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Hey, ya'll.

[ Hi Reverie Fam, it's your resident faux texan Martian, here, his warm drawl caressing your ears. For those of you that have them and can still hear out of them, anyway. ]

So I've been thinkin'.

We've been gettin' access to some new areas, but I'll be honest and say that there's on in particular I've been most interested in gettin' in, but we might need a team to do it like we did for the door to Operations. We need to get into the Hangar Bay. We know there is one - the map up in operations made that clear, and I'm pretty sure I even know the exact door we need to get in. We just need to get in it.

So I thought--

[ He cuts off sharply with an ow!, and then there's a clattering noise as the communicator hits the floor. Silence for a couple seconds, and then in a breathless whisper that sounds like it's coming from several feet away: ]

Holy shit, where did these come from? [ There's another rustling and clattering and the next time his voice is audible, it's from much closer to the mic. ]

Folks, I think we've got a ride.

I think we've got two rides, and--

Wait, what? Where the hell'd they go??

[The audio disconnects.]

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Well- I was just walkin' down the hall, talking to ya'll, we'll all of a sudden i ran face first into somethin' that wasn't there.

Pulled back, and I was somewhere else entirely, lookin' at a ship. A drop ship, maybe, or a shuttle. And then I looked around, there was another one, but -

Then as soon as it started I was back here in the hall.

Jesus Christ.

[Complains Ricki, wholeheartedly.]

I definitely, utterly do not know.

I think I might have teleported.

Walk purposefully forward and say 'Hangar Bay' again. Or 'we need to get into the Hangar Bay.'

See if you can re-trigger it.

Alright.

[ There's a pause, and then he walks forward purposely and says "Hanger Bay". Nothing. He does the same with "Need to get into the Hangar Bay", and again with "Observation Deck." All nothing.

He sighs. ]

That woulda been too easy, right?

Motherfucker.

[Agrees Ricki, without rancor.]

Okay, if that didn't do it, then what the hell just happened?

Hell if I know.

I don't know why the hell anythin' happens on this god damned station, I just walk into it, apparently.

My plan was going to be to get someone into one of those suits again on some kind of tether and go out to map the place externally, peering through the windows.

I bet we could check for a big external facing bay door for something like a hangar.

We got one. Down on the sixth level - the door's visible from the outside, it's just closed. Apollo and I took a flight to see if we could find an emergency hatch, but no luck.

You seen the map up in operations, yet? Might give you the general layout.

Not yet. I've been in the pre-contemplation phase.

I guess this is as good a sign as any that it's time to get serious.

Well, if you wanna meet me up in Operations, I can go over it with you an' let you know where we're all at, at the moment?

Yeah, I'm in. Hang tight.

[He disconnects, and comes trotting back up. He's been coasting for a little too long; it's time to get in the fight.]

[ Alex heads up himself, though he gets there a couple minutes before Ricki does, and is waiting by the door while he taps away on his communicator. When he spots the other man he raises a hand in greeting, then leans back to press the console to get the door to slide open. ]

Alrigh'. So, we know the map ain't fully complete, but it gives us an idea of where everythin's supposed to be, at least.

Hmm-

[Agrees Ricki, leaning it on, internalizing it, orienting himself easily and turning on a focus and professionalism he generally does not bother with.]

So the places that are blocked off would be here, here- and all through here?

Yeah, exactly.

[ Alex's voice is still it's smooth, laid back drawl, though there's a note of excitement still left over from his brief jaunt into the hangar. ]

This here is where the hangar bay is, and if I'm right, should have at least two ships in it. The video that Mike and Miller found mentioned a Drive, but - hell if I can figure out where it's 'sposed to be. Might be on one of the ships.

Right.

So on other space stations, what do you put near what? A- what- there must be some kind of philosophy to how the structure's organized.

Yeah, sorta. This station is already built a little different from what I'm used to - Tycho's only got one main ring, after all. And we don't got the same kind of thoroughfare like it does - it's built a bit like a mini-city.

But generally, things tend to be put in places where they make the most sense. The main gardens tend to be next to the water treatment facilities, 'cause they often use plants to help with the water treatment. Everythin' that we need to live tends to be on the Habitat ring, the part that's spinnin', since that's where the gravity is. Air locks and hangars tend to be in the non-moving areas of the station. But it's a bit like city plannin' - there's lots of reasons to put some things in some places and you can argue for a long time.

And I know fuck all about city planning.

[He says, running his fingertips along the map again.]

Hangar. You're right, it's definitely the next step. And after that- it'd probably to get a good peek at the electrical mains.

Right? They ain't laid out too well, but if we can actually figure out where they are, we might be able to find if there's anythin' suckin' a lot of power.

Like a drive.

Or a teleporter.

On a self-contained system like this it shouldn't be drawing power unless it's on- but if we get to know how the wires work then maybe we'll be able to see where there's the capacity for that kind of movement.

And- for that matter- to find out what kind of banks we've got and how long they're going to last.

Yeah, that's what I was thinkin'. See if there's any power conduits that look like they'd take a bigger load than the others.

Assumin' we'd be able to tell them apart, anyway.

Yeah. Not gonna lie, I'd like to get a better idea of our power generation and usage in general, but. At least we know we got enough air and water to last us a while.

We don't actually know that, though. It could go dead tomorrow.

[He points out, with a huff of a laugh through his nose.]

We need a handle on this.

Air and water we've got some readouts on, at least. Power, no luck.

That's somethin' we definitely need a handle on.

Okay, I'm going to go scream into a pillow for a bit. Let's chat later.

[ This may not be over video, but the salute is somehow audible in his voice: ]

Yes'sir.

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