It looked completely deliberate. The body had been searched and rearranged after the victim was murdered. The murderer used a plasma weapon of some sort.

Ask him to invalidate your old access card and issue you another. Just tell him the circumstances that led to yours being stolen when he gets upset with you for losing your original one.

and that you would feel a lot better if he had an alibi for the time of the murder since he is a captain. getting him off the suspect list will make it easier on you.

>>202215
>Ask him to invalidate your old access card and issue you another.

inb4 the mainframe problems make this impossible. (Still worth trying, mind.)

>>202224
oh and make it obvious that you don't WANT to suspect him but you need to assume it's anyone you didn't see at the time. currently only one passenger has an alibi because they were with you at the time of the incident.

>>202214
"I've yet to encounter an accident that severs a person's head, drags the corpse somewhere else through a pool of its own blood, stands it up, vaporizes the corpse's head, and then finally changes the victim's clothes, sir.
Whoever did it knows which walls are safe to hit with directed energy weapons and has been stealing IDs to foul attempts to track them down.
Knowing which walls to hit means they're familiar with the ship, meaning it's an inside job. Being able to take-out systems before they sabotaged my room and stole my ID means they had a high level of access to begin with.
No head means no easy way for us to ID the victim, which makes tracking down who they are is going to be difficult.

It gets worse, though. Once we reach port we'll have the authorities on hand to lock down and sweep the ship, which is where the tactic breaks down.
While that sounds great it's also very well known as SOP, meaning that whoever it is knows about it. That means they don't intend for us to make it there.

Communications are offline by this point - I don't even need to ask - so I would advise getting whatever engineers you can together and focusing everything on getting communications back online and broadcasting a distress call. After that? Focus on bringing systems under manual control, then flush all the IDs in the system, seal all doors. If somebody wants to go to another room make them radio in a request and close it immediately after they're through.

Oh, I'd also strongly advise pulling the other officers and personnel out of cryo, and keeping everybody in groups of three or more.

>>202214
Head got blown off with a H.E.R. probably not an accident.

Suggestion 2010/07/02(Fri)13:29 No. 202267 ID: 6550ad
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There's no way it could've been an accident, sir.I've yet to encounter an accident that severs a person's head, drags the corpse somewhere else through a pool of its own blood, stands it up, vaporizes the corpse's head, and then finally changes the victim's clothes, sir.

>What...

It's worse, sir, as the victim's head has been vaporized with which all evidence points to be a H.E.R. The murderer knew what wall would be safe to shoot without destroying the whole ship with it. Also the way all the systems have been wrecked just before the crime clearly points to an inside job.

>Who's the victim?

Hum, the ID card found in the body had R. Mikos written on it.

>Fuck... They'll never believe that.

What, sir?

>I'll tell you what's the situation. The mainframe is toasted for good and almost every system of the ship is now dead. Only the most basic of routines and those that can be operated manually are still online. That means that we're damn lucky of being alive, son. The atmospheric system still works and the hyperjump engine is operative and set with the coordinates to Tinosa II. So we should get to our destination in the estimated time as long as those systems are unharmed. Communications are completely fried, though.

Hmm, situation seems delicate.

>No, it's way worse than that. That murder has fucked up everything! We have two Ziraneé diplomatics as passengers in the ship.

What!? What are they doing here?

The Ziran Empire has been the declared enemy of the Maurian Republic for the past three centuries, fighting for the mining resources all across the galaxy, the two powers entangled in a bloody war that that devoured entire generations of citizens of both sides. Only 3 years ago, the two titans signed an truce for an undefined time, filled with tension and veiled threats.

>That's classified information, officer. What matter is that nobody is going to want to believe that it's an inside job... They won't investigate. They will just see a Maurian diplomatic murdered, and two Ziraneé in the same ship. They'll want blood.

perhaps we can shift the blame to an unknown terrorist faction? they want the war to keep going so as to take advantage of the fighting.

>>202267
We need to get a conclusive identification of the body. The ID on the corpse isn't good enough proof. In fact, I suspect it was this R. Mikos that was responsible for killing the man, and switched clothes with him. The inside-out jacket suggests this. He was in a hurry, the jacket got turned inside-out when he took it off, and didn't notice when he put it on the body.

Furthermore, mention the ooze that you saw out of the corner of your eye. There could be something nonhuman(or whatever term is appropriate) loose in the ship.

>>202267
"We can't confirm the ID of the vic without a head or dna testing, and we don't have the equipment or time that requires. I strongly suspect that the ID card is a plant.
Besides that? What if we have no records of the two diplomats leaving cryo? We get them, keep them under guard in the brig 'for protection', and keep investigating. Once they have an alibi it would force an investigation.
Hypothetically, of course, as the cryo records are doubtlessly lost, and it would rely entirely on a person of standing afirming that to be the case - if that IS the case."

>>202267
"Captain, do you know the names of the Ziraneé diplomats?"
Also, if catastrophic system failure occurred... well, all the passengers may have been released from cryo. That would make things a bit more complicated.
[Crazy speculation: What if Zira is actually a Ziran diplomat?]

There are two strategic choices then, if the Maurian Republic wants to avoid an interstellar war.

The first is to rely on on-site personnel (i.e. you) to unravel this plot completely and figure out what happened such that there is incontestable proof of the facts.

The second is to scuttle the ship and hope whoever is in charge of intelligence at home and in the Ziran Empire is up to the task of keeping the fact that there were two Ziraneé passengers aboard completely suppressed. That's a slim hope indeed though, considering that an infiltrator is aboard this ship. I would not advocate that "solution" openly, but be prepared for the Captain's mind to turn that way if you take too long in getting this situation under control.

>>202290
If Zira is a Ziran, then we need to get back to her ASAP. She might be the perp or she might be a target. Either way, we would need to get there now and make sure she's secure.

Suggestion 2010/07/02(Fri)16:26 No. 202348 ID: 6550ad
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>>202290

Zira can't be one of the diplomats. Maurians and Ziraneé aren't even of the same species! Her name is a weird coincidence, although.

I see... Well, anyways, I haven't been able to confirm the identity of the victim without the head. For what we know, Mikos could be the murderer and have exchanged clothes with the actual victim.

>That doesn't make any sense, Reto Mikos was the mayor of Port Augira, a respectable city in Tinosa II, our destination. Why would he behave like a common criminal?... No, don't answer me, I don't care at the moment. But there's a way we could confirm the identity of the corpse. Dr. Labras, in the InfirmaryAs you should remember, to get permission to embark, all passengers and crew members had to register and pass a medical exam. We don't have the means to perform a DNA analysis, but all passengers and crew blood types should've been recorded and stored in the medical database. Most of the medical equipment in the ship works offline for security reasons, so maybe it still works, even with the mainframe down.

Thanks sir, that would be of great help. Changing subjects, what are the names of the two Ziraneé diplomats?

>Ermm... I can't access the records, something as simple as that and it's fucking impossible. You'll have to ask that in person, I guess. Just try not to inconvenience them too much, we have enough troubles as we are.

Have all the passengers been released from cryo because of the system failure?

>Probably, yes.

We should keep the Ziranée diplomats in the bridge, for security reasons.

>Hah! That's a good one! You're free to try, but you know those scales-for-brains and their twisted concept of honor and shit. They'll probably take it as an insult and fight to the death before getting under arrest, even if -and I say IF- they are innocent.

Alright sir, I think that's all. As Head Security of this ship I will take care of the investigation. Anything else I should know.

>Hmpf. Good luck with that. Ah, you can talk to Dr. Labras yourself about the identification of the corpse, or I can ask him while you perform your investigation. Your call. I have to discuss some matters with him anyways. In any case, I doubt he'll have the results before an hour.

may as well talk to him ourself. then let's go talk to the zaranee diplomats.

>>202348
Get on that identification.

After that, find the diplomats and tell them that there is a saboteur-assassin on the ship that has disabled most of the systems, and humbly request that they consider aiding in the protection of the civilians on board.
Whatever their answer, start gathering everybody in whatever room is large enough to hold them with the fewest doors for can manage.
Make the Captain decide what to tell them, since that's part of his job and you've got a killer to track down.

>>202348
>Maurians and Ziraneé aren't even of the same species!
Do they have visible differences? Did any of the passengers meet with one another?

I'd assume that if there were two vastly visually different passengers on-board, people would've noticed if they were allowed to meet each other... unless they look similar enough to Maurians that they could easily pass as Maurians.

Hmm. Anyway, best get on the identification thing, I suppose.

Gotta get blood to the good doctor.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD DOCTOR!

Suggestion 2010/07/03(Sat)13:59 No. 202724 ID: 6550ad
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Maurians and Ziraneé are completely different, physically and socially, it would be impossible to mistake them. But it should be relatively easy to get two of them in a ship without being noticed. The Orbital Interceptions are neutral space, and they would only have to enbark before every other passenger. Or after them. During the flight, all the passengers should be on cryo-sleep, so nobody would meet each other.

Tiak enters the Infirmary, where he faces a pale maurian in a lab suit and D-goggles.

You must be Dr. Labras

>You don't seem to be hurt or sick. What do you want?

I'm the Head Security of the ship and I need your help, there's been a murder.

>A what!?

Briefly, Tiak explains the situation to the doctor, stating that he needs his help to identify the corpse.

So... would that be possible?

>...I guess. Yeah, I guess that I could use my portable scanner to sample the blood and compare it with the my register.

Excellent, could you do that?

>That's not part of my regular duty as the ship's medic, but I guess that I'll make an exception for this time. It will take meat least one hour, though. And you'll have to personally take care of all the bureaucratic mess that it's going to cause me.

Urgh... Fine.

Tiak wonders if there's anything else he would want to ask to the doctor, or if that's enough. And in that case, what should his next step be.

Ask him if he's seen anything weird going on. Also the medical supplies are locked up really well, right?

>>202724
Ask her about growth disorders among Maurians.

>>202724
Maybe have your head checked real quick, since you got smashed against the wall pretty hard.

>>202732
agree, make sure you aren't hallucinating.

Suggestion 2010/07/03(Sat)16:50 No. 202762 ID: 6550ad
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Say, doctor, have you seen anything unusual going on?

>Only a security guard bursting through my door telling me to identify a beheaded corpse.

Are the medical supplies locked up well?

>How could you question that?

Sure, sure. Another thing. Hmmm... See, I was curious about something. Do you know anything about growth disorders among Maurians ?

>Hrm, I assume that you're interested about Ambassador Niadar's case. I must say, that's quite unprofessional of you, officer. Anyways, it's not my field of study. Growth disorders can be caused by a wide range of reasons. It could be hereditary or acquired. In the latter case, it's probably because of some disease or fault in the growth phase, during the childhood.

[i]One last thing. Earlier I've been attacked and hit pretty hard in the head, to the point of falling unconscious. Maybe you can check if everything is optimal up there?

>Fine. Sit on the bed.

The doctor analyzes Tiak's head with his D-Goggles, and he can feel the tickling of the low intensity radiation over his body.

>There are no fractures in the carapace, and I can't find any kind of internal trauma. You are perfectly fine.

thank the doc and star looking around for more clues. go back to engineering and call down the ramp that you are here to return his card.

>>202762
Excellent. now then, back down to the engineering bay.

>>202762
Ask him if he can spare a scalpel. The person who assaulted us is wearing a suit which makes him immune to the tazer so we need another weapon. Any weapon. Whatever we can get.

Ask what else those D-Goggles can do. They could be useful if he has a spare we can borrow.

Suggestion 2010/07/04(Sun)02:05 No. 203013 ID: 6550ad
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About those goggles, doc. What else can they do?

>Hm? They're a basic paramedic tool, it basically works as a portable X-ray device. But of course, not as powerful, or radioactive. Its use is very limited.

Do you have one to spare?

>Even if I have, the use of any medical equipment is exclusive of the ship's doctor, nobody else is allowed, not even Security, or the captain himself.

Then I guess that if I ask you for a spare scalpel? See, there's this guy who attacked me wearing a su-

>Officer, do you take me for some kind of shady supplier, handing medical equipment to be used as weapons? Simply out of the question.

'Fine, jeez, just looking for anything really that could help.' then go back down to engineering.

>>203013
"I don't think you quite understand the situation.
The ship has been sabotaged. Most of its systems have been destroyed past the point of repair, and we have assassins in disguise on the loose murdering people with smuggled energy weapons.
X-Ray goggles would allow me to see who is carrying weapons, which in turn allows me to incapacitate them before they can cause further harm.
Normally you would be correct, but if you check the regulations you'll see I have the authority to commandeer equipment in a security crisis like this.
Again, do you have a spare?"

Suggestion 2010/07/04(Sun)03:44 No. 203019 ID: 6550ad
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I don't think you quite understand the situation. The ship has been sabotaged. Most of its systems have been destroyed past the point of repair, and we have assassins in disguise on the loose murdering people with smuggled energy weapons.

X-Ray goggles would allow me to see who is carrying weapons, which in turn allows me to incapacitate them before they can cause further harm.

>Hmpf... Fine, have your way. I just hope for your own sake that the situation is as severe as you tell me. But anyways, I don't have a spare pair of D-goggles, and I refuse to give out these, I don't care if the whole ship blows up, I need them to do my work.

>But I guess that you can have a spare scalpel if you want it. There's one on the counter.

>>203019
Thank him, take the scalpel and be on your way to engineering.

Suggestion 2010/07/04(Sun)15:12 No. 203248 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak pockets the scalpel, thanks the doctor and walks all the way back to Engineering. The hike is uneventful. He notices that the corpse has been untouched, the [/b]servo-camera[/b] is still hidden in the janitor's car, and hasn't registered anybody crossing the room.

Seems like the power is back on in the Engineering Area and Trake seems to be pretty busy at the moment, but inmediatly notices Tiak.

>Ah, therey'are. Here, I made you a new ID Card. I couldn't do anythin' fancy with it, you know, with all the systems goin' to hell and all that. This thin' just should override any security lock in the ship. So don' go losin' it!

Thanks! Here, here's your card.
Tiak hands the Head Engineer his ID.

>Aye.

Hmm, what should Tiak do now?

>>203248

Tiak is awesome. He got the engines working again without his own ID card and made you one from scratch? It's not your job to advise Tiak, but I'm sure he would want to suit up and go down to check the reactor at some point. You need to clearly mark the hazard suit so you don't end up murdalizing Tiak. But don't tell him you're going to do so. If he was the one who attacked you, he won't check for the spare suit and see the marking on it. If he wasn't the one who attacked you, he'll need a suit and given that there's only one left, will have to put up with the markings. That way if you catch Tiak with the suit on you can be sure of whether he is the attacker or not, and you can avoid attacking him unnecessarily with the scalpel.

Question though, how to mark the suit in a recognizable way that wouldn't get bleached by the radiation... got a can of white paint?

ask him what's in the top draw of the cabinet, you are fairly certain you saw someone rummaging through it when you came in before.

>>203248
We need to go find the janitor and ask him if he saw anything strange.

>>203260
Finding the janitor, preferably before he does something stupid and/or gets killed should be our main priority right now.

>>203260
>We need to go find the janitor and ask him if he saw anything strange.

This is probably a good idea, but aren't we supposed to be fetching a blood sample for the doctor? Or is he heading down himself?

Suggestion 2010/07/04(Sun)17:44 No. 203337 ID: 6550ad
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>>203252

(You got a bit confused here. Tiak is the name of our main character, the security officer. Trake is the engineer :P)

And Tiak isn't carrying paint, or anything that could be used to mark the hazard suit at the moment.

Before heading out to try to find the janitor, Tiak decides to ask something to Trake.

Hey, what's in the filing cabinet in the corner?/i]

>Oh? Eh, mostly bureaucratic crap. All the papers we gotta sign before takin' off from the Intersection. List of crew members, passengers, cargo, all that shit.

[i]I'm fairly sure that I saw someone rummaging through it while the lights were out.

>Oh, really? B'cause that would be pretty weird. I mean, ya gotta enter a passwor' on that touch screen in order t'open the drawers.

Who has access to that password?

>Eh, I dunno, I gues' the captain, maybe someone 'lse, like the pilot. I have one, but I have a terrible memory, so I keep it written down in a piece of paper. Not that I have any use fer all that paperwor'.

... is your piece of paper where you left it?

>>203337
so, where's the paper?

Suggestion 2010/07/04(Sun)19:41 No. 203368 ID: 6550ad
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So, where is that paper?

>Uuuuhh... I lost it.

What!?

>I told ya I got an awful memory, I must've left it on a desk, or maybe 'round here, somewhere. Beh, I don't really need those documents anyways.

oh man, it may not be important to you but to whoever knows the password now probably finds it VERY important. most likely something in there that would interest someone.
too late to worry about it now though. let's go find the janitor.

oh no wait. ask if he can get the bathroom door open, pretty sure he locked himself in there.

>>203368
Tell him to change the password. It's most likely been compromised. By our short 'friend' in yellow.

>>203377
He can't change it since he doesn't remember it.

>>203452

The captain could change it, but I bet he would not be amused.

Suggestion 2010/07/05(Mon)11:38 No. 203682 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak walks down the corridor and tries to open again the male restroom door. This time it happens to be unlocked, revealing a bathroom identical to the female one. It's empty, clean and doesn't show signs of use.

Suggestion 2010/07/05(Mon)11:38 No. 203683 ID: 6550ad
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Kind of disappointed, Tiak continues through the south corridor, looking for the janitor. This part opens to the Cargo Hold and the Crew Quarters. Besides that, the corridor goes on.

>>203683
Check the Crew Quarters first.

Indeed, crew quarters.

Suggestion 2010/07/06(Tue)10:16 No. 204157 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak decides to check out the Crew Quarters first. The door leads to a small corridor with six doors, each one with a human letter assigned to it.

There's no way of telling whose is any of the rooms without opening them one by one. And Tiak would need a good reason to invade the private quarters of his fellow crew members.

Tiak, is there something you aren't getting about the situation? You have good reason to do pretty much anything at this point.

Ah, but we do not know much about Maurians. Maybe in their culture, privacy is valued much higher than in ours.

Although, since there's a murder culprit on the run, maybe they would understand the reasoning to intrude, since all Tiak wanted would be to protect their lifes.

Well, seconding the poster above.

>>204157
Somebody tampered with the slot on E. Investigate it.

Suggestion 2010/07/06(Tue)11:22 No. 204185 ID: 6550ad
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Maurians have their privacy in great value, but it's not only that. Tiak is not sure what to look for in the crew quarters, and he doesn't want to waste the time to search the rooms one by one, going through the stuff of all the other crew members without having a clear objective in mind.

Tiak investigates the card slot for the E door. It looks like someone has jammed sharp pieces of plastic in it. The shards are too deeply crammed to be removed with his bare fingers, he would need a tool of some sort.

>>204185
Ask the engineer for a pair of pliers.

do you know who uses room E? anyway you are only looking for the janitor or suited person. a quick glimpse for man sized objects is all.

>>204185
Pry them out with the scalpel? Might take a little while though, if it's not feasible head back to the engineer and grab some plyers.

Can you use your insect pincer-mandible thingers to pull it out?

Suggestion 2010/07/06(Tue)16:16 No. 204314 ID: 6550ad
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>>204220

Maurian mandibles are vestigial and atrophied and don't serve any practical purpose anymore! They are just there, giving them a hard time when they try to put on turtleneck sweaters.

Tiak tries to use the scalpel instead. He's able to cut some of the smaller chunks, but the tool isn't long enough to reach the bottom and pry the bigger shards out. So he decides to go back to Engineering and try to ask Trake for some pliers.

On his way there, he finds Dr. Labras has come down to examine the corpse. He seems to be scanning it with some kind of device that emits a eerie green light. The doctor nods at Tiak as he passes by.

Finally in Engineering, Trake doesn't seem to be here, at least in this particular room. But there's a pair of pliers on the workbench.

grab the pliers. and check in that room to the left real quick to see if he is there. he could be by the engine right now and using the other suit, a third one isn't around so you wouldn't be able to follow him.

Leave a note saying you took the pliers, and you'll return them soon.

>>204314
Well, yell out "Trake?" to see if he's nearby.

Suggestion 2010/07/07(Wed)01:01 No. 204476 ID: 6550ad
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Trake doesn't seem like he's in the next room, after taking a peek in. Nobody responds when Tiak yells his name either. But that's no surprise, the noise of the engines is so loud in this are, it engulfs almost every other sound.

Not having pen or paper to leave a note, Tiak takes the pliers, decided to give them back as soon as possible.

let's go ply some plastic.

Suggestion 2010/07/07(Wed)05:19 No. 204526 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak hurries over the E door and removes the plastic fragments with the help of the pliers. As he doesn't know what to do with them and he doesn't like littering, he stores them in his pocket for now.

The E compartment is small and austere, there isn't much to look to see in here. The smell of molten metal and burnt paper is strong in the air.

>>204526
examine burnt paper and container

Examine CHAIR.

>>204526
Examine capsule. Anything in there we can't see from this angle?

Suggestion 2010/07/07(Wed)11:13 No. 204581 ID: 6550ad
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The capsule is the Cryo unit. The light is off, so it must be empty. A quick glance confirms it, nobody inside.

The chair is a simple piece of furniture attached to the floor. Nothing interesting about it.

The metal chest on the floor has been cut open with an energy tool. Its contents, are now a pile of ashes and dirt. Looks like most of them were clothes, and papers.

There are some more papers scattered around, but they're too damaged to be readable. One of them still has some parts intact, but still Tiak can only make out a few words.

...Important... as Engineer...suspect...Security... stored in the Zero Deck...must be safe...

Just as Tiak finishes reading what's left of the letter, his PDA beeps. The servo-camera hidden in the janitor cart has detected something. A rather bulky person has walked in front of it, going towards the south corridor. The corridor that leads to these quarters. Looks like the doctor hasn't reacted to this individual and is still investigating the corpse.

it could be the suit guy or it could be Trake in a hazard suit. ether way the doctor would assume it is trake. ether way meet them and be ready to defend yourself. if it is trake then mark the suit with a charcoal stripe.

>>204581
Would it be possible to use a H.E.R. as a cutting tool? Or is it impossible to use the weapon like that?

Anyway, stay in the room and only look carefully down the corridor, towards the person about to enter.

step outside and ask if it's trake. if not or no answer, get behind the door and ready the scalpel.

Suggestion 2010/07/07(Wed)15:43 No. 204641 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak nervously considers the situation.

Oh shit. It's coming directly towards this door. He hasn't seen me yet. What do I do now? Try to speak with him, defend, hide...? Fuck.

>>204641
Go back into the room and hide off to the side of the door.
Once he enters the room step behind him and rip-off the helmet. You need to ID who it is.

>>204641
You're already cornered. It could be that they're heading for a different door, though. Stay hidden, and see what door they go into.

it must be trake then, as suit guy would know that door E was disabled. yell "trake, that you?"

Suggestion 2010/07/08(Thu)04:18 No. 204906 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak retreats to the side of the door and waits. The Figure opens the door and walks through it. The room is pretty small, Tiak is going to be noticed shortly.

What to do?

Tackle, stab stab stab

>>204909
This, but before you go stab stab stab, try to pull off the helmet.

>>204906
Just stay still until he walks past. That face mask allows for zero peripheral vision, so they won't see you until they turn to look.
As long as you keep quiet you'll probably go unnoticed long enough for them to take a few steps into the room. Once that happens you need to sneak up behind them and remove their helmet.

You need to identify them, because:
A: There's a damn good chance it's Trake
B: If it's not Trake then you now know what the killer looks like.

Suggestion 2010/07/08(Thu)09:31 No. 204951 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak lunges and tries to tackle the stranger in the hazard suit and remove the mask. But his adversary happens to be sturdier than he thought, and even surprised, is able to stand in place and shove Tiak off to the other side of the room, stumbling.

Shi- Who are you? Trake, is that you?

The figure doesn't answer, but now Tiak can see that is holding a heavy hammer and seems to be getting ready to attack.

>>204951
Grab the box and swing it at him, then use the distraction to get as close to him as possible.
While you're there you want to jab the scalpel into the abdomen/chest area as deep as you can, then pull it out and run.
The logic behind this is simple. Deep penetrating injuries like that are reliably fatal if untreated and debilitating in the mean time. If you get lucky and hit a major artery then the problem will be solved.
Besides all that? Once you land a hit and escape with the scalpel you'll have a blood sample to show the doc. Then you'll know either who they are or that they're a stowaway.

Next time you're in engineering you should borrow a plasma cutter or some equally misusable tool.

>>204957
it will also mark their suit so you can recognize them later, and destroy it's protection against the engine radiation.

Go for a nonlethal attack. Preferrably, you would slice open a part of the suit then stick the tazer in there.

>>204951
Disable him thanks to your superior close combat training you received as security officer of a spaceship.
Right?

...Right?

Suggestion 2010/07/08(Thu)14:37 No. 205025 ID: 6550ad
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Before the his enemy can attack first, Tiak throws the box with perfect accuracy, hitting the mysterious individual in the head.

During the confusion, Tiak is able to charge with the scalpel, and pierce the shoulder under the hazard suit. There's no visible blood, but he can feel how the blade hacks through the flesh.

But when he tries to pull it out, it happens to be stuck. The figure doesn't flinch during the struggle, but methodically swings the hammer, striking Tiak's right leg. The security officer stumbles out of the room with a groan, falling onto the floor, the pain overwhelming his sense, and not being able to move the injured leg.

He's still holding the scalpel, which is now broken. The blade must be still lodged in his attacker's shoulder.

crawl for you life to the doc!

Can you make it into one of the other rooms? I doubt you'll be able to run in this condition.

Close the door!

>>205026

YELL for the doc. Even if he lacks the necessary bravery to drag you from an imminent braining (since Mr Hazmat doesn't seem that fast), he should at least panic enough to call half the ship down here. Or at least the burly engineer.

Suggestion 2010/07/09(Fri)07:34 No. 205334 ID: 6550ad
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Tiak's injured leg can't stand the weight of his own body. He can't reach the card slot of the next door before his attacker comes out of the E compartment, still silent, blood slowly pouring from the wounded shoulder.

Tiak tries to crawl away and yells for help, hoping for the doctor or someone else to hear him. But nobody answers.

>>205334
Oh man. Doesn't look good.

Try to hit the scalpel wound with your taser.

It's possible the blade, still stuck in the wound, could act as a lightning rod.

>>205339
Well, there's a gash in his suit now. Hope you're an excellent shot.

Suggestion 2010/07/09(Fri)13:12 No. 205461 ID: 6550ad
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As his attacker looms over him, raising the terrible hammer over his head, a muffled voice can be heard from inside the mask.

>I didn't want to do this. It's nothing personal, you just getting in my way, officer.

Then I hope you won't take personal THIS, either!

Tiak quickly aims and shoots with perfect marksmanship, the taser energy beam hitting the wounded shoulder, the metal shard of the broken scalpel working as a lightning rod, extending the energy all over the victim's body.

The figure stumbles for a seconds and finally falls unconscious, the massive body falling over Tiak. The security officer tries to roll out of the way, but freezes and cringes in pain when he tries to move his abused leg.

Suggestion 2010/07/09(Fri)13:13 No. 205462 ID: 6550ad
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It's too late now.

Suggestion 2010/07/09(Fri)13:13 No. 205463 ID: 6550ad
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END OF CHAPTER 1.

wake up later in a daze with the guy still pining you down.