Phase 1 - Left Behind - The Vatican: Fortifying the Fort?

[cityship]

The Vatican had a lot of ground to cover. Normally covered in expansive gardens (just empty plots on the ship) and comprised of a multitude of buildings, holing up there meant holing up in simply a part of the Vatican. The group was therefore in St. Peter's Basilica, which had had most of its entrances sealed off. Now they had to work on small windows and a few other entrances left neglected, but overall, it was a very defensible position. There were no exits other than the ones leading to the sacristy and treasury--which was their main avenue of escape, and heavily guarded. The prisoners were being kept in this area, and guarded by the rear guards, as leaving them in the prison was deemed too dangerous for their safety. As bad as they'd been with the Yeerk conflict, they were crew, and no one wanted them to die.

The courtyard was a chokepoint. Gunners could sit on the roofs of the buildings running alongside the courtyard to strafe St. Peter's square from the sides.

The various chapels and vestibules along the sides made excellent areas for food, medical, and weapons supplies to be gathered, and most were clustered in the middle of the basilica. The Medical area was in the Chapel of the Column, the main weapons and ammo caches, and Food storage areas were in the two Transepts, respectively, to the sides of the Papal altar. Pews all in the main areas had been converted to sleeping areas, right in the center of the whole place.

There was still work to be done, before the other group could leave. Last minute barricades, blocking more windows, moving the last of the medical supplies, inventorying the food, and so on. Then it would be time to hunker down.

So push up your sleeves and lend someone else a hand, folks.

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The Vestibule: The Front Guards

[cityship]

Those in the Vestibule are the main line of defense against any intruders. They have to make preparations to have several positions to fall back to.

Re: The Vestibule: The Front Guards

[immortalscot.livejournal.com]

Duncan doesn't mind being in the thick of things...hand to hand combat is what he's best at anyway. He doesn't mind volunteering.

Re: The Vestibule: The Front Guards

[playsin-traffic.livejournal.com]

Tony is hanging out in the front, checking his pistol and the magazines he's managed to snag for it. He's not that nervous - well, that's not entirely true. He's nervous as Hell. But he's dealt with this before. It's controlled. He plans on using the pistol as long as possible, then going in with claws. He'll be big, furry, and angry at that point.

He flexes his fingers, slides in a magazine and chambers a round. Locked and loaded.

The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[cityship]

The roofs alongside St. Peter's Square are a great place to set up gunners.

Re: The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[bostonbeatcop.livejournal.com]

With some hard work and some help from Luly, RObert had managed to set up quite a nice little next on the roof of the Basilica. Sandbags taken from the armory gave him protection, and he had set up the browning with a sweeping field of fire to cover almost any part of the open square, set up his ammo, made sure his back up weapon (his rifle) was close at hand and Rob had even walked the courtyard in order to make sure his range estimates were correct. Now all he had to do was wait.

Re: The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Selene plans to watch from the rooftop. She didn't have much she could do, but she thought for a look out...

Well, the fact was, if she saw anything suspicious, she could investigate it real quick to see if it's a real threat or not.

Re: The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[ihasvision.livejournal.com]

Shawn had taken up a position on the roof as well, due his skills as observation being especially useful as a lookout.

"Nothing, nothing, still nothing. Man, why did I have to go and pick the boring job?"

Re: The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

As a flier, it only made sense for him to help coordinate lookout and point attacks from up high. Better overview so hopefully they can't be ambushed. Also a way to move people quickly from the lower levels. He was currently observing, and being in close contact in case of questions and concerns.

Re: The Square: Outside on the Roofs

[sgmitchell.livejournal.com]

It was hard to say whether he really was best fit for roof defense or the front lines. Technically, back home he was the first--and often enough the last--defense against whatever was attacking Earth. This wasn't Earth, and only a fraction of SG-1 was here.

He'd defend the ship and its people--had worked to defend it already--but the front lines were for another person to hold. He would do his part here, on the rooftop. It was good to have a G36K in hand again, even if the circumstances were regrettable. At least they had a chance of figuring out what was going on, and just maybe finding a way to get them back.

If anyone on the ship could figure out a way back, it'd be Jackson. For now, he was fine with waiting to make sure things didn't fall apart when Jackson did.

The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[cityship]

The Medbay area has several cots, equipment, and medical supplies taken from medbay. There are also portable medkits to take if they need to take any supplies on the run.

This area is also where the kiddles are.

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[addsperspective.livejournal.com]

Ellen still wasn't used to the ship. Or the suit she wore. Somehow, she'd managed to find her lab coat in the W&P and had it on over the plantsuit. It wasn't much, but it was something. Her hair was tied back and her gun strapped to her leg under the coat, hopefully she wouldn't need to use it. When the moving had started she'd just let herself be herded and followed, feeling generally a little put out and confused. She hadn't really been able to find out what was going on but she knew it had something to do with getting off the ship. Another team was already off somewhere else.

And so, being left here, she decided to at least make herself useful. She felt desire to guard prisoners, set up gunner positions, or comfort the frightened. So she'd gone to the one place that at least felt somewhat familiar, the Medbay Area. Casting an eye toward the children, she looked around at the other occupants of the Medbay and wrinkled her nose slightly. She wasn't in command. But she's be damned if that would keep her from helping.

"Does anyone know who's in charge here?"

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[notlewis]

Ever-helpful, Luis had volunteered to help watch over the medbay. Rather than rush headlong into unknown, dangerous combat, with guns going off left and right and an unknown enemy and the possibility of being torn limb from limb or getting shot or otherwise utterly destroyed, he figured he would do more good in here-- applying his knowledge of the body to first aid and assisting with the injured.

Isn't that generous of him?

He made himself useful by keeping track of supplies, scribbling notes on his omnicom. He packed his own small medkit full of a few things from the corner of medbay he'd claimed as his own, including several vials full of medication, blood packets and vital pieces of his experiments. He wasn't about to lose it all if for some reason the medbay proper was destroyed.

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha was taking stock of the equipment they had on hand and helping to set up several cots. She had just finished setting yet another up and stepped back to take in her work. It felt good to be doing something. Roxie's oct-o-pooze sat with its tentacles spiraled around her arm like a gauntlet, waiting, much like she was. Perhaps it was silly to think it truly alive, but she did, and felt better for it. It might, indeed, come in handy and as she paused in her work, she curled a hand against it.

Now, all she had to do was wait. Well, find Obi-Wan, too, and then wait. It was a good thing she knew how to have a great deal of patience.

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[medicalmind.livejournal.com]

Scarlet was a good fit for the Medbay, being a Medical Officer. She was a decent shot, but she had always preferred helping to hurting, and after the ordeal she'd been through seemingly just before waking on the ship she was hesitant to volunteer to be on front lines. She would fight, there wasn't really much doubt in her mind that her gun would be needed at some point, so she kept it strapped in the holster on her leg, a few extra clips tucked away in the pockets of the army green sweatshirt she wore over the plant suit. One of her few personal effects, and even that wasn't that personal.

She was walking slowly around the room, familiarizing herself with the layout, and trying to get a feel of what was to come. She knew once things started happening, they'd be happening very quickly, and the last thing she wanted was to have no idea where she was going.

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[squintybonelady.livejournal.com]

Temperance wasn't even sure how she had ended up in the Medbay area, but there she was. Her eyebrows furrowed and she slowly looked around at all the medical supplies and the others who were busy setting things up.

This was not good. She didn't do alive people. Skeletons were her deal. She knew first aid and could actually help if needed, but... She was a BONE person not a fleshy meaty person.

"What exactly am I suppose to do here?" she muttered, slightly annoyed with the situation at hand.

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area

[governmentninja]

After going to retrieve a late arrival, Leon returned to the Vatican with Eve. She seemed all right, if just a little tired.

He brought her to the area converted to the medbay, where she could rest quietly, and hang out with the other kids.

"Now, Eve, I need you to stay here for now, okay? You'll be safe here, and I won't be far."

Re: The Chapel of the Column: the Medbay Area (moment of Jaime's death)

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Yuri suddenly stops doing her hurry-up-and-wait, nervous-weight-shifting routine and goes totally stiff.

Her muscles go so rigid that she's actually shaking. Fear, more than just the usual vague dread shows in her big eyes.

Borg feels it too. His eyes become sudden X shapes and he emits a tense humm, fibrous psuedo-teeth clenched tight.

"Something's wrong!"

The Sacristy: Rear Guard and Prisoners

[cityship]

The rear guard has a very important job to do. Two of them actually--guarding their only possible exit and guarding the prisoners. Mercifully, the prisoners don't seem to be stirring up any trouble.

Re: The Sacristy: Rear Guard and Prisoners

[runnerwithagun.livejournal.com]

Ronon got the gist of what was happening and hated the fact that he was still in prison. He didn't have a good feeling about this and it showed as he glared at the guards. He felt he should be out there guarding the left behind crew instead of idling about in prison and without his gun.

General: All over

[cityship]

There's lots of work to be done all over. Pews to be converted to more beds, and so on. High windows to help the fliers board up. Some people might just be nervous and need reassurance.

Re: General: All over

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

Will's pixie wings don't let her fly. But she's a lot stronger in her Guardian form, and people are more inclined to listen to her and not treat her like one of the little kids when she's in it. So some people might not recognize the red-haired, pixie-winged woman who's pushing pews around and looking for faces that need reassurance, but to be fair, a lot of people probably never noticed Will in her normal form to begin with.

All the while, she's looking around for people who are scared, nervous. She's trying not to be one of them. It's easier when she's like this - more powerful, more sure of herself. She can extend a little of that surety around, even if she can't fly.

Re: General: All over

[bostonbeatcop.livejournal.com]

Rob needed volunteers. He clambered up on one of the disassembled pews and waved a hand.

"Hey! I need an assistant gunner, maybe two for the thirty cal I set up on the roof! Anyone wanna learn how to use a machine gun?" That might get some attention, at least.

[toariversodeep.livejournal.com]

Roxie is doing something odd: finding out-of-the-way spots and hiding little things in them that look like staple removers twisted in with many paper clips to look like little artificial spiders. With each goes a little paper note: 'DANGEROUS, DO NOT TOUCH'.

Left Transept: Food Supply

[cityship]

This is where the food and water is being kept, as well as the sectioned off rest facility.

Re: Left Transept: Food Supply

[not-prncss-tldr.livejournal.com]

This is humiliating. Lafiel thinks as she stands guard over the crates of preserved gunk. An Abriel reduced to little more than a waitress.

Nevertheless, she buzzes about them, checking and double checking with her notepad. She's calculated the nutritional and bedding requirements of every person in the Vatican down to the last detail. Everything is being rationed. Noone's getting any more than necessary or any treats.

Right Transept: Ammo and weapons

[cityship]

If folks need to temporarily put a larger weapon down, this is the place to leave it, and there's boxes and boxes of various types of ammo that needs to be organized and prepped for rapid use.

[fbisincenine.livejournal.com]

Olivia finds herself at the ammo supplies. Looking around, she notices the disorganization of it all. Perhaps the person in charge of this could do with a bit of help. Gauron. That's what had been said in the speech.

"Excuse me? Gauron?" she calls out.