Use low power setting of las rifle, high difraction to quickly cautorize the dumb ass' leg. Follow the non team screams, use laser rifle for now to pick off any vexiles
[Con: 1+1] You are not quite sure if that's safe. Laser rifle is a weapon used for killing, not for saving lives. And the medic seems to be up for business, so you shrug and follow screaming.
Sounds come from personal rooms section. You pass quite few open and empty rooms, some clean, some messy. Some rooms have personal stasis pods open, some are closed and in apparently use, but those are in major minority. Screams rapidly increase in intensity and urgency. And long before you reach the source they start conveying sense of pain. By the time you reach the room in question sounds have already quieted down.
What you find is a obvious crew member in process of being eaten alive by five vexiles. They have started with legs, but judging from blood flow the victim is still alive but unconscious. Middle-aged man in blue uniform. Hmm, seems like a time for heroics!
[Con: 5+1] You ungraciously dump Filgres down, take good grip of your rifle and sweep a beam over bugs and the man, single handedly cutting them all half as well as turning the man quadruple amputee. Feeling questioning gaze of your conscious companion you shrug and defend your decision: "What's the problem? He was already going to get new legs, so does it really matter if he gets new arms too? He will get full upgrade."
"Why do we keep hurting ourselves?"
"Weapons unsafe. Refrigerator."
Follow the screaming. Just like... like... Ugh, I forgot.
You follow Vik and see what he sees. In addition you notice the room has small stockpile of food and drinks. It looks like there used to be at least two people camping, but now there's only one. Or half, thanks to Vik.
"Why do we keep hurting ourselves?"
[End: 2] Vik drops you on floor without care. Right on your feets. You pass out.
"Alright, get over here dude..." says the one actual medic in the party, going to the man bleeding out.
Medic time! I have medifoam and anti-shock meds. Let's try not to use a ton of it this time.
[Med: 4+1] You swing your razor to cut last pieces of suit and skin that keep his leg in relatively one piece. That stump is otherwise getting on way of everything, no point to save it. In best case you can use it as a bait should alien bugs get too close in future. Now that out of the way you apply nice smooth layer of medifoam on the stump stopping bleeding altogether. Next you slip single pill into his suit's pill slot ensuring he won't go into shock due massive damage and blood loss. Then you squit a little bit of medifoam on his hand to ensure missing finger won't become a problem. And finally you take a look at this thumb that's in very wrong angle. There's very little you can do about it other than forcibly wringing it back into right position, but you probably shouldn't do that unless it looks like it will be a problem.
Oh wait, Citotp had some duct tape you really could use here, you even could use his switchblade as a splint, except he and all other injured people wandered off somewhere, leaving you alone with newest cripple and the only competent guy in the team. Or better yet, you could find infirmary on this ship and treat all these idiots properly. Although any medical capacity this ship has is bound to be not very great. After all, wounds should be very rare event on mechant vessels.
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