Win has arrived.

Win wave!

SpaceGM says, "Yay."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "hey hey"

SpaceGM says, "A fully house!"

DrPrendergast says, "Or two pairs and an ace"

SpaceGM says, "So the situation we ended up in last time was a little complicated, though also a little reminiscent of the previous cliffhanger."

SpaceGM says, "Fred and DrP are in the engine room, having 'repaired' the engine."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I should really choose shorter screennames"

SpaceGM says, "They're on a gantry, several pirates are stranded further down in the bowels of the machinery."

SpaceGM says, "Blood has finally forced his way into the backup control centre, but is confused to find nobody there except Fred on the radio."

SpaceGM says, "Win has sneakily infiltrated her way onto his team."

SpaceGM says, "Fred has just started the engine up again, and Blood is distressed to find that the computer is warning of a fatal radation leak in approximately 27 minutes."

DrPrendergast says, "short restart"

DrPrendergast goes home.

DrPrendergast has arrived.

SpaceGM says, "Meanwhile! Boffo was tussling with pirates, Harold Lloyd style."

Boffo says, "hey yeah Harold Lloyd"

DrPrendergast asks, "Uh, who's that?"

SpaceGM says, "He finds himself drifting down what is almost certainly the wrong corridor, in zero gravity and pitch darkness."

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "Harold Lloyd was kind of like Charlie Chaplin"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "ie, a silent-movie actor who get involved in wacky antics"

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "You hit a wall at one of the frequent corners in these corridors, and realise you can actually see."

Boffo says, "whoah hey oof"

SpaceGM says, "You're looking out of a largish porthole at a huge, dull bronze planet."

SpaceGM says, "It's glowing very faintly."

Boffo says, "golly"

SpaceGM says, "And if you're not mistaken, very slowly getting perceptibly larger."

Boffo pulls out his handkerchief and polishes the porthole so as to be able to see better

Fred asks, "Hey, Blood, can you pull up the passenger manifest display and check if any of them are currently in the economy class section?"

Boffo says, "good thing Win is at the controls, or else I'd be worried we're about to crash"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Wow, we hit a planet? What are the odds."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "Didn't we use the coordinates?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "No, we flew off in a completely random direction."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Since we didn't have the juice to make it to a planet on the list of known planets."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Actually not too impossible, as when you hit the jump, you tend to fall along the curvature of the surrounding etheric substrate."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Oh, naturally."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Perhaps the ship's warp field tends to naturally align itself with -- yeah, that."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "So it's not uncommon to come out near massive objects. Sometimes too near."

Blood asks (of Fred), "The what? Why would I want to do that?"

Blood says (to Fred), "You broke the engine! The ship says it's going to explode!"

Fred says, "Because that's the part of the ship that's going to explode first."

Blood says, "But -- but -- my ship!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "So it seems like there are several possible directions this could go:"

DrPrendergast asks (of fred), "But we're near the engine! Isn't there something we can do?"

Fred says, "Right! We all want to save it! So if you want to help, check if there are any passengers currently in the economy class section."

Blood says (to Fred), "Shut the engine off!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "One, we manage to stop the explosion completely with no damage."

Blood asks (of pirates), "Can we switch it off from here? Who knows engines?"

Blood says, "Where's Eduoardo, damn his eyes."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Two, we manage to mostly stop the explosion with only minor damage."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Three, the ship blows up but the passengers are OK."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Or four, we all get really sad."

Win, gruffly, "Er, I took a Basic Navigation class in space high school."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

Blood says, "Navigation! I don't need a navigator! I know where we --"

Blood says (to Win), "Hmm, actually, you check our position."

Fred says, "If we shunt the main reactor's power output into a Kleinman configuration, it'll irradiate the areas radially surrounding the engine core, but it should leach off most of the excess radiation without damaging anything forward of where we are."

Win hesitantly sits down at the controls and hits some wrong buttons and some right ones.

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "So you missed out Five, you turn the engines off and drift through space forever, or until you hit something and die."

DrPrendergast asks, "Oh my god! We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "I was counting that as a version of Two."

Fred says, "But that'll kill anyone in economy class."

Blood says, "But that'll ruin the engines!"

Blood says, "And that too!"

DrPrendergast exclaims (at fred), "But we're near the engines!"

Fred says, "Well, sure. But engines are easy to build."

Fred says, "More or less."

Fred says (to DrP), "Oh yeah."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hee hee."

Fred says (to DrP), "You, uh, might want to look for a quick way back up from here."

Blood asks (of Win), "Where are we??"

DrPrendergast says, "As a Doctor, I can tell you, radiation isn't healthy. Unless of course it's gamma radiation, which is just bad for anger management."

Win exclaims, "We're in luck! We're near a planet!"

Fred says (to DrP), "Captain Blood already has enough trouble with that, I think."

SpaceGM says (to Win), "Hmm, but this planet is not marked on the charts at all."

SpaceGM says (to Win), "According to the catalog you're in empty space."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Oh, I thought we were looking at the space radar."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "hmm, secret planet"

SpaceGM says (to Win), "Also there seems to be no sun."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "well, you're looking at space-google maps"

SpaceGM says (to Win), "Roll piloting, aim for 15."

Win rolls 3d6+9: 2 6 4 | 21

Fred exclaims, "OK, if we don't know if there might be someone in the economy class cabins, then we can't risk killing them. I'm going to go down and see if I can manage the radiation leak by hand!"

Fred says (to DrP), "I would recommend running away right about now."

DrPrendergast says (to fred), "Don't be crazy! It'd kill you. I can't let that happen."

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "tune in next week for galaxy princess 3: the search for fred"

SpaceGM says (to Fred), "Just to clarify, it hasn't started leaking *yet*."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "So is this bit of the controls the radar or the charts?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "(either's fine with me)"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "The radar."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Gotcha."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "You're near *a* planet, but it's as Boffo said, a secret one."

Win scratches her head.

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says (to SpaceGM), "Sure, but if we don't stop whatever it *is* doing, then presumably things are going to explode and/or kill people."

SpaceGM says (to Win), "OK, the other interesting fact is that you're plunging towards this planet on what looks like a collision course."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Since that's what always happens if the red warning lights on ships' engines are allowed to keep flashing for too long."

Win says, "So, there's a planet, but there's no star. And we're right here on the space maps (points at an empty-looking place with a blip (that's us) on it."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

Win exclaims, "The planet's getting closer, though, so we should know what it is better soon!"

Fred exclaims, "Hey, I know! We can just eject the fuel!"

SpaceGM says, "The pirates start looking shifty and uncomfortable."

SpaceGM says, "'So the ship's about to explode?' 'And crash into a planet?'"

SpaceGM says, "'There are lifeboats, right?'"

Win asks, "Er, crash?"

Win says, "Oh."

Win looks back at the screen.

Fred asks (of Blood or Win or whoever), "Does your control panel have a control for ejecting the fuel from the tanks?"

Win says, "Yup, crash."

DrPrendergast asks (of fred), "If we eject the fuel, we won't crash, right?"

Fred says (to DrP), "Nah, if we eject the fuel, we'll be stuck floating out in deep space forever."

Fred says (to DrP), "Unless we get lucky enough to drift past a planet."

Fred says, "*Then* we'll crash."

DrPrendergast exclaims, "Then that's a terrible idea!"

Win says (to Fred), "We're about to crash into a planet first, so don't worry about the radiation leak."

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "Meanwhile, you're hearing piratey behind you."

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "the other downside of ejecting the fuel is if this is a giant space-whale, that might anger you"

SpaceGM says, "And dim emergency lights start flickering on and off."

Boffo says, "uh-oh, I'd better find someplace to hide"

Boffo looks around for a doorway to duck into

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "There are crew cabins, or it looks like the lift is over that way."

Boffo says, "lift it is"

DrPrendergast asks (of fred), "Maybe we could get everyone to the lifeboats?"

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "Oops, didn't mean to hijack"

[Crows-Nest] Fred asks, "Wait, who's getting angry at the whale?"

Fred exclaims (at DrP), "How can we do that from down here!"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "ha ha oops"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "anger it"

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "Captain SpaceAhab"

Blood grits his teeth furiously and scrunches his hat in his hands.

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "Also, I have actually lost track of exactly what dangers we are facing right now."

Blood says, "I'm not giving up this ship! Not now!"

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "And am just hoping that we can find a way to explode something with beneficial effects."

Boffo says, "maybe I should hit the emergency button in the lift"

Fred exclaims (at Blood), "It was never your ship to begin with!"

Win asks, "Er, so, uh, if the planet is about as larger as us as an asteroid is to our pirate ship, we might be able to slingshot around it? If we, uh, give it a little boost?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Oops, afk briefly."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "COMMERCIAL BREAK"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Does anyone know exactly what's going on?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "is that a serious question?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Uh, er, I thought it was. So far, I've just been saying whatever comes into my head."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Which worked OK for the first three episodes."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Back!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Hee hee"

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "You punch the lift button and wait impatiently."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "The ship is about to crash and explode."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Perhaps in that order."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "there are pirates on the ship, you restarted the engine or whatever and made it explode"

SpaceGM says, "It goes 'ping' and opens, revealing a lift crowded with passengers, led by a large ferocious-looking lady wielding a chair!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "we jumped off to the middle of nowhere"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "So I know there's supposed to be a fatal radiation leak in N minutes if we don't do something about it, but it's not apparent how a leak can be predicted to occur at some point in the future when it hasn't happened yet, and it is not clear how this is supposed to cause an explosion, and it's no fun if it doesn't cause an explosion, so I assume it's got to cause one."

Name set.

Lady says, "There's another one! Get him!"

Boffo exclaims, "wait! I'm not a pirate!"

Lady says, "RARR"

Boffo exclaims, "I have these pies for a perfectly explainable reason!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "And then there is something about a planet we can crash land on, except then I thought I heard something about it being really small, in which case it might be too small to crash land on, in which case, what good is it?"

Boffo runs away

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Who said really small?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Really *large*."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I think that was Win's supposition"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "also it's glowing"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "which is a little mysterious"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "unless it's a space whale"

SpaceGM says, "Roll moves!"

You roll 3d6+5:  2 1 1 | 9

Boffo asks, "are we still in zero-g?"

SpaceGM says, "Yup."

Boffo rolls 3d6+7: 5 3 3 | 18

SpaceGM says, "Nicely done!"

Lady swings wildly, ends up spinning around on the spot.

Boffo asks, "can I try to explain to them that I'm not a pirate while dodging blows?"

SpaceGM says, "As you speed away, you barge into a couple of pirates, but then they notice the horde of angry-looking passengers spilling out of the lift."

Boffo says, "oh good"

Lady says, "More of them! Get them!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "(And it doesn't help that my connection keeps freezing up so I can't see what I'm typing or anyone's responses and have to kill the terminal and restart it again...)"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Hey, I just realized--what did I roll Pilot for back there? Did I learn something?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says (to Fred), "bah"

Boffo exclaims, "onwards! to victory!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Oh, it's a really large glowing planet?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Then I recommend landing on it."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "yeah"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "hee hee"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Is this ship made for landing on planets?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Win), "Oh, that was just to detect the course, sorry."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Not Jupiter-sized planets."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "And if the radiation leak is set for some time in the future, then it sounds like we can just land, then turn off the engines, and then fix the problem while we're safely grounded."

SpaceGM asks (of Boffo), "Who are you talking to there?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Oh, it's too big to land on?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "I think the leak will happen if we keep heating up the engines at the current rate, or if they stay at this too-high temperature for that long or something."

SpaceGM says, "The pirates (still covered in pie and coffee) whip out their blasters, but they're also spinning crazily since you crashed into them."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I'm not sure this kind of ship can just land on a planet"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "like it seems like it would need a special dock"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "or else you'd ferry people back and forth on smaller ships"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "We could land Enterprise style"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Eject the saucer section?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "OK, so what if we do another jump to a set of real coordinates near a non-pilot planet and eject the engine right after we generate the necessary warp jump but before we emerge into normal space?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Doesn't the Enterprise usually crash?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Thus fully containing the effects of the explosion within the sub-etheric matrix?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says (to SpaceGM), "Exactly"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "If this is a Jupiter-sized planet, is it a gas giant?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "It wasn't a helpful suggestion"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

SpaceGM asks (of Boffo), "Funnily enough you're the most in-control person in this particular melee -- what's the plan?"

Boffo says, "I am going to exhort the passengers to charge onwards through the pirates and retake the control room"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Win), "If the scanner can be trusted, it looks like some kind of 'brown dwarf' -- a protoplant that's not quite big enough to sustain fusion."

SpaceGM says, "They're pretty much doing that already, but the not attacking you part could need work."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "So, no on the landing on it then."

SpaceGM says, "Give me your best oration, and also roll Cool!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Er, protoplanet."

Boffo exclaims, "friends, fellow passengers, space-travellers, lend me your ears but not your chairs!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says (to Boffo), "Maybe you could rely on your fame as a zero-g polo player."

Boffo exclaims, "in all my travelling in the galaxy never have I seen such an intrepid band of resourceful passengers as yourselves! but please direct your fury elsewhere!"

Lady looks at her chair suspiciously.

Boffo exclaims, "observe me! true, my countenance is somewhat sullied by the slings and pies of errant fortune, but do I look like a scruffy, low-life pirate? surely not!"

Boffo exclaims, "observe my elegant tailoring and finely-cut boots, not to mention this stylish monocle! I am one of you!"

(From SpaceGM) Passengers mutter, "That's true -- what a snazzy jumpsuit he's wearing!"

Boffo says, "(albeit with a slightly nicer cabin than most of you)"

Boffo rolls 3d6+9: 5 6 1 | 21

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Pulling the wealth and privilege card, eh?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "everyone loves it"

Lady says, "Nonsense! He must be the pirate captain!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "well, unless this cruise has a delegation from the socialists' club"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

Boffo exclaims, "don't be silly, madam -- I can't be a pirate captain, I don't have a hat!"

Lady says, "You can tell just by looking at him -- he's the most bloodthirsty of the lot!"

You roll 3d6 + 7:  4 2 3 | 16

SpaceGM says, "One of the other passengers grabs her chair and sends her spinning back down towards the lift."

Boffo exclaims, "perhaps she was some sort of pirate spy! we must move quickly!"

Name set.

Passenger asks (of Boffo), "Quick, before she recovers -- which way?"

Boffo says, "uhh .."

Boffo points randomly. "This way!"

SpaceGM says, "Furious unladylike sounds reverberate from the lift."

Passenger says, "Um, sure! Come on, people!"

SpaceGM says, "Back to the control room."

Name set.

Blood says, "We need to turn the engines off to save the ship!"

Blood says, "But we need to fire the engines to save the ship!"

Blood says (to Fred), "Fred? Fred!"

Blood says (to Fred), "You got us into this, you need to get us out!"

Fred asks (of Blood), "OK! Is there a pilot in the control room?"

Win asks, "So, first we fire them, then we turn them off?"

DrPrendergast says, "I keep an eye on the spinning pirates, in case any of them tries to do something"

Blood asks, "How long can we fire them for?"

Fred says, "We need to make a jump and then eject the engines just as we enter hyperspace. That way we can leave them behind when they explode from the overload, while the rest of the ship jumps to safety."

Fred exclaims, "But it'll take split-second coordination!"

DrPrendergast says, "We'd need to be 100% sure on the coordinates"

Win says, "On the plus side, firing them will use up some of the fuel, and maybe I can shunt some to the reserve tanks? That blinking light there says 'reserve tanks empty'."

Blood says, "Jumps to *safety*?? We're in the middle of nowhere!"

Blood says, "We'd need a day of acceleration to haul up to Mimosa from here, let alone Delch."

Blood says, "I don't want to be stranded in space with no engines!"

Blood asks (of Win), "You! Can we get into an orbit around this planet?"

Fred asks, "Well fine, what's *your* plan, then?"

Win, meanwhile, has been quietly charting out a course to bounce the ship off the planet's outer atmosphere.

DrPrendergast says, "I agree with the captain, ejecting the engines seems rather crass"

Win asks, "I... think so?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks (of DrP), "You're objecting to the plan on grounds of etiquette?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "Oops, might've misused the word"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I meant "extreme""

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

DrPrendergast asks, "Isn't life support and all that connected to the engines?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "It *does* seem impolite too, as you don't actually own the ship."

Win also starts reverse-draining the fuel into the reserve tanks. Which requires a bit of safety-mechanism-turning-off, but hey.

DrPrendergast says, "We don't know how much air all these passengers have left. They may suffocate."

SpaceGM says (to Win), "So there are a whole bunch of asteroids in the planet's dust layer, and a couple of fair-sized moons. Possibly more on the far side."

Win chart chart chart navigation plan

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "Oh, okay"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Man. I just want to blow something up. Is that so wrong?"

SpaceGM says (to Fred,DrP), "Both of you roll Cool, please."

Win . o O ( Oho, I can use the gravitational pull of *that* moon to pull us just far enough away... )

SpaceGM rolls 3d6+5: 5 6 4 | 20

DrPrendergast says, "Can't I use Etiquette? Killing people is impolite."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says (to Space), "I think it's clear that I've already failed that roll..."

Fred rolls 3d6+2: 5 5 3 | 15

DrPrendergast rolls 3d6+4: 5 4 1 | 14

SpaceGM says, "Oh dear, neither of you was looking upwards!"

SpaceGM says, "The console DrP is standing next to explodes, as a heat-beam narrowly misses him!"

DrPrendergast exclaims, "Oh my word!"

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "You're knocked sprawling -- 4 damage."

SpaceGM says, "(Taking you to 5, I think)"

Fred exclaims, "I knew something was going to explode!"

DrPrendergast says (to SpaceGM), "Yes"

Name set.

DrPrendergast asks (of spac), "This means 2 more karma?"

Pirate takes more careful aim this time.

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to DrP), "Just the one."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, ";nods."

DrPrendergast says, "I put out my burning sleeve."

Pirate says, "You two! Put your hands up, and drop that wrench!"

SpaceGM says, "This guy looks significantly bigger and meaner than the hapless dudes who nearly fell into the engine."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "What is the pirate standing near?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "He's up above you, on the ladder in the access chute."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Anything like a throbbing power conduit or the like?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "Including the huge pirate I threw down?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to DrP), "Heh, I forgot that guy. Not bigger than him, but meaner."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I bet this is the pirate who was in disguise as that lady before"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Ha."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Fred), "This is the engine room! You can barely see for throbbing conduits."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "With 6 damage, how hurt am I?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "You're sore, but not seriously impaired yet."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "Ah, okay"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Into the 10s and you're in trouble."

SpaceGM says, "Okay, that was your one warning."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says (to SpaceGM), "I'd like to do something to make one of the throbbing conduits near him explode."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Such as...?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Would it be reasonable to do that from here, or would I need to throw something at them?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I try to quick draw my blaster and fire in his general direction"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Oh, I see. He's a good distance away -- like 40 feet or so."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Though I suppose not technically 'up' as we haven't turned the gravity back on yet."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "('From here' being something like turning the big valve on the conduit next to *me*, in order to put too much plasma piping through the conduit near *him*, overloading it.)"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Fred), "Heh."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "If that is a reasonable sort of thing to do, I shall; if not, I'll throw my wrench at the most dangerous and fragile-looking thing near him."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Tricky, but worth a try."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred exclaims, "OK, let's try it then!"

Fred quickly makes a mental schematics of how these pipes must be connected, then grabs a few big valves and gives them a spin!

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "(providing cover for Freds antics)"

Fred rolls 3d6+9: 5 4 3 | 21

SpaceGM says, "Roll engineering and aim for 18!"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "provides cover fire, his tongue sticking out and one eye closed."

SpaceGM says, "Yikes, way ahead of me."

DrPrendergast provides cover fire, his tongue sticking out and one eye closed.

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "And you must roll for shootin'."

You roll 3d6+8:  2 3 2 | 15

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "+1 for sticking-out tongue"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "Is that Moves?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Yes."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hey, I guess you have that karma, though."

DrPrendergast rolls 3d6+4: 2 5 4 | 15

SpaceGM says, "Wow, nicely done."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "That means I get to reroll, right?"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "And choose the better roll?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Yeah, if you want to spend that point, roll again with 4d6."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "No, it looks okay"

SpaceGM says, "The pirate takes careful aim at Fred, but DrP's nearby shot puts him off!"

SpaceGM says, "He turns his attention to the Doctor, and they each fire directly at the other! Both hit!"

SpaceGM says, "And then -- the throbbing conduit explodes!"

DrPrendergast says, "I clutch my chest, shouting "AARGH""

SpaceGM says, "He burned your arm, and destroyed your gun this time! You're getting the hang of putting out flames, though, at least."

SpaceGM says, "5 more damage!"

SpaceGM says, "On the upside, you hear horrible bellows of pain coming from the behind the cloud of thick smoke up by the access chute."

Fred exclaims, "We have to get out of here!"

SpaceGM says, "And let's go back to the control room!"

DrPrendergast says, "I .. can't.. go on without me"

SpaceGM says, "Where Boffo has just charge in, at the head of a mob of passengers."

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "Or, without the ellipses, 'I can't go on without me'."

Name set.

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "Which is hard to argue with, you must admit."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "Hee"

Boffo exclaims, "now *there* is a captain!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "uh, I assume"

Blood says, "WHO ARE YOU"

Blood looks wildly from passenger to passenger.

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "ha ha"

Blood says (to pirates), "Um, get them!"

[Crows-Nest] (from Win) Boffo says, "I am no-one to be trifled with."

Boffo exclaims, "we are the passengers of the ship you've hijacked! we demand justice! and the restoration of beverage service!"

Blood runs away through the opposite door!

[Crows-Nest] (from DrPrendergast) Blood says, "Who are you? Who,who,who? I really wanna know"

Win exclaims, "I, uh, give up! Let me pilot the ship away from the planet we're about to crash onto!"

SpaceGM says, "A few of the pirates follow him, the remaining few drop their weapons and put up their hands in horror."

Win looks at Boffo for support.

Win is otherwise deep into her charting machinations and is unable to help.

Boffo says, "hey, it's -- I mean, yeah, good idea, you pirate! you better just pilot that ship so we don't crash"

Win exclaims, "OK!"

(From SpaceGM) Passenger says, "I bet I could fly the ship!"

[Crows-Nest] (from Boffo) Passenger says "This is unix!"

(From SpaceGM) Passenger says, "Yeah, I've won several yachting awards!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "is this the kind of thing where two people would actually be helpful?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "or is he trying to muscle Win out of the way?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "What, flying, or swaying the mob?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "They're just debating, as yet."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "the former"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hmm, that's a good question. Yeah, a backup pilot to read the charts might be useful."

SpaceGM says, "I think another Cool roll is called for, to calm down the baying mob!"

SpaceGM says, "Both of you can try."

SpaceGM rolls 3d6+3: 4 1 2 | 10

SpaceGM rolls 3d6+3: 3 5 3 | 14

SpaceGM rolls 3d6+3: 4 6 6 | 19

Win rolls 3d6+5: 1 5 1 | 12

Boffo says, "we have retaken the control room! now let's, uh, let these professionals do their duty and fly the ship, while the rest of us go chase down that pirate captain"

Win exclaims, "Uh, yeah! You can... help... read the charts!"

SpaceGM says, "Uh-oh, that one guy definitely looks like he wants to take out just one more pirate."

Boffo rolls 3d6+9: 6 4 3 | 22

SpaceGM says, "'That's right, the pirate captain! I'll get him! Who's with me!'"

SpaceGM says, "And he dashes out of the room, alone."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "hee hee"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Hang on, +9?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "yeah, in retrospect that should only be a +6"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "since being rich isn't actually helpful"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Not unless you're actually offering them money."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "enh"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "But good enough."

Boffo exclaims, "now then, to the automat! pies for everyone!"

SpaceGM says, "Let's see, where are we."

Win looks at the controls. "Come on, come on..."

SpaceGM says, "DrP is rather badly mangled, but with Fred's help has seen off that last pirate. They're both still down in the enginer room, although it's a lot more on fire than it used to be."

SpaceGM says, "The ship is hurtling towards this brown dwarf, which is really rather close now."

SpaceGM says, "Win is at the helm, and the passengers, led by Boffo, have taken over the control room."

SpaceGM says, "Blood has exited stage -- whatever direction it is, as there's still no gravity."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "My plan is to drain most of the fuel into the reserve tanks, leaving just enough left for a burst of speed and some fancy maneuvers to set us into a stable orbit around the planet, and the main tanks will then run out of fuel so the potential radiation leak won't have enough juice to be dangerous."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "er, on #galaxyp but hey."

[GalaxyPrincess] * Bishop has joined the channel.

DrPrendergast says (to fred), "Really, leave me here *cough* I'll only slow you down"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "That sounds nearly impossible, for any normal pilot!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "In other words, probably an 18."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "If it works, you'll be in a stable orbit, with some fuel left, but the engines will be dead."

Fred exclaims (at DrP), "If only we had someone here who could tend to your injuries!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Or were you trying to save them?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "What kind of 'dead' do you mean?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "In need of tricky repairs before you could leave this system."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "I was hoping they'd be restartable in a bit."

DrPrendergast says, "Do you know anything about medicine? I have my bag here. I could talk you through it."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Space-jumping isn't like dusting crops!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Does 'tricky repairs' mean 'accomplishable by Fred'?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Yeah, most likely."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win exclaims, "Then sure!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "personally I'd rather have Win operate on me than Fred"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "Fred might try to use a sprocket-wrench and re-lube the gearings"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

Win exclaims, "OK, everybody hang on!"

Win punches the engines just as the ship starts entering the planet's outer atmosphere!

Win rolls 3d6+9: 4 1 6 | 20

Name set.

Win exclaims, "Yeeeeeeeee haaaaaaa!"

Jack, almost forgotten until now, says "Those boys in the engine room'd better get out of there sharpish.

Fred says (to DrP), "I once heard someone say that the human body is like a machine."

Fred says, "A wet, squishy, hard-to-restart machine."

Fred exclaims, "If that's true, then we should have no problem!"

DrPrendergast asks, "Listen, if Win is pulling off that stunt, there'd be an engine shaped hole into space here soon, right?"

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "Oh, not as bad as that, just a bit of radiation for anyone in the close vicinity of the engine or the main fuel intakes."

Fred frowns. "I have no idea what kind of stunt Win is pulling off. But if it's going to kill us, she'll probably gives us some warning first."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I hope the radios are still working"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I was wondering when somebody would ask."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "OK, so I guess DrP and I are attempting some kind of assisted roll thing to tend to his wounds?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Er, would this be a problem for those in the engine room?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "it seems like Fred might be able to note from engine noises if Win is doing something too crazy"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says (to Win), "well it'll probably overheat"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "steam and radiation coming out etc"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "If so, retroactively can I say "Get out of there!""

SpaceGM says, "Let's roll for medicine!"

Win at the last minute remembers that the engines are out of alignment, and compensates.

SpaceGM says, "First, Fred, roll Brains and aim for 15."

SpaceGM says, "If you miss, I'll give DrP a penalty on his roll."

DrPrendergast says, "You put that in there...hold that back... push the blue button on the skin reclaimer, then give me 2 mg of Nycotroxyoxin..."

SpaceGM says, "(Meanwhile, three pirates are finally emerging from the innards of the engine, but having heard Win's warning, they just scoot past and away.)"

Fred rolls 3d6+6: 3 3 4 | 16

SpaceGM says, "And now -- man, this is going to involve more rolling than Win's entire orbital maneuver."

Fred says, "You know, I could make this skin reclaimer more efficient if we just replaced the D-16 transtator chip with a D-24 one..."

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "Roll muscles and aim for 10! Since you're injured."

DrPrendergast rolls 3d6+2: 2 5 2 | 11

DrPrendergast says, "Phew"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

DrPrendergast says (to fred), "Now, now, that will affect the molecular regeneration inductor by an inacceptable 2 %"

SpaceGM says, "Ow, that's painful! But with Fred's help, you managed to clean off the burned area, and now just need to wave the magic repair-o-wand over it."

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "Finally, roll medicine, aim for 12!"

DrPrendergast rolls 3d6+8: 6 2 2 | 18

DrPrendergast says, "okay, I'm fixed. No longer go on without me."

SpaceGM says, "Nice work! I'll let you heal 6 points on the spot."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

SpaceGM says, "Which is plenty to allow you to get the hell out of here under your own power, should you choose."

SpaceGM says, "Back in the control room --"

SpaceGM says (to Win), "You're just grazing the atmosphere now... Raising an almighty angrily-glowing wake behind you."

SpaceGM says, "Coming up to the point where you need to engage the final engine blast, and suddenly you notice that there's something blocking the way."

SpaceGM says, "A big cluster of dots on the radar!"

Win exclaims, "Ack!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "This would be way more cinematic-looking if I hadn't destroyed the bridge."

SpaceGM says, "About five seconds away!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Heh."

SpaceGM says, "Dozens of them, but they look probably smaller than the ship."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred exclaims, "Quick, Windex the radar screen!"

SpaceGM says, "You may just have time to weave through, but then you could lose the thrust you need to get into a stable orbit."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hee hee."

SpaceGM asks, "What's it to be?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "So, hit one or no stable orbit?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Well, if you roll *really* well, possibly both..."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Er, both escape and stable, I mean."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Where 'no stable orbit' == 'slowly spiraling towards the planet until the engines are restarted'?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Hee."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Win), "Indeed."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Tidal forces and atmospheric friction slowly dragging you back in."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "What if we jettisoned the pirates?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Ha ha."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Is the pirate's ship docked to the outside of this ship?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, "Or the inside?"

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "Let's get everyone on the ship"

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "The pirate ship"

SpaceGM says, "Getting closer! You'll plough right through at least one of these in seconds."

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "So in 20 sessions, we'll ask ourselves with this was named Galaxy Princess"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "I'm thinking of grazing one and scraping the pirate's ship off."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "The GP's own ships were taking up the landing spaces, so there is indeed a pirate lander on the outside."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I like that I give you a tough 'lady or the tiger' decision, and your response is to go for the tiger AND THE LION."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Hee hee"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win exclaims, "Naturally!"

SpaceGM says, "I'm going to ask for a 21 here. Roll piloting!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Win exclaims, "So, sure: erring on the side of hitting them! And transmitting the damage to the pirate lander!"

Win rolls 3d6+9: 2 4 4 | 19

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "If you fail, is there anyone who can quickly stab you to give you extra karma?"

Win exclaims, "Yeeeeeeeeee hacrap!"

SpaceGM says, "Ack, this thing doesn't handle well when the engines are failing and you're diving madly through the atmosphere of a brown dwarf! You skim one of the dots a little *too* finely, and..."

SpaceGM says, "...nothing."

Win blinks.

SpaceGM says, "Minus one dot on the radar, and now you must put the engines up to full!"

Win cranks the engines!

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

SpaceGM says, "The ship shudders as if for the last time! Which it could just be."

SpaceGM says, "Fred and DrP scramble back out of the engine access chute and seal the hatch."

Fred exclaims (at DrP), "Wow, that coagulant works great at sealing hatches!"

DrPrendergast says, "Let's go to the control room, maybe they need our help" - ship shudders -" No, they defintely do""

SpaceGM says, "And there's gravity again -- *lots* of gravity."

SpaceGM says, "This protoplanet is roughly the size of Jupiter (according to Wikipedia), but significantly more massive."

DrPrendergast says, "Oh no, my legs feel very heavy, I hope you didnt mix up the Nycotroxyoxin with the Praambulation"

SpaceGM says, "Everybody roll muscles! Aim for 15!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Wow, just looked at your stats. Nobody bought muscles?"

Win rolls 3d6+2: 6 2 2 | 12

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "Fred did, didn't he?"

DrPrendergast rolls 3d6+2: 5 3 4 | 14

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "If only the pirates knew that earlier!"

Boffo rolls 3d6+3: 6 1 5 | 15

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "zero-g or umpteen-g, boffo's got it covered."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "A man for all inertial frames."

SpaceGM says, "I guess Fred bounced again."

[Crows-Nest] Win asks, "I am not suggesting that we change the reality of the game, but I am curious: in a stable orbit, do you feel any gravity?"

Fred rolls 3d6+4: 5 4 4 | 17

SpaceGM says, "And no wonder, as the thrust mounts and mounts..."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "Oh, the thrust."

[Crows-Nest] SpaceGM says, "In freefall, you're at zero-G."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "OK, that's what I thought."

[Crows-Nest] SpaceGM says, "I actually have no idea what happens in this scenario, but it seems like some kind of crazy aerobraking thing."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "er"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "only funny once"

SpaceGM says (to Fred), "DrP slumps to the ground -- looks like he's passed out."

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "And you're concerned to see that Win's eyes are closed, although it looks like she's still holding the ship bang on course."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "afk a sec..."

[Crows-Nest] SpaceGM says, "Heh, convenient."

Fred exclaims, "Doctor P, wake up, I can't do surgery on you while you're out cold!"

Fred fishes through the doctor's bag for something resembling smelling salts.

SpaceGM says, "All the other passengers are either passed out, or crushed to the floor unable to move. The smart ones got into seats in time."

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "Note which category we are not in."

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "ha ha"

SpaceGM says, "And suddenly the engines cut out, and you're floating free again."

Boffo exclaims, "Win! Waaaaake uppppp!"

SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "Out for the count."

SpaceGM says (to Fred), "Hmm, roll brains and aim for 15."

SpaceGM says (to Fred), "Some of this stuff could be dangerous!"

Boffo staggers over to the controls and tries to figure out if we're about to crash

Fred rolls 3d6+6: 4 3 4 | 17

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "we keep getting successes when it would be exciting to not get a success"

SpaceGM says (to DrP), "The sensation of an untrained person rooting through your medical bag brings you wide awake!"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "ha ha"

DrPrendergast exclaims, "Stop that!"

SpaceGM says, "The lights flicker a bit uncertainly, but eventually decide to stay on."

DrPrendergast says, "I studied 4 years to be even allowed to carry one"

SpaceGM says, "Life support, who knows, but you're not suffocating yet."

SpaceGM says, "Gravity, off."

SpaceGM asks, "What now?"

[Crows-Nest] DrPrendergast says, "grabs his bag and holds it close to his chest."

DrPrendergast grabs his bag and holds it close to his chest.

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Fred,DrP), "You two can finally stagger back to the control room if you want."

Fred asks (of DrP), "Which one of these things do I need to poke you with to wake you up?"

Fred says, "In case it comes up again."

DrPrendergast says, "Here! Lycotoroxian smelling salt."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "In the space age, we use special space-age salt! But still salt."

Fred exclaims, "Good to know! Now let's go see if Boffo and Win and Captain Blood are still alive!"

DrPrendergast says, "Yes! Maybe someone needs my help. Instead of trying to kill me."

Fred goes back to the control room.

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "Hmm. I still have one skill I never picked."

[Crows-Nest] Fred says, "I wonder if there's something that will come in particularly handy in upcoming sessions."

DrPrendergast follows

SpaceGM says, "Mysteriously, it's littered with unconscious passengers instead of pirates now."

SpaceGM says, "Although Boffo looks as shiny and silver as ever."

Fred asks, "Hey, where did the pirates go?"

Boffo exclaims, "thank goodness you're here! Win was knocked unconscious saving us all!"

Fred exclaims, "Wow! Good job, Win!"

Fred says, "Um. Maybe I should say that later when she's awake."

[Crows-Nest] SpaceGM says, "Win is unconscious at least until lpsmith gets back."

Fred exclaims, "But if you give her some lycotoroxian smelling salts, maybe she'll come to!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

DrPrendergast says, "I look around and help the people in order of injury (excluding me)"

Boffo exclaims, "there's no time for that now, you have to take over the controls!"

Gunther has arrived.

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Who here is conscious and knows anything about piloting?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I think you are the closest-suited"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "(A question that one never, ever wants to hear in real life.)"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hee hee."

[Crows-Nest] Win exclaims, "back!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "perhaps we can engage the autopilot"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo exclaims, "excellent timing!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I think we can declare that the Lycotoroxian smelling salts finally revived Win."

Fred exclaims, "This doctoring is harder than it looks!"

DrPrendergast says, "Steady now, young lady. I treated your unconciousness, but if beauty was a sickness, there'd be no way of treating you"

Fred exclaims (at Win), "Hey, good job saving everybody!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Is DrP talking to Win or an NPC?"

Win exclaims, "Well, Dr. P! I never knew!"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast exclaims, "WIn!"

SpaceGM says, "Some of the other passengers are starting to revive too."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "(Personally, I hope it's the chair lady.)"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

Win exclaims (at Fred), "Thanks! Good job with the engines yourself! If you hadn't gotten them started up, we'd have crashed right into that planet!"

SpaceGM says, "'What happened?' 'Where are we now?'"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "Are any of the passengers badly hurt?"

Boffo exclaims, "everything is under control! we just don't know the answer to any of your questions!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Nobody *here* seems to be."

[Crows-Nest] Gunther asks, "is your ship is literally annihilating distance as it hurtles through space at inconceivable speeds?"

Win says, "OK, let me see if I can find out what that thing was we hit..."

Win tries to pull up the extrnal cameras.

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "it's more drifting in midspace because we blew out the engines"

SpaceGM says, "For some reason they seem to think Boffo is the leader now, and his cultured tones calm and reassure them."

SpaceGM says (to Win), "That's odd -- the camera on that side is blocked somehow."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "So, are the intercoms still working?"

SpaceGM says, "Nothing unusual on the other cameras."

Win says (to passengers), "Also, I'm not a real pilot, I was just pretending to be one so I could save everyone's life."

Win frowns.

Win tries to get the remote distance cameras up and running to get a look at the rest of those dots.

Fred exclaims, "Where did Captain Blood go? He was on the intercom the last time I called you!"

Win says, "s/pilot/pirate"

Win exclaims, "He left out that door!"

Fred exclaims, "We had better stop him! He might be up to no good!"

DrPrendergast says, "We should apprehend him before he starts any trouble. People might get hurt.#"

DrPrendergast punches the intercom. "Captain Blood? Captain Blood! Can you hear me? This is acting captain Prendergast.

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Whatever happened to the real Captain, anyway? Did we just leave him in his quarters?"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast asks, "Didn't he blow up?"

[Crows-Nest] Boffo says, "man, I hope so"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I think you just left him in a drunken stupour."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I believe the alcohol acts as a muscle-relaxant to cushion the effects of the jump"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Heh."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win asks, ".GM Can I see anything on the long-range cameras?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Nope, afraid not -- must be too far away now."

DrPrendergast speaks into the intercoms: "IF you and the other miscreants give up now, nobody will get hurt."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Aree the cameras you can't see out of the same ones that went through the mysterious radar spots?"

Win asks, "OK, one wrinkle--I hit something that was orbiting around the planet, and I think it might be attached to the ship. Can someone go check it out?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "hmm"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I guess Fred is probably best-suited to go out and do repairs, hunh"

Win says, "Maybe it's some sort of space manta ray."

SpaceGM says, "'*Outside*? Me?' 'Well, *I* can't do it...'"

Ghogg arrives from the south.

Fred asks, "What about that camera from earlier?"

Fred says, "I think I left it hanging over the arboretum."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "(For external access you want to head back up to the shuttle deck.)"

Fred says, "Or I guess someone could just take a shuttle out there."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "Do shuttles come with space suits automatically?"

Fred asks, "Let's do it! Who's with me?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Yeah, there's generally at least a couple of suits."

DrPrendergast says (to fred), "That's too dangerous. There could be anything out there."

Boffo exclaims, "I'll help out! I don't have any training but I'm sure it can't be too difficult!"

Fred asks (of DrP), "Like pirates?"

Fred exclaims (at Boffo), "Alright!"

Fred goes back up to find a shuttle.

Win says, "Meanwhile, I should try to incapacitate Captain Blood."

Name set.

DrPrendergast says, "No, wait! I'm clearly in command here. We should deal with one problem at a time."

DrPrendergast asks, "First, why is this lady wielding a chair?"

Win asks (of DrP), "Do you have anything in that box that could knock someone out? Like chloroform?"

Passenger asks, "Wait, aren't you a pilot? Why would you chase after pirates??"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

Win asks (of Passenger), "Do you want to do it instead?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hmm, time."

[Crows-Nest] Gunther says, "piLOT, piRATE, whatever"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks, "What was our target? Three hours? Four?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "let's see"

DrPrendergast exclaims (at win), "It's to dangerous. You can't go alone!"

Passenger says, "Er, no! Be my guest! I'll just follow! Or even wait here."

[Crows-Nest] Win exclaims, "A sad mistake it was to make!"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "the 20th is the xyzzys (sorry, no other real choice when to schedule them) and the 27th is PAX"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "were we going to play next week?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Aw, the 20th is the XYZZY awards? Boo."

Passenger says, "So Fred headed back up to the shuttle deck."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "(I am busy that day.)"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "aw man"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "well, at least I'm not sabotaging a session"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "So it seems like next week is a good idea."

SpaceGM says, "Oops, that should have been the GM."

Boffo exclaims, "with Boffo!"

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I might not be here next week, but go ahead without me."

SpaceGM says (to Fred,Boffo), "The first thing you notice is that all of the shuttles are missing."

Fred asks, "Huh. Weren't there shuttles up here before?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "There's only one solution to this."

Boffo says, "maybe we went to the wrong bay"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "We have to take a cloud."

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Ha!"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "And you even left it here."

[Crows-Nest] Win says, "Yeah, I can make it next week."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "(here, too)"

Fred says, "If we're going to go outside the ship, we need *something* that can fly around."

Fred sits down on the cloud to think.

Boffo exclaims, "wait, that's brilliant!"

Boffo says, "just what we need here, a place to sit"

Boffo sits down next to Fred, accidentally bumping the controls

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Yay."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Hee hee."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Hee"

Fred exclaims, "Oh no, it's taking off! Take the controls, before we crash into that storage closet full of space suits!"

Name set.

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "ha ha"

DrPrendergast says (to win), "I'm glad these professionals are checking the outside of the ship"

Cloud says, "Warning! The structural integrity of the ship may be compromised. For your safety and convenience, I shall transport you to a location where you may find an environment suit, for your safety and convenience."

SpaceGM says, "This happens to be near the big docking bay windows, which look out into space."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "And by 'space', you mean 'the underside of a giant space manta'."

SpaceGM says, "Which is where you see the second interesting thing:"

SpaceGM says, "The wreckage of what looks like a huge cloth-and-wood balloon."

Boffo says, "...hunh"

SpaceGM says, "Several guys in odd-looking leathery outfits are floating outside the ship, attached to the wreckage via long tubes."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Awesome."

SpaceGM says, "It's not as exciting as previous cliffhangers, but I believe this is a TO BE CONTINUED"

Gunther disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "excellent"

SpaceGM says, "The suited figures look at each other, look back at you, and wave hopefully."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "It's a damn awesome cliffhanger"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "Nifty."

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred says, "I was hoping this planet would have natives."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Whew, so, next session?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "I'm a little confused which planet this is"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo asks, "is it the brown dwarf?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Gunther says, "New Texs"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I can do next week, but I'm out for the following several."

[GalaxyPrincess] Gunther says, "+a"

[GalaxyPrincess] Fred asks (of GM), "Next week, same time?"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says (to Boffo), "You apparently skimmed these guys up from the surface of the dwarf, yes."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM asks, "Anyone who can't make next week?"

[GalaxyPrincess] Boffo says, "DrP expressed some uncertainty"

[GalaxyPrincess] Gunther says, "derp"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "I guess let's plan to go if we can get 3 out of 4, like usual."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "Sounds good."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Although I don't think anyone has actually missed a session yet."

[GalaxyPrincess] Win says, "I should be able to make it."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Cool."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I might make it, not sure."

[GalaxyPrincess] DrPrendergast says, "I have an excellent idea how DrP could be incapitated, though."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "Ha."

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "(You could mudmail me and I'll slip it in if need be)"

[GalaxyPrincess] SpaceGM says, "OK, thanks all."