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“Well, so much for containment,” Johnson muttered to himself as he saw the forcefield go down. A nearby blot blast caused Johnson to duck for cover again. He was not close enough to the other officers to hear what they were saying, although he assumed comms were still operational. The problem was they needed a plan. Give enough time for Hyde and Ang to do what they needed to do, while protecting both Earth from these aliens, and his ship from becoming collateral damage. Keeping the Drachin fighting each other was causing too much secondary damage to the ship. They needed more help.

=/\= Johnson to the Bridge. We need a way to contain these creatures for a longer period of time. Have you found any clue from the sensor readings? =/\=

-Captain Johnson, CO

“How can we help?” Cain asked as he came forward.

Treyarch, CE

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As the crew regrouped the two Drachin were at odds. One, the smaller one that had nearly been defeated earlier by the larger, was intent to keep on with its fight. The other, seeming to realize a problem with Hyde and Ang going through, was struggling to get past it to where the glowing circle of the temporal portal sat. One moment the larger pushed the smaller away and moved on to get to the portal.

Mostly there it was suddenly tackled by the smaller in a shower of energy. They rolled off to the side to tumble against a shuttle. “Alyss looked at the fight and pulled out her phaser. In the dim light she waved it at the security group there. “Unless you have other ideas,” she said, and fired at them - energy meeting energy and sending out a discharge that lit up the shuttle.

Wookiee

A reply came back from the bridge to the Captain:

=^=Captain, what are your thoughts on venting the shuttle bay into space? You and the rest of our crew would need to evacuate first of course.=^=

Johnson looked over at Alyss and the security team firing at the battling Drachin, which seemed to be causing more collateral damage without much change to the Drachin themselves… He thought sadly about his former security officer possessed by one of them, but now fully consumed that there probably was nothing left. There didn’t seem to any other options if Endeavour was going to survive long enough to deal with the Drachin.

=/\= Alert Starfleet Command of the change in plans, and give us a bit of distance from Earth. I’m not going to risk these things getting a banquet with Earth’s population. Let me know when Endeavour is in position. =/\=

Johnson then tapped his communicator again. =/\= Johnson to Security. Keep the Drachin distracted until I give the signal to evacuate the shuttle bay. =/\=

-Captain Johnson, CO