Plunder at Peverell
Standing outside the Docking Bay access port, YT-75 smiled to herself as she remembered the image of the space hulk appearing on the scanners. Fresh salvage, probably enough archeotech to clear their debts and see them sitting pretty for the foreseeable future. Best of all, the Belgrave was the first ship to come across the hulk, and they were not going to waste this opportunity. YT-75 broke out of her moment of introspection as Shino S opened the internal bulkhead doors, releasing a cloud of hydraulic fluids.
The atmosphere of the Docking Bay access port was thick with ion and the floor crackled with sparks of electricity. Shino S turned to the rest of the crew and said “watch where you stand, the floor is live. I should be able to isolate the issue from one of these maintenance ports.” The engineer set about trying to cut the power from the live conduits but in her efforts, she set off the security system. The lights in the Docking Bay access port changed to red, and six ancient security droids appeared from lifts in the floor.
The security droids moved slowly forward on their creaking millennia old servos. YT-75, and Wells, the Master-of-arms, opened fire with their autoguns. The sounds of the shots rebounded off of the walls of the chamber but the bullets could not penetrate the armour of those ancient weapons of war.
Frustrated at their inability to move, the first mate, Okunishi Blue, and the Helmsman, Mandrake tore open other maintenance ports looking for a way to cut the power that was coursing through the floor, only for both of them to be electrocuted for their efforts. Okunishi Blue slumped to the floor almost losing consciousness.
Whirling and clicking sounds came from the security droids as they tried to fire their malfunctioning guns. Stepping out from their pointless cover, Wells and YT-75 unleashed a fusillade of bullets at the droids, taking two out of commission.
On the opposite flank the second group of security bots bounded towards the waiting crew members of the Belgrave. DCL-74, the ship`s surgeon, ignored the pain of the electricity as he moved to help Okunishi Blue.
Shino S shouted to her crew mates “I think I`ve got it!”, and the electricity coursing through the floor ceased. Hanley, the Bosun, let out a roar and charged towards the axe wielding droid, firing his las-gun on full auto. The beams of light burnt holes through the chassis of the ancient robot and it collapsed, the light in its photosensors dying out.
Being free to move without fear of being electrocuted,
the crew members of the Belgrave quickly dealt with the remaining security
droids. The final one`s body collapsed
to the floor as a shot from Okunishi Blue`s las-pistol tore through its CPU.
Looking at the display terminal that Shino
S had managed to bring back to life, YT-75 sighed, the ship was much bigger
than she had first thought. The only way
to deal with a problem this big was through a strategic plundering of the ship. They would have to choose the highest value
areas to loot first. Turning to her crew
YT-75 barked out an order, “we are heading to the repair bay. We should find some items of value there. Check your weapons and stay frosty people.”
