Babylon 5: Outrageous Fortune

[Shayuri]

Ashley curses under her breath as she sees the damage, and realizes why there were no minds in the crawler. No living ones anyway.

"What would cause this kind of damage?" she asks. "It doesn't look like any weapon I've ever seen before. Is there some kind of natural explanation, like...some kind of super-hailstorm that this planet has?"

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

Kirth will inspect the damage and see what he can determine about a possible cause.

Technical (Electronics) 4 +1 CL2 +1 int +2 (CL3) = +8 =11
Technical (Mechanical) 4 +1 int = +5 = 19

elec; mech (1d20+8=11, 1d20+5=19)

[OOC: I tried to use ENWorlds dice, but couldn't even get it to execute the rolls properly]

 

[Dr Simon]

Kirth studies the damage. It looks pretty much like somebody has attacked the crawler with a can-opener. Not puncture damage from slug-throwers or Ashley's suggested super-hailstorm. More like lots of little rips and tears to the outer casing. Also dotted across the outside of the vehicle are pinpoint scorch-marks, like touches from an arc-welder. Further down the vehicle, Sakura is examining it too, watched by Max.

One thing is evident to Kirth, however. The damage is mostly superficial, not enough to disable the crawler.

[sblock=Vector]
In regards to Ashley's question, although the "weather" on Lison occasionally consists of falls of liquified gas, there is not enough of an atmosphere to sustain the kind of storm system that would lead to hail - the precipitation never reaches more than a fine mist.
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OOC: I haven't used the integrated roller yet, mainly because you need a post first, and I always roll the dice and compose based on the result. Feel free to use it, though, if you want.

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

"Well, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that this junkheap looks like hell. The good news, though, is that the vast majority of the damage is cosmetic and superficial. As near as I can tell, it should function about as well as it ever did."

 

[Friday]

"It's unlikely to be weather-related damage Ashley, our storms aren't noted for their substance as such..." says Vector, watching Kirth examine the vehicle, "The outer door is open...is there still atmos inside?"

Vector walks round to the outer door slowly to take a look.

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

Hearing the question causes Kirth's innate curiosity to smack itself upside the head, and he checks the instruments inside the helmet of his environmental suit placed conveniently where he can read them.

OOC: What is the atmospheric environment like here?

 

[Vertexx69]

Considering what they are reluctantly hoping to find out here on the desolate surface of this rock, Croft flips back through his mental rolladex to see if he can remember anything particularly shadow-techy or alien that might be able to do this kind of damage.

Knowledge: Shadows, Engineering (1d20+7=13, 1d20+2=15)

 

[Shayuri]

"It looks like something was trying to get in," Ashley says softly as she looks at the ravaged hull of the other vehicle. "Like...a pack of dogs was all over it, trying to rip their way inside."

She clears her throat and says, "Vector, be careful. Just because there's no people in there doesn't mean there's nothing there at all."

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

Kirth looks around nervously, "Anybody in here? Come out, come out, wherever you are!"

 

[Dr Simon]

There is no response to Kirth.

The outer door to the vehicle's airlock is open, but the inner door is still closed, and the instruments indicate that the vehicle's internal atmosphere has not been compromised. Whilst inspecting the airlock Vector finds that the e-suit glove lying on the floor still contains a hand, severed messily (again like it had been chewed) at the wrist and frozen solid.

[sblock=Kirth]
You notice a little red LED glowing behind Max's faceplate. The camera-guy is recording.
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[sblock=Croft]
The combination of the "chewing" and burn damage reminds Croft of the shadow-tech beetle-device the others showed him when he first met them. That had sharp metallic mandibles and the ability to produce electrical disharge, and would be able to make this kind of damage. Or rather, a whole lot of them could....[/sblock]