On 17 May 2016 2:16 pm, "Jeffrey Schwartz" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Freelance Traveller
> <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
> > What sort of snipe hunts would exist in the various interstellar
> > services in the Third Imperium?
> >
>
> What many new Scouts don't know is that the Grav sensor on the
> Type-S's survey sensor suite actually has a very fine graviton filter.
> I'm not talking about the regular sensors they leave in the ship when
> it goes "Detached Service", I mean the classified ones when the ship
> is active duty.
>
> That fine detail capability is great for looking for underground
> tunnels, mineral deposits, etc.
>
> Sometimes, though, when you're doing a close survey of a planet -
> especially one with one or more large moons - the filter on that
> sensor starts to get clogged up from excess gravitons. The gravitons
> for the mineral deposit we're looking for come through, but the rest -
> say from the mountain range to the north - get caught up, and
> eventually they can cause the graviton filter to clog.
>
> The only way to unclog it is to soak the filter in solvent overnight,
> then wipe it down.
>
> Since our next mission is a series of planetary surveys, I need to you
> make sure we've got at least three one-liter flasks of graviton
> solvent before we leave the base....
>
> Normally, the snipe hunt goes round and round until the kid is handed
> three helium party balloons (without strings), and told "be very
> careful with them". Of course, trying to _carry_ them and still open
> doors, etc, is more than a bit awkward....
>
> "Why are they floating? Isn't it obvious? The gravitons that should be
> pulling the flasks down are being stopped by the graviton solvent
> inside them..."
> -----

Brilliant.  I'm convinced. <tugs at his balloons to get them through the hatch>. Ummm, how long does the effect last and is this smell something I could get high on and should wear filters for?