(002) Regina Downport

[joertexas]

Zaki has a bad moment as her foot slips on one of the rungs, but she regains her footing after an unpleasant second. Feeling around for the crank, she takes hold and turns. Somewhat to her surprise it turns easily and the iris above her head begins to open. A beam of light comes down through the slowly opening hatch. The light is from a missing section of hull on the deck above her and somewhere off to her left. It is enough to make it much easier to move around.

She climbs the remaining rungs and looks over the ledge at the middle deck. The light is really fairly dim now that her eyes have adjusted, but it is bright enough to let her see without needing a torch. Looking left she can see where the corridor turns to the right 30 feet away. The light is coming from that area. To her right the corridor continues 30 or 40 feet ending at a closed hatch.

The schematic she has indicates she need to go right on this deck, past the closed hatch in this corridor. The room she wants is just beyond that hatch and to the right.

She takes a step away from the lift shaft, and brings out her hand comp again. Flipping through her apps, she brings up the device's microphone controls. Zaki verifies that the speaker's max loudness setting is turned down to safe levels in case there is a loud noise, and then brings up the mike's gain to maximum. She stands absolutely still for a full minute, just listening to her hand comp.

[Nuke66]

Edwardo waits a bit before continuing his inspection....

[Eris]

Zaki has a bad moment as her foot slips on one of the rungs, but she regains her footing after an unpleasant second. Feeling around for the crank, she takes hold and turns. Somewhat to her surprise it turns easily and the iris above her head begins to open. A beam of light comes down through the slowly opening hatch. The light is from a missing section of hull on the deck above her and somewhere off to her left. It is enough to make it much easier to move around.

She climbs the remaining rungs and looks over the ledge at the middle deck. The light is really fairly dim now that her eyes have adjusted, but it is bright enough to let her see without needing a torch. Looking left she can see where the corridor turns to the right 30 feet away. The light is coming from that area. To her right the corridor continues 30 or 40 feet ending at a closed hatch.

The schematic she has indicates she need to go right on this deck, past the closed hatch in this corridor. The room she wants is just beyond that hatch and to the right.

She takes a step away from the lift shaft, and brings out her hand comp again. Flipping through her apps, she brings up the device's microphone controls. Zaki verifies that the speaker's max loudness setting is turned down to safe levels in case there is a loud noise, and then brings up the mike's gain to maximum. She stands absolutely still for a full minute, just listening to her hand comp.

Zaki hears a few rustling sounds, like some animal is moving about somewhere or other. She also picks up a humming sound, she can't place, that rises and falls in a smooth, but random, way. She also picks up her breathing, but nothing seems anywhere near her except her breath.

[joertexas]

Zaki hears a few rustling sounds, like some animal is moving about somewhere or other. She also picks up a humming sound, she can't place, that rises and falls in a smooth, but random, way. She also picks up her breathing, but nothing seems anywhere near her except her breath.

She shuts off the mike app, and returns the speaker to normal operation. Then, Zaki makes her way down to the closed hatch, and looks for a way to open it.

[Nuke66]

Edwardo moves slowly, burning time.

[Eris]

Zaki hears a few rustling sounds, like some animal is moving about somewhere or other. She also picks up a humming sound, she can't place, that rises and falls in a smooth, but random, way. She also picks up her breathing, but nothing seems anywhere near her except her breath.

She shuts off the mike app, and returns the speaker to normal operation. Then, Zaki makes her way down to the closed hatch, and looks for a way to open it.

Easy enough! There are manual wheels to open the hatches and it turns easily, popping the hatch open.

Beyond Zaki sees the compartment she is seeking to her right just down the corridor. The corridor is even less finished down this way with bare metal on the deck and exposed tubing running along the overhead. Looking down the corridor, there aren't even doors on any of the openings to her left or right.

As she steps forward, she can hear her footsteps echo in the large open space to her right. That is her destination.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, folks. Mom has been in the hospital and I haven't been able to get to the internet much. She's home now, and I'll try to post more frequently.

[Eris]

Edwardo moves slowly, burning time.

Edwardo looks around. This ship is in pretty bad condition, dirty and there is an unpleasant smell in the air...stale air doesn't help, but he can tell the smell would linger even if the blowers where exchanging air at full power.

He makes his way forward. The bridge looks like it has been cannibalized. Many of the consoles are open with wiring exposed and boards missing. There are a couple of holes in the bulkhead where screens once displaced views from outside the ship.

[joertexas]

Easy enough! There are manual wheels to open the hatches and it turns easily, popping the hatch open.

Beyond Zaki sees the compartment she is seeking to her right just down the corridor. The corridor is even less finished down this way with bare metal on the deck and exposed tubing running along the overhead. Looking down the corridor, there aren't even doors on any of the openings to her left or right.

As she steps forward, she can hear her footsteps echo in the large open space to her right. That is her destination.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, folks. Mom has been in the hospital and I haven't been able to get to the internet much. She's home now, and I'll try to post more frequently.

Glad to hear your mom was able to come home.

Zaki moves as quietly as she can, careful to skirt any open areas in the deck plating. She checks each doorway as she goes, and keeps her gun hand free, just in case. When she reaches the space in question, she uses her comm's camera to scan it before she enters.

[Eris]

Glad to hear your mom was able to come home.

Thanks.

Zaki moves as quietly as she can, careful to skirt any open areas in the deck plating. She checks each doorway as she goes, and keeps her gun hand free, just in case. When she reaches the space in question, she uses her comm's camera to scan it before she enters.

The rooms on either side are dark and appear to be mostly empty with a few dim shapes showing up in the gloom.

The large compartment Zaki is going for is also dark and it is so large that it seems like a large black hole. Scanning around with the camera's light, though, shows it to be empty and actually dusty on the deck. There are animal tracks in the dust, but you don't see any sign that any are in there at the moment. The floor has small dots all over it, shining the light up you see why...bats, lots of bats, and the dots are piles of guano. They must roost in here and fly out through the openings at dusk.

Other than avoiding the guano nothing is stopping Zaki from walking right in to the center of the room and making her measurements.

[joertexas]

The rooms on either side are dark and appear to be mostly empty with a few dim shapes showing up in the gloom.

The large compartment Zaki is going for is also dark and it is so large that it seems like a large black hole. Scanning around with the camera's light, though, shows it to be empty and actually dusty on the deck. There are animal tracks in the dust, but you don't see any sign that any are in there at the moment. The floor has small dots all over it, shining the light up you see why...bats, lots of bats, and the dots are piles of guano. They must roost in here and fly out through the openings at dusk.

Other than avoiding the guano nothing is stopping Zaki from walking right in to the center of the room and making her measurements.

Zaki moves to the center of the compartment, careful to move quietly as so to not disturb the bats. She isn't afraid of them, but she doesn't want to give her presence away by scaring them. When she reaches the center, she plans to shoot the measurements, again being careful to not illuminate the bats with the laser.

[Eris]

Zaki moves to the center of the compartment, careful to move quietly as so to not disturb the bats. She isn't afraid of them, but she doesn't want to give her presence away by scaring them. When she reaches the center, she plans to shoot the measurements, again being careful to not illuminate the bats with the laser.

Zaki moves carefully to the center of the compartment. It is a large room and as she shoots measurements she notes that the room isn't symmetrical, close, but not exact. It is off by only a few centimeters and she has no idea what the correct shape should be, so she doesn't know if this is what their contact at LSP was looking for or not...but she thinks it might be.

After a couple of minutes and several scans to get measurements, Zaki is confident she has the room's dimensions completely mapped. She is finished in here.

[joertexas]

[quote="Eris"Zaki moves carefully to the center of the compartment. It is a large room and as she shoots measurements she notes that the room isn't symmetrical, close, but not exact. It is off by only a few centimeters and she has no idea what the correct shape should be, so she doesn't know if this is what their contact at LSP was looking for or not...but she thinks it might be.

After a couple of minutes and several scans to get measurements, Zaki is confident she has the room's dimensions completely mapped. She is finished in here.[/quote]

She retraces her steps, schooling herself to be patient and careful while leaving the compartment. Before she moves into the passageway, Zaki checks again to be sure no one has followed her.

[Nuke66]

Edwardo has seen enough, "Let's go, we've spent enough time in here." he says

[Eris]

Zaki moves carefully to the center of the compartment. It is a large room and as she shoots measurements she notes that the room isn't symmetrical, close, but not exact. It is off by only a few centimeters and she has no idea what the correct shape should be, so she doesn't know if this is what their contact at LSP was looking for or not...but she thinks it might be.

After a couple of minutes and several scans to get measurements, Zaki is confident she has the room's dimensions completely mapped. She is finished in here.

She retraces her steps, schooling herself to be patient and careful while leaving the compartment. Before she moves into the passageway, Zaki checks again to be sure no one has followed her.

Zaki makes it back down the ladder to the lower deck and outside into the bright light. She stops for a minute to let her eyes adjust. As she is standing there she hears a hum signaling the approach of a electric vehicle from her right. She sees dust coming from behind some trees. It is probably a ground vehicle based on the sound and location of the dust coming down the dirt road from further in the salvage yards.

[Eris]

Edwardo has seen enough, "Let's go, we've spent enough time in here." he says

OOC: Bruce and Kevin seem to be AWOL so I'll lightly NPC them for now.

Pedro and Carlos are with Edwardo and they agree and follow him back toward the outside.

As Edwardo steps outside the smaller ship he sees and hears the approach of a security vehicle from his left. It is tooling along the dirt road at a good clip throwing up dust in billows behind it. There are two people in the open topped vehicle, a driver and a man in the front passenger seat. The passenger seems to see your parked vehicle as he points at it and motions the driver to pull over next to your car.

You see Zaki across the road standing next to the open hatch of the large frontier cruiser.

[joertexas]

You see Zaki across the road standing next to the open hatch of the large frontier cruiser.

Zaki quickly keys Haber's comm code into her comm and sends him the survey information she just obtained. Then, she locks her comm, puts it away, and waves at Carlos. "Over here, Carlos. Where did you go?"

[Nuke66]

Edwardo yells load enough for Zaki to hear, and hopefully the guards as well. "Not that one, this is the one we are looking for Zaki." He makes like he is entering the hulk once again.

[bruce.desertrat]

As Edwardo steps outside the smaller ship he sees and hears the approach of a security vehicle from his left. It is tooling along the dirt road at a good clip throwing up dust in billows behind it. There are two people in the open topped vehicle, a driver and a man in the front passenger seat. The passenger seems to see your parked vehicle as he points at it and motions the driver to pull over next to your car.

You see Zaki across the road standing next to the open hatch of the large frontier cruiser.

Pedro walks toward the car offering a friendly wave. "Hola compa! Was happening? You closing up already? We still marvelling on how thoroughly how dinka this thing is.Stripped to the bolts then you took all the bolts! " He laughs and continues walking towards them, carefully angling so their line of sight is drawn away from Zaki.

Sorry for the absence I've been swamped with work (we're moving to Office 365 from on-prem-ed everything, and there are a LOT of moving parts), plus the joys of owning a This Old Crappy House have been a tad overwhelming lately. On the up side I think I've leveled up in my JOT skills and I picked up Dishwasher Repair 2 , Water Heater repair 1 and Garbage Disposal Replacement 1 (x2).

[Eris]

The guards whip their heads from one side to the other as first they look at Edwardo when he shouts to Zaki, then over to Zaki, now walking back toward the road with the big cruiser's hulk behind her, then back to Pedro standing near the hatch of the smaller merchant.

The guard on the passenger side stands and jumps from the jeep like vehicle, "No, we're not closing. We never close this place. Can I see your passes, please."

He turns toward Zaki and calls over to her in a not unfriendly fashion, "And that ship's off limits. I'd appreciate it if you'd come back over here now."

[Eris]

As Edwardo steps outside the smaller ship he sees and hears the approach of a security vehicle from his left. It is tooling along the dirt road at a good clip throwing up dust in billows behind it. There are two people in the open topped vehicle, a driver and a man in the front passenger seat. The passenger seems to see your parked vehicle as he points at it and motions the driver to pull over next to your car.

You see Zaki across the road standing next to the open hatch of the large frontier cruiser.

Pedro walks toward the car offering a friendly wave. "Hola compa! Was happening? You closing up already? We still marvelling on how thoroughly how dinka this thing is.Stripped to the bolts then you took all the bolts! " He laughs and continues walking towards them, carefully angling so their line of sight is drawn away from Zaki.

Pedro contributes to the heads whipping back and forth, but Zaki and Edwardo gave her position away but it doesn't look like the guards are particularly alarmed about her being over there.

You all note that the guards have side arms in holsters and radios clipped to the collars of the shirts.

Sorry for the absence I've been swamped with work (we're moving to Office 365 from on-prem-ed everything, and there are a LOT of moving parts), plus the joys of owning a This Old Crappy House have been a tad overwhelming lately. On the up side I think I've leveled up in my JOT skills and I picked up Dishwasher Repair 2 , Water Heater repair 1 and Garbage Disposal Replacement 1 (x2).

OOC: I feel your pain.

Eris