Collan and Niil: Rescue on Chabosh

[Niil Spaar]

Niil stared around the garage and shook his head in disappointment.  He strongly doubted that either the office or the loft housed a large hover transport, but maybe they'd at least find some information of value?  "Collan, you want to give the office a look-see?  I'll check the loft."

Wait a minute . . . Niil stopped and stared at the cargo lift, and then at the storage loft.


(OOC:  Checking the cargo lift a bit closer.  Where does it lift to?  Are there any indicators that it accesses a lower floor, or are we already on the bottom floor?)

[GM Craig]

There is no structure above the cargo lift. The storage area is accessible only by the stairs.

[Niil Spaar]

Well, so much for that idea, he thought sourly.  Niil drew out his blaster, set it for stun, and headed slowly up the stairs leading to the loft.

[GM Craig]

The storage area seems fairly normal - storage crates of various sizes are kept here. They have a wide variety of goods - looks like fertilizer, several crates of something labelled "Portenko Spores - Grade A" as well as miscellaneous mechanical and electronic spare parts. Nothing seems terribly significant, though Niil is not much of a tech.

[Niil Spaar]

Niil closed his eyes and did a slow mental count to ten before he allowed them to open again.  I don't suppose that I can transport four dozen wounded with whatever the hell 'Grade A portenko spores' are.  Well, let's do a bit more searching here before heading downstairs.  Maybe there's stuff hidden behind some of these crates?  Or maybe there's some stuff here that we can use to get that rattletrap outside functional.  If we ever get back home, I'm burying my karking nose inside as many technical and mechanical manuals that I can find.

Niil carefully clambered on top of some of the more sturdy crates and headed for the center of the pile, curious to see if anything was concealed amidst the stacks.


(OOC:  Trying to see if anything is being concealed by the crates.)

[Collan]

Collan meanwhile went to take a look at the office. He closed his eyes as he entered and let go of his danger sense. He would need to search and it would be best to have his full attention or more on that. He focused inwards for a moment and let himself slip along the Force. He would let it help him focus his attention and be able to search more effectively and better.

[Concentration on Search]

[GM Craig]

In the loft, Niil doesn't discover anything else. These look to be consumable supplies and spare parts in support of the mushroom farm. There don't seem to be supplies or weapons or any kind up here.

The crates in the rear of the loft have a thin layer of dust, so they haven't been disturbed in a while - these are mostly spare parts for some sort of mechanical device.

In the office, Collan conducts a thorough search, finding business records,bills and lading and inventory notes, the access code to the small safe that is under the desk, and the main computer that appears to have served as a personal computer as well as manage the farm equipment down below. He can pull up a status display, but it appears there is no power down below, or all the machinery is shut down.

[Niil Spaar]

Niil blew out an exasperated breath and headed down the stairs to the main floor.  Heading over to the office, he called out, "Hey, Collan . . . all I found was consumables and spare parts for the mushroom farm here, and some mechanical parts.  Any luck with the office?"

[Collan]

“Nothing,” Collan sighed into the com, “Bills of lading...inventory notes. I’m going to see if there’s anything I can get out of the computer.”

[Concentration on search again...look through the stuff and see if there’s anything that indicates transportation like power cores, spare parts, etc.]

[Niil Spaar]

Niil saw that faraway look in Collan's eyes and remained silent so he could focus on the task at hand.  Hmm.  What about that junker outside?  Is it possible to get that up and running?  And where's the power core for this shop?  The door panel and computer are working, so they have to be powered somehow.

"I'll be back,"  Niil muttered, and walked back into the shop to see if he could locate the shop's power core.

[GM Craig]

Calland does pick find trace stains that appear to be lubricant on the surface of the large cargo lift. Given the arrangements of the lift and the overhead doors, it could be that the lift was used for vehicles as well as cargo? There is also a heavy access hatch on one corner of the lift.

In the office, Niil takes a crack at the power systems. The place looks to have been wired by hand, so at first it doesn't seem to make much sense. The Niil uncovers a repeater control panel. He's not certain, but as a guess, given the proximity of other things, the power core looks to be in the lower level.

[Niil Spaar]

Well, look at that!  A repeater panel in a place this small?  Unless the primary panel was actually the one I used at the front door, it must be somewhere that's not readily accessible.  Judging by how everything's wired, the power core's got to be below us - which means at least another room below us.  Now, how would they access the core if they needed to fix it?

Leaving the panel alone for a moment, Niil walked out of the office and back on to the main floor.  "Collan . . . I found a repeater panel in the office, so I'm kinda curious where the primary one is.  From the looks of things, the shop's power core is below us, which means that there's at least another floor below us."  He saw Collan investigating the lift, and added, "Find something?"

[Collan]

"yeah, this is a heavy lift and there's some trace of lubricant for heavy machinery," he replied, "I'm betting transport might be whereever the lift goes."

[Niil Spaar]

"Now we're getting somewhere . . . I hope.  Let's see if I can figure this repeater panel out and get some juice flowing to that lift."

Niil turned his attention back to the repeater panel and delved into the Force to concentrate on the task at hand.


(OOC:  Use Concentrate to figure out the schematic of the panel so Niil can figure out how to power the lift.)

[GM Craig]

There's no active controls - the panel here is just a monitoring station. But based on the wiring, the power generator is down below somewhere.

Connor does find a small cabinet with headlamps, a small electronic toolkit, and what looks like a lift hook [OOC: like something used to lift manhole covers].

There doesn't appear to be any other exits from this level, other than the heavy hatch on the floor of the lift.