Babylon 5: Outrageous Fortune

[Friday]

"Well it looks like the least of our worries should be the people inside..since it doesn't look like anyone is in any shape to do anything" says Vector, "Do you think there's a way we can make the lock think we can cycle in?"

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

"Ahh, a job worthy of a Tinker! Let me take a look....."

Kirth will have a look at the mechanism of the lock and commence 'gnome engineering' it to see what he can pull off.

relevant skills : mechanical +5, electronic +8, computer use +11, subterfuge(?) +6

 

[Dr Simon]

As Kirth spoofs the doors to the vehicle, the communication link in your helmets suddenly gives out a screech of interference noise, and the sky momentarily lights up. A shuttlecraft, standard Earth-made atmospheric model, rockets over the top of the nearby icy crests and shoots across the crater, narrowly missing the far rim. It ploughs into the grey dust on the far side, some parts flying into the air with a brief bloom of flame. Then all is still. Perhaps Croft was right about the group attracting derelict vehicles?

"...that? Repeat, this is Sorensen to anyone who can hear, are you guys okay out there? Come in please. Are you receiving me?" Lars' voice comes in on the comms, as the interference fades.

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Crawler is open, by the way.
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[Shayuri]

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Ash mutters. Then she answers the comm.

"Lars, this is Ashley. We're all okay over here, and we just opened the other crawler. An Earth-made shuttlecraft just flew past and crashed on the far side of the crater though! Did you get any communications from it? Any idea what that interference was just now?"

 

[Dr Simon]

"All systems went dead for a moment," says Lars. "Some kind of EMP, I think. What's the situation over there? We need to check on that fallen ship in case there are survivors. Or salvage," he adds.

 

[Dr Simon]

OOC: 's a bump from me. You could try to get the abandoned crawler working, check around for any clues about what happened to the crew, or head over to the crashed shuttle in Lars' crawler.

So many wrecks...

 

[Shayuri]

"An EMP," Ash repeats. "Any chance you can find the source of that? And could that knock out the crawler too? I don't want us to turn into Wreck Number Three."

She looks around to find Kirth. "Hey, can you tell what happened to the controls of this crawler? Were they disabled?"

 

[Dr Simon]

There is a long pause before Lars' voice comes back over the comms.

"Nah, we're good here," he says. Sakura and Max look visibly relieved, the most emotion you've seen the camera-guy display. "All systems back on line and AOK. It happened when that shuttle came down, perhaps something on board caused it?" Lars doesn't sound too sure about his conjecture.

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

"An EMP," Ash repeats. "Any chance you can find the source of that? And could that knock out the crawler too? I don't want us to turn into Wreck Number Three."

She looks around to find Kirth. "Hey, can you tell what happened to the controls of this crawler? Were they disabled?"

Kirth will check out the controls of the crawler and see what the situation is there. Smiling up at Ash he says, "Give me just a moment, please?" Figuring the crawler needs a power source, he says, "Umm, could someone pass me some jumper cables so we can jump this motor off from our vehicle?"

 

[Dr Simon]

Kirth gives the other crawler a once-over; seems all in working order, and with a power boost from the other crawler it could probably even be got moving without too much difficulty. There are a few niggling faults caused by the damage that won't be a problem immediately but might need addressing before attempting a long journey, say, back to Tribon City.

Then he notices that the intercom is signalling (a) saved messages and (b) incoming message.

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"Niggling faults" mean a Technical (electronics) and Technical (mechanics) DC 12 check each to fix.
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