Heist the Colours 2: Now in Space (OOC)

I say: go for it. No one else seems to be proposing plans.

Work on getting the doors open and the Gig connected (or connectable), the others can maybe say how they get/got the docking couple (which may or may not be from the caretaker).

Looks like a good plan pedrop.

Sorry for the late reply.

Yes, I think that's a good plan to go for, Pedrop :)
If you want to have bought them before we left, Ronny can put in some money as well. We are all in this together anyway.

For the power, is it possible to have a battery? I suppose after the initial hooking up of the electronics, the gravity will be less important. Though still annoying maybe.

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As a side note, I'm usually happy to go with whatever you guys have as ideas :)
So if something happens in RP, I'll just go with it and try to build upon that.

@Pedrop: Ronny is a bit concerned about the complexity of Raf's idea, but if Raf tells him it'll work, that would easily convince him. :)

Yes. You can have batteries or generators. That seems like the sort of thing you would have planned for. I doubt they are overly expensive (we can look in the book, or maybe just ignore it).

Generators need fuel (could be a tiny amount of the same fuel the ship uses, or could be 'solar' or something like it, or diesel or something like it), but can run for as long as you need. Batteries don't need fuel, but have a limited-time use.

The Gig will be able to power any of these small things indefinitely... but only when it is here. If you take the Gig to the caretaker, you will need something to tide you over.

Raf has Power Plant Engineering, so he would be able to do fancy things with these, and would know about them and their limitations.

You have all worked on ships before. This should not be a task you guys consider very tricky even with your lack of Engineering or Mechanic Skills. There would be almost no risk to Ginger --it will be attaching to the 'outside' of the airlock same as normal, and the risk to Betty is small since it is inside the ship not exposed to space. If it goes badly it may come back to bite you later in an emergency when the internal airlock to the engine room becomes important, but you can get that fixed before such a thing comes up, right?

The bigger risk is to the people who take their Vacc Suits off, if something goes wrong with the seal or something, they may be exposed to space and have to get their Suits on again in a hurry (one of the rare situations that does require a Vacc Suit roll).

Oh, ok. In that case I will rephrase my post a bit. Just the last line.

Cool. Let us know what you did.

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Are Lio and Ronny going into the caretaker's office (and home) to talk to him? That will increase your chances of success, but will mean he has seen your faces no matter the outcome.

If you are going in, go ahead and narrate it. He will be more than happy for the company, so there is no worry about him turning you away.

That was my intention

For the future: No problem for me at all. Even if Ronny would completely not agree with Raf (in character ).

I love those "small touches" (hope the phrase is proper for the context... ;) ) in RP threads - they make PC feel really alive and have their pov and concerns.

Similarly: I loved when you have build upon (or even noticed) Raf's little "slip of the tongue"... ;)

Since you are inside, we can assume you don't have to worry about doors being locked anymore.
You will need to roll to get the job done, but what you roll will depend on what you are doing. Presumably you are connecting your generator/batteries directly to some motors or something (presumably after disconnecting it from the main power circuits for safety)? Those rolls should be fairly self-explanatory (Engineering Power Plant, with INT?). Then whatever you do next may need some fine-control and Mechanics rolls?

I assume there is a valid reason Raf is powering the crane to open the doors and not powering the doors? Maybe the doors' motors are harder to get to, or harder to disconnect, or more risky if there is a complication?

@Airshark and @TheGenerator: Do you want me to narrate your getting to the caretaker? I wanted to leave space for you to define your terms. There is also time to change your minds if you want to leave Raf alone and take Abby with you instead, but being alone in dark space is very dangerous, small mistakes can turn lethal if there is no one there to notice and help.

I was waiting to see if Raf needed anything else before we got to that. You're welcome to narrate us getting there though, that'll speed things up.
Great :D I try to interact with such things when I can.

What is your 'prank'? You going to squish poor Ronny under unexpected 7Gs of acceleration? You going to wait for him to be in a crash-couch, or you going to stick him to a wall?

You can go ahead and narrate that (assume you and Bob already set it up). If you do it right it should just be flavour and we don't need to worry about dice or actual injury.

@Pedrop: You will have Healed your three points of END Damage during the trip over here.

With Lio's help that is guaranteed, but you might have done so without Medical Care if the dice were good to you. Feel free to narrate it if you want, or we can just assume it happened.

Just flavour was my intention. Something like standing in the subway train when it departs. Times 3...
No intent of doing any harm. It will probably piss him off though.

Might do. That's up to TheGenerator. As is any later retaliation.

You'll have to live in fear from now on :P