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Jenwuf
Forgot to mention: In each pod there are 2 units(robots): 1 Defensive class XR-R unit(humanoid type), with a shield, similar to those plcaed on ships and heavy armor(no weapons). It has 2 legs as movement parts and 2 manipulators as arms
1 Research class XR-R unit(humanoid type) with a scanner and a radar and a little to no armor. it has 2 legs as movement parts and 2 manipulators as hands.

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Alpha Corvette and Alpha Transport Ship fly closer to the life pods while Alpha Research Ship scans the station for more information

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Research pods fly to the hangar and try to land here.

    Jenwuf The Zankaran Empire send a Akira to explore the origin of the transmition.
    image https://i.imgur.com/TgDxx9P.png

      OmegaLul

      Pods:
      The Hangar is a mess
      a STE ship seemingly docked earlier
      but is now smashing around the hangar, with the docking clamp detached.

      This would be bad, but is predictable enough to avoid.
      however having passed the ship the reason behind the ship's clamps detonating becomes clear.
      a croud of Tau's lay dead or dying on the ground, while a few Biohazard units walk over the corpses.
      shooting any that move.
      the Tau's seem to be right next to the landing pad the ship was docked to, indicated by the scorch mark on the floor where it detonated.
      Within a moment, one Troop notices the pods, and begins firing at it.
      from the fact their helmets have no Tau-Fitting mods, they are clearly human.
      and no Humans exist in the STE...

      the pod of course takes little damage, and would be able to land sucessfully, albeit with resistance.

      Corvette and Transport:
      the pods have no antenna but flying close enough reveals they have live inhabitants.
      although they are almost certainly going to die without help,
      however they could spread the parasite to anything alive (for all anyone knows)
      the escape pods are small enough to fit inside even small ships. (the equivilant size of a 2x2 crew quarter)
      there are 12 in total, 3 are empty though, leaving 9 inhabited

      Research Ship:
      Scanning the ship reveals quite a bit.
      It is a MK1-921 Star port
      image https://i.imgur.com/urVGE4S.png
      scaled down interior revealed by scans. although is unable to view personell locations
      due to the high number of inteferances, there is no way of pinpointing the Scientist who sent the message's location.
      Although they are likeley in the Research Wing. (left)
      sadly, some kind of electronic interferance is blocking scans.
      it origionates from the transmitter array
      Importantly, the oxygen supply is low, cutting straight into the research wing would kill everything.
      and likely cause the container housing the old strain to rupture, "failing" immidiately.

      (also nice use of Hex!)

        DarkPearl
        The ship is greeted with the same sight as for the others,
        a dark station, lit only by emergency lights.

        although lucky for them, now no defense turrets remain.
        allowing for easy approach

        the Akira also notices the life-pods of course.

        should the ship choose to go to the hangar, the commotion caused by the two pods
        should buy them time to land alongside them.

          Jenwuf The Akira docks in the station, a group of soldiers leave the ship and enters through the docking tubes.

            DarkPearl

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            Begin
            Question: Identifier.
            Question: Target.
            End

            Jenwuf

            Pods:

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            Research pods land. Defense and research units leave the research pods with their shields active. One of the units says "Question: Identifier" to the Troops. they do not act agressive.

            Corvette and Transport ship:

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            Transport ship starts collecting life pods. they seem to fit well inside it. The Alpha Corvette points it's weapons at the Zankaran Empire Ship, awaiting for the answers.

            Research ship

            Research ship is not performing any actions.

            (I'm from phone now and It is late night so I think I will not be doing anything until tomorrow)

                OmegaLul The ships answer:

                //Start//
                Unknown vessel, you are pointing your weapons at us, state the nature of your presence
                //End//

                  OmegaLul
                  Pods:
                  the troops shout various Swear words at the pods and continue firing at them.
                  one shouts: "FOR GRAHAM!"

                  Corvette and Transport ship:
                  the pods use a external release function.
                  designed to keep inhabitants from opening the doors accidentally.
                  no wonder why they are nicknamed cages by the admiralty...

                  this means the inhabitants are stuck inside.
                  however the pods begin to vent air between them.
                  therefore meaning they will continue to be oxygenated.

                  DarkPearl
                  at the sight of the soldiers,
                  the troops stop shooting the pods and run to through the doorway.
                  some shots barely miss them, their hostility clear to see.

                  one oddity noticed by the soldiers (being closer than the pods) was a farmiliar logo on their sholder armour:

                  I S C

                      Jenwuf

                      Pods:

                      Defense and research units(I already stated how they look) try to move further into the station, leaving the pods behind. not chasing the troops, and ignoring the soldiers.

                      Transport ship

                      After collecting all the pods inside the ship, robots inside the transport ship try to open the pods.

                      DarkPearl
                      Begin
                      This is battle fleet unit AC-F5 of the Karah.
                      Intention: "help" protocols.
                      Question: Identifier.
                      Question: Target.
                      End

                      ((No hex cause I am from phone and it is hard on this screen to copy/paste. Maybe the karah made channels of the web between those ships more protected.))

                          OmegaLul
                          Defence and Research units:
                          the station is littered with dead and dying STE personell.
                          scanning reveals heavy internal bleeding of the heart and lungs.
                          the parasite is able to disquise itself very well.
                          and appears as little more than nothing on scans.
                          scans show death in 1-2 days.
                          many of them cry for help, or simply to be killed.
                          some react agressively, but most are in no state to get up and fight.

                          it appears the ISC biohazard squad have fled.
                          the main corridor down to the central hub is relatively clean.
                          down at the end of the corridor,
                          a blast door slams shut.
                          all rooms to the left and right are locked shut.
                          some however are open,
                          revealing small holdouts of Tau's.
                          mainly engineers.

                          it is likeley they too are searching for the scientist.
                          and could be responsible for the destruction of the defence turret.

                          Transport Ship
                          the pods hiss as they open.
                          leaving the inhabitants to gasp for somewhat less recycled air.

                          they are bleeding from their mouths, as the scientist said they would.
                          some seem to be dead already.
                          suggesting they where out there for quite some time.

                          none are in any state to talk.
                          talking would likeley cause the blood to drown them quicker.
                          and so most stay quiet.
                          although some plead for their lives.

                          without a cure or reversal, there is no way of saving them.

                          however this presents a perfect opportunity to scan for how the parasite spreads
                          due to it being classified in the database

                          (late here aswell, so im going to hold off on posting more until tommorow)

                            Jenwuf ((I don't think soldiers would just let some unknown robots walk in... so continuing it without @DarkPearl isn't the best idea.))

                              OmegaLul
                              (ok, then what I've said is what would happen)

                                Jenwuf

                                Warping in was one cargo ship, Originating from OMEGA Inc- The Ship sends a transmission

                                "This Omega 723-98-A, We have cryopods to preserve the humans in a suspended-animation like state where they will not age, nor, progress. We have medical professionals on-board to help all injured humans, just bring them into the hangar where they will be escorted to the cryo-pods"

                                The transmission ends

                                  Jenwuf

                                  Transport ship

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                                  Transport ship docks to the research ship and 5 of all 18 people are transported to the research ship, others were settled in the crew quarters inside the transport ship.

                                  killercat625
                                  Begin
                                  Question: target.
                                  Question: amount.
                                  Question: Identifier.
                                  End

                                      OmegaLul

                                      "We are OMEGA- Inc. We will help all of the survivors with advanced medical procedures. We have cryo-pods to preserve them until a cure is found."

                                          killercat625
                                          The Escapees really have no say in the matter,
                                          The decision as to whether they are given to you is up to @OmegaLul

                                          However:
                                          All ships and personnel/robots, etc monitoring the transmission suddenly catch it change

                                          At first, it seems to be a STE news broadcast, although suddenly the entire screen goes blank,
                                          Only to be replaced by the following:

                                          ErROr TrANSmissIoN INteRuPTeD

                                          ISC not found
Beginning "Sabotage protocol":
                 Running vengeance algorithms
                 Sending Biohazard clone squad
                 Reviving Graham...
                 ...
                 ..
                 ERROR [403]: Graham not found
                 Beginning backup protocol

Sending Encrypted TAUDIE report on open comms:

                                          image https://i.imgur.com/WbAssBs.png

                                          WARNING, AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION UNAVAILABLE
TAUDIE test successful, log sent.
   
Purpose complete, secondary backup ISC AI turning off
Goodbye world

                                          Then everything went back to before, the transmission being a camera pointed at some paper...
                                          Crosschecking with comms data shows that the transmission was also interrupted here
                                          During a STE news broadcast...

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