The ladder didn't fully extend, but is the hatch open enough for us to enter?

It was only open about 4".

The environment suits you all wear feature a helmet system that fits closely to the wearers head. The head and neck assembly can turn 30 degrees to each side, 10 degrees down, and 30 degrees up. The visor assembly reaches to the corners of the wearer's eyes, allowing a fairly wide field of view. The visors have automatic darkening, providing protection when working in bright sunlight.

The light assemblies mounted on the helmet have to be pointed by turning one's head, although the width of the beam can be adjusted with the HUD controls.

Any chance of getting a rough deck plan as we explore?

Can Malcolm see further or more detail with his enhanced vision?

Sure - I'll post one tomorrow.

He can see the figure on the floor has short hair - and that there is a pistol on the floor next to his right hand.

The map is up in the Group 5 slot. The red triangles are the bodies. The scale is 1m per small square.

Thanks JR, even a basic map helps visualize things.

Well, I can't totally spoil you with images ;-)

In reply to JR (msg # 91):

I like that!!!

Never fear...

I will be traveling again until monday. I will try to post. Things should return to normal for a couple weeks at least after.

What is Veronica's position, and what is she trained in?

She is one of the ship's engineers. Malcolm has seen her a few times, and spoken to her exactly once before this mission. She seems to be comfortable moving about the ship, and she isn't perturbed about the corpses. The pair of pistols in her tactical holsters suggests that she knows how to use the weapons.

We need to hold up a bit on exploring the after hatch until Matt can catch up.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:34, Thu 02 June 2016.

Sorry guys, been busy at work and we're getting our hardwood floors redone which has thrown me off routine as well.

I have three bedrooms you can have done for me :-D

No thanks!  :)

Moving all the furniture and sleeping out in the living room is enough of a pain.

Yeah, home remodeling is painful, but so worth it.

For us the floors were long over due.

Can we get through the hatch or is it wedged from the other side?

It's open enough to get through. Your suits are pretty well impervious to snags, so no real worries there.

Gotcha, thanks.

Sorry, but I messed up the description somewhat. The hatch from the crew area leads into a lift shaft, where the car itself is stuck at the upper deck. Brent will have to step down into the shaft (about a meter down, and then open another hatch to see into the cargo bay.

Unless told otherwise, I will presume that he made the hop down, which is easily accomplished in the very low gravity. The post, then, will refer to the hatch into the cargo bay proper.

Sorry for the confusion..