Amongst the stars......

[Neb]

(Bridge)

"Captain, we've lost contact with engineering as well as two of our squads."
"Perform a scan on section 8b of the cargo hold."
"Yes sir."
*Computer Voice*"Scan complete, cargo hull breach detected, movement detected, security cameras and cannons offline."
"Send in five of our most heavily armed squads, tell them to kill ANYTHING that moves."

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(Cargo hold/Engineering)

The group of soldiers advanced slowly down the corridor, they were heavily armed and ready to kill, but this was just scary, bodyparts and internal organs were spread around the corridor and their motion scanners were detecting movement everywhere around them.....

"This is scaring the s*** out of me sir."
"Keep cool private, we can handle anything that lunges at us."
"Hey, where's Ron and Tanner?"
"Oh crap, they're gone....."

A sound behind them made the two soldiers turn around suddenly and fire madly down the corridor, after a few seconds of firing they saw that nothing was there and went over to investigate what had made the sound.

Shining his flashlight on the object that had fallen from a vent and made the sound, the leader saw that it was a human skull, looking up at the vent again he saw something that bit into his head, crushing his skull and brain and killing him swiftly.

The private lived for about five seconds longer since he'd run when he'd seen the skull, didn't help him much when five of the things swarmed him after he ran down a dark corridor.

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(Bridge)

"Sir, we've lost two more squads and the things are starting to get out of the engineering and cargo hold areas by using the air vents, that way they're avoiding our guards and security weapons."
"Arm the passengers, we're going to need all the help we can get."
"Yes sir." *speaking through intercom* "All passengers report to your nearest security station for a weapon, we might have unidentified alien lifeforms aboard the ship."

(OOC: Think of these things as giant spiders which have been genetically modified to kill, they've got a queen/leader-like thing down in the cargo hold, it's what allows them to work intelligently together, without it they're totally mindless.)

[Sir ReGiN]

*Soldier, you heard the radio! I'm supposed to report to the security station, so I think you can let me out..*
The soldier had already started talking into a com-radio, probarbly his senior officer.
*You are free to go, sir! But you must report to deck. I will take you there, sir.*
The man waited until André had gathered most of his things and then started walking down the corridor towards an elevator..
André followed..
They got into the elevator, they were at level three, and the soldier pressed button marked with the number 2.
*What is going on soldier?*, André asked, but he got no answer..
When they reached deck 2, the soldier made a right turn and then walked into the bridge quarters with André after him.
He walked up to a man in uniform, whispered something in his ear, and then left..
The man turned around facing André and said;
*Ah, you must be André Casson! Pleased to meet you! I am the captain of this ship..*

[Dresdan]

Upon hearing the announcement the young security officer relizes in his rush he had forgot his own weapon in his cabin.~Shit!~ Turning much to quickly for as fast as he was moving Derek slips and falls landing sharply on his side. Looking up at the young boy that witnessed this~You didn't see that.~He regains his feet and goes back to his cabin to retrieve his weapon. Checking to make sure it was armed and on safe he quickly leaves once again heading this time for the security post near his cabin.~Security Officer Third Class Ashland Reporting in sir.

[Neb]

(Bridge)

"Colonel Casson, we've got a bit of a situation here, hostile genetically engineered creatures have somehow found their way on board the ship and have entered the air vents, as you can see this is quite a problem, they should be no danger once their "leader" has been neutralized though."

The captain takes André over to a large holographic map of the ship.

"In the hold somewhere is their leader which is in telepathic contact with all of the others, coordinating their attacks, you've got enough military experience that I want YOU to lead a group of soldiers down into the hold and kill that thing, report at the nearest security station for armor and weapons, I'm also authorizing you to bring along any enlisted man or woman that you meet if you need their aid."

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(Security Post.)

"Hello Mr. Ashland, better stay back a b-"

The officer's sentence was cut short as one of the things lunged from a nearby vent and impaled his throat with one of it's clawed mandibles.

[Dresdan]

Pulling his weapon up Derek opens fire as he slowly retreats back. Watching with horror as the security officer as well as the monster he was shooting at is killed. Covered in blood, and still slowly retreating from the air vent Derek comes up to a corner and seeing no more creatures he decides to make his way to the bridge with all haste.~What the hell was that.

[Neb]

(OOC: Some more on these things:

They're immune to fire and explosives don't really harm them either unless they're at the epicentre of it, their exo-skeletons can deflect most projectiles, energy weapons are quite effective against them though.)

*Computer Voice throughout intercom system*
"Warning, power levels falling, shutting down all normal lighting to conserve power, switching to emergency lighting....."

(OOC: Think dark red lights in every corridor..... Just enough light to see by, but hardly any more.....)

[Dresdan]

Moving rapidly down the corridor young Derek relizes that he doesn't have any idea how to get to the bridge. Just as he came accross a dirctory and began to scroll to the bridge location, everything went black. The emergency lighting came on casting everything in an erie red glow, unfortunatly the screen remained black.~Now what am I supposed to do.~Figuring the best thing to do was to keep moving he slowly continues in the direction he was going. Shorly he comes accross a group of passengers huddled around a security post knowing that they can't seem him very well Derek yells out to them~Hold your fire, I'm a security officer.~

[Neb]

The things sitting atop the corpses of a group of security guards and passengers which they'd just killed shrieked at the sound of Derek's voice and charge towards him, there are at least 5 of the things, with more coming from the vents.

[Dresdan]

Hearing the shrieks Derek decides that the shadows ahead are probably not passengers, as he has never heard a sound quite like that before. The hair on the back of his neck stands up as he realizes they are streaking towards him at an alarming rate. Pulling up his Gallen 5 Pulse Wave Rifle that he was issued at graduation Derek opens fire while retreating as rapidly as he could.

[Neb]

Derek splatters the advancing things with ease, up ahead he can spot something that looks suspiciously much like eggs.

(OOC: They're both eggs AND bombs, shoot them and.... KABOOM! They spread acid everywhere.....)