Adventures in Space/AiS Let them come
From Create Your Own Story
You order your senior engineer to open the Jarif's small hanger for the small ships to land. They could be escape shuttles for all you know. You are watching a live feed of the hanger, with a large number of guards and other personnel gathered, as they coast in. The first capsule opens and about a dozen people, tightly packed in, pour out. They cheer and embrace the shocked guards who have gone over to meet them. While they are chatting excitedly, the other ships follow suit.
The Jarif's function room is brightly lit by a fluorescant strip that runs around the top of the room in an oval. The walls merge with the ceiling to make a kind of dome effect. You are seated in a comfortable armchair across from a lady in her late forties, you guess, who has a stern countenance. However, she seems emotionally exhausted.
"About a week ago we were attacked by a number of large ships of unknown origin. We presume that they were pirates, although we never found out what they wanted. We were getting battered so we used up all our remaining fuel in a bid to escape. To our surprise, they declined to chase us much, but we were left drifting. However, before we got away some fighters managed to get into one of the cargo bays." You continue to listen intently.
"Our comms network was dying due to the damage we sustained. Thanks be to God, you picked up our distress calls and came! Whoever, or whatever, was on those fighters has been occasionally picking off our crew! Eventually everyone got together at the bridge for safety. When we detected your ships, we all headed for the cargo bay with the fighters. There are still about twice as many people left at the cargo bay as are here. We need to send the fighters back to pick them up and bring them to safety."
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