The door was now closing.  And while Zen was not exactly known for his expressions of emotion - since he had the three red eyes and no proper face - he had been mildly irked by the fact that it had taken as long as it did.  However, this all quickly vanished because his escape had also been assured by some covering fire from people beforehand.  The blast door would drop down on a release - as blast doors were want to do - once triggered.  Zen turned and fired his engines as soon as he heard the click.

[h3][color=ed1c24][b][i]SHOOM!!![/i][/b][/color][/h3]

The android flew by the people gathered at the doorway so fast that they would [i]feel[/i] his passing through the sudden vibrations in the air.  He did so, his foot scraping the floor and briefly raising sparks, and was in just in time, just as calculated.  The Serris were all charging at high speed at once, also as predicted, and the door slammed down in their faces.  Following this, the team would hear repeated Thunk-Thunk noises of the creatures banging against the door.  Zen dropped down in front of it and scanned.

[b][color=ed1c24]"They are unable to penetrate the blast door.  We are isolated from them now."[/color][/b]

He turned to the others now.

[b][color=ed1c24]"When we are prepared to leave, I will remote-activate my ship to commence suppression fire on the area and draw any attention on this outpost away.  That is assuming the perimeter guns are not operational, of course."[/color][/b]

Actually, the guns [i]were[/i] operational.  Judging by the look of things, some of them had been wrecked, and the rest had either been de-powered or switched off.  As Zen approached the security station computer to switch, he found out that it was the former problem, as trying to reach the main computer from here or activate the turrets outside produced sparks flying from a junction box on the wall (for regulating the flow of energy to the perimeter lights, shield, and guns) and a number of torn high-test cords along the ceiling (for reaching the main computer.

[b][color=ed1c24]"This station is of no particular use.  However, the evidence of local damage suggests that the main computer - which would be our goal anyway - will yield results for all our concerns through back-up information and auxiliary lines.  As it is obvious that a creature of great impact entered the bunker through the front door, we will need to be on our guard."[/color][/b]

Yeah, but...what did it?