Start of Compile: Compile Mission: Requiem, Days 1-3 Stardates 2406.07.01 - 2406.07.03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mission Requiem, Day 1 Stardate: 2406.07.01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (USS Boudicca - Ten-Forward - ACSO Kyle Rin / Capt Sevant - 1206) "I assume you will have to take them offline." he said, looking back up. "Time to repair?" "I've only estimated but from the looks of it it could take a week or two." Sevant didn't like the sound of that, not in the least. "Impossible," he finally said. "We can't take the ship down that long, find a way to jury rig them. We can come out of warp for no more then two hours in this part of space." "This part of space sir...?" Kyle asked with a puzzled look Sevant's frown deepened. "We are at war ensign, and on the edge of territory patrolled by other Fleets. Cloak or not, I do not intend to be a sitting target, the Boudicca isn't fast enough to outrun many of our other classes, and I don't intend to fight unless absolutely required." His eyebrow quirked up ever-so-slightly. "Killing my own is not a prospect I enjoy, so I intend to avoid it as long as possible." "With all do respect sir, would you rather have a blind ship feeling it's way around or one that can see an enemy coming?" Kyle's expression turned thin as he continued. "I've only estimated the repair time unless there's something onboard that I could use to reroute the power drain or make it stable then repair time could take quite awhile." Kyle thought to himself for a little bit and then remembered one such thing that may do the trick. "Does the Boudicca carry Trilite on-board?" he asked with a small smile. Sevant shook his head, "We knew leaving that the repairs and upgrades hadn't been completed. After this mission, maybe two weeks, we can put in for extensive repairs; we simply do not have that luxury now. Reroute or redesign anything you must in the short term, but know that if we were to stop for even a day we would run the risk of utter annihilation." He paused, "I am willing to accept an array or two down, to make another grid work. The laterals, fore and aft are our most essential arrays. As for the trilite, if it can't be replicated, perhaps the Quartermaster would know." Kyle frowned and continued. "Nah, replicating it would cause a major power drain better places to find it are G-Class planets. As for any other systems that need to be taken offline I have a heavy doubt on that sir. I think I can make the fixes to the sensor buffer at the location I recorded in that PADD." "Do so, and keep me informed. Confer with Engineering, they might have ideas as well." he said. He put the PADD under his arm, "And one more thing, Dr Rin, unless we are in a battle situation, do not choose a new venue for a meeting with me a minute after setting one up." He eyed Ten Forward for a moment, then looked back at the Ensign. "Clear?" "Yes Sir, I'm sorry about that I felt the need for a little ease from the pressure of work." He replied in a stern voice. "Very well." He looked back over at the table, then at the Doctor. "Carry on." Kyle gave the Captain a stern salute and returned to his table. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Ten-Forward - ACSO Kyle Rin / Capt Sevant - 1206) "I assume you will have to take them offline." he said, looking back up. "Time to repair?" "I've only estimated but from the looks of it it could take a week or two." Kyle returned the question in a firm voice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Ten-Forward - Capt Sevant - 1206) Sevant took the PADD from the ACSO, and glanced at it as the Doctor continued to talk. "As you can see sir there is a slight power fluctuation with the buffer causing it to run under efficient operating standards. If it isn't repaired the sensors will be useless if the need arises for use of them battle or not." "I assume you will have to take them offline." he said, looking back up. "Time to repair?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Brig - Ensign Saim Enaj- 1217) Saim walked into the brig and saw two men. "Hi there, what's up." One of the men indicated a Ferengi. "This daimon was caught attempting to smuggle an extremely rare ore onboard ship. It is a substance you may be familiar with- Trilite." (Reply Rin) "When properly refined, Trilite forms an extremely tough metal, whose best use is as armor. Captain Sevant has asked me to prepare a report on the possible applications it could have on this ship. To do this, I need both of your suggestions. Saim turned to the man leading the affairs. "I've never heard of this trilite before. Could I have some info. on it?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Brig - ACSO Kyle Rin - 1219) Ryko indicated the Ferengi. "This daimon was caught attempting to smuggle an extremely rare ore onboard ship. It is a substance you may be familiar with- Trilite." Kyle rose an eyebrow and grinned. "When properly refined, Trilite forms an extremely tough metal, whose best use is as armor. Captain Sevant has asked me to prepare a report on the possible applications it could have on this ship. To do this, I need both of your suggestions. "I can deliver a report to you at 1500 hours on what uses i can come up with. Will that do?" Kyle asked slowly as he glanced over at the brig. (reply Ryko) "Then it's settled i'll see you at 1500 Ryko don't start the party without me." he smiled one last time at Ryko then glanced over at the brig and made his way out towards a turbolift. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Ten Forward- Saim Enaj- 1215) Saim was just sitting back for a bit getting a breather from power walking all the way from engineering when her communicator beeped. "Skylynx to Enaj." "I'm here." "Could you come to Security ASAP, please, I need to talk to you." "Sure thing." Saim rose and apologized to her flying visit and headed to security. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - CSO's Office - ACSO Kyle Rin - 1355) "Lights." Kyle said as he entered the CSO office, making his way over to the replicator he ordered up some green tea and sat behind the desk. "Trilite...hmmm what can I use trilite for." he spoke softy to himself as he began to sip his tea. A sudden light bulb came on as he punched a few buttons into the keypad the monitor came to life with a read-out of the current condition of the sensor buffer. "Maybe I can increase the power distribution coupling and make it more stable. This would in-turn prevent the buffer from overloading..." Kyle stopped in mid-sentence as a little girl entered the office he fixed his gaze on her as she walked up to him. "My mother thought maybe you could use this..." the girl handed him a cup of green tea the kind not made from a replicator. She then turned around and left. Dumbfounded he set the cup onto the table and tapped his com badge. =^= Security Uh.. this is Rin a girl just entered the CSO office and uh... =^= (reply William) =^= uh.. right stay calm got ya... =^= ~Maybe now would be a good time to visit the Counselor~ Standing up he slowly began to pace the office as he waited for security. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Security Office - ATAC/ASC- 1340) "Trilite is an ore found mainly on extremely large asteroids, or G-class Planets- with a carbon monoxide atmosphere. It's extremely dense, but incredibly light, and has a natural polarity that allows it to deflect energy. Usually this is lightning, but also it can deflect heavy phaser blasts." Ryko leaned back and looked at Saim, who seemed enlightened. Ryko was about to give a further explanation when his communicator chimed. =^=Intruder Alert, Condition Yellow. Security to Deck Seven, Seal off Deck seven!=^= Ryko excused himself and headed to the bridge as Sevant gave the order. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, 2O/CMO Lt. Cmdr Kestra Troi, 1340) "Yes, I must agree with you," He said, good naturedly, "The crew does seem to be a bit young and inexperienced, but what they lack in experience they make up for in desire. I too had my reservations about this assignment, but we do have a shortage of command officers right now, so Admiral LoDona really didn't have much choice. Seems to have been a surprise for all of us. Including Captain Sevant. We all seem to be adjusting though. Don't you agree?" "Yes sir, I do agree" Kestra replied ~should I tell him?~ she asked herself ~maybe I should just wait and see if it comes up~ She looked at him and studied his face which she thought was a handsome one. Kestra tried to digest what he had said to her already and try to read into what he had said to her. ~if I kept anything from him, it seems that he might not like that~ Kestra continued to think really fast, ~he seems to be one that does not like surprises and does not want the captain to be bothered with anything he can take care of~ "Sir, there is something that might or might not be of importance." Kestra had decided that she should go ahead and tell him, "it has something to do with me." (Reply Grailik) "No sir it is nothing that would affect the crew I don't think," Kestra replied to him, "I don't know how much you read up on my file, but, I think just in case you might need to know." (Reply Grailik) "Well I am glad that I wont have to go into that then," Kestra said after hearing that he had read up on what had recently happened on the Nimitz before she left, "but, I do want to tell you that I had to over use my mental abilities during that time. In so doing I had a time that I could not use them other than empathically and just a little part of that. I am just getting full use of my abilities back and have decided that I will not be using them unless I have to." Now she wondered what he was going to say to what she had just said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Bridge - ATAC/ASC- 1342) Ryko rushed to the tactical console and logged in. A display of deck seven appeared and Ryko quickly activated forcefields. "Deck Seven sealed off. Yellow alert." Ryko reported. Yalta kept track of what was going on, sending information useful to department heads as they came. "Security teams to deck 7. Find this bastard!" Ryko said. "Internal sensors are not detecting anything. I read tiny energy fluctuations in certain sectors of this ship." "All where sightings were reported but right now, nothing." Ryko heard Yalta say. He immediately dispatched extra security teams. His badge chimed. =^=Skylynx, what the hell is going on?=^= "Intruder alert sir," Ryko said hurriedly. "Deck seven. I have already dispatched security teams to the scene." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, FO, Cmdr Grailik, 1342) "Sir, there is something that might or might not be of importance." Kestra said, "it has something to do with me." Grailik's brow rose in mild surprise. "Go on," He said, reassuringly. "No sir it is nothing that would affect the crew I don't think," Kestra replied to him, "I don't know how much you read up on my file, but, I think just in case you might need to know." "Your referring the incident on the Nimitz?" Grailik asked, "Yes, I've read your file and the official logs on the incident to which your referring." "Well I am glad that I wont have to go into that then," Kestra said, "but, I do want to tell you that I had to over use my mental abilities during that time. In so doing I had a time that I could not use them other than empathically and just a little part of that. I am just getting full use of my abilities back and have decided that I will not be using them unless I have to." Now she wondered what he was going to say to what she had just said. Grailik nodded, considering what she had said. ~Understandable feelings of guilt over what she did.~ "You did what you did to help save your ship and your crew mates," Grailik said, "The Nimitz had been taken over. Several members of her crew murdered. The lives of the rest of the crew was in immanent danger. You did what you did to help recapture the ship, correct? To help protect the innocent lives that were at risk?" (Reply Kestra) "Now, what you did from a medical stand point was perhaps a bit unwise. You as a doctor know the effects that artificial stimulants can have on the body. However, we are Star Fleet Officers. Our jobs require us, at times, to put our selves in harms way to insure the safety of the entire Federation and her citizens. You did a very noble and selfless thing, putting your own life in danger to protect those who could not protect themselves. Not many people have that kind of courage. Your feelings of guilt over what you did are a good sign that your motives were pure. Not based in petty vengeance to hurt someone who had hurt you. The simple fact is, what you did helped save lives. Hundreds of lives. Something you should be proud of, like your abilities. They are a gift and you should use that gift to help others. The gift remains pure as long as you use them to help others. Abuse the gift and you will soon find that it can also be a curse. Long as you remember that, I doubt that there will be any problems." Grailik smiled a warm charming smile as he finished. (Reply Kestra) NRPG: This next part will be around 1400. This gives Grailik and Kestra about another 10 min to discuss things some more. The doors suddenly opened and a small girl walked into the office, catching both Grailik and Kestra a little by surprise. "My mum sent me to bring these to you." the little girl said handing to Kestra the plant that she had left on the Nimitz that her daughter had taken care of for so long. "Mum said that you would like this too." She handed Kestra a picture drawn by her daughter signed by Trish. "And to you" the little girl said turning to Grailik. "I bring you this, a gift of me and my Mum." She handed to Grailik a seashell - one from the El Aurian home world. "Mum said that you couldn't go home again." The little girl looked up at Grailik then left sickbay. Grailik looked as the sea shell for a second, knowing immediately what it was and where it had come from, before jumping up out of his seat and slapping his comm-badge. "Grailik to Bridge. Yellow Alert. Possible intruder. Seal off Deck 7!" Grailik said, quickly moving after the little 'girl'. He looked back at Kestra. "There aren't any children on the Boudicca. That was NO girl." Grailik moved out into the hallway as the yellow alert sirens started to sound. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, little girl, 1343) The little girl wandered into sickbay and stood in front of Grailik and Kestra Troi. "My mum sent me to bring these to you." And the little girl handed to Kestra the plant that she had left on the Nimitz that her daughter had taken care of for so long. "Mum said that you would like this too." She handed Kestra a picture drawn by her daugher signed by Trish. "And to you" And the little girl turned to the Old One. "I bring you this, a gift of me and my Mum." She handed to Grailik a seashell - one from the El Aurian homeworld. "Mum said that you couldn't go home again." The little girl looked up at Grailik then left sickbay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, 2O/CMO, Lt. Cmdr Kestra Troi, 1344) "You did what you did to help save your ship and your crew mates," Grailik said, "The Nimitz had been taken over. Several members of her crew murdered. The lives of the rest of the crew was in immanent danger. You did what you did to help recapture the ship, correct? To help protect the innocent lives that were at risk?" "It was the only thing I could think of to accomplish recapturing the ship. I could not let them hurt anyone anylonger, but, I almost went to far. I almost killed and if it wasn't for the Rogue Winters being stunned one of us would be dead now." Kestra had not really said that out loud or to anyone before now. It was like Grailik knew just what to say to bring out what she had inside her. "Now, what you did from a medical stand point was perhaps a bit unwise. You as a doctor know the effects that artificial stimulants can have on the body. However, we are Star Fleet Officers. Our jobs require us, at times, to put our selves in harms way to insure the safety of the entire Federation and her citizens. You did a very noble and selfless thing, putting your own life in danger to protect those who could not protect themselves. Not many people have that kind of courage. Your feelings of guilt over what you did are a good sign that your motives were pure. Not based in petty vengeance to hurt someone who had hurt you. The simple fact is, what you did helped save lives. Hundreds of lives. Something you should be proud of, like your abilities. They are a gift and you should use that gift to help others. The gift remains pure as long as you use them to help others. Abuse the gift and you will soon find that it can also be a curse. Long as you remember that, I doubt that there will be any problems." Grailik smiled a warm charming smile as he finished. "Commander, I now understand how you became a very successful Counselor. You have a such a gift of insight into how a person feels." Kestra had been feeling down about herself and what had happened which she had never gotten around to analyzing. She had just chose to just not use her abilities ever again unless in dire need. But, now she felt much better about what happened and Grailik was the one to point out her true thoughts even if she would not admit them to herself. "You make it all sound so .... ... heroic" she finally found the word, "But, I can't say that, I did what I thought at the time was needed. Yes I do agree as a Doctor I did know that it could have affected me but the need outweighed it. I also had a really good Nurse that reminded me constantly, but, I out ranked her." Kestra said as she smiled a little shyly. "I thank you sir as I feel so much better and know now that I do belong on this ship." Kestra looked at him a minute longer then got up the courage, "Commander would you like to have dinner with me tonight?" (Reply Grailik, any) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, FO, Cmndr Grailik, 1347) "Commander would you like to have dinner with me tonight?" Grailik raised a brow slightly surprised at the invitation. He smiled, nodding his head. "I would be honored," He said, "Where shall we dine this evening?" (Reply Kestra) USS Boudicca, Corridors, FO Cmndr Grailik, 1405) Grailik moved cautiously, but quickly down the corridors, in his hand he still held the 'gift' the 'girl' had given him. He turned it in his hand feeling it from every angle, now positive that it had indeed come for his long dead home world how ever impossible that might seem. His eyes darting in every direction, Grailik continued searching. ~Where is security?~ =/\=Bridge to Grailik, report.=/\= Grailik didn't stop at the sound of Servants voice. He kept searching, tapping his comm-badge while his eyes looked into ever corner and crevasse. "Something appearing to be a small human girl entered the CMO's office and graced myself and Lt. Commander Troi with 'gifts'." Grailik said, turning the shell his grasp once more. "My gift was a sea shell from my home world, as impossible as that sounds." (Reply Sevant) Grailik continued looking soon meeting up with and joining a security team. (Reply Security if desired) =/\=Troi to Commander Grailik, Sir, I have searched the MRC and have not found the child as of yet. I am moving on to the storage area, have you found anything?=/\= "Nothing yet Commander. Keep looking," Grailik said, tapping his own comm-badge. =/\=Aye sir, I have not sensed anything of the child, but, I will continue to storage and then back to sickbay. Troi out.=/\= Grailik smiled. ~At least she's no longer afraid to use her abilities.~ The smile falling from his face, he nodded toward the security team and they continued searching. Several minuets latter his comm-badge chirped again. =/\=Troi to Commander Grailik, nothing in the Storage area, returning to Sickbay.=/\= "Very well, Commander. I'm ordering a security team to sickbay incase this 'girl' returns." =/\=Aye sir=/\= Grailik pointed to two of the three security personnel with him. "You two go to sickbay. You," he pointed at the remaining crewman, "are with me." Taking the phaser he was offered, Grailik moved off down the corridor. After they had gone a few feet down the hallway Grailik tapped his badge again. "Grailik to Bridge. Search negative so far. I'm sending a security team to sickbay incase It returns there. Continuing our search." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, 2O/CMO, Lt. Cmndr Kestra Troi, 1350) Kestra waited for an answer to her question trying not to seem to anxious. He did seem a bit surprised from what she had asked him as he raised an eyebrow. "I would be honored," He answered as he smiled, nodding his head, "Where shall we dine this evening?" His answer pleased her more than she thought it would and she started thinking of a place they could go. She did not want to be too forward yet she also did not want to appear too cautious. She tried to look into him, into his eyes, but, not into his mind as she thought that would be an intrusion. She wanted to see in his eyes just how he was or what he was thinking, but, she could not see anything in them other than what he had shone so far. "I will give you two choices and feel free to chose either. We can eat in my quarters as it would give us a place away from work as possible and I am not a bad cook. Or if you want, we can go to Ten Forward. Either way, spending time together is always good." She waited to see what choice he would pick, just smiling at him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca – outside COUNS' Office – COUNS – Dr. Domini Alizara - 1350) “I have no idea what to think to be honest Doctor,” Pausing William chose his words carefully. “Have you been under a lot of stress recently?” William looked the woman dead in the eyes; it was not a present question however he had to rule down all possibilities before going hunting for a phantom girl. Domini glared at the security officer. "Shouldn't I be the one asking that question?" “I meant it as no insult Doctor, however I do have to enquire to attempt to piece together events. Do you have any recording equipment in this room that might have been active?” "No... Starfleet regulations forbid recording equipment in the Counsellor's Office. The only thing I have is the standard connection to the computer for log entries." Domini finished. “Right, what im going to do now is to check the sensor logs and get a science team down here to run scans and check the area,” William stated smiling in a attempt to relax the Doctor. Domini sighed. This wasn't working out. "Fine, please do so." She said. She listened to what was all going on, then smiled, vindicated, when the child was found in other parts of the ship, bearing similiar gifts to other people. “Doctor Alizara, since you were the first person to encounter the ‘child’ would you accompany me?” "Of course." Domini replied, feeling oddly. There was something about this that wasn't making any sense to her. She chewed her bottom lip a bit as she thought and followed the security guy. Smiling William exited the office where two security guards were standing side arms holstered carrying rifles. Grinning William signaled for them to move closer. “Right, I want teams to sweep inwards we need to secure this ‘girl’ I want all personnel secured in quarters. Also from what I have been able to piece together our FO and 2O are running about make sure you don’t shoot them!” William stated winking. “Doctor what does this girl look like?” "She has long brown hair, is about yea tall." And Domini showed the height off the floor. "And has grey eyes. She was wearing a blue jumper dress when I saw her, but others have reported her with blue eyes and in a purple jumpsuit." Domini finished. "She looks to be about 7 years old. And she's invisible to my telepathic senses." Domini concluded when she realized what was bothering her. She heard a sound and turned around to see the little girl standing there. "Why are you hunting me?" She asked before vanishing in a flash of blue light before the security guy could grab her from behind. Domini turned to the Security chief. "Well?" She asked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - CSO's Office - ACSO Kyle Rin - 1350) “Lieutenant Bush to Ensign Rin, Ensign I need a science team to the counseling office to conduct scans. A young girl was supposed to have passed through the area, I need scans confirming she was there and also a check for any partials residual from a cloak or transporter,” =^= Aye, sir! i'll be there in a minute lemme grab some stuff =^= “Immediately if possible Ensign, the event occurred recently so it would be most prudent to take action as soon as possible,” =^= Understood, Kyle Out =^= As the com link went dead Kyle grabbed up a scan kit along with a tricorder and headed out the door into a near-by turbolift, As the doors closed Kyle looked up thru the crack in the door as it slid shut and thought he saw something enter the CSO office. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca – outside COUNS' Office – TAC/SC – Lt. William Bush - 1350) "I was sitting in my office going over the crew files when I heard the chime. Answered it, and then looked up and there was a child standing there. She had brown hair and grey eyes and said that her Mum told her to come and bring me a plant, that it was from my home world, and very rare. She said her Mum had seen me when I went to get stuff to plant the clippings I brought from my garden on Earth in. Then she put down the plant and left, and I went back to the crew files. It wasn't till a few minutes later that I realized that there weren't any children on board the Boudicca, so I checked with the computer. The computer confirmed it. That's when I called you." As the doctor finished William began to raise an eyebrow. It was a strange situation and at the front of his mind it had run through his mind that maybe the counselor might require counseling. "So what do you think, Lt? Am I just being silly?" As she stared at him William kept a straight face not allowing his emotion to betray his thoughts. Looking around the room William looked for any signs of narcotics or alcohol. It was not a pleasant thing to do but it was an obvious place to start from. At the end of the day a mysterious girl was not an every day occurrence. “I have no idea what to think to be honest Doctor,” Pausing William chose his words carefully. “Have you been under a lot of stress recently?” William looked the woman dead in the eyes; it was not a present question however he had to rule down all possibilities before going hunting for a phantom girl. (Reply Alizara) “I meant it as no insult Doctor, however I do have to enquire to attempt to piece together events. Do you have any recording equipment in this room that might have been active?” (Reply Alizara) “Right, what im going to do now is to check the sensor logs and get a science team down here to run scans and check the area,” William stated smiling in a attempt to relax the Doctor. (Reply Alizara) Turning his back on the doctor William tapped his com badge to contact science first. “Lieutenant Bush to Ensign Rin, Ensign I need a science team to the counseling office to conduct scans. A young girl was supposed to have passed through the area, I need scans confirming she was there and also a check for any partials residual from a cloak or transporter,” (Reply Rin) “Immediately if possible Ensign, the event occurred recently so it would be most prudent to take action as soon as possible,” (Reply Rin) NRPG add more iyw RPG Turning back to the doctor William smiled at her and then was about to speak when the yellow alert klaxon clicked into action. Looking over at the Doctor William let his shock show. Maybe the Doctor was not crazy. Tapping his com badge he chimed through to his assistant. “Skylynx, report!” William ordered, he knew that in a yellow alert situation it was no doubt the ensign would be on the bridge and at the station. (Reply Skylynx) “Have you dispatched teams?” (Reply Skylynx) “What are the internal sensors showing?” (Reply Skylynx) “Right have a team hook up with me, im at the councilors office. Can you also remain on the bridge and coordinate the security teams?” (Reply Skylynx) Turning back to the doctor William spoke once more. “Doctor Alizara, since you were the first person to encounter the ‘child’ would you accompany me?” (Reply Alizara) Smiling William exited the office where two security guards were standing side arms holstered carrying rifles. Grinning William signaled for them to move closer. “Right, I want teams to sweep inwards we need to secure this ‘girl’ I want all personnel secured in quarters. Also from what I have been able to piece together our FO and 2O are running about make sure you don’t shoot them!” William stated winking. “Doctor what does this girl look like?” (Reply Alizara) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca – outside COUNS' Office - COUNS – Dr. Domini Alizara - 1350) =^=Lieutenant, I will come to you immediately, =^= Domini nodded and tapped her comm badge waiting impatiently for the security officer to come. A few minutes later, the Officer walked out of the turbolift. Domini recognized him as William, one of the first people that she had gotten to know in her travels around the ship. “Counselor, how may I assist you?” Domini explained as succinctly as she could, concluding with "I was born and raised on Betazed, Lt. Bush, and I would say that I'm pretty familiar with the foliage of that planet. But I've never seen this kind of plant before, and most importantly the computer says that there are no children on board." “Right, tell me what exactly happened?” Domini sighed. Security men were like Engineers. They all thought logically. "I was sitting in my office going over the crew files when I heard the chime. I answered it, and then looked up and there was a child standing there. She had brown hair and grey eyes and said that her Mum told her to come and bring me a plant, that it was from my home world, and very rare. She said her Mum had seen me when i went to get stuff to plant the clippings i brought from my garden on Earth in. Then she put down the plant and left, and I went back to the crew files. It wasn't till a few minutes later that I realized that there weren't any children on board the Boudicca, so I checked with the computer. The computer confirmed it. That's when I called you." Domini finished, taking a deep breath. "So what do you think, Lt? Am I just being silly?" She asked, folding her arms over her chest and staring at him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca – Security Office - TAC/SC – Lt William Bush - 1350) William lent back in his chair, despite the Captain’s warnings there was no real danger that could be ascertained. His assistant was dealing with all the affairs of the department and for the first time since arriving on the Boudicca William had a chance to relax. As he wondered into a dream state whilst looking at the pad he was attempting to read the com link sprang into action. =^=Counselor Alizara to security. Lt, a child just brought me a plant, to my office, as a gift from her mother. But the computer says that there are no children on board the Boudicca, and the computer has no record of anyone matching her description. Could you please come to my officer and reassure me that I’m just being silly? =^= William raised an eyebrow and paused. “Lieutenant, I will come to you immediately,” William laid the pad he was reading on to the desk and stood up. (Reply Alizara iyw) William began to walk out of his office when he paused and moved over to the weapons cabinet. Pushing his thumb onto the scanner the light glew green, Will reached and unhooked a phaser. Placing it in the back of his trousers William walked down to the doctor’s location. (USS Boudicca - Counselor’s Office – TAC/SC – Lt William Bush – 13:55) William walked out of the turbolift and walked slowly down to the counselor’s office, he had to admit he had never really got to know the crew of this vessel. However the Doctor had been one of the first members of the crew that he had encountered. If she was worried about something it was worthwhile considering. As the door opened William entered the room and saw the doctor raising an eyebrow he spoke. “Counselor, how may I assist you?” (Reply Alizara) “Right, tell me what exactly happened?” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Counselor’s Office, COUNS Dr. Domini Alizara, 1350) Domini sat in her office, reviewing the crew files, looking for anything a little strange or unusual. She was supposed to find abnormalities, things that weren't quite right, in other words - she was looking for potential spies. ~I hate doing this.~ She spoke, leaning back and rubbing her dark brown eyes. She heard a chime and said, "Come." without looking up to see who it was. It was no one she had seen before. "Hi." She spoke quietly, afraid to scare the child. "Hi. I'm Liza. Mum told me to come and bring this to you." Liza spoke holding out a plant to Domini. "Mum's the botanist, and she saw you getting some supplies and thought you might like this." The little brown haired girl spoke, almost as if reciting a speech. "Mum said it was from your planet, and pretty rare." And with that the little girl skipped off after putting the plant down. Domini hadn't a chance to put a word in edgewise. She picked up the very pretty plant and put it on the corner of her desk, before inquiring after who exactly the child was. The computer had no record of her, and the chief botanist aboard was a guy, but Domini just shook her head, thinking that it was another case of the personnel changes being ahead of the computer. She shook her head again and returned to the personnel files when something finally clicked in her head. The child didn't really look like a child. She got up and left her office, and then called security. "Counselor Alizara to security. Lt, a child just brought me a plant, to my office, as a gift from her mother. But the computer says that there are no children on board the Boudicca, and the computer has no record of anyone matching her description. Could you please come to my officer and reassure me that i'm just being silly?" She asked, hopefully. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Outside/Inside Couns Office - ACSO Rin - 1355) Shaking it off he figured he needed some rest and was working a little too hard, about the same time the doors slid open and Kyle stepped out he walked up to Lt. Bush who was standing outside the Counselors office. "What's the situation sir?" he asked as he flashed a quick smile to Domini. (reply bush) "If Counselor Domini could take a seat in her office when this happened. So the scan field might react to residue left on her." (reply bush) "All due respect sir, if you could sit where you were also." (reply bush) With that said Kyle entered the Counselor's office and set his kit down onto a near-by table, reaching in he pulled out a small tripod-like device and set it near the kit with a small push of a button the device came to life and began to flash a moorse-code like pattern with a green light. Reaching to his belt he pulled out his tricorder and began to take a few scans as he began to speak. "I'm getting a reading of high particle emissions, they appear to have a cloak signature residue to them but it doesn't seem to be coming from the ship's cloak field. It's as fit a cloak field was warped to generate this girl you saw." (reply Will / Domini) "I highly doubt such a field would come from any near-by ship considering it would cause the ship to appear it would drain the cloak inducer field and unmask the ship. However if it was ran thru a poly-phasic inducer something like a sensor buffer it would drain the buffer but not discharge the cloak." (reply any) "Correct sir, the ship would remain cloaked and the image of for example the girl would be stable enough to broadcast a signal." Kyle paused and nodded to the Lieutenant's next statement. (reply bush) "Shields would infact distort the image but the broadcast would continue. This might even give off the location of such broadcast. I suggest calling a meeting in the observation room." Kyle tapped his com badge. =^= Rin to bridge =^= (reply any) =^= Sir, we may have a ship near-by i suggest raising shields someone may be trying to broadcast a signal to the Boudicca thru a cloak field =^= (reply any) =^= Rin out =^= As the shields were raised there was a sudden spike on Kyle's tricorder, he punched a few buttons and gave a smile. "Counselor, the good news what you saw was indeed a signal from a cloaking device. The bad news the signal is federation." Kyle sank slowly to a chair behind him and closed his tricorder, the tripod device continued to flash on the table Kyle closed his eyes and listened for any reply from the Lieutenant or Counselor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca, Sickbay CMO's Office, 2O/CMO, Lt. Cmdr Kestra Troi, 1402) As Kestra and Grailik were still discussing things about the ship and personnel the doors suddenly opened to her office and a small girl walked in, catching both her and Grailik a little by surprise. "My mum sent me to bring these to you." the little girl said handing to Kestra the plant that she had left on the Nimitz that her daughter had taken care of for so long. "Mum said that you would like this too." She also handed Kestra a picture drawn by her daughter signed by Trish. Kestra could not believe her eyes as those things she had made sure was left with the kids back on Betazed with her mother. She then watched the little girl turn to Grailik not being able to react it seemed that everything around her but the girl was moving in slow motion. "And to you" the little girl said turning to Grailik. "I bring you this, a gift of me and my Mum." She handed to Grailik a seashell - one from the El Aurian home world. "Mum said that you couldn't go home again." The little girl looked up at Grailik then left sickbay and time seemed to return to normal. Kestra watched and knew from his look, not needing to use her telepathic ability, while Grailik looked as the sea shell for a second, that he knew immediately what the seashell was and where it had come from, before jumping up out of his seat and slapping his comm-badge. "Grailik to Bridge. Yellow Alert. Possible intruder. Seal off Deck 7!" Grailik said, quickly moving after the little 'girl'. He looked back at Kestra. "There aren't any children on the Boudicca. That was NO girl." Grailik moved out into the hallway as the yellow alert sirens started to sound. Kestra had ran out behind him and looked both ways to see no little girl. "I will go this way, you go that way" She said as she started down the hallway that she had indicated to him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - bridge - OPS Lt. Schafio - 1403) Yalta had fun during that improvised meeting at Ten Forward, they had time to talk and start to know one another but then came the time to go back to work. For now, everything went alright, the system were responding well right up to 1400. Something was off, but for now she couldn't put her finger on it. There was tiny energy fluctuations but she attributed this to the system shake down, they needed to see the bugs and fast until a peculiar message came through. =^=Grailik to Bridge. Yellow Alert. Possible intruder. Seal off Deck 7!=^= Sevant's head snapped up, "Intruder Alert, Condition Yellow. Security to Deck Seven, Seal off Deck seven!" he snapped. "Sealling deck 7 now Sir! Security is on it's way there." (reply: Security) Yalta kept track of what was going on, sending information useful to department heads has they came. When she heard that the order of raising the shield that is when her heart started to pound but she kept her calm and her eyes on what her console was saying. "Security says that they have started there search, the internal sensor are not detecting anything. I read tiny energy fluctuations in certain sector of this ship, where the sighting were reported but right now, nothing." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Bridge - Capt Sevant - 1403) =^=Grailik to Bridge. Yellow Alert. Possible intruder. Seal off Deck 7!=^= Sevant's head snapped up, "Intruder Alert, Condition Yellow. Security to Deck Seven, Seal off Deck seven!" he snapped. (reply: Ops, Security) He tapped his fingers together, then tapped his badge, "Bridge to Grailik, report." he said, in a far more calm tone. (reply: Grailik) Sevant folded his hands together again, eager to actually be moving, rather then sitting on the bridge. He had been a security officer most of his career, and even if he felt comfortable here in the Command Chair, he ached to be defending the ship. There was a balance to that which kept him in place, he *was* doing his part in protecting the ship from here on the bridge. =^= Rin to bridge =^= "Bridge here," Sevant replied, immediately. =^= Sir, we may have a ship near-by I suggest raising shields someone may be trying to broadcast a signal to the Boudicca through a cloak field =^= Now THAT caught Sevants attention. He quirked his head, then half turned to the Tactical console. "Shields up," He turned back to the front, "Adjust speed and power consumption to maintain cloak integrity." he continued. (reply: Tactical, Operations, Conn) He frowned, ever so slightly, "Find them, if they are there, Doctor; and keep me informed." he finished. =^= Rin out =^= Sevant put the PADD to the side, events were starting to irritate him, he didn't believe in coincidence. If they were being shadowed, then events had just taken a nasty turn for the worst. It reminded him of the first trip of Boudicca, so much so it almost scared him. The Boudicca had originally launched under much the same conditions, and saboteurs had dogged her every step for far to long. Kaneshiro and Sevant had spent far to much time sifting through the crew to find those to blame, it had nearly turned into a witch-hunt. Sevant could see the beginnings of that same kind of paranoia here, now that the stakes were so much higher. He leaned back, and waited. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - bridge - Capt Sevant - 1404) "Security says that they have started there search, the internal sensor are not detecting anything. I read tiny energy fluctuations in certain sector of this ship, where the sighting were reported but right now, nothing." "Very well." Sevant replied. He tapped his fingers for a few moments, then tapped his badge. "Bridge to Grailik, report." =^=Something appearing to be a small human girl entered the CMO's office and graced myself and Lt. Commander Troi with 'gifts'. My gift was a sea shell from my home world, as impossible as that sounds.=^= (Reply Sevant) Sevant groaned inwardly. "A 'Q'?" he mused for a moment. "Very well, keep me informed." (reply: Grailik, if desired) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - Bridge- ATAC/ASC Ensign Ryko Skylynx-1405) Ryko was busy on the bridge attending to intruder alert problems, when his commbadge suddenly chimed. =^= Rin to bridge =^= Ryko tapped his badge. "Skylynx here, what is it Doctor?" =^= Sir, we may have a ship near-by i suggest raising shields someone may be trying to broadcast a signal to the Boudicca thru a cloak field =^= "Shields have already been raised, Doctor. But I will see what I can do," Ryko said. =^= Rin out =^= Ryko went back to his readings and assigned security teams to deck seven. He also powered weapons in advance, and listened for his orders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - bridge - Sevant - 1410) "Captain Sevant, there's a glitch in the memory core. I have to take a look right away, it might solve a few things." Sevant, his hands steepled with his arms resting on the chair's armrests, nodded quietly. "Quickly." he said, tonelessly. "I will, Riko, can you come with me!" "Sure," said Ryko, returning the smile. He logged himself off the tactical console and followed Yalta."Where are we going?" "We are going into the belly of the beast... that's all." Sevant watched the alternate Operations officer take the Console without a word. He turned in the chair as the TAC/ASC and Ops left the bridge, and looked at the Alternate Security Officer. "Have all security teams report in," he ordered. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - bridge - OPS Lt. Schafio - 1410) Yalta was searching and making diagnostic to all the sensors on board, there was nothing, literally nothing at all. Then, has she made a diagnostic of the computer core, something was wrong went it said that it was working perfectly. She tested it, making it believe that there was an energy surge in one circuit, but it didn't solve it by rerouting to alternate circuit. “Captain Sevant, there's a glitch in the memory core. I have to take a look right away, it might solve a few things.” (Reply from Sevant) “I will, Riko, can you come with me!” She smiled. (Reply from Riko) “We are going into the belly of the beast... that's all.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate:2406.07.01 (USS Boudicca - bridge - ATAC Ryko Skylynx- 1410) Ryko was tracking the anomalies in the sensors that were routing through the ship when Yalta confirmed what he'd been thinking at the tim