Stomski
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YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!! But don't worry. It won't happen again.
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Post by Stomski on Oct 30, 2020 9:09:19 GMT
{HINT!}Remember that your characters didn't have empty pockets when the ship crashed. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 30, 2020 10:10:50 GMT
We have stuff in our pockets...?
EXAMINE what's in my pockets. ASK others to do the same (those that have pockets).
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 30, 2020 10:27:04 GMT
What's it got in its pocketses, precious?
CAT has a fumble in his pockets.
CAT then remembers what he's supposed to be doing and investigates their contents.
Martin
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Oct 30, 2020 13:18:55 GMT
{HINT!}Your inventories are listed in the character post on the first page of the thread. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 30, 2020 13:23:26 GMT
Cat dances.
Cat yo-yos the button on the wall.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 30, 2020 14:16:06 GMT
No way! Is that right? Cat must have incredible yo-yo skills if he can curl it 180 degrees in midair? Surely the button is next to the door it opens, not opposite it?
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 2, 2020 11:00:50 GMT
"I'm bored of being stuck in this room, you guys are starting to get my feckles up."
CAT moves to the door, decides to take things into his own hands and tries to swing the Yo-Yo into the door button on the other side.
CAT Agility (12) skill check difficulty 13, for Yo-Yo.
RAND20 = 9, 9 + 12 >= 13, Success!
CAT +1 point
The Yo-Yo swings onto its target. There's a the sound of servos, the door shifts slightly in place but does not open.
Location: | Holding Cell | Connected Locations (0/1): | - | Uninvestigated POI: | Desk, Paper, Metal Rod |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 2, 2020 15:14:31 GMT
PULL at door! GRASPING for any hand-hold!
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 2, 2020 21:24:55 GMT
Kryten puts his head in his hands.
It's as I thought, sirs. The electrical connection we have managed to rig up doesn't have enough power to open the door. I fear we're stuck here until one of us can work out which wires to connect to which.
And it's hackles, Mr Cat sir. We have discussed this before.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 2, 2020 21:42:49 GMT
Damn it!
Ok, what wires haven't we tried connecting yet?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 2, 2020 22:28:45 GMT
50W/5V30W/5V_/ _ 5Ω_/ _ 2Ω-〰- 4Ω-〰- 10Ω_ ︵ _ 10A This is what we have. At the moment the blue and green wires are connected with they grey one. I think I remember connecting the red and white with the grey caused the wiring to short out. |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 2, 2020 22:40:54 GMT
It's got to be the red one. The red and blue seem to be the ones carrying the power and the red has more. But what it connects to I've no idea. I couldn't relate the numbers on the wires we have to ohm's law.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 3, 2020 14:17:40 GMT
{HINT!}You have two cables, you're only using one. Four electrical components you have available have impedance that will draw a certain amount of current based on the power supplied. You don't want to draw too much total current or the circuit breaker will trigger. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 3, 2020 19:38:32 GMT
Cat plays with yo-yo while the clever chaps sort out the electricity.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2020 20:15:10 GMT
*spends another ten minutes googling the terms and bangs head against wall again*
Guesswork then. So there are three pairs of symbols, no idea still what they mean, and the white one. If Stom is saying we need to use the grey and purple wires, presumably we need to link the three different symbols together. Where the white one goes I don't know. Try the biggest numbers together?
CONNECT red and green with grey
CONNECT blue and black with purple
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 3, 2020 20:19:36 GMT
Why don't you just 'USE intelligence to connect wires correctly'?
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2020 21:26:14 GMT
I tried that several pages back but I think I ended up electrocuting myself. The success threshold was way too high to stand a chance of pulling it off.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 4, 2020 9:57:36 GMT
Ooooops.
Couple of corrections are due, but I don't think it changes much.
White wire should be 10.75A.
When you connected the Red+Green wires with grey, there was a humming, not a spark.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 4, 2020 10:04:18 GMT
KRYTEN disconnects the grey wire and uses it to connect the green and red wires. A slight mid pitch humming can be heard from near the door.
KRYTEN uses the purple wire to connect the blue and black wires. The humming from near the door increases in pitch, you see a light briefly flicker from through the door window before it cuts out with an audible clicking noise from near the white wire.
Location: | Holding Cell | Connected Locations (0/1): | - | Uninvestigated POI: | Desk, Paper, Metal Rod |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 4, 2020 22:45:07 GMT
I don't even know what I'm googling to try and understand the symbols. Anything to do with electrical wiring just tells me how to wire plugs and houses. I can't get at anything that teaches me the relationships between the volts, amps, switch, wavey lines, bendy line. The reason I can't solve this is because I've got nothing to help me understand what I'm asking. So we just have to randomly connect wires until it works.
CONNECT green and white with purple.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 6, 2020 8:35:54 GMT
KRYTEN moves to connect more wires. To his amazement the wires all change... Some disappear leaving only 2 hanging from the wall and one in hand.
"Sirs... did you see that?" he queries with the group.
The group concurs.
"I believe this is another instance of group hallucinations we've experienced before. We had better keep an eye out for squid evidence. It's possible that whilst the males and females of the species invoke dread and hope... perhaps juveniles protect themselves through confusion? We had best be careful."
CAT smiles.
"Does this mean we may get our hands on some fishy snacks? Things are looking up!"
KRYTEN investigates the cables as they now appear. There are two red cables hanging from the wall labelled POWER and DOOR and in hand is another red cable labelled DOOR at one end and POWER at the other.
Location: | Holding Cell | Connected Locations (0/1): | - | Uninvestigated POI: | Desk, Paper, Metal Rod |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 7, 2020 22:03:24 GMT
CONNECT door cable to door end and power cable to power end.
I'm feeling pretty stupid about this; Stom, do you have a link to something that would explain what the symbols on the cables were and how they relate? It feels like this is very simple, but I just didn't know what I was searching for. I do circuit diagrams at school, but it's much more simple than this at my level. I'd like to know what we were trying to do.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 10, 2020 16:18:37 GMT
First identify the current on each of the cables that supply the power using P=VI 50W/5V = 10A 30W/5V = 6A I realise now I accidentally actually put the equation in the notation I used  So the next step is figure out the current draw using OHM's law if the door switches are connected up to each of the power cables based on the voltage, V/R = I. (Both power supplies are 5V, so I'll just list these once) 5V/ 5Ω = 1A 5V/ 2Ω = 2.5A 5V/ -〰- 4Ω = 1.25A 5V/ -〰- 10Ω = 0.5A But what of the white wire? This was the circuit break, should you go over the combined power draw. The clicking was this tripping and you'd need to reset with either power. _ ︵ _ 10.75ASo now you need to figure out how to combine the current draws so that the remaining current combined from both supplies through the door switches is 10.75A so the circuit breaker doesn't trip. e.g. 10A - ( 1A + 1.25A) = 7.75A 6A - ( 2.5A + 0.5A) = 3A ---- 3A+7.75A = 10.75A Which in actual fact is any combo of cables as long as it's ps->resistor->switch. And earlier when you did CONNECT red and green with grey CONNECT blue and black with purple This shouldn't have tripped the switch, when you did this I thought I had a single combo of cables that would be less than 10A. In conclusion I can't do simple arithmetic and I'm sorry.  |
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 16, 2020 15:17:15 GMT
KRYTEN connects the cable. There's a humming from the door and you hear a smooth set of chimes as if something has booted successfully.
KRYTEN lost cable
KRTYEN +1 point
Location: | Holding Cell | Connected Locations (0/1): | - | Uninvestigated POI: | Desk, Paper, Metal Rod |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 16, 2020 17:05:25 GMT
CAT works his yo-yo magic.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 16, 2020 17:09:09 GMT
SAY You did it, buddy!
LOOK to see what has activated.
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Nov 18, 2020 15:49:45 GMT
"I'm bored of being stuck in this room, you guys are starting to get my feckles up... Again!"
CAT moves to the door, decides to take things into his own hands and tries to swing the Yo-Yo into the door button on the other side.
CAT Agility (12) skill check difficulty 13, for Yo-Yo.
RAND20 = 7, 7 + 12 >= 13, Success!
The Yo-Yo swings onto its target. There's a the sound of servos and the door slides to the side opening the way. The party moves through to the next room.
CAT +1 point
KRYTEN +1 point
LISTER +1 point
RIMMER +1 point
SHOCKPROWL +1 point
KRYTEN level up, choose a skill to increase!
Location: | Security station | Connected Locations (1/3): | - | Uninvestigated POI: | Desk, Paper, Metal Rod |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 18, 2020 18:03:31 GMT
Yeay!
LOOK around new room.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 18, 2020 18:46:00 GMT
"I'm bored of being stuck in this room, you guys are starting to get my feckles up... Again!" "What the-? What was the point of me leaving the room where you were, if you're just going to follow me?" CAT searches new room for food and/or a mirror. If the desk has draws, look inside. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 18, 2020 21:27:00 GMT
GET the metal rod I dropped
CHECK there's nothing else on the paper except the wiring diagram
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