SB ASSAILANT MISSION 2.1 Reflections

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Tedak peered at the science station, his jaws grinding together in annoyance and anger. Most of the ciruits had shorted out and the blast that had come forth from the station should techically had knocked him aside. Only because the commander had been in the way, the man had been killed and Tedak's robes only singed.

"There is no way to tell admiral," he said, almost ruefully, "sensors are down. Someone with engineering skill will have to attempt to repair them. I would suggest sending away a probe if the launching tubes are still operating, otherwise there is no way to tell where we are."

Suddenly he glanced at his brown firelizard. "Eh admiral? Nut is picking up other firelizards, and they are none of ours, nor the hatchlings that set off to Qualinost. This is most interesting, he doesn't know who the firelizards are or who they are bonded to."

He turned to Saarok, whose queen was perched on his shoulder. "Is Aeris picking them up also?" By the looks of the golden queen, she had but Tedak wished to know if she had relayed that information to the Vulcan ambassador.

[Zhukarak Hrisvalar]

The new pilots looked professional enough. Marine Captain Hrisvalar had joined Lt Tomlinson in welcoming the new arrivals. Actually Tomlinson was doing the welcoming while Zhukarak was doing mental notations, sizing them up and down.

They weren’t fresh from the academy, but they weren’t seasoned veterans yet, either.

After the pleasantries, Zhukarak returned to his quarters. There wasn’t going to be any training yet. The new pilots were checking themselves in and getting acquainted with the starbase.

Theel’zhiin gave a little squawk of a greeting. Of course he was hungry again. After getting an assortment of small meat pieces from the replicator, Zhuk proceeded to feed his little companion. It didn’t take long to become fond of him.

During the feeding, Zhuk noticed that a message was available for viewing on his personal viewer. He read it. It appeared that his temporary assignment was going to be cut short, and he hadn’t been able to fly any of the new fighters yet.

It seemed that the Nevada was almost ready for her next mission. Captain Jira just sent a short message in that regard, and he would keep Zhuk posted. It also seemed like there was going to be an almost entirely new command staff. This was going to be interesting.

For a moment, Zhuk felt a sense of satisfaction as far as hunger went, and yet he was actually hungry. It took a moment to realize that Zhuk was hungry and he had sensed from Theel’zhiin that his little friend was satisfied. This was going to get some taking used to.

[Magellan Lin]

Magellan put the last of his affairs in order and double checked he'd got everything covered. In a way this urgent mission to Cardassia for command couldnt have come at a worse time. The Victory was in trouble, The Nevada was undergoing a major refit and Restaff and Drew was off base in teh Nebula, but needs must and this need was dire.
He exited his office and went and fetched Dinas, the infant Firelizard was too young to leave behind and he hoped that this mission wouldnt be too hostile to take him with them. He returned to Operations the small bronze curled about his neck.
"Zoilip. You have Fleet Control. F'Rras you have base control. Keep everything status quo. I doubt we'll be gone longer than a week."
"Aye Sir. Good luck"
Magellan left Ops and made a quick detour to the flight deck. There he saw Zhukarak with some of the new pilots.
"Tomlinson?" he asked
Zhukarak nodded towards the Flight CO office.
"Thanks"
"Hey Simon." Magellan greeted " I just wanted you to know I m going to be off base for a week. I ve left F'Rass in command - he is the ranking officer... but..."
"But you want me to keep an eye on him" Tomlinson replied with a grin.
"Something like that - you know how stressed he gets. And watch out for Jibb I think hes still digging on the Sonev/Simeth link, make sure he doesnt get out of his depth oh and get this fighter wing up to scratch. I ll see you in a few days."

With that Magellan left.

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Drew looked up at the firelizard with interest, in truth he had paid little attention to the strange creatures that had become popular companions of many Assailant staff members, but he knew they had proven telepathic skill.

“Can Nut detect where they are?” Drew asked, turning round to face Tedak.

“Only that that are close by Admiral, perhaps on a ship, or nearby planet.”

“Well, at least we know there is life out there,” Drew said, “Keep me informed of any process Nut makes.”

“I will Admiral,” Tedak promised.

“I wonder if there are any Engineering teams to come repair the science station?” Drew asked out aloud, he had called for teams, but so far none had appeared. Deciding he couldn’t wait any longer, Drew pulled out a repair kit from a nearby storage locker, and turned his attention to the station. Being very thankful for all those years he had spent in starship’s engineering sections.

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I ve tweaked this post slightly as it was going in a direction I wasnt planning - Its my fault for not informing you Tedak - I ll catch you later on MSN and give you a heads up.


"Vessel closing in," Tedak suddenly reported, "and there is a firelizard aboard. Nut says it is a queen firelizard, belonging to an admiral. He can't specify what admiral...wait..." Tedak sat down and called the brown firelizard to him. "He sees speckles, a mottled face, a Trill no doubt. The queen won't give him a name, and demands to know who he belongs to."

He looked up at Drew. "That's all he's getting, Im sorry."

"Aeris is getting the same demand," Saarok called from the other side of the bridge, "but the queen is definately her junior, thus Aeris is the ranking queen. What shall we tell them?"

"If Aeris ranks her," Tedak suggested, "then she should tell her not to make demands on a senior queen firelizard. Have her tell Aeris who she is and who she belongs to."

"She has," Saarok said softly, "Aeris says the queen belongs to an Admiral."

"Impossible!" Tedak exclaimed, "Admiral Lin impressed a bronze, the queen fled to Qualinost. She was the first to hatch, Magellan impressed a bronze!" He gazed at Drew, expectantly. "next course of action admiral?" he enquired.

[Magellan Lin]

The second Sabre class vessel, almost an exact mirror of the Copenhagen approached on a careful almost cautious vector.
The vessel seemed darker than the standard Starfleet light grey and there seemed to be extra phaser stips running dorsally and ventrally. It halted just on the edge of the Short Range Sensors.
On its bridge an Admiral sat tensley beside his crew.
The speckles that ran down his forehead and neck were dark and ringed in a light tan. Lt Tomal likened it to those of a giraffe though never to the Admiral, lest he spent another hour in an agony booth.
"Well" the Admiral growled menacingly.
"Its its..." Stammered the young ensign at the science station. "It looks like one of ours, but its not. Metallic signature is wrong, hull markings wrong"
"I see. An Alliance trick?"
"No sir" A crisp response came from Tactical "Not at all sir lifesigns pick up 1 Klingons and no Cardassians aboard. In fact there are many species aboard, Bajoran, Human, Romulan even."
"And yet its not an Imperial Vessel." teh Admiral mused.
"No sir"
"That leaves one possibility then. It must be the Rebels, that corrupt parasite and his crew. Arm weapons and prepare to attack."
"But sir. Our orders are to monitor and counter Alliance ships in this sector"
The admiral pulled out a phaser and vapourised the poor ensign.
"No one questions my orders." He grunted, "Now attack that ship. I want it disabled and boarded and then I want them to tell us where that Lin worm is hiding"
"But sir, we have reports of him on the planet. Our ground forces..." The second ensign trailed of realisng he was next.
"No buts, NO ONE evades Admiral Norat. NO ONE"

[Zhukarak Hrisvalar]

“At last!” Marine Captain Zhukarak Hrisvalar was elated when he read his message on his terminal screen. *12 Peregrine fighters delivered from Lya Station Alpha shipyard.*

It was about time. Training in the holodeck could only go so far.

=/\= Lieutenant Tomlinson. This is Captain Hrisvalar. The squadron of fighters has arrived. =/\=

=/\= So I have noticed. I’m already on my way for a little test ride. =/\=

=/\= I shall meet you in the fighter bay. Captain Hrisvalar out. =/\=

It was clear that Lt Tomlinson wasn’t happy to have Zhukarak along. He didn’t bother to inform him of the fighter arrivals, and that he was on his way to check them out. Zhuk kept a mental note of this.

“Come Theel’zhiin! We shall have a test ride of our own.” Theel’zhiin flew directly onto Zhuk’s shoulder with a chirp of excitement, which gave off a pleasant sensation within Zhuk’s body.

At the fighter bay, Zhukarak met up with Lt Tomlinson and they proceeded to check out one of the fighters together.

“Boy! They sure are pretty. They can hold max warp speed of 5.1 for 4 hours. Maximum cruise is 4.5 with 4 being normal for fuel and systems efficiency.” Lt Tomlinson was like a new cadet on his first flight training.

“Yes. The Peregrine class fighter/interceptor has one Type IV phaser canon in the nose, and one on each wing. It also has two micro photon torpedo tubes with a total of 10 torpedoes. As you can see, Lieutenant, I have read over the specifications.”

“That you have, Cpt Hrisvalar. Do a preflight on that one over there. Let’s take these baby’s for a spin.”

Zhuk thought over the expression ‘taking them for a spin’and figured that the lieutenant meant a test flight.

He walked over to the next fighter and did his external checks. Theel’zhiin had hopped on up into the open cockpit and was sitting on the ledge awaiting Zhuk to get in. Zhukarak climbed up and into the cockpit. He adjusted his seat for his size and strapped in.

“Theel’zhiin. You will have to await my return. There is not enough room in here if I am to manipulate these controls inflight.” Theel’zhiin understood and poof had disappeared. Zhuk wasn’t quite sure whereto, but was sure that he would be safe.

Zhuk turned on power and performed his checks. Shields, check. Weapons, check. Rate of power distribution to the engines, check. Everything seemed to be normal.

“Lt Tomlinson. I am ready for launch.”

“Okay, Hrisvalar. I’ll check in with flight control. For this flight I am Perry One and you’re Green One. Get it, Perry Green for Peregrine. Plus I figured you’d like the Green part for your marine self. Haha!”

Zhuk was perplexed…he stood by for their takeoff.

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T'Val slowly approached the admiral, and placed her hands on his shoulders. "You are too tense," she whispered in his ear, "you will find Lin, and soon. It is possible those rebels know where he is. Your firelizard told mine there are others aboard that vessel, at least four. Firelizards know a lot of things, you could use your queen to extract the information from him."

She walked around him, examining the spots running down the sides of his face. ~he is nothing like my Lin, but he is hansome~ she thought privately, carefully shielding her thoughts ~too bad he is not on our side~ "It will only be a matter of time before we conquer the rebels. Let me practice my skills on those on the shuttle, they will reveal everything before I am done with them."

She knelt before him and looked up, smiling. "Please?" It was her job to interrogate people, and she currently was the best there was, if it came to getting people to reveal information the average interrogator could not extract. However, she didn't like working for Norat, but if she didn't want to give herself away, she had to play this game.

[Magellan Lin]

Norat stared at T'Val a moment. She really did seem to relish her work. Interrogation and covert ops agreed with her.
"Take a shuttlepod. Our ground troops on Qualinost located a rebel base on the planet, they were unable to cleanse it before the Alliance forces arrived. Its somewhat of a stalemate down there now, a three way free for all. But I think you have enough skill to get in there."
"Of course I do" T'Val replied curtly
"We'll cover your departure and deall with this vessel."
T Val nodded and departed the bridge.
"Weapons to full. Bring us to bear open Comms"
"Comms Open."
"This is Admiral Norat of the Terran Empire to unknown Sabre. Surrender now or be destroyed. You have 1 minute to power down and prep your airlock for boarding."

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T'Val knew that Norat expected her to infiltrate and deal with the rebels. She had arranged for a battered shuttle, hoping that those on the vessel bearing the odd markings would take her aboard. Her skin-tight red leather outfit squeeked and croaked as she jogged down to the shuttle bay. She shot a glare at anyone who dared to look at anything but her face.

Soon, her shuttle took off, setting a direct course for Qualinost and she began her descent to the planet's surface. She didn't know who exactly was on the planet, but her bronze firelizard had detected Magellan's queen even though Norat's bronze had not. Soon, she would be with Magellan again though she also hated betraying Norat. Despite his oddities and his will to destroy the rebels, she rather liked him. Yet, she loved the Trill rebel and she would do just about anything for him.

She landed her shuttle a few kilometers away from the domes. Her outfit denoted her status, and she was feared among most of the rebels. She had extracted information from many of them for Norat's use, and she would still do her job, but there were a select few she would not touch. She was greeted by Lin's personal guards, who barred her entrance into one of the smaller domes. her bronze squawked in protest, and soon the protest of a golden firelizard was added.

"you may enter," the left guard said, and she strode on.

"Norat is in orbit," she told Magellan upon arrival, "and he expects me to deliver information." She touched his cheek in caress. "Actually, he expects me to deliver you to him, he does not know about us nor will he ever. But I must return to him soon, or he will grow suspiscious of me. He thinks I am his, and I am letting him believe it."

She saw his expression harden. "Ah, do not worry. I feel nothing for him. I belong to you, no-one else."

"

[remeti]

K'ehleyr K'Tar studied the shuttle that had just landed. She scowled even deeper than usual. That meant she was here. K'Ehleyr shook her head in disgust, she glanced to the domes and began to head in that direction. SHe never understood that woman's deal.

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On the Copenhagen‘s bridge, Drew half listened to the discussion about the firelizards, as he currently was under the Operations station, trying to get systems back online.

“Next course of action Admiral?” Tedak asked patiently, from the Science station.

“To get this damn sensor grid back online,” Drew said as he relayed the last few wires, then adding “that should do it,” as he pulled himself up from under the console. Pressing a few controls on the console, he looked up and beamed at Tedak and Saavok, “Systems are back online.”

“Very impressive Admiral,” Saavok answered, “Although I would suggest you change uniform tunics at your earliest connivance.”

Drew looked down at his uniform jacket to see it covered in dust and dirt, even his belt buckle had a dirt mark on it. Drew suspected his face, and hair was also probably covered in dirt.

“You know me Saavok,” he joked, “always hands on.”

“Indeed,” Saavok answered, “so what is our location?”

“Oh boy,” Drew cursed, as he read the sensor out put, “According to this, we have crossed over to the Mirror Universe!”

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"You're joking right?" Tedak asked, studying Drew's face. "No, you're not joking," he concluded, "so in what version of the mirror universe are we? The same one Kirk and Sisko visited, or a different kind?" The Romulan ambassador wasn't well versed on happenings in the Alternate Universe, even though he had read reports on it. However, those reports had come from the Romulan Empire and those usually gave a wrong image on how things had happened, usually putting the Federation in a bad light. Thus, Tedak generally took reports coming from the Empire lightly, putting more trust in those he received from the Federation Diplomatic Corps.

"Sensors are operational," he reported after a moment of silence, "they are picking up a small craft leaving the vessel that is now appearing before us. I am also receiving a demand for surrender. Course of action, admiral?"

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Drew looked across at Tedak, and then with a deep sigh, walked towards the centre seat. He did his best to portray a look of confidence, as was expected of him, the crew would be looking to him for example. In truth, he was uncertain what course of action would be best to take, they just didn’t have enough information about the situation. His attention was distracted by the emergency turbo-lift hatch opening, turning he smiled as he saw Commander Alex Abren pull himself out of the hatch.

“What did I miss?” the First Officer asked, brushing some dirt off from his uniform trousers.

“Not much really, just getting pulled to another universe,” Drew said, “And a demand for our surrender.”

“So that’s what all the shaking was about,” Abren said, “Nice to see the locals are friendly.”

“We could sure use you at Tactical Alex,” Drew told the younger man, “I have no intention of handing over this ship.”

“Good, if you had, I would have to commit a mutiny,” Alex retorted, as he replaced Saavok at Tactical, the Vulcan moved over to stand next to Tedak at Science.

“Admiral, the enemy ship is repeating the order for our surrender,” Tedak said calmly.

“We don’t even know them, and already they are an enemy,” Drew exclaimed in frustration, “We need options people.”

There was a silence around the bridge, as everyone tried desperately to think of the answers.

[Magellan Lin]

Magellan sat poring over an optical relay table as T'Val came in.
He looked up at her. The graceful lines of her face, the sharp angles in juxtaposition to the curve of her chin were, well intoxicating.
"T'Val" he greeted warmly a broad grin on his face. She walked over and ran her hand over his cheek, the one upon which a long jagged scar ran from temple to jaw.

"We seem to be okay. The Alliance and Empire seem to be figting out between themselves for the time being. It gives us some leverage"
"Leverage?"
"Okay Time"
"Time is not as available as you might think. I saw Norats ship in orbit, "
Magellans demeanour changed immediatly,
"Norat. Damn him. The only way to stop him pestering him is to put him in his grave."
"Maybe, but he is your...."
"It doesnt matter. I havent thought of him like that since childhood. Envy is a powerful emotion it corrupted him. The day I got Lin was the day he was no longer my brother."
"So what do we do. Eventually one side is going to win and when they do they ll come in here" T'Val replied, changing the subject.
"I dunno" Magellan answered shaking his head wearily "K'ehleyr what do you think we should do, your our master warrior?"

TAG T'Val + K'ehleyr

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Off: Here is Saaroks departure, clouded with mystery as all of his actions Hope they don't degrade you for loosing a high ranking member of DCS Andy

As Saarok and Tedak were working on the science console trying to think something up the console began to flicker. And smoke was coming out of it.

"This is odd the console was fine just a moment ago", Saarok noted

<Tedak>

A few moments later a bolt sparked from the console hitting Saarok and all of the lights on the bridge went out. A few moments later everything went back on as it was before with one difference, Saarok and his firelizards were gone.

<Tag Drew, Tedak>

--Somewhere in space--

"The operation was a success", someone said

"Good"; another man added

"Computer execute command omega 1 Caesar, authorization code omega 6 6 6»

"Code acknowledged, course laid in"

"Mr. Sphere warp 9, get us out of here", the first man said

"Aye, aye director, warp 9", the man said and the ship jumped to warp getting further and further away from Assailant, who did not even know they were in their are of space.

Off: Not as odd as it could be but I’m short on time Good luck with you're simming guys and gals, and try not to blow too many things up

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“What the hell just happened?” Drew demanded, looking at the empty space that until very recently had been filled by Ambassador Saavok.

“I cannot give an explanation Admiral,” Tedak said, “Perhaps Saavok was kidnapped by our opponent?”

“I am not detecting a transporter trance,” Abren reported, “If he was beamed off, it was with a transporter we have never seen before.

Drew hit the side of his command chair in frustration, first they had gotten lost, and now one of the Federation’s most senior Ambassadors had gone missing, he could only imagine Starfleet’s reactions.

Maybe I have been out of the centre seat too long Drew thought privately to himself.

“Admiral, we are being hailed again,” Abren said slowly, “they are powering weapons as well.”

With no other choice, Drew ordered the message onscreen. The image confirmed his worse nightmares, as a Trill that looked strangely familiar faced him. The man appeared around the same age as Drew, and wore a uniform that was in some ways similar to Drew’s own, expect he wore no Starfleet commbadge, instead an insignia of Earth with a sword through it, was pinned to his chest.

The Trill seemed to look as shocked and surprised as Drew did, and then a strange thing happened, the Trill smiled.

“Drew is that really you?”

“I am Paul Drew, yes,” Drew answered slowly, very confused.

“My friend, we thought you were dead, along with the others from the Fang.”

At those words, an old memory came to Drew of an old Fang mission, one where they had encountered their mirror universe counterparts, who had tried to steal the Fang. Drew had been forced to kill his counterpart during a fierce fight in Engineering.

“But, those markings you wear, they are not of the Empire,” the Trill’s voice was starting to become suspicious, “Who are you?”

“I am Rear Admiral Paul Drew, of the United Federation of Planets Starship USS Copenhagen,” Drew answered truthfully.

“Admiral Drew?” the man repeated, “Admiral.”

“And you are?” Drew asked, but the man’s face had erupted in rage.

“How foolish of me to believe you were my fallen comrade, resin from the ashes like the phoenix, I see now you are the murderous false ghost of the great Paul Drew, and now for your crimes, and to avenge my brother, I shall kill you.”

The screen went dark, all eyes on the bridge turned to face Drew.

“What was all that about?” Abren asked.

“Let’s just say I met my own counterpart before,” Drew told him, “And one of us didn’t live to tell the tale.”

“Admiral,” Tedak called out in surprise, “More ships are approaching, and they appear to be Klingon.”

“Klingon?” Drew repeated, “Of course, here the Alliance rule.”

“Whoever that guy was, his ship is now targeting the Klingons rather than us,” Abren called out, hope in his voice, “This could be our chance to escape.”

“Agreed,” Drew said, “Helm, prepare for the Picard manoeuvre, then set a course to hide us behind the nearest planetary body, we can hide there.”

As the Copenhagen roared into warp, it appeared to the naked eye that the small ship hadn’t moved from its position, however suddenly the ship seemed to disappear, without a trance.

OCC:

For those not familer with the Picard manoeuvre, it was the tactic Picard used to save the Stargazer once. The ship basically goes into a warp speed jump, leaving behind a visual echo of the ship, which can fool the enemy into not noticing the ship has warped away.

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T'Val shot an annoyed glance at K'Ehleyr; she didn't like the Klingon woman nor did she trust her one bit in the presence of Magellan. "Norat will be getting impatient, he does not know I know you personally, nor does he know you are here," she said, "but he does suspect it, his ship is in orbit. Soon, he will expect me back...and with something to tell him. He thinks I am his woman, and I am letting him believe that."

At the tightening of his jaws, she kissed him lightly. "Do not worry, he will not lay hands on me, not like I allow you to. He will forever envy you, because you are what he will never become however much he tries."

She looked past Magellan at a few loyal guards. "I could torture one of them, they will never betray you, but it will give Norat something vital he can check, even though he will remain in the dark about your whereabouts. However, I would gladly kill him for you, I can easily achieve that....and I will not get caught either."

[Zhukarak Hrisvalar]

The training flights of the new fighter pilots had been, for the most part, uneventful. Zhukarak had to ensure that proper formations were maintained for their combat patrols.

Even during their defensive maneuver drills certain positions were required to maintain each pilots’ security by his or her wingman or flight leader. No pilot was to fly solo, unless he wanted to risk being shot down.

A week had passed. The animosities between Lt Tomlinson and Zhukarak had subsided some as mutual respect had been earned.

“Theel’zhiin! You have grown quite a bit.” Zhukarak observed of his companion firelizard. Theel’zhiin was now about 40cm tall, with another 40cm for his tail. Zhuk had grown quite fond of him, as had Theel’zhiin of Zhuk.

*Beep* A message came through in his quarters. Zhukarak went to his terminal to read it.

=> Major Hrisvalar! Please report back to the Nevada. We will be underway in about a week and preparations for our next mission are in need of completion. <=> You will be pleased to know that we have some new crewmembers among the command staff. A couple of new graduates and some seasoned veterans as well. <=> Oh yes! Congratulations on your promotion. Sorry we weren’t all available here at the Nevada for proper ceremonies, not that you care for large parties anyways. <=> Admiral Lin is aware of your returning to the Nevada. See you soon, Captain Jira! <=

“Well Theel’zhiin. It seems our services are in need back home.” Theel’zhiin squawked with excitement, knowing they were about to embark on a new adventure.

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As the Copenhagen jumped to warp, all systems suffered a powersurge, causing sensors to jump online for only a few seconds. "Admiral, sensors just registered the planet, identifying it as Qualinost!" Tedak suddenly cried, pointing at the readout on his screen.

He bent forward to study the readings in detail. "Sensors also picked up several buildings," he continued his report, "but I cannot identify them. They don't appear to be inhabited though, but that could very well be caused by a sensor mask. Whoever is down there doesn't want to be found."

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“Well, we have the most advanced sensor system in the entire Starfleet,” Drew told her confidently, “Given time, I am sure we will be able to discover who, or what is down there.”

“Aye Admiral,” Tedak replied, although his voice lacked Drew’s confidence.

Drew gave the Ambassador a smile as he walked back over to the centre chair, “Optimism Ambassador, Optimism.”

The planet on the forward screen did indeed show signs of inhabitance, although the buildings appeared pretty abandon, “the perfect base,” Drew said quietly to himself.

“Sir?” young Ensign Jenkins asked at the helm, well within hearing distance of Drew.

“Don’t mind me Mr. Jenkins,” Drew said kindly, “Talking to ones self is a sign of old age.”

“Speaking of old, the battle out there seems fierce,” Abren said from Tactical, “I have never seen such desperate tactics.”

“My understanding is the Alliance, the Empire, and the Resistance have been at war for almost a hundred years,” Drew said, “We may very well have just entered a true war zone.”

“Question is, how do we get back?” Abren asked.

“Simple really,” Drew said in a cheery tone, “We find out how we got here, Ambassador Tedak, care to join me in the science lab?”

“I have nothing better to do,” Tedak said in a dry tone.

“That’s what I like to hear,” Drew said, as he stood from his chair, and headed for the turbolift, “Commander Abren, the bridge is yours.”

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ooc: I thought that talking to oneself was a sign of ingenuity? (ie of being genious..not sure of the spelling there)

I hope to modify this onto a post somewhere monday....no inspiration atm....sorry!

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It can be a sign of many things, a common saying is that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness, and another that it is a sign of old age.

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Drew and Tedak both entered the small compact science lab, and headed straight for the large control console in the centre of the room.

“Computer, display planet below us,” Drew instructed the ship bound computer, “Begin a detailed scan of the planet, look for any signs of life.”

“Processing,” the cool voice of the Starfleet computer answered.

“Remarkable,” Tedak commented, looking a the planet shown on the holographic screen that had popped up, “It looks just like Qualinost.”

“A lot of things here will look familiar to us,” Drew told the Romulan Ambassador, “the important thing is too remember this is not our universe, no matter how much things look like home, it isn’t.”

“Indeed,” Tedak agreed, “I have read most discouraging things about this area of space, it seems very dangerous.”

“And unpredictable,” Drew added, “Anything could happen to us out here, and no one back home would know.”

“A distressing thought,” Tedak answered in a low voice, Drew wondered if he was thinking about T’Val, and their child, just like Drew’s thoughts had been with his family.

“We will get back,” Drew told Tedak, with perhaps more confidence then he felt, “I promise you that.”

The two were silent for the last few minutes of the computer scan, both were deep in thought about their private affairs, and how they may never again see their loved ones.

“Scan complete,” the computer announced, breaking the silence.

“Display results,” Drew said, trying to keep any emotion from his voice.

A large amount of text, and images appeared on the screen in front of Drew, with years of experience, Drew quickly absorbed the information.

“There is a base of some sort down there,” he said slowly, “I would have to describe the technology has less advanced Federation, maybe sixties years of so behind our current level.”

“Why do you say Federation?” Tedak asked, confused.

“Because, it is Federation technology,” Drew answered, “or at least what passes for Federation in this place.”

“Are there people down there?” Tedak said.

“The scan’s couldn’t get a firm reading,” Drew replied, “There is only way to find out.”

“And that is?”

“Go down there,” Drew answered, “Let’s get an away team together, its time to start finding some answers.”

[Magellan Lin]

Magellan rolled his head from side to side, his muscles aching, it felt as if he hadnt slept for all of his 6 lives. T Val noted and moved round behind him. She slipped her hands on to his neck and began to work loose the tension.
"We should be spending this time preparing" K'Ehlryer growled.
"Preparing for what?" Magellan sighed "We have fewer than 30 people able to fight nearly three times that many of women and children. We have two opponents more than happy to tear us to shreds. Tell me what is the point."
"Death. Death is the point. I will die with honour."
"We'll all die."
"We all die in the end."
"For a Trill that is not the same."
"There maybe something we can exploit." T Val suggested,
"Go on." Magellan asked raisning a hand to hold hers.
"Just before I left Norat we detected another ship, neither Alliance nor Empire, and yet is was identical to a sabre class."
"And how does this help us"
"I dont know yet. But leave it to me."
"Yeah leave it to your pet manipulator." K'Ehlryer growled, "I m gonna check the perimeter again."