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[Ukrainian Ranger]

Yes, hiding is the best option. We have spacesuits to wait out shutdown of our life support

But we still should transfer some fuel to engines, just in case for emergency retreat

[Thecard]

What about putting some fuel in the ship and moving elsewhere?   Moving out of the scrapyard would hopefully prevent this kind of thing from happening, but of course if we move someone is probably going to see that.  But we shouldn't attack the drone.  If we blow it up, someone is going to come looking for it, and that's something I think we'd all rather avoid.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

At some point, organize a team to go to the cargo ship for salvage or loot.

I'll go. The Mechanic may be a good idea to take too. Unless, you want me to keep whipping up ragtag patches.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Maybe we can find some pressurized fuel containers or actual commercially made patches onboard. either way if we make the shuttle ride sooner rather than later we won't have to wait out the drone.

I'll head to engineering whoever comes with me should head to the bridge, we'll meet up in the cargo bay. Then we can have a quick look in crew quarters and storage/repair lockers and we'll see where we are at by that point.

[TopHat]

I agree with faking as a wreck
Max would like to help the salvage team

[Ukrainian Ranger]

We should stay in scrapyard as long as possible, there are plenty of ways to upgrade here, we just need some lucky finds

And no, no, no to sending shuttle before drone leaves the area

[Gotdamnmiracle]

We should stay in scrapyard as long as possible, there are plenty of ways to upgrade here, we just need some lucky finds

And no, no, no to sending shuttle before drone leaves the area

Is the drone already here? or is it coming this way?

[TopHat]

We should stay in scrapyard as long as possible, there are plenty of ways to upgrade here, we just need some lucky finds

And no, no, no to sending shuttle before drone leaves the area

Is the drone already here? or is it coming this way?

1) coming this way.
2) yes, send shuttle to salvage after 'bot leaves

[Gotdamnmiracle]

We should stay in scrapyard as long as possible, there are plenty of ways to upgrade here, we just need some lucky finds

And no, no, no to sending shuttle before drone leaves the area

Is the drone already here? or is it coming this way?

1) coming this way.
2) yes, send shuttle to salvage after 'bot leaves

I agree then.

[Dariush]

    All auxilaries: 1 reactor when fully repaired (Current: 0.5)
    Main engines: Up to 2 reactors (Current: 0)
    Jump drive: At least 1 while charging, up to 3 reactors if fully repaired. (Note, activating a jumpdrive while changing delta v is dangerous, so the engines are presumed to be off while jumping) (Currently :0)
    Lifesupport, sensors and varia: Up to 1 (Currently 1)
    Weaponry:
           -4 lasers for 2 reactors under normal circumstances. Continues fire will result in overheating and will use 1 reactor per laser
           -4 mass drivers for 1 reactor
    Free capacity: 1.5

You should rename it FTL: The Forum Game.

Which components are there going to be, apart from scrap? Which ones of them will be used to fix which components? Specifically, what do we need for the engines? Can we power the engines right now, even though they're damaged? Will we be able to give them more power after we fix them?

Legion waits for the drone to leave and then hops on the shuttle.

[Hubris Incalculable]

Baxter hides in a well-shielded place on the ship until the drone leaves, then join the shuttle crew to look at the other ships, searching for an intact long-term memory core.

[TylerTheCreator]

I agree. Power down the ship and look like a piece of junk

[yourfears]

I agree. Power down the ship and look like a piece of junk

stealth is the best option right now

[10ebbor10]

You power down the ship, and wait for the automatic drone to pass. It cruises by without stopping, and you get a clear view of it. It's quite small, only a 10 meter long, and seems to be cobbled together mostly from scrap. The lack of heat radiators or missile tubes suggests it to be armed with mass drivers, though you can not be sure. After a minute the craft has disappeared out of sight, but you wait another 30 minutes before reactivating the ship's systems. Unfortunately, it appears the ship didn't move away as you expected it do, but instead stayed in the area. It detects your systems before you can disengage them, and moves in to investigate.

You have approximately 2 minutes before it reaches the ship.

- Corvette wreck. Might contain weaponry
- Cargo ship (cargo bay looks intact, might contain valuables, or not)
- Unidentified Cruiser (Heavily damaged.): Warning, surrounded by mines

Spoiler: Local map (click to show/hide)

-Inner scrapyard: Current location  [Illegal to be here]
-Outer scrapyard: A more dangerous place, since ships are actively dumped here and the automated droid patrols make harvesting harder [Illegal to be here]
-Scrapyard borders: Sometimes scrap floats outside of the scrapyard, allowing everyone nearby free pickings.
-Galven III orbital habitation station: The majority of this sector resides here, or on the planet below. Due to the risk of an epidemic and a paranoid governement, planet acces is strongly limited, hence the creation of the orbital hub.
-Galven III Trade hub: This station includes a repair station, and has some governement officials. You probably could get your ship registered here.
-Galven III jump beacon:   [ Pirates(seldomly seen)]

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

Credits: 1000
390 units of food (1 unit per crewmember per day)
Plenty of low quality scrap metal and damaged armour/hull plating
30 spacesuits (Modified emergency suits, not that durable, nor usefull.)

Spoiler: Salvation (click to show/hide)

Armour: Depleted, several holes (LQ patches)
Structural: Good shape, several holes (LQ patches)
Power supply: Low
Fuel: 100/2000
Crew: 30

Subsystems:
       -Weaponry:
             - 4 Lasers:
             - 4 Rail guns: No ammo
             - Turrets: missing 
             - 4 Missile launchers: Offline, but functionall (0/20 missiles loaded)
      -Control
            -LQ computer system (Entirely blank)
            -Manual operation
       -Sensors (Manually operated)
            -LQ Passive sensor:online
            -MQ Active (Targetting) sensor: offline
       -Lifesupport
            -Operational, but barely
       -Reactor
            - 3 out of 8 Main reactors
       -Jumpdrive
            -Jumpcore:Fine
            -Jumpcontrol: Manual only
            -Jumpcapacitors: Tertiary capacitors only
       -Engine
            - Main engines down (Severely damaged)
            -4/8 Auxilary thrusters online
       -Docking bay  (1/5)
               -Cargo shuttle (245/400 fuel)
               -"Red Rocket" (Lamprey class boat) (50/100 fuel)

Spoiler: Power distribution (click to show/hide)

 All auxilaries: 1 reactor when fully repaired (Current: 0.5)
    Main engines: Up to 2 reactors (Current: 0)
    Jump drive: At least 1 while charging, up to 3 reactors if fully repaired. (Note, activating a jumpdrive while changing delta v is dangerous, so the engines are presumed to be off while jumping) (Currently :0)
    Lifesupport, sensors and varia: Up to 1 (Currently 1)
    Weaponry:
           -4 lasers for 2 reactors under normal circumstances. Continues fire will result in overheating and will use 1 reactor per laser
           -4 mass drivers for 1 reactor
    Free capacity: 1.5

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

-John Gibson (TylerTheCreator)
     -Gunner
-Promtho (Terra 162)
     -Engineer
-Diana Banks (Ukrainian Ranger)
     -Diplomat
-George William Gyralt (GreatWyrmWold)
     -Doctor
-Legion McCaffee (Dariush)
     -Mechanic
Max Lukasson (Tophat)
     -Pilot
-Baxter (Hubris Incalculable)
    -Computer Technician
Charlie Phelps (The Card)
    -Field medic
Chia Trotsky (GotdamnMiracle)
    -Recon

Spoiler: Memoranda (click to show/hide)

If you want an action executed by the crew, just type and bold it. If you want it to be done by your character, please explicitedly state so, and use bold +Italics.
Character actions might be ignored during conflicts or for secret GM reasons.

This is more popular than I expected it to be. Now get out of the scrapyard.

Spoiler: Answers to posts (click to show/hide)

    All auxilaries: 1 reactor when fully repaired (Current: 0.5)
    Main engines: Up to 2 reactors (Current: 0)
    Jump drive: At least 1 while charging, up to 3 reactors if fully repaired. (Note, activating a jumpdrive while changing delta v is dangerous, so the engines are presumed to be off while jumping) (Currently :0)
    Lifesupport, sensors and varia: Up to 1 (Currently 1)
    Weaponry:
           -4 lasers for 2 reactors under normal circumstances. Continues fire will result in overheating and will use 1 reactor per laser
           -4 mass drivers for 1 reactor
    Free capacity: 1.5

You should rename it FTL: The Forum Game.

Which components are there going to be, apart from scrap? Which ones of them will be used to fix which components? Specifically, what do we need for the engines? Can we power the engines right now, even though they're damaged? Will we be able to give them more power after we fix them?

For electronics, there will be: Simple, normal and complex electronics(Probably some more special ones too).
Same for resources: LQ, MQ and HQ resources(scrap).

However, I don't want things to be strictly number based. It is possible to repair the engines with LQ scrap and simple electronics, though it that case an explosive failure is likely. The engines are a variant on the ion drive. Hydrogen gas is heated and ionized by a laser, and then the engines magnetical coils rapidly throw it away from the ship. In order to provide more thrust, or to work in athmospherical circumstances, the engine can also simply burn the hydrogen.

Powering them right now is possible, but dangerous. The combustion chambers and thrusters are cracked, the magnetical coils might shortcircuit, and the cooling system is most likely offline. You'd be better of trusting your auxilary thrusters.

We should stay in scrapyard as long as possible, there are plenty of ways to upgrade here, we just need some lucky finds

And no, no, no to sending shuttle before drone leaves the area

I have 2 ways to hint you to move on, the first is sending the automated drones towards you, the next is dropping a burning wreck on top of you.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Does anyone know how to disable a robot?