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nods to Steve "as you wish" then he take Beth by the hand and goes to engineering.

<enter engineering>
"I was told to report?"

Kraig looked up and frowned.  He rose from the engineering terminal and held out a hand.  "Hi, I'm Kraig Pars.  You are?"

Returning the hand shake. "Stez, so whats the issue then?"

Kraig motions to the engine room.

"We need to get this baby ready for space.  We need to run diagnostics and check fuel and power reliability.  Do you have any engineering qualifications Stez?"

Shamus finishes the diagnostics on the J-drive and then comes over to talk the two men, "I'm Shamus, J-drives are my specialty, but, if there's anything in particular you need, let me know."

Kraig nods to Shamus.  "Kraig Pars, glad to meet you Shamus.  I'm more of a pilot than an engineer but on free traders you learn to work where you are needed."

"Well, if we work together and take our time, we should have everything up and running pretty quickly."

With that said, Shamus will start checking things out, both electronically and visually to make sure that everything's running smoothly

Preparing ship for flight
08:11, Today: Shamus O'Donnell rolled 10 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 6,3. flight prep time +1.

"Sounds good Shamus, since you know the systems here I will help you get things going."  Kraig works carefully along with Shamus to bring the ship's systems online and ready for stressful use.  "Do we have fuel scoops and a purification plant aboard Shamus?"

Stez, moves out of everyone's way, and just places his hands on one of the computer consoles. His expression goes blank, as concentration appears.







Machine symbiosis:Interact..  "Checking the ships systems."
Cost 1
10:59, Today: Stezfialtlsche rolled 12 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 5,5.

Although all the systems seem to be nominal (there are no red flags), that's the hardware. The programming, however, is another story.

Stez is able to detect a bug... specifically a misjump worm. Without the proper diagnostic sequence being run AND a passcode entered, the ship would misjump when the J-drive was activated.

"umm, i know it's not my place, but the ship is infected with a misjump worm." he pulls his hand away from the console. "more specifically, without the proper diagnostic sequence being run AND a passcode entered, the ship would misjump when the J-drive was activated" he stands and waits, for the forth coming barrage of questions or scolding.

Shamus watches Stez, "Well, that's quite an ability you have, especially since this was discovered after we ran our diagnostics...I'm impressed, thank you... Can you guide me to remove it?"

Shamus runs the sequence/diagnostics....
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Kraig glances over at Stez and frowns.  "Ummm... good catch but how did you manage that Stez?"

Going through the process....
20:13, Today: Shamus O'Donnell rolled 11 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 4,5. make engines run without explosion, taking time +2.

Comm

"Bridge here, is the gravitic drive on-line?"

"not all Zho are combat psi's some of us do have other talents." he smiles "let me see if i can help" he stretches his hands out once more in a effort to make the issue easier to find for the others to fix.



OCC:
Machine symbiosis:Control (Average +0) Cost 3
11:00, Today: Stezfialtlsche rolled 12 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 6,4. psi.
Total spent on this day 6

Comm to bridge
"Everything is online, except that computer program concerning jumping, I'm working on that now."

Removing the jump program bug...Whooohoo 13.
13:02, Today: Shamus O'Donnell rolled 13 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 6,6. fix computer +1 computers.

Shamus with an assist from Stez have no problem removing the virus from the ship's computer, even tracing the backup down and killing it.

Forcing a misjump was certainly one way for Ritter to avoid the authorities.

Kraig shook his head at the mention of psionics.  He wasn't one to lump all Zhodani into the category of mind raping control freaks but the idea of actually being in the presence of an active, skilled psion was a bit disconcerting.  "Psionics?  I'd expect you to keep your mind out of our thoughts at the very least."

In reply to Kraig Pars (msg # 20):

"rest assured, i'm not really into picking peoples brains apart." he removes his hand from the console. "I prefer utility uses of my talents, move objects, talk to machines, and stopping others psi's from using their powers"

The internal gravity system is also off-line. It needs to have a few circuits replaced as they burnt out when Mara did her little trick with the zero-gee.

Kraig nodded, slightly mollified by Stez' answer.  "So you can interface directly with machines?  Is that similar to a direct neural interface like you would get with a jack?"

Shamus as he goes through he checks, will attempt to fix the gravity system.
09:31, Today: Shamus O'Donnell rolled 5 using 2d6 with rolls of 2,3. gravity repair.

Kraig turns from his conversation with Steve.  "Can I help Shamus?  I'm not sure about it but perhaps Stev can lend a hand with his... ability."

"Thanks, I'm having a problem with the grav plates, when we used them to mess up our enemies, we screwed them up...I've tried to fix them...anyways, can either you or Stez get this thing working?"

Kraig walked over to look at the systems read outs.  "Yea, that kind of sudden overload is dangerous to the equipment.  Civilian ships like this aren't built for such sudden compensation."  He waves Stez over.  "Come on over and see if you can help me Stev."
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"hmm, sure i'll have a talk with the system see if we can narrow down a fix." with that he once again places his hand on the console.



OOC
Machine symbiosis: Interrogate
cost 2
16:40, Today: Stezfialtlsche rolled 9 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 2,5. psi.
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Stez has no problem determining what and where the problem lies. There are two control boards--engineering and bridge, with a local auxiliary one in the cargo bay. The controls actual control the localized governors for each of the grids around the ship.

There are seven such grids: bridge, main deck, engineering port and starboard; saucer deck, crew deck and cargo bay.

All the governors are burnt out and need replaced. The normal gravity control program doesn't allow for reducing the gravity to zero, other than to shut it off. Mara didn't have time to rewrite a program that would allow fine control, so she had to override all the governors en mass.

So, once realizing the problem. Shamus looks at the best qualified to make the checks.

Kraig works with Steve to diagnose the problem.  Once the psion points out the problem he turns to the others.  "I think we can cobble together repairs from the spare parts for now.  Some of the power can be bypassed; it will be makeshift but should hold for now.  We can also scavenge the grav APC back at the beach for parts if they haven't been ruined by sea water."  He gets to work; "Lend me a hand would you Shamus, Stez?"


23:35, Today: Kraig Pars rolled 11 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 4,5. Engineering.
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Shamus will assist.

It's easy enough to replace the control circuits... while replacement parts last. There are only six.

Anyone with Engineering-0 can make the replacement (just don't fumble). It'll only take about 15 minutes.

23:35, Today: Kraig Pars rolled 11 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 4,5. Engineering.

Kraig works with the others to make the repairs.  "There we go Shamus, Stez good as new." He called up to the bridge.  "Grav system repaired and checks out satisfactory."

Coms:
"Engineering. Switch on fuel pumps so we can bring on sea water."

Shamus goes over to the pumps, and activates them...

Comms to bridge:"Filler up"...

Kraig calls out.  "Do you need me to monitor anything in the engineroom Shamus?"

"I think we're good down here unless something goes wrong..." he crosses his fingers.

Com: "Engineering. Staus report on fuel tanks. Are they full?"
"Are we going to salvage the shuttle or not."

"well it looks like we are ready to leave. Guess since someone on-board this ship thinks I'm a threat I'll just sit right here until told to do something useful" And with that he sits down on a tool crate and relax's

"If things are ok down here Shamus, I'll go up to the bridge and see if they need help.  My exertise is more with piloting but if they have that covered I'll come back and give you a hand if things get hot trying to run the blockade."  Kraig rises and heads to the bridge.

[To Bridge]

Shamus does the usual engineering tasks...then sits back and watches an old holochip...something about worldcup...or something

Hearing the bridge, Shamus will shut down all nonessential systems.

Comms to Bridge.
"Done"

hearing the comms from the bridge, Shamus goes down to the cargobay and gets it prepped to load the escape pod.

Munching on his sandwich, Shamus, begins an inventory of all the engineering "consumables"..Ie fuses/tubes/red dewhickies, etc...

OOC: JTime on our hands....

Not really sure what the "lords" want...Shamus examines the escape pod...and how it might be modified...

It's definitely reusable. It could stand to be cleaned, and it needs restocked with air, supplies and fuel. Some sort of launch device would also be helpful.

The only other option would be to alter the transponder.

Shamus is reading a tech manual when the ship falls out of jump...He immediately moves to the engines to see what happened.

  Entering the engineering area Roland moved to join Shamus." Need a hand?"

The alarm signaled a 'misjump'. Emerging from J-space one hour early could have put the ship inside a planet, or at least in an immediate collision situation.

That one hour short jump was nearly a .6% deviation; .1% is the acceptable maximum.

The ship coming out of J-space early could have been a misjump, but apparently that's not the case. Or, at least if it was, it was a very 'tiny' one.

However, there are three things that could have caused that. The first is an astrogation error. The computation generated an erroneous number.

The second is that there is something wrong with the J-drive.

The third possibility is that the ship entered a gravity field. Although the sensors indicate that the ship wasn't close enough to the gas giant for that, the engines are showing signs of that very thing.

Shamus will run checks on the drives and also trying to figure out, if it wasn't the engines..what was the cause.
21:15, Today: Shamus O'Donnell rolled 9 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 2,5. Engineering check +2.

Internal sensors show that the spindizzy in the J-drive developed a 'wobble' when it came out of J-space. Normally, everything is synched such that the drive shuts down the instant it's back in N-space. In this case, it took an extra second for that to happen. That's how the wobble occurred. What caused it never appeared on the sensors--at least not down here in Engineering--but the only thing known to cause that is when a ship drops out of J-space because the field hits a strong gravity well.

Shamus guesses that there is or was some sort of gravitic anomaly in the area. It might have only been momentary.

Shamus, intrigued by the event, breaks out his "The Schwarzschild gravity fields guide for Dummies".

Calls the bridge...

FYI: If you've ever seen the Jodie Foster movie, Contact, I picture the inside of a J-drive engine looking something like the machine they build. In technical jargon, it's a precessing magnetoscopic gyro... but the engineer's slang term is 'spindizzy'.

When it's spinning at the extremely high speeds needed to do a hyperspace jump, it is easily affected by strong gravity. Safety measures shut it down instantly when that happens, or else the imbalance would tear the engine apart.

Thus a gravity field produces a noticeable 'wobble' in one of the spinning loops. If the gravity is only temporary, it'll self-stabilize again, but the effect has still been interrupted, which drops you out of J-space.

It's all right there in the book Shamus is reading! :-D

makes sure everything locked down and gets strapped down himself...

"it's never the atmospheric turbulence that bothers me." Roland Grumbled as he strapped in." It's that ground based turbulence ya run into once in a while that gets me."

when he heard the com he unbuckled and replied."Confirmed, Gearing up and heading to the airlock.... "

  he headed back toward his quarters, stuffing the unlit cigar back between his teeth and Looking damned serious as he moved.
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Shamus will monitor the engines, watching for any problems.

The engines are running smoothly. The fuel is 99 and 44/100 pure hydrogen so power is at optimum.

Shamus will proceed to count the bladders and figure out exactly how many tons of fuel we have (+whatever is in our fuel tank).

Roland came down to engineering to hep out still sealed in his armor." Where ya need me?"

He asked as he picked up his tool kit and looked around the room.

"Everything's working fine, just trying to get a total count of fuel tonnage we have."

"Hope it's enough, we could be waiting here a while if it isn't.' Roland commented as he looked over the displays."the records we picked up said the station started suffering problems... If it had anything to do with the things they brought aboard running a diagnostic might be a good idea....we may have picked up some hitchhikers."

The diagnostic turns up no problems.

Fuel capacity is at 57%. It's enough for a Jump-1.

Shamus will continue to monitor the engines, hoping that Roland's warning would be unneeded.

Shamus, who's keyed into the ships comms, overhears the conversation.

Private comms on ship, "It might just be me, but, I thinking he's dropping hints...perhaps the bad guys are already there..."

"this is one of the few routes short range ships can take to get back to friendly space." Roland spoke up as he heard Shamus speak to the Bridge intending his words for Shamus not the bridge."I'd have at least a few gunboats if I were the other guys."

Eating a processed ham and cheese sandwich, offering one to Rol, "If you're doing an invasion, right...you jump into as many systems as you can and send out non-jump ships to take on defenders...isn't it a bit strange not to find any imperial ships here?"

Kraig replies on the private line; "If the bad guys were here I would expect them to have a squadron at the gas giant as well.  They would have nabbed us there if they were going to do so.  Let's hope I'm right..."

In reply to Shamus O'Donnell (msg # 68):

"Lets hope they missed those lessons in military tactics." Rutger replied as he stowed tools wiping them down and organizing them back to the way he found them." Still, we might want to be ready to haul ass out of here."

"We'll be ready to flee!"

" I'd say that should be plan A, get the hell out of here if we see anything with a gun, that ain't Fleet." Rutger finished putting away the tools as he spoke.I'd also suggest a plan to deal with any unwelcome guests."

Comm

"Fill the bladders first, pump the refined fuel into seperete storage then fill tanks with water."

Kraig changed course to bring the ship around to the oceans for refueling.

Starts looking at refined fuel already collected and pushing forward unrefined into the empty bladders...

Set's up as a system to make it so, and works towards that goal.

Comms", "Working down here to make it happen, must be nice to eat sandwichs on a playground."

Gahler having little else to do wandered into the engineering section. "I brought some coffe, tea and some biscuits. They look past their expiry date."
"So anyone?"
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"Love coffee, and biscuits." grabbing a cup and a couple. Looking towards the upcoming refueling, "You know, we've got to get a better idea of what we're doing....Understanding alot of this is improvising, we should have a sit-down, and work out a reasonable plan...you know, like a diagnostics...that's what engineers do...."

OOC:Ahhh..just realized...Gahler...dummy, you said the bridge but posted on the engineering section...so, I'm taking the coffee and biscuits and the bridge can f*-off.

"If I ever had something to eat that wasn't past it's date my stomach would not know what to do." Rutger chuckled as he took a few biscuits and coffee."I can whip up a decent meal if I have to..but lately it seems I spend more time helping in the engine room than cooking and tending to passengers."

   "If you want to get a plan started, best thing i'd suggest is draw it up and then start on it...usually easy to get things accepted if yer already doing them..."

"Off to the bridge next. After the workers have been fed." Gahler winked.
With the engineering section fed he headed for the bridge.

OOC: I know I posted in wrong thread (head slap) so I corrected the previous post.

Of course, in theory, you can't put as much water into the tanks as you can hydrogen, as a water molecule (that pesky oxygen atom) takes up more volume than straight H2. However, the equipment necessary to keep the H2 liquid isn't necessary, so there's a bit more room in the tanks for the water.

The baffles also work for compartmentalizing the tanks.

Since the bladders were fuel bladders, they have the necessary equipment built into them for keeping hydrogen liquid--a combination of pressure, temperature and magnetic induction. The bladders don't have baffles, though.

It takes about two hours to fill the tanks and bladders. Everything goes smoothly, even if it takes a bit of juggling.

As the best qualified engineer, firing up the J-drive fell to Roland.

08:18, Today: Roland Steen rolled 13 using 2d6+2 ((6,5)).

With a course laid in from the bridge, Roland checked all the gauges one last time and as they all showed green, he simply just pushed the jump button. It was more involved than that, but it always got down to pushing a button to activate it. He'd bled energy into the lanthanum grid, monitored the gauges to make sure everything was balanced, and when the grid was finally saturated, THEN he pressed the button, and the ship shifted into j-space.

It wasn't instantaneous, but it wasn't a long drawn out affair either. As the lights dimmed from the power drain, there was a slight tingle as the ship transitioned into the non-existent realm known as j-space.

There were only three ways to tell that you'd shifted to j-space: 1. look out the window; 2. check that the gauges all showed zero; 3. just stop for moment and 'feel' it. The last was a very faint effect, and as long as you were doing something, you didn't really notice.

Roland Watched with a slight grimace as the ship transited into Jump, then let out a sigh of relief.

"I really need to brush up on these systems." He muttered and headed off to download the manuals from the ships database grab a cup of coffee and sat down to brush up on his starship engineering skills.

"Copy that bridge."Roland replied to the bridge and went about rigging the systems for skimming. Opening up the intakes and doing a quick diagnostic on the processors to ensure they were fully operational.Then he set up the system to switch over to filling the bladders once the main tanks were full.

Roland takes Siy and Adriannah on a tour of engineering, both upstairs and down. He started with the consoles and readouts followed by a tour of the Jump Drives, maneuvers and Power Plant followed by the Life Support.

"We need someone to learn to back me up and or take a load of part of it off my plate. I'd still be able to help fix it, just concentrate on one or two sets of drives at a time instead of all of them at once."

Switching her programs when they came to a different part of engineering, Siyeon made sure to ask questions that showed that she knew her way around those drives and plants. Her best comments came when they were at the Jump Drive, this was where she was most knowledgeable.

Arm in arm with Siyeon, Adriannah lapped up the advice, comments and instructions provided by Roland and Siyeon. Noting the different controls, engine parts and equipment.

"You can learn Engineering skills and bridge skills too if you want to. Then you can offer even more to the crew by being inter changeable in multiple jobs. My brain doesn't always work when I look for words, but you would be more valuable."

In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 87):

Several of my tutors often commented on my skills diversity. beamed Adriannah.

"Excellent, we need diverse skills from everyone to make us interchangeable so we can always get the job done."

Adrianbah gave Siyeons arm an excited squeeze. I'm sure we'll do well; and get a chance to develope new skills or improve on those we have.,
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Siyeon nodded when Roland explained about interchangeable skills. That made a lot of sense. When Adriannah squeezed her arm excitedly, Siyeon smiled at her.

"When I learned anything in my career, then this: Hard work is the first step to everything. So, Roland, tell me where you need me to be, I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty. And it seems Adriannah wouldn't shy away from some engine grease either."

"That's me half the time, elbow deep in grease, maintenance is very important!"

There didn't appear to be anything else to hear, say or do, prompting Adriannah to give Siyeon & Ronald a finger wave, goodby, as she headed to her cabin to unpack her duffel bag and stow her gear.
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"Well, that was the one credit tour. Any questions, just ask."

"Sure thing, Roland.", Siyeon said, before giving him a nod and leaving engineering.

Roland cleaned the injectors on the Jump Drives to make sure everything was in great shape.

Entering the controll room Adriannah watched Ronald run through the processes for Disembarking and Transition.

"Call me Rollie if you want."

Rollie dusted and polished his engines while reading out the computer display.

Adriannah observed the readings & displays on various sensor panes, making notes on her wristpad as she did.

"Listen to the engines hum along. Music to my ears." he says to Adriannah

In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 101):

Adriannah smiled as she clicked her fingers in time with the pulsing of the engines.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 04:56, Mon 30 Mar 2020.

During the jump, when he was off shift, Roland slept in a cot at the back of engineering. The thrum of the fusion engines helped relax him and he slept like a baby.

With little more to do than watch dials or sensors Adriannah decided to head to her cabin.
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Forge took his time learning the engineering systems, since each ship has their own quirks, as they progressed through the jump.

Roland relaxed at his station drinking kaffe while watching the engines.He wondered what they would see and do in Foreven, it would be all alien afterall. When the shit hit the fan, his kaffe spilled all over him!

"We're okay in engineering, what happened?"
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In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 106):

"We're okay back here Forge, no bumps or bruises even. Made me spill my damn coffee though! Shit was hot!" Roland says over comms to Forge.
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Rofl oh my is Roland's talking to himself
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Retcon. I was going to head aft to engineering but forgot to post.

Making he was back to Engineering, Forge did a head count of the crew to see if anyone was missing. "Yo Chief, it everyone okay back there? Anyone missing?" he asked.

In reply to 'Forge' Harris (msg # 109):

"Turn your comms on, I'm fine! Just got burnt by my coffee." he replies. "Everyone else okay?"
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After a refreshing snack Adriannah headed to the Engineroom to continue her training. Entering the controll area and greeting Steel then waited for further instruction about the maintenance and running of the various engines.

Roland handed the polishing towel to Adrianah "Polish and monitor and read the manuals, someday you'll get my job." he said with a grin. "Any questions, I'll be drinking my coffee."

He sits in the corner at a coffee table and had his coffee.
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In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 112):

Adriannah took the offered cloth. Giving Roland a nod she the set to work on the first of the assigned tasks. After several hours Adriannah  finishing polishing everything that could be polished; during which she queried Ronald about the details and functions of each and every part. Handing the polishing cloth Adriannah absently adjusted a few dischevled hairs gave Roland a half smile. I wouldn't even consider think about any such thing.
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In reply to Adriannah Orilliah (msg # 113):

"I've been polishing engines for more than 20 years, it's good to keep everything shiny and clean. You can have my job and then I can retire!" He says with a grin.
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In reply to Roland Steel (msg # 114):

ooc Adriannah didn't speak his name.

In reply to Adriannah Orilliah (msg # 115):

Edited accordingly ;-)Sorry, pet peeve.
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Harry comes down to engineering to see how Adriannah is. "Just checking to see how you are? Head alright?"

Adriannah responded to Roland's suggestion, with a melodic chuckle. Twenty years... doesn't quite promote an intetest in striving for such a position.

Glancing in Harrys's direction, she reach up with one hand which she gingerly rested on her bruises. Well enough thank you; considering what happened.
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Adriannah worked a full shift then headed back to her cabin. Refreshed and relaxed by a hot shower she dressed then made beeline to the galley for a meal before retiring.