Re: In CIC
Captain Johnston reached down to retrieve his headset that he had thrown to the floor during the high pitch squeal. He had intended to relay the Admiral’s orders to the salvage crews, when he noticed a lit small red LED on the detonator attached to the plastic explosive under the operations desk.
He shouted out, “Bomb!”. Without a moment’s thought he grabbed the explosive device off the underside of the desk and ran toward the hatch with it before the second red LED light began to flash. His final conclusion was that the explosive device was meant to assassinate the Admiral and those immediately around her, but it was not big enough to destroy or kill all those in the room. It had to be small to smuggle into the room.
“Get out of my way!” he said as he shoved someone to one side. He just crossed the hatch when the second red LED flashed three times, before the device tucked in close like a pyramid ball in Captain Johnston’s hands exploded. Killing him and others immediately near the hatchway, and injuring others.