Escavel 2009/07/07(Tue)23:22 No. 3716 ID: 55e935
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>>3692
You open the LS box to find...

goddammit. You retrieve the SINGLE LS cartridge and inject it into your suit. You now have 27 hours of life support left.

Escavel 2009/07/08(Wed)01:47 No. 3765 ID: 55e935
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>>3692
The S1 Service Pistol. You know it as well as any other soldier of the empire. It's a fast-firing, fast-reloading handheld railgun that uses two magnetic rails to launch bullets at incredible speeds. Once, you saw one that was overcharged explode as it ignited the very air around it.

It's incredibly easy to use, maintain, and disassemble for parts. In fact, the battery it runs off is built into the ammo clip so that they don't have to be managed separately.

Surely some other ships crashed....on the planet...not necessarily nearby..

Set up the distress beacon, then take the gun and utility bar. Never know what we might find on the surface of this planet.

Escavel 2009/07/09(Thu)08:19 No. 4626 ID: 55e935
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>>1672
You take the utility bar and pistol, attaching them both to the magnetic holster on your waist. They are both retrievable at a moment's notice.

Afterwards, you set up the distress beacon outside.

What kind of message should it broadcast?

>>4626
"Help! I am nothing but a nose with legs!"

"Shot down, may be scavenging, fire signal flare if camp is empty"

SOS, help, life support failing, 26 hours remaining, land at crash site and signal, will return asap.

Escavel 2009/07/09(Thu)18:05 No. 4734 ID: 55e935
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>>4667
You input the signal wirelessly through your communications menu.

You hear a soft electric sound from within the ship.

Uh, check the ship? Are we supposed to be hearing that?

Escavel 2009/07/09(Thu)22:38 No. 4842 ID: 55e935
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>>4753
It's coming from the computer.

Escavel 2009/07/09(Thu)22:38 No. 4843 ID: 55e935
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Well, that looks bad.

>>4843
Any info on distance away, ETA or windspeed? The temperature enough is scary...

Escavel 2009/07/09(Thu)23:14 No. 4853 ID: 55e935
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>>4851
Yes. And it's even scarier!

Several electronic signal spikes are on the radar, plus one massive, yet low frequency signal from the north.

>>4853
Pack up that beacon and find shelter. Ask the computer if the ship's cockpit is a suitable place to stay. If it isn't ask the computer if it knows of suitable shelter nearby. If that comes back negative, panic.

Suggestion 2009/07/12(Sun)10:17 No. 5506 ID: 55e935
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>>4864
You submit the query to your computer and receive some mildly disheartening feedback.

Suggestion 2009/07/12(Sun)10:20 No. 5509 ID: 55e935
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Only fifteen minutes remain to make whatever repairs or modifications in order to survive the storm.

>>5509
open the locker and check the red box, it may be flares or some other heat source.

"What would it take to get some sort of heating going in 15 minutes?"
Do whatever it takes.

"Will the beacon survive out there?"
If no, pack up beacon.

"Computer, wish me luck."
Make an awesomeface.

>>5509

Would the gun battery be of any use?

Suggestion 2009/07/12(Sun)12:24 No. 5558 ID: 55e935
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>>5513
A high-explosive grenade. The thermide inside could start a fire, but disarming and extracting it safely is a tricky, delicate process.

There must be alternate ways of getting heat, but this is always an option.

>>5544
That would destroy the ammunition and you already have two spare identical ones next to the taze baton.

What, exactly, is the utility bar?

This might sound radical, but we can use the oxygen to build a good, big fire. How much oxygen is in the tank?

Suggestion 2009/07/12(Sun)14:22 No. 5574 ID: 55e935
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>>5560
A multipurpose tool for digging, hitting, splitting, cutting, ripping, chipping, prying and not-dying.
>>5564
Four hundred cubic meters. However, the cockpit cannot support a large fire and the storm outside would certainly extinguish it.

Let's do a good old fashioned inventory check. Ask the computer what energy sources are available to you. Ask the computer what heat generating equipment you have.

Things are going to get dicey soon.

Suggestion 2009/07/12(Sun)19:40 No. 5589 ID: 55e935
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>>5579
The computer complies.

>>5589

MATHS! ONCE AGAIN MY MORTAL ENEMY CONFRONTS ME IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

>>5589
I think if we take the backup generator and crank that shit up to 11 we'll be fine.

>>5591
Actually I think starting it at 11 would be good, but we'd actually need to turn it down eventually or else we'd oven ourselves. How much heat can our suit take before our squishy body inside it is in trouble?

Suggestion 2009/07/13(Mon)09:07 No. 5603 ID: 55e935
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>>5591
You head outside to get to work on the backup engine, when you get your first glance of the atmos storm.
>>5599
Temperature-wise, the SecondSkin can take anything up to being thrown into the exhaust of a plasma reactor.

Escavel 2009/07/13(Mon)15:59 No. 5777 ID: 55e935
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>>1672
You take a look at the back of your ship. It appears the primary engine exhaust has a large corrosive chunk taken out of it. Attempting to start it could detonate the ship if pressure were to build.

As for the backup, the maintenance grid has sealed it with a small hatch, protecting it from damage.

>>5777
FFF head back in to get the tool to open it.

Escavel 2009/07/15(Wed)19:42 No. 6748 ID: 55e935
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Oh. It's just a switch. Well, that was simple. The backup engine should be online now.

The timer adjusts itself to stay visible.

Get inside

still would be nice to come up with a way to reinforce the structural integrity of the ship before calling it good.

Escavel 2009/07/16(Thu)08:06 No. 7032 ID: 55e935
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>>6836
Oh god no.

>>7032
Wait, did we just get locked... out...?

FUCK.

Use communications link in our helmet to tell our computer to OPEN THAT SHIT UP.

Escavel 2009/07/16(Thu)09:29 No. 7050 ID: 55e935
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>>7034

Escavel 2009/07/16(Thu)09:45 No. 7055 ID: 55e935
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They hung up.

You're relieved that they relinquished control, but there's nothing keeping them from doing it again. Someone out there has control of your ship.

>>7055
Disconcerting. We shall hope that they don't override our ship commands halfway through the storm. Command computer to let you in please, and then we play the waiting game through the storm.

>>7055
when you get in ask if it has a general idea where the signal came from.

Hmm, any way to hook up the backup engine to the internal thermostat like the life support used to be? Don't want to fry either, and manual adjustments will be hard if we have to, say, sleep at some point.

Disconnecting the ship's external communication equipment might prevent mysterious signal from taking over, but do we have another way to call for help?

Escavel 2009/07/16(Thu)21:58 No. 7405 ID: 55e935
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>>7061
Aside from the distress beacon, which can only stay out in fair weather, there's no other form of communication than the linked computer-suit broadcaster.

And if the computer knew where the signal came from, it would have said.

You squeeze past the generator a bit to hook the backup engine to the life support's thermostat module. However, as the generator is down, you have to use 1 of your 2 Power Cells to keep it going. It's not meant for this, so you don't know how long it will take to deplete.

>>7405
might as well use some snow to clear off the visor before you get back in.

Escavel 2009/07/17(Fri)11:41 No. 7431 ID: 55e935
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>>7412
It's about time to wipe off the blood on the exterior of the visor. You can't quite get it out of the cracks, and a copious amount of the blood seems to remain on the inside of your helmet.

Suggestion 2009/07/17(Fri)11:53 No. 7434 ID: 67c611
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Well, I guess it's time to shut the door and pray. Do we believe in a god?

Tell Computer that if we don't make it through this we just want Computer to know that we always loved it.

Escavel 2009/07/18(Sat)10:04 No. 8052 ID: 55e935
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>>7434
A god? There are a scattered few churches in the empire, all dedicated to serving Man first, and his spirit second. You never really gave them much thought, but in a time like this...

You seal up the hatch and deactivate the timer. If the storm is coming, there is nothing that can be done about it now. It's time to buckle down and wait it out.

Escavel 2009/07/18(Sat)10:08 No. 8053 ID: 55e935
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After a few minutes, the temperature reaches the point of bearable. You take off your helmet.

The visor... they visor stays on. For some reason or another, you feel afraid to take it off... It's been so long since your skin has been exposed to the harsh air. Removing it feels so... unnatural.

Escavel 2009/07/18(Sat)10:13 No. 8054 ID: 55e935
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You take your seat in the chair and pray for sleep as the thunderous winds smash against the hull with ear-splintering howls.

A time later, your begin to dose off at long last. Just as your eyelids flutter shut, you think you see a faded afterimage on the monitor.

Escavel 2009/07/18(Sat)10:41 No. 8057 ID: 55e935
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Thanks for following so far. I can't believe I made it to 50 screens.

However, I take far too long, so I conscripted my good pal Mr.Q to take over on the art front for me.

Tune in to Part 2's signal soon.