10-11-2024, 06:44 PM
The bearded man's expression had softened as Braggins calmly explained the situation to him, his expression turning to one of worry when she mentioned the decaying orbit and then the presence of approaching aliens and the need to arm her ship's weapons. The expression turned to near-panic when Braggins mentioned the need to transport the Cryo-Pods or awaken the occupants.
"We..uh...we will need to awaken my Engineer. She's the one who programmed the pods."
The bearded man, now identified as Captain Lockley by the name on his jumpsuit, led the team towards the bow of the ship, and his hands flew to his face in a mixture of shock and sadness as he stopped in front of a pod, not illuminated like the others. The door did not resist his hands as he pried it open, and he retched as he saw what was inside; the body of the ship's engineer had been preserved by the pod even after its failure, but exposure to the atmosphere now caused it to flake away to nothingness leaving nothing but a jumpsuit-clad skeleton within.
Lockley composed himself, grief still evident on his face.
"We...we should check Doctor Kiernan's pod. He's the one who chartered us. He needs to be consulted in whatever you plan to do."
"We..uh...we will need to awaken my Engineer. She's the one who programmed the pods."
The bearded man, now identified as Captain Lockley by the name on his jumpsuit, led the team towards the bow of the ship, and his hands flew to his face in a mixture of shock and sadness as he stopped in front of a pod, not illuminated like the others. The door did not resist his hands as he pried it open, and he retched as he saw what was inside; the body of the ship's engineer had been preserved by the pod even after its failure, but exposure to the atmosphere now caused it to flake away to nothingness leaving nothing but a jumpsuit-clad skeleton within.
Lockley composed himself, grief still evident on his face.
"We...we should check Doctor Kiernan's pod. He's the one who chartered us. He needs to be consulted in whatever you plan to do."