Orithyia
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Achal's eyes hardened on the human. There was a part of this 'theory' that just rubbed him the wrong way but with no proof he wasn't going to be the one who said something.
"Could be..." Rati mused bringing up the ship to center as the report fazed off screen. A ship is worth more in scraps and parts then the few things on it that you could steal. Unless... "Jagmi could you somehow pull up their log book from here?" She didn't like the idea of looters and murderers out there and if they found a dead ship they could still be around and want this ship. Over my dead body! Rati growled to herself.
Jagmi shook his head no. "It's still protected with some kind of grid-like hack safe and I can't get thru."
"They we board!" Vilas pumped his arm in the air his look of excitement replacing this sleep heave eyes.
"On board you could link to our systems and I could retrieve not only it's logs but only file on board, personal and not." Jagmi spoke up.
Rati didn't like the idea of boarding. If there were touches of Zeltron on the ship why was it there. If a squad had captured a human ship it would have been big news and been posted somewhere.
Achal seemed to have read Rati's mind and passed over a pixi-screen. Rati was confused for a second until she looked down. He had logged on to the system land bound and had done a search for something like this.
"Three days ago?" That didn't seem right. Rati passed the screen over to Achal a frown on her face and a crinkle in her forehead. Three days ago a platoon boarded a human docked ship and took it over. There were two human deaths but the other nine were unharmed and taken as prisoners. A squad then split from the platoon and took the ship as theirs. "Have we heard from either ships since?"
Rati and Achal were having a conversation of their own and it happened enough that everyone just sat back and waited. They would make a decision and would tell everyone else if they felt like it.
"No." The single word hung heavy in the air.
It was just another red flag in Rati's mind but the curiosity of the situation that this dead ship brought up was itching at her. There wasn't really a choice and when the commander looked over at her XO and saw him nod, she knew that he had come to the same conclusion.
Quickly Rati took the other members of her crew and Matt what was going on. "Seems that we took over this ship three days ago. Two humans were killed and the rest were taken to Code." It was the name of on of their largest land built bases. "The ship that first came upon the human ship and the squad that later took over the ship haven't been heard from since."
Vilas was bouncing in his seat with excitement. "We're going hunting, we're going hunting." He sang under his voice over and over again.
Citra turned from the group and did whatever it was that he did for a minute or two while Rati was still talking.
"I want to find out what happened here and where our people went and why we haven't heard from them in three days." Rati stood up from the table the same time that Citra turned back to the group. Rati waited for him to speak but when he didn't she continued. "So it looked like we're going on a field trip."
"Yes!" Vilas hissed with pleasure. Rati gifted him with a hard look and he quickly gave in. "I know, I know. 'We do not kill, peace to the world and all that mussy stuff.'" He mimicked Rati's voice in the worst way and she threw a lamp at his head.
"Go pack." She sighed.
"What's being done with the human." Vilas jutted his chin at Matt.
The crew was silent as they let their Commander decide. Either way someone was going to bitch and she was much more comfortable with him being with her then she was leaving him on ship with just Jagmi. "He's coming with us."
Everyone expected it but knowing something and expecting something was different and it left a strong taste of tension in the air.
"Do you have anything to add?" Rati asked Matt looking to him as everyone also turned to look at him.
"Could be..." Rati mused bringing up the ship to center as the report fazed off screen. A ship is worth more in scraps and parts then the few things on it that you could steal. Unless... "Jagmi could you somehow pull up their log book from here?" She didn't like the idea of looters and murderers out there and if they found a dead ship they could still be around and want this ship. Over my dead body! Rati growled to herself.
Jagmi shook his head no. "It's still protected with some kind of grid-like hack safe and I can't get thru."
"They we board!" Vilas pumped his arm in the air his look of excitement replacing this sleep heave eyes.
"On board you could link to our systems and I could retrieve not only it's logs but only file on board, personal and not." Jagmi spoke up.
Rati didn't like the idea of boarding. If there were touches of Zeltron on the ship why was it there. If a squad had captured a human ship it would have been big news and been posted somewhere.
Achal seemed to have read Rati's mind and passed over a pixi-screen. Rati was confused for a second until she looked down. He had logged on to the system land bound and had done a search for something like this.
"Three days ago?" That didn't seem right. Rati passed the screen over to Achal a frown on her face and a crinkle in her forehead. Three days ago a platoon boarded a human docked ship and took it over. There were two human deaths but the other nine were unharmed and taken as prisoners. A squad then split from the platoon and took the ship as theirs. "Have we heard from either ships since?"
Rati and Achal were having a conversation of their own and it happened enough that everyone just sat back and waited. They would make a decision and would tell everyone else if they felt like it.
"No." The single word hung heavy in the air.
It was just another red flag in Rati's mind but the curiosity of the situation that this dead ship brought up was itching at her. There wasn't really a choice and when the commander looked over at her XO and saw him nod, she knew that he had come to the same conclusion.
Quickly Rati took the other members of her crew and Matt what was going on. "Seems that we took over this ship three days ago. Two humans were killed and the rest were taken to Code." It was the name of on of their largest land built bases. "The ship that first came upon the human ship and the squad that later took over the ship haven't been heard from since."
Vilas was bouncing in his seat with excitement. "We're going hunting, we're going hunting." He sang under his voice over and over again.
Citra turned from the group and did whatever it was that he did for a minute or two while Rati was still talking.
"I want to find out what happened here and where our people went and why we haven't heard from them in three days." Rati stood up from the table the same time that Citra turned back to the group. Rati waited for him to speak but when he didn't she continued. "So it looked like we're going on a field trip."
"Yes!" Vilas hissed with pleasure. Rati gifted him with a hard look and he quickly gave in. "I know, I know. 'We do not kill, peace to the world and all that mussy stuff.'" He mimicked Rati's voice in the worst way and she threw a lamp at his head.
"Go pack." She sighed.
"What's being done with the human." Vilas jutted his chin at Matt.
The crew was silent as they let their Commander decide. Either way someone was going to bitch and she was much more comfortable with him being with her then she was leaving him on ship with just Jagmi. "He's coming with us."
Everyone expected it but knowing something and expecting something was different and it left a strong taste of tension in the air.
"Do you have anything to add?" Rati asked Matt looking to him as everyone also turned to look at him.