Gap Quiz

[Cord Hurn]

Viable Dreams.

[Savor Dam]

A quick n easy one:

What was the name of the vessel that Marc Vestabule was a crew member of, before he became Amnion?

Oy, we are a stubborn lot!

Thank you, Cord Hurn, for offering up the answer the rest of us had denied StevieG, rather than have to ask another question.
The Ramen are ever a mannered people.

Not a Ramen bow emoji. The Watch needs one...

[Cord Hurn]

Thank you, Savor Dam! I want to let everybody know that I can only confirm answers on Fridays or Saturdays, because I work in a remote part of the Arizona mountains and can only get online when I can get to the county library on those two days off. I hope everybody will be patient with me about confirming guesses!

Having said that, here's the next Gap Quiz question:

What part of Sorus' ship Soar does Sib MacKern destroy?

[StevieG]

Thanks for answering my question Cord! I can start sleeping again at night

On to yours - I reckon a few of my fellow Watchers will know the answer to that - but don't count on answers, or even guesses

I'm just trying to remember myself - but can't think of it right now. Was it the gap drive??

[Savor Dam]

I remember. It is emblematic of Sib's ineffectual nature. The great blow he struck against Soar was to shoot out an external camera on the hull.
We were all so proud of him.

[Avatar]

Wasn't it the proton cannon?

--A

[Cord Hurn]

I remember. It is emblematic of Sib's ineffectual nature. The great blow he struck against Soar was to shoot out an external camera on the hull.
We were all so proud of him.

Absolutely right, Savor Dam! It was a camera! Sib managed to stress out Sorus' crew a bit with that action, but he got no further.

Your question, good sir!

[Savor Dam]

Since Av mentioned the proton cannon on Soar and we now know Sib didn't destroy it, what *did* happen to it?

[Cord Hurn]

Let me see, here ... I think Nick used a laser gun to cut the cannon out of its moorings, and he let it drift away.

[Avatar]

Filled it with hull sealant or something.

--A

[Savor Dam]

Neither of you has quite the right answer. Cord Hurn is on the right track, but a bit off. Av is thinking of a different proton cannon.

[Sorus]

Nick destroyed the cannon, and my namesake detached it from the ship in an attempt to kill Nick before he could do more damage.

[Savor Dam]

Yes, that answer covers the key points.

After Sib shot the camera and Nick shot Sib ("Sorus is *mine*"), Nick used the humongous laser rifle he took from Trumpet to first sever the power conduits to the proton cannon, then started on the mounts. Seeing this on one of the remaining cameras, Sorus blew the explosive bolts on the mounts and jettisoned the cannon, assuming that Nick would get blown up / swept away at the same time.

Over to you, Captain.

[Sorus]

Okay then. I will continue the theme. Since Nick obviously does not die in that scene, how did he survive?

[Cord Hurn]

He hides in an airlock?

[Sorus]

Sort of a trick question because that scene isn't told from his PoV - it's more them putting the pieces together after he shows up on the bridge.

That's close, but not quite right.

[Avatar]

Can't remember how he survived...thought he got into the ship afterwards through the hole the ejected cannon made, but not even sure about that.

--A

[Sorus]

I can't think of another clue that doesn't give it away, so:

He must have abandoned his attack on Soar's proton cannon just in time to avoid being caught by the blast when Sorus jettisoned the gun. After that it was easy to guess what he'd done. Impossible to understand - but easy to guess.

He'd reached the relative protection of the breached cargo bay before Soar met Trumpet; fought Free Lunch. Even then he should have died. If nothing else, the energies of all that matter cannon fire should have fried his suit's systems. So he must have cut the airlock wiring and forced his way inside before the battle.

...and it's still my question.


What caused the breach in the cargo bay?

[Cord Hurn]

How did the breach in the cargo bay happen?

Was that caused by Free Lunch firing upon Soar?

[Sorus]

Good guess, but it actually happened quite a bit earlier.