By SCSPIEKER - Dec. 31, 1969 Jay Stewart deliberately moves to stand between Levenson and the irate marine. He shakes his head at everything that's being said. He doesn't like the way Booths is talking, doesn't like the fact that Healy is backing him up. He doesn't like the idea of nuclear weapons sitting in that funny-looking dropship at the other end of the room. He doesn't like the way everyone's voice is bouncing off the walls and echoing around. Doesn't like to be standing out here in the open instead of inside the armored truck where they should be. And he has a sinking feeling because he can't forget that it's his job to find the civilians onboard this ship, if any are alive to be saved. He doesn't like the words that come out of his own mouth, louder than the others, more demanding of their attention than any of them expects. "Everybody shut up!" he booms, and for a second, they do. "If Ted made it out then there could be others. Right. So. We gotta go. So we gotta go. But I'm sure as hell not going to walk down there. No way." He's shaking his head, as if he doesn't want to believe what's he's telling himself. "We're gonna go down in that thing." He points at the APC. "There's got to be an elevator or something big enough for it, right? This is a cargo ship. They move crates ten times as big." It isn't so much that he's convinced there are elevators or a quick way down to C deck. Could just as easily be ramps, or a system of heavy-lifting cranes, and maybe these won't be suitable to drive the APC through. "I just know that, if we're going to save anybody, we're going to need to do it in the APC." He looks at Levenson and with a nod orders him into the vehicle. "Inside, okay?" This might be a good time to consider changing your mode, since everyone has been returned to their default mode. Post your actions! [Fenix] Nodding at his words, I move back inside, taking a seat at the console I once more work on digging through the system, looking for tidbits of information that just might be useful, or are just plain interesting. Mostly looking for any, I mean ANY, way to try and get some sensor information for this ship. Fenix gets lucky, calling up a recent scan the Gaines had made of the Korea's interior. (OOC: These can be found on the USCS Korea link in the navigator bar. Just keep clicking the pics.) It shows him a blurry blueprint of the cargo ship, and a general idea of what the layout of the lower deck is like. Rectangular impressions, consistent from deck to deck, could indicate elevators. But he can see right off that it's going to be a complicated task to get any useful sensor information from the Korea. And there are lots of different departments of sensor readings to choose from: long- range scanners, short-range magnetic field detectors, internal audio pickups and video cameras, engine temperature gauges, and others. Creating a way to understand the information is not as easy as it sounds. Except for the audio and video, everything else requires him to write a program through which to interpret the data. In short, the Korea's sensor data streams are configured to be displayed at specific terminals within the Korea. The APC isn't equipped with those particular terminals. But it does have the sophistication to be able to puzzle through it and present it in a way that makes sense to the terminals it does have, with some human assistance. The audio and video you can access right now, if you wanted. He'd probably have to wait for it to cycle through several dozen camera and microphone emplacements before you found anything, but who knows? Telling the APC's mainframe how to understand the Korea's sensor data stream could take a good long while. [Fenix] "Someone want to try and contact Rodina and give them a sit rep while I work?" Pleased to at least have found SOMEthing that might be useful, I put the schematic information on one monitor, indicating where we are, and pointing out what I think to be the elevators, then I start scrolling through the video/audio on other monitors, looking/listening for anything that might indicate a lower level, recent human death, or motion that might be from the aliens. Once I find a lower level, I'll make a mental note of that camera identification for quicker recall. And unless I find something useful, will continue scrolling. [Levenson] Relieved at Jay Stewart's intervention and the defusing of the situation with the marine, Levenson lets out a breath he didn't realize he was holding and steps back into the APC. Seeing the other officer he'd faced off with sitting at the computer terminal, Levenson walks over to see if he's found anything useful. The officer is in the process of screening various streams of data which Levenson isn't entirely qualified to interpret. One thing catches his attention, though. One monitor displays a layout of the Korea's lower deck. Levenson studies the display for a few minutes, knitting his brow and biting his thumbnail absent-mindedly. After a few moments, a flash of realization crosses his face, and he taps the officer on the shoulder. "This scan is incomplete," he says, tapping a finger on the T-shaped sector at midship." This area right here should be littered with ducts and access hatches. That's how I got out of there. There was some weird s#it down there; almost looked organic. All over the walls, the ceilings. Everywhere. Maybe that's what's fouling up these readings." [Fenix] Aggrevated by the interruption, I turn and shoot Levinson a nasty look before what he said registers "What? Sorry about that, ok...." Now that I know where to focus my search, I try and pull in ANY data for that region, thermal, acoustic, anything working to paint a further picture over-top of the existing schematic. [Sato] Sato takes a seat near the center of the main section of the APC, leaving Fenix at the section commander position. He pulls down the restraint yoke on his seat and straps himself in, anticipating that Krzysztov may take this opportunity to haul serious ass. He nervously taps the restraint as the APC starts to move.