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

[cargojet]

[ Nathan is feeling very forgiving this week; he usually is. As bosses go, for the most part he's content to let people go about their own things so long as they occasionally do work that profits the department. It seems a fair shake, considering he knows there's more interesting work going, and none of them are really getting paid.

He'd glad to see Q though. In the time he's been aboard, he's seen a scant handful of friendly faces, but he cherishes every few minutes he isn't spending alone. In fact, he even offers a grateful little wave, beckoning him over. ]

Nathan, please, and I'm fine.

[ Not true. He's had three hours sleep in the last forty-eight, and he's drunk so much caffeine it's more or less stopped working. There's adrenaline and responsibility keeping him upright now, and his insistence to himself that it's practice for the White House. ]

What did you want to know?

[skillz]

[Q smiles slightly and carefully walks forward, fiddling with the shoulder strap of his backpack as he does so. He's grateful for the warm welcome, particularly when he hasn't been particularly useful thus far. He nods and corrects himself.] Nathan.

I was wondering about the new communication system you're suggesting. Is it specific to the department or is anyone supposed to be able to use it?

[He doesn't want to give too much away immediately and show his idea and his work before finding out that it's useless or doesn't have the appropriate purpose. In-department communications, Q thinks, is fairly simple, if a little time consuming to set up. The difficulty lies in finding a secure system which is accessible to everyone yet also private.]