I take actions as follows in the spoiler. Nothing major - just standard support-based stuff.
1.) If the action has any support from others (i.e. +1s) and is not controversial (i.e. -1s), it's taken.
2.) If the action has any support from others but is controversial, it's only taken if the support is greater than the dissent. Depending on how major the action is, I may wait for a bigger advantage for the action until I take it.
3.) If the action has no support other than the person suggesting it, but also no dissent, then it depends on the severity and consequences of the action.
3a.) If the action has any sort of potential consequences, then I'll likely just address it - explain any related information that the character may know, etc.
3b.) If the action doesn't have any sort of potential consequences (e.g. "Look at ___", etc.), then it's taken regardless.
4.) If the action is the only action given and not completely insane, then it's taken.
Backup generators.
Sure would be nice if you had those. Unfortunately the LAC-310 fighter doesn't have any backup generators. It's not really meant for this kind of use. You're pretty sure that the idea was that the ship could easily return to its origin if the reactor ceased function in any case.
Solar power is a no-go as well. As you previously concluded, it's really not in the purview of the LAC-310's goal. This ship is designed for fairly short operations near planetary bodies or in-atmosphere. Not for expeditions or long-term travel.
You decide that the best course of action is to probably conserve power. To at least lower your chances of suffocation. But before you do that, you take a look at the sensors. You look at the sensor screen. You switch it to log mode and activate it for an area sweep. After a couple of seconds, entries start to appear on the terminal.
LOCAL AREA SWEEP
Notable Objects
- Space Debris [Large - Likely Station; No FoF signal; No life signs]
- Large Hyperjump signature detected at current location. Age: 1 minute.
Planetary Bodies
- Star [Giant]
- - Barren Planet [Hostile Atmosphere - Low oxygen levels]
- - - Moon [No Atmosphere]
- - Gas Giant [??? Composition]
- - Barren Planet [Hostile Atmosphere - Hostile gases]Really, you're lucky they even included this level of sensors in the ship. A smaller fighter would just have basic proximity tracking in it.
"WARNING: CAPACITOR CHARGE AT: 60%"Looks like that sweep took some of the juice left in the battery. Though chances are most of the depletion is from the ship running the systems before you came to. Enough is enough, and you quickly toggle the systems. Engines and Weapons are toggled offline, with Sensors set to the minimum possible range.
It looks like it should last a while. Definitely not long enough for you to repair the hyperdrive and reactor even if you had all required materials and tools. But a while.
You open the systems diagnostic menu and navigate to the Reactor. It's not pretty.
REACTOR STATUS
- Reaction chamber containment breach.
- Fuel cell connection ruptured.
- Power Regulator missing.
- Internal Circuitry heavily damaged.What the computer is saying is that the reactor's more or less permanently fried in this situation. Sure, with actual tools and a drydock and materials, but there's no way in hell you could jury rig the reactor back to full capacity with scavenged materials. Unless you find a dry dock at some point, you're going to be needing to look elsewhere for power. At least the automated safeties worked and shut down the reactor before the full containment breach occurred.
If you
were to repair the reactor, you'd be best off entirely replacing the thing. As it happens, they don't cover
Advanced Fusion Reactor Circuitry 101 in the Pilot's Academy. Though you could potentially get lucky and get the reactor partially working if you completely replaced the
Internal Circuitry, the
Fuel Loader, the
Power Regulator, and got some kind of
material to repair the chamber.But that's almost impossible. You'd have better luck with literally any other method of acquiring power generation for the ship.