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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1788975" data-attributes="member: 515">Chapter XI Date: 166-993 Location: Aboard the Bray Keaven and the Oser, Sentry systemOn the bridge of the Bray Keaven, Kevon swings the port turret around to target the forward port side of the Oser. He is about to fire a blast from the pulse laser when he pauses in response to the negotiations onboard the Oser. -----In port engineering, Martha continues to send the data feeds from the Bray Keaven and the open comms towards the rescue vessel. The Oser has apparently dropped the jamming attempts. -----Aidan descends in the lift to find an empty corridor (the iris valve to the bridge is shut). Finding no one, he saunters towards the ship’s locker. The iris valves along the way obligingly open for him. As he gets to the port airlock, he finds the inner door shut. Aidan then retrieves his cutlass from the ship’s locker. -----In the Oser’s port airlock, Vasilii attempts to bugger the outer iris valve open somehow. Though lacking tools and any electronics expertise, he initially feels like he is making progress. Unfortunately, his next attempt seems to short out the controls for the outer door lock. At least, that is what he is assumes from the tiny wisps of smoke rising from the controls. -----Onboard the Oser, Saro stands up indignantly, sputtering at almost everyone. Slowly, and still smiling a little, "Mark" stands up followed by Koolishu. Mark steps slightly to the side to be out of the line of fire of Koolishu. Everyone still has their guns trained on their opposing number. Then, Koolishu swears. "Dammit! Buris says that Erica is gone! Frecking . . . " Mark cuts him off with an icy command, "Cool it! Remember business. Erica knew the odds." Continuing to Swann, Mark asks, "Well? Do we have a deal? Better decide soon before Koolishu loses it." -----Ian tries to gauge Mark’s truthfulness. He isn’t sure one way or the other. "And who is this Erica person?" he wonders. Anyway, Ian moves Saro a little back and away. -----Aidan casually strides towards the airlock attached to the Oser. Once there, he attempts to open it (hacking as necessary) with the intent of poking his nose in to see if he can help out the Bray Keaven’s crew. -----Martha continues to monitor the comm channels, piping the information back, and doing what she can to protect the integrity of the signal. In passing, she mentions over the comms: "Gentlemen, their use of our ship to smuggle goods is probably a High Crime. All of this conversation is being fed directly to the authorities. I recommend we not negotiate with these people, unless our lives depend on it. We are not smugglers, and they’ve already admitted they placed these goods on our ship without us knowing. We can turn over the contraband they placed on us when the proper authorities get here, along with these smugglers." -----Kevon frowns and furrows his brow, then seems to make a decision. "I have a shot, folks," the lieutenant commander says over the comms as a way of warning them to brace for impact. "I’m taking it." -----Hearing Kevon’s statement about "a shot," it takes Vasilii a brief moment to realize that "the shot" is meant for the Oser, and the turret is very close to his position on it. As he puts his faceplate against the window closest to the turret, the Vilani merchant yells, "Kevon! Wait! We’re over . . . " He sees the turret pivoting to bear on the Oser, the laser emitter quickly gaining in brilliance from the pre-ignition. The laser’s committed. " . . . here," he finishes in a muted tone. Performing the universally accepted response in such situations, Vasilii dives out of the laser’s way as best he can onto the seats on the opposite side of the airlock. He hooks an arm through the nearest seat harness and holds on for dear life in the probable event that one of the airlock bulkheads will get breached, resulting in explosive decompression. -----Thinking quickly, Swann says aloud, "Roger that. We’ll wait here for your delivery." He smiles at "Eric" as he says this, hoping the gunman will think the cube is on its way. -----Ian utters a curse/prayer (depends on the point of view) under his breath, widens his stance, leans against the wall, and grabs any handhold he can find with his free hand in preparation for the blast. His gauss pistol is still trained on Koolishu.</blockquote>

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