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The MACOs held off firing anymore for the moment, looking to Belmont. “..And how do you propose we do that?” One asked as he ducked under one of the lightning fast blob’s movements that went by his head.

Looking around Belmont could see a variety of tossed clothes, and uniforms. Smashed up more fragile things, PADDs, a hand scanner of late 22nd century design. Not much really stood out as being a container. The closest was one of the removable drawers on a cabinet......maybe that could work? The next question was how they chase it to her to trap?

GM CockRoach

V’alura seized the drawer and turned to the MACOs, “Can you alter the beam your rifles fire at all? Like reduce the power or alter the shape of the beam fired?” If they could reduce the energy output and increase the spread to turn a single beam into a cone of energy they could create a reverse net. If they fire the modified beams into the room and if their aim was just right, the one safe place for the blob to travel to would be right in front of her.

Lt JG Belmont, CSO

The turbolift door just up the corridor opened and Katie pushed the anti-grav cart into the hallway. LtJg V’alura and LtJg Belmont weren’t far away.

“I have four pairs of portable force-field projectors here that may be of some help,” she said. That was when she actually caught her first glance of a green blob. “If we can set some of them up at appropriate locations, we may be able to prevent whatever that is from getting out of the area.”

=/\= Ensign Katherine (Katie) Hobbes, Engineer

V’alura kept her gaze on the moving green blob, and oh boy she glad to hear Katie’s voice. “Katie! Perfect timing. Instruct these MACOs how to use those projectors then hand me one.” She gently tossed aside the drawer she was holding and began her mental calculations in how to best entrap their little blob of living jell-o. They need one person at the door to prevent escape that way. Another to the left by the air vent. Another possible escape vector. Then the remaining two could circle around the other side and their trap would be complete.

Lt JG V’alura Belmont, CSO

“One or two minor details to keep in mind. They have a three meter effective range. And I believe the forcefield is projected from one to another,” Katie said as she looked around the compartment. She pointed to the Synthesis engineer and then to the wall where the air vent was located. The engineer took two of the projector stands and began to set them up to block that exit. “If we put another pair behind us, we may be able to block off the door and the other half of the compartment. These are Synthesis projectors came from their storage and I can’t say how strong they are. We may want to double up on them. Or, perhaps, we could gradually push the fields in on bouncy green … friend. Sort of steadily reducing the size of the box we have it in.”

=/\= Ensign Katherine (Katie) Hobbes, Engineer

OOC: Sorry! I totally forgot to later reply to this!

While everyone was discussing on how to setup the emitters the green blob contained its speedy bouncing around the room. At one point it tried to make a dash for the door when it opened to allow the two new ark angel engineers to enter but it seems the blob’s angle of approach was off and instead it bounced off one of the MACOs armor plates back into the room.

The already quite small non-commissioned officer’s quarters were now even more tightly packed. Between the four emitters on a cart, Valura, Kath, Miz’uki, the two MACO NEs and the non-com who owned the quarters, PLUS them all trying to avoid getting hit by said blob to say they were packed in like sardines was probably a compliment to sardine cans everywhere. “..You know I don’t mean to hurry you strangers along but could we somehow contain this thing?! Before it somehow slimes my 150 year old baseball card collection?!” the NE said with annoyance ducking under another pass by the blob to avoid it hitting his head, only to bump into one of the MACO NEs.

GM CockRoach