JR:
OOG: I'm moving things forward a bit...
IG: Naimh and Malcolm arrive at the government center foyer about ten minutes later. Having watched the team's helmet cams, she is able to quickly orient herself and find the remains.
While waiting, the team finds nothing of interest on the first floor. The lifts are inoperable without power, and the ground floor offices have been turned into quarters, with beds and such arranged in the spaces.
The living quarters are in disarray, with clothing and personal items (hairbrushes, cosmetics, and so on) strewn about on the floor. In what appears to be a makeshift kitchen, there are no food containers in evidence, although there are dishes and utensils scattered on the floor and counters.
Another room has a broken door, with several empty tables inside.
Naimh performs her examination of the bodies in the clinical and professional manner that would be expected, although it's clear by the look on her face that doesn't really like what she's seeing.
Finally, after taking a deep breath, she gives everyone her report via their comms.
"I found a total of 32 bodies here...men, women and children. They've been dead for at least a century...maybe even more, but I'd need to perform an autopsy on one of them to be able to be more specific." The doctor pauses, letting out a brief little sigh that the sensitive mic of her comm unit can't help but transmit.
"Apparent cause of death is via gunshot wounds, in all cases. They clearly tried to make a stand here, but judging by the relative positions of the bodies, maybe only around a third of them were actually capable of fighting back. A male and female near the back tried to shield the kids with their bodies...another couple seems to have died hugging each other...a adult woman laying over three teens...sh*t..."
The redhead then takes a deep breath as she tries to rein in her emotions.
Dial it back, me! It's not as if you didn't see stuff like this back home, once the food got scarce...
"Anyway, to my non-militarily-trained eyes at least, it looks like it was a 'kill everyone and take their stuff' sort of thing guys...and my overall faith in the nobility of sophonts in general just took yet another hit."