15. Nihilas Station

[Dome]

Foreman mutters, "oh, shit, here we go."

He raises his rifle and aims for whichever guy is in the lead and aims for a body shot, squeezing off a rifle round and then targeting the next runner and squeezing off another aimed for his body.

[dice=20+1](15)Body Shot runner 1

[dice=20+1](21)Body Shot runner 2

(assuming the weapon is an energy rifle, but no clue on damage)[rand=69954181788489225723834978416562029237432871013888981758875306696]

[Mierin]

Mentally preparing herself, Jessica fires her rifle at the guy closest to her.

strike: [dice=20+3]

(I'm also not sure of damage for said rifle)[rand=47378431199885973942189237651269369438837913079348218040296129349]

[Renekin Skywalker]

(we won't worry about that small detail of damage points.)

Outside the ship

Foreman only had glimpses of his shots hitting his unsuspecting targets. One punctured the suit, the other went through a tank. Both were out of commission.

In the cargo hold

Shortly after they saw Mierin's shot land in the standing guy's control panel, they all felt and heard a pair of heavy thuds as Foreman's two targets bounce off the hull.

As the standing guy fled, Tawfeek left Jessica to take care of the other thug, who was wise enough to stay down.

Tawfeek walked over to the head guy, who was trying to get out of the crate. The bad guy paused, seeing Tawfeeks's gun pointing at his helmet.

On the bridge

Mensk and McKenna heard the three shots over the comm, and the two thuds, on the hull, but no other words.

Except Tawfeek

Back in the hold

"The next time you want to play cop," He said, cooly, "Do better research. Now get the hell off my ship."

The lead thug, in a hurry scrambled up, and out the bottom of the hold, the last thug skittering to follow.

Holstering his gun, Tawfeek key the comms to ship only. "All clear. Normal roles. Mensk, zero-G the hull. I want this cargo off."

[dakota]

McKenna let out a sigh of relief. She stayed in the pilot seat for the time being, but hit the comm controls,"Does anyone need medical attention?"

[Dome]

Seeing the effects of his shots, Flip can't help but be pleased with himself. He thinks, 'two shots, two hits, not bad at all. Time to head back in.'

He turns around and heads back towards the airlock. "This is Flip, All clear out hear heading back towards the airlock, someone going to let me in," he asks as he shuffles along the hull towards his egress point.

[dakota]

With Mensk busy, McKenna keyed the comm," Captain, do you want me to go left Flip in the airlock, or stay here and let you get him after the cargo is dumped?"

[Mierin]

Jessica watches the would-be robbers carefully until they are off the ship, keeping her gun trained on them at all times.

[Renekin Skywalker]

On the comms

"Actually, Foreman, come to the lower hatch. By the time you're here, you can help with the cargo. Keep your equipment on you, for now. McKenna, send the pre-recorded signal to our contact. Mensk can help you find the controls, if you need it."

On the bridge

Mensk was about to leave to help Foreman when the call came in. He sat back down. "Yay. More sitting." He sighed.

In the Cargo hold

The Zero-G was coming into affect, as Tawfeek went for the food shipment crates.

Outside the hull, where Foreman is

Space is pretty, especially with glittering ships around the station.

[Dome]

Foreman groans. He mumbles, "couldn't have said that before I walked over here could he," forgetting that his comms were on. He then turns around and walks away from airlock and towards the rear hatch.

Once he finally shuffles across the hull he climbs into the hatch with the rifle over his shoulder, "well that was fun. Glad my interview went slightly different," he says trying to lighten the mood

[dakota]

" Copy that, Captain." McKenna replied, then started checking for the comm's playback system [dice=100] / 47 (read sensory equipment)

"I think I got it." She said, activating the system.[rand=447392965063664517432116587260757903316975429646632468038083922]

[Mierin]

Jessica helps Tawfeek with the food shipment crates.

[Renekin Skywalker]

In the cargo hold

Tawfeek, Foreman and Jessica soon had all the food crates in tow as they made their out of the ship's belly doors. One of Foreman's handiworks was still nestled against the hull. Tawfeek mentioned drawing straws, if it didn't come off on his own.

On the bridge

Mensk (NPCed until Kurff can take over) was playing Land of Time with his dinosaurs, and mentioning sudden bu inevitable betrayals, when McKenna got a coded response to her message.

Out along Nihilas Station

The trio floated along merrily until they came to a second group of armed men. Tawfeek said something in Arabic, more to himself, before saying, "Good morningafternooneveningnight gentleman. HOw can I help you?"

"You can leave the cargo, there." A gruff voice answered.

On the bridge comms/Outside

After the greetings, McKenna heard, Tawfeek say, "Someone tell me I don't have to shoot more people."

[Dome]

At the mention of the body and drawing straws, Flip says, "I shot him, someone else should have have to scrape him off."

When they get to the next group of men, Flip tenses and reaches for his weapon as the man answers the captain.

He thinks, 'here we go again.'

[dakota]

McKenna looked over at Mensk. " would you cut that out and come here and help? The message was just answered but it's encoded. " She heard Tawfeek over the comms, but knew there was nothing she could do to help.

[Renekin Skywalker]

On the bridge

Mensk put the dinosaurs down and went to McKenna's terminal. "It is indeed." He said, after a moment. "Let's hope it's a known encryption."

Moving to the one opposite her, he started applying encryptions to it. "J... a... Jacob! It's Jacob. Who's Jacob?"