The downed ship is a draw to any remaining bugs... so not a good place to set up camp, but certainly a place to watch.

We'd like a place up a little bit so they can see around and with a spring so they have clean water.  Nit awfully common but certainly we can find such a spot.

The local  primitives are not very friendly toward us?  I'd hoped they would see us as heroes who saved them from the bugs.

Planning what is to be left and what is to be taken is the job of others, I will review the plans before they are executed.

Brutus, have you seen any glaring issues  I may have missed?

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 319):

The local tribes vary. Those tribes that were saved by you direct intervention see you as saviours, while those that heard about it from other tribes are more neutral, seeing you as the saviours of the neighbouring tribes and therefore their attitude depends on how the got along with the neighbours. Those that saw the bug and not you are, frankly, mostly dead and those that saw you and not the bugs, and therefore did not see or hear how you interacted, make little distinction between you and the bugs.

You can find a location by a mountain stream, a plateau with the mountain continuing up in the distance behind you. There is a local tribe that inhabits the plateau, and by attacking the couple of bugs that are just arriving there you ensure you are on good terms with them.

The twelve being left request the small craft as above,

1 x Ships Boat Rescuer III 42.5 M Solars, 30 dTon Needle/Wedge
1 x AK Light Modular Tank, 13 M Solars, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere
1 x AK Auto-Miniminer, 7.4 M Solars, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere
1 x AK Modular Surveyor, 9 M, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere

as well as tools and equipment to manufacture some parts as needed. There is the thought of leaving an APC for accommodation as well. They request you bring back a Robofac.

01 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 99/120 with all bugs, food growth 99/100

I am reluctant to give up the ships boat and offer them two APCs in lieu of it.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 321):

Their concern is that if any craft run into trouble, they cannot recover them. The ships boat has limited Robofac facilities for manufacturing parts from base materials provided by the Mini-miner. Two APC cannot replace that.

01 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 99/120 with all bugs, food growth 99/100

Can't argue against that ...we will do it their way ...

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 323):

You set them up in the camp site, and they set up a perimeter, making friends with the nearby local village, or what is left of it after the bugs. Hanging around for a week to ensure things run smoothly, they start to teach the local tribe about farming in return for local food, which is identified as safe by the scientists before you leave.

Anything else before you go?

08 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 99/120 with all bugs, food growth 99/100

Not that comes to mind...

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 325):

Brutus?

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 319):
"They need more than a minimum level of security. The agressive bugs, thinned out although they are, still represnt a significant threat," answers Brutus as he mentally readjusts and tries to catch up with his skipper's mental exchange.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 323):
"Aye, Aye, skipper."

In reply to Fate (msg # 326):
"Plenty of charged energy cells. Another comms unit as back up. Two more security. It'll leave us short, but it's important they remain secure."

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OOC: Sorry for the absense. Have been overwhelmed by a tidal wave of RL

Are you suggesting looking for volunteers?

"Up to you, skipper. Or I can stay if you want. I can cover for two."

Volunteers to be sure .... and you may not volunteer.

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 330):

You get just one young security member volunteer, and a scientist (biologist) is open to the idea as well.

08 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 99/120 with all bugs, food growth 99/100

OK, sounds good... we prepare to move on...

In reply to Gloria Flake (msg # 332):

You have a location by a mountain stream, a plateau with the mountain continuing up in the distance behind. There is a local tribe that inhabits the plateau you made friends with by attacking the couple of bugs that were attacking them and your folk have set up a perimeter. Hanging around for a week to ensure things run smoothly, the shore team start to teach the local tribe about farming in return for local food, which is identified as safe by the scientists before you leave.

There are five security members who like the outdoors, three scientists, including one who is a capable medic, and the following:

Pilots
  PO Kia Moikuru (Beams 18, Other Gunner/Guns/Beams 13, Armoury 12, Mechanic 12)
  Pilot Mnwa Phwi (Piloting 17, Navigation 14, Gunner 18, Armoury 12)
  Pilot Lois Alley (Piloting 17, Gunner(Beams) 16, Navigation 16, Ultralight (Pilot 16, Mechanic 12)

Engineering:
  Electronics: PO Gun Da-bin (Electronics repair/Ops 16, Programming/Crypto 15,
    Languages : Korean, English, Russian, German, Spanish, Low and High Vilani, Labrysian, Talz)
  Manufacturing: PO Bramich (Engineer 15, Electronic Ops/Repair/Mechanic/Armoury 16, Explosives 13)
  PO Tanner (Small craft)

You also leave the following small craft:

1 x Ships Boat Rescuer III 42.5 B Solars, 30 dTon Needle/Wedge
1 x AK Light Modular Tank, M$ 13 Solars, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere
1 x AK Auto-Miniminer, 7.4 M Solars, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere
1 x AK Modular Surveyor, 9M, 6 dTon Flattened Sphere

What is your route back?

09 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 97/120 with all bugs, food growth 97/100

Route back is the way we came...  Or Brutus can plan it...  feeling a bit off after minor surgery to put a "port" in my upper chest.

BAck the way we came is fine

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 335):

So, 1438, 1439, 1639, 1838, 1938, 1939, 2040, 2102, 2104, Rita's Place, right?

You could shorten that to 1739, 1939, 2040, 2102, 2104, Rita's Place, though I do not know if you have explored 1739...

Unless there is a reason not to, e.g. time pressure, let's explore 1739.

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 337):

Given it would be significantly shorter, it would also be faster...so time pressure would not be the concern.

09 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 97/120 with all bugs, food growth 97/100

Is there another known concern?

In reply to Brutus Cartwright (msg # 339):

Not that I am tracking...that you are aware of.

09 Aug 2188, System 1539, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 97/120 with all bugs, food growth 97/100

If there is no huge time constraint then we'll scan as we go and carefully explore 1739.

Agreed, good Job Brutus....

Ok. Planning ahead, you had scanned that system in the weeks before your planned departure. You therefore arrive out of hyperspace a week later.

1739: Single Dwarf Star, 4 Gas Giants, 2 habitable planets each with a moon, The best is 6,000 m dia (0.75g), 80% water, The other is hotter, with just 35% of the surface covered by water.

16 Aug 2188, System 1739, Supplies: 5600 person days, Vatfacs can cover all, $87,496,300, 18/18 Cargo, Life support 97/120 with all bugs, food growth 97/100
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