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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1819610" data-attributes="member: 515">Aidan broadcasts on his suit comm: "Lady and gentlemen, after you’ve locked down the crew of the Oser, you may to check the inspection numbers of those cubes. You can do that under blacklight. I’d be happy to show you the Imperial Warrant certifying the contents of the cubes. Aidan then sits down at a computer terminal and, for as long as he has access start putting in some better safeguards against hackers such as himself. "Naturally," he thinks, "some backdoors might sneak in." -----Aidan’s reference to the cubes makes Vasilii pause in his searching. "Well now, that’s the second times he’s mentioned those cubes. He has some ‘details’ about the cubes, along with knowing about them in the first place, then gets insistent on ‘protecting his interests,’ " Vasilii thinks to himself. "More than enough for me," he decides. Over his suit comm, Vasilii says, "Emile, Vasilii. My friend, I think it’s time to do what we should have done in the first place. Go get those mystery boxes and keep them somewhere where you can keep an eye on them until the naval ship gets here, we’re ending this mess tonight." From the background Saro mutters loudly, "Space them. Didn’t I say to space them? I must not have, nobody seems to have heard it." Vasilii continues. "And if you see Aidan Silver in your travels, shoot him on sight. No talk, just shoot. Then shut down all computer access from everywhere but the bridge. "Martha, I think for now we should forget the repairs — let’s just batten down the hatches until they get here. Besides, Aidan Silver did something to bypass the ship’s security, and for all we know he did something to the computer. Could you have a look and see if you can find out what he did and if it did any permanent damage? And then do what you can to keep him locked out of it until the Navy gets here?" -----With an exasperated gasp, Martha replies, "Vasilii, with all due respect, you do your job and I’ll do mine." -----Vasilii mutes his suit mike as she continues and turns to Saro. "There goes the neighborhood. What have I done?" he muses. -----"If that bastard broke into security, it’d probably be an easy matter for you or Kevon to investigate," Martha says. "If I don’t get these comms online, who knows what the Impies will do when they come upon us and no one answers their hails." -----Vasilii turns his mike back on, contemplating that last remark. "Hmm. Yeah, that is a good point. Ummm," he says, looking around to mentally assess the situation. Then he looks toward the Oser’s bridge and continues. "I’m pretty sure one of Kevon’s shots landed in the Oser’s avionics. Swann and Ian are interrogating one of the Oser’s crew that was up there. As soon as I can get in there, I’ll have a look at what’s working and what isn’t. If the comms over here are still up, I’ll send the Imperials an update and let them know the Keaven’s comms are out." -----Martha is still not appeased. "You want Silver held? Go to the ship’s locker and get my gun. There’s a clip of tranq rounds. Shoot him with it until he passes out. I don’t care what he says — if you find out he violated our security protocols, he’s either in league with the pirates, or he’s a loose cannon. Either of them is going to get him spaced if he screws with my ship, do you copy?!?! Now, let me get back to my job, here! Thank you!" With that, Martha cuts off her connection to the general comm link, but keeps a private channel open to Kevon on the bridge, just in case of emergencies. "Now, maybe I can get some work done," she thinks. -----The lieutenant commander chuckles, adding quietly, "Remind me to stay on your good side," as he starts to pore through the security logs for Mr. Silver’s hacking attempts. "Mr. Kugiikishshi, I’ll look into the logs and evaluate the system security as best I can to free Ms. Smythe up to her more important duties," he says. -----Hearing Martha click off her comm before he can say anything, Vasilii’s taken aback for a moment by the abruptness. Then he looks at Saro. "My! The Empress has spoken. I was about to tell her," he adds, "that she’s the one person I would not presume to argue with, but I guess that’s her loss. "Alright, I’m gonna see if I can track down another vacc suit before I take this one off. When I get out of this one, can you have a look at this?" he asks, pointing to the shrapnel in his side.</blockquote>

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