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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1450559" data-attributes="member: 515"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Chapter XXIII</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Date: 119-993</strong></p><p><strong>Place: Groves Airport outside Lowford, in Bromley, on Alief</strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The weather is comfortably cool, about 16 degrees C with a slight breeze from the southeast to the northwest in the direction of Medway. As always, there is a fair amount of fine dust in the air, and the humidity is low.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As Vasilii approaches Major Eckels and introduces himself, the Bromlian quartermaster at first looks pretty skeptical at the Vilani merchant’s smoothness, but his charm eventually softens the wariness, and her manner and body language seem to open up to him. "Ah, yes, I see how we might start unloading based on your cargo storage and likely priorities given by Dr. Warren and Dr. Hays. Yes, I do understand about the missile launcher, and I’m sure that we can find a couple of cranes for you once we get the cargo unloaded.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"I’d like to help you with the local banking, but I’m not sure if any banks are open right now given that martial law has been declared. I will see what information that I can find out. Perhaps there are some banks open towards the south end of Bromley. I’m afraid that I can’t chit chat with you too much right now, but perhaps later after we’ve unloaded the cargo?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii smiles at the Bromilian major. "I look forward to our discussion."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Saro and Ian chat a bit about the idea of bringing supplies to people in Medway itself who are holed up as Dr. Warren half listens in, half observes Major Eckels and Vasilii talking about the cargo and unloading. Catching a comment about setting up a quarantine and observation area, he comments, "Yes, I’ve thought about setting up a quarantined observation facility also, possibly with the materials that you’ve already brought in. The facility could be set up very close or slightly inside the quarantine perimeter in order to ease the military’s edginess about preventing the spread of the disease.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"No, I don’t have a good idea of the dispersal agent. We heard some talk of aerial sprayers and gas canisters in buildings and subways. There were also reports of gas–filled shells.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Ah, excuse me, I think Major Eckels wants to talk to us about the cargo."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Turning to the doctor, Vasilii places his hand to his chest and bows slightly. "Sir, if you let me know what your priorities are, we will endeavor to unload as efficiently as possible. The imaging tables are not sealed against the elements, so I hope that this dust doesn’t damage anything. I also imagine you’ll want someplace secure to store these medicines. I think that you will like the medical facility stored here, it is a very fine Sternmetal product."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Argent pulls Saro aside briefly as the Bromlian doctors and Major Eckels confer about the cargo and priorities. "Doc, give me some ideas here," Marcus says. "I want to help these people out, and we have the ship to do it. Do you think we can make an effective decon station at the cargo bay entrance? We can make as many runs as it take to get all of the trapped victims."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Saro replies, "Yes, I’m sure that Martha and I can set up an effective decon station at one of the cargo airlocks, but we wouldn’t be able to decon the people if the virus is already in them. We can pull the people out for observation, and we might be able to find some that either have a resistance to the virus, or, failing that, we’d be able to have some people for observation. Without knowing how many trapped people there are, I don’t know if we could transport them all out."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: silver">"We’ll make as many trips as necessary to get everyone we can out of those holdout buildings, Saro," the Captain states. "Hopefully, they’ll be as useful to us as we can be to them. And maybe we can get rid of some of these infernal rations. They’re giving me a sour stomach."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Meanwhile, Major Eckels’ crew shows up and starts unloading the cargo under the watchful eye of the Bromlian Major and Vasilii. The Bromlians still seem rather wary of Darishun, even when he starts helping to lift crates by himself. Or, perhaps the wariness is because he can lift a number of large crates by himself without power equipment.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Following the directions of the doctor, Vasilii helps to direct the unloading of the medical supplies, taking care to inspect each item to insure no damage has occurred in transit. Any damage above a minor ding in the case is recorded against the cargo manifest. When the unloading is complete, Vasilii countersigns the documents with the Major and takes a copy for himself. "Thank you very much, Major Eckel. I’ll ask the Captain to forward a copy to the Marquis’ staff. I hope that our cargo will assist your people in finding a cure to this plague."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Vasilii escorts the Major and the Doctor to the base of the ramp and makes his farewells.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When they leave, Vasilii takes his copy of the manifest to Argent, who is talking to Martha. "Sir, the transfer of cargo is complete and signed off. I would like to know your priorities for the near future. Is there anything you’d like for me to tackle?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: silver">"Yes, work</span><span style="color: silver"> with the doctor and Martha for the time being and get a plan together for rescuing some of those people from Medway," he said. "I want decon procedures, quarantine procedures for those affected, and a secure facility to place the infected once we get them out of the buildings. Until we get new orders from the Marquis, we’ll do what we can to help these people."</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Martha nods, acknowledging the orders. "Once we’re done with all the setting up and stuff, I thought I’d tackle completing the work on bringing our weapons systems up to full capacity. Is that OK, Captain? Or would you rather I prepare the air raft for the KGL mission?" </span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdancer, post: 1450559, member: 515"] [center][b][size=4]Chapter XXIII[/size][/b][/center] [b]Date: 119-993[/b] [b]Place: Groves Airport outside Lowford, in Bromley, on Alief[/b] [font=Verdana][size=2]The weather is comfortably cool, about 16 degrees C with a slight breeze from the southeast to the northwest in the direction of Medway. As always, there is a fair amount of fine dust in the air, and the humidity is low.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]As Vasilii approaches Major Eckels and introduces himself, the Bromlian quartermaster at first looks pretty skeptical at the Vilani merchant’s smoothness, but his charm eventually softens the wariness, and her manner and body language seem to open up to him. "Ah, yes, I see how we might start unloading based on your cargo storage and likely priorities given by Dr. Warren and Dr. Hays. Yes, I do understand about the missile launcher, and I’m sure that we can find a couple of cranes for you once we get the cargo unloaded.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"I’d like to help you with the local banking, but I’m not sure if any banks are open right now given that martial law has been declared. I will see what information that I can find out. Perhaps there are some banks open towards the south end of Bromley. I’m afraid that I can’t chit chat with you too much right now, but perhaps later after we’ve unloaded the cargo?"[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Vasilii smiles at the Bromilian major. "I look forward to our discussion."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Saro and Ian chat a bit about the idea of bringing supplies to people in Medway itself who are holed up as Dr. Warren half listens in, half observes Major Eckels and Vasilii talking about the cargo and unloading. Catching a comment about setting up a quarantine and observation area, he comments, "Yes, I’ve thought about setting up a quarantined observation facility also, possibly with the materials that you’ve already brought in. The facility could be set up very close or slightly inside the quarantine perimeter in order to ease the military’s edginess about preventing the spread of the disease.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"No, I don’t have a good idea of the dispersal agent. We heard some talk of aerial sprayers and gas canisters in buildings and subways. There were also reports of gas–filled shells.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"Ah, excuse me, I think Major Eckels wants to talk to us about the cargo."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Turning to the doctor, Vasilii places his hand to his chest and bows slightly. "Sir, if you let me know what your priorities are, we will endeavor to unload as efficiently as possible. The imaging tables are not sealed against the elements, so I hope that this dust doesn’t damage anything. I also imagine you’ll want someplace secure to store these medicines. I think that you will like the medical facility stored here, it is a very fine Sternmetal product."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Argent pulls Saro aside briefly as the Bromlian doctors and Major Eckels confer about the cargo and priorities. "Doc, give me some ideas here," Marcus says. "I want to help these people out, and we have the ship to do it. Do you think we can make an effective decon station at the cargo bay entrance? We can make as many runs as it take to get all of the trapped victims."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Saro replies, "Yes, I’m sure that Martha and I can set up an effective decon station at one of the cargo airlocks, but we wouldn’t be able to decon the people if the virus is already in them. We can pull the people out for observation, and we might be able to find some that either have a resistance to the virus, or, failing that, we’d be able to have some people for observation. Without knowing how many trapped people there are, I don’t know if we could transport them all out."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][color=silver]"We’ll make as many trips as necessary to get everyone we can out of those holdout buildings, Saro," the Captain states. "Hopefully, they’ll be as useful to us as we can be to them. And maybe we can get rid of some of these infernal rations. They’re giving me a sour stomach."[/color][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Meanwhile, Major Eckels’ crew shows up and starts unloading the cargo under the watchful eye of the Bromlian Major and Vasilii. The Bromlians still seem rather wary of Darishun, even when he starts helping to lift crates by himself. Or, perhaps the wariness is because he can lift a number of large crates by himself without power equipment.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Following the directions of the doctor, Vasilii helps to direct the unloading of the medical supplies, taking care to inspect each item to insure no damage has occurred in transit. Any damage above a minor ding in the case is recorded against the cargo manifest. When the unloading is complete, Vasilii countersigns the documents with the Major and takes a copy for himself. "Thank you very much, Major Eckel. I’ll ask the Captain to forward a copy to the Marquis’ staff. I hope that our cargo will assist your people in finding a cure to this plague."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Vasilii escorts the Major and the Doctor to the base of the ramp and makes his farewells.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]When they leave, Vasilii takes his copy of the manifest to Argent, who is talking to Martha. "Sir, the transfer of cargo is complete and signed off. I would like to know your priorities for the near future. Is there anything you’d like for me to tackle?"[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][color=#000080][color=silver]"Yes, work[/color][color=silver] with the doctor and Martha for the time being and get a plan together for rescuing some of those people from Medway," he said. "I want decon procedures, quarantine procedures for those affected, and a secure facility to place the infected once we get them out of the buildings. Until we get new orders from the Marquis, we’ll do what we can to help these people."[/color][/color][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Martha nods, acknowledging the orders. "Once we’re done with all the setting up and stuff, I thought I’d tackle completing the work on bringing our weapons systems up to full capacity. Is that OK, Captain? Or would you rather I prepare the air raft for the KGL mission?" [/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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