Zir'frah leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms his eyes narrowing further until barely a slit remained to show he hadn't fallen asleep standing up. He was thinking about the ship and the prospect of staying as they argued back and forth, When Darin returned his attention to him Zir grinned broadly showing his fangs.<br/><br/>"I say we bust hell on them Dar, we show em pirates don't run from that over zealot organization!" Zir said with a wicked laugh. THe prospect of a fight made his blood sing. He'd always hatted to run from a good fight, but this wasn't a fight like those he fought in bars. This was a space battle. If they left the ship here they'd loose her. This base was toast. There was naught no one could do to prevent an orbital bombing.<br/><br/>Yet maybe, just maybe they could make a profit to buy them some time to get their civs out. It was worth a check. "You still want more power and manual control? Might well be wise to boost the shields too..."<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Eduian got one of the older woman who where with the soon growing crowd in the hallway. He stopped her and said softly to her "take the lead, lead them all the way down this hallway, the man at the end will make sure the way is clear of you. Just keep going down the hallway until you reach the exit. Don't stop for any reason. I'll be at the back so no one will be left behind," The woman nodded tears streaming freely down her face.  Eduian gave her a light push towards the exit and felt his muscles relaxed slightly as the group began to filter out down the hallways. He watched as the man of his squad were leading more and more groups out of their rooms where they had likely hid as children will when frightened. The sweep was slow.<br/><br/>"Commander?" a call on his PD came he looked down it was the man he'd left in charge.<br/><br/>"Yes? and call me Eduian it's the last time I will tell you that," Eduian said frustrated at the honorific title the strange man had given him.<br/><br/>"yes Com... Eduian, sir. There is a woman named Mystique Merriweather who has begun to regain control of the chaos sir," the man said in a trembling stress filled voice. Eduian sighed, this man clearly wasn't much better then the civilians in a crisis. Well what had he really expected the man was a communication specialist not exactly a position where command level decisions were made.<br/><br/>"That's good, follow her lead," Eduian said. He'd seen some of her reports and had gotten a good feel that she was quite organized. "Patch her through if you need to. I'm evacuation the apartment levels. Your going to see an influx of children coming out. Try and keep them from being separated or worse swept up by the crowds."<br/><br/>Eduian felt the buzzing of another line trying to come through. He looked down and noticed it was the com of a ship called the Silver Dragon. A Pirate ship. He hung up without further words to the man he'd left outsize the evacuation zone and turned on the com to the pirate ship.<br/><br/>"This is Eduian what may I do to help you?" he said as the channel clicked open.