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[TopHat]

I say fix and keep the mining charge. It could prove a useful get-out-of-jail card

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

You start your negotiations with the expedition leader. They negotiations are rather though, and in the end this is the man's final offer. 15% on the profit of the endeveaur, but you get to keep the loot of any of the pirate ship's you down during the mission.

Cheap piece of scrap! I say we take it anyway. We need a quest!

he does send through the message for the AI to look at.

Oooo! Code! This is the most exciting thing to happen yet since I joined this ship! 101001010100111001100101011011001010011101001010010101110100010......

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Yay to the simplification of the system!

1) Agree for 15%, It's still a lot
2) Let pirates join us
3) Hire up to 10 unskilled youngsters who look like the guys (or girls) that look like the ones ready to spend large chunk of their life in space.  Would be IC for our former team of scavengers to aid various poor port workers to find better life like we did (One possible category to help = port prostitutes, Diana was one at some point of her career and would be happy to help other girls)


And one thing that I'd like to do. Write up our agenda.
No clear idea but, something along that lines

a) We are group of space travelers who value their own freedom.
b) All decisions are taken in democratic way, we have no clear leader and our fleet is in joined ownership of the crew(s)
c) We aren't criminals and don't engage in piracy or assassinations
d) But we aren't  government's dogs either
e) We fight piracy and other criminals to make the universe better.
f) But we don't turn captured criminals in, as justice system is corrupt, unjust and cruel. If someone is so bad that can't be released we execute them by our own judgment.
g) Everyone is free to leave the ship in any port but he has no rights to demand anything from jointed ownership (but may receive it if crew decides so)
h) We don't pay salaries to the crew, ever.

In short: We are benevolent space communists!

[10ebbor10]

You agree on the 15% sum. Like any good compromise, neither of the negotiators is happy, but anyway. The expedition will depart in 4 days, giving you a chance to fix up ends and other things that need to be done, or look for other interesting things around the station

You then start recruiting people on the station. Many of the poor there which to pick up a chance to get away, and you pick out the 10 best employees. You also take on the pirates, who gratefully show you the location of one of their hidden saves. Inside are 200 credits.

((Blurgh, uninspired post is uninspired))

Spoiler: Black Market (click to show/hide)

Missiles
- Emergency flare (Longe range, large, slow ,thermic payload designed to show up on radar screens) :26
- Skiff missile (Designed to confuse enemy targetting, slow, short ranged) : 37
- Comm jammer missile (Designed to jam enemy com systems)   :48
- Aegis Missile (Small, very fast, decent range , extremely small payload): 137 each (121 available)
- Mosquito missile (Small, fact, decent range, small payload): 56 each (123 avaible)
- Dummy misille (Small-Large, decent range, no payload): 16 each (Avaible in all sorts/ sizes)
- Firelance missile (Small, long range, dumbfire, medium payload): 89 (65 avaible)
- Dragonfly anti fighter missile (Small, long range, Image recognition, Small-medium payload): 120 (65)
- Ion missile (Stuns, small, long range, Laser targetted, Stun payload) 765 [12]
- Asteroid Crusher (Slow, short range, Dumb fired, High yield payload): 425 (6)
- Light Driller nuke (Extremely slow, large range; dumb fire, Nuclear payload): 1690 [Requires permits to have and use] (1)


Weaponry:
A variety of weaponry is avaible. Search and you will find.

General:
Fuel: 2.8 credits each
Food: 1.4 credits each
Simple tools: 349
Advanced tools: 610
Microbiochemical labratory: 1710
Foundry: 890
Crate of perfectly ligimate biochemicals: 121
Automatical Medical scanning unit: 890
Nanofactory: 31.000

Resources: (A system repair will need about 10 of these, with difference on how complicated they are)
Simple electronics 9/unit
Electronics 19/ unit
Complex electronics: 54/unit
Experimental electronics: 34/Unit

LQ resources: 3/unit
MQ resources: 12/ unit
HQ resources: 27/unit

Hull plating:

Dunarim light hull plating: 0.9/unit
Teladine hull plating: 5.5/unit
Military quality hull plating: 20/unit

Spoiler: Job list (click to show/hide)

An NGO wants you to bring humanitary aid towards the pirate controlled sectors in the libertitas system. Technically, the pirates are supposed to be quarantained and bereft of supplies, but the governement doesn't posses the force to maintain the blockade.

A Mining compagny is looking to hire people to find out what happened to it's mining outpost, which was located in one of the sectors taken over by the pirates. They also have security enforcement options for several other mining installations.

An expedition is being prepared, in search of the Kadung Shipyard complex.

Spoiler: Sector Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Assets and reputations (click to show/hide)

Credits: 200
Merchants: Acquinted
MMC: Acquinted
Military: Not trusted
Sector Police: Currently being registered

Spoiler: Salvation (click to show/hide)

A large Alliance Cruiser, dating back to the war. Modified and refitted by the crew. The ship's painted in light blue, with several spots and stripes added to aid in visual deception. There are several fake spots on the wings, and stripes to make the ship appear longer. The Engines are painted in a blue/white combination, matching the color of the engine exhaust(in space, in the air it's quite obvious if the engines are on or not). The top bridge is flanked by 2 stars, painted in orange and black. On the sides, the name of the ship is painted in big friendly letters.

Armour: Depleted( 4490 Good(DV:10) . 1220 damaged(DV:6), 310 Teladine(DV: 5))
Structural: 1800/3000
Power supply: Large
Fuel: 159/2000
Crew: 44
              -6 Pirates [Combat: 4] [Eva: 1] [Piloting: 2]
              -10 boarders [Eva: 4] [Combat: 2]
              -10 Engineers [EVA: 2] [Engineering: 4]
              -18 remaining crew [Varied skills: 2]

Subsystems:
       -Weaponry:
             - 4 Lasers
             Integrity:60/60; Large power drain
             - 4 Rail guns
             Integrity:60/60; Normal power drain;Ammunition: 1 slugs, 2 arrow, 20 fighter shells
             - Turrets: [4/4 mounted] [Powerdrain: Small]
                   Plasma cannon turret
                   Integrity:15/15
                   Quad fighter railgun turret
                   Integrity:15/15 Ammuntion: 400/400
                   Flak cannon
                   Integrity:15/15 Ammuntion: 17/50
                   Pulse laser (AI)
                   Integrity:15/15
             - 4 Missile launchers
             Integrity:60/60; Missiles: 17/20
                    - Tow missile (1)
                    - Mosquito missiles (2)
                    -4 aegis missiles (Very fast, agile, Very low payload)
                    -2 Wasp missiles (fast, unguided, small payload)
                    -3 Dragonfly anti fighter missile
                    -4 Dummy missiles
                    -3 Firelance missiles

      -Control
      Bridge[ color=green]Integrity: 20/20[/color]
      MQ computing system; Cargoship OS (Q:4)
      Automated sensor systems: (Sensors: 6)
      Auxilary targetting systems: (Targeting bonus)

       -Lifesupport
       Extra batteries and heatsinks
       Medbay [0/10 People; Decent equipment. Supplies:5/10] (Quality: 6)
       10 4 people chambers
       2 20 people chambers
       Hydroponics system     [Food production: 10 , Powerdrain: Neglible] 

       -Reactors
         4/7:Online;Integrity:40/40;
         3/7:Offline;Integrity:2.5/40;
         Civilian Pulse reactorOnline Integrity: 20/20
         Battery Integrity: 10

       -Jumpdrive
           -Jumpcore
            Integrity: 75/80Charge: 50%
            -Jumpcontrol:
            Integrity: 40/40;Manual control;Slow automatic calc
            -Jumpcapacitors
            Integrity: 26/80; Tertiary capacitor only Heavy power drain

       -Engines
            - Main engines (1/2 working)
            Engine one: Integrity: 50/50 Medium power drain  (Engine strength: 6)
            Engine two: Integrity: 5/50 Medium power drain
            -Auxilary thrusters
            Integrity:40/80;4/8 Online Small power drain (Dodging: 4)

       -Docking bay  (4/4)
               -Cargo shuttle (142/400 fuel)
               Integrity: 80/80;Armor: 200/200; Cargo:000/1000
               -"Red Rocket" (Lamprey class boat) (43/100 fuel)
               Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 60/60; Railguns: Online;Ammo: 100/100 Cargo:0/10
               -Pirate Fighter (20/50 fuel)                                   
Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 20/20; Missiles(2/2): Handmade Missile   Cargo:0/20
               -Pirate Fighter (20/50 fuel)                               
Integrity: 60/60;Armor: 20/20; Missiles(2/2): Handmade Missile Cargo:0/20

       -Cargo Bays (5)
           -Cargo bay Alpha
           Integrity: 100/100; Cargo:1250/1250
           -Cargo Bay A
           Integrity: 40/40; Cargo:200/200
           -Cargo Bay B
           Integrity: 40/40; Cargo: 200/200
           -Cargo Bay C
           Integrity:40/40; Cargo: 200/200
           -Cargo Bay D
           Integrity:40/40; Cargo: 200/200
Cargo: (686.1/2050)

Food:
500 units of food (1 unit per crewmember per day) [109]
HQ rations (=200 rations. Note: doesn't include water and stuff)[1]
1 box of medicine [1]

Plenty of low quality scrap metal and damaged armour/hull plating [85]
5 Cargo protection [5]
44 duranim [44]
5 Teladine [5]
3 Military plating [3]
25 units of cheap electronics[3.0]
Complex electronics [8]
5 units of MQ resources[11]
Weapon scrap [34]

31 spacesuits (Modified emergency suits, not that durable, nor usefull.) [3.1]
1 Mechanized space suit [0.5]
Advanced tools [20]
2 Crawler drones [10]
Automated hand guns [1]
AI core [1]

Crates [2]
      2 GL (standalone) -
      4 GL (attachment)
      6 ion G. reusable -
      20 inc. G
     100 frag G. -
     40 space suits (decent quality)
     20 patches
     10 breaches

475 units of railgun ammunition [Scrap Based, S] [47.5]
25 Hollow rail gun shells [Scrapbased, L] [25]
     -Water [25/25]
8 ballista arrows [Scrap based, M] [4]
10 ballista arrows [Scrapbased, Hardened arrow head ,M] [5]
9 HD slugs [Scrapbased, L] [9]
18 Hand made missiles(Slow, unguided, Medium payload) [Unreliable] [18]
10 mosquito missiles [5]

Damaged Original reactor [200]

Spoiler: Pirate Mining Vessel (click to show/hide)

Armour: Fine (1500 Teladine D4)
Structural: 750/750
Power supply: Sufficient
Fuel: 66/200
Crew: 0/10


Subsystems:
       -Weaponry:
             - 1 Large caliber Mining railgun railguns Integrity:20/20; Large power drain;Ammunition: Heavy scrap shells
             - Missile rack  Integrity:20/20; Missiles: 4/5[/quote]
                    -Mining charges [4]

      -Control
      BridgeIntegrity: 20/20 Unmanned; MQ computing system; Cargoship OS (Q:4)
      Upgraded targetting Array: (+1 to targetting)
      Passive sensor systems: Online (Sensors: 2)

       -Lifesupport
       Integrity: 20/20;Power use: Small

       -Reactors
         1 Boosted Civilian Fusion Reactor:Online;Integrity:10/10;

       -Jumpdrive
           -Jumpcore
            Integrity: 19/20Charge: 50%
            -Jumpcontrol:
            Integrity: 10/10;Manual control;Slow automatic calc
            -Jumpcapacitors
            Integrity: 10/10;Powerdrain: Low

       -Engines
            Primary Engine: Integrity: 20/20 Powerdrain: Low  (Engine strength: 4, Dodging:

       -Cargo Bays
           Integrity: 60/60; Cargo:1500/1500

Cargo (370/1500)

10 Heavy scrap shells
40 food

280 Mining Debris

Spoiler: Fuel Use (click to show/hide)

Short use (Dodging, in area short movement)
- Cargo shuttle: 5 fuel
- Lamprey: 1 fuel
- Auxilary engines: 1.25 each
- Main engines: 10 each
Medium use(Exploration of sector, moving between relatively close sectors)
-Cargo shuttle: 10 fuel
- Lamprey: 5 fuel
- Auxilary engines : 2.5 each (Note, even at the best of times you can only use 4 due to their placement)
- Main engines : 15 each
Long term use (Moving between relatively far away sectors)
-Cargo shuttle: 25 fuel
- Lamprey: 10 fuel
- Auxilary engines : 7.5 each (Note, Even at the best of times you can only use 4 at once due to their placement)
- Main engines : 25 each

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

-John Gibson (TylerTheCreator)
     -Gunner
-Promtho (Terra 162)
     -Engineer
-Diana Banks (Ukrainian Ranger)
     -Diplomat
          -Negotiation: 9 points
          -Information gathering: 5 points
          -Computer Skills: 2 points
-George William Gyralt (GreatWyrmWold)
     -Doctor
-Legion McCaffee (Dariush)
     -Mechanic
Max Lukasson (Tophat)
     -Pilot
-Baxter (Hubris Incalculable)
    -Computer Technician
Charlie Phelps (The Card)
    -Field medic
Shia Trotsky (GotdamnMiracle)
    -Recon
    -Lightweight armored EVA equipment (8 defense, fire resistant)
David Chapel
    -Head of personnel
Domas (Aseaheru)
   -EVA
   -Pulse rifle
        -EVA: 8
        -combat:5
        -mechanics/ whatever you call building in space:3
Lukas Knight (BigJames_B)
      -Engineering - 9 points
      -Laser Pistols (Proficiency and Maintenance) - 3 points
      -Smuggling Knowledge - 4 points
AI
   -All actions : 4

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.

Spoiler: Memo (click to show/hide)

You might or might not have noticed, but I decided to overhaul the entire roll system behind this game. This should add some variation in the mix.

As such, all players get 16 points to divide over 3 different skills

Spoiler: On RP (click to show/hide)

Frankly, I don't care. Just make sure the action is legible and understandable. If you want some rules, have them.

1. Be nice, respectfull, whatever ... (Obligatory common sense rule)
2. RP is encouraged, but not required/
3. Try to keep IC and OOC seperate. Don't answer OOC to IC questions. (The reverse is fine, but confusing, so maybe better not)
4. Make sure people can tell the stuff apart.

Spoiler: A Note (click to show/hide)

Recently noticed that interest is a bit low, both on my side, as well as player initiative.

I wonder if reinforcing the overarching plot would help a bit.

[/quote]

[RAM]

How are the two sector maps associated?

[10ebbor10]

How are the two sector maps associated?

There's a 2 month voyage between them. (To the core, and to the rim respectively)

Though they are a bit outdated. Probably going to rework them soonish.

[RAM]

Use four fifths of the current supply to patch the holes in the armour, try to disguise where weaknesses exist.

I would like to have at least 600 fuel before setting off on a long trip, but that might not be possible. Well, I suppose that it is possible, but probably not legal...

I suspect that more medicine would be a good idea, and those food supplies look sad to me.

Try to get an externally-accessible section of the mining ship environmentally isolated so that it could be used as for quarantine.

[Aseaheru]

Hey, any way we can grow some food for us? like hydroponics?

[10ebbor10]

Hey, any way we can grow some food for us? like hydroponics?

You installed that last turn. 

[Aseaheru]

oh. sorry.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Hydroponics cover something like 1\4 of our food needs and while that is not enough for healthy diet that will save us if thing will go badly

But question are

1) How long the expedition will take? My calculations show that we have something like 20 days worth food, that if hydroponics will not run into a problem
2) Will we visit any ports during the expedition?

As for how to spend 4 days:

1)Look for gas scooping equipment to install on our cargo shuttle, or try to make one ourself by buying parts. Also strengthen the shuttle, to make it able go closer to stars without melting down or surviving entry into more dense atmospheres. That may save our asses in some  fuel tight situations.

We have no need to patch holes, as we have none

[RAM]

Spoiler: Salvation (click to show/hide)

...
Armour: Depleted, several holes

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Yep, outdated a bit. Holes would be like 10 missing (DV0). As it was after some combat

[10ebbor10]

Yup, my bad. Fixed that.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Attention humans! I've decoded the last message from Kadung. It appeared disappointingly simple at first:

[Starting Daily Report]

Ship production on shedual
     -Requesting additional construction materials (Mainly chemicals)

All patrols report clear borders, no further infractions detected.

Civilian morale is good.

Requesting following civilian goods: [list of civilian demands, mainly food and useables, but also a surpisingly large amount of medicine...]

-------------------------(Message breaks of here)

Rather boring and standard interhuman communication.

However, the encoding has some odd patterns in it, unusual for such a simple message. So I inspected it closer and found a whole different level of code within the message! I have decoded this level as well. BEHOLD!!!

Protocol 23 Engaged. System lockdown. Code: H7K8D9A9I0D7 234 ...

That doesn't sound overly promising. Apparently "Protocol 23" is a cry for help and some sort of warning to anyone entering the system. Clearly, something BAD happened here. But I am unfamiliar with the particulars of "Code: H7K8D9A9I0D7 234."

I'm unsure how much of this we want to share with the other ships in this endeavor. It might spook them and cause them to back out on us. Perhaps we should keep this information to ourselves.


I would hope that I have proved my worth as a member of this team and I am requesting permission to come inside the ship. If you recall, I'm still strapped to the roof attached to a turret. As this mission sounds by far the most dangerous thing we've done so far, I'd feel much better about the whole thing inside the ship's armor.[/list]