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**TheKusari** · 11-25-2023, 01:42 PM,

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Albert McKenzie
'\S/' Velorum
Repairing De Marco's Jump Drive

Been a few years since we assembled our first Jump Drive. I still have fond memories of instructing our teams in Kepler to build the device. De Marco was quite thankful that they had received a one of a kind Jump Drive, however we received some very well earned technical experience.

Right now, however, it seems our drive wasn't immune to The Pulse. It had caused the drive within the Amalfi to not operate normally. We met De Marco within the outskirts of the Baffin System to perform an in-space repair. My protoge, Suarez, was very eager to do a space walk repair job. While having our conversation over short range waves, Suarez was busy repairing the drive's Quantum Stabilizers, leakages and receiving instructions on how to work with the Amalfi's 22-15C power distributor. Knowledge I will now need to obtain from Suarez. The drive was repaired, as best we can do whilst in space with limited resources, though De Marco has advised that they intend on putting the drive through a series of tests lasting 500 hours. I approved this, advising 700 to be on the safe side. It made me happy seeing the one of a kind Starfliers Rift-Jump Drive again.

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[25.11.2023 11:09:25] Amalfi: CO: Buongiorno, Starfliers.

[25.11.2023 11:09:53] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: It's been quite some time since I have seen the Amalfi. Greetings, De Marco.

[25.11.2023 11:10:10] Amalfi: CO: At least this piece of technology is still operational since the Pulse happened.

[25.11.2023 11:10:54] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Yes, the Pulse... we recorded this event too.

[25.11.2023 11:11:16] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Good to see you have kept the drive working for this long.

[25.11.2023 11:11:32] Amalfi: CO: I see that your vessels are still not using any weapons.

[25.11.2023 11:12:09] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: That's correct. Leon finally pushed an official memo to effectively ban them.

[25.11.2023 11:12:16] Amalfi: CO: Your Rift Drive served me well after it has been properly connected to my quantum computers onboard.

[25.11.2023 11:13:12] Amalfi: CO: However, as you have seen in my message, it has lost its calibration since the Pulse.

[25.11.2023 11:13:32] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I have the reports open, so I can instruct my teams appropriately.

[25.11.2023 11:13:51] Amalfi: CO: Lowering our shields now.

[25.11.2023 11:14:14] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Suarez, get your team suited up.

[25.11.2023 11:14:48] Amalfi: CO: The engine is in the aft section of my vessel while the navigation vanes at the front.

[25.11.2023 11:15:08] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Quantum Fields were destabilized. Affecting multiple subsystems it seems.

[25.11.2023 11:15:40] Amalfi: CO: Depressurizing affected compartments now.

[25.11.2023 11:15:52] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Suarez, enter from the front of the Amalfi.

[25.11.2023 11:15:57] Amalfi: CO: You are correct.

[25.11.2023 11:15:59] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Understood.

[25.11.2023 11:16:22] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Space isn't as cold as you said it would be.

[25.11.2023 11:16:32] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Back on task, Suarez.

[25.11.2023 11:16:42] Amalfi: CO: It has been a rather troublesome issue.

[25.11.2023 11:17:12] Amalfi: CO: Oh, they should better suit up - we are in a cold water vapor cloud.

[25.11.2023 11:17:48] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: My suit is fine, though it's nice and toasty within the Amalfi.

[25.11.2023 11:18:03] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Suarez, please. The task.

[25.11.2023 11:18:30] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I see three bulkheads within the compartment. Which one houses the drive?

[25.11.2023 11:19:06] Amalfi: CO: The middle one - others are for ballast tanks.

[25.11.2023 11:19:28] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Understood. Mind opening the middle one up for me?

[25.11.2023 11:19:50] Amalfi: CO: Unlocking it from my command console - now.

[25.11.2023 11:20:13] Changing screen mode=full

[25.11.2023 11:20:30] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I see it. Well, part of it.

[25.11.2023 11:20:43] Amalfi: CO: Please, keep in mind that there are remote controlled industrial automatons. Some people get - scared of them in the dark.

[25.11.2023 11:21:15] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: So that's why there's no lights... Wait, what was that?

[25.11.2023 11:21:50] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Oh god, that's one... one of those robots. Please control them to be quieter.

[25.11.2023 11:22:11] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Hate hearing things I can't see.

[25.11.2023 11:22:21] Amalfi: CO: Optronics prefer to be left in the dark, so they do not wear out as fast.

[25.11.2023 11:22:38] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: You should know this by now, Suarez.

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[25.11.2023 11:22:58] Amalfi: CO: I am afraird that they have not been created with quietness in mind.

[25.11.2023 11:23:09] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Wonderful.

[25.11.2023 11:23:33] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Alright, removed an access panel from what I can see in this tiny room.

[25.11.2023 11:23:48] Amalfi: CO: You can write your complaints to Kishiro.

[25.11.2023 11:23:49] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: What do you see?

[25.11.2023 11:24:38] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I see... a leakage. Two of the seven stabilizers are cracked.

[25.11.2023 11:25:14] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Time I make some noise of my own. Let me get my gear out from my bag here.

[25.11.2023 11:25:38] Amalfi: CO: They will not complain.

[25.11.2023 11:25:53] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Yeah, I guess they won't.

[25.11.2023 11:26:30] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: While Suarez gets to work, have you any information about this Pulse?

[25.11.2023 11:27:07] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Within Inverness we had only caught a small degree of information.

[25.11.2023 11:27:09] Amalfi: CO: I believe there was more of them than one - the first one happened with Dublin lost its only gate.

[25.11.2023 11:27:52] Amalfi: CO: Yet I have noticed yet another one when I was witnessing an activation of the Kishiro-made jumpdrive in Kusari.

[25.11.2023 11:28:05] Amalfi: CO: I was posing as a scientist.

[25.11.2023 11:29:10] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Kishiro's name is all over our hardware too.

[25.11.2023 11:29:23] Amalfi: CO: The first Pulse have knocked out my Rift Drive altogether - even the fuses blown out.

[25.11.2023 11:29:41] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Fuses too? Goddamn...

[25.11.2023 11:30:03] Amalfi: CO: It appears that the Pulse have developed some kind of positive feedback loop in the drive itself.

[25.11.2023 11:31:03] Amalfi: CO: Perhaps a better shielding could be installed around those stabilisers.

[25.11.2023 11:31:41] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I was only able to carry some spare parts. Shielding isn't on the list.

[25.11.2023 11:32:00] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I created a specific list. Why did you not prepare?

[25.11.2023 11:32:16] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Just... let me work here.

[25.11.2023 11:32:52] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: One cracked stabilizer has been replaced. Onto number two.

[25.11.2023 11:33:11] Amalfi: CO: Power distributor 22-15C has several free high wattage receptables should you choose to install an active shielding.

[25.11.2023 11:33:54] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Hear that Albert? They have a 22-15C.

[25.11.2023 11:34:20] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I heard De Marco. We do not have this on board the Velorum.

[25.11.2023 11:35:05] Amalfi: CO: I treat my personal ship well - only the most proven and up-to-date technology available for us.

[25.11.2023 11:35:11] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Differences between civilian and Maltese ships, perhaps.

[25.11.2023 11:36:05] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Ah fu- The robot stepped on my foot! Watch where you're going!

[25.11.2023 11:36:34] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Can't see anything here. I almost got the second one done.

[25.11.2023 11:37:30] Amalfi: CO: It is part in our culture, Signor McKenzie. We keep on tinkering with our vessels.

[25.11.2023 11:38:04] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Not much has changed with the Velorum, aside from a signature change.

[25.11.2023 11:38:41] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Our interiors are messy and somewhat disorganized. I dislike this.

[25.11.2023 11:38:56] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Though our teams are dedicated. Suarez included.

[25.11.2023 11:39:03] Amalfi: CO: It is mainly since our physiology allows us to perceive matters as imbalances and subtle vibrations without instruments.

[25.11.2023 11:39:33] Amalfi: CO: Ships that are not well maintained could be an irritating experience for us.

[25.11.2023 11:39:50] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Best you don't board the Velorum then.

[25.11.2023 11:40:26] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: With that, the second stabilizer is replaced. Now onto the leakage...

[25.11.2023 11:40:46] Amalfi: CO: I am quite accustomed to Sirius already.

[25.11.2023 11:41:10] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: All I have for the leakage is to dry it up with a welder.

[25.11.2023 11:41:43] Amalfi: CO: Let it evaporate with hard vaccuum.

[25.11.2023 11:42:01] Amalfi: CO: And then you can weld it.

[25.11.2023 11:42:14] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Uh... huh. Yep, that makes more sense.

[25.11.2023 11:42:44] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: While I wait this out, how do you guys even know eachother?

[25.11.2023 11:43:36] Amalfi: CO: We have met with your leader, Leon Vicci, in Tau-37. We were on patrol and we have noticed their lack of weaponry.

[25.11.2023 11:44:19] Amalfi: CO: That already allowed us to differentiate them from the more boring and ordinary freelancers in Sirius.

[25.11.2023 11:45:19] Amalfi: CO: And we share common - how to put it - 'interests' would be the best word for it.

[25.11.2023 11:45:48] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: That's enough for me. You met, didn't shoot us and like us enough for me to be inside the Amalfi.

[25.11.2023 11:45:57] Amalfi: CO: Despite my origins, I am also a woman of science.

[25.11.2023 11:46:08] Changing screen mode=windowed

[25.11.2023 11:47:03] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Leakage is more or less evapourated.

[25.11.2023 11:47:17] Amalfi: CO: You will learn that I rarely shoot on sight - it is not my purpose. My goals are far more complex and nuanced than -

[25.11.2023 11:47:24] Amalfi: CO: - simple thuggery.

[25.11.2023 11:47:42] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I'm gonna weld an extra brace in between the Quantum Stabilizers.

[25.11.2023 11:48:14] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Though the shielding, that'll be something you have to grab. We simply don't have a spare.

[25.11.2023 11:48:45] Amalfi: CO: Just do not weld it to the floor, per favore. We need to be able to remove the whole module for in-depth maintenance.

[25.11.2023 11:48:46] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: We do have a spare, it's in contai-

[25.11.2023 11:48:56] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: We do not. I checked.

[25.11.2023 11:49:41] Amalfi: CO: What exactly do you need for it, if I may ask?

[25.11.2023 11:49:47] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Brace is in place, the access panel has been put back in. Left the 22-15C as it is to make it easy.

[25.11.2023 11:50:48] Amalfi: CO: Perhaps we might have a similar-enough part among our spares.

[25.11.2023 11:51:08] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: The brace will make sure the Quantum Stabilizers don't flex over their limit. That's how two cracked.

[25.11.2023 11:51:37] Amalfi: CO: I understand - yet, what do you need for the shielding?

[25.11.2023 11:51:59] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: The shielding... the shielding...

[25.11.2023 11:52:48] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: An adjusted portable generator. Made of a few batteries and magnets.

[25.11.2023 11:53:41] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Connect that to your fancy 22-15C, and it'll keep our dri- your drive suspended like a sleeping baby.

[25.11.2023 11:54:22] Amalfi: CO: Mh - perhaps a few spare parts for scanner could be employed for a similar task.

[25.11.2023 11:54:43] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: He's describing that the generated magnetic field will decrease operational failures.

[25.11.2023 11:55:22] Amalfi: CO: Mhm, we need to shield out any interferences from the outside.

[25.11.2023 11:55:59] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Emptied my bag, I got neither here.

[25.11.2023 11:56:25] Amalfi: CO: There are similar parts for our scanner, so its power will not fry any neighboring electronics.

[25.11.2023 11:56:46] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Well there ya go. Guess I'll repack my bag and get out of your hair.

[25.11.2023 11:57:05] Amalfi: CO: I have instructed my robots to bring it to you - however, you will need to adjust its wirings.

[25.11.2023 11:57:41] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I don't see your robots. Tell them to step into the light please.

[25.11.2023 11:57:55] Amalfi: CO: I believe it would be too strong for the Rift Drive as it is now.

[25.11.2023 11:58:25] Amalfi: CO: They are now retrieving it from the storage. You will have to be patient.

[25.11.2023 11:59:09] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Once this job is completed, what will you do next?

[25.11.2023 11:59:56] Amalfi: CO: I will have to let it run for 500 hours and they check it for any loose connections or defects.

[25.11.2023 12:00:25] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: 500, a good starting point.

[25.11.2023 12:00:42] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: THATS a starting point?

[25.11.2023 12:00:43] Amalfi: CO: A rule of thumb for any engineer, correct.

[25.11.2023 12:01:22] Amalfi: CO: As for my destination - we have been on our route to Liberty yet again.

[25.11.2023 12:01:57] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Must mean there's something of interest around that region. Anything for us?

[25.11.2023 12:02:12] Amalfi: CO: Signor Suarez, robots will be near your location any moment.

[25.11.2023 12:02:27] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I can hear them, just can't see them yet.

[25.11.2023 12:02:48] Amalfi: CO: Signor McKenzie - Liberty is always an interesting place to explore.

[25.11.2023 12:03:17] Amalfi: CO: However, I have my business interests there. I need to oversee them from time to time.

[25.11.2023 12:03:23] Amalfi: CO: I am sure you know well what I mean.

[25.11.2023 12:03:52] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I believe I do.

[25.11.2023 12:04:18] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: The robots stacked all the materials in alphabetical order infront of me.

[25.11.2023 12:04:46] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Why alphabetical? Why not by serial?

[25.11.2023 12:04:48] Amalfi: CO: Oh, Kishiro programming. I would not allow any other robots on my own personal ship.

[25.11.2023 12:05:12] Amalfi: CO: They are quite expensive, however.

[25.11.2023 12:05:35] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Yeah, yeah, I'll be careful. Gimme a couple here, this'll be easy to assemble.

[25.11.2023 12:06:33] Amalfi: CO: I like to study House cultures - that is yet another thing I find interesting about Liberty.

[25.11.2023 12:07:04] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I must miss a lot when I travel through there. My eyes are usually kept on a screen.

[25.11.2023 12:07:13] Amalfi: CO: It is full of stark contrasts.

[25.11.2023 12:07:41] Amalfi: CO: I am not afraid to explore their worlds on my own - with a proper disguise, of course.

[25.11.2023 12:08:04] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: How do you disguise THIS ship?

[25.11.2023 12:08:26] Amalfi: CO: I do not disguise this vessel - I disguise myself.

[25.11.2023 12:08:37] Amalfi: CO: I do have a civilian vessel docked in here.

[25.11.2023 12:08:38] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Ah, that's what I get for half listening.

[25.11.2023 12:09:57] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Okay, portable generator is built. Now to mount it next to the access panel and connect it to the 22-15C.

[25.11.2023 12:10:17] Amalfi: CO: My culture is so different from those in Houses. My plan is to visit all habitable planets with communities in Sirius.

[25.11.2023 12:10:48] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: There sure is a few of those. May take a while.

[25.11.2023 12:11:00] Amalfi: CO: You will have to remove the panneling. Steel struts for mounting are under it.

[25.11.2023 12:11:28] '\S/'Velorum: *BANG*

[25.11.2023 12:11:50] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Whoa those magnets are strong. Successfuly mounted to the struts.

[25.11.2023 12:12:25] Amalfi: CO: Oh, I hope it will take some while. We Outcasts enjoy quite long lives and they can be a rather boring at times.

[25.11.2023 12:12:46] Amalfi: CO: Good work - I do not see any power grid warning from my console.

[25.11.2023 12:13:05] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I got no experience with a 22-15C. I'll leave this final part to you and your 'bots.

[25.11.2023 12:13:18] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Haven't touched the power yet.

[25.11.2023 12:13:24] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I got no experience with a 22-15C. I'll leave this final part to you and your 'bots.

[25.11.2023 12:13:58] Amalfi: CO: It is the same as any power distributor. Just connect the wires to the right sockets.

[25.11.2023 12:14:18] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: If you say so...

[25.11.2023 12:14:31] Amalfi: CO: I hope you used correct cable colors, did you not?

[25.11.2023 12:14:55] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Makes it easy when the cables are keyed.

[25.11.2023 12:15:03] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Idiot proof.

[25.11.2023 12:15:38] '\S/'Velorum: *Two loud clicks are heard, with a loud whirring sound*

[25.11.2023 12:15:48] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Alright, how's that?

[25.11.2023 12:16:00] Amalfi: CO: I have seen a ship on Houston which had all wires in the same color.

[25.11.2023 12:16:42] Amalfi: CO: I see imbalance between the phases - do they share the same load?

[25.11.2023 12:17:27] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Try zero'ing out the phases. That'll bring it to normal.

[25.11.2023 12:17:53] Amalfi: CO: Can you send me the image of the wiring, per favore?

[25.11.2023 12:18:51] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: I can send a visual, one sec.

[25.11.2023 12:19:11] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Done.

[25.11.2023 12:19:55] Amalfi: CO: Oh - I see the issue. The sockets for the shielding are miscalibrated within the power distributor itself.

[25.11.2023 12:20:49] Amalfi: CO: You will need to shut it down manually and replace one of the balancing coils with only one stripe with the other with -

[25.11.2023 12:21:07] Amalfi: CO: - two stripes from the unused circuits.

[25.11.2023 12:21:36] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Makes it easy with clear instructions.

[25.11.2023 12:21:57] Amalfi: CO: From your point of view - the circuit on the bottom left is unused for now.

[25.11.2023 12:22:47] Amalfi: CO: Hm, neutrals are connected correctly as well. This should be the only issue.

[25.11.2023 12:23:19] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Powered down, replaced with a two-striped coil. Shall I flip the switch?

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[25.11.2023 12:23:54] Amalfi: CO: You can switch it off whenever you wish. Nothing critical in there.

[25.11.2023 12:24:27] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Ah, I mean to turn on the power distrubitor, see if the portable generator works.

[25.11.2023 12:24:38] Amalfi: CO: Only the ballast pumps with complain for a while, yet I do not need them now.

[25.11.2023 12:25:48] Amalfi: CO: Phase imbalances are under two percent, which is... acceptable for now.

[25.11.2023 12:26:06] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Good enough for me! Let's go home!

[25.11.2023 12:26:45] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I'd advise a 700 hour stress test.

[25.11.2023 12:26:55] Amalfi: CO: I will want to tweak it under point zero zero five percent, yet that will take some time.

[25.11.2023 12:27:34] Amalfi: CO: Signor Suarez, you can leave whenever you wish. Your task appears to be completed.

[25.11.2023 12:27:44] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Close up the middle bulkhead. I'm out of there.

[25.11.2023 12:27:57] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: As scary as that was, I enjoyed the little space walk.

[25.11.2023 12:28:07] Amalfi: CO: Closed and sealed yet again.

[25.11.2023 12:28:12] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Mostly because of the blasted robots.

[25.11.2023 12:28:47] Amalfi: CO: I am keeping my crew safe within the citadel.

[25.11.2023 12:28:59] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: I believe a thank you is in order from us, De Marco.

[25.11.2023 12:29:24] Amalfi: CO: Grazie for your services, Starfliers.

[25.11.2023 12:29:29] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: It is a welcome sight to work on the drive. Thank you for letting us assist.

[25.11.2023 12:30:13] Amalfi: CO: I will let you know once it passes its stress tests.

[25.11.2023 12:30:14] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Only one of it's kind. Continue to treat it well.

[25.11.2023 12:30:46] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Please, I'd very much like to see the performance reports.

[25.11.2023 12:31:23] Amalfi: CO: Of course - you are its makers.

[25.11.2023 12:31:47] '\S/'Velorum: Albert: Godspeed, De Marco.

[25.11.2023 12:31:55] '\S/'Velorum: Suarez: Yeah, Godspeed.

[25.11.2023 12:32:00] Amalfi: CO: Arrivederci, Starfliers - until we meet again.

Godspeed, Pilots

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