SA. Duke Nova [Ret]
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Post by SA. Duke Nova [Ret] on Aug 5, 2005 3:03:48 GMT
Nova arrived on the bridge and it was obvious he was not in a good mood. He looked around the bridge at all the young faces of the Tiger Sharkβs crew. For a moment it gave him a flash back to his days on the USS Olympia when he first made Captain. Most of the time Admiral Nova enjoyed any excuse to get back to the bridge of a ship but this time would be no picnic.
Nova nodded at one of the security officers and he headed for the turbo-lift followed by one other officer. Nova stood near the middle of the bridgeβs main viewer as looked in the direction of the COO Commander Wood.
βCommander put me on the shipβs speaker.β Nova requested
Wood tapped the panel in front of him and replied, βReady Admiral.β
βCrew of the Tiger Shark, I am Section Admiral Duke Nova. In accordance with Starfleet General Order 104: Section B (Paragraph 1A) I am here by assuming command of the USS Tiger Shark pending an investigation into the activities Admiral KezTrek this ship,β Nova announced in a serious and commanding voice.
Nova motioned to Commander Wood to cut off the ship wide speaker, which he did and acknowledged back to the Admiral with a nod.
Nova then headed straight to the ready room followed closely by the other two Admirals and as he walked past Captain KezTrek he said, βCaptain, join me in your ready room please and Commander Dowding you have the bridge.β All four Admirals slipped into the privacy of the office and the two remaining security officers positioned themselves directly out side the ready room door.
Behind that closed door Nova sat in the Captainβs chair and turned to face Kez as she stood at attention directly in front of the desk.
One of the Admirals standing next to Nova introduced himself to Kez. "Captain KezTrek, I am Admiral Novak special aid to Admiral Nova and it my unpleasent duty to place you under arrest for violation of 5 Starfleet regulations by order of Admiral Duke Nova, Section 47, Starfleet Command."
Nova tried to remain clam but KezTrekβs actions had put him in a difficult situation. Nova just stared directly into her eyes without uttering a word for what seemed like an eternity.
Finally Kez broke the silence with, βSir, Permission to speak freely?β
Meanwhile on another part of the ship Admiral Paul Drew was also taken in to custody by two of Novaβs security team and escorted to the brig.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2005 11:11:22 GMT
Luke sat down in the centre chair.... a little comfused but not at all upset that he hadn't been arrested like he thought he would have been.
Admiral KezTrek and SA Nova had been in the Ready Room for quite some time now... What was taking so long?!
Luke beagn to pace the bridge impateintly. Eventually Luke remembered what KezTrek had ordered him to do before SA Nova beamed over. He tapped his comm badge.
"Dowding to Danny. Can you get J'Leera from Sickbay and work with her in Cargo Bay 2. I want a full analysis of that equipment in less than an hour."
<TAG Danny>
"Yes, I know she's not allowed to leave Sickbay at the moment. If Buster or the security officers have a problem with it then tell them to contact me. We need her skills right now."
<TAG Danny>
"You have one hour Captain. Dowding out."
Luke sat down in the centre chair again and began to tap his fingers impatiently on the arm until Max turned round impatiently and told him to stop before he ripped off his fingers. Luke ignored him, he was in a foul mood as it was and he didnt want to get into a fight with one of his friends because of it.
"Commander Wood." Luke said standing up and walking over to the Ops Station. Could you set up a link to Ako's systems from up here. Maybe find out just how far she got with her work?" Luke asked.
<TAG Wood>
"Excellent, can you make a start on that now? The future careers of Admiral KezTrek and the crew of this ship rest on the information we find within the next hour. So no pressure..."
Luke began to pace the bridge again... What was taking so long?...
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Post by laika on Aug 7, 2005 3:17:58 GMT
J'Leera was glad to see Luke, very glad. Perhaps he was the person who would listen to her. After all that they'd been through, she did not think this would sound too strange.
"Mark faked his death..." she explained to a surprised Luke.
"What?" he asked.
"He faked his death. I saw him," she simply stated.
"Now, J'Leera," he frowned. "The doctor saw him and filled out the death certificate so how can he be dead?"
"It... I mean to say... He... as in..." She rambled. Things were not going quite as she planned. She had expected Luke to believe her, but she supposed that her story did sound crazy.
Suddenly a nurse came in and began shouting that Mark's body was missing. J'Leera shot Luke a look that said, 'See? I told you so.' Luke just gave her a blank stare and did not answer.
"I'm not crazy!" she shouted at him and he woke up.
She was very happy now that she was now not only the same person who said that something odd was going on with Luke. Afterall, bodies simply do not get up and walk away unless they are alive like Mark. Perhaps now she would be permitted to go back on duty and finally leave sickbay. It was starting to annoy her.
Suddenly her hopes of leaving were shattered by the arrival of Admiral Keztrek who firmly insisted that she had to remain in sickbay. She had hoped to listen in on their conversation and find out what was going on, but they did not stay very long and soon left. Now she was alone with the medical staff and no one was telling her a thing.
She kicked the sheet off the medical bed angrily, which only alerted the guard who gave her a stern look. Still grumbling she ignored him and threw the sheet to the floor and crossed her arms glaring at him. She had to get out of there.
After a few minutes of more grumbling and more glares from the guard, she heard footsteps behind her but before she could react, she felt the cool hiss of a hypospray and everything went black.
She awoke some time later, although she did not know exactly. She did notice that the medical staff was acting unusualy jittery. "What's going on?" she demanded.
"Section Admiral Nova is on board the ship," a nurse said.
This perked her interest.
"And he's taken command of the ship," she continued.
"What? Why?" she gasped.
"I do not know," the nurse shook her head. "No one had told us anything..."
"Now you know how I feel," J'Leera pointed at herself and settled back on the bed. She was not sure what was going to happen, but she was going to watch this situation carefully and act when the time was right.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2005 13:59:44 GMT
Sianna paced the lenght and width of the tiny cell, wondering what was going to happen now. The one moment, she was seething over her laboratory equipment having been confiscated, as well as her shuttlecraft, the other moment she had absolutely no memory of what had happened.
She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a soft whimpering. Carefully, she approached the forcefield as close as was safely doable. "Mark?" she called, "Mark are you all right?"
"Yes," came the soft reply, "Sianna, what is going on? What will happen to us?"
"I don't know Mark," Sianna said honestly, "I am having the strangest memories, and my knowledge of the last days is very vague. Apparently, we've done something wrong."
~of course you have~ she thought, but she couldn't tell whether it was coming from herself, or her symbiont.
She looked up when two admirals were marched into the brig, surrounded by security men and women, and individually locked into a holding cell. She raised an eyebrow, now completely confused.
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KezTrek
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Post by KezTrek on Aug 7, 2005 15:12:52 GMT
"Sir, Permission to speak freely?" KezTrek asked.
Nova nodded.
"My crew didn't take this action lightly, we have reason to believe someone very high up in the chain of command is attempting to create... well essentially sir, Supersoldiers. Genetically advanced, using not only one genome but many, as well as various alien technologies being pieced together to give their soldiers advanced weapons and ships." KezTrek explained.
"Do you have any proof of this?" Nova asked.
"We have several experimental fetus' and at least one mangled attempt at a fully grown experiment, but we have no idea who is behind it or..."
"I've heard enough, this is preposterous. Take her to the brig!" Nova ordered sharply.
KezTrek wanted to struggle, to make him listen, but it was hopeless. When she walked onto the bridge, she thanked whatever high powers anyone still believed in anymore that Nova hadn't realized Luke was no longer a member of the Tigershark crew. She looked at him, silently begging him to find the proof they needed, hoping he understood.
*Brig*
Drew was being escorted to the brig too from the other direction and KezTrek cast a glance of apology at him as they were thrown into a cell.
"Tell Admiral Nova his proof is here." KezTrek told on of the officers who'd escorted her down.
"Excuse me?"
"There. Sianna Ako she's the geneticist behind the experiments," KezTrek told him.
"I'll be sure to pass that along." The officer said.
KezTrek growled, she knew damn well he was just being condescending.
"Kez... calm down, we won't get anywhere like that."
"We're stuck in a brig... on my ship! We're not going to get anywhere anyway!" KezTrek said irritably.
Drew looked at her as if to say 'I'm stuck in the same damn brig', but she ignored him glaring across the room at Ako. "Ako I want to know what the hell you were doing!"
Ako looked at her blankly. "I don't know what you mean." She said.
"The hell you don't!" KezTrek snarled.
"I really... I don't... I..." Ako stuttered confused and scared.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2005 13:41:52 GMT
Luke paced the bridge nervouslyβ¦ Not one of the assignments he had given out had yet to produce anything that would prove the existence of the plot. For a moment it had looked like Wood had managed to open a link to the computer systems of Ako, but all that had happened was his console had exploded because of the strain of the link. Luckily Wood was not hurt but it meant that he had to start from scratch and they just didnβt have that kind of time.
Luke accessed an Engineering console at the back of the bridge and began to check all systems, it had suddenly dawned on him that SA Nova would have someone searching through the Tiger Sharkβs computer systems. He soon found out he was right, on Deck 8, Sub-section 13 a Starfleet officer was accessing classified records, only someone with a senior officer security code would have access to that and all the senior officers on board the Tiger Shark were accounted for.
It was time for a dirty trick or two. Luke locked out that console but it made look as if it was a fault in the system, the console may explode or catch fire but even if the unidentified officer was to sit on it he would only end up with minor burnsβ¦
With that done Luke began to pace the bridge again, every now and again looking over Woodβs shoulder to check progress until Wood angrily turned to him and said that he couldnβt work if Luke was going to continue hovering around him. Luke muttered his apologies and sat down in the centre chair again, his thoughts wandered to the look KezTrek had given him as she had been escorted to the Brig. He couldnβt let her down, he couldnβt let the ship and the crew down but he couldnβt help feeling this was all useless, all in vain. They had been caught off course and on an illegal mission and so far there was no proof to back up what KezTrek and her crew was saying, it was all totally hopeleβ¦
βLuke!β Wood cried from his console, bringing Luke away from his thoughts. βI have a link!β He yelled. βWe have full access to all of Akoβs files and programs!β
Luke slapped him on the back heartily in congratulations. βExcellent! Well done John! Now, get a copy of this immediately, hell make three copies. We are not losing this now! All we need now is JβLeera and Danny to get back to us.β Luke said, a smile plastered across his face.
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KezTrek
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Post by KezTrek on Aug 9, 2005 12:41:49 GMT
"The hell you don't!" KezTrek snarled.
"I really... I don't... I..." Ako stuttered confused and scared.
"Prove it." KezTrek countered.
"I..." Ako looked stunned.
"Leave her alone!" Mark screamed.
"Shut up," KezTrek growled at him, glaring at him with her best 'I'm the Admiral' glare, which was by far less effective when one was behind a forcefield.
"I said, prove it." KezTrek said.
Ako looked at her, eyes wide and filled with unshed tears. "How?"
"Let me into your mind." KezTrek told her.
Ako looked like she was about to refuse but KezTrek kept eye contact.
"Yes." Ako replied simply.
KezTrek watched amused out of the corner of her eye as the guards looked at them, maybe they were just dumb, or maybe they thought she was crazy, obviously, they believed that no Vulcan had the ability to telepathically connect with a person who they weren't touching.
"Kez..."
She heard the voice in the back of her mind.
"Not now Paul"
"Yes now, you could kill her if you go in there all cylinders firing."
"I have no intention of killing her. But she has answers and I want them. Now make yourself useful and give me your hand, I need grounding."
KezTrek looked meaningfully at Drew while they argued. The guards were still watching them, obviously quiet amused.
"Paul." KezTrek said speaking aloud.
Drew looked at her, his face clearly showing he didn't like this course of action, but nonetheless he reached out and took hold of her hand.
KezTrek nodded. They would be speaking about this later... hopefully when she wasn't being held in he own brig.
"Relax; I'm not going to hurt you." KezTrek said, watching Ako for a split second before closing her eyes and reaching out with her mind.
She could feel the warm tug of Drew's hand keeping her grounded as she reached into Ako's mind. It was easy, there were no defenses.
There was so much clutter. When KezTrek had entered her mind before she was focused on one piece of information but now there was so much more she needed to know, so little time and so much information if felt like she was searching for a single drop of water in an ocean.
"Kez..."
"Not... *now*"
KezTrek pushed Drew's voice to the back of her mind and kept searching through Ako's. It was the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Time passed out of all meaning, information useless to her was cast aside as she continued her search and only the ever-tightening grip Drew held on her kept her from losing herself completely in the complex messing of minds between host and symbiote.
Dozens of names tumbled around inside her head, but finally only one name stood out to her: Daryl Sadler
A Vice Admiral of some repute after his actions during the Dominion War, he was perhaps one of the most singularly infuriating men ever to grace the halls of Starfleet Command with his ideas of what they should do to defend themselves in future.
Certainly KezTrek could understand his ideals if she did not agree with him, but somehow it all made sense. His every attempt to get the Federation to be more offensive, to strike first, had failed. His requests to build up a special unit within Starfleet, an army trained for combat in a way ordinary Starfleet officers were not, had been knocked back time and again.
"Where is he?"
KezTrek whispered the words in Ako's mind; it seemed to shock the trill, who fell back against the bulkhead of her cell in fear.
"Where is he?" KezTrek repeated.
"I don't know, I don't know." Ako muttered aloud repeatedly.
KezTrek pulled back, she had a name, she had a better understanding of what was going on, but still she needed more... maybe this would be enough to make Nova listen however.
"I want to speak to Section Admiral Nova." KezTrek told one of the guards.
"The Admiral is busy."
"You'll be busy scrubbing my hull with a toothbrush if you don't tell him I want to speak with him." KezTrek said, irritated, she was not use to having to repeat herself.
"I'll be sure to pass it along next time I run into him." The guard said. KezTrek felt the anger bubbling, this Cmdr had no business...
"Kez calm down before you explode." Drew murmured.
KezTrek looked at him, nodding, trying very hard to suppress her anger. "Tell the Admiral there is an explosive device on this ship and I won't tell him where unless he comes down here."
Drew looked at her shocked.
"You'd let people die?" the guard said.
"If you imbeciles don't let me out of here then the people on this ship aren't the only ones in danger. The good of the many out weights the good of the few." KezTrek told him, holding her chin up.
"Keep an eye on them," one of the guards, the Cmdr who had been so rude a moment ago told the other as he left the brig.
"Imbeciles Kez, you can do better." Drew suggested with an raised eyebrow, copying KezTrek's own favored expression of amusement.
"I'm working off the cuff." KezTrek said.
Drew's voice sounded in her head again. "Explosive device?"
"Have I ever mentioned how much I hate when you get into my head?"
"Not in the last few hours. Besides its your own fault. Explosive device?"
"Sure there are lots of explosive devices on the Tigershark, even things that aren't supposed to explode can do so on occasion."
KezTrek heard Drew's mental chuckle and joined him. The remaining guard looked at them cautiously like he was afraid they'd suddenly combust.
"You're bluffing."
"Heck yes, but they don't know that."
"Youβre a twisted person."
"And don't ever forget it."
The two Admirals continued to chuckle for a few moments, until the door opened and the guard returned but he wasn't alone. Section Admiral Nova was with him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2005 13:36:28 GMT
"Please tell me you have something Commander." Luke said approaching Wood.
Luke was frustrated and he was getting a headache.
"Well, not quite." He replied.
"What does that mean?" Luke snapped back.
"Well... there there has been an unusual amount of comm traffic between Ako and an unknown source. In the last two days alone there hasn't been a period longer than two hours where there hasn't been communication between Ako and this source. Something tells me this is bigger than Ako on an ego-universe domination trip." Wood said.
"Have you got a name or a location?" Luke asked impatiently.
"Negative, its been scrambled beyond paranoid."
"Well keep working then!" Luke yelled, everyone on the Bridge turned to look at him but before he could yell at them to get back to work SA Nova entered the Bridge.
"Everything alright Commander Dowding?" He asked.
"Yes Sir." Luke replied.
Nova exited the bridge and Luke immediately went to the back of the Bridge and accessed an unused Engineering console. From here he accessed the security sensors from the Brig, a few minutes after this was done Luke saw Nova enter the Brig and KezTrek stand up in her cell but he didn't see what happened after that because Wood called from his station.
"Luke, I have something but you aren't going to like it." He said.
Luke ran over to the console and stared at the console. "Do you mind telling me what I am seeing here Commander?" Luke asked impatiently.
"This is Ako's signal." Wood said pointing to the red squiggly line. "And this..." Wood said pointing to the blue squiggly line. "Is the 'correspondants' signal."
"But that's a Starfleet Code." Luke said shocked.
"Yup, it was messed up pretty bad but it originates from Starfleet Command on Earth." Wood said.
"Do we have a name?" Luke asked excitedly.
"Not yet." Wood said shaking his head. "But in ten minutes we should have."
Luke smiled. "Good work Wood."
He tapped his comm badge. "Dowding to Laika. We have a definate trace to Starfleet. Please tell me you have some other good news." Luke said.
However, before J'Leera could respond two security officers that Luke did not recognise entered the Bridge. He knew what they were there for.
Pretending he hadn't seen them Luke tapped his comm badge, closing the link to J'Leera and slowly walked over to Wood.
"Keep looking Commander, we need a name and we need it fast." Luke whispered.
"I'm working on it." Wood muttered back.
"Commander Dowding?" A voice said from behind him and he felt a heavy hand rest upon his shoulder. "I am going to have to ask you to come with me Sir."
Luke turned around. "On who's authority." He was stalling for time. He knew very well who this had come from.
"Section Admiral Nova. Sir, please come with us."
"Luke! I have a name!" Wood cried.
Luke pushed the security officer out the way and walked back over to Wood.
"Commander Dowding I do not want to have to use force." The startled security officer said.
"Then don't!!" Luke yelled. "Give me the name Commander." Luke said to Wood.
"Daryl Sadler, he's a Vice Admiral. Very well known, fought a lot of succesful campaigns during the Dominion War."
"Yes, I've heard of him..." Luke started.
"Commander Dowding, I am going to have to restrain you by force if you do not come with me now. Turn round slowly NOW."
Luke frowned. "Get this to Admiral KezTrek and SA Nova now." He said.
"What about you?" Wood asked.
"Just go!" Luke said.
"Right, I've had enough Commander. I warned you!" The officer yelled before firing his phaser.
Luke had enough time to push Wood encouragingly before he blacked out...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2005 9:03:48 GMT
Luke woke up slowly, his vision was blurry and he felt very groggy. His throat was dry and his back was killing him.
He couldn't see where he was, he assumed that he needed to inject the medication again, however he could not find the Hypospray anywhwere on him.
He sat up and stayed perfectly still, trying to establish where he was by the noises. It was very quiet, he heard voices, but they were just mumbles to him. However, closer to home he heard the familiar hum of a forcefield.
So he was in the Brig.
He didn't call out, he had no intention of drawing any attention to himself. So he just sat there, quietly waiting and listening.
He hoped that Commander Wood had successfully got the information to Nova and KezTrek...
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Post by lohnen on Aug 10, 2005 9:28:20 GMT
<A bit of backposting>
Danny felt the tension of the crew rise. Something must have happened. He tapped some of the sensor buttons on the pooltable and immediately saw the problem. "Bugger," he murmered to himself. This was bad, very bad. If the Olympia was here, it meant that they had been discovered and that Section Admiral Nova was about to take the situation into his own hands, effectively prohibiting the Tigershark crew to unravel Dr Ako's mysteries. And sure enough, a few minutes later, SA Nova's voice announced that he had taken command of the Tigershark.
Danny paced Engineering restlessly for a few minutes. He wasn't about to let go of the trail they had discovered. In immediate combat, his Marines would be loyal to him, but in the long run, he had to lose if he committed himself to open resistance. Commander Dowding pulled him out of his reveries and ordered him to investigate the shuttle and equipment with J'Leera. It would be quite a job to convince Doctor Buster to let her leave Sickbay but it had to be done.
Ten minutes later, Danny entered Sickbay and walked over to J'Leera. "Commander, we need to have a look at the shuttle in Shuttle Bay 2 now. Dowding says we only have an hour." J'Leera jumped up and was about to walk to the doors when Buster stopped them. "Exactly where do you two think you're going?" he asked. "Come on doc, we don't have time to explain right now. I'll bring her back as soon as possible, Scout's honour." Buster saw the determined look on their faces and decided to give it a rest..........for now.
Another ten minutes later, the doors to Shuttlebay 2 opened and Danny and J'Leera went straight to work.
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SA. Duke Nova [Ret]
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Post by SA. Duke Nova [Ret] on Aug 10, 2005 23:14:53 GMT
Nova entered the brig area just as both Admirals were chuckling about something. At curtain points in time Nova would have to laugh as well but not this time and not yet.
βI am here Captain KezTrek, at your near bodily harm threats made to my security personnel, and you had better have something good to say. You both should know better and this is not a laughing matter.β Nova said in an irritated voice.
He was referring to both of the Admirals in custody as he moved to where he could view them both at the same time. Duke was still unsure just who was right and wrong in this case and it would be up to him to sort it all out. Nova really did believe in Admiral Kez and he wanted to find something that could clear her. He had been over and over Kezβs record and could find nothing to explain her sudden behavior so unless she is now insane, invaded by aliens or has remembered valuable evidence her future looking quite dim.
Without giving Kez a chance too speak, Nova paced back and forth in front of Kezβs cell giving her what fore. Telling how a Starfleet Captain must conduct herself and be a model for all her crew.
Nova knew that even if she was right he must make it look like she was in the wrong. Just he was about to order the shipβs doctor to the brig to examine Kez, Commander Wood entered.
βAdmiral you must look at this,β insisted Wood.
Nova looked it over and then turned back to Kez.
βWell Captain it seems that it is your turn to talk,β Nova said with a smile.
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Post by KezTrek on Aug 11, 2005 12:08:13 GMT
"Well Captain it seems that it is your turn to talk," Nova said with a smile.
"Wonderful. I'm going to assume that the data on that padd came from Dr. Ako's shuttle. I'm also going to assume the name on that pad is the same one I retrieved from her mind a few moments ago. Vice Admiral Daryl Sadler."
Nova didn't speak but he nodded.
"We all know Sadler has been on the edge of reason for a long time when it comes to the defensive and offensive abilities of Starfleet and the Federation. Cmdr what's on the padd specifically?" KezTrek asked addressing Wood.
"Communications logs Admiral, there were dozens sent between Ako and Vice Admiral Sadler over the last few weeks. Before that we haven't been able to find anything, we don't think she's had the shuttle long." Wood said.
"Were you able to retrieve any of what the communications said?" KezTrek asked.
"Not yet, I had to get down here quickly, Section Admiral Nova's team took exception to us trying to bring the evidence, Luke held them off while I made a run for it." Wood explained.
"Are your officers in the habit of suppressing evidence?" KezTrek asked glaring at the Section Admiral.
It was a pity really, that this was their first meeting, she had a great respect for the man, thought it was doubtless after this escapade he would feel likewise, she would certainly never see Vice Admiral now.
"Cmdr Cadman to Nova, Admiral we've detained Cmdr Dowding, but Cmdr Wood..."
"Is here Cmdr Cadman, take Dowding to sickbay and stay there with him." Nova ordered. "Take down the forcefield."
"It's going to take more than what you have to convince a jury, but I believe you." Nova said as KezTrek and Drew stepped out of the brig.
"Wood, get back to the bridge, start digging out those communications. Dr. Ako here will give you all her codes, won't you doctor?" KezTrek asked pointedly.
"Yes I... yes." Ako replied.
"Take her to crew quarters have a guard put on her and take Mark to sickbay."
"No I want to stay with her I..."
"Mark! You are a Starfleet officer, you will follow orders!" KezTrek barked.
"Yes Admiral." Mark snapped off, it was an automatic response, but thatβs all she needed it to be. She nodded to one of the Tigershark's own security officers to escort the two.
"Have Danny check the equipment..."
"He already is Admiral; Luke ordered him and J'Leera on it a while ago." Wood told her.
KezTrek looked concerned at the mention of J'Leera's name, but nodded.
"Section Admiral Nova, I believe our time would be best served in sickbay for the moment." KezTrek suggested.
Nova nodded and offered a wry smile. Technically, he hadn't returned Command to her yet, but KezTrek wasted no time in giving orders and her officers little in following them.
"Paul, go with Wood." KezTrek added.
Drew gave her a look. "We'll talk later." she murmured quietly in her mind, Drew nodded and followed Wood, while KezTrek swept of towards sickbay Nova striding along beside her.
*Sickbay*
"Doctor, is Cmdr Dowding injured badly?" KezTrek asked.
"No Admiral, he's not. He needs his meds and sustained some minor burns, the phaser shot was at rather close range, but he'll be fit to return to duty in a half hour or so... mainly because he'll throw a fit if I don't let him by then." Buster said.
"I knew there was a reason I liked him. What about Mark?" KezTrek asked.
"He only just got here; one of the nurses is running scans now. He was clinically dead; I imagine there will be at least some brain damage, but I can't guess at how much or how long, if at all, it will take to repair it."
"Just do what you can doctor. Is our friend from the stasis chamber awake?"
Buster nodded. "We have him in isolation. He doesn't appear to be able to speak; his scans indicate that his brain, was never fully formed."
"A failed experiment, wonderful." KezTrek muttered.
She led Nova back to isolation where they spent a few moments with the... what was it exactly? It had a DNA mix of a dozen different species; it didn't look exactly like any of them.
"This is... unbelievable." Nova said.
"No Admiral, it's quite believable, just incredibly sickening." KezTrek told him.
Luke was arguing with the doctor when KezTrek and Nova returned to the main sickbay insisting he was fine. KezTrek smiled as she recognized the irritated look on Buster's face, she'd seen it there before, of course generally she was on the receiving end of it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2005 13:49:54 GMT
Sianna got to her feet slowly, and had to grab at the wall for support. For the last few hours, she'd been sitting huddled in a corner, fearful of what might come. She had no idea how she'd ended up in this holding cell, the last thing she remembered was boarding a shuttlecraft in France.
She hadn't tried to fight the admiral when she demanded to enter her mind. As far as she was concerned, she had nothing to hide. Though, Ako seemed of another opinion, as he wouldn't let her remember what happened.
Sianna was relieved to hear that she was going to get crew quarters assigned to her, as she didn't take well to being confined. If only she could remember why not, it would help matters greatly. She nodded timidly when the admiral demanded sweetly that she would give all her codes to a person going by the name of Wood. She would do anything just about now.
However, as she walked between the guards who were leading her to her new home, suddenly she remembered something. Punching at both guards, she stunned them sufficiently to be able to take flight. ~why am I fleeing?~ she wondered, but Ako remained silent. It seemed to her that the symbiont wouldn't talk to her. Was it her that had done something evil, that Ako wouldn't let her remember, or was Ako the cause of all this?"
Sianna shuddered, as she kept moving, knowing that there was no way she was ever going to leave this ship alive, wherever she was.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2005 17:46:35 GMT
Luke rubbed his back and flinched.
It itched like crazy but hurt to touch... a tricky dilemna to say the least...
The phaser shot has burnt Luke's skin nicely, leaving a red patch the size of a small Vulcan melon and a lot of peeling, itchy skin... Not the nicest image ever...
Luke stood up from the bio-bed as Buster entered the room.
"Yes I know Commander." Buster said snappishly before Luke could speak. "Trust me, I want you here less than you want to be here. You have to be one of the worst patients I have ever had in my care... and that is saying something!"
Luke was trying not to laugh. "So I can leave?" He asked.
"Just give me a minute to do one last scan and replicate the cream you'll need for that burn." Buster said impatiently.
"Yes Doctor. Of course Doctor." Luke said in a friendly mocking tone.
Luke had quite forgotten the reason why he had been fired upon until Admiral KezTrek and SA Nova entered the room.
Then it all came back in a wave of nausea... He stood to his feet slowly and nudged Buster away who walked away muttering to himself about ungrateful patients.
"Section Admiral, Admiral." He said nodding to the two senior ranking officers.
Luke stood there in silence... waiting. He didn't know exactly what he was waiting for... but he waited all the same.
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Post by laika on Aug 14, 2005 17:38:32 GMT
Just as J'Leera sat brooding in sickbay, Danny suddenly burst into the room and walked straight up to her.
"Commander, we need to have a look at the shuttle in Shuttle Bay 2 now. Dowding says we only have an hour."
Finally, her moment of freedom had come and it didn't involve any risky escape attempts, although by that time she would have welcomed a little excitement. "Absolutely!" she exclaimed and dropped down to the floor.
Moments later Dr. Buster met them trying to leave along with the security guard. He tried to pursuade her to stay, but his mouth immediately shut when he saw the looks on their faces. He stepped aside and didn't say anything when Danny promised to bring her back, although she had no intention of returning.
As they made their way along the corridor, J'Leera began asking questions hoping that Danny would know what was going on.
"I heard that SA Duke Nova is on board? Is that true? And if so, what's he doing here?"
Tag: Danny
"So, she is in the brig," J'Leera shook her head. "I didn't believe, but now I know that it is true. Any word about Mark?"
Tag: Danny
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2005 9:49:50 GMT
Luke seemed to stand still in front of the two officers for hours but in actual reality it was only a few minutes.
"Well Commander." KezTrek said. "You do seem to like getting shot at."
Luke smiled before KezTrek turned to Buster. "I assume you have no objections to me stealing your patient away?" She asked.
Buster frowned, and walked off without answering. Luke shook his head and tried not to laugh.
"What is needed to be done Admiral?" Luke asked.
"Firstly Commander, you need to tell me what you are doing back on the Tiger Shark." Nova said sternly.
Luke froze, he had totally forgotten that he wasn't even supposed to be on this particular ship.
"Well you see Section Admiral... I mean to say that I was on the Victory when..."
"Perhaps this should wait until later." KezTrek said, interrupting the stuttering Luke. "I need as many officers working on this as I can get at the moment."
Nova nodded, "Indeed. However it will be adressed. Shall we return to the Bridge Admiral?"
KezTrek nodded. "Commander, will you go and see what J'Leera and Danny have managed to find out. I need a report within half an hour."
Luke nodded and excused himself before heading towards Cargo Bay 2.
It took him less than 10 minutes to walk towards the Bay and as soon as he entered he was shocked at just how much equipment there was.
"Got anything?" He asked, addressing both J'Leera and Danny.
<TAG J'Leera and Danny>
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Post by KezTrek on Aug 20, 2005 19:53:54 GMT
KezTrek and Nova had just arrived on the bridge when her comm badge chirped. "Security to Admiral KezTrek, Dr. Ako has escaped custody."
"Damn it! Use the sensors search for trill life signs; we don't have many trill officers on board we should be able to distinguish. Set up security teams on all decks, transporter rooms and shuttle bay. Admiral, if you'll excuse me." KezTrek left Nova on the bridge turning back into the turbolift.
She headed for the location where the security team had lost Ako it was best to work from there.
"Wood to KezTrek, we have a trill life sign in a set of unassigned quarters on deck 8, section 17-Beta; it doesn't appear to be any of our crew."
KezTrek took a phaser from one of the security guards and headed towards the empty quarters, opening the door she moved slowly inside.
"Sianna, if you come out now this will all be over soon." KezTrek spoke into the dark.
"No, no, he won't let me, won't..." Sianna's voice was low and it took KezTrek several seconds to place it as coming from the bedroom.
"There is no one else here Sianna; Admiral Sadler won't find you here." KezTrek tried to assure her.
"No, no..." Sianna ran out of the bedroom heading towards the exit; KezTrek showed no hesitation in firing her phaser, she was fairly confident it was set to stun, but at this range, as Ako dived to avoid the blast it hit her right through the heart. KezTrek waited a few moments to see if Ako would move before crouching to check a pulse, there was none.
"Medical team to Deck 8, section 17-Beta." KezTrek ordered.
As soon as Buster and his team arrived KezTrek gave them orders to keep the symbiote alive and find out if there are any trill's on board willing to become host in the event they were unable to return to trill in time.
Nova was waiting less than patiently when she returned to the bridge. "The host is dead; however Dr. Buster will do everything he can to keep the symbiote alive." KezTrek told him.
"I see. Perhaps we should focus instead on what we have in regards to Vice Admiral Sadler." Nova said.
"Quite. KezTrek to Cmdr Dowding, have you found anything of use?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2005 11:17:46 GMT
Max sat at the helm, tapping the console impatiently. No one was bothering to tell him anything... in fact they rarely did.
All he knew was that SA Nova was onboard and he was investiagting KezTrek's and the crews actions in their most recent illegal enterprise.
Things were never quiet on this ship...
Max wondered how much trouble Luke was in, he had left his post during active duty but he had saved the Tiger Shark and her crew... Max hoped that Luke would be sticking around, he had missed his friend once he had left, even if it did mean that he got the helm more often.
An icon flashed on his screen, it was the text comms channel. Odd, no one ever used that... they had comm badges for this kind of thing. Max pressed the accept button and a paragraph of strange text appeared on the screen. With a message that Max could understand beneath it.
Sow SA Nova and RA KezTrek this. They will understand.
Luke
"Erm, excuse me. Admirals?" Max called across the bridge.
"Yes Commander." KezTrek said approaching the helm station.
"Take a look at this." He said. "It's from Luke."
The two Admirals peeered over Max's shoulders and they at least seemed to understand what it meant.
"I just contacted Commander Dowding but he didn't respond. Are the comms down?" KezTrek asked.
"Negative Admiral." Said Wood from Ops. "Comm systems along with everything else are online."
"Odd..." KezTrek muttered.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2005 8:26:30 GMT
"What?!" Luke exclaimed.
Danny nodded. "This is deep Luke, really deep. It may take months or even years to route out all those involved with this out of Starfleet Command."
"Do we have substantial evidence, something that could definately pin at least Sadler?"
<TAG Danny>
"You mean, inside the shuttle?" Luke said.
J'Leera nodded, and motioned for Danny and Luke to follow her. On entering the shuttle the first thing that Luke noticed was how much bigger it seemed on the inside than it was on the out, the second was the quiet hum that was in the backround.
"What's that noise?" Luke asked.
"It appears to be blocking all comms." J'Leera said.
"Except the ones from Sadler." Luke said.
"Indeed." Danny replied.
Luke looked around the shuttle and was more than a little amazed at what he saw.
"This technology... it's..."
"A hybrid." Danny said bluntly.
"Well... yeah... I mean there's even Borg tech here."
"Yes, that is how we believe Sadler has been controlling Ako."
Luke was stunned. It took him a moment to compose himself and then he snapped back to action.
Luke stepped from the shuttle and tapped his comm badge.
"Dowding to KezTrek. We've got it."
=^= Commander, why did you not respond before? =^=
"The shuttle of Ako's blocks all comms except the ones from Sadler and those that Ako chooses to overide."
=^= Can you get Commander Laika to begin an immediate download of all files and programs on that shuttle. Tell her to be careful for any viruses or erasure programs =^=
"Aknowledged Admiral."
=^= Oh and Commander, please report to the Bridge tell Captain Lohnen to help Laika =^=
Luke tapped his comm badge and turned to the other two smiling.
"I take it you heard what KezTrek said?" Luke asked
<TAG J'Leera/ Danny>
Luke left Cargo Bay 2 and headed for the Bridge, knowing that SA Nova would be on the Bridge, hoping that there would be no confrontation for the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2005 21:41:54 GMT
Luke had barely left the Cargo Bay when J'Leera ran to catch up with him, thrusting two padds into Luke's hands.
"Eh?" Luke muttered.
"Everything we could ever need to get Sadler is on here. Voice prints and even some old visual records, everything!" She exclaimed.
Luke smiled and hugged J'Leera. He was more than a little relieved that this hell hole of a mission was coming to an end. "Excellent work J'Leera, and you too Danny!" Luke said, seeing Danny approach, however he was not smiling.
J'Leera seemed to know what he was going to say.
"What? Why the long face?" Luke asked.
"I am afraid Commander Laika is going to have to come with me." Danny said.
Commander Laika, thought Luke, why so official.
"Why?!" Luke exclaimed. "She's helped beyond count in this mission, without her I doubt that we would have the evidence we need."
"I'm sorry Comm... I mean Luke, but I am under orders from Admiral KezTrek. I'm sure this will be sorted out soon but right now I have to escort Ms Laika to the Brig."
Luke saw no point in arguing any longer, he had no authority at the moment and even if he did he wouldn't be able to overide direct orders from KezTrek. Luke watched helplessly as Danny guided J'Leera to the Brig but he soon snapped himself out of the pity state. He had to report to the Bridge. He would have to help J'Leera later.
On his way to Deck One, Luke couldn't help but feel a bit angry towards his old CO. He knew she had been acting for the best, technically but still...
Before he knew it he had arrived on the Bridge and KezTrek rose from the centre chair. SA Nova, standing from the seat to her right.
"Well Mr. Dowding. What do we have?" She asked.
"All the proof we need to send Sadler down for a very long time." Luke said triumphantly. "All thanks to Danny and J'Leera." He said, emphasing J'Leera's name and glaring at KezTrek.
"I take it Commander Laika is back in custody?" She asked.
"Indeed." Luke said.
"Very well, Commander Wood. If you would take four copies of the information that Luke has at the moment. Store one in locked perameters on the ships computer, send one to Starfleet Command, one to the Olympia and transfer another copy to a padd for me."
"Yes Admiral." Replied Wood, taking the padds from Luke's hands.
"Now, Dowding, Admiral KezTrek. May we take a few moments in the Ready Room?" Nova asked in a way that required no answer.
Luke followed the two Admirals into the Ready Room and stood to attention as they took their seats.
"Well..." Nova started. "Not once, in my entire career in Starfleet, nor in my position as Section Admiral of S47 have I ever seen an officer just abandon their post the way you did Dowding."
Luke seemed to shrink beneath the barrage of Nova's words.
"If I could just raise a point Section Admiral." KezTrek said politely.
He merely nodded.
"If Luke had not returned when he did then the Tiger Shark and her crew may no longer be here, and we may also have never have found out about Sadler."
"You cannot honestly expect me to believe that Sadler would have carried on without being caught if you hadn't come along?!" Nova exclaimed.
"Well there has been no reason to suggest that he would ever have been caught or found out until it was too late. After all, how much did Command know of this until we came along as you put it."
Nova remained quiet but then turned his attention back to Luke.
"There will be a disciplinary hearing Commander but for now you may as well serve to the best of your ability. I will be returning to the Olympia and I expect the Tiger Shark to return immediately to Bellicose for debriefing. She may not be flying again very soon, you all disobeyed orders." He paused. "Dismissed." He said to Luke sharply.
Luke stepped from the Ready Room and sighed. A disciplinary hearing? What would that involve. He sat down at the helm and waited for orders, this gave him time to reflect on the situation at hand.
The ship was currently without an FO and possibly without a CO, depending on what was happening in the Ready Room at that very moment. J'Leera was currently in a holding cell, which made Luke feel strangely uncomfotable. He had no idea what would happen to her, she had killed someone but then he was alive now... there was another point. What would happen to Mark? Would he be tested upon, scrutinized by shrinks?! Luke tried not to think about what was going to happen to him because it always lead to fears about having to leave Starfleet....
A while later KezTrek and Nova exited the Ready Room. They shook hands and Nova left the bridge, most likely on his way to a Transporter room.
KezTrek sat down in the centre chair and was just about to open her mouth when the comm system went off.
=^= Doctor Buster to the Bridge. Admiral, you and I have an appointment that I would hate to miss =^=
"Not right now Lt." KezTrek replied.
=^= Please do not make me relieve you of duty over the comm system. Report to Sickbay immediately Admiral. Buster out =^=
Luke had no idea why it was so important for KezTrek to get to Sickbay and he wasn't about to ask.
"Commander Dowding." Luke turned round in his seat.
"Yes Admiral." He replied.
"You have the Tiger Shark. Please get her back to Bellicose in one piece."
Luke looked at her quizzically. "How long are you going to be in Sickbay for Admiral."
She didn't reply but left the bridge with a brief smile and an almost unhearable comment that sounded stangely like:
"You have the Bridge Number One." But that couldn't have been it... could it?
Luke sat down in the centre chair and sighed. There were 112 unread messages from Starfleet Command and Section 47 to read as well as all the reports to read and file. KezTrek sure knew when to leave.
"Commander Bower." Luke said to Max who had taken the helm once Luke had taken command.
"Aye Cap'n." He said smiling.
"Set a course for Starbase Bellicose. Maximum Warp."
"Course and speed set. Our maximum Warp is currently only Warp 6.5. We should arrive at Bellicose within the next 48hours." Max replied.
"Good enough, Engage Mr. Bower."
The Tiger Shark shot off towards the direction of Bellicose and Luke couldn't help but wonder what would await the fine ship and crew there...
<END OF MISSION>
Well that's a wrap folks. A new thread will be started shortly that you can post on for the journey home. I would like to see a post from everyone who is not on LOA please.
Well Done for the mission, not our best but a lot of people have come and gone. Lets get things back on track shall we?
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