Any suggestions on salvaging rights?

cheshire · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:59 pm Post subject:

Adventure hook: A rebel sympathizer was smuggling cargo and made a hasty hyperspace jump to evade capture. After no response after the jump it was assumed the jump went badly. The salvage team must 1) use their heads to locate the wreckage. 2) once they find the wreckage, they find it already picked over, and the sensitive cargo missing. Finally 3) they must use clues at the site to identify the salvager and recover the cargo.
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cheshire · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:23 pm Post subject:

I'll have more stats including manipulator arms and a couple of specialized vessels coming later, but here are just a couple of tidbits of what I'm working on.

Tractor beams
Many salvage ship captains have found it advantageous to use small-scale tractor beams to aid in their collecting process. Relatively weak in comparison to their military-grade counterparts, these tractor beams are not designed to lock on to high velocity spacecraft and resist the propulsion of their engines. Rather, they can easily manipulate flotsam and space debris as they idly drift on their paths and guide them into a collection bay.

jmanski · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject:

Nice. Any ideas on stats for small pods (space bees)?

Adventure Idea: PCs get license for salvage, go to location in remote area, when they get there someone is illegally salvaging their site, fight the claim jumpers, find out that whatever cargo the PCs were supposed to find was taken by claim jumpers, track down claim jumpers
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cheshire · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:32 pm Post subject:

kinfo_howlingwolf · Cadet Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 13

i'd start with this:

Lifeboat
Craft: Corellian Engineering Corporation Survivor
Affiliation: General
Era: Old Republic
Source: Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
Type: Emergency Lifeboat
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 10 meters
Skill: Space transports:Lifeboat
Crew Skill: Varies by passengers
Crew: 1
Passengers: 14
Cargo Capacity: None but emergency gear
Consumables: 1 week
Cost: 18,000 (new), 5,600 (used)
Space: 2
Atmosphere: 225; 650 kmh
Maneuverability: 1D
Hull: 1D
Sensors:
Passive: 10/1D

lets see what we can scrap together..

I'd probably add some type of various strength fine manipulators, similar to what would be found on a WED 15 Treadwell Droid or IC-M Maintenance Droid, maybe even have a brain of theirs linked up to it, the weds improved sensors would be nice to have as well.

I suppose you could probably rig up some kind of cargo hold but ideally this thing would need to be smaller to get inside those cramped quarters of a missle breached hull. so how can we get the loot to the main ship...

can we rig up somesort of repulsor powered vaccum system to siphon the stuff back to the main boat?

maybe a small exterior hold with mse-6 droid(s) that could zip out onto the hull and start doing whatever needs doing?

garhkal · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:44 am Post subject:

CRMcNeill · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:11 am Post subject:

One thing that got mentioned in the blurb in the ImpSB is tractor tags. As described, a droid or a character in a space suit can attach a tractor tag to an item that they want salvaged, and that tag allows the tractor beam to make a precision lock on the target to haul it in.
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cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:26 am Post subject:

cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:39 am Post subject:

Bren · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:35 pm Post subject:

cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject:

I don't think that the Empire would do it themselves, but if there is serious military hardware, I'm guessing it would go to a vetted contractor. As to where they would draw the line, I'm not entirely certain.
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garhkal · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject:

kinfo_howlingwolf · Cadet Joined: 22 Mar 2012 Posts: 13

cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject:

If you're trying to collect larger pieces of salvage, you're probably just moving it from one place to another. The simplest way of doing this would be with an off the shelf cargo tug. Though I'm sure there would be more specialized versions. Here's a run up of a cargo tug inspired by what I've seen in the X-Wing games. Maybe I'll do a more specialized version soon with a plasma cutter and a manipulator arm.

Cargo Tug
Any pilot who has spent his life near space docks is no stranger to the cargo tug. Simple, inelegant, and made for pure utility, these working vessels populate many cargo transfer stations, space docks, and loading points. Pilots spend a full shift laboring in the cramped conditions of a simple one-man tug. Not built for comfort, these small crafts have a single purpose in mind, moving space born objects from one location to another. By using standard tractor beam technology, they can lock on to relatively large objects and deliver them to their destination. Though not fast, their engines are designed to deliver consistent performance despite moving a considerable load.

cheshire · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:53 pm Post subject:

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