This is bad, Gunnos thought. The defence force was divided between fighting and hiding, and the attackers were coming in well-armed and in large numbers. At least the shield was up now thanks to the strange electronic voice (what [i]was[/i] that anyways?), yet the door remained unshielded, so the attackers might end up entering and slaughtering the rest of the crew if they weren’t stopped. Right as Gunnos feared he’d have to charge in alone, which he would if left no other choice, Shor’gen came crawling out to join the battle, followed by two women and a large rock man.

A gift from Chahara Vee, he thought as he advanced together with them to join the few crewmembers who’d stayed in position despite Kukcoo’s command. He charged for the nearest available cover, which happened to have an attacker taking cover on the other side. Just as the attacker rose to fire, Gunnos was there with his weapon at the ready. “Surprise motherfucker,” he said as he blew the man off his feet with a blast from his shotgun. Behind him, the Teloran was lumbering forward as bullets struck sparks against his rocky body, with the two women taking cover behind him. A couple yards to his right, an Inorr with an obscenely large gun blasted right through a small stack of crates to blow the attacker behind it to pieces with a single shot, while to his left a very large human was boldly punching one of the attackers in the face.

Maybe there was hope after all. Meanwhile, more conflict seemed to be erupting on the far end of the hangar. That better be the captain, he thought, but he couldn’t get a good enough look without risking being hit. Emboldened by their reinforcements, however, some of the silverclad were advancing. Gunnos popped up from cover and took a shot at the legs of the nearest one, causing him to fall prone with a [i]clabang[/i]. He finished the downed attacker off with another shot before drawing back into cover and loading new slugs into his gun. Despite all their casualties, there were still enough of them in sight to overwhelm the crew if given the chance. More fire power may be needed if they were to give the captain a chance at safe arrival.