Looking at MT, the revival process averages about 9 minutes, and can take up to 30 if the doc is cautious.
If thngs go wrong, there's 1d6 weeks of badness
Frozen watch
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Looking at MT, the revival process averages about 9 minutes, and can take up to 30 if the doc is cautious.
If thngs go wrong, there's 1d6 weeks of badness
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Which falls inside the HG80 window of two turns/forty minutes.
The issue with frozen watch is simultinaity... and the time taken not being tied to number of medics vs number of patients.
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
Assuming a typical rate (1/50), and 7 minutes for the MD, and 9 for the medics... and lets assume they're all qualified medics...
Code:
Minute
000000000011111111112T22222222233333333334T
012345678901234567890|12345678901234567890|
0 1------2------4------|8------G------W-----|---
1 _______3--------6----|----C--------O------|--
2 ______________5------|--A--------K--------|
3 ________________7----|----D--------P------|--
4 _____________________|9--------I--------a-|-------
5 _____________________|__B--------L--------|
6 _____________________|____E--------Q------|--
7 _____________________|____F--------R------|--
8 _____________________|_______H--------Z---|-----
9 _____________________|_________J--------b-|-------
A _____________________|___________M--------|
B _____________________|___________N--------|
C _____________________|_____________S------|--
D _____________________|_____________T------|--
E _____________________|_____________U------|--
F _____________________|_____________V------|--
G _____________________|______________X-----|---
H _____________________|________________Y---|-----
I _____________________|__________________c-|-------
J _____________________|__________________d-|-------
K _____________________|____________________|
L _____________________|____________________|
M _____________________|____________________|
N _____________________|____________________|We can rule out standard MT wakeups... because we don't get a steep enough curve... assuming they all are medics is also not a good choice...
Each starting doc can generate 23 medics assuming average time and no post-wake disorientation...
But medics are only 1/50 of crew...
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
<Shrug> perhaps the 'normal' crewing doesn't apply to FW. After all if you are in that bad a shape you probably lost a LOT of crew, in the optional rules I'm working out could be physical damage or radiological, sometimes both. A fast FW wakeup would likely be worth the 'investment' in a bigger medical force, followed by saving as many of the injured crew as possible.
And turning around and putting a lot of the edge cases right back into the frozen berths just vacated.
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
I always thought the Frozen Watch was taking one hell of a risk.
I'd run skeleton crews and wake them up before you go into combat to bring the crew up to strength, possibly over that.
I'd run skeleton crews and wake them up before you go into combat to bring the crew up to strength, possibly over that.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
That's not actually a bad idea...
Again according to TD21 (mostly thought for MT):
Time interval1 varies according the kind of low berth and TL, from 1 hour to 10 min, but the frozen watch, as the medical or emergency low berths are exceptions:
TD21, page 41
So, the time interval1 for emergency low berths is 1 hour2, and that for Frozen watch is 30 seconds3.
Notes:
- the time interval in MT is about 10% of the usual time for any task (absolute ones excluded), and is multiplied by 3d6 (with some DMs for skill and other circumstances).
- see that this means that the usual time for Emergency low berth revival is averaged at 10 hours (as a good doctor is expected to assist, let's say about 6). This is not consistent with the 3 hours given above...
- so, the average time is 300 seonds, consistent with the 5 minutes given above, though the skill of the medic may reduce it
