Posted by Gamemaster Creeping Dread (Gamemaster) in Shuttlebay - Europa in Trouble - Main Sim

Posted by Captain Johann Dvorak (CO) in Shuttlebay - Europa in Trouble - Main Sim

Posted by Gamemaster Creeping Dread (Gamemaster) in Shuttlebay - Europa in Trouble - Main Sim
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“Good call,” the Captain confirmed. A safety line couldn’t run out of power.

Moving over to a nearby storage locker, Vora found an EVA suit that would fit her and went through the process of putting it on, pushing away the tremor of unease that moved through her as each piece went into place. She’d wait to initiate the helmet and visor until the last minute. “You know, having shorter hair makes the helmet so much easier,” she joked idly. Levity certainly never hurt in a crisis.

~Vora Zorell, Sciences

“Having no hair at all makes it a snap,” Johann joked just as the seal closed on his own EVA suit helmet. Then he opened it again, since he didn’t want to actually power anything up until they were in position.

There was something about their usual banter that just set her at ease right now. A momentary calm in the storm so to speak. Vora flashed Johanna a grin and gave him a very Human thumbs up, as a joke of course.

He also grabbed a couple of safety lines and handed one to the engineer. He attached one end of his safety line to his suit, and held the loose end for now. He would attach it to an appropriate anchor on the deck or bulkhead when they were ready to proceed.

– Johann Dvorak, CO

The engineer got suited up as well and took the extra safety line from the Captain. She headed to the atmospheric controls and waited for Vora to get into the shuttle.before signalling to Johann that she was going to decompress the bay.

After she double checked her suit’s seals and atmosphere, she operated the console and proceeded to vent the bay. After the pressure hit zero she then headed to the right side of the bay doors, secured her safety line, and uncovered an access panel.

The Captain had secured himself at the appropriate position on the left side of the bay doors.

She opened an area comm channel to talk to Johann and Vora. =/\=Captain, you’ll need to get into the access panel there and press the corresponding buttons. Delta, delta, epsilon, gamma. Then grab the handle of the cylinder, pull it as far as it will go, then rotate it one hundred and eighty degrees counter clockwise before pushing it back in fully. That’ll release the door locks and we can then manually crank it open if the tractor beam idea doesn’t work.=/\=

GM Dread

=/\= Alright, =/\= the Captain said. He keyed the appropriate sequence into the panel and then turned the lever according to the instructions.

=/\= Lieutenant Zorell, is the shuttle ready? =/\= If she was ready, then next he’d have Engineering cut power and see if their crazy plan could work…

– Johann Dvorak, CO

Inside the shuttle, Vora had powered the small vessel up and was focused on the sensors. =/\=Affirmative.=/\=

There was an almost imperceptible thud that vibrated through the deck and manual unlocking controls. It was unlikely that Vora would feel it but Johann and the engineer did. =/\=Okay good, that uh worked. I’ve never done this before but the procedures were clear. I just wasn’t sure if what has been plaguing the ship would’ve interfered with this too.=/\=

GM Dread

From inside the shuttle, Zorell skipped through the preflight sequences with rapid speed knowing that time was of the essence. The sooner they could figure out how exactly their power was being affected, the sooner they could connect with the away team on the surface.

~Vora Zorell, Sciences