Wyltz Part 3: Decisions, Decisions...
The guy gives a signal and the guns lower. He holsters his. "We gotta lot of people running around and no one knows who is who."
He points at your wounds. "C'mon. We got medics this way. Our CO will come down and give you the what's up while you're being treated."
Sorry by the way about the overlapping threads. Should have given you a heads up.
There's a brief pause Tepha and then a woman's voice comes on.
"This is Jenna Howziter. I'm acting CO for Port Security.
"Your people got FUBAR'd by some snipers. They're being treated and should be okay. We just need you to give us a description of what they look like. We need to make sure they are who they say they are. I'll go down and talk to your Captain in a moment about what's going on.
"Do you have other injured? I can send a med team if you need one."
The medibay is treating the wounded rich old guy. He lost so much blood it's pretty much just keeping him alive. Parket's men suffered injuries of various degrees.
Thankfully the Pawny Paws are alright other than scared. Wait. Isn't one missing? And where's the guy who was filming everything?
Anyway, a med team could alleviate some of the current ongoing crisis Tepha.
Usually you get slapped Nero. But Ansley just nodded, shaking a little, and let you lead her to what you guess is an empty bed room. The room smells like reefer, but it seems whoever owns this place isn't home.
Ansley pushes against you. "Can you just hold me for a second? I'm still kinda scared." She glances up at you. "You aren't recording this, right?"
They set up a field clinic in one corner of a departure lounge. That's where they take you BB and Ledo
You are both tossed onto med cots and nurses cut away damaged parts of your armor or clothing to get at the wounds.
A doctor comes up, looking at the body scans. He points at you Ledo. "This one needs five units Fixenall. Let's get that right lung reinflated. Can't do anything about him being ugly."
The Doc leans over you BB "You got some shrapnel in your liver and pancreas. I'm going to numb you with a localized spine tap and send a bot in to extract. You'll be on Fixenall after that. So no fistfights for a while. After we're done I'll need you to get your ass out of my bed and walk if off." He nods at a nurse. "Let's numb her vocal cords before she starts saying anything bitchy."
Despite the bedside manner, he and his team seem to know what they're doing.
As the nurses finish cleaning up your wound and starting the flesh patch job Ledo, you look over and see a woman standing by your bed. She's got shoulders like a Marine and tats running up oneside of her neck. Ex military.
"I'm acting CO Jenna Howziter. You guys are the ones who took out the snipers right? Thanks.
"It's kinda suck on my part, especially with you and your partner there getting sewn up. But I got a lot of people about to die. So let's get to it.
"I don't know how much of the sitch you sussed out. But OLF infected the city systems with some kind of virus and set off some charges on the city dome. We're being flooded.
"Our pumping station that could clear out the water...or at least slow the rate...is off line. OLF cut off remote access to it. Because of the security on the pumps OLF can't just blow the pumps up. But they've isolated us from them. We can't get in to start 'em manually.
"The gravy on this sundae is that their virus knocked out not only most of the port systems but also most of the ships that were linked into port mainframe. There's only one boat that can fly at the moment. And I'm talkin' to the guy who's the captain right now."
She looks you in the eye Ledo
"I think it's kinda interesting that your boat's the only one that got off scott free from the virus. Normally, I'd wanna have a little discussion about that. But needs must when the devil drives. I've got other priorities.
"I want to save as many civilians as I can. That's my job. And I need some help.
"Your boat can lift off and blow open a hole in the elevator doors. I already know it's got that kind of firepower. So I'll let you out.
"But instead of you flying off I need to ask you to do something else.
"Your ship has fuel scoops. So it should be able to handle the pressure outside the dome. I want to ask you to go up the shaft, blow a hole in the side of it, go out into the ocean and around the side of the city. The pumps have an airlock built outside them. I want you to dock your ship at that airlock and discharge a security team. You can head out after you drop them off. And we're done with each other.
"You willing to work with me?"
Sorry for the long post. Lot to cover.
BB gets 3 HP back from the surgery. Ledo gets 4. They both get 8 points back from the Fixenall. Fixenall is basically temporary hit points. They will last for five days game time (assuming Ledo and BB don't get shot up again before then). Two of the temp HP are lost each day.
Questions?
