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BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:42 pm I was modelling the breakout of the Queen from the Docking Bay over breakfast...I can conclusively say that the door lands butter side down 9/10 times.

And should there be a giant space-labradoodle available, that door is toast!

BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:39 pm OK - Exam question

There are two on the Passenger Deck (Indrani and Tiberius), two on the hanger deck(Anrwulf and Nalani) and three (plus 6 hangers on of various levels of usefulness) on the crew deck (Pranit, Noor and Maggie) and Reven blind-flying from the engineering desk.

The opposition have one somewhere (possibly outside, on the cargo deck or on the hanger deck), five (maybe 6 or 7 if you include the casualty in the lower part of the lift-shaft) on the freezer deck, lift shaft and bridge and 4-6 in a grav-vehicle or leaping into the crew airlock. Reven's mad-cap take-off has lost them the initiative and the possibility of outside help.

What is the overall plan for retaking the queen?

Discuss

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:28 pm What Nālani knows:

The mine is on the roof of the lift leading down from the Hanger Deck to the Engineroom. The lift car is just below the Hangar. The other lift, leading to the bridge is not mined, but is in use by the intruders.

BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:41 pm

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:28 pm What Nālani knows:

The mine is on the roof of the lift leading down from the Hanger Deck to the Engineroom. The lift car is just below the Hangar. The other lift, leading to the bridge is not mined, but is in use by the intruders.

Not quite. It's on the roof of the lift that runs up from the Hanger Deck to the Passenger deck.

The other lift is not mined and was full of intruders...but the cameras are now out so it's hard to tell the current state.

The part of the other lift that covers the Cargo deck and Engineering deck still has a camera and at last inspection had a body in it - an intruder that got caught by a sudden G change and fell. This is currently sealed by a valve between the cargo deck and the hanger deck. That lift-shaft had a seal between the passenger deck and the crew deck, but that was forced open and jammed before the cameras shut off.

So the intruders are currently in the main shaft {between decks 1 (bridge) and 5 (hanger)} and on the bridge.
Assana, Indrani and Reven are connected to the computer, but that may depend on the actions of the Hacker and on the guys in the bridge.

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 7:12 pm This "roll the ship and cut the dampers" plan, does Nālani hear about it before it kills her and Arnwolf?

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 7:40 pm We're in the hangar with a loose air/raft, on the outer extremity of the ship. Maximum effect with a big object to crush us. Plenty of movement, and danger to boot. The raiders are in the lift-shaft, on the centre-line - minimum effect for them.

When Nālani hears the plan/warning I'll comment I/C as Pilot.

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:14 pm There are no raiders on the hull, just the team in the shaft, about to hit the passenger deck having done whatever they did on the bridge (kill the computer apparently). The people on the hull either entered the ship (via the hull breach on the Bridge roof or the freezer/hangar airlock) or were shaken off by the exit through the doors.

So, you'll throw Arnwolf and Nālani under the air/raft and shake up the rest, but leave the boarders relatively unscathed in the lift shaft.

Can you selectively cancel dampers instead? Then acceleration alone will pin the shaft occupants.

joertexas wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:16 pm

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:14 pm There are no raiders on the hull, just the team in the shaft, about to hit the passenger deck having done whatever they did on the bridge (kill the computer apparently). The people on the hull either entered the ship (via the hull breach on the Bridge roof or the freezer/hangar airlock) or were shaken off by the exit through the doors.

So, you'll throw Arnwolf and Nālani under the air/raft and shake up the rest, but leave the boarders relatively unscathed in the lift shaft.

Can you selectively cancel dampers instead? Then acceleration alone will pin the shaft occupants.

I figure having the entire ship spinning around the lift shafts would put a major damper on their ability to move around. That's quite a bit of rotational motion to deal with, even if there isn't much centripetal motion involved. I think we can leave the dampers running in the cargo hold, but the passenger deck's dampers would probably encompass the lift shafts at that level, too.