Gunnos’ attempt at conversation was cut short by the captain’s emergency announcement. By the Stone, an orbital bombardment?? If only the Furzai built their bases underground like the Korrvain, this wouldn’t be as much of a problem. He turned away from the armoured figure to see unrest rising among the rest of the crew, some taking this news better than others. He didn’t know who here was field commander or whether the field commanders were even around, but there was no time to find out. Gunnos may only be security personnel, but he knew that a bombardment rarely comes without a follow-up invasion.

Putting on his serious face, he took the hammercannon off his back, grabbed some slugs out of his pocked and started loading it, just in case. Explosions could already vaguely be heard in the background, giving credit to the captain’s warning, and they seemed to be getting closer too. “Aye!” he yelled to get the group’s attention. “I dunno who’s in charge here, but until ye reveal yeself, this is what we’re doin’. These attackers may get here before the cap’ does, and if we all stuff into the ship we’ll be cornered. You bunch,” he said, pointing at the few security members who looked most frightened. “Get inside the ship and make sure the other crew is safe. The rest of us are gonna put up a defensive formation around the ship. Any objections?”

Many of them threw him weird looks at first, as if questioning why they would take orders from a Korrvain, but no one objected. It seems they had indeed been caught without leadership at the moment. Their attackers couldn’t possibly have planned that… could they? The few he’d pointed out scurried inside to secure the entrances, while the others spread out and took cover as best they could behind the stacks of crates dotting the hangar. From then it was just waiting, and hoping that the threat wasn’t as big as he feared.