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Post by ffilz on Jan 27, 2017 14:13:13 GMT -5
Sounds good.
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Post by coffee on Jan 29, 2017 9:08:43 GMT -5
Yup, sounds good here, too!
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jan 30, 2017 15:10:42 GMT -5
What did we discover during the flyover? And was there anything that might change our plans? Assuming that we did not find anything that would change our plans, how close to our target area can we land and how long will it take to disembark and start surveying the site?
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Post by makofan on Feb 5, 2017 21:05:23 GMT -5
You fly over mile after mile after mile of tropical mountainous jungle. Of course there are many small animal life form readings, and a lot of rivers and streams. You are looking for a transition of volcanic to igneous rock, and finally your sensors find the dividing line. The bastnasite ore that contains the dysprosium was found in a cavern system at the base of some granite cliffs, and you identify a likely range of cliffs, maybe 1o miles long. You will have to land the ship and scout along the base of the cliffs to find the actual cave entrance. The only safe landing place looks to be in a river, about 1 mile from the cliffs.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 6, 2017 18:07:13 GMT -5
OOC: Love the pics, really sets the stage and the mood.
We land and prepare to start surveying. Let's confirm who is staying with the ship and who is going out. I am planning on going out, but we should leave a pilot with the ship and I will stay, if necessary, to keep a pilot with the ship.
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Post by ffilz on Feb 6, 2017 19:43:57 GMT -5
We'll have Lui Wu and Adele back at the ship, that leave pilot, engineer, and gunnery skills on ship.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 6, 2017 19:57:56 GMT -5
That is good! Lady Leroux, how do you want to go about this?
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Post by ffilz on Feb 7, 2017 0:05:53 GMT -5
Do we want to go by ground or take the Air/Raft?
Hmm, and how are we going to locate the ore and mine it? I'm not sure who has any applicable knowledge...
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 7, 2017 8:19:06 GMT -5
OOC - Jack of All Trades and per above notes spent time in the ship library on the way here.
IC
Lets take the Air/Raft it should save us a lot of time locating likely caves to check out and to look for outcroppings of the right minerals and rocks. I spent time in the ship's library on the way here and I am used to picking things up on the fly in the scout service. I think I have a handle on what to look for and where to look. We have enough equipment to do basic tests to verify what we find. We just need to get some really good samples from a number of locations to prove that this is rich enough to pursue and send a mining team to dig in.
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Post by coffee on Feb 7, 2017 9:25:48 GMT -5
Okay, sounds good.
Corrigan will set up his perimeter screen and take the remote with him. He'll fly the air/raft, so the others (who know what they're doing) can look for the ores we need.
If that's acceptable?
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Post by ffilz on Feb 7, 2017 11:02:42 GMT -5
Okay, sounds good. Corrigan will set up his perimeter screen and take the remote with him. He'll fly the air/raft, so the others (who know what they're doing) can look for the ores we need. If that's acceptable? Ok. All sounds good
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 7, 2017 11:45:19 GMT -5
Great! Let's do this! Is there anything we are forgetting? If not, then we are ready to go!
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Post by makofan on Feb 7, 2017 16:32:48 GMT -5
I am assuming that Marci has done research over the years about this map, and has gained enough knowledge and some basic scanning tools to detect what they need.
Are you landing in the river? If so, are you staying afloat, submerging, or beaching the ship?
Also, the temperature reads 70 degrees Celsius during the heat of the day (and about 50 Celsius at night!). How do you dress? What equipment do you take with you? What weapons?
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Post by ffilz on Feb 7, 2017 17:54:56 GMT -5
A river landing? I think we'll want to beach the ship unless it's a very large river...
We'll want to use the shelter-suits from our survival kits I think.
Is there a way we could use the tarps and rig some sort of cooling system from the Air/Raft to give us a cooler place to sleep? Otherwise I think we'll have to return to the ship for sleep, unless the caves turn out to be significantly cooler (if deep enough, they should wind up being roughly the average annual temperature, of course if there is little seasonal variation here, or we aren't visiting at a particularly hot time of year, the caverns may not be that much cooler...).
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Post by coffee on Feb 8, 2017 9:09:41 GMT -5
OOC: Just for comparison, the highest recorded temperature in Death Valley, California, was 134 F (57 C). So it's really hot.
Corrigan typically carries his revolver with 4 reloads, his shotgun with 2 reloads, his dagger, his cutlass, and he wears Cloth armor. He also has two doses of Combat drug and a medium range communicator. In this instance, he'll bring along his insect netting as well. It should spread over the whole of the air/raft while stopped, but would require some sort of tape or something to keep it in place while flying.
Also, he'll recommend two water bottles (canteens) apiece, and several liters of water in the air/raft. Plus salt tablets. Dehydration can kill.
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Post by makofan on Feb 8, 2017 9:58:27 GMT -5
Here is the relevant Library Data
Atmosphere Type 6 - Standard atmosphere, excellent for Earth-standard lifeforms, this planet is very humid due to its closer proximity to its sun than is usual for an inhabitable planet. Temperatures can get up to 70 degrees Celsius at the equator, and the poles average zero degrees at best.
Hydrographic Percentage 5 - Equal parts land and water, the planet has four mostly vertical land masses broken up by oceans. Both poles are land-covered. The planet is almost total jungle/tropical rain forest, with the far north being heavily carpeted evergreens.
You are currently at the equator
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Post by makofan on Feb 8, 2017 9:59:40 GMT -5
coffee's post is excellent. That's what I want to see. As for a tarp rig or something, Mechanical or J-of-T should be able to rig something no problem
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Post by makofan on Feb 8, 2017 10:03:31 GMT -5
Here is an example of the jungle floor Here is an example of the jungle canopy I am not sure how you would get an air/raft through, but I am willing to listen
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Post by ffilz on Feb 8, 2017 12:35:13 GMT -5
We could scout out the cliffs with the Air/Raft, if there isn't a good landing spot, we can come back by land, but at least have a better idea of the terrain between the ship and the cliffs. Of course if we don't see a cave from the air, we'll have to scout by land.
WIth Str 4, by land, Lady Marie will take a minimal amount of stuff. Protective suit, armor (which nicely doesn't count against load...), light intensifier goggles, pistol, 2 spare clips, dagger, canteens as suggested.
Some beefy folks should carry machetes from the hostile environment kits.
You said granite cliffs? Does the library data suggest extensive caverns or just small caverns under break down? Granite normally does not develop big cave systems... (sorry, player has been a cave explorer in real life... Hunting skill should at least provide passing knowledge with terrain stuff...).
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 8, 2017 12:46:41 GMT -5
If it is possible to fly the air/raft over the canopy and there are spots near the cliffs that we can land, that would be good. Otherwise it looks like we will have to hoof it. (OOC: as my father would say). I will take along, my carbine with 4 reloads, my shotgun with 2 reloads, dagger and broadsword, light intensifier goggles. Taking along the scanning tools to detect the minerals we need to find. Should we be using the TL 8 Heat Suit? Or is the cloth armor enough? I will help with the tarp on the air/raft if we are able to use it. Great idea and done. Even if we are not able to land near the cliffs, I suggest we use the air/raft to scout a route to the cliffs and to scout along the cliff face to locate one or more cave(s) as a place to start and so we don't have to be out on foot any longer than necessary. Once we find the right spot, if needed, we may be able to clear enough space to land the air/raft and not have to make repeated trips on foot.OOC: oops see that the lady beat me to it:
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Post by ffilz on Feb 8, 2017 13:42:49 GMT -5
If it is possible to fly the air/raft over the canopy and there are spots near the cliffs that we can land, that would be good. Otherwise it looks like we will have to hoof it. (OOC: as my father would say). I will take along, my carbine with 4 reloads, my shotgun with 2 reloads, dagger and broadsword, light intensifier goggles. Taking along the scanning tools to detect the minerals we need to find. Should we be using the TL 8 Heat Suit? Or is the cloth armor enough? I will help with the tarp on the air/raft if we are able to use it. We want the Sheltersuit from the Hostile Environment Kit, it has cooling, the Heat Suit just has heating. Yes, if we can create a landing zone for the Air/Raft we should definitely do that.
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Post by makofan on Feb 8, 2017 14:32:32 GMT -5
You said granite cliffs? Does the library data suggest extensive caverns or just small caverns under break down? Granite normally does not develop big cave systems... (sorry, player has been a cave explorer in real life... Hunting skill should at least provide passing knowledge with terrain stuff...). It would be a small cavern under breakdown, and the scout just happened to spot the crystalline vein structure and did some calculation. Of course, you would have to do proper mining on it, but if you can 100% identify the vein and the city of Plymouth could set up a mining concern, they could have a dysprosium glut which would bring much wealth to them, as dysprosium has high uses in laser and nuclear technology
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Post by makofan on Feb 8, 2017 15:50:50 GMT -5
Probably outside the scope of this game, but you would mine and refine this the way you would extract iron ore - digging, crushing, spinning (probably magnetic), etc. Then extra steps are needed to extract the hard-to-get-at dysprosium. This could all be played out if you decide to start a mining concern and look to personally set up such an operation and a mining corporation, etc. I am open to anything.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 8, 2017 15:54:24 GMT -5
]We want the Sheltersuit from the Hostile Environment Kit, it has cooling, the Heat Suit just has heating. Yes, if we can create a landing zone for the Air/Raft we should definitely do that. Using the recommended gear!
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 8, 2017 15:59:16 GMT -5
It looks like we are very close to getting started. We should keep a look out for any intruders, we don't want to have our claim stolen out from under us. We should continue looking at a number of promising spots, even if we strike "pay dirt" on the first stop. Also there is no reason to limit our search to the dysprosium, since there are a number of other precious minerals that may be with the dysprosium or other separate deposits.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 8, 2017 16:03:44 GMT -5
This planet is promising for many unexploited resources and there any number of areas to go prospecting once this is project reaches completion. Owning a share of the the mining profits and keeping an eye on the mine project manager and helping expand the operations could be fun. But exploring for new things to add is also fun.
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Post by coffee on Feb 9, 2017 9:21:33 GMT -5
Looking forward to this!
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Post by makofan on Feb 9, 2017 16:37:07 GMT -5
A Traveller air/raft It has a convertible top that can be sealed normally, or air tight, but then you would need breathing apparatus inside (this allows emergency trips from surface to space, although it is slow and dangerous)
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Post by makofan on Feb 9, 2017 17:13:29 GMT -5
The scout ship lands on a river that is about 30 metres wide, and gently beaches itself. You load up the air/raft with survival gear, and the three of you get in, release the air locks and float out the ship and onto the river.
Who's driving, John Corrigan or Lady Leroux?
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Post by ffilz on Feb 9, 2017 18:26:17 GMT -5
Lady Marie will load her rifle and two clips for it into the Air/Raft, we should also take a communicator.
Lady Marie is happy to let the Lieutenant drive, but she is happy to do so also. I don't think there's any advantage to one or the other of us driving.
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