EVENT: SPACE PIRATES ▒ THE EMERGENCY SHUTTLE BAY & THE SCYLLA

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: The emergency shuttle bay & The Scylla
WARNINGS: Potential disturbing themes.
SUMMARY: Exploration and salvage of the Scylla and the emergency shuttle bay it's docked onto.
NOTES: April 28 onwards.

An emergency shuttle bay is found tucked away above the 50th passenger floor; holding only two transport shuttles and a network console, it contains the final evidence of the pirates' work. Here, large amounts of the equipment and items they looted from the Tranquility are piled up: some waiting, some already packed up into storage crates for transport onto the Scylla— and some, though not much, already stored away on board. How they came aboard is made clear now by the two holes cut through the metal of the hull-side wall— the openings connect to docking tubes, which provide an easy route onto the Scylla herself. On the wall above is a message left in red: MAKE IT QUICK... And with the jump fast approaching, it might be best to take heed...

Comments

[leaps]

[ the flight crew, those who had been there for long stretches of time, they know each other by now. they'd gotten used to each other after months of living on top of their shift mates. carolyn's out of action for the moment but they know what she'd want them to grab. sulu's sorting through a mess of wiring that could probably end up being useful one way or another when casey throws the food into his lap. ]

You're looming.

[ and they all needed to take a break but they were all bad at stopping work long enough to make that happen. sulu's one of the worst at that. it's a problme he's aware of. ]

[sugarbear]

And I'm going to keep looming till you chew on that.

[ He's a Major; you'd think that in the process of getting to that rank he'd dealt with a few people who refused to eat now and again. And stopped people from eating when they didn't have the rations to spare, too. He slumps onto the deck beside Sulu, leaning over to squint at the pile of cable. ]

You'd be better untangling it later, you know. [ A pause as he looks around. ] We might even stand a chance of getting more shuttles working, with all this.

[leaps]

[ he gets the wrapper off without any trouble. that's comforting at least, that his hands behave long enough for him to get that done. he sets the ration down in his lap, opens and closes his hands a few times like they're stiff, like he needs to shake them out. ]

It'll end up being good for the ship in the long run, you know.

[ not that this was the outcome sulu wanted, but he's resigned himself to trying to find anything good to cling to. any single, solitary thing. ]

It wasn't like we were docking regularly for supplies.

[sugarbear]

Whether or not that's true, I get no pleasure in walking around in dead man's boots. Gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[ Casey grimaces and goes to work chewing on something that looks like brown taffy but tasted like roasted alienmeatcow. It's always better not to read the labels on these things, more exciting that way. ]

Only care about fixing up the shuttles in case the captain comes back for the rest of us.

[ Well, that was...direct. ]

[leaps]

That's why you wash them first.

[ which was a bad joke, but it was the only way sulu knew to respond. wearing a dead man's clothes wasn't ideal and at home sulu knew he would never have done it, never have been able to bring himself to. but everything he had here was wearing thing. there weren't a lot of other options. ]

We don't have enough fuel to get anywhere, even if...

[ sulu trails off, shrugs instead like that'll get his point across. ]

[sugarbear]

Sure, I didn't think of that.

[ God, Sulu. What kind of giant grunting cretin do you take him for?

But Casey grins and gives him a thump on the shoulder. ]

No point being so morbid about it. Maybe something around here will magic our shuttles into fuel efficient, long distance monster machines, and we'll be out of here in no time.

[leaps]

[ shoulder thumps. it's almost like a hug, as far as casey is concerned. sulu ducks his head to hide his smile, because smiling in the face of discussions about how they've got no fuel and sulu's going to be wearing a dead man's boots is just the way they roll these days. ]

Maybe you should hold auditions for it. See if there's someone on the Network who can do that for you.

[sugarbear]

And maybe they can.

[ But that's a whole different can of eels. It means letting someone into the shuttle bay, messing with experimental engines and the like. It's a shame this place is going to be gutted; it might have been a good place to test experimental spacecraft.

Assuming there was ever a good place to test experimental spacecraft. ]

Speaking of technological advances, why isn't there a transporter between the shuttlebay and my quarters yet?

[leaps]

[ for all that it might be a good idea, it means letting a gaggle of scientists in to the shuttle bay. sulu got antsy when it was just visitors, nevermind people testing experimental tech. he crinkles the wrapper in his hands, twitching a shoulder. ]

Because we dragged mattresses down instead.

[ which had been a smart move, or carolyn would never have slept. ]