[b]Uncharted Space: Aftermath[/b]
With the external threats, the command crew began to exhale. Being only a deck and three hundred feet away from where the unknown object had smashed through the armor, they felt extremely lucky. While the defense crews on the outside had been halved, the other half being critically wounded or [presumed] dead, and with their armor penetrated, they felt rather lucky. The Varren was celebrating; they took no damage and destroyed a ship, marking down a tally for itself. The Explorer, with some amount of damage to its hull, as being the original ship to fight first against [Darkwolf's] the first unknown contact, now had another kill added to its mark, taking it up to 2. The crew, however, were freaking out. They [i]ALL[/i] could see the unknown entity killing them, and they [i]ALL[/i] could see it flying through their ventilation. 

In panic, dozens and dozens of Hunters, Engineers, and Tinkerers armed themselves from a previously-unused armory, and armed with rifles, carbines, and handguns, began to run out to different decks, somewhat organizing themselves by placing themselves where there weren't many. When the unknown thing flew through the ducts over their head, which were quite small, they'd all start shooting, tearing apart the duct. All Valkians that weren't armed had already cleared the area; there was a concentration trying to move with the Witch, and then everyone else tried to stay away. Eventually, someone thought to close off the ventilation shafts, getting Engineers to weld them shut to try and contain the creature.

Before they could do so, the creature burst out of the vent in a different room, a public communications room, where the Valkian crew could send messages home with the next beacon. Recently added, and up-to-date. About three Hunters followed the thing into the room, intent on feverishly attacking whatever it was with their bone blades, screaming through their door and coming right after it.

There was no order, no real organization, just a crowd consent, and all the officers were as scared or as determined as the regular crew. 

Can't escape from a larger force in confined quarters where they can ALL see you.