((I decided to get my character started on the forums while I await approval of my app. Hope I can get some friends before getting in game!)) /FTL Drive Failure Distress Beacon Transmission /vessel...[USMC.Decomm.LT_AA90813 "Garuga"] /crew...[captain_J.Swift] /origin triangulating...[Failure to triangulate] /lifesupport...[Active] /lifeforms...[Active] /fueltime...[52 local cycles] ((1.6 earth days per cycle)) /text...[false] /recording...[true] /playback...[y/n?] / / / /awaiting response... / / / /awaiting response...
/FTL Drive Failure Distress Beacon Transmission /invalid response... /playback...[y/n?] / / / /awaiting response...
/FTL Drive Failure Distress Beacon Transmission /valid reponse... /attachedrecordingplayback...[ *the recording is washed out with static, making it hard to hear, but understandable. A man's voice begins talking calmly, with a slight undertone of irritation* This is Jack Swift, captain of the Retrofitted USMC Goods Transporter "Garuga". On a run to a client in independent space I ran into a meteor storm. StarNet connection and FTL drive are out and I'm *ffzzzzzzt* replacement parts. My coordinates are nega-*zzfffffffsssszzzzt* This transmission should have a basic diagnostic of my vessel attached. It just takes some *fzzzzzzt* Thanks in advance. *the recording cuts out with a sharp beep* /playbackcomplete... /validcommands...[diagnostic, forward, triangulate, decrypt] /awaiting response
/FTL Drive Failure Distress Beacon Transmission /origin triangulating...[failure] /triangulation troubleshooting...[signal strength too weak - repairs needed] /validcommands...[diagnostic, forward, triangulate, decrypt] /awaiting response / / /response systems halted /transmissionreboot... /FTL Drive Failure Distress Beacon Transmission /activemessaging...[enabled] *the distress beacon signal becomes stronger, but no longer takes commands from outside sources* /messageprofile...[Jack Swift - "Garuga" Captain] Hello? Is anybody monitoring my distress frequency? ((sorry that took so long, had missed what time it was and had to rush of to class))
The FTL Drive Failure, being openly posted in a random section of starnet, would catch an Operator's eye. Organization notified, the frequencies would be heavily monitored in an attempt to retrieve vital information that could be used to investigate the call of distress.
(( While monitoring, would the operator get any coordinates from the old earthly USMC(United States Marine Corp ship, etc. ))
(( No, they wouldn't. Jack is currently trying to fix his transmitters, most being taken out by an unseen meteor storm. I'm trying to roleplay my limits irl, since I still haven't been given access to the server. Once I get approved, I'll roleplay the complete repairs of my ship and then give my actual coords. ))
*Seeing as the ship has a USCM tag on it, ONI gets to work checking logs of the Garuga to see if there is any record of where it was headed and where it came from.*
*Any check on the USMC tag would provide information on the lawful decommissioning of the transport by Jack M. Swift, a former scout ship pilot. It's last known departure was from a fuel depot just on the edge of the United Systems*
*Using the plotted course and logs from the fuel depot, a projected path is established. Once the signal is amplified to a trace-able point, it should be quickly traced.*
(( If the ship left US space, are you planning for it to be cruising through SS territory or unknown sectors? ))
(( Well by what lore I read, space is divided into Independent Space and US space. He was contracted by an outlying mining platform in Independent Space to deliver supplies, if that helps ))
(( SS= Sovereign Systems, US=United Systems, IS=Independent Systems. Kind of weird considering Sovereign is the same as Independent, but basically IS would be considered international waters. Fair game ))
((SS: Alioth Prime, Tetanus Fields, Opportunity, Luminaria (Astral Empire) Relzurautt Armada/Expanse)) ((US: Marathon, Taranis, Honeydew)) ((Unaligned: Liberty Mills, Talons Reach, Stark...? Or is Stark US?))
(( Oh okay I see, SS and US are opposing factions. Jack wouldn't care where he was going politically, as long as he got some pixels out of it, so I had thought of him placed somewhere in a backwater mining system in unaligned space. Whatever that may correctly be in the canon established here ))
