Raise the Alarm (Friday, Week 45, mid-afternoon)

[outer_authority]

[For those on the ship, the afternoon's calm is broken by the sudden wail of alarms, and the blooming glow of amber warning lights set in the ship's floor panels.

For those off the ship, the light display is absent, but the alarms still wail from the ship-linked communicators.

The ungodly racket is accompanied by a dispassionate feminine voice - those few who saw her before the crash might recognize the voice of Salvation's AI, though the message itself is recorded.]

Hostiles detected in corridor 83-alpha. Containment initiated. Dispatching security.

Comments

[femshep]

[ Definitely sounds like Vegeta. At least, the Vegeta she knew. This one's probably not the same, that's her luck anymore.

Shepard's too far out to be any real use--she's out past the port town by now--but that doesn't stop her from asking: ] Someone coming for you?

[ and another message, this one sent to one Kaidan Alenko ]

The hell's going on up there?

[erranthero]

[And the other one...]

Dunno yet. Hope so.

[femshep]

[ If you got one, you were bound to get them both. They're not that different.

The difference is, this one would put a few holes in the ship herself, if it meant busting someone the hell out of it. Which is why she asked. ]

Let me know. I might be too far out, but I'll give it a shot.

[erranthero]

Thanks. I'll be here.

[Heh...]

[standsentinel]

[It takes a moment to get an answer -- Kaidan's on his feet and jogging at speed through his section of the Ship, and checking his messages is a secondary concern.]

From what I can grab from network traffic, some idiot punched his way through a couple of the bulkhead doors.

I'm onboard and en route but the ship's huge.

[femshep]

Wasn't sure if you were local. Keep me updated.

[ And that's all she'll pester him with there unless he has more to tell her. ]

[standsentinel]

[Somehow simmering irritation manages to translate over text]

Confirmed. FNG decided the way to open a sealed door was to punch a hole in it. Somehow is surprised when a spaceship doesn't like that.

[femshep]

Must not be used to AI.


Need back-up? Or are we just pointing and laughing?

[standsentinel]

I'm not sure if he's used to not wearing his underpants on his head, frankly.

{If one looks closely, one may be able to detect, even through text, that Major Alenko is slightly peeved. A little.]

We've got one arrogant jackass in a jackass-proof box at the moment. Unfortunately, Kerra's in there with him, so I'm going to find Stark and see if he could use a hand getting them out again.

[femshep]

Pretty sure we've got a jackass-proof Kerra too. So deep breaths, Alenko. And let me know if I need to start heading your way.

[standsentinel]

I think we've got enough people to handle the tech side, but if you want to show up for the idiot extraction phase, there could be some choice pointing and laughing opportunities.

[femshep]

I'm too far off. Unless you needed me, it wouldn't be worth the trip.

I expect a report back on how the hell it went, though.

[standsentinel]

Then I think we got this one. Find one of the Poseidon bars and I'll even buy the first round while I fill you in.

[femshep]

Roger.