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[Duke 2.0]

 Harry uses the arm to shove obstructions out of his way in order to reach the Auger. Seeing as this is a crash site, most of it is busted-up junk anyway. Anything that he cannot move aside he tries to maneuver over, being sure to stand in the seat instead of sitting down. He knows with no suspension, this thing will rattle his bones apart. Hell, even with suspension it would do that.

[Grek]

Action: I hear an air leak. Find and seal air leak using bandages from medical supplies, large flat peices of metal, a large medical tool or anything else that could do the job.

Questions to Aqizzar for later:
How long can a person be outside on mars without air? Say I wanted to go do something outside of our shelter and then come back in.
Does the medical bay have windows?
How big is the medical bay? Closet, more than one room?
What is a medical station? Fancy scifi medical table with robot arms?

[PTTG??]

(I've decided to hide my actions, and I probably shouldn't read other's posts if I can't contact them... we'll definitely need radios.)

Spoiler: Inside the REC-W Pod. (click to show/hide)

Since we now know that we're relatively safe from immediate harm, I'm going to take some time here for the four of us to discuss what our plans will be- this isn't a hive mind, after all. I want to make sure that the others are mentally stable (or at least as much as is possible). I then plan with them about what we need to do. I'm going to suggest these:
-Fix the fluid lines.
-Set up a radio system to find out if there are other survivors, and if anything remains in orbit.
-Figure out what our remaining air and water supplies are and how we have to ration them.

After that, I also want to say a few words over the three late astronauts and put them behind us. Something like: "These adventurers died as among the first human beings on the surface of annother planet, they had been our crew-mates and our friends, and they will not be forgotten. But they would not want us to mourn overmuch for them; they made it to Mars- and so did we. They would want us to continue this great venture, and complete this incredible mission- and we will! Now we have work to do!"

(Just to be clear, I'm pretty much just talking this turn. If I have extra time, I'll help Louise if she's got an idea. Come to think of it, those suits definitely have radios, but they may need modification to increase range.)

Spoiler: Q to Aqizzar, not secret (click to show/hide)

(What can I assume about the REC-W capsule? Most importantly, does it have an airlock? What size and configuration is it? If I have a little freedom, I could sketch something up... I'm assuming it's inside dimensions are 8 feet tall, 24 feet wide, and 28 feet long, it has at least two adjacent corridors or chambers, it has some kind of internal obstructions (machines in the floor, benches...), and it landed nearly level. It was designed for 0-g and .33-g use, so it has a floor, but also several things installed in the ceiling.)

[Frelock]

"As we've fixed some of the air leaks, let's have a quick two-minute discussion.
Serg, I'm going to suggest that you keep looking for the rest of those air leaks.  We've got enough air for the moment, but if we're going to survive for a lot longer, we need a sealed compartment.
Rosie, I think you should probably stop worrying about those black boxes.  If something got out, which is incredibly unlikely, it's too late to do anything about it.  We'll deal with that later.  I think it's best if you try to fix some of the broken water pipes on the inside.  Water isn't quite as important as air, but it's still high on the list.  Serg, if you can't find any more air leaks, I would really appreciate it if you could help Rosie.
On that note too, I'll don a pressure suit and head outside with some of that equipment to look for water leaks in the hull.  They'll be a lot easier to spot out there as we can see them, whereas air leaks are easier to spot in here, due to the sound they make.  I'll do my best to seal any I find.
Any objections?  If not, then let's get to work."

After that conversation, I put on a pressure suit, take some of the patching material with me, and head outside.  The, I search for water leaks and patch them.

[Aqizzar]

Damn! Okay now I gotta drag myself back to the tarantula cage 

You don't have to take my word for it.  You've always got options, and I tried to think of a few for you.  That said, the tarantula cage is one of them if you want to stay with that.  Also, it's not a big room, you're not crawling too much.

He'll leave everything except air and additional morphine in the construction section and fight through any pain. You do know how strong morphine is, right? Strife will ignore his arm for a while.

Yeah, I know what morphine is.  I loved the stuff - instant nap button.  I was thinking it more like the little morphine-shooters combat medic use, but it would be impairing yes.  That's why it was an option.

How long can a person be outside on mars without air? Say I wanted to go do something outside of our shelter and then come back in.

The air outside is about -60 Celsius (-75 F), as radioactive as the Van Allen belt, and has less than 1% of the air-pressure, on top of being unbreathable.  At that pressure, holding your breath would make your lungs burst, so you'd have to follow the depressure rule of letting your air out and surviving on the oxygen in your blood.  Provided you survived the initial shock of stepping outside (temperature mostly), you'd have maybe a minute of two before being turned into frozen jerky.  So, just possible.

Does the medical bay have windows?

I'm going to say yes, the medical bay has a few little windows.

How big is the medical bay? Closet, more than one room?

Slightly larger than a bus, about 15x40 feet, divided into one big operating room and two small chambers.

What is a medical station? Fancy scifi medical table with robot arms?

Not too science ficitony, but robotic assisted yes.  A hospital bed with all the gizmos and beeping things that you'd expect.  And no, it's not mobile.

Spoiler: Q to Aqizzar, not secret (click to show/hide)

(What can I assume about the REC-W capsule? Most importantly, does it have an airlock? What size and configuration is it? If I have a little freedom, I could sketch something up... I'm assuming it's inside dimensions are 8 feet tall, 24 feet wide, and 28 feet long, it has at least two adjacent corridors or chambers, it has some kind of internal obstructions (machines in the floor, benches...), and it landed nearly level. It was designed for 0-g and .33-g use, so it has a floor, but also several things installed in the ceiling.)

That's what I was thinking, except you apparently changed your numbers while I was typing this.  12x24x24 feet is the rough floorspace you have.  All the tanks, system lines, girders and such make the whole module about 30ft cubed.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Well, dang it. Just my luck to land in the middle of a garbage dump. Guess we really fell apart there. Hm, I've got me some air, and it seems to be staying where it is... which is nice.

... now, the computer here is another matter. Seems to be running emergency power. That's my only window to the world right now, wouldn't want to lose it. Hey, aren't these drones running on solar panels?

Sean rummages through the spare parts and broken robots, trying to assemble a solar battery array (at least quadruple of what is normally present on a drone) and fix it to a working drone. Hopefully the toolkit has at least a portable soldering iron...

[Pandarsenic]

But... space isn't cold, is it? Wouldn't you need to have some form of matter to lose your heat to for it to be cold?

e: OH RIGHT ACTIONS.

Long John Silver shuts his eyes, lies back, and attempts to remember the whole periodic table as a thought exercise to ward off boredom.

"Hydrogen. Helium. Lithium. Uh, shit... Um....."

[Aqizzar]

But... space isn't cold, is it? Wouldn't you need to have some form of matter to lose your heat to for it to be cold?

You're not in space.  You're on Mars, which has air.  Really cold air.

"Hydrogen. Helium. Lithium. Uh, shit... Um....."

Berylium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen...  Damn, I know this...

[Pandarsenic]

But... space isn't cold, is it? Wouldn't you need to have some form of matter to lose your heat to for it to be cold?

You're not in space.  You're on Mars, which has air.  Really cold air.

"Hydrogen. Helium. Lithium. Uh, shit... Um....."

Berylium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen...  Damn, I know this...

I can name them if I see the symbols.

But see, I know those and a lot more.
But Long John is trying to name them in order.

*Checks Martian atmosphere*
Huh, it's denser than I thought it was. *Shrugs*

[deadlycairn]

Ummm.... Sulphur next?
Also, I was under the impression Simon was in a lot worse situation than he actually is, but now I have no idea what to do next. So he'll do something nice and simple - do an inventory check of his module to see what there is he can actually use, especially in relation to patching up the air and water leaks.

I believed Simon had crashed to Mars in a just larger than man sized terrarrium, which was why I was using the mud. Must have missed the module part. Not that I'm complaining, mind you

[Sean Mirrsen]

Since we have little other entertainment, let's theoretize on the possible methods of terraforming Mars! I propose a manned mission to the planet's core, using state-of-the-art barely-obtainable technologies, that would deliver a series of powerful nukes and place them around the central core, then detonate them in sequence to restart the planetary dynamo! Hm, now why does this sound familiar?...

But really, without the magnetic field solar winds will wear down any atmosphere we could hope to build up.

I wonder, since such overarching goals require many years, and we go by a maximum of... 1 day per 2-3-4 days? Yeah, this might take a while.

[deadlycairn]

Just a question I can't be bothered looking up on Wikipedia, so I'll put it to you guys.
Mars is the red planet because of rust on the surface, right? Rust is just oxidised iron. So, if there is so much iron, why no magnetic field?
Also, is there a way to de-oxidise the iron to get a source of building material?

[Duke 2.0]

 Bah, of course it will work! You have Bru-I mean, Harry! Yeah, Harry Stamper! No way you can loose when you give this guy nukes! Not really any formal skill, but all plans that involve him and nukes go horribly wrong but still somehow succeed with half the crew dead.

 

[n9103]

I wonder, since such overarching goals require many years, and we go by a maximum of... 1 day per 2-3-4 days? Yeah, this might take a while.

That's just until the emergencies die down.
Once a semi-permanent base is up and running, to include semi-replenishing food/water/air supplies, I imagine the turns could be a month at a time, or more.

[Strife26]

Argon! Iron! They're not next, but they ARE my favorite two elements.

It reminds me of a program I had to write for school. Save a list of elements in an array and print back every other one. I made them all Argon. Good times.

Nukes always work!