What's new
Star Army

Star ArmyⓇ is a landmark of forum roleplaying. Opened in 2002, Star Army is like an internet clubhouse for people who love roleplaying, art, and worldbuilding. Anyone 18 or older may join for free. New members are welcome! Use the "Register" button below.

Note: This is a play-by-post RPG site. If you're looking for the tabletop miniatures wargame "5150: Star Army" instead, see Two Hour Wargames.

  • If you were supposed to get an email from the forum but didn't (e.g. to verify your account for registration), email Wes at [email protected] or talk to me on Discord for help. Sometimes the server hits our limit of emails we can send per hour.
  • Get in our Discord chat! Discord.gg/stararmy
  • 📅 October and November 2024 are YE 46.8 in the RP.

RP: YSS Eucharis [Mission 8.2C] Charlie Team / Blueprints

Status
Not open for further replies.
Kumiko followed, helping Ramiro as best she could with the bodies, then getting out of the way so he could close the hatch. She continued down with the group, waiting, and moving through the hatch last, NSP still out at the ready. Once through, she tapped Sune on the shoulder. "Sir? We might want to be careful regardless of what the sensors say. The fact that they could get into the maintenance tunnel in the first place indicates that they are capable of operating the stations systems to gain access, so there's a chance they might be jamming the sensors."
 
Sune turned to Kumiko, "No, if they were jamming the science scanner, I would not be able to pick up any lifeforms including our own. However it can not identify if a person is friend or foe so we will continue to exercise due caution as we proceed." Taking a second look at the screen he noted there was no sign of approaching personnel at the moment." He put on his Uno Sunglasses and linked them to the scanner freeing his hands. "Valencia-Heisho I want you to take up a position on the far side of the blueprint office door. Kumiko-Hei and myself will form up on this side. Takeda-Heisho will hold here and protect our backs."
 
After being given his orders, Ramiro nodded to Sune. He glanced down the hallways and the quickly proceeded down the hall. He paused at the near side of the door, then ducked and sprinted to the other side, just in case someone was waiting to ambush them. When he was in the right position he placed his back against the wall and tightly gripped the SMG, finger already hovering over the trigger.
 
Kumiko nodded, and moved to take up a position across from Ramiro, gripping her NSP with one hand, and placing the other on the wall. Then she looked back at Sune. "Sir, whenever you're ready..."
 
Sune took a position along side Kumiko. NSP in hand he pressed the door control, and the door slid open with a pneumatic hiss. He cautiously looked in, everything seemed normal. Five Elysian technicians were working at terminals. He stepped in, "Your attention please, I am Jalen-Ittô Heisho with the Star Army of Yamatai. We are here to secure the ship design database, and escort you all to safety." Watching the occupants of the room, he sent a telepathic message to his crew mates.

Valencia-Heishoi check the room for other entrances and lock them down the best you can. Then take a position where you can cover the room from the opposite side.

Endoh-Hei, use one of the terminals to pull up a list of the designer names since we were not given them prior to departure. Once you have the list, compare it to those present.

Takeda-Heisho come up here and prepare to coordinate with the Elysian designers to download the blueprints and make the extra copy we spoke about aboard ship.

I will cover this entrance and watch the technicians for any suspicious activity.
 
Just then, the intercom began to speak loudly throughout the station.
Station Intercom said:
Warning! Warning! Attention all personnel: A Mishhuvurthyar fleet has entered the system and is approaching the shipyard. All military personnel are to immediately report to their ships or stations. Repeat: All military personnel are to immediately report to their stations. Prepare for battle!
Click to expand...
 
Ramiro nodded to Sune. He went around to both entrances and decided to check what was on either side before locking them. He stood in front of the door, weapon at the ready and cautiously opened each before poking his head out and checking in each direction. After checking both, on being a storage room and the other being to a corridor, he began to lock them. He looked at the pad, not quite sure how it worked. "Does anyone know how one..." Just then the alert came. Ramiro swore loudly and then stood back from the doors as he yelled, "No time for this!" And blasted each one of the consoles. "Hopefully that will hold." He stood in the corner adjacent to the two doors, finger on the trigger, just in case his ingenious method didn't work.
 
Nika's 'enquiry' was answered by Charlie Team as Jelen-Heisho sent an encrypted message over their secure line.

"Junko is pretty good in what she's doing." Nika grinned with a chuckle as she continued to monitor their secure line, at the same time looking out for any other suspicious messages from the station.

It was then the station's alarm was raised, followed by their announcement of the approaching Mishhuvurthyar fleet. Following that was Hanako's voice through their channel.

"Already begun on that Taisa!" Nika dived back into the ship's interface, "The Eucharis will be ready for evasive flight once everyone is back onboard. Charisma, prepare the Shields and power distribution to the Engines." Her mind was filled with data as Charisma started her operations. She too prepare the Main Cannon, hoping not to use it only at the last moment...
 
Kumiko nodded, and went to work. She quickly tapped in a few commands, then looked up, opening her mouth right when the announcement came through. Shit. "Sir? I'm only pulling up three names, and I'm not sure we have the time to verify identities anymore. Should we just bring all five with us?" Then she reaccessed her earlier program used to shut down the cameras, and pulled up the feeds that had survived her code. Everywhere she looked, people were running around. "Whatever we decide, we need to do so quickly. It looks like things are going to be a bit hectic on our way back out, so we need to allow extra time for us to get back."
 
Sune thought, Yet another complication for a supposedly simple mission. He walked over to Kumiko, "We can not leave until we have secured the starship blueprints. And I do not want to bring a saboteur, or a person that is infected aboard the ship. Give me a moment." he said softly.

He reached into his robe, and put the science scanner on standby, he then switched out the sensor module and powered it back up. Using a psionic link he selected the EM frequency and performed a scan in the RF range, since the prior personnel they encountered had communicators, it stood to reason that the extras present would too. After a minute of scanning he could see three RF sources present one was at Ramiro's location.

Leaning down as if to look at Kumiko's terminal, he said to her quietly. "Two of these people have active communicators. The one in the center, and at the end nearest Valencia-Heisho. When I give the signal fire at the center person with your NSP set to stun. We do not want to risk damaging the terminals."

He walked back to the entrance checking that the hallway was still clear. He reached under his robe and set his NSP to stun. He looked at Kumiko and gave her a nod, then pulling his weapon out shot the person at the terminal at the far end of the room.

The Eylsian at the terminal spasmed as his nervous system was disrupted by the NSP's stun setting. As he fell from his seat a Type 27 NSP clattered to the floor.
 
Ramiro watched his surroundings carefully. When the guy sitting a the terminal net to him got blasted he dove out of the way. After a quick tuck and roll he knelt on the ground as his weapon whipped back and forth across the room. After realizing what happened he lowered his weapon and stood up. "Well now we know who we need."
 
Kumiko nodded, glancing over at the two targets Sune had pointed out. She surreptitiously thumbed her NSP over to stun, and when Sune gave the order, brought her gun up, leveled it, and fired one shot directly at the center of her target's chest. As he fell, Kumiko ran over to the bodies, quickly picking up the NSPs the two had been concealing, and running her hands down their bodies quickly, checking for any more concealed weapons.
 
Sune walked over to Kumiko, took one of the NSP's she had picked up from the enemy noting the setting. It was set for heavy which was pretty much killing strength.

"Endoh-Hei check the terminals those two were using, make sure they have not done anything to sabotage our efforts. We need to get the data and these people out of here soon."

Junko meanwhile was working on backing up each of the ship plans in the database as the other technicians worked on downloading them to Elysian data storage devices.

Returning to the main doorway Sune checked the hallway it was still clear for the moment. He picked up his communicator and accessed the backdoor that Junko had established earlier. He found what he was looking for.

"Valencia-Heisho, I am sending you the location of the nearest access to the pathways Takeda-Heisho identified. They are nearby. Please proceed to the access way and secure it. We will be along shortly."
 
Ramiro carefully monitored his surrounding, as usual. When he was told to check out the passageways he nodded to Sune before wiring the headset he had previously found to his comm, so that way he could talk hands free. "I'll send word the moment its clear," he told Sune before proceeding. He poked his head out the door and searched the hallway before glancing down at his comm to see which way to go, then proceeding down the hallway. When he came to the correct door he positioned himself in front it, positioning the but of the SMG into his shoulder, and took a deep breath. Ramiro then kicked the door's terminal and as the door popped open he was ready to shoot at anything that looked suspicious.
 
"Yes, sir." She stood back up, having found nothing more of interest, and tapped some commands into the nearest console, looking up any recent changes to stored data. Noticing that there was a copy still going on, she immediately stopped it, and looked up. "Sir? It looks like they were attempting to copy the data to another location. Should I backtrack them and try to see where?"
 
Sune pondered the situation. "We do not have time to worry about where they are sending it. Just stop what they were doing, and purge those copies. We do not need that data falling into the enemies hands."
 
Junko monitoring the designers actions and making her own duplicate finished just moments after the designers. "Jalen-Heisho all the data has been backed up. Ready to purge the system upon your command." she said.

Sune walked over to Kumiko and took one of the T27 NSP's. Time to go then. he thought. He made his way to the door and checked that the hallway was still clear. Sune then turned to the designers, "Designers we are going to escort you back to our vessel for evacuation. I need you all to move in a calm and orderly fashion to the hallway, and then we will move down to our team mate." Over his comm unit he sent, "Valencia-Heisho, we are preparing to come to your location. Situation report."

The Designers eager to get to safety moved rather quickly to the hallway.

Once they were in the hallway he turned to Junko. "Takeda-Heisho purge the system. Endoh-Hei purge that rogue copy. Make it quick people. The clock is ticking." Sune wondered how long it would be before the station itself came under fire.
 
Kumiko nodded, and went back to tapping in commands. She ran a quick wipe of the data, then created a self-erasing command to do a more thorough deletion. Then she copied the information about the destination folder onto her datapad, so she could backtrack it later. Maybe it wasn't a priority, but it might be helpful. Done with that, she stood up, and took her NSP out again, checking the battery just in case. She moved back over to Sune. "My side of things is done, sir. Should I move down to Valencia-Heisho?"
 
Ramiro surveyed the room carefully, which was in a pure panic. Elysians were running around everywhere, most likely heading to their assigned stations. There were more doorways in the corridor before him and a random service cart off to the side. Ramiro then spoke into the headset saying, "Valencia-Heisho to Jalen-Heisho. All clear from this end, there are a lot of Elysians, but nothing that looks of a immediate danger. There's also a service cart that we may be able to use to get out of here quicker, although I'm not sure if we need keys or something for it." Ramiro still held his weapon closely in case any unwanted visitors showed up.
 
Sune looked around at the room, then replied to Kumiko. "Good work Endoh-Hei. Start leading the designers to Valencia-Heisho's position. Once there take a look at the cart at his position. If we can get it operational quickly, it may help expedite our return to the Eucharis. Takeda-Heisho take a position along the side of the designers. Use your access program to plot the fastest route from here to the landing bay. I will bring up the rear. Ensure that your weapons are set to stun, with all the activity I do not want anyone accidentally killing an innocent bystander."
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
RPG-D RPGfix
Back
Top