>>6317432Rolled 6 < 20 : SUCCESS!
QM: wow, this is an amazing roll! Against all odds, after a furious bout of frenzied revving wheels on your lunar robot, you manage to extricate yourself freeing the vehicle and its tracks from the treacherous moon DUST POND. The moon robot trundles along happily following the lunar terrain.
(In terms of gameplay, because of your success no battery is expended by this action)
You get this music piece that plays amidst the haze of moon dust spumes
Nocturne no.9 in E minor, John Field / Alice Sara Ott
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxP_w_kEJ28>>6317277Rolled 64 > 60
Unfortunately (I am sorry anon your roll is cursed) this action does not fully succeed, what it represents is that your Earth space scientists were unable to develop a comprehensive lunar dust mitigation technique in time for this mission.
Their tests and dust repeller experiments also costs
-4 FUNDING (takes you to +12%)
Whilst I won't make you roll for dust lol everytime you attempt any action, all this means is that your chances for succeeding with some of your initial base deployment missions are somewhat impaired
So here are some choices:
>Roll 6d100, successes are any roll under 20. You may choose which (if any) of the obtained successes to allocate to the following outcomes:>establish a preliminary "safe route" of compacted lunar road, mitigating against dust immobilisation >establish a rectenna, preparing for a solar charging receiver site>prepare a landing pad for future lander arrivals>just amass a large heap of rocks and boulders. You can test them all later, at your own leisure. The most important thing is to own the biggest MOON ROCK HEAP (can also later be used for construction)>deploy a lunar drill, for experimentation and assessment of subsurface sampling of volatiles and mineralogy>conduct more detailed ground level LIDAR mapping and surveys, to mitigate against obstacles and aid future traversal>(can also write-in, but remember you are limited by 1d100 successes)Alternatively, you can also just wait for your next VERNE-02 moon cycler to arrive and deploy its lander. The robots on that craft will be slight upgraded with dust mitigation devices, perhaps with an improved chance of success
>(optional: don't do anything for now. Wait for the improved dust shield robots)You also notice a few features of the local terrain:
