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Roger had been wandering a bit absentmindedly, looking at everything around. All of the sudden, the two women came into view, and he moved out of the way to where they wouldn’t see him.

Everything happened kind of quickly. Roger heard the captain but was a little too far away from the others to properly take any cover. Caught in the middle of the street, Roger stood like a deer in headlights. Not sure who might notice him first, the two women or the military looking types. Either way it was too late now. He was pretty much out in the open. Deciding not to flee, he stood his ground, slowly raising his hands, palms forward in a non-threatening manner.

-Roger Ferguson, CSO

“This newspaper helps. This article talks about the Northern Republic and Southern Dynasty having issues with each other. But it doesn’t exactly say why. The weather says it is supposed to be raining right now, and it’s not, so yeah, that was inaccurate, El.” He replied before the people showed up and the team hid behind the vehicle with the captain.

Lt. Sanks, Linguist

Still close to a vehicle, El ducked, but she did slide her weapon out. If they were humane, to use a probably outdated word, they would fire a warning sh …

The two women gave Roger a brief look, but then gasped in pain as a string of ballistic bullets rang into their legs. The two collapsed at Roger’s feet bleeding badly and scattering the boxes of food and clothing. “..ARGH AIIIEEEE!” Cried both women as the soldiers moved in on where Roger was fast. “..You!” Snapped the woman in charge of the group of 5 MAC-ARM soldiers. “..Get on the ground! Slowly or you join these fools in bleeding out on the ground!” She snapped.

GM CockRoach

Ari growled under her breath. Of all the things she didn’t want to happen…

.. ot .. El clenched her jaw, tense, coiled, and fingered the weapon. She could take them out and they deserved it and they could sort it out later. Shooting an unarmed woman and her mother and then implying they were going to let them bleed out and die. That was cruel; if they wanted to shoot to kill they could have done that and been more humane. Even a soldier wouldn’t do that for kicks.

She stood by for a moment. If they called for reinforcements, she would get her man free. Otherwise, she hoped they could talk their way out of the mess. Last thing she wanted was to stun locals inside of being on the ground less than an hour. But she also wasn’t going to let her man get taken into custody. Or worse, get shot.

Ari CO

Elizabeth mentally growled as well. Had she done something that wreckless, she had no doubts Baumann would leave her to the locals long enough to learn a valuable lesson on staying hidden. The worst of it was, he had actually been hidden when the Captain called for them to take cover. Why he found it necessary to remove himself from cover where no one could see him, to step into the road and throw his hands up, was beyond her. They all knew they were on a potentially hostile planet. For darkness sake, the entire planet was at war.

She shook her head and waited like a coiled spring for whatever the Captain ordered. She double checked her weapon was on stun and mentally measured the steps it would take to stun both military men. They’d have to drag them into the woods to keep them from being found, and the women as well if they couldn’t escape on their own. Then cover the dirt spot where blood had spilled… all the steps ran thru her mind as she waited with her breath half held, awaiting the order.

Elizabeth Security/Intel

She was ready to fire and made a quick glance at the Captain, but if she waffled El was going to fire. She’d not let them get away with that or hurt Roger. The women needed medical assistance. Yes she was particularly prejudiced right now, her sense of right scandalized.

• El, Eng

As soon as Rachel heard voices she fell on her knee and went quiet, it was instinct. Her hand reached behind her back and pulled out the baton and quietly extended it. When the Science officer raised his hand she grimaced, there was nowhere for him to go, and then that loud pop and the thud of a body hitting the floor. She barely stopped herself from running to the injured woman. Any other doctor might have made that choice but she was a trained combat medic, she knew when to involve herself in a potential combat situation and when not to. She looked to the Captain waiting for the go order, if it would come.

Dr. Grey - CMO

Another of the men moved up to Roger, shouting as he threateningly pointed his rifle at the man. “..You heard the Corporal! Get on the ground!” He snapped in an accented English tone. Meanwhile both women whimpered in pain and were bleeding out.

GM CockRoach