Blue Team Onward!

[voidtreckermods]

Initial Guarding

Once the other teams fly off it is quiet once more at the military base. Blue team will be allowed to start patrolling, though there will be some areas such as the main command floor that are off limits. Any medically-inclined Void treckers will be welcome in the med bay and the guards will happily have some volunteers to do outside patrols.

But for the first day or so it is quiet, Hitrinto works as a liaison between the void treckers and the command staff, relaying messages and keeping them informed of the progress of battle.

Attack!

Late on the second day there is a break to the peace, alarms blare and lights flash red. "Enemy ships approach. Enemy ships approach."

Anyone who can get to the hanger quick enough will be given ships and sent off to fight. There aren't many enemy ships, four or five and hopefully they are beaten off easily.

But this becomes a semi regular occurrence. At least twice a day there are attacks. Patrols are stepped up, extra people are put on standby to man ships as quickly as possible.

Sabotage

Perhaps the attacks are a distraction. Because it is clear that something isn't right. Power goes down in one section or other. Equipment is messed with. Emergency doors are tampered with or left open. There aren't many people on this base but sometimes they will get the feeling of being watched. Of not being alone.

It soon becomes clear there are enemies inside the station and they are clearly biding their time. It is not known for what purpose. But finding them is probably a priority.

Comments

Sabotage-

[callmegladio]

Gladio was getting frustrated. There was an itchy, crawling feeling between his shoulder blades and it was pissing him off. Something was wrong. Something more than the obvious.

There had been several waves of attackers so far, they'd managed to keep them at bay, but for how long?

That wasn't the worst of it though. Something was going on that Gladio couldn't put his finger on but he was on edge. He'd started patrolling the corridors, not sure what he intended to find, but when he found Samata doing something to one of the hulls he had to force down the initial suspicion in favour of calling out to the woman.

"What've you found?" He asked as he hefted up his great sword onto his shoulder and walked toward the woman. Gladio had been in the thick of it so far and now sported a few bandages on his left arm and his flight suit had seen better days. But he was still smiling as he approached, even if that smile was a tad confused.

[les_magique]

"A hatch that is only supposed to be opened every six months by an inspector, according to the guards."

She put a few finishing touches on her runes. "There. If any would be saboteurs try to open this, it will activate the rune and they'll have nothing left to do but cool their heels in jail. Hello again, Gladio."

[callmegladio]

Gladio grinned. This he liked. "There's a few on the other side that keep opening. Did you get to them or..." He made a gesture for Samara to follow him, if she wasn't already busy of course.

"And hello again." The grin widened, no, that wasn't a flirty tone he had used. He was a professional! They were here to do a job. Plus there was Prompto! And yet...

[les_magique]

"It's a big building. By all means, show me." She'd been FULLY prepared to keep this professional, if needed, but the tone of his voice suggested that maybe she didn't. She fell into step next to him, standing maybe a smidge closer than she normally would. "You look like you've been having a busy time of it."

[callmegladio]

Gladio matched his steps with Samata and grinned as he lead the woman down corridors he'd been through so many damn times now he'd pretty much memorised the whole layout. "Me? You should see the other guys." He laughed boisterously, in very high spirits all considered. So far they'd managed to keep the enemy from getting what they wanted, but he knew there was something else going on that he wasn't fully aware of. How couldn't there be? Any bad guy worthy of the name would have sent spies to do damage while people were fighting.

"We're holding our own. But things would go a million times better if we could stop these bastards from causing havoc with the stations systems. I don't have the time to keep running around chasing shadows. So if you can help trap areas, then I'm on board with it." They just needed to let the rest of the team know. He could very easily imagine a certain blonde wondering what one of the glowing runes were and poking at it...

[les_magique]

"I don't want to trap people who are just doing their jobs, so I have to be careful about where I put them." She admitted, flirting forgotten for the moment.

"Oh, I should probably contact the rest of the trekkers and let them know so they don't mess with them."

[callmegladio]

"That'd be a good idea." Gladio nodded and then gave a brief laugh. "I know at least one guy who'll go poking at them if he sees them."

Though he had to admit, if only to himself, that he was tempted to touch one of the runes. Just to see what it did. Magic was something that fascinated him. And if what Samata said was true and these things could spirit someone off somewhere else, Gladio couldn't help wonder what that felt like.

[les_magique]

"We can't have that. It'd lead to all KINDS of awkward questions."

She was silent for a moment as she gave Gladio a sidelong glance, before saying "You're thinking of trying it out, aren't you?"

[callmegladio]

He smirked and shot her a sidelong glance in return. "Are you reading my mind?" He asked in amusement, which was as good as saying that yes, Gladio was very much considering trying it out. Maybe once things were sorted on the station it would the last thing he did. Just to see. Just to satisfy his curiosity.

[les_magique]

"Then I'll have to let you try it when we have more free time. Maybe I'll make an attraction at it and charge three coppers a teleport." She said, with a laugh.

[callmegladio]

"Are coppers like gil?" Gladio laughed along with her. "Because I've neither, but I'm curious." Would it hurt or would it tickle? Would it be a blink and you're somewhere else or a slow materialisation? It was a strange thing to him, something he'd only ever read about in books. So yes, he really wanted to try it for himself.

[les_magique]

"If gil is money then yes. Though...I'm not sure what I would even DO with money right now." She bit her lip, chewing that thought over for a minute. "Huh. And father always said money makes the world go round..."

[callmegladio]

"Don't think he had trains flying through space in mind when he said that." Gladio pointed out with a chuckle. Money didn't seem to be relevant at all at this point. There was some kind of arbitrary currency on the train that allowed them to get things they might want. But not physical currency they could use or barter with others. It was a strange set up but Gladio went along with it since that's what everyone else did.