T20: High Law and Low Justice (IC Thread 2)

OOC: Alright, I'm a little confused as to who's where and what, exactly is happening. Quinn is in the Cargo Hold with Trelene, Henuri, Zaed and Vyrkris, right? Everyone else is in the hangar? And the large door between us is closing and not due to anything any of us has done.

Is that the situation?

If so, how fast is the door closing? Do I have time to use Henuri's handcuffs on him and gather up Zaed and Vyrkris yell at Trelene and get through the door before it closes?

The door that Henuri looked at - through which, I'm guessing, he's expecting reinforcements - is marked "4" on your map, correct?

Assuming this is all correct, Quinn suddenly develops a healthy interest in getting his a$$, and the a$$es of all his colleagues into the hanger and out of the cargo bay ASAP.

"Heads up! We may be about to get some company!"
 

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Watus said:
OOC: Alright, I'm a little confused as to who's where and what, exactly is happening. Quinn is in the Cargo Hold with Trelene, Henuri, Zaed and Vyrkris, right? Everyone else is in the hangar? And the large door between us is closing and not due to anything any of us has done.

Is that the situation?

If so, how fast is the door closing? Do I have time to use Henuri's handcuffs on him and gather up Zaed and Vyrkris yell at Trelene and get through the door before it closes?
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OOC: Yes, pretty much.

Vyrkris, Zaed, Trelene and Henuri are a few meters aft of the door marked "4" (which is indeed the one Henuri glanced at, and behind which quinn hears heavy, fast footsteps approaching - there is approximately just over zero time between now and that door opening. Enough time for Quinn, and maybe Trelene to get through to the hangar, but probably not enough to pick up the two wounded and make it)

Quinn just came through the door marked "3" which is closing behind him because all of the doors on this ship close a couple seconds after someone passes through. Quinn is (or at least was) concentrating on Henuri, but if he moves back towards the door, it will (should) open up again.
 

My mistake: Ktarle has, after being told of Zaed's wounds, just barely entered the hold, carrying some medical equipment.

So:

Cargo Hold:
Ktarle and Quinn by DOor #3

Trelene, Henuri, Zaedhrarrg, and Vyrkris by Door #4

Hangar:

Saanath, Capt. Darius, Ruzz'koff, Tomas and Poliarni are forward and to the starboard of door #3. Saanath is going to start checking one of the boats.
 
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Saanath turns at Quinn's shout, and suddenly all the details come together in a blinding flash of clarity. Henuri's broardcast. The closing doors - with half of them in the hanger, and half of them out. The approaching security forces who must be coming through the door Poliani was attempting to take them earlier. We're stuffed.

The options stand out in stark ugly relief.

Make a stand and try and buy enough time to get everyone into the boats.

Abandon Zaed and Vyrkris and try and disable the doors into the hanger.

Saanath bolts for the cargo hold. If they are going to get off this ship, they need time. What exactly he can do to buy some time is another matter. Bluff? Perhaps he can carry Zaed or Vyrkris out while Quinn holds the door.
 

Spinning with Sanaath Toms too sees whats going on and lets out a couple of superlatives.

He quickly scans around looking for some kind of manual (mechanical) override for the Hangar door, or at least an electronic control panel he can try and get into and override.

Once and if he sees it he runs to it and gets to work stopping the door from closing so the others can get back. If he can't find it he gets ready with the rifle to act as cover fire...
 

Tonguez said:
Spinning with Sanaath Toms too sees whats going on and lets out a couple of superlatives.

He quickly scans around looking for some kind of manual (mechanical) override for the Hangar door, or at least an electronic control panel he can try and get into and override.

Once and if he sees it he runs to it and gets to work stopping the door from closing so the others can get back. If he can't find it he gets ready with the rifle to act as cover fire...
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There is a manual override on the hangar side of the door, as a safety precaution, incase someone is caught insdie the hangar when depressurization commences. As is most starships, the outer doors of the hangar will not open if the air-tight seals on the other entrances to the hangar are not sealed.
 

"What are you ..."


Captain Darius turns her head as Saanath suddenly sprints away.

Oh, no! They are acting faster than we had anticipated!


"Quickly, get everyone in here and lock that hangar door down!"


She turns her attention back to the boat, anxious to get in and start her up.



[OoC: 1. Is the mothership armed? 2. Can the outer doors be overriden from the bridge?]
 

Ktarle continues toward Zaed and Vyrkris, heedless of the actions of everyone else. She clutches the medical supplies to her chest as she moves.
 

Douane said:
[OoC: 1. Is the mothership armed? 2. Can the outer doors be overriden from the bridge?]
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OOC: 1. No. Many of the liners in this region of space are, but this isn't the Keruuchan's normal route

2. Yes; however, when the captain abdicated to Nells-Corzin, she didn't turn over full control of the ship's systems to him. The command codes for the hangar doors are encrypted to her voice print. They could override it by hacking the system, but, hopefully, that would take longer than they have before the boats leave.
 

Tomas runs up to the manual override and then waits until he sees that everyone is through the door. He obviously doesn't want to damage the seals and if possible will let the door close normally, but he also isn't willing to leave anyone behind and so watches to make sure that the doors don't get too low - if they do he hits the override hoping that it stays open without damage...
 

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