Star Trek: Starbase 777 - containment-room-one

Sam walked into the room with her rifle raised, peeking corners to see if there were any hostiles in the room or not.

There weren't any hostiles in the room, at least not traditionally. Lined up against both walls to either sides of the entryway were children of varying ages, some only young, some teenagers. A surprisingly strong voice shouted up on behalf of the group as soon as they saw the tip of the rifle peek into the room. "If you try to shoot us, we'll batter shit out of you!"

Hearing the voice of children of all things caught her off guard. She raised the tip of the barrel to the ceiling and stuck her free hand out from behind the corner. "I'm not here to hurt you, kid." She said in a kind tone before she put her rifle to the ground and slid it to the side, keeping her hands up in the air. "Why are you kids here anyways?"

A Benzite spoke up this time, perhaps the eldest of the group. "We were taken here from our colonies. The soldiers that those scientists have... They took us from our homes. Some of our parents are here. Some are back there. Some parents got taken but not their kids. I can't even remember how long we've been here..."

"Right, that's not the best treatment." She slowly approached the eldest, hands still in the air. "Would you mind if I checked those cuffs? I may be able to break you out of them."

With everyone having had their wrists placed in stasis cuffs (a precaution when it had been discovered that Starfleet was raiding the base), the group of children wanted nothing more than to get them off. In an instant Sam was surrounded by a group of them, all extending their hands ready and going through the 'me next!' 'No, me next!' Process.

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"Kids, please. If I do this right I might be able to get you all out at once." She said with a small chuckle. "Now, has any of you seen a control panel somewhere that I can use?"

Another spoke up this time -- a Lethean, by the looks of it, who had both wrists perched upon the shoulder of a slightly shorter Lethean who stood in front of him. "There's not one in here. If we had found one, we could have fried all those scientists or something."

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[COMMS] "Lieutenant Voxellus, I have a room here full of adult hostages requesting to see their children. Have the children been located, and if so do I have permission to let the adults see them?"

"Alright, then let me try something else." She said as she pulled out her Tricorder and tried to see at what frequency the stasis cuffs were operating at. [COMMS] "I have the kids here, I'm trying to get rid of their cuffs first. If the parents join the party, it may be a little difficult to have that long awaited hugging moment."

The tricorder managed to get a proper reading - the frequency could definitely be matched.

"Right, hold your cuffs out, everyone!" She said with a smile as she codes the Tricorder to play the natural disruptive frequency of the cuffs to dissipate them.

There was a whole ton of heavy plastic clattering off the floor as the cuffs unclicked. There was a moment of silence as though everyone was contemplating it was real... And then the excited yelling began, with all of them giving up on waiting and racing through to the other room in a hurry.