[b]NPC Mini-post - Scythian Loading Area[/b]

Adrienne was getting restless. She hopped from one foot to another, looking round at the other people in the queue for aid supplies. A group of marines and some civilian officer types had just pushed their way through the crowd but that space had already been refilled by clamoring colonists. A thin line of navy crewmen were holding people back, while a small number of personnel were grabbing boxes from inside the cargo hold and distributing the contents. Adrienne saw one old lady get one MRE. It felt as though they were either distributing a really small amount of supplies, or they were trying to buy themselves some time. She turned to her husband, who had a tight grip on their two kids. He gave her a look which said 'don't do it' but she couldn't help herself.

"Stay here, i'll be right back; i'm gonna go talk to them."

"No darling, please just stay here. We'll get ours in a minute!"

Adrienne turned and started subtly pushing her way through the crowd. Her tall and thin size gave her some leverage as she used her elbows to squeeze between the spacesuited refugees blocking her way. It wasn't long before she started hearing disgruntled noises. People in front began looking at her and she could feel it getting harder and harder to move. She was almost to the front when a rotund man from Facilities Management, who had spotted her from a mile away, blocked her path.

"Get back in line, lanky!"

"I'm just going to talk to them, i don't want any trouble with you!" Adrienne pleaded. 

The man held out both his hands and pushed her back again. "This lady is pushing to the front!" Several other people turned around and started jeering at her. Adrienne did not take kindly to some punk from FM speaking to her in this way. She pushed him back, sending him tumbling onto his behind. Several people laughed. Adrienne was just about to resume her journey to the front when the man jumped to his feet and punched her in the throat. Adrienne's space suit absorbed most of the damage but she found herself being restrained by her husband, just as a crewman pushed his way into the circle with an extendable baton raised.

"Both of you, get to the back of the line!" He shouted as another person twisted the Facilities Management guy's arm behind his back and shoved him forward.