In reply to TAMI (msg # 578):

Inderpal listened to the suggestion about transferring TAMI over to the ship and got slightly concerned. Plugging random hardware into your computer system had the capacity to go dangerously wrong.

"TAMI," she asked, "Is there any software or something that might cause unintentional harm to our systems if you were plugged in? Do you have a safe mode or the ability to hibernate quickly if required?"

She had a nice ship after all and didn't want TAMI crashing it by accident - or malice.

Sylvester will unseal the furniture and the game after TAMI is transferred. There was a small fortune here in artifacts if they were lucky. With Tami gone, the facility itself wasn't worth blowing up, but they would for fun.

In reply to Tescha (msg # 586):

"Vonon, while we do the tour, can you verify with Serge that his suit has 3d imaging capabilities & that he has a full map of the facility? I think a mapping of the artifacts to their original locations will prove useful when it comes to generating the provenance."

"Fine, fine. No payday for us it seems. I check for what current they used and install the AI without frying it and you think of a way how we get away with all this stuff without it getting seized by the wardens.

Whilst TAMI is being transferred, Sam starts moving the other items as well as she can over to the ship, roping in any drones when they are spare.

In reply to Samantha Kilgore (msg # 591):

As the drones set TAMI into the cargo hold, he sends the drones back to Sam so she can use them for other stuff, shouldn't take too long. They would need to wall off TAMI from prying eyes at the first opportunity. He wondered if she worked on the ship's computer or if they needed to remain separate.

In reply to Sylvester Jinx (msg # 592):

Jack on TAMI "According to what I found on the space available on our computer... It's has space that is unused. And I mean a lot"

"Had I not downloaded appropriate files from the Longshot as I was uploading my own files, there might have been some compatibility issues, but nothing that would have proven harmful to your ship," TAMI replies to Inderpal. "The only damage might have been to me, since the systems on your ship are more technologically advanced than my own."

"While I understand the definitions of 'safe mode' and 'hibernate', I do not comprehend what you mean in terms of my own systems. I have three modes of operation: standby, monitoring, and fully active."


While it only takes a few seconds for Sylvester to say he's moving TAMI to the Longshot, the reality is that it takes almost an hour for the entire process to occur, with only her core unit being the last to be freed, unplugged, and moved. It is only after it is unplugged that TAMI no long has control of the facility, so there is plenty of time for Tescha to tour the facility.

None of the lab equipment seems particularly valuable to Tescha. It's all generic, not of any great quality. The para-bonded seams are of interest, but not holding any commercial value. The office furniture is about the same, but at least the desks could be considered 'antiques'.

The furniture in the living quarters and the entertainment area are the real values. He's unsure about the freshers and the food areas... antiques to a specific collector, but they could sit in the ship's cargo hold for ten years before a buyer is found.

He thinks pictures and diagrams and schematics, if put together into a package, could be sold to archivists or historians or scholars for a decent about.

The real find is in the basement--the power source for the facility. It somehow harnesses the rotation of the planet to generate energy/electricity. He's not aware of any other world that's ever developed that. He has no idea how efficient it is or how cost effective it would be, but it's definitely a novelty.


In the end, there's simply not enough time to fully salvage the facility, which would include separating the side towers from the central tower, and hauling all five of them off the planet. That's probably not something the Overwatch is likely to allow. Even with the drones, there probably isn't enough time to pull the solar panels off the roofs of the side towers. Minimal value anyway.


Since Tescha came into the picture rather late, he's not aware of 'intent' of the crew, but as the tour continues and he converses with the others, they let him know that they have yet to identify the nature of the facility to the Overwatch. All that Overwatch knows is that it's 'ruins'. Informing them that it's an old Iltharan observatory that was abandoned with all content removed would satisfy them. There's no indication that Overwatch will stop the Longshot and search it. If Walter transmits some pics of furniture that was salvaged, they aren't going to care. As long as they've got something to shoot at, they'll be happy!

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 594):

     To that conversation, Vonon would add his belief that mentioning to the Guards that the "facility' is of Iltharan origin could go either way--the Guards may think that an 'Iltharan Facility' is too valuable to nuke, or they may think that an 'Iltharan Facility' is too dangerous not to nuke.  Could go either way.

     "But if they hear there's a working computer, down here, well..." Vonon runs a thumb across his throat,

     "A working computer could be classified as 'Technology to Aid in Escape', and they would probably be required to destroy it--or at least impound it.  That's the Guards main concern here--making sure nobody escapes the planet, or gains access to a means to escape the planet."

     "If this place weren't built out of a massive amount of processed Molybdenum alloy--which the Guards can probably detect from orbit, if they look for it--and if we hadn't turned on the power, we might have been able to get away with a claim that this was nothing more than an old, abandoned survey base.  Now, I'm not so sure that story would fly.  We'll just have to cross our manipulative digits."

OOC: Hey, Serge!  What kind of armor, specifically, did you say you were wearing?  We gotta look up the electronics package you're schlepping around...

OOC:
It is just a normal combat armor MgT 2E CSC pg 20, 01/57376, TL 12. It has some add-ons but they are combat/survival. However, I have a Motion Scanner (Vonon holds it currently) and Electromagnetic Probe (TL 10).

Hearing the conversation from Vonon over the other comm links, Walter piped up.

+++Past tense now that it has been taken apart Vonon. We do not need to tell them the specifics of the power generator, just that it activated while we were clearing out of the place and now it gives them a target. Might tell them how far deep they need to hit the place to deny the "prisoners" an energy source. As tough as the building is, they might have to hit it for a hour or two before they decide to turn into into a glass crater.+++

Sylvester, with the help of Serge, reassembles TAMI in the corner designated by Vonon and Sir Walter. They use the stuff to 'reweld' it back together after hooking up all of the wires and cables. As soon as she is rewired Sylvester will turn her on to make sure she is okay.

The help of Khea and Sam and anyone that wants to help is accepted with good cheer after they are done moving furniture and such.
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Sylvester, Serge, Khea and Sam quickly realize that the only place on the Longshot that TAMI can be reassembled in the same layout is in the ship's main cargo bay. As it is, her components will only fit through the shuttle bay door or the main cargo bay door.

Each of the three memory units is 4.5 meters square. They just barely fit through the elevator door in the facility and out the main door. TAMI's core unit is half of that square cut diagonally.

Now comes the debate about where TAMI's core unit will be installed on the ship, as there aren't that many spaces that can handle it.

At the very least, it's going to require an electronics check to connect TAMI to the ship. The plugs that connected her to the facility aren't like any plugs that the ship has.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 594):


>>>BEGIN COMM>>> Vonon... please meet me on the Longshot bridge. Have information in person I have to ask <<<END COMM <<<
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In reply to Samantha Kilgore (msg # 591):

Inderpal assists Sam with moving the other items as well. Most of them are relatively light so she has no problem in carrying them and they can use the drones for the really heavy stuff. Memories of manual handling training modules from her time in the Scout Service come back to her; she remembers to bend her knees and all that.

Once this is done, she assists with loading TAMI onto the ship, keeping a wary eye on the computer in case it decides to become megalomaniacal or something similar.

She also wants a drink; all this moving stuff is thirsty work.

When the crew arrived back on the ship, Walter turned the Captain's chair back over to Vonon. "We might want to hold off on putting TAMI back together and get out of here before they ask too many questions." he said.

"Serge? Anyone? I have Engineering and Computer, a fair amount of it. I don't have Electronics however. We need help hooking her up! The cable ends are all wrong!"

12:33, Today: Sylvester Jinx rolled 6 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 1,3.  electronics computer.
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In reply to Sylvester Jinx (msg # 603):

- Sorry, I'm no engineer and I have only the very basic knowledge on computers, - Serge said. - We should call for the specialists here, but first we must get a confirmation from the captain before we plug the alien AI in our ship.

"Can you finally decide what you want? And before you ask, I am against making any modifications while in jumpspace."

OOC: I do not have electronics either.

Ideally, of course, Electronics (computers) is the best skill for meshing two systems together, but Engineering (power) at DM-1 would also work.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 606):

Previous about detecting. Making sure who or what is shielded.

Sam heads down to where the others are trying to connect up Tami and tries to help.

ooc
08:14, Today: Samantha Kilgore rolled 9 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 5,2.  Connecting Tami. Assuming thats a success, but not sure if there are any modifiers

In reply to Samantha Kilgore (msg # 608):

"Thank you Sam. I was having trouble with it!" he grins, "I'd give you a kiss but don't want slapped!" he laughs with glee.

All four of TAMI's units can only be assembled as they were in the main cargo bay. However, after checking all the connections for design, type, function and capacity, there are no surprises, just a bit of work required to connect her to the ship. The only connection that is made at this time, though, is the power cable.

Connecting her to the internal comm system is not advised at this time because the ship's comm system is interlinked with many other ship systems.

If you want to talk to TAMI, you'd have to figure out how to connect her to an external speaker.

In the course of anchoring TAMI to the cargo bay floor (however that's done), you realize that the three square units can be located anywhere. They were only set up the way they were so that they fit into the triangular corner of the circular facility. In any case, they are only the equivalent of solid state hard drives. They are file storage areas. They could be placed in any area of the ship where they'd fit. The Longshot, a former Imperial System Defense Boat, was built with various accessible conduits running below the deck, so it'd be reasonably easy to run cables from the file storage units to wherever TAMI's core processor is installed.

"Where you want her Captain Vonon? Ready to install! Thanks to the help of Sam! You want her in the Mining Lab, the Security Cargo Hold or some other place?"
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