[Early during the last mingle]

[someonetocarry]

Hey, so. I've got a room full of refugees here in liminal space. Most of 'em don't even look like they're infiltrators, though some of 'em are. Don't know if we've got any idea what to do with 'em in here.

Is Corona fixed? Is there room on the Empress for a couple dozen more folk? Or should I keep 'em here a while longer?

Comments

[brokers]

I don't believe there has been word from the Corona since the evacuation. If there are portals opening onto it, it may be worthwhile to send a squad to check on its status, in case the anomaly that allowed the ships to maintain comm contact was reversed when the connection was closed.

[someonetocarry]

It's been long enough that we could open one of our own, probably, if we can still connect to it proper. If it's still there. I ain't about to go over there myself, but could be I could send one of the boys. Don't got a shortage, in here.

[Between Lupa and Gale, Hajime and Ryo, any handful of the others NPC types....]

[brokers]

It would be a risk. If the ship has been destroyed, or if the portal's end point does not accound for its speed, they might find themselves stepping out into the vacuum of space. If you can create space-rated equipment and have someone on hand who can open a portal centered on a person, it would make things much safer.

[someonetocarry]

Gai si... I can probably recreate the suits from Serenity, between me and Wash. They ain't fancy, but they'll do, if we don't get 'em wrong. Keep out radiation, too, just in case.

There somethin' different between opening a portal on a person rather than a place?

[brokers]

Only in that it would compensate for lack of familiarity with the place as it currently is, and may be more reliable. I do not know if anyone has had occasion to open a portal on a moving target before.

[someonetocarry]

Ain't tried myself, no, but this would be a time to try, I guess. See if it's possible. Guess I'll have a talk with the other folk in here, see what we can come up with, since nobody's speakin' up about havin' an ear on the Corona.

[brokers]

I am not overly skilled with portals myself, but if someone on the crew you send is amenable, I can monitor their situation and inform someone standing by if they need a quick extraction.

[someonetocarry]

We still in range? ... o'course we are, or I wouldn't be talkin' to you now. Sorry, it's gettin' kinda tense in here. I'm a mite bit distracted.