Log:Space Team, Scene 13

Space Team 2015/09/15 Breach Griffin Quiet 13

Pollox, Greene, and Wilbourn make the leap because they were close to the edge. And the two injured that Quiet was transporting are kept save by her. The rest of the crew? They tumble into the darkness, screaming.

Breach clambers to his feet after impact with the deck. He feels deeply and thoroughly unclean, now that he's been covered in floor gank. Surveying those around him, Breach quickly runs diagnostics on the Breach suit while he checks to see who's now dying. Only when he's sure no one's about to expire does Breach grunt out, "We need to get out of here in a hurry."

Quickly, Breach glances up toward the floor he was on, the suit's range finder firing up to determine the distance. He moves to grab Muller and one of the others, his suit reinitializing its systems. Shifting his weight until he finds a comfortable carrying position, ports on his shoulders open up and fire high-test monofilament threads up the hole toward Deck A with twin pneumatic puffs.

"Be right back," he comments to the others as he and his two charges are yoinked up into the air toward A Deck.

Quiet's gravitics are alread taxed with her charges, and her teammatesw, however new to her, have proven capable so far. So she does what she feels is her best option: provide overwatch servurity and trust in their ability to return topside.

"W-where are you going?" cries out one frightened crewmember on B Deck. She's sitting on the ground, ankle possible twisted. The crew are all scared in the dark. They can't see a thing either above or below, not benefiting from special gear.

Griffin lands easily on the far side of the drop out floor. When he gets there he's already strategizing.

"Quiet- What's the safest way you can get down there?" He asks.

He leans over the edge and peers down into the darkness- though with Nightvision most of it is plain as day.

Quiet can do one thing more, and attempts to calm her people. She usurps the tactical holo on her back to project a glowing message down into the hole. STAY CALM. WE WILL BRING YOU UP. It also provides some light witheout, she hopes, a blinding beacon to unpleasant things.

There's the sound of panicked breathing and whimpers from the 3 remaining crew members below. Alone. In the darkness. The creaking, clicking darkness. Wait. Clicking?

The projected holo message pierces the darkness, causing the crew to shield their eyes. Light causes them to put their hands up to shield their eyes.

The light causes something else. A horrible, reverberating screech. Right behind the crew members. Reflecting on slick shells, the light reveals the aliens coming in for the kill.

At the sound of the awful screeching, the female crew member who can't stand up slowly turns around in dread. When she sees the aliens, she takes in a sharp breath and lets out a blood curdling scream.

Quiet might have a pithy comment, were she either of her teammates. As it is, she remains silent and simply brings her weapon to bear. Aiming down and over the crewmembers. A short burst, though her aim traverses in themidst, in attempt to hit both.

These are the bigger aliens from before. The one with the deadly stingers. The one that's fired on twice makes that horrid screech again as it's driven back and collapses momentarily, pushed six meters from the crew. The other's chitin plating protects most of it. Some of its arms are drawn up to try and shield its many, many eyes.

One thing Breach noticed on B Deck...it was at least 10 degrees hotter down there than it is on A Deck.'