Posted by Civilian Eric Carlisle (Owner - Secret Securities) in Attack at City Center (OPEN TO ALL)

Posted by General Calvin Harris (Command General- Colonial Customs and Defence Authority) in Attack at City Center (OPEN TO ALL)

Posted by Civilian Molly Holloway (CEO - Holloway Industries) in Attack at City Center (OPEN TO ALL)

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Holloway? Was he referring to the woman headed his direction? Or was there another passenger by that name? Before he could answer, another voice sounded.

“Calvin!”

The name escaped her lips before she could stop it and she ran faster towards the wrecked shuttle. At first the knot in her gut grew stronger and then her brain kicked in. What was he doing on a HHI shuttle to begin with? And why did he wanted her out of there? Had he even looked in her direction long enough to see her?

It was only when she got closer to the shuttle that she saw what remained of the Holloway crest painted in the bottom of the craft. This wasn’t any shuttle. This was the family’s shuttle. The one her uncle used when…

Get Holloway out. Suddenly the words made sense. It wasn’t her… it was Lucas. Her uncle was inside the shuttle…

As she got closer to the shuttle, Molly ran her fingers next to what was left of the door. Turning to the man and the woman coming in to help, she could feel her training kicking in. As a former Starfleet Captain and an expert on survival strategies, she knew how to handle the wreckage. Her emergency aid, however, was limited to what first aid Starfleet had taught her.

Holloway waited for the other two to get closer before speaking calmly and clearly. “My name is Molly Holloway. This is my uncle’s shuttlecraft. There is an emergency manual override for the door here.” She tapped the alloy next to the door frame softly. “It’s our best bet to be able to get anyone trapped inside out. I am hoping it opens without any trouble. Once I open it, I have no clue what we will find, but I will need help taking them out of here.”

She seemed to be emotionally compromised though he couldn’t blame her. Normally he wouldn’t condone just anyone going about doing this, but he recognized the training. He decided to simply help and not make too much a fuss.

“Are you ready? In three, two, one…” Pulling out the small lever, Molly rotated it, effectively trying to activate the manual override for the shuttle’s door and get it to open.

Molly Holloway, CEO Holloway Heavy Industries

There was a loud pop and a hiss as the pneumatic systems that secured the door released. The door dropped back into the craft and, due to the lack of power to the systems, swung open slowly under its own weight. The inside of the normally spectacular craft, one Molly had ridden many times before, was destroyed and Crash Foam could do little for the occupants due to the inertia of a truly violent impact.

The CCDA General lay to the front of the cabin, his left arm and both legs appeared broken… though Molly had seen him far worse when they escaped the Jem-Hedar base years ago, he was still in rough shape. The other man, Holloway, lay toward the back of the craft… pinned beneath debris with a shard of metal speared through his right thigh. There was blood and the man looked unconscious but breathing.

Harris blinked hard and strained against the glare of new light, trying to focus… as it dawned on him who was coming through the door he looked momentarily relived then a renewed panic washed over him. “Molly!” He coughed then looked to Lucas then back at his partner. “Missile…” He strained. “… not… accident.” He coughed once more. “Emergency transport… they could… be back.” With that, Calvin Harris collapsed back, exhausted.

Harris/Condor

Eric clicked on his ear communicator, accessing the radio for emergency services. =/\=This is Eric Carlisle at the site of the crash. We have 2 seriously wounded here in need of immediate emergency transport to Sacred Heart.=/\= He hoped the transporter would activate very soon.

-Eric Carlisle, Owner of Secret Securities

Kristina, mindful of not having a clue how she could be useful, did as she had been instructed and stayed close, but also kept out of the way. Looking behind her, she saw other drawing in closer. That wasn’t good. She stepped towards them and held up her hand to them “Stay back! We don’t know the whole of the situation yet. It might not be safe. But if there is a doctor, we could use one!”

~Kristina Cosgrove