I-100-Oliver: Spanial (approaching Roseman)

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Oliver has a productive few Cycles and at the end of Green Shift just before the arrival at Roseman he thinks he’s cracked the problem.  

These things are designed to be difficult to do this to, so he may feel somewhat satisfied with himself…

Roseman

The mainworld of the Roseman system is a tiny ball of rock that orbits a Red Dwarf star – Tumie.  Though only in the second orbit and right on the star’s Safe Jump Radius, the star’s low energy output makes for a freezing world.  A tiny planet, local gravity is only 0.2G, and with that small mass, Roseman is tidally locked to Tumie, always keeping the same face to the star.     

Roseman is unusual in the Dominion in that it does not have a significant Highport; though, there is one of the Legion’s old Light Carriers in permanent orbit around the planet that serves as a base for such orbital tasks as may be required.

Commercial shipping either remains in orbit and is serviced by shuttles and auxiliary craft, or comes down to the Downport.

As an airless rock with low gravity, the Dominion’s colonisers noted a high, lone mountain near the substellar point (the part of the planet closest to the star), and decided to build the downport on it.  Though there are the usual runways and landing fields at the base of the mountain, some spacecraft that would usually dock with a Highport can opt to dock at one of the docking gantries that ring the mountain peak.

Roseman has a population of just under 200,000 people.  Not all Way Stations have any substantial industry, but Roseman is rich in certain minerals and metals and has a small but robust mining industry and some cottage manufacturing to value-add to those resources to meet local needs.

Oliver will possibly be asleep when the Medium-Impact Maneuver warning sounds and Jennie announces, “all hands, all hands, we’ll be commencing our docking approach with Roseman Downport in one Task.  Secure loose items and strap in, report status when secured.”

There’s definitely more lateral movement, G-forces and vibration than a usual docking, as Jennie brings Spanial down on its tail using the main thruster into one of the docking gantries near the mountain peak.  There’s a couple of vibrations through the hull, and the hum of the thruster through the ship’s structure dies away; Jennie announces all clear.  Then Karmen comes on and announces an impending customs check.

Immediate actions?  

Does Oliver plan to leave the ship during the Roseman stay?