[center][h1][color=Firebrick]Q-T Brackman[/color][/h1] feat Neilsy Jakeer and Riley Geneil

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“So how about you?”

[color=Firebrick]”Me?”[/color] Q-T blinked a few times, clearly having not been paying attention, before shifting her face to ‘look’ over at the source of the voice

“Yeah you, Q-T” [url=https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/238/386/large/fred-augis-azeerteg.jpg?1471476976]Neilsy[/url], one of her team members said with laughter in her tone “weren't you listening?”

Her face mimicked blushing while the Ai admitted [color=Firebrick]”Sorry. I was just messaging people goodbye while we set off”[/color] 

“Ah right fair fair. I mean kinda rude to be messaging at the table like that,” Neilsy made a face of false contempt and flipped a hand across said table, which was set up in one of the public areas where her EVA crew were hanging out, who, after doing their external checks and getting inside the ship well ahead of the actual launch, had promptly put their feet up to get some rest during the jump itself. Around them were a few other groups who didn’t have anything prestigious to be doing while the ship was doing its first trip through hyperspace and together they were having a very low key launch party for the start of the new mission, which mostly involved trading stories about what they’d been up to over their extended holiday.

“Soooooo, meet some fun people while you were on holiday?” Neilsy asked, leaning in with an ear for gossip.

[color=Firebrick]”While I was working”[/color] Q-T corrected her [color=Firebrick]”But yeah! I did.”[/color]

“Damn girl, and I thought you were kidding when you said you where going to do that rather than take the time off” Neilsy replied, receiving a shake of Q-T’s head, or rather a side to side shuffle of her virtual face on her dome. 

“And that’s why she’s closer to reaching team lead after one of these missions than you are after three Neilsy” [url=https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/232/229/large/fred-augis-suit.jpg?1471394976]Riley[/url], who was their team lead, pointed out. 

“More like because you wouldn’t know what you’d do without my steadying hand” fired back at Riley with practiced ease, which got her an eye roll before all heads turned back to Q-T with implicit insistence that she elaborate.

[color=Firebrick]”Welllll. Ok, so. First gig I got after this was a prospecting job. You ever done one of those?”[/color] she asked

Riley nodded while Neilsy replied “Nope. sounded boring as watching paint dry,” which also got a nod from Riley.

[color=Firebrick]”Yeah for real it is”[/color] Q-T agreed [color=Firebrick]”Buuut while I was on it I met this super cute bore drill technician and, well, there's a looooot of waiting around on that kind of job, you know, so there was plenty of time for-”[/color] 

Sadly the saucy details were prevented from being spilled because that was when it happened. First the loud boom cut off all chatter for a moment as people looked around, trying to work out if it had been something nearby (which, due to them being in a common area far from the ftl drive, there wasn’t really anything to be seen straight away) then murmurings of speculation bubbled up before the lighting suddenly went red and an automated voice blared out, telling everyone to confine themselves to quarters and brace for impact.

“Alright people, get your butts back to your rooms, but orderly like, you hear?” Riley stood and called out to the off duty crew, a call echoed by a number of other level heads to forestall any kind of panic.

“This has got to be a drill. Right? We just set out so they're doing a test. right?” Neilsy whispered worriedly, as they all pushed themselves out of their seats and started moving for the exit.

[color=Firebrick]”I don’t think they cause big bangs to set off practice drills?”[/color] Q-T replied

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Ten minutes later and there was now no doubting the dire state of affairs as Q-T let go of the wall she had pinned her two colleagues against while acting as an emergency brace/seat belt during the impact, the trio having been much too far from their cabins to make it back in time with the shaking going on.

Some of the others hadn’t been too lucky to have a friend shaped seat-belt at hand, and so the trio of Astronauts spent the first few minutes of the crash on damage control, hauling the wounded to med bay, doing impromptu fire fighting and generally doing whatever was needed, with Q-T doing much of the heavy lifting. She pulled aside debris, hauled humans over her short shoulders and quad wielded fire extinguishers till the situation was stabilized.

At that point they found themselves exhausted, the two humans leaning against the wall while Q-T leached off of some of the remaining emergency power to top up her batteries.

While they were there they finally got an update as to what exactly was going on from a passing trooper heading for the outside world.

“Well at least the air’s breathable out there. Not that that would be an issue for you. But I guess they won't be needing us to go out suited up” Neilsy said.

[color=Firebrick]”They might still need us. Could you imagine some of the tacticians climbing up the outside of the ship on their own? I’m getting jitters just thinking about it”[/color] Q-T mentioned, her mind helpfully supplying her images of techs falling off of the broken exterior of the ship because they forgot to moor themselves to it properly.

“Mmmh” Riley agreed, tapping away at a little communicator before informing them that “Looks like Chief Gottfried’s down for the count”

[color=Firebrick]”Yeah we saw him in med bay”[/color] Q-T pointed out helpful which got a “We did?” from Neilsy and a cough from Riley to get their focus back to her. “So it looks like Sumiye King is in charge now. I’ve left her a note to let her know we’re available for any external repair work that needs done. Which means we need to go get ready to gear up. And find out what’s left in the EVA bay if anything”

[color=Firebrick]”Left?”[/color] Q-T asked, before getting it and worrying about the various atmospheric exploration vehicles that their vessel had onboard. The crash wasn't too bad, all things considered, but you never knew. It wasn't exactly the most reinforced part of the ship compared with, say, all the crew corridors and cabins where the only hurt people had been. [color=Firebrick]”How bad will it be?”[/color]

“We’ll just have to find out. Come on ladies, let’s move” Riley instructed, pushing off of the wall and being joined by the other two, with Neilsy muttering “It is going to be such a pain if everything's all busted,” as they headed for the ship’s main primary EVA bay.