08-05-2025, 05:58 PM
== Absolutely amazing post! Very well done! ==
Before Peter could even be told the information about the whole thing being sabotage, something....impossible happened. The rumbling and rattling was not the concerning part.
The concerning part was that everyone else had changed! They were much taller, and different species!
But something was off. He of course recognized the species they all were at once, and they were not that tall! Until he looked down at himself, and then at his reflection in a mirror, and cursed loudly before he could stop himself.
Of course he had to be a Tellarite! There was a certain sense of poetic justice to that, he supposed. He had the reputation as being a bit of a hard-ass.
He didn't have much time to consider the matter, however, before he heard... That. He remembered that noise from training simulations, and he felt his blood freeze. He didn't remember having brought a weapon, but suddenly he had one. At least that was something.
He was about to give orders when Radley did so first. He was going to have words with him about that later, but now was most definitely not the time.
"Here!" he called out, in response to Radley calling his name. "Alright everyone", he instructed. "We all have weapons, be prepared to use them, because the guests we are about to have won't hesitate. Let's find out just what the crap happened once we've dealt with them, yeah?", he said, then began directing them.
"Balance a small, narrow targeting profile with being able to get up or dodge. That means no one's flat on the ground. Kneel. If you can find something to hide behind, do that.", he instructed as he pointed the various people to different positions to give them a full field of fire that'd allow them to all fire at the enemy without accidentally hitting eachother.
"Orion! Whowever you are - over by the door", he said. "You look strong enough to might be able to get one by surprise as they enter. Seal the door first, though. We won't be able to keep them out indefinitely, but every second might mean this whole clusterfudge getting back to normal", he pointed out.
And then one final order.
"And set phasers to kill, setting 4", he ordered, not wanting them to use a higher setting simply because he didn't want to burn the charges too quickly. He also couldn't be sure if the charges were full. "Jem'Hadar give no quarter. We must show none either", he instructed, changing his own settings first.
Then, to calm their nerves, and, truth be told, his own.
"Hold your ground. Do not panic.", he said calmly. "Do not fire until they breach the door. And then rain down hell on them."
== Give them nothing. But take from them....everything! ==
Before Peter could even be told the information about the whole thing being sabotage, something....impossible happened. The rumbling and rattling was not the concerning part.
The concerning part was that everyone else had changed! They were much taller, and different species!
But something was off. He of course recognized the species they all were at once, and they were not that tall! Until he looked down at himself, and then at his reflection in a mirror, and cursed loudly before he could stop himself.
Of course he had to be a Tellarite! There was a certain sense of poetic justice to that, he supposed. He had the reputation as being a bit of a hard-ass.
He didn't have much time to consider the matter, however, before he heard... That. He remembered that noise from training simulations, and he felt his blood freeze. He didn't remember having brought a weapon, but suddenly he had one. At least that was something.
He was about to give orders when Radley did so first. He was going to have words with him about that later, but now was most definitely not the time.
"Here!" he called out, in response to Radley calling his name. "Alright everyone", he instructed. "We all have weapons, be prepared to use them, because the guests we are about to have won't hesitate. Let's find out just what the crap happened once we've dealt with them, yeah?", he said, then began directing them.
"Balance a small, narrow targeting profile with being able to get up or dodge. That means no one's flat on the ground. Kneel. If you can find something to hide behind, do that.", he instructed as he pointed the various people to different positions to give them a full field of fire that'd allow them to all fire at the enemy without accidentally hitting eachother.
"Orion! Whowever you are - over by the door", he said. "You look strong enough to might be able to get one by surprise as they enter. Seal the door first, though. We won't be able to keep them out indefinitely, but every second might mean this whole clusterfudge getting back to normal", he pointed out.
And then one final order.
"And set phasers to kill, setting 4", he ordered, not wanting them to use a higher setting simply because he didn't want to burn the charges too quickly. He also couldn't be sure if the charges were full. "Jem'Hadar give no quarter. We must show none either", he instructed, changing his own settings first.
Then, to calm their nerves, and, truth be told, his own.
"Hold your ground. Do not panic.", he said calmly. "Do not fire until they breach the door. And then rain down hell on them."
== Give them nothing. But take from them....everything! ==