McCandless snagged the pod with a tractor and pulled it behind him as he sped back to the ship, depositing them both in the larger 'cargo bay #1'. THe ship his the deck with a rumbling thud and then McCandless commed the pod again. "sit tight, it'll be a few minutes before the bay is pressurized" he said as gravity slowly returned to the bay.<br/>Keying another comm circuit, McCandless summoned his captain to bay one.<br/><br/>Another half hour later and Sam stood on the deck, back in proper clean attire a few meters away from the pod, still safe in the towing cradle of the shuttle with McCandless and his master-at-arms, a very short, very toned-looking black woman in equally black uniform devoid of insignia, a pulser at her hip. McCandless activated the exterior hatch release on the pod and with a hiss of air, it slid open.