JR wrote:

>>OOC: Kelly and April need to get the /Rain/ refueled from the
>>seawater and then start "processing" it into fuel. Arvitis needs to
>>move over to the /Rain/ as well, and then after everyone says their
>>goodbyes, the /Walk/ can make its way back to the starport, and the
>>/Mae Lee/ while the /Rain/ can blast off and run for the jump point
>>and its own adventures!
> 
> Kelly turns to April. "Okay, we've got to get this thing refueled. Wanna get
> your toes wet?"
> 
> TGM: What's the weather like outside, and what's the water temperature?

It is early morning, just after sunrise, at this longitude, the air 
outside is warm and balmy, there are only a few puffy white clouds 
in the distance, and the water is so warm it is almost body temperature.

The /Blue Rain/ has a flexible hose 30 cm (about a foot) across. One 
end can be connected to the ship's fuel take inlet valve and the 
other dropped into any convenient body of water. The end that drops 
into the water has a powered pump/filter on it to draw the water in 
while filtering out debris. Kelly and April will need to haul the 
hose out into the gentle surf beyond the line where the water 
recedes on each wave and anchor it there. There is a deployable 
spiked anchor at that end of the hose to hold it into place. One of 
them can haul the hose out there, but two makes the job easier. 
After the hose is deployed, the inlet valve at the ship's skin needs 
to be opened and the ship's internal pumps activated. It will take 
about 1.5 hours to fully load the /Rain's/ fuel tanks. That will 
give the ship enough fuel to make a jump 2. The water can be 
processed into "refined" fuel in another 1.5 hours, or long before 
the ship has time to lift off and get to the jump point.

Eris
AKU GM