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The 2 on the second d6 means that the walls of the intake have the Heat Shielded I modifier, meaning that each cutting operation takes an additional - 1 % of Cutting Gas to perform .
<span class="mu-s">Cutting V</span>: 17 * 1.25 = 21 (rounded down from 21.25)
Cost: - 1 % Air, - 1 % Charge and - 3 % Cutting Gas.
Total: 21 / ?
No incidental event
<span class="mu-s">Cutting VI</span>: 96 * 0. 75 = 72
Cost: - 1 % Air, - 1 % Charge and - 2 % Cutting Gas. (Refund from Percussion-Implemented Efficiency modifier)
Total: 93 / ~120
No incidental event
<span class="mu-s">Cutting VII</span>: 40 * 6 = 50
Cost: - 1 % Air, - 1 % Charge and - 2 % Cutting Gas.(Refund from Percussion-Implemented Efficiency modifier)
Total: 143 / ~120
No incidental event
Mistakes and missteps were to be expected under the circumstances - and you had a few of them at the start. Not to mention the frustration of watching the walls of the intake just drink the heat from your torch - even more so than the cap did. But once you accepted that you were going to need to burn a little more gas than you would otherwise except to here, and you adjusted your cutting patterns to properly account for the curve of the intake, the surface rust and the extremely limited range of motion that you had with the wrecking torch, you really found your wings. Of course, getting a cut that is big enough for you - and with any luck, bales of conduit - to pass through, is not something that anyone can just do instantly. It takes time. And though you are pleased with the cut by the time that you use your magnetized gloves to pull the cutout into the intake, swirling up a cloud of spalling, shards and debris in the process, it does not follow that you are pleased with your suits master readout.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">Suit Integrity: 100 %
Suit Charge: 73 %
Boost: 88 %
Air: 69 %
Cutting Gas: 71 %
Cutting Flux: 90 %</span></span>
You are fast approaching half-empty in your air bottle, and your gas bottle and battery are not too far behind. There are spares available to you on the ferry, but they don't have anywhere near as much in them as the ones integrated into the suit do. Not to mention, they will be something else you will have to pay for, if you are not able to make the base haul this shift. Venting a bit of your frustration, you push the cutout down the intake, getting your first look at what lies beyond the walls of the intake. In this particular case ... a wall. The inside of a wall - you are looking the struts that the panels of the wall are anchored to. The panels themselves look like they are no thicker than the panels of the drop down ceiling of the cargo bay, so you doubt that you will have any serious trouble cutting through them. The struts on the other hand, these seem to be substantial. Cutting through them would take time. You might be able to squeeze through, but it would <span class="mu-i">tight</span>.
