Lance Daniels<br/>Position: Engineer<br/>Location: Infirmary, heading to Engine Room<br/>With: Braxton<br/><br/>What had started as a much-needed moment of relief was quickly turned to further disappointment by the news that while Sue was just one room away, he was completely unavailable.  As a testament to their friendship, Lance at least spent a moment hoping Sue was okay before dwelling on how much more work this meant for him.  The ship was about the worst it had ever been, and the only person who could reliably help was unconscious.  He thought about asking/demanding Braxton to help, but between the leg and the pain meds, Lance didn't want him around the engine.  He was liable to be more accident prone than Sophie.<br/><br/>Lance shook his head as Braxton made half a case in defense of Cookie.<em>If he eagerly rushes towards bullets, why is he the only one who didn't get grazed?</em>He was ready to make his argument, one he'd partially rehearsed more than once, when Braxton brought up the damn cooling again.  Irritated now on principle more than anything else, Lance's face went red as he answered.<strong>"Why do you care?  Sue is out of commission, you are shot, we weren't paid, and what felt like a battering ram hit the ship?  There is one person whose only job out of every possible detail is to prevent things like that from happening, and you are defending him while threatening my job?  I am the only one on this ship that could run this ship by myself, and you know that, which is why you went into business with me, yet I am the only one who you hound when things go bad.  Why aren't you asking Cookie why you and Sue got shot?  Why aren't you on Phil about why he couldn't smooth things over with them?  I know...I know it sounds like a different subject but it is the same thing.  Or Keri.  Her takeoff was not perfect, yet nothing to her."</strong><br/><br/>Lance's eyes suddenly lit up as an idea hit him.<strong>"Okay, I got it.  Hear me out.  Keri messed up takeoff, but it wasn't her fault because there were mechanical issues.  I had mechanical issues, but it wasn't my fault because something hit the ship after I had it ready to go and the impact to the ship caused all sorts of problems.  One of them alone, the cargo door, was jarred by the impact, and that will take some serious time to fix, and we can't leave atmo until it is done.  Now...whose job was it to keep people that want to hurt us and our ship from hurting us and our ship?"</strong><br/><br/>He gestured as if to say "ta-da."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC (Roll Added)</div><div class="spoiler_body">45662   kckolbe   Noone or Anyone   2013-04-09 10:19:11   At 2013-04-09 10:19:11, kckolbe (uid: 6919) rolls: 1d10 tn1: 6 tn2: 10 Result: 1 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=45662)</div></div>