Unanimously deciding a need for communicators, food, and other supplies, the ground crew heads first in search of the local markets. Perhaps there will be jobs there, as well. As the most experienced in commerce, Erick leads the way.
28It doesn't take long for him to find several providers of food and other sundry. Though Volk IV is primarily a mining colony, it seems that several crafts stop here to resupply on other, non-mining related routes as well. Though the local suppliers mostly deal in Protein Rations, as there isn't much in the way of flora or fauna on this planet, some basic cooking supplies can be found here as well. If Trevor can cook nutritious meals with them, you may be able to get a bit more mileage out of your credits, with such supplies.
1 Week's Worth of Preserved Protein Rations - 200 Credits
1 Meal's Worth of Preserved Protein Rations - 10 Credits
1 Package of Cooking Supplies - 20 Credits
1 Bottle of Neokubota-Sake - 25 Credits
Hemp Rope - 50 Credits
Shovel - 25 Credits
Pick - 25 Credits
Whetstone - 2 Credits
Writing Tools - 20 Credits
Rechargeable Flashlight - 80 Credits
See acronyms for descriptions. Unfortunately, while the parts needed to
repair communicators are readily available (at a varying price dependent on what parts you need), communicators themselves are not being sold. You could purchase a handheld radio for 100 Credits, but with the advent of Warpdrives, the radio horizon is at about 75' for such devices.
Still, you do see a number of the local guards utilizing personal communicators. Perhaps whoever is in charge of the local barracks might be convinced to cut you a deal...
There is, of course, also a local junkyard where varying parts might be found, in various states of repair and disrepair. It's not the grandest, but none of you bother to check it out, anyways.
Jerrod downloads a copy of the frigate's known schematics to his personal computer. It's a fairly simplistic layout, of a design common to Magpie class vessels.
11 A class of ship which, Greg would recall - if he were examining such things- went out of commission around the same time the manufacturer Exponire went out of business several years ago.
It features a hangar on the topside, with direct access to the Bridge following a decompression chamber. The bridge itself access the central cargobay through what are likely a pair of stairwells. From the cargo bay, one can access the living quarters and other rooms, often customized based on the needs of the crew, through a pair of doors which each lead to a U shaped hallway.
Aster can probably tell you where the various pieces of equipment are most likely to be located, once she decides what she wants to try to salvage.
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33=69It takes approximately 1.5 days for the Black Sea to reach the frigate, and despite a local asteroid belt- too small to have been detected by the ship's sensors- the pilots manage to direct her there without any difficulty. Pulling up alongside the Frigate's topside hangar, and prepares to dock...and then does not.
The crew waits.
As the crew waits, both the Captain and Medic retreat to their private quarters, and begin to work spells. While Akito expends a fire ring to cast Commune, Leera expends an Earth Ring to do the same.
Perhaps unbeknownst to one another, they both unfurl the scrolls and begin to chant their respective prayers at the same time...
Oddly, neither bother to check and see if there are any spirits to be
found here.
1212The air heats up in Akito's quarters, and though he cannot see it, he knows that a spirit has answered his calls. As sweat rolls down his cheeks, a presence invades his mind...
A serene calm fills Leera's quarters, the gravity of the ship seeming to heighten. As she finishes her calls for communion, a presence finds her mind...
"Why, MORTAL, have YOU called upon ME!?" queries the raging flames,
"And what REASON have I to give ANSWER?! What GIFTS do YOU bring?!""You have questions," the earth states,
"Ask them now."The Intrepid Crew
The Captain: Akito Naples, as portrayed by Weirdsound
A Pilot: Greg Dark, as portrayed by Scapheap
A Pilot: Homura Munashii, as portrayed by Hailfire
The Engineer: Aster Red, as portrayed by Deep Waters
The Medic: Leera Choktia, as portrayed by Gotdamnmiracle
The Scientist: Joe "Spaceman" Bridger, as portrayed by Remuthra
A Guard: Kara Fastbursts, as portrayed by Kahn1234
A Guard: Jerrod Hu, as portrayed by Kadzar
The Cook: Trevor, as portrayed by Filiusenox
The Communications Officer: Erick, as portrayed by Firelordsky
The Black Sea
Tonnage Above Average
Tactical Poor
Sensors Poor
Propulsion Poor
Components
Dragonfly Class 3 Series III Frame (DF-3013)
Standard Alloy Shigimetsu Hull (S-SA01334978)
Yamura Class 5 S-Series VTOL Gear (Yamura S-5001)
Firebreath VII Torpedo Turrets
Yamura Class 5 E-Series Realspace Drives (Yamura E-5101)
Quonam VacLas Sensors (Quonam 2000)
Dragonfly Class 3 Series III Warpspace Drives (DF-3110)
Supplies
30 Weeks of Protein Rations
10 Torpedos
10 Envirosuits
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