Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-5135903-20130919182126/@comment-5135903-20131129213702

 DreadVolt 

Twon replies rather condescendingly,

"It's basic mechanics! The thruster simply doesn't have enough delta-v to reduce our velocity enough to stop us from travelling further away from the station! If we could do that then of course we could get back!"

K'tek interrupts,

"It's the megastructure."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it. This moon is in the opposite libration point to that megastructure being built by the Domovoi."

"Yes, I know! It seemed like some sort of particle accelerator complex, but it had nowhere near enough power to throw anything at us through the gas giant."

"Look at the damage to the ring, though!"

"A gaping hole?"

"Around the gaping hole!"

"Little pockmarks?"

"This wasn't just one impactor, this was thousands of them!"

"The megastructure has been firing small objects, but not in the right direction. I had a conversation with a subroutine of Phelaholiim recently, even taking into account the gravitational effects of known bodies within the solar system, there was no way so many of those impactors would make it back to the ring at exactly the same time."

K'tek is left stumped by that comment, so she asks you,

"What do you think, DreadVolt?"

 Darwol 

As the small, insignificant creature shouts and protests for your attention, you scan the figure on the other side of the glass. Surprisingly, it seems that there is just a solid wall in front of you, along with some natural organic residue.

(if you could mention the nature of the scanner, i.e., ultrasound, MRI, etcetera, I could provide you with a more realistic reading)

"Hey, you! Person who's ignoring me! Whaddaya trying to do?!"