SB ASSAILANT - MISSION 2.2 The Nascent

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Tedak stared at the new CMO with openmouthed amazement, then laughed. "I think I might like you after all doctor," he said, but his mood quickly changed again when the new doctor forbade firelizards in sickbay.

"They are quite useful," he objected, "and they carry no diseases, you may check for yourself. T'Val had hers in the hospital at all times, after she Impressed - and hers is still very young - and nobody got ill from the creature. I assure you, they are very clean. They bathe daily, and are well looked-after."

There was no way to bar them anyway, but Tedak - nor Saarok - mentioned that to the doctor. Though the firelizards on the station - 6 in total - were well behaved, if the owner was upset or ill, the creatures responded in kind and there was no telling them off in such a situation.

"Would you forbid an admiral to bring his pet?" Tedak querried, smiling mischievously, "you will find that Admiral Lin has a young bronze. You've met my two." He pointed to the brown and the bronze, we were now sitting on the table. "The gold and blue belong to Saarok. Usually they are quite friendly."

He laughed again, called his two and left the CMO's quarters.

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After the doctor was done speaking Saarok thought of his request and found it quite logical none the less 24 hours was plenty of time in which after they return from an away mission, they'd have time to take care of any pressing business and then when that is completed they can visit the doctor.

And also the doctor most certainly possessed some diplomatic skills which could come useful at a later time.

As Stuart was about to enter his quarters Saarok called out to him,

"Doctor, a moment"

Hearing Saarok calling out to him Dr. Mercy stopped as he was about to close the door.

"Yes ambassador."; he said

"You never found out the reason I sought you out."; he started

"I have not come here to attack you, I have arrived here because I require medical attention and I can not wait 9:00", he said

"During our away mission I have been injured with a phaser like weapon in my knee, and even though it is not a too great discomfort for me, it would be satisfying if you could heal the wound for me right now", he finished waiting for Stuarts reply

[Magellan Lin]

Magellan put down a dish of food for Dinas and then finished pulling on his dress uniform. It had seen more use in the past year than in his entire career in Starfleet. All part of the job nowadays he supposed.
He consoled himself that things seemed to be settling down a little.
The Deburne had resettled thier city and appeared quite happy, the tekarans where starting to filter into the station. The Terraforming project was coming on leaps and bounds, in fact Qualinost would have a breathable atmosphere within weeks. Even the persistent pirate problem seemed to have calmed down.

Magellan made his way up to the Fishtank, ensuring that he was the first there. These meet and greet functions were always better than the really formal affairs and helped integrate new staff. Magellan had actually learned to enjoy these affairs, if only because the Chef always managed to out do himself on teh nibbles.
He took himself, drink in hand to stand at the vast glass window over looking the Dock. A magnificent site. So engrossed in the view was he that he didnt hear someone walk up behind him. A gentle tap on his shoulder caused him to turn.
"Lenara!" he exclaimed,
An older tall well dressed trill stood before him a smile on her face.
"And hows my favourite Field Docent."
"Favourite hah. Is Gregor here somewhere and I cant see him" Magellan joked, and mocked looking around the room
Lenara raised an arm and touched his,
"Oh Gregor, I had nearly forgotten him... such a shame."
Magellan looked down,
"Of course I d forgotten... so many, so many gone"
"Its alright Magellan. I ve been on Trill since the disaster and still find it hard to accept what happened. You heard that they have just started allowing joining again."
"They have?"
"Oh trial basis only and under completely new guidelines. Pretty strict if you ask me. If I was still in the Symbiosis Commission I d be kicking up a fuss."
"All ways the hell raiser"
"Hardly." Lenara smiled,
"And how is Kahn" Magellan pointed to her abdomen,
Lenara grinned and tutted,
"You and Lin still don't get on."
"Its not that we dont get on... we just have an understanding."
"I may be able to help. In fact its why I m here."
"You can?" Magellan looked round in puzzlement.
"Yes but we'll talk later it looks as though your guests are arriving."

[mercy]

Saarok said:

After the doctor was done speaking Saarok thought of his request and found it quite logical none the less 24 hours was plenty of time in which after they return from an away mission, they'd have time to take care of any pressing business and then when that is completed they can visit the doctor.

And also the doctor most certainly possessed some diplomatic skills which could come useful at a later time.

As Stuart was about to enter his quarters Saarok called out to him,

"Doctor, a moment"

Hearing Saarok calling out to him Dr. Mercy stopped as he was about to close the door.

"Yes ambassador."; he said

"You never found out the reason I sought you out."; he started

"I have not come here to attack you, I have arrived here because I require medical attention and I can not wait 9:00", he said

"During our away mission I have been injured with a phaser like weapon in my knee, and even though it is not a too great discomfort for me, it would be satisfying if you could heal the wound for me right now", he finished waiting for Stuarts reply

Stuart was trying to get ready for the reception, but now he had a ‘patient’. Well, that was what he was there for. Besides, Ambassador Saarok did seem like a personable man. “Aren’t you lucky that the doctor’s quarters are near the infirmary? If you would come this way, Ambassador?”

Stuart and Amb Saarok took their leave from the others and headed down the hall to where the infirmary was. The evening shift nurses were milling about and greeted the two newcomers with a surprised look. “Please, have a seat on this biobed.” Stuart instructed.

There was no need to activate the entire biobed for this knee injury. Stuart retrieved a medical tricorder and started a resonance tissue scan – a medical diagnostic to screen for infection. A nurse was standing by, ready to give assistance. “Ah, just as I thought. You have a mild phase pulse infection. You see here?” Stuart showed the ambassador the scan of his knee, and pointed out the infection.

“Can you heal it and alleviate me of the pain associated with it?” Ambassador Saarok questioned. Stuart reassured him. “Yes, of course. Nurse, get me a hypospray containing an equal mix of 5cc’s of trianolin and 5cc’s of asinolyathin, for a total of 10 cc’s” The nurse went to the cubicle where the medicines were stored while Stuart cleaned up the tricorder.

The nurse returned with the hypospray and handed it to Stuart. “Here you go, ambassador. This should take care of it. The relief of pain should be immediate, and the infection should be gone by tomorrow morning when I see you for your physical. I’ll check it again then.”

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Somewhat later, Tedak arrived at the party all by himself. He had ordered his two almost permanent companions to stay at home for the moment, so not to frighten off any new guest. With T'Val serving on the Jefferson, and their son having gone with her, he felt really alone.

The Romulan ambassador didn't feel very comfortable at parties, not only because his better half wasn't with him, but also because mostly he got looked upon with disdain and hate. He preferred to avoid parties if he could, but as a diplomat that was hardly an option. At last, he spotted Saarok at the party, no longer walking as if he were in pain.

"How do you feel?" Tedak asked his best friend.

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"Thank you doctor"; Saarok said

"I did not feel pain, but it did create a minor distraction, which at this time is not good. I should leave you now doctor, to get ready for the reception tonight. And if there is anything you might need, feel free to stop by my quarters or office and tell the guards I told you that you can come. Perhaps we will talk again later at the reception.", he said

With that being done Saarok departed from sickbay meeting his guards in front of the door. He exchanged a few brief words with the guard and then they left for Saaroks quarters where he had something to take care of.

--That night at the reception--

When Saarok arrived there were already several people in the Fishtank, but Dr. Mercy, Ambassador Tedak, Admiral Drew and chief of security Tomlinson have not arrived yet. He told his guard to mix with the crowd, using the human term which he always found illogical as a liquid is something you would mix not humanoids, but none the less.

As he greeted some of the people he met on the Starbase he noticed Admiral Magellan next to the window overlooking the docking bay. Magellan was speaking to someone Saarok did not recognize, either due to his loss of memory or because he never met the Trill woman (hope she is a woman ) before.

"Admiral Magellan", he said as he approached the admiral

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--Sometime later--

After he exchanged a few words with the admiral he left the Trill alone to speak with his old friend Lenara. While he was walking around the party he spotted Tedak coming towards him.

"How do you feel friend", Tedak asked him

"I do not feel anything", he said

"Of course, but you know what I meant"; Tedak said

"Indeed, the knee is no longer a distraction thanks to Dr. Mercy.", Saarok said

"I certainly believe that you and Dr. Mercy will get off the right foot", Saarok began using another human term he picked up along the way, "and that there will not be another incident here tonight, you would not want to leave a bad impression on the good doctor, now would you?", Saarok asked

[Magellan Lin]

"Ah Ambassador Saarok, good to see you. Hows the knee?"
"Oh fine. That new doctor of yours has healed it adequately."
"Excellent." Magellan replied, "Allow me to introduce Dr Lenara Kahn. She was my Symbiosis Instructor."
"Please to meet you" Lenara extended a hand, "How did you injure your knee?"
"On our last mission we ended up in an alternate universe, I was actually shot by the alternate Magellan"
"Really!!"
"Yes. The Magellan there was quite different in key ways to ours in fact he refered to having a previous host named Loran, it was she who had taught him to shoot people as an interrogation tool."
For a split second a flash of emotion flickered over Lenaras face before being submerged.
"Yes most odd" Magellan added, "Luckily we'll never meet him, aparently he was killed in the durationof the mission"
"I see how awful, I ve read a lot about the alternate universe"
Magellan spotted two new arrivals,
"Ah heres Paul and Simon, I want you to meet them, excuse me Ambassador" Magellan asked
"Of course" Saarok nodded and moved off towards Tedak,
"Paul, Simon over here" Magellan waved,

TAG Paul and Simon

[mercy]

“What may be a discomfort for you, would be considered pain to a human I’m sure.” Stuart commented when Saarok assured him that he had had no pain. He was a Vulcan, after all. Ambassador Saarok thanked the doctor and took his leave. They were sure to meet again at the reception.

Stuart returned to his quarters to get changed. He wasn’t sure how formal this was going to be. Did he wear his dress uniform or should he go in civilian attire? Then he realized two things. One, Admiral Lin did mention that the ‘Fishtank’ was a bar of sorts. Two, Stuart was sure that he had already met some of the most influential people within this last half-hour. He didn’t feel the need to have to impress anyone anymore. Stuart decided to get cleaned up and put on a clean duty uniform. It would suffice.

~ Ops level, ops level…Fishtank…there it is. ~ Stuart was looking once more at one of the directories located throughout the starbase. He had already made it to the ops level and was now able to follow the directions to the Fishtank. He entered and it was a sight to see. It was a huge bar and lounge with an incredible view of the interior dock. There was that intriguing looking ship again, with the four warp-nacelles. The El Salvador, if he remembered correctly. His gaze of the ship and interior dock was interrupted by someone who had approached Stuart from behind.

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Tomlinson, who after his arrival at the Fishtank had been chatting with Admiral Drew, glanced over as he saw the new doctor enter. He was still in his duty uniform, the security chief noticed. He himself had had time to change out of his uniform, and was now decked out in a pair of jeans, and an understated shirt. He considered moving over to engage the doctor in conversation, but before he could do so, Admiral Lin called them over.

“Paul, Simon over here.” Simon shook his head slightly at the commonality of his call. You’d never guess that he was one of the highest ranking Starfleet admiral’s in the area. On this man’s say, whole fleets could be brought together, ship’s sent to their doom, captains removed from their ships.

“I’d like you to meet Dr Lenara Kahn, my symbiosis instructor. This is Rear Admiral Drew, my right hand man here, and Lieutenant Commander Tomlinson, the guy who tries to keep me from doing anything stupid.”

Drew stepped forwards, extending his hand. “Magellan talks about you… well, actually he’s only mentioned you a couple of times to be honest. It’s wonderful to meet you.” The doctor took the hand and shook it, slightly bemused.

As Drew moved away, Tomlinson offered his own hand. “I don’t know what the Admiral is talking about. Most of the stupid things he does are my idea.” Again, the trill wasn’t quite sure how to take the human response, and merely shook his hand, and then retreated back towards Admiral Lin.

As Simon was about to say something, a girl appeared in front of them. She had long, straight black hair, and was wearing an extremely low-cut white top, which contrasted her hair dramatically. Her eye lingered on Simon for a few seconds before moving over to Admiral Drew.

“You didn’t say you were coming here.”

“I did, you just weren’t around to hear me say it.” He replied, slightly chidingly. The young woman, who Tomlinson now recognised as Drew’s daughter turned to her friends, a small group of three other girls and a pair of boys, and hollered to them.

“Come on. We’ll find somewhere else to go. Too much brass around here.”

The group followed her, all of them giving the trio of Starfleet officers dirty looks. Drew sighed quietly in exasperation. Dr Kahn placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Don’t blame yourself too much. Teenagers are awkward. It’s not your fault.”

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Jatira had heard that there was going to be a reception over at the Fishtank. She checked her schedule and saw that it was clear. I may as well go, she thought, hearing that a new medical officer had just arrived. I wonder who it is?

For the party she dressed simply, but still looked very nice. Her sister J'Leera had a maroon dress that she loved to borrow when they had still lived at home, but since J'Leera was often away on classified mission onboard the USS Tiger Shark, she did not hear from her very often and she certainly was unable to borrow the dress. So, finally she settled on a light green dress with a pink floral print.

When she reached the Fishtank, she noticed that many people had already arrived and were roaming around enjoying themselvs. She went over and picked up a drink for herself. A group of people were chatting and she went over to them.

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[Magellan Lin]

Magellan chatted with Paul and Simon awhile, discussing the ups and downs of parenting, of whom only Lenara could really contribute, being the only one to have had children, several in several lifetimes.
Magellan noticed their newest Ambassador appear, he waved her over,
"Ah Jatira good you could make it. this is Lenara Kahn, Lenara this is Jatira, shes teh Fabrini Ambassador"
"Ah Fabrini, how fascinating. How is New Fabrini, I ve never been?"

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"Speaking about you duties I have some news for you. Saarok has now recovered most of his memory and will be rturning to his duties, meaning I wont need you to act as the primary Federation Rep"
"Oh I see" Jatira nodded somewhat disappointed in losing the temporary promotion, "What will I be doing now?"
"Ah now there I have a major project for you. I need you to be the new liason between the Debrune, the Tekarans and US. Your first task will be to work with Dr Mercy to arrange medical checks with the Debrune living on Qualinost, Come I ll introduce you."
Magellan left Lenara with Simon and Paul and took Jatira over to Stuart,
"Dr Mercy, meet Ambassador Laika, Ambassador meet Dr Mercy"

<Tag Stuart and Jatira>

[Magellan Lin]

F'Rras stood motionless in Ops watching the general bustle going on around him. It felt as if he'd been on duty for ages and could feel the fatigue beginning to over take him.
"Sir, long range sensors are picking up something odd"
F'rass sighed,
"Define odd"
"Its the nebula, part of its expanding at an exponential rate"
"Really! On screen."
The viewscreen was filled with the purple swirling gas of the Bertreka nebula. It was moving and pulsing. A violent electrical storm sparked within it as a thin finger roiled outwards, out towards the starbase.
"Will it reach here?"
"At this rate the storm will cover the station in 12 hours"
"Risk?"
"Minimal, but we'll have to lock the place down."
"Okay lets give it a few hours and if its still a problem we ll call Drew and Lin"
"Aye Sir"

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After Saarok exchanged a few constructive words with his friend ambassador Tedak, he noticed that Jatira Laika, the Fabrini ambassador has arrived to the reception. Which was good as he did really need to exchange a few words with the ambassador, and give her to "good job", phrase as it was logical if one does a good job, that he is rewarded for it in some way and it will serve as a good encouragement for her.

"If you would excuse me for a moment, I see ambassador Laika over there, I will need to exchange a few words with her.", Saarok said as he left Tedak's side for a few moments

As he was walking to where Magellan, Stuart and Jatira were standing and talking.

"Ambassador Laika, Doctor, Admiral", he said as he approached the group

"Ambassador"; the three responded when they he was done talking

"Ambassador Laika", Saarok began

"I would like to extend my gratitude for your excellent management of the federation diplomatic interests on this station and in this area of space while I was incapacitated."; he said

"I am going to inform the federation diplomatic corps of how well you are performing and propose that you are assigned additional duties, which I am sure admiral Magellan has already seen to, but none the less", Saarok finished and was looking at the group while waiting for a response

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[mercy]

Magellan left Lenara with Simon and Paul and took Jatira over to Stuart,
"Dr Mercy, meet Ambassador Laika, Ambassador meet Dr Mercy."

Stuart extended his hand to greet her. They exchanged ‘Hellos’ and Stuart turned towards the Admiral. “Admiral, I don’t mean to bring up a somber moment, but I wanted you to know that I have forwarded the autopsy report you requested to your office.” “Ah yes. Thank you! He was a good officer. As you said, this is not the time for sadness.”

“I agree. You mentioned Debrunes living under substandard conditions and we have Tekaran refugees coming in droves on a daily basis. I can only imagine the medical conditions on the planet. I was wondering, sir, I’m sure these people have their own skilled physicians. I would like to go to the planet and meet with their leaders to set up some type of medical facilities. If we can supply them, then they can take care of their regular illnesses, while more serious conditions will have to be treated here on Assailant.” Stuart’s mind was going over the logistics of such an endeavor.

"Excellent, that should work well. Jak'dor, The Debrune leader can be a little... prickly but he has the best interests of his people at heart. I can arrange a meeting in the morning" Magellan replied

Stuart then continued. “Are there any religious aspects I need to know about that might affect our treating them? Of course, the politics I leave to you ambassadors.” Stuart listened intently as the Admiral explained Ambassador Laika’s role as it pertained to this question. Then Ambassador Laika voiced her thoughts about what she thought of all this.

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As the ambassador was finishing up, Stuart recognized Ambassador Saarok as he approached their little group. He gave his appreciation to Ambassador Laika for her performance during his absence.

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As Jatira made her way over to the group, Admiral Magellan noticed her and waved. She smiled and walked over to where he was with a woman she did not know. As she neared, she realized that the woman was a Trill. She wondered if she was a friend of Admiral Magellan.

Magellan said:

"Ah Jatira good you could make it. this is Lenara Kahn, Lenara this is Jatira, shes teh Fabrini Ambassador"
"Ah Fabrini, how fascinating. How is New Fabrini, I ve never been?"

“We have many agricultural areas on the planet,” she said, “so most of surface is not developed, although there are a couple of large cities. Most of our people live in the rural areas though instead of the cities. Some say that is because people grew tired of living in a small spaceship,” she said, referring to the asteroid that had been used as a spaceship to reach their new home. “Are you familiar with our history?”

"Not really, I of course know the part concerning your encounter with Kirk, and a recall seeing some of the celebrations when you joined the Federation. but other than that not much. Do you manage to get home much, it must be hard being so far away, I rarely leave Trill if I can" Lenarae said

“I try to get back whenever my duties permit it …”

Magellan said:

"Speaking about you duties I have some news for you. Saarok has now recovered most of his memory and will be rturning to his duties, meaning I wont need you to act as the primary Federation Rep"
"Oh I see" Jatira nodded somewhat disappointed in losing the temporary promotion, "What will I be doing now?"
"Ah now there I have a major project for you. I need you to be the new liason between the Debrune, the Tekarans and US. Your first task will be to work with Dr Mercy to arrange medical checks with the Debrune living on Qualinost, Come I ll introduce you."
Magellan left Lenara with Simon and Paul and took Jatira over to Stuart,
"Dr Mercy, meet Ambassador Laika, Ambassador meet Dr Mercy"

“Pleased to meet you,” she shook his hand.

He returned it and turned to Admiral Magellan briefly. When he began speaking about the Debrune, she listened carefully knowing that she’d be involved in it. When he asked about religious aspects she spoke. “I am not aware of any,” she said. “However, I will check the database to be sure there are any small groups within their culture.” She turned to Admiral Magellan. “I believe that the doctor’s request is reasonable and I would like to ask permission to accompany him. If I am to become liaison officer, then it would be a good idea if I became familar with them.”

"Excellent idea, Jak'dor the debuni leader is aboard at the moment. I will set up a meeting for the both of you tomorrow all being well. The Tekarans on the station dont seem to have a representative at the moment, perhaps you could find someone to fill that role." Magellan agreed.

As he finished speaking, she noticed that Ambassador Saarok was making his way over. She turned around as he came up and greeted her.

Saarok said:

"I would like to extend my gratitude for your excellent management of the federation diplomatic interests on this station and in this area of space while I was incapacitated."; he said

"I am going to inform the federation diplomatic corps of how well you are performing and propose that you are assigned additional duties, which I am sure admiral Magellan has already seen to, but none the less",

"I was only doing my duties, Ambassador," she said. "And I would gladly do them again if it were necessary."

He gave a slight nod. Jatira had not known very many Vulcans, but she knew that she had made a very good impression on the Ambassador. She smiled, "You are correct, Admiral Magellin has seen to it. I have just been assigned as the station's liaison officer to the Debrune. I'll be working with the station's new medical officer and arrange some medical checks among the people."

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[Magellan Lin]

"Ensign what is the Status of the cloud?"
The ensign checked the sensors oncemore,
"Its still coming, in fact its accelerated, the storm is now almost completely enveloping us. The electrical disturbances are playing havoc with some of our systems."
"Okay. Tamont suspend all departures till after the storm has passed. Put out a beacon saying that Assailant is closed until further notice."
"Aye Sir."
"Better get the brass up here. Ops to Admirals Lin and Drew, please report to Ops immediatly."
"Acknowledged" Magellan answered,
"Understood... on my way" Drew replied.
"Sir. The storm has... stopped, its no longer moving along its vector... it seems... I dunno snagged. Electrical disturbances are increasing, its starting to affect the station. Lights are out on decks 121-123, water processing on deck 45 is out and..."
"Okay ensign I get the picture. Shut down non essential systems. there must be a way to take the claws out of this storm. Perhaps we could de-polarise it. Take the charge from it. Suggestions"
Ensign Tamont frowned a moment, well we do have a broadband deflector to protect us from particulates their is anti polaron beam in the array, a 500 terravolt blast could disperse the cloud."
"Excellent discharge a 1000 terravolt beam and lets get back to business"

The nebula cloud crackled about Assailant like an anrgy octopus, tentacles of lightening leapt to its hull, coruscating it in an eirie blue white glow. The anti-polaron beam, a pale green by comparision, shot from the emitters however it didnt quite work as expected, the lightening did pause but built. It built and built until with a thunderclap a ball of vibrant purple energy was thrown from its centre. It flew towards Assailant passing through its hull and in to the centre of the command level. The purple energy halted in the middle of a corridor near the fishtank where it pulsed and glowed before flashing in brilliant white light.

Tedak was growing tired of the function in the Fishtank, it was little fun without T Val and he decided to return home and catch up on communiques from Romulus. He bid his farewells and left. As he walked down the corridor from the Fishtank he thought he heard a faint wail. He paused and listened again. Definitely a wail.
He followed the noise to a deserted corridor, the corridor looked odd, the paintwork almost bleached and there was the faint smell of ozone in the air, it was then he noticed a huddled form on the floor. The figure was naked and shook with sobs.
"hello?" Tedak asked tentativly, "Are you okay?"
Getting no reply, Tedak bent down and laid a hand on the persons shoulder, they flinched at first and then allowed themselves to be pulled up to a sitting posture. The person was female, young, perhaps in her early twenties. Her face had soft lines with a sort of commonality that Tedak remained him of almost every human face he'd seen that was save for the deep purple irises and matching hair.
"What happened to you then" Tedak asked the obviously terrified woman.
She just looked at him in terror, stricken mute.

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Tedak gazed at the young woman with fascination, then quickly looked away in embarassment as he realized she was completely naked. Quickly, he pulled off his ambassadorial robe, and placed it over the woman's shoulders. It meant for him being left in his underclothing, but at least the woman was now decently covered. "I won't hurt you," he told her, as he pulled her gently to her feet, "who are you, what happened?"

The woman stared at him, her purple eyes filled with fear and she remained silent.

Tedak pulled the woman against him in an attempt to comfort her. "Come, I shall take you to sickbay. Doctor Mercy will see if you got hurt." Gently, he lead the woman to sickbay, and handed her over to Stuart Mercy. The woman wailed again, and stretched out her arms toward him. "I will be right here ma'am," he said softly, "I will just leave you and the good doctor some privacy."

The Romulan diplomat nodded towards the human doctor, and stepped away a few paces, but so that the woman could still see him. "Tedak to Tomlinson and Lin. I've got a situation in sickbay. I've found a young woman in a corridor, and she's terrified. She looks humanoid but she's got the strangest hair and eye colour I've ever seen. Doctor Mercy is currently giving her a check up, but she will not let me leave her line of sight. Please advice."

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Tomlinson sighed. He never got to enjoy anything as much as he deserved to. And he was meant to be off-duty. Only one of the ambassadors would contact him rather than just contact security. He sighed once more, more for effect than wanting to, as a young ensign was passing him, and he wanted some sympathy.

"Got a call out huh chief?"

"Yeah, don't I always. It's the way of life. Whenever Tomlinson starts having fun, something comes along to screw it up."

He tapped his commbadge. =/\= I'm on my way Ambassador. =/\=

He hit it again. =/\= Tomlinson to Dr Mercy. Make sure your patient doesn't go anywhere. I will need to assign a security team until we determine what she is doing here. =/\=

Of course, he could have simply told this to the ambassador, but he was sick of them thinking they were as good, or better than the starfleet officers.

"You still on duty Liz?" He said to the Ensign beside him.

"Sure chief." She replied, not quite sure why he would need her. She was a brig officer, he job was to stand watch on the few vagrants who got themselves locked up in there. She had nothing to do with the field work, as it were.

"Well we'll get you some active experience. It's not much, but if you want to progress in future years, you need to be more than a prison guard.

"Yes sir."

"Great, now come on, let's get over there."

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He gave a slight nod. Jatira had not known very many Vulcans, but she knew that she had made a very good impression on the Ambassador. She smiled, "You are correct, Admiral Magellan has seen to it. I have just been assigned as the station's liaison officer to the Debrune. I'll be working with the station's new medical officer and arrange some medical checks among the people."

"Ah indeed, but you will require all of your skills to convince Jak'Dor the Debrune elder that this is the logical way to proceed.", he said to her

While they were talking Saarok noticed with the corner of his eye that both Magellan and Paul Drew rushed out of the Fishtank after they finished a conversation with someone over the comm. line.

As he was listening in on the conversation between Jatira and dr. Mercy waiting for something interesting to come up for him to add a few words, the lights and the few consoles that were in the Fishtank, flickered. After this the attention of everyone including him was no longer on the conversations and small talk but on the lights and consoles which could be seen in the Fishtank.

His two security officers approached him immediately after the lights flickered and they went over to the window. When they looked out side they could see nothing but a purple cloud. This is peculiar Saarok thought as he raised an eyebrow. He decided he would pay a visit to the ops center as his ambassadorial privileges included free access to all parts of the SB.

He excused himself from Dr. Mercy and Jatira, and he and his two security officers proceeded out of the Fishtank and went in the direction of the ops center.

[mercy]

The lights began flickering and people were milling about with a hint of wonderment and fear. The two admirals had already left, as had Ambassador Tedak and now Ambassador Saarok. Knowing there might be an influx of minor injuries to the infirmary, Stuart needed to take his leave also.

“Ambassador Laika, I look forward to working together with you. You must excuse me. I believe I may be needed in the infirmary. If this station doesn’t fall apart, I will see you tomorrow for our meeting with the Debrune leader.” Stuart left quickly.

No sooner had Stuart arrived at the infirmary, Ambassador Tedak came in with a strikingly beautiful young female, who was just wearing his robe. “Is there a shortage of clothing on Romulus?” Stuart quipped as it became apparent that Romulans didn’t wear much under their robes. Ambassador Tedak first thought that he was referring to the young female until he realized the mentioning of Romulus. He wasn’t amused.

Stuart retrieved a medical tricorder and started his scans of this female. He wasn’t sure yet if she was human or not. She looked like one with purple hair, but he had never seen one with purple eyes.

=/\= Tomlinson to Dr Mercy. Make sure your patient doesn't go anywhere. I will need to assign a security team until we determine what she is doing here. =/\=

Stuart replied that he understood. Before he continued his scans he went over to a console, at the head of the biobed, and activated a security force field. It enveloped the two of them, and the ambassador as well. Security would have access to shut it down when they got there.

Continuing his scans, he could not discern anything unusual as far as her health was concerned. She seemed to have all of the right organs in all of the right places, for a human. Then he noticed it…it was her blood. It seemed to be charged, charged with energy…like electricity. He didn’t know what to make of it. He wanted a sample of her blood.

“If it’s okay, I would like to get a blood sample from you.” Stuart stated to her, but she didn’t respond. She was just sitting there with a worried look on her face. Ambassador Tedak was nearby and that seemed to comfort her a bit. Stuart proceeded to get a hyposyringe. He placed it on her arm, on the inside of her right elbow while looking straight into her mesmerizing eyes.

Just as Stuart was about to take a sample, he saw her eyes begin to change. They seemed to crackle with lightening before a charge jumped out of her eyes and straight into Stuart’s. Stuart was flung back at the security force field before falling to the floor. Ambassador Tedak came forward to hold the young woman and to keep her from doing any more harm.

Stuart slowly got up as he had the wind knocked out of him. He held his midriff with crossed arms, trying to catch his breath. “Okay. We won’t be drawing any blood from you.” That was all he could muster for the moment.

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Tedak cast a worried look at the young physician. "Are you all right doctor?" he asked, as he held the young woman, who clung to him in fright. "She doesn't seem to want anyone to touch her, would you mind terribly if I tried?" he continued, as he held out his hand towards the syringe.

With practiced ease, he re-applied the tourniquet around her arm, yet when he produced the syringe, he too was flung away. "It seems you are correct doctor, we shall not be getting any bloodsamples from her at present."

The Romulan ambassador gazed from the doctor to the woman and back. "If it is possible, could sickbay attire be replicated for her, so that I may have my own clothing back?" he enquired, somewhat embarassed.

There was something about the woman that he couldn't quite put his finger on, apart from the fact that she didn't want him to leave and she was strikingly beautiful. When she clung to him, she gently disentangled himself from her hold on him. "You must know I am a married man," he said gently, "but if needed I will care for you as if you are a sister."

She still stared at him mutely, but cast angry glances towards the doctor. Tedak smiled and followed her gaze. "He is a doctor, his prods and pricks will never be to harm anyone, only to see if they are ill and if they can be made better." He held her tightly against him, as he straightened her right arm and beckoned Mercy.

"Look at me," he told the woman, gently moving her face towards his, as Mercy approached again. "Don't be afraid, keep looking at me." His eyes locked gaze with hers, and he held her gaze as he waited for Mercy to continue.

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When Admiral Magellan had left, Jatira did not think much of it. Afterall, he was a busy man and probably had something to attend to. But when the lights started flickering, she knew that something was wrong.

She glance about the room looking for any problems. People around her seemed puzzled, but did not seem terribly concerned. When she turned back around, she noticed that Ambassador Saarok had walked over to the window and was now staring at the neary nebulae carefully, which seemed to be growing. She didn't know much about nebulaes unlike her sister who was chief science office on the Tiger Shark, so she could only speculate that the two incidents were related.

Stuart said:

“Ambassador Laika, I look forward to working together with you. You must excuse me. I believe I may be needed in the infirmary. If this station doesn’t fall apart, I will see you tomorrow for our meeting with the Debrune leader.”

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She nodded and watched as he hurried away. She hoped that he was wrong and that his services wouldn't be recquired. The station seemed to be in enough turmoil at the moment.

"Ambassador Laika," she heard her aide's voice coming over communicator.

"Yes, what is it?"

"We are having power flucuations on the station, we need you to return for your safety," Sala said.

"Understood," she nodded. "I be there in a few minutes."

"Do you recquire additional security, Ambassador?"

"No, I have one officer," she said and began to head back to the offices. "It'll be enough."

[mercy]

Stuart approached the female again as Ambassador Tedak kept her calm. Stuart decided against trying to draw any blood from her.

Cmndr Tomlinson showed up with another security officer. They had their hands ready on their holstered weapons as the commander punched in the security code to release the force field.

"I assure you that you won't need your weapons as long as you keep your distance." Stuart admonished.

Ambassador Tedak agreed. "Yes. She does not mean any harm. I can sense it."

Stuart went over to one of the garment replicators and produced a hospital robe for the young woman to put on. Stuart pulled a curtain so that she would could dress in privacy. The ambassador retrieved his own robe and looked regal once more. Just in time as Admiral Lin had made his presence known.

<Tag Magellan>

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Drew and Magellan quickly hurried to the nearest turbo lift, after getting the call from Ops, F’Rras had sounded worried, which was unusual enough to make both the Admiral’s worried as well.

“Any idea’s what could be wrong?” Drew asked Magellan, as they both stepped into the turbo lift.

“Not a clue,” Magellan answered, as the doors closed and the lift made its way up to the Ops level, “I just hope it’s easily fixed, whatever it is.”

Suddenly the lift came to a halt, causing both Admirals to briefly lose there balance, the lights flicked for a few seconds, and then came back on.

“You ok?” Drew asked, as he helped Magellan get back onto his feet.

“Fine,” Magellan replied, “but I have a bad feeling about all of this.”

“You and me both,” Drew told him, as he pulled off a wall panel to revel a control board, a few minutes later the turbo lift resumed its trip to Ops.

“Report,” Drew and Magellan said together, as both stepped out onto Ops.

F’Rras looked up at them in greeting, as the duo walked down to the central command and control console, the man looked slightly stressed Drew noticed, almost as if he didn’t like being left in charge.

“As odd as this is going to sound,” F’Rras began, “we are trapped in a Nebula.”

“How is that possible?” Magellan asked, as Drew confirmed the story with a brief look at the console readouts.

“For reasons yet unknown, the Nebula began to expand,” F’Rras explained, “and it has encompassed the entire station.”

“I presume we are on lock down?” Drew asked.

“Affirmative,” F’Rras answered, “We have just released a terravolt blast, that seems to be clearing the cloud away.”

It was then that the message came from Security, requesting Magellan’s presence in sickbay, as the Admiral headed towards the turbo lift, Ambassador Saarok walked out of the lift, and onto Ops, flanked by his two security officers.

“Begin an detailed sensor sweep of the nebula,” Drew ordered, as Magellan left, “We will stay on lockdown until we have determined the cause of the Nebula’s expansion.”

“Admiral,” Saarok greeted Drew as he walked up next to him, “Is there a problem? It appears the station is experiencing a power drain of some kind?”

“We were briefly trapped in the nebula,” Drew told him calmly, “We have since broken free, we have yet to determine if there was any lasting damage to the station however.”

“And the cause of the Nebula’s expansion?”

“We are investigating that as we speak,” Drew said, “hopefully a simple scan will tell us everything we need.”

“Perhaps we should send the Copenhagen out to investigate,” Saarok suggested, “It is after all a science vessel.”

“The Copenhagen is still in dry dock, she wont be going anywhere soon,” Drew answered, “we will have to make do with the station’s own science equipment for now.”

“Admiral!” Ensign Carter called out from communications, “we are getting a distress call from Qualinost, the proximity of the Nebula has caused a huge amount of radiation to enter the atmosphere.”

“Emergency Planetary Support Team Alpha, report to launch pad A, we have a class four situation on Qualinost,” Drew ordered over the comm system.

“Admiral, we should inform Ambassador Laika,” Saarok said calmly, “she has recently been made Liaison Officer.”

“Go and tell her to join the rescue mission,” Drew told Saarok, “I’ll inform Magellan of the situation.”

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[Magellan Lin]

Magellan arrived at Sickbay worried by the state of affairs. The Nebula was several parsecs away and shouldnt have been anywhere near Assailant. Still strange things happened out in space.
"Yes Doctor what seems to be the trouble. I have a crisis developing."
"Over here Admiral. Ambassador Tedak brought in this young lady. We re having trouble with her, I dont recognise her species and I cant get close to her to check her over"
"I see. Tedak where was she?"
Tedak explained where she had found the woman, Magellan nodded appropraitly.
"Where is she now?"
"In Isolation 1"
They moved over to the window, where the woman now dressed in a hospital gown sat cross legged on the bed. She stared about her in fascination as if everything around her was new.
All of a sudden these was a loud noise like a thunderclap and a ball of electrical energy burst into the room. It fizzed around her sparks flying in to her. She threw her head back and screamed,
"By the moons get her out of there" Magellan yelled but Stuart was already moving towards the door.
He had barely opened it when the woman thrust out her palms and with a cry of anquish turned them upwards. The electrical discharge funnelled down into the palms. With a flash it was absorbed and she collapsed on to teh bed.
Stuart reached her side and tenativly reached a hand out.
The womans skin was clammy and gave him a faint tingle like a static discharge. Quickly he checked for a pulse, it was irregular but strong. Next he moved up to check her pupils but as he neared the womans eyes flipped open and with a scream she flung him with superhuman strength backwards.
Tomlinson like lightening itself has phaser out and was in the room. He pulled the Doctor to his feet and dragged him from the room. he punched the console locking the small isolation room.
"I suggest we keep this locked for now"
"Agreed" Magellan answered "Doctor how are you?"

Tag Stuart

"Is this true Tedak - you have an affinity with this...girl?"

Tag Tedak

"Very well then I want you and the doctor to find a way to make conatct with her. Find out where she came from and whats happening to her. I ll be in Ops. I suspect this storm and her appearance are related."