It continued on my journey through the "gap".
Again and again I had to struggle with the already mentioned problem of route planning, which did not want to plan a refueling stop in time.
Thanks to my attention it did not come to that...
A system where it could get hot if you jump in from the wrong direction is PROOE BYOEA LH-K C25-0.
Look what I saw after I left hyperspace.
The system had also again a very considerable hell world.
From the system PROOE BYOEA LN-I C26-1 I have photographed only these gas giants.
PROO GREE JZ-M D8-5 has three stars and a very nice blue gas giant.
I found a terraformable HMC and an ammonia cell in the system sMOOTAEA AJ-B C13-2.
The HMC from an enlightened perspective, I flew it randomly against the star while mapping.
And the ammonia world.
A gas giant class III had it for me in the system SMOOTAEA LX-L D7-5.
Also two gas giants in the SMOOTAEA QS-U E2-0 system, which I already noticed very pleasantly during mapping.
The system at a glance.
Both, by the way, class IV gas giants. Here again both from Näher.
I would like to ignite another flame of the EOT with the system ESSARD EO-T C6-1, if I can deliver the data without anyone else being faster.
There had to be a landing here, too.
The second gas giant with water-based life had a moon close to the rings that invited it.
Here shortly before touching down.
In addition, geological deposits, some material was collected, but since my camp is almost full, I could only record two or three finds.
Lastly, the gas giant with ammonia-based life.
I found an ammonia world with over 30 earth masses in the system PLUA BRIAE IW-E D11-11.
Then I thought it was time for a little break, also I wanted to check the ship systems again and let the field maintenance run over it.
Therefore I chose the system PLUA BRIAE FQ-G D10-2.
The moon A 1 A A seemed ideal for this.
I flew to him, mapped him to identify the geological sites and set off for landing.
It was very dark here, but that didn't bother me, I think the lighting mood is great.
I started the field maintenance, turned off all the unneeded systems and let them do their work.
In the meantime, I took a bath and made myself a delicious meal.
Chicken pieces, with a marinade of honey, olive oil and spices, potato salad with mayo and ham.
The chicken parts came for 40 minutes with 180° in the hot air grill, afterwards the skin was crispy and tasty, the meat tender.
I enjoyed the meal in peace, then put the dishwasher away and let it run.
Then I went to the cockpit to see how far the field maintenance had come.
At that very moment I heard a bang from behind the ship and it became pitch dark.
I stopped, shocked, I had never experienced anything like it on my ship before. What had happened?
And above all how?
The emergency lighting started, good that it was running on batteries.
I grabbed the flashlight from the emergency compartment and went to the engine room, where I realized that the main line was overloaded and its fuse had jumped out. Another riddle, normally this line could withstand much more than my power station could handle.
I performed the emergency procedure, power plant on standby, stop the power release, then the fuse jumped back in.
Then I let the electricity flow back into the ship. It worked.
The light went on again.
I rushed into the cockpit, started the mainframe.
With horror I recognized another problem.
With the power failure, life support had also been hit, I had to put it back into operation as quickly as possible.
Lucky for you, I made it.
And all systems started up again.
And now that I had the ship under control again, the sun actually rose and it became bright...
Now one recognized also the larger moon.
But it seemed much more important to me to find out what had caused the system failure.
I had the computer do a ship-wide diagnosis of the systems, which took quite a long time.
On the display the message that everything was fine appeared one by one.
With the exception of the hull, which I didn't want to repair until I started, and the power plant, the AFW had brought all the systems to 100%.
Only the life-support I had to repair and start manually after the system start. Also this was strange...
All primary systems were fine after the diagnosis.
So I did not get further, with the error I did not want to start, not to think up, if this would have happened with refueling, landing or still worse, in the middle in the jump.
I had to be sure, addressed the computer.
Computer, if all systems are fine, why did the main power fail?
Cause unknown.
I couldn't believe it, I asked for more details.
Computer, re-diagnosis, what caused the failure?
Diagnosis is running.... Cause unknown.
Again nothing, another attempt:
Computer, have ALL systems been checked?
Positive, ship systems have been tested and are fully functional.
It occurred to me to try it the other way around.
Computers, are there systems that have not been tested?
Positive.
A trace.
Computer, list which systems have not been tested.
Secondary systems, for function of the ship not imperatively necessary additional integrated devices.
Computer, list of secondary systems with enumeration of all energy consuming devices.
Sleeping cabin - waterbed, lighting, alarm clock.
Cabin - audio, video and air conditioning systems.
Hygine cabin - water system, massage and drying.
Cleaning - washing machine, tumble dryer, ironing robotics.
Kitchen - refrigeration, waste disposal, preparation and cleaning.
Workshop - diagnostics, machinery and production.
Computer, can the equipment from the list be checked?
Positive.
The riddle was circled, but not solved yet.
Computer, why weren't these devices checked when I ordered a ship-wide diagnosis?
Secondary systems are not part of the basic equipment and are not necessarily subject to the maintenance protocol.
Well, if you want to be comfortable, you probably have to expect something like this, I should have had the computer software adapted as well, something I have to remember for future actions.
Computer, make a complete diagnosis of the secondary systems and display all findings.
Analysis in progress.
I save you the list, which was now projected from the computer onto the screen.
It turned out that the dishwasher was defective.
In the middle of the dishwasher cycle it had given up the ghost and overloaded the main line for unknown reasons.
Unfortunately, the computer could not tell me the exact cause, nothing worked inside the device, not even the diagnostic sensors could be addressed.
Really puzzling, because the part, like the rest of my equipment, came from a 6B luxury passenger cabin for almost 5 million credits.
There only the best of the best was used, the things didn't even break if the rest of the ship around already fell apart...
There was only one way to find out more here.
The device had to be dismantled and put into the diagnostics of the workshop.
Said done, does not ask, what a mess it is, if one does not get the water out of such a part completely...
In the workshop, the diagnosis was done with the dishwasher. The side walls were unscrewed, no problem for my fully equipped workshop, also the 5-pointed Torx, which were difficult to get, were included in the assortment.
After a first investigation it turned out that a material defect in the water circuit had caused a leak, the water had come into contact with the energy circuit, and the resulting short circuit had done the rest.
What an irony: a million-to-one chance that a defect will occur... This is how the manufacturer advertises.
And I draw the big lot...
Now the question arose whether the defect could be repaired with on-board resources. The diagnostics started again, the material had to be analysed, the measurements taken and so on. Then, if it was possible, the automatic workshop would manufacture the part and it would be installed.
However, the process stopped shortly after I had initiated it.
The message appeared on a monitor:
Unknown assembly found, standard procedure not executable.
If the manufacturers had changed the technology and had not updated the plans, the sloppiness became worse and worse, that would have a repercussion when I am back again.
To get further, I wanted to have the unknown assembly analyzed, but... I couldn't get any further, the device was firmly welded to the dishwasher, in a place that was in the way of the actual repair. I took a closer look.
Lines led from the device to the electronics of the dishwasher, in addition the power supply was tapped.
Further completely nonsensical connections led everywhere into the machine.
In addition the equipment was provided with a grey cover without each designation or visible number, which could not be opened apparently also.
Here one did not come so far, the workshop was no longer suitable for it, I let the equipment examine by the ship sensor technology more exactly, in addition I had to load it into a buggy and place it then before the ship.
Over remote control I set the analysis in motion.
Collected the part again and docked again in the ship.
The data evaluation gave me the shock of my life.
The equipment was obviously a highly complex radio receiver, transmitter and in addition with one on quantum basis based coding provided.
The material analysis showed nothing conspicuous, someone had made a lot of effort to collect the materials used for production in systems which are not recorded in the database. No serial number, no single name, logo, or recognizable signature was placed on or inside it. The entire electronics was encrypted in itself so that no conclusions could be drawn about the programmer.
One would use such a damned part only where one wants to supervise someone secretly.
By the way, I had only been able to find the thing because the person who had pulled the weld during installation had caused a tiny damage to the dishwasher's technology that was invisible to the naked eye.
This then led to the defect of the appliance, and the overloading of the main line could only have been caused by the completely untypical change in the technology.
This is the result of tinkering with fully modular systems. Well, I guess I had to consider myself lucky that I got behind it.
What did the device do now?
It accessed my TOTAL radio communication, whether reception or transmission, encrypted it and sent it via a signal modulated onto the return channel of the Galnet radio. This signal was so weak that you could think it was cosmic noise.
What now?
I was angry, EVERYONE SPIOINERTE ME AFTER.
And that for at least half a year, at least as long as the last conversion of my living quarters of the PHILIPP FRANZ by SIEBOLD had taken place.
The computer couldn't help me because the signal didn't show up in the records, it was probably too weak for that.
Especially WHY? I had never been to blame for anything; well, a few penalties for smuggling or something, nothing really serious; and I was a member of the EO-T Neutral, leaving more questions than answers...
What could I do?
I tried to calm down, keep a cool head, one of my former teachers would have said.
Computer, scan the entire ship for other devices of this specification, I specify: all rooms, bearings, technology, maintenance aisles, hull, hatches, landing supports.
Scan is executed, duration 2.5 hours.
After completion of the scan; I had to change the room several times in order not to falsify the result; I knew it was no coincidence.
Three more of these devices were found in my ship.
In a hold with two pallets of EPA; this had only been stored for emergencies, but I hoped never to need the nasty stuff; there was another such device in a conservation module.
Another one had been built into the rear right landing support.
And the third one was sitting in the armchair of the co-pilot of the weapons control. Very tricky, one knew probably that an Explorer actually never used the seat.
Such a device in my ship, well, coincidence, the luxury cabin could have been intended for someone else as well, and ended up with me by some mistake.
But four at once, that's a bit too redundant, especially when you see where and under what circumstances the stuff was hidden.
At first all this had to be expanded. I supervised all this myself.
Then the least damaged part was removed; the removal had been quite difficult; stored in a special safe, which I had lined with non-conductive and completely radiation-insulated material. This cost me a few precious kilos from my material store, but I wanted to be absolutely sure here, and took only the best of the best. Among them were twenty kilos of lead.
A test showed that NOTHING reached or left this safe. I programmed the code myself manually. Now it would only exist in my head.
I packed the rest of the equipment into a container together with the dishwasher, which could no longer be saved. In addition a small radio set, which I let play a part of the song "Ode to Joy" in a continuous loop. I just had to treat myself to this little underhandedness.
If everything went according to plan, those who received the signals would soon dream in their sleep of "eude schöner Götterfu".
I had deliberately cut the sentence so that the beginning and end were not quite there.
The container now lay directly in the dropping system of my freight hatch.
The ship had been inspected three more times by me, with all the possibilities that had offered themselves to me. Even manually I had twice searched everything with a hand scanner especially adjusted for it.
Who knows how big such an ANACONDA is, can imagine what an effort it was.
But now I was sure there was NOTHING left in my ship that I didn't want there.
I took off, flew to the class Y star with its rings.
There I mapped the rings, and dropped the container inside them. A needle in a haystack, hard to find, and constantly sending. Hopefully the people who heard that went insane.
It is time to leave the system...
Fly Safe (And without spies)
Kolumbus
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