Chapter 1: Empire's End

[Jedi Skyler]

When he is all sealed in, Vin checks his HUD to see his much air is in available to him before setting out.

[Guardian_A]

Looking at the small HUD inside the suit, Vin discovers a full oxygen supply. Sixty minutes.

Seeing one of the organics doning a space suit, Ar-tee wheels about and heads down a broken hallway whereite starts cutting a path to the nerest airlock with its arc welder. From where the characters stand, it dosnt look like it will take the little droid long to get to the airlock.

A nearly deafening explosion echoes from somewhere deep inside the ship, nearly knocking the characters from their feet as the ships deck bucks violently under their feet. A split second later, the lights go dark. For several long heartbeats, the only light the characters have is Ar-tee's arc welder at the end of the hall, before the emergency lighting comes on, basking the hallway in a dim red light.

[Jedi Skyler]

Vin draws and ignites one of his lightsabers immediately when the lights go out, adding their illumination to the emergency lighting. "This is not good . We need to get out of here..."

With his other hand he unseals his helmet to conserve the suit's oxygen until Artee has cut an access to the nearest airlock.

[Kaloth Varsk]

"Let's just hope the airlock is working correctly. If the outer door isn't sealed, the rest of us won't have to worry too much about how we are getting out anyway."

Darwin grabs to his belt, and begins patting more franticly when he doesn't find what he is looking for. "Next issue, do the two of you have comlinks? Mine doesn't seem to have made it this far. Communications might be important."

[Yinan]

"I do."

John gets his Comlink out of his Pocket and shows it to the others.

"Vin?"

[Jedi Skyler]

"Yes, I have one. Let me check the suit; if it has one in the helmet then take mine. I can get it back later."

Vin checks the inside of the suit's helmet to see if it's the equipped with a comlink.

[Guardian_A]

Ar-tee lets out a triumphant series of chirps, whistles, and beeps from the far end of the hallway. Looking that way, the characters see that the path to the airlock is now clear.

Slipping the space suit's helmet back over his head, Vin looks at the HUD again, seeing a built in distress becon, but not internal comlink.

Making its way back towards the others, Ar-tee stops beside Darwin and turns its video sensor towards him.

[Kaloth Varsk]

Darwin gives Artee a pat on the head. "Good job Artee." Hopefully this will lead to a way out of here for everyone."

He looks back up at the others. "No reason to wait anymore. Lets just hope there is something out there worth finding.

[Yinan]

"If not, this will be our last trip. Hurry up, Vin."

[Jedi Skyler]

Vin says, "Yeah. I'm gonna have to keep the comlink...this suit doesn't have one. I'll keep an eye out for one while I'm out there."

He seals up the suit and starts out for the airlock. "Everything functional with the airlock, Artee?"

[Guardian_A]

Ar-tee beeps an affirmative to Vin's question.

Turning towards the airlock, Vin presses the activation plate. For a long moment, it looks like the door isnt going to open. Then, with agonizing slowness the door slides open.

The others watch as Vin steps into the airlock and the door closes behind him.

The only sound Vin hears is the sound of his own breathing echoing in his ears. On the other side of the airlock is a starfield, spotted with the wreckage of the recent battle. As the exterior airlock cycles open, Vin starts the long walk to the hangar bay.

Vin is taken back by the ammount of damage to the outside of the ship. While the interior of the Oblivion is a mass of twisted bulkhead and shredded circutry, the exterior is little more than a twisted tangle of scrap metal. In places, he can see atmosphere leaking from tiny holes in the ship's hull the air freezing into streams of tiny ice crystals as they float lazily into space.

[Jedi Skyler]

Vin starts the task of looking for their escape from the ship. As he searches, he also looks for any equipment they can use (including comlinks).

((OOC:Concentration, then Search))

[Yinan]

John turns on the Comlink.

"*Can you hear me? Did the door open?*"

[Kaloth Varsk]

"Alright, now that he is out that way, we need to come up with our alternate plan. Assuming he isn't going to make it back, what's our next move? He only has one hour, and the chances of finding anything is slim."

[Yinan]

"We could try to get to another Escape Pod Bay..."