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Post by teyno on Dec 7, 2006 0:29:26 GMT
"Commander Kanz, please escort Civillian Teyno to the brig. He will remain there until further notice. Allow him limited access to the ship's library, but restrict his access to the outbound communications network." Ordered Sonak.
Teyno whirled round in surprise. He was no stranger to being incarcerated, but seldom had it been for something he hadn't done.
"What?" Teyno exclaimed, "What have I done?"
Sonak did not answer and Teyno felt Kanz' grip on his arm. Teyno contemplated resisting for a moment, but decided it wouldn't do him much good.
"Commodore, I haven't done anything!" He said as he left the bridge.
After Kanz had left him in the brig, Teyno asked the officer on duty, "Could you please tell me what I am supposed to have done?"
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Post by Elron on Dec 7, 2006 2:12:45 GMT
Elron was as startled as Sonak to find the Vulcan officer in his ready room. He saw that she was about to swoon and immediately reached out to catch her.
"You could have warned me that I was about to get transported, then I would have told you I would be taking a shuttle instead," the Commodore muttered angrily. "Why have you beamed me here? I have a situation on my ship...I am needed there."
Elron was at a loss. "Max, what is Commodore Reckus doing here?!" he shouted to the bridge.
"You told me to transfer her to your ready room as soon as she was available," the COO replied innocently.
Elron scowled angrily, but realised that there were more important matters at hand. "Commodore, are you alright? You never mentioned you were injured at all." His concern for his friend was genuine, as was the guilt he felt. He got her settled onto the couch and went to the replicator to fetch her some water. "Is everyone else on your ship ok?" He handed Sonak the glass.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2006 12:42:19 GMT
"Could you please tell me what I am supposed to have done?"
The security guard on duty glanced at the civillian who stood only millimeters away from the forcefield. She shrugged in disinterest before answering. "Sabotage this ship, if the reports are true." She gave him a very hard glance. "And for your sake, you'd better hope that the reports are wrong, because the commodore doesn't take very kindly to saboteurs."
She grinned in a non-committed fashion. "Why, she once threw our former chief engineer in the brig for being late on a meeting. Says something doesn't it?"
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"Commodore, are you alright? You never mentioned you were injured at all."
"I am not injured admiral," the Vulcan answered as she was guided to a very comfortable couch, "I have just been pregnant if you recall that. My daughter was born only a few hours ago, and under very dire circumstances." She frowned upon the memory. "I was fortunate that at least engineering had gravity, but my chief engineer was forced to play midwife because my chief medical officer was stuck in sickbay."
Sonak accepted the glass of water with a smile and sipped it. The nausea from the sudden transport was starting to fade, and some colour came back to her face. She looked up at Elron, who sat across from her and noted the concerned expression on his face.
"Is everyone else on your ship ok?
"As far as I can tell they are," she answered truthfully, "Engineering is working very hard on restoring gravity. Commander Byrne has discovered that there is or was a saboteur aboard. Gravity failed shortly after the Majesty departed back to Federation space."
Quietly, she continued to report what Byrne had found. "We have a list of suspects. Unfortunately Miss Lucy Kanz and Commander first class Hawk are among our suspects. Civillian Teyno has been detained for the moment as he too had time and motive. However, before I was unceremoniously beamed here, I believe Commander Byrne was about to report something."
She glanced at Elron expectantly. "Perhaps we should contact my ship and find out? I am certain my crew is now wondering what is going on."
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Post by fox on Dec 7, 2006 13:49:06 GMT
Entering the Science Lab, he encountered Commander Fox bent over his latest experiment. Lightly tapping him on the shoulder, he motioned him to a nearby office. Showing Fox his PADD, Byrne highlighted the list of names of the people he suspected of sabotaging the ship." Fox gazed at the list of names Byrne had highlighted and let Byrne explain his plan. Fox looked at him. "I hope you're wrong about you list of most likely suspects commander." Fox said "Both Lucy and Hawk wouldn't do anthing like this, im sure of that. And Teyno..." Fox paused for a little while "Well i don't beleive he would either." Byrne nodded "They all might just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time." Fox nodded. "Ok, i'll monitor them on internal sensors, cause this has to be resolved, but i don't like it. It feels like spying on someone." "Thank you commander." Byrne said with a faint smile and walked out of the Science lab. Using forensic techniques, the team was able to obtain 6 sets of DNA traces and fingerprints. Once gathered, he then relayed this to Fox, who was at this time joined by Jatan, to analyze. In the mean time Jatan and Fox had set up some equipment to analyse Byrne's findings. After a while Byrne came back to the lab with the samples he had found. There was no exact match found. But they could take a few people perminently off the list. Fox looked at Byrne "About the rest, i still don't see what motive either of them could have. But according to personel records they call have the skills to temper the systems affected and according to the sensor readings they've been in the right place. But i'm missing the motive, i see none." <Byrne>
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Post by logan06 on Dec 8, 2006 7:31:14 GMT
As Logan gathered the last bit of information from the Medical team, he went to see Commander Fox in the Science Lab. Questioning the Commander, he came to a conclusion for the immediate situation. Asking Fox to join him, Byrne headed for the bridge, tapping his badge and thanking the medical staff for their assistance.
Reaching the Bridge, Logan called out for the CO. The First Officer utrned and stated that she had been beamed off the ship against her will. With that, Byrne pulled out a portable phaser and stunned the FO. At that moment. Trey turned around with a phaser assault rifle pointed at the CEO.
Dropping the phaser, Logan proceeded to elaborate what he had found out about the device found in the Jefferies Tube. Pleading with Trey, he kept asking for the Commodore. L'ola turned and stated that Sonak was removed from the ship by the crew of the Black Tulip.
=^=Computer, with the CO and FO incapacitated, who is the next in command?, asked Byrne,=^= "The Chief Enginner would succeed followed by the Chief Medical Officer", stated the computer.
"As standing commander of the ship, I am requesting the following actions be taken. I have been given proof that someone on the senior staff had been directly involved with the device that I found that caused the gravition failure. As such, I am now instituting a state of emergency."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2006 8:22:49 GMT
Nack heard phaser fire outside of the turbolift as it halted. The doors opened. Commander Martens had just finalized his fall with a thud, and lay motionless. Trey was now holding a phaser at Logan, who just heard confirmation of who was the current acting Captain now that the First Officer was incapacitated. Nack noticed Fox next to the Engineering console, slightly out of view from the Marine.
Slowly moving, Nack reverse-stepped into the turbolift before anyone took notice of him. The next few quick and inaccurate judgments would prove costly, but the Ferengi hamster wheel started turning in his enlarged skull and showed no signs of slowing. "Why would Trey shoot Commander Martens?" was the common thought. "Maybe this is a conspiracy going deeper than I thought." ... "Where is the Commodore?!"
Nack made it back to sickbay. His immediate mission: to contact the Commodore... if she wasn't gone for good. He opened a subspace channel, and transmitted the following to open space:
"Commodore Reckus, I am sorry to bother you, but recent events aboard the Vesuvius make this necessary. It seems Commander Martens is responsible for the ship problems we were having... and Trey went berserk on the bridge and shot him. I think he's dead! Logan is being held hostage. I assume the rest of the bridge crew is too. I am taking charge of the ship. I don't know who I can trust, so I am going to wait until I find out more before proceeding. Nack out."
The doctor closed the channel hoping that the Commodore was safe and would be back soon.
=/\= Computer, please transfer control of the ship to Chief Medical Officer Nack =/\=
~/\~ Security Override Required ~/\~
=/\= Security Override Alpha-5-Zeta =/\=
~/\~ Transfer of Control Authorized. Transfer Completed ~/\~
Nack hadn't the foggiest idea of what to do. He grabbed a hypospray, thinking he would sedate or stun Trey first. After, Logan and he could try to find the Commodore.
Nack left the room, only to double back to retrieve a phaser hidden behind one of the panels in the bay, and made his way cautiously out the door.
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Post by teyno on Dec 8, 2006 12:08:23 GMT
The security guard glanced at Teyno. She shrugged in disinterest before answering. "Sabotage this ship, if the reports are true." She gave him a very hard glance. "And for your sake, you'd better hope that the reports are wrong, because the commodore doesn't take very kindly to saboteurs."
Teyno laughed out loud, "My dear, if I had wanted to sabotage the ship, the commodore wouldn't know about it. Anyway, you don't normally throw suspects into the brig, any sane and reasonable captain would have confined me to quarters."
She grinned in a non-committed fashion. "Why, she once threw our former chief engineer in the brig for being late on a meeting. Says something doesn't it?"
"What, that she's an unstable and deranged psycho?" Said Teyno, "You noticed that too, huh?"
The guard didn't respond and Teyno moved over to the bed and lay down on it, looking up at the ceiling, waiting...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2006 20:22:45 GMT
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"Yeah yeah," the woman replied impatiently, "now just sit back and be quiet and overthink your sins. Once the Commodore has regained her common sense she'll probably let you out. In the mean time, just sit tight hm?"
She smiled then winked. "Who knows, perhaps I'll take a hansome guy like you out to dinner..." Her smile vanished just as quickly as it appeared. "Now, I have work to do."
Bridge
L'Ola was stood at the security console, watching the scene unfold before her with rising astonishment. Her mouth fell open when Logan shot the first officer without warning or accusation, then made it seem as though Trey did the shooting.
Since she never spoke a word, nobody really paid heed to her presence, and certainly never noticed when she switched a lever and made secure contact to the Black Tulip. A live feed was send to the BT, along with an encrypted message from the security chief, expressing her worries.
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Young Max Richards came storming into the readyroom, surprising both commodore and admiral and disrupting their earnest conversation. "Sir, ma'am, priority coded messages coming in from the Vesuvius. Live video feed also."
Exchanging a surprised glance, Vulcan and Avari rose as one and headed for the readyroom doors. Elron motioned for Sonak to go first. "Ladies first," he smiled, though Sonak could tell it wasn't as earnest a smile as earlier. Both stood watching the live feed that came from the Vesuvius and Sonak stood transfixed in horror as she watched a reply of Logan entering the bridge, shooting Nick and then taking command of the ship.
"I trusted him," she said sadly, "now I see I have to rethink on who is loyal to me."
"Ma'am?" Richards waved for her attention. "The video feed is sent by a Commander L'Ola Kanz, and I have an encrypted message from a Lieutenant Commander Nack, MD."
"Patch it through," she told the young officer, exchanging yet another worried look with Elron.
Commodore Reckus, I am sorry to bother you, but recent events aboard the Vesuvius make this necessary. It seems Commander Martens is responsible for the ship problems we were having... and Trey went berserk on the bridge and shot him. I think he's dead! Logan is being held hostage. I assume the rest of the bridge crew is too. I am taking charge of the ship. I don't know who I can trust, so I am going to wait until I find out more before proceeding. Nack out."
"He is sorry?" Sonak gazed around at the Black Tulip senior staff. Bema Saberwyn was sat in the first officer's seat, looking thoughtful, but equally shocked. "I was already aware of the fact that Martens was responsible, but he did not cause the sabotage. He was negligent, it was someone else's tampering that caused his negligence to end up in this cascade disaster. He confessed to me just before I was so unelegantly beamed here."
The Vulcan fixed her mock-glare on Richards, who seemed to shrink back in embarassment. "Nick is not dead, I can still sense him. He is merely unconscious. "Lieutenant Richards, please patch me through to Doctor Nack, priority one, encrypted. Make sure only Doctor Nack can intercept and decrypt this message."
At Richard's nod, she steeled herself for the inevitable. "Doctor, Commander Martens is not dead, and thinks are not as you believe they are. You can trust Commander Kanz, she has just shown me what transpired on the bridge. It is Logan who needs to be subdued, not Lieutenant Maverick. Please be careful in your actions. Also, release Teyno from the brig, he may be of assistance. You are in command of this vessel until I return." She turned to Richards. "Send message."
Then Sonak tapped Elron on the arm. "We need to retake my ship. Are you game for a little action?" She wasn't certain she was ready, she still didn't feel like her old self. But her worry for her crewmembers and her family gave her strength. "I want my ship back."
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Post by logan06 on Dec 9, 2006 3:36:55 GMT
After shouting the situation to Maverick, Logan kept his hands up pleading not to get shot by the Security officer.
=^="Computer command protocol, epsilon alpha Byrne 13, allow commands to be accessed from my personal transponder, and if in the event, I am capacitated, then only under the direct orders of Commodore Sonak. Confirm." "Complied", stated the computer.
"Now that I have disabled the computers, will you please drop the rifle, Lt.? I have something to tell you, but only aftr Commander Fox finishes what he is doing on the Enginneering console", Byrne said calmly as he moved to sit in the command chair. "And can we have Dr. Nack come up here to recover the FO? I have so much explaining to do."
As Dr. Nack came to the Bridge, he was a little shocked to see the crew there acting differently then moments ago. Motioning his nurse to monitor the bio-metrics of the Bridge crew, he leaned down to find the Commander stunned, not dead. Breathing a relief breath, he looked at Trey and asked what he had done and why he shot Martens. Trey immediately shot back the statement that it was Commander Byrne who shot the FO. Nodding his head, the new CO acknowledged this statement. Using common knowledge, Nack stabilized the Commander until his medical team could be called.
From the communication console came an incoming message alert. L'ola stood up and pushed the button for two-way communication. At that moment, the Main view screen came alive with a large Soveriegn class ship heading for them.
'Oh, [word deleted], here comes the Commodore and backup, and I still haven't been able to questions Martens about the alterations to the gravitional field generators', thought Byrne.
"Fox, pull up the data we collected and have a site to site transport for yourself, me, Dr. Nack and Commander Martens. You know where we are going, make it so", yelled Byrne. <TAG Nack>
Mouths agape, the Bridge crew could do nothing but answer the incoming message from the Black Tulip. Offering no answers, Trey relayed to the Commodore what really happened on the Bridge after Sonak told him what Nack sent to her. He, then told her how Logan was able to overlock the command systems using his implants, and that he and the Commodore were the only ones able to regain control of the ship.
Turning to the Admiral, Sonak nodded for the go-ahead of the plan to invade the Vesuvius under extreme conditions. But unknown to her, was that while Fox was at the enginneering station, he clouded any sensors from detecting the whereabouts of the renegade crew till they completed thier mission to find the sabatore. <TAG Fox> <TAG Sonak>
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Post by Elron on Dec 9, 2006 14:08:01 GMT
"I am not injured admiral," replied Sonak as Elron guided her to the ready room's couch, "I have just been pregnant if you recall that. My daughter was born only a few hours ago, and under very dire circumstances."
Elron groaned inwardly but visibly. He looked at the Commodore again and felt a complete moron. He hadn't seen his friend for quite some time, and with all the recent excitement he had completely forgotten about her pregnancy. Looking at her now, though, he instantly recognised the fact that she'd just given birth.
"Perhaps we should contact my ship and find out? I am certain my crew is now wondering what is going on," the Commodore suggested.
Before Elron could respond, however, his Operations Officer burst into the room. 'You're skating on very thin ice, mister,' the Admiral thought with narrowed eyes. This thought vanished instantly when Max explained his reasons though.
"Sir, ma'am, priority coded messages coming in from the Vesuvius. Live video feed also!"
Standing on the bridge of the Tulip, the two flag officers were amazed by the events unfolding in high definition beauty on the viewscreen. After listening to Dr Nack's priority message, and replying with some encrypted instructions for him, Commodore Reckus turned to her immediate superior.
"We need to retake my ship. Are you game for a little action?" Elron was pleased to see some determination return to her face. He thought there was even a little more colour too, for a Vulcan anyway. "I want my ship back," she said in a firm voice. It was clear she meant business.
"Elron to Fennell," said the Admiral, tapping his comm badge. =/\= Fennell here, =/\= came the immediate reply. "Protocol 32, Lieutenant." =/\= Aye, sir. Fennell out. =/\=
The message was short and simple, but conveyed everything the Senior Marine Officer needed to know. "Colonel," said Elron, turning to his Tactical Officer, "you know what to do." Burgess nodded curtly in response.
Sonak gave the Admiral a curious glance. "Don't worry, Commodore. They'll use minimal force as far as possible. We have full details on the Somma class, but if there's anything you think we should know before going in, now would be a good time to inform my men." Elron was looking surprisingly determined himself. He was always keen to use force only as a last resort, but there was clearly a lot of confusion on the Vesuvius. There was no way he was going to risk losing officers from his fleet to misunderstandings and gushing adrenaline levels. Worse, yet, if the Klingons got wind of what was happening before the Tulip could arrive, who knew what their reaction might be.
"Bema, intercept the USS Vesuvius." The CNO had returned to his position at the helm. "Course already laid in, sir." "Engage!"
Elron sat down in the centre seat, motioning for Sonak to sit on his left. "Well, Commodore, it's your ship. How would you like to proceed first?"
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As the Black Tulip bore down on the approaching Klingon vessels, Elron made sure to contact them in plenty time. Burgess had ensured that weapons and shields were not online, but that they could be raised in an instant at the first sign of trouble.
"Captain Kratagh," Elron greeted the Klingon commander with a serious but politely measured tone. "This is Fleet Admiral Elron of the USS Black Tulip. We are extremely grateful to you for your assistance. We can take the Vesuvius from here; there's no need for you to be delayed any further on our account."
The Klingon scowled aggressively. "Perhaps you should take better care of your ships, Fleet Admiral. Only a fool allows defenceless ships to drift in Klingon space."
"Thank you for the advice, Captain." Elron frowned sternly. "What kind of warrior would prey on a defenceless ship, though?" Before the Klingon could respond, Elron continued. "As you can see, the Black Tulip is far from defenceless, and more than willing to fight for its comrades." The implications of the Admiral's statement were clear.
The Klingon commander then laughed boisterously. "Take your ship, Admiral. And tell that t'gla you call 'mission specialist' that if I ever find him in Klingon space again, he'll wish he'd never crawled out the slime pit he came from!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2006 15:47:22 GMT
"Firstly I would like to sit down somewhere," Sonak answered neutrally, though she cast a small smile at er friend, "and then we shall discuss tactics."
Elron motioned towards his comfortable command chair, but the Vulcan commodore shook her head, and sat down in the seat on the left. It was vacant and didn't require booting anyone out of his seat and it looked equally comfortable. She leaned in towards Elron, whispering something to him which made him smile. "You do realise that you are going to be godfather to my daughter, do you not?" she whispered, then her expression turned neutral again.
She beckoned Commander Disasterman to lean in as she described her ship in detail to them. "Commander Burgess, you may wish to make use of my shield frequencies, if you deem it necesary to fire on my ship." She cast him a stern glance. "However I would prefer it if you can refrain from damaging my ship any further."
Burgess grinned. "Yes ma'am, I shall endeavour to do so."
"In time of need, Vesuvius will split up in three compartiments. My crew is well trained in multi-vector assault modes, so you may want to anticipate that and disable the docking ports for the three modules, so that she cannot split up."
"On it," Burgess answered cheerfully, almost too cheerfully. "Docking clamps disabled, the Vesuvius is now unable to enter MVA."
"Good," Sonak nodded, then continued to show Elron and Disasterman the key positions on her ship. "Also be aware that they may sacrifice every bit of power to engage the cloaking device. With this, you can track her even when cloaked."
However after she'd informed them of all they needed to know, the Vesuvius suddenly dropped her shields. But only after the Klingons had departed the area. Sonak raised her eyebrow at Elron. "This is....interesting. Perhaps we should beam over? I do recommend taking along a security detail for our protection."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2006 16:57:50 GMT
~When I wake up I'm going to stick his head in a plasma conduit~ Nick thought as he hit the deck. Seemingly he was somewhat aware of what was going on around him despite being 'unconscious'.
L'Ola looked at the fallen Nick, she'd heard his thought and smiled inwardly.
~He's going to suffer long and hard for this one. Shooting a commanding officer without provocation is going to be a hard charge to bounce,~ he kept saying.
~Well, at least there are witnesses,~ L'Ola thought back.
Nick smiled inwardly.
~At least we can still communicate. My body doesn't seem to want to move.~
~Stun will do that,~ she responded.
Nack arrived and stabilized Nick. The world started to focus and sounds started to become clearer. As he started to sit up the transporter beam grabbed hold of him and deposited him in an unfamiliar setting.
"You son of a!!" He blurted at whomever. He tried to move his hands but they seemed to be immobilized.
"Damn it Logan! What's the meaning of this!?"
Logan walked over and looked at the first officer.
"You're our saboteur," he said bluntly.
"You're insane," Nick blurted back.
"Your DNA is all over the generators. You're also the last person who did maintenance on them."
"I installed them when the ship was built, which was also the last time I did maintenance on them."
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Post by Elron on Dec 9, 2006 17:12:20 GMT
When the Vesuvius' shields dropped, Elron tapped his commbadge. "Lt Fennell, are your Marines ready for transport?"
=/\= Fully equipped and ready to beam over, sir, =/\= the SMO replied instantly.
"Maybe we should be cautious," Elron said warily. "I wasn't expecting them to drop their shields so readily."
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Post by teyno on Dec 10, 2006 0:58:13 GMT
After what seemed an eternity of boredom, the attractive brig officer dropped the forcefield and said, "You're free to go."
Teyno said, "Thanks." Then he winked, "I'll give you a call about that date."
He then promptly exited the brig. As he walked down the corridor, the red alert klaxon sounded and the lights started flashing red. Wondering what could possibly have gone wrong now, Teyno headed for the nearest turbolift.
"Bridge." He commanded, and the turbolift started moving.
A few moments later, the lift stopped, the doors opened and Teyno's eyes were greeted with an odd scene. Maverick was pointing a phaser at Byrne, Nack was crouched by an unconscious Martens and the other officers were staring at them, bemused.
As he entered, Nack, Martens, Byrne and Fox dematerialised.
"What's going on?" He asked.
L'Ola explained.
"Then who's in command?"
"I suppose I am." Said L'Ola.
"Then it's your orders..." Said Teyno, waiting expectantly.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2006 1:40:01 GMT
Nack received Logan's request for medical assistance for Commander Martens with a certain suspicion. Logan explained further Nack's misinterpretation of the situation. Nack consulted the computer to see who had fired their weapon; something he should have done from the start. It was, indeed, Logan. Nack transfered Command of the ship back to Logan and made his way to the bridge.
On his way, the computer indicated that there was an incoming subspace message for him. He ducked into a lab and took the message. Commodore Reckus wanted Logan subdued... "Oh no! Nack thought... I just gave him back command!"
Worried Nack contacted the computer.
~/\~ Computer access is offline ~/\~
=/\= Who authorized that? =/\= Nack screamed. Realizing his loudness, he quieted.
Silence
"Duh" Nack hit himself. Computer access is offline.
Once on the bridge, the doctor medicated Marten's via hypospray. "The tingling in your arms is normal.". Nack relayed the message to release Teyno. Logan confirmed that the phaser was on the lowest stun setting, and continued to explain the events in more detail. Nack didn't know what to believe anymore, but he feigned his positive attitude toward Logan until he could sedate him.
"By the way, Commander... Why is the computer locked out?"
Instead of answering, Logan gave a command which caused a blue glow around Nack. He was being transported.
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Post by logan06 on Dec 10, 2006 22:55:19 GMT
Watching the dropped jaws of the Bridge crew as the CMO and FO were beamed off the Bridge. Gathering Fox, he transmitted a coded message with his intentions to the Commodore aboard the Black Tulip.
Tapping the CONN panel, L'ola tried to reach the marines on the lower deck, because of all the confusion in last few moments and suspecting mutiny aboard the ship. Frustrated, she then realized that all of the command fuctions were locked out.
Beaming himself and Fox to a seperate loction within the ship and set up the monitoring equipment to follow the crew movements after the ruckus with the Red Alert and the attack on the Bridge.
Using the relay systems in his arm, Byrne created a encrypted link to Dr. Jatan in the Science lab to monitor the bio-signatures of the crew and create a data program to isolate the sabatour.
Coming into solidity, Nack fell over when the transport cycle was over. Grabbing Martens, he checked for any complications of the wounded man being transported afetr coming to from being stunned. Giving him a clean bill of health, he then realised that they had been beamed into a holding cell against their will.
Then it hit him, only one person would have known whom was repsonsible for installing the units in front of the booby trapped box, that caused the gravitational disaster aboard the ship. And he tinks the Commodore knew also. Sending a secret transmission to Lt. Maverick, stating the location of the senior crew that was missing and that he had proof of who actually sabatoured the ship. <TAG Trey> <TAG Fox>
Puzzled, Fox turned to Logan and dropped his PADD. "You mean that this was all a waste and you are willing to get court-martialed for shotting the First Officer?", yelled Fox.
"No, I had to plan this to show that Commander Martens had something to do with this, but didn't know that that information was going to be corrupted. And this little scenario, will prove that. The Commodore asked for me to be dead on with the investigation and not have it be lame accusations. This little experiment will justify all of that.", calmly stated Byrne. <TAG Sonak / Martens>
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2006 5:24:00 GMT
"Home in on Logan Byrne's co-ordinates," Sonak ordered the Black Tulip's transporter chief, after receiving a nod from Elron. The two flag officers stepped onto the transporter pads, surrounded by Elron's marine detail and were transported towards the Vesuvius. Just prior to transport, Fennell had insisted she'd take a phaser also, and Sonak had reluctantly taken it. It was well known in second fleet that the Vesuvius commanding officer rarely wore any type of weapon if she could avoid doing so.
Now, she couldn't and when she materialised right in front of Byrne, she raised her phaser at him. "Do not move commander," she said coldly, raising an eyebrow at Fox, Nack and Nick. Beside her, Elron too kept his weapon trained on the chief engineer. "You had better have a very good explanation for shooting my first officer, other than this little ploy of yours."
She motioned her phaser towards Nack. "How is commander Martens?" She never looked at her chief medical officer, keeping her eyes only on the chief engineer. "What is this box you keep referring to? I know it does not belong where you said it was found. I may not be an engineer but even I know a few very basic elements about engineering, and I certainly know my ship, and my first officer. Commander Martens, despite recent absence and actions, would not consciously sabotage something of his own design. If he is guilty of anything, it is neglect."
The Vulcan motioned towards the marines to keep an eye on Logan and Fox, while she knelt down besides Martens. "I do not believe you guilty of sabotage," she repeated as she reached out to him. "There is a way to know...with your permission?"
(Nick)
She heard Elron cough behind her, and she turned to look up at him. "A mind touch will verify that he is not guilty," she explained, "admiral perhaps you wish to question Mr Byrne about this box he mentioned?" She turned back to Nick, ignoring the doctor's protests about the commander being weak after being stunned. And she completely ignored Fox, whose siding with Byrne disappointed her immensely; she'd thought him loyal to her, and yet here he was, seemingly conspiring with Byrne. "Commander?"
(Nick/Elron/Nack/Fox/Byrne........someone wrap this sabotage end up please! Nick, Byrne, you know who to point the finger at...who's accidental mistake it was...go on and point it out please!)
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Post by logan06 on Dec 14, 2006 7:19:15 GMT
Pulling the box from his pack, He dropped it like a sack of bricks. It hit the deck and resounded thru the Jefferies tube. It was at that point, the Commmodore motioned with her other arm, that Commander Fox was to be escorted from the area as a collaborator, but not directly involved.
It was at that moment the Commodore's other half, Dr. Jatan, yelld thru the comm-relay that Commander's Byrne and Fox were exonerated, thru the tests completed by the Medical staff. And that the sabaotage was internal.
(Umm Nick and Nack arent with me).......
Throwing his arms up, when the new away team arrived, Logan pulled the isolinear chip from his arm and waved it it in front of Commodore Sonak. "I have the proof, I am keeping my end of the deal.", yelled Byrne.
A little confused, Admiral Elron looked at the CO of the Vesuvius confused. She returned the statement, without removing her eyes from the targets at hand, and stated, "Admiral, I was told that this ship was not put in the scenarios prior to the birth of my child but mistake. There was a deliberate interferance aboard this vessel, and I told Logan that he had to be absolute in his assumptions that is was so. I can not, for any logic. understand why he fely it nessecary to stun the First Officer. I am asking you to assume a background-like judgement as to handle a crew member that would attack another, to create a point to justify this type of situation.." <TAG Elron> <TAG Sonak>
Leaning back against the bulhead, Byrne was resolute in what he did. And knew this would have reprocussions in the future aboard this ship.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2006 21:55:06 GMT
<little bit of a backpost, front post later...>
L'Ola looked down the list of people who had to be confined while inquiries were carried out. Some of them would be easier to arrest than others. And some of them would feel more comfortable than others. Not unhappily, she escorted Teyno to the Brig. But once that was over she started the message to send out. 'To: Starfleet Security From: Commander L'Ola Kanz, CTSO, USS Vesuvius A Please locate Lucy Kanz, former resident of Starbase Conqueror, and take necessary steps to keep her detained pending an internal investigation aboard USS Vesuvius A. No further disciplinary measures will be required at this time. Thank you'
She sighed and instructed the computer to send it, making sure it got logged as proof. This was not a good day.
*Oh great, just what we need to go with a broken ship, a mutiny* L'Ola thought, sarcastically.
Preferring to stay out of any mutinies that she hadn't helped to plan, the security chief stepped back behind her console. She even stayed calm after watching Logan shoot Nick. But enough was enough. Trying to keep out of the spotlight, she contacted the Black Tulip and set up a video feed of events on the Bridge, including a summary of recent history for good measure.
As the situation on the ship went from bad to worse, she started to discreetly contact her security teams. As a precaution (and mostly just for fun) all the team leaders had been given beepers to keep in contact. She messaged the others, instructing most of them to spread round the ship and keep things under control, and requesting that Emily gather up her team and head straight for the Bridge. She also gave explicit instructions to tell any marines they came across to go hide and practice shooting. This situation was FAR too delicate for their gung-ho tastes.
Although a shock at first, the sight of watching people beam away actually calmed L'Ola a little. At least they could start to pick up the pieces on board and get ready to find the mutinous few.
Teyno asked her for orders. She shrugged in reply, "Your orders are to let me be and stay out of my sight so that I don't remember you're supposed to be confined to quarters."
With the hint obviously taken, Teyno disappeared back into the turbolift.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2006 20:20:07 GMT
*meanwhile, back at the starbase*
The brilliant lights of Starbase Bellicose gleamed ever larger in the porthole through which Field Colonel Meylor Paht stared with eager eyes. Today was the day he would resume Starfleet duty once more, and he was looking forward to rejoining his old comrades on the Vesuvius more than ever. His exploits during his extended leave on a special tour of duty with the Bajoran Militia had been a exciting, challenging time; the New Sahving colony, the first permanent Bajoran settlement in the Gamma Quadrant had been established in memory of those who fell at New Bajor, its predecessor. A Militia squadron had been detached to escort the transfer of equipment and personnel, ensuring round-the-clock protection for this fledging community, hoping to avoid a repeat of historical tragedy. Additionally, Militia Engineers Corps teams had been recruited to provide special expertise into life-support and defensive systems being used to construct innovative habitats in many different climate zones on a what was found to be an incredibly varied planetary environment.
Meylor, with his experience both at his native bio-domes on Andros as well as several other engineered habitats on three different Federation worlds, was ordered to join the teams, an opportunity that proved too enticing to pass up. In the end, after six months of hard work, taxing conditions, logistical headaches, personnel conflicts, and design compromises, their ultimate goal of establishing one of the largest and most advanced Bajoran colonies yet had come to fruition in record time. And it was all done in a considerably more isolated location than any previous colony, on the other side of the great Celestial Temple, the ever awe-striking Wormhole.
Everyone involved in the ambitious project received their due honors from the authorities and dignitaries, who had overseen the ceremonial activation of the first air recycler, one of the few remaining pieces of equipment recovered from the ruins of New Bajor. It had been the sacred duty of one lucky engineer (not Meylor, to his regret) to reconstruct and put the unit into working order just for the big moment; the hum of its machinery was the only sound to be heard, along with the crackling flame of the duranja lamp, as all present at the ceremony fell silent for thirty minutes in memoriam to their departed forebears.
That was all three weeks ago, and despite its vivid feeling persisting in his memory, Meylor anticipated his return to Starfleet duty with emotions just as strong. Things couldn't look better, although his old instinct for security measures whispered in some small yet insistent voice to look out lest he find himself wandering in a fool's paradise. As the transport Akorem Laan slid smoothly into the docking clamps of the starbase, Meylor kept all these thoughts in conscious presence, admonishing himself to be prepared for anything, just as both the Bajoran Militia and Starfleet had taught him to since academy days.
Turning a corner off the gangway tunnel and onto the main arcade of the docking terminal, he caught sight of a breaking news report detailing the imminent arrival of the Starship Vesuvius under emergency conditions, but with few other specifics. Meylor smiled sardonically, but his cynicism quickly passed into genuine concern for his mates aboard ship. He whispered a heartfelt prayer to the Prophets, then started making for the station security office to report in and find out just what was going on...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2006 20:20:13 GMT
Sonak sighed as she watched the now severely dented box that lay on the deck. Carefully she picked it up then tapped her combadge. "Two to beam to Mercury's bridge," she instructed the computer, upon which Elron and Sonak materialised on the secondary bridge. She held the box out to L'Ola. "Commander Byrne claimed this is the cause for our cascade failure," she explained, "and though the commander was so kind to explain what this box does, I want you and Commander Martens to have a look at this."
She glanced at her chief of security. "Nick's only guilt is negligence as he failed to see to malfunctions that were present since launch. This was a failure waiting to happen, but something tipped the scales." She handed L'Ola the isolinear chip she'd taken from Logan. "Commander Byrne claims he has proof. Verify it." ~and do not dare twist information commander~ she thought, gazing intently at the other woman ~I will know when you have~
This time, she glanced up at Elron. "I believe it is time I took back control of my ship." She tapped her combadge. "All senior staff report to Emergency Control room for briefing. All departments, I want answers! No more excuses, I want conclusions."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2006 22:04:07 GMT
Nick sat in the briefing room glowering at the CEO. His fingers were still tingling from the blast he'd recieved earlier in the day.
"Answers people! I want answers!" Sonak stated from head of the briefing table.
"As far as we can tell Nick did install the gravity generators. But we don't have any leads on when the mystery unit was installed," L'Ola stated. "However ma'am we have no way of knowing if Nick is responsible for the collapse or if Lucy's intrusion into the computer system was the final straw."
"The other thing we need to look at is if this were possibly associated with Kate in any way," Nick suddenly spewed out. The late mrs. Martens hadn't really been mentioned as a possibility as she was long dead.
"Logan, was there any way to tell when this device was installed?" Sonak asked.
<Logan>
OOC: This next part is to move us on to the next missions. Keep in mind the briefing is still going on.
L'Ola was about to say something when the comm beeped.
=/\= Commodore incoming message from Starfleet command.=/\=
"Patch it through," Sonak replied. She look just as confused as the rest of her crew. The UFP crest appeared on screen followed by the image of Admiral Nakamura.
=/\=Commodore, staff,=/\= he started his address to the staff.
"Admiral," Sonak replied.
=/\=Commodore I've been reviewing the logs of your crew from the last few missions and I'm quite disturbed. Certain events and actions have not gone unnoticed by command and they want answers. Once Vesuvius is repaired and drills are completed you're all to report to Earth for an independent review. You and your crew are to be interviewed by an Arbiter assigned to this investigation.=/\= he paused. =/\= Any questions?=/\=
"No sir. We'll notify you when we arrive," Sonak replied.
=/\= Good. Nakamura out.=/\=
The screen went dark and all around the table went silent. It seemed a lot of things were going to be changing.
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Post by Elron on Dec 16, 2006 2:14:57 GMT
Standing beside the Commodore, Elron looked around the secondary bridge. This was the first time he'd seen the Mercury bridge, and he was mighty impressed. He was almost developing a taste for the Somma class. Then again, she did seem to suffer a lot of damage. Elron wondered whether that was down to the ship or the crew.
He roused from his meandering thoughts as Sonak started issuing orders. Since he was new to the proceedings, Elron still wasn't entirely sure what had been happening on the Vesuvius and who, if anyone, was responsible. He got the feeling that many of the others were similarly in the dark. Sonak was handling the situation well though, so he decided not to cramp her style. He was the guest now, after all.
"I believe it is time I took back control of my ship," said Sonak with a glance towards Elron. As she ordered her senior staff to assemble, Elron tapped his own commbadge.
"Elron to J'Ka," he said. =/\= J'Ka here. The Vesuvius seems secure. There has been no resistance. =/\= "Thank you, Lieutenant," replied Elron. "I'm not expecting any more trouble, but please send a couple of your men to the Emergency Control Room. Once Commodore Sonak is satisfied she has complete control of the ship, the rest of your troop can return to the Black Tulip." =/\= Acknowledged, sir. My men are on their way. =/\=
Later, during the briefing, Elron was surprised to hear that a communication from Starfleet Command was being patched through. His heart sank, as he had reason to believe this wasn't going to be good news. When Admiral Nakamura's face appeared on screen, his suspicions were confirmed. He had only met the man a couple of times at the annual Starfleet Admirals' banquet, but Elron found him to be rather stuffy and irritating. He lived up to every preconception that Elron used to have about Starfleet Admirals (until he became one himself, of course).
=/\= Commodore, staff, =/\= began Nakamura. "Admiral," Sonak replied. "Admiral," added Elron casually. =/\= Fleet Admiral Elron! =/\= said Nakamura with a look of surprise. =/\= I didn't know you were on the Vesuvius. =/\= Elron smiled wryly. "I'm just helping them out for a little while. Please... continue." Elron sat back and folded his arms, a reminder to Admiral Nakamura that the Vesuvius was under Elron's direct command, not his.
As the Admiral outlined his instruction to the Vesuvius' crew, Elron frowned. He hadn't been informed of any of this. As a member of Starfleet Command, Admiral Nakamura was of course not overstepping his authority, but it was just good manners to inform the Fleet CO beforehand. He decided not to say anything though. It wouldn't do that have that discussion in front of the Vesuvius crew.
=/\= Nakamura out. =/\= As the screen returned to its previous blankness, Elron turned to Sonak. He was curious about her reaction to this request, but there were more pressing questions that needed answering first...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2006 3:38:38 GMT
Commodore Reckus's phaser twitched in his direction, motioning for Nack to respond.
"The Commander is doing alright. He just needs rest.... and no more transports for awhile." Nack shot an angry glance at Logan, who didn't take his eyes off of the Commodore.
"I suggest we bring him to sickbay, Commo..." Before Nack finished, Admiral Elron materialized behind Sonak.
Nick protested quietly, wanting to join the others in the briefing room.
"Well, if you have any problems, you know where I'll be. Permission, Commodore, to return to sickbay." Permission was granted.
In sickbay, Nack returned to the five fingerprint samples he originally matched; four of which were Commander Marten's. The fifth... was smudged so badly that the Dr. was unable to decipher anyone's print out of it... and the DNA sample... it was only accurate to 85%. The evidence left a 3% chance that Martens could be exonerated- and from the orders of his Commanding Officer, that is what he was going to set out to try and do.
Dr. Jatan joined him in hypothesizing. "You know, we did not determine the sex of the perpetrator. We know the subject is human, but we were unable to get a good fix on chromosome 23. After all, 85% accuracy is only good enough to tell that the DNA is not human, Vulcan, or.." Jatan pointed to a list of a bunch of other races, some not even found on the Vesuvius. "... and maybe good enough to indicate some physical traits commonly found in humanoids."
"But the fingerprints." Nack said. "They point right back to Nick every time. If only we could analyze the smudged print. It would be very helpful."
Nack got an idea.
"We are going about this all wrong. Last time we were looking for who did this. This time, we want to show who didn't... mainly Nick."
Nack went over to the console and pulled up the image of the smudge, and compared it to a well formed print of Nick's.
"See. This is way too small to be Commander Marten's."
=/\= Computer, please run an analysis of the smudged print's size, and cross reference that to those aboard the ship since the Vesuvius last left base. =/\=
The computer scrolled a list of about 20 officers and 10 civilians, the civilians being mostly children.
"There it is. I would have never believed it." Jatan said, sure of himself. He quickly ran over the the DNA analysis console, and started pounding away at the lit keys. Nack took a look at what surprised Jatan. It was Lucy Kanz.
"Lucy? Was that the girl leaving while I was stuck here in sickbay earlier?"
Jatan didn't answer the question, but called Nack over to the console he was attending. "Here is graphical representation of the found DNA." A double helix figure sped across the screen at an incredible rate. "And this is Commander Martens DNA." The previous DNA strand moved to the bottom of the screen, and Nick's faded in above it. Slowly they moved together, and the unsure pieces were highlighted. "The computer gives an 85% certainty. Now, if we try Lucy's..." The graphical model reset itself, showing the original sample, with Lucy's above it. They moved together, and the differences were indicated brighter than the rest. To the right flashed a 98%."
=/\= Dr. Nack to Commodore Reckus. =/\=
=/\= Do you have anything, Doctor? =/\=
=/\= Indeed we do. I'll be there in a moment. =/\=
Jatan, still shaking his head in disbelief, came with.
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Post by logan06 on Dec 17, 2006 3:21:41 GMT
After being escorted to the briefing by the angry Commodore and bewildered Admiral, Byrne kept concentrated on the team ahead of him. Wondering if the theory he was working on was with Jatan and Fox was going the way he planned. Hearing the murmered conversation behind him, he strained to catch some it from the senior staff. Feeling a small nudge on his right shoulder from the phaser pointed at him, he headed into the briefing dreading what he expected to see next. The guy he just shot and had originally accused of being the sabatour.
Trying to get a seat away from the officer, Trey bumped him into a chair across from Martens. Sitting there patiently awaiting the good news from the Medical Bay, he kept his eyes on the CO as she ranted about what happened since her dissapearance to the Black Tulip.
As she kept asking him why, Byrne just replied with the same statement, "You have to proof, and the box. Now we just need verification from Lt. Nack." And looking at the Admiral shaking his head, he wasn't feeling to special right now.
It was at that moment that a message came across the Comm from StarFleet. Breathing a small sigh, Logan finally had a chance to look around the room. Small wonder to see Commander Martens glaring at him, rubbing his arm. Not much better from the security team at the end of the room.
Tapping his PADD, Byrne was looking for news from Jatan and Nack about the results.Hoping that if it came now, Commodore Sonak would have an ace to pass onto Admiral Elron to ease the concern of Starfleet Command watching their vessel. <TAG Nack and Jatan>
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