Quoting Eris Reddoch :
> OOC: The collar might, or might not, safely hold the boat.
>
> With the tarp pulled way back, you can shine your light
> right down the hole. There isn't an inner door. The hole
> extends 8, 10, or more meters through the hard rock and then
> opens into a vast cavern inside. Playing the flash around
> you can see flashes of metal in there...railings,
> scaffolding, you can't be sure.
>
> There doesn't appear to be any way to dock the boat in the
> hole, but the hole is big so the boat could *easily* fly
> through it into the cavernous interior.
Ilane continues her dialog with April as she inspects the collar and the
hole. "Hmm...I'm not so sure about this docking collar, April. It looks kinda
*filmsy*..." She moves down and shines the light down the throat of the
hole. "Wow...it's really *huge* in there. You know, we might be better off
just flying the boat right into the hole. There's nothing to dock it to per
se, but it might just be able to *sit* in there once we get the gravitics
online."
She then carefully gathers up the tarp and wraps it up, leaving it hanging
firmly against one of the tiedowns. That done, she says. "Okay April. I'm
heading back to the boat now..." Working up the tether as she has hundreds of
times before, Ilane eventually comes back up to the door. She looks at her
cousin with a smile and gives her a pat on the shoulder. "Good job April.
Maybe when we have time on the Mae Lee I'll teach you how to actually get
*around* in zero-G. It's a good talent to have..."
"For now though", Ilane says, still grinning, "this lesson will have to end
with showing you how to safely get back into an airlock." She grabs both sides
of the airlock doorway. "First, plant your feet in on the ledge of the lock,
get a nice, firm grip on the doorway and push yourself inside, like this."
Ilane demonstrates the little move. "Okay, go ahead and try it now...*don't*
unhook your tether yet though." Leaning out while hanging on to the doorway,
Ilane grabs the handle to the door with her right hand and swings it about two-
thirds shut. "Close the airlock door most of the way, and *then* reach around
and unhook your tether. While making sure that it doesn't get stuck in the
door, pull it in." She pulls in her long tether and grins. "I guess you can
see why they make vacc suits with magnetic feet now, huh?" After the tethers
are in, she grabs the door handle and shuts it. "Now, just shut the door,
secure it, and you're done!"
The belter's daughter gives the door an extra little tug just to make sure,
then heads over to the nearest enviromental control panel and starts to restore
the atmosphere inside the boat. Once the readings are all in the green, she
goes over the proper procedure for getting out of a vacc suit and shows April
how to properly stow it. Once they're both done, Ilane smiles and says, "So,
you've just had your *first* spacewalk, April! What did you think of it?"
--
Bob K. (aka Ilane Lanik)
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