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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 2980047" data-attributes="member: 17691">[sblock=OOC]If the permacrete detonators are so powerful why did the saboteurs bother installing more than one, or placing them on the various sub-systems, or even bother installing them behind the panels? It sounds like a single charge would have been sufficient to obliterate the entire hub along with all of its sub-systems and most likely the entire freighter with it. It seems like an over-complicated and ultimately pointless example of overkill.If 1X were to use the charges itself it'd have to be able to estimate a minimum safe distance for it from the point of detonation; could you at least ballpark the yield of one of these things for me?So how is the hub laid out? How many exits are there? Are there any hatches or doorways that cut off this part of the ship from the engine room in the aft or the bridge in the front? Are the vents going to remain open once the ship lifts off or is this area going to be sealed with its own atmosphere? Is there artificial gravity along the spine of the ship? Is there somewhere in the hub where 1X could stash the body to avoid crew members from tripping across it if they walk through the hub on the way to the engine section? Could it be stuffed behind the panels? If not, would it be possible to do so if the body were dismembered first?[/sblock]The spherical black droid's extended scomplink probe spins slowly with little more than a mechanical whir. As it does so, DRK-1X's consciousness begins to cautiously penetrate deeper into the freighter's onboard computer network. Remaining weary of its slicing tripping any alarms or drawing unwanted attention, the probot minds its Code carefully, attempting to navigate its way deftly through the sub-systems of the network.After establishing the freighter's operational status DRK-1X's turns its attention to attempting to locate Four's computer console and to create an isolated and protected network connection through which the two of them could communicate without continuing to transmit com-signals. Remaining cautious however, DRK-1X first attempts to access a visual and auditory pickup in the vicinity of the woman's console so that it can make certain she's not being observed directly before attempting to contact Four. When satisfied that it's precautions are adequate and that Four is clear DRK-1X sends a simple text message to appear at the bottom of Four's screen in small type: "Violet?"Continuing its subversion of the freighter's computer core, DRK-1X cautiously attempts to next access the ship's navigational logs, external sensor array and communications systems. The probot would need to control, at least in part, all three to prepare and transmit a course to Derek as well as to mask the fighter's presence while it would be trailing the freighter. While accessing the logs and com-systems 1X attempts to determine the intended purpose of the two Star Destroyers and whether or not they would be escorting the freighter once it reached orbit. If they did escort the freighter then much of the probot's preparations could be discarded as Derek could be expected to abort his part of the mission. Without the Ari's Sorrow following them, 1X would be required to find and secure an alternate means of escape from the cluster for itself, Dofina and Four.</blockquote>

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