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“Section C?” William looked aghast at the very implication of the Commanders words. It seemed as if the Captain had indeed lost his mind, well what little there was left a dark thought cropped in. “Commander, Mwezi has nothing to shoot him with.” He said regaining his composure, stiffening even more than usual. He looked back at the rest of the team and gave them as good a neutral expression as he was capable of. Taking a step closer “I’m not certain that hitting the Captain was the right course of action, Ma’am” If he was at all conflicted he didn’t show it. Under normal circumstances, he would have ordered the Commander be placed under arrest for assaulting the Captain but the sequence of events was much too odd for him to make a decision on.

CSO

Keali squared up to Grey as best she could being considerably shorter than him and gave him a stern look. “It was a figure of speech Lt Cmdr, and your objections have been duly noted. Now unless you want to join Captain Pegleg on my bad side, I suggest you find a way to get us the hell out of here!” she barked. She felt awful for behaving so aggressively but she had to trust that the Captain had good reason for his order. As she glanced over to check on the Captain she felt a pang of guilt but quickly pushed it aside to keep up the ruse. “Anyone else have a problem?!” she asked sternly, raising an eyebrow.

William raised an eyebrow at the woman’s threat. Despite the fact that she was almost thirty centimeters shorter and probably around as many kilograms lighter she was more experienced and probably had been in a real fight unlike him. He felt a dark tingle in the back of his mind. Not now He thought to himself as he backed of. He opened his mouth to respond when the voice came again.

=/\= Test 9A has begun, subject 1 Beta and 1 Delta under observations, awaiting result =/\= It stated seeming more active with the sudden change in subject matter and flurry of activity.

As she felt the crew’s uneasiness and eyes on her she looked back towards Chris, hoping for further instructions.

Commander Keali (XO)

Will looked up then down immediately as something clicked, he finally made the connection between his superiors erratic behavior. He’d been so focused on the personality changes and punches and threats that he hadn’t noticed that he heard the previous announcement. ‘Test subject 1 Alpha Psychological profile updated’ How did he miss that. He didn’t dare go the aggressive route they seemed to be putting on, his advantage though was that a complete change in Psychological profile for him was as natural as breathing. With that, his posture relaxed, his shoulders loosened and he seemed to grow slightly shorter, although it was only in how he carried himself. Now he spoke “No Commander I don’t think they do” His Scottish brogue replaced with a southern drawl, equally as natural.

CSO

Looking at Keali, Reid said “Captain.” her proper title, being in command. “These two beams are the only things out of place. One runs hot,” he pointed to it. “the other runs cold. Maybe ventilation, maybe water. They have to feed and water these… things. There’s no guarantee of ship traffic to abduct. And somehow I doubt they walk through their own labyrinth. There has to be a duct somewhere.” He traced the beams to both their ends, looking for anything out of place. He had yet to catch onto the plan. All he knew was that this place seemed to be affecting everyone.

-Dr Alex Reid, CE

Mwezi glanced around, noticing everyone acting out of character. He usually thought through thing rationally, so why not act like the animal Kane thought he was? “Mwezi Smash!” He decided, running full tilt at the place on the warm beam that seemed like it might be the weakest and slamming into it.

Mwezi

Running into the beam did end up hurting since well it WAS some kind of metal, the moment he touched the warm beam and flopped onto his butt the computer intoned =/\= Temperature controls raised for testing group 2=/\= It said. Immediately the room was gushed through with warm air coming through high pressure slits in the corner of the large room a good 30ft above them on the ceiling, also felt was the room’s floor get a little warmer to far more comfortable standards. =/\= Test 7A complete, proceeding with next stage. Continuing Alpha and Beta subject testing mentality parameters..=/\= It said.

Nearby a door slid up in the left corner, evidently their way out to the next stage in this mouse in a maze test by their unseen captors.

GM CockRoach

Reid walked through the door alone. Perhaps he hadn’t picked up on the social cues, but his encounter with Captain Taggart left him in a somewhat solitary manner. Different from when they arrived.

-Dr Alex Reid, CE

Will watched Reid walk through the door “So is this the part where we follow or wait to see if something eats him” The Texan asked with a half-smile. Not giving anyone a chance to answer he shrugged “A where’s the fun in that, hey Vegas wait up” He moved to a half jog after the other Genious through the doorway.

CSO

Chris was still on the floor and now his left cheek was burning on the now hot floor.

Captain Chris Taggart CO

Taiya felt a wave of guilt as she saw the Captain on the floor but she knew she had to keep up the pretense, at least for the moment. Grabbing Mwezi and dragging him to his feet she dusted herself off. “Lets move out!” she barked. “Mwezi, kindly pick him up,” she added, nodding to the Captain. “We might need someone to use as a human shield…” she added as they made their way to the door.

Commander Keali (XO)

As Dr.Blaze heard That comment the XO made he had a small flashback of his life in school where the bullies hunted him and used him as a human anything. “ I hope you’re not serious of using us as human shields“ he said hoping she was joking.

Dr. Alexander Blaze (Engineer)

Mwezi growled feraly at Keali, but went to pick up the Captain. He was very light without his bionic limbs, and it was almost trivial for the alien to lift him.

Mwezi

“No worries Ensign” The jovial southern twang came from ahead of the group “If it comes to it I doubt anyone will have a chance to use any manner of body shields. Just hope ya’ll are fast on your feet.” The Scientist smiled as he walked backwards.

CSO

Blaze saw The awkwardness of having to carry the Capt. he pulled off his lab coat and started to rip it in a few areas. “ here use this for the captain” Dr. Blaze was able to make a carry sling out of his lab coat “I believe this will make things a bit easier having to carry the captain.”

Dr. Alexander Blaze (Engineer)

As the group proceeded through the door they had barely gotten through when the smooth metal surface slid shut behind them preventing them from returning where they had come from. The room they were now in was small perhaps 15x15 square or so and 10ft in height. It was an olive-green color in tone with an impression of another door on the far side across from them. The only other thing present as they entered was a square table upon which were several pieces of wood, stone, iron and such. The only device of more modern make was some kind of welding and hammer/nail like setup on the table’s edge. It wasnt removable nor did they have the means to take it apart, but it did work in welding a thin stream of blue plasma and worked on a hammer/nail set up on the other side.

So it seems they had the basic means of fashioning simple tools/weapons if they wanted. Which was soon answered by the unseen computer voice =/\= Test 6A has begun, testing group will if they desire fashion implements of their choosing from provided materials. Please state if this option wishes to be bypassed…=/\= It stated.

GM CockRoach