No I get ya, and before I go to answering all those I just wanna say no matter how I sound answering them, I'm not trying to be a prick.  Nor am I trying to give cheap answers, and one thing must be remembed above all.  People have fucked up, big time!  The Fleet, the Captain, Officers, even common soldiers.  THe higher up you are the though, the more your fuck ups have gotten others killed.  And that is entirely what has happened here.  TO the questions though.<br/><br/>Our platoon got lucky.  Our platoon has held out because it isn't near any vital systems and has scene less action than other platoons.  Those other platoons are engaged in various ways around it, but they are heavily engaged either trying to take back the engine's, the hanger bay, those who failed in getting to the bridge or are still trying to get to the bridge but are much farther away.<br/><br/>Basically these orcs have turned out to be far better organized than they ever have before.  They've hit our ship right where it hurts and with shock tactics that have overwhelmed most positions.  Our platoon was spared this and have been able to slowly secure our little bubble because that is what it is.  A little bubble and some other platoons are in the same boat as us, trying to expand out with organization and control, but that is slow work.  Outside these buddles, as Paige is finding out things are not going so well because outside of our bubble has been the orcs main focus.  They themselves ain't smart, but who ever planned this and gave them orders are.  It will be a re-curring theme.<br/><br/>As for the air thing, ship hulls are thick.  Could go into extreme detail about it, but that is really it.  Bio-ships form to get through such obsticals because that is what they do.  As for the venting air, ya I am sure the Captain order officers to do so.  Now when the intial impacts took place he believed not only his people, but the troops being transported could handle these problems without having to vent out Fleet or Guard personal along with him.  I'm sure if he ever sruvived this situation, he'd come under review and be told flat out, "Vent half the fucking crew along with the orcs if you have too, just don't loose the ship!"<br/><br/>I can't stress enough that a lot of people in position have fucked up.  They have not followed protocal or their training, or even common sense.  Which happens in warfare.  Which has happened, over and over and over in warfare.  If you count the amount of military blunders in history and compare them to military acts of genious, blunders win out hands down!  This is a blunder, a big ffing blunder.  And unfortunately as the shit ran down hill, no one was capable enough to get a hold of the situation properly until it got around too Company level.  By which point you have a command of 200 men trying to correct the mistakes of all the other commands on the ship.  Not good numbers or quick enough timing.<br/><br/>In all reality, what is left of the regiment probably could take back the ship, they really could.  But there is an orc fleet out there, currently busy picking off other ships as well.  Soon as they are done that, they will turn there full attention to the one ship that has been able to hold out, but is dead in the water and has no help coming for them.  Our fleet is leaving us behind to die, a simple sacrifice to save the majority.  A wounded cow left behind to save the herd from the wolves.  They will impulse out of range of the warp jamming field, then blast away without a second thought, leaving us to die and unable to jump.  The idea I am having is we abadone ship, escape pods blast as close to the fleet as possible, one destroyer falls back to help us out, picks us up, does some kick ass supression fire against incoming boarding ships, and after some tense minutes just gets outside the jamming field and warps us to safety.  Leaving an nice self destructing carrier right in the middle of the orc fleet!<br/><br/>Or Paige can decided can leave them all to fight it out on the ship.  Completely changes the direction of the RP, but as said before, you gotta adapt lol<br/><br/>Edit:  Oh and Joslyn, if you want to wrap up the surgury, I'll get something going that Sarah can respond too.  Or jsut you know, chill in surgery, your call.