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Is replacing/repairing the broken capacitor something we could try, here? Or is that like a "multiple days in drydock" kind of thing? If it's something we could attempt here, Alkekenji would try and Aid Another (presumably with Flenn, our resident mechanic.)
If there's nothing further to see or do in Engineering, Alkekenji would venture that the bridge (I think, A15?) is probably the next best stop. They'll continue to check their rad sweeper ever so often, to make sure that this is a "ghost" ship, and not an "irradiated" ship.
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M-maybe we should just try that repair? Momo says, considering that the only she like less than being on a starship is being on a starship with no power.
She checks out the logbook to see if there are any relevant entries before that last one (such as what caused the malfunction, or where they stored that spare part they bought)
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Two right turns takes Castana to the medical bay (A5). The room is saturated with the smell of antiseptic. Bloodied bandages and opened medkits lie scattered across the floor, while a desk at one end of the room is haphazardly strewn with medical tools and devices. On the opposite wall stands an inactive medical robot, its mechanical arms equipped with scalpels, scanners, and other types of medical tools.
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Alkekenji would take a quick look around the medical bay - with the open kits and bloodied bandages, obviously something happened here. They'd try and see if they can figure out what's up.
Assuming that one Pegasus is a lot like the others, Alkekenji would reason that the hangar/cargo bays would be the next most sensible place to look. Once the medical bay is clearned, they'd move south, to A6.
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Alkekenji discovers four advanced medkits and four mk 2 serums of healing.
A6 is indeed the Starboard Cargo Hold. Among other types of cargo, there is a spare capacitor array sitting on a shelf. As someone goes to get it, a heavy crate full of steel pipes suddenly topples off a higher shelf nearby potentially striking someone.
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Flenn is able to warn everyone else to stay out of the way. If anyone had been standing there to get the capacitor array, they would have been hit by that falling crate and suffered serious injury.
Flenn is also sure some unseen force actually pushed that crate.
Still you can get the new array and install it with a successful Engineering check.
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Flenn frowns. "Clearly, somethin' kept them from repairing it before. My instinct is that it would be better to have the power back up, but I suppose it might make sense to clear the ship first." He glances around. "We haven't found the crew, or their remains, yet ... but the journal didn't indicate any other system issues or strange problems, aside from the capacitor array itself."
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Alkekenji takes one of the advanced medkits, and one of the serums of healing.
"I propose we replace the capacitor array first; if anything, having working life support and sensors in the Vigilance may make it easier to find the crew. Although, I'm beginning to suspect they crossed over to the Revelry, and...I am concerned."
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Flenn also takes one of the advanced medkits and one of the serums of healing.
Flenn hefts the capacitor array (assuming it can be carried by a single person). "Well, let's get us some power, then ..."
Before plugging the capacitor array in, he shunts power so that he can activate each system individually, rather than having the entire ship come to life all at once.
Once the capacitor is plugged in, if there are no problems, he tries to power up the terminal to run system diagnostics before powering them up. He also checks if he can gain control of the doors and internal force fields, tying controls into his custom rig so that he can open/close the doors as they get to them.
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If there's nothing else of interest in Engineering or Sick Bay, Alkekenji would ask Montmorency to ping everyone's comms, asking to meet in the central hallway (A7) and then proceed up to the bridge - going through A13, A14, and then A15. They'd keep an eye open, har har, for anything of interest, of traps at the doors.
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The robot is courteous and speaks in an elegant accent but is only capable of discussing medical matters. Momo learns that, a few hours before Lulora’s last transmission, the robot performed an emergency surgery on a female human subject, treating severe blunt trauma and wounds. The subject was Pinjatar, who was injured in a clash during the crew’s first exploration of the Revelry. She recovered well, but the crew were in a hurry to continue their mission, leaving the room in disarray. Why does no one leave my sickbay in the same state they found it the EMR complains.
A7 is the Nexus Passage. This passage is lined with an array of doors on either side and at each end, illuminated by a pale green glow from the signs that hang above them. The distant hum of machinery is broken by the occasional drip of water from the pipes.
Castana opens the door to the right, discovering A8 - the washroom. Two sinks flank the entrance to this long, dark washroom. On one side of the room is a row of toilets, and opposite to them stands a row of shower booths. A chill runs through the air, making the booth doors sway and creak.
Alkekenji enters the Mess Hall (A13). This spacious room features faux wood panels and soft lighting. On one side of the room stands a kitchen counter with a sink, a stove with blue lights, and a sleek food synthesizer. The cupboards are slightly ajar, revealing a few scattered utensils and supplies. On the other side of the room, dark blue booth seating that curves around a large, rectangular table, surrounding it on three sides. A wide window on the wall looks out onto the vast emptiness of space.
There’s a half-eaten meal left on the table, now moldy and covered in dust. The synthesizer’s touch screen still shows the list of ingredients for the crew’s last meal: a seafood casserole.
There are several movie and band posters on the walls. The largest of these is a picture of an Abysshead album cover, an aggrosynth band from Apostae. One of the band members has a heart drawn over his left cheek in what looks like plum-colored lipstick. A notebook on the table is opened to a page with a to-do list. Its items read “Gear up”, “Message to mom”, “Return L’s key”, with the first and last items crossed off as completed. Other pages are mostly filled with poetry and doodles of elves, astrazoans, and other creatures.
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Assuming she finds nothing and it's a whole lot about nothing, she will then follow the rest of the group to the central areas.
Castana will then search the lavatory for anything unusual and then head to each of the crew members' quarters. Let's check Lulora's room as well. I know we had an injury but something else isn't adding up either.
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A6 was where the spare capacitor array was stored.
Castana checks out the washroom. In the last booth to the right, blood stains the walls.
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I'm sorry, mister robot. Momo apologizes and helps to clean up the mess a bit, Do you have any idea what was the cause of the injuries?
She then follow Castana along to the crew quarters They've tried several times to get on that other ship. There must have been something dangerous they wannted to stop, but there so far we only know it causes blunt trauma and wounds. Maybe there are clues in the crew quarters.
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so far we only know it causes blunt trauma and wounds.
Kenji tilts their lantern-head at this, as if in thought. "Something tried to knock cargo over onto us while were collecting the spare array in the cargo bay; perhaps something similar happened to Lulora’s team? Based on my past experiences on Starfinder ships, it could be ship, or glitch, gremlins. Those things are everywhere, and love being a nuisance," they 'path, with a smidge of disgust colouring the sending.
"Are we ready to enter the bridge of ship?"
"Ready," Kenji confirms, once again moving up to the fore with the android, gripping their scythe.
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In the washroom, Flenn shakes his head and says to Alkekenji, "Whatever this bleedin's from, it didn't happen here. Not the right blood marks, no splatter from the initial impact. Must've been injured somewhere else, and then was bleedin' out when they came here to clean up.
He pulls his koto out, strumming the strings, and the device hums to life. "Okay, let's see what kind o' bloody chaos we're gonna find on this bridge, then ..."
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Castana screams when she looks at the mirror at the top of her lungs yelling a few expletives in Lashunta.
We need to be careful! We are being watched by something in the air. I can't explain it. Did any of you see anything?
Castana abruptly turns away from the mirror and also searches more in depth
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Flenn looks startled at the lashunta. "What the bloody hell?" He has his koto up, the barrel pointing up the hallway. "Didn't see anything, luv, but you're no more undead than you were before. Probably just a trick of th' light, or th' mind ... could work up a neural shunt for you that'd compensate for that sort of thing, and bypass flaws in the neurological design."
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The next person to look in that mirror sees nothing out of the ordinary.
In the next room (A14), A soft red glow emanates from two consoles and displays located at each end of the room, illuminating this small and narrow space. This is the heart of the ship's defense system, providing real-time updates on the ship’s status and weapons capabilities and allowing gunners to aim and fire the ship’s weapons.
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Momo, are you seeing anything I'm not? Maybe we head to the pod section if not. If we're being watched, who knows if that being might be in an area we haven't searched yet...at least reduce the chance we get ambushed.
I... my eyes are not so good, miss Fatris. I don't see in the dark that well. Momo says to Castana, turning a bit bleak when the latter starts mentioning ambushes The escape pods... let's inspect them, she says with a tremor in her voice, thinking of her own time in one, and adds hesitantly will you stay close-by? Although she usually hides away when spacetraveling, this particular ship doesn't really entice Momo to isolate herself.
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"It's okay, Momo. You don't need to have good eyes," they 'path as their seedpod-head turns to point its 'front' in Momo's direction.
Kenji feels the need to help defend the squishier party members, so they'd move to be with whoever is going exploring.
"I can authorise you to ride my video feed, if you'd like a better view of the dark, Ms. Strawberry," Montmorency says, opening a data link to Momo's comm unit, if desired.