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[Duke 2.0]

 You would be surprised at how much machinery changes to survive in such harsh environments.

[Sean Mirrsen]

I'm an engineer, and an electrician. And I have remote robots.

[Aqizzar]

 You would be surprised at how much machinery changes to survive in such harsh environments.

Rolling some dice at hand just for kicks, I'm deciding that you've mined into glaciers and permafrost before.  Mostly just to rule out the idiocy of sending a guy all the way to Mars who doesn't have any relevant experience to his job.

[Duke 2.0]

 Again, I must point out NASA AND the fact that this character is inspired from Armageddon.

 But then again, it would be a stupid skill not to have. Eh, I suppose if nothing works out I'll have him do some mechanics.

[Nilocy]

 Again, I must point out NASA AND the fact that this character is inspired from Armageddon.

 But then again, it would be a stupid skill not to have. Eh, I suppose if nothing works out I'll have him do some mechanics.

so we're all pumped up masculin men who know how to dig for shit?

[Duke 2.0]

 Oh, he can dig. Just don't expect him to flush properly.

[Serg]

Mrs. Belov decides to sit out this one, still an emotional wreck, mumbling mostly to herself in half-Russian, half-English, trying to make sense of the current situation. There was no way that they had enough plants in the pod for them to successfully have an oxygen farm, and without sunlight some of the plants wouldn't bear fruit, it was a bad situation they were in, but she tries her best to figure out a solution that might work.

Serg spends this turn trying to figure out something to create a habitat on Mars for the surface-test plants.

(The more I think of it, the more doomed I know we are. Unless there is a little magic going on...
*Plants require light to photosynthesize our waste into usable products, such as food (fruits,) and air, (O2).
*Without light, we could use a secondary light source, such as high pressure sodium or metal halide lights.
 *Power for said lights?
  *Wind on Mars?
  *Plant power? Chemotrophs? Fungii?
   *Where to feed those? Sulfur? Carbon?
 *Bulb replacement?
*H20?
 *Purification?
  *Contamination?
There are so many things that are a huge risk right now, even though only one hour has passed by. In an 8x10 pod, there is only so much stuff you can cram into it to do 'research' on.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1993/biology/bio027.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotroph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototroph
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ti-tajikistan/agr-agriculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#Sources

The list could grow indefinitely, but I'm just trying to help you, help us, die.

But, there are several science fiction approaches that might be science-non-fiction by the time our ship has crashed, air scrubbers, 'super plants,' tower-cap mushrooms. They are all possibly plausible in the 'current' time, so why wouldn't they be on the ship with us?)

[Aqizzar]

Hey folks, sorry for being lazy.  Just been busy with my winter break wrapping up, and that's likely to continue.  I'm hoping to keep making 2 turns a week.  So, I've started on turn 5, should be done early morning or tomorrow afternoon.  Next will be on the weekend.

Serg: Go for it on plants.  Anything you don't have, might show up with the supply pods.

[PTTG??]

Schrodinger's Pods!

[Kashyyk]

YAY!!!

[Duke 2.0]

 And as Harry opened the emergency pod in his little compartment, he found a dead cat inside.

[Frelock]

And as Harry opened the emergency pod in his little compartment, he found a live cat inside.

[Aqizzar]

Got hung up, turn should be done in the afternoon, after I sleep.  Until then, news!  There's gas on Mars.  Not petroleum mind you, bacterium farts.  Oh joy.

[PTTG??]

Got hung up, turn should be done in the afternoon, after I sleep.  Until then, news!  There's gas on Mars.  Not petroleum mind you, bacterium farts.  Oh joy.

Well, it may be life, it may be geochemical. This means the possibility of geothermal activity.

[Duke 2.0]

Got hung up, turn should be done in the afternoon, after I sleep.  Until then, news!  There's gas on Mars.  Not petroleum mind you, bacterium farts.  Oh joy.

Well, it may be life, it may be geochemical. This means the possibility of geothermal activity.

 I would actually prefer this. It means there is movement and heat beneath the surface, and thus the possibility Harry can dig to the center and detonate some nukes to get the core runnin'.