IC - 19 - Barnard's Rest - Kiara

[Mephistophilis]

'Tanning booth, what do you think we do here?' spits Richards, incredulously. Then he laughs, 'Do you mean an ultraviolent phototherapy lamp? Yeah, we've got one of those,' he shakes his head.

Looking through the station manifest Kiara finds evidence of flares, cutting torches (including some rated for use in the oxygen-free atmosphere of Titan), and incinerators.

I think that's a Library Use or Accounting roll to figure out exactly where they are stored.

[jp1885]

[39] = 39
Library use 35 d%: [ 39 ] = 39
Sod it, I’ll spend 4 more luck.

[Mephistophilis]

The incinerators are stored in Engineering but there's only a couple, the others may have all of them all already. There's a number of cutting torches in Engineering also but the specialist atmospheric torches are stored in a locker in the surface rover garage along with the flares.

[jp1885]

“Looks like we’re better off heading to the garage. We can get the flares, maybe torches, and cobble something together,” announces Kiara.

[Mephistophilis]

Richards shows Kiara the phototherapy lamp and then finishes packing the rest of his stuff. 'I'm finding somewhere to hide and I suggest you do the same, hole up somewhere until the rescue shuttle comes.' As he turns to open the Medical Bay door he turns and says 'Good luck.'

Kiara and Li struggle to disconnect the lamp and then carry it with them. By the time they get out of the Medical Bay Nurse Richards is long gone. In the corridors there are a few people visible now. Furtive looking they scurry about, seemingly spending as little time out in the open as they can.

Arriving back at the Garage the door is sealed shut because the exterior door is open and the Garage is open to Titan's atmosphere. Kiara punches button to close the outside door and purge the atmospheric gases. The process is slow and Ling Li asks 'How long is this going to take?' gesturing to the far end of the corridor where a number of figures have appeared.

[jp1885]

“I don’t know,” Kiara replies, casting an anxious glance towards the gathering crowd.

“I things start to get threatening, we’ll cut our losses and get back to the chopper.”

[Mephistophilis]

The atmospheric cycling continues very slowly, the Garage is a large space after all. Kiara reckons the crowd will be on them before the door is open. She also thinks she can see someone in an odd robe at the head of the crowd, looks like Kingsley.

You could try and get into the Landing Bay before they arrive, roll Electrical Repair or Computers to persuade the life support system to gas the Garage more quickly. Or wait for Kingsley and his pals and have a chat.

[jp1885]

“Hm, I think we’d better make ourselves scarce,” Kiara mutters. “I don’t fancy our chances with that lot. Let’s go back to the hangar.”

[Mephistophilis]

Kiara and Li hurriedly open the door to the Landing Bay and slam it shut behind them before the crowd draw too close.

'So what do we do now?' asks Li. 'Wait here and hope they don't get in or leave early for Waystation?'

[jp1885]

“Let’s access the security cameras,” Kiara suggests. “That way we can keep an eye on that lot.”

“You’d better prep for flight, in case we need to make a hasty exit. I’ll take a quick look around in case there’s anything useful in here.”

[Mephistophilis]

Li accesses a console and brings up the external camera on a screen. It confirms what they can hear through the door, the people on the other side are angrily banging away with various tools and metallic objects.

Searching through the Landing Bay, Kiara can't find much of use, there's a few crates of spare parts and four Titan surface suits.

What're you looking for? Let me know and roll a Luck and a Spot Hidden.

[jp1885]

Unable to get to the garage, Kiara searches the helicopter bay for distress flares to use as a heat source.

[8] = 8
spot hidden 37 d%: [ 8 ] = 8

[43] = 43
luck 60 d%: [ 43 ] = 43

[Mephistophilis]

Searching through a crate filled with spare parts for the copter, Kiara finds a reinforced plastic box. Inside is a flare gun and two flares.

[jp1885]

Having serendipitously found what she’s was looking for, Kiara glances at the monitor before trying to address Li.

“Looks like we’re leaving early. If you can take us up, I’ll radio the others when we’re in the air. Do we need to suit up first?”

[Mephistophilis]

On the monitor Kiara can see that the crowd have managed to open the door to the Garage and at least one of them is brandishing a cutting torch and seems to be trying to burn through the door to the Landing Bay.

Li starts tapping away on a console, 'I need to start the take-off sequence first.' Then she gestures out the window to the copter sitting on the Landing Pad amid the haze of the Titan atmosphere, 'You can try getting in without a suit but you'll freeze to death before you suffocate.'

You actually already put suits on. I'm going to assume you took them off again since you then went stomping around the station and messing about in the Medical Bay. No need to roll to get them on again.

[jp1885]

Kiara quickly dons her suit.

“Start the procedure then,” she says. “And I’ll try to delay those guys.”

Using her pad, she attempts to access the fire suppression system, planning to douse the throng.

[Mephistophilis]

'Already started' sniffs Ling, slamming a button and then effortlessly slipping back into a surface suit. The copter outside starts to shift as rotors rotate into lift off configuration and begin to turn.

Kiara easily accesses the fire suppression system and starts to initiate it in the corridor outside.

I'd like an Know roll (EDU) or a Science (Planetary) roll to know how the fire suppression systems work on a extra-terran colony.

[jp1885]

[59] = 59
Science planetary 65 d%: [ 59 ] = 59

Both the same at 65.

"Okay - just gimme a sec," Kiara replies.

[Mephistophilis]

The computer interface throws up a few warnings as Kiara fools it into registering a fire in the corridor. Without CENTRAL's controlling influence it is relatively simple to do.

Before she initialises the fire protection systems it occurs to her that water is going to be pretty scarce out here on Titan. The freezing, oxygen free atmosphere of Titan would be the perfect extinguishing medium, if she was designing a fire suppression system she'd just purge the air and flood the corridor with external atmospheric gases.

[jp1885]

Kiara's finger hovers over the button, but stops.

"C'mon, let's go then," she says to Li, heading towards the chopper.