Nightbird & Spellbinder
Aboard the Ragnarok -- Reactor Room
The R.I.O.T. technician frantically waves his hands at Nightbird.
"Tsk! Shut your trap! You know how cranky the prof can get about these things! Fine, fine... enjoy the one terminal without employee monitoring software on it. And don't think I don't know what you're gonna do with it, you hypocrite." Grumbling under his breath, the technician wanders off, leaving Nightbird with free rein of the terminal... though she lacks the skills needed to operate it directly. However, if she were able to persuade someone to operate it for her, she could perhaps get some use out of the thing.
At this point Spellbinder appears in plain sight and fire off his illusory spell, producing a highly convincing (at least to layperson's eyes) crack in the containment field about the reactor core, complete with ominous cracking sound. The effect on the R.I.O.T. technicians is about the same effect as dropping ten large hives of angry, giant killer hornets into the room would have. Immediately, the reactor room descends into, well, anarchy as those closest to the reactor scramble to back away; two men even rush PAST Spellbinder and into the turbolift he came out from.
Professor Pandemonium continues ranting and raving without a care. "...and can you
BELIEVE that woman expects me to take this fantastic beauty of a ship inland without proper air support, just so she can conduct a public execution?!" he gesticulates furiously at Spellbinder, clearly expecting the latter to agree. The he pauses as he realizes just who he's talking to.
"Hey! Wait a minute... you're supposed to be locked up!" he turns around. "And -- you MADMAN!"
The professor rushes to the nearest computer console and looks at the readouts with a face full of puzzlement. Then he looks at the reactor, then back to the monitors, and the look of confusion intensifies. "What are you people standing around for?!" he screams at the nearby technicians. "Cut reactor power! Activate emergency fuel containment! I'm not dying until I've committed a genocide or three!"
The R.I.O.T. tech specialists, at least the ones who aren't busy fleeing for their lives., frantically turn back to their consoles and tap furiously on the controls.
On Nightbird's console she sees a dialog box pop up. It reads
"ENGAGE ANTIMATTER FUEL CONTAINMENT? Y/N"
OOC
AA Professor Pandemonium Will DC 22, Insight DC 18: 1D20+12+2 = [1]+12+2 = 15
1D20+6 = [1]+6 = 7
Very interesting double 1. I take this as a sign that the dice have decreed it so, so let's see where this goes.
Nightbird can chose to engage antimatter fuel containment or not. No checks are necessary for this particular action, since it's basically the electronic equivalent of flipping a switch. Alternately, you can also chose not to operate the terminal, if for whatever reason you do not chose to.
Note that while no combat has started yet (because the Professor and technicians are preoccupied for now), if the reactor is shut down then the obvious danger will seem to have passed, and they will be able to attack you and/or raise the alarm.