<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d3/FemalePirate-1.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_u">The Facility, 4 pm</span></strong><br/><br/>Magellan bounced with exceitement as she made her way from the briefing room back towards her quarters. "The mission!" she chirped, to anyone she passed in the hallways or in the facility host. "We're finally doing the mission!"<br/><br/>The unassuming teenager was clad in just a formless grey shift, paying about as much attention to her clothing as she did to getting exercise. She stopped in her spartan quarters long enough to toss her mission equipment into her backpack, not bothering with things like "putting large objects on the bottom". From there, she headed over to the medical bay where she had probably spent more time than in her actual bedroom.<br/><br/>She cast off her shift and clambered into a medical pod, closing her eyes as electrodes and monitors attached themselves to her body. The cares and sensations of the physical world faded away as she pushed her consciousness fully into the Matrix.<br/><br/>Magellan drew herself up proudly, clad in her seafaring blouse, pants, jacket and bandanna, with plenty of buckles and fripperies. She patted the railing of the ship that formed her persona in the Matrix, and pulled out a telescope to check on the status of her devices. Sure enough, her commlink, guns, clothing, armour, glasses and other electronics were all humming away in her backpack, awaiting her mental commands.<br/><br/>First things first, though. She rang a bell mounted on the deck, and sent out a stream of Resonance code into the Matrix. A human figure appeared on the ship - a middle-aged man covered in tools and grease. "Aye, cap'n!" he said, saluting. "What can I do yer for?"<br/><br/>"We're going on a voyage, Spanners," she said, folding her hands behind her in a noble captain's pose. "I'm going to need you to make sure that everything's ship-shape. I might need you to man the guns, or help Mister Alvin with his craft. But first you're going to need your papers. Get below decks and I'll make the arrangements."<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">8 pm</span></strong><br/><br/>Magellan was putting the final touches on registering Spanners with the Matrix, integrating his code into the acceptable protocols of the wider Grids so that he would not incur the wrath of GOD. It was a delicate operation, requiring perfect concentration and a blend of programming excellence and Resonance essence. The protocols were beginning to align, and...<br/><br/>A huge tidal wave swept over the boat, drenching the deck and almost drowning the good captain. Magellan clung to a railing for dear life while the Fading backlash tore at her persona. She let out a string of curses the equal of any real ship's captain, then opened up a video feed to the worthless lump of meat that housed her precious brain.<br/><br/>Her nose was gushing blood, and other blood vessels had burst on her forehead. She took command of the medical pod and commanded it to apply stimulants, coagulants and other remedies to help her recover from the strain of Fading. She dismissed Spanners back to the Resonance - GOD would be looking for him now, and she didn't want him hanging around while she slept off the consequences of her own mistakes. Once she had the commands in place, she let her Matrix awareness fade away and drifted into healing slumber.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">9 pm</span></strong><br/><br/>An hour later, she groaned, opened her eyes, slipped into the Matrix again to adjust the medbay parameters, swore a bit, and went back to sleep.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">10 pm</span></strong><br/><br/>The headache was gone, and her body felt fine. There were only six hours left until the mission, though, and she had none of her crew.<br/><br/>There was more swearing.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Compiling a Level 4 Machine sprite. Rolling Compiling 6 + Resonance 6 = 12 dice, resisted by Level 4 dice.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:15:39, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 12d6 tn1: 5 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83000)<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:16:05, Machine sprite (uid: 25346) rolls: 6d6 tn1: 5 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83001)<br/>Resisting 2S Fading.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:16:25, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 9d6 tn1: 5 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83002)<br/>Level 4 Machine sprite compiled with 1 task. Now registering, which takes 4 hours. Rolling Registering 6 + Resonance 6 = 12 dice, resisted by Level 4 x 2 = 8 dice.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:17:24, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 12d6 tn1: 5 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83003)<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:17:37, Machine sprite (uid: 25346) rolls: 12d6 tn1: 5 Result: 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83004)<br/>Registering failed. Resisting 12S Fading.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:19:15, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 9d6 tn1: 5 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83005)<br/>Magellan takes 7S damage from Fading.<br/>Using Medicine to improve natural healing, through hot-sim Matrix control of the medbay. Rolling Medicine 1 + Logic 9 + Wireless medkit 6 + hot-sim 2 - remote control 2 - Emerged patient 2 = 14 dice.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:48:06, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 14d6 tn1: 5 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83006)<br/>2 hits gives me 2 extra dice on the Body + Willpower roll to recover from Stun damage. Total 7 dice.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:49:08, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 7d6 tn1: 5 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83007)<br/>Heal 3 boxes in the first hour.<br/>At 2015-12-09 01:49:37, Magellan (uid: 25346) rolls: 7d6 tn1: 5 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=83008)<br/>Heal 4 boxes in the second hour.<br/></div></div>