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Babylon 5: Outrageous Fortune

Kirth Warren

As Ashley fumbles about searching for the airlock controls, Kirth deftly reaches out and actuates the hatchway. "Here, allow me," he says.
 

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Approaching the shuttle, Ashley, Croft and Vector all get a sense of unease. Sarhat is unable to raise any response on the communicator, but Kirth opens the airlock without any trouble.

Once again, Sakura and Max have followed along, the "camera-guy" apparently recording every detail of the crashed shuttle.

"After you," says Sakura to no-one in particular, gesturing to the airlock.
 

"Wait," Ashley says, her hand going to her hip. "Sakura and Max, get back. Everyone else, weapons out. I've got a very bad feeling about this."

She produces her PPG, careful not to point it at anyone present.

"Kirth, on count of three, open the inner lock, then get out of the way fast. Alright?"

"One...two...three!"
 

Kirth Warren

Kirth, sidearm in hand, does as bidden, moving out of the way as quickly as he is able once the inner portal begins to open.
 

The inner door is at a right angle to the outer door of the airlock, on the right-hand wall looking in. Beyond it, a corridor leads along the edge of the shuttle, sloping downwards towards the far end where the shuttle has nose-dived into the ground.

The corridor is dark, lit only by the intermittent fritzing of damaged electrics, which reveal a clutter of protruding joists, twisted metal and hanging ducting. There are two doors along the left-hand wall of the corridor, and one at the far end, all closed.

The corridor looks empty. From somewhere further into the shuttle comes the sound of someone (thing?) banging on a door.
 

Kirth Warren

Kirth calls out, "Hello? We hear you banging, are you ok?" Kirth then checks around amongst his companions to see if our impromptu 'rescue party' includes a medic or at least a first-aid kit. "I wasn't really expecting any survivors, but evidently there's something alive in there."
 



Kirth Warren

Kirth opens the door with one hand, using the door as a shield for most of his body, and peeking around the side of the door with his sidearm around the edge of the door as well.
 

The knocking comes from the second door down the corridor (the first bears signs that mark it out as engineering). Kirth opens the door and checks out the room. It is a passenger compartment for the shuttle, with six acceleration couches now in a state of disarray. A female human, her face covered with blood and soot, reels back as he looks around the door. There is the tell-tale sound of a charging PPG as she pulls out a hold-out gun.

"Get back!" she says with a note of hysteria in her voice. "Who are you?"
 

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