EVENT: THE SLEEPERS OF TERABEL Pt. II

[crux_npcs]

Who: The Sub-Fleet, Pirates
Where: The Domed City of Terabel
When: Afternoon, Majo 11th
Warnings: Space Violence

It takes a certain kind of someone to volunteer to defend a people they don't know, in a city they've never seen. Brave souls or perhaps just lovers of violence. Either way, the shuttles containing both the security forces to fight off the pirates and the science teams land safely, escorted by a few starfighters.

Fortunately, the people of Terabel breathe oxygen. Unfortunately, their entire city is designed for a race with wings. Large doors and open walls don't offer much cover, stairways or ladders are practically non-existent, and elevators just plain don't exist. Thankfully, the Fleet comes prepared for such situations. Everyone, even the Cybertronians, are issued jetpacks to get around comfortably, and grapnel guns for emergency purposes.

When they get a good view of the city, it's clear that the space pirates have already gotten started on their raid. Smoke can be seen cropping up as the looters burn whatever they can't use. From the sounds of things, they're being rather liberal with their explosives. The defenders will have to act quick if they want the Domed City to still resemble a city before the day is done! It's possible that some of the unthawed natives are still alive, but with every second that ticks by, that possibility diminishes.

For the science team, with or without the aid of the natives, their mission is to take stock of the workings of the city to find anything at all that could help with halting the city's solar swan dive.

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Re: [Scenario B]

[gunholic]

"Hey, Pinoko," Axl said, almost bouncing a bit in place since the warren that was the city was a pretty fun place to knock about.

"I'm not hurt.. just a few singes I'm gonna need to buff out of my armor later. I'm here to help cover you guys."

[tinywife]

"All right. We should go check to see if there's any wounded and if there's anything that we can do for them," Pinoko said. "I'm not that great at research, but I can help with nursing stuff. Pinoko just hopes that the Xenobiology isn't too crazy this time."

There was something to be said for the... unique experience of learning as you go. But she had her nursing kit. She hadn't even been at the fleet that long, and she had already traded out a lot of it for Space Technology.

"Come on. Let's go!"

[gunholic]

"That I can do. If we're looking for hurt people, we're probably gonna find a fight~!"

Axl was maybe a little too cheery at the thought.

"You gonna be ok with the jetpack, or do you want a lift?"

Well, Pinoko was tiny enough that he really wouldn't bleed through the pack's power supply that much faster.

[tinywife]

"Pinoko can operate my own jetpack, thank you," she said, smiling a little. "Acchonburike! I don't need to be carried everywhere."

To prove her point she pushes a button on the jetpack. And it sends her up. Acchonburike, indeed. That might not have been completely expected.

"Are you coming?" she called down to Axl.

[gunholic]

"Just making sure!" Axl said, holding his hands up as Pinoko zoomed upward. He adjusted the straps of his own jetpack-- it had taken some fiddling to get it on over his armor-- and followed.

"Lead the way, boss."

[tinywife]

"Awesome! You will be my nurse!" Pinoko declared, as they started looking around.

Nurses having nurses. What is this world coming to? Now Pinoko just had to hope that there weren't any natives with broken wings around. She really didn't know how to set a broken wings. (Hopefully the people of Terabel didn't have hollow wings like birdies.)

Leave it to Pinoko to turn a science mission into a Medical Mission.

[gunholic]

"Uh.. okay? I don't know a lot about nursing, though..." Axl said, trailing off as Pinoko followed.. whatever she was following into a tangle of airy towers after casualties.

Well, it was gonna be an educational trip then, anyway.

[tinywife]

"Don't worry! I didn't either when I started! You'll learn!" Pinoko called.

Was that a person up there? There was only one way to find out. And hope that she didn't overshoot the target!

[gunholic]

"Oh boy..." Axl muttered, trailing off as he followed Pinoko's change of course. Yup, that looked like a person, and certainly smelled like a person who had gotten on the bad end of an energy weapon to Axl as they got closer.

"Light, what a mess," he said, tearing his eyes away from the rather burnt native to scan for any possible danger.

[tinywife]

"Oh no," Pinoko murmured. "Sir!" she called, looking at the wreckage. "Are you... well it is clear that you aren't all right... but are you alive? Is anyone alive?"

Her voice might have sounded a little small on that last bit. But she took a breath, trying to calm herself down.

"Pinoko is a nurse!" And oh, did she sound more confident than she felt. "So I can tend anyone who is injured." Please please let that be true.

[gunholic]

The burned apparition twitched, though whatever he or she said sounded a lot more like "fwuh" than an actual word. It was still pretty bad-- vivid streaks showed where weapons fire had made a close call, and there was a really big one that had turned most of their new patient's shoulder and chest black-- a direct hit, if Axl could guess. Probably in shock. Hopefully going to make it... though with the city on the way to the sun, that wasn't looking good either.

He didn't stop to check aside from a quick look, more concerned with the large window-doors to the place and making sure to check all possible points of entry for anyone approaching or hiding before he doubled back on Pinoko.

[tinywife]

"Nurse Axl! We have an injured person over here! Pinoko needs your help!" she called, trying to calm herself down a little.

"It's all right," she said to the rather charred looking winged person. "We'll get you out. I can try to get you patched up. You can worry about paying Pinoko later," she said. "It looks like you got caught by weapons fire pretty bad. I'm going to have to examine you."

Because there might be more than the superficial stuff, but that had to be treated first.

[gunholic]

"Just a minute!" Didn't work to get shot at, after all. Satisfied the coast was clear, he knelt next to Pinoko.

"All right, what do you want me to do? Looks like we're still clear."

[tinywife]

"We need to stabilize the patient," Pinoko said, taking a breath and going over basic trauma stuff. "Evaluate for deeper wounds, like internal bleeding and stuff, and treat that first. Then treat the superficial stuff like the burns."

Pinoko took another breath or two.

"You make sure that we're clear, that nothing's coming. No pirates, no bikers, no asteroids or anything. And hand me things if I need you to."

She pulled out her nifty omnicorder then. "Let's see what the damage is."

[gunholic]

"Nobody's getting through me. You go it," Axl said, giving her a slightly shaky thumbs up.

At least aside from being pretty crispy, the winged dude looked all right. A little cooked where that direct hit got scored, but otherwise? Maybe Pinoko's omnicorder would tell more, but Axl was betting on what he was seeing being what he got. It was gross enough as it was anyway.

[tinywife]

"Okay," Pinoko said. "Sir, I know this hurts. We're going to get you out of here soon, all right?" Pinoko asked, eyeing the omnicorder results.

She would take the "fwuh" that the winged person made as a yes.

"Well, good news and bad news!" Pinoko said brightly. "The good news is that it looks like there's no internal injuries. It looks like the extent of the damage is that burn. The bad news is that the burn is pretty gross," Pinoko said. "It's going to leave a nasty scar, and we need to start treating it right away."

She sighed. Burns weren't that hard. Hopefully he wouldn't need a skin graft. But at least this person didn't have any broken bones. That was a plus.

"Axl, could you please bring me the kit out of my bag?"

[gunholic]

Axl obligingly dug around, though he was a little flummoxed about what kit meant until he found one with a cross on it. That still meant medic, right?

"This it?" he said, handing it over. The alien wasn't looking so hot, conscious but clearly out of it.

"Hey, don't worry. She's little but she knows her stuff," he said, trying to sound reassuring.

[tinywife]

"That's it!" Pinoko confirmed.

She took the kit, humming faintly under her breath as she started to stabilize the patient. It didn't take long, with all the fancy space tech. He'd have a scar, but aside from that, he'd be fine. Pinoko finished the treatment with some painkiller.

"Take it easy and stay hydrated. You should be all right. Axl, let's get him out of here," Pinoko said.

[gunholic]

Axl kept a lookout, especially since it meant he didn't have to watch Pinoko work. Burned up squishies were gross.

"Kay... I got him. Lead on," he said, carefully gathering up their patient once Pinoko gave the all-clear. They'd have to scramble a bit to get him behind the safe line.. but that was what they were there for.

[tinywife]

"Let's go," Pinoko said, leading the way back towards the safe line. She could discuss after care with their patient again once she got him safe.

Then, once he was safe, she could go out and look for patients all over again.

She stayed near Axl and the patient as they headed back towards the safe zone. No need for any of them getting blown up or shot before they got clear.