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[Varee]

((If am not wearing rad protection then i demand that that roll is a 5 with danger close))


See if it is possible to get sample of the inner layer if not try make the hole bigger.

[Playergamer]

-"I'll go with you. You'll need someone who knows how to fight, just in case."

[_DivideByZero_]

((If am not wearing rad protection then i demand that that roll is a 5 with danger close))

((It would be a 3+2/8*6 ~= 4 if you were in danger. Let's assume your character is sane and kept the sample in a box.))

See if it is possible to get sample of the inner layer if not try make the hole bigger.

[5] Rise, and repeat. Controlling the rover carefully with the joystick in the control room, you dig out another chunk of the inner layer. In fact, it's layers and layers all the way down. The rover will run out of power before it gets all the way through. You discover at least 8 layers before bringing back the samples and finding that each layer is made of the same material.

New Miniquest: Destructive Learning (Deal damage through science: 1/3)

[Samarkand]

-"If you determine the type of radiation you can better understand the risks. If it's a alpha emitter you need not worry, low energy beta can be handled by glass."

[Varee]

-"I didnt hope to find much anyway. Let go back to bed till we arrive at gaia"

[_DivideByZero_]

-"If you determine the type of radiation you can better understand the risks. If it's a alpha emitter you need not worry, low energy beta can be handled by glass."

((Just a note: Your ship doesn't have any windows.))

-"I didnt hope to find much anyway. Let go back to bed till we arrive at gaia"

Firing off the engines and heading to Gaia would get you there, yes, but your ship's drive engine flare would be visible from across the system. Fortunately, you realize, your ship was behind the planet when you made some burns over Artosis, meaning that the inhabitants of Gaia would not be able to see the flare. You can wait for another opportunity and do the same thing to stay hidden when you make the burn to reach Gaia. You will not be able to mask your insertion into Gaia's orbit, however. You can either announce your presence now or do it at the last moment.

One last option, to stay hidden, would be to simply travel to Aphrodite. Then, you would be able to refuel and travel to Gaia when needed, at the same time getting a closer look at the locals. You can make your burn to insert into Aphrodite orbit when your ship would be eclipsed by the planet.

[Samarkand]

-"If you determine the type of radiation you can better understand the risks. If it's a alpha emitter you need not worry, low energy beta can be handled by glass."

((Just a note: Your ship doesn't have any windows.))

((I was thinking even safety for the sample we have.))

[Varee]

No point hiding, just fire the engine and send. Out distress signal

[_DivideByZero_]

Roll 27 - Excelsior!
Months Elapsed: 28

No point hiding, just fire the engine and send. Out distress signal

You plot a course and set the ship to wake you if there's any response. Then, you and the rest of the crew go to sleep for a long while as the ship approaches the blue-green bead on the nav screen.


During your approach, your presence was mostly unheeded, at least directly. Radio chatter increased significantly, but no actual attempts at communication were received from the world. Accounting for light-lag, the amount of communications spiked a couple of local days--equal to 23 hours each--after your engine flare was rendered visible. Your 'distress signal,' which amounted to little more than words pleading for help in a barely encoded English transmission, did not elicit a response in kind.

As you approach the world, you acquire a visual. City lights dot the dark side of the world, although only sparsely outside of supposed major urban centers. Heat signatures over the oceans indicate that airline traffic is present, although sparse. The planet's gravity well is small enough that your tiny shuttle can actually take off from its surface.

Spoiler: Statistics (click to show/hide)

Mass: 0.13 Earths
Radius: 3378 km
Atmospheric Pressure: 1.1 bar
Current Orbit Height: 3578 km
Launch DeltaV to Ship Orbit: 3863 m/s

Your shuttle can use the atmosphere to glide down, effectively negating the deltaV cost of landing. This means that as long as you refuel again (using Hydrogen/Oxygen mixture), at the Anaxagoras you can make repeated trips to the surface.



Before you get going, you take note of the fact that there are satellites in orbit. Not many, your ship's computer counts about 300. Next, you survey a landing zone. Your shuttle is going to want to land on some plains, preferably. The planet's surface is rough and mountainous, making suitable landing spots rare, but your computer manages to optimize a path for the shuttle such that you will touchdown on an open stretch of plain near the equatorial coast. How will you prepare?


Characters

Spoiler: Varee, AKA Vex (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
0
1
3
Styles:
Cowardice [1]
Traits:
Nearsighted (No bonuses from attributes, traits, styles, and statuses when not wearing glasses.)
Fragile (-1 to injury recovery rolls.)
Space Engineer (+1 to ship/station maintainence and construction.)
Starship Pilot (+1 starship agility.)
Acrobat(+1 agility while airborne.)
Athletic(+1 agility.)
Rescue Operations (+2 to helping people from falls and accidents)
Danger Close (+2 to rolls when in danger of radiation, heat, or explosions)
Inventory:
Glasses
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Miniquests:
Fast Reflexes (Respond to danger: 2/3)
Immunity (Have injuries treated: 1/2)
Exterminator (Kill pests: 1/3)
Destructive Learning (Deal damage through science: 1/3)
Statuses:

Spoiler: Samarkand, AKA Sophie Nous (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
2
3
1
Styles:
Silent, but Deadly [2]
Drunkometer:
Last Drank Expires: Turn 30
Base Penalty: -1 per 5 (Max -3)
Base Bonus: +2
Traits:
PTSD (When surrounded by 3 or more enemies, roll a dice. If the result is 1, gain a -1 penalty for a number of turns equal to the number of attackers.)
Kleptomaniac (+1 to stealing small objects. -1 to all other actions if you are able to.)
Vegetarian (-1 to eating meat. +1 to eating vegetables.)
Artistic Intent (+1 to identifying the purpose of objects. DYNAMIC TRAIT: Rolling a 5 increases the bonus.)
Legendary MacGyvering (+3 to crafting items without proper tools, no penalty for lacking tools to repair)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Glass Bottle Top
 - With stealth holster
Long Magnetic Grabber
Excelsior (A sharp dagger with weight balance perfectly suited to all sorts of tricks and strikes. +2 masterwork bonus)
Miniquests:
Craftsmanship (Create items without 3d printer: 2/3)
Statuses:

Spoiler: IcyTea31, AKA Harry Shine (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
1
3
0
Styles:
The Sweeper [1]
Traits:
Ignorant (-1 to actions requring extensive training.)
Butterfly of DOOM! (Getting a 2, 3, or 4 gives you a -1 penalty for a random roll in the future.)
Almighty Janitor (Gain access to secret info about people, specifically the blackmailable kind.)
Hitchhiker (Your life seems to be narrated.)
Existential Crisis(You can force people to consider the meaning of their existence for a turn, temporarily stunning them.)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Disinfectant Wipes (x30)
SpacePen™
Scotch
=Steel Mop=
Panel Key
Miniquests:
Resourceful (Perform actions unconventionally: 1/3)
Plot Shielding (1/3 5's rolled)
Statuses:
Ominous Butterfly [2] (Gives a -1 to a random action)

Spoiler: Alev, AKA Philbert Russel (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
2
1
1
Styles:]
Whack n' Slash [1]
Traits:
Jumpy (After being startled, gain a -1 penalty for your next action.)
Fat (-1 agility.)
Cook (+1 to preparing food and identifying common spices.)
Security Guard (+1 to counter-agression and capturing opponents in flight.)
Detective (+1 to finding missing things.)
Connoisseur (Gain +1 to all actions for three turns after tasting a new food.)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Whacking Stick
2x Sulfuric Acid Can
1x Hydrochloric Acid Can
Lead Dioxide
Sharp 3D-Printed Seax
Miniquests:

Spoiler: DarkArtemisFowl, AKA Katelyn Materos (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
0
1
2
2
Styles:
Self Defense Only [1]
Traits:
Eagle Eye (+1 perception. Effect is lost while not wearing glasses.)
Weak (-1 Force during physical actions)
Structural/Mechanical Engineer (+1 to structure/machine maintainence and construction.)
Visionary (Each time you roll below a 4, gain one point. At 6 points, you may spend all points to roll an automatic 5 (regardless of modifiers) on your next Wisdom-related action.)
Yeah Teamwork! (+2 to other player's actions when working together in close proximity)
Inventory:
Basic Toolkit (Can be used to repair electronics and piping)
Square-Framed Glasses
Short-circuited Radio Communicator
Extended Hook
Miniquests:
Scrupulous (Find small/hidden objects: 1/3)
Statuses:
Exhausted (-1 to physical activity)
Vision [7/6]

Spoiler: Playergamer, AKA Jim Leifsson (click to show/hide)

Attributes:
1
3
0
1
Styles:
Pistol Whip [1]
Traits:
Well-Studied (+2 to training the ship's crew. Additionally, gain additional information on thawed crew occasionally.)
Tactician (When you make the first strike against the target, gain +3 to all subsequent initiative rolls involving them. Nearby allies in the fight gain +1 instead.)
Bound by Law (-2 to damage rolls against fleeing, unarmed, or non-hostile targets.)
Expendable (+1 to damage rolls against you)
Inventory:
Radio Communicator
Toolkit
Rusty 9mm Pistol (Damage: 1d6. Also, roll a d3 when attacking. The result is subtracted from your damage roll. Less than 1 results in the weapon jamming.)
Miniquests:
Statuses
Small cuts on hands and shoulder (No infection risk)

Bridge Modules Installed:
-Dashboard
-Systems Panel
-Navigation Board
-Sensor Control
-Damage Report

Spoiler: Ship Dashboard (click to show/hide)

Current Transponder Setting:
Blank

Primary Systems

Fuel
DeltaV Capacity: 13200 m/s (Max: 45800 m/s)
Reactor
Output (min/current/max): 1MW / 1MW / 1GW
Current Fuel Usage: 25 kg/yr
Reactor Fuel Left: 2975 kg

Secondary Systems

Habitability:
Oxygen Pressure: 21 kPa (SAFE)
Cabin Temperature: 21°C
Crew
Current Reserve: 10,000 crew (250 supplies/yr)
Currently Active: 7 crew (7 supplies/yr)
Supplies
Total Supplies: 8,823 tonnes
Recycling Pool: 187 tonnes
Total Spare Parts: 999 tonnes
Supply Use:
+ 170 tonne/yr (hydroponics)
- 257 tonne/yr (crew)
Parts Use Use:
- 1 tonne/yr (maintenance)
Supply Time Remaining: ~100.3 yr

Spoiler: Systems Panel (click to show/hide)

Current Warning Status: Status Quo


Bulkhead Controls: OPERATIONAL

Atmosphere Pumps: OPERATIONAL

Surveillance: OPERATIONAL

Airlocks: OPERATIONAL

Power Controls: OPERATIONAL


Weapons Systems: PARTIALLY ARMED

Armament:
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Dinyo Gauss Rifle [Type: Kinetic] (Online) (Setting: Point Defense)
-Hamaar Industries Railgun [Type: Kinetic] (Online until auto-shutdown on turn 30)
-Anthropos Militarum M-1A Casaba Howitzer [Type: Nuclear Shaped Charge] (Locked--Enter Credentials)

Spoiler: Launch Control and Missions (click to show/hide)

Docked Craft:
3x Tanker class fuel transport (500t each) (Heavy tug for carrying supplies through orbits)
2x Wanderer scanner probe (100t each) (Provides two sensor power each for close-range scanning near where it is deployed. Relays info back via laser)
5x Scavenger remote ice miner (10t each) (Can be left on icy moons or planets to mine water, for use as propellant or supplies.)
18x Hummingbird atmospheric skimmer (2t each) (Light scout plane. Can only fly in atmospheres. Must be deployed from another craft, and is recovered off the surface by ground teams.)
2x Kite gas harvester (800t each) (used to collect hydrogen gas from gas giant atmospheres)
3x Predator class transport shuttle (75t each) (Can carry ten people. Uses highly versatile chemical rockets, but only has 50% of its mass dedicated to fuel storage.) (Current DeltaV: 5000 m/s)

Ongoing Missions:
None

Spoiler: Navigation Table (click to show/hide)

Current Location: Ares IV (desynchronized with moon)

When taking off, the Oberth Effect can give you free deltaV due to using your fuel deep in the gravity well

Destinations: Travel DeltaV Cost in m/s (+amount needed to land-Oberth effect gain when taking off) [+Travel time (months)]
Wormholes
-Antilla 48 Wormhole: 100 [0m]
-Beta Cepheus Wormhole: 800 [0m]
Planets
-Artosis: 32,000[24m]
-Gaia: In Orbit [0m]
-Heracles: 48,000 [18m]
Dwarf Planets
-Aphrodite: 8,000 [2m]
-Hades: 13,000 [8m]
-Hecate: 38,000 [14m]

Spoiler: Sensor Control (click to show/hide)

Current Sensor Power: 20
+20 from base

Curent Available Tasks:
-Proximity Scanners (-/-) (detects nearby objects in the same gravity well) +10
-Long-Range Scanners (-/-) (detects objects in the outer system) +10

Spoiler: Damage Report (click to show/hide)

Damage Report:
Primary Sensor Boom - Healthy
Impact Shield - Healthy
GravRing A - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Hydroponics - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
GravRing B - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Manufacturing - Healthy
 - Equipment Storage - Healthy
 - Laboratory - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
GravRing C - Healthy
 - Crew Cabin - Healthy
 - Bridge - Healthy
 - Sensors - Healthy
 - Elevator - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
Life Support Bay - Healthy
 - Cryonics Bay - Healthy
 - Water Treatment - Healthy
 - Atmosphere Control - Healthy
 - Life Systems Radiator - Healthy
Cargo - Healthy
Hangars - Healthy
Power Conduit - Healthy

Main Structural Pylon - Healthy

Power Conduit - Healthy
Radiation Shield - Healthy
Hazardous Materials Storage - Healthy
Propellant Tanks - Healthy
Reactor Core - Healthy
Drive Radiator Assembly - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin A - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin B - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin C - Healthy
 - Radiator Fin D - Healthy
Drive - Healthy

[Varee]

-"Well well we arrive. Whoever think they wanna be xeno diplomat are free to try talk to this guys. I will go patrol the ship for any more"damage""

[_DivideByZero_]

((Time to update this.))


As you awaken close to re-insertion, the technically-inclined members of the crew begin to peruse the logs regarding planetary data and information received over the course of the trip.

• One of the more peculiar things regarding the planet is its magnetic field. It is immensely powerful, ranging several times greater in strength than that of the model habitable planet, the legendary Earth, long abandoned by your sector's progenitors in the name of progress and extreme long-term investment. The magnetic field is perhaps necessary, considering the solar winds of the system's raging blue sun, eager to blow away any the atmosphere of any planetoid in its wake. A major side-effect is that the magnetosphere produces considerable amounts of radiation. This will make long-term spacewalks even more dangerous, and may require additional shielding on manned craft meant to stay in orbit for longer than a few days.
• Now that you are capable of getting a better view of the planet's skyline, it looks absolutely gorgeous and relatively untouched. At first, you figure that the inhabitants are an enlightened type, keeping their industry in space and preserving the planet's ecosystem that way, but after scanning through possible orbits you find that there is no spaceport, nor is there even any space traffic in the area.
• Your computer managed to crack some of the encryptions, revealing text-based transmissions in some sort of foreign language with a completely unknown alphabet and numerals. No audio or visual decoding, yet.
• On the night side of the planet, you can clearly see lights emanating from major population centers, mostly located near rivers and coastline. They are relatively sparse, and you only count twelve major sites along with a bunch of dim minors scattered around.