Sanka noticed the spike in radiation that occurred when Jade opened the box. Noticing the level of radioactivity, he called Jade over the com.

"Hey, Pretty Lady, what are you doing in there? Nee Tzao Se Mah? You are sure putting off a lot of heat. Before you start glowin' like a lightning bug, you better put that stuff away and get out now."

He closed the channel and immediately hit the PA," Star, we got issues down here. Your woman opened that box and it is causing all manner of fireworks. It's making our ship reactor look like a night light."

With that he closed the PA and started flooding the room outside the vault with radiation suppressent gas...just in case.

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Immediately upon hearing Sanka's report, Kane sprung out of his seat, knocking his chair and food across the room. He ran toward the aft stairwell in engineering deftly avoiding tripping over Salt and Pepper.

In the seconds it took Kane to get to engineering he tried to call Jade over his transmitter. Unfortunately, Jade was not wearing her microtransmitter because she was in a vac suit. Gorramit Kane said to himself. He slammed his hand against the general emergency klaxon as he passed an alarm panel. Arriving at engineering he jumped over the rail and turned to move up the hallway to the door outside of the vault room.

Sanka saw him leap off of the stair from his console in engineering and tried to call after him. However, Kane was already moving and so Sanka had to take off after him.

Kane spent the next few moments tensely waiting outside the door of the vault room...

Jade hurriedly slapped the lid back on the top of the box, sealing it as best she could. She did not know how much radiation she had been exposed to, but the box had not been opened more than a few seconds before the alarm sounded. She slipped out of the vault as fast as she could, slamming the vault door closed behind her. She caught a glimpse of Sanka through the room's window, and noticed Kane had joined him. Their worried expressions did litt