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Post by cordaistfveik on Jul 29, 2007 17:06:40 GMT -5
As always, Cordais had to resist the impulse to salute as she was dismissed. The ready room doors opened and it was only her quick reflexes that kept her from running straight into Major Aniri as she ran past and directly to the Colonel.
Behind her regretably, the doors closed again on their conversation.
Before she was able to regain her station, the ship lurched into warp. There was only one reason she could think of for having to leave so quickly. She turned and watched moments later as the alien ship exploded brilliantly, filling the screen with orange and white light.
She wasn't sure why but this saddened her. Perhpaps it was because she viewed it only as a last resort, when all else had failed and it was a sad thing to think that these warriors had felt that they had no other options.
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Post by 2Lt David Greathouse on Jul 29, 2007 18:10:20 GMT -5
As his team was working cleaning up the mess from the battle
The ship goes to Red Alert "Damn it" he yells as he drops the derbies
He feels the ship suddenly jump to warp, then a slight tremble as the shock wave hit
He takes a deep breath Knowing the alien ship blew up, as his team goes back to work
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Post by wsavo on Jul 29, 2007 20:28:41 GMT -5
As Major Aniri ran in and told everyone the situation, Colonel Allen told everyone to take there post. She took over OPS and made sure all available power was transfered to the shields. As she watched the alien ship explode she showed no sign of emotion and just monitored the ship's systems.
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Post by Major Jaylas Aniri on Jul 29, 2007 21:04:40 GMT -5
She stared straight ahead looking out the main viewer, when she saw their ship explode. She was filled with so much sadness and a true sense of loss. She understood them more then anyone on this ship could.
But there was one small comfort in all of this she had meet another ghelnoid race. It was a truly a wonderful thing to know there were others. She knew many wouldn't understand and that was as it should be.
She was holding onto her console as the shock wave hit. Then she heard both Krestra and Melvin speak to her.
"I'm alright."
She checked her monitors first on the security teams.
"Lt Saris, report in."
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Post by vashsaris on Jul 29, 2007 21:57:29 GMT -5
She was in the morgue with her team placing the dead, so they could be identified and until arrangements have been made. She heard Major Aniri's voice come from her com-badge, she Tapped her badge. Saris here Major, all decks secured....casualties report 12 Marines, 18 Security dead... 40 injured ranging from critical to mild. Her voice cracking at the end of her report, she waited for her reply.
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Post by Major Jaylas Aniri on Jul 30, 2007 15:12:35 GMT -5
"Understood Lt Saris. I will be down shortly to notify the families." Her antenna's drooped lower at the mention of the dead on the Tarawa. She thought, too many have paid the price for a mistake, both here and on with the others. May this or a similar mistake never happen again.
"Sir, security reporting all teams are in place, ship is secured."
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Post by kyahrichardson on Jul 31, 2007 9:11:02 GMT -5
She finishes tossing the alien "batteries" into the pile of tech and sees that all the stuff from the lab has been put in the pile as well. She hears her uncle on the comm.
+T+ Ceng> "I'd be glad to help out."
She grabs a repair kit and two other engineering crewmembers and a couple of her science officers and drags them to the site of one of the hull breaches.
The combat marines had already cleaned up the bodies in the area... all that was left was blood and rubble. The force field to keep atmosphere in is holding. The two engineering officers start putting inner hull plating over the hole and sealing it up. The outer hull would have to be repaired from the outside. Kyah monitors the force field strength and she and the two science officers stabalize the plasma conduit network running through this section of the ship.
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Post by 1st Lieutenant Justin Kinsely on Aug 2, 2007 16:17:30 GMT -5
"Thank you, Kyah.", Justin would reply.
Justin would monitor engineering from the bridge. His fingers cuts across the console, read what came up on his console. From the reports he was getting, he could tell that the repairs were getting done quickly that they use to.
"Reports are coming in that the breach is being repaired, sirs. The outer shell would have to be fixed. I could have a few engineers, in EVA suits, to check out the damage more, but by the looks of it, it may have to be fixed when we get to the nearest Star Base. Plama conduits are stablizing. We should have majority of the repairs done within a few hours.", he would say to both Colonel Allen and Lt.Colonel MacDougal.
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Post by cordaistfveik on Aug 2, 2007 18:12:39 GMT -5
As all the alien material and technology was gathered and returned, Cordais swept the ship for any remaining contaminants. It was not something that would be accomplished by simply transporting their equipment. During the battle many pieces of material, organic and inorganic, would be left behind. These needed to be found and sterilized. The fact that they could not breathe our atmosphere did not mean that bacteria or other organisms left behind would not find a way to adapt and thrive here.
As she received the results of the scans, she also noted that the organics could be destroyed by ultraviolet radiation. The shards of armor, equipment, etc. would also "light up" under these conditions and could be more easily retrieved.
She composed a preliminary report and sent copies to all departments.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Melvin Moon on Aug 2, 2007 18:51:50 GMT -5
He watched Major Aniri a few minutes as she spoke to different Marine Dept heads after she told Counselor Elbrun and himself that she was fine. He watched her antenae droop lower and lower. He wished he could help her but she said she was fine and he accepted that as truth.
He then turned his attention back to his console, revewing the sensor logs of the battle, from the beginning
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Post by 2Lt David Greathouse on Aug 2, 2007 19:15:03 GMT -5
being filled in on the report from Cordais t'Fveik by Lt.Conner David takes his team and gets some UV lights
"OK I want you 6 to set yours to 300 nm scan the area if anything shows up call us" he says
"The rest of us set your lights to 200 nm if they find something we will scan it for for several minutes to kill any Bactria" he tells the team
the first group starts scanning the area for any Bactria or alien equipment pieces
After a couple hour's they had scanned their area several small pieces were found and treated
As the team was treating a large piece of debris he had his first team scan each other, all were clean
"Watch your step this is sharp debris so don't fall on it" he tells his team
Pvt. Kelley slips on some lose debris "Kelley" David yells as she falls toward the pile he grabs her and throws her back and falls onto the pile
Some debris pierces is arm and leg, the leg starts bleeding bad
"Oh man" Baker yells as he applies pressure Kelley quickly traps her comm
"Sick bay Emergency beam of Baker and Greathouse Now" she yells
"I can't stop it get me a towel or something" Baker yells
"Stop yelling baker" David says as he rips is uniform top off "use this" he says
Baker takes it and make a tourniquet out of it, "Man I think it got the artery" Baker says
"Kelley! Kelley!" Baker yells as she just stares
"Come on Kelley you act like you never seen a chest before" David yells at her she snaps out of it
"Sorry Sir Not that Big" she says
"Damn Kelley you can play with it later move your A@@" he yells as she quickly helps Baker
"Sick bay Emergency beam for Baker Kelley and Greathouse Stat" Lewis yells in his Comm
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Post by vashsaris on Aug 2, 2007 21:25:03 GMT -5
Still in the morgue Vash sits next to Silks body as Red walk in and stands behind her. You ok Lt? Red asks her. In a low tone she answers him but does not look at him. I never faced death like this. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. Do you know how many people I have lost under my varies commands? How many? he asked. Seventy-four, you try to rationalize it by saying for everyone of yours you save the lives of two or three or ten others. And that's how simple it is. That's how you... that's how you rationalize making the choice between the mission and the people under your command. Red did not know what to say and just stood there silent.
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