S'Krllk fiddles with his body comp and states the obvious, "These systems are all shut down, we won't be getting any readings here."

"Readings for what?" the older Vrusk asks.  "Are you part of the investigation team?"

"indeed we are. I hope you have not overly tampered with the scene." kri'lik hoped he could keep the officials talking and not thinking to much. "tell us what you know."

The Vrusk pauses as if contemplating.  "You are too late," he says.  "A relay device was already discovered in this room.  But it could have been left by anyone.  Vrusk technicians pass through here all the time."  Then he looks at your non-Vrusk companions and corrects himself.  "Well, almost anyone," he says in a tone of disapproval.

The other Vrusk says, "We need this equipment up and running again in one hour so we can broadcast the news and situational comedies."

"For them to get their aggressions out because of, well, the riots," the third Vrusk says apologetically.

The older, more prejudiced Vrusk says, "If you can find the person who sent it or give us some assurance in the next hour that our broadcasts will be safe, we can reward you.  10,000 credits can be arranged."

Hammer steps up and says, in a monotone, robotic voice, "10,000 credits to do our job is very generous.  Where do we begin?"

The Vrusk looks with unabashed prejudism at Hammer and then answers, though he speaks to Kri'lik and S'Krllk.  "The relay device has been taken by police, but it had to relay to somewhere?  Where?  And who?  You can review security cameras over the last 24 hours if you want, but that won't really get you far in an hour.  S'Limmk has been reviewing the tapes in Room 240, and security is checking everyone leaving the building.  The police took the relay device to Room 165, our security room, and are examining it there.  Meanwhile, all non-Vrusk are being rounded up and interrogated in Room 175 if they were in the building at all in the time prior to the broadcast."

That last comment probably explains the security figures you noticed rounding the corner a few minutes ago.

"Like we said," says the second Vrusk to everyone, "We only have one hour."

The third Vrusk looks at his watch.  "Well, technically, we have 68 minutes."

OOC: So potential options are go to room 240, room 165, or 175.  An approximate timer will begin below.


68 Minutes

In reply to GM Heath (msg # 110):

"Perhaps the tapes would be a good place to start sir?" Desiraye says to S'Krllk & Kri'Lik.

"Excellent choice technician. For a human you occasionally show a but of intelligence."

You go to room 240, which is a small, dark office.  When you knock on the door, a female Vrusk opens it.  She introduces herself as S'Limmk and asks how she can help you.  The video equipment in her office and the four monitors show you that she has, indeed, been reviewing a lot of video and taking notes.

Desiraye bows her head to Kri'Lik, "Thank you sir, I do try to please."  Desiraye then steps to the side of the door when it is opened to let her two Vrusk 'bosses' enter before she does.  Desiraye will stand to the side until addressed with her hands behind her back.

S'Krllk works his bodycomp, scanning everything he can through the CAS interface. Otherwise he follows Kri'lik wordlessly.

"Greetings S'Limmk, we are here as part of the official investigation. Tell us what you know so far. My team and I expect your full cooperation." Not waiting for a reply the professor motions the rest of his team into the room and to begin working at whatever they can.

S'Limmk says, "But...I...they said..."  She sees the non-Vrusk in your party and ignores Kri'lik.  "They sent me here because I know the most about the non-Vrusk cultures and peoples and thought I could help the most in identifying the culprit."

She talks directly to Desiraye in Pan-Galactic, "Female woman human, I greet you with...sincerity...no, that's not it ... satisfaction ... no ... uh ... alacrity?  Is that the word?"  She makes an awkward bow and holds out an insectoid Vrusk hand as if to shake hands.

She also notices Hammer and says, "I do not know your species.  Are you machine or self-aware?"

She looks at Kri'lik as if bored with the typical Vrusk attitudes.  "I found nothing so far.  But I've only had a couple hours.  There are about 16 hours left of video to scour, and I'm just one person.  I don't know why they didn't send more."

Kri'lik frowns as the Vrusk ignores him. "I see that you are a bit more open minded about other races then others are. This its good, as our team its very different then you are used to."

She says to Kri'lik, "So what do you need?  I've looked at 2 out of 18 hours, but it's kind of hard to go through it all as just one person, even though I've got four screens here."

Desiraye smiles and nods her head to S'Limmk and extends her hand so she return the shake, "Salutations would be adequate ma'am.  A simple 'greetings' would also be acceptable as well if you find yourself looking for a word.  I hope I am not overstepping myself here sir but, perhaps we could assist S'Limmk with her job if you haven't already thought of that sir?"  Desiraye is of course talking to S'Krllk and awaiting her bosses instruction.

S'Krllk bows mid-torso, and attempts further scanning with his bodycomp. He is trying to figure out why the broadcast equipment is non-functional, so that it can be repaired.

The equipment is all functional. It is just undermanned.

She says, "Look, if you are here to help me, we can do this quickly if four of you watch the monitors.  Touch the screen when anyone enters the room, and a readout will appear on the person.  I can then check the person's background and potential to be a suspect while you continue searching.  If we do that, I think we can get through all the tapes in about a half hour, if we play them through at a high speed."

She looks to you for confirmation.

"lets do it." Says kri 'lik as he pulls up a chair and motions for the rest to do likewise.

Desiraye will step up to the monitors and wait further direction from her two Vrusk companions.

S'Krllk steps up to a monitor and begins his search.

OOC: Sorry for the delays.  Had to go on an impromptu business trip.

You sit down and help with the search on the monitors, breaking down what would otherwise be a long search into about 30 minutes.  The Vrusk employee wonders aloud during the process why she wasn't sent more people to help.  "Do they really want me to find the answer?" she wonders.

You catalogue all that pass by the control station, touching each as they enter the room.  The screen then pops up their name and personal details, and S'Limmk cross checks them in her database to see who could potentially be suspicious.

You notice that she does not give you the names of any Vrusk, but instead the following potential suspects:

Kirscht:  This is a human female who has a criminal record for theft.  She normally lives in Jedsis, but visits Quazzt occasionally to visit her ailing grandmother.  You get details of her domicile.

Blirdor:  This is a dralasite, known to be a prolific gambler and one who is unusually successful.

She does also tell you something about a Vrusk executive, Semoins, who showed up as one of those in the control room.  Semoins, she says, was also among those quarantined with you.  He is part of the Clik A'qat trade house, which manufactures glass.

Desiraye watches S'Limmk catalog all of the people in and out of the area and tries to ask her very humbly about not adding Vrusks to the list.  "With all due respect S'Limmk but, shouldn't all of the names be included?  Forgive me if I'm speaking out of line."

S'Limmk says, "Yes, but I'll get in trouble if I do that.  But that's why I gave you Semoins.  We should use discretion in implicating a Vrusk, so I gave you the only one I think could be a suspect."

Desiraye tries to remain humble to the female Vrusk as she replies.  "You said it yourself ma'am, 'Do they really want me to find the answer?'.  This is a volatile situation here and people need the true answers no matter how hard that may be."

She turns to S'Krllk & Kri'lik, "Forgive me if I've spoken out of place sirs.  Just trying to help."