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[King Zultan]

A

[Haspen]

You decide to switch to a different comms frequency.

Disabling current frequency ping-beacon... Done!
Generating automated N/A hail response... Done!
Calibrating main transceiver for Outpost 254831...
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Done!
Calibrating auxiliary transceiver for Outpost 254831...
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Done!
Preparing new frequency ping-beacon for Outpost 254831. Please select the new comms frequency:

1. MAIN (44500d_su)
2. S_MAIN (89000d_su)
3. Zanzibar_II (52600d_su)
4. Zanzibar_I (57900d_su)
5. Fed_DISTRESS (64641d_su) -- RESTRICTED

3

You don't know that much about subspace radios to understand what these stand for (MAIN is probably what you've been using so far). You do know that d_su is shorthand for 'directed subspace', the everday method for transmitting data over subspace.

A) Switch to S_MAIN.
B) Switch to Zanzibar_II.
C) Switch to Zanzibar_I.
D) Switch to Fed_DISTRESS.
E) My anxiety tells me to stay on MAIN instead!

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

Hmm... I'll vote A here. It's just a different kind of MAIN, surely folks will catch on...

[Maximum Spin]

A is the obvious choice, yes.

[Haspen]

You switch to S_MAIN.

Ping-beacon for Outpost 254831 now set to S_MAIN:89000d_su.
Disabling automated N/A hail... Done!
Sending Test_PING to Poseidonis Jump Gate Automated Radio Station...
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Test_PING returned by Poseidonis Jump Gate Automated Radio Station!
Frequency setup complete.

Well, the science satellite shouldn't give you any trouble from now on!

What now?

A) Hit that snooze button to pass the time!
B) Read some more of those Zirconius media series.

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

Eh, let's see if Zirconius is actually any good. B (though I'm doubting it)

[Superdorf]

B

Deep space is crazy-making. Distractions help.

[Haspen]

Having nothing else to do, you read on Captain Zirconius, Chapter 3.

1236USY.2d/1m.1615h

The date is 666 United Space Year. Crime Prince Borelion contacts Captain Zirconius and meets with him at the Black Roselia Spacebar, to discuss some business. The deal seems pretty simple - Captain Zirconius gets info on Crime Lord Xusxus, enemy of Borelion, in exchange for getting Xusxus killed. Captain Zirconius agrees reluctantly after noticing armed bodyguards of Borelion sitting about the bar. Next day, Hyperion-3 leaves the Space Fortress Poseidonis on a routine patrol to Zeta Manicurii System, only to bump into a crime flotilla led by no one else than Crime Lord Xusxus when Hyperion-3 arrives in the system. Zirconius decides that he wants Xusxus alive and in Poseidonis' holding cells rather than dead. A spaceship fight ensues, but the pirate fighters and armed cargo barges dont do much against Zirconius' corvette. Crime Lord Xusxus is wounded after an attack against his flagship, Pink Galleon, but the lightly damaged vessel mysteriously explodes before Xusxus and his goons can be extracted. Feeling that something's afoot, Captain Zirconius orders a deepscan of the debris field. Miraculously, a comms computer core is recovered intact and handed to Computer Specialist Mikhaila Syarkova, who begins her work on recovering transmissions logs of the Pink Galleon. But shortly afterwards, sensors on-board Hyperion-3 inform the crew that several unidentified vessels are emerging from a warp jump close to the police corvette's position...

So ends Chapter 3.

A) Hmmmm, Chapter 4?
B) Enough! Pass the time!

[King Zultan]

B

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

Yeah, B. Zirconius is a distinctly boring fellow... or maybe just plain cheesy.

[Haspen]

You decide to pass the time.

1236USY.2d/1m.1715h

A thought occurs to you - the SRC maintenance team is ought to arrive at 0100 tomorrow which is a bit earlier than your sleep cycle (1915-0115) ends.

A) Let's go to sleep an hour earlier than usual, then!
B) Whatevs, they will be late anyway, I bet.

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

A feels like a decent choice. They'll probably want us to explain what we were doing, anyway.

[Haspen]

You decide to pass the time until 1815 and then go to sleep!

1236USY.2d/1m.1815h

After checking the sensors console (not a ping in entirety of system) you head for the tank bed.

You set the timer for one hour earlier than usual, enter the tightly enclosed area, and begin your programmable slumber.

1236USY.2d/1m.2138h

BEEP-BEEP
BEEP-BEEP
BEEP-BEEP
BEEP-BEEP

Awoken by the security alarm, you stumble out of the tank bed, rubbing your face and readjusting your eyes to the lights of the personnel quarters.

You walk up to the security console to see what is causing the alarm.

Sensors Station Alert! IFF beacon translation in progress...

Done!

"Speed Junkie", an Aviso-class Personal Delivery Craft, is approaching from the direction of Eta Coridani Jump Gate.

Standard docking and refueling request received.

Fuel Pump assigned: #6 (authority: Automated Refueling AI)

Estimated arrival time: 6 minutes.

A potential customer.

A) Nope, I need my beauty sleep for tomorrow's maintenance crew visit!
B) A potential customer! Let's send them an offer of drinks!

[IncompetentFortressMaker]

B
Customers are our thing. The maintenance team can excuse us being a little drowsy, can't they?
(judging by the time, we appear to have gotten 3 hours 23 minutes of sleep in, which is just over half a sleep cycle, no?)

[Kashyyk]

B - I'm sure we can find time for more sleep later