It depends on how long it takes to build the life support building.
The telepad takes a couple of hours to erect, I expect something similair for the lifesupport.
Meanwhile, humans can only survive for 15-30 minutes outside, I believe.
This is pretty much correct. Small buildings all take a couple of hours to assemble and you're not getting anything set up without a source of air.
Alright, then:
> Teleport 15 men down into the cavern along with a teleport pad
> Then have the men assemble the teleport pad
> Teleport a life support building and some more men into the cavern
> Assemble LS building
> Profit
Without further delay, you decide to send some men off to breach the cavern and erect a teleporter there- then you can really get started! You speak to Darric as soon as he returns. "Darric! It is time to
strike the earth!" You declare, with a flourish. "You and some men will teleport in to the cavern with a teleport pad, and then we can-" You stop speaking as Darric's face folds up like a wet towel in an oven. "Putnam- sir- we can't teleport unless there's a teleport pad already there." You tell Darric to just take a truck and get on with it.
Darric leaves the ship with nine other men, all wearing breathers and equipped with digging tools, and a truck with a disassembled teleport pad. This just leaves two men with breathers (Beigarth and another) guarding the ship and the rest of them frequently ducking inside for fresh air.
You stay in radio contact with Darric. He arrives at the surface above the cavity, and his men start drilling. Berkhardt is also monitoring their progress on the ship's geoscanner- he remarks that it's very peculiar to have a cavern so directly underneath the surrounding terrain, which is apparently just rocky plains. Darric informs you that his men are making steady progress, just sbout 25 minutes more and they'll be ready to climb in. Then he says, "By the way, we just collapsed part of the roof. Nobody got hurt but... truck's gonna need some repairs. We'll start building the teleporter right away."
As you're breathing a sigh of relief that nobody had decided to take a nap under the truck or something (crawler crew lackeys aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer), you get another message over the radio, this time from Beigarth. "We have a man down- get to medical!" You rush to the medical lab on the crew deck to see Beigarth hauling a limp man over his shoulders, like a sack of potatoes. Beigarth dumps the man on the table and tells you, "He's poisoned. There's a sting on his ankle. Not a bite, a sting- I doubt it was one of the spiders we saw earlier. I'll start examining him but I'm not sure what I can do. If I do find a compound that can help though, I'll need to manufacture it."
Your objectives, currently:
-Establish operations in the cavern.
-Deal with the wounded guy
-Consider beginning repairs on the ship- just designate a number of crew to work
-Remember to specify numbers of men and equipment for expeditions
Ship:
-Long-range Comms: [Destroyed] NO FUNCTION, IRREPARABLE
-Short-range Comms: [Damaged] Reduced range
-Stellar Scanner: [Serious Damage] NO FUNCTION
-Geo Scanner: [Damaged] Reduced range
-Teleporter: [No damage]
-Life Support: [Moderate damage] Needs maintenance
-Shuttle: [No damage]
-Repair Facility: [No damage]
-Manufacturing facility: Moderate Damage Cannot produce large equipment and structures
Equipment:
2x Small Teleporter Pad
60x Hand Drills- Used for excavating (10)
30x Shovels- Used for clearing rubble
10x Explosive Charges
10x Stun pistol (10)
10x Laser pistol (10)
12x Breathing Apparatus- Not a pressure suit (12)
2x Transport Truck- Carries cargo and 2 passengers. Small vehicle. (1 damaged)
1x Small Digger- Digs faster than hand drills. Small vehicle, bipedal.
1x Hover Scout- 2 passengers, fast. Small vehicle, hovers.
1x Chrome Crusher- A huge drilling vehicle on treads, with a laser as well. Large vehicle. DAMAGED!
1x Geoscanner- Scans an entire cavern. Small structure.
1x Deployable life support- Makes air in a cavern breathable indefinitely. Small structure.
1x Mining Laser- Digs through freakin' anything. Small structure.
99/100 Crew (28)
1 Crew member wounded
Morale: Discontent
Caverns:
-Cavern 1: Disassembled teleporter, 9 crew and Darric, damaged truck