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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1788981" data-attributes="member: 515">On the bridge of the Bray Keaven, Kevon — his Naval habits taking over — announces his intention to fire, and fires the port pulse laser into the forward port side of the Oser. -----In the Oser’s airlock, the laser’s impact and backlash buckle the forward bulkhead and send several spall whizzing around the airlock. One catches Vasilii hard in the midsection. The vacc suit slows, but does not stop the spall from entering the hapless merchant. On the bright side, as far as Vasilii can tell through his pain, the airlock’s integrity appears to be still holding. Still clinging to his handhold, Vasilii loudly proclaims "Bag!" (a Vilani expression for excrement) and looks down at his midsection to check out his injury. -----Just before the shot, Aidan goes to Bray Keaven’s airlock, opens it, and steps inside. He closes the inner iris valve and then prepares to open the outer iris valve when Kevon makes his announcement. Hearing the warning, Aidan manages to brace himself before the shot hits. Shaken, but unhurt, he shudders to think what would have happened if he were in the short boarding tube between the ships. -----Onboard the Oser, Koolishu and Mark see Ian shifting his weight and grab a handhold. Mark is about to shout a warning when the Oser shudders from the point–blank blast. Ian then fires a burst at Koolishu. The four–round burst strikes Koolishu in the head and sprays bloody gray matter behind him. Koolishu’s body falls lifeless. -----When he hears the warning, Swann activates the magnetic boots in his vacc suit and is about to fire at Eric when Eric manages to fire first. However, Eric sees Ian moving about the same time, and confusedly fires his snub pistol about halfway in between Swann and Ian. Luckily, the shot just strikes the far wall. Swann fires on Eric. His first shot catches Eric in the right shoulder, and Eric starts to slump as the round takes effect. -----Though distracted slightly, Mark manages to get off a shot at Ian. The shot strikes the ex–Marine in his right leg. Shifting targets, Ian fires a second burst at Mark. This burst hits Mark’s chest but the flak jacket keeps him alive (barely). Mark staggers and is pretty wobbly, but remains standing. -----Swann fires a second shot at Eric. The shot strikes Eric in the side this time. Eric finishes slumping onto the floor, knocked out by the tranq rounds. -----Still sputtering indignation, Saro misses the warning about the laser shot. After the first exchange of fire, Saro shrinks back and stares in shock at the sudden descent into violence. -----Back onboard the Bray Keaven, Vargas just sort of stares at Kevon, amazed at his apparent disregard for the safety of the Bray Keaven crew onboard the Oser. -----The Bray Keaven shudders as it takes a return laser blast from the Oser’s triple combo turret. The shot strikes the underside of Kevon’s cabin. -----Meanwhile, Martha is continuing to pipe communications towards the rescue vessel coming from Sentry. Under her breath, she mutters, "Will we ever be able to go back to Sentry after this?" The engineer lets the signal continue on its own as she runs a quick diagnostic to assess damage to the ship and begin to establish damage control. -----Aidan cranks up his magnetic boots and, shaking off the scare he just got, opens the outer airlock to see what’s left of the boarding tube. Meanwhile, he also keys his comm. "Broadsides? When our boarding parties are over there? You fellows on the bridge quite alright?" -----Swann crouches down, to hopefully present a smaller target, and fires twice at Mark, since he’s still standing. -----"Frell! I’m hit!" Ian swears as he drops to one knee, grabbing his wounded leg with his right hand (the one not holding the pistol.) He keeps his weapon pointed toward Mark. "DROP YOUR WEAPON!" Ian shouts. -----Saro stands stunned for a minute, his tirade halted in mid-syllable. Seeing that some more gunplay might be coming, he dives for the closest cover. -----"Next time I’ll try to be more specific when I suggest you shoot someone!" Vargas says. "I think their engineering would have been a better choice!" "Don’t you think if I could have targeted their engineering section, I would have?" Kevon replies calmly as he sets the sights on the weapons turret. "I would have had to shoot through the docking tube to get there." Tapping the comm switch on, the commander orders, "Someone give me a sitrep over there, and take out their gunner while you’re at it." Vargas looks sheepish for a moment. He toggles a few inconsequential controls in front of him, trying to look busy. "Uh, Kevon . . . never mind. Good shot."</blockquote>

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