<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/4/4c/ValerieStar01.png/468px-ValerieStar01.png)</div><tt class="bbc_tt"><strong>Name:</strong> <strong>Valerie Orion</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=315224.msg15234052#msg15234052)<br/><strong>SP:</strong> 36 / 36      <strong>HP:</strong> 35 / 35      <strong>RP:</strong> 6 / 6<br/><strong>Weapon IN HAND:</strong> Azimuth Laser Rifle<br/><strong>Equipped Armour:</strong> Vesk Overplate I<br/><strong>Carried Weapons:</strong> Survival Knife, Tactical Semi-Auto Pistol <br/><br/><strong>Consumables:</strong> Rations x3, Intoxicant x3<br/><br/><strong>Spells/Abilities:</strong> Celestial Radiance 3 / 3, Envoy Improvisation</tt><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Valerie frowned a little and looked at Lyssiah. She had a good instinct for this sorta thing, but she did have a tendency to jump to conclusions a little bit. Mercenaries were definitely an option, but there was no indication that they were hiding from anything, and jumping to conclusions was often the best way to get shot up by saying something wrong or banking on the wrong motivations. She shook her head.<strong>"Careful, Lyssie,"</strong>she chided softly,<strong>"We have no way'a knowin' that. They might be hidin' from the law...or they could've been <em>hired</em> by the law. Gov'ments hire Mercs for dirty 'n dangerous work tha' they don' fancy riskin' their own necks on all th' time, aftah all. We can' go in assuming they're on the run without proof. What if we're wrong, 'n they call for backup 'n a battleship pops into orbit?"</strong><br/><br/>Unlikely, true, but it was a possibility.<strong>"'N hey, yeah, they might have callsigns 'n codes, but it's better 'n not havin' <em>any</em> idea wha's goin' on, yeah? 'N I ain' sayin' we should pop up 'n start blastin'! Just that hackin' comms might be a good way to stay undetected."</strong>She lifted an eyebrow.<strong>"Blastin' away should be our <em>last</em> option. If we start shootin', we have no idea how many Vesk are on tha' ship, where they are, or what precautions they could set up if we give ourselves away. Vesk're tough, but they ain't stupid."</strong>She hummed in the back of her throat softly, thinking. The best thing would be if they got distracted by something. Sound didn't carry at all in a vacuum, obviously, so they couldn't throw a rock and make a noise. However....<strong>"Reva, honey...can y'r little cutie pie-"</strong>She gestured at the drone,<strong>"-make flashes a' light or somethin'? If they don' move on, mebbe we could send the drone round th' outside, flash a light or somethin', then have it hurry 'n hide. The Vesk go over t' invest'gate, 'n we use their distraction t' sneak past."</strong>