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Einstein's Cross, Enceladus (Orbit)
Friday, Feb 7th, 2398
24:32 GMT
Mission Timer: 3d 21.5h
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
3465
Steel: 94
Circuits: 1
Fullerenes: 300
Water: 31999/32000 tons (DeltaV: 4220.238 km/s)
Uranium: 1999/6732 tons (DeltaV: 1253.1372571 km/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 - 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
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 'Boomer' (Engineer variant)
-1x Engineer
-1x 'Saboteur'
-1x 'Paladin'
(extra)
-1x 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]
[5] Without
Wasp present, you initially believe it will be difficult to reshape the plates, however, you discover full schematics and model files of both the ship and
Wasp, making it very simple to scan the plates and figure out a set of deformations that will let them be used as armor without adding needless bulk.
You also discover that the plates are made of a special titanium alloy. Difficult to melt down and reuse, but malleable under certain conditions that your manufacturing systems are capable of replicating.
Level up: Tinkerer!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
[4 +1 (from Anton)] Checking through the headers on the files, you struggle to make any sense of the files themselves since none of the tools work to make them legible. There are text headers on each, however. Then Anton concludes:
"They're encrypted. But it looks like they just took an encrypted file and slapped on a header that makes it readable to them for organizational purposes. I can have the computer make some sort of rainbow-table in order to figure it out."His improvised program finishes running almost instantly for the first file, giving back a document titled 'The Pirate's Code'.
It reads:
The Pirate's Code
Although space is treacherous, there is still hope to bring civilization to even the furthest havens of scum and villainy. Since most pirates team up with strangers and random people whose skills go well together, it is imperative that there be a guiding force to keep them together. This is the captains role. He is not only the chief decision-maker, but an authority figure, acting as a mediator in times of conflict aboard the ship.
And furthermore, mutiny is a vessel's greatest enemy, merchant, pirate, or navy ships alike. A successful captain rules with an iron fist, and enforces his rules without compromise. The attached rules are a series of guidelines that have been adopted by famous pirates throughout Outer Sol!
- Keep your demands reasonable. Nothing provokes a self-destruct more than a ludicrous demand for your victims to hand over their entire savings.
- Don't deal too much damage. Always shoot the radiators if possible--if your enemy is forced to fight back and can, he will.
- For stubborn targets, be humane until nothing else works. The fewer war-crimes on your head, the better.
- Always expect distress calls. If your enemy doesn't send one, chances are you're severely outmatched.
- Be quick, but don't be quiet. You'll be seen and tracked across the system whenever you engage your thrusters. Your best bet is to hide your ship before the signal hits Navy sectors.
- Never engage the Central Navy. Chances are that by the time you move into weapons range, they're already sending reinforcements.
- Respect other pirates! Even in they wrong you, they are fellow humans in a situation similar to yours. As the saying goes,
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head
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: 100%
Composition: 100% Regular Nanites
[6-1 (from Hamilton)+1]
While Hamilton reads through a file (and puts a memory lock on it, preventing you from moving it to a 'Decrypted' folder as OCD dictates), you go through the rest of your files. Your rainbow table-based algorithm works wonders for the basic hashing algorithm used in the files. You uncover a technical diagram of the ship, complete with records of modifications, transponder I.D's accumulated over the years, and most importantly--the ship's mission record. You can track down the location of every base the ship has ever visited, which will do wonders for your incomplete sector map.
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]
[1] (WHY.)
Using your cloud, you tear apart the wires connecting
Wasp's stripped-down autopilot to the navigation controls. Now you'll have to pilot it manually, or remotely...[/list]
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