue Dreamer, a corvette assigned to the long patrol between Equestria’s colonies on Castor IV and Denebola VII.
The Blue Dreamer is a small vessel, only 400 feet in length with four full decks. While not a survey or exploration vessel, the Blue Dreamer has a large enough compliment of sensors to perform basic scientific study of anything it might find on patrol.
The corvette’s main purpose is to escort merchant and transportation vessels between Equestria’s colonies and the home planet, and it is more than a match for the sorts of pirates who routinely harry civilian transports in deep space. But the Blue Dreamer is not a ship of the line – if it encounters a hostile ship of war, it is under standing orders to retreat and inform the High Command.
But faster-than-light communication is only possible via very powerful magic or quantum entanglement, and the RSF High Command only equips the flagships of the fleet with those. The only methods of communication available to the Blue Dreamer are high-speed communications buoys. A buoy is a one-way probe, equipped with an antifusion rocket that will propel it to its destination at 10000 times the speed of light. The Blue Dreamer is equipped with two, each programmed to travel to the home planet and deliver a message to the RSF High Command. These buoys are only for use in the direst of emergencies – not for love letters home. In other words, you are on your own out here – and the frontier is a dangerous place.
Forty souls crew the Blue Dreamer. You and your shipmates are voyaging in the depths of the void, and though you are very far from home, the ship and crew of the HMS Blue Dreamer are prepared to meet all challenges.
You are currently off-duty, in the officer’s mess, waiting for your duty shifts to start in about an hour.
The Blue Dreamer is a small vessel, only 400 feet in length with four full decks. While not a survey or exploration vessel, the Blue Dreamer has a large enough compliment of sensors to perform basic scientific study of anything it might find on patrol.
The corvette’s main purpose is to escort merchant and transportation vessels between Equestria’s colonies and the home planet, and it is more than a match for the sorts of pirates who routinely harry civilian transports in deep space. But the Blue Dreamer is not a ship of the line – if it encounters a hostile ship of war, it is under standing orders to retreat and inform the High Command.
But faster-than-light communication is only possible via very powerful magic or quantum entanglement, and the RSF High Command only equips the flagships of the fleet with those. The only methods of communication available to the Blue Dreamer are high-speed communications buoys. A buoy is a one-way probe, equipped with an antifusion rocket that will propel it to its destination at 10000 times the speed of light. The Blue Dreamer is equipped with two, each programmed to travel to the home planet and deliver a message to the RSF High Command. These buoys are only for use in the direst of emergencies – not for love letters home. In other words, you are on your own out here – and the frontier is a dangerous place.
Forty souls crew the Blue Dreamer. You and your shipmates are voyaging in the depths of the void, and though you are very far from home, the ship and crew of the HMS Blue Dreamer are prepared to meet all challenges.
You are currently off-duty, in the officer’s mess, waiting for your duty shifts to start in about an hour.
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>>177031
>>177030
>>177032
You feel the ship rock violently to the side, its artificial gravity failing for a brief moment as something large and dangerous strikes the vessel. The floor rises to meet your face as you are thrown to the deck. Within moments, the quiet buzz of the alert notice changes to the blaring siren of the General Quarters order. Once more Lieutenant Lotus Blossom’s voice sounds from the intercom, “All hands to action stations. This is not a drill!” The ship begins to shake violently again.
Everyone roll to stay on your hooves/feet.
>>177030
>>177032
You feel the ship rock violently to the side, its artificial gravity failing for a brief moment as something large and dangerous strikes the vessel. The floor rises to meet your face as you are thrown to the deck. Within moments, the quiet buzz of the alert notice changes to the blaring siren of the General Quarters order. Once more Lieutenant Lotus Blossom’s voice sounds from the intercom, “All hands to action stations. This is not a drill!” The ship begins to shake violently again.
Everyone roll to stay on your hooves/feet.
>>177035
>>177039
>>177040
Gabrielle hits hits her head as she lands on the deck and is dazed a bit. The rest of you manage to stay on your hooves.
But soon another quake rocks the vessel, threatening to shake your eyes loose from their sockets, and the blaring sound of the general quarters siren ceases. A moment later, the lights above you go out, and you feel your body slowly lift off of the deck – the artificial gravity has failed for good, it seems.
On the bright side, the ship seems to have stopped quaking. A moment later the dull red emergency lights come on – they should have enough power to keep the ship lit almost indefinitely, though if gravity is out you wonder what the status of the ship’s life support system is.
>>177039
>>177040
Gabrielle hits hits her head as she lands on the deck and is dazed a bit. The rest of you manage to stay on your hooves.
But soon another quake rocks the vessel, threatening to shake your eyes loose from their sockets, and the blaring sound of the general quarters siren ceases. A moment later, the lights above you go out, and you feel your body slowly lift off of the deck – the artificial gravity has failed for good, it seems.
On the bright side, the ship seems to have stopped quaking. A moment later the dull red emergency lights come on – they should have enough power to keep the ship lit almost indefinitely, though if gravity is out you wonder what the status of the ship’s life support system is.
>>177043
>>177047
You position your jet pack perpendicular to the lift door and let loose with a short burst. It's a little too much, and you hit your head on the bulkhead, giving you a small headache.
>>177046
You kick wildly at the deck, which sends you careening down the corridor. Fortunately, you remember your wings as you try to bring your body to a stop, flapping them frantically to stop yourself. You manage to land right outside of the lift.
>>177045
You find a handhold and try to push off, but you drastically miscalculate the amount of force required, you start cannonballing towards the lift doors. Roll to try to stop yourself.
>>177047
You position your jet pack perpendicular to the lift door and let loose with a short burst. It's a little too much, and you hit your head on the bulkhead, giving you a small headache.
>>177046
You kick wildly at the deck, which sends you careening down the corridor. Fortunately, you remember your wings as you try to bring your body to a stop, flapping them frantically to stop yourself. You manage to land right outside of the lift.
>>177045
You find a handhold and try to push off, but you drastically miscalculate the amount of force required, you start cannonballing towards the lift doors. Roll to try to stop yourself.
>>177053
The lift door is sealed. Without power, you'll need to find another way to get it open.
>>177054
You try as best you can to position yourself for the inevitable cash, only to send yourself spinning head over hooves. Fortunately this bleeds off some of your velocity, but not nearly enough to matter. The main result is that you land face first into…
>>177055
…Gabrielle, who unwisely moved to catch you by sending herself hurtling into you. Blastwave feels a tremendous pain as his right front femur and his clavicle snap against the hardened bits of the griffon's exploration suit. Gabrielle feels her back leg twist uncomfortably as she lands against the bulkhead.
The lift door is sealed. Without power, you'll need to find another way to get it open.
>>177054
You try as best you can to position yourself for the inevitable cash, only to send yourself spinning head over hooves. Fortunately this bleeds off some of your velocity, but not nearly enough to matter. The main result is that you land face first into…
>>177055
…Gabrielle, who unwisely moved to catch you by sending herself hurtling into you. Blastwave feels a tremendous pain as his right front femur and his clavicle snap against the hardened bits of the griffon's exploration suit. Gabrielle feels her back leg twist uncomfortably as she lands against the bulkhead.
>>177057
>10-1+2 = 11
You patch up your leg good as new. Better, in fact. You suspect that the bandage job might prevent a little bit of damage in the future.
>>177058
>4+2-1 = 5
You grab some wire from your pack and run a quick patch job between the nearest light and the door's panel. This gives you a mild shock, but it seems to work properly.
When you press the buttons to open the door, however, it opens maybe a millimeter.
>>177060
Well then your prosthetic leg is bent. -2 to all rolls with it until it's fixed.
>>177061
You begin to think about physics. Ships like this run on antifusion engines, and there's a lot of power running through the walls. Or there would be, if the engine were operating, which it probably isn't. You don't feel it running, anyways.
>10-1+2 = 11
You patch up your leg good as new. Better, in fact. You suspect that the bandage job might prevent a little bit of damage in the future.
>>177058
>4+2-1 = 5
You grab some wire from your pack and run a quick patch job between the nearest light and the door's panel. This gives you a mild shock, but it seems to work properly.
When you press the buttons to open the door, however, it opens maybe a millimeter.
>>177060
Well then your prosthetic leg is bent. -2 to all rolls with it until it's fixed.
>>177061
You begin to think about physics. Ships like this run on antifusion engines, and there's a lot of power running through the walls. Or there would be, if the engine were operating, which it probably isn't. You don't feel it running, anyways.
>>177064
>8
A millimeter isn't much to stick your hooves into, but you can stick the tip of one of your screwdrivers in there. You suspect that you won't be able to pry it open if you try that. It needs to be open more to try that.
Maybe there's something around here that has more power than a dinky emergency light LED.
>>177065
>2
You grab hold of Blastwave's neck and throttle him a bit in an attempt to set the bone. It doesn't harm him much, but it clearly hurts a lot.
>8
A millimeter isn't much to stick your hooves into, but you can stick the tip of one of your screwdrivers in there. You suspect that you won't be able to pry it open if you try that. It needs to be open more to try that.
Maybe there's something around here that has more power than a dinky emergency light LED.
>>177065
>2
You grab hold of Blastwave's neck and throttle him a bit in an attempt to set the bone. It doesn't harm him much, but it clearly hurts a lot.
>>177068
>9 sorry I just realized what you're adding
This time you carefully set the bone. It hurts a lot, but his shoulder should be fine once you get him to sickbay to have the doc fuse it.
>>177067
>10
You fish some repair parts out of your bandolier and begin fiddling with your leg. It's soon as good as new.
>9 sorry I just realized what you're adding
This time you carefully set the bone. It hurts a lot, but his shoulder should be fine once you get him to sickbay to have the doc fuse it.
>>177067
>10
You fish some repair parts out of your bandolier and begin fiddling with your leg. It's soon as good as new.
>>177079
You find one of the shafts, six feet in front of the B lift. When you open it, you find that it's totally sealed with rubble.
>>177083
You find the other access tunnel, six feet from the other lift. It seems to be clear of debris, though you don't relish the thought of wriggling your tender butt down the tight confines of the tunnel.
>>177081
You remember the ray gun in your leg and connect its power supply to that of the lift. You must have screwed something up, though, and you almost short out your prosthesis. You wisely stop fiddling before you trash it.
You find one of the shafts, six feet in front of the B lift. When you open it, you find that it's totally sealed with rubble.
>>177083
You find the other access tunnel, six feet from the other lift. It seems to be clear of debris, though you don't relish the thought of wriggling your tender butt down the tight confines of the tunnel.
>>177081
You remember the ray gun in your leg and connect its power supply to that of the lift. You must have screwed something up, though, and you almost short out your prosthesis. You wisely stop fiddling before you trash it.
>>177087
You fling yourself down the corridor in order to catch up with Starry Night. You slam into him pretty badly, which sends you straight up into ceiling. You hit your head really bad. You have a concussion. -1 to rolls until it's healed.
>>177086
The griffon's attack on your rear causes you to become stuck in the tube. It must have been all those fatty astronaut rations.
Your butt hurts even more now.
>>177092
You again miscalculate the strength needed to send you down the corridor, and you smack into Gabrielle before hitting the deck very hard. Your arm is bent again. -2 to rolls involving it until it's fixed.
As you hit the bulkheads like bowling balls, you hear a voice from inside the darkened mess hall call out to you.
"Hey! Stop screwing around out there and come help me!"
You fling yourself down the corridor in order to catch up with Starry Night. You slam into him pretty badly, which sends you straight up into ceiling. You hit your head really bad. You have a concussion. -1 to rolls until it's healed.
>>177086
The griffon's attack on your rear causes you to become stuck in the tube. It must have been all those fatty astronaut rations.
Your butt hurts even more now.
>>177092
You again miscalculate the strength needed to send you down the corridor, and you smack into Gabrielle before hitting the deck very hard. Your arm is bent again. -2 to rolls involving it until it's fixed.
As you hit the bulkheads like bowling balls, you hear a voice from inside the darkened mess hall call out to you.
"Hey! Stop screwing around out there and come help me!"
>>177096
>6
you do an okay job, but it doesn't matter much since his arm is prosthetic, anyways.
>>177097
You wriggle your burnt ass as much as possible to dislodge yourself from the tube.
Your efforts to get unstuck from the tube fail utterly. Contrary to what you wanted, you become only more stuck. In some ways, you become one with the tube, a single essence, if you will.
In many other, more important ways, however, you become very badly lacerated on some exposed wires in the tube.
You are bleeding in the tube. You need immediate medical attention.
>>177100
>4+2-2-1 = 3
You completely fail to connect your power supply to the nearest lift. Fortunately, it isn't so bad a patchjob that you hurt your arm further. You do shock poor Starry's butt further, however.
"I'm stuck, help!" calls the voice. You can't help but note the universality of your predicament.
>6
you do an okay job, but it doesn't matter much since his arm is prosthetic, anyways.
>>177097
You wriggle your burnt ass as much as possible to dislodge yourself from the tube.
Your efforts to get unstuck from the tube fail utterly. Contrary to what you wanted, you become only more stuck. In some ways, you become one with the tube, a single essence, if you will.
In many other, more important ways, however, you become very badly lacerated on some exposed wires in the tube.
You are bleeding in the tube. You need immediate medical attention.
>>177100
>4+2-2-1 = 3
You completely fail to connect your power supply to the nearest lift. Fortunately, it isn't so bad a patchjob that you hurt your arm further. You do shock poor Starry's butt further, however.
"I'm stuck, help!" calls the voice. You can't help but note the universality of your predicament.
>>177106
You wriggle weakly. It's a sad display. Fortunately, all the blood in the tunnel acts as a makeshift lubricant, making you a little less stuck.
>>177107
You pat Starry's burns. This does little to ease his suffering.
>>177116
You once more launch yourself forwards, hitting your head on the archway into the mess hall. As you black out, you contemplate the irony of being a physicist but also being totally unable to solve issues of newtonian physics.
Which is a good point. +2 to your rolls for dealing with zero-g from now on.
You wriggle weakly. It's a sad display. Fortunately, all the blood in the tunnel acts as a makeshift lubricant, making you a little less stuck.
>>177107
You pat Starry's burns. This does little to ease his suffering.
>>177116
You once more launch yourself forwards, hitting your head on the archway into the mess hall. As you black out, you contemplate the irony of being a physicist but also being totally unable to solve issues of newtonian physics.
Which is a good point. +2 to your rolls for dealing with zero-g from now on.
>>177128
You fall into the deep, inky blackness of your sleeping consciousness. Try again.
You will also have a concussion upon waking now.
>>177132
You manage to wriggle out of the tunnel, crying meekly.
>>177133
You coil some bandages around his wounds, but you forget the antiseptic gel! You'll have to try again.
You fall into the deep, inky blackness of your sleeping consciousness. Try again.
You will also have a concussion upon waking now.
>>177132
You manage to wriggle out of the tunnel, crying meekly.
>>177133
You coil some bandages around his wounds, but you forget the antiseptic gel! You'll have to try again.
>>177139
You can't even manage to push the button to jet you forward. Which is fortunate, since the lift is still closed so you would just slam into the bulkhead again.
>>177140
You attempt to do so, but instead you just get some in your eye. It's really irritating.
>>177142
You slip further into sleep. On the bright side, you are very well rested now. +1 to rolls to wake up.
You can't even manage to push the button to jet you forward. Which is fortunate, since the lift is still closed so you would just slam into the bulkhead again.
>>177140
You attempt to do so, but instead you just get some in your eye. It's really irritating.
>>177142
You slip further into sleep. On the bright side, you are very well rested now. +1 to rolls to wake up.
>>177152
Your eyes flutter open. Your head is pounding from the concussion, and the soft red light of the emergency bulbs hurts your eyes slightly, but you're awake and active.
>>177155
You exited back up the top of the access shaft. You were stuck at the very top of it, anyways.
The bulkhead to the lift is shut because it has no power to open the doors. Main power is out, and it seems that auxillary power has been lost, as well. All that is left is the small independent batteries for the emergency lighting and whatever other batteries are around. If you were able to supply the lift door with power, or if you pried it open or, perhaps, cut it open, you would have better access to a much larger shaft to climb down.
>>177156
You bandage him completely. The wounds still sting, but he is no longer in any danger.
Your eyes flutter open. Your head is pounding from the concussion, and the soft red light of the emergency bulbs hurts your eyes slightly, but you're awake and active.
>>177155
You exited back up the top of the access shaft. You were stuck at the very top of it, anyways.
The bulkhead to the lift is shut because it has no power to open the doors. Main power is out, and it seems that auxillary power has been lost, as well. All that is left is the small independent batteries for the emergency lighting and whatever other batteries are around. If you were able to supply the lift door with power, or if you pried it open or, perhaps, cut it open, you would have better access to a much larger shaft to climb down.
>>177156
You bandage him completely. The wounds still sting, but he is no longer in any danger.
>>177159
You bang your head a little on the ceiling as you come in, but all considered it's not so bad.
>>177161
You, however, bang your head badly on the bulkhead. That concussion is back.
>>177162
You were already in the mess hall. You catch your two comrades as they attempt to make their way inside, keeping their injuries from being any worse.
You see Chappy, the ship's cook, entangled in a mess of wires over the kitchen.
"Well, what are you standin' and sleepin' and playin' grabass for?! Help me down!" he shouts.
You bang your head a little on the ceiling as you come in, but all considered it's not so bad.
>>177161
You, however, bang your head badly on the bulkhead. That concussion is back.
>>177162
You were already in the mess hall. You catch your two comrades as they attempt to make their way inside, keeping their injuries from being any worse.
You see Chappy, the ship's cook, entangled in a mess of wires over the kitchen.
"Well, what are you standin' and sleepin' and playin' grabass for?! Help me down!" he shouts.
>>177173
"I was tryin' to get out of here! Find out what would in Tartarus happened! I spent enough time in the guards before the accident," he wiggles his prosthetic legs, "I know how to handle myself on a ship."
You carefully cut extricate him from the jumbled wires. He looks none worse for wear.
>>177175
You find some ice floating around the mess hall and make a nice pack to attach to your head. That and some anti-swelling meds get rid of the concussion.
>>177176
The leg hisses and spits some sparks at you, defying your attempt to fix it.
"I was tryin' to get out of here! Find out what would in Tartarus happened! I spent enough time in the guards before the accident," he wiggles his prosthetic legs, "I know how to handle myself on a ship."
You carefully cut extricate him from the jumbled wires. He looks none worse for wear.
>>177175
You find some ice floating around the mess hall and make a nice pack to attach to your head. That and some anti-swelling meds get rid of the concussion.
>>177176
The leg hisses and spits some sparks at you, defying your attempt to fix it.
>>177190
"It came loose in the explosion. Weren't you paying attention! Something's happened!"
"Damned officers," he mumbles, "They never pay attention!"
There's no current running through it, but it's pretty good wire, better than whatever you have on you, and better-able to handle high electrical currents. It doesn't appear to be running to any vital systems, probably just Chappy's kitchen stuff. You take some.
"It came loose in the explosion. Weren't you paying attention! Something's happened!"
"Damned officers," he mumbles, "They never pay attention!"
There's no current running through it, but it's pretty good wire, better than whatever you have on you, and better-able to handle high electrical currents. It doesn't appear to be running to any vital systems, probably just Chappy's kitchen stuff. You take some.
>>177193
[s]no, just physical actions[s]
"I don't know any way out other than the lift, and those access shafts, o'course."
>>177194
Your leg sputters to life again. It is repaired.
"Well o'course the lift's out! Everything's out! I bet we're dead in space.
"But I remember back in my days in the Royal Guards, we had a mission on Sirius II. We had to open up a pirate vault, but the local generator had been destroyed when the damned dogs blew it up and made their retreat. So the lieutenant rigged up a new one by running the power doohickeys on a ray gun to the vault door. It fried the circuits pretty bad but the damn thing came open, licketysplit!"
[s]no, just physical actions[s]
"I don't know any way out other than the lift, and those access shafts, o'course."
>>177194
Your leg sputters to life again. It is repaired.
"Well o'course the lift's out! Everything's out! I bet we're dead in space.
"But I remember back in my days in the Royal Guards, we had a mission on Sirius II. We had to open up a pirate vault, but the local generator had been destroyed when the damned dogs blew it up and made their retreat. So the lieutenant rigged up a new one by running the power doohickeys on a ray gun to the vault door. It fried the circuits pretty bad but the damn thing came open, licketysplit!"
>>177199
"Well, Miss Medic there seems to have one of them fancy vibroswords. They have power packs, I think, but they're probably not nearly as powerful…"
"And the armory's probably got lotsa stuff to keep you from bouncing around out there. Magnoboots and such. We used 'em all the time back in my day. Didn't have any prissy gravity stuff back then, neither."
>>177200
"And, yeah, your whatsit probably has a power supply, too! Now that's why you're an officer and I'm a cook!"
>>177202
You wrap some gauze around his head. It's comfortable and soothing, but not particularly helpful.
"Well, Miss Medic there seems to have one of them fancy vibroswords. They have power packs, I think, but they're probably not nearly as powerful…"
"And the armory's probably got lotsa stuff to keep you from bouncing around out there. Magnoboots and such. We used 'em all the time back in my day. Didn't have any prissy gravity stuff back then, neither."
>>177200
"And, yeah, your whatsit probably has a power supply, too! Now that's why you're an officer and I'm a cook!"
>>177202
You wrap some gauze around his head. It's comfortable and soothing, but not particularly helpful.
>>177211
You gently float into the corridor and hook the vibosword up to the lift's access panels using the wiring you found. Contrary to Chappy's admittedly inexpert opinion, the vibrosword's power packs are more than capable of opening the door. They swoosh open in an instant.
The lift shaft is clear all the way down to deck 4. The lift car appears to be stuck up on deck 1. You can see that its lower access hatch is closed.
You gently float into the corridor and hook the vibosword up to the lift's access panels using the wiring you found. Contrary to Chappy's admittedly inexpert opinion, the vibrosword's power packs are more than capable of opening the door. They swoosh open in an instant.
The lift shaft is clear all the way down to deck 4. The lift car appears to be stuck up on deck 1. You can see that its lower access hatch is closed.
>>177220
You flap your wings too hard and bruise you back when slamming into the car.
>>177219
You gracefully float up to the car and open the hatch. It's dark inside.
>>177224
You float down. The doors here are bent violently into the lift shaft — evidently they were open when some sort of force blasted them inwards.
Roll #0 3 = 3
You flap your wings too hard and bruise you back when slamming into the car.
>>177219
You gracefully float up to the car and open the hatch. It's dark inside.
>>177224
You float down. The doors here are bent violently into the lift shaft — evidently they were open when some sort of force blasted them inwards.
Roll #0 3 = 3
>>177238
>>177224
>>177239
Sorry, the door was open, didn't make that clear
Once you float out of the shaft, you see main engineering. The main antifusion coil is blasted apart, evidence of a catastrophic explosion. This must have been why the lift doors were blasted inwards.
Main engineering is a large, relatively open space centered around the antifusion drive. The bodies of several engineers are strewn about, hanging over their consoles. You try not to look at them.
>>177240
Which doors? The engineering ones (already open) or the ones from the lift car into Deck 2?
Roll #0 5 = 5
>>177224
>>177239
Sorry, the door was open, didn't make that clear
Once you float out of the shaft, you see main engineering. The main antifusion coil is blasted apart, evidence of a catastrophic explosion. This must have been why the lift doors were blasted inwards.
Main engineering is a large, relatively open space centered around the antifusion drive. The bodies of several engineers are strewn about, hanging over their consoles. You try not to look at them.
>>177240
Which doors? The engineering ones (already open) or the ones from the lift car into Deck 2?
Roll #0 5 = 5
>>177252
You get your head together and put the sadness away somewhere else.
What happened is obvious. There was some sort of massive power surge throughout the ship, and this blew out the main power couplings on the antifusion drive. That must have released a ball of hypercharged plasmatic matter, blasting the lift doors and doing… that to your comrades.
The power couplings are replaceable, but there's no telling how long it would take to get main power back online.
>>177255
Backup power was shorted out do whatever caused main power to burn out, you suspect. But you're correct, the situation is salvageable. The main batteries seem to be intact, but the transducer coils between the batteries and the main power couplings are shot. You'll need to replace both the couplings and the coils to get auxillary power back. You know, however, that both of these parts would be in Cargo Bay 2.
You get your head together and put the sadness away somewhere else.
What happened is obvious. There was some sort of massive power surge throughout the ship, and this blew out the main power couplings on the antifusion drive. That must have released a ball of hypercharged plasmatic matter, blasting the lift doors and doing… that to your comrades.
The power couplings are replaceable, but there's no telling how long it would take to get main power back online.
>>177255
Backup power was shorted out do whatever caused main power to burn out, you suspect. But you're correct, the situation is salvageable. The main batteries seem to be intact, but the transducer coils between the batteries and the main power couplings are shot. You'll need to replace both the couplings and the coils to get auxillary power back. You know, however, that both of these parts would be in Cargo Bay 2.
>>177263
"We're going to need new couplings and coils down here. I know where to find both. If we get backup power online, we might be able to buy time to fix the primary core. Provided there's enough of a ship left to save by then."
I turn around and head back up the main lift for Deck 2.
Roll #0 10 + 2 = 12
"We're going to need new couplings and coils down here. I know where to find both. If we get backup power online, we might be able to buy time to fix the primary core. Provided there's enough of a ship left to save by then."
I turn around and head back up the main lift for Deck 2.
Roll #0 10 + 2 = 12
>>177270
Without a new coupling, main power is out for good. No can do.
You do manage to remove the old couplings without a problem.
>>177272
You float down to Cargo Bay 2. Its door is sealed just like the elevator shaft. You prepare to open the door by hooking up your raygun's power supply to its access panel, but you hesitate when you hear a very loud banging on the other side.
>>177273
>>177256
Looking around the car, your eyes gradually adjust to the darkness. You see Lt. Astro, the ship's chief of security, writhing on the floor in pain. His head is hurt from a bad knock against the car bulkhead.
Without a new coupling, main power is out for good. No can do.
You do manage to remove the old couplings without a problem.
>>177272
You float down to Cargo Bay 2. Its door is sealed just like the elevator shaft. You prepare to open the door by hooking up your raygun's power supply to its access panel, but you hesitate when you hear a very loud banging on the other side.
>>177273
>>177256
Looking around the car, your eyes gradually adjust to the darkness. You see Lt. Astro, the ship's chief of security, writhing on the floor in pain. His head is hurt from a bad knock against the car bulkhead.
>>177286
With the main computer out, your communicator is largely useless. It would require some fiddling to make it stop trying to send its signal to the ship's computer to instead send out a general radio signal. And that would be of dubious value, given that probably no one else would configure their communicators to do that, too.
In any case, your shouts do not get a response of any sort you recognize. Just more stomping and trumpets.
With the main computer out, your communicator is largely useless. It would require some fiddling to make it stop trying to send its signal to the ship's computer to instead send out a general radio signal. And that would be of dubious value, given that probably no one else would configure their communicators to do that, too.
In any case, your shouts do not get a response of any sort you recognize. Just more stomping and trumpets.
>>177294
You route the power from your communicator into the access panel display. This brings up a menu, from which you select the local video feed.
With so little power available, the video is very faint and grainy, but you can make out what appears to be an alien ship sitting in the shuttlebay portion of Cargo Bay 2. The access door is clearly open, and you doubt that the bay's forcefields are operational, given the state of main power.
It would be unwise to open the door.
>>177296
The door slides open relatively easily.
You route the power from your communicator into the access panel display. This brings up a menu, from which you select the local video feed.
With so little power available, the video is very faint and grainy, but you can make out what appears to be an alien ship sitting in the shuttlebay portion of Cargo Bay 2. The access door is clearly open, and you doubt that the bay's forcefields are operational, given the state of main power.
It would be unwise to open the door.
>>177296
The door slides open relatively easily.
>>177314
>Can I think of any access corridors or vents that can stealthily get us into the cargobay to retrieve the needed components?
There are two maintenance tunnels into the cargo bay. But with the cargo bay likely unpressurized at the moment, you remember that it wouldn't be a good idea to try to open those tunnels right now.
>Can I think of any access corridors or vents that can stealthily get us into the cargobay to retrieve the needed components?
There are two maintenance tunnels into the cargo bay. But with the cargo bay likely unpressurized at the moment, you remember that it wouldn't be a good idea to try to open those tunnels right now.
>>177316
You proceed inside of sickbay. While darker than the corridor, your eyes adjust to the light, and you see Doctor Miwa, the ship's chief medical officer, tending to a patient on a medical bed. She sees you come in.
"Gabrielle! Thank the ancestors that you're alright. What is going on out there?"
>>177322
Sorry, everyone split up. You and Gabrielle are on Deck 2.
Starry Night and Blastwave are on Deck 4.
You pull yourself to the armory. The door is shut.
You proceed inside of sickbay. While darker than the corridor, your eyes adjust to the light, and you see Doctor Miwa, the ship's chief medical officer, tending to a patient on a medical bed. She sees you come in.
"Gabrielle! Thank the ancestors that you're alright. What is going on out there?"
>>177322
Sorry, everyone split up. You and Gabrielle are on Deck 2.
Starry Night and Blastwave are on Deck 4.
You pull yourself to the armory. The door is shut.
>>177333
You know that total loss of power is expected only to result in a total crew fatality, so opening doors in such an emergency is considered an unlikely scenario.
You also know, however, that in the event of the door being locked you can open up a maintenance shaft, shortly in front of where closed hull-breach-sealing blast doors seal off the entrance to the laboratory.
>>177342
The doors are just without power.
>>177346
I'm just going to use your roll here for something useful, since y'all have earned it by now
You quickly route your leg's power supply to the armory door and get it open.
It would probably be a good idea to change out the battery on your leg by now.
You know that total loss of power is expected only to result in a total crew fatality, so opening doors in such an emergency is considered an unlikely scenario.
You also know, however, that in the event of the door being locked you can open up a maintenance shaft, shortly in front of where closed hull-breach-sealing blast doors seal off the entrance to the laboratory.
>>177342
The doors are just without power.
>>177346
I'm just going to use your roll here for something useful, since y'all have earned it by now
You quickly route your leg's power supply to the armory door and get it open.
It would probably be a good idea to change out the battery on your leg by now.
>>177360
You take some and hide them about your person.
You also take some mag boots, since it's what all the cool dogs are doing.
>>177361
You find the mag boots in the mag boot section.
Inside of the armory are a variety of weapons and armor. If you need something, just look for it.
>>177334
"We've got about six wounded here, but I and the rest of the nurses can handle it. We managed to get the door open after it shut automatically. There was a huge noise, and I think the hull was breached!"
"If you need any healing" she gestures to your bandaged head, "I'm sure I can fuse any broken bones and cure whatever ails you."
You take some and hide them about your person.
You also take some mag boots, since it's what all the cool dogs are doing.
>>177361
You find the mag boots in the mag boot section.
Inside of the armory are a variety of weapons and armor. If you need something, just look for it.
>>177334
"We've got about six wounded here, but I and the rest of the nurses can handle it. We managed to get the door open after it shut automatically. There was a huge noise, and I think the hull was breached!"
"If you need any healing" she gestures to your bandaged head, "I'm sure I can fuse any broken bones and cure whatever ails you."
>>177369
She scans your head with a mediscanner and administers a dose of phorazine, which instantly stops whatever pain you feel.
"Be on the lookout for the captain. Whatever happened, it probably happened before he reached the bridge. He left the sickbay just moments before the attack. Please find him. He was probably in the forward lift."
>>177370
You do all that and put a heavy set of armor on. You grab a space suit. It's not well armored, but it will seal any tears quickly. It just barely fits over the heavy armor.
>>177371
There's a whole line of space suits in various sizes and styles for crewmembers of different species.
>>177374
You put on some heavy armor and fit one of the dog-sized suits over it.
She scans your head with a mediscanner and administers a dose of phorazine, which instantly stops whatever pain you feel.
"Be on the lookout for the captain. Whatever happened, it probably happened before he reached the bridge. He left the sickbay just moments before the attack. Please find him. He was probably in the forward lift."
>>177370
You do all that and put a heavy set of armor on. You grab a space suit. It's not well armored, but it will seal any tears quickly. It just barely fits over the heavy armor.
>>177371
There's a whole line of space suits in various sizes and styles for crewmembers of different species.
>>177374
You put on some heavy armor and fit one of the dog-sized suits over it.
>>177381
Take the space suit and put it on.
Heavy armor will be too cumbersome to navigate with.
"So we need to retrieve some components from Cargo Bay 2, which is currently occupied by… aliens.
Anyone have any ideas? There's a shaft that we can use to get in, but the entire place is open to space. We open it up, and it might cause some really bad decompression…"
Take the space suit and put it on.
Heavy armor will be too cumbersome to navigate with.
"So we need to retrieve some components from Cargo Bay 2, which is currently occupied by… aliens.
Anyone have any ideas? There's a shaft that we can use to get in, but the entire place is open to space. We open it up, and it might cause some really bad decompression…"
>>177396
"Gotcha. And don't worry, I can take care of myself"
I pick up a small blaster, an armored sealed suit and a handful of grenades if there are any. I also load up on suits for those in the sick bay.
"Doc in the sick bay mentioned the Captain being near the forward life. Think we should be finding him fast."
"Gotcha. And don't worry, I can take care of myself"
I pick up a small blaster, an armored sealed suit and a handful of grenades if there are any. I also load up on suits for those in the sick bay.
"Doc in the sick bay mentioned the Captain being near the forward life. Think we should be finding him fast."
>>177452
Nah.
Also, before we go much further, I should note that the suits' communicators function in the same way as your regular comm systems. Once you seal your faceplates and go out into vacuum, you won't be able to talk to each other without a bit of effort.
You open up the hatch. You shine the lights on the space suit's helmet into the car.
Inside are two figures. One is a dark red pony, clearly unconscious but breathing. You recognize her as Ensign Ladybug, the ship xenolinguist.
The other figure is a griffin, obviously Captain Giles. His face is badly burned, and his breathing is shallow, but he is evidently awake.
He coughs, "It iz about time, mon sauveur." He laughs a little before wheezing some more.
>>177453
You know where the door controls are. (Presumably you're in lift b). With a large power surge (say, a whole battery), you can seal way up from here.
Nah.
Also, before we go much further, I should note that the suits' communicators function in the same way as your regular comm systems. Once you seal your faceplates and go out into vacuum, you won't be able to talk to each other without a bit of effort.
You open up the hatch. You shine the lights on the space suit's helmet into the car.
Inside are two figures. One is a dark red pony, clearly unconscious but breathing. You recognize her as Ensign Ladybug, the ship xenolinguist.
The other figure is a griffin, obviously Captain Giles. His face is badly burned, and his breathing is shallow, but he is evidently awake.
He coughs, "It iz about time, mon sauveur." He laughs a little before wheezing some more.
>>177453
You know where the door controls are. (Presumably you're in lift b). With a large power surge (say, a whole battery), you can seal way up from here.
>>177476
You quickly scan and heal the wounds on Giles' face. He's as good as new, though it will take some time for the feathers on his face to grow back. You doubt he'll even have a scar!
>>177482
You trip on your way to the access shaft and skid down the floor a bit before gaining your balance. As you look up, you see that Lift A's car has slammed into the door between the shaft and Deck 4, leaving it awry.
>>177477
"I left ze sickbay after ze alert started. I boarded ze lift with Mizz Ladybug here, but soon after ze car lost power, and we plummeted to ze deck below. When ze power, she shorted out, ze access panel blew up in my face! And ze Ensign hit her head. She has been out since."
You quickly scan and heal the wounds on Giles' face. He's as good as new, though it will take some time for the feathers on his face to grow back. You doubt he'll even have a scar!
>>177482
You trip on your way to the access shaft and skid down the floor a bit before gaining your balance. As you look up, you see that Lift A's car has slammed into the door between the shaft and Deck 4, leaving it awry.
>>177477
"I left ze sickbay after ze alert started. I boarded ze lift with Mizz Ladybug here, but soon after ze car lost power, and we plummeted to ze deck below. When ze power, she shorted out, ze access panel blew up in my face! And ze Ensign hit her head. She has been out since."
>>177511
You administer a dose of Comanope and wake her up.
"Wh- what?" She cradles her head in her hooves, but she'll be fine.
>>177512
"I do not know. I was on Deck 2 when ze alert sounded, and I got on ze lift only un moment apres ze attack.
"You need to get power restored. I shall return to ze armory and get suited."
You administer a dose of Comanope and wake her up.
"Wh- what?" She cradles her head in her hooves, but she'll be fine.
>>177512
"I do not know. I was on Deck 2 when ze alert sounded, and I got on ze lift only un moment apres ze attack.
"You need to get power restored. I shall return to ze armory and get suited."
>>177514
When the lift lost power, the ship's gravity was still functional for a few seconds, and the car evidently plummeted downwards. It was then jarred into the door between it and Deck 4, damaging both the occupants inside the car and the doors.
It cannot be repaired, you think. But you should be able to seal the blast door in lift A between decks three and four — that will prevent and decompression of the decks above.
When the lift lost power, the ship's gravity was still functional for a few seconds, and the car evidently plummeted downwards. It was then jarred into the door between it and Deck 4, damaging both the occupants inside the car and the doors.
It cannot be repaired, you think. But you should be able to seal the blast door in lift A between decks three and four — that will prevent and decompression of the decks above.
>>177518
"Yes sir."
>>177523
>>177514
"Techie, work on finding a way in! I'm going to the medbay to try and find more hoofs to repel the boarders."
I make my way up the shaft and back into the medbay. How many of them are okay enough to fight? Are there any members of the security team there?
Roll #0 4 = 4
"Yes sir."
>>177523
>>177514
"Techie, work on finding a way in! I'm going to the medbay to try and find more hoofs to repel the boarders."
I make my way up the shaft and back into the medbay. How many of them are okay enough to fight? Are there any members of the security team there?
Roll #0 4 = 4
>>177533
You can pry open the door between Lift A's car and Deck 4. That will very definitely expose the lift shaft to the vacuum you plan on introducing to Deck 4, however. The ensuing decompression of Decks 2 and 3 can be stopped by shutting the blast door between decks 3 and 4, just as Starry Night did in Lift Shaft B.
You can pry open the door between Lift A's car and Deck 4. That will very definitely expose the lift shaft to the vacuum you plan on introducing to Deck 4, however. The ensuing decompression of Decks 2 and 3 can be stopped by shutting the blast door between decks 3 and 4, just as Starry Night did in Lift Shaft B.
>>177529
You take Giles and Ladybug up to the Armory to get space suits. You also take them to sickbay to get checked out.
Doc Miwa is obviously very pleased that Giles is alive.
Ladybug is fine, though Miwa says she probably should take it easy, but these are extenuating circumstances.
"If there are aliens on board, I might be able to talk to them," she says. "Well… maybe."
You take Giles and Ladybug up to the Armory to get space suits. You also take them to sickbay to get checked out.
Doc Miwa is obviously very pleased that Giles is alive.
Ladybug is fine, though Miwa says she probably should take it easy, but these are extenuating circumstances.
"If there are aliens on board, I might be able to talk to them," she says. "Well… maybe."
>>177526
The injured crewmembers are mostly technicians, though the ship's cartographer is also there. There is one member of your security crew. CPO Charmer, an earth pony.
He's injured, but he's probably okay to fight.
"Put me to work, L.T.! Let's get these green bastards off our ship."
>>177560
She's obviously bruised and shaken, but she's able to move and talk.
"I can't fight or anything, but if I can help in some way, I want to."
The injured crewmembers are mostly technicians, though the ship's cartographer is also there. There is one member of your security crew. CPO Charmer, an earth pony.
He's injured, but he's probably okay to fight.
"Put me to work, L.T.! Let's get these green bastards off our ship."
>>177560
She's obviously bruised and shaken, but she's able to move and talk.
"I can't fight or anything, but if I can help in some way, I want to."
>>177565
"Get armed, armored, and suited up, Charmer. We've got some intruders that need killing."
I turn to the rest of them.
"I plan on having the lower deck sealed until we regain control of that level. Anyone that wants down there needs to get down there soon."
I then grab a prybar out of the armory and try to pry open the elevator door on level four.
Roll #0 9 = 9
"Get armed, armored, and suited up, Charmer. We've got some intruders that need killing."
I turn to the rest of them.
"I plan on having the lower deck sealed until we regain control of that level. Anyone that wants down there needs to get down there soon."
I then grab a prybar out of the armory and try to pry open the elevator door on level four.
Roll #0 9 = 9
>>177589
Charmer comes down. He's got a laser rifle from the armory and is wearing mag boots and a space suit.
"Reportin' for duty, sir!" He gives a little salute.
Ensign Ladybug also comes down. She awkwardly carries a ray pistol with her. It's clear she doesn't want to use it.
If you're done, you can seal the blast door and we'll call it a night
Charmer comes down. He's got a laser rifle from the armory and is wearing mag boots and a space suit.
"Reportin' for duty, sir!" He gives a little salute.
Ensign Ladybug also comes down. She awkwardly carries a ray pistol with her. It's clear she doesn't want to use it.
If you're done, you can seal the blast door and we'll call it a night
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An unknown ship attacked the Blue Dreamer, crippling the Equestrian vessel. Gabrielle, Starry Night, and Blastwave managed to get off of Deck 3 after a lengthy series of zero-g-induced shenanigans. They discovered that main power and auxiliary power are disabled, and only parts located in Cargo Bay 2 can repair the damaged auxiliary power unit. Main power will likely take much more time to get back.
They also discovered Lieutenant Astro, the ship's chief of security, in the aft lift. Later, they rescued Captain Giles and Ensign Ladybug, the ship's xenolinguist, from the forward lift.
Cargo Bay 2 appears to have been boarded by the aliens that attacked the ship. In order to prevent decompression across the rest of the Blue Dreamer, our intrepid crew has sealed off the bottom deck. They have armed themselves with whatever they could find in the ship's armory and are prepared to deal with whatever is inside the compromised cargo bay.
They also discovered Lieutenant Astro, the ship's chief of security, in the aft lift. Later, they rescued Captain Giles and Ensign Ladybug, the ship's xenolinguist, from the forward lift.
Cargo Bay 2 appears to have been boarded by the aliens that attacked the ship. In order to prevent decompression across the rest of the Blue Dreamer, our intrepid crew has sealed off the bottom deck. They have armed themselves with whatever they could find in the ship's armory and are prepared to deal with whatever is inside the compromised cargo bay.
>>183659
Just a note: You can use your wings in the suit. The suits for Griffons and Pegasi have sleeves for the wings, though they're probably not very comfortable.
Of course, without an atmosphere, they won't provide much lift.
Also, don't forget about how "Sawbones" works. You'll need to designate someone as its target.
Just a note: You can use your wings in the suit. The suits for Griffons and Pegasi have sleeves for the wings, though they're probably not very comfortable.
Of course, without an atmosphere, they won't provide much lift.
Also, don't forget about how "Sawbones" works. You'll need to designate someone as its target.
As you talk amongst yourselves, the door in front of you slides open in an instant, and you feel all of the air in Deck 4’s corridor and in main engineering blow past you. Your magboots strain to deal with the force of the atmosphere as it tries to push you out into space.
Everyone roll to stay attached to the deck.
Everyone roll to stay attached to the deck.
>>183722
It's Deck 4's main corridor. This is the least-decorated part of an admittedly spartan vessel. Pipes and power conduits run along the ceiling and bulkheads. Towards the fore of the ship is the doorway to main fire control. Towards the aft is main engineering. On the port side is Cargo Bay 2, and on starboard is Cargo Bay 1.
It's Deck 4's main corridor. This is the least-decorated part of an admittedly spartan vessel. Pipes and power conduits run along the ceiling and bulkheads. Towards the fore of the ship is the doorway to main fire control. Towards the aft is main engineering. On the port side is Cargo Bay 2, and on starboard is Cargo Bay 1.
>>183726
Ladybug grabs hold of an exposed pipe and manages to stay on her hooves. Charmer is ripped off the deck for a moment and skids into Cargo Bay before regaining his footing.
>>183729
You stay on the deck magnificently. Yours was a standing for the ages.
>>183730
You slide forward a little bit but hold onto the deck.
>>183728
Distracted, perhaps, by your conversation, you lose your footing immediately and are blown towards the cargo bay's open cargo doors. You are spinning out of control, but you are not out of the immense cargo bay yet. Roll to right yourself.
Ladybug grabs hold of an exposed pipe and manages to stay on her hooves. Charmer is ripped off the deck for a moment and skids into Cargo Bay before regaining his footing.
>>183729
You stay on the deck magnificently. Yours was a standing for the ages.
>>183730
You slide forward a little bit but hold onto the deck.
>>183728
Distracted, perhaps, by your conversation, you lose your footing immediately and are blown towards the cargo bay's open cargo doors. You are spinning out of control, but you are not out of the immense cargo bay yet. Roll to right yourself.
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>>183741
You engage your suit's maneuvering thrusters and manage to regain control of your flight. You land in the middle the cargo bay, right in front of the alien craft. It is relatively large, for what appears to be a shuttlecraft or fighter. It's shaped a little like a slightly elongated metallic red disc, with two wings coming out of either side — probably for atmospheric flight.
>>183743
You land beside her easily, relieved that you didn't have to chase her outside of the vessel.
>>183750
You engage the safety locks on the door. The door is now shut.
You were right: There are aliens in the cargo hold. You see them to either side of the door you just flew through — two enormous grey figures.
They must each be as tall and wide as three ponies. They are dressed in what appear to be space suits, unless those huge, bulbous, shiny parts are some sort of bone instead of helmets. They seem to have four legs they’re standing on, and three long tentacles hang out of their helmets, covered in the same material as the rest of the suit. Each figure clutches what look like a ray pistol and a trident in their tentacles. Underneath the tentacles are four long spikes – it’s unclear if those are part of the suits or their bodies underneath.
Both stomp their feet three times before lowering their helmets and charging you. Obviously, they haven’t come here in peace. Both Gabrielle and Starry Night roll twice: once for initiative (with whatever you’re going to try to do) and once to dodge.
Blastwave and Ladybug are behind the now-closed door. They only need to roll once.
Rolling for Charmer:
'1d10'
'r2 1d10'
Roll #1 1 = 1 / Roll #2 7 = 7
You engage your suit's maneuvering thrusters and manage to regain control of your flight. You land in the middle the cargo bay, right in front of the alien craft. It is relatively large, for what appears to be a shuttlecraft or fighter. It's shaped a little like a slightly elongated metallic red disc, with two wings coming out of either side — probably for atmospheric flight.
>>183743
You land beside her easily, relieved that you didn't have to chase her outside of the vessel.
>>183750
You engage the safety locks on the door. The door is now shut.
You were right: There are aliens in the cargo hold. You see them to either side of the door you just flew through — two enormous grey figures.
They must each be as tall and wide as three ponies. They are dressed in what appear to be space suits, unless those huge, bulbous, shiny parts are some sort of bone instead of helmets. They seem to have four legs they’re standing on, and three long tentacles hang out of their helmets, covered in the same material as the rest of the suit. Each figure clutches what look like a ray pistol and a trident in their tentacles. Underneath the tentacles are four long spikes – it’s unclear if those are part of the suits or their bodies underneath.
Both stomp their feet three times before lowering their helmets and charging you. Obviously, they haven’t come here in peace. Both Gabrielle and Starry Night roll twice: once for initiative (with whatever you’re going to try to do) and once to dodge.
Blastwave and Ladybug are behind the now-closed door. They only need to roll once.
Rolling for Charmer:
'1d10'
'r2 1d10'
Roll #1 1 = 1 / Roll #2 7 = 7
>>183769
The doors in Deck 4's corridor slam down. If nothing else, this will prevent the aliens from gaining further access to the ship.
The door into the Cargo Bay also opens up.
No air wooshes past you when this happens. The atmosphere on Deck 4 already vented, it seems.
>>183766
The left-hand alien (he has what appears to be blue writing on his suit) charges you. He's a little sluggish, and he only grazes you with one of his tusks. You get the wind knocked out of you, but you're not hurt.
>>183765
You fire your ray pistol at the elephant that charged you (he has red script on his suit). You hit him square in the helmet with your gun, and he seems to be stunned for a second. He barely touches you as you jet up into the upper reaches of the cargo bay.
>>183757
Charmer easily dodges the red-lettered alien's attack and takes aim with his laser rifle. As he dodges, however, he trips, and he shoots himself in the leg with his rifle. His suit seals the resulting tear, but it's clear that he's stunned. Charmer is now helpless.
The doors in Deck 4's corridor slam down. If nothing else, this will prevent the aliens from gaining further access to the ship.
The door into the Cargo Bay also opens up.
No air wooshes past you when this happens. The atmosphere on Deck 4 already vented, it seems.
>>183766
The left-hand alien (he has what appears to be blue writing on his suit) charges you. He's a little sluggish, and he only grazes you with one of his tusks. You get the wind knocked out of you, but you're not hurt.
>>183765
You fire your ray pistol at the elephant that charged you (he has red script on his suit). You hit him square in the helmet with your gun, and he seems to be stunned for a second. He barely touches you as you jet up into the upper reaches of the cargo bay.
>>183757
Charmer easily dodges the red-lettered alien's attack and takes aim with his laser rifle. As he dodges, however, he trips, and he shoots himself in the leg with his rifle. His suit seals the resulting tear, but it's clear that he's stunned. Charmer is now helpless.
>>183789
Taking aim from the cargo bay's entryway, you switch your rifle to the "stun" setting and blast the blue alien squarely behind the head. He trips as he charges towards Gabrielle and skids across the floor. Amazingly, he doesn't seem to careen upwards any at all — he stays rooted to the deck. In any case, he is out cold for the moment.
>>183790
You charge as best you can in your boots, but you do little damage to the blue-lettered alien.
>>183792
Ah, I should have read more carefully.
You take aim at blue's helmet again, but a momentary malfunction from your jet pack causes you to miss. Red sees his chance and blasts you with his ray gun. He hits you in your own faceplate, but it's just a glancing blow. Glancing blow or not, you still see bright green spots in your vision, and it feels like your face is burnt a little.
>>183795
You configure your multitool to distribute the appropriate megacharge, but your gadget just whirrs and spits at you. Red jabs at you with his trident. Your suit is ripped for a moment, but it seals quickly. The laceration to your ribs are a slightly more serious matter.
Taking aim from the cargo bay's entryway, you switch your rifle to the "stun" setting and blast the blue alien squarely behind the head. He trips as he charges towards Gabrielle and skids across the floor. Amazingly, he doesn't seem to careen upwards any at all — he stays rooted to the deck. In any case, he is out cold for the moment.
>>183790
You charge as best you can in your boots, but you do little damage to the blue-lettered alien.
>>183792
Ah, I should have read more carefully.
You take aim at blue's helmet again, but a momentary malfunction from your jet pack causes you to miss. Red sees his chance and blasts you with his ray gun. He hits you in your own faceplate, but it's just a glancing blow. Glancing blow or not, you still see bright green spots in your vision, and it feels like your face is burnt a little.
>>183795
You configure your multitool to distribute the appropriate megacharge, but your gadget just whirrs and spits at you. Red jabs at you with his trident. Your suit is ripped for a moment, but it seals quickly. The laceration to your ribs are a slightly more serious matter.
>>183810
Charmer struggles to regain his footing, and the red alien blasts him with his ray gun. Charmer's suit glows red from the heat.
>>183812
You run over and help him to his hooves. He nods his appreciation as you administer a quick dose of euphorazine through his suit's medical port.
>>183815
You miss wildly. The beam ricochets off of an ill-placed mirror and hits you in the face. You are badly burned, but Gabrielle quickly jets to your side, and her attentions keep you from being stunned.
>>183816
You breathe out and squeeze gently, just as your instructors at the academy taught you all those years ago. Your patience is rewarded by the sight of the alien's helmet beginning to melt. Indeed, a small patch of it cracks before being patched by some sort of force-field. You can see the alien's eye through the small hole, and it's clear that he's pissed.
>>183818
You valiantly take cover and aim at the red alien. Your shot hits him squarely in the tusks, and one of them is cut off in an instant.
The red alien charges Astro and Blastwave. Each should roll to dodge, in addition to whatever they are going to do. The first roll will be their action, the second the dodge.
The blue alien attempts to wake up.
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
Charmer struggles to regain his footing, and the red alien blasts him with his ray gun. Charmer's suit glows red from the heat.
>>183812
You run over and help him to his hooves. He nods his appreciation as you administer a quick dose of euphorazine through his suit's medical port.
>>183815
You miss wildly. The beam ricochets off of an ill-placed mirror and hits you in the face. You are badly burned, but Gabrielle quickly jets to your side, and her attentions keep you from being stunned.
>>183816
You breathe out and squeeze gently, just as your instructors at the academy taught you all those years ago. Your patience is rewarded by the sight of the alien's helmet beginning to melt. Indeed, a small patch of it cracks before being patched by some sort of force-field. You can see the alien's eye through the small hole, and it's clear that he's pissed.
>>183818
You valiantly take cover and aim at the red alien. Your shot hits him squarely in the tusks, and one of them is cut off in an instant.
The red alien charges Astro and Blastwave. Each should roll to dodge, in addition to whatever they are going to do. The first roll will be their action, the second the dodge.
The blue alien attempts to wake up.
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
>>183831
The blue alien continues to lie motionless on the ground.
>>183833
This is an interesting strategy, and I'm tempted to give it to you just for that. But in the interest of keeping things interesting, I'm going to set the DC for that pretty high.
You land on the red alien's back and attempt to fiddle with what appears to be a power coupling on its back. The alien architecture is… alien. You aren't sure what leads where, but you manage to cross a few wires and shock him badly.
>>183834
Your shot goes wide left as you jump to the side. Unfortunately, you forgot to compensate for the magnetic boots holding you to the deck, and you are gored on the alien's tusks.
>>183836
You administer a few doses of painkillers and anti-irritation steroids to Starry Night before he jets off. He feels much better.
>>183841
You dodge his tusks gracefully, but the landing wasn't so good. You hit the deck hard and bounce off of it. You are now floating helpless.
The blue alien again attempts to wake up.
'1d10'
Roll #1 6 = 6
The blue alien continues to lie motionless on the ground.
>>183833
This is an interesting strategy, and I'm tempted to give it to you just for that. But in the interest of keeping things interesting, I'm going to set the DC for that pretty high.
You land on the red alien's back and attempt to fiddle with what appears to be a power coupling on its back. The alien architecture is… alien. You aren't sure what leads where, but you manage to cross a few wires and shock him badly.
>>183834
Your shot goes wide left as you jump to the side. Unfortunately, you forgot to compensate for the magnetic boots holding you to the deck, and you are gored on the alien's tusks.
>>183836
You administer a few doses of painkillers and anti-irritation steroids to Starry Night before he jets off. He feels much better.
>>183841
You dodge his tusks gracefully, but the landing wasn't so good. You hit the deck hard and bounce off of it. You are now floating helpless.
The blue alien again attempts to wake up.
'1d10'
Roll #1 6 = 6
>>183852
The blue alien begins to stir.
'1d10'
>>183863
You engage your maneuvering thrusters and try to land near blastwave. A sudden blast from a ray gun causes you to alter course, and you land too far from your comrade to aid him.
>>183864
Your suit seals whatever tears the alien's tusks caused. The deep breath you took does calm your nerves a little, and you land a shot squarely on his back, only a few feet from Starry Night.
>>183865
Well, part of the idea is that what can be done is really up to GM discretion.
This is perhaps a more realistic goal. You attach a fuse to a power pack and set it to explode in ten seconds. You can't rip open the suit, but you can attach the bomb to his rump.
>>183872
You jet up and attach yourself to the ceiling, giving yourself an excellent, if somewhat disorienting, view of the action.
The red alien sweeps his tentacles through the air, attempting to knock Astro and Starry Night senseless. Those two should roll to dodge, as above. The second roll will be the dodge roll.
Roll #1 7 = 7
The blue alien begins to stir.
'1d10'
>>183863
You engage your maneuvering thrusters and try to land near blastwave. A sudden blast from a ray gun causes you to alter course, and you land too far from your comrade to aid him.
>>183864
Your suit seals whatever tears the alien's tusks caused. The deep breath you took does calm your nerves a little, and you land a shot squarely on his back, only a few feet from Starry Night.
>>183865
Well, part of the idea is that what can be done is really up to GM discretion.
This is perhaps a more realistic goal. You attach a fuse to a power pack and set it to explode in ten seconds. You can't rip open the suit, but you can attach the bomb to his rump.
>>183872
You jet up and attach yourself to the ceiling, giving yourself an excellent, if somewhat disorienting, view of the action.
The red alien sweeps his tentacles through the air, attempting to knock Astro and Starry Night senseless. Those two should roll to dodge, as above. The second roll will be the dodge roll.
Roll #1 7 = 7
>>183887
>>183892
You attach the bomb to the conduit port you used earlier. You're not sure it's his power supply, but it seems like a weak point.
He attempts to grab you with his middle tentacle, but your jet pack takes you high into the air before he can connect.
>>183889
You charge forward as best you can, but you only hit his side weakly. A laser blast from behind you slices open your right wing's sleeve.
>>183890
You miss with your rifle as the red alien jabs at you with his trident. He catches your suit, but only hits a plate of the armor underneath.
>>183894
Again your gadget only sputters in response. The red alien cuts open the front of your suit with a laser blast. Your suit quickly seals the cut, but you are still hurt.
The blue alien is awake. He charges Gabrielle. She should roll to dodge. Her second roll will be the dodge roll, as above.
>>183892
You attach the bomb to the conduit port you used earlier. You're not sure it's his power supply, but it seems like a weak point.
He attempts to grab you with his middle tentacle, but your jet pack takes you high into the air before he can connect.
>>183889
You charge forward as best you can, but you only hit his side weakly. A laser blast from behind you slices open your right wing's sleeve.
>>183890
You miss with your rifle as the red alien jabs at you with his trident. He catches your suit, but only hits a plate of the armor underneath.
>>183894
Again your gadget only sputters in response. The red alien cuts open the front of your suit with a laser blast. Your suit quickly seals the cut, but you are still hurt.
The blue alien is awake. He charges Gabrielle. She should roll to dodge. Her second roll will be the dodge roll, as above.
>>183905
You muster all your strength and the force of your suit's thrusters to hit him as hard as you can. You connect, but so does he. You are caught on his tusks as he charges, and he tears open your suit and much of your flesh.
>>183906
You deliver quite the blow to his face, but you don't connect with any of the tendrils.
>>183908
Your laser rifle powers up and slices open the back side of the alien's suit. His tentacles wave in what you imagine is pain. He turns to face you and the rest of the party.
>>183911
You turn to face the blue alien and fire a shot at the gash opened up by Blastwave. You miss the opening but strike the back of his helmet.
Your bomb explodes on the back of the red alien. A huge force of heat and light rips open the backside of his suit, instantly incinerating his back half. The front half of the alien is flung forward, striking the starboard bulkhead. His body now a cauterized mass of crispy flesh, he is very much dead.
The bomb had a great deal of force. Astro was nearby and should roll to dodge the blast. The lack of an atmosphere has prevented anyone else from being hurt, however. Your suits can more than withstand the heat and radiation at that distance.
You muster all your strength and the force of your suit's thrusters to hit him as hard as you can. You connect, but so does he. You are caught on his tusks as he charges, and he tears open your suit and much of your flesh.
>>183906
You deliver quite the blow to his face, but you don't connect with any of the tendrils.
>>183908
Your laser rifle powers up and slices open the back side of the alien's suit. His tentacles wave in what you imagine is pain. He turns to face you and the rest of the party.
>>183911
You turn to face the blue alien and fire a shot at the gash opened up by Blastwave. You miss the opening but strike the back of his helmet.
Your bomb explodes on the back of the red alien. A huge force of heat and light rips open the backside of his suit, instantly incinerating his back half. The front half of the alien is flung forward, striking the starboard bulkhead. His body now a cauterized mass of crispy flesh, he is very much dead.
The bomb had a great deal of force. Astro was nearby and should roll to dodge the blast. The lack of an atmosphere has prevented anyone else from being hurt, however. Your suits can more than withstand the heat and radiation at that distance.
>>183938
No, you'd only be helpless if you crit-failed.
It's difficult to heal yourself while in a space suit, but you administer a few drugs and you feel as good as ever.
>>183940
You engage your suit's thrusters at the last moment, and you jet back into the corridor, safely away from the blast. You can see Ensign Ladybug cowering behind the bulkhead.
>>183944
Your love for death is unmatched. You square your ray gun with the blue guy and fire away. You don't slice anything open, but his suit glows with the heat of a well-placed laser blast.
>>183945
Your ray blast strikes him in the head, stunning him momentarily.
He soon shakes it off, however. He engages his suit's jets and rockets towards the ceiling in an attempt to charge Starry and Blastwave. Roll to dodge.
No, you'd only be helpless if you crit-failed.
It's difficult to heal yourself while in a space suit, but you administer a few drugs and you feel as good as ever.
>>183940
You engage your suit's thrusters at the last moment, and you jet back into the corridor, safely away from the blast. You can see Ensign Ladybug cowering behind the bulkhead.
>>183944
Your love for death is unmatched. You square your ray gun with the blue guy and fire away. You don't slice anything open, but his suit glows with the heat of a well-placed laser blast.
>>183945
Your ray blast strikes him in the head, stunning him momentarily.
He soon shakes it off, however. He engages his suit's jets and rockets towards the ceiling in an attempt to charge Starry and Blastwave. Roll to dodge.
>>183956
Yes.
The thoughts of what happened to the other alien's "party parts" come to your mind, and you are so revolted that you throw up into your helmet. You are now helpless.
>>183972
>>183959
You dodge the alien's charge but go careening towards the deck, your suit's maneuvering thrusters not responding to your commands. You slam into the deck, injuring yourself only slightly. Nonetheless, you are now helpless.
>>183971
You fire your ray gun right at him, nailing him squarely in the face plate.
But the alien's charge, perhaps fueled by rage at what you did to his comrade, is relentless. You are impaled on all four tusks. Gabrielle, sickened and dealing with her own problems, cannot help you as the alien's tusks push into your gut. You are gravely wounded and need immediate medical attention.
>>183982
You'd probably need to keep them in the cargo holds, but you could do it with a length of psychoactive restraining cable.
Your shot misses badly, and the alien returns fire once he shakes Starry Night off of his tusks. He hits your right arm, burning it badly inside the suit.
Yes.
The thoughts of what happened to the other alien's "party parts" come to your mind, and you are so revolted that you throw up into your helmet. You are now helpless.
>>183972
>>183959
You dodge the alien's charge but go careening towards the deck, your suit's maneuvering thrusters not responding to your commands. You slam into the deck, injuring yourself only slightly. Nonetheless, you are now helpless.
>>183971
You fire your ray gun right at him, nailing him squarely in the face plate.
But the alien's charge, perhaps fueled by rage at what you did to his comrade, is relentless. You are impaled on all four tusks. Gabrielle, sickened and dealing with her own problems, cannot help you as the alien's tusks push into your gut. You are gravely wounded and need immediate medical attention.
>>183982
You'd probably need to keep them in the cargo holds, but you could do it with a length of psychoactive restraining cable.
Your shot misses badly, and the alien returns fire once he shakes Starry Night off of his tusks. He hits your right arm, burning it badly inside the suit.
>>183997
You struggle to get hold of your senses, but you can't get past the image of what happened to that alien and the smell of your own sickness. You remain helpless, and the alien takes a potshot at you.
>>183998
Sorry, I didn't make it clear that you should have been helpless. Oh well, no matter.
Ignoring your wounds and the intense pain in your belly, you rip out your gun's power regulators. It can now only fire disruptor shots like a laser rifle (9 is a crit, 2 is a crit fail).
You are far too wounded and exhausted to fire it at him, however. You need immediate medical aid.
>>183999
You walk forward, firing your ray gun repeatedly at the alien. You miss terribly, and he throws his trident at you. It hits you like an asteroid, and your suit is pinned to the bulkhead, helpless. Fortunately, it missed any vital organs or arteries.
>>184002
You regain your balance and prepare to fight again.
You struggle to get hold of your senses, but you can't get past the image of what happened to that alien and the smell of your own sickness. You remain helpless, and the alien takes a potshot at you.
>>183998
Sorry, I didn't make it clear that you should have been helpless. Oh well, no matter.
Ignoring your wounds and the intense pain in your belly, you rip out your gun's power regulators. It can now only fire disruptor shots like a laser rifle (9 is a crit, 2 is a crit fail).
You are far too wounded and exhausted to fire it at him, however. You need immediate medical aid.
>>183999
You walk forward, firing your ray gun repeatedly at the alien. You miss terribly, and he throws his trident at you. It hits you like an asteroid, and your suit is pinned to the bulkhead, helpless. Fortunately, it missed any vital organs or arteries.
>>184002
You regain your balance and prepare to fight again.
>>184027
You again fail to come to your senses. Or, rather, your senses overwhelm you, and the smell of vomit and the lasting memory of exploding pachyderm is too much for you to take. You remain on the floor, and the blue alien shoots your body once.
>>184029
You try to right yourself and jet away from the alien, but he notices your squirming and slices open your back leg with his laser. You are bleeding badly.
>>184031
A bright blue beam erupts from the barrel of your laser rifle, and it lands expertly on the alien's helmet. The back half of it is vaporized instantly, and you see its occupant gasp for air before a shimmering forcefield activates and saves him.
>>184038
You merely twist the trident in your wounds, causing you a great deal of pain. This, combined with your lingering wounds from the rest of the battle, means that you are very close to death.
You again fail to come to your senses. Or, rather, your senses overwhelm you, and the smell of vomit and the lasting memory of exploding pachyderm is too much for you to take. You remain on the floor, and the blue alien shoots your body once.
>>184029
You try to right yourself and jet away from the alien, but he notices your squirming and slices open your back leg with his laser. You are bleeding badly.
>>184031
A bright blue beam erupts from the barrel of your laser rifle, and it lands expertly on the alien's helmet. The back half of it is vaporized instantly, and you see its occupant gasp for air before a shimmering forcefield activates and saves him.
>>184038
You merely twist the trident in your wounds, causing you a great deal of pain. This, combined with your lingering wounds from the rest of the battle, means that you are very close to death.
>>184041
You meekly jet away from the alien. It's obvious his attention are on Blastwave, as he only takes a half-hearted potshot at you. It lands true, and your leg is in serious pain. Your wounds are many, and you are close to death.
>>184042
Your attempt to gather your strength is for not, as you notice your beak sliding around in the sick.
>>184057
You shoot at what looks like a panel on the creature's chest. Your aim is deadly, and much of his suit explodes in a shower of sparks. It was evidently not his power supply, however, as a force field immediately comes online to protect the suit's wearer.
>>184048
As it turns out, the trident makes for an excellent device for steadying your shot, and you carefully line up your ray gun against the trident's handle. Your fire, and a long white light extends from the gun's barrel to the alien's head. As he lines up his ray gun to fire at Blastwave, he falls to the deck once again, totally out of it.
You meekly jet away from the alien. It's obvious his attention are on Blastwave, as he only takes a half-hearted potshot at you. It lands true, and your leg is in serious pain. Your wounds are many, and you are close to death.
>>184042
Your attempt to gather your strength is for not, as you notice your beak sliding around in the sick.
>>184057
You shoot at what looks like a panel on the creature's chest. Your aim is deadly, and much of his suit explodes in a shower of sparks. It was evidently not his power supply, however, as a force field immediately comes online to protect the suit's wearer.
>>184048
As it turns out, the trident makes for an excellent device for steadying your shot, and you carefully line up your ray gun against the trident's handle. Your fire, and a long white light extends from the gun's barrel to the alien's head. As he lines up his ray gun to fire at Blastwave, he falls to the deck once again, totally out of it.
>>184071
You rise to your feet, remembering that you have a job to do.
>>184078
Showing no mercy, you slice off one of the alien's tendrils.
>>184080
You regain control of your flight. The pain in your gut is excruciating, but you can manage, for now.
>>184084
You walk up and find that there aren't any holes in the armor — whatever holes you blasted into it are covered with a shimmering force-field.
You can see the alien's gray skin of the back of its head through the field, however.
You rise to your feet, remembering that you have a job to do.
>>184078
Showing no mercy, you slice off one of the alien's tendrils.
>>184080
You regain control of your flight. The pain in your gut is excruciating, but you can manage, for now.
>>184084
You walk up and find that there aren't any holes in the armor — whatever holes you blasted into it are covered with a shimmering force-field.
You can see the alien's gray skin of the back of its head through the field, however.
>>184097
Your work is swift. You access the suit's medical port and administer a heavy dose of stabilizing drugs, and you are able to cauterize the wound through the suit. He'll need some work in sickbay when this is over, but he'll live.
>>184099
You slice the other tendril off from a distance. Sparks fly from the suit, and the force fields' shimmers instantly die. His suit has failed, his atmosphere leaves him, and he is soon dead.
Your work is swift. You access the suit's medical port and administer a heavy dose of stabilizing drugs, and you are able to cauterize the wound through the suit. He'll need some work in sickbay when this is over, but he'll live.
>>184099
You slice the other tendril off from a distance. Sparks fly from the suit, and the force fields' shimmers instantly die. His suit has failed, his atmosphere leaves him, and he is soon dead.
>>184120
They're made from some sort of highly-reflective metal. You can tell from experience that they're highly resistant to laser fire, but you'll need more time and some better equipment to analyze them further.
>>184131
You find a box of emergency rations. Tofu-flavored! They've got a picture of a griffon with a chef's hat on the wrappers.
They're made from some sort of highly-reflective metal. You can tell from experience that they're highly resistant to laser fire, but you'll need more time and some better equipment to analyze them further.
>>184131
You find a box of emergency rations. Tofu-flavored! They've got a picture of a griffon with a chef's hat on the wrappers.
>>184143
You pick the one that isn't blasted in half.
Your expert eyes and your engineer's scanner can see that it is made of some sort of advanced composite alloy. You aren't sure what it is, exactly, however.
It's obviously a piece of advanced technology, though. The integral miniaturized force-field is far beyond the technology of pony-kind, for instance.
It is not in any way salvageable, since you have no idea what it's made out of, and it will likely take teams of engineers and scientists months to study it.
>>184152
You slice off a piece with your laser and pocket it.
You call out to Gabrielle, but the lack of an atmosphere and the comm unit's habit of sending all info to the (currently non-functional) main computer means that she cannot hear you.
If you want to talk to someone, you'll need to either write it down (somehow) or touch your helmets together. It's inefficient, but it works.
>>184151
Astro yelps at your ministrations. You keep him pinned to the wall for the moment, lest you cause more damage.
You pick the one that isn't blasted in half.
Your expert eyes and your engineer's scanner can see that it is made of some sort of advanced composite alloy. You aren't sure what it is, exactly, however.
It's obviously a piece of advanced technology, though. The integral miniaturized force-field is far beyond the technology of pony-kind, for instance.
It is not in any way salvageable, since you have no idea what it's made out of, and it will likely take teams of engineers and scientists months to study it.
>>184152
You slice off a piece with your laser and pocket it.
You call out to Gabrielle, but the lack of an atmosphere and the comm unit's habit of sending all info to the (currently non-functional) main computer means that she cannot hear you.
If you want to talk to someone, you'll need to either write it down (somehow) or touch your helmets together. It's inefficient, but it works.
>>184151
Astro yelps at your ministrations. You keep him pinned to the wall for the moment, lest you cause more damage.
>>184164
This time your efforts work better. You administer some euphorazine, which improves Astro's mood a little, and then you pull the trident out of him. You quickly administer some more drugs through the suit's med terminal and cauterize the worst wounds. He'll need to get to sickbay soon, but he'll live.
This time your efforts work better. You administer some euphorazine, which improves Astro's mood a little, and then you pull the trident out of him. You quickly administer some more drugs through the suit's med terminal and cauterize the worst wounds. He'll need to get to sickbay soon, but he'll live.
>>184216
He's okay. He took a bump to the noggin, and he might have a concussion, but all in all he won't die.
>>184222
You can't really identify individual subsystems on the suit, and you think it would be unwise to start taking it apart without better scanners and other equipment.
>>184223
You find a panel on the ventral side of the ship. You touch it, and it opens up. A digital display lights up, written in gibberish.
He's okay. He took a bump to the noggin, and he might have a concussion, but all in all he won't die.
>>184222
You can't really identify individual subsystems on the suit, and you think it would be unwise to start taking it apart without better scanners and other equipment.
>>184223
You find a panel on the ventral side of the ship. You touch it, and it opens up. A digital display lights up, written in gibberish.
>>184238
Looking at it now, you can see that it barely had room for the two marines it carried. You're not sure how it's laid out, but it's obvious that the two were crammed in there, ass to tendrils.
It could easily fit a whole platoon of ponies in there, if that's the case. And they'd have a lot of headroom.
It takes up most of the cargo bay's landing area.
>>184248
She makes her way over, trying not to look at the alien corpses — especially not the exploded one.
'1d10'
>>184247
You arrive in Engineering. You bring the transducer coil and power couplings with you.
Roll #1 9 = 9
Looking at it now, you can see that it barely had room for the two marines it carried. You're not sure how it's laid out, but it's obvious that the two were crammed in there, ass to tendrils.
It could easily fit a whole platoon of ponies in there, if that's the case. And they'd have a lot of headroom.
It takes up most of the cargo bay's landing area.
>>184248
She makes her way over, trying not to look at the alien corpses — especially not the exploded one.
'1d10'
>>184247
You arrive in Engineering. You bring the transducer coil and power couplings with you.
Roll #1 9 = 9
>>184256
Ensign Ladybug waves her translation tool over the digital panel. She taps her helmet to yours.
"We start by making some assumptions," she says, "Like, I assume that this is some sort of alphabet, and not a logoglyphic system." The scanner works for a minute before displaying some unreadable code to you.
"And then we say that one of these probably means 'open'…" The machine continues to spit out code
"And then…."
The translation tool's holographic display glows with a variety of symbols before they rearrange in a pattern you sort of recognize. It looks like pony, sort of.
"Well, this would be easier if we had a living speaker here with us…" Ladybug avoids looking at the dead corpse to her left, "but I guess that was impossible. But this button probably means 'open.'"
>>184259
>>184261
This is a relatively simple procedure, and you know how the system works. You quickly replace the coils and couplings before switching auxiliary power back on.
Within moments, the ship's normal lighting is back. You feel your body slowly sink down as the gravity returns, and your suit's readout displays that the ship's atmosphere has returned. The forcefield keeping the atmosphere from escaping from Cargo Bay 2 glows to life.
Ensign Ladybug waves her translation tool over the digital panel. She taps her helmet to yours.
"We start by making some assumptions," she says, "Like, I assume that this is some sort of alphabet, and not a logoglyphic system." The scanner works for a minute before displaying some unreadable code to you.
"And then we say that one of these probably means 'open'…" The machine continues to spit out code
"And then…."
The translation tool's holographic display glows with a variety of symbols before they rearrange in a pattern you sort of recognize. It looks like pony, sort of.
"Well, this would be easier if we had a living speaker here with us…" Ladybug avoids looking at the dead corpse to her left, "but I guess that was impossible. But this button probably means 'open.'"
>>184259
>>184261
This is a relatively simple procedure, and you know how the system works. You quickly replace the coils and couplings before switching auxiliary power back on.
Within moments, the ship's normal lighting is back. You feel your body slowly sink down as the gravity returns, and your suit's readout displays that the ship's atmosphere has returned. The forcefield keeping the atmosphere from escaping from Cargo Bay 2 glows to life.
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Our intrepid crew ruthlessly repelled the alien marines sent to seize the HMS Blue Dreamer. While the two huge pachyderms almost bested Astro, Gabrielle, Starry Night, and Blastwave, the brave Royal Space Fleet officers and crewponies carried the day, gruesomely exploding one of the offending mastodons and butchering the other with laser fire.
Starry Night and Blastwave soon repaired the ship's auxiliary power, restoring life support and gravity. Ensign Ladybug, the ship xenolinguist, has attempted to translate the writing on the aliens' ship, and she believes she can open it now.
The HMS Blue Dreamer is currently adrift, but its crew has snatched a small victory from the jaws of certain disaster, and it seems that they now have the initiative against their attackers…
Starry Night and Blastwave soon repaired the ship's auxiliary power, restoring life support and gravity. Ensign Ladybug, the ship xenolinguist, has attempted to translate the writing on the aliens' ship, and she believes she can open it now.
The HMS Blue Dreamer is currently adrift, but its crew has snatched a small victory from the jaws of certain disaster, and it seems that they now have the initiative against their attackers…
>>189816
Throwing caution to the wind, you press the button that Ladybug indicated. The ship immediately begins a clockwork striptease. The starboard side of the shuttle — which looked to be a seamless mirror of gleaming metal — folds back upon itself and reveals a large doorway, from which two or three of those mammoths could easily disembark. A long gangway unfolds downwards. In contrast to the gleaming exterior of the shuttle, the inside is a flat, grayish ceramic, it seems, somewhat angular, from what you can see of the contours of the bulkheads inside.
>>189817
>>189818
Auxiliary power can sustain the ship for at least seven or eight days, presuming the battery holds. If you get the solar sail out of storage, you could likely survive on auxiliary power until your basic supplies of food ran out. That would probably take about three or four months.
Your repairs are more than adequate. Auxiliary power is working perfectly, but main power is still offline.
Throwing caution to the wind, you press the button that Ladybug indicated. The ship immediately begins a clockwork striptease. The starboard side of the shuttle — which looked to be a seamless mirror of gleaming metal — folds back upon itself and reveals a large doorway, from which two or three of those mammoths could easily disembark. A long gangway unfolds downwards. In contrast to the gleaming exterior of the shuttle, the inside is a flat, grayish ceramic, it seems, somewhat angular, from what you can see of the contours of the bulkheads inside.
>>189817
>>189818
Auxiliary power can sustain the ship for at least seven or eight days, presuming the battery holds. If you get the solar sail out of storage, you could likely survive on auxiliary power until your basic supplies of food ran out. That would probably take about three or four months.
Your repairs are more than adequate. Auxiliary power is working perfectly, but main power is still offline.
>>189819
The communicators on your legs (Starry Night, Blastwave) and wrists (Gabrielle, Astro) light up. "Security Team, zis is Captain Giles. Whatever you have done, it has worked! Report to me as soon as you can."
You hear the sounds of doorways opening outside.
>>189821
She blushes at the image of your face so close. Your suit indicates that the atmosphere in the cargo bay is back, and you can take off your helmets.
And with the main computer back online, your suit's radio appears to be working, as well.
The communicators on your legs (Starry Night, Blastwave) and wrists (Gabrielle, Astro) light up. "Security Team, zis is Captain Giles. Whatever you have done, it has worked! Report to me as soon as you can."
You hear the sounds of doorways opening outside.
>>189821
She blushes at the image of your face so close. Your suit indicates that the atmosphere in the cargo bay is back, and you can take off your helmets.
And with the main computer back online, your suit's radio appears to be working, as well.
>>189824
Ladybug takes off her helmet and looks at her translation tool.
"I think it's the same button."
>>189825
>>189825
You open up the doors to the rear lift again. It doesn't seem like auxiliary power restored power to the lifts, but the bulkheads you sealed to prevent the atmosphere from venting out of the rest of the ship are unsealed again. How convenient. You climb up the lift shaft and onto Deck 1. Giles is standing in front of the sealed bulkhead into the bridge.
Ladybug takes off her helmet and looks at her translation tool.
"I think it's the same button."
>>189825
>>189825
You open up the doors to the rear lift again. It doesn't seem like auxiliary power restored power to the lifts, but the bulkheads you sealed to prevent the atmosphere from venting out of the rest of the ship are unsealed again. How convenient. You climb up the lift shaft and onto Deck 1. Giles is standing in front of the sealed bulkhead into the bridge.
>>189835
>>189837
He struggles with words for a moment. "I scanned through the bulkhead," he waves his scanner around, "The bridge is…"
He chokes up a little. "The bridge is gone. There is nothing left, and everyone who was on it is dead."
"Head to the secondary bridge in forward fire control. Access the ship's sensors and find out what in tartarus happened, and if whatever attacked us is still out there."
"We also need to get the communications buoys out of the cargo bay and prepare to launch them. High Command needs to know what happened."
>>189841
There is no bridge to survey. The corridor leading into it is sealed off, and all you can see is a cold metal bulkhead. On the other side, you imagine, the bridge is entirely wrecked, if it is there at all.
>>189840
He answers you quickly. "Whatever you think is best, Lieutenant. Find the buoys while you're down there."
>>189837
He struggles with words for a moment. "I scanned through the bulkhead," he waves his scanner around, "The bridge is…"
He chokes up a little. "The bridge is gone. There is nothing left, and everyone who was on it is dead."
"Head to the secondary bridge in forward fire control. Access the ship's sensors and find out what in tartarus happened, and if whatever attacked us is still out there."
"We also need to get the communications buoys out of the cargo bay and prepare to launch them. High Command needs to know what happened."
>>189841
There is no bridge to survey. The corridor leading into it is sealed off, and all you can see is a cold metal bulkhead. On the other side, you imagine, the bridge is entirely wrecked, if it is there at all.
>>189840
He answers you quickly. "Whatever you think is best, Lieutenant. Find the buoys while you're down there."
>>189845
You're not overly familiar with the contents of Cargo Bay 2, really. You know they're in here somewhere, but you can't find the buoys for the life of you. You do find the ship's supply of dehydrated brandy, however — Giles's secret stash.
>>189847
You head down to forward fire control. On your way down the lift shaft, you pass a few crewmembers who were stuck in fire control for the entire ordeal. They say everything inside should be working fine, though they left as soon as power came back online — they didn't wait to check out the recordings from the attack.
>>189846
Once inside Fire Control, you inspect the secondary bridge stations. Other than a few fuse blowouts here and there on auxiliary systems, everything is in working order. The forward sensor array is totally offline — unsurprising, if the bridge is gone – but the dorsal array is in perfect shape, it seems. You should be able to perform a scan of the local area out to about 5 AU, even on auxiliary power.
>>189848
The secondary bridge stations are in fine shape themselves. The ship, however, has seen much better days. Main power is still offline, which means that you have no ability to maneuver or fire weapons. That means that once you find the buoys, you'll probably just have to shove them out the airlock and activate them remotely, rather than firing them out the torpedo tubes. Oh well, they'll work fine that way, too.
The two of you replay the sensor recordings of the battle. At 1312:32 the alien ship appeared on sensors, it seems. The Blue Dreamer went to alert, but the aliens' first response to initial communications attempts was to fire several shots at the ship. The first shot was some sort of particle weapon, which struck the port side of the ship, only lightly damaging it. The Blue Dreamer then went to full alert, only to be hit by two more shots: first another particle weapon that blew a massive hole into the forward part of the ship — destroying the bridge and most of the laboratories — and then a disabling weapon that overloaded the ship's power system, causing that massive plasma ball that killed everyone in engineering and shut off power.
You're not overly familiar with the contents of Cargo Bay 2, really. You know they're in here somewhere, but you can't find the buoys for the life of you. You do find the ship's supply of dehydrated brandy, however — Giles's secret stash.
>>189847
You head down to forward fire control. On your way down the lift shaft, you pass a few crewmembers who were stuck in fire control for the entire ordeal. They say everything inside should be working fine, though they left as soon as power came back online — they didn't wait to check out the recordings from the attack.
>>189846
Once inside Fire Control, you inspect the secondary bridge stations. Other than a few fuse blowouts here and there on auxiliary systems, everything is in working order. The forward sensor array is totally offline — unsurprising, if the bridge is gone – but the dorsal array is in perfect shape, it seems. You should be able to perform a scan of the local area out to about 5 AU, even on auxiliary power.
>>189848
The secondary bridge stations are in fine shape themselves. The ship, however, has seen much better days. Main power is still offline, which means that you have no ability to maneuver or fire weapons. That means that once you find the buoys, you'll probably just have to shove them out the airlock and activate them remotely, rather than firing them out the torpedo tubes. Oh well, they'll work fine that way, too.
The two of you replay the sensor recordings of the battle. At 1312:32 the alien ship appeared on sensors, it seems. The Blue Dreamer went to alert, but the aliens' first response to initial communications attempts was to fire several shots at the ship. The first shot was some sort of particle weapon, which struck the port side of the ship, only lightly damaging it. The Blue Dreamer then went to full alert, only to be hit by two more shots: first another particle weapon that blew a massive hole into the forward part of the ship — destroying the bridge and most of the laboratories — and then a disabling weapon that overloaded the ship's power system, causing that massive plasma ball that killed everyone in engineering and shut off power.
>>189849
This is far more powerful weaponry than you've seen before — either in your training or against the pirates you face in regular action. If this is what those monsters possess, you doubt the Dreamer could win in a stand-up fight, never mind one in which it was surprised and attacked without provocation.
This is far more powerful weaponry than you've seen before — either in your training or against the pirates you face in regular action. If this is what those monsters possess, you doubt the Dreamer could win in a stand-up fight, never mind one in which it was surprised and attacked without provocation.
>>189851
You get helplessly lost in the stacks of cargo bins. You find the ship's supply of burlap-sack pajamas, a gift from the Royal Governor of Io to the crew of the Blue Dreamer. At the time, you were all told that the gift had some sort of cultural significance to the people of the colony, and that it was an honor. You suspect they were punishing you for that night you spent in Io City, however.
You get helplessly lost in the stacks of cargo bins. You find the ship's supply of burlap-sack pajamas, a gift from the Royal Governor of Io to the crew of the Blue Dreamer. At the time, you were all told that the gift had some sort of cultural significance to the people of the colony, and that it was an honor. You suspect they were punishing you for that night you spent in Io City, however.
>>189863
You climb into the airlock and initiate the exit procedures. Doing this alone isn't exactly safe, but you know what you're doing, you think.
The airlock grinds open slowly, and you spacewalk towards the forward areas of the hull. You immediately see the problem: roughly two decks worth of hull have been blasted away.
You walk into the burned out wreck of plastic, aluminum, and steel that was once the bridge. All but the rear third of the deck is burned away, only a few wrecked consoles remain. You can see down into Deck 2's laboratories, which are also largely burnt and melted. You don't see any remains of ponies, mercifully. Only debris.
You climb into the airlock and initiate the exit procedures. Doing this alone isn't exactly safe, but you know what you're doing, you think.
The airlock grinds open slowly, and you spacewalk towards the forward areas of the hull. You immediately see the problem: roughly two decks worth of hull have been blasted away.
You walk into the burned out wreck of plastic, aluminum, and steel that was once the bridge. All but the rear third of the deck is burned away, only a few wrecked consoles remain. You can see down into Deck 2's laboratories, which are also largely burnt and melted. You don't see any remains of ponies, mercifully. Only debris.
>>189877
You walk into Cargo Bay 2 and find the communication buoys almost immediately. They were by the space bat cages, under "b". Of course!
Even a non-dweeb like you knows that you need the communication buoys to talk with the dweebs back home. There's no way to send a radio signal faster than light-speed, so you need what is basically a probe strapped to a powerful antifusion rocket to tell anyone what went wrong.
You should probably take this to forward fire control, so you can program it.
>>189880
The labs are more intact that the bridge, but there's really nothing left. A few computer consoles here and there, but most everything was melted beyond recognition.
>>189883
"Permission granted, Lieutenant. We need you healthy and ready to shoot ze enemy!"
You walk into Cargo Bay 2 and find the communication buoys almost immediately. They were by the space bat cages, under "b". Of course!
Even a non-dweeb like you knows that you need the communication buoys to talk with the dweebs back home. There's no way to send a radio signal faster than light-speed, so you need what is basically a probe strapped to a powerful antifusion rocket to tell anyone what went wrong.
You should probably take this to forward fire control, so you can program it.
>>189880
The labs are more intact that the bridge, but there's really nothing left. A few computer consoles here and there, but most everything was melted beyond recognition.
>>189883
"Permission granted, Lieutenant. We need you healthy and ready to shoot ze enemy!"
>>189854
The dorsal sensor array sparks to life and begins feeding your console information immediately.
It doesn't take long to find the alien warship — it's maintaining a distance of a few hundred thousand kilometers above and behind you. It doesn't seem to be doing anything right now.
Your scan is too weak to penetrate the hull. You can see that it's roughly as big as the Blue Dreamer, though.
The dorsal sensor array sparks to life and begins feeding your console information immediately.
It doesn't take long to find the alien warship — it's maintaining a distance of a few hundred thousand kilometers above and behind you. It doesn't seem to be doing anything right now.
Your scan is too weak to penetrate the hull. You can see that it's roughly as big as the Blue Dreamer, though.
>>189892
The buoy is big and heavy, but you manage to drag it down to fire control. You drop it off with Blastwave and go back to watch over the alien shuttlecraft with Ladybug.
"I don't know if we should launch that right away," she says. "If the mothership is still out there, there's no telling how they'll react to us launching the buoy. And what if they track it back to the home planet?"
The buoy is big and heavy, but you manage to drag it down to fire control. You drop it off with Blastwave and go back to watch over the alien shuttlecraft with Ladybug.
"I don't know if we should launch that right away," she says. "If the mothership is still out there, there's no telling how they'll react to us launching the buoy. And what if they track it back to the home planet?"
>>189899
You report your findings to Giles. "Sacre bleu!" he mutters into the communicator.
You're no engineer, but as a physicist you understand the basic workings of an antifusion drive core well enough. The damage looks extensive. You don't think you can get it back online. You'll have to wait for help from Starry Night, probably.
You report your findings to Giles. "Sacre bleu!" he mutters into the communicator.
You're no engineer, but as a physicist you understand the basic workings of an antifusion drive core well enough. The damage looks extensive. You don't think you can get it back online. You'll have to wait for help from Starry Night, probably.
>>189912
The antifusion core is almost entirely shot. Whatever it was that induced that plasma release did a fine job of destroying most of your reactor.
You can probably rebuild the reactor, but even if you're successful it's likely to take hours, possibly days. And it's possible that the situation is so bad that you'll need to get towed to spacedock for repairs.
The antifusion core is almost entirely shot. Whatever it was that induced that plasma release did a fine job of destroying most of your reactor.
You can probably rebuild the reactor, but even if you're successful it's likely to take hours, possibly days. And it's possible that the situation is so bad that you'll need to get towed to spacedock for repairs.
>>189918
You get okay news.
The security team, when intact, consists of two squads of security personnel. That's 14, including you, Gabrielle, and CPO Charmer, who commands the second squad. You only hear from 4 other security crewmembers: Crewmembers Tila, Breezy Skies, and Sugar Bowl, and Petty Officer Upanga. Doc Miwa tells you that there are two more in critical condition in sickbay, though neither will be able to fight for a while.
>>189928
You watch it spectacularly.
You get okay news.
The security team, when intact, consists of two squads of security personnel. That's 14, including you, Gabrielle, and CPO Charmer, who commands the second squad. You only hear from 4 other security crewmembers: Crewmembers Tila, Breezy Skies, and Sugar Bowl, and Petty Officer Upanga. Doc Miwa tells you that there are two more in critical condition in sickbay, though neither will be able to fight for a while.
>>189928
You watch it spectacularly.
>>189934
That is an interesting idea. Your knowledge of the ship's drive systems tell you that it would be possible to divert all of the power from the auxiliary systems to the main drive system, bypassing the antifusion core. But you wouldn't be able to go very far or very fast before you tapped out the batteries.
Maybe if you had another drive system, you could patch together something a bit faster.
That is an interesting idea. Your knowledge of the ship's drive systems tell you that it would be possible to divert all of the power from the auxiliary systems to the main drive system, bypassing the antifusion core. But you wouldn't be able to go very far or very fast before you tapped out the batteries.
Maybe if you had another drive system, you could patch together something a bit faster.
>>189928
I order all of them that aren't geared up to get geared up. After that I order CPO Charmer to stay with the captain as a guard while the others sweep all accessible parts of the ship. After that they are to report to Cargo Bay 2 and help me sweep and secure the alien boarding craft.
I order all of them that aren't geared up to get geared up. After that I order CPO Charmer to stay with the captain as a guard while the others sweep all accessible parts of the ship. After that they are to report to Cargo Bay 2 and help me sweep and secure the alien boarding craft.
>>189942
>Fix dat shit.
You work as quickly as you can, stripping out the nickel plating from the inside of the antifusion core's magnetic relays and installing a new plasma coil.
Within half an hour or so, you have the repairs done. You start up the main antifusion reactor chamber and begin the main reaction…
And nothing happens. The main reaction core is totally junked. You're certain that you'll need at least a week in spacedock before the Blue Dreamer could even hope to regain main power.
You'll need to notify the high command to send help. In the meantime, you still have this alien vessel hovering above you.
>Fix dat shit.
You work as quickly as you can, stripping out the nickel plating from the inside of the antifusion core's magnetic relays and installing a new plasma coil.
Within half an hour or so, you have the repairs done. You start up the main antifusion reactor chamber and begin the main reaction…
And nothing happens. The main reaction core is totally junked. You're certain that you'll need at least a week in spacedock before the Blue Dreamer could even hope to regain main power.
You'll need to notify the high command to send help. In the meantime, you still have this alien vessel hovering above you.
>>189938
Your remaining squad gets its gear and sets to work. They quickly comb the rest of the ship for any survivors who were missed, as well as any giant ferocious aliens who might be hiding out in storage lockers. They don't find any pachyderms, but they do find Chappy, who got entangled in the debris around his stove and was sleeping peacefully before they returned him to sickbay.
They board the shuttlecraft later and perform a thorough search. They can't find any secret compartments where any elephants might be lying in wait. Indeed, the shuttlecraft seems fairly stripped of anything — it's just a cargo bay attached to what seems to be a small cockpit.
Your remaining squad gets its gear and sets to work. They quickly comb the rest of the ship for any survivors who were missed, as well as any giant ferocious aliens who might be hiding out in storage lockers. They don't find any pachyderms, but they do find Chappy, who got entangled in the debris around his stove and was sleeping peacefully before they returned him to sickbay.
They board the shuttlecraft later and perform a thorough search. They can't find any secret compartments where any elephants might be lying in wait. Indeed, the shuttlecraft seems fairly stripped of anything — it's just a cargo bay attached to what seems to be a small cockpit.
>>189955
You've got it! If you take the dehydrated brandy from Giles's secret stash — high in nickel extract, like any Altairian liqueur — and combine it with the leftover lubricant from that night spent on Io, you could quite easily fix the leaking plasma injection system. That might fix the problem!
Okay, the failed roll to fix the drive system should have meant that the drive is totally fucked, but since you triple-critted that, we'll say you get another try, this time with a +2 modifier.
You've got it! If you take the dehydrated brandy from Giles's secret stash — high in nickel extract, like any Altairian liqueur — and combine it with the leftover lubricant from that night spent on Io, you could quite easily fix the leaking plasma injection system. That might fix the problem!
Okay, the failed roll to fix the drive system should have meant that the drive is totally fucked, but since you triple-critted that, we'll say you get another try, this time with a +2 modifier.
>>189994
Buttercakes calls up the sensor recordings from the attack:
At 1312:32 the alien ship appeared on sensors, it seems. The Blue Dreamer went to alert, but the aliens' first response to initial communications attempts was to fire several shots at the ship. The first shot was some sort of particle weapon, which struck the port side of the ship, only lightly damaging it. The Blue Dreamer then went to full alert, only to be hit by two more shots: first another particle weapon that blew a massive hole into the forward part of the ship — destroying the bridge and most of the laboratories — and then a disabling weapon that overloaded the ship's power system, causing that massive plasma ball that killed everyone in engineering and shut off power.
Buttercakes calls up the sensor recordings from the attack:
At 1312:32 the alien ship appeared on sensors, it seems. The Blue Dreamer went to alert, but the aliens' first response to initial communications attempts was to fire several shots at the ship. The first shot was some sort of particle weapon, which struck the port side of the ship, only lightly damaging it. The Blue Dreamer then went to full alert, only to be hit by two more shots: first another particle weapon that blew a massive hole into the forward part of the ship — destroying the bridge and most of the laboratories — and then a disabling weapon that overloaded the ship's power system, causing that massive plasma ball that killed everyone in engineering and shut off power.
>>190001
"Security cleared the shuttle moments ago. We desperately need parts to help repair the drive core. So unless you happen to carry spare antifusion reactor parts in your triage kit, I suggest you stop impeding me."
>>190006
"Antifusion. As I suspected. Any ship with that much power to throw around must run on similar principles, though clearly their methods of routing and distribution are far more advanced."
Technobabble to see if I can convert what compatible parts I can find.
Roll #0 10 + 2 = 12
"Security cleared the shuttle moments ago. We desperately need parts to help repair the drive core. So unless you happen to carry spare antifusion reactor parts in your triage kit, I suggest you stop impeding me."
>>190006
"Antifusion. As I suspected. Any ship with that much power to throw around must run on similar principles, though clearly their methods of routing and distribution are far more advanced."
Technobabble to see if I can convert what compatible parts I can find.
Roll #0 10 + 2 = 12
>>190014
The antifusion core can easily be converted, you think. It's just a miniaturized version of your own drive, after all. Scanning it further reveals that, indeed, it has significant power behind it, and it should be able to power your own ship, though how well and for how long will depend entirely on the sort of repair job Starry Night effects.
Okay, you can change out the drives if you want. Starry will get a +3 to that.
The antifusion core can easily be converted, you think. It's just a miniaturized version of your own drive, after all. Scanning it further reveals that, indeed, it has significant power behind it, and it should be able to power your own ship, though how well and for how long will depend entirely on the sort of repair job Starry Night effects.
Okay, you can change out the drives if you want. Starry will get a +3 to that.
>>190036
Yes, it seems so obvious now, but you can see why it would be problematic. It takes the security team a few minutes to cut the drive out of the shuttlecraft and bring it into main engineering. Once you adjust for the variations in plasma containment frequencies and different voltages and outlet plugs, you get the alien drive working. It sits in a makeshift housing just above your own burned-out (and slightly bent) drive core, and connects precariously to the main power conduits for the ship's engines, but it seems like it will work.
You power on the new drive and hear the ship hum to life. The dim glow given off by the auxiliary-powered overhead lights increases to a series blaring fluorescent beacons, and all of the computer terminals around you blink to life.
Internal sensors read that main power is online. You don't think you can get full power out of this miniaturized drive, but you can probably do about half speed.
Of course, that puts you weeks from the nearest starbase, but you've got steering and weapons now.
Yes, it seems so obvious now, but you can see why it would be problematic. It takes the security team a few minutes to cut the drive out of the shuttlecraft and bring it into main engineering. Once you adjust for the variations in plasma containment frequencies and different voltages and outlet plugs, you get the alien drive working. It sits in a makeshift housing just above your own burned-out (and slightly bent) drive core, and connects precariously to the main power conduits for the ship's engines, but it seems like it will work.
You power on the new drive and hear the ship hum to life. The dim glow given off by the auxiliary-powered overhead lights increases to a series blaring fluorescent beacons, and all of the computer terminals around you blink to life.
Internal sensors read that main power is online. You don't think you can get full power out of this miniaturized drive, but you can probably do about half speed.
Of course, that puts you weeks from the nearest starbase, but you've got steering and weapons now.
>>190066
"A good analysis, Lieutenant," Giles says. "Zis is, as zey said at ze academy, a 'no-win situation.'"
He smiles a little. It's not an attractive sight, with half of the feathers on his face burned off.
"Nevezeless, we have a duty to fight to the end, and we must get word to ze High Command. Zey must know what happened here."
"I am taking recommendations."
"A good analysis, Lieutenant," Giles says. "Zis is, as zey said at ze academy, a 'no-win situation.'"
He smiles a little. It's not an attractive sight, with half of the feathers on his face burned off.
"Nevezeless, we have a duty to fight to the end, and we must get word to ze High Command. Zey must know what happened here."
"I am taking recommendations."
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Starry Night attempted to repair the main power system, but only succeeded once Blastwave realized that they could use the alien shuttlecraft's drive system to replace the Blue Dreamer's main power.
The crew discovered that the alien ship that attacked them is still lurking nearby. While main power is back online, the crew of the Blue Dreamer still needs a plan…
The crew discovered that the alien ship that attacked them is still lurking nearby. While main power is back online, the crew of the Blue Dreamer still needs a plan…
>>192858
You know that you could try transplanting your own power plants into the alien ship, but you also know that the two shuttlecraft power plants aren't going to provide nearly as much power as the alien one did.
>>192860
"I think I know a bit more about the alien language, but I can't be sure."
"Hey, if the ship that launched this thing is still out there, shouldn't they have, like, tried to kill us by now?"
You know that you could try transplanting your own power plants into the alien ship, but you also know that the two shuttlecraft power plants aren't going to provide nearly as much power as the alien one did.
>>192860
"I think I know a bit more about the alien language, but I can't be sure."
"Hey, if the ship that launched this thing is still out there, shouldn't they have, like, tried to kill us by now?"
>>192864
"They must know by now that it has failed. There is no way they cannot tell we have restored power."
"Also, I could attempt to perform the same operation with the shuttle powerplants, but the alien craft would be operating at severely reduced capacity. We may not make it back at all."
"They must know by now that it has failed. There is no way they cannot tell we have restored power."
"Also, I could attempt to perform the same operation with the shuttle powerplants, but the alien craft would be operating at severely reduced capacity. We may not make it back at all."
>>192915
You inspect the one that Starry Night didn't explode.
You're able to identify the power systems on the space suit. Obviously, it has a lot of kick to it, since it could power those force fields, but you doubt it will make up for the difference in power.
There's no telling what level of power you'd need to replace to get the shuttlecraft up to full speed. Perhaps not having full power would just mean that you'd need to take other systems offline in order to get full thrust.
>>192917
Crewmember Tila is your squad's explosives specialist, and she eagerly responds to your request.
You inspect the one that Starry Night didn't explode.
You're able to identify the power systems on the space suit. Obviously, it has a lot of kick to it, since it could power those force fields, but you doubt it will make up for the difference in power.
There's no telling what level of power you'd need to replace to get the shuttlecraft up to full speed. Perhaps not having full power would just mean that you'd need to take other systems offline in order to get full thrust.
>>192917
Crewmember Tila is your squad's explosives specialist, and she eagerly responds to your request.
>>192925
You're not an engineer, and so it's a little more difficult than you might expect. This sort of thing is easy to talk about but difficult to do.
You get the two drives rigged together. They'll work in concert, but you're a little worried that at the first sign of trouble they fall apart.
You're not an engineer, and so it's a little more difficult than you might expect. This sort of thing is easy to talk about but difficult to do.
You get the two drives rigged together. They'll work in concert, but you're a little worried that at the first sign of trouble they fall apart.
Giles' voice barks out from your communicators.
"Zat ship is starting to show some activity, gentleponies. I need your plan!"
>>192980
You see that the power plants are well enough welded to the deck and mated to the alien power system. You're not totally sure how well it will work, since this is an alien power system, but you think it will work.
"Zat ship is starting to show some activity, gentleponies. I need your plan!"
>>192980
You see that the power plants are well enough welded to the deck and mated to the alien power system. You're not totally sure how well it will work, since this is an alien power system, but you think it will work.
>>192984
"Alright. Everyone who is going get into some armor and a space suit, grab a weapon or two, and if you know how to use explosives grab some breaching charges. Tila, I want you carrying the hull breacher. After we have everything get down to the alien ship."
I put on a more intact suit of heavy blast armor and an intact space suit, grab some more power cells for my raygun and laser rifle, then go down to Cargo Bay 2.
"Alright. Everyone who is going get into some armor and a space suit, grab a weapon or two, and if you know how to use explosives grab some breaching charges. Tila, I want you carrying the hull breacher. After we have everything get down to the alien ship."
I put on a more intact suit of heavy blast armor and an intact space suit, grab some more power cells for my raygun and laser rifle, then go down to Cargo Bay 2.
>>192983
"If you say so…"
I still have power packs for my blaster, right?
Modify those then. Make 'em into bombs!
>>192984
"Yeah, it should work. Not too familiar with the tech but it… looks like it should work, at least."
>>192997
I join him and grab something a bit heavier than my jumpsuit and a laser rifle.
Roll #0 2 + 2 = 4
"If you say so…"
I still have power packs for my blaster, right?
Modify those then. Make 'em into bombs!
>>192984
"Yeah, it should work. Not too familiar with the tech but it… looks like it should work, at least."
>>192997
I join him and grab something a bit heavier than my jumpsuit and a laser rifle.
Roll #0 2 + 2 = 4
>>192997
Tila suits up in her combat gear and space suit and drags the heavy breaching charge down to the shuttlecraft. The sight of the little goat handling the huge charge is more than a little comical.
>>193002
You get some armor and a fresh space suit. You grab a laser rifle.
You modify your power cells, but the job isn't the best. -1 to attack rolls with them, and they might explode early or late.
Tila suits up in her combat gear and space suit and drags the heavy breaching charge down to the shuttlecraft. The sight of the little goat handling the huge charge is more than a little comical.
>>193002
You get some armor and a fresh space suit. You grab a laser rifle.
You modify your power cells, but the job isn't the best. -1 to attack rolls with them, and they might explode early or late.
>>193030
You find that there aren't really any comfortable spots. Indeed, the inside of the ship is spartan, even by the standards of the Dreamer. There only seems to be standing room for the passengers — what appear to be harnesses hang down from the ceiling. There aren't any chairs or couches, not even for elephant-sized creatures.
You find that there aren't really any comfortable spots. Indeed, the inside of the ship is spartan, even by the standards of the Dreamer. There only seems to be standing room for the passengers — what appear to be harnesses hang down from the ceiling. There aren't any chairs or couches, not even for elephant-sized creatures.