Re: [HOE] I think I might have created a monster

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> > question: i know nothing about off shore salvage, how do you raise the
> > boat, without actualy damaging it.  i think the mass would break the ship
> > in half if you do it wrong.
> 
> I've never done such a thing myself, but I have seen a few
> documentaries involving salvage operations where that very concern is
> brought up. Managing stress points and where and how the ship is
> lifted would probably be very important. I'd say it would take at the
> very least a Hard (9) [or is a 9 roll Very Hard, I never can remember
> the names for the numbers ;)] Science: Mechanical or Structural
> Engineering (or perhaps a related roll on some kind of nautical or
> Engineering skill).

I think in the world of HoE a group/town's best chance would be to use
arcane abilities to do it. They're not going to have the right equipment
to do it properly so they're better off hiring a team of cans or getting a
junker to build a device or some other arcane means to do it. Given that,
conventional methods kinda go out the window.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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