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[Parsely]

"Hmm... I don't remember enough detail about the local insignias..."

Try to remove or take a photo of the small remaining bit of insignia. When we get back to the bridge, run it by any such database as might be useful.

Neil takes a digital photograph of the insignia and brings it to the bridge to upload it. He runs it through some of the free image databases and is lucky to get some strong possibles. This tells him that the ship is quite common and probably some kind of mass-produced model. Amelia looks up from her navigational work and spies what Neil is doing. That's not any ship manufacturing or military insignia Amelia knows, and she tells Neil so. Neil adjusts his search parameters and the search engine outputs a single result: "Insignia, Royal Iron Ore Company, UM Department of Research and Development".

[_DivideByZero_]

Dio is already at work figuring out the fighter's network protocol, and hack into its systems if necessary.

[AzyWng]

"Okay, bad news and good news. Bad news: The primary thruster is a hell of a mess. Good news: there's six optic sensors and two secondary thrusters we could still salvage, given about a day's work. Someone else would have to come out here to remove them, though, given that dismantlement's not my line of work.
Are there any visible guns or other weapons on the fighter? If so, list them. If not, try to look for them.

[Parsely]

Dio is already at work figuring out the fighter's network protocol, and hack into its systems if necessary.

Trent helps you locate the network access panels on the outside of the fighter. You make sure the ship's firewall is running, then hook up the fighter to the LAN and, using the appropriate power adapters, feed the ship enough power to boot its computer systems. You quickly determine that the ship's server is protected by an encrypted password.

You could try to brute force it with a rainbow table if you had the appropriate software, but that kind of program is highly protected and not available to you. At least not legally. If you were much better at programming you might be able to write the hash cracking program yourself. Anyone else on the crew wouldn't have been able to even get this far.

"Okay, bad news and good news. Bad news: The primary thruster is a hell of a mess. Good news: there's six optic sensors and two secondary thrusters we could still salvage, given about a day's work. Someone else would have to come out here to remove them, though, given that dismantlement's not my line of work.
Are there any visible guns or other weapons on the fighter? If so, list them. If not, try to look for them.

There are no visible weapons on the fighter. You have no idea what to look for anyways. You call Amelia to get some advice and she tells you that a fighter of that size that doesn't have visible cannons or lasers would likely have torpedoes stored somewhere in the hull. Sounds like you'd need to strip the fighter to learn if this is true.

Potential Projects:

Strip the Fighter
Requirements: 0/24 hours of working completed. Each person who is working on it contributes an hour of work. If six people work at the same time for four hours, the job will be done in a total of four hours.
Result: Scrap, basic metal, basic and advanced electronic components, Varitecnic Battle Computer™, torpedoes(?), 6 optic sensors, 2 secondary maneuvering thrusters, broken anti-g tank, fighter-class ship frame. These rewards will be acquired in the order they are listed.

Hack the Fighter's Computer
Requirements: Hash cracking software.
Result: Access to the fighter's server (the battle computer).

[_DivideByZero_]

((Hmm, I should have +3 points in programming, right?))

Put points into Programmer. All of them.

[Parsely]

You had 0 points in programming, then you put all 4 of the points you earned into programming.

End of First Assignment Report
Skill Points Earned: 1d4 = 4 Skill Points Earned!

Put points into Programmer. All of them.

You still need 16 more to get to the next rank. It's in your character sheet if you mouse over your skills. I'm a beginner programmer IRL and I don't see myself cracking hash codes on my own, but if you can prove that a beginner could do something like that with no documentation and no help, I'll give you a shot at rolling for it.

[_DivideByZero_]

I thought starting with

Progamming Basics - Allows the creation of basic progams, and modifcation of existing programs for drones, buoys, and the like.

gave me a bonus at the start. But okay.

Remove the hard drive and make several copies of the data, then open the filesystem on a different computer.

[adwarf]

Remove the hard drive and make several copies of the data, then open the filesystem on a different computer.

You grab some tools from Tobias' toolbox and set to work tearing out random panels in the cockpit looking for wherever it is that the ship's computer system storage drives are actually located. After nearly half an hour of work you finally find it tucked off in a far corner behind several layers of armor plating, and luckily when you pull out the drive some wires off to the left spark, which while it does scare you it turns out the gunfire had damaged the system set up to fry the drives if they were pulled. With the drives in hand you head to the bridge to copy the data and try to open the files from one of the ship's computers which greets you abruptly with a flashing screen across all the ship's computer screens that reads,

"Forcing System Lockdown, Unknown Hardware. Input Access Code for ESDP #457 please."

Shortly after you hear the engines powering down and several attempts from Amelia to reactivate them proves futile ... Well, shit.

Spoiler: Crew Account (click to show/hide)

Credits: 9,400

Licenses:
Everyone - Black Martyr System Salvaging License
Neil - Class II Weapons License
Dio - Class I Weapons License
Amelia - Class I Weapons License
Tobias K. - Class I Weapons License
Tobias T. - Class I Weapons License
Rocco - Class II Weapons License

Spoiler: Dio Costanzo (DivideByZero) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 15/15
Armor: 0

Credits: 0
Skill Points: 0

Equipment:
Modified 1738 Land Service Pistol [Damage: 10, RoF: 1, Ammo: Loaded, Pistol, Single-shot, Accurate, Modified Relic of a Lost Era]
      - (7) Rounds

Skills:
Programming Basics
Gunnery Savant

Spoiler: Amelia Terinn (Tiruin) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 15/15
Armor: 0

Credits: 29
Skill Points: 0

Equipment:
Radlin Striker Handgun [Damage: 4, RoF: Single Shot() or Burst Fire[3](?), Clip Size: 12/12, Pistol, Selective Fire]
      - 3 Magazines (12/12)
A well worn copy of Love in the Stars

- Effect Active, One Turns Left

Skills:
Skilled Pilot
Navigation's Expert
Starting Inventor
Novice Craftsman (Unlearned)

Spoiler: Neil Aurelius (lawastooshort) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 15/15
Armor: 3

Credits: 838
Skill Points: 0

Equipment:
Regalian Combat Shotgun [Damage: 12, RoF: 1, Clip Size: 5/5, Shotgun, Two-Handed | Haliclax Red Dot Laser Sight]
      - (20) Shells
Calmar Law Enforcement Body Armor [Armor Rating: 3]

Skills:
Charismatic
Restless Eyes
Novice Scavenger (Unlearned)

Connections:
Harold (Friendly) - You didn't exactly leave your last job on the best of terms, or conditions, but that hasn't undone at least one of the friendships you've managed to make with fellow lawmakers. Harold isn't particularly high up the food chain when it comes to Calmar's law enforcement, but he works Customs in orbit above the planet and has a knack for noticing things others wouldn't. He isn't likely to do anything for free, but if you need help he'd be more than willing to provide it ... for the right price.

Spoiler: Tobias Kavanagh (SerCon) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 20/20
Armor: 0

Credits: 419 Credits
Skill Points: 0

Equipment:
Radlin Striker Handgun [Damage: 4, RoF: Single Shot(?) or Burst Fire[3](), Clip Size: 12/12, Pistol, Selective Fire | Haliclax Red Dot Laser Sight]
     - 4 Clips
Dracon Long-Knife [Damage: 4, Attack Speed: 2, One-Handed, Fitting Weapon]

Skills:
Hardy
Close Quarters Combatant
Basic Pistol Use
Marksman (Unlearned)
Novice Unarmed Combatant (Unlearned)
Novice Scavenger (Unlearned)
Sturdy (Unlearned)

Spoiler: Tobias Trent (GigDes) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 15/15
Armor: 0

Credits: 84
Skill Points: 0

Implants:
Modified Basic Carrigan Optic Implants

Equipment:
Regalian Combat Shotgun [Damage: 12, RoF: 1, Clip Size: 5/5, Shotgun, Two-Handed]
Basic Toolkit

Skills:
Basic Repairman
Starting Inventor
Novice Craftsman (Unlearned)
Novice Scavenger (Unlearned)

Spoiler: Rocco Coleman (AzyWing) (click to show/hide)

Health Points: 20/20
Armor: 0

Credits: 0
Skill Points: 2

Equipment:
Maxon Longshot Bolt-Action Rifle [Damage: 10, RoF: 1, Clip Size: 6/6, Rifle, Medium Range Scope, Bi-pod]
     - 2 Magazines

Skills:
Marksman
Stealthy

Spoiler: Potential Projects (click to show/hide)

Ship Projects

Navigational Logistics Improvement (Modification)
Required Coding: Completed! Coding is harder to understand for anyone who isn't Dio.
Required Mechanical Adjustments: Unknown
Basic Effect: Changes to the ship's navigation systems have allowed it to more efficiently assist in course plotting, and actively handle all low-end logistical needs with expert efficiency. -2 to Flight Complications and +2 to Power Generated.

Additional Armor Plating
Required Work: Intensive Manual Labor, and Welding/Bolting Additional Plates into place.
Basic Effect: +5 Armor Rating to the Ship

Bedroom to Jail Cell Conversion
Required Work: Completed.
Basic Effect: Turns one of the bedrooms into a simplistic jail cell. The door could hold your average person, but don't depend on it holding a beast, or one of the physically stronger races.

A Gentleman's Minibar Installation
Required Work: Extensive manual labor, complete replacement of furniture and existing canteen elements, purchase of various materials including a Serving Droid. Requires 10,000 credits.
Basic Effect: A Martini please, shaken, not stirred. Improved morale, superior alcohol quality, perhaps a tendency towards drunk piloting.

Equipment Projects
Exoskeleton Frame
Required Work: Decent amount of manual labor, 8 units of basic metals required, 4 units of scrap metal, 2 units of simple electrical components.
Description: A metal framework designed to wear around a spacesuit made with attachment points for armor plates, and a built in framework of electrical cables in case of modifications requiring the usage of power. End result will require a turn to put on when in a spacesuit.

Exoskeleton Frame: Battery System
Required Work: Creation of a battery using ten advanced electrical components, and one unit of scrap metal for adjustments.
Description: Using a homemade battery you give the exoskeleton frame a power source that can hold charge that at the moment will last pretty much forever since you have nothing to spend it on.

Exoskeleton Frame: Compressed Air Thruster Pack
Required Work: Ten Basic Metal, and Three Advanced Electrical Components for creation of the pack itself. Four units of scrap metal for adjustments, and installation hard-point. Two units of Basic Metal to make a tank, the pack can have four air tanks attached.
Description: A backpack made to attach to the back of the exoskeleton frame with four slots for compressed air tanks, and a series of thrusters from which jets of compressed air are fired to aid in movement.

Exoskeleton Frame: Hydraulic Servo Motors
Required Work: Five Basic Metal, Two Scrap Metal, and Two Advanced Electrical Components.
Description: A system of extra motors, and hydraulics made to aid in the movement of the exoskeleton as well as to allow it to operate outside of a low gravity environment. The system will increase the power drain by a fair amount, but will bring about numerous benefits such as the ability for the exoskeleton to not crush its user under the weight of full Terra-like gravity.

Spoiler: Fire Support, and Useful Bits (click to show/hide)

Vanameer Model 7 Mk. II Assault Rifle [Damage: 7, RoF: Single Shot(?) or Burst Fire[3](), Clip Size: 24/24, Rifle, Accurate]
    - 10 Magazines

3x UM Issue Mk. III Fragmentation [Damage: 3(5){8}; Blast Radius: 3 Meters; Timer: Impact, 1 Second, 5 Second, or 10 Second; Fragmentation]

3x UM Issue Mk. IX Flashbang [Timer: Impact, 1 Second, or 5 Second; Blinding, Impairing]

Portable Plasma Torch [A rather well-made portable plasma torch that could come in handy for welding, cutting, and killing if you're so inclined. | Fuel Tank Loaded (70%)]
Fuel Tanks

Advanced Toolkit [Several sets of wrenches, all sizes of screwdrivers, claw hammers, ball-peen hammers, pliers, metal shears, etc. If it doesn't require power, you got it.]

[_DivideByZero_]

Power cycle the ship's server to clear the message (read: pull the plug). And use a laptop next time, for the love of God.

[adwarf]

Power cycle the ship's server to clear the message (read: pull the plug). And use a laptop next time, for the love of God.

The laptop is currently incapable of making a copy of or accessing the files on that drive since it doesn't have the power to run through booting the OS on the drive, and to access the files you need to boot the OS from the drive which ... caused what you just saw.

[_DivideByZero_]

You don't need to boot the OS on a normal hard drive to access its files. Is it a normal hard drive or something else? Because I never would have tried to boot it if I couldn't do that. News to me if something like that even exists in real life.

[Tiruin]

Amelia threw her hands up in the air, in the universal expression of "what just happened :I" as she spun in her seat to check on the other subsystems.

"This is Amelia speaking from the bridge, what just happened through the ship? I've detected no external objects or projectiles having any impact on us, nor any solar radiation having any effect. We've been interrupted after more than half our hyperspacing to the destination, and going on sub-light thrusters will take more than our mission allotment time, as well as boredom--and they aren't working either! Cursory checking shows that all our firewalls are shredded, so we've been hit by a digital bug. Systems report that it has only targeted our engine systems, although I'm unsure on collateral damage.

"What's going on out there?!"

Be all :I in the meantime until I get a response.
Think of possible options we can do in event of engines failure--I'm thinking along the theme of 'distress signal'.
But in the meantime, check where we are on the map!

[adwarf]

You don't need to boot the OS on a normal hard drive to access its files. Is it a normal hard drive or something else? Because I never would have tried to boot it if I couldn't do that.

Its not a normal hard drive as its the literal core of the fighter's battle computer which contains all of its data, the programs it needs to aid the pilot in fighting, the OS that runs all of it, etc. You also didn't know you could not because you don't really know anything about how fighters work. I won't really tell you guys things you won't know in character unless I feel its necessary to do that since I feel its more fun when you're playing a perspective your character would have.

[_DivideByZero_]

My action was to read the hard drive independently of the computer, i.e. boot up linux and try to open the harddrive from there.

But regardless, since you clarified what actually happened, undo whatever crap I just did and boot from our ship's hard drive again to get things back to normal.

[adwarf]

My action was to read the hard drive independently of the computer. My action was not "take the whole thing and plug it into our ship's computer".

....

Remove the hard drive and make several copies of the data, then open the filesystem on a different computer.

....

open the filesystem on a different computer.

Those are your exact words, I did as you asked. You literally did want to plug it into a computer and the only one you had access to that could actually copy the sheer amount of data that would be on a drive that size? The ship's computer. I will not adjust your actions to the safest thing automatically, I do as you tell so if you didn't want to use the ship's computer you should have specific to try and use the laptop. Or asked if you could.

I cannot read your mind as I've stated before I'm fairly sure, so I can only do what you actually put down.