Maniacal
the green Napoleon
"Well then, I'm going to go check the engine. If anyone wants to come with me that would be great, there's probably everything we need in the cargo hold along the way too."
Rubrum's GURPS - United Humanity Long Distance Exploration
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Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
"I'll come with you." Gregory said. Way he figured it, for now he was just an elaborate bodyguard, he wouldn't be much help in restoring the ship's systems.
Duke Lawless
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"Count me in. Can't say I particularly feel like sitting here all on my own and twiddling my thumbs." Laszlo might not be of much use, but anything was better than doing nothing at all.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Nozomi then said "Count me in as well".
gm update post
The four crew members decided to rush it to the engine room. They headed to the staircase behind the UHLDE logo that was in the front of the room. This staircase could also lead back into the control room upstairs. This was the main accesses between floors.
They went down the stairs and ended up in a narrow 2 yards wide corridor that wasn't very long. There was a door on their left with a small window. Through the window, Gregory could see the airlock that allowed passage into the hangar bay. This is the room that had access to the middle hull; the idea was to have the factory, hangar bay and middle hull all interconnected to allow easy freight from the main cargo to Gliese 581g. Gregory could confirm what Fraser had noted; the large hangar bay panel door was opened and wide open space was visible in front.... From that angle though, outside he could see... Something. Um... Something very big. But only a tiny fraction of it, because of the small window. He knew that he could probably see it way better from the control room if they bothered to open the blinds of the dome window. It looked like... maybe another spacecraft?!?!!! He couldn't say.
Facing that door, Dr. Martin was looking through the small door window giving onto the engine room. He looked a little livid
Inside he could see a half circular room with large cables (1 foot diameter) running along the floor and the walls up to the ceiling. They all came from a bulky fission engine visible on the far wall, dotted by a lot of tiny blinking displays and lights. The room was basked in an orange hue made by the engine and some lights on the cables... On these cables were many... brown masses about 2 feet wide. However, a much larger brown mass was stuck on the engine itself. It seemed to... move... ever so slightly... It as an unpleasant sight.
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The four crew members decided to rush it to the engine room. They headed to the staircase behind the UHLDE logo that was in the front of the room. This staircase could also lead back into the control room upstairs. This was the main accesses between floors.
They went down the stairs and ended up in a narrow 2 yards wide corridor that wasn't very long. There was a door on their left with a small window. Through the window, Gregory could see the airlock that allowed passage into the hangar bay. This is the room that had access to the middle hull; the idea was to have the factory, hangar bay and middle hull all interconnected to allow easy freight from the main cargo to Gliese 581g. Gregory could confirm what Fraser had noted; the large hangar bay panel door was opened and wide open space was visible in front.... From that angle though, outside he could see... Something. Um... Something very big. But only a tiny fraction of it, because of the small window. He knew that he could probably see it way better from the control room if they bothered to open the blinds of the dome window. It looked like... maybe another spacecraft?!?!!! He couldn't say.
Facing that door, Dr. Martin was looking through the small door window giving onto the engine room. He looked a little livid
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Inside he could see a half circular room with large cables (1 foot diameter) running along the floor and the walls up to the ceiling. They all came from a bulky fission engine visible on the far wall, dotted by a lot of tiny blinking displays and lights. The room was basked in an orange hue made by the engine and some lights on the cables... On these cables were many... brown masses about 2 feet wide. However, a much larger brown mass was stuck on the engine itself. It seemed to... move... ever so slightly... It as an unpleasant sight.
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
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Alex follows Martin into the engine room and is surprised by the appearance of brown blobby growths growing on the engine. "Well it seems Nozomi did see something, although I'm worried that they moved."
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
"Told ya I wasn't crazy"
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
PS Alex follows Martin to the door and looks through the window.
(tiniest) GM UPDATE POST
Dr. Martin moved away from the window to let Alex look inside (it's too small a window to have a crowd around it). Alex saw the brown masses and had to admit Nozomi wasn't dreaming these. So, there were some in the corridor upstairs just half an hour prior? ...
Dr. Martin moved away from the window to let Alex look inside (it's too small a window to have a crowd around it). Alex saw the brown masses and had to admit Nozomi wasn't dreaming these. So, there were some in the corridor upstairs just half an hour prior? ...
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
"Alright, I'm getting the sense something odd has happened. But I've had that feeling since I woke up today. Let's just go in there and see if we can't get this engine up and running."
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
"We don't know what that stuff in there is, so Dr. Martin should take a sample, or Nozomi or I can acquire one while you cover us from the door in case it attacks." Alex readies his beam rifle and prepares to open the door while the others talk.
Duke Lawless
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"Right, okay, I'll try," Laszlo said uncertainly, preparing one of the unused sample kits he'd taken with him to check on Dr. Dankevych a little shakily. "Just keep your damn eye on them, yeah?"
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
"Well, I can cover someone while they gather samples. Just incase there's an ambush" Nozomi said as she observes her surroundings.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
"Cover the doc then and I'll take a look at the engine and control panels to see what I need to do to get them running, and clear these things out." Alex opens the door to the engine room.
GM UPDATE POST
Fraser approached the engine carefully, with Sergeant Gregory following a few paces behind. Gregory saw that the 2-feet brown and round masses attached to the cords were seemingly pulsating, or shifting ever so slightly. At the same moment, Valentine followed Martin closely to the right side. Martin, still wearing a hazmat suit, although he had taken the mask part off at this point, took out a small scrapy tong of some sort and a glass sample vial and approached one of the more isolated and close masses… Valentine was watching closely as the tong approached the target. Martin’s tool poked at the mass while Fraser was noticing some of the important commands of the engine were hidden under the large brown mass… and this is when things turned… interesting.
The brown mass that just got touched by Martin vibrated violently and suddenly as it emitted a low vibrating sound. A sickening low buzz that seemed to penetrate the skull of whoever was nearby. Martin and Valentine seemed unaffected by the sound. At this moment, three brown masses started moving quickly. Very suddenly, Gregory saw the mass closest to him grow 4 spidery double-jointed limbs and move towards Martin and Valentine at a very quick and creepy speed. Two more masses grew some spidery legs, those closest to Martin, and started the same move, one of them actually reaching him from his right flank and attempting to poke at him with its rather pointy and sickening leg. It stuck its talon-ish limb straight into Martin’s right leg and he let out a muffled cry of pain.
Mechanics and Rolls
Map and situation BEFORE ANYTHING MOVED
Fraser approached the engine carefully, with Sergeant Gregory following a few paces behind. Gregory saw that the 2-feet brown and round masses attached to the cords were seemingly pulsating, or shifting ever so slightly. At the same moment, Valentine followed Martin closely to the right side. Martin, still wearing a hazmat suit, although he had taken the mask part off at this point, took out a small scrapy tong of some sort and a glass sample vial and approached one of the more isolated and close masses… Valentine was watching closely as the tong approached the target. Martin’s tool poked at the mass while Fraser was noticing some of the important commands of the engine were hidden under the large brown mass… and this is when things turned… interesting.
The brown mass that just got touched by Martin vibrated violently and suddenly as it emitted a low vibrating sound. A sickening low buzz that seemed to penetrate the skull of whoever was nearby. Martin and Valentine seemed unaffected by the sound. At this moment, three brown masses started moving quickly. Very suddenly, Gregory saw the mass closest to him grow 4 spidery double-jointed limbs and move towards Martin and Valentine at a very quick and creepy speed. Two more masses grew some spidery legs, those closest to Martin, and started the same move, one of them actually reaching him from his right flank and attempting to poke at him with its rather pointy and sickening leg. It stuck its talon-ish limb straight into Martin’s right leg and he let out a muffled cry of pain.
Mechanics and Rolls
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Map and situation BEFORE ANYTHING MOVED
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Fraser opens the door and cautiously enters the engine room with his beam rifle at the ready. He kept a wary eye on the strange brown blobby thingymabobbers as he approached the engine control panel. He surveyed the huge brown mass that covered most of the controls with some despair, as it would have to be removed in order to get the engine working again.
The low buzzing sound took him by surprise and he reeled slightly from the pain. Turning around he saw something moving next to him and Gregory. Alex aims at the closest brown mass that is attacking EDIT: And then of course fire at it.
The low buzzing sound took him by surprise and he reeled slightly from the pain. Turning around he saw something moving next to him and Gregory. Alex aims at the closest brown mass that is attacking EDIT: And then of course fire at it.
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Anyway, assuming I've got this right. I want to ready the pistol I have, aim at the enemy (the one attacking Martin) and, well, attack. Does that sound sensible enough?
Duke Lawless
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Laszlo yelped in pain and moved back, swearing. Without a weapon there wasn't much he could do except get out of the way to give the others as clear a shot as possible.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Nozomi covers and defends Laszlo while keeping aim at the enemy with the laser pistol in one hand and a police baton with another to knock out any approaching enemies.
