Terry Mixon wrote: > >> OOC: Was this the system the /Santiago/ jumped too? Without a > >> transponder, it is too far out to be seen from in system? > > > > OOC: Yes, the /Santiago/ would have passed through this system, but > > it disappeared before having arrived here. It was to jump to Sequi > > first then Serbia, and it disappeared on the Mark to Sequi jump. > > Also, yes, without a transponder, or a very lucky/unlucky accident > > this object could float out here for years without being > > spotted...pass right through the system and out into deep space > > where it might be centuries before it even got this close to the > > main planet in Serbia again. > > > >> Shawn ploted a course to the ship and estimated time to arrival > >> if they went that way. > > > > Arvitis says, "From the return on its surface, I'd say it has to be > > a ship...a small one, 100 to 200 tons, and I'm picking up an IR > > return that is about 2 degrees above background, so there is > > probably some residual power there, too. It's on a vector that > > takes it across the system and back out into the deep." > > > > You can pull up along side in 30 seconds, yes it is *that* close, > > but you'll also have to match its real vector if you want to dock > > with or board it and that will take about 40 minutes of burning the > > HEPlaR engines. > > "We can pass by in 30 seconds. Might as well. We are way deep in > weapons range no matter what. Lets take a look at it. Arvitis, only > residual power? Main not online?" "Maybe a power system on *very* low standby, or something secondary." Arvitis says, "It couldn't even have minimal life support running. It's the next thing to being dead cold." Eris AKU GM
