Posted by Lieutenant Wulf Baumann (Armory Chief/Incoming XO) in Shuttlebay - Mission to the Sphere

Posted by Lieutenant Naomi Locke (Sci) in Shuttlebay - Mission to the Sphere

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Alan Dysart (Comm Officer/Linguist) in Shuttlebay - Mission to the Sphere
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“Oh no,” Dal said, his body suddenly tensing. Then he pointed. “Raiders. From the City. If they take it we die.” Two small lighted dots were moving across the blackness of ‘inner space’ toward them.
- Wookiee

T’Leia looked where he pointed and frowned. Raiders? She stared at the dots, “Locke! What are those?” She asked urgently pointing. She moved quickly toward the away team. “Everyone, stay here together.” She said wondering if she should have brought more security with them, or MACO’s.

Commander T’Leia

They looked to be shuttle sized by virtue of the lights. To know for sure they’d need to be closer but they could in the viewing possibly pick out a second deck from the lighting.

Dr. Grey - CMO

Baumann looked and said calmly “Security. Defensive formation. Find cover and designate fields of fire. Set for stun. Do not fire unless fired upon. Commander, I recommend we find cover, perhaps some place to address these ‘raiders’ prior to an armed conflict?” and he looked at Dal and said “Where will the Raiders come into this area from?” The Security team began forming a box around the crew and assembled members of Dal’s tribe.

Baumann, AC

While Baumann was speaking T’Leia was looking around to see where the crew and the people with them might safely find cover.

Commander T’Leia

Dal replied, “They won’t come here. Not to us. They will go there,” He pointed to one of the two brighter dots that was one of the gravitic repulsors. “They will take that. And we will be pulled into the Pit.” The two dots were not, indeed, approaching the Sphere where they were at but were making a course for the repulsor. The remainder of the ‘family’ there edged into a close group. “In the last raid our sled/defense was damaged. It is not ready. My call only reached you. None of our allies/friends replied.” he visibly slumped. “We die.”
- Dal

Baumann looked at Commander T’Leia. “Commander. Rather than risk an armed conflict as we still do not understand the dynamics involved, I recommend we evacuate the people here. After all, we are answering a distress call. We can have the other shuttle brought in, perhaps with some Marine reinforcements should things become more… complicated?”

Baumann, AC

One of the two elders stood and said to Baumann. “We have a pod too. It does not work well. Not enough to fit all, but some. Not enough to keep us away from the pull of the Pit, but some. We may fit half of us in it. Half to die and half to live with you. As Elder I will lead those to die.” He was being perhaps a bit early in his presumption of dying, though he did bring up the other pod. Baumann too would realize that were they to call the Bonnie in or another shuttle it may not be swift enough. Swifter with the Bonnie certainly.

“I don’t know how viable it is to move these people, If there are more of them like the wee lass over there it’ll take some doin’” Rachel added quietly “Then of course we may not have another course of action.

Dr. Grey - CMO

Dr Grey could count that there were just under 30 in the room. They were all either looking out into space at the dots or at the away team.

Locke was about to comment, but she bit her tongue. Now wasn’t the time as she lifted from her seat and stepped closer to where Dal was pointing. Her eyes squinted hard at the small lighted dots. At this distance, her vision couldn’t provide her with details to indicate what they were exactly. It didn’t help her vision was less than perfect since she usually wore contacts or glasses on duty.

She was about to say something to her commander when she spotted the XO and Baumann in conversation. Deciding not to interrupt, her eyes noticed Dal’s crestfallen posture and came to rest beside him. She cautiously placed her hand on his arm in a comforting gesture her mother often used, resting on top of the bicep.

“My friends will help. Do not lose hope,” she wasn’t sure if her simple words would be easily understood since it wasn’t Vulcan, but she figured some things were universal.

Smiling, Alan moved over and said “She tar-tor her t’hylara dungi gol’nev. Ri tor pak-tor rok.” (Her friends will help. Do not lose hope.)

Dal was focused on the dots. By the movements and distance they had a short time but not a lot of time. It would depend on the means of the raiders to take the gravitic repulsor. He didn’t jerk when Locke touched him though after the touch was gone his other hand went to that spot. “Alan,” Dal said, though it came out more as Ah-lahn in pronunciation. “You alone came to my call. We thank you.”

“Ish-veh nam-tor ra etek tor. Ra etwel halitra tor tra’ na’, i tvai.” (It’s what we do. Why our fleet is here, I mean.)

After Rachel’s and Baumann’s statements, she moved closer to her team and decided now was the time to enter the conversation.

“I can’t tell from this distance what those two things are so I say we take Dal’s word over it,” she inhaled then continued.

“Right now, we need to figure how many individuals we need to move. Shuttles will only hold so many and I don’t think any of us want to lose more than we save. If we have more than we can load, we need to come up with another plan.”

She glanced at the small child nearest the CMO then sighed, “I think we should load up those in need of medical attention and can move without increasing their injuries first. With them out of the way, they are one less thing to worry about.”

-–ENS Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Stepping away and to a window, Alan watched the dots approach for a moment and then looked down at the phase pistol he had been provided. “Raiders. Etek ma tor prah si’.” (We have to get out.)

-Lt(j.g.) Alan Dysart, Linguist

T’Leia looked toward Baumann,”Baumann contact the Captain and apprise her of what’s going on. Tell her that those raiders are trying to destroy those structures and they are vital to the survival of these people. If the Bonaventure can stop them we won’t need to evacuate anyone.” She seriously doubted that they would have sufficient time to evacuate more then a handful of people.

Commander T’Leia

Baumann nodded and stepped to the side [O] Rescue Team to Bonaventure. Captain, Dal has identified incoming raiders. He says they are about to destroy critical infrastructure that keeps his people from falling into ‘The Pit’. Commander T’Leia suggests you intercept, if possible. I also recommend we prepare to evacuate those we can, Captain. The dangers here are palpable, and without knowing the complete situation, we are at a severe disadvantage. [O]

Baumann, AC
- Wookiee

Rachel did the math in her head. A shuttlepod could hold 6 people normally, they simply didn’t have the capacity to save anyone. At least not without making some tough decisions. Although she was trained to do her job under extreme stress but strategic or tactical decisions were beyond her capabilities. Instinctively her left hand touched her medpack whilst her right hovered over her baton.

Dr - Grey CMO

T’Leia looked at Dal and Alan, knowing Alan would translate for her if needed.”Prepare your people for evacuation.” Once the raiders were dealt with perhaps they could go back to their original job of fixing the machinery.

Commander T’Leia

“Dator kanok-veh tor sashalotau.” (Prepare everyone to evacuate.) Alan translated, not as much for Dal as for anyone else nearby who wasn’t as accustomed to T’Leia’s Vulcan. “Etek bolaya weht wak.” (We need more time.) he whispered, at this point speaking the language unconsciously.

-Lt(j.g.) Alan Dysart, Linguist

“Hopefully the Captain can stall them,” Naomi mumbled under her breath, too low for anyone else to hear her.

She immediately looked at her senior officers for guidance into what to do. There wasn’t much in her area of expertise to do, but she could still help with the evacuation. At Alan’s statement about more time, Naomi nodded then said in an equally quiet whisper.

“We need to do what we can right now.”

She inhaled then spoke louder, “So… who do I need to help first?”

–ENS Naomi D. Locke, Sci.

Baumann looked at Locke and said “Agreed, Ensign. If you wish to begin prioritizing those we need to evacuate first, it would save us a great deal of time and confusion.” He then looked at Commander T’Leia. “Ma’am, with your permission. I can take a small group of security officers and try to… delay… the raiders. We can always fall back to this location for defense.”

Baumann, AC

OOC: Okay now I can post as Gene has cleared up some confusion as I was having difficulty envisioning what were looking at so have not been very effective in giving orders due to that. This may change some of the orders my character has given up to now. Ok I have reread and have decided on a different course of action. Please note the different commands following. The Shuttle pod is equipped with a phaser cannon and a titanium hull, we will have to hope it is enough.

IC:

T’Leia had been listening to those around her and mulling over their available course of action and came to a decision. Deciding to act on what Baumann had suggested.
“Yes, Lieutenant. I think while Dal and his people prepare for the worst case scenario of evacuation you need to take the shuttle out to those raiders and try and stop them. Try communication first if you can but time will be short. You may need to restrain them first before being able to speak. Try to stop them without lethal force if at all possible but the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or one. You may need to be lethal. ” She took a deep breath as she finished this command. As a Vulcan she had been raised to be non violent but in a situation like this, lives were at stake. She could only make the most logical decision she was capable of.

Commander T’Leia