Van, Sancho and Yuri easily make the short 2 meters space walk from the Stealth Gunship Ba'al to the CV Svetalana.

Possessing the command codes of his own ship, Van opens the outer crew airlock and then guides his drones in. He then cycels the airlock, giving the drone access to the second deck of the vessel (operations). Here all of the monitors are dark, and the deck is very much unoccupied.

[Private to Nguyen Van Loc: The vessels CPU core is located on Deck 2: Operations

The weapons locker is on Deck 3: Crew quarters.]

OOC:

CV = Civilian Vessel, the nomenclature is seen in some of the flatscreen read out in the show.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 1):

Holding his position, he checked to make sure the drone was functional.

"Have effected entry. Holding here. Drone making a recce forward to command deck. Then back-tracking drone to check crew and engineering spaces."

He guided the drone up.
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Sancho waited to see what the drone was able to find. He covered forward with his weapon should anyone have been alerted to their position.

"Lets see if anyone is home ?"



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"Shall I?" said Yuri, reaching for the internal air lock controls.

Van’s drone enters the from the crew airlock located on deck two and ventures into the Operations deck. This deck is empty, and the only monitors/readouts that are on are those with life-support data, which indicate that the cabin pressure is at one PSI and there are acceptable oxygen levels.

Guiding the drone up the stairwell/ladder to the Flight Deck shows that it is empty as well.

The next deck down, beyond Ops is the crew quarters, and the hatches leading to the quarters themselves are closed, which the drone is unable to open as they are an older design that have to be manually opened.

[Private to Nguyen Van Loc: Your ship’s armory is located on the Crew Quarters deck]

The next deck down, the Galley deck, is empty but nothing seems amiss. The appliances are off, and none of the food storage lockers are open.

Beyond the Galley deck is the ship’s cargo hold. Here there is something amiss with the cargo airlock. Both the inner and outer airlock doors are open, and the drone can see the passage way the leads directly into Eros Station.

OOC: Going to leave it here as the open airlock hatches are a clear indication that somebody came onto the ship.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 5):

Recalling the drone, Van transmitted the feed to the Valentina.

said, "it looks like someone broke into the ship via the cargo locks. Entered via the loading bridge. Unable to check passenger quarters with drone. Goes without saying: remain suited up on independent air.

"Plan is to proceed to quarters. Will manually lock door from outside. Then determine if quarters are occupied. Maybe we can hold them inside while salvaging. After, determine if trespassers infected. If not, offer chance to evacuate on Valentina."

Sancho watched the drone feed as well and when  it was over he gave the thumbs up that he was ready to clear the ship. He ran through the drones route in his head as they prepared to move off.


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Sancho, Yuri and Van enter the CV Svetalana. Van leaves his drone to monitor the open cargo airlock hatches.

Although already done by the drone, the three visually clear the Operations Deck (deck 2 on game map), and Flight Deck (deck 1 on game map).

Moving down to the Crew Quarters (deck 3 on game map), the three see the four hatches leading from the center of the ship to the crew quarters themselves are closed.

[Private to Nguyen Van Loc: After making your statement of someone breaking into the ship you realize that there is no obvious cutting damage. This indicates that whoever opened the cargo airlock hatches had some good technical skills to bypass the electronic lock, or it was a member of your own crew.

The real oddity was that both the inner and outer airlock hatches were open. This was only time when cargo was being on/off loaded.]

OOC: Do not forget that the game map for group 3 has the deck layout of the ship.

"Suggest check each door turn by turn," said Yuri, pointing at the 4 hatches leading to quarters.

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 9):

"Yes. Is good plan.

"No sign of tamper on cargo locks. If someone present, suggests advanced technical skills to effect entry. Could be very useful in unlocking critical systems on both ships.

"Do not kill or injure if not infected."

He considered transmitting more information to the other ship but decided to wait until they had more information.

Van stacked himself up behind Yuri.

The three men begin to clear the crew quarters of the CV Svetalana, and start with the starboard side crew quarters. Van is able to access and unlock each of the hatches into the individual rooms. The starboard side is unoccupied and it doesn't appear that they have been ransacked. But then six old (but serviceable) vac suits and helmets there isn’t much in terms of value other than personal effects.

The port side crew quarters contain a larger cabin which Van indicates is his own quarters. There is also walk-in armory. Van opens up the armory which has an auto rifle, a semi auto shotgun. Tactical vests preloaded for both of these guns; a third tac vest preloaded for a anti-material rifle. In a backpack is a broken down anti-martial rifle. There are also four pistol belts. While there are storage slots for 8 pistols, only one is present.

Stuff from the starboard side crew quarters (will take a few trips to transfer over)

• 7x vac suits w/helmets (will need to be stuffed into their respective carrying bags)

Stuff from the walk-in armory (will take a few trips to transfer over)

• 1x 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol
• 1x AKS-74U style auto rifle (5.45x39mm)
• 1x tactical vest w/six 30rd magazines for the AK, drop holster for a pistol, and w/two magazines of 9mm ammo and 2x flashbang grenades
• 1x Saiga-12 style shotgun
• 1x tactical vest w/two 8rd magazines of buck shot, one 8rd mag of slug, one 8rd mag of ballistic gel slugs for the Saiga, drop holster for a pistol, and w/two magazines of 9mm ammo and 2x flashbang grenades
• 1x Zastava style anti-material rifle (broken down and in a backpack)
• 1x tactical vest w/six 10rd magazines for the Saiga, drop holster for a pistol, and w/two magazines of 9mm ammo and a drop pouch that contains a bolt gun to secure the rifle to a deck.
• 4x pistol belts with drop holster for a pistol, w/two magazines of 9mm ammo, and 2x flashbang grenades
• 1x large case mixed ammo with 286rds of 9mm ball, 20rds of 5.45x39mm, 34rds of buckshot, 17rds of slug, 12rds of ballistic gel rounds

[Private to Nguyen Van Loc: If you want you can give me a list of personal effects Van can toss into a backpack.]

Sancho looked over the equipment and given no one else had raised their hand he took the AK and the associated vest. He also took the 9mm pistol and deposited it onto the vest as well as a couple of extra 9mm mags for a total of four on the vest and one in the gun.. "Are we moving this back now or leaving it until the op's done ?"

He asked as he grabbed a couple of extra grenades.


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OOC/FYI: Van's character is probably going to want the AK. It's his character's ship, and he made all the rolls to determine what kind of guns were still onboard. The one thing he wanted was an AK.

Also, each vest & pistol belt already has 2 flashbangs and 2 9mm mags (for GLOCK style pistols). They are made the be worn over a vac suit, or without a vac suit.

OOC: Sancho will take the shotgun then. Cheers.


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In reply to Sancho Castro (msg # 12):

Holding out his hand for the AKSU, Van nodded in thanks as Sancho handed it over and grabbed the Saiga. He smiled as he looked down at the old weapon clearing it. "Is heirloom, been in family for many, many generation. Brought from Earth.

"Priority is transferring Oh-Two. Gear like vacc suits and comms equipment can go over with food and supplies, same time as atmo. Then transfer water, and last PDC ordnance."

After getting some additional firepower, the three move down to the galley deck. This deck doesn't appear to have been tampered with either and has food ration packs for 7 people for 20 days (140 total).

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Moving further to the cargo hold is where things finally appear out of the norm. Van's drone is patiently waiting. But both the inner and outer airlock hatches are wide open, leading to a long hallway. This hallway leads to customs, and then the casino level of Eros.

The hatch leading to the long ladder well down that leads to engineering is also wide open.

"Sloppy," said Yuri.

A warning is heard over the ad hoc comms network.



The good news is there are no infected seen outside the open airlock hatches.

But the bad news (which isn’t all that bad) is that the open airlocks lead to a ‘T’ intersection, so one would have to exit the airlocks and look left or right to actually see if there are infected coming.

"Maybe to close the doors, good?" asked Yuri, looking for the airlock controls.

"Or send drone to look?"

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 19):

They had some useful weapons, but they did not have a chance to yet transfer supplies and air. Water and cargo were secondary. With the cargo door sealed at least the infected couldn't get in. Assuming there weren't infected in here already.

"Yes, will secure cargo lock. Will send drone down into engine room.

"If situation hopeless, will abandon ship with what we have already."

With that, he began sealing the cargo lock.

Next was to send the drone down into the cargo bay.

OOC: Is there a way to vent the pressurised cargo gangway so that it's in vacuum? That is, so people can't easily use it to access the ship? Worse comes to worse, shoot it full of holes and then close the cargo lock? The pressure doors connecting the cargo locks to Eros would seal on the station end to prevent pressure loss.

Sancho helped close the cargo lock and then resumed covering them as the decision on what to do next was made.

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Sancho activates the controls to close the inner and outer airlock doors. After they are closed, Van depressurizes the airlock itself to create a barrier between the CV Svetalana and Eros. He also locks the outer and inner airlock hatches. These actions wouldn't completely prevent someone from getting onboard, but it would take them time, and those currently onboard would have plenty of warning someone was trying to access the ship.

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The drone is sent down the ladder to engineering. As the CV Svetalana was designed as a container ship, the ladder runs the length of half the ship.

Upon getting to the small landing that has a further hatch to engineering, Van sees that the hatch to engineer is open....

Sancho watched the screen of the drone over Van's shoulder. "I'm hoping we don't have to go down there." he said.


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In reply to Sancho Castro (msg # 23):

Van looked thoughtful.

"We may need to. Will send drone to check."

He sent the drone down to take a look.

Van guides the drone down into engineering, and immediately sees something is amiss on the video on his hand held. If Yuri and Sancho peer over Van's shoulder they too see the same thing.

An infected person is attempting to open the hatch that leads into the reactor compartment. Instead of trying to pull the handle upward and spin it to open the hatch, the infected person is just banging on the hatch.

[Private to Nguyen Van Loc:
The infected person is one of the members of your crew.

The analog pressure gauge on the reactor compartment hatch shows there is zero pressure on the other side.]
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"Best to go deal."

Yuri readed himself.

"Anyone else coming?"

Giving a shrug Sancho will get up and prepare to go down into the bowels of the ship.


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In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 25):

He showed them the drone feed. A crewmember was banging on the reactor compartment hatch in a rage-filled and disorgansied fashion, ignoring the manual hatch wheel. Not that this would do any good; the drone zoomed in and showed the pressure gauge showed the reactor compartment was completely depressurised.

Van transmitted, "Be advised. One infected. Crew member. Her name is Tuyet. Navigator. Obviously infected. Confined to engineering for now."

He said to the others, "suggest we seal off engineering and leave Tuyet in there. No technical reason to access compartment. Water and air tanks are sealed. No chance of contamination unless tampered with. And Tuyet is... distracted. Not thinking clearly enough to do so now. If contamination will happen, has already happened. Betting it has not. Once engineering is sealed, will commence O2 transfer. Then water."

Yuri stopped in his tracks.

"Safe to leave, for time being, anyway?"

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 29):

He nodded. The infected in the ship was isolated. The infected outside were also blocked off. Van felt a little sad for his crewmate and friend, although her presence did explain why the cargo locks were wide open. He transmitted,

"Roger. Will keep eye on her. See if she tries to tamper with water or oxygen. Keep a watch on her, please."

He set the drone to back off and park but keep her in view, shutting off any lights and basically making it look like it was inert.

Continuing to Yuri and Sancho, "Let's start transferring food, supplies, air then water. Have some personal effects and gear I'd like to take."

"Shit you don't have to tell me twice not to climb down that bloody ladder." Sancho will wait here until someone tells him to do something useful.


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With Van's drone now locked in engineering, and monitoring the infected crewman, the three head back up to the Operations Deck to begin the O2 and H2O transfer.

Van has no issue opening the hatches that contain the transfer hoses of his own ship. The only question is where are the corresponding hatches on the Stealth Gunship?

OOC: You guys still around?

Sancho locked off the last of the tubes ready for the transfer to begin and then he waited with his weapon at the ready as they tried to find where they went on the other ship.


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"What need you me to do?" asked Yuri.

Van prepped for the transfer of atmosphere and water between vessels. Yuri and Sancho could handle this for now.

There was a quantity of food and other consumables from the galley and storage lockers. He made a mental note of what they could take.

As he did so he gathered the case with the anti-material rifle from the armoury, piled it by some cases containing special comms equipment that might help them communicate in a more secure manner and at more long-range than the suit radios. If they could they could jet it over on AMUs (Auxiliary Maneuver Units) that could be used as backpacks to boost suit maneuver and range, or semi-autonomously as small sleds to transport gear and cargo.

Hearing the radio call he replied.
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Van scanned the open frequencies, searching for the signals Alyn had advised him of.

Van doesn't see anything broadcasting on the frequency he was given, but if he himself broadcasted on that freq it is a sure bet someone would hear it.

Once they were locked up and tired away Sancho conformed they had a good lock before the transfer began and then it was a matter of waiting and watching.


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Those on the CV Svetalana who are watching the external monitors can see a battered repair skiff come out from behind a ship on the other side of the dock. It maneuvers to the mid point of the empty space int he dock and stops.

The repair skiff is about 8 meters long, and 4 meters in width. It is mostly painted in a black and yellow checkerboard pattern that is marred in places where pieces of the hull has been replaced or where there are maintenance panels. Along the sides of the vessel in red lettering is its designation: ESRS-328.

"Is maintenance work-bee..." muttered Yuri.

"Not armed. But occupants could have weapons..."

The next thing seen on the external cameras is a person wearing a vacsuit coming walking on the of the ship in front of the CV Svetalana. The person makes a short 'hop' to reach the CV Svetalana's hull and with her hands raised approaches the ships airlock.

"You want I go greet them?" asked Yuri.

"Roger. Receive our visitor. Admit to Svetlana. Until quarantine is established are to remain in isolation in vacc suit."

He continued with clearing out the arms locker, comms locker, and policing up personal effects.

Yuri goes down to the airlock to invite the visitor in. He directs them to leave any weapons in the airlock, cycle it and come in, but to remain in their vac suit until otherwise directed.

"Welcome to the Svetalana. I am Yuri, you?"

Sancho follows Yuri down and covers him at the airlock as the visitor arrives.

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Yuri and Sancho watch the person enter the airlock. As she turns around with her hands up the two men can tell that the belter woman in the vac suit has no obvious weapons. Her vac suit does have various pouches and whatnot containing items to conduct maintenance in a dock, some of which could be used as a blunt weapon. The face with in the helmet is that of a young woman, in her mid to late teens, maybe a bit older than the Belter girl they left piloting the same ship, but not older than twenty.

Yuri doesn’t see any of the brown goo that the infected people in the casino were spewing on other.

[Private to group Belter Creole: “Ashli Hachem, the rest of my family is on the repair skiff.”]
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Sancho turns to Yuri and asks "OK how are we going to do this ? Let her go back out and bring the family in or do we go and help ?" he made sure the intercom was off before he asked.


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"I go, you stay here," suggested Yuri.

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 49):

"Ok I'll let her know." he presses the intercom button again "Someone's coming out to get your family, stay still while he does this."



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"OK."

Yuri checked his suit thoroughly before stepping into the airlock and cycling it. He engaged his magnetic boots and stepped out, making his way towards the work bee.

"All right, I'm coming to lead you aboard, OK? Put your suits on and check they are sealed, then come out. Tether yourselves together if you can. Then I can hook on to you and lead you back safely. Do you understand?"

As Yuri steps past the girl in the airlock she states in English to Sancho "No one there has vac suit."

Yuri steps off onto the hull of the CV Svetalana, and makes a short zero G hop to the hull of the repair skiff.

[Private to Yuri Ivanovich: Peering inside the airlock of the repair skiff, Yuri sees a total of six people, none of whom has a vac suit on. Of the six people two are adults (a man and woman), two teenagers (boy and girl), a little kid that' can be more then five years old, and the adult woman is holding a baby.

With no vac suits (the girl wasn't lying), it's clear there's no way he's going to be able to get everyone on the repair skiff to either the CV Svetalana or the Stealth Gunship.

Of course, it's not like the repair skiff can't dock with another ship, although the angle of the CV Svetalana's crew airlock is at an angle that makes docking impossible.]

"OK We have problem... this ship, has he lock or bay where I can bring the workbee... Nobody has spacesuit."

Yuri reviewed the ship in his own mind. It couldn't dock with the airlock he'd just come out of, the angles were all wrong.

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 53):

"Wait one. Will check."

He opened the emergency lockers to see if there were any surviving rescue equipment that could serve here.

Sancho would also help with getting any rescue or vac suits ready to be handed over.


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Van goes back down the crew deck with Sancho in tow and begins grabbing vac suits from his (former?) crew's individual lockers. Seven crew meant there were seven vac suits available.

The vac suits are of course of Belter manufacture, with longer arms and legs then those made for Earther's or Martians.

"If available suits too big, find straps, bundle people up inside," said Yuri.

As they moved back to the airlock with the suits, making multiple trips if he needed to he asked "What do we do if they are infected with this bio weapon ?"



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In reply to Sancho Castro (msg # 58):

"Refugees are admitted into Svetlana airlock. Put on vacc suits there. Understand that taking off vacc suits will result in deadly force. Remain in vacc suits until notified. Spacewalk from Svetlana to Valentina. Will set up quarantine on Valentina as soon as practical."

"Nyet. Refugees need suits to come from workbee to ship. Instruct to remain in suits, da," Yuri corrected before setting off for the smaller craft carrying as many suits and webbing straps as he could manhandle.

Once there, he cycled the lock and gave the refugees the suits, showing them how to use the straps to make the suits fit at least well enough for the wearers to shuffle along.

"Once aboard our ship, stay in suits after lock cylces, da? Quarantine precaution."

After however many trips it took to get all the suits over and get the refugees dressed, Yuri led them back to the Svetlana, tethered together to ensure nobody drifted off.

OOC: Don’t forget about letting those on the smaller stealth ship your plan.

In reply to Yuri Ivanovich (msg # 60):

"Roger. Will advise crew aboard Valentina."

He switched to the suit-to-ship channel.

OOC: Posting this in both threads.

Yuri brings over the spare vac suits to the repair skiff (aka work bee) and places them in the airlock. He waits there, hanging onto a hand hold ready to assist in the personnel transfer. To facilitate this, the skiff’s pilot retracts crafts the work arm and uses the maneuvering thrusters to get close to the CV Svetalana.

Meanwhile, Van and Sancho transfer the supplies the can into the crew airlock of the Ba’al (i.e. the small stealth ship). They then prep the larger cargo airlock to be a quarantine area for those on the work skiff by leaving ration packs and water for seven people for a few days.

Although a strip search is suggested such a thing would be a bit demeaning if done by a trio of men when four of those being transferred are female (2 adults, a teen and a preteen). Thus, this step is skipped.

Over the comms, Shasa declares that with an infected person on the there will be no transfer of air and water from the CV Svetalana to the Ba’al. She passes on that in conferring with Shinsato that there’s plenty of air and water for all if the two stealth ships dock when leaving Eros.

Shasa declares that Van, Sancho and Yuri should also be quarantined just in case they picked up whatever it is that infected Eros. She apologizes for this, but states its in the best interest of everyone.

The Ba’al is soon docked with the Apophis and although no one really has an idea yet of where to go a course is plotted into the Belt.