Re: 728-907/Vilis (0404) Date: 267-1107 16:00
There is, of course, the small matter of shifting the air-raft out of its parking space.
Jago, however, ignores that for the moment, and goes, instead to Engineering, where he opens the equipment locker in the dorsal airlock. He hauls out a half dozen coils of lightweight plastic-sheathed cord, hundred metre lengths, then drags them up the ladder to the external hatch, which he opens.
Quickly uncoiling each of the cords, he uses its attached clip to fasten it to one of the set of small eyelets fixed to the hull outside the airlock. Finished, he gives a satisfied nod, before closing the hatch and descending the ladder.
He opens a channel to the crew, "I've fixed some EVA safety lines outside the dorsal airlock. Anybody going into the water should tie themselves off, for safety, before they do. Make sure the passengers are aware of this too."