High Law and Low Justice, Part 4

[Seonaid]

Ktarle nods to herself and goes to get her hand comp from her belongings. After uploading all of the logs and information, she looks for another hand comp among the supplies in the medbay. Once she finds one, she will upload the exact same information to that comp and then put both in her bag.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Another message comes in. "Dvonn, we're sending our transport out to start ferrying you back here. That will help us get to work on decontamination early. From the medical records, it looks like you've got seventeen conscious, and another twenty in your low berths. We'll take the everyone who is awake back here first, and we'll pick up the berths when Empress docks. Or if your ships' boats are worthy, you can send some to us that way, and the transport will start picking up the berths."

 

[Wilphe]

"Anyone feel like getting to the Empress first?"

 

[Seonaid]

"If we need to stall them, we could use our boats and take our time with it," Ktarle responds. "I don't know that I'm quite ready to go." She looks around the medbay to see if there is anything else she should do before leaving.

 

[Maerdwyn]

The crews of the two ships coordinate how the evacuation of Dvonn will progress, and everything seems above board. A small team from Empress will arrive on a boarding craft, and will move to the hold to prepare the low berths for transport. The craft will meanwhile move the first group of evacuees to Empress. It will then return for the team, remaining survivors, and the berths.



Unless there is more that specifically needs to be done, the boarding craft arrives without incident in six more hours, with the Empress still another three hours out. You can still use your ships’ boat to move people, but as of now it’s still in the hangar. At least a few people will need to either stay behind and wait for the boarding craft’s second run or take the boat - not all the survivors and rescuers will fit on the boarding craft at once.

 

[Wilphe]

Dorothy will stick close to her husband, in the first instance, and to the group of resuers in the second instance. She will not make any statement at this time, being purely non-committal if asked what happened.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Over the next several hours, everyone is ferried to the Empress. When you step off the transport and into the hangar, all the nevy men present are wearing vacsuits. The officer present ushers new arrivals, two at a time, to two decontamination chambers where each person is asked to remove their clothes, shower throroughly with the decontaminant, and leave blood and urine samples using kits provided in the chamber. New clothes are provided, and after dressing, you exit from the chambers on the other side in to the main part of the ship. You are escorted down the hall and through a door or two. Where you end up depends on who you are.

The original passengers of the Dvonn (including Dorothy and Trel) are collected in a pleasant, if untilitarian, common area, and are politely asked to wait for further instructions. They have access to as much food and holovid entertainment as they would like, and they can call the steward if they have any other needs. They are asked not to use communication devices within the ship, and they are asked to bear with the requirements of official navy procedure while being assured that everything will be back to normal as soon as it possibly can.

The crew of the Dvonn are not present there.

The rescuers from the Keruuchan are individually escorted by two shipmen each to separate areas of the ship. Ruzz'koff is taken to the captain's quarters, and treated repectfully like the retired officer he is. Others are taken to various unoccupied chambers. All are politely asked to turn over any communication devices, in addition to any electronic media or computers in their possession.

 

[doghead]

Saanath, male human merchant (now in a onepiece paper outfit)

Spanish Prisoner #1: [sblock]Saanath's heart sinks as he realises what is happening.

He smiles tiredly at the sailor in front of him. Saanath took on the law in XXX and lost. He took on Nels-C and scrounged, even putting the most optimistic spin on things, a best a draw. Against the Imperial Navy Saanath recons he would be lucky to ... well, he doesn't really like the odds.

"Of course. So long as I get a statement in writing from someone in authority that none of the data will be accessed, copied, modified, downloaded or deleated, nor will any software or devices be installed without my express permission. And a reciept for everything taken.

"Or do I not have a choice in the matter?"

Saanath puts his hands on his head.

"Perhaps you will just shoot me instead. It seems that every time I try to help someone out, some starts shooting at me. Is it a Gateway thing, or is it just me?

"Anyway, there you go. I'll even stand still for you."[/sblock]

 

[Maerdwyn]

Saanath:

[sblock]The midshipman says, "It's a Gateway thing, sir. But we're trying to do something about that. For now, I've just been ordered to secure your belongings. I am authorized to sedate you, but I am hoping that won't be necessary. I can give you a receipt for your items, but as for guaranteeing who looks at them, well just I'm not high enough rank for that. Someone will be here to speak with you soon who is.[/sblock]

 

[doghead]

Saanath, male human merchant (still in a paper onepiece outfit)

[sblock]

"It's a Gateway thing, sir. ...

Despite himself Saanath laughs out loud.

"Alright midshipman ..." Saanath peers at the name stenciled on the midshipman's jacket, "Patsfan. I appreciate your candour. You won't need to sedate me. Just stand there quietly for a minute and I will fall asleep where I stand.

"I am a trader. My life is in those files. Would you have any objection to me simply transfereing all the relevenat information to your datapad, and when whoever with whatever authority comes down to speak to me, we can discuss the matter of access?"[/sblock]