The following are facts you have collected (Sorry, should have posted these sooner, but I've just been slammed with work stuff):
Like Jetsom, Moneyspider has automatic airlocks, meaning that only one door can be open at a time and they are secured by Level 3 Security Locks. The hatches on Snobol and Moneyspider have the same environment indicator panels as those on Jetsom. In addition, all hatches which open into vacuum have a flashing "DANGER: VACUUM" warning sign. On the Moneyspider, where the artificial gravity can fling you off the ship, the warning signs on all the external hatches say "DANGER: VACUUM & NONZERO GEE."
Each airlock on the Moneyspider has a locker containing eight space suits (two for each of the major races.)
Every room on Snobol and the Moneyspider has an intercom panel from which any other room may be called.
The Moneyspider is a fully operational starship. Since it is whirled around Snobol every 4 minutes 45 seconds, the centrifugal force produces standard
(1g) artificial gravity on the ship, with Deck 1 being at the "top".
The Moneyspider has workpods (see area M8) and spacesuits (in the airlocks) that are used for working outside the ship when it is in zero-G. (These
pieces of equipment are fully described in the Knight Hawks rules, but the artificial gravity means that anyone (or anything) going outside the ship
will be flung off like a slingshot into space and lost.)
Ladder Shaft
The shaft that extends through the length of the Moneyspider has a ladder on either side. In an emergency, the hatches leading into the shaft can be closed, and there are hatches across the shaft that can be closed between each deck. These hatches cannot be locked.
Fiator takes you up from Level 2 where the bridge is (M3) up the ladder to Level 1 where the elevator is located (M1).
M1. Airlock
Envt: P = Std(0); T = 20(N/A); O = Std; G = 1
There is nothing special in the airlock area.
The hatch on your right leads to an automated starship lifeboat. (M2)
The hatch to the left leads to L3, the elevator room that will take you to Snobol from Moneyspider.
Fiator leads you to room L3, where the elevator runs up to Snobol. He gets on terminal 11, which runs the elevator system to Snobol.
The elevator is a spacious, self-propelled vehicle similar to a monorail car, except that the rail (which runs alongside the Moneyspider tethering cable) is
vertical.
Yagrith has discovered that its operation is monitored by the M/EV/TR (transport) program, but it can be controlled manually from inside, by using terminal Term-11 and 'called' from the boarding points (areas L1 and
M1) at either en of the cable.
The elevator accelerates steadily to a maximum speed of 400 meters/turn at the mid-point of its journey and then slows to a halt over the remainder. The whole trip takes eight and a half minutes.
The elevator has its own life-support unit, controlled by the M/EV/LS (life-support) program in the M/EV (elevator) computer. Both are behind a panel near
the terminal.
You go to the elevator and get in.
From L3, you will travel to the microstill located on Snobol (L1-L3).
The elevator begins its long trip, which seems an eternity as the minutes drag on, especially with the thought of a possible imminent explosion. You don't have to wait long. You hear over the intercom, "It's going to explode!" That sounded like Ellen's voice.
Just then, an explosion rocks the elevator, jarring you like a distant earthquake. You are not injured, but your elevator is just approaching its destination.
When you arrive, you find that the cooling unit in L1 has exploded. The life support unit and M/CR(chemical refining) computer have both been completely
wrecked.
You also find very badly mutilated remains of a Yazirian. Its body is so disfigured by the explosion that you can only tell it's Baralou because it wears her uniform. One more death since your arrival.
"Are you okay?" Fiator calls from below. "What happened? I'm getting readings here. Luckily, the explosion didn't breach the outer walls, so there's no danger of decompression. However..." He pauses and you hear the distant clicking of buttons depressing. "...the air in L1 and L2 will become unbreathable in about 10 minutes."
Ellen then gets on the intercom. "Did you find Baralou? Is she still alive?"
MAP OF SNOBOL
MAP OF MONEYSPIDER
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:57, Wed 08 Sept 2010.