Draich
Soldier of Fortune
"Names Draich." Draich brought his weapon to the ready as they proceeded down the hall. Draich followed Taneas down the corridor. Clearly he knew the ship better than Draich. He wasn't about to argue routes. Blood. He could smell it here. He could hear the screech of those creatures. "I don't think we're going to find any safe passage in this place."
ADA stared idly at the holographic readout of the ship. She had been staring at it for the better half of an hour now. Using the ships own bioscan she mapped out all the life forms that inhabited the massive vessel.
The Endeavor was eight thousand meters from bow to stern and four thousand across. Blue blips of light dotted various sections of the ship. Survivors. Most had clustered in large groups, fighting for survival to be sure. There where ten large groups of around one hundred. There where scattered through out the ship from mess halls, to casinos, to a skyscraper in the commercial district. Very few of the survivors had made it on there own. Only fifty individuals had survived this far fighting on their own or in some cases with another loner. Eight hundred and seventy nine survivors in total.
And surrounding the small groups of blue where the red blips that signified the infected. The blue where drowning in a sea of red. Seventy two thousand infected. Nearly half of the ships population had succumb to the plague. The rest had been devoured or where still fighting for their life.
Something had been bothering ADA. These Rakghouls where ravenous. They hadn't exhibited any kind of behavior other than a need to feed. They didn't take victims to bolster their number. So how where their numbers so great? How in the hell did roughly half of the ships population turn? Granted the virus itself was highly infectious and could pass with just a scratch from the creatures claws, but still....
"Show bio scan, 12 hours prior." ADA instructed. The image flickered for only a moment as it reset itself to the desired time. Only five thousand of the Rakghouls appeared on the bio scan. All of them concentrated in one part of the ship. The engineering level. Only the crew would have had access to that area of the ship. As the image continued to play, the rakghouls seemed unable to leave the confined area. "Show bioscan, first contraction of rakghoul virus." The image flickered again, showing only five personnel had contracted the virus at the same time. Something had given those people the virus.
ADA stood and examined the image closer. The contraction had occurred near the cooling units. Something was amiss here. She couldn't put her finger on it but something much bigger was happening on this ship.
ADA stared idly at the holographic readout of the ship. She had been staring at it for the better half of an hour now. Using the ships own bioscan she mapped out all the life forms that inhabited the massive vessel.
The Endeavor was eight thousand meters from bow to stern and four thousand across. Blue blips of light dotted various sections of the ship. Survivors. Most had clustered in large groups, fighting for survival to be sure. There where ten large groups of around one hundred. There where scattered through out the ship from mess halls, to casinos, to a skyscraper in the commercial district. Very few of the survivors had made it on there own. Only fifty individuals had survived this far fighting on their own or in some cases with another loner. Eight hundred and seventy nine survivors in total.
And surrounding the small groups of blue where the red blips that signified the infected. The blue where drowning in a sea of red. Seventy two thousand infected. Nearly half of the ships population had succumb to the plague. The rest had been devoured or where still fighting for their life.
Something had been bothering ADA. These Rakghouls where ravenous. They hadn't exhibited any kind of behavior other than a need to feed. They didn't take victims to bolster their number. So how where their numbers so great? How in the hell did roughly half of the ships population turn? Granted the virus itself was highly infectious and could pass with just a scratch from the creatures claws, but still....
"Show bio scan, 12 hours prior." ADA instructed. The image flickered for only a moment as it reset itself to the desired time. Only five thousand of the Rakghouls appeared on the bio scan. All of them concentrated in one part of the ship. The engineering level. Only the crew would have had access to that area of the ship. As the image continued to play, the rakghouls seemed unable to leave the confined area. "Show bioscan, first contraction of rakghoul virus." The image flickered again, showing only five personnel had contracted the virus at the same time. Something had given those people the virus.
ADA stood and examined the image closer. The contraction had occurred near the cooling units. Something was amiss here. She couldn't put her finger on it but something much bigger was happening on this ship.
