USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE II (DARK SIDE)- In the Coils of the Serpent

"Your best idea is to keep Galder busy at all times. The more he is blaming life and his own failings, the less he will think about pinning everything on you.

"Rianna's different; she's starting to see all failures as coming down from the top now. Still, right now she's the most vital part of your plan; there doesn't seem to be much room for crisis management in her part of it."

"Indeed, that seems to be way to keep Galder under my thumb," Rand sighs, wishing that this leading business were easier. "Rianna, however, is much brighter. She knows how this works, and she doesn't like it."

Rand turns to Doon. "Not much she can do if she decides not to cooperate with our group. If she had not accepted doing all this sneaking about for us...well...I don't think Galder would have been very happy. I wouldn't have been happy. We all want that tablet..."

"Yes, but if anything goes wrong now? Your entire rest of team is all the way down here. You have no contingency ready."

"Rianna knows what she's doing, and Tanic is guiding her," Rand says. "I have confidence in my pupils."

"Very well," says Doon, "but I can't help thinking that if anything goes wrong and she has worked out you have left her entirely on her own with no back-up plan, she's going to be pretty pissed..."

"Of course she'll be pissed," Rand says. "Why do you think she's on the Dark Side? Her emotions will drive her to succeed..."

"... and I cannot help thinking she would have good reason to be, because that will get her killed and your plan rather come to nothing."

(saying that Rianna'd be pretty pissed would be the understatement of the century.....)

Okay, what's up next?

Well, we have to synch with what is happening in the hangar...

Hurry up, guys......

Galder's ready to make his risky Intrusion roll on that camera, just waiting on Takuan's Illusion on one of the guys to convince him that the team is needed elsewhere.

Well...

Tanic mutters back to Rianna,
"How do you think it's bloody going? No cameras out, and there's bombs still on the bloody ship. And there's this bloody tapping on the hull which Galder won't bloody investigate!"

How feasible is it to take the equipment with me outside the hangar?

(If I'm spotted, it won't matter since Galder will also be seen tampering with the cameras 😉

Sorry, Lana, gotta stop the sound if it's going to damage our chances)

You probably could do that, Tanic.

Well...

If the tapping doesn't stop, I'll take a quick trip outside as soon as Galder begins his soiree with the cameras.

How much of a hindrance will it be to my skills for helping Rianna?

It's not stopping. And it depends what point she is at, and if she gets any problems.

You have spoofed the second laser- she thinks she can get through.

So it's annoying enough to be a danger?

Tanic barks into his comm,
"Somebody fix this bloody sound! I swear I'll be out there in a minute if it's not gone! And if Rianna gets screwed, it's on your heads!"

Everyone's busy, Tanic.

Just absolving myself of responsibility, Ush.

Tanic goes to look, but keeps the communication stuff with him.

And all the gear you are routing through it! Complicated set up, this.

Ok, that's not what you expected. The tapping noise is caused by five peoplke down here- mechanics, yoiu think- tapping their hands in union on the side of the ship.

The rythmn seems familiar to you.

Any ideas why?

Do I look a suspicous? If so, I really need some help. Also, are we at all concealed here?