Editing Episode 415: Entanglements, Part Two
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'''Joshua:''' It’s fine. There’s nothing to worry about. Everything’s going to go smoothly from here on out.<br><br> | '''Joshua:''' It’s fine. There’s nothing to worry about. Everything’s going to go smoothly from here on out.<br><br> | ||
− | They make their way aft and begin the arduous task of getting those cables off. There are places where it’s safe to cut them with the torch but for the majority of them, it requires following the path of the cables to their tip before prying and lifting them free of the hull. Two hours and two cables later, Joshua and Al return to the airlock. Unlike Rina, he scrupulously follows the safety protocols when his oxy gauge goes off with the ten-minute warning. He goes in with Al, they rest | + | They make their way aft and begin the arduous task of getting those cables off. There are places where it’s safe to cut them with the torch but for the majority of them, it requires following the path of the cables to their tip before prying and lifting them free of the hull. Two hours and two cables later, Joshua and Al return to the airlock. Unlike Rina, he scrupulously follows the safety protocols when his oxy gauge goes off with the ten-minute warning. He goes in with Al, they rest a n hour, set their suits to recharge while they get into the last remaining suits and go back out again. Two more hours and another hour inside to rest and do a suit swap, and they go back out again. Five hours after Joshua’s started this venture, he’s wrestling with a particularly recalcitrant section of cable and gives it an extra yard yank. It snaps free … and there’s a plume of smoke following in its wake. It’s frozen hydrogen. Joshua’s just yanked the fuel line to one of our thrusters.<br><br> |
Ooooooh, Rina is going be SO pissed off at him.<br><br> | Ooooooh, Rina is going be SO pissed off at him.<br><br> |