Tools
Carabiner Set Locking
Load-rated connectors with a gate that locks. Climbing-rated, not the hardware-store kind.
Scenario
Gravity
The debris comes back around every ninety minutes.
One satellite broke and started a cascade. There is now a cloud of shrapnel in orbit on a ninety-minute cycle, and everything above the atmosphere is on a countdown measured in passes rather than days.
What kills you
Ninety minutes, repeating.
Rules
- 01Know the next pass time. Always.
- 02Oxygen is the only real currency.
- 03Panic uses air. Literally.
- 04Anything not tethered is already gone.
The kit
5 itemsEverything tethered or everything lost. There is no third state.
Air is the budget and you cannot feel it running out until it has.
Medical
Compact Oxygen Meter
Measures oxygen concentration in air. Relevant in confined spaces where it can fall without warning.
Being findable in a large dark volume is its own discipline.
Light & comms
Emergency Strobe Beacon
A repeating flash that marks a position at night. Far more visible than a steady light.
Everything up there is held together with fasteners you must not drop.
Tools
Precision Tool Set
Small drivers and picks for electronics and mechanisms that ordinary tools destroy.
Understanding the pass schedule is not optional here.
Reading
Orbital Mechanics Primer
How orbits actually work. Genuinely useful for understanding why a rendezvous is hard.
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