<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">GM Post</span><br/>Man's Ruin, Eavesdown Docks, Persephone<br/>Tagging - Astrid, Aaron, Sidney<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208456.msg10405864#msg10405864">Quote from: Ember Star on 22-08-2014, 07:22:35</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Astrid was immediately cheerful when the ship fired up seemingly smoothly. She was glancing around at all the controls in the engine room, then her bubble popped as quickly as it blew. "That ain't right..." she muttered to herself as she hurriedly double checked everything. That couldn't be right. Ships just didn't do that unless something really bad was going on, and she had checked everything. There was nothing obvious. Though, in her experience, it was usually the simplest things that caused the biggest problems, like a gasket being off or something. It could practically kill an engine. <br/><br/>She frowned and hit the comm bottom to talk to the pilot. "Sydney, you might wanna cut her off right now. The engine is runnin' hot and keepin' it goin' is gonna make it hotter, dangerously so." She told him then ducked under a couple of pipes and headed off in search of the problem.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208456.msg10414560#msg10414560">Quote from: Baalborn87 on 24-08-2014, 20:11:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sydney let out a small sigh of relief as the engines started up smoothly, and allowed himself a small smile. His smile faded as he noticed something being picked up on the sensors that looked like it was coming from possibly inside the ship. Befor he could think on it any more, Astrid came on the intercom. "Sydney, you might wanna cut her off right now. The engine is runnin' hot and keepin' it goin' is gonna make it hotter, dangerously so.". Sydney reached over and pressed the com button. "Sure thing Astrid" He said moving twin sliders on the console down and slowly powering down the engines. "Hey Astrid, It's just the three of us on here right? I picked up a funny blip on the lower port side that I wann check out."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Astrid would've known at once that the engine oughtn't have been causing that sensor blip Sydney told her about. For a start, it wasn't where the engine was located, and engines didn't show up on external sensors on account of being inside the ship. Sensors were programmed with limitations for their scanning range. It was integral to their function. It had to be something on the outside of the ship.<br/><br/>The engine room had begun to fill with smoke.. no - steam, which began to disperse when Sydney turned off the engine. That in itself linked it to the turbine casement of the engine, and suggested a leak. The steam oughtn't have got out otherwise.<br/>