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[Gotdamnmiracle]

Agreed. Jump to Vanguard. Let's get out of here!

[10ebbor10]

You fire up the Redemption's primary engines, and make your way out of the debris field. The drones have no chance of following you, and their laser shots are too diffused to damage your armor by the time they reach your ship. They give up shortly thereafter, perhaps realizing that they can't catch you, but more probably because they're on the end of their allowed perimeter. Several days, multiple jumps and a short visit by the Midway system later ((It's easy to cash in on a bet if you own a warship)), you enter the Vanguard system.

The Vanguard System has changed a lot in the 30 years after the first settlers set foot on the primary planet's moon. The original colony has grown considerably ,and most of the moon is now inhabited. The Asteroid station has been restored to service, and now houses a large amount of people and one of the largest orbital civilian shipyards in the local area. Damage from bio weaponry used during the secession wars is still present on all 3 major planetary bodies, though all of them support extensive habitation. Basic gasmask are recommended if you want to visit the planet out of the dome, and weaponry might be needed to deal with local wildlife.

Luckily, the internal System Network makes it possible to trade what you need, without having to fly all over the system. Though you do still need to pick everything up.

Spoiler: System Network (click to show/hide)

Basic Necessities
       - Fuel :      1 credit/unit
       - Rations : 1 credit/unit ((1 unit last 1 person a week))

Space Ship self repair
       - Duranium Armor :  10/Unit  ((DR : 2))
       - Teladine Armor   :   20/unit ((DR : 3))
       - Reinforced Teladine armor : 50/unit ((DR: 5))

Small Weaponry

     - Laser Point Defence Turret  [500 credits]
     - Laser Blaster turret             [620 credits]
     - Repeater auto cannon         [570 credits]*
     - Muon turret                       [930 credits]*
     - Flak Turret                        [420 credits]*
     - Railgun turret                    [690 credits]
     - Coilgun turret                    [720 credits] *
     - EM Gattling Turret              [630 credits]*
     - Ion turret                           [1200 credits]*
 
((*Available without turret at - 100 credits))

Ammunition

Flak shell: 60 credits/unit ((10 shots / unit.))
S Railgun/Coilgun shell: 20 credits/ unit ((10 shots/ unit))
Ion round: 100 credits/unit (2 full power shots/unit)

L "Mule" Railgun shell* : 100 credits/unit

*Note: Not a weapon. It's a pressurized container.  They can't sell you real shells, because well...

Tools and other Equipment

Simple tools:             100 credits
Advanced tools:        300 credits
Micro fabrication unit 1400 credits

Military space suit: 20/unit
Boarding pod:        130 /unit
Waldo Unit:            660/unit

Drones and ships

Gnome automated defense Drone :   1200/unit
Crawler Hull repair Drone :               200/unit

Missiles

- Tether missile (A short range missile with a magnetic hook attached to a rope)        Cost: 20    ((Reusable))
- Aegis             (State of the art anti missile missile)                                                Cost : 20
- Interceptor    (Fighter interceptor missile)                                                             Cost : 70
- Chaff            (A sensor chaff missile, intended to fool enemy missiles and sensors    Cost : 50

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Should the retreat be successful, Tremor will spend his time designing a small, pilotable craft, created to be used as a some kind of mobile turret cycling around Redemption when needed. It's to be based on newly gained flak turret, resources, droid parts (including the pulse laser gun if it survived) and stuff that can be present in Vanguard system for a modest price.  Basically it's a fighter based around an old turret, with additional gun for self defense. Only theoretical work to be done, with no actual attempt to make something

While the final cost would heavily vary based on the amount you wish to spend on the safety of the pilot and the additional weapon, you think you can come up with a workable design costing less than 100 credits in materials. ((Excluding the drone wreck and flak turret, and not budgeting for additional pilot armor and weaponry))
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Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

Crew:30
Credits: 1500

Spoiler: Nav Computer (click to show/hide)

Current Location : Rim : Vanguard System, Entry

Local system:
-Gas Giant 2       [Fuel Refineries]
-Gas Giant 1       [Station point of System Military]         
-Asteroid belts    [Minerals and Various resources]
-Barren planet    [Heavy Terraforming In progress] 
      - Hielo Orbital Asteroid Station
-Aquatic planet   [Significant terraforming in progress, shipyards]
      -Moon          [A moon covered in Jungles. Off limits except to inhabitants after an enthousiastic entrepreneur almost destroyed an ecosystem using the ruins of a terraforming installation ]
- Seata  [Terrestial planet housing the primary government, significant terraforming terraforming]
      -Moon          [Location of the original colony. Still a thriving, desert like planet]     
Vanguard
Known locations:
       -Inner Rim: Midway ((A mostly abandoned sector with only a small outpost. Staging point for several expeditions in the Inner Rim ))
       -Rim: Vanguard System ((Home to the House of Saeta, a small sector governement))
       -Rim: Azumaril System  ((A small, mostly independent sector))
       -Rim: A 29: ((Ownership disputed))

Spoiler: Redemption (click to show/hide)

Name: Redemption
Structural Health: Neglected
Armor:[170/200] DR: 5
Dodge-rate: 8
Fuel: [253/2000]
       - Weaponry: (Numbers prone to balancing. Also, they're not that important.)
           - 2*Twin XL Particle Accelerator Laser
                 -Accuracy: 0
                 -Damage:  2*d30 + 10
           - Twin L Railgun [Ammunition : Scrap]
                 -Accuracy: -2
                 -Damage: 4*d10
           - 4*Missile Launcher [0/20 loaded]

      -Control
            -Gone, manual only

       -Life support
            -Operational, but barely

       -Reactor
            - Fully Functional
            - Core at 60%

       -Jumpdrive
            -Jumpcore: Fine
            -Jumpcontrol: Manual only

       -Engines
            -Main engine: Functional
            -Auxiliary engines: Functional

       -Docking bay  (1/5)
               -Cargo shuttle (70/400 fuel) [0/1000]

       -Cargo Bay
           -Alpha        [400/400]
                  - Food [90]     
                  - Droid [Heavily damaged wreck]  [75]       
                  - Random scrap [156]
                  - Simple Resources [34]
                  - Complex resources [10]
                  - Advanced Resources [5]
                  - Flak PD turret [10]
                  - Damaged Teladium Hull plating [25]
           -Beta         [21/400]
                  - Spoiled food rations [21]
           -Gamma    [15/400]
                 - Scrap [15]
           -Delta        [20/400]
                  - Crawler Hull repair drone [20]

Spoiler: Note (click to show/hide)

I'm always in the market for non-silly planet, moon and system names.

Also, will try not to forget character actions again. My bad.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

So, now it's time to make purchases.

a) I suggest to make our own fighter, it's better than turret by being more versatile:  So use: Drone remains + plus flak turret + 100 credits basic cost + 50  for one unit of reinforced Teladine Armor to cover the cockpit + 50 for five units of  Duranium Armor to cover other systems. + 120 for two units of flak ammo totaling + 100 credits to boost fighter's targeting system and +80 for two (or more) additional hardpoints for mounting external weapons later. Totaling 500
b) Patch our armor with hull plates from our cargohold + buy 5 teladine armor units  for 100
c) Buy simple tools for 100, and reprocess 1\3 our scrap into slug railgun ammo and 1\3 into arrow-like railgun ammo
d) Spend 500 credits to repair life support and install at least rudimentary computing system to control Redemption
e) Buy and load two Tether missiles 40 just in case
f) Spend 10 credits for a large party for a crew to celebrate our good luck and a start of a new life as mercenaries

That leaves us with 250 credits for emergencies.

After that I suggest to contact House Saeta and ask if they have any work for our old vessel. From a cargo run in dangerous area, to escorting something, to a more shady jobs


PS. Offer crazy plans people. Creativity can do wonders in this kind of games.

[Detoxicated]

I suggest to name the aquatic planet Venezion.

Also:
Name: Fernando de la Macoris
Task: Chemical Engineer
Bio: After graduating from chem school, Fernando spent some years working for ChemCorp, a big corporation who specialized in the fields of material development. He worked on several alloy improvement projects and has also gained some knowledge of biochemistry while working on living gases. He left the corporation after a big accident where most of his coworkers were killed. Struck with grief he is trying to find peace in the deep black space.

Current project: Determine the strength of the alloy used for this ship.

[10ebbor10]

Character is fine.

Material information has been added to the database.

[Morrigi]

So, now it's time to make purchases.

a) I suggest to make our own fighter, it's better than turret by being more versatile:  So use: Drone remains + plus flak turret + 100 credits basic cost + 50  for one unit of reinforced Teladine Armor to cover the cockpit + 50 for five units of  Duranium Armor to cover other systems. + 120 for two units of flak ammo totaling + 100 credits to boost fighter's targeting system and +80 for two (or more) additional hardpoints for mounting external weapons later. Totaling 500
b) Patch our armor with hull plates from our cargohold + buy 5 teladine armor units  for 100
c) Buy simple tools for 100, and reprocess 1\3 our scrap into slug railgun ammo and 1\3 into arrow-like railgun ammo
d) Spend 500 credits to repair life support and install at least rudimentary computing system to control Redemption
e) Buy and load two Tether missiles 40 just in case
f) Spend 10 credits for a large party for a crew to celebrate our good luck and a start of a new life as mercenaries

That leaves us with 250 credits for emergencies.

Counter-proposal to (c): In regards to railgun ammo, I would say 1/3 to a heavy armor-piercing design and 1/3 to something akin to canister shot for lighter targets. Both slugs and AP ammunition seems redundant to me. However, if others disagree, I suggest 1/4 slugs, 1/4 canister, and 1/4 AP.
Counter-proposal to (d): See if we can fix at least some of the life support systems by ourselves. It might save money.

g) Estimate feasibility of creating a few turret mounts for 4 of the flak turrets.
h) Ditch the spoiled food, we don't need it.
i) Attempt to fix the targeting computer.
j) Make sure those hull repair drones are working.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"Could we enquire on what's on the market for medical supplies around here? And also let's see if we can't put some serious engines on that fighter if we intend to have one. I can' imagine that it could support plating like ours. I think speed and versatility would be our best bet."

[Detoxicated]

"I must agree with the gentleman there, our current plating would require some power. Also it would be terrible if we accidentally got a plague or disease on the vessel without proper equipment to take care of it. I am going to check the rest of the ship for lab equipment now, contact me if you need advise"

((Ooc: Who is the captain anyway?))

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"I must agree with the gentleman there, our current plating would require some power. Also it would be terrible if we accidentally got a plague or disease on the vessel without proper equipment to take care of it. I am going to check the rest of the ship for lab equipment now, contact me if you need advise"

((Ooc: Who is the captain anyway?))

((OOC: The collective voices of suggestion.))

[10ebbor10]

You make an additional number of requests on the market* before coming to the conclusion that you might need a new source of income if you want to fully repair this vessel. As such, you open a confidential link with the Seata Civilian Security program, and apply for several job opportunities. Here's a short list of the missions that would be profitable and possible for you to execute. As you prepare to leave the communication array, you get a simple request transmitted on a different secure line.

*No purchases processed because I readjusted various prices.

Spoiler: Crew actions (click to show/hide)

Current project: Determine the strength of the alloy used for this ship.

All tests indicate the material used for the hull plating to be reinforced Teladium plating. The remainder of the ship is done in a variety of lightweight carbon based materials, with solid Duranium pillars for structural support.

Spoiler: Possible Missions (click to show/hide)

A-29 Drone hunt

Several mining drones have been seen prospecting the mineral fields in A-29. The Rim Mining Corporation claims they're not theirs, so the House of Saeta feels itself fully justified in removing these drones from their territory. They offer a 150 credits bonus per drone destroyed, and a 2000 credit bonus if you can take out the carrier. The drones are expected to be mostly unarmed, the carrier might carry light defensive weaponry.

Azumaril System escort

A dignitary from the Azumaril system requires an escort back home. Normally, this would not be needed, as the route is almost always secure. However, recently pirates have been spotted, and a escort is therefore expected.
2000 credits for Save delivery + 500 cred bounty on enemy ships destroyed.

Pirate Hunting License

Just hunting pirates and blowing them up for profit. This will grant you a license allowing you to buy some military material, as well as unlock new missions.
Cost : 2000 credits


Investigation

Contact with a research organization doing jump drive research has been lost. A concerned relative of one of the people working there has asked you to investigate. Do note that this installation was somewhat secret, and that entry technically is trespassing. The station had modest drone defenses, and has ceased reporting 2 weeks ago.
Reward: 1000 credits

Spoiler: System Network (click to show/hide)

Basic Necessities
       - Fuel :      1 credit/unit
       - Rations : 1 credit/unit ((1 unit last 1 person a week))

      - Medical supplies: 10 credit/unit

      -Simple Resources : 2/unit
      -Complex resources : 10/unit
      -Advanced resources: 20/unit

Space Ship self repair
       - Duranium Armor :  10/Unit  ((DR : 2))
       - Teladine Armor   :   20/unit ((DR : 3))
       - Reinforced Teladine armor : 50/unit ((DR: 5))
       
       - Fighter engine: 500
       - Small Medbay : 750
       - Simple Lifesupport repair: 100
       - Turret mount repair: 1000 ((Small turret)) Redemption has 4 damaged turret mounts.

Small Weaponry

     - Laser Point Defence Turret  [500 credits]
     - Laser Blaster turret             [620 credits]
     - Repeater auto cannon         [570 credits]*
     - Muon turret                       [930 credits]*
     - Flak Turret                        [420 credits]*
     - Railgun turret                    [690 credits]
     - Coilgun turret                    [720 credits] *
     - EM Gattling Turret              [630 credits]*
     - Ion turret                           [1200 credits]*
 
((*Available without turret at - 100 credits))

Ammunition

Flak shell: 60 credits/unit ((10 shots / unit.))
S Railgun/Coilgun shell: 20 credits/ unit ((10 shots/ unit))
Ion round: 100 credits/unit (2 full power shots/unit)

L "Mule" Railgun shell* : 100 credits/unit

*Note: Not a weapon. It's a pressurized container.  They can't sell you real shells, because well...

Tools and other Equipment

Simple tools:             100 credits  ((Can make simple resources from scrap))
Advanced tools:        300 credits   ((Can make complex resources from simple resources))
Micro fabrication unit 1400 credits ((Can make advanced resources from complex resources))

Military space suit: 20/unit
Boarding pod:        130 /unit
Waldo Unit:            660/unit

Drones and ships

Gnome automated defense Drone :   1200/unit
Crawler Hull repair Drone :               200/unit

Missiles

- Tether missile (A short range missile with a magnetic hook attached to a rope)        Cost: 20    ((Reusable))
- Aegis             (State of the art anti missile missile)                                                Cost : 20
- Interceptor    (Fighter interceptor missile)                                                             Cost : 70
- Chaff            (A sensor chaff missile, intended to fool enemy missiles and sensors    Cost : 50

[/spoiler]

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

Crew:30
Credits: 1500

Spoiler: Nav Computer (click to show/hide)

Current Location : Rim : Vanguard System, Entry

Local system:
-Gas Giant 2       [Fuel Refineries]
-Gas Giant 1       [Station point of System Military]         
-Asteroid belts    [Minerals and Various resources]
-Barren planet    [Heavy Terraforming In progress] 
      - Hielo Orbital Asteroid Station
-Aquatic planet   [Significant terraforming in progress, shipyards]
      -Moon          [A moon covered in Jungles. Off limits except to inhabitants after an enthousiastic entrepreneur almost destroyed an ecosystem using the ruins of a terraforming installation ]
- Seata  [Terrestial planet housing the primary government, significant terraforming terraforming]
      -Moon          [Location of the original colony. Still a thriving, desert like planet]     
Vanguard
Known locations:
       -Inner Rim: Midway ((A mostly abandoned sector with only a small outpost. Staging point for several expeditions in the Inner Rim ))
       -Rim: Vanguard System ((Home to the House of Saeta, a small sector governement))
       -Rim: Azumaril System  ((A small, mostly independent sector))
       -Rim: A 29: ((Ownership disputed))

Spoiler: Redemption (click to show/hide)

Name: Redemption
Structural Health: Neglected
Armor:[170/200] DR: 5
Dodge-rate: 8
Fuel: [253/2000]
       - Weaponry: (Numbers prone to balancing. Also, they're not that important.)
           - 2*Twin XL Particle Accelerator Laser
                 -Accuracy: 0
                 -Damage:  2*d30 + 10
           - Twin L Railgun [Ammunition : Scrap]
                 -Accuracy: -2
                 -Damage: 4*d10
           - 4*Missile Launcher [0/20 loaded]

      -Control
            -Gone, manual only

       -Life support
            -Operational, but barely

       -Reactor
            - Fully Functional
            - Core at 60%

       -Jumpdrive
            -Jumpcore: Fine
            -Jumpcontrol: Manual only

       -Engines
            -Main engine: Functional
            -Auxiliary engines: Functional

       -Docking bay  (1/5)
               -Cargo shuttle (70/400 fuel) [0/1000]

       -Cargo Bay
           -Alpha        [400/400]
                  - Food [90]     
                  - Droid [Heavily damaged wreck]  [75]       
                  - Random scrap [156]
                  - Simple Resources [34]
                  - Complex resources [10]
                  - Advanced Resources [5]
                  - Flak PD turret [10]
                  - Damaged Teladium Hull plating [25]
           -Beta         [0/400]
           -Gamma    [15/400]
                 - Scrap [15]
           -Delta        [20/400]
                  - Crawler Hull repair drone [20]

Spoiler: Note (click to show/hide)

I'm always in the market for non-silly planet, moon and system names.

Also, will try not to forget character actions again. My bad.

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[Ukrainian Ranger]

More detailed fighter project:
Made from:

Drone wreck - basis for the hull, engine, pulse laser
Flak turret - addition to the hull, rotating flak gun, able to defend both fighter (especially it's rear) and Redemption from missile attacks
10 units of simple resources, 5 units of complex resources, 2 unit of advanced resources for repairs and making necessary stuff
100 credits - to buy factory made details that can't be improvised
50 credits - buy reinforced teladine armor for the cockpit
100 credits - Buy very basic targeting and other on board electronics for the fighter
50 credits - Duranium hull plates for reinforcing other parts of the fighter
80 credits - additional components to make possible adding at least two new external guns (or other systems), later (with them being linked to the targeting computer, reserve power generation and stuff like that)
120 credits - ammo for the flak

I am open for suggestions and additions on it. One of the things we may do is salvage cargo shuttle for more details (mainly engines) to put on the design, but I suspect that a)we may need that shuttle later b) selling it as a whole may be better way to use it. c) we may upgrade it for other uses

I prefer to reuse old\damaged\worn out\outdated stuff not something that may have an actual value


Oh, and I disagree on heavy plating... I am afraid it is a very light plating.
If I am reading numbers right, gnome drone has 20 units of duranium armor

Damn, ninjad by the update

There are one more option, to add a real fighter engine to the design making it truly fast, but noticeably more expansive

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I feel like the fighter, is a project for our second visit to port. Sure we can start lining out the design and stuff, but until we get a fighter engine in there, it's just a drone. One of the drones we knocked out of the sky with little trouble. I think most of our funds would best be spent on repairs to the Redemption.

Also, could we access the extranet and see if we can't get some history and specs on the model of this vessel? Possibly even it's house of origin, and this specific vessels info (unlikely, but maybe). I feel like it would help us better repair and employ the Redemption, especially in the long run. At least if it's all classified or expunged, we know where to start, because somebody must have some info on it.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I feel like the fighter, is a project for our second visit to port. Sure we can start lining out the design and stuff, but until we get a fighter engine in there, it's just a drone. One of the drones we knocked out of the sky with little trouble. I think most of our funds would best be spent on repairs to the Redemption.

We need some kind of escort and point defense. Especially if we to take the job of drone hunting... It is the best after all. Repairing a turret mount and installing a turret is not a cheaper option than a fighter  I think we can afford ourself a fighter, Anyway -



Alpha version of the plan:

Take drone hunting job
Spend several days in one of the ports for refits

Purchases:
a) Advanced tools 300
b) 10 teladine armor plates, 1 reinforced teladine armor plate 250 
c) Fighter engine 500
d) One units of flak ammo 60
e) Two Tether missiles 40
f) While we in port hire local specialists to help our crew with the tasks below 150
h) Remaining money: buy various factory-made details necessary for all repairs below

Crew, hired specialists, hull repair drone
a) Try to haggle for better prices
b) start processing scrap to simple materials to Complex resources when needed
c) Repair life support
d) Patch holes in our armor with stored teladine plates and ones we bought
e) Construct a fighter from : flak turret, drone remains, 5 teladine plates, one reinforced teladine plate, 2 units of advanced resources, 5 units of complex resources + some of purchaced factory made details
Desired specs: pulse laser from drone, rotating flak, nice speed by combining standard fighter engine and remains of a drone, at least two external mounts for future
Name it Hound
f) repair\install at least basic computer system for control,  targeting and sensors
g) Make 4 AP railgun ammo (sharpened spikes) and 10 'shrapnel' railgun ammo
h) Repair most noticeable internal structural damage


Misc
a) If possible, register the vessel as jointly  owned by the crew with equal shares (probably not free, so can wait for later)
b) Try to get evaluation how much Redemption should cost (again, probably not free, but if we got a business person among the crew... In fact I'd love to have estimated cost as one updating stat for all of our vessels, for the sense of progress)

Idea is to spend all and every resources we have in storage on repairs. I want to keep cargo shuttle mostly because it will be easer to gather battle remains using it. But we may consider selling it and buy more good stuff\hiring more workhands

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Doublepost for the Beta plan: codename: pirate hunting company

General plan
a)  Spend at least two full weeks in a port, preferably on that desert moon Salvation once helped to colonize

Sell the shuttle (expected profit +3600)

Business part
a) Buy pirate hunting license: 2000
b) Create and register a jointly owned mercenary company, with equal shares owned by crew-members   Hail socialism!
c) Get an evaluation of the cost of the ship
d) Start a system-wide advertisement campaign offering people to join the crew should they bring cash or equivalent(fighter, drone, licensed software something from the list we we want to buy, specialist aid in repairs.) I mean 31th member should bring 1\30th of the cost of the fleet, 32th should  bring 1\31th and so on. Should candidate have useful skills he may be accepted with lesser investment or no investment at all.

Spend 600 credits on the advertisement campaign for b) c) and d)

Purchases:
a) Simple and advanced tools 400 (both to have faster scrap to simple materials conversion and being able to process resources faster)
b) 10 teladine armor plates, 2 reinforced teladine armor plate 300 credits
c) 150 units of simple resources to be processed into complex resources or used directly in repairs 300 credits
d) Various factory made details needed for repairs below 500 credits
e) Hire local specialists to aid with repairs below when it's needed500 credits credits


Repairs\installs (in order of importance)
Don't forget to Use all stored resources. Don't spend any additional funds but what we have\purchases listed above
a) life support
b) electronics: targeting, control, sensors
c) patch redemption armor with stored damaged armor plates, purchased teladine patches
d) One turret mount to install our flak turret in it
e) Make 8 slugs and 8 "shrapnel" rounds for our railguns
f) Tremor's Personal project: try to repair the drone. Not only repair by buying spare parts, buy try to improve: do creative stuff to get performance boosts, improve AI, use 2 reinforced teladine plates to make the drone more durable.
g) Auxiliary engines for better manuevrabilty (one "rank" up)
h) one more turret mount to choose what turret to install, later
i) 10% of reactor power
j) paint the ship (open for color schemes, to get good contracts we shouldn't look like a ship from a scrapyard)

Then look for some pirate-hunting job.
If I counted right we should still have some Cash after the project to buy supply\ammo\fuel... And if we are lucky with advertisement campaign we may even afford one more turret, medbay, drone or something...

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On a side note, the Redemption has a pricetag somewhere between 200 000 and 500 000 credits. Not that anyone would buy it for that price, or that you're allowed to sell it.