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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 2820199" data-attributes="member: 17691"><p>Mindful of the many tasks it yet needs performed, DRK-1X continues to closely monitor the research facility's ever diminishing power reserves. Still in contact with the Ari's Sorrow's onboard computer through its comlink, 1X transmits the commands for the vessel to open its cargo compartment hatches as well as to unlock its refueling hookup ports. With but a thought and a revolution of its scomplink probe, the probot retasks four of the droids in the hangar bay. In unison they begin dragging out and connecting the many hoses which will deliver the fuel and other expendables to the fighter's storage tanks. As the ship refuels, 1X retasks ten med-droids to begin moving bacta containers out of storage areas, up to the hangar and into the Ari's Sorrow's empty cargo bay. Any empty bacta containers in the facility are to be brought to the labs, filled by draining the contents of the larger tanks themselves, carefully resealed, wheeled back up to the hangar and then loaded into the fighter. The three remaining droids are instructed to move from lab to lab, to gather whatever hard-copy research notes or datapads there and to dispose of them in the same manner as they did the bodies.</p><p></p><p>While the droids undertake their new labours, 1X turns its attention to the mainframe itself. It begins systematically erasing all the facility's research data, operational records and personal logs and any other data which might reveal the purpose and history of the facility. As the erasure progresses, DRK-1X monitors the effectiveness of the purge to ensure the data is rendered truly irretrievable. It takes special care to ensure that any data pertaining to the remote backup facility and its location is destroyed. The only data 1X leaves in the mainframe is its fundamental operating system; the various programs it uses to control the facility's many mechanisms.</p><p></p><p>Once all the facility's surplus bacta containers have been loaded aboard the fighter, 1X then retasks the droids to begin disconnecting and moving filled bacta tanks from the closest lab into the fighter's cargo bay along with whatever weapons were collected earlier. As many bacta tanks will be loaded as is possible while ensuring enough space will be left aboard for five of the med-droids themselves along with their remote processor and tandem-wave transmitter unit.</p><p></p><p>At every step DRK-1X, still nestled deep inside the mainframe, will continue to carefully monitor the remaining power reserves and ensuring that enough will be left to complete the tasks, prioritizing if necessary. Once the Ari's Sorrow is refueled and loaded with the bacta, the tanks and the weapons, the spherical probot begins programming the mainframe for its final functions. Silently, twelve of the droids are to return to the storeroom and power themselves down (with help from a thirteenth droid if necessary). The remaining droids are to be preprogrammed to go to their remote processor and tandem-wave transmitter unit, disconnect it, transport it to the hangar, load it and themselves into the Ari's Sorrow's cargo bay and then power down. The mainframe is then to begin a time delay sequence of events in which the proper doors are opened and closed , and lifts activated sequentially to allow 1X to reach the vessel and power it up. After a set amount of time the mainframe will then open the hangar doors and delay a few moments before reclosing and sealing them. Finally the mainframe, having completed its final task, is to power down all systems in the facility along with itself to conserve whatever power reserves remain, for an indefinite period of time.</p><p></p><p>Having programmed this series of events, DRK-1X changes all of the facility's security codes before pulling its own Code out of the computer core. The probot's tiny scomplink probe finally ceases spinning, retracts and folds down snugly into 1X's chassis. Once more limited to the confines of its own frame, DRK-1X slowly traces an arc through the air to the door in the shell's opposite wall. Without slowing down, 1X passes through the door just at the moment it opens. Behind it the mainframe shell door slides shut just as the next door before 1X slides open. Using its infrared sensor pod and digital floorplan of the facility, 1X makes its way up towards the hangar. Doors open and close as the probot floats along, seemingly of their own accord.</p><p></p><p>When the black spherical droid finally reaches the Ari's Sorrow, all is in readiness for departure. DRK-1X floats in through the open hatch towards the cockpit. Once more deploying its scomplink probe, 1X connects itself to the vessel's onboard computer. As the probe slowly begins to spin in the port, the hatch and cargo bay doors close. A low rumbling from the rear of the vessel and the sudden appearance of glowing lights on the console before it indicate that the vessel is beginning its power-up sequence as instructed. A few moments later, the hangar doors overhead begin to pull apart as the ship lifts off the hangar bay floor and folds up its landing gear. Keeping its running lights off, the Ari's Sorrow lifts up into the sky, quickly ascending towards orbit. Far below the hangar doors once more close and seal themselves as the mainframe deep in the facility's bottom-most level powers down, perhaps for the last time.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://swg.stratics.com/content/gallery/images/744_hutt_fighter_heavy_s01.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: SandyBrown"><strong>M12-L Kimogila class heavy fighter</strong></span></a></p><p></p><p>[SBLOCK=OOC]<span style="color: Gray">Depending on how much time and energy is left available, 1X would like the suffocating/dying rancors to be euthanized by the med-droids and their carcasses likewise disposed of in whatever bio-disposal facility is available. Since the facility is set up with so much large bulky equipment, supplies and specimens I'm assuming that there are some kind of gurneys or repulsorlift pads lying around that the droids can use to help them complete all the labours I've detailed above. If not let me know how much they can accomplish in the time left and I'll prioritize.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">Ideally, 1X would like to leave the facility devoid of any organic material and research data before locking the place down with the leftover equipment and supplies. It'd also be desirable to leave the place with token amount of reserve energy left for later; enough to open a few doors and maybe turn on a few lights if anyone ever comes back here. 1X would also like to check to see how/if the exterior of the hangar doors are concealed on the surface. If they're visible 1X might take steps to camouflage them before leaving. This place could make a great base of operations in the future if it could be kept intact and hidden. All it really needs is a new reactor or perhaps a bunch of Gonk power droids to bring it back to life.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">1X's intention is to leave the surface of Dantooine, carefully program a jump to the coordinates and then circle around the system's Star to briefly search for this mysterious space station. If 1X could find the station then it might be able to contact someone there and try brokering a deal to trade some bacta for a replacement aft shield generator. 1X could replace it itself while in transit.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">BTW, whereabouts in the galaxy are the mysterious coordinates? Which region? What are the closest known systems around it? How long will it take to get there?</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">Edit: Okay, after having slept on it it occurred to me that I may be wearing my stupid hat again... Are the mysterious coordinates within this system, perhaps on the other side of the system's star along Dantooine's orbit? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </span>[/SBLOCK]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 2820199, member: 17691"] Mindful of the many tasks it yet needs performed, DRK-1X continues to closely monitor the research facility's ever diminishing power reserves. Still in contact with the Ari's Sorrow's onboard computer through its comlink, 1X transmits the commands for the vessel to open its cargo compartment hatches as well as to unlock its refueling hookup ports. With but a thought and a revolution of its scomplink probe, the probot retasks four of the droids in the hangar bay. In unison they begin dragging out and connecting the many hoses which will deliver the fuel and other expendables to the fighter's storage tanks. As the ship refuels, 1X retasks ten med-droids to begin moving bacta containers out of storage areas, up to the hangar and into the Ari's Sorrow's empty cargo bay. Any empty bacta containers in the facility are to be brought to the labs, filled by draining the contents of the larger tanks themselves, carefully resealed, wheeled back up to the hangar and then loaded into the fighter. The three remaining droids are instructed to move from lab to lab, to gather whatever hard-copy research notes or datapads there and to dispose of them in the same manner as they did the bodies. While the droids undertake their new labours, 1X turns its attention to the mainframe itself. It begins systematically erasing all the facility's research data, operational records and personal logs and any other data which might reveal the purpose and history of the facility. As the erasure progresses, DRK-1X monitors the effectiveness of the purge to ensure the data is rendered truly irretrievable. It takes special care to ensure that any data pertaining to the remote backup facility and its location is destroyed. The only data 1X leaves in the mainframe is its fundamental operating system; the various programs it uses to control the facility's many mechanisms. Once all the facility's surplus bacta containers have been loaded aboard the fighter, 1X then retasks the droids to begin disconnecting and moving filled bacta tanks from the closest lab into the fighter's cargo bay along with whatever weapons were collected earlier. As many bacta tanks will be loaded as is possible while ensuring enough space will be left aboard for five of the med-droids themselves along with their remote processor and tandem-wave transmitter unit. At every step DRK-1X, still nestled deep inside the mainframe, will continue to carefully monitor the remaining power reserves and ensuring that enough will be left to complete the tasks, prioritizing if necessary. Once the Ari's Sorrow is refueled and loaded with the bacta, the tanks and the weapons, the spherical probot begins programming the mainframe for its final functions. Silently, twelve of the droids are to return to the storeroom and power themselves down (with help from a thirteenth droid if necessary). The remaining droids are to be preprogrammed to go to their remote processor and tandem-wave transmitter unit, disconnect it, transport it to the hangar, load it and themselves into the Ari's Sorrow's cargo bay and then power down. The mainframe is then to begin a time delay sequence of events in which the proper doors are opened and closed , and lifts activated sequentially to allow 1X to reach the vessel and power it up. After a set amount of time the mainframe will then open the hangar doors and delay a few moments before reclosing and sealing them. Finally the mainframe, having completed its final task, is to power down all systems in the facility along with itself to conserve whatever power reserves remain, for an indefinite period of time. Having programmed this series of events, DRK-1X changes all of the facility's security codes before pulling its own Code out of the computer core. The probot's tiny scomplink probe finally ceases spinning, retracts and folds down snugly into 1X's chassis. Once more limited to the confines of its own frame, DRK-1X slowly traces an arc through the air to the door in the shell's opposite wall. Without slowing down, 1X passes through the door just at the moment it opens. Behind it the mainframe shell door slides shut just as the next door before 1X slides open. Using its infrared sensor pod and digital floorplan of the facility, 1X makes its way up towards the hangar. Doors open and close as the probot floats along, seemingly of their own accord. When the black spherical droid finally reaches the Ari's Sorrow, all is in readiness for departure. DRK-1X floats in through the open hatch towards the cockpit. Once more deploying its scomplink probe, 1X connects itself to the vessel's onboard computer. As the probe slowly begins to spin in the port, the hatch and cargo bay doors close. A low rumbling from the rear of the vessel and the sudden appearance of glowing lights on the console before it indicate that the vessel is beginning its power-up sequence as instructed. A few moments later, the hangar doors overhead begin to pull apart as the ship lifts off the hangar bay floor and folds up its landing gear. Keeping its running lights off, the Ari's Sorrow lifts up into the sky, quickly ascending towards orbit. Far below the hangar doors once more close and seal themselves as the mainframe deep in the facility's bottom-most level powers down, perhaps for the last time. [URL=http://swg.stratics.com/content/gallery/images/744_hutt_fighter_heavy_s01.jpg][COLOR=SandyBrown][B]M12-L Kimogila class heavy fighter[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [SBLOCK=OOC][COLOR=Gray]Depending on how much time and energy is left available, 1X would like the suffocating/dying rancors to be euthanized by the med-droids and their carcasses likewise disposed of in whatever bio-disposal facility is available. Since the facility is set up with so much large bulky equipment, supplies and specimens I'm assuming that there are some kind of gurneys or repulsorlift pads lying around that the droids can use to help them complete all the labours I've detailed above. If not let me know how much they can accomplish in the time left and I'll prioritize. Ideally, 1X would like to leave the facility devoid of any organic material and research data before locking the place down with the leftover equipment and supplies. It'd also be desirable to leave the place with token amount of reserve energy left for later; enough to open a few doors and maybe turn on a few lights if anyone ever comes back here. 1X would also like to check to see how/if the exterior of the hangar doors are concealed on the surface. If they're visible 1X might take steps to camouflage them before leaving. This place could make a great base of operations in the future if it could be kept intact and hidden. All it really needs is a new reactor or perhaps a bunch of Gonk power droids to bring it back to life. 1X's intention is to leave the surface of Dantooine, carefully program a jump to the coordinates and then circle around the system's Star to briefly search for this mysterious space station. If 1X could find the station then it might be able to contact someone there and try brokering a deal to trade some bacta for a replacement aft shield generator. 1X could replace it itself while in transit. BTW, whereabouts in the galaxy are the mysterious coordinates? Which region? What are the closest known systems around it? How long will it take to get there? Edit: Okay, after having slept on it it occurred to me that I may be wearing my stupid hat again... Are the mysterious coordinates within this system, perhaps on the other side of the system's star along Dantooine's orbit? :o [/COLOR][/SBLOCK] [/QUOTE]
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