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Mission:Homecoming
Day: 2
Stardate: 2403.10.08
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(USS Mystique, Main Bridge, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 2020)
(USS Hood, Bridge, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 2027)
(USS Mystique - bridge - CO Captain Vanyssa Winters - 2115)
(USS Mystique; Bridge;TASC Ensign Travis Keswick- 2215)
(USS Mystique - Bridge - CSO Ketal - 22:25)
(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2230)
(USS Fairchild - Engineering section 4 - Cloak Control; Lt Cmdr Forrest Letwin; 2239)
(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2240)
(USS Mystique - Bridge; Security Officer Ensign James Tanner; 2250)
(USS Mystique - Bridge - Ensign Jason Dema - 2252)
(USS Mystique - Bridge - CSO Ketal - 22:53)
(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2255)
(USS Mystique; Bridge; TASC Ensign Travis Keswick ; 2255)
(USS Mystique - Engineering; Lt (jg) Tasha Hayridge; 2255)
(USS Mystique - Marine Center -ÊCassandra DemaÊ- 2259)
(USS Mystique - Bridge - Master Sgt Oo'lish 2300)
(USS Mystique - Marine Center - Major Richard Ian Lee - 2301)
(USS Mystique - Bridge - Ensign Jason Dema - 2303)
(USS Mystique - outside engineering - Ensign Jason Dema - 2305)
(USS Mystique - Brig TASC Ensign Travis Keswick 2305)
(USS Mystique - Sickbay - Dr. Kellita Weir- 2305)
(USS Mystique - turbolift/sickbay - CO Captain Vanyssa Winters -ÊÊ2307)
(USS Mystique - Deck 4 outside sickbay - COUNS Dr. Riven Mias - 2308)
(USS Mystique - Deck 17 Brig level - COUNS Dr. Riven Mias - 2310)
(USS Mystique - Deck 17 - Lt (jg) Tasha Hayridge - 2310)
(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2315)
(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2325)
(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2330)
(USS Mystique - Sickbay; Ensign Tourana:2330)
(USS Mystique - Bridge; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2345)
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(USS Mystique, Main Bridge, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 2020)
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HHril had continued his work on the bridge.Ê There was much to do in this instance as no real answers had yet been found.Ê Suddenly, a comm channel opened and HHril heard his name.
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=/\=Belinia to Lieutenant HHril and Ensign Tourana, meet me in docking bay one. Lieutenant Sarouk prepare a class eleven probe to scan for any residual cloaking field radiation, communications relays, un-identified communication bouys and cloaked or masked warp signatures. Also I want a class six comm relay probe. You have ten minutes and have them in the Danube class Runabout in docking bay one. Belinia out.=/\=
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~I guess we are going to try and get to the bottom of this.~ he thought to himself as his right hand rose to his commbadge. "On my way, Sir. HHril out." he replied as he rose to his feet.Ê He did not get two steps away, however as Ketal was standing directly in his path.Ê
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"Mr. HHril," said the half Vulcan man.Ê "I must apologize for my earlier brusque treatment of you, I have no excuses."
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Had he not known better, he could have sworn that Ketal was showing some signs of emotion... but that couldn't be right.Ê "Water under the bridge, Ensign." he replied, a smile playing on his lips.Ê "It's not everyday that your Captain has a knife thrown at her.Ê So what do you have?" he asked.
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Ketal handed a PADD to the Chief of Operations for the Mystique.Ê "Your reports," began Ketal. Ê"Mr. HHril show that the supposed intership beam was a ruse and is backed by my researches and those of Mr. Dema."Ê HHril scanned the data on the PADD as Ketal continued.Ê "Mr. Dema was called away rather quickly and I do not take chances, he was supposed to contact the Captain about our findings but his errand was rather urgent. Would you contact the Captain for me about the beam discrepancies?"
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"Gladly, Ensign." he replied, not looking up.Ê "Do you have anything else for me?"
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Another PADD was handed in his direction, a nod accompanying it.Ê "Also Mr. HHril,Êthis PADD shows the composition of the intended murder weapon, as you can see the 40/60 ratio of Vibranium and Duranium is rather rare. The knife could have been smuggled aboard butÊitÊis possible it was replicated here. Would you check your reports for the last three days to determine if that is so?"
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HHril looked at the data on the second PADD.Ê "I will run the check immediately upon my return, Ensign.Ê Good work."
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"Thank you Mr. HHril" he replied and was about to head away when the Captain broke in.Ê
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"Report.Ê What have the two of you discovered?" she asked.
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"Captain the intership transport reported earlier has been found to be false by the researches of Mr. Dema and myself and verified by the reports Mr. HHril made on power consumption from Transporter #2. The Intership transport Captain was a ruse, perhaps to lead us to believe your assailants had escaped the ship or perhaps for some other purpose. At the least your attackers are still on board Captain and at worst they may have something else planned that we do not know about. I urge extreme caution."
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"Agreed, Sir" broke in the Romulan OPS officer.Ê "I will continue running scans in an attempt to discern what exactly happened with the transporters."
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"Also Captain," continued Ketal.Ê "I have found evidence in your Ready Room that should prove invaluable in identifying your attacker." He handed the PADDs to the Captain.
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"Mr. Hhril, aren't you going with Commander Belinia?" asked the Captain, without looking up from the report.
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"Yes, Sir." he replied sheepishly.Ê "I am on my way."
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With that, he stepped back, nodded and headed for the turbolift doors.
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(USS Hood, Bridge, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 2027)
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"We need to discover if the Captains attackers came from another ship, or had any type of communication with another ship, or direct comms with the Alpha quadrant. Or any variant thereof. Ensign take your station and begin the pre-flight sequence. Lieutenant."
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HHril followed behind the FO as they entered the ship.Ê Lt. Sarouk was loading the probes into the ship for launch.Ê
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"Thank you Lieutenant." said the FO, meaning Sarouk and not HHril, who took his seat. "Make sure that you have an open link with the comms probe, we my need it. Also you will be receiving everything we get from the class eleven probe."
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"I'll take care of the comm link, Sir." HHril answered.
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"Thank you Lieutenant, I'll see you when we return." With that Sarouk walked out of the Runabout. "Lieutenant, make sure that all the data we receive is recorded on both probes, I intend to retrieve both if we can. Also have the computers on the Mystique and Hood record the data in a secure file. I'm taking no chances here."
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"Already set up, Sir." replied HHril.Ê "Secure data relay in place and the files will be dumped into my OPS station.Ê The only people that can unlock that station besides myself is you, the Captain, and Ensign Dema, should the need arise."Ê Both officers advanced the the bridge compartment of the ship where the Ensign had been busy readying the ship for launch.
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"Lieutenant, open a channel to the Mystique."
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"Channel open, Cmdr." replied the Romulan.
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"Captain, we are ready to depart. I'll see you soon."
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The Runabout reached its destination quickly.Ê HHril had busied himself with diagnostics of the primary and weapons systems.Ê ~Can't be too careful.~ he thought to himself as he received the final data.
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"Ensign, full stop." said the Lt. Cmdr.Ê "Lieutenant, launch the probe, and begin scans of the area."
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"Aye, Sir." replied HHril and began the scans.
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(posted by Matthew Elias)
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(USS Mystique - bridge - CO Captain Vanyssa Winters - 2115)
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Herk automatically tracked the progress of the shuttle.ÊÊS/he had briefed Tourana on the operations of the ship, but it was too soon to put that into practical use.ÊÊThe Hermat could just hope it was enough.ÊÊTourana seemed to have picked it up pretty well.
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"Conn, all stop," brought hir back to full focus, "until we hear back from Commander Belinia. I have a bad feeling.ÊÊI don't want to be too far from him."
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"Aye captain," Herk replied," full stop."
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The next hour was an excruciating wait, as bits and pieces of information filtered back to them.ÊÊAs Herk was well aware, hours of patience paid off in moments of tension.ÊÊThat moment had arrived.
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=^=Hood to Mystique, we are being followed by a Defiant class ship. Need urgent assistance, over.=^=
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The captain stood up and called out, "Red alert. All senior Officers to duty stations."ÊÊShe turned to OPS. "Get the Ambassador up here."ÊÊShe stated. She turned to Herk. "Get up to the Hood as quickly as you can. What is our ETA? Can we see them on long range sensors ?"
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Herks slender fingers were already moving over the controls and the ship jumped into full impulse.ÊÊ"At full impulse we should rendez-vous in about 30 minutes."
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Herk adjusted the ships controls to see if s/he could get any more out of those impulse engines.ÊÊ~Time to put those tech specs to the test.~
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(posted by Al Muir)
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(USS Mystique; Bridge;TASC Ensign Travis Keswick- 2215)
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Travis was just walking out of the turbolift when he herd the CO call out Red Alert. Travis ran to his station.
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"Shields up phasers and torpedos armed and ready captain". He said typing commands into his console. "I have the Hood on censers".
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"Tactical, issue a call to Geneva and to our Escort, requesting assistance.Ê I doubt anything is in range, but include what we've found."
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"Captain Geneva said there sending help but there 3 days out. Travis said looking up at her from his tactical station.
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(USS Mystique - Bridge - CSO Ketal - 22:25)
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When the DNA strands wereÊfinallyÊbroken down by the computer Ketal immediately called Dr. Radchenko.
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"Dr. Radchenko this is Ketal, I have important evidence against the Captain's attacker available and need to consult with you immediately, please reply."
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(Reply: Dr. Radchenko)
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Ketal leaned back in his chair and began monitoring incoming telemetry from the runabout whichÊFO Belinia was commanding, with so much to do in the last two hours he was having a much easier time focusing onÊobjectives rather than combating himself. ÊHeÊwas looking over some interesting informationÊwhen the call came in.Ê
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"Hood to Mystique, we are being followed by a Defiant class ship. Need urgent assistance, over."

Vanyssa stood up and started issuing orders. "Red alert. All senior Officers to duty stations." She turned to OPS. "Get the Ambassador up here." Then turned slightly towards Conn. "Get up to the Hood as quickly as you can. What is our ETA ? Can we see them on long range sensors ?"
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Ketal had already engaged long range scans. 
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"Affirmative Captain, I have the two ships on long range scanners."
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The half Vulcan engaged the screen so the Captain could watch what was transpiring, as of yet the ships were small and slowly growing and the flashes of weapons fire could be seen.
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Vanyssa turned slightly towards Engineering, Science and OPS. "This isÊgoing to take some ... coordination. As soon as we are close enough, beam them on board. I don't care what you have to do to do it, just get them back here as soon as possible. That shuttle isn't capable of taking on a Defiant."

"Aye Captain.: Ketal replied.

"Tactical, issue a call to Geneva and to our Escort, requesting assistance. I doubt anything is in range, but include what we've found." She stated, taking her seat again. She watched the Hood racing towards them, the Defiant not far behind.
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(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2230)
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The Fairchild had been ordered to remain in the beta Quadrant, at their current co-ordinates, and to await a masked comm signal from the USS Mystique. It would come via a comm probe, cloaked to avoid detection.Ê The Captain had heard it as it came in. Now it was his job to go rescue the operatives before they were discovered. He did not like this at all, he was Andorian, and loved a fight as much as the next species. But against another Starfleet ship, that was something he thought he would never have to do. But he had his orders. Just then his OPS officer spoke.
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"Sir, detecting a Danube class Runabout at bearing seven three nine mark five zero nine. We are within visual range."
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"On screen." He ordered. He had seen the evidence against the 52nd Fleet, he believed them to be traitors and had taken the assignment with relish, he wanted to see the traitors squirm. It was almost a passion now, an obsession. His crew were all volunteers, having been briefed of the defection of Admiral LoDona and his Fleet. He knew he could trust everyone of them. He could depend on them following his orders, even if they contradicted Starfleet regulations.
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"Sir, they have detected the comm probe using a Tachyon pulse. They are now beaming it aboard."
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"Understood. Damn we should have destroyed it!" Harvik rubbed his forehead, and stroked his left antennae.
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(USS Fairchild - Engineering section 4 - Cloak Control; Lt Cmdr Forrest Letwin; 2239)
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The data was coming through, they had detected a Danube class ship, they were friendly and Forrest had to think fast. He did not have the time to inform his superior of the hastily put together plan, before they left for the Beta Quadrant. He knew that she would know something was wrong, he had not contacted her for 2 days. He was sure Admiral LoDona would not know what was coming. They all knew something was going to happen, but when and where had been left secret. Now they were playing their cards.
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Forrest sat calmly at his station, he had been trained well. Sudden inspiration hit him and he started work immediately. He pulled up the cloaking device's controls and started to change frequency's. It took him barely a minute to complete, he hit the initiate button and the cloak switched its frequency.
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It was simple, and subtle but he hoped that someone would see the momentary ripple in space. It wasn't much, but he could do nothing else. If he was discovered then the whole operation could fall. He could deal with Starfleet Intelligence's 'interview' techniques, after all it was what he had been trained to deal with, but Admiral LoDona when he was angry would not be good. Forrest sat back and hoped the three officers would make it.
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(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2240)
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As the Fairchild was approaching the Danube, slowly, his OPS officer shouted.
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"Sir, they are transmitting a Tachyon Sweep, in our direction." James looked at his CO, concern in his eyes.
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"That was a lucky guess." Harvik sat in his chair watching the small runabout on his screen. The Tachyon Sweep hit and the small Danube turned and sped off. "Decloak. Pursuit course. Match speed. Prepare to fire.Ê "The Fairchild decloaked and sped after their prey. "Fire when we are in range." The Captain was rather cool and collected. He was enjoying this, the thrill of the chase.
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"Helm full speed, lets see if we can ram them. That'll shake them about."Ê The Captain was smiling.
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"Phasers and torpedoes, firing pattern Delta Phi." The Tactical officer was relaying his actions. "Direct hits, their shields are down to fifty four per cent. They are taking damage."
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Just then the small Danube pulled a surprising maneuver. She went up and around in a tight loop. The hunter had become the prey.Ê "Aft torpedoes, now!" Harvik shouted.
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"Sir..." James, the OPS officer said. "They are no longer registering on sensors."
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"What, how can this be? Find them, NOW!" Harkiv shouted and rose from his seat. All of a sudden there was an explosion, then another. "REPORT!!"
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"The tactical sensor array has been damaged, the Impulse engines have also been hit. Switching to manual targeting." Came the reply from tactical.Ê
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"How?" Harvik looked at James with a hard look. It was not long before he got his answer. The ship lurched as the runabout sped out of their shield bubble. "Clever, very clever." He turned and ran to his seat. "After them, hit them with everything Katriana!"
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"Aye! I'm attempting to lock phasers. Damn that pilot is good. It's going to be lucky if we hit them." She said as she tried to predict the movements of the unpredictable shuttle. She fired a full spread of torpedoes, and phasers. All missed their targets. Then her console beeped. "Sir, the Mystique is heading for us."
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"On screen." The screen changed to that of a relatively small Mystique, which was getting bigger.
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"Sir they are hailing us" James called out.
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"On screen." Harvik replied.
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"Sir, I have a partial lock on the runabout, firing torpedoes." Katriana sounded. A moment later. "Direct hit to their port nacelle, they are losing control sir. Readying the tractor beam."
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"They have launched an escape pod sir." Came James' voice. "The runabout is set to auto destruct." A moment later it blew up.
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(pb John)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge; Security Officer Ensign James Tanner; 2250)
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James had been given his assignment, and he knew that he would either die in the attempt or be caught.ÊÊHe knew that the Captain was being guarded by a marine, but everyone knew that Starfleet marines were large, bulky, slow moving, young men, whose only purpose in life was to serve as front line assault grunts so that the real fighters, that is Security, could do their jobs.
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The attack by the Fairchild was serendipitous - it meant that Janella in Engineering could arrange to get them out, and Krister could go after the children.ÊÊThe Admiral, when he had sent the patrol of four on this mission, had told them that their job was to do as much damage without getting caught. They were to kill as many people as possible.Ê That this Captain was a weak-willed Counselor, unworthy of her command.
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And no one aboard the ship knew that Doenitz had arranged for this Captain's daughter, who lived on Betazed, to be captured, and the Captain's grand-mother killed.
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Doenitz knew that the unknown would be far worse than the outright death of the little girl, who was.... well, James didn't know.ÊÊAll of the operatives for this mission were telepathic to some degree, James was one of the few human telepaths, Janella a Betazoid, and Krister... well, no one really knew what species Krister was, he had at least seven different species in him, most of which had some telepathic ability. Krister was a laboratory experiment.ÊÊBut the three didn't know who the fourth was.ÊÊThe fourth was a deep mole, and they weren't supposed to even investigate. They knew that this person was there, but not if he was male or female or neither.
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It really didn't matter.ÊÊJames had arrived on the Bridge and had not seen the marine guard. That was rather clumsy of them, and made his job much easier.ÊÊ He breathed a deep sigh and took over one of the science positions, right behind the Captain.ÊÊ James had been taught to be inconspicuous, and now was the time to put that training into use.
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When Janella had managed to contact the Fairchild, James took the initiative, and grabbed his phaser and his knife.ÊÊThe phaser shot went wide as the Captain seemed to sense what was coming, and the knife just grazed her.ÊÊThat was enough, the poison would spread from there.ÊÊThen the marine commando chick had come out of nowhere with a knife to his throat. ~Where the hell did she come from?~ÊÊJames thought to himself. And then the Fairchild was gone.
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"It doesn't matter if we die."ÊÊJames spit in the Captain's face as security arrived. "You are a traitor to the Fleet and all of you will die, especially the ones you love."ÊÊHe laughed as he was dragged away.Ê Janella was angry that she hadn't managed to get them free and off the ship... Krister... Krister had managed to get a knife intoÊÊa marine and a phaser blast to the head of one of the children.ÊÊKrister was now dead at the hands of the surviving marine.ÊÊThe other child was
probably unconscious, if not severely wounded.ÊÊTheir mission was complete. And there were more like them under the command of the Great Admiral Doenitz. He'd been planning this a long, long time.
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(reply security and marines, any on the Bridge who want to react)
(pb melinda :-)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge - Ensign Jason Dema - 2252) 
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Jason was sitting at his console on the bridge, being curious as he was, and especially in tense situations, Jason always looked at the different movement and sounds in the room, also when he heard the doors open from the turbolift, he looked back to see a security officer entering the bridge. ~I didn't call for anymore backup then there already is.~ he thought, but decided to let it go. Suddenly Jason heard a phaser discharge, grabbed his phaser and aimed at the direction the sounds came from, he could hit the person with no problem, but when he turned and aimed, he noticed that the marine already had him under control, he still kept targeting his phaser and went over to him. the officer started shouting at the Captain, and after he spitted in her face, he was dragged away.
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suddenly Jason received a report from the security officers protecting the children.
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=/\= security to Ensign Dema =/\=
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=/\= Ensign Dema here, go ahead =/\=
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=/\= we've been attacked in the marine staging area, and I regret to say that there are several wounded. =/\=
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Jason looked in Vanyssa's eyes to see see was worrying about her daughter.
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=/\= how many wounded..... and how are the children. =/\= Jason asked with a terrified voice
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=/\= Both wounded =/\=
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Jason did his best not to show his tears, he wanted to ask the Captain if he could go see, knowing she would come along, but he hesitated and waited for
Vanyssa's reaction
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(reply Vanyssa, any)
(Ensign Jason Dema)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge - CSO Ketal - 22:53)
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"Captain," Ketal called. "Sensors show hits on the enemy vessel, their targeting sensors have been heavily damaged as have their impulse engines. Shields are currently at 85.3 percent but their combat ability has been severely degraded. Shields on the Hood are heavily damaged, estimate 26.3 percent capability remaining and the enemy ship is still firing."
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"Can we beam them out ?" The Captain asked to no one in particular. TheÊreply came from the engineering console as Sarouk gave an affirmative answer.
Suddenly the runabout's shields were breached and it took a direct hit and began to careen out of control.

"I don't care if we have to lower our shields, get them aboard." Vanyssa demanded. "Do we have an ID on that vessel ?"

Ketal answered. "Their identification transponder has been disabled however the USS Gallant was the last known Defiant class ship in the area. An escape pod has just been jettisoned from the Hood Captain, estimate 3.5 minutes before retrieval."
(Reply: Dr. Radchenko,ÊAny)
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(Posted by Charles)
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(USS Fairchild - Bridge; Captain Harvik Shras; 2255)
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=/\=This is Captain Vanyssa Winters of the Federation Starship, USS Mystique. Why are you firing on my runabout ?=/\= Came the voice, then as
the screen changed he saw her. She was standing, looking very tired and weak.
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Harvik smiled as he too stood. "We wanted some exercise Captain." He pulled himself up to his full height. "Captain Vanyssa Winters, you are hereby ordered by Starfleet Command to lower you shields and surrender your vessel.Ê You and your crew will be charged with insubordination, High Treason against the Federation and conspiracy to incite Civil War."
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Vanyssa stood in shock with the words read against her. "I apologize, Captain. I just got my ship yesterday, I'm not ready to give her up yet. I have my orders from Admiral LoDona, and I assume that you have yours from Admiral Doenitz. Since you can't take on an Akira, how about we talk, diplomatically." Vanyssa temporized.
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"Sir, she is correct. We cannot take on an Akira. We don't have the power, or the targeting scanners!" Katriana said in a low voice.
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"My desire to fire on a Federation ship is small, Captain, and since I spent my days as a Counselor, I have no desire to see death happen. "Inspiration hit Vanyssa. "Captain, may I introduce you to Ambassador Anastasia Tar-Thurian. You don't have to talk to me." Vanyssa said, taking her seat again, and crossing her legs confidently. "But I would like you to at least listen." She said, motioning for the Ambassador to speak.
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Harvik stood motionless, he was surprised that the Captain did not want to fight. Traitors always wanted to fight. As he watched Winters sit, a beautiful woman appeared on the screen. He obviously had no choice in the matter. "Very well Captain, as you wish." Harvik took his seat. "Ambassador, I presume you will seek a peaceful resolution. I am willing to listen, but everything you say will be considered testimony."
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Ana stood to her full height before speaking as all Efrosian Warrior-Priests did before speaking or going to battle. "Captain, I am Council Member Anastasia Tar-Thurian, I arrived here on behest of Admiral LoDona to Observe the actions from Both sides. I required your Name Captain."
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Harvik sat there smiling, he was intrigued about this woman. "My name is Harvik Shras, as you can tell I'm Andorian." He glanced at his OPS officer who was trying to get his attention. He muted communication with the Mystique and walked up to James. "What is it?"
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Ana caught the slight look one gives when someone has just tried to speak to you and knew that someone out of view was speaking to Harvik.
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James looked at Harvik. "Sir, they want to speak to you." He reported.
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"Who?" He replied.
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"The three operatives on the mystique." James said.
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"Very well, put them through."
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"Aye, audio only." James said as he pushed the buttons to open the comm link. "You have one minute thirty seconds."
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=/\=Captain, we request immediate extraction for two.=/\= Came the voice.
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"Understood, but it will be rather hard to mask a transport signal." Harvik was feeling anxious, he did not want to provoke the Mystique openly, he much preferred to do it verbally.
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=/\=We have a plan. One of us works in Engineering. Look for the shields dropping. It will only be a short time before they bring them back up, so lock onto the active ETT's.=/\=
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Watching the body language of Harvik, Ana knew they were up to something, what she didn't know.
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"Captain, they are up to something, watch out." She told Vanyssa without moving.
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"Understood, Fairchild out." Harvik turned to face the view screen. The Ambassador was still stood there, waiting patiently. He nodded for the conversation to be resumed. "Pleasure to meet you Anastasia. Now, I seem to be at a disadvantage, so what say we cut to the chase. What is it you want from us?"
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Ana bowed to Harvik when he came back on, "And it is a pleasure, I hope Captain, to meet you. My Dear Captain, I had not and the council had not known that there was any hostilities between any of the Fleet. Why has Admiral Doenitz not brought this before us?"
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"Admiral Doenitz has provided evidence that you, and the rest of the 52nd have dissented from Starfleet. All the evidence was submitted to a selection of the Admiralty. They agreed that the evidence was compelling. There no 'hostilities' in the Fleet, because you are not part of the Fleet." Harvik was getting worried, they needed to get out of here, fast. He was trying to conceal his true mission, and those of the other nine ships in this Quadrant. And that number would increase within the coming months.
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"It would seem Captain that the information went only to Admirals that were loyal to him, if not he would have sent the information to all the Admirals. As I have said, I am here gathering information to inform the council of what is going on in the fleet. So, Far Captain, I have only seen hostilities from loyal subjects of Doenitz, this will not set well with the council. So, if you don't want more to be added, I suggest you leave this ship alone." Ana saw that Harvik was getting nervous and wondered what was going on with him, he had to have something going on in the background that she could not see.
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While Ana was talking to the Captain Vanyssa got a very strange feeling.Ê ::Riven ? Something is wrong.:: Vanyssa sent, still looking straight ahead. Her eyes didn't flicker and nothing indicated that she was speaking telepathically to her Counselor
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Riven had been reading the thoughts of Captain Harvik and missed the person that had walked up behind Vanyssa and he almost screamed at her when he
saw someone else was already reacting.
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Vanyssa froze as she felt someone coming at her from behind. She ducked and came up with her phaser pointed at the crewman. Her Bodyguard already had a knife to the guys throat. Vanyssa rose, walking over to Ana. "So this is how you decide to play fair with me, Captain? Assassination of a Starfleet Captain on her own Bridge?" Vanyssa was angry. She turned around to her CE. "I want an identity of this one. And I want to know who his conspirators are." Vanyssa turned back to the screen, She waited for the Captain's response.
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"I have no idea what you are talking about Captain. I assure you that this was not authorized by Starfleet Command."
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::Vanyssa the shields will drop in a moment and they are going to beam the assassins off. There is one in Engineering getting ready to do that.:: Riven sent to Vanyssa quickly.
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It had all happened too fast. He had no choice. Harvik turned to James and Katrina and gave the signal to end communication with the Mystique. They had been compromised and he was not taking any chances. "Target their weapons array, phasers and torpedoes full spread. Helm, head for the emergency rendezvous point, maximum warp. Deploy cloak. Engage."
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All at once the Fairchild had loosed its weapons and was now heading out of the vicinity, cloaked and free. ~They will have to get out of that themselves.~ He thought. There would be further opportunities, after all, the Mystique was a ripe target.
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"Evasive Maneuvers." Vanyssa declared. The Akira ship easily evaded most of the weapons, taking one glancing blow to one of the warp nacelles. "Damage report." Vanyssa said, as steam came from one of the conduits.
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(reply tactical, Conn, OPS)
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"Can we trace the Fairchild ?" Vanyssa demanded.
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(reply tactical)
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Vanyssa leaned back and sighed. She looked up to see security arriving for the prisoner. "Sergeant, please inform Mr. Lee that one of the conspirators is in Engineering. That should help." She looked over at Riven and sighed. "Dr. Mias, please come with me. I'll be in Sickbay, speaking with the away team. As soon as we have estimates for repairing the damage, call me." She entered the turbolift and headed towards Sickbay.
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(Reply all mentioned)
(Posted by John)
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(USS Mystique; Bridge; TASC Ensign Travis Keswick ; 2255)
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"Do we have an ID on that vessel ?" As the CO said that Travis was typing commands into his station trying to get the ships ID.
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Captain according to censers it is the USS Fairchild. he said looking at the captain with a look of concern.
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Travis stood there with a stone look on his face. as the captain talked to the FairchildÊÊcaptain.
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Without any warning he sow an assassin going for the captain but the marine guarding the captain restrained the assassin.
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Travis was standing by the captain with his phaser in hand as the marine removed the prisoner from the bridge.
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(Reply any)
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(PB Keswick)
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(USS Mystique - Engineering; Lt (jg) Tasha Hayridge; 2255)
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Tasha was at her station, monitoring the power flow readouts from the warp core. She was using that as a cover for what she was really doing. She had put in place the security software Doenitz's lackies had given her. she was certain no-one knew of her involvement with the plot to kill the Captain. She was doubly certain nobody could detect what she was actually doing.
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Tasha was trying to lower the shields so that she and 'Keys' would be able to be beamed off and into safety. This had been a bad mission, their plan had not succeeded completely. But now the entire fleet would feel glittery, and that was something she felt good for.
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Just as she was about to lower the shields all heck broke loose. Danny had tried to kill the Captain again, as planned, but he had been dragged off to the Brig. She saw the Fairchild on her little monitor, and she saw the attack, the ship lurched as it was hit, and the Fairchild was gone. "No, no, no!!!" She half shouted. This was going from bad to worse faster than warp nine. Now she was stuck with trying to hide in the crowd.
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This was what she had not wanted, but she knew that the Fairchild would have had no choice. She deleted all her files pertaining to the current mission and then dumped the software in the redundant memory core. She had to get to Danny, somehow. Reports had come in that Keys had been killed in the Marine Centre. He had been given the task of killing the kids. That was the only part of the mission she detested, Doenitz actually requested that they target the Captains kid. She felt nauseous when she read that the kids were being taken to sickbay.
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Tasha held her stomach, after a pang of nausea ran through her. She was scared, and she knew that scared people made mistakes. She had to somehow be
inconspicuous.
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She tapped into the Brig systems and modified the force field of the cell Danny was in. It would flicker in the code which had been developed by Doenitz's covert OPS department. All operatives knew that code, so Danny would know what she was intending. She grabbed a tricorder, and also an Engineers toolkit. She walked over to the small arms locker and opened it using the codes stored in her tricorder. She removed a type I phaser, which she placed in her belt pocket, And 2 type II phasers which she placed in the toolkit.
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Once she was certain nobody had seen her she closed the locker and walked towards the turbolift. As the doors opened security entered Engineering, in force. She stepped onto the turbolift and the doors closed.
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(Reply any)
(pb John)
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(USS Mystique - Marine Center -ÊCassandra DemaÊ- 2259)
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Cassandra was playing with Jennah when they noticed someone talking to the marine guards, when suddenly the person pulled a knife and his phaser, stabbed the knife into ones chest and aiming his phaser at Jennah, but at the moment he fired....... Cassandra jumped in front of her.
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"JENNAAAAH." She yelled before receiving the blast on her head.
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(reply anyone)
(posted by Anthony Struelens)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge - Master Sgt Oo'lish 2300)
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There was no hesitation. At the first sign of quick movement the Marine was already moving forward. At the sign of a phaser her knife was out. She was just behind him when he fired and tossed the knife, both missed the Captain luckily, and half a second later she had jabbed in the kidney with her phaser and gotten the knife around his throat. "One move," she whispered harshly, "And Ill not only slit your throat, but wear your balls for a necklace and eat your kidneys medium-well."
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(reply: if desired)
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She braced herself and dragged the prisoner back as the Captain continued talking to the rebel ship, "Oo'lish to all security forces, we've had another attempt on the bridge, stand alert!" The Captain turned to her briefly with a demand for his identification, the Marine nodded sharply at that.
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After a few more minutes, the Fairchild had fired on them and engaged cloak, and the bridge was again fairly quiet. The prisoner had gotten a small nick on his throat, less by accident and more by design, a warning that even under fire she wasn't going to let him go. He didn't look overly happy at that.
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She handed him over quietly to the guard that took him away spitting curses and dark promises. The combat knife was quickly slipped into the sheath it came from. "I'm sure someone will be along to talk to this one shortly," she told the guard.
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(reply: Security, if desired)
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"Sergeant, please inform Mr. Lee that one of the conspirators is in Engineering. That should help." She looked over at Riven and sighed. "Dr.Mias, please come with me. I'll be in Sickbay, speaking with the away team. As soon as we have estimates for repairing the damage, call me."
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Oo'lish fell into step behind the Captain, her phaser openly at her side, there would be no more near-misses. "Oo'lish to Lee, the Captain informs you that there is one more conspirator in Engineering."
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=^=Who? I'm on my way, Security team to Engineering, wait outside the doors, don't cause a stir!=^=
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The Master Sergeant looked over at the Captain, who had already called for Sickbay to the turbolift. She had heard the question, the Marine wouldn't need to repeat it.
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(reply: CO, Mias, any)
(posted by Trout)
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(USS Mystique - Marine Center - Major Richard Ian Lee - 2301)
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Rich ground his teeth together, he disliked waiting, he vowed for the hundredth time that he would be on the bridge the next time there was a problem.
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=^=Oo'lish to all security forces, we've had another attempt on the bridge, stand alert!=^=
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Rich was on his feet a moment later, and had only just gotten out his door when he heard phaser sounds. His sidearm was out and he joined the immediate rush of Marines into the back administrative rooms. The sight that greeted his eyes was not immediately pleasing, there was a Marine in SDU on the ground, trying to stem the flood of blood from a chest wound. One of the Marines knelt by him and ripped out the first aid kit most Marines carry as Rich continued.
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He was not pleased.
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"Medical team to the Marine center on the double!" he barked after tapping his badge, "Three casualties, one knife wound, two phaser blasts."
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The ship suddenly rocked, but his duty was here. Someone pushed a hypospray filled with a mild sedative into the remaining child, but it didn't do much.The very small kit that Marines carried wasn't meant to act as a hospital, and it was mostly filled with pain-killers and anti-biotics, of the few drugs it sported.
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He holstered the phaser and turned to the surviving guard. Without a word he grabbed the man's arm and shoved him out the door. "Report," he said in dangerous tones.
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The Marine came to attention. "Sir, the traitor came up requesting status of the children. I answered him succinctly but did not give him the option of seeing them. Then," the Marine paused, "He got a funny look on his face sir, which I thought odd. Yahan apparently thought that look dangerous, he was the first to pull his sidearm. By the time he had gotten it out of the holster though, he had a knife sticking out of his chest and the man had barreled through." The Marine's face hardened, "Sir, it took me only a couple seconds to turn and draw, but by that time he had already executed one of the children and was already firing on the second by the time I shot him. His aim was poor and he only clipped the second, That is where you found us."
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Rich moved in close, "You will have a chance to rectify this mistake, Marine. You will serve the dead child's Honor guard, and by God you will be sleeping next to the survivor. It had better be you dead rather then your charge if there is another attack."
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Rich's words weren't particularly needed, the Marine's face was solid rock.Ê "Sir, AYE sir!"
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He turned, "I want no less then a Squad in defense this time. I *WILL* eat the heart of those that fail after this, Do you get me?"
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"OOWAH Sir!" came the reply from those around. Most of the Marines he saw were spitting mad, someone had waltzed right into their home and attacked one of their charges. That didn't go over well, they would be looking for payback later.
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=^=Oo'lish to Lee, the Captain informs you that there is one more conspirator in Engineering.=^=
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Rich bolted for the door, "Who? I'm on my way, Security team to Engineering, wait outside the doors, don't cause a stir!"
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(reply: Captain)
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This was an internal Security matter, he didn't want a dozen Marines storming into Engineering, Security was far better suited to an action like this. He would think and mourn over the dead child later, when there was time.
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(reply: Captain, Medical, any)
(posted by Trout)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge - Ensign Jason Dema - 2303)

When Jason heard Major Lee asking for a security detail to engineering Jason turned to the Captain again.

"Captain, permission toÊlead that group."

(reply Vanyssa)

With that Jason walked of the Bridge tapping his commbadge.

=/\= Ensign Dema to security, I want a fully quipped team with type III phasers set to heavy stun, wait for me at the entrance of main engineering =/\=

=/\= Acknowledged Sir, team underway =/\=

Jason entered the turbolift.

"Engineering."

The lift beeped in acknowledgment and went on his way to engineering.

(USS Mystique - outside engineering - Ensign Jason Dema - 2305)

stepping out of the lift Jason walked to the main doors where his team was already waiting.

"Good, listen up, we are here to apprehend a conspirator who is yet unknown to us, we will wait here for Major Lee who will brief us further. I don't have to tell you guys how important it is to capture the subject, so watch any suspicious moves, and take no chances, call for backup, is that clear."

"Yes Sir."

Just then Jason saw Lee arriving at their position.

"We are ready when you are Major."

(reply Lee)

(posted by Anthony Struelens)
(USS Mystique - Brig TASC Ensign Travis Keswick 2305)
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Travis wasÊÊso mad at what this man did he didn't say a word as he put upÊthe force field Locking the him into the brig.
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Just then Travis herd The captain say over the intercom.
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=^=Security team to Engineering, wait outside the doors, don't cause a stir!=^=
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Travis turned to the security and marine officers that escorted him and the prisoner to the brig.
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"I wont you two to stay here with the prisoner."
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=/\= on my way captain =/\= rushing out the door heading for engineering
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On his way to engineering Travis had allot going threw his mind about the last 3 hours. But if there is one thing he knows it is he will stand by the Captain and first Officer Know matter what happens in this crazy mess there in.
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When Travis got to the door leading to engineeringÊÊthere where already Security officers standing by.
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(reply any)
(Posted by Keswick)
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(USS Mystique - Sickbay - Dr. Kellita Weir- 2305
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=^=ÊÊMedical, prepare for site to site transport of two wounded children and one marine.=^=ÊÊKellita heard over the comm a few moments after the emergency team arrived on the scene.ÊÊKellita hadÊÊalready activated the small pediatrics ward, complete with smaller biobeds, and she signaled the affirmative.
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As soon as the two children were there, she started scanning them.ÊÊOne was brain dead, the older of the two, the other wasn't in as much danger. Kellita motioned the nurse over to take care of the younger one, then began barking orders for a stimulator and several other aperatus.ÊÊShe attached the stimulator and pulled up the schematics, noting how various organs were shutting down.ÊÊShe frowned, stabilizing the body on life support as she began to stimulate the brain.
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She sent electrical shocks in, and was gratified to see after two and an increase in the adrenaline hypo, that the brain functions started. She knew that she would have to go in and surgically graft repair tissue to the burnt and injured areas of the young woman's brain, but that could wait for a couple hours.ÊÊIt was a delicate procedure, and she would need to discuss with Dr. Radchenko how best to go about it. Kellita did not consider herself to be a skilled surgeon, and she hoped that the good Doctor was.
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Kellita turned her attention back to the other girl, and felt a lot of concern for her.ÊÊSomeone whispered that it was the Captain's daughter.Ê Kellita noted that Dr. Radchenko had already started treatment for the shock and phaser burns.
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"Doctor, anything that I can help with ?"ÊÊKellita asked, as she pulled up the file on the brain-dead girl, a Cassandra Dema.
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(reply Radchenko)
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Kellita nodded, studying the file for any drug allergies, and when not seeing any, set the treatment plan, as well as the stimulator to keep her under.ÊÊKellita frowned at the readings that she was getting, apparently the girl had fractured her arm in several places, and one of her eyes was badly burnt.
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The fracture could be dealt with, but the trauma to the eye....ÊÊThat would take some regeneration of the optical nerves, and possibly a replacement.ÊÊ Kellita then covered the eye with an optical regenerator and set it to do the work.ÊÊShe quickly aligned the fractures in the arm, sealing them and allowing them to heal.
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She slumped from the work and noted that only 45 minutes had went by. She went back to the CMO office, where Radchenko was sitting, and spoke to him about the condition of the Dema-girl.
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(reply Radchenko)
(pb Melinda :-)

(USS Mystique - turbolift/sickbay - CO Captain Vanyssa Winters -ÊÊ2307)
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=^=Who? I'm on my way, Security team to Engineering, wait outside the doors, don't cause a stir!=^=
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Vanyssa grinned at Lee's remark, and tried very hard not to laugh. She stumbled and Riven caught her as she briefly saw through Jennah's eyes, and then felt Jennah fall.
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Vanyssa looked up at Riven's wide concerned eyes and then ran down the hallway towards sickbay.ÊÊShe got there and... it was nightmarish.ÊÊShe saw her FO sitting in a corner, being treated by a nurse. She walked over to him, and inquired after how he was doing, one eye and part of her mind on the small pediatrics area in the corner.
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"Report, Commander."ÊÊShe said in a flat tone of voice. She wanted all of this mess mopped up before it could get any worse. She had caught the last edge of the Fairchild's Captain's thoughts, and they didn't leave her happy.ÊÊShe would also have to deal with Riven and the fact that he wasn't obeying the telepathic laws.ÊÊShe realized with a shock that he probably thought he was doing fine. It was war, and having a telepath read what he could, well it was permissible right ?
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Vanyssa shook her head mentally, something that she had always a tendency to do physically while thinking.ÊÊ She had a lot of moral questions that would require answering before she was satisfied that what she was doing was right.
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(reply FO, Sickbay, any)
(posted by melinda )
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(USS Mystique - Deck 4 outside sickbay - COUNS Dr. Riven Mias - 2308)
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Just as they were about to reach Sickbay, Riven felt what Vanyssa had saw in her minds eye. It caused her to stumble and as she was falling, he reached out to catch her. All he could do was to look at her and let her know that he was also concerned for the safety of Jennah. Then Vanyssa steadied her feet and ran the rest of the way toward Sickbay.
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He was about to run after her, but having spread his thoughts out to the crew in a general manner, he picked up several key thoughts that contained the name of Jennah. Having heard that name, he centered on the one that it had came from and what that person was doing.
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Looking down towards sickbay, seeing Vanyssa enter in a rush, he quickly and angrily decided that someone else needed his attention more than Vanyssa at that point. He turned around and ran to the turbolift. He was glad that he was not far from it and as he jumped in, he shouted, "Brig level, Deck 17 emergency."
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(USS Mystique - Deck 17 Brig level - COUNS Dr. Riven Mias - 2310)
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Riven ran out of the turbolift just as the doors open and started to run to the brig when he got the feeling that his prey had not gotten there yet but was heading down the turbolift as he did. He walked over to the brig and stepped inside just enough to see a guard there.
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"There is a brig break about to be attempted, watch your prisoner heavily." He shouted then he was back out the door and heading to the turbolift.
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He had managed to arrive about half way from the brig when the doors opened and he got the sight of the one he was wanting to intercept. He had done this before, but, he had not liked doing it unless it was necessary. He knew that she had been part of the attack not only on Vanyssa but on her daughter Jennah as well. He also knew that the other child had gotten in the way so that Jennah would not be dead now.
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Riven was going to make sure that this one could not interfere with them getting what they deserved for their actions. His rage at the attacks only fueled his abilities and was threatening to over flow into this woman, this assassin.
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He saw the weapon come forward but before she could fire, it was too hot in her hands to hold it and she dropped it. He also made sure that she stepped out of the turbolift into the corridor onto her knees. He was oblivious of his surroundings at that time, he was solely focused on her and what she helped to be done.
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(reply any)
(pb Frank Rogers)
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(USS Mystique - Deck 17 - Lt (jg) Tasha Hayridge - 2310)
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Tasha was nearing her destination. The doors opened and her senses told her that someone was waiting, she drew her type I phaser from its hiding place, but it became too hot. She dropped it and looked to see Dr Riven in the hall.
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Suddenly, her head was filled with immense pain. Her ears were ringing louder than a torpedo explosion, and they started to bleed. She fell to her knees trying not to scream. As she fell she dropped the toolkit, and it opened. Her instincts took over and she regained control of her thoughts.Ê She had not been trained toÊ attackÊlike he was doing, but she could repel. It took physical effort to send his burst back to him, she was sweating profusely. He riled back as his assault was returned.
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She quickly grabbed a type II phaser from the floor and fired it at Riven.Ê She had no intention of killing him, and it had been on the lowest setting.Ê He fell to the floor, but she knew that his mental ability gave him a greater recovery time. She scooped up the toolkit and ran, phaser in hand, towards the brig. As the doors opened she noticed the warden holding a type III phaser rifle. She rolled to the floor and fired first, he fell in a slump onto the console he was standing behind.
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Tasha had to work fast, the alarm in the security centre would indicate that there had been phaser fire in the brig. She neglected her carefully selected tools and fired at the console which controlled the force field to Danny's cell. The phaser was set on full power, and the console blew out, and so did the field. She threw the phaser at Danny and took up the wardens rifle, pocketed the type II and then proceeded to initiate a site-to-site transport.
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She was stopped in her tracks as the Dr came rushing in, the mental attack was so powerful Danny fell to the floor, obviously with a brain anurism. Tasha was experiencing slight nausea and pain in her head. Her ears started to bleed again, but she continued on with the site-to-site.
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She repelled his attacks, but it was getting increasingly hard to do, her ability was not as advanced as his, she was getting weaker by the second. She could tell that it was weakening him somewhat aswell, it was not helped by the fact he had only just recovered from a phaser shot. She was nearing her goal, she could almost taste her freedom. Then he sent out such a wave as she had never felt. She was conscious enough to see him topple to the ground, moments before the darkness smothered her.
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(Reply Riven, Security [when you find us!])
(pb John)

(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2315)

When Peter had been placed on the bio-bed, his adrenaline dissipated. He screamed in agony as the full weight of the pain, and shock spurted forth. He did not realize that several ribs had broken in his chest, his spine had been splintered. His left hand was burnt, and it looked un-usable. His head hurt, the blood had dried and crusted over his face, the deep gash on his forehead was a dark red stain. He looked up as the doctor's face appeared before his. He was saying something, but Peter was slipping into unconsciousness. Finally all was black.Ê
(Reply Doctor, any in sickbay)
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(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2325)
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Peter came around, groaning loudly. He still hurt, but it was duller. He made to sit up, but someone's hand was on his shoulder. It was firm, but gentle. He remained on his back for several more moments as he readjusted to the light, and sounds of sickbay.
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"What's happening?" Peter asked, still groggy from whatever drug Radchenko had given him. He was now aware of the voices around him. Tourana was still there, she had not been as badly hurt as him, or even as HHril.
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(Reply Radchenko, any)
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"HHril, Tourana..." Peter was cut off by the doctor.
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(Reply Radchenko)
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Peter sat up and swung his legs around the bed. He noticed that his hand was all healed, his chest and back were still sore and were tight. His head, still hurt but it was a dull ache. Peter stood off the bed.
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"Aaaaarrrghhhh!" He cried as his legs and spine took his weight again, amidst some revolt. He noticed that the Captain was standing next to him. ~It must have been her hand.~ "Captain, not bad for a shakedown, huh?" He said trying to laugh.
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(Reply Captain)
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"Yes Ma'am, I'll be right there." Peter said as he took his first tentative steps towards the door.
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(Reply ALL)
(pb John)
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(USS Mystique - Sickbay; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2330)
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After Peter had spoken with Radchenko, the Captain came over and bellowed "Report, Commander!"
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Peter was still dazed and a little wobbly on his legs, but he swallowed and focused on the Captain.
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"Ma'am, I'll skip everything before the attack, it will all be in my report." Hes aid, wincing as he shifted his weight. "Once we had retrieved the cloaked probe, Ensign Tourana here spotted a cloak phase shift and we sent out a Tachyon pulse to confirm. Suddenly the Defiant class was on top of us, no word of warning. The opened fire as we turned to escape.
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"I took the decision to run as I did not think it would be a good career move if I got the three of us, and the evidence, destroyed." He tried to laugh, but it was too painful. "Ma'am, Ensign Tourana is the reason we are here, and not space dust. It was her flying that kept us away from the majority of the weapons fire. She deserves the credit." Peter wanted to continue his report, but he almost fell. He was tired and he hurt, but he could pull out some energy if he needed it, although the doc would not like it.
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(Reply Winters)
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Peter was ordered to the Bridge to co-ordinate the retrieval of data on the current situation, as the Captain went to speak with the good doctor about the children he had just noticed were lying on bio-beds. ~Someone needs to fill me in on the situation.~
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(USS Mystique - Sickbay; Ensign Tourana:2330)Ê
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" I really am perfectly all right, honestly nurse ", Tourana insisted but the nurse refused to let her get up until the Doctor had checked her over.
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" Look, I just want to check onÊthe others " she pleaded, referring to Hhril and Peter. Hhril was unconscious when she last saw him, and PeterÊhad beenÊin terrible painÊand covered in blood. All Tourana had wrong with her, as far as she was concerned, was a little bump on the head, a stiff neck, and a tiny cut, barely a scratch even.
The nurse decided to show Tourana that she was a little underestimating of her current state,Êso made her look in a small mirror.
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" Oh " she responded, " well, maybe I will wait for the Doctor then ", Êthen she promptly threw up.
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The mirror had revealed a very swollen face on the right side, a black eye, busted cheekbone, and her hair was plastered to her head by dried blood.
 She barely recognized herself but thankfully the appearance was purely cosmetic and should be easily fixed once the dermal regenerator was to be used but she was not badly injured enough to warrant being seen to immediately - Peter and Hhril needed the Doc far more than her. She admitted defeat and agreed to wait quietly, much to the nurses relief !
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(reply Doc )
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Tourana noticed the Captain enter sickbay. She looked composed but worried at the same time. Although Tourana could not see from where she was laying, apparently the Captains daughter was also in sickbay, Êsuffering from phaser burns if she had overheard correctly. A short while later, she heardÊthe CaptainÊbellow at Peter for a report on what had happened. Peter was speaking too quietly for the Ensign to hear his response to the Captain but she hoped he was not getting blamed for the destroyed runabout - that was down to Tourana not being quick enough to dodge the fire from the Defiant and she would tell the Captain so herself when she got the chance. It seemed that opportunity would be sooner than she thought. The Captain and Peter finished their conversation and Winters was heading for the Ensign now. Suddenly she felt very intimidated as the Captains eyes met hers....
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( reply Winters )
 (pb Patch)
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(USS Mystique - Bridge; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 2345)
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Peter stepped off the turbolift into a hive of commotion. Obviously something had happened. He needed to sit down, so he strode to the command seat. During all the previous dilema nobody had sat in the chair since the Captain had vacated it. "Report." He bellowed as he sat down.
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(Reply any on Bridge.)
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(Reply Winters, any)
(pb John)
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