Yesterday, 01:11 AM
Jenny watched as Qi worked and then put his hair back into the ponytail he regularly wore; he was obviously less concerned now about his heritage than he had been when initially beaming aboard, and thankfully, none of the Franklin's crew were currently awake. She had to admit he had a point about how the occupants of the pods would react to being rescued by such a diverse crew, since they had been aiming to escape the influence of "alien" governments, but right now that was less of an immediate concern.
“We should be able to transfer the entire pod over to the Yeager, but we should check the emergency battery on each pod first. If some are depleted, then maybe Hydish and Kieran can find a way to temporarily share the power supply between two of them until we get them hooked up to our ship.”
Jenny nodded slowly; Qi's idea had merit and it would be the quickest and safest way of transferring the passengers and crew to the Yeager in case the Franklin could not be salvaged. Such a move came with its own complications, however, as if the batteries were too depleted to initiate the reanimation sequence they would need to be connected to the Yeager's own power supply, and the resulting power differential would likely fry the pod and its occupant rather spectacularly.
"We would have to get a power converter set up; this bucket isn't running on EPS, so if we just plug them into our own systems...let's just say cryo-pods don't react well to power surges."
Jenny was about to continue when she paused; a sound below them had attracted her attention, one that did not mesh with the normal noises the ship was making. She held up a finger and frowned in concentration as she listened, filtering out the hum of the operating computers and the wheeze of the ventilation system. There, a voice, not one of her crew. Though she couldn't quite make out what was being said, the words didn't sound friendly. Bringing her raised finger to her lips to indicate Qi should stay quiet, she reached for her sidearm with her other hand and carefully slipped it from her holster. Indicating that he should follow her, Jenny flicked off her flashlight before carefully and quietly descending the ladder to the cargo deck.
Someone's awake down here, and I don't think they're pleased to see us.
Her enhanced vision could pick out the forms of Hydish and Kiernan, partly obscured by an older man in a jumpsuit wielding a handheld weapon of some form, pointing it directly at her officers. Backing against the bulkhead to prevent a narrower profile, she raised her own weapon at the older man's back.
"Easy now, we're here to help you. And I would really recommend putting that weapon down before it blows a hole in the hull and kills us all."
“We should be able to transfer the entire pod over to the Yeager, but we should check the emergency battery on each pod first. If some are depleted, then maybe Hydish and Kieran can find a way to temporarily share the power supply between two of them until we get them hooked up to our ship.”
Jenny nodded slowly; Qi's idea had merit and it would be the quickest and safest way of transferring the passengers and crew to the Yeager in case the Franklin could not be salvaged. Such a move came with its own complications, however, as if the batteries were too depleted to initiate the reanimation sequence they would need to be connected to the Yeager's own power supply, and the resulting power differential would likely fry the pod and its occupant rather spectacularly.
"We would have to get a power converter set up; this bucket isn't running on EPS, so if we just plug them into our own systems...let's just say cryo-pods don't react well to power surges."
Jenny was about to continue when she paused; a sound below them had attracted her attention, one that did not mesh with the normal noises the ship was making. She held up a finger and frowned in concentration as she listened, filtering out the hum of the operating computers and the wheeze of the ventilation system. There, a voice, not one of her crew. Though she couldn't quite make out what was being said, the words didn't sound friendly. Bringing her raised finger to her lips to indicate Qi should stay quiet, she reached for her sidearm with her other hand and carefully slipped it from her holster. Indicating that he should follow her, Jenny flicked off her flashlight before carefully and quietly descending the ladder to the cargo deck.
Someone's awake down here, and I don't think they're pleased to see us.
Her enhanced vision could pick out the forms of Hydish and Kiernan, partly obscured by an older man in a jumpsuit wielding a handheld weapon of some form, pointing it directly at her officers. Backing against the bulkhead to prevent a narrower profile, she raised her own weapon at the older man's back.
"Easy now, we're here to help you. And I would really recommend putting that weapon down before it blows a hole in the hull and kills us all."