Chapter 6 - Knock Knock

Thanks, lots of good info there.
Glad to see the layout too. I hope that Nox gets at least a cot in storage lol.

While everyone is having a look around the ship, Pergano, the Xexto pilot, eases the ship out of the bay and begins setting up the Hyperspace jump. You're in the middle of settling in when you feel the subtle change in the vibrations of the deck plates, indicating you're in Hyperspace now.

Arriving on the outer edge of the Tarvio system, Pergano flies below the Orbital Plane, allowing you to see some of the asteroids that make up the immense belt. Pergano puts in the local coordinates of the 'site' you're to investigate and heads into the belt.

After about forty minutes you approach the site and Pergano brings the ship to a hover just above what appears to be a recessed landing area.

Pergano looks over the console as he hovers.

"Passive scans don't show much more that residual power, it could be deserted and dead or just on standby."

Pergano looks around at the faces peering out the windows. "Alright, no one said 'Run for it', so here goes."

He lowers the gear and then lowers the ship into the landing bay. You watch as the darkness suddenly envelopes you. You all know the science, but the sudden shift in light that the lack of atmosphere causes catches you by surprise. Pergano pauses and hit's the lights. As he finishes his decent, you're pretty sure this place has been here for a couple decades at most. The walls of the landing area have some minor pitting but are in much better shape than you were expecting for an abandoned facility.

Pergano kills the lights once you're on the surface. You can tell by the way the ship settled in, you're on a solid pad, but the gravity is just 'asteroid gravity'. If there is artificial gravity, it's been off for a bit.

"Ok guys, I'll go dark and watch the passives, in case someone tries to sneak up on us. You'll definitely need your suits to make it to the bay doors."

The four of you bounce down the ramp. Reaching the surface, you confirm that there is a proper landing pad under about an inch of space dust. From the pad, you regain some of the perspective that viewing objects in space robs you from. This bay is big enough to hold 2 or possibly 3 freighters the size of the Ghest. The 'north' end of the bay has a set of double doors around 6 meters tall and probably 10 meters wide. Along the 'east' side of this 15-meter-deep landing area, just below the top of the bay, you see the slightly bulging windows of an observation or flight control deck. At ground level, also along the 'east' wall, you spot 5, evenly spaced and standard sized doors. Your initial impressions are the place appears in good shape, with no obvious damage.