Curiosity. As they were landing in the lake, they caught traces
of electronic emissions from within the cave. They want to know
who’s home. They have another reason to explore, as well. Friday.
This could be a “first contact” situation or a rescue.
Or just a group of people escaping the a-holes in
the core… I just hope it’s not a penal colony, that
could go VERY badly.
A small time jump? Anyway they are no doubt doing recon to
find a safe place for refueling and repairs to the P’tera’s ship.
Seems like we might either find some human’s or another race
we haven’t met yet? Seaplanes can’t be just a Terran’s discovery,
it’s just logical. The plane couldn’t have made those signals not
enough RF just from the ignition… Generator might have
however. Long-lost deep spacer maybe? A forgotten platoon of
troops’ descendants from a forgotten war? PC knows….
(Twilight Zone theme in the back ground)
(Cue the coconut people with spears…..)
It’s a non-negligible time jump and there are questions raised by it. Like, is the
Swallow submersible or did they send down a submersible shuttle of some kind?
They sent up the “snorkel” near a preexisting shelter of some sort that is
apparently some distance from the cave, generator and boats, and no sign of
inhabitants at either site (although apparently hiding at least at the second)?
What do you call a long thin boat powered by a pole rather than oars or paddles?
OK, that last one is my old brain not pulling up the word rather than the story.
Gondola doesn’t feel right, that’s culture-specific and to me implies more decor.
I would guess that all spacecraft are submersible, depending
on their mass/volume ratio.But they normally wouldn’t be able
to dive very deep, as the pressure gradient is the opposite
of what they were designed for. The Swallow is a very small
ship, it doesn’t carry a shuttle. But being a long range patrol
craft, it is designed to be submersible, with a snorkel for
access and fresh air, and an electronic periscope and water
jets for maneuvering. And it’s Tobys are the MKII-S, so they
are submersible, as well.
Id say the P’tero ship wouldn’t be, anything that uses thrust for movement
risks the engines getting flooded and unable to ignite, unless there’s a way
to block it from the engines. Gravity drives would be an easy way, it wouldn’t
take much pull to move around underwater. Maneuvering thrusters might not
like the water either, might take careful modifications to work.
Nah, the mass/volume ratio is wrong. It’s too buoyant. Since they
have to be able to refill on a planet, they’re probably designed to
float on the surface of a body of water while doing so.
The Empire will teach them about range-extending drop tanks, like
a WWII fighter plane.
True, not unlike the huge buckets they use for forest fires. I know there’s
certain choppers equipped with drop hoses for the same thing. 90% of
the issues will be solved once more P’tero ships are fitted with grav drives.
Canoe,. is the most common.. or could call it a Skif..
when most people look at a “Gondola”, it is actually a
Sandolo,. Gondola is actually bigger an has a cabin..
I had hoped as much… and it supports life as well.
Maybe the P’teran crew can get some fresh meat
while they are here? providing their hosts don’t
start shouting and pointing weapons…
It just means it’s a “better than nothing” protocol. If they
weren’t attacked they would of landed, refueled, and left.
Clearly being attacked meant they’d go full thrust trying to
avoid their attackers and running into the Sparrow was a
god-sent reprieve.
President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
Two most important things to find out when entering a new home….
Where is the bathroom?
Where is the kitchen?
And a good host will tell you both immediately upon entering.
Well, they did just float in on the “bathroom”, kitchen will be the least
desire they have if these folk start shouting/shooting….
Brain in sleep mode, coffee ain’t helpin’, bed….
(loud flump is heard while everything fades to black…)
:p
Twilight Zone Moment: Check this shit out. I just got a call from some woman claiming
that she had caught my wife in bed having sex with her husband. When I advised that my
wife had not left the house yesterday except to do some shopping and that I had been
the one who drove her the woman insisted that my was the one having sex with her husband.
I advised the caller that I was willing to testify in court under penalty of perjury that my wife
HAD NOT and COULD NOT HAVE HAD sex with anybody without me knowing she continued
to insist that she had caught my wife naked in bed with her husband! When I inquired how the
caller got my (first only) name and phone number she replied that my wife had given that info
to her. Funny thing, though, the caller did not know my wife’s name. I repeatedly asked the
caller for the purpose of the call but never received a satisfactory answer. I advised the caller
that if she believed she had some.cause for action under law she should proceed. For the
record, caller ID indicated a Michigan area code (I live in South Texas) and when I attempted
to call the number back I got a recording to try the call again. Wierd! Right? What do you guys think?
Yeah it’s a scam, or a very diluted woman that was tricked herself.
She was trying to scare you into offering her “hush” money etc.
People like that can get you’re basic info easily enough, she didn’t
expect you to call her out by asking about you’re wife’s name.
Just relax but I’d write down the date and time of this call just in
case. After my mother passed away my father was flooded with
scam calls including the old “special bible” scam claiming she
ordered it and they wanted XXX money. I got that one, told them
to cancel it and hung up!
At my wife and daughter’s funeral in El Paso, a man walked
up to me and told me that he’s loaned her $250 while she
was in nursing school, and that he expected me to pay him.
I didn’t say a word, but when I walked away, he was laying
on his back, limbs twitching.
Her brother was a Sheriff’s Deputy, lots of LEOs were there
that day, but none of them saw anything. It’s an old scam.
HA! I would of left him choking and gasping, but yours
worked well enough. Sorry to hear you had to go
through that though, it tore my father up when it started.
People have no heart or respect.
President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
Heh, it’s amazing how fast someone loses interest in talking
to you when you do it, but PC’s way leaves a lasting impression…
I don’t punch anyway, it’s a risky move as it could cause them
to choke to death. I palm the throat, like I was going to choke
them. It’s more of a shock than damage, more often than not
their panic grab at their throat causes more harm than I did.
I should mention it doesn’t work on anyone that’s had training,
a quick tensing of the neck muscles could counter that.
I never have been one for violence. That’s why being a medic was
an attractive choice. I was afraid that if I ever lost my temper, I’d
become my fath… Fa… Sperm donor.
But I did pick up the odd bit of info watching Maria teach her students
while I sat in the shade with the first-aid kit.
Like when she’d say, “Never punch a man in the stomach. Punch him
in the spine, through his stomach.
The workers were just beginning to shovel dirt in the holes when
he made his demand. My intention was to just turn and walk away.
But then he said something that I don’t remember, and I turned
around and put everything I had through the heel of my hand to
his spine, through his sternum. Maria would have been proud.
He didn’t do anything dramatic like fly through the air, he just
fell back and lay there, every muscle twitching madly.
The funny thing is, I didn’t feel anything. Just… sorrow.
I understand, I don’t know what was worse, my girlfriend murdered or
doing CPR on my mother when she stopped breathing. I know the move
you used, very effective. I tended to use fear, show someone what you
can do without serious harm tends to scare most people off. No one
expected the “little” guy to be so fast and strong.
You know how it’s supposed to be impossible to prove a negative? Well I did once. It was a
couple of years after my Dad died. Got a call from some.collections agency wanting him to
pay off some credit card he’d allegedly run up several thousand bucks in charges on. I asked
him the dates of the charges and the date the card was issued. When I heard the dates I
advised the guy that if he could prove my Dad actually took out that card then he ought to
sell the card on ebay for a small fortune. Seems the card was issued EIGHTEEN MONTHS
after I took my Dad’s ashes to the national cemetery here in San Antonio. I further advised
him that I would be happy to fax him a copy of my Dad’s death certificate. He asked that I
send the fax then called back and told me “Never mind.” See? Sometimes you CAN prove
a negative.
President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
“Diluted”? Was she water-boarded?
Ohhhhh, “deluded”. Gotcha.
Haven’t had any scam calls in awhile, but too many spam calls lately. (sigh……)
It never ends.
Hey, I blame spell-check for that, I thought it was wrong but this time
of year and the bumper crop of ragweed in the pastures are reeking
havoc on me. and benidryl can only do so much. Well, other than make
me sleepy…
Simplest answer would be that she had the wrong number.
“Bill” isn’t exactly the rarest of names, is it?
Suppose the caller really did catch her husband in bed with
another woman, picture the situation.
She’d be stressed out, furious and probably confused.
And all the other woman’d wanted to do would be to get out
of there (and not all that interested to tell her the truth).
Not exactly the best circumstances for exchanging reliable
information.
As for “scam” – what was she trying to get out of it?
There must be easier ways to trick people out of their money.
I suspect she was going to take a “bribe” to not take them to court.
There’s always an angle to exploit, preying on older folk is a bit
easier I guess. Like calling up claiming to need cash asap because
of a health or legal issue for a grand child or some other family member.
“My voice? I have a cold” There was a news report on that just the
other day, some poor gramma got hit for $47,000, her entire
retirement savings.
Be prepared to feed that cat! Why else would they give you a tour? At least
find the bad of treats, if you want to be allowed in the cat’s domain again :}
Ours starts meowing if he hears you. He’s getting older, so sleeping
deeper of late. I can often make it to the bathroom and back without
waking him. Go to the kitchen for a glass of water, though, and plan
on spending a few minutes sitting with him.
I found a adoption setup for cats, a very sweet adult cat actually had
me hold it’s paw though the cage. I might go back and see if it’s still
there. I know my father misses his cat, might give him a smile.
Capt = Lt.? , smaller vessels are Captained (title not rank) by lesser ranks.
Cats always know where the kitchen and bathrooms are.
Amelia Earhart maybe? Nah.
Did I miss something? Why are they on the planet looking in a cave?
Curiosity. As they were landing in the lake, they caught traces
of electronic emissions from within the cave. They want to know
who’s home. They have another reason to explore, as well. Friday.
This could be a “first contact” situation or a rescue.
Or just a group of people escaping the a-holes in
the core… I just hope it’s not a penal colony, that
could go VERY badly.
More Legionnaires?
The survivors maybe :/ heh…
A small time jump? Anyway they are no doubt doing recon to
find a safe place for refueling and repairs to the P’tera’s ship.
Seems like we might either find some human’s or another race
we haven’t met yet? Seaplanes can’t be just a Terran’s discovery,
it’s just logical. The plane couldn’t have made those signals not
enough RF just from the ignition… Generator might have
however. Long-lost deep spacer maybe? A forgotten platoon of
troops’ descendants from a forgotten war? PC knows….
(Twilight Zone theme in the back ground)
(Cue the coconut people with spears…..)
It’s a non-negligible time jump and there are questions raised by it. Like, is the
Swallow submersible or did they send down a submersible shuttle of some kind?
They sent up the “snorkel” near a preexisting shelter of some sort that is
apparently some distance from the cave, generator and boats, and no sign of
inhabitants at either site (although apparently hiding at least at the second)?
What do you call a long thin boat powered by a pole rather than oars or paddles?
OK, that last one is my old brain not pulling up the word rather than the story.
Gondola doesn’t feel right, that’s culture-specific and to me implies more decor.
I would guess that all spacecraft are submersible, depending
on their mass/volume ratio.But they normally wouldn’t be able
to dive very deep, as the pressure gradient is the opposite
of what they were designed for. The Swallow is a very small
ship, it doesn’t carry a shuttle. But being a long range patrol
craft, it is designed to be submersible, with a snorkel for
access and fresh air, and an electronic periscope and water
jets for maneuvering. And it’s Tobys are the MKII-S, so they
are submersible, as well.
Id say the P’tero ship wouldn’t be, anything that uses thrust for movement
risks the engines getting flooded and unable to ignite, unless there’s a way
to block it from the engines. Gravity drives would be an easy way, it wouldn’t
take much pull to move around underwater. Maneuvering thrusters might not
like the water either, might take careful modifications to work.
Nah, the mass/volume ratio is wrong. It’s too buoyant. Since they
have to be able to refill on a planet, they’re probably designed to
float on the surface of a body of water while doing so.
The Empire will teach them about range-extending drop tanks, like
a WWII fighter plane.
True, not unlike the huge buckets they use for forest fires. I know there’s
certain choppers equipped with drop hoses for the same thing. 90% of
the issues will be solved once more P’tero ships are fitted with grav drives.
Canoe,. is the most common.. or could call it a Skif..
when most people look at a “Gondola”, it is actually a
Sandolo,. Gondola is actually bigger an has a cabin..
Big enough for Atmosphere and liquid water …
I had hoped as much… and it supports life as well.
Maybe the P’teran crew can get some fresh meat
while they are here? providing their hosts don’t
start shouting and pointing weapons…
“Earthlike” means 2-3 the delta vee than I previously mentioned
So instead of 15% “fuel” you’d need 32-52% …
Ok. You can fill the drone up to the max, sure. But that means you have
to carry all that weight back into orbit …
It just means it’s a “better than nothing” protocol. If they
weren’t attacked they would of landed, refueled, and left.
Clearly being attacked meant they’d go full thrust trying to
avoid their attackers and running into the Sparrow was a
god-sent reprieve.
Two most important things to find out when entering a new home….
Where is the bathroom?
Where is the kitchen?
And a good host will tell you both immediately upon entering.
Well, they did just float in on the “bathroom”, kitchen will be the least
desire they have if these folk start shouting/shooting….
Brain in sleep mode, coffee ain’t helpin’, bed….
(loud flump is heard while everything fades to black…)
:p
Why do you think he let TBE cat do the leading?
They’re great hosts…
Twilight Zone Moment: Check this shit out. I just got a call from some woman claiming
that she had caught my wife in bed having sex with her husband. When I advised that my
wife had not left the house yesterday except to do some shopping and that I had been
the one who drove her the woman insisted that my was the one having sex with her husband.
I advised the caller that I was willing to testify in court under penalty of perjury that my wife
HAD NOT and COULD NOT HAVE HAD sex with anybody without me knowing she continued
to insist that she had caught my wife naked in bed with her husband! When I inquired how the
caller got my (first only) name and phone number she replied that my wife had given that info
to her. Funny thing, though, the caller did not know my wife’s name. I repeatedly asked the
caller for the purpose of the call but never received a satisfactory answer. I advised the caller
that if she believed she had some.cause for action under law she should proceed. For the
record, caller ID indicated a Michigan area code (I live in South Texas) and when I attempted
to call the number back I got a recording to try the call again. Wierd! Right? What do you guys think?
Yeah it’s a scam, or a very diluted woman that was tricked herself.
She was trying to scare you into offering her “hush” money etc.
People like that can get you’re basic info easily enough, she didn’t
expect you to call her out by asking about you’re wife’s name.
Just relax but I’d write down the date and time of this call just in
case. After my mother passed away my father was flooded with
scam calls including the old “special bible” scam claiming she
ordered it and they wanted XXX money. I got that one, told them
to cancel it and hung up!
At my wife and daughter’s funeral in El Paso, a man walked
up to me and told me that he’s loaned her $250 while she
was in nursing school, and that he expected me to pay him.
I didn’t say a word, but when I walked away, he was laying
on his back, limbs twitching.
Her brother was a Sheriff’s Deputy, lots of LEOs were there
that day, but none of them saw anything. It’s an old scam.
HA! I would of left him choking and gasping, but yours
worked well enough. Sorry to hear you had to go
through that though, it tore my father up when it started.
People have no heart or respect.
I like the idea of a throat punch, leave ’em gasping.
But a nose drive would work as well (or would that be potentially too deadly?)
Heh, it’s amazing how fast someone loses interest in talking
to you when you do it, but PC’s way leaves a lasting impression…
I don’t punch anyway, it’s a risky move as it could cause them
to choke to death. I palm the throat, like I was going to choke
them. It’s more of a shock than damage, more often than not
their panic grab at their throat causes more harm than I did.
I should mention it doesn’t work on anyone that’s had training,
a quick tensing of the neck muscles could counter that.
I never have been one for violence. That’s why being a medic was
an attractive choice. I was afraid that if I ever lost my temper, I’d
become my fath… Fa… Sperm donor.
But I did pick up the odd bit of info watching Maria teach her students
while I sat in the shade with the first-aid kit.
Like when she’d say, “Never punch a man in the stomach. Punch him
in the spine, through his stomach.
The workers were just beginning to shovel dirt in the holes when
he made his demand. My intention was to just turn and walk away.
But then he said something that I don’t remember, and I turned
around and put everything I had through the heel of my hand to
his spine, through his sternum. Maria would have been proud.
He didn’t do anything dramatic like fly through the air, he just
fell back and lay there, every muscle twitching madly.
The funny thing is, I didn’t feel anything. Just… sorrow.
I understand, I don’t know what was worse, my girlfriend murdered or
doing CPR on my mother when she stopped breathing. I know the move
you used, very effective. I tended to use fear, show someone what you
can do without serious harm tends to scare most people off. No one
expected the “little” guy to be so fast and strong.
You know how it’s supposed to be impossible to prove a negative? Well I did once. It was a
couple of years after my Dad died. Got a call from some.collections agency wanting him to
pay off some credit card he’d allegedly run up several thousand bucks in charges on. I asked
him the dates of the charges and the date the card was issued. When I heard the dates I
advised the guy that if he could prove my Dad actually took out that card then he ought to
sell the card on ebay for a small fortune. Seems the card was issued EIGHTEEN MONTHS
after I took my Dad’s ashes to the national cemetery here in San Antonio. I further advised
him that I would be happy to fax him a copy of my Dad’s death certificate. He asked that I
send the fax then called back and told me “Never mind.” See? Sometimes you CAN prove
a negative.
“Diluted”? Was she water-boarded?
Ohhhhh, “deluded”. Gotcha.
Haven’t had any scam calls in awhile, but too many spam calls lately. (sigh……)
It never ends.
Hey, I blame spell-check for that, I thought it was wrong but this time
of year and the bumper crop of ragweed in the pastures are reeking
havoc on me. and benidryl can only do so much. Well, other than make
me sleepy…
Simplest answer would be that she had the wrong number.
“Bill” isn’t exactly the rarest of names, is it?
Suppose the caller really did catch her husband in bed with
another woman, picture the situation.
She’d be stressed out, furious and probably confused.
And all the other woman’d wanted to do would be to get out
of there (and not all that interested to tell her the truth).
Not exactly the best circumstances for exchanging reliable
information.
As for “scam” – what was she trying to get out of it?
There must be easier ways to trick people out of their money.
I suspect she was going to take a “bribe” to not take them to court.
There’s always an angle to exploit, preying on older folk is a bit
easier I guess. Like calling up claiming to need cash asap because
of a health or legal issue for a grand child or some other family member.
“My voice? I have a cold” There was a news report on that just the
other day, some poor gramma got hit for $47,000, her entire
retirement savings.
>follow the cat to the kitchen
Be prepared to feed that cat! Why else would they give you a tour? At least
find the bad of treats, if you want to be allowed in the cat’s domain again :}
So true, my father’s would start yowling the
moment you’d walk up to the fridge. He loved
his milk.
Ours starts meowing if he hears you. He’s getting older, so sleeping
deeper of late. I can often make it to the bathroom and back without
waking him. Go to the kitchen for a glass of water, though, and plan
on spending a few minutes sitting with him.
I found a adoption setup for cats, a very sweet adult cat actually had
me hold it’s paw though the cage. I might go back and see if it’s still
there. I know my father misses his cat, might give him a smile.