Amber Wing remains secured in Avalon’s departure lane, cargo-bay work complete and ship systems quiet. Lahani spreads route notes beside the manual jump controls.
Ranuko
Updated figures are clean. We can verify the relay handshake, inspect the reserve capacitors, and still retain the protected return burn.
Lahani
The manual route is ready, but mapped coverage ends after the second jump. Beyond that, every correction belongs to us.
Ranuko places three marked tabs on the console: a relay synchronization check, a capacitor inspection, and the optional portable survey package. None can be completed during transit.
Riyanu
The medical bay is stable. I can abandon one reserve diagnostic kit, but not the refrigeration buffer or isolation supplies.
Kiryati
The emitters are cold and physically isolated. I can verify the interlocks before departure, then leave the array offline until we reach a defensible position.
Nikayo
The survey instruments are useful, but the magnetometer remains optional. We should not trade return margin for data we cannot safely recover.
“I run the complete departure readiness checklist”
SUCCESS (Legendary Engineering, rolled -2)
Nahuli runs Amber Wing’s complete departure checklist from the manual jump console, verifying hull seals, thrusters, navigation data, power priorities, life support, medical isolation, laboratory storage, and local weapon interlocks.
Lahani
Manual route, relay handshake, and abort burn all verify. The second jump is bounded by our reserve, with no automated correction authority beyond it.
The capacitor inspection passes within tolerance, but a diagnostic cartridge is consumed tracing a stubborn discharge variance. The reserve locker loses one cartridge, while the corrected readings remain usable.
Ranuko
Power priorities are stable. Medical buffering, laboratory refrigeration, navigation, and defensive reserve can operate without sharing an unsafe startup path.
Riyanu
Medical isolation is sealed, refrigeration is holding, and treatment supplies are secured. Losing that diagnostic cartridge is acceptable; the bay remains ready.
Kiryati
All four emitters are cold, local, and physically interlocked. No external authorization path is present, and the array stays offline until ordered.
The portable survey package is secured without the optional magnetometer. Every checklist item records green status, and Amber Wing is cleared to depart with its protected return burn intact.
✓ Quest Accepted
Confirm the crew's coordinated readiness for departure
“We have done enough, lets get moving and see what is out there.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Amber Wing releases from Avalon’s departure lane. Thrusters burn softly, traffic beacons slide behind, and the ship enters the verified corridor under Lahani’s manual control.
Lahani
Departure is clean. I have the first jump aligned, the abort burn protected, and no automated authority beyond the route we approved.
Avalon’s icy moon recedes beneath the hull as the gas giant fills the aft displays. Amber Wing crosses the traffic envelope and begins its measured climb toward the relay corridor.
Ranuko
Power priorities are holding through acceleration. Medical buffering, laboratory refrigeration, and defensive reserve remain isolated and stable.
Lahani initiates the relay handshake. Precise navigation data locks into place, and the corridor opens as a narrow sequence of safe gradients ahead.
Nikayo
The unexplored route is ahead. Passive returns are sparse, but the system beyond the second jump is already giving us useful bodies to examine.
Amber Wing enters the first jump. Starlight stretches across the forward displays, then folds into a controlled field of instrument readings as the ship proceeds beyond Avalon’s mapped certainty.
Quest Complete
Confirm the crew's coordinated readiness for departure