IC - 3 - Engineering - Kiara and Sam

By the waning years of the 22nd century, humanity has expanded beyond Earth, establishing colonies on Mars, Ceres, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn; the latter of these being largely penal or mining colonies, taking advantage of the isolation and mineral wealth of these moons. One such colony, known as Benedict’s Rest, was established on the shores of the north polar sea of Ligeia Mare on the moon Titan, in the year 2169. Originally a penal colony that used convict labor to harvest liquid methane, Benedict’s Rest was bought out by a German energy conglomerate, Richter Dynamics, and expanded; now, in 2189, contract, or “free” miners outnumber convicts 5 to 1—158 free miners to 31 convicts.

The colony’s productivity, formerly the highest of any Richter colony site, has dropped 19% in the last month with no reasonable explanation provided. In the same period, the colony medic, Dr. Henry Holzer, has died; the administration has been vague regarding cause, though it has been intimated that he committed suicide. Over the objections of colony administrator James Kingsley, Richter Dynamics has sent a team of corporate troubleshooters to investigate these two issues and make recommendations to revive productivity.

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"I'm okay, but he's not," says Sam, taking out her sealant and examining his suit. "He must have a breach. I think I've found it!"
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Looking closely at the fogged visor Sam can see an indentation in the side of the helmet and some pitting and cracking extending into the transparent material of the visor itself. It looks like there has been some kind of impact cracking the visor and allowing air to escape the suit and the cold to penetrate. She can't see through the condensation to determine the state of the suit's occupant.

Beside him she can see a large can that looks to be the same kind of sealant used in the emergency kits attached to the suits. The metal pipeline shows evidence of repair with a large blob of sealant attached and a frozen pool of methane underneath, presumably from a leak.

Behind the body she can just make out some indentations in the snow, ridged horizontal impressions like tracks.
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"CENTRAL, we have an emergency at my co-ordinates!" Kiara yells into the comms, hoping this will trigger the necessary protocol. "Helmet breach!"

Assuming Sam relays what she has discovered, Kiara looks over to the Chief's equipment.

"Let's try to seal the crack. At best we save his life, at worse we preserve the evidence."
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Sam takes the sealant and uses it to seal the breach. "We'll have to get him to the clinic, fast!" she says. "At least he doesn't weigh much in this gravity."
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The voice of CENTRAL comes over the suit radios, 'Critical incident fifty metres East South East of Pumping Station 1. All personnel in the area activate safety protocol gamma.'

'I'm coming!' shouts Moses.
OOC,If you want to try and seal the breach with the sealant then roll Zero/Low G (for experience in this sort of thing) or DEX; if you want to drag him it'll need a regular STR roll (both roll with advantage, only one success needed - low gravity here).
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Sam skillfully seals the breach and then drags the chief to safety.
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"Great work Sam," Kiara says, genuinely impressed.

She activates her communicator and she helps the engineer with her burden.

"Chief White? Can you hear me?"

"CENTRAL, can you map the route of the tyre tracks leading from our co-ordinates with an airborne probe?"
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There is no response from either White or CENTRAL.

As they get nearer the platform Moses jumps down into the snow and looks at White. He quickly studies the damaged visor, 'Visor's cracked, suit integrity's gone, looks like you sealed it though, good job. We need to get him into the dome right now. Any idea how long he's been down?'

It takes agonising minutes for the atmospheric exchangers to oxygenate and heat up the airlock. As soon as the siren signals the all clear Moses starts pulling off White's suit. 'He's still breathing...'
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"Thanks," says Sam. "I'm not sure how long he was down, but we got to him in time. He's injured, but he's alive. We need to get him to the clinic. It's strange that the computer isn't responding."
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Kiara breathes a sigh of relief.

“Yeah, let’s get him to sickbay. As for CENTRAL...”

She shrugs dramatically, not wishing for the system to hear her misgivings.

If possible, she will also photograph the tracks leading away from where Chief White lay.
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Kiara uses her datapad to takes some pictures of the tracks around where Chief White was lying.

Sam and Moses lift his insensible body into the maglev carriage.
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