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@Moonray:

ah, nice solution (and I haven't used this feature yet)

also I think I've used Private_Ninja as an "on vacation" altname when I didn't want to login over a public network


okay, hadn't really considered it but it makes sense. Probably not the best idea since I don't know how serious the damage would be and I'm assuming shields won't help.

(I almost want to send weid to the gravity controls to see about fixing it for me but that feels 100% like Dirty Tricks :J)


good to know; I kinda thought that would make the most sense as a "double" action, but at the same time didn't want to learn the hard way that you'd go "nice work dummy you opened the door now all the space is getting in, gg you lose"


yeah, that's why I named specific example actions when I asked. It'd be nice to wrap things up ASAP, but I don't want to get this far just to blow it at the last minute because I got a little impatient and did something dumb.


thanks for being prompt and helpful - made a point of sending that before going to bed (and then not being able to fall asleep and in the end getting about two hours' worth so today should be just awesome)

@Moonray:

somehow hadn't thought to ask at the time, but a question about one other variant:

"repairs console and uses it to unlock the door" - one action or two? They work together acting on a single object, but I don't know whether you were ruling that possibility out with what you said before.

my ceaseless paranoia has a good use for another manual action, meaning it would be great to cut a possible escape attempt down to "console stuff" and "shuttle stuff" with one left over

(y'know, assuming things don't go horribly awry for me before then :J)

ok cool thanks for clarifying


lol...I think I restricted myself to one or two instances of "do this unless X," which I thought was more reasonable than outright "do one of these two totally different things, depending on something I can't currently know." At least, that's where I think I'd want to draw the line if I were hosting (and if you feel differently that's perfectly cool, don't take this as criticism or anything - it's just for the sake of talkin' about stuff c: ).

oh wonderful

@Moonray: (sorry I don't mean to be a pest, really...)

I've seen the AI Core, so I guess that's something. Thing is, I'm not clear on what it actually does. So if I can't find some other way to fix this roadblock, I'm wondering if you can provide any insight on what it does for me and/or the ship - like what systems might be impacted if I were to damage/destroy/disable/steal it or something. I haven't interacted with it beyond seeing it in the room description, so I don't know if I'm able to work with it. I'd rather not break things unnecessarily, but I'd like to know if that's a reasonable option to consider.

I mean, maybe this was a twist from the initial game setup and the only consequence would be "no more shipwide system update messages," or maybe another player caused this during the game and the AI helps keep us all alive by regulating vital systems and I'd immediately regret touching it. I don't know (and wouldn't expect you to tell me, that reeks of spoilers).

...and would disabling said core even help with the door issue, or would that just leave it in its nonworking state?


I'm prepared for the possibility of some "nope sorry can't share that" but figured it was worth a shot.