Bad Luck
13 Sep 2021Rixses
9/13Well this has been a string of bad luck. If I didn't know better I'd say I have gremlins.
I went to try and setup a meeting with Tech last week but wasn't able to get ahold of him. No response to my waves. Hope he's okay. I figured I would just figure out these bio scans on my own. Can't be that hard, right? So time to finish getting ready to launch for the expedition.
Launch day comes and pop! Everything start going wrong.
First my COVAS goes out for no reason. Okay... Reconfigure and reboot. Then reprogram half of everything. Lost half a day to that alone.
Then, while I'm still working on getting my COVAS back up the main network uplink goes out on the property and we're in the dark for a while. Managed to get that back up and running while reprogramming the COVAS. Man... this has got to be a coincidence. Right?
Okay, launch. The expedition is underway. I made it through a few systems, charting the systems, mapping a few planets. Found one with some biological signals. Perfect! This is my chance to figure out the bio scanner and get one more skill under my belt. Remember Tech, and not hearing from him? That comes back to haunt me. The thermal scanner is on the fritz and not displaying heat signatures properly. So I'm going into and out of orbit trying to find any signs of life and... Nothing... Only a few days into the expedition and getting stuck on technical glitches even before I set out...
Oh! And that network uplink I thought I fixed back home. Well it turns out my whole system there is no longer receiving waves. I can send out just fine. Send and receive data packets and messages. No incoming waves......... So now I'm out here in the black, problems with scanners, expecting more problems with systems as I go, and I can't dial home. I wish I could just hit everything with a spanner and that'd fix it...