==/-\== USS Gott - Main Engineering ==/-\== Close these Doors Tremain", Lt. Scott ordered as the last of the marines entered into the engineering bay. Cortez was now standing inside next to the two remaining USS Gott survivors. They both looked visibly shaken, having just witnessed the carnage of the last battle with the Xchi. Turning to face the women he began to speak in a dry, raspy voice. "My name is Corporal Cortez.", he paused for a second and tied the bloody bandage on his arm a little tighter. "You two look like you've been through a lot, has anyone explained to you whats going on?". Anita gave Velores a quick glance. "No.." she said to Cortez."The CMO put us in the status chamber. When the insects boarded the ship it was.." her eye flickered to the door "..like that out there." She frowned down at the floor, feeling, now that she was in the relative safety of this new crew, the terror of her recent past resurface. She took a calming breath which didn't really help. "Where are you from?" she asked, trying to concentrate on something else."..and why did it take so long to get here?" Cortez paused and looked around the room, "We're all members of Starfleet Special Forces, attached to the USS Chimera. We were ordered to find and retake this ship back." Gary's death flashed through his mind, causing him to pause for a second, "I'm sorry ma'am but I really can't tell you why it took so long for us to get here." he finished and then motioned for the two women to follow him. "If you'll come with me please". Veloré was starting to feel dizzy; she wasn't sure if it was from the effect of the cryostasis or what. Taking a deep breath, she tried to keep her balance and walked after Anita and the Corporal. As the three figures walked across the room Cortez continued talking, "You two are my responsibility now." he stopped for a second as he almost tripped over piece of debris laying on the floor, "so please don't go running off or doing anything crazy". {I'm not running off anywhere!} Anita thought without humour, picking her way past the the debris. She quickened her step to keep up with Cortez long strides. He led the two women to the far side of the room where Private Ran'ar was administering medical treatment to some of the wounded marines, "This is Private Ran'ar, he's our medical specialist, if you either of you are injured in any way, speak up now", Cortez said, not realizing that one of the women was a medical officer. "I'm feeling a bit dizzy..." Veloré said, looking questioningly at Anita to see if she felt the same effect. "Maybe it's just the awful smell... I don't know." "I am too, just a little." she replied and turning to Cortez explained. "It could be the results of living in a bio chamber for six months and the hasty 'awakening'. I'm an AMO,this is my first assignment...do you need any help?" Richard turned and looked at the AMO, "That's good to know, but for now why don't you two get some rest", peering over at Velore he continued, "It shouldn't take us much longer to get this ship under control and then we can get you both to the Chimera." He stopped and un-slung his rifle from his back. "In the meantime try to relax, you ladies are safe now". He paused and turned to walk away, "Stay right here, I'm going to go see if I can scrounge up some food, you two must be hungry". The idea of food was suddenly very appealing to Anita so she smiled a weak smile of agreement and looked around for somewhere to sit. "Velore...want to sit here?" she asked pointing to three chairs near a disused console and made her way towards them. Anita watched Ra'nar tending the injured men, thought that the Corporal should really have treatment for his arm and felt suddenly extremely tired. Even the thought of food couldn't prevent her eyes from closing. Walking away from the two women Cortez noticed a few marines in the far corner of the room who were taking a break. Approaching the men he stopped short, "I need one volunteer", he began, pausing for a second. He recognized one of the faces from the battle that the team had just had with the Xchi. "Ramirez, Your it", he said, "Grab your gear and meet me at the door in five minutes". Turning around he looked to see if the two Gott survivors were where he left them, they were. They must have been really tired because they both had there heads down over the consoles they had sat down at and appeared to be sleeping. Noticing Lt. Scott in the center of the room discussing something with another marine, Cortez began walking towards him. He remembered seeing some crew quarters not to far down the hallway, he figured that would be the best place to look for some food, if he was really lucky maybe a replicator would still be operational. ==/-\==End Log ==/-\== (OOC, special thanks to Rangi and Samantha for helping me out with this log) Corporal Richard Cortez ODA Weapons Specialist USS Chimera + Ensign Anita Sheperd Assistant Medical Officer USS Gott [NPC by Rangi] + Ensign Veloré Valfour Assistant Science Officer USS Gott [NPC by Samantha]