
Engineer


[page="start"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
[learn_name]
"Good day, human.  I am Engineer Naavris.
 What do you wish to know?"

[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="startname"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
[colour="#808080"]
You see Engineer Navriis, of the Dra'kaan research team.
[colour="#ffffff"]

"Good day, human.  I trust all goes well.."

[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="xylan"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"I'm an Engineer.. I can only really tell you about the
 hardware.  If you want to know more about the system
 software, I suggest you ask Librarian Rulyz or
 High-Programmer Saaxiis.

 Xy'lan lives inside the ship's mainframe, which is a
 massively parallel computing engine.  It uses many small
 computing nodes on a SYZURG quantum interconnect bus."

[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]




[page="buildplace"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"We didn't build it, we prayed for it, and it appeared.

 We had to pray with an alpha-3 override to ensure the
 job went through properly.  Xy'lan jammed that channel
 immediately afterwards, of course.

 It's a standard NRC-6 survival shelter, built into a
 mountain by the sea.  The pumping station extracts rare
 earth elements from the ocean, allowing us to build
 semiconductors or any other parts for our starship."

[link="Did you pray for the starship, too?"]
[linkto="prayship"]
[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="prayship"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"No.  We needed special modifications for the new drive
 system.  Such things have to be specified with utmost
 precision, so it's easier to program the magicserver
 directly.

 We prayed for the furniture though."

[link="If you're so smart, why do you use vacuum tubes?"]
[linkto="valves"]
[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="ship"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"The Maxima is a fairly standard Drakaan exploratory
 ship.  It has twin redundant power systems, crew
 quarters, hydroponics and a large cargo area.
 The bridge is located at the front of the craft.

 There are two warp drives, components of which run the
 length of the vessel.  The bridge contains most of our
 computing resources, including the magicserver, and of
 course, Xy'lan's mainframe."

[link="If you're so smart, why do you use vacuum tubes?"]
[linkto="valves"]
[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="valves"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"Valves are easy to make without needing any magic,
 so we can fashion replacements on any YG-class planet."

[link="Is Xy'lan made out of valves as well?"]
[linkto="xylan2"]
[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]


[page="xylan2"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"Of course not.  His mainframe is a cluster of relatively
 small computing nodes housed inside a single cabinet.
 These nodes use a mixture of several technologies, but
 they all have a very high component density."

[link="Tell me about Xy'lan."]
[linkto="xylan"]
[link="Tell me about your ship."]
[linkto="ship"]
[link="How did you build this place?"]
[linkto="buildplace"]
[link="Goodbye."]
[linkto="bye"]
[endpage]



[page="bye"]
[image="saxiis2.pcx"]
"Fare well, human."

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]


[page="attacked"]
[image="saxiis3.pcx"]
[at_exit_call="player_killme"]

[colour="#808080"]
Before you have time to strike, the creature has whipped
out a small energy pistol and burned through a number
of vital organs.
[colour="#ffffff"]

[nextpage="exit"]
[endpage]
