02-02-2010, 03:54 AM
A first draft of some background, suggested by a scene planned for LoGG chapter 4. Feedback is requested...
Emergency Response in Fenspace
(need an intro bit)
== Calling for Help ==
The usual emergency channels (including CB channel 19, all Aviation Disaster frequencies, and all Maritime Distress frequencies) are monitored by volunteers throughout Fenspace. Most volunteers don't monitor all the distress channels, though.
The first-response desks at ''[[Stellvia], [[the Island],'' the Roadhouse, and [[Port Phobos] are typical of locations with large transient 'Danelaw populations and fully-deployed redundant internal cellular and VoIP networks. Any call placed to 110, 112, 119, 911, or 999 rings at the emergency desk in the station's Main Operations room. That desk's dedicated communications system incorporates a larger, non-portable version of the real-time translation device originally developed by [[the Professor] in May 2013 - this system understands over twenty-five languages, including Russian, English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Cantonese, and Klingon.
''Stellvia'''s emergency desk has direct connections to its equivalents at ''[[New Yavin], [[Wonderland],'' and other L5 stations, just in case one station picks up a stray signal from a ship in distress that's closer to another station (or an entire station needs help). The system at the Roadhouse has direct connections to its opposite numbers on ''[[Starbase 1]'', [[Port Phobos], [[Port Lowell], and [[Helium].
== Answering the Call ==
The most likely groups to respond to an emergency call are the [[Blue Blazers], the [[Sailor Armed Militia], and the [[Space Patrol], but other groups also respond to calls near their home bases.
(we need much more here, especially which group the Roughriders fall into - local or throughout Fenspace?)
== Paying for Help ==
Some groups operate on the principle of TANSTAAFL, and present anyone that they rescue with a bill for their services. Others (including the Sailor Armed Militia) consider Search and Rescue to be part of their equivalent of the Coast Guard and fund the service out of their faction's taxes, and a few (such as the Blue Blazers) do it because it's the right thing to do and pay for it out of their own pockets (or from donations).
Travelers are advised to purchase travel insurance, just in case.
(do we need more here?)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Emergency Response in Fenspace
(need an intro bit)
== Calling for Help ==
The usual emergency channels (including CB channel 19, all Aviation Disaster frequencies, and all Maritime Distress frequencies) are monitored by volunteers throughout Fenspace. Most volunteers don't monitor all the distress channels, though.
The first-response desks at ''[[Stellvia], [[the Island],'' the Roadhouse, and [[Port Phobos] are typical of locations with large transient 'Danelaw populations and fully-deployed redundant internal cellular and VoIP networks. Any call placed to 110, 112, 119, 911, or 999 rings at the emergency desk in the station's Main Operations room. That desk's dedicated communications system incorporates a larger, non-portable version of the real-time translation device originally developed by [[the Professor] in May 2013 - this system understands over twenty-five languages, including Russian, English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Cantonese, and Klingon.
''Stellvia'''s emergency desk has direct connections to its equivalents at ''[[New Yavin], [[Wonderland],'' and other L5 stations, just in case one station picks up a stray signal from a ship in distress that's closer to another station (or an entire station needs help). The system at the Roadhouse has direct connections to its opposite numbers on ''[[Starbase 1]'', [[Port Phobos], [[Port Lowell], and [[Helium].
== Answering the Call ==
The most likely groups to respond to an emergency call are the [[Blue Blazers], the [[Sailor Armed Militia], and the [[Space Patrol], but other groups also respond to calls near their home bases.
(we need much more here, especially which group the Roughriders fall into - local or throughout Fenspace?)
== Paying for Help ==
Some groups operate on the principle of TANSTAAFL, and present anyone that they rescue with a bill for their services. Others (including the Sailor Armed Militia) consider Search and Rescue to be part of their equivalent of the Coast Guard and fund the service out of their faction's taxes, and a few (such as the Blue Blazers) do it because it's the right thing to do and pay for it out of their own pockets (or from donations).
Travelers are advised to purchase travel insurance, just in case.
(do we need more here?)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012