This time you hear: "Biological contaminant located. Engine room three has been placed under biohazard quarantine."
Also, you notice a beeping sound from the not-so-damaged robot your NPC picked up. The uplink module, which was still glowing with a small red light, clicks off and then back on with a green light. One of the arms moves up and reaches into the hole your bullet made. It jiggles around inside for a moment and you hear a *Fzzzt!* as sparks fly out of the hole. The whole robot jerks slightly and then stands up. It takes no offensive action, but pulls the arm from the bullet hole. A speaker on the robot crackles, warbles, then emits a recognizable human voice, "Guys this is Phoenix. This fucking ship man, this ship... I came to hide out here and maybe take out whoever was chasing me but this ship.. it's alive man! It's fucking alive! It's trying to kill me... I think I offended it or something. You have to help me..."
You hear some kind of high-pitched buzzing sound over the speaker, followed by automatic fire. The voice returns, "Shit they're coming through. I had to trip the biohazard alarm to shut the doors but they're cutting through. Shit shit shit... guys come on. Even prison is better than this! The ship is the one who broke the lift, she's not letting you get off that deck. You have to look around for a manual override! Don't use anything tied to the ship's intelligence, she's fucking crazy man! Damn they're coming again... I think I can h-" the transmission cuts out, the uplink module clicks back over to a fiery red light and the robot charges Marcus. It is far enough away that you have time to raise your rifle and blow it away, where it lands on the deck in a smoking heap.
"Biological contaminant detected in crew mess hall. Escalation request entered into queue."
Meanwhile, back in the hold...
The other team's ship powers up and exits the hold. The nearest external airlock is a few decks up, and at your request, automated systems extend a docking collar. You easily maneuver into hard-dock with the lock and get a green light on the pressure seal. Your ship is showing breathable atmosphere in the collar.