- **Direct route:** an installed relay-family part powers the hoist while its feed holds. The part frees carried capacity but is unavailable to the rig. Retrieval stops the powered access without reversing every opened-section consequence. The shorter crossing overrides Dorn's wish. The companion article proposes a population/hazard connection with unknown contents and severity; this is not guaranteed punishment or an implied trust deduction.
- **Long route:** keep the relay and preserve his boundary. The suit's baseline cutter releases visible jammed door bolts; each manual door cycle takes world time. The vacuum route costs distance, oxygen, preparation trips and exposure. No repressurisation capability is assumed.
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Travel air and staged reserves compete with equipment and salvage while carried. Committed supplies are not simultaneously available in the astronaut's pack. A consumed reserve pays for a waiting state; it is not recoverable player oxygen.
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Travel air and staged reserves compete with equipment and salvage while carried. Committed supplies are not simultaneously available in the astronaut's pack. A consumed reserve pays for a waiting state; it is not recoverable player oxygen. Under the owner’s death rule, only property still carried returns aboard; staged canisters and installed parts remain where committed.
## A finite route with an abort destination
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| Outcome | Persistent result | Player's next choice |
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| Postpone or abort before departure | Dorn stays in the current refuge; its waiting support remains. Uncommitted equipment and installations follow their existing rules | Continue another objective, revise preparation, or retrieve available equipment |
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| Intermediate interruption | Original room remains vented if already opened; Dorn reaches the prepared shipward refuge. Travel emergency margin and its waiting reserve are committed/spent | Prepare the next segment with fresh travel air and its designated reserve; recover equipment; or defer |
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| Intermediate interruption | Original room remains vented if already opened; Dorn reaches the prepared shipward refuge. Travel emergency margin and its waiting reserve are committed/spent | Prepare the next segment with fresh travel air and its designated reserve; recover installed or staged equipment; or defer |
| Final-approach interruption | Dorn returns to the resealable last vestibule, unsent; the staged reserve supports waiting | Restock that same vestibule and supply fresh travel air before retrying the ship approach |
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| Astronaut dies before a departure | Ordinary carried items form a cache. Dorn remains in his current waiting refuge, not necessarily the original room | Rescue, cache recovery or another objective after revival |
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| Astronaut dies during transfer | Ordinary carried items form a cache; Dorn reaches the designated abort refuge and is not retroactively sent | Resume from that refuge with the required supplies and route checks |
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| Astronaut dies after Sent | Dorn remains aboard; astronaut equipment follows ordinary death rules | Re-equip with Dorn still part of the colony |
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| Astronaut dies before a departure | Everything still carried returns aboard with the astronaut. Dorn remains in his current waiting refuge, not necessarily the original room | Resume rescue, recover committed equipment, or pursue another objective after revival |
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| Astronaut dies during transfer | Everything still carried returns aboard; Dorn reaches the designated abort refuge and is not retroactively Sent | Resume from that refuge with fresh supplies and route checks |
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| Astronaut dies after Sent | Dorn remains aboard; everything still carried returns with the astronaut | Continue with Dorn still part of the colony |
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Requests, radio confirmations and a crossing in progress never count as Sent. Failure is locally reversible but has supply and recovery costs. This does not establish trust penalties, injury, permanent deterioration or universal immunity. A different rescue may need a separate explicit outcome and an owner decision about its stakes.
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Requests, radio confirmations and a crossing in progress never count as Sent. Failure is locally reversible but consumes travel air and staged reserves already spent and may leave installations committed. It creates no death-cache trip or replacement tax. This does not establish trust penalties, injury, permanent deterioration or universal immunity. A different rescue may need a separate explicit outcome and an owner decision about its stakes.
