Imperial Fringe Online Game Chat Session Log September 7th -
19:35:22 - Kit: I have a question about the technology of Traveller starships, mainly the drives of the shuttle we are about to start with.
19:35:33 - Methuslah: Sorry again about he problems last week - but they shouldn't recur.
19:35:40 - Methuslah: Fire away.
19:36:20 - Kraiger just entered this channel
19:36:37 - Kraiger: Hi
19:36:42 - Methuslah: Hello Kraiger!
19:37:37 - Kit: If flying inside atmosphere, do they use some kind of turbines (with ait intake) or just rocket drivers (which do not use air inteke but just expell burned fuel) or is it some kind of antigrav technology (which probably also works without air intake)?
19:38:13 - vance just entered this channel
19:38:29 - Kit: I guess you can already see where my question is taking me: Can I start the shuttle and get it into orbit without having to open any systems to the corrosive atmosphere?
19:38:49 - vance: (hey, good day)
19:39:52 - Methuslah: The shuttle uses gravitic technology - it pushes against the nearest gravity well. There are no turbines in this model, and no openings - except through the hull and the sensor and communications connections.
19:40:16 - Kraiger: I have to leavde a little early today - in about 1 1/2 hours... and, sad to say, I may miss the next five games
19:40:38 - Kraiger: I'm in a play that opens next Saturday, and has Sunday matinees...
19:41:09 - Kit: Any exposed systems can probably be covered somehow (if only to protect them against the high temperatures during atmospheric reentry) ?
19:41:31 - Methuslah: Congratulations - what is the part?
19:41:44 - Kit: Kraiger, what are we going to do without you if we run into trouble?
19:42:00 - Kit: What kind of play is it?
19:42:13 - Methuslah: There are joins in the hull that are the weak point - but they can be specailly protected - but that will mean a loss of use of sensor and communications until you remove the extra shielding.
19:42:25 - Kraiger: Well, I _may_ be able to stop in for a little while, just to shoot up the baddies!
19:42:43 - Kit: 
19:42:44 - Kraiger: Its the King and I, only a small part - a scottish sea-captain and a british lord...\
19:43:55 - Kit: I think it is better to cover the systems (if it can be done quickly enough). I should be able to escape the atmosphere without most of the sensors. I don't want to risk losing them to the corrosion.
19:44:02 - vance: (is it possible quickly to remove the outer components of the sensor and communications equipment from the down shuttle and toss them onboard the working shuttle?)
19:44:03 - Methuslah: Don't get the two accents mixed up!
19:44:49 - Methuslah: (Hello Vance!)
19:45:31 - Methuslah: They can be removed or covered - either will take about an equal amount of time - 10 minutes or so.
19:46:16 - vance: (hey, good day)
19:46:17 - Kit: Do we have 10 Minutes? Can we shorten the time by getting several people to work on it?
19:46:46 - vance: (no, I mean the ones on the other shuttle, so we have some spares laying around)
19:47:39 - Methuslah: (Yes - that is 10 man-minutes).
19:48:41 - vance: (we can cover them here, use them in space, then cover them again for the reentry)
19:48:46 - Kit: So working in concert we should be able to do it in less than 4 Minutes. Good. I suggest we remove the equipment from the other shuttle, that way we won't be flying blind and can repair what gets damaged later.
19:49:21 - Methuslah: (IT will take about the same time.)
19:49:51 - Kit: We should also put some of the material for extra shielding in the shuttle so we have some for later use.
19:50:37 - vance: "then let's do it, fast."
19:51:05 - Kit: What about the hangar doors. If their opening mechanism is damaged by the corrosion, could we blast a hole through them that we can use?
19:51:31 - Kit: (so Kraiger gets something to blast before he has to leave 
)
19:51:38 - Methuslah: So what exactly are you doing? You can use the PGMP to blast a hole in the door.
19:52:14 - Kit: We remove the outer sensor equipment from the other shuttle and store it in ours. Quickly.
19:52:58 - Methuslah: Five minutes for the lot.
19:53:00 - Kraiger: (I will double check the door openning mechanism to see if it will move)
19:53:20 - vance: (how's the sample I took last week, the one that I touched to the ongoing corrosion and that started corroding itself?)
19:53:59 - Methuslah: It is still corroding slowly, but the oil has had a definate effect.
19:54:28 - Kit: Once that's done, everyone but Kraiger hops aboard. He stays at the open shuttle hatch. If we cannot activate the opening mechanism, he blasts a hole through the door, jumps through the closing shuttle hatch (dramatic scene) and we blast off on a trajectory that will take us out of the corrosive atmosphere as fast as possible.
19:54:40 - Kit: At least that's the basic plan. Anny suggestions?
19:55:11 - Methuslah: The door slowly begins to open...
19:55:35 - Kraiger: "It working" ( running for the shuttl door)
19:56:09 - Kit: As soon as it is open far enough and Kraiger is aboard, I take off. "Everyone buckle up, this is gonna be a rough ride!"
19:56:56 - vance: vance takes one more look around for any gear that should be brought along.
19:57:04 - Kit: (when plotting the takeoff trajectory, I try to avoid that area above the station where "something big" disappeared when we saw the light)
19:57:15 - Methuslah: OK. The engines start, and you begin to accelerate away. The base is soon behind you, as you enter the atmosphere. With no external sensors, you are going to have to fly by the seat of your pants.
19:57:52 - Kraiger: (secure my gear and strap in)
19:57:54 - Kit: (umm, we did leave the external sensors on an took the spares from the other shurttle along)
19:58:02 - Methuslah: (OK)
19:58:28 - Kit: (but in case ours were damaged, I will fly by the seat of my pants)
19:58:47 - vance: vance looks down at PoleBase. anything to see?
19:59:09 - Methuslah: (Ah.)
19:59:11 - Kit: Piloting away 2D6: 12
19:59:23 - Kit: Wow
19:59:39 - Methuslah: The outside of the base hardly shows any damage, but there are some traces. It will likely not be long before it is in the same state as the Marine base.
19:59:54 - Kraiger: Show off! 
20:00:03 - Methuslah: What a roll! You manually plot the optimum trajectory, and power up through the atmosphere with no trouble.
20:00:16 - Kit: Vance check the sensors, record their input, we may be able to analyze their data later.
20:00:46 - Kit: (would you have preferred it if I had rolled a 2?)
20:01:36 - Kit: OK heading for a stable orbital position.
20:01:41 - vance: "uh, ok. I'm seeing ... what?" he tries to record what is being displayed.
20:02:36 - Methuslah: You are on a perfect track - no more rolls will be needed.
20:03:30 - Kit: Good. "Everyone OK, we are on a safe course and should be in a stable orbit soon."
20:03:33 - Methuslah: The atmosphere looks normal, but as you pass five miles your external sensore begin to fail - youre readings begin to show wild fluctlations. There is a 'layer' of corrosive gases however, seemingly over the spot of the Polar Base, at about four miles altitutde.
20:04:19 - Kit: I try to pass it as fast as possible.
20:04:28 - vance: "alright, this corrosion thing is not atmospheric, it's localized."
20:05:22 - Kit: Maybe its a kind of cloud-being? We will have to check the outside of the shuttle as soon as we are in orbit and seal up any leaks that are developing.
20:05:30 - Methuslah: Orbital flight is attained at T plus 14 minutes and 59 seconds. You are entering a stable, low orbit - about the limint of the craft at present.
20:06:14 - Kraiger: I'll get on the radio (again) to try and raise the fleet
20:06:26 - vance: "ma'am, it's likely these corrosion gasses are in fact nothing more than byproducts of the metallic corrosion. can you look at these readings and maybe determine something about the gas composition?"
20:06:58 - Methuslah: Communications systems seem to be out.
20:07:28 - Kit: "maybe, but I'm no chemist" taking a look at the readings. Can I make out anything?
20:07:40 - Kraiger: Hmm, comms are down - vance, could you please help me check the system?
20:08:06 - Kit: Kraiger, we'll probably have to replace the communication externals once we are out of the atmosphere.
20:09:06 - Kit: I do hope that whatever causes this corrosion becomes inert in the cold vacuum of space.
20:09:15 - vance: "they're probably chewed off. we'll have to replace them with the spares."
20:09:17 - Methuslah: You have now entered safe orbit. The internal communications gear is functioning fine - but there are no readings from outside the hull. Even the viewscreen is flickering on and off.
20:10:04 - Kit: Ok, any volunteer for going outside fro repairs? (looks at Kraiger, shakes head, looks at vance) Vance, do you think you are up to the task or shall I go?
20:10:13 - vance: "kraiger, let's have a look outside."
20:10:35 - vance: "oh, I'm up."
20:11:07 - Kit: Good, check the outer hull, see if there are any signs that the corrosion is still continuing.
20:11:08 - Kraiger: How many vacc suits are onboard? I am still in my combat armour...
20:11:44 - Methuslah: There are six vacc suits for the standard crew and passnger allotment.
20:11:45 - Kit: Be sure to attach a safety line. With the sensors off we might have some difficulty collecting you otherwise if you fall away from the ship.
20:12:26 - Kraiger: (I'll stow my combat armour and suit up as well)
20:13:38 - vance: hooks up two lines.
20:13:50 - Kit: Oh, and tell me if you can see anything unusal when you are outside. Vance you should know this planet and be able to tell if there are any unusual conditions visible in or through the atmosphere.
20:14:07 - Methuslah: Ok. Vance and Kraiger prepare to leave the ship, and step into the airlock.
20:14:42 - Kit: (while the two are busy outside I'll restart the navigation sytsem that Kraiger managed to crash last session)
20:14:55 - Kit: Good luck boys, and be careful.
20:15:01 - Kraiger: "better watch this airlock - corrosion may have damaged it..." (attaching a safty line)
20:16:07 - Methuslah: You are attaching your lines to the inside of the airlock?
20:16:44 - vance: "we're running like fleas, from a corrosive breeze, we're back in the vacuum again ..."
20:16:53 - Kraiger: (yes - outside mounts may be damaged too)
20:17:22 - vance: (that would not be a standard attachment point. if we see a useful one in the airlock we'll use it."
20:17:22 - Kraiger: (Kraiger laughs) very nice Vance - you a poet?
20:17:51 - Kit: i'll make sure the outer airlock door remains open for them.
20:18:10 - vance: "yeah, but I don't often show it."
20:18:26 - Methuslah: The navigation system will need a reboot, and will have to acquire three celestial guideposts to realign itself.
20:19:03 - Kit: Which I probably cannot contact with the damaged comm equipment?
20:19:32 - Methuslah: Not until the sensors are brought back online.
20:20:12 - Methuslah: The outer airlock door slowly opens, and the vast vista of space reaches out before you.
20:20:12 - Kit: I thought as much. Ok, then I'll just busy myself with the engine controls and keep an eye out for possible problems.
20:20:46 - vance: (and how do the sensors look?)
20:21:08 - Kraiger: Lead the way Vance...
20:21:42 - Methuslah: Most of the sensor and communications gear is melted away, fused to the hull. You are going to have to work on the systems for some time - it could take an hour to clear the ports.
20:22:16 - Kraiger: OK, lets get to it...
20:23:05 - Kit: Is the corrosion still active or did we manage to loose whatever caused it when flying through the outer atmosphere and going into the cold vacuum of space?)
20:23:35 - vance: (we procede.)
20:24:01 - Methuslah: How do you want to proceed? You can clear all the ports, them install all the equipment - which will take about 45 minutes - or you can clear one port and restore the requisite equipment as you go, which will take 65 minutes.
20:24:29 - Kit: Vancer that corroding sample you took along, is it sealed away safely? I don't want the stuff to spread here.
20:24:52 - Kraiger: Priority is comms - I sound like a broken record, but we _have_ to contact the fleet!
20:24:59 - Kit: Maybe you can restore the comm equipment first?
20:25:08 - vance: "how 'bout the radio first?"
20:25:24 - Kit: (I guess we all have the same idea)
20:25:37 - vance: vance laughs. "radio first it is."
20:26:10 - Methuslah: OK. You'll have the comms operational in about half an hour.
20:27:12 - vance: (vance would have dumped his metal sample into a ceramic, glass, or plastic container at some time. how's it doing?)
20:27:28 - Kit: While the two are busy outside, I prepare a recording similar to the one I piped into the first stations comm equipment only updated with the new data from the polar base, so thet once we have the comm stuff up, we can start sending it out to all who might be listening)
20:27:53 - Methuslah: Twenty-five minutes pass, slowly, and you continue to make good progress with your repair of the comms. Then, you see a point of light moving up from the planet.
20:29:23 - vance: vance uses his occular telescope (20x). what does he see?
20:29:38 - Kit: towards us? and how fast?
20:30:52 - Methuslah: The light appears to be arrow-shaped, and it is definately heading in your direction.
20:31:03 - Methuslah: Without sensors, you cannot determine speed.
20:31:10 - Kit: could we outmaneuver it?
20:32:05 - Methuslah: Your shuttle could go into a higher orbit - but without navigation computers you'll have to do it manually.
20:32:21 - vance: vance tries to see its point of origin, if he can.
20:32:45 - Kit: Guys, I'll try to get away from that thing, get inside while I maneuver.
20:33:31 - vance: "kraiger, back in." when in vance shuts the outer door and says, "we're in, go!"
20:34:19 - Kit: I try to make a good guess about a trajectory outwards. Any margin for error is pointed outwards. I'd rather drift off into space than back into the atmosphere.
20:34:49 - Kit: OK maneuvering 2D6: 9
20:35:29 - Methuslah: You activate the engines, and point the ship on a good trajectory. You are slowly spirally away, moving up to a higher orbit. YOu shuttle isn't capable ot escape velocitiy, but you are moving up to geostationary orbit from low orbit.
20:36:17 - Kit: I hope that is enough. This is as far as the shuttle will go. Guys, if you are ready, you can go outside again.
20:36:33 - Kraiger: OK, lets go take a look...
20:37:01 - vance: "has the psychic arrow light acutally missed us?"
20:37:15 - Methuslah: You've left five minutes to go on the repairs.
20:37:46 - Methuslah: The point of light is still following, moving up towards you. IT is noticably more distant, however.
20:38:37 - vance: "I don't want to be outside if our guest contacts us, but let's work as fast as we can until it arrives."
20:39:26 - Kit: maybe it cannot go this far up, anyway, all that we can do currently is maneuver a bit within this orbit, that's all, and it's difficult enough with no navcomp and sensors. Try to get the stuff fixed and let's hope we are faster that that something.
20:39:58 - Methuslah: You;ve got the communications working. The lights on the panels come alive inside. Thirty minutes to fix the sensors.
20:40:02 - Kraiger: (I'll secure my PGMP in the airlock - just in case...)
20:40:06 - vance: "workin'."
20:41:22 - Kit: As soon as the comms are working, I'm sending out the prerecorded message on several channels and also try to hail the fleet on another channel, preferably the emergency channel.
20:41:25 - Methuslah: The light is higher than you formerly were - but will take some time to reach you.
20:41:47 - Kit: I'm also listening for any comm messages breezing through the ether around here.
20:42:11 - Methuslah: The communications systems work fine, and your messages are dispatched. You cannot hear anything - the fleet must still be operating communications silence.
20:42:26 - vance: (ref, is there anyone in this system not on ... what, Roma? ... that we can contact?)
20:42:27 - Kit: can we maneuver within this orbit to put some additional distance between the light and us?
20:43:05 - Kit: I'm sending out messages on several channels. I do hope they take this serious enough to break comm silence.
20:43:44 - Methuslah: You can try and increase speed, but you could not then land again - on any surface.
20:44:05 - Methuslah: (Just the fleet on operations - but you don't know where they are...)
20:44:28 - Kit: I'm adding a short note about the light arrow targeting us to the recordet message, and send it to automatic repeat projection.
20:44:54 - Kit: Sending it out into as many directions and on as many channels as I can.
20:45:44 - Methuslah: Twenty minutes pass. You get closer to fixing the sensors, but it will take more time. The light is getting close - you can see its shape with the naked eye quite clearly.
20:45:57 - Kit: Guys, I can try to outmaneuver the light, but then we do not have enough power to land again.
20:46:05 - Kit: What do you say?
20:46:56 - vance: "I'm afraid it's pgmp time."
20:47:04 - Kraiger: "Vance, can you see what this thing is? Is it slowing down to meet us, or on a collision course?"
20:47:23 - Kraiger: "It just _might_ be other escapees from the planet"
20:47:39 - vance: vance looks, normally and telescopically.
20:48:08 - Kit: Kraiger, the small lights inside the first base only reacted agressively when they were themselves confronted with agression, plus, the weapons, including the pgmp, had absolutely no effect on them.
20:48:13 - Methuslah: IT jus tappears to be made of light - you can make out no details, and the glare is extremely bright.
20:48:48 - vance: "if it were escapees from the planet their sensors would be just as burnt as ours ... maybe .. and I don't think they'd be able to track us."
20:49:15 - vance: "no, it looks like one of the baronness's psychic lights."
20:49:18 - Kit: I suggest we try to outmaneuver it until we have our sensors up and running. Maybe we can find out more about it and if it is intelligent or controlled by intelligence, establish communication?
20:49:46 - vance: "in my opinion it's a weapon."\
20:50:15 - vance: "if you can run that's great, but I don't want to get stuck out here."
20:50:54 - Kit: If it is made up of light (which we might need our sensors to find out) maybe we can try to disrupt the wavelength somehow.
20:51:20 - Methuslah: Sensors are still offline - so you will effectively be jumping inot the dark.
20:51:31 - Kit: And I think if we cannot contact the fleet or establsih communication with the thing, we are stuck here anyway. After all, there is nowhere else to go.
20:52:25 - vance: "agree." vance keeps working.
20:52:34 - Kit: Kraiger, what do you think?
20:52:50 - Kit: How much longer till the sensors are up?
20:53:07 - vance: 2D6: 5
20:53:30 - Methuslah: Ten minutes - but it is likely they will be there first. The work is going slowly.
20:53:42 - Kraiger: I just don't know. Those things are dangerous - but I don't want to wind up a sitting duck up here....
20:53:57 - vance: "any ad hoc decoys available?"
20:54:10 - Kit: So who's in favor of maneuvering into the dark adn losing any chance to land again?
20:54:58 - vance: "I say no."
20:55:07 - Kit: Decoys. What might be a good decoy for that thing. Could I rig up something that sends out a variety of electromagnetic pulses across the whole spectrum for some time?
20:55:12 - Kraiger: No, that doesn't sound like a good idea to me Kit..
20:56:00 - Kit: OK, the we'll wait and try something else. Like that decoy idea (starting to rummage through the material available on board)
20:56:17 - vance: "kraiger, look in the boat's survival kit and see if there's a strobe or flare or something."
20:56:24 - Methuslah: You might be able to fashion something - but you wouldn't have the time to do a good job.
20:56:37 - Kraiger: (I'll look through the ship too)
20:56:59 - Kit: Maybe a powercell that can be set to overheat and explode after a few minutes.
20:57:11 - Kraiger: Kit, how about cuting the engines and going into a parabolic dive - maybe its energy that attracts them...
20:57:25 - Kit: It doesn't have to be a good job, it just has to buy us some time.
20:57:38 - Methuslah: That might work - but it would leave the ship underpowered.
20:57:52 - Kraiger: I have a las pistol that I can set to overload - that might do it...
20:58:17 - Kit: Could we shut off the engines and remain in a stable orbit?
20:58:45 - vance: "the pistol's a good try. when you're ready."
20:58:58 - Kit: I wasn't thinking about a powercell from the ship but one from some equipment, like that from my laser rifle for example.
20:59:45 - Kit: Try the pistol Kraiger, sounds like a good idea. If it shows absolutely no reaction to that, then we have to think of something else
21:00:01 - Kraiger: Lets all suit up and cut all the power to the ship - if it is energy that attracts them, that might be our only chance...
21:00:23 - Kraiger: (I'll get the pistol out, and go outside the airlock)
21:00:32 - vance: "ma'am, while we're waiting to see if it works, please keep looking for something else too."
21:00:43 - Methuslah: OK. YOu toss the pistol out of the airlock, and it flies back. After a minute, you see a quick flare, and then the pistol is gone. The arrow stops breifly, then proceeds onward.
21:00:49 - Kraiger: "let me know when the power is off"
21:00:53 - Kit: Good, throw the pistol set to overload towards it, and i'll power down the ship then we can see if it loses us that way.
21:01:15 - Kraiger: (I wanted to wait until we had powered off the ship...)
21:01:58 - Kit: It does seem to have some effect. Maybe a bigger flash. (I'm preparing teh power pack from the laser rifle)
21:02:39 - Kit: trying to coordinate the shutting off of all power (including comm) with the explosion of the power pack.
21:03:09 - vance: "may I suggest throwing the decoy at an angle that forces the arrow to move away from us and then take longer to recover?"
21:03:22 - Kit: good idea.
21:04:26 - Methuslah: Ok. The power pack is ready.
21:04:29 - vance: still workin'.
21:04:34 - Kraiger: (brb)
21:04:43 - Kit: Kraiger, take care of the power pack. I'll see if I can rig up something that will send out a signal for some time longer than one brief explosion. (starting to scour the ship again)
21:04:48 - Methuslah: All power source will be shut off at the instant the power explodes. That includes life support.
21:05:22 - Kit: We should all be safe in our suits for a while. I can always turn power back on.
21:05:39 - vance: (we can turn life support back on later, right?)
21:06:52 - Kit: Ok, ready for the explosion/shutdown operation.
21:07:08 - Methuslah: Ready?
21:07:24 - Kit: ready!
21:08:08 - vance: vance ducks into the airlock.
21:09:04 - Methuslah: The power cell slowly falls behind the ship, travelling for about a minute, before another birght flare - amde even brighter by the shutdown of ship systems. The arrow stops, moves up slightly, then holds position.
21:09:24 - Kit: I try to point the ship in a direction where it will not fall out of orbit too fast when powered down.
21:10:42 - Kit: OK, I hope this buys us the time I need to rig up a really bright "flare" for the arrow to go after. (assemnbling what material i can find and getting to work.)
21:10:53 - vance: if there's a window, vance tries to give a thumb's up to the baronness, and then goes back to work.
21:11:06 - Methuslah: Make a pilot check.
21:11:19 - Kraiger: "OK everyone - try and think of nothing at all for a moment.."
21:11:26 - Kit: 2D6: 8
21:11:46 - Methuslah: The arrow continues to maintain altitude.
21:11:54 - Methuslah: (Kraiger - do you ahve to go in a minute?)
21:13:01 - Kit: (working on assembling something that will make a real nice bright energy signature for some time, so that we can sneak away.)
21:15:34 - Kraiger: (in about 10 minutes....)
21:17:06 - Methuslah: The arrow holds position, seemingly fixed in space.
21:17:36 - Kit: (relative to us or relative to the planet?)
21:19:01 - Methuslah: You are in geostationary orbit - so it appears to be the same thing. You are both fixed at the same point above the planet.
21:19:43 - Kit: OK, at least we have some time now to build something that might lore that arrow away from us.
21:20:15 - Kit: Proceeding to work on constructing such a lure.
21:20:43 - Methuslah: Are you turning on your lights?
21:20:43 - Kit: Also we can finish repairing the sensors.
21:21:26 - Kraiger: personal vacc suit lights only!
21:21:57 - Kit: I'm trying to do without any lights that might be seen outside the ship. If there is a window, I'll try to work with whatever light comes in form the sun, if there is no window, I will use a handheld flashlight, that should not be noticeable through the hull.
21:22:16 - Methuslah: IT will be difficult - and you cannot open the airlock without ship's power activated, so no work on the sensors.
21:22:29 - vance: vance moves to the window and attempts to signal the baronness to leave all electronics off, if there's a future handmotion for such a concept (such as putting the finger to the lips to indicate silence).
21:22:49 - Kit: Whoever builds an airlock that cannot be manually operated over a wich or handwheel?
21:23:28 - Methuslah: Someone who ordinarily does not expect ship's power to go offline. It can be opened, but not without causign damage.
21:23:33 - vance: (concur with kit. also, can vance continue outside work on repairing the sensors?)
21:23:51 - vance: ok, vance is outside until he's done.
21:25:11 - Kit: Any construction should take into account a total power loss. a door that cannot be opened by hand in an emergency wouldn't pass any modern day safety check! But ok, it's your universe, it just seems extremely unlikely to me)
21:25:40 - Methuslah: Yes - to both. Vance can continue with the repairs. After a few more minutes, though, you see another object heading in, from outside this time. It looks like a long, thin beam of light against the sky.
21:25:48 - Methuslah: And it is heading your way.
21:25:58 - Methuslah: In our next exciting adventure....
21:26:52 - Kit: Holy smoke. I guess we better try that communication shtick fast! they have us surrounded!
21:27:37 - Kraiger: Well, good luck guys! I'll keep up with the logs....
21:28:29 - Methuslah: OK. See you later!
21:28:49 - Methuslah: Have a good week, guys! Good luck in the play, Kraiger!
21:28:47 - vance: (well, I guess we're between a rock and a light place.)
21:29:00 - Kit: OK, another cliffhanger. Well, I should be getting used to them by now 
21:29:05 - Methuslah: Bye!
21:29:14 - vance: (thanks ref, we'll be here next week.)
21:29:45 - Kit: jup. Now I wonder how we are going to get out of this whole mess.
21:31:02 - vance: (well, there's not much left for us to try. maybe we'll think of something over the week.)
21:31:42 - Kit: see you next week, and Kraiger, good luck with your play
21:32:12 - Kit: Communication? That was my suggestion from the start, but we may need the sensors to figure out what thea are saying
21:32:34 - vance: (yeah kraider, break a leg. later.)