((I'll just assume you recall Wasp after grabbing the hard drives.))
Einstein's Cross, Enceladus (Orbit)
Friday, Feb 6th, 2398
23:59 GMT
Mission Timer: 3d 20h
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
3615
Steel: 1104
Circuits: 22
Fullerenes: 340
Water: 31999/32000 tons (DeltaV: 4220.238 km/s)
Uranium: 1999/6732 tons (DeltaV: 1253.1372571 km/s))
Structural Mass: 18000
Cargo Mass: [/b 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 - 80 Voxels, 15 Circuits, 10 Steel
Grasshopper Body - 55 Voxels, 5 Circuits, 5 Steel (can be replaced with 5 Titanium for better performance)
Paladin Body - 100 Voxels, 20 Circuits, 20 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
Cloud Storage: (Max 3000%)
(in use)
-90% Standard Nanites
(extra)
-100% Standard Nanites
Body Storage: (Max 12)
(in use)
-1x 'Boomer' (Engineer variant)
-2x Engineer
--1 Moderately damaged
-1x 'Paladin'
(extra)
-1x Engineer
--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
Avis-Mergulus AKA Anton "Tosha" Teremnoi---General Skills---
Light as a Feather (2)Diplomat (1)---Vehicles---
Piloting (2)Engineering Technician (1)Hacker (1)---Thievery and Deception---
Sleight of Hand (1)Scavenger (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
[3+1/7 = ~3] Swapping with Hamilton, having greater technical expertise than him, you investigate all the computers that aren't shot up in the bridge, removing hard drives. Finally, you take as many pieces and components with you as possible, bringing them with you back to the shuttle and strapping yourself in.
The Froggy Ninja AKA David "Dave" Steel---Crafting---
Inventor (2)---Sciences---
Engineering (2)Destructive Testing (1)---Nanites---
[spoiler=Skills]
Cloud Combat (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
Constructor [1/3]
Before
Wasp starts pulling the cargo along with it, you briefly open the containers and take some peeks inside.
[3] The first one (the one currently hooked) contains a multitude of packaged furniture and appliances. Valuable, but most likely not worth the weight. You examine the other containers.
[4] The second container is filled with structural materials and supplies. Perfect! [6] Noting this particular container, you decide to come back to it later and switch the cables once you are done looking at the others.
[2] The third container is filled with toxic waste, sludge, and other nasty pollutants. [1] Under slight pressure, the contents of the container eject from the tank, covering you in muddy water and chemicals which quickly evaporate in the vacuum of space, leaving nothing but residue on the surface of your suit.
[6] The last container rumbles as you open it. When you finish cutting out a piece, something emerges from within. Some sort of robotic spider probe lifts itself out of the container and fixes itself to the surface, appearing to examine its surroundings. A few more start to come out of the container. You're not sure what to make of this, backing away slowly.
[3] Suddenly, the first probe attacks, making its way toward you over the metal surface of the container! You are able to push yourself off into space and just barely grab onto the cable holding the first container to
Wasp. Most likely in reaction to the video feed, Anton sends the shuttle off, giving the engines full throttle and blasting away from the pirate ship.
Holding onto the cargo cable for dear life, you watch as the furniture container is plucked out of the hold of the pirate vessel, which is now shrinking rapidly in your vision as you slide down the cable from the acceleration.
Samarkand AKA Felicia Hasting---General Skills---
Observer (1)---Sciences---
Medic (1)Botanist (2)Chemist (1)---Thievery and Deception---
Saboteur (1)Scavenger (2)Sleight of Hand (1)Cloud Health: 90%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
Nanofabrication [1/3]
[4] You decide to observe the docking procedure as
Wasp returns with a cargo container dangling from cables attached to the inside of the open loading bay. You spot Dave holding onto the cable and riding the container
through space....
The cargo is safely unloaded after systems are checked and the cargo bridge is extended. You note the large bundle of radiator fins being unloaded from the shuttle. Made of carbon nanotubes, the radiators will be difficult to reshape without attention on a microscopic scale. You're not sure if the ship's manufacturing systems are capable of reshaping the fins to fit your own, but you can rig a few pieces onto the radiators to fulfill the same purpose as the extended ones, just without a proper ability to retract and extend from the mount.
Comrade P. AKA Hamilton Teromo---Deception---
Ambusher (2)Liar (1)---Combat---
Sidearms (2)Swordsman (1)---Items and Crafting---
Scavenger (1)Cloud Health: 0%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
[6] You find your items already half-built by the time
Wasp arrives. The Paladin body is put together right after you supply the resources, and soon you are walking around in your shiny new suit, though it won't be shiny for long.
It looks like the party is back together! Even though you technically always were. Still, it's nice to satisfy human emotional requirements such as, you know, having a body and being with friends.
The ship is in good condition and is ready for travel.
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