[center] [h3][b][color=00ff00]Jack Mallory, X.O.[/color][/b][/h3] [/center]

"What the...?!" Jack growled, taking in the view from the bridge screens of Itxaro & Vigdis speaking to more of the locals. What were they doing?!?

He grabbed the microphone and switched on the external speakers.

"Itxaro and Vigdis," he said, a note of anger still present in his calm voice, "Return to the inside of the ship. Now!"

He then flipped to the internal All-Hands circuit. "Security detail to the hanger airlock, on the double!"