Leif's DISCONTINUED GURPS Traveller Game -- IC01

[Centisteed]

"Raagh!" Gruffle says in frustration as he tries to figure
out what is wrong with the Siezerhausen valve on the
JumpDrive but cannot figure out what's wrong. He gives
it a good bang with the palm of his hand & heads to the
pilot area.

"So it looks like we're heading to Burtson? Does anyone
have any knowledge about this planet?"

 

[Leif]

Re-Fueling Stop Arrival -- Burtson/Trin's Veil -- Gruffle

[sblock=Gruffle -- Starship mechanic on-call]

"Raagh!" Gruffle says in frustration as he tries to figure
out what is wrong with the Siezerhausen valve on the
JumpDrive but cannot figure out what's wrong. He gives
it a good bang with the palm of his hand & heads to the
pilot area.

Shayuri is correct in her post following this one --- SUCCESS! I thought I had responded more positively earlier. Maybe in the OOC?[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

"Run of the mill agri-planet," Zoe replies to Gruffle with a yawn. "No weapons off the port. And probably best not to trash talk the local Marquis since it looks like the population's pretty firmly under his thumb. Other than that, nothing much to report."

She powers down the console and ship and heads over to the ramp.

"Gruff, you coming?"

(OOC - Note, you rolled 8 with a skill of 12. That means you succeeded, and with a margin of 4...that's a pretty solid success. Remember in GURPS the goal is to roll -equal or under- your skill rating. )

 

[Leif]

Re-Fueling Stop Arrival -- Burtson/Trin's Veil en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil

OOC: Anybody going to say anything to the passengers, or are you just going to trust Jimmy to keep them corralled and within lasso range?

IC: Jason Wenceslaus is eager to see what Burtson's StarPort has to offer. "Man, I hope they've got a good selection at the 'package store' here. A man could get mighty thirsty between here and Edenelt. Say, when should we be back? You can give a guy a few hours, can't you?"

 

[Centisteed]

Gruffle

To Zoe, "Sure I'll be heading down with everyone
to take a look at the planet. We've been couped up
for about a week now & I might as well get out
& stretch my legs. And furthermore..."

Gruffle looks up & around at the ships infrastructure
as he listens to the sound of the engines & vibration
& winces a bit before he says to Zoe:
"...I'll be back in time for landing, let me go take a
look at this."

Gruffle heads back to the engineering room realizing that
banging the engine was of no use & was his own
lazy way of dismissing a problem. Suddenly, the
answer popped into his mind on what the problem
might be & so he opens one of the engine's control
panels to take a look inside.

[OOC: Using engineering - starships roll (8) from previous.]

After turning a few screws to lift the panel, a smell
is coming from inside & apparently a controlling
module for the engine has fried & is starting to get a
little smokey, just as Zoe is landing the ship...

Over the Intercom to the bridge (or cockpit) Gruffle
says,
"Zoe, looks like we have some engine trouble here. We're
going to need to replace this engine control module
before the next take off. From the look of it this one
module, though hard to read as its name is charred up
a bit, is totally fried! Looks like they had an Alistair 2010e
installed. Talk about cutting corners! I think we should
upgrade to a Zirtak 55e. The Zirtak's are more stable
than the Alistair's ever were. We might be able to get
by for awhile without one being operational, but I
wouldn't risk it for long. Gruffle, out."

Gruffle heads to his room to switch into his cargo
fatigues (cargo being lots of pockets in the shirts &
pants). Gruffle takes one of his laser pistols & pockets
it inside a vest zippered pocket near his waist.

(OOC: now the holdout roll)

 

[Leif]

Re-Fueling Stop Arrival -- Burtson/Trin's Veil en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil

OOC: Gruffle checks just to be sure, and sure enough there are two bright and shiny new spare engine control modules in ship's stores on the Zax Hakjohn Quik. However, they are both merely of the Alistair 2010e variety. The Zirtak 55e kind will have to be obtained from a suitable facility. Burtson might have one or two, but if not then Edenelt is all but a lock to have as many as you want, being an Imperial world with a Class V StarPort.

 

[Leif]

Re-Fueling Stop Arrival -- Burtson/Trin's Veil en route to Edenelt/Trin's Veil

The Zax touches down on Burtson with no further unexpected occurrences. Jason Wenceslaus is champing at the bit to get to a liquor store.... Gruffle checked on the way in, and there is a decent-sized salvage depot just inside the extrality line near the repair station.

[sblock=Scotley, reminiscing]
Remember this in a tv commercial from our younger days?
"Gee Boss, I always wanted to fix a trans-mish-eon!"
[/sblock]

 

[Centisteed]

Gruffle

Gruffle looks out the view port to check the weather on
Burtson to see what he's in for. To Kaira & Jimmy, Gruffle
says, "What are we going to do about this Jason fellow?
Should we confine him to quarters to keep him from
killing himself from alcoholic abuse? What's the story
with him anyway?"

Feeling extremely chummy, Gruffle decides he will tag
along with Zoe on the Burtson visit.

 

[Insight]

Gruffle looks out the view port to check the weather on
Burtson to see what he's in for. To Kaira & Jimmy, Gruffle
says, "What are we going to do about this Jason fellow?
Should we confine him to quarters to keep him from
killing himself from alcoholic abuse? What's the story
with him anyway?"

"Honestly," Kaira replies. "It's not our problem. We're not his mommy and daddy. If he wants to kill his liver, that's his choice. As long as he pays his way, I'll shuttle his half-dead corpse around the galaxy."

 

[Shayuri]

Zoe tilts a finger at Kaira and nods. "That," she says. "Right there. It's none of our biz what he does with his spare time since he's already paid. As for what his story is, you're better off not knowng. The more you know, the more you'll feel like you want to help and you can't. No one can but him."