SS Codex goes to space. Prospector ironman LP.

[Bliblablubb]

Hardly. Might mess up my landings in the future.

Well, your landings can hardly be worse except for a total crash---- somebody give that man/lizard/midget/CIS a bottle of potatojuice STAT!

 

[Matalarata]

ANY WOMEN ON BOARD?

...Those flowers really did a number on you, Captain.

 

[tindrli]

Bros, did anyone noticed that 24h has passed and we didnt even blinked.... maybe we stucked in some kind of temporal distortion

 

[Grimwulf]

AWRIGHT, Captain's Call! To make this day memorable and prove our gentlemensness, EVERYONE WHO HAS A GIRLFRIEND STAYS ON BOARD! All others - go out there and gather flowers.

Let's see.

Spoiler

Cpt. Grimwulf has SEVERAL womyn, obviously. Nadja the station commader, Claudia the freelancer, Dayyalu's ex-girlfriend, Lizzurd's corpse. Obviously, I stay on board and send dem emails and shit.
Spigot the Bear stays, coz he met somthing on online dating. Or so he says.
Tindrli has a girlfriend/boyfriend on Spacestation 1. The poor guy.
Nevill Kolne #1 has a soulmate, Nevill Columbus #2 does not. Makes you think, righ? No? Oh, shuddup.
Lhynn is not alone. Unlike you, lightbane

NO GO AND MAKE PAPA GRIMWULF PROUD!
psst, Matalarata. If anything goes wrong, we can leave them below and fly away, hue hue. What? You are in the Awayteam? Oh. Hhappy expedition then!

Azira?

Oh, ffuck shit, will there EVER be a safe landing? Git out of my ship! Always wanted to say that.

Gathering fowers, shooting space mammals, doing your best not to drown in lava. That's life, men.

At some point, Azira and Cassidy withdraw to the ship. I have no idea why. No explanation followed - they just came back here (high as fuck) and that's it. OK THEN

The rest of the awayteam is doing just fine. Dodging lava ain't easy, tho

As sqeecoo and lightbane quickly find out.

Did I mention that Cassidy and Azira didn't JUST ABANDON the expedition, but also took the gyro jet rifles with them? The rest of the crew avoids the local wildlife from now on. Thankfully, dem mammals are just as high as we are.

Azira, you hullucinating ship wrecker, let's relocate and pick up the awayteam, wherever they are. Seems like they didn't find anything after a... O-ho!

Codexmen. We found it. The Big Whoop.

Abandoned ship. In order to reach it, we have to go into SPACE once again, and land our old barge right next to it. Yes, we're going to land on this planet for the third time.

The risks? We might ACCIDENTALY crash-land on the mountains, or dive straight into the lava.

Why do I even ask your opinion? Because I need to blame somebody in case we all die. So what will it be?

 

[a bear named spigot]

i think it's a great idea captain, let's do it.

 

[Bliblablubb]

Oh, ffuck shit, will there EVER be a safe landing? Git out of my ship! Always wanted to say that.

My future executioner captain, may I humbly suggest the creation of the "Azira Success Support" fund (the A.S.S. fund)? Technically it would be just a healthy supply of potatojuice on board (locked away until needed), to make sure he is properly fueled before flying, landing or talking. The costs of that would be minor compared to possible damage to our beloved space-'dex. (It would also be within your authority to substract that amount from Azira's wages, and he would have drunk it all away anyway)

 

[Grimwulf]

Technically it would be just a healthy supply of potatojuice

Any suggestion involving potatojuice automatically receives my approval. I am ready to invest a grand sum of 9 Credits to make it happen.

OSLO, I was about to order landing near dat ship, when Matalarata noticed that it's located atop of the mountain. We need some GEAR to get to it. Not sure which, but probably jetpacks.

In any case, we're done here for now. The holiday is over, you may take off your dresses and bikini. Let's decide on our next destination, men.

 

[a bear named spigot]

fly off into the unknown to the southwest and explore the first system we find.

 

[Azira]

The Earthlike planet looks tantalizing. Also, we might find other stars on the way there.

 

[lightbane]

Lhynn is not alone. Unlike you, lightbane

Bah, what do you know? I have SCIENCE! as my eternal companion. I need nothing else, really. Love is an outdated and non-existent concept and... And...
Forget it. Changing the topic, I vote for the Earthlike planet as well.

 

[Zephyr Arsland]

How Earth-like? As in "evolved in a parallel dimension where Leonidas was crushed by a cart as a infant" or just... *cough* it's the pollen. Sorry. Let's go there.

 

[hostergaard]

You can use jetpacks, I recommend them in fact, with them you can traverse any mountain.

But I also recommend a mining drill or laser drill. They are awesome, like oxygen you have a limited amount of jet pack fuel, but the drills you can fire as much as you want and even level the whole plant if please. And you can even use them as weapons and attack the ground the enemy stands on!

 

[Grimwulf]

Fasten yer seatbelts - we are flying towards earthlike planet! Just kidding - this ship has no seatbelts.

Off we go!

CONDUCTOR, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! There is no conductor on this ship either. And I'm just hallucinating.

Surely Spigot the Bear will help me eventually.

Azira, why does our ship only have 3 hull points?

We had 5 when we left Spacestation 1. What? Just my hallucinations? Hahaha, ok.

A new star spotted!

Aand Spigot does the job, fucking finally. The ghost of Kalin haunts me no longer. His demands of payment were quite ridiculous.

Wait, the fuck happened to my fuel reserves?

Azira!

Almost there anyway.

... Or not. The ship's systems are malfunctioning, and gas clouds prevent safe passage to our destination. We've spotted a star in those gas clouds, but we won't take any risks, considering our current condition. Captain's Call!

FIND A WAY THRU, AZIRA!

Goddamit!

Ok, men. Time to make dat KEY CHOICE once again. Not much fuel left, so it's probably a smart idea to turn back now.

However, we didn't make a whole lot of profits this time. The expedition was a failure. So MAYBE we should give that gas cloud system a shot on our way back. At least let Matalarata work those scanners. The risk here is we'll probably die the moment we fly into this thing.

Or maybe there is a third option I don't see. So what's it gonna be?

 

[Matalarata]

I suppose we could risk a little scan, what could possibly happen...?

In b4 itshorribru.

 

[Grimwulf]

I suppose we could risk a little scan, what could possibly happen...?

The officer has spoken. Azira, you know what to do.

...

So the situation is this: we have one last hull point left. Which means that any landing might be our last. So we won't land.

Scanning those three planets might be safe, or might not. If the pilot fails at keeping the ship stable, he will need to correct the orbit. And that might just be enough to finish us off.

My split personalities can't come up with a singular decision, so I ask my officers again. Scan one planet? Two? Three? Or just fly back to Spacestation 1, praying that we have enough fuel to get there?

 

[Bliblablubb]

Since Azira obviously drank our spacefuel after draining all the potatojuice reserves, I suggest returning to the station and make sure both ship and Azira a fueled to the max. With just 3 hullpoints left even a botched (because sober) scan would probably end the proud legacy of the spacedex before it really begins.
Do you really want to end this with the sentence: "Then we all died because Azira tried to play a game of chicken with the planet's moon."?

 

[Grimwulf]

With just 3 hullpoints left

It's 1 hull point.



You can see it on the previous screenshot, it's right ther... Hm, I might as well explain the UI.

HP = hull points
SP = shield points (if you have a shield system installed, otherwise it's zerp)
Pi = pilot's xp level (in case you don't have a pilot, it will be 0)
Gu = gunner's xp level
Sc = scientist's xp level
Dr = doctor's xp level
Security = number of security guards, including specialits (squard leader, sniper, paramedic)
Sensors = sensor powah (duh), the bigger - the better
Engine = engine power, the number in brackets tells how many movement points you have during space battles.

Better late than never.

 

[Matalarata]

Are there risks in just scanning from orbit? I know little about the game mechanics... Since we're here I'd say scan at least one planet, more if you feel confident enough and then head to the nearest station for repairs hoping we've got enough duct tape fuel.

 

[Bliblablubb]

You can see it on the previous screenshot, it's right ther... Hm, I might as well explain the UI.

So finding all those non-lifeforms and not-curing sickness made our sci/doc better, yet after all that ship action our pilot is still only slightly better than nobody sitting at the steering wheel? Sounds about right.
But seriously, get our asses back to a station. With only 1 hullpoint I am afraid even running into a bulkhead would blow up the ship.

Also, what happens if you run out of fuel in space? Game over, or just be forced to pay for rescue?

 

[Grimwulf]

Since we're here I'd say scan at least one planet, more if you feel confident enough and then head to the nearest station for repairs hoping we've got enough duct tape fuel.

The officer says that scanning 1 planet should be ok.

Also, what happens if you run out of fuel in space?

We'll find out soon!

Ok, let's check out the furthest planet from the star.

Butiful. I want to come back here sometime. Now, just keep dat ship steady, Azira...

Ma man! It's a miracle we are alive right now. OKAY, Spacestation 1! Full speed!

Merchant fleet! Maybe they can sell us some fuel. Azira, make radiocontact with... huh

Two merchant convoys nearby. And something else that indentifies as "pirat...g. Yes, pirag fleet. Don't mind us"

Men, I have a bad feeling about this place. Should we even try to contact anything? Staying here might be risky. Dat pirag fleet looks sorta fishy.

 

[Matalarata]

pirag fleet

...go for repairs. In a real station.

 

[Bliblablubb]

"Pirag fleet" sounds like the bought their equipment from some extra cheap space-azn company. You get what you pay for. They are most likely extra pissed beause of that. Maaaaaybe better to avoid them.
Hail dem merchants and trade a cup of space fuel for pictures of your crew's station waifus hopefully not many spaceshekelz.

Unless 15 fuel is enough to reach notDS9. How's the fuel consumption handled btw, one unit per square?

 

[Azira]

It ought only be about 5 fuel to get to the station. We have enough. Let's limp over there and refuel. And then the real choice happens. Repair this ship, or buy jetpacks and try to commandeer the crashed ship we saw earlier? ...

Might need to repair at least a few hullpoints first, so we don't die upon landing..

 

[Bliblablubb]

or buy jetpacks and try to commandeer the crashed ship we saw earlier? ...

I am all for jetpacking, but what makes you think the crashed ship has more hullpoints than the spacedex now? Plus IIRC it was the same type we already have, just without the homely smell of booze, sweat and... other fluids.
And let's be honest here: if you don't even manage to land our fully repaired ship without damaging it, chances you manage to bring that wreck into space are probably less than Matalarata detecting non-non-lifeforms before landing.

 

[Azira]

Oh ye of little faith. I can feel the spirit(s) of this other ship is strong. We need it. (It has a still).