Re: Epilogue: Loose Ends [Supplementary]
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[ Waiting Room | Battle Sickbay | Deck 07 | USS Theurgy ] Joint-Post by Havenborn & Auctor Lucan. Attn: DocReno etc.
Sitting in the small public area outside what was labelled 'Battle Sickbay' - which was almost as big as the regular sickbay had been on the Resolve - Liam Herrold stared into the bulkhead in front of him. His Ops jumpsuit still showed signs from the flight off the ship he'd served on for over three years, the escape together with F'Rell having singed his hair and the cloth alike.
As he sat there, Liam could not help but think of the cockpit of K'Ren's fighter back in the Upper Shuttle Bay, and Neko's dead wingmate. He wondered if K'Ren might be the only survivor of the Grey Wolves, which was an idea he shied away from for a number of reasons. The Wolves on the Resolve had already seen heavy losses, and even among the Fighter Bay Ops crew. It was the reason why he had been made Weapons Maintenance Chief after all, just like Erik Randall had become Chief of the Deck, and Daniel Havenborn has become the SCO. Liam already knew Randall was dead. The ship's computer had told him so. But what abou-
Daniel walked into the sickbay that he had been directed to by the technician and as he looked around the room he saw Chief Herrold sitting on one of the chairs. Daniel walked over to him and sat down.
"Chief Herrold, are you doing okay?" Daniel asked as he looked at the man.
Seeing Salvo, Liam stood up, hardly giving credit to his eyes. "Lieutenant? You made it. Yes, I am fine."
"Did you make it onboard with anyone else?" Daniel said.
"F'Rell left to regenerate somewhere, but K'Ren is in surgery. She was in pretty bad shape. How many wolves made it?" Liam asked.
"Myself, Knight and Meony were the only ones to make it through the battle. Everyone else died helping to protect the Theurgy and her support craft." He had watched everyone else under his command die, the death of Deadeye hitting the the hardest really, the two of them had been close. He hoped that K'Ren would survive the surgery, he didn't want to lose anymore pilots or anyone else from what he considered his family for that matter.
Hearing Salvo relaying what he knew, Liam felt numb, his fears all but confirmed. After what the Resolve had gone through, the pilots were like family. Liam slowly sunk down in his seat again, eyes staring in disbelief on the floor in front of his feet.
"What about Chief Randall, did he make it onboard?" Daniel asked. He hoped their deck chief had made it and was sequestered with the rest of the crew wherever that was.
There was a pause before Liam slowly shook his head. "No... He did not make it off the Resolve. She was like a death-trap, the EPS conduits blowing up around us. We got separated as I helped F'Rell, and when I got here... the computer told me he did not make it aboard."
Daniel sighed and looked down at the ground. He had really only known Chief Randall professionally but he had been the best deck chief he had the pleasure to serve with. "Damn." Daniel said as he got up. "I'm going to try and contact Captain Kendrick, find out what the situation is now. Keep me updated on K'Ren's condition." Daniel said as he nodded to Chief Herrold and walked out of sickbay.
Daniel tapped his combadge as soon as he was outside in the corridor. "Lieutenant Havenborn to Captain Kendrick." He got no response, so he tried again with no response and he could only assume that Commander Marquez was still being detained by Starbase 84 so next in line would be Lieutenant ch'Rayya. "Lieutenant Havenborn to Lieutenant ch'Ryya, reporting in. I cannot reach Captain Kendrick, did he make it onboard?"