Characters: All
NPC: Chuck, Uengghae, Kagfak, Major Arsashaammu, Major Elloekothe
Location: Starport Security and Pack of Daggers, parked at Merghia
Downport
System: Odinaga
After a while, Dougok doesn't know how long, four humans in riot gear burst into
the room and surround him.
He remains sitting and wags his tail. He asks, "What?"
"Hands behind your head," one of them orders. He stands in front of Dougok,
pointing a baton at his face, while the others get behind him.
Fearing that resistance would only make things worse, Dougok complies. After a
cursory search of his person, his paws are ziptied behind his back. A black hood
is then pulled over his head.
"On your feet."
A man on each side lifts Dougok out of his chair and to his feet. They guide him
out of the room and down a corridor. A minute later the human on his left says,
"Duck your head." Dougok does as he's instructed and the floor changes from
linoleum to metal. Something trips him up and he's on his knees. There's the
sound of a metallic door sliding shut and then something blunt and heavy rapping
on metal.
Dougok feels the smooth lurch of acceleration. He's in a vehicle of some kind.
No one talks during the brief ride. After a couple minutes, the vehicle comes to
an abrupt halt and Dougok topples over.
"Get up," someone growls. He does and hears a metallic door slide open.
He feels pressure on his wrists and then he's forcibly shoved. There's a second
of two of flight, and he realizes that his wrists are no longer bound. He tries
to put his hands out to brace for the expected impact and succeeds in avoiding '
the face plant.
Dougok hears the electric whir of fans of a grav vehicle speeding off. He takes
off the hood and sees an unmarked speeder van disappearing down the wide
corridor. Looking around, he realizes that he's been dumped off outside the
hangar bay that the group's ship is parked at.
The invading force opens fire on Odinaga and its defense forces. Decelerating maneuvers begin.
With no one pursuing the Pack of Daggers, and safe jump distance reached, Gvarokh engages the jump drive.
Characters: Gvarokh & Dougok
Location: Pack of Daggers, captain's quarters
System: Jumpspace between Odinaga and Ugarun
The second day into the jump, Gvarokh calls Dougok into his office.
Once inside, and with the door closed, Gvarokh opens up the meeting by asking
Dougok, "What were you thinking back there on Odinaga?"
Dougok looks down at the floor. "I wasn't."
"Look," Gvarokh continues, "I expect a certain amount of risk taking and
adventurism from you, but you have to be smart about picking when to do so."
Dougok's tail wags when he realizes he's not going to be chewed out. "Thank you,
sir. I absolutely recognize that I took risks that I should not have given the
signs. As you said, I'm risky and random."
"Want to tell me what happened?"
Dougok relates that he went to get a pass to get into the city, got pulled in by
security for questioning, and when the invasion started, was thrown in a truck
and dumped outside the ship.
With both sides satisfied with the outcome of the meeting, Dougok is dismissed.
Next: Arrival in Ugarun System