Good news everybody. Update has been delayed by a cold and losing all my design documents, I have rebuilt most of it from memory so here we go.
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* [1/1] Heavy Bot Mech
- Construction : +5 bonus : Install habitation dome
* [2/2] Powered Exo-skeleton Constructor Units
- Construction : +10 bonus : Install Factory Kit inside the dome.
* [2/2] Damage Control & machine shop
- Maintenance and Repair Action: Fix the reactor controls
* [2/2] Medical Bay.
- Crisis Mitigation / Healthcare : Reduce impact of critical failures
* [4/4] VR CAD
- Engineering slot : Cut and cover dome : Combines the protectiveness of an underground shelter with the ease of setup of a dome. The Dome is set up in an open pit, and then partially covered, so that only the upper levels reach above the surface.
*VR Recreation Slot [1/1]: Moral bonus
* [4/4] Satellite Survey
- Exploration action (+10 bonus) : Check the immediate surrounding of the ship for geologucal signs of flood, storms and other phenomena. We don't want to build our base in a location which regularly ends up inundated.
* [0/24] Manpower action
- Manpower : Does anything possible at a -20+X modifier, where X is manpower.
- Conversion : A Manpower action can be converted to a +X bonus to any type of action, where X is the amount of people involved.
* [1/1] Recreational Commons
Moral bonus
* [1/1] Group Activities (Team cobra special)
Moral bonus
* Misc Manpower Needs
- [2/2] Autopilot over watch : Optional
- [3/3] Large Closed Loop Life support
(78+5(Heavy Bot Mech)+10(cargo handling)=93) 75/75 Completed 2d9=16 carryover
Install Factory Kit inside the dome. (14+10(Exo-skeleton)+10(cargo handling)=34) 34/50, Heavy Bot Mech carryover +16 Completed
The entrance to the large cargo bay has to be cut open thanks to deformation of both the covering and the frame but the cargo unloading system is activated after brushing some debris off the controls. The Bot and cargo bay systems work well together, unloading parts in order and transporting them a few meters away from the ship up hill where the land flattens out a bit. The undamaged frame pieces go up and plates are welded to design. The final installation of the two personnel airlocks and larger industrial airlock are done with a check over the parts by human hands.
Meanwhile the unloading of the several large container holding the factory kit does not go as smoothly. The slope and gravity combine together to force the operators to make dozens of small adjustments which often end up toppling the machines over. They begin transporting the containers to where the dome is, only realizing after the final airlock is installed that they should have put most of the containers inside the dome in the first place, adding extra work. Shifts are set up to allow the two mechs to work, then the heavy bot, allowing round the clock installation of the parts, which fit together as designed. A cable is laid out from the ship to the dome allowing power with a jury rigged cover made up of part of the cargo containers bent over it and welded shut.
Fix the reactor controls (22) Fail
It becomes clear that there is more then superficial damage to the control computers. Thanks to the backup systems built for just this problem the reactors can run at all. Piece after piece of delicate electronics are pulled out, tested and discarded as hopelessly damaged by a combination of metal fragments and power surges cause by crossed circuits. The ventilation system is repaired and life support restored to the section, but further work will need to be done and many parts will have to be replaced.
.2 basic parts .1 advanced parts needed to attempt further repairs.Cut and cover dome (22) Fail
The basic design for the dome is sound, by letting each step in the process be simpler the work can proceed much faster. The current plan is to dig a hole with small access tunnels, build a dome able to hold up tons of rock and sand, then fill the excavated materials back on top to bury the dome. While it will be more work then building a surface dome, much of the extra work comes from mining assets and overall it is less time consuming and safer then a surface reinforced dome. There are also arguments about how much of the dome should be left above the surface and whether to armor it, add airlocks and other issues.
The designers reach an impasse where they feel they will need some hands on work to really make progress.
Theoretical work can proceed, prototyping can also be done if a size of dome is specified and a mining or construction asset is assigned.Check the immediate surrounding of the ship for geological signs of flood, storms and other phenomena. (91+10) Success
The black square is the ship and immediate surroundings, the water is about 2 km away.
The hill side the ship is resting on appears to flatten out about half a kilometer to the north after the steep accent, while there is evidence of erosion it appears even on the hillside and hill top
(green). To the east is a steep sided canyon system
(red) which looks to be part of a river system that empties into the ocean somewhere to the south. The steeper hill to the north west
(red) also has evidence that it drains into the ocean and the geological features confirm that the whole area is likely hit by high winds and rain on a regular basis.
Analysis of the data from the weather satellite helps bring the picture together, it seems that this area is a meeting point for equatorial and polar weather systems with a dry warm system coming from the north and a cold wet system from the south. It is likely that many areas further inland drain through these hills.
The areas in
blue have clear evidence of flooding in the form of rock patterns, some indicating flows from inland, some from the ocean. With the low tidal forces from the three small moons this worries the analysts. Either typhoons or tidal waves have hit this coast recently enough to leave evidence, and the impacted areas may be larger then what is displayed.
Until heavy rains hit exactly which areas should be avoided are going to be just estimates, but
the green area is likely least effected by weather and flat. Towards the end of the month a light, cold rain begins to fall, turning the sand and dust around the ship into a thin layer of mud.
The crew is far too excited by building and exploring to have time to complain.
The crewman responsible for landing the ship is confined and the medical staff begin trying to figure out why he acted that way. He does not seem suicidal and is sufficiently restrained for now.
Over the month some crew have shown leadership ability while the more rigid command structure of the ship has broken down thanks to the many different projects being worked on. Several experts are put together to form an executive committee (that is you guys) but it is decided that a day to day leader should be elected by the crew.
Xiao Hong Che - Project manager for the Mars colony before it was abandoned, she is well versed in construction protocols and very excited about bringing people together to learn about the new world.
Enthusiastic explorer: +30 bonus to one exploration action per turn.
Safety Protocols: Reduces severity of construction and mining disasters.
Disorganized: -5 to all actions besides exploration
Malachi Wulff - A young and talented robotics engineer who worked at Lunar Robotics creating specialized bots for a variety of fields. He is skilled at organizing research teams and breaking down scientific pursuits into easily manageable work.
Multi talented Researcher: +10 to one science action
Natalia Delacruz - A star ship designer who was tasked to lead development of the systems used in the Ark and Outpost ships. She oversaw the creation of the Ark cryo pods and Expert tested reactors before launch. Some blame her lax leadership style for the failure of the drop pod project.
Skunkworks: +20 to one engineering or prototyping action per turn.
Scheduling Nightmare: -2 manpower
Leonel Morgan - Owner-operator of an asteroid mining operation which he expanded into a deep space tourist attraction. While at first some though he was on board due to underhanded means his skill at organizing the crew and seeing to their needs has won him a great deal of support.
Rocky Origins: +20 to one mining action per turn.
Shift organization: +5 to non construction/industrial actions.
Personal Time: 2 manpower slot,
must be filled, moral bonus.
Cautious Industrialist: -5 to construction/industrial actions
Mouna Soni - Lead scientist for the deep space exploration program which was scheduled for a two decade survey of the Kupiter belt. She has spent the time aboard the Asimov developing her skills and reviewing exploration protocols.
Bare Bone Science: 6 manpower science slot with no penalty.
Cautious Explorer: Disaster mitigation for exploration actions
Aloof: moral penalty
Donovan Pickens - Captain of the Asimov, jokingly called Cobra Commander by the crew, chosen for his leadership skills and experience as a spacer, he was the first person born on Mars and spent almost a decade in public and private service running transport ships. Leadership of the mission has worn him down and he is ready to step aside.
Hold It Together: +10 bonus to all maintenance actions.
Turn 2 April 2110Power use upped to 43MW
Fuel use increased to .37 per year.
Actions needed:Choose a leader.
Action slots unchanged except for Factory added.Slot added* [0/1]
My First Factory kit - Construction/production : +20
- Engineering action : +0
- Conversion : +20 to another engineering action or +30 to another construction action
- Basic production : Can consume resources to produce basic or advanced parts
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