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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Re: General: All over

[bonnypiperlad]

Jamie looks up from where he's hammering a different plank in place, and nods both by way of greeting and agreement. He mumbles something that may be "If ye can come hold this first, I'd be verra appreciative."

As he's currently got a bunch of what passes for nails in his mouth, the actual words are a bit hard to make out.

Re: General: All over

[smegging-hell.livejournal.com]

With the almost-nails, and the accent, Lister only gets the faintest idea of what Jamie is asking, but it's enough for him to step closer and grab hold of the plank to be nailed, holding it in position.

"Seems a shame to hope that we won't need these, after all the work we're doing."

Re: General: All over

[bonnypiperlad]

Now that Jamie has a free hand, he pulls the 'nails' out of his mouth, making a face while doing so. "Pleah. Thanks, Lister." He starts to carefully hammer the plank in place before responding.

"Aye, well. Hope's all well and good, but I'd rather have the precautions. Just in case. Besides..." He trails off, frowning slightly - then deliberately changes what he was going to say.

"Pity ye can't actually get the tentacles down here. They'd be verra useful right now."