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Posted by JRFor group 0
Matt
player, 371 posts
Sun 10 Dec 2017
at 06:46
  • msg #782

One last look

Brent sighs as they see the ruins of the city.  "It looks like two big nukes did them in.  I'm sorry."
Hoot
player, 129 posts
Tue 12 Dec 2017
at 04:27
  • msg #783

One last look

Gareth will use the ships sensors to scan for radiation or anything unusual.
JR
GM, 478 posts
Tue 12 Dec 2017
at 04:50
  • msg #784

Re: One last look

Hoot:
Gareth will use the ships sensors to scan for radiation or anything unusual.


The lakes' radiation count is somewhat higher than the background count, and, according to the ship's database, it calculates out to what one might expect from a two hundred and fifty year-old nuclear blast. These were surface hits - the debris field and fallout area is clearly defined from the radiation pattern. Anyone living within 50km of this area was either vaporized, or received a radiation dose that even Imperial medicine would not have cured.
Hoot
player, 130 posts
Tue 12 Dec 2017
at 04:55
  • msg #785

Re: One last look

"I've run a few scans. Without going into detail its a safe assumption that we can leave."
Niamh Parker
player, 23 posts
Tue 12 Dec 2017
at 06:23
  • msg #786

Re: One last look

JR:
Gareth pulls up the destroyed town's location, and plots a change to their orbital inclination so they will pass over the site.

Brent arrives on the bridge, and the pair pilot Wanderer though a descent into the atmosphere. Forty minutes later, they are within fifty kilometers of the town of Keane. Joxe brings up a large holodisplay in the crew area, where Naimh can sit on the couch and steer the display around. The image can be zoomed in, or turned in any direction as multi spectral information is fed in from the ship's sensors.

They descend and slow down to pass over the location, riding on the ship's grav lifters. The nav system marks where the town was - but there is no trace of human habitation, save for a single road that leads into one of a pair of circular lakes about a half kilometer each in diameter. The area around the lakes is mostly scrub grass and sand; the surrounding forest hasn't encroached too closely.

Niamh is silent as they approach the location of what used to be her home town, but the sad and grave look on her lightly freckled face seems to somehow speak volumes.  Woodenly, she zooms the holodisplay on the pair of oddly lifeless lakes.  The tone of the doctor's voice when she finally decides to speak up appears to appropriately match the quiet desolation that she's seeing.

"Those two lakes...they're from the nukes, aren't they?"
JR
GM, 479 posts
Thu 14 Dec 2017
at 02:44
  • msg #787

Re: One last look

Veronica sits next to Naimh and reaches for her hand. "Yes, I think they are. I'm so sorry."

Joxe checks the sensor readouts. "It was very quick, at least for those in the town," she says with a sigh.
Niamh Parker
player, 24 posts
Thu 14 Dec 2017
at 03:19
  • msg #788

Re: One last look

Niamh Parker:
Niamh is silent as they approach the location of what used to be her home town, but the sad and grave look on her lightly freckled face seems to somehow speak volumes.  Woodenly, she zooms the holodisplay on the pair of oddly lifeless lakes.  The tone of the doctor's voice when she finally decides to speak up appears to appropriately match the quiet desolation that she's seeing.

"Those two lakes...they're from the nukes, aren't they?"
Unseen by the people on the bridge, Niamh takes a few moments to pray silently to the All-Mind for her girlfriend, her family, and everybody she ever knew on her homeworld.  Somehow, she doesn't shed any tears, but has an odd, numb feeling in her heart that might actually feel just a little bit worse.

Her prayer done, Niamh lets out a long yet quiet sigh before saying into the ship's intercom, "Okay.  I think I can leave now...and thanks."
Matt
player, 372 posts
Thu 14 Dec 2017
at 05:50
  • msg #789

Re: One last look

Brent stays silent out of respect as soon as he sees the two lakes.  He does start plotting a course to take them out to the Jump point so that when the decision is made he nods. "I'm doubly sorry for your loss Niamh.  I think I speak for all of us to say that you are welcome aboard as long as you wish."

He presses a few virtual buttons in the holographic control panel.  "Standby for boost, I'm taking us to the Jump point."
JR
GM, 480 posts
Thu 14 Dec 2017
at 17:06
  • msg #790

Re: One last look

Wanderer climbs out of the planetary atmosphere, boosting at 1G acceleration. The jump point's marker glows in the navigation display, with an ETA counter showing 4.3 hours to the jump point.

"We're going to Poznan next?" Joxe asks.
Matt
player, 373 posts
Fri 15 Dec 2017
at 05:38
  • msg #791

Re: One last look

Brent got the ship settled into the course once they were clear of the atmosphere and any orbital debris.  "Yes, I think that Poznan is really the best bet."
JR
GM, 481 posts
Sat 16 Dec 2017
at 16:22
  • msg #792

Jump to Poznan

Wanderer makes her way to the jump point, altering course several times to avoid some the more troublesome bit of debris still in orbit. Reaching the jump point, the jump drive activates, and everyone feels the twisting in their gut as the ship transitions smoothly into jump space.
Matt
player, 374 posts
Sat 16 Dec 2017
at 20:59
  • msg #793

Jump to Poznan

Brent sighs and a great deal of tension eases out of his shoulders as the board lights up green as they transitioned into Jump space.  He locked down the control panel and stood, his hands shaking just a bit.  "I don't know why but that transition scares me a bit.  It's safe if done right but it just is a bit unnatural down deep."
Hoot
player, 131 posts
Tue 19 Dec 2017
at 03:35
  • msg #794

Jump to Poznan

"One among many unnatural things that have been happening lately."

For the time being Gareth stays on the bridge watching the ship's systems and readings.
JR
GM, 483 posts
Fri 22 Dec 2017
at 22:59
  • msg #795

Jump to Poznan

"Good job, guys," Joxe's voice comes over the comm. "We cheated death again. Come by the cafe for lunch, and don't forget to tip your server."
Matt
player, 376 posts
Sat 23 Dec 2017
at 06:52
  • msg #796

Jump to Poznan

Brent remained on the bridge for a while as well, studying the readouts on the Jump drive repeaters and tracing out the navigational inputs.  "I definitely want to learn more about navigation in Jump.  Experience should make this less of an unknown."



Sometime later he called Joxe.  "How are things going?  I was wondering if I can lend you a hand with maintenance if you'd teach me a bit about how the Jump drives work."
JR
GM, 484 posts
Sat 23 Dec 2017
at 15:48
  • msg #797

Jump to Poznan

Wanderer's jump drive appears to be working correctly, as the jump field is well within its operating limits.

"I'll take you up on that. I'm in the hangar, inspecting the air raft. You'll need a vacc suit, but you can come help me." Joxe replies.
Matt
player, 377 posts
Sun 24 Dec 2017
at 05:07
  • msg #798

Jump to Poznan

"Ok, see you in a few." Brent headed over and slipped into the vac suit that he'd worn on the original excursion to the ship.  After cycling through the airlock he headed into the hangar with the practiced ease of one well used to vacuum.  "So what help you do need Joxe?"  His voice was light and friendly.
JR
GM, 485 posts
Sun 24 Dec 2017
at 22:39
  • msg #799

Jump to Poznan

Brent finds Joxe standing next to the air raft's right front door. She, too, wears her vacc suit. She smiles and steps over to him, then she presses her helmet against his. "You are invited to my cabin tonight, but you have to wear shorts, okay?"
Niamh Parker
player, 25 posts
Mon 25 Dec 2017
at 04:07
  • msg #800

Re: Jump to Poznan

Hoot:
"One among many unnatural things that have been happening lately."

For the time being Gareth stays on the bridge watching the ship's systems and readings.

After a few moments, Niamh pipes up from the lounge, where she's trying to find some recent medical data to read.  "I wish I could tell you guys something useful about Poznan, but I really can't.  Apart from passing through its starport a few times and the fact that I was able to get a pretty good cup of coffee there at the time, I really don't anything about the place."
JR
GM, 486 posts
Mon 25 Dec 2017
at 15:02
  • msg #801

Re: Jump to Poznan

Niamh Parker:
After a few moments, Niamh pipes up from the lounge, where she's trying to find some recent medical data to read.  "I wish I could tell you guys something useful about Poznan, but I really can't.  Apart from passing through its starport a few times and the fact that I was able to get a pretty good cup of coffee there at the time, I really don't anything about the place."


"I lived there," Joxe says over the comm. "I'm not expecting to find much, given what I heard about the attack on the system."
Matt
player, 378 posts
Tue 26 Dec 2017
at 06:37
  • msg #802

Re: Jump to Poznan

Brent turns off his comm for a moment as he answers back.  His smile is as broad as hers.  "To spend the night with you?  I'll wear shorts and a smile."
JR
GM, 487 posts
Tue 26 Dec 2017
at 21:33
  • msg #803

Re: Jump to Poznan

Matt:
Brent turns off his comm for a moment as he answers back.  His smile is as broad as hers.  "To spend the night with you?  I'll wear shorts and a smile."


"Good. Now, let's get to the inspection." Joxe steps away, and addresses Brent though a private comm channel. "We are running what I've called an 'A' check, which is just looking through the maintenance logs, and checking on critical systems. In this case, we're looking at the counter grav units." She hands Brent a large datapad. "Here's the checklist. If nothing's wrong, it will take us about four hours to go through everything."
Matt
player, 379 posts
Thu 28 Dec 2017
at 06:25
  • msg #804

Re: Jump to Poznan

Brent nods as Joxe explains their tasks.  He takes the datapad and goes through the checklist carefully.  "This seems pretty standard.  I can take the mechanical and power sections of the list if you want to split things up."
JR
GM, 488 posts
Fri 29 Dec 2017
at 22:28
  • msg #805

Re: Jump to Poznan

Matt:
Brent nods as Joxe explains their tasks.  He takes the datapad and goes through the checklist carefully.  "This seems pretty standard.  I can take the mechanical and power sections of the list if you want to split things up."


"Sure," Joxe says with a smile. She opens the air raft's right door and begins to remove the front seat. "The main grav unit is under here," she explains.

Looking at the diagrams, Brent sees that the systems he's interested in are located in the air raft's blunt nose. The tablet has already linked itself with the air raft's onboard computer, and to the ship's datanet. He immediately sees that these systems, while familiar, are quite a bit more sophisticated than the hardware he'd dealt with back home.

His recent study during the jump from the Egg System has helped to bridge that gap, so he's able to - mostly - puzzle out the unfamiliar parts and components.
Matt
player, 380 posts
Sat 30 Dec 2017
at 03:29
  • msg #806

Re: Jump to Poznan

Brent nods to Joxe and soon is deeply embedded in working on the maintenance action to the exclusion of everything else.  He's proud and determined to learn the hard way and stays focused on the work rather than asking more than the very minimum of questions.
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