((I'll just go off of Avis' action from before. And Comrade P.'s))
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Einstein's Cross, Enceladus (Orbit)
Friday, Feb 7th, 2398
1:15 GMT
Launch Date: Feb 3rd, 3am
TRANSPONDERS>Civilian - 'Einstein's Cross'
-Civilian - 'Resnick'
-Civilian - 'Two'
-FreeTrade - 'Arcturus'
-Central Navy - 'Dawn of Justice'
-Outer Corsairs - 'Insidious'
DATABANKObject Classification: Moon
Atmosphere: Trace
-91% Water Vapor
-4% Nitrogen
-3.2% CO2
-1.7% Methane
Takeoff DeltaV: 112 m/s
Notable Surface Features:
-Surface Ice
-Cryovolcanism (south pole)
Landing Possible?: Yes
Surface Activity: 91% Free | 9% Unidentified Mining Operations
Moon:
Resources:
Known Hazards:
Moon: Titan
Resources: Hydrocarbons, Water Ice
Known Hazards: Human Settlements, Dense Atmosphere, Cryovolcanism
Moon: Hyperion
Resources: Beryllium, Water Ice (difficult to mine)
Known Hazards: Surface Chasms
Moon: Mimas
Resources: Water Ice, Meteorites
Known Hazards: Surface Chasms
Moon: Enceladus
Resources: Silicon, Iron, Water Ice, Water, Nuclear Fuel (deep)
Known Hazards: Cryovolcanism
Moon: Tethys
Resources: Water Ice
Known Hazards: Human Settlements
Moon: Dione
Resources: Water Ice, Iron, Water (Deep)
Known Hazards: Human Settlements
Moon: Rhea
Resources: Carbon, Water Ice
Known Hazards: Rings, Human Settlements
Moon: Iapetus
Resources: Water Ice, Rock
Known Hazards: Human Settlements,
Nanoplague
---Natural---
Iron is an abundant element that is directly made into steel. Without processing it is brittle and weak.
Carbon is an element found mainly inside asteroids and terrestrial planets. It is great for thermal shielding and can be used to create a variety of materials.
Hydrocarbons are a ready source of chemical fuel. They can be refined into energetic fuel for atmospheric craft, or be condensed into plastics for structural use.
Rare Minerals are, as their name implies, rare on Earth and thus incredibly valuable.
Rare Earth Minerals should not be confused with rare minerals. These are not so rare, and are key to building electronics.
Alloy Minerals are used to made durable alloys out of other metals.
Aluminium is a lightweight metal that is the material of choice for lightweight applications like aircraft and spaceships.
Titanium is similar to aluminium in that its strength/weight ratio is extremely high. However, it is extremely rare and requires processing to be useful.
Scrap consists of parts looted from nonfunctional electronics and machines. Each turn, your current scrap is converted into random resources.
Water is the blood of all spacefaring vessels and plays an important role in life as we know it. It is used as a coolant, propellant, solvent, and refrigerant and is absolutely vital to just about any operation.
---Processed---
Voxels are the basic building blocks for 3D printers onboard starships. They consist of polymers coated in a sealing agent, and can only be looted or purchased.
Steel is a high-strength building material with medium density. It is used in a variety of applications, ranging from airframes to armor plating. Made from: 3 Iron, 1 Carbon, 1 Alloy Minerals
Monocrystalline Iron is iron composed of a single crystal, free of defects. It is exceptionally strong, but difficult to manufacture in large quantities. Nonetheless, small shards are ideal for kinetic projectiles. Made from: 1 Iron
Titanium Alloy is titanium processed into a high-strength material capable of taking more stress than steel while being lighter to boot. This stuff puts aluminum to shame. Made from: 4 Titanium, 1 Aluminum, 1 Alloy Minerals
Polymers are plastics made from hydrocarbons. They can be used as-is for lightweight, low-strength applications, or be used in building carbon fiber for more critical uses. Made from: 3 Hydrocarbons, 1 Carbon
Carbon Fiber is an exceptional material, though brittle. It is ideal for armor and lightweight components, but requires complex machining processes to build and cannot be manufactured on the ship.
Fullerenes are forms of carbon such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, regarded widely for their great strength and useful thermal properties. They are used in heat-sensitive applications, armor, and tension members in construction.
Circuits are the core components of all electronics. They are needed especially for building nanites. Made from: 1 Polymers, 1 Rare Earth Minerals
3464
Steel: 94
Circuits: 1
Fullerenes: 300
Water: 31999/32000 tons (DeltaV: 69160 m/s)
Uranium: 0.42/1.45 tons (DeltaV: 20537 m/s))
Structural Mass: 18000
Cargo Mass: 1 + 2x75 = 151 (Max 20000)
--Utility--
2x Mining Rig
1x Repair Drone
--Loot--
8x Salvaged Harddisk
1x 30 ton Furniture Container
3x Whipple Shield Plates
--Weapons--
1x Falcon PDW
Gladius
Structural Materials: Aluminum, Steel, Titanium Alloy, Polymers, Carbon Fiber
Construction Catalog:--Bodies--
Engineer Body - 50 Voxels, 5 Circuits, 10 Steel
Froggy Engineer Body - 81 Voxels, 15 Circuits, 10 Steel
Grasshopper Body - 56 Voxels, 5 Circuits, 5 Steel (can be replaced with 5 Titanium for better performance)
Paladin Body - 100 Voxels, 20 Circuits, 20 Steel
Saboteur Body - 140 Voxels, 20 Circuits, 10 Steel
--Drones--
Repair Drone - 40 Voxels, 3 Circuits
--Utility--
Mining Drone (Can be tasked to Mining Rig for increased production. Can also explore caves.) - 80 Voxels, 5 Circuits, 10 Structural Materials, 2 Steel
Mining Rig (Automated. Can be left on a planet.) - 80 Voxels, 35 Circuits, 50 Structural Materials, 15 Steel
--Weapons--
Excalibur - 2 Steel
Falcon PDW - 30 Voxels
Cloud Catalog: Type (% produced) - Cost
Standard Nanite (100%) - 100 Voxels, 10 Circuits
Mobile Nanite (100%) - 100 Voxels, 10 Circuits
Mobile Nanite Controller - 10 Voxels, 1 Circuit
Cloud Storage: (Max 3000%)
(in use)
-190% Standard Nanites
-100% Mobile Nanites (1 Controller)
(extra)
none
Body Storage: (Max 12)
(in use)
-1x Froggy Engineer Body
-1x Engineer
-1x 'Saboteur'
-1x 'Paladin'
(extra)
-2x Engineer
--1 Moderately damaged
--1 Heavily damaged
---Melee Range---
-1x Pirate Battleship (engines disabled) (surrounded by radioactive cloud)
---100km orbit (current orbit)---
-1x Neutral Tanker
-1x Neutral Cargo Shipper
---Detection Radius (50000 km)---
9x Unidentified Vessel
Samarkand AKA Felicia Hasting---General Skills---
Observer (1)---Sciences---
Medic (1)Botanist (2)Chemist (1)---Thievery and Deception---
Saboteur (1)Sleight of Hand (1)---Crafting---
Tinkerer (1)Scavenger (2)Cloud Health: 90%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
Nanofabrication [1/3]
[4] You make the preparations for the trip, securing Wasp in the dock and repairing the autopilot yourself. Next, you load the mining rig into Wasp's cargo bay, along with all the equipment needed to set it up independently. The rig would drill into the ground and collect water in its tanks, filtering out anything of value.
Anton and Hamilton decide to send their remote bodies down with the ship, in order to explore the surface.
You pinpoint one of the unidentified mining zones and send the shuttle to the base of a hill close to it, but out of visual range.
The Froggy Ninja AKA David "Dave" Steel---Crafting---
Inventor (3)---Sciences---
Engineering (2)Destructive Testing (1)---Nanites---
Cloud Combat (1)Cloud Health: 100%
Composition: 100% Mobile Nanites
Constructor [1/3]
[3] All bodies are already capable of seeing in infra-red and ultraviolet, which is good since you aren't sure about modifying the optical sensors yourself. [3+3/9 ~= 4]Creating a simple set of lenses, on the other hand, is mere child's play. You create a blueprint for a set of voxel-based optics that has been retroactively added to both blueprints. You create a set for your current body.
-1 VoxelsAvis-Mergulus AKA Anton "Tosha" Teremnoi---General Skills---
Light as a Feather (2)Diplomat (1)Observer (1)---Vehicles---
Piloting (2)Engineering Technician (1)---Deception---
Sleight of Hand (1)Scavenger (1)Hacker (1)Cloud Health: 99%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
Rather than nauseating yourself with your body's G-sensors, you merely swap out of your body and overlook the shuttle's systems as Wasp descends from orbit and comes to a landing on the cold, icy moon of Saturn.
...
One of the largest moons in the system, Enceladus is mostly water by mass, although it is rumored to have a rocky core. A rocky core that may contain traces of radioisotopes, according to readings from your computer. Your mining rig might not be equipped to dig down so deep, but hopefully some of the same materials are scattered in the upper crust in range of the mining rig.
As you disembark from the shuttle, you notice the cargo bay on the shuttle silently open. Conveyors slide the mining rig onto the icy surface, although it jams on a small indent in the surface. You move over to help, lifting the rig with surprising ease--a consequence of the moon's almost nonexistent gravity.
In the distance, you see the plumes of icy vapors rising from some source hidden by the horizon. Enceladus' south pole.
Comrade P. AKA Hamilton Teromo---Deception---
Ambusher (2)Liar (1)Hacker (1)---Combat---
Sidearms (2)Swordsman (1)---Items and Crafting---
Scavenger (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition:
100% Regular Nanites---Precepts---
Defend [2] (40%)You stay within your body during the trip, although the g-forces make you slightly nauseous. You shut off the g-sensors temporarily as the craft descends to the surface.
...
You identify a slight hill. Judging from your map, there is some sort of activity on the other side of the hill, but your observational systems aren't capable of identifying exactly what it is. You climb the hill and poke your head out, revealing a small cluster of bulky tends standing motionless, circled around some three-legged device about twice the height of a man.
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