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[donkeyballs]

 Hey, ya'll.

[ Hi Reverie Fam, it's your resident faux texan Martian, here, his warm drawl caressing your ears. For those of you that have them and can still hear out of them, anyway. ]

So I've been thinkin'. 

We've been gettin' access to some new areas, but I'll be honest and say that there's on in particular I've been most interested in gettin' in, but we might need a team to do it like we did for the door to Operations. We need to get into the Hangar Bay. We know there is one - the map up in operations made that clear, and I'm pretty sure I even know the exact door we need to get in. We just need to get in  it.

So I thought--

[ He cuts off sharply with an ow!, and then there's a clattering noise as the communicator hits the floor. Silence for a couple seconds, and then in a breathless whisper that sounds like it's coming from several feet away: ]

Holy shit, where did these come from? [ There's another rustling and clattering and the next time his voice is audible, it's from much closer to the mic. ]

Folks, I think we've got a ride. 

I think we've got two rides, and--

Wait, what? Where the hell'd they go??

[The audio disconnects.]

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[subplot]

Which door? I've been working at finding and accessing the hangar bay for weeks.

[This is Karen, up and moving, attempting to haul her ass to his location. ]

I'll help.

[donkeyballs]

Down on the sixth floor. Figured out where it was from the outside and from the map - but couldn't find a manual release on the outside.

Which I'll tell you is damn strange. The idea of not bein' able to dock and get in without breachin' the hull in and emergency ain't one that makes me feel particularly comfortable.

[subplot]

At least this gives us an exact idea of where to work. I'm not very familiar with spaceships or piloting them, so I might have to ask you to explain that to me a little more in depth. If we're not able to gain access through the door on the sixth floor, do you think there's any way possible to force it open from the outside? Or would that be a bad idea in the long run?

[donkeyballs]

Apollo and I took a flight around the outside, to see if we could find an emergency release hatch to get in. But no go.

Don't want to force that door, no. If they've got a pressurised hangar, messin' with that might make it unusable.

[subplot]

So if we can get in, you'd be the person to go to if I wanted to learn about whatever transports we might have inside?

[Basically: are you the expert here, Alex?]

[donkeyballs]

Me or Amos or Naomi, yeah.

They'll tell you what's in the guts of the machine, I'll tell you if she'll fly.