T20: High Law and Low Justice, Part 3

[Maerdwyn]

"I dunno" Tomas scans the room with worried curiosity "but more and more I'm getting a creepy feeling that this dust is sentient - or at least being controlled"

He looks down sorrowfully at the wreaked aquarium - his feeling for fish coming from the years spent swimming over the reef back home. More important things are at hand though and he shifts to the security doors and starts working on getting them open

Tomas frown at the security panel, and rather than trying to break the security, decides on circumventing it. He removes the key pad, and shorts two of the wires found inside. The door slides up and open, revealing stair which the two men sprint up, emergind directly onto a platform overlooking the bridge. A door leading to the crews' quarters is to port/aft, while the conn, communications, astrogation, sensors, and the main computer are all to fore. To starboard is a ladder with a small sign marked "Dorsal Turret". The bodies of two young, uniformed men lie on the floor. One by communications, one by the computer. The many near communications is covered in more dust than the one by the computer.

 

[Seonaid]

When she slows to a stop at the hangar, Ktarle opens her mouth to tell Saanath to do whatever it takes to get Beta in here, but she closes it after thinking better. When he speaks to her, she nods once before checking her equipment--This must be the thousandth time! Get a grip!--and then surveying the hangar.

[Spot: +0; Search (if time): +0?]

 

[Maerdwyn]

She blinks, having not gotten an answer from there when she tried to communicate last time. Still, she keys the intercom. "Hello, is someone there? Please answer."

At first, there's nothing, there's nothing. Then, a soft, swishing sound comes through the intercom. Then it stops, and Vyrkris hears, in a very warbly, high pitched, underwater, voice "Ge gooo ma ma gooo..." The music plays on.

 

[Maerdwyn]

ooc: doghead - sorry, slightly confused on terminology. Is Saanath currently trying to open the door from the hold into the hangar, or the outer door into space? Both can be opened from the terminal he is currently at. The hangar is currently depressurized, according to the terminal (of course, most of the ship is at least largely depressurised anyway). The inner door can be opened automatically after presurizing the hangar. The outer door requires a t/computers check.

 

[Orvallon]

At first, there's nothing, there's nothing. Then, a soft, swishing sound comes through the intercom. Then it stops, and Vyrkris hears, in a very warbly, high pitched, underwater, voice "Ge gooo ma ma gooo..." The music plays on.

The Vargr female cocks her head, then talks through her own comm to the boarding party in general. "There is somebody alive in a waterfilled cabin on the middeck. I think it may be a Luriani child."

She directs the next to the intercom. "Hello. Who are you?"

 

[doghead]

ooc: doghead - sorry, slightly confused on terminology. Is Saanath currently trying to open the door from the hold into the hangar, or the outer door into space? Both can be opened from the terminal he is currently at. The hangar is currently depressurized, according to the terminal (of course, most of the ship is at least largely depressurised anyway). The inner door can be opened automatically after presurizing the hangar. The outer door requires a t/computers check.

ooc: OK. I was a little off in my understanding. I thought that there was an airlock inside the hanger, with another (internal) door leading into the hanger. All right, stay put, get to work on getting control of the outer (hull) door so we can get Beta inside. Saanath won't repressurise the hanger now as we need to conserve air (it would seem). He won't enter the hanger st this point. There is no reason for needing to go into the hanger at this point is there? (from what Saanath can see.)

 

[Maerdwyn]

ooc: doghead, that is all correct.

Ktarle checks the window into the hangar and sees neither anyone inside nor anyplace for any one to be hiding in there. The hangar is fully depressurized right now, so anything that is in there is either dead or wearing a vac suit, so it's likely safe to open. She tells Saanath, and he accesses the override for the outer doors. The man groans when the computer demands an authorization code, but, it happens that the subroutine was written rather sloppily, and he is able to find a way around the flawed security measure. The hangar yawns open. Light from Tamadere's sun glints off the side of Beta, which is coming his way.

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Trelene sees the light of the open hangar beckoning, but she realizes with a sinking heart that the boat is not on precisely the right course for the hangar. Beta is also moving too fast, having just tried to evade several missiles. With the Captain dead, and Zaedhrarrg at least temporarily non-responsive, She need to do something to get this boat into the hangar safely.

 

[Maerdwyn]

She directs the next to the intercom. "Hello. Who are you?"

"Eee na ga mama... Ma Ma... Waaaaahaaaaa! MAAMAAA" The underwater crying is quite disturbing: warbling and lower-toned than a vargr or human child's cries, but just as incessant. It seems like it's going to continue indefinitely.

 

[Orvallon]

"Eee na ga mama... Ma Ma... Waaaaahaaaaa! MAAMAAA" The underwater crying is quite disturbing: warbling and lower-toned than a vargr or human child's cries, but just as incessant. It seems like it's going to continue indefinitely.

Her heart goes out to the little creature, but there is nothing she can do right now. They can't care for a child outside of that chamber, and it's oxygenated water is apparently keeping it alive. "We'll be there soon, little one. Just hang on."

She leaves the intercom on, and goes back to her work on the engines. Though she looks back guiltily at the intercom from time to time. "Let's get this done, huh? Soon?"

 

[Guest 11456]

Trelene Scrautigue : Luriani Navy 2/Prof 7/Trav 1: Retired Makhidkarum Vice President

Trelene sees the light of the open hangar beckoning, but she realizes with a sinking heart that the boat is not on precisely the right course for the hangar. Beta is also moving too fast, having just tried to evade several missiles. With the Captain dead, and Zaedhrarrg at least temporarily non-responsive, She need to do something to get this boat into the hangar safely.

As she speaks she tries to slow down the boat first.

"Zaedhrarrg! Snap out of it. We need to land the boat in the Dvonn's hanger. Zaedhrarrg!!"