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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 2018356" data-attributes="member: 515">From port engineering, Martha directs her sensors to scan the damage of the Marellia Landing (the long liner) and FS-57 (the freight shuttle). The long liner appears to have suffered severe damage to its bridge section and possibly the forward passenger section below. There appears to be a hull breach in the bridge section, and Martha winces as she sees the upper torso of a human go flying through a shattered bridge viewport. The forward passenger section appears to be holding, at least for the moment, and the passenger airlock on the starboard side appears to be undamaged. The long liner is thrusting away from the station and on a course that will likely cause the Marellia Landing to skip off the upper atmosphere. The long liner does have a slight clockwise rotation along its thrust axis. FS-57 appears to be quite crumpled along its starboard control surfaces and rear hull. Hull integrity has been breached. The freight shuttle is spinning madly off on a course away from the station and away from the planet. Martha relays that information to the rest of the crew. -----Vargas gets the Bray Keaven under way again and starts chasing after the Marellia Landing. There must be someone who has some control of the ship because the ship’s maneuver drives cut out, but her course does not change.-----Kevon notifies Fonnein Orbital Traffic Control and receives a reply, "Thank you for responding Bray Keaven. You have priority clearance to pursue the Marellia Landing. Be advised that our current course projects have Marellia Landing entering the upper atmosphere in 45 minutes. Cutter C13 can assist in removing survivors if needed."Cutter C13 is the cutter pacing the Bray Keaven.-----"Damn, Vasilii," Martha mutters under her breath as she spots the remaining cube sitting in port engineering. "This was supposed to be moved before we even began this flight." Then hearing that Vasilii is planning on moving the cube, she waits to start cursing his name any more.-----As the Bray Keaven closes, the crew takes turns suiting up, and Saro gathers his supplies. There are no communications from the crippled long liner.-----Ten minutes after the initial collision, Vargas has maneuvered the Bray Keaven close enough to start a docking approach. From the bridge, Kevon and Vargas can see a few frantic-looking passengers beating on the viewports. The passenger airlock does appear to be intact. Given its rotation, docking with the Marellia Landing will be a little tricky, but Kevon thinks that he can handle the task. Vargas isn’t so sure that he can.-----"Kevon, you guys are needed on the bridge," Martha says. "I’m heading to the airlock to help these people in, and direct them to a safe area. Lounge first, then cargo?"-----"Hang on a second, Ms. Smythe," Kevon responds. "I want to see if there’s a way to settle the liner down before we start transferring passengers. Stand by.""I could get my shotgun," Vargas says. "I find it very handy for close encounters. Oh, and does anyone remember what happen the last time we helped a ship in distress?"-----During the 10 minutes it takes to close with the Marellia Landing, Vasilii starts thinking. Seeing the long-range radio they used on Aleif gives him pause to reflect on that part of their voyage. The Keaven showing up with only Martha left alive. The cubes hidden away onboard. The bomb. Seeing all the people on Aleif either starving, afflicted with the disease, or both. There were so many, millions they said.The guy from the Bromley military delivering a cryptic message to meet an anonymous contact in town. The holiday outing. The KGL people being so determined that the crew on the holiday outing not make it back. The aftermath. They never found the smoking gun. And they’re pretty sure the virus came from off-world.Then the Oser. Then Aidan rears his ugly head. Says he followed us to Aleif, then back to Sentry. He knew the cubes were onboard. The cubes were put onboard, or given to the original crew, before the ship left Aleif the first time, by somebody who was infected — somebody who also had to go to a lot of effort to get it on the ship under those circumstances.They never found the smoking gun. They never found it. Maybe because we had it onboard the whole time?"No! Oh, no, no, no! Sonofa — We never searched Aidan’s room, or his computer!"Vasilii tries to raise Swann and Ian over the short–range radios. "Swann, Ian, this is Vasilii. I need to talk privately before you make the exchange! I repeat, BEFORE you make the exchange!" </blockquote>

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