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« on: May 27, 2012, 01:46:42 am »
can nanites be stored offline? -- ie, can we make more, but have at most 8 running at once? (not that we have the power to do so for long at the moment ...).
also, a scientist should take 1/100g of the powder and a) run a low voltage current through it, then a high voltage current to detonate it a 2m deep pit 200m outside the perimeter.
(most energetic scenario is anti-matter equivalent explosive; in that case, 1/100g is roughly 1kt TNT equivalent, and we're going to take minor damage to the buildings, thats why the pit is there, to deflect most of the blast upwards; things get less exciting from there. Use a torch to provide the energy to "interact" with the material.)
If this is simply standard chemical explosive, then 5g would be enough for a bullet, and the 1/100 of a gram will leave a minor scorch mark; if this is the case, repeat with 1g, to test material properties. Also, this may be a good material for electricity to thermal conversion; or perhaps the reverse, or even something more exotic; either way it could be usefull in making materials for either the fusion reactor or something else.
we could discover that it's 10x a basic modern gunpowder formulation, which means 1g is enough for 5 bullets or so (10g to an ammo case?). Given that
we should aim to produce 5 armor sets (nanofiber), and 1 high power sniper grade coil rifle, because there's some nasty stuff out there, and our guns were not that useful against the leucrottas (10 people massed fire, and we still had trouble; we got lucky, and it could have been much worse).
"3. Their home colony was destroyed. As far as you understand, it was overrun by some sort of animal."
Describe the leukrottas to them, and the other animals we've seen to them, ask if it was any of them and what type of defenses they had, that were overrun. Offer them sanctuary
We are happy for these guys to stay with us, as we can feed ourselves; also, with the extra farmers they have, they can more than provide for themselves.
Offer the kids apprenticeship as builders, farmers, or engineers; maby tobias could take one on also, and teach him about radio... See what they, and/or their parents would like; we're short on most areas. Also, ask around to see if anyone would like to found the First Spes School as a teacher. (not sure on the age of the kids .. may adjust this once we have more info; or even what Ebbor thinks is appropriate child care post-Apocalypse)
Also, ask if any of them has some real cooking skills ...
Nanofactory:
5 scientists a)ensure all resources are supplied (for the future, could you assume that we want to consume wood every week for superconducting wire construction, and we want to do an elemental sort on the iron; we'll need the wire and magnets), then see if it is possible to create more creator nanites.
5 scientists design nanites to create basic and advanced electronics, (i'd assume that one requires an extra nanite batch compared to the other; also, we only have 1 creator batch, so i'd assume that only the base electronics nanites would get done).
Nanites: powder(on), powder(off x2), s.c.wire(on), sort (on), TODO: electronics,advanced electronics_1, a.e 2?
5 scientists use a couple of m of superconding wire, and some electronics to improve the efficiency of the motors, which should give us better distance we can travel, combined with a better speed-burst when needed. They also use a second basic electronics, and one of our torches to add spare charge capacity, so that it can make the trip. (by our energy units, those capacitors are very high tech - able to store so much power in a portable device). This includes the extra weight of the 2 armor plates needed.
the 5 blacksmiths fire up the forge, and along with 4 scientists and 3 drivers, design and make some armor plates for the buggy (6 plates is enough for a 10 person car, 2 plates should be good for a 2 person buggy?). Maintaining speed is a priority; ie, only make them strong enough to screen attacks from the pack animals that we've seen, we still need to be able to out-run the leuks. The other 5 drivers help fit the armor to the buggy, and with the electronics systems upgrades, as needed.
6 engineers help and they create the frames for a coil rifle, then they make bullets (ie, just the shaped metal; if the powder is appropriate we will assemble ammo out of the bullets and powder, also these bullets would be suitable for use in the coil gun (design them so they take the same caliber bullets; lead would be better, but iron bullets will be quite armor-piercing, but have a bit less punch than the heavier,softer, lead based bullets. Iron, being conductive, is also perfect for coil gun ammo).
5 engineers look at the mess the builders have made over the last 2 weeks trying to build wind covers without a design and spend the week fixing the problems with their failed designs. Perhaps we need to use some metal poles to support it?
the same 5 scientists who worked on the bunker last week, again try to gain entry through the blast door.
10 soldiers (5 guns, 5 swords) do another water run 5 soldiers (axes) go along to collect some wood (also 15 people is better than 10 if anything unusual happens)
16 farmers farm
4 farmers, 3 builders build an apple orchid (they ask if the refugee farmers want to help, having something constructive in their life might help them).
the 3 civilians process the rest of the grain.
Tobias talks with Sophia about the radio, tests the communications (low power), and organises some communication agreements (call signs, frequencies, code-words, etc ...). An engineer spends the week scanning the radio spectrum, wondering if the wandering animal attacks have caused any radio reports. He also checks to see if he can do a passive listen to whatever the recon sat is transmitting. If so, he feeds the signal to the computer for conversion to an image.
James spends the week organizing the refugees (as outlined above).
10 soldiers guard
Varinius, 10 soldiers and 6 engineers help out where needed, or rest otherwise.
(Varinius is interested in both the buggy, to ensure it is able to make it, and the gun prototype, to see how it compares to his solar powered rifle)
