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Mission: Stand the Line, Day 3 
Stardate 2406.03.06 


(Starbase Valhalla, Observation Lounge - Science Officer Horacio Tyrell - 10:05) 
(Starbase Vahalla, Observation Lounge, Ensign (JG) Monroe - 10.15) (Starbase Valhalla, Observation Lounge, Admiral Jopek - 10.15) 
(Transport Shuttle Freedom - OPS Officer - Lt(JG) L'Tal - 11:00) 
(Otono Medical Center - Lt. Pierce Orde - 1113) 
Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge- 1115) 
(Otono Medical Center - Pierce Orde - 1115) 
(Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge- 1115 
(Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge - 1120) (Starbase Valhalla, Counselors office, Kahila Lono, 12:00) 
(Otono Medical Center, Kahila Lono, 12:45) 
(Otono Medical Center, CMO, 12:48) (Otono Medical Center, Kahila Lono, 12:50 
(Starbase Valhalla, Science lab - Science Officer Horacio Tyrell - 13:00) 
    Mission: Stand the Line, Day 3 
Stardate: 2406.03.06 

(Starbase Vahalla, Observation Lounge, Ensign (JG) Monroe - 10.15) 
"Before we continue, I wanted to welcome a new ACEO to this table, Ensign 
Tessner who joins us direct from Starfleet Academy, welcome Ensign." 
Tessner nodded as the Jopek introduced him 

"Let me start with general business, all officers assembled here will report 
for Medical exams, regardless of when they had their last exams. Mr 
Cambridge, please draw up a schedule to see everyone today, I want the 
results of the exams ready for transmission to Starfleet Medical by 19.00." 

~I was going to have to any~ Tessner thought 

"Engineering, I need you to finish off the repairs to Valhalla's Sickbay and then begin on 
these upgrades that are arriving today from Earth, Valhalla's Tactical, Sensor and Shield 
grids are being unrated, please co-ordinate with the departmental heads of systems that are 
being upgraded." Jopek said 
getting to Engineering. "The Spectre is docked and awaiting repairs, I want her to be top 
priority, 
let the docking bays handle the ships under construction, I want you to focus on the ship and 
the damage she took in the last mission. Finally, as we don't have a Yard Engineering Officer 
anymore, I want 
Engineering to take over the duties of administrating the yards. Mark, can 
you handle that, I need a full report on all ships under construction." 

The rest of the meeting went fairly quickly. 

"Very well, if anyone has any questions or problems, I shall be available, 
but I ask you to direct all day-to-day problems to our Departmental Head or 
the First Officer, Lt Lono. Thank you for your attention. Kahila, I need to 
see you in my Officer at 11.30, dismissed everyone." 
~I wonder if its always this busy~ Tessner wondered. 
(Reply none) 
(Posted by Josh Tessner) 

(Transport Shuttle Freedom - OPS Officer - Lt(JG) L'Tal - 11:00) 

L'Tal sat back, relaxed, and took in the impressive vista of Utopia Planitia 
and Starbase Valhalla as the shuttle sped him to his new assignemtn as the 
Federation shipyard's Head of Operations. 

For over a decade now L'Tal had served Starfleet with typical Vulcan 
dedication and his assignment to Utopia Planitia was reward for his efforts. 
Whilst many would say that he was now "out of harm's way", L'Tal knew 
better. Utopia Planitia had a long and colourful history for all the wrong 
reasons and an assignment here was far from being out of any danger. 
Numerous saboutage and terrorist attacks had been made on the Federation's 
primary ship-building facility by a number of different organisations, some 
more successful than others, and unfortunately for Utopia Planitia's crew 
nearly all of them had resulted in the deaths of an unacceptably high number 
of officers and production crew. After L'Tal's distinguished tour onboard 
Deep Space 2, he believed many people would use the old Earth saying of "out 
of the frying pan and into the fire" to describe his reassignment. 

L'Tal waited patiently as the shuttle gracefully banked to the left and made 
it's final approach to Starbase Valhalla. After a few more minutes L'Tal 
felt the shuttle gently come to rest inside Valhalla's main shuttlebay, and 
as one, he had his fellow passengers left their seats and disembarked the 
shuttle. 

Organised chaos was the best description for what greeted L'Tal as he walked 
down the shuttle's ramp and set foot on Starbase Valhalla for the first 
time. Scores of people hurried every-which-way across the expansive 
shuttlebay whilst numerous spacecraft entered and exited the shuttlebay . 
With a final check of his PADD L'Tal made his way carefully across the 
hanger towards the main turbolift system. 

(Main Operations Centre - 11:17) 

L'Tal stepped out of the turbolift and into the heart of Utopia Planitia. He 
would of been impressed, had his emotions allowed it. The level of 
efficiency and professionalism with which the officers in the complex showed 
L'Tal what he already knew, that the Commanding Officer was both a man to be 
held in high regard and perhaps more importantly to L'Tal a fellow Vulcan. 

A quick visual sweep of the room allowed L'Tal to locate the man he sought 
above all others, Rear Admiral Jopek. Making his way across the Operations 
centre, L'Tal moved to within an acceptable distance of the CO and waited 
patiently for him to conclude his business. He didn't have to wait long. 

"Lieutenant L'Tal, Head of Operations, reporting as ordered Admiral" announced L'Tal.  (Reply from Jopek, Any) (Posted by Ian Walker) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 



Mission: Stand the Line, Day 3 
Stardate: 2406.03.06 
(Otono Medical Center - Lt. Pierce Orde - 1113) 
Pierce stepped into the medical center to see utter chaos. And he was early. 

~Damn.~ 
Remembering the hell that he had gone through earlier, he had divested himself of all weapons 
save his staff - nobody seperates him from that. Besides, it looked innocous enough, like a 
container for isolinear rods. 
He stepped inside and found the CMO. "Sir, Second Officer Orde here for the physical. I thought 
I should get it done early - before the rest of the tactical staff. These days, I don't like to leave the 
station if my second is also off-station." 
(Reply CMO, any) 
(Posted by Lenox) 
-Lenox - Lord of Hyphens 

Mission: Stand the Line, Day 3 
Stardate: 2406.03.06 
(Otono Medical Center - Lt. Pierce Orde - 1113) 
Pierce stepped into the medical center to see utter chaos. And he was early. 

~Damn.~ 
Remembering the hell that he had gone through earlier, he had divested himself of all weapons 
save his staff - nobody seperates him from that. Besides, it looked innocous enough, like a 
container for isolinear rods. 
He stepped inside and found the CMO. "Sir, Second Officer Orde here for the physical. I thought 
I should get it done early - before the rest of the tactical staff. These days, I don't like to leave the 
station if my second is also off-station." 
(Reply CMO, any) 
(Posted by Lenox) 
-Lenox - Lord of Hyphens 

(Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge- 1115) 
After a brief moment of working on paperwork, there had been a call in from the shipyards where 
a young man had been trapped in several pieces of rigging and was now on his way with severe 
injuries. Because of the intensity of his injuries, the man had been diverted quickly to Otono 
where Maxwell Cambridge now was, seeing over his recovery. His legs would work, but it would 
take some time and therapy to get them up and running again. A few moments later several more 
injuries made their way into the center followed by more until Otono Central was overflowing. 
Several officers were starting to move them to the Stormcentre next door, but it simply wasn't 
moving fast enough. 
^Cambridge to all available medical staff in Central, need assistance, code yellow!^ Maxwell 
quickly moved several more into the waiting hands of the Stormcentre transport staff. It was a 
above normal day for him and his men. A shout from an orderly gave even more to be concerned 
about. One of the shuttles from the colonies was early. And it was then that someone decided to 
find him in the midst of the madness. 
"Sir, Second Officer Orde here for the physical. I thought I should get it done early - before the 
rest of the tactical staff. These days, I don't like to leave the station if my second is also off- 
station." 
Mac looked at him and smiled largely. "Welcome to Otono Central. Give me one minute..." He 
turned to the orderly and asked for the load of the ship incoming. 2 victims, both serious. 
Quickly, he ordered them diverted to Otono Stormcentre for evaluation and then onto Otono Care 
for the night. With that, he then turned to Orde. 
"And you were...ah yes, Orde! The one who had a run in with my Assistant Chief, whom I 
haven't been able to find. Follow me." 
With that, the CMO moved down a hallway, his normal white lab coat waffling in the wind 
behind him. He found an exam area and motioned for Orde to take a seat. Cambridge snatched a 
medical tricorder out and began to run it over the man. 
"Well, Mr. Orde, how are you feeling this fine and wonderful afternoon?" 
<Orde?> 
Cambridge nodded as he snatched a hypospray, checked it and then quickly snapped it to the 
man's arm, quickly drawing a bit of blood. 
"Anything of note as of late? Any injuries? Sickness? Love Affairs? Falling in love? You know, 
falling in love is one of the leading causes of troubles in men these days..." He smiled at that and 
grinned to the tactical officer. 
<reply Orde, any, all> 
<posted by Sulu> 
--------------There are two kinds of people: those who say to God: Thy 
"And you were...ah yes, Orde! The one who had a run in with my Assistant Chief, whom I 
haven't been able to find. Follow me." 
~Eh? Rain's missing? I'd better put out a low call.~ 
With that, the CMO moved down a hallway, his normal white lab coat waffling in the wind 
behind him. He found an exam area and motioned for Orde to take a seat. Cambridge snatched a 
medical tricorder out and began to run it over the man. 
"Well, Mr. Orde, how are you feeling this fine and wonderful afternoon?" 
"Well, Doctor, I'm still feeling a bit piratical after my last debacle. But I guess that's something to 
talk to the counselor about. That and tired - I've got a ton of paperwork to catch up on, meetings 
to attend. You can probably guess the rest." 
Cambridge nodded as he snatched a hypospray, checked it and then quickly snapped it to the 
man's arm, quickly drawing a bit of blood. 
"Anything of note as of late? Any injuries? Sickness? Love Affairs? Falling in love? You know, 
falling in love is one of the leading causes of troubles in men these days..." He smiled at that and 
grinned to the tactical officer. 
~What, can everyone see that I've somewhat closer to the counselor? We're good friends, that's 
all.~ 
Pierce felt himself softened somewhat by the doctor's friendly manner. 
~A better bedside than Rain, in any case~ 
"Other than some bumps and bruises from my last mission, I feel fine. I know the counselor a bit 
better, but that's to be expected when one is thrown into close quarters with another person." 
(Reply CMO) 
(Starbase Valhalla: Security Office - Pierce Orde - 1230) 
Pierce tapped the commpanel at his desk. "Orde to Lon 
o. I'd like to set up our psych test for about fifteen minutes from now, if that's fine with you." 
(Reply Kahlia) 
"Okay. Orde out." 
He swiveled around to see his second, Ensign Blaine. 
"Mr. Blaine, take three squads down to Otono at thirteen-hundred. And for courtesy's sake, go 
unarmed. When a squad is done, signal for another. You get your physical first, and then manage 
the operation. At fourteen-hundred, contact me and we'll finalize our plans for the wargames." 
(Reply Rick) 
(Reply CMO, Kahlia, Rick, any) 
(Posted by Lenox) 
-Lenox - Lord of Hyphens 
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(Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge- 1115) 

"Other than some bumps and bruises from my last mission, I feel fine. I 
know the counselor a bit better, but that's to be expected when one is 
thrown into close quarters with another person." 

Cambridge chuckled as he read the reading from the console in front of 
him. Blood tested normal and nothing of note. There was a heightened 
stress in the man, but with the tired look and mounds of paperwork 
facing him, it was understandable. But it was something Maxwell knew 
lead to other troubles in the midst of everything. 

"Well, on the bumps and bruises, you just need to have time to heal 
those wounds. But on the love connection, well that's another 
story..." 

<orde?> 

The doctor chuckled and smiled widely. "Don't think I don't see it Mr. 
Orde! It's as old as time. Fools fall in love, as a wise man once 
said. It's natural and very normal. Have you made plans to woo her?" 

<orde> 

Maxwell raised an eyebrow. "Woo her, Mr. Orde. Get under her skin and 
into her heart. Make the move, get on with it, get it on, do the thing, 
you know, grab her before someone else does..." Shaking his head, he 
ran another unit around the young man before him. "You've got to have 
the moves. Here. let me help you." And before the officer before him 
could say anything, Cambridge pulled out a PADD and handed to the second 
officer. 

"You've got to make the move. Have dinner, go dancing, skiing, 
swimming or take a cruise. Have a picnic under the stars! That PADD 
there has some programs on the holodeck that could be of use to you. 
Now, about your health and then you can go. Your stress levels are a 
bit higher than I'd like to see them. Relax, get the lady and go out. 
I don't want to see you in here with some kind of nervous tick in a few 
weeks. Other than that, you're cleared for duty Mr. Orde. Any 
questions?" 

<orde?> 

(Otono Medical Center, 12:45) 

The two surprise cases of the flu had been flown in effortlessly and 
were now resting in the Otono Stormcentre under the care of Jonathon 
Stone and assorted doctors. Cambridge checked his chrono. The good 
counselor was late, but it wasn't something Maxwell was going to get 
into bunches about. Considering he had 148 cases of a uncaring flu on 
the way to him. He had bigger fish to fry. He finished speaking to his 
nurse and found Kahlia Lono in front of him. 

"Dr. Cambridge, first Officer Kahlia Lono, reporting for the physical 
exam. I'm sorry to be late. But I was in a meeting with Admiral Jopek 
until nearly 12:00." 

Maxwell smiled, now knowing full well why Orde was in such a state. 
This was the reason. And what a good reason it was. 

"Ah, no need to be sorry Ms. Lono. Could be worse. Follow me over to 
the exam area and we'll get you out of here in no time." Turning, 
Maxwell Alexander Cambridge, a.k.a. Mac, walked to the exam area, which 
was slowly starting to fill with other physicals from the lower officers 
in each department. He guessed security and tactical were somewhere in 
there or at least on their way. Orde was nothing if efficient. Mac 
came to a table and allowed Lono to sit on it. 

"Well, how is the good newly minted first officer? Feeling well? Any 
injuries, maladies or sickness?" 

<Lono> 

<reply Lono, orde, any> 
<posted by sulu> 

(Otono Medical Center - Pierce Orde - 1115) 

"Well, on the bumps and bruises, you just need to have time to heal 
those wounds. But on the love connection, well that's another 
story..." 

~Eh?~ 

Pierce blinked. "What are you talking about, Doctor?" 

The doctor chuckled and smiled widely. "Don't think I don't see it Mr. 
Orde! It's as old as time. Fools fall in love, as a wise man once 
said. It's natural and very normal. Have you made plans to woo her?" 

"What?" 

Maxwell raised an eyebrow. "Woo her, Mr. Orde. Get under her skin and 
into her heart. Make the move, get on with it, get it on, do the thing, 
you know, grab her before someone else does..." Shaking his head, he 
ran another unit around the young man before him. "You've got to have 
the moves. Here. let me help you." And before the officer before him 
could say anything, Cambridge pulled out a PADD and handed to the second 
officer. 

"You've got to make the move. Have dinner, go dancing, skiing, 
swimming or take a cruise. Have a picnic under the stars! That PADD 
there has some programs on the holodeck that could be of use to you. 
Now, about your health and then you can go. Your stress levels are a 
bit higher than I'd like to see them. Relax, get the lady and go out. 
I don't want to see you in here with some kind of nervous tick in a few 
weeks. Other than that, you're cleared for duty Mr. Orde. Any 
questions?" 

"I don't get nervous tics. But as a side note," he said, leaning somewhat 
closer to the doctor, "If you see Rain, could you let her know that I 
need to speak to her? I left a somewhat personal item of mine with her 
before I left." 



(Reply Cambridge) 

Pierce nodded, and then left the center, PADD in hand. 

(Reply Cambridge, any) 
(Posted by Lenox) 

-Lenox - Lord of Hyphens 

(Otono Medical Center - CMO Cambridge - 1120) 

"I don't get nervous tics. But as a side note, if you see Rain, could 
you let her know that I need to speak to her? I left a somewhat personal 
item of mine with her before I left." 

Mac nodded, but shrugged. "I've not been able to locate Rain and no 
one seems to know where she is. I would like to ask you to see if you 
can keep you side of the station on a look out for her, as I am worried 
about her right now..." 

Pierce nodded, and then left the center, PADD in hand 

Cambridge turned and cracked his knuckles. The game was afoot. 

<reply none, any> 

<posted by Sulu> 
(Starbase Valhalla, Counselors office, Kahila Lono, 12:00) 

Kahila had hurried back to her office, after the meeting with Admiral Jopek. She was having her lunch - a toasted 
cheese sandwich, which she'd ordered from a replicator in the lounge - as she checked her messages. 
~Oh, no! Cambridge has medical exams for the counseling staff scheduled for 12:15. I'm obviously not going to 
make it on time. Well, I can only do the best I can at the moment.~ 

(Otono Medical Center, Kahila Lono, 12:45) 

Kahila walked into the medical center, and couldn't help smiling at the bustle and scurrying about, though she also 
found it somewhat alarming, considering the news about the virus. ~I suppose it doesn't matter that I'm a little late. 
The good doctor is obviously more than busy enough. I wonder what Cambridge is like, personally. I haven't 
exchanged more than a word or two with him since coming to Valhalla. Well, I suppose I'll become acquainted with 
him, with my new responsibilities.~ 

Kahila waited until Dr. Cambridge was finished consulting with a nurse, then said, "Dr. Cambridge, FIrst Officer 
Kahila Lono, reporting for the physical exam. I'm sorry to be late. But I was in a meeting with Admiral Jopek until 
nearly 12:00." 

(reply Cambridge) 

(Starbase Valhalla, Counseling Office, Kahila Lono, 1:30) 

Kahila came back into her office, sat down at the computer, checking her messages, and saw that at 12:30 Pierce 
Orde had requested his psych test. 
~Well, it seems I'm constantly running late today. And I don't think it will get better in the forseeable future.~ 

She touched her combadge, returning Orde's call. 

"Pierce, sorry to delay getting back to you. I just returned from Otono. Would ten minutes from now fit into your 
schedule?" 
(reply Orde) 
(Posted by Josephine Goodman) 
(Otono Medical Center, Kahila Lono, 12:45)   
Kahila smiled at Dr. Cambridge, apologizing for her late arrival for the physical exam. He said:   
"Ah, no need to be sorry Ms. Lono. Could be worse. Follow me over to 
the exam area and we'll get you out of here in no time." Turning, 
Maxwell Alexander Cambridge walked to the exam area, which 
was slowly starting to fill with other physicals from the lower officers 
in each department. Mac 
came to a table and allowed Lono to sit on it.   
"Well, how is the good newly minted first officer? Feeling well? Any 
injuries, maladies or sickness?"   
"No, none of those," Kahila replied. "Though I just returned from a very active away mission, and I have plenty of aches 
and a few bruises -- but nothing unexpected, considering that warehouse full of Klingons." She shrugged. "I think my 
body is finally adjusting to less sleep than I'd prefer. And I'm in rather a state of shock from my sudden promotion. Other 
than that -- I'm fine."   

~I think this doctor has quite a strong personality hidden behind his bedside manner. Interesting. ~   
Kahila closed her eyes, as Cambridge continued the exam. Her mind began to tumble with all the things she needed to 
do, the most immediate being to send messages to all the Valhalla officers, setting up psyche evalualuation times.   
(reply Cambridge) 
(posted by Josephine Goodman) 
(Otono Medical Center, CMO, 12:48) 

"No, none of those, though I just returned from a very active away 
mission, and I have plenty of aches and a few bruises -- but nothing 
unexpected, considering that warehouse full of Klingons. I think my 
body is finally adjusting to less sleep than I'd prefer. And I'm in 
rather a state of shock from my sudden promotion. Other than that -- 
I'm fine." 
Cambridge nodded and chuckled at the young lady's comments. He ran his 
medical tricorder over the woman's skin, finding the areas of aches and 
stress. He pulled out a slim unit and ran it over those muscles. 
"This should help slightly with all that problems. Also, here is a 
list of tea's that will keep you slighlty relaxed and a little more 
upbeat." He clicked the tool to the wall and put his hands on her 
shoulders and began to feel her muscles. Quickly, he did the same to 
her arms and hands, carefully inspecting each finger and runniing his 
tricorder. 
"You've got some stress areas in your upper shoulder areas. You may 
want to get a message or something along those lines in the coming days. 
In fact.." He pulled out a small paper card and handed it to her. 
"This lady runs a place on Valhalla. Give her this card and anytime you 
need one, free and as long as you need." 
Quickly, he snagged a hypospray and withdrew her blood quickly, and 
found nothing of interest. He turned to her and smiled. 
"Now, being that your the conselor, I'm sure you've had your share of 
men chasing after you..." 
He grinned as he lay back against the tool table. 
<reply FO, any> 
<posted by Sulu> 

(Starbase Valhalla, Science lab - Science Officer Horacio Tyrell - 13:00) 
Horacio was a little tired, he had spend the last three hours modifying and reconfigurating several probes, all the Science 
staff despite the fact that they were being understaffed, had redoubled one's efforts but they had succeeded, all the probes 
were ready and they were beginning to launch them in direction of the subspace rivers. 
Horacio was satisfied, all they had to do now was to wait the first readings send by the probes, this increasing of speed 
inside the rivers was worrying and he was wondering what could have cause it, he was hoping it was just a natural 
temporary phenomen and not something caused by an external intervention. 
Like the others he hadn't taken the time to eat something and he was beginning to have butterflies in his stomach. " Ok 
everyone, we can't do anything else for the moment, we can go to the mess hall and eat something. Just one of you will 
stay here to monitor the consoles. " They were all on their way to the doors when a alarm buzzed from Horacio's console. 
" Oh no the medical examination, I've completely forgotten it." he exclaimed in thinking for a moment. 
He wasn't really enjoying to go see the medics but he couldn't get away from it, it was the Admiral's orders " Ok, half 
of the team with me to the medical center, the others to the mess hall, when you've eaten, rejoin us." Horacio ordered 
(Otono Medical Center - Science Officer Horacio Tyrell - 1345) 
They were just on time, Engineering and Science were scheduled at 13:45 but there was still no sign of the Engineering 
staff ~ Good, we'll be first, the sooner the better ~ thought Horacio already fearing the examination. 
He took a big breath and entered, followed by the halfth of the Science Team, he went in direction of the CMO " Ensign 
Horacio Tyrell report in for the medical examination Sir." 
(Reply Cambridge) 
" No, the others will rejoin us later, we've worked in the labs until now and I've send them to the Mess Hall to eat 
something. But I'm sure they'll be there on time, It won't disrupt your schedule Sir. Can I be the first one ? We are 
expecting soon some results from the probes send inside the subspace rivers." 
(Reply Cambridge, any) 
(Posted by Patrick Buidin) 
<> 
(Starbase Valhalla: Security Office - Pierce Orde - 1327) 
Since the counselor hadn't returned his call yet, Pierce took the time to plough through some of the 
paperwork that had been building up on his desk. His commpanel chirped. 
=/\=Pierce, sorry to delay getting back to you. I just returned from Otono. Would ten minutes from 
now fit into your schedule?=/\= 
He tapped the panel. "Not a problem, Counselor. I'll be right down. Orde out." 
Quickly reorganizing his desk, Pierce stood to leave. 
(Starbase Valhalla: Counselor's Office - Pierce Orde - 1339) 
Pierce tapped the door chime to Kahlia's office and stepped in. 
"Here for my psych eval, Counselor." 
(Reply Kahlia) 
(Reply Kahlia, any) 
(Posted by Lenox) 
-Lenox - Lord of Hyphens