Posted by Vice Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Side Sim - Science Lab 1
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Heather slowly took a sip of her coffee as she looked around the mess that was her science lab. The porters had just dropped cases upon cases of equipment in the middle of the lab, even the tables were still stacked on top of each other and wrapped up. Not that she minded setting up her own lab, that would be great, but it would have been nice not to have an 8’ tall pile of containers, with who knows what chemicals in them, sitting in the middle of the room.

Letting out a resigned sigh, she found a clean edge and set down her coffee cup on it. First things first, she just needed space. Lab 2 wasn’t much better, but if she could at least get some room to get things laid out, anything had to be better then where they were today. Pushing up her sleeves, Heather grabbed the first case and started carrying it across the hall. 1 down, only probably another 100 to go.

Cmdr. Grace - XO/CSO

The Sojourner was currently quite empty overall across the ship. In total there was probably only about 9 of the expected 55 or so crew aboard, this including Grace. The ship was still mostly in low power mode but according to logs was fully serviceable and ready to roll. Once Grace had gotten some of the tables clear and packing foam and crates cleaned up the lab took more shape. All of the consoles were on standby of course small blinking lights here and there indicating the power switch or ‘resume’ switch.

It was as Grace would be pausing for a second in their work when suddenly the localized lighting flicked out casting her into almost total darkness........

GM CockRoach

When the lights went out, Naomi froze in place. Her eyes blinked and saw nothing. Immediately, her hand dipped down to her waist and her dangling trinkets jingled. Among them was the long handle of a torch. Her thumb pressed the button, the end illuminating the darkness into a familiar sight. A breath of relief pulsed through her lips.

She thanked a fellow officer for suggesting she keep one hooked to her belt.

It swayed from side to side, monitoring her surroundings. With a cautious step, she began to continue down the stretching hallway. It seemed like the outage was centered in the labs and anyone within risked being trapped unless they had a light source.

“H-hello?” Her tongue stumbled over her words, echoing off the walls and down the corridor.

The hairs on her neck rose as fear surged underneath her skin. Naomi paused and took a deep breath, forcing away the sensations.

“This is not a horror film. Stop being a baby.” Naomi chided herself.

-ENS Naomi D. Locke, Sci