Feeding Bay Charlie Seven:
There is a bright flash of the photon grenade going off. The mutineers by the barricade stumble around, clutching at their eyes. The others, facing way from them aren't as badly affected, but the sight of an angry Ogryn charging towards them breaks their morale and cower as Jag-reg sweeps past them. They flee out the door he had come in from. The others are not so lucky. The photon grenade has left them blinded, and between Jag-reg's fists and Kais' pistol eight bodies are scattered around the cafeteria. Even the young officer managed to head-shoot one of them on her second try. She gives Jag-reg a weak salute. "James, thank you." She looks askance at Kais, and then says, "Maybe Father Answin is right about some xenos. Uh, the savages, you know, the ones we picked up from Naduesh a few years back. They're attacking everyone! And they're teaming up with the pirates! We gotta get to the armory and make sure the loyal crew gets the weapons they need to fight back!"

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They failed the TN badly so they're blinded for seven rounds, should be easy enough to mop them up. The officer wants you to help secure the armory, but of course, she's not your boss.


In the Astropath chambers
The leader grins and says "orders din't say nothin' about servants. They just want you. Beater. Handspike. See about Oggz over there. You, blind lady, just hold your hands out and don't make no sudden moves. We're headin' back to our ship. Mebbe you can get new servants there." He grins. Two of the pirates take a look at their fallen comrade. They lift him up and try to prop him up to see if he can move under his own power. He can't. The leader pulls out some manacles and slowly approaches Rendara, while the other three pirates spread out to surround her.

The Cathedral:
After Father Answin's inspiring speech, he hears cheers and shouts from the refugees in the cathedral around him. Hopefully the crew will find the speech as inspiring. Or at least, the ones who haven't mutineed. He leaves the cathedral under the watchful gaze of Brother Bartholomew, who salutes with his ill-fitting cybernetic arm and hefts his ancient chainsword. Father Answin's security access gets him into the castle without problem. There are a few bodies scattered here and there... he looks over to the Astropath's chambers and sees two dead security guards lying in a bloody heap next to a dead pirate.

The Bridge:
The security guards trade fire with the pirates on the upper level. Some mutinous crewmen burst through the main door, trying to seize control of the bridge. One of them goes down, missing most of his head. The others pour over the body, waving illegal weapons and tools. The security guards try to deal with the flanking attackers, but fall back... just then, an invisile cacophony of light and sound seems to center around Selrya. The pirates and mutineers (and a few unfortunate security guards and bridge crew) suddenly fall down, screaming, clutching their eyes. There is a lull in the fire as the stunned attackers try to remember what dimension they're supposed to be in. Selrya and Max use the opportunity to make their way to one of the access hatches in the bridge floor. The command throne has already lowered itself into the floor, taking the murderous servant to safety... with the Lord Captain's baton in hand. While the baton's highest executive functions are gene-locked to those of the rogue trader's dynasty, the minor functions could prove extremely dangerous in the hands of a malicious actor. And extremely helpful for those trying to keep control of the ship.