Long Range Rescue to Odin's Hold
12 Feb 2023Shirokane Chika
Written on Inbound Transit to the Bubble on Fleet Carrier MinoriMission Parameters: T+3d17h25m; dist = 28059 ly; homebound = 23444 ly
Chika here.
Long Range Rescue is like planning for rocket mission in games - you calculate the ∆v you need; design a rocket that has that many ∆v; assign burns and press play. Except this time we have a torchship in the form of a carrier with enough ∆v to go anywhere in the Milky Way with enough mission time.
Back in Katuri where I loaded up my carrier - "Ms Shirokane, how many tritium would you need?" "8,900." "Are you trying to load up the Colonia Bridge with that many tritium?" "No, I'm rescuing a stranded explorer. They're approx as far as Sagittarius A star from us; got into a system they can't leave by boosting their FSD into a three star system without any planets. How much is it?" "445 million. We will load up your Voidrider while you pay for the tritium here." Tap. The screen shows - deducted 445 million. Thank you; Shirokane-san.
Fly some trips; bring the Tritium to the hold. The computer show me that without any detours; I can reach where they are, carry them down to space they can jump to another star, and fly back without mining tritium in the meantime.
"Great!" I beamed the data back to Minori's FSD crew and tell them to plan such a route. "Accepted; Dock on the Carrier and we will begin the jumps."
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"Ms Shirokane, I are glad that you have come here to rescue me." The explorer docked onto Minori and met me on the bridge. "No worries. Now we will plot the downward jump and get you out of here."
"Counting Down - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - engage."
Minori breaks the spacetime continuum and traverses hyperspace.
"Carrier jump complete. Standby for checks in progress." "Attention, Lockdown has been lifted - thank you for your cooperation."
I watch the explorer undock from the carrier. Perhaps I should try such a expedition sometimes later. But for now; my tritium reserves is only enough for me to go back home.
Let's go home now. I'd want to jump back into Meliae and go to the bar there.