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Author Topic: Star Brick: Green Swirly Thing IN SPAAAAACE!  (Read 15962 times)

Harry Baldman

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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #45 on: September 18, 2014, 02:48:07 pm »

Someone pays the kitten no mind, as she always does. Instead, she returns to the keys.

Tap out the appropriate keystrokes for guiding crew members to problematic areas. Occasionally check console vibrations with diagnostic routine (press keys and press head to console to check for nature of vibrations).
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #46 on: September 18, 2014, 03:20:40 pm »

Sensor room:
I run over to the new guy and get right in front of him, my collar showing:
Code: [Select]
Go DSJreactor
Skirri:
!!
Code: [Select]
!EngRmNoPwr!
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #47 on: September 18, 2014, 04:26:15 pm »

Conan looks down at the cat who just walked up to him, peering at the collar.

"The cat...talk? I should probably pick more books up on cat, I not remember this."

Head over to the DSJreactor by way of transporter pad, as instructed by the cat. Look around there and try to fix what is wrong, eg. flip the big switch as it's apparently fairly obvious.
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2014, 04:52:58 pm »

Skirri tilted the cat around, managing to flip it upside down before figuring out what it was saying.

"Ooh! Engine Room No Power!

...that means no teleporters, doesn't it? Hmmmm. THIS sounds like a job for...!

...or we could just go to the DSJ room!" she finished, putting down 'energized force-transfer to an otherwise dead pad' as Plan B.

Haul kitten to DSJ room!
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #49 on: September 18, 2014, 08:33:57 pm »

((Just have to poke in. This cast of characters is muchly loveable.)) :))

Edit from post below: ((Yeah, Lenglon--your writing style parallels REAL well with how you go with that kitten hivemind :3
Ooooooh goodness I would love to see a battle with Somebody in charge.))
« Last Edit: September 19, 2014, 07:19:28 am by Tiruin »
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #50 on: September 19, 2014, 05:20:46 am »

Bridge:
I wait

Engine room:
I attempt to find a tunnel large and clear enough for Skirri to fit through it to access the engine room... though she'll probably have to crawl.

Sensor room:
keep an eye on it in case the power comes on

2nd kitten on way to sensor room:
go to life support and make sure nothing stupid is happening there.

DSJ reactor:
first kitten:
stay and wait for assistance.
second kitten:
go to the medbay and make sure it is available in case someone hurts themselves.
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #51 on: September 19, 2014, 08:22:07 am »

Is it just me, or is this story giving off a 'hitchhikers' guide to the galaxy' vibe?
Seriously, I just can't stop reading the turns in that guys voiceover voice.
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #52 on: September 19, 2014, 12:46:09 pm »

(I thought Wrog had a chance for making it on the ship.  Ah well, still going to read this for space adventures in space)
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #53 on: September 19, 2014, 08:00:48 pm »

STAR BRICK



Someone pays the kitten no mind, as she always does. Instead, she returns to the keys.

Tap out the appropriate keystrokes for guiding crew members to problematic areas. Occasionally check console vibrations with diagnostic routine (press keys and press head to console to check for nature of vibrations).

[5]

Captain Someone continues running diagnostics; it seems to her that the first problem facing the ship is the general lack of power, since for some reason many of the backup generators are exhibiting unusual errors, and in some cases are completely shut down. Whatever damage has been inflicted on the various shipboard subsystems will be difficult (if not impossible) to fix before the restoration of power is complete, and that means reigniting the DSJ reactor.

Fortunately, the DSJ Reactor Room seems to be in perfect condition, readily responding to commands from the bridge. Though unable to complete the ignition procedures remotely, Someone can make the process fairly idiot-proof. One toggle to kill the lights, another to highlight the main control lever, a little bit of fiddling to make them flash in an enticing pattern... it should be pretty obvious to anyone entering the room what needs to be done.

Captain Someone rather hopes that somebody is making their way down there, since hurtling blind and powerless through the abyss of space is a bit nerve-wracking. There shouldn't be any obstacles around for parsecs, but the Star Brick also shouldn't drop from DSJ the way a sloth drops from a tree. The sooner ship systems are back online, the better.


Conan looks down at the cat who just walked up to him, peering at the collar.

"The cat...talk? I should probably pick more books up on cat, I not remember this."

Head over to the DSJreactor by way of transporter pad, as instructed by the cat. Look around there and try to fix what is wrong, eg. flip the big switch as it's apparently fairly obvious.

[2]

Conan begins flashing his light around, looking for something to fix the Sensor Control Room power outage with. He doesn't see much useful; tangled coils of bare wire, some mysterious bits that rather look like vacuum cleaner components, a pair of hellish eyes above a gaping green maw-

Conan drops his light in startlement, which conveniently puts the eyes in perspective; it's just a small kitten, and the "gaping green maw" is just a simple green backlit display. Conan scoops up his light, at which point he notices some text flashing on the screen.

Code: [Select]
Go DSJreactor

All things considered, Conan would rather follow the instructions of a small cat than try to figure out the mess here in Sensor Control, so he takes a step back into the teleporter and emerges in the DSJ Reactor Room. It is eerily dark in here; the walls and panels are dark and unlit, but humming ominously. A large column in the center of the room is lit by flashing lights on the edges, which seem to be flowing down toward a central console. The console is unlit, except for one big handle which is not only glowing and ready for action, but is also directly illuminated by several cleverly arrayed ceiling lights.

Conan glances around, looking for further instruction. Since none is forthcoming, he decides to take the hint. He steps forward to throw the switch...


Skirri tilted the cat around, managing to flip it upside down before figuring out what it was saying.

"Ooh! Engine Room No Power!

...that means no teleporters, doesn't it? Hmmmm. THIS sounds like a job for...!

...or we could just go to the DSJ room!" she finished, putting down 'energized force-transfer to an otherwise dead pad' as Plan B.

Haul kitten to DSJ room!

...and is barreled over from behind as Skirri bursts out of the teleporter. A new, different kitten leaps from Skirri's arms and lands on Conan's back in a rumpled heap, mewling a loud complaint.

Skirri doesn't pay much attention to the new guy or the cat- she has a job to do!

[6]

Reaching up, she hauls on the DSJ startup switch. Immediately, the DSJ reactor begins to grind loudly, vibrating the deckplates and several of the looser lighting fixtures in the room. Several other switches, valves, and buttons come to life in sequence, responding to remote guidance from Captain Someone, but Skirri hardly needs the help; she's messed with the DSJ reactor so many times she knows the cold startup sequence by heart.

The grind fades away into a persistent hum, and the vibrations cease. In their place, regular illumination is restored to the DSJ reactor room, and panels and monitors blink back into life.


Bridge:
I wait

Engine room:
I attempt to find a tunnel large and clear enough for Skirri to fit through it to access the engine room... though she'll probably have to crawl.

Sensor room:
keep an eye on it in case the power comes on

2nd kitten on way to sensor room:
go to life support and make sure nothing stupid is happening there.

DSJ reactor:
first kitten:
stay and wait for assistance.
second kitten:
go to the medbay and make sure it is available in case someone hurts themselves.

The scene of revivification is repeated across the ship. Kit can see normalcy being returned to the various hallways throughout the ship, as well as the Bridge, the Medbay, and Life Support.

The kitten in the Engine Room is spared having to find a crawlhole for Skirri as power floods back into the room, thankfully bringing the teleporter pad online along with it.

The only place not affected by the restoration of power is Sensor Control; whatever outage kept it from being supplied with backup power has not been helped by the restoration of main power.

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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #54 on: September 20, 2014, 03:04:04 am »

I converge, from all across the ship, on Sensor Control, and start climbing all over it, around it, through it. looking for what broke.
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #55 on: September 20, 2014, 11:59:37 am »

Ponder the problem of the backup generators. Does this seem in line with any previous problem encountered?
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #56 on: September 20, 2014, 02:20:07 pm »

"Excellent! WE HAVE POWER! Now we just need...

...engines, right! Totally need engines!"

To engine room!
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #57 on: September 20, 2014, 03:36:45 pm »

"Well, they seem have this under control. I need to go and organize." he mumbles as he gets up from the floor

Go back to my quarters and organize my books. Again.
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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #58 on: September 22, 2014, 11:58:13 am »

STAR BRICK



"Excellent! WE HAVE POWER! Now we just need...

...engines, right! Totally need engines!"

To engine room!

[5]

With the DSJ Reactor humming along, Skirri heads to her second-most-frequented room; the Engine Room. The Engine Room is home to some of the most important engine on the ship; the Gravitic Engines which hurl the ship along at sub-light speeds, and the DSJ Capacitor which charges with the phenomenal energies output by the DSJ Reactor until it is able to initiate a Deep Space Jump. Neither of them are online.

Fortunately, Skirri knows exactly what to do; soon enough lights are flashing, consoles are beeping and buzzing importantly, subroutines are initiated and the DSJ Capacitor is humming warmly. It will take quite some time for this antiquated drive to accumulate enough energy for DSJ travel, but repeated experience has shown that the sooner the Star Brick can escape a situation, the better.

With the DSJ Capacitor online, it's a trivial manner to restart the Gravitic Engines. The Star Brick is back in business, ready to fly wherever it pleases.

Just as soon as it knows where it's going.

I converge, from all across the ship, on Sensor Control, and start climbing all over it, around it, through it. looking for what broke.

[2]

Kittens pour into Sensor Control, their eyes flashing in the darkness as they seek out the source of the power outage. Kit soon concludes that the sparking panel is indeed the source of the problem; unfortunately, in order to stop the arcing electricity from frying whoever tries to fix it, the Emergency Circuit Kill Switch needs to be thrown. "Unfortunately" because said switch is dangerously close to the arcing electricity it needs to kill.

Ponder the problem of the backup generators. Does this seem in line with any previous problem encountered?

[3]

Captain Someone begins running diagnostics on the backup reactors of the Star Brick. They've always been a bit iffy, but never to the extent suffered in this incident. It doesn't take long to find the error reports which tell the tale; the Engine Room and Sensor Control reactors which failed entirely were cannibalized of their Feedback Interrupter Couplings. A power surge ripped through the ship as it left DSJ, which fed back into those reactors and overloaded them. They can likely be fixed with shipboard components, though they'll need new FICs to prevent future incidents.

"Well, they seem have this under control. I need to go and organize." he mumbles as he gets up from the floor

Go back to my quarters and organize my books. Again.

[4]

Seeing things return to a semblance of normalcy aboard ship, Conan returns to his quarters. His meager possessions are, again, scattered across the deck. Conan sets to reorganizing, neatly separating his training equipment from his books from his clothes and personal affects, and then further organizing everything by utility and alphabetical title.

The ship rocks gently, which is alarming but not sufficiently powerful to knock over his stack of books. Conan hopes everything is okay.


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Re: Star Brick: Ragtag Misfits IN SPAAAAACE!
« Reply #59 on: September 22, 2014, 02:33:45 pm »

Press head to the shield console. Check what's happening there, or at least enough to make a reasonable guess.
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