RE: Elsewhere
10-14-2018, 11:59 PM
The vaporization process takes a good deal of power, and the process has drained Dee Dee's energy reserves by multiple hours of standard operation.
The test found high levels of heavy metals in the soil and plants. While the plant matter could be nutritious, consuming it as-is would quickly lead to heavy metal poisoning. Inhaling airborne soil particulates will also lead to heavy-metal poisoning over a longer time scale.
Dex should also immediately fashion some kind of face mask. Since the idea is to filter particulates, even a coarse cloth should do the trick.
The bright side is, you have a ready source of metals, and some effect is already purifying them for you into this spire. You also have sea water nearby. Dex should keep in mind the possibility of making galvanic cells to recharge Dee Dee, at least to some extent.
The first priority now is to find fresh water. First, don't assume that just because there's a big body of water that it's salt water. Check if the sea is potable. If not, see if you can use your Quantum ComPad to communicate with Dee Dee over long distances. If so, split up and move opposite directions along the coast until one of you finds a river feeding into the sea, then that one signal the other. If not, pick a direction and move together.
Either way, scratch a message into the surface of the spire, in case other members of your expedition end up coming here as well.
The test found high levels of heavy metals in the soil and plants. While the plant matter could be nutritious, consuming it as-is would quickly lead to heavy metal poisoning. Inhaling airborne soil particulates will also lead to heavy-metal poisoning over a longer time scale.
Dex should also immediately fashion some kind of face mask. Since the idea is to filter particulates, even a coarse cloth should do the trick.
The bright side is, you have a ready source of metals, and some effect is already purifying them for you into this spire. You also have sea water nearby. Dex should keep in mind the possibility of making galvanic cells to recharge Dee Dee, at least to some extent.
The first priority now is to find fresh water. First, don't assume that just because there's a big body of water that it's salt water. Check if the sea is potable. If not, see if you can use your Quantum ComPad to communicate with Dee Dee over long distances. If so, split up and move opposite directions along the coast until one of you finds a river feeding into the sea, then that one signal the other. If not, pick a direction and move together.
Either way, scratch a message into the surface of the spire, in case other members of your expedition end up coming here as well.