Play@YSDC

Day 2
12th March 2189
11:25 Earth Central European Time
Barnard's Rest Colony, Titan

The corridors are empty as they head towards the Security Office. Things seem earily quiet. The door to security stands ajar, the five-by-five bank of monitors along the wall show only static.

Down the centre of the floor and through the open door to the detention area is a large smear of blood, like something, or someone has been dragged through it. Beside the blood sits a mangled stun baton, obviously damaged beyond use.

The door to the barracks area is closed. A weapons locker lines the other wall of the Security Office, it is also shut.

Down one side of the detention area are reinforced metal doors, probably cells, all but one are closed. One is half open, it is oddly deformed, with several convex distortions the size of softballs protruding from the interior face of the door.

“There’s been plenty of action here. Let’s see what weapons are stored here and then get out before anyone or anything finds us.”
Nicole says in a low voice as she heads to the locker.

Nicole will take the pistol back and look for more ammo.

“Agreed. I hope there’s something with a wide ballistic spread, ‘cos I’m a terrible shot,” Kiara replies.

She also inspects the dented door.

“Looks like something’s tried to get out of here. Question is; is it human or not?”

She tentatively presses her ear against the door.

[28] = 28
Listen 20 d%: [ 28 ] = 28
No, I’m not spending 8 luck!

"If I can find another pistol and some bullets for it, you can have my shotgun," whispers Sam. "You're right, something tried to bust out." She also goes over to the locker.

Did I get any additional hit points back?

Jojo examines the door. "It could quite possibly have been the alien crystalized life form that attacked me. The shards it used to penetrate my chest could have done this type of damage. We need to grab whatever we can and keep moving. The longer we stay in any one place, the easier it will be for whatever is out there to find us and attempt to stop us."

Jojo will stick with the cutting torch rather than any other conventional weapons.

Studying the cell door it becomes clear that whatever made those dents made them from the outside. Maybe trying to get into the cell, which now stands open. Inside the cell is bathed in blood, with another smear indicating a body has been dragged out into the corridor. Towards the rear of the cell, near the ceiling, is a metal vent, the grille has come off and is in the corner of the room. Around the vent opening it is blackened and scorched.

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In the weapons locker there are seven 12-gauge semi-automatic shotguns and eight boxes of 20 shotgun shells, all marked 'riot rounds'. There are also seven shock batons.

Nicole can't find any ammunition for her pistol.

Oh go on, have 1 HP

"Shotguns and shock batons all around, I guess," says Sam. "I've already got a shotgun."

Nicole looks up at the blackened ceiling vent and then the blood and the dents.
“Virgil was up in the ducts wasn’t he?”
When she can’t find any pistol ammo she takes a shotgun, shells and a baton.

Grabbing, and somewhat inexpertly loading, a shotgun, Kiara looks up at the vent and shudders.

"Oh, right..."

She sighs a grim sigh.

"Come on then, let's go."

Sam slings a shock baton from her belt and follows Kiara after taking any shells that the others leave.

Eschewing the shotgun, Jojo will keep the torch and will put a shock baton in his medical bag.

“Let’s go to the transport hub but we’d better find some bags for the weapons so no one stops us.” Nicole looks around for some non-descript, gun-length holdalls. “They’re usually black.”

Nicole finds a pair of long metal cases and loads the shotguns inside.

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They leave the Security Office and walk back through the deserted corridors to the Transport Hub under the Administrative Complex.

In the Central Hub Station three rails converge on a central turntable which allows a magnetic trolley to be angled and launched down three tunnels. The first tunnel is marked 'Pumping Stations 2-4', the second 'Pumping Station 1', and the third 'Pumping Station 5'. All the gleaming silver maglev trains are stationary and seem to be shut down, with the sliding doors of the transparent plasglass tubes firmly shut and the lighting off.

There are also signs marked 'Landing Bay' and 'Garage', pointing to two different reinforced metal doors. Under the former the word 'Copters' has been scrawled in marker pen and under the latter it says 'Surface Rovers' written in the same way. Underneath this last sign it also appears to say 'Pumping Station 6', although this has several lines drawn through it, crossing it out.

“I think we need to head to Pumping Station 6,” says Kiara. “CENTRAL was very evasive when I asked about it.”

Jojo concurs with Kiara. "That's the one."

"Yes, Pumping Station 6 is Waystation," says Sam.