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[hardrocks]

Sorry I'm a bit quiet at the moment. We're in the middle of moving house. I'll let Ridley handle the negotiations and Kar will grunt along and "chip in" if needed.

[The Bindoner]

It's fine,Tiglath's on holiday this week too.

Ridley - perhaps with Remington to appraise the safety/viability of the bomb(s) - can handle things for now.

Good luck with the move, hope it all goes smoothly.

[The Bindoner]

If neither Coastguarder or Gorethirster have anything to add I'll move along.

[coastguarder]

Roll for whatever skill/stat you think best helps. ? is this rem rolling ?

[The Bindoner]

Yep. He's the one checking the bomb to see if it's safe to bring aboard

Doesn't stop anyone else trying to do something.

[Gorethirster]

As far as skills relevant to checking out a suitcase nuke I have Physics 2 and Electrical Engineering 1. I figure the physics would at least cover the question of whether or not the thing is going to kill us all with a radiation leak, but I'm not sure electrical engineering is what I'd need to use to figure out if the thing will actually detonate on command or not. Let me know what you think makes sense or if you want multiple rolls.

[The Bindoner]

A roll on Engineer/Electronics seems most appropriate.

If that roll is bad you can roll on Science/Physics to try for a bonus ( for understanding the basic principals involved ).

Again, that Investigate might help too. It's the "figuring out what's going on" skill, applications everywhere

[Gorethirster]

If Ridley is done haggling I can do a bomb inspection post on the assumption that at least one person accompanied Remington.

[The Bindoner]

I've asked hardrocks and Coastguarder who wants to go, we'll see who fancies the trip.

If neither post in time assume Kar, as Captain, will ride along. In the cab, with the Ranger.

[Gorethirster]

I hate online dice rollers. I never have good luck with them. Hopefully by the time we make it off Oghma Remington will succeed on at least one roll.

[The Bindoner]

Don't worry, you'll double-6 a totally inconsequential roll ( for the quality of a sandwich or something ) soon I'm sure

Anyway, with +1 Int or Edu A and +1 from Science/Engineering skill, that's a pass.

[Gorethirster]

I completely forgot mongoose traveller does attribute modifiers on skill rolls. Apparently all those years of college did pay off for Remington.

[Gorethirster]

Remington may not be familiar with weapons engineering, but fortunately he knows

But what does he know?

[The Bindoner]

Oops, hasty editing..

[The Bindoner]

Fixed.

[Gorethirster]

Do you want me to roll to detect radiation leaks, or was that something that would have been included in the general investigate roll?

[The Bindoner]

No need to roll, as you say the investigation dealt with that:

a standard military ship's missile sized warhead. It has not been modified beyond being removed from it's missile and having it's detonation trigger replaced. The fact it is a standard warhead means it should be stable and safe, right up to the moment it isn't. The shielding lining the case may be “belt and braces”

Especially with the excellent second roll Remington is confident the warhead is perfectly safe.

[Gorethirster]

Perfect. I figured it couldn't hurt to be extra paranoid with nuclear arms.

[Tiglath]

Having a bout of RL busy but will surely post Sunday!

[The Bindoner]

Post when you can, we're not on a deadline.

I'll give everyone a chance to close the conversations they're in/buy things/meet contacts etc then move on to the next scene.