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<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy" data-source="post: 9271277" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>Day 2</p><p></p><p>Late on the second day on Mithral Helena was fiddling with the comms, as much to stave off boredom as anything else, when she picked something up. It is a standard distress signal which merely contained a location and a request for assistance. It could be any one of the missing people. I am thinking of them as the missing people, anyway. V thinks anyone who survived was probably taken by the attackers. If it is the missing air/raft then we might be able to make jury-rig something using the grav tech and at least be able to get off the planet and limp out of the gravity well of Mithral. If we can jump we will broad cast a distress signal as soon as we return to this universe. We are going to pack the ATV and drive to the location of the distress signal. Besides, how can we leave people stranded on a ball of ice. </p><p></p><p>Day 3</p><p>Helena thinks the distress signal is coming from about 2,000 km away. The ATV has good communication systems and she is certain she will be able to locate the origin when we are closer. We hope we can make the round trip in a few weeks. The ATV is typical of SW-er tech: solid and dependable, not as comfortable as one would like, a little low tech compared to Imperium stuff but absolutely up to the job in hand. It had all the tech we needed including radar and thermal imaging as well as video cameras. It also had a lot of survival equipment. A set-up like this would have made Gunn a pleasant hike! The big problem with it was that none of us had ever driven anything like it. Vasquez had driven some full-tracks but this was wheeled. We were going to have to go slow.</p><p></p><p>We went through the personal equipment on board. It had 4 cold weather kits with heavy coats, body-warmers, gloves, all the things you would expect. They also had detection badges which change colour when exposed to radiation or a selection of chemicals. We all brought some changes of clothes from the ship and got kitted out with our warm weather gear. Then something unsettling happened. As Peter as going the through the destroyed main entrance to the accommodation block on his way to pick up extra provisions for the journey his badge reacted. We looked using the PRIS goggles and found residual radiation which Vasquez thought is was from a particle beam weapon! She is certain that we are all safe, but I am a little worried. I will need to get some anti-rad pills for the medikit. </p><p></p><p>We set off. It is a bumpy ride but we are managing a good 25km+ per hour. The ATV navigation system has a reasonable map and it will take us two or three weeks to get there and back. We have plenty of extra food in case we have problems or the people we are rescuing need food. V took first shift. It was relatively warm today. So warm it was raining! This didn’t help as we were moving across snow plains, which require using the bulldozer attachment. I patched my comms though to the ATV’s systems and we all read about survival in cold climates. Gunn was cold but this is virtually arctic. My turn driving went poorly. I didn’t crash, but I was the slowest, I think.</p><p></p><p>Day 4</p><p></p><p>We got about 3 hours of driving in before the storm struck. It had turned cold in the night and was snowing heavily by the time we woke. But we weren’t prepared for the violence of the storm. Spectacular lighting displays lit the sky for several hours. When we got out to check in the morning the ATV was almost buried under snow, although the powerful engine didn’t complain when we started moving. We intended to drive as long as there was light but disaster struck. A bank of snow shifted while I was driving and it took a few hours to right the ATV. By that time it was dark. It was a miserable day. Helena played back some footage of Noreena doing skits back on Gunn, which cheered us up a little but made us miss the little’en.</p><p></p><p>Day 5</p><p></p><p>It was very cold today but only light snow. A similar thing happened to yesterday happened while V was driving. We were able to get the ATV out more quickly this time and it was only a minor delay. For most of the afternoon we were off the deep snow plains and made good time. </p><p></p><p>Day 6</p><p></p><p>We were woken up in the night by heavy hail. It continued all day and drove us spare. We came to the river but the ATV was easily able to cross it as it is fully amphibious. We were quite jubilant by the time we had crossed until we saw the wreck of an old ATV a little farther on. If we are wrecked we are going to die in the cold. </p><p></p><p>Day 7</p><p></p><p>A clear, if cold, day and good progress. </p><p></p><p>Day 8</p><p></p><p>Warmer today and sleet. It got even warmer when we came across a hot geyser. It was surrounded by a variety of grasses and bushes. Undoubtably by various animals too. It felt like an oasis of heat. I would have liked to stay longer if it wasn’t for three things. First, we are marooned on a hostile and virtually deserted planet, <em>again</em>, we need to rescue some kids and there were these weird parrot like birds which landed all over the ATV and started pecking at the antenna, which didn’t endear them to us. Peter shot one with his shotgun. There was a flock of them pecking at the corpse of reptile about the size of a Terran badger. </p><p></p><p>Day 9</p><p></p><p>It was colder and stormy all day. The storm proper only hit us after dark. We were woken up by the howling wind and hail. It’s frustrating being stuck in the ATV all the time and storms mean it is harder to get out and move around in the morning. We don’t want to miss too much daylight but a break would be nice. Even Noreena would have been irritable. We cheered up when Helena made contact with the Bothildrs. Their comms signal was weak but we did manage to let them know we are on our way.We should be arriving tomorrow. </p><p></p><p>Day 10</p><p></p><p>It has continued to be very cold, even for Mithral standards. Today we had to backtrack some distance after the channel we were following became deeper and deeper and eventually ended abruptly. We made less than half a day’s miles. We let the Bothildrs know. They were disappointed, but now they know that they are not abandoned didn't seem too upset by one extra day. </p><p></p><p>Day 11</p><p></p><p>Hail woke us up but at least a storm didn’t blow in. We made good progress and reached the Bothildr camp shortly after midday. They have rigged up a sort of fence around their camp made from wired-together scrub. They have two structures, one a living area and the other a work space. We stopped just outside the fence, jumped out and clambered over. Eric was standing outside the modules, behind a folding table. He ever so casually had a shotgun in his hand. It’s not surprising. They heard a distress signal from the base when it was attacked. Eric sized us up, asking us a few details about ourselves and the base. We had nob guns at our hips but we weren’t aggressive. After a few minutes his wife showed up sporting a short carbine which I’m sure was levelled at us a few moments before. They were concerned about the base and said there should have been three people there but didn’t know anything about any visitors. The air/raft wasn’t there. When the scrambled message came through that the base was having problems the 2 base staff with the Bothildrs decided to fly straight back to the base. Eric and Myntelle hadn’t liked this idea as it meant stranding them and their family with no means of transport and, as they were replying on the air/raft’s comms, without reliable comms. A fight had broken out and Eric decked Egil. The upshot of it was that Egil and Katrin had flown off into a storm. Eric appeared to feel awful that he had lost his composure with them. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eric suggested that we set off in the morning. He would pack their personal possessions - it was obvious that the modules were too large to fit in the ATV with all 6 of us - and Myntelle would cook. We handed over some of our rations, which were gratefully received and then the kids took us on a tour of the area. Egino, the son, and Runa, the daughter took us Peter and up to some of the caves they have been working in. Runa talked us through some of their parents ideas and findings. Apparently there was evidence of Aslan steelers on Mithral which pre-date Aslan use of jump technology. Runa argued that radioactive material, which was found by a previous (“And rather amateurish”) survey which also found the first Aslan rock carvings on Mithral, was evidence that thousands of years ago a ship was here. We weren’t all that interested but the kids were very keen so we tried to ask encourage them. The conversation continued over dinner. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Bothildrs know the direction the air/raft set off in and received a distress signal shortly after. But the signal stopped being received after a few hours and they didn’t have any means of transport anyway. I could sense them some 200km away, roughly in the direction the Myntelle had waved when describing the air/rafts direction. So both of them are still alive. We packed up their equipment and had an early night. We wanted to start early in the morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ptolemy, post: 9271277, member: 1412"] Day 2 Late on the second day on Mithral Helena was fiddling with the comms, as much to stave off boredom as anything else, when she picked something up. It is a standard distress signal which merely contained a location and a request for assistance. It could be any one of the missing people. I am thinking of them as the missing people, anyway. V thinks anyone who survived was probably taken by the attackers. If it is the missing air/raft then we might be able to make jury-rig something using the grav tech and at least be able to get off the planet and limp out of the gravity well of Mithral. If we can jump we will broad cast a distress signal as soon as we return to this universe. We are going to pack the ATV and drive to the location of the distress signal. Besides, how can we leave people stranded on a ball of ice. Day 3 Helena thinks the distress signal is coming from about 2,000 km away. The ATV has good communication systems and she is certain she will be able to locate the origin when we are closer. We hope we can make the round trip in a few weeks. The ATV is typical of SW-er tech: solid and dependable, not as comfortable as one would like, a little low tech compared to Imperium stuff but absolutely up to the job in hand. It had all the tech we needed including radar and thermal imaging as well as video cameras. It also had a lot of survival equipment. A set-up like this would have made Gunn a pleasant hike! The big problem with it was that none of us had ever driven anything like it. Vasquez had driven some full-tracks but this was wheeled. We were going to have to go slow. We went through the personal equipment on board. It had 4 cold weather kits with heavy coats, body-warmers, gloves, all the things you would expect. They also had detection badges which change colour when exposed to radiation or a selection of chemicals. We all brought some changes of clothes from the ship and got kitted out with our warm weather gear. Then something unsettling happened. As Peter as going the through the destroyed main entrance to the accommodation block on his way to pick up extra provisions for the journey his badge reacted. We looked using the PRIS goggles and found residual radiation which Vasquez thought is was from a particle beam weapon! She is certain that we are all safe, but I am a little worried. I will need to get some anti-rad pills for the medikit. We set off. It is a bumpy ride but we are managing a good 25km+ per hour. The ATV navigation system has a reasonable map and it will take us two or three weeks to get there and back. We have plenty of extra food in case we have problems or the people we are rescuing need food. V took first shift. It was relatively warm today. So warm it was raining! This didn’t help as we were moving across snow plains, which require using the bulldozer attachment. I patched my comms though to the ATV’s systems and we all read about survival in cold climates. Gunn was cold but this is virtually arctic. My turn driving went poorly. I didn’t crash, but I was the slowest, I think. Day 4 We got about 3 hours of driving in before the storm struck. It had turned cold in the night and was snowing heavily by the time we woke. But we weren’t prepared for the violence of the storm. Spectacular lighting displays lit the sky for several hours. When we got out to check in the morning the ATV was almost buried under snow, although the powerful engine didn’t complain when we started moving. We intended to drive as long as there was light but disaster struck. A bank of snow shifted while I was driving and it took a few hours to right the ATV. By that time it was dark. It was a miserable day. Helena played back some footage of Noreena doing skits back on Gunn, which cheered us up a little but made us miss the little’en. Day 5 It was very cold today but only light snow. A similar thing happened to yesterday happened while V was driving. We were able to get the ATV out more quickly this time and it was only a minor delay. For most of the afternoon we were off the deep snow plains and made good time. Day 6 We were woken up in the night by heavy hail. It continued all day and drove us spare. We came to the river but the ATV was easily able to cross it as it is fully amphibious. We were quite jubilant by the time we had crossed until we saw the wreck of an old ATV a little farther on. If we are wrecked we are going to die in the cold. Day 7 A clear, if cold, day and good progress. Day 8 Warmer today and sleet. It got even warmer when we came across a hot geyser. It was surrounded by a variety of grasses and bushes. Undoubtably by various animals too. It felt like an oasis of heat. I would have liked to stay longer if it wasn’t for three things. First, we are marooned on a hostile and virtually deserted planet, [I]again[/I], we need to rescue some kids and there were these weird parrot like birds which landed all over the ATV and started pecking at the antenna, which didn’t endear them to us. Peter shot one with his shotgun. There was a flock of them pecking at the corpse of reptile about the size of a Terran badger. Day 9 It was colder and stormy all day. The storm proper only hit us after dark. We were woken up by the howling wind and hail. It’s frustrating being stuck in the ATV all the time and storms mean it is harder to get out and move around in the morning. We don’t want to miss too much daylight but a break would be nice. Even Noreena would have been irritable. We cheered up when Helena made contact with the Bothildrs. Their comms signal was weak but we did manage to let them know we are on our way.We should be arriving tomorrow. Day 10 It has continued to be very cold, even for Mithral standards. Today we had to backtrack some distance after the channel we were following became deeper and deeper and eventually ended abruptly. We made less than half a day’s miles. We let the Bothildrs know. They were disappointed, but now they know that they are not abandoned didn't seem too upset by one extra day. Day 11 Hail woke us up but at least a storm didn’t blow in. We made good progress and reached the Bothildr camp shortly after midday. They have rigged up a sort of fence around their camp made from wired-together scrub. They have two structures, one a living area and the other a work space. We stopped just outside the fence, jumped out and clambered over. Eric was standing outside the modules, behind a folding table. He ever so casually had a shotgun in his hand. It’s not surprising. They heard a distress signal from the base when it was attacked. Eric sized us up, asking us a few details about ourselves and the base. We had nob guns at our hips but we weren’t aggressive. After a few minutes his wife showed up sporting a short carbine which I’m sure was levelled at us a few moments before. They were concerned about the base and said there should have been three people there but didn’t know anything about any visitors. The air/raft wasn’t there. When the scrambled message came through that the base was having problems the 2 base staff with the Bothildrs decided to fly straight back to the base. Eric and Myntelle hadn’t liked this idea as it meant stranding them and their family with no means of transport and, as they were replying on the air/raft’s comms, without reliable comms. A fight had broken out and Eric decked Egil. The upshot of it was that Egil and Katrin had flown off into a storm. Eric appeared to feel awful that he had lost his composure with them. Eric suggested that we set off in the morning. He would pack their personal possessions - it was obvious that the modules were too large to fit in the ATV with all 6 of us - and Myntelle would cook. We handed over some of our rations, which were gratefully received and then the kids took us on a tour of the area. Egino, the son, and Runa, the daughter took us Peter and up to some of the caves they have been working in. Runa talked us through some of their parents ideas and findings. Apparently there was evidence of Aslan steelers on Mithral which pre-date Aslan use of jump technology. Runa argued that radioactive material, which was found by a previous (“And rather amateurish”) survey which also found the first Aslan rock carvings on Mithral, was evidence that thousands of years ago a ship was here. We weren’t all that interested but the kids were very keen so we tried to ask encourage them. The conversation continued over dinner. The Bothildrs know the direction the air/raft set off in and received a distress signal shortly after. But the signal stopped being received after a few hours and they didn’t have any means of transport anyway. I could sense them some 200km away, roughly in the direction the Myntelle had waved when describing the air/rafts direction. So both of them are still alive. We packed up their equipment and had an early night. We wanted to start early in the morning. [/QUOTE]
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