Desert planet Moonshots......
Ok here is what I have,
At least one man with a technical background upto 1940's level of tech
plus possibly 3-4 TL8 trained engineers.
A pile of basic engineering, chemistry, mining and physics books plus
a bunch of 'how to..' books.
Some Precision TL 8 micrometers, vernier caliper and lenses
A pile of anagathics (what do you think the ship was stealing?)
A map of the planetry resources
A region rich in Nitrate deposits, oil and minerals.
(possibly) some TL 0 (stone/bronze age)primitives to use to do grunt
work.
A tall mountain
A BIG lake
If you had plenty of time to calculate the orbit, could you build a 1 use
dedicated analog calculator to do the burn times etc?
I beleive the German Me233 Komet had a very easy to build rocket engine
maybe that would do? Pumps are tricky but not impossible surely?
Do you have to use steel? for low stress 1 use applications at least?
Life support may not be a problem (a vaccsuit with enough air MAY be available)
The TL 15 ship is 'off' no radio reception.
No prefab parts tho....
This is basically me trying to see if my mad player's idea is feasible, if not
I'll get them out of their mess someother way (teach them to get stranded!)