Jonas’s partner shook his head and stepped back from the door. His mouth hung open for a moment, struggling to decipher the scene taking place in front of him.
“Whatever you’re not telling me.” He took a sharp breath to steady his voice. “This is my home. This is my children’s home. Jonas told me that he would ask the Federation to let us stay, so unless you’re forcing us to leave — unless Jonas comes here to tell me that we have to go — we are staying right here. We’ve been threatened before. We’ll be okay. This unit’s security system is more advanced than most.” To illustrate his point, he tapped a couple of buttons on a terminal and a force field flashed to life in front of the windows.
The padd in Velaul’s hand chimed. The entire away team felt a reassuring tingle as the transporter began to engage. If Talion were to remove his combadge, his dematerialization would be disrupted. He only had a second to decide. The potential consequences of choosing to stay—against the orders of his commanding officer—hung heavy over his head.
== Apologies for forcing the issue. I really love the discussion here, but I need to move things forward so that the rest of team isn’t stuck ==
“Whatever you’re not telling me.” He took a sharp breath to steady his voice. “This is my home. This is my children’s home. Jonas told me that he would ask the Federation to let us stay, so unless you’re forcing us to leave — unless Jonas comes here to tell me that we have to go — we are staying right here. We’ve been threatened before. We’ll be okay. This unit’s security system is more advanced than most.” To illustrate his point, he tapped a couple of buttons on a terminal and a force field flashed to life in front of the windows.
The padd in Velaul’s hand chimed. The entire away team felt a reassuring tingle as the transporter began to engage. If Talion were to remove his combadge, his dematerialization would be disrupted. He only had a second to decide. The potential consequences of choosing to stay—against the orders of his commanding officer—hung heavy over his head.
== Apologies for forcing the issue. I really love the discussion here, but I need to move things forward so that the rest of team isn’t stuck ==