[DH1e] The Damocles Contingency (OOC)

[Mazer Rackham]

Not at all, Stitches turning up is just trying to add options to your strategy.

You could indeed make the attempt. Nothing stopping you. 

[Lysimachus]

Very tempted to say screw it and just go for it... Reynard is a gambler, after all!  

[Mazer Rackham]

Spoiler

 

Stitches can be on hand to patch up any burns...

Edited September 10, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

Has cracking the password shut off the autoclave? If not, I guess our first order is to shut it down? Then secondly, is there a way to vent the already superheated atmosphere and bring the room air temperature down to normal?

Once that process is started, we can decide who to send in via the cleanroom and who should stay out to operate the terminal? Presumably more than 1 can go in, either in a group or 1 at a time depending on the size of the cleanroom? So is it more a case of deciding which 1 of us won't come in?
 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

Send Stitches, he's expend, he's a doctor 

[Lysimachus]

I'd definitely say Stitches should go in, his medical skills are invaluable in trying to figure out what happened? I'd probably also send Falk in, as an investigator, and Nicios to see if he can pick up more psychically than what he got from the corridor?

Reynard might be able to spot stuff that doesn't seem right, too?

I'd probably have Restal wait outside, though once Bardas gets there he might be able to get more info from the terminal? (Is there any security picter footage, for example?)

[Mazer Rackham]

Yes, you've unlocked the terminal only. The controls for the doors, autoclave and life support will be up to your discretion.

With Bardas and Scourge being on autopilot, you can assume they can operate the terminal and keep each other honest.

Plus Bardas may delve further, but there won't be much. He will quickly discover (by simply looking at the network structure) that it's an isolated network, with only enough info on it to do small tasks.

It would be simple to send in the rest of you as a group. I'll pop up a better map soon. Players are free to post their thoughts, reactions etc in the meantime.

[Lysimachus]

Ooh, very interesting! If Bardas is staying outside, does anyone else have Tech-Use to investigate the desk terminal?

As a Hiver, Reynard treats Tech-Use as a Basic skill, so he can actually still try it, though only at half Int 37 = 18... so not great odds, but I'm not sure if anyone else has a better shot at it?

Though, as its narrative time, can he just keep trying it until he gets it? Or is there a limit to it?

 

Edit: oh, and could he get an Assist from Bardas using the hardwired comm to the security terminal?

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

55 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Though, as its narrative time, can he just keep trying it until he gets it? Or is there a limit to it?

If you fluff it, you'll time out for 1D5 mins +5 mins per DoF, but that's it. Passing will open the safe, but the research stuff in there is completely beyond you.

Edit: oh, and could he get an Assist from Bardas using the hardwired comm to the security terminal?

I like your moxie! I regret not... ;)

Might be a good idea for the team to coordinate and decide who would be best suited to which task...

Machine God is suspicious of the  killing jar , er medicae facility...

Edited September 13, 2022 by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

Cool. So, Scourge, Restal and Bardas are staying outside, so we've got 4 of us going in?

Things to look at:

Search the storage (maybe Falk, as he has Search skill and good Per?)

Look at examination table and organic remains on the floor (maybe Stitches, assuming that's a Medicae Test?)

If the stuff in the safe is beyond us anyway, and there's nothing of worth on the desk terminal except popping the safe open, I'm not sure it's the best use of time... maybe Reynard should look at the metallic remains instead? Would that require any particular skill, or will basic Awareness do the trick?

What about Nicios? Can he psy-scan the room again now he's in it? Maybe that might give us a clearer idea of what we're looking for?

 

Any other ideas?

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

I believe someone has a Multikey? 

[Lysimachus]

True, but that's more another task for Falk (the multikey is his and he has Security skill...)

I guess if Falk wants to use his key on the safe, Reynard could rifle through the storage lockers... again though, if the Search skill is required I'm down to half Per =14 to actually find anything useful (whereas Falk has Search and Per47)

 

Basically, without Search, Security, Tech-Use or Medicae Skills, I'm at a slight loss as to how to use Reynard here... maybe he would be better just staying outside on guard?

 

Edit: well, safe is open, excellent! I guess I'll just start opening the storage cupboards and have a look through...?

Edit edit: yup, that went much as I thought! Assuming Reynard didn't just knock the cupboards over and smash everything within, he might have... eventually... found something useful...?

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Lysimachus

[A.T.]

59 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Basically, without Search, Security, Tech-Use or Medicae Skills, I'm at a slight loss as to how to use Reynard here... maybe he would be better just staying outside on guard?

Standard awareness to scope out the room is always useful

[Machine God]

9 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Might be a good idea for the team to coordinate and decide who would be best suited to which task...

Machine God is suspicious of the  killing jar , er medicae facility...

That quick scurrying thing that you can just see out of the corner of your eye...

That jumping thing

 

[Mazer Rackham]

What, that thing? *points*.

Nah man, that's Brian, the local false hydra. Perfectly personable, but the milliners don't know where their bowler hats keep going.

[Lysimachus]

Should I wait for Stitches to examine the Medicae stuff before we trigger the catch? Anything else other than that we need to look at first?

[Beren]

Has anybody looked at the Blue Triangle or the terminals yet?

[A.T.]

17 minutes ago, Beren said:

Has anybody looked at the Blue Triangle or the terminals yet?

No, though the terminals require tech use which I think we are short of with the current group in the room.

[Lysimachus]

Reynard has just moved to look at the blue triangle.

I think Mazer said the only use of the terminal would be as an alternative way to open the safe, so we don't have anything else to do there?

[Mazer Rackham]

The inner terminal will open the safe (as an alternative to low Security if it fluffed or became a problem, you know, like one of you having their arm savaged by a pit worm) but it also contains medical information. It can be surmised that this was Dreyfuss' desk, and therefore would contain working files.

Like with the terminal outside, it's a Medical setup, so anyone with that kind of training will know what to look for. I'll let Stitches use his Medicae skill + his Electoo, in place of Tech-Use. (You can assume the electoo would contain your job specs, and the system would be expecting Dr Dreyfuss).

[Lysimachus]

Ah ok, i misunderstood your previous comments, so we definitely want to see those files then? (Maybe they will explain more about what is in the vial in the safe?)

In that case, Reynard will continue to wait before pulling the catch, to give Stitches a chance to open the desk terminal.

And the blobs on the floor are Dreyfuss and his gun, then? 

Edited September 14, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Lysimachus]

Another thought that just popped into my head: the terminal has a hard-wired commlink, which I'm assuming is like a land line through/across the Hive? Once we're into the terminal, can we use the comm to contact Verdict (or whichever V) to provide them with an update and ask if they have uncovered any more information on their end? 

 

...and come to think of it, to ask if they know what the hinge catch is and what it does! 

[Mazer Rackham]

23 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

Ah ok, i misunderstood your previous comments, so we definitely want to see those files then? (Maybe they will explain more about what is in the vial in the safe?)

In that case, Reynard will continue to wait before pulling the catch, to give Stitches a chance to open the desk terminal.

And the blobs on the floor are Dreyfuss and his gun, then? 

Could be anything on that terminal...maybe even a folder full of 40k memes...

23 hours ago, Lysimachus said:

Another thought that just popped into my head: the terminal has a hard-wired commlink, which I'm assuming is like a land line through/across the Hive? Once we're into the terminal, can we use the comm to contact Verdict (or whichever V) to provide them with an update and ask if they have uncovered any more information on their end? 

...and come to think of it, to ask if they know what the hinge catch is and what it does! 

Yes, an outside line can be had and patch through to Voyager sitting on his flight throne reading Pilot's Weekly.

As for that catch, it's like a finger - pull it and find out...!

 

[Lysimachus]

Nice!

Another question: is the commlink tied into the rest of the terminal?

(ie, can we start contacting Voyager/Verdict now, or do we need to wait for the entire terminal to be unlocked by Stitches' Medicae Test?)

Edited September 16, 2022 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

The terminal can be used to communicate (since it's a phone/communicator/instagram board) it's only the files or lab functions which are protected.

If that's any use?