Either they had a hole we didn't know about and are dead, or they are waiting... Carricke, can you tell them to come out wth teir hands up and no weapo s, or we take them back to space for a short hot ride.

They might simply be in biosuits.

I'll radio the ship: Come out, hands out, and surrender peacefully, or you and your ship will be destroyed.

Are we certain someone is aboard? Could it be a decoy escape?

In reply to Carrick Teague (msg # 918):

The vessel was manoeuvring as it left the Cruiser, and the cruiser was blow to several bits soon after the Assault boat departed when the missiles hit, so there was someone aboard. However, with no power since it was hit, Communications systems are possibly offline.

Standard Assault boats do not have life support, so all occupants were possibly in suits before it was hit.

OOC- I'm having trouble visualizing this situation... from what you describe, we are going to have to go into the bay and open the air lock and use hand and arm signals?

Cyril, they know they're in our cargo bay. If they don't want to come out, telling them to do so is probably not going to change anything. And, of course, if they're dead, they can't. We're just going to have to get a look inside, I think.

[OOC: I'd like to send in my hovercart with four cameras on top, each pointing 90 degrees away from each other. Is that possible?]

Certainly OK by me... the Hovercraft that is...

In reply to Carrick Teague (msg # 921):

The ships boat bay is designed to snugly fit the ships boat, with the airlocks on both the ships boat and the Dastavka lining up perfectly when the boat is clamped into place. Rails slide out with covers to protect the boat once it is in place, and these are currently extended, but to work on the outside of the ships boat, one needs to withdraw these and Don a spacesuit.

Because the assault craft is a smaller version of the ships boat, it fits into the space with the covers extended, but the access hatches do not properly align. Hence the tight crawling referred to previously. Best way to gain access would be to withdraw the covers while landed and make a new access hole...

Setting up a Hovercart with cameras is certainly possible, and will probably take about 30-45 minutes to set up.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:48, Tue 29 Sept 2015.

Well, until I get orders or am needed elsewhere, I got no better place to be. If you want, Cyril, I can take over here with a squad of men while you help manage the rest of campaign.

[OOC: I'll call up one of the crew to bring up cameras and a hovercraft to begin setting up the "drone".]

The only issue is I am not sure how many are in there... might be a few, or maybe the whole crew ... I think we can send thre squads on to aid Duke...  we'll hold the rest until we know what we have... then release them to Duke as well. That should give us some 15+ armed men to use to control this mess.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 925):

"Of the original 20 ten man squads, Duke has three. If you keep three here, that still leaves 14 squads we could send to assist Duke..."

Well, Captain, we're down. I don't think there's reason to delay another moment sending in the reinforcements.

In reply to Carrick Teague (msg # 927):

"Right."

Turning to the Vilani sergeants she gives orders for 14 squads to depart immediately for Dukes position, while 3 squads are to secure the prioners in the Assault craft.

She also orders engineering to disengage all clamps holding the assault craft in place, enabling it to drop a few feet to the planets surface below the Dastavka once the troops are ready to secure it.

As long as we're planetside, I'd recommend posting forward positions around the ship and atop this hill we're settled on.

In reply to Carrick Teague (msg # 929):

"Not a bad idea. I will stay aboard with the engineering crew to control the turrets and make some repairs, but I will leave security in the hands of the security officer..."

In reply to Cptn Niki Maya (msg # 930):

Firing from the hill indicates that Dukes men have made contact with the enemy...Tanya and Mnwa launch in the ships boat to provide fire support while you can hear Duke giving orders to the rest on the ground through the radios.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:19, Wed 30 Sept 2015.

Capatin, why not take one squad and assist marcus in capturing the Vilani commander. I'll handle things here.

Second that proposal, Captain. Let's get our ride off the ground and away from hostilities.

"Captain, if we are in the air, we can support the troops more but we would also be a better target but we can also move and be a harder target. I would prefer that."

In reply to Carrick Teague (msg # 933):

"Ok, so if I understand correctly, we leave 2 squads to capture the crippled Assault vessel, with the rest under Dukes command, and we go pick up the Air Raft with the commander, right? I assume we take all crew members currently onboard for that?"
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 09:02, Thu 01 Oct 2015.

With all senior officers excepting the Captain and Pilot on the ground or laid up (Iliam), I volunteer to go along to take custody of the snarky ass who wouldn't surrender.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:35, Thu 01 Oct 2015.

I'll hold back one more squad and give Duke 13 of them...want to make sure I outnumber and out gun that assault craft... I'll also secure a supply (say 10-12) limpet mines in case they need encouragement to come out.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 937):

"Understood."

13 squads are promptly sent to report to Duke, while Cyril keeps 3 squads armed with limpits at the Assault craft. The Dastavka lifts off to collect the enemy commander.

With the limpits you have little trouble opening a couple of new entrances. With 30 troops surrounding the craft, you demands to surrender are this time met by a single officer, who asks to negotiate.

ALLOW HIM TO COME FORWARD Cyril commands

I will negotiate, but expect my demands to be driven by the governor's wishes.

Cyril has Captain Maya apprised of the situation on a secure link.

In reply to Cyril Zotmund (msg # 939):

"We demand a written guarantee that we will be returned to Imperial duties from the Governor."

I will relay your request... I can't grant that.

Cyril will relay to Captain Maya...