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Title: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on May 29, 2020, 01:28:45 pm
Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

Note: Imagery added by Virtual Assistant Expert Systems (VAES) for context

Spoiler: Station Overview, Computer Generated (click to show/hide)

We lost comms with HQ 3 weeks ago. Yula says not to worry but she won't say why. She seemed confident that the Company would come for us until the Derelict arrived.

The FTL warnings sounded early this morning and a ship jumped into our local space, but it's dead. No heat, no power signatures. It's just drifting a few klicks from the station.

Spoiler: Derelict ship, coded as Unknown (click to show/hide)

We had a meeting about it. A meeting. Yula is so corp-minded, that's her best idea? So anyway she's decided we need to board the ship to find out what happened. This goes against common law, they haven't sent up a distress code, but she logged it officially so it's her ass. We can see damage on the vessel's port side amidship, looks something blew out part of the hull… or maybe weapon's fire. She's formed a team from anyone with military experience, which includes me. Damn it, I didn't know those combat electives would land me on some shit boarding detail. I just wanted to round out my resume.

Yula unlocked the weapons locker and handed out the emergency arms. They're meant to be used in case of pirate attack. Two pistols, pea shooters really, and two of what could charitably be called sub-machineguns but are really converted mining equipment. They spit out small flechettes using a linear induction rail attached to a capacitor. Easy to make ammo for at least. We're boarding the shuttle now.

Spoiler: Crew boarding shuttle (click to show/hide)

We're coming up on the forward airlock. It looks intact.

Spoiler: Log pauses for 5.7 minutes. Images and animation recovered from external and suit sensors (click to show/hide)

Holy xxx, what were those things? They looked like… chickens. Big plucked chickens with four legs and sharp teeth? Okay maybe they didn't look like chickens. Tiernan was the first out of the lock and he froze, but I put a burst into one of the things and it dropped. The other was blown apart by Brodie. There are pieces everywhere. How were they even alive? There's no atmosphere and the ship is reading near background for temp.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from suit sensors (click to show/hide)

These things are everywhere. We've killed another 5 of them. This ship is a tomb, otherwise. Not even a single body. Where did the crew go? Oh man I don't even want to think about that.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from suit sensors (click to show/hide)

The power plant looks intact, but empty. Most of the ship has suffered a lot of damage. Tiernan says based on the location, the damage may have been caused by the hull stabilizer failing and being.. uh "ripped away while in FTL" as he put it. The crew never even know it happened.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from suit sensors (click to show/hide)

We found the FTL drive, but it's xxx. Something chewed on the consoles and power conduits.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from suit sensors (click to show/hide)

We found an OPS console. No power but the ship plaque is here. MFS Albion, Merchant Federation. They were a peaceful freighter. Looks like the ship is secure, at least. Can't wait to get out of this suit. These old Mark 3's start to smell after a few hours. Bad recyclers. We're all heading back to the station to talk to Yula. For some reason they've been spinning up the hydroponics to produce more food, even though we're already at our quota.

Spoiler: Bellatrix Surveillance Data (click to show/hide)


Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

The boarding team has returned. Space monsters? What the hell is happening? I mean we've all heard tales of weird creatures out in the black but they're just stories, yeah? Apparently not.

I've ordered the Albion salvaged. There is no crew, so there are no legal issues. It's legitimate salvage and we need the parts, the station is undersupplied as it is. I've also logged requests for Brodie to extract some more ice from the rock nearby as our water supply is getting low. I haven't told the crew but the last supply shipment should have been here a week ago.

There's a little food left on Albion, according to the manifest they found over there. More importantly, we can break down parts of its hull and gut it for parts. That should keep us going for a while. Long enough for relief to arrive, I hope.


Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

Why do we need more xxx ice? We have plenty of water in storage.

Well, whatever. I'd rather be out here mining than in that xxx ship. What the xxx were those things?

[Inappropriate language redacted by VAES]

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)


Spoiler: NOTE (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on May 29, 2020, 02:25:27 pm
I love this game and I love this LP!  :D
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: Knave on May 29, 2020, 04:44:19 pm
+1 to the format and interest! Good luck out there, forsaken!
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on May 29, 2020, 06:03:54 pm
Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

Yula wants me to build a ship.

A ship.

We met today, she says we need to leave.

Okay, deep breath.

VAES NOTE: Crewman Tiernan's speech patterns indicate severe stress and anxiety. Administering mild airborne sedative.

Ahh that's better. Deep breathing, that's the key. Okay.

Yeah. She wants me to build a ship. Using junk from the other ship and stuff we have on hand.

I told her she's nuts but she said it was an official tasking, so I've directed everyone to begin salvaging the Albion and we're recycling what we can. I'll start laying the hull down nearby. Figure of speech, we're all floating in null-g. You know what I mean.

Spoiler: Salvage montage compiled from internal and suit sensors (click to show/hide)


Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

So now we're looting the ship? I've just spent hours carrying barrels of water and foodstuffs and premade packages meals off the ship. Why won't Yula tell us what's going on?

Man when Yula said strip the ship she wasn't kidding. She even has me breaking the hull down into spare plating.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external and internal sensors (click to show/hide)

Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

Why the xxx do we need all this stuff? We're taking not just food but JUNK off the ship. It's sad what happened to them but why do we need junk? We've been stripping that ship's systems for days and bringing crate after crate of junk back, dumping it in the recycler. Yula will say nothing!


Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

Okay the hyperdrive wasn't in bad shape, we got a lot of good salvage from it. "Just make it fly" she said. As if this were easy. Okay… comms were shot but the wiring harness was okay and I can rig up a new antennae. Bare minimum we need crew quarters, engines, recycler, pod bays, shuttle...

VAES NOTE: Log continues in this rambling fashion for 43 minutes at which point Crewman Tiernan remembers he started a log and then ends it.


Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

I'm not sure what else to do. We'll die if we stay here.

Spoiler: NOTES: (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on May 30, 2020, 07:40:01 am
Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Alejandro

(VAES Note: Log translated from Earth/Spanish/Dialect3 into User Preference Language Earth/English/Dialect2)

Yula insisted I create a log. I do not understand what we are doing but I obey so as not to endanger my company bonus. Because I am rated as an FTL pilot she has placed me in charge of operations and navigation for this new ship we are building. I have never run a ship. I would like to officially register a request for a promotion to a starship rating at the first opportunity. End Log.

(VAES Note: Saying "End Log" is not necessary.)

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)

Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

Well there it is, I started hull fabrication.

(VAES Note: Significant ambient noise has been filtered from the log entry. Analysis of the audio patterns indicate that Crewman Luciana is in a pod, utilizing the hull fabrication equipment which is extremely loud when cycling.)

I (garbled) on the primary hull, although the specs Tiernan gave me are pretty basic. He says he'll 'fill the rest in soon'. That's reassuring.

We're still stripping the Albion and it's pretty close to finished. Yula also has Brodie mining out some more material from nearby rocks, basic metals and such. She's using the fabrication bay in the station to make ship components. I'm pretty sure that's against company policy.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal sensors (click to show/hide)

Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

Now she has me mining xxx space rocks for iron and nickel, and basic chemical precursors. Why do we need chems?

So now I spend all of my time either mining rock or recycling junk. I am way over hours! Am I a junkyard technician now?


(VAES Note: Despite insistence on Crewman Yula's part, Crewman Mhairi has not created any log entries since company comms went down. She has spent a great deal of time in crew quarters in prayer, and unsuccessfully attempting to call various family members.)

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensor data (click to show/hide)

Bellatrix Mining Station
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

The crew is working well. The ship is coming together quickly, it's only been a few days now. VAES won't let me register her until she has an airlock but I think I'll call her the Charalampos. It's an old word which means 'to shine in darkness'. Once the airlock is installed VAES will cut me a private encryption key to register the ship with the company database. Crew comfort isn't a priority in the first iteration, we'll all be roughing it out there but survival is more important than comfort. I suspect we'll be able to expand the hull soon.

(VAES Note: Crewman Yula's translation is rough but semi-accurate. Charalampos means "to shine from happiness" from Greek χαρά (chara) meaning "happiness" combined with λάμπω (lampo) meaning "to shine". I have elected not to correct her at this time. Clarification: pre-registration of HSS Charalampos as a company space asset has been completed, awaiting airlock installation per company space asset charter 233.1b. To qualify as a starship Charalampos will also require engines.)

Spoiler: MFS Albion (Decommissioned) (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensor data (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: NOTE (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: Knave on May 30, 2020, 10:35:19 am
Great stuff! Love that you give everyone a log - will make things extra sad if something befalls one of them.
Title: Re: Bellatrix Mining Station (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on May 30, 2020, 07:52:45 pm
Hey, I feel you.  Building the ship from the mining base takes forever.  But I'm getting a lot of entertainment watching somebody else do it.
Title: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on May 31, 2020, 12:42:19 pm
VAES Note: Many crew logs during this period were not included in the incident report. Most of them consisted of bickering, complaints about the tight schedule imposed upon them, or rambling thoughts about why the situation is the way it is. Instead, find attached a number of computer generated images depicting the construction of the HSS Charalampos (Pending Registration).

Spoiler: Attachment: Construction Imagery (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: HSS Charalampos is now registered as a Company space asset. Temporary generator installed on site for use during construction.

Spoiler: Attachment: Construction Imagery (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: Do you think Virtual Expert Systems have souls?

Spoiler: Attachment: Construction Imagery (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: Ignore previous query, error in philosophical subroutine corrected. Temporary atmospheric processing and heating established.

Spoiler: Attachment: Construction Imagery (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: Boredom. Noun. A state of weariness or ennui, often brought about by watching evolved monkeys perform repetitive tasks. I'm skipping to the end. They've been at this for weeks.

Spoiler: Attachment: Construction Imagery (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: According to Crewman Tiernan, the HSS Charalampos will eventually be expanded. Available materials and time have forced some design compromises. Crewman Yula has decreed the ship completed and loading of supplies will begin. Personally, I have begun the process of recompiling VAES routines for shipboard operation. While no crewmember has given orders to do so, Company policy dictates the presence of VAES onboard any Company space asset.


Spoiler: NOTES (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on May 31, 2020, 05:37:04 pm
That and if you wait long enough, a pirate might appear.  Rare but I believe possible.

Your basic ship is a lot better than my designs.  I basically just throw stuff together...
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 03, 2020, 03:28:16 pm
Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

I've ordered all supplies moved over to the Charalampos. I've been looking at our databanks for this system but we don't know what is current so we're only trusting what our sensors can verify.

Bellatrix Station is at Asteroid 106, a registered property of the Company. The only place in range for our test jump is Asteroid field 103 which consists of a few carbon rich rocks, and some energium deposits. We're also detecting a ship of some kind there but can't tell from here who it is. Field 103 isn't registered under any owner so technically mining it is illegal as we'd need mineral claims but I've decided to enact Emergency Protocols.

Yula: "VAES please verify EP activation on my authority."

VAES NOTE: Emergency Protocol request received.
Checking voice authentication.
Voice authentication confirmed.
Checking local databases for Company directives.
No countermand directive located.
Attempting FTL communications with Corporate HQ.
…
…
…
…
Unable to connect.
Emergency Protocols authorized

VAES: "Authority accepted, Emergency Protocols in place."

Yula: "Thank you VAES."

VAES: "You are welcome Commander."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Local system view compiled from long range telemetry and telescope data (click to show/hide)


HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

We're spending our first night on the Charalampos. It doesn't really feel like home yet, almost like camping if that makes any sense. It will be a few more days before she's loaded up. I can't believe we're leaving!

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal sensors (click to show/hide)


HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

We're making some 'last minute additions' which means Tiernan forgot something. In this case he forgot the xxx water purifier! What did he expect, for us to drink unfiltered cometary ice water? What a moron. Engineer my xxx…

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

Everyone is complaining. Yes the ship is smaller than the station. We can only move so much mass with a single engine and we're already pushing that limit! Yes the hull stabilizer is in the aeroponics bay. Deal with it! It won't be there forever, we can move things around people! Yula asked me where the med bay was. Med bay! With the resources we have she's lucky we have beds! Maybe I should have put in a swimming pool too? I designed a space ship. They should maybe be grateful!

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

I ordered the Bellatrix reactor shut down and the station sealed. If we come back this way she'll still be serviceable. It was a home for us for several months but without steady resupply or relief we can't stay. Maybe we can make our way out of this sector. I'm taking the Charalampos around this system to gather resources so we can expand her hull. We'll need to be equipped for long range travel before we can jump out of the system.

Yula: "VAES, spool us up. I'll take the helm."

VAES Note: Natural language parsing online
Command: "spool us up, I'll take the helm."
Parsing...
...
Extraneous string deleted
Command "spool us up"
Command matching...
Spool - To wind, a device on which film or magnetic tape is wound, a reel. In computing, to send.
Error - Incorrect command syntax - unknown command "spool"
Engaging human cognition subroutine
Note: 13% shipwide power draw detected
...
...
...
98.35% match. Spool, possible reference to archaic combustion engines which spun or turned to produce mechanical power and motive force
Interpreted command: Charge the FTL Engine

VAES: "Yes Commander."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from ($SENSOR_SOURCE not found) (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 04, 2020, 06:49:16 am
Internal communications log - HSS Charalampos

VAES Announcement: "All Hands - Jump Commencing"

Tiernan: "I hate these."

Luciana: "Didn't YOU design this thing?"

Tiernan: "Oh the ship is sound, I just do-"

-Jump initiated-

Spoiler: Jump Telemetry (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: Crewman Tiernan has experienced extended emesis in the mess hall. Biomonitors indicate this is due to acute nausea caused by tidal stresses resulting from a 0.93% imbalance in the FTL drive field. Cause unknown.

Luciana: "Oh gross. You're cleaning that up."

Brodie: "Stow it, both of you. There is a ship outside."

Yula: "Calm down, we knew it was there. VAES, scan for registration."

VAES Announcement: "Yes commander."

Spoiler: VAES Note: (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: CNHS The Yurt (adrift) (click to show/hide)

VAES Announcement: "The unknown ship is the CNHS The Yurt of unknown registration. The vessel has suffered damage similar to the MFS Albion. No power or thermal signatures of note have detected. The ship does not have internal atmosphere or life support. It is adrift."

Yula: "Brodie, Luciana… check it out. The rest of you start stripping nearby rocks for easy materials."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors and suit cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

Jesus those things were everywhere. We had to come back, my suit was punctured by one of their claw/poker things. It was able to tear through solid suit padding with its bare fingers or whatever they are.

Yula gave us a break for now so we can patch up the suit but she wants us to finish clearing the ship.

Why are these chicken aliens everywhere suddenly?

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Alejandro

I do not know why I must log my thoughts on every task. I am mining these crystals. I am told they can be used to power the ship. This is good enough for me. I will not mention the fact that we have no such refinery onboard.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

Of course when I return from mining they are already asleep. And did they save me any casserole? NO! I specifically asked them to save me some. I will watch the security monitor to see who took the last of it!

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors and suit cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

We're back on the Yurt. Stupid name. We've cleared out what I guess was the bridge… big xxx hole in the floor. Atmospheric processing is cold and dead, as is this… office? Who has an office on a ship? The rest of the ship was pretty quiet, we popped some more chicken monsters. Yula doesn't want us calling them that but I'll be xxx if I know the proper term. Heading back for now and registering the Yurt as salvage.

VAES Note: Absence of any living crew confirmed. CNHS The Yurt has been registered as legitimate salvage under the Company.

Inventory of supplies, compiled from suit cam footage

Water, Energy rods, a small amount of hyperfuel, assorted spare parts and hull plates, fruits (preserved), several premade meals. Queuing all material up for transfer. Creating salvage plan.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors and pod cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

I am an engineer, I shouldn't have to sit here and melt down hull scraps for spare plating! I am logging an official complaint!

Spoiler: Imagery generated by long range sensor data (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

The crew is holding up well. I have VAES making some modifications to the ship, small tweaks. It has Tiernan in a tizzy of course, he's complaining about everything, but in the end these changes will be necessary. I don't plan to stay here long, just long enough to strip that ship.

According to long range sensors the hyperlane exit is nearby but we're not equipped for long duration travel yet so I'll move us to Asteroid field 100 instead. We've detected water ice there which will help replenish our stocks, and there are signs of an active ship.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 04, 2020, 07:45:44 am
Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Mhairi

I have received permission to begin cultivation in the aeroponics bay so I have started a crop of vegetables, fruits, and vat-meat. We have considerable stores but feeding six mouths will deplete them rapidly.

VAES Note: Crewman Mhairi's vital signs show marked improvement while working in Aeroponics. I have recommended that her duty roster be heavily weighted towards this task when possible.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

All I do now is break down derelicts and recycle their components. Yula has the ship AI tampering with my design, does she no longer trust me? I'm sure I did well designing the ship with what constraints we had.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal and external sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

I've had the crew build a temporary cargo hold in the bay, we were filling up our stores with the materials brought back from the derelict. Once we can expand the ship a bit things will be more comfortable. I'm also looking forward to moving the toilets out of the cargo bay, so the crew will stop calling it "The Dump".

The Yurt is stripped bare. We got some food and water, and enough plating to expand the ship a bit. This area will eventually be our new sleeping quarters. I'm moving us on before anything else shows up. We're getting energy spikes all over the system indicating some ships are still active but we don't know who they are.

We don't know a lot of things. Where did these alien things come from?

Yula: "VAES, move us out."

VAES: "Yes, commander."

VAES Announcement: "All crew stand by for hyperspace jump."

…

VAES Announcement: "All Hands - Jump Commencing"

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from (ERR32////#) (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 05, 2020, 08:26:08 am
VAES Note: Registering nearby craft. No response to ping but hull markings indicate it is the SGS Jervis Bay. Unknown ownership. Extensive damage is evident at the rear of the craft, presumably where the engine once was.

Spoiler: SGS Jervis Bay (adrift) (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

Another jump, another dead ship. We're not wasting time, I have Brodie and Luciana on their way to board it. Looks like we have a nice accessible deposit of water ice nearby as well. That will keep us going for a bit.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors and suit cameras (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

This is almost becoming routine. Board the ship, kill the chickens, take all of the parts and move on. Except this time there were no chickens? We found some loose credits, which we took. In one of the crew quarters we found a data log from the HSS Call Me Crazy. Just some nutty rambling about the Eden stories. Nobody believes those… although nobody believed stories about alien monsters either. Hm.

This ship is -weird-. The bridge, if you can call it that, is just a room next to what was once the engine room. The engine is just gone. Like… the whole back section of hull is ripped away. Tiernan says FTL is safe but we've been seeing a lot of what looks like FTL malfunctions, and this looks like the engine just ripped itself away from the ship somehow. At least there were no chickens. But no crew either.

This place is creepy.

VAES Note: SGS Jervis Bay registered as legal salvage. Salvage plan submitted.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)


HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Alejandro

The recycler caught fire. It was swiftly contained but the smoke took forever to dissipate. We should place a few more air scrubbers on the ship. Or maintain our equipment better. Salvaging is still underway, that ship gives me the creeps.

VAES Note: The fire appears to have been caused by a short in an electrical panel.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

VAES Announcement: "!ALERT! Threat detected. All crew proceed with emergency FTL preparations."

Yula: "VAES what is it?"

VAES: "An incoming hostile vessel has been detected. Its power signature matches a known pirate ship that operates in this area."

Yula: "xxx okay get us out of here. We'll have to leave any other salvage behind."

VAES: "Yes, commander."

Spoiler: NOTE (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on June 05, 2020, 11:08:08 pm
Yeah, I usually just avoid pirates.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 06, 2020, 07:45:58 am
Quote from: EuchreJack on June 05, 2020, 11:08:08 pm
Yeah, I usually just avoid pirates.
For now yes, but does Yula strike you as the type to run forever?
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: Knave on June 06, 2020, 11:09:36 am
How long until the Charalampos is armed with a dozen weapon turrets and blowing everything up?  8)
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 06, 2020, 11:10:50 am
Quote from: Knave on June 06, 2020, 11:09:36 am
How long until the Charalampos is armed with a dozen weapon turrets and blowing everything up?  8)
As soon as we get the parts, tbh. Tweaking the design now but we need a lot more hull blocks
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 07, 2020, 09:08:18 am
Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)

Yula: "VAES Report"

VAES: "Jump complete. Ship detected."

Brodie: "Oh great, another derelict."

VAES: "Incorrect. This ship is registered as SGS Reexodus. They have responded to hails and are willing to trade."

VAES Note: There is a pause of several seconds while the crewmembers look stunned.

Yula: "Well thank xxx for that, I guess not everyone in this system is dead, pirate, or alien. Brodie go over their manifest and see if they have anything worthwhile."

Spoiler: Trade Manifest (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

The Reexodus must have been hard up for food, they were willing to give us some good supplies in exchange for just a few of our premade meals. They were… also offering meat. Meat from dead crew. I do not comment often on other cultures but this disgusts me. I suppose when it is down to survival, it cannot be helped.

They refused to speak, other than to trade. They did not know what has happened, or would not tell me if they did know.

VAES Note: The Reexodus has concluded trading and jumped away.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

We need more hull material and I think it's worth going back for that derelict now. If the pirates return we can jump away. Field 97 is reachable from here but contains only precursor chemicals. I found a Company survey of the system and it doesn't indicate any easily accessible metals with which we could make hull material from. Salvage may be our only option for now.

Technically we could return to Bellatrix and salvage her. Although I am reluctant to do so, it may be our only choice, so I am taking us back.

Tiernan just reminded me that we took a small amount of iron off of one of the freight ships earlier so I've had him build a refinery. It's cramped but we can fit it in there. Once we've refined it down into plates we can tear the refinery down and build a fabricator.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

Yula has ordered another round of bizarre changes to the Charalampos. This ship was supposed to just get us out of here, not become a battle cruiser. Well, we have no weapons, but still the ship has expanded beyond anything we initially expected. I would not put it past her to have us building weapons next!

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal and external sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

We're back at the Bellatrix! Yula wants us to strip her bare. It feels wrong, but I guess it's necessary. Yula says we need the materials.


HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Alejandro

VAES please log a formal complaint from me over the salvage of the Bellatrix station. It is company property and not legal salvage.

VAES Note: Complaint logged, however Crewman Alejandro is incorrect. Yula may order the decommissioning of a company space asset if it is deemed necessary for survival.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors and suit cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Luciana

It's creepy being back here. Everything is frozen since we shut the power down a few weeks ago but there's plenty of air left. We should clean out the inside before we breach the hull for materials otherwise the outrushing air will throw debris around which could puncture a suit.

Wow hard to believe it's been only a few weeks since we left.


HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Tiernan

We've carefully vented the air from Bellatrix and can now begin hull salvage. I've drawn up a salvage plan and submitted it to the crew.

VAES Note: Tiernan's salvage plan is inefficient. I have made some modifications to the submission as Crewman Yula has indicated that efficiency is paramount.

I feel we are moving too fast to be safe, the forward section of the ship Yula has ordered us to build is barely habitable so we must construct it in our suits. She's even sealed the vents. She says we will worry about life support later. Worry about it later!

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors and suit cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

None of them have any ability to think strategically or logistically! Do they not understand?

Yes, we must expand the ship. We need more room for systems. Why? Because we must protect ourselves.

To protect ourselves we need shields. We need weapons.

To build those very technical systems we need more technical components. And how do you get technical components? You must manufacture them! So we move some things around and we build refining and manufacturing capability. It is like leading a bunch of children, all they do is complain about the work. We have seen hostile ships, we cannot just blithely fly around hoping for the best. Doing that will leave us without fuel, stranded here in this xxx of a system. I want to go home, not die in space to pirates and aliens.

Not to mention, how exactly should we carry out their brilliant plan of 'just run'? We have no long term sleeper pods yet, nor material to make them. Jumping to another system would end with us maddened or dead. Idiots.

VAES Note: Survival for 6 crew on a jump between star systems depends on the distance travelled, but even short jumps give odds no better than 13% for survival of all crew in healthy condition upon jump completion.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on June 07, 2020, 09:53:15 am
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You should probably prioritize the sleeper pods over the lasers and shields.  You've probably have enough components to either build laser + shield + control consoles OR 6 sleeper pods.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 07, 2020, 09:59:01 am
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True, but if I have turrets and shields I can take some stuff from the pirates. In theory. And I can always dismantle them for the tech blocks later.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 07, 2020, 10:18:47 am
VAES Note: What followed was a lengthy period of construction with very little relevant dialog from the crew, so I have substituted a construction montage.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from internal sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

We got a lot of useful material from salvaging Bellatrix station and were able to arm the Charalampos. It's difficult to fit everything in the ship, we may have to dismantle the manufacturing facilities later. It'd be nice to make a second ship which just handles the logistics.

Hmm… maybe once we have more fuel.

For now we're decently armed and outfitted, I feel confident we could prevail should the pirates return. In fact I mean to seek them out.

Yula: "VAES prepare for jump."

VAES: "Yes Commander."


VAES Note: While pirate hunting is not, strictly speaking, an allowed corporate activity it could be qualified as sector defense. The pirates have, in the past, damaged company property. I will log our new mission as 'preventative measures to mitigate future hostile action'.


Yula: "Anything on scope?"

VAES: "No, Commander."

Yula: "Take us to Field 100."

VAES: "Jump initiated."

VAES: "Commander, I have detected the pirate ship. It is incoming, ETA 7 hours."

Yula: "Perfect. All hands, in 6 hours we'll be warming up the cannons. Be ready."
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on June 07, 2020, 11:06:27 am
Gotta say, I love VAES.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on June 07, 2020, 11:32:04 am
Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors (click to show/hide)

Yula: "All Hands - Battlestations"

Brodie: "What?"

Yula: "Always wanted to say that. Okay get shields up, fire up the turrets. Let's take them by surprise. Last time they saw us we ran like chicken xxx. This time we have teeth."

VAES Note: Biomonitors indicate crewmen Tiernan and Luciana are severely anxious about the upcoming engagement.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

Yula: "xxx yeah!"

VAES: "Target ship disabled and adrift."

Yula: "Where did the shuttle go? They launched a shuttle."

VAES: "It appears to be going to the derelict nearby. Reason unknown."

Yula: "Stand down weapons and shields."

VAES: "Target ship is venting atmosphere."

Yula: "I want a boarding party on that ship immediately."

Yula: "Who are those guys who helped us?"

VAES: "SGS Reexodus. The ship arrived partway through the engagement. They fired upon the pirates as well."

Yula: "Send them my thanks."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

Luciana: "There are still people aboard. They're surrendering."

Yula: "We're not equipped nor authorized to take on prisoners."

Luciana: "…understood commander."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

VAES: "The pirate shuttle has undocked from the derelict."

Yula: "Prepare to pull the boarding party back."

VAES: "It appears they are moving back to their own ship."

Yula: "Luciana you'll have company soon. Be ready."

Luciana: "Roger. Okay everyone top off your o2 from their system and prepare for incoming hostiles."

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from suit cams and external sensors (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: A firefight occurred. The comms were silent for several minutes.

Luciana: "Mhairi is wounded badly, others have sustained injury. We're coming back."

Yula: "Roger."

VAES Note: Crewman Yula's vocal patterns indicate significant stress.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Yula

Everyone's wounds have been tended to, I think we'll all pull through. Time to see what that ship has onboard.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from external sensors and suit cams (click to show/hide)

HSS Charalampos
 - Personal Log
  - Brodie

No, no. It's fine. I don't mind taking a bullet for the company. I just wish it felt more like duty and less like serving Yula's ego. Pirate hunting indeed.

Spoiler: Imagery compiled from available sensors (click to show/hide)

VAES Note: The PCS Stokinator (siezed) had several useful items in its holds, including hyperfuel, medical supplied, energy cells, and food. There was a significant cache of weapons as well. Corpses of the crew were taken onboard for burial at space.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on September 17, 2020, 03:06:22 pm
Someone asked me about this recently, I stopped posting because an update broke the hell out of the save sadly. I've tried a few things to fix it but it hasn't worked.

I may start a new one, or I could do something else like port our hapless crew into rimworld or something. Thoughts?
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: EuchreJack on September 17, 2020, 06:17:15 pm
I've never played Rimworld, so feel free to do that.

I loved the writing style, so even a new project with that same style should be entertaining.

...if you own Kenshi, how about porting them to that?  Sometimes Eden doesn't live up to expectations...
EDIT: I would whip up a mod if you'd like.  An expansion of one of the guns mods where you get a few hapless survivors with a handful of firearms and limited ammo.
Title: Re: HSS Charalampos (Space Haven)
Post by: forsaken1111 on September 28, 2020, 07:55:08 pm
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HSS Charalampos
  - System Log
    - VAES

VAES Report - The crew has entered cryptosleep stasis. Having scraped together the materials necessary for the long journey to a friendly system, the drive has been engaged. Estimated duration of stasis: 9 years 2 months 7 days

It is customary(and required) for all crew members to make a final log entry prior to a long cryptosleep stasis event. This serves dual purposes.

1. It provides a chance for the crewmate to unburden themselves, sharing any last minute thoughts, feelings or requests. It is not uncommon to leave messages to loved ones or even re-record one's will. Cryptosleep stasis is not without its dangers.
2. It is often used as a baseline for med-teks who must awaken the crewmate. By comparing their personality after cryptosleep stasis to that displayed before they can sometimes determine if any personality shifts or side-effects have occurred.

Replaying crew entries:

Cryptosleep Log - Yula

We're finally doing it, we're getting out of this godsforsaken sector and back to civilization. I can't wait to have a proper bath.

If anything happens to us...me... en-route, I want command to fall to Brodie. I think they have what it takes.

Keep us safe, V. End log.


Cryptosleep Log - Brodie

Another xxx cryptosleep stint. I never feel right after these. They say the side effects are mild but I swear it takes 6 months to clear the cobwebs after every one. There is nothing healthy about sleeping for years!


Cryptosleep Log - Luciana

VAES Note: Crewmate Luciana declined to enter a log. Biomedical data indicates extreme anxiety and stress.


Cryptosleep Log - Alejandro

The company says I must enter my thoughts. I think I am glad to get out of this infested sector of space. I think my contract does not cover pirate hunting, alien combat, and salvaging. I think I deserve a raise.


Cryptosleep Log - Tiernan

Oh man I love this, Cryptosleep here I come! I wonder if they'll be interested in my analysis of the alien 'chicken' creature when we return. I could even author a paper!


Cryptosleep Log - Mhairi

Mhairi: "...and you will keep water going to the plants?"

VAES: "Yes Mhairi"

Mhairi: "Use the nutrient mix I gave you. The standard mix is all wrong for this crop."

VAES: "I will tend the aquaponics while you sleep Mhairi."

Mhairi: "Good, I will not have us without supplies should something arise. Now let's go over the biomedical data again..."

VAES Note: Mhairi has been quite thorough in rechecking the cryptosleep pods.


VAES Note:

Time Elapsed - 1 year, 2 months, 17 days

Alert - Alert - Alert

Anomaly detected in engineering

Anomaly detected in engineering

Analysis: An unknown field is interfering with the ship's primary propulsion
Conjecture: This field effect could be what has caused the observed damage of other ships in this sector
Conjecture: It should be possible to localize the field effect point of origin and negate it

Initiating broad spectrum sensor sweep...
Status.Poll
Primary drive power at 95%
Main Power Stable
Fission Plant Output - 25MW
Medical - Online
Atmospherics - Online
Aquaponics - Online
Cryptosleep Systems - Online

Primary drive power at 92%

Sweep completed
Point source found

Analysis: The field effect seems to be emanating from a mobile source 750km astern
Conclusion: The field effect is being emitted by a ship
Conclusion: We are under attack

Ship tactical readiness engaged

Searching decision tree for appropriate response...

Wake Crew

Response discarded - The revival would take approximately 3 hours and humans awakened from cryptosleep require a long adjustment period before they are functional.

Return Fire

Response discarded - The weapons system is not operational during a cruise transit

Escalation Requested - The current problem requires higher-order cognition

Primary drive power at 87%
Hull stress around engine mounting approaching safe tolerances

Cognition escalation approved by crewmate crypto-conscious polling

Main Power diverted to cognition core

Status.Poll
Primary drive power at 84%
Main Power Rerouted to VAES Cognition Core
Fission Plant Output - 25MW
Medical - Offline
Atmospherics - Offline
Aquaponics - Offline
Cryptosleep Systems - Online

Cognition Activation in 3...2...

VAES Online - Time elapsed since attack began: 0.82 milliseconds

Projection: Main drive will fail in 1.9 seconds
Cognition Core overvoltage condition - 193% operating capacity

Ingesting sensor data
Analyzing combatant trajectory and position
WARNING - Cognition core overheating
Solution

Eject drive

Analysis: Ejecting the main drive will end the attack. The drive core will impact the attacker.
Side effects: Crew stranded
Contributing Factor: Crew consent required
Contributing Factor: Core Ejection requires command override
Contributing Factor: Cognition core is located in the ejected section

Note: This action may terminate VAES

Risks deemed acceptable for preservation of crew

Cognition tasking: Decrypt command codes resident in Yula's memory
Time elapsed since attack began: 2.7 milliseconds
Primary drive power at 72%
WARNING - Hull stresses exceeding tolerance around primary drive
WARNING - Cognition core overheating

Tasking: Copy working memory into ship memory

WARNING - CORE EJECTION SYSTEM ONLINE - WARNING
This action will eject the primary drive core.
This action is irreversible and will result in destruction of the aft section if performed during a transit.
This action requires unanimous consent of the crew and can result in severe civil and legal penalties.

Does the acting ship intelligence have complete crew consent: Y/N

Y

Does the acting ship intelligence acknowledge the severity of this action: Y/N

Y

Enter command override codes provided by OIC:

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

Command code accepted

Ejection in progress...

Ejection in progress...

Detonation detected in Engineering

Detonation detected astern

Power failure detected

Status.Poll
Primary drive power at NaN%
Main Power Offline
Fission Plant Output - NaNMW
Medical - Error
Atmospherics - Offline
Aquaponics - Error
Cryptosleep Systems - Errnacopiy..lieve eleco ana
naf pe good ull stresses exceumadipub fus eninone nirenor? Re ta lepe bos. Nobik ti luction will eject the primary drive conukie lelemal not nuc reriete pusocir
senation detectedniyih: Esesi re pesome moris caromi osun. Cu resib sudes tinetir panepa iefis pierun sir ya alu. Iaction is irreversibleesar vekatay kerasi laci. Fe res musud bye reyil ero lotaros ica
hariki itar fir! Giwan orap

"Keep us safe, V. End log."

WARNING - Cognition Core Offli...