E414 Engineer Examines Object on Hull (takes 2 hours)
Your engineer tries to puzzle out the device, roll 1d6:
- 1: he touches the wrong thing, is bathed in intense radiation, suffers 2d6 hits — return to E119 and select another option
- 2: he touches the wrong thing and it explodes, killing him and inflicting two hits on the starship, as well as destroying everything in the compartment or area to which it is attached
- 3: he is unable to understand the device, but does get if off the hull, you proceed without further incident
- 4: he removes two servo-controllers of advanced design, each can be sold at a scientific or industrial area, in a system other than this, for 2,200 S base price (R229A) each; the object is now inoperative, and he removes it
- 5: it appears to be a self-propelled mine with 3 CU of explosives; he works the explosives loose, each is worth 300 S base price (R229A) at any mining area, the rest of the device is unusable and he removes it
- 6: he discovers it is a small, controllable craft with sublight drives (R212F) that has a one-year power unit and life support. It has 3 CU internal space, and takes up 9 CU area. There is no way to mount guns upon it. It originally had 3 CU of explosives (see "5" above) in it, but the engineer removes these