A week in Jumspace!?

[aramis]

IMTU, the Jump Drive itself is inactive during jump (The grid is, but not the rest of the drive). So, commo & sensor maint, J&M drive maint, basic interior cleaning, etc take up a significant number of shifts. Especially on a Type S.

And, since in jump the major power suckers (I use MT) are down, half the PP can be shut down and maintenanced...

 

[RabidVargr]

In all seriousness...you might check some navy sites...see what Submariners do...they spend about the same time submerged as in jump...actually many times more....

Ok, during our 87 day submergence doing things submarines do we...

1) Stood watch 6 on, 12 off
2) Worked on systems that were constantly broken
3) Came up with new ways to fix things that were still broken no matter what we already did.
4) Worked on qualifications for the next higher watchstation.
5) Watched the same damn movies over and over again
6) Those that were qualified, slept.
7) Those that were unqualified, qualified.
8) Figure out a way to tell the guy who sleeps under you that his feet carry a stench you'll remember till the end of your days in a nice way so he doesnt kick your a$$.
9) Bring a laptop and mess with it.
10) Read a few books, sub had a small library (40 books or so)
11) Did our job, prepped charts, fixed stuff, screwed with our shipmates minds, sent the new guys for PEN-15 and ID-10-T forms or TM Punches. Oh, and batteries for the sound powered phones.

RV

 

[gardclan]

Originally posted by RabidVargr:

[qb]sent the new guys for PEN-15 and ID-10-T forms or TM Punches. Oh, and batteries for the sound powered phones.RV

Don't forget a can of squelch for the radio, a box of grid squares for the map reading course, track stretching guide, left handed spanner wrench, thermal sight coolant, and dehydrated water.

 

[Simon Jester]

Originally posted by RabidVargr:
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In all seriousness...you might check some navy sites...see what Submariners do...they spend about the same time submerged as in jump...actually many times more....

Ok, during our 87 day submergence doing things submarines do we...

1) Stood watch 6 on, 12 off
2) Worked on systems that were constantly broken
3) Came up with new ways to fix things that were still broken no matter what we already did.
4) Worked on qualifications for the next higher watchstation.
5) Watched the same damn movies over and over again
6) Those that were qualified, slept.
7) Those that were unqualified, qualified.
8) Figure out a way to tell the guy who sleeps under you that his feet carry a stench you'll remember till the end of your days in a nice way so he doesnt kick your a$$.
9) Bring a laptop and mess with it.
10) Read a few books, sub had a small library (40 books or so)
11) Did our job, prepped charts, fixed stuff, screwed with our shipmates minds, sent the new guys for PEN-15 and ID-10-T forms or TM Punches. Oh, and batteries for the sound powered phones.

RV</font>[/QUOTE]I was on a frigate, but we did about the same stuff.

Re: #11 above. We sent one guy for a bucketload of steam. The smart little b@$#@%d actually brought back a bucket of steam. He had lined the bucket with saturated towels and covered the top of the bucket with more, injected a short burst of steam from one of the mains (with a lot of help from the CPO of the Engine Watch, and RAN back to present it to us. As he whipped the covering towels off of the bucket and let loose a small steam cloud (which still managed to raise the ambient humidity by at least 10 points), we decided not to haze him any more.

Simon Jester

 

[RandyT0001]

>>I was on a frigate, but we did about the same stuff.

Re: #11 above. We sent one guy for a bucketload of steam. The smart little b@$#@%d actually brought back a bucket of steam. He had lined the bucket with saturated towels and covered the top of the bucket with more, injected a short burst of steam from one of the mains (with a lot of help from the CPO of the Engine Watch, and RAN back to present it to us. As he whipped the covering towels off of the bucket and let loose a small steam cloud (which still managed to raise the ambient humidity by at least 10 points), we decided not to haze him any more.

Simon Jester
>>

Sounds like the CPO of the Engine Watch got the best laugh watching this guy run to delivery this bucket of steam.

Sounds like he is the type of engineer I'd want on a starship.

Randy

 

[RabidVargr]

Which fig? I was on Hawes (FFG-53) for a few years also, before the unfortunate bubblehead initiation.

Also, one of my fav jokes was we (when I was at the navy hospital in Pensacola) sent one of our brand new corpsmen down to the lab with a bag of contaminated air (it was a red biohazard bag blown up with air and tied off). Got her in the full biohazard get up too, goggles, face shield, gloves, about 3 sets of aprons. Bad news was the bag had a hole in it and my buddy (a lab tech) made her decon when she got down there cause the bag was half empty.

RV

 

[RabidVargr]

Oh yeah, and while on a fig:

12) Stand to at flight quarters all frickin night cause the chopper (COULD) come back in the next 3 hours.

13) Smoke

14) Paint

15) Make jokes about bubbleheads, not knowing they're 2000 yards off the port side getting a solution for a shot on you for kicks.

RV

 

[Nurd_boy]

Did anyone remmember to check the halogen fluid levels in the lights?.....we don't want them going out when we need light, and it will if the level gets low.

 

[Simon Jester]

Originally posted by RabidVargr:
Which fig? I was on Hawes (FFG-53) for a few years also, before the unfortunate bubblehead initiation.

FFG-1 Brooke. The little fragger went everywhere, including 3 portcalls in Yokohama, but I never got a chance to get shore leave on any of them. Twice my division pulled watch and we received an Alert message which pulled us out of port before my watch could go ashore (once to the Persian Gulf; once to the Formosa Strait). Third time I was in sickbay with one hell of a case of the flu.

But Australia was fun.

Also, one of my fav jokes was we (when I was at the navy hospital in Pensacola) sent one of our brand new corpsmen down to the lab with a bag of contaminated air (it was a red biohazard bag blown up with air and tied off). Got her in the full biohazard get up too, goggles, face shield, gloves, about 3 sets of aprons. Bad news was the bag had a hole in it and my buddy (a lab tech) made her decon when she got down there cause the bag was half empty.

RV

Nasty. Funny, but nasty. At least he was in on the gag and didn't call for deconning the route she took.

Simon Jester

 

[vegascat]

Slick sleeve initiations. Other thing to fetch;
Three yards of flight line
A bucket of prop wash
Fin stretcher
K9-P, in MOPP 4
Latex paint thinner
Fallopian tubing
and the Left handed reverse torque wrench to loosen the bolts

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In the end, Murphy will rule

 

[RabidVargr]

A roll of wind shear for the next flight quarters.

Remember, the fallopian tubing needs to be sterile!

RV

 

[gardclan]

The army uses a 400 gallon pottable water trailer to resupply troops in the field... commonly refered to as a "water buffalo". You can imagine the look on the batallion motor sergeant's face when I sent the newbie to fetch a bale of hay for it.

Of course, I had my day too. When I was a newbie (fresh out of the box, no assembly required) they sent me for OD green combat bolts to replace the blue training bolts from an M1 tank's final drive assembly. Good thing I saved the blue ones... they're a "special alloy" and run about $200 a piece.

 

[DaddyDragon]

Originally posted by Darth Sillyus:
Of course, I had my day too. When I was a newbie (fresh out of the box, no assembly required) they sent me for OD green combat bolts to replace the blue training bolts from an M1 tank's final drive assembly. Good thing I saved the blue ones... they're a "special alloy" and run about $200 a piece.

Were you ever stationed at Ft. Hood? I had one newbie that just never caught on. First it was go over to supply for a box of reticles, or over to the commo shack for a a bottle of squelch grease...and of course, the infamous "Left Handed" wrench. Hope that wasn't you.

Larry

P.S.
Of course, without any help from us, he also put motor oil in the engine and transmission fluid in the transmission (fyi: due to the operational extremes generated by the M1's engine, motor oil is used in the transmissions and transmission fluid is used in the engine). Prior to that, I'd never seen one of those big turbines choke on themselves. Lots of pretty blue smoke, though.

 

[Nurd_boy]

Originally posted by RabidVargr:
Which fig? I was on Hawes (FFG-53) for a few years also, before the unfortunate bubblehead initiation.

Also, one of my fav jokes was we (when I was at the navy hospital in Pensacola) sent one of our brand new corpsmen down to the lab with a bag of contaminated air (it was a red biohazard bag blown up with air and tied off). Got her in the full biohazard get up too, goggles, face shield, gloves, about 3 sets of aprons. Bad news was the bag had a hole in it and my buddy (a lab tech) made her decon when she got down there cause the bag was half empty.

RV

Robert E Perry (FF1073)
proud member of the screw-crew, WE worked 6 and 6 while underway...6 hour on, 6 off 'round the clock....no sun or fresh air and a hole lot of noise, heat and the smell of oil...every one is a bunch of whiney panzies !!!

 

[Simon Jester]

Originally posted by Nurd_boy:
Robert E Perry (FF1073)
proud member of the screw-crew, WE worked 6 and 6 while underway...6 hour on, 6 off 'round the clock....no sun or fresh air and a hole lot of noise, heat and the smell of oil...every one is a bunch of whiney panzies !!!

Now, now. Not everyone has what it takes to be one of the Black Deck Gang.

As a former member of the Engineering Division of the USS Brooke (FFG-1) I've had to realize that most people have to struggle through life living with the knowledge that they just don't have what it takes to be a snipe.

Simon Jester

 

[gardclan]

Originally posted by DaddyDragon:
[Were you ever stationed at Ft. Hood? I had one newbie that just never caught on. First it was go over to supply for a box of reticles, or over to the commo shack for a a bottle of squelch grease...and of course, the infamous "Left Handed" wrench. Hope that wasn't you.

Yes, I was at Ft Hood... and no, it wasn't me.

1st of the 8th Cav (TF), 1st Cav Division. D company. (If you know the unit, you can e-mail me off list.)

I was forwarned about the hazing by a wayward DI in basic. But, its hard for a newbie to disagree about such things... there's just too darned many of them and an order is an order. Besides, I've never believed in those whom claim to have never been sent for such things themselves... its a tradition after all!

I think I can top the reticles though... I sent the new supply driver to BMS for a can of "bead grease" so he could take down a split ring tire with a mattox pick. The poor sergeant fell off of the top of the '88 laughing.

 

[vegascat]

What could a slick sleeve be sent to fetch on a Gazelle class close escort, or a Merchanter?
Hey, go fetch a drum of vacuum to prime the pump.
Fetch the Droyne coyns, the astrogation programs shot again.
Swab out the barrels of the laser cannon.
Check the landing gear for alien eggs.
Go rehydrate the water.

Just a start, what else could a slick sleeve on a star ship in jumpspace be sent to do?

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In the end, murphy will rule

 

[RabidVargr]

lol, ya know, I never thought about doing that to my players, but that might add a little insite into their characters lives. Plus it'll get me a good laugh or two too.

RV

 

[vegascat]

Slick sleeve missions could be quite amusing, especially if they did something unexpected. Let them roll play it out to the hilt. If they don't have an applicable skill, it could get highly interesting. "What did you pour in the coolant tank?"

or "Just what did that egg look like that you found? Green, 70 cm tall, an X on the top?"

It could lead to another interesting adventure for the poor fools.

 

[Shadow Bear]

Originally posted by RabidVargr:

[qb]
11) Did our job, prepped charts, fixed stuff, screwed with our shipmates minds, sent the new guys for PEN-15 and ID-10-T forms or TM Punches. Oh, and batteries for the sound powered phones.

RV

Don't forget the relative bearing grease and prop wash.