In reply to Alis Syn (msg # 56):

The drone dropped into the shaft and "descended" down it, rotating so that the FLIR and LLTV cameras could get a look at what was down there.

Yuri, pulls the heavy vac suit out of it’s carrying bag and hands it to Alis. “Going to want this back.” The Earther holds up the bag for whomever is going to turn it into a carrier for the wounded man.

[Private to Alis Syn: Up to you if you hand the Heavy Vac suit over to Kattalin Zubiri]

[Private to Kattalin Zubiri: Putting this here in case you want to ‘decline’ wearing the Heavy Vac Suit as it imposes a -2 to Dex & Speed penalty. With Kattalin still banged up it will be a -3 to Dex & Speed for her.]

Kattalin gestures for Alis to hang on to at least much of the bulk of the suit while she gets in, there being no convenient rack to hold it up.  Her injuries are only somewhat detectable in what are clearly familiar movements making use of one kind of single piece garment or another but she doesn't rush the process none the less.  ”Wearing this will limit my mobility in gravity environments, but it should be a lot better than just my workout clothing if we encounter even a mildly hostile environment, at the very least the tool belt should be compatible with most sidearms.”

Alis looks her over, and clocks her wounds, and what she said.

"Nah, I got it then, we might need to beat feet in a hurry." She says with a radiant smile, tying the vac suit over her own back like a sweater, and to keep the legs from flopping about, ties them around her waist like...a sweater.
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Shinsato remained with Abang in case the man needed more blood for the procedure he was performing.

Hope continues along with the crowd, not having much to contribute at the moment but definitely wanting to get out of this place.

Dr. Kaos disconnects Captain Nguyen and the wounded man, swabs their needle holes with iodine, then bandages them quickly with gauze and self-sticking tape.  He holds the wounded man's arm to apply pressure and tells the Captain, "Apply pressure, wait two minutes before climbing down, you should be fine.  If you feel dizzy after the climb, let me know."

While doing this he's been watching the wounded man's vitals...

OOC:  Is he good for now, or do we need to tap someone else?

Those who peek at Van’s hand terminal can see that its takes a good five minutes for the drone to go down the ladder/shaft indicating that it is a few hundred meters.

The drone gets to the bottom of the shaft where there is an open vent grill that leads to a large server room. It appears this server room is near the outside of Eros, as computer servers, and the various wiring all appear to be designed to withstand the vacuum of space.

One of the Pur’n Kleen employees takes the vac suit bag (it’s basically a large duffle bag) from Yuri and cut one end open, and makes a pair of leg holes near the bottom on either side of the zipper.

Dr. Kaos, looks over the wounded man who seems stable for now. The man is still unconscious and will need to be ‘loaded’ into the makeshift carrier.

[Private to Dr. Abang Kaos: I think he's good for now. Will probably need to be checked over after the climb down.]

Abang helps load him into the altered duffel, then opens his emt bag and pulls out a short roll of EVA tape, meant for emergency "slap patch" repairs of EVA suits.  He uses it up reinforcing the bag and taping the man into it so he's secure.

"All right Yuri, let's get you loaded up, I'll come down after you and recheck him at the bottom."

Alis will go down the ladder after the drone has certified the area clear taking one of the other Pur-N-Cleen crew with her so they can help Yuri and his cargo when they hit the bottom, as well as have some guns up down there if needs be.

Clearly not surprised by the animosity from Earthers Kattalin still fails to suppress her cringe at the obvious mistreatment of important, if not particularly delicate, survival equipment.

Shaking her head to clear the image she turns her attention back to the screen of her hand terminal to examine the data the drone has sent them, looking for anything that might be helpful but letting the drone's owner keep control of it.

Thise watching the 'drone' feed see two men step in front of it. One man is of African descent, with unnatural looking golden eyes. The second man is of Hindu/Hispanic descent.

The African motions for the drone to follow him, leading out of the server room and across a hallway into a security station. The man then points to a video screen which and then flips through three different camera views of what is at the docks.







The African man then points to the armed individuals and makes a cutting motion across his throat.
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In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 68):

The drone bobbed up and down in an approximation of a nod. Then Van set it to hover.

In reply to Dr. Abang Kaos (msg # 63):

Van flexed and rubbed his arm. It felt fine. He was running on adrenaline like everyone else, so he doubted he would notice some minor discomfort.

"Thanks, Doctor. I will let you know if I feel uncomfortable."

He set his hand terminal to display the drone feed to anyone watching. "The shaft is clear. It leads to a server room, then a docking bay control room. Two men are waiting for us there. They seem friendly. There are CCTV monitors showing a heavy frigate with some battle damage and a smaller corvette gunship. No markings visible on either. There are four sentries on the docking bay main level. We saw six earlier so two more may be around. The two men waiting for us indicate they intend to take out the sentries. This sounds like an excellent plan. I shall go meet them now with Alis."

Whatever his physical state he needed to go now. He made sure the SMG was slung on his back and began climbing down the ladder.

"Alis, when we get to the control room please let me go first." At this point they couldn't be choosy about their allies, and he decided to take a chance and trust the strangers. They seemed to be of a like mind and they did not have time for distrust.

Alis nods at Van. "Ok."

Kattalin looks up from watching all the same feeds and doesn't seem to have a different plan in mind, when it comes her time to follow down the ladder with a gun she does offer some addition to those following later.  ”We can work together, or get eaten by whatever the zombies are, or die somewhere in between.” Then she drops quickly down the ladder, retaining her hold on it but taking advantage of the light gravity.

Van followed Alis down the shaft.

Kala managed to keep her panic under control as they started down the shaft again.

"The smaller ship looks undamaged," she notes. "That should be our first choice."

If we get any choice at all, she adds silently in her own mind.

As Alis, Van, Kattalin and Kala head down the ladder shaft they quickly realize it’s going to be a long climb down and flange down the shaft, even in 0.3 G will be fatal.

OOC: those that went down the shaft will have access to another thread.

OOC:  Just waiting on Yuri to go down the ladder so we can follow him.

Yuri waited a bit before going down himself. Beginning his climb he looks at the others, not really sure who to address directly and makes an announcement. “I’ll come back for the old woman”
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"I will come down shortly after you, to tend to him while you assist Mrs. Shinsato."

Abang waits to give him about five meters of clearance before he carefully begins down.

Nguyen makes a group call.

"All clear down here. They are friendly. Please come as soon as you are able."

Shinsato will assist in getting his mother and her care provider safely down the shaft.

It takes a while, but Yuri returns with an empty backpack carrier. Ms. Hirotsugu, who is clearly unable to climb down herself due to her age is loaded up into the backpack and Yuri begins to transport her down the ladder/shaft.

Everyone else makes the long climb down without any problems.

OOC: I will add everyone here to another post shortly.