EXETERNRPG: EXETERRPG: (1-1135) 2O/CEO Commander Keira Merek & Investigator Commander Simon Landers

[Mark Howard]

Stunning post. Well done guys

On Sat, 11 Jun 2022, 18:09 Rob Davis via exeter-rpg, <
exeter-rpg at startrekfreedom.com> wrote:

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> Mission: Space was cool before it mattered
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> Day: 1
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> Stardate: 2446.04.25
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> (USS Exeter - Personal Quarters  - 2O/CEO Commander Keira Merek &
> Investigator Commander Simon Landers- 1135)
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> BEEP BEEP [Incoming transmission, labeled Priority One]
>
>
> The tones and computer voice roused Keira from her melatonin induced
> slumber. She turned over to see the Starfleet Command Crest emblazoned on
> the monitor on her desk. She blinked and rose to her feet. She made her way
> over to the desk but not before the computer signaled of the incoming
> transmission again.
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> BEEP BEEP [Incoming transmission, labeled Priority One]
>
>
> “I’m moving you stupid thing.” Keira snapped at the computer.
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>
> [Command not recognized.]
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> “Blow it out your exhaust port.” Keira snapped a second time, now within
> arms reach of the desk.
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> [Command not recognized, do you require assistance?]
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> “No, I’ll take the transmission here at my desk.” Keira said while rolling
> her eyes.
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> [Command authorization verification required.]
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> “Authorization Merek-Six-Three-Seven-Gamma-Tau-Epsilon.” Keira said while
> realizing she was out of uniform. It being her authorized sleep cycle, it
> wasn’t out of regs, but seemed weird it was her first priority message and
> she was wearing a sports bra and shorts. She promised herself next time to
> remember the shirt.
>
>
> ~Well, random sentient, happy birthday, I guess.~
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>
> Just in the nick of time she caught where she threw it over the chair out
> of the corner of her eye. She yanked it off the chair just getting her head
> and neck through the appropriate hole before the screen changed from
> Starfleet emblem to the face of a human man, he was of course in uniform.
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> =/\= Commander Merek. I am commander Simon Landers, part of Starfleet's
> internal affairs investigation unit. =/\= The blue eyed human officer said.
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> “Commander, what do I owe the pleasure of being woken from my sleep
> cycle?” Keira asked as she guided her left arm in the shirt.
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> =/\= I am contacting you under the authority of Admiral Sullivan with some
> rather unfortunate news I'm afraid. =/\=
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> ~The short one with no personality/~ “I’m familiar with Admiral Sullivan,
> what is her news?”
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> =/\=  Last night at precisely 2310 we received word of a double homicide
> and suspected home invasion at your residence in Ketchikan Alaska. Your
> Neighbors,  Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were found by their niece when she arrived
> at their home , visiting from out of town. The young woman noticed the
> lights were on at your residence and figured they were there checking on
> things for you. When she entered your residence she discovered their
> bodies.=/\=
>
> Landers paused as he could be seen on Keira's screen accessing a padd.
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> =/\= You wouldn't happen to know anyone , possibly another resident of the
> community, who had a problem or issue with them?=/\=
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> By this point Keira was fully in the shirt but pantsless off screen. “No,
> I can’t imagine the Hughes having any enemies, they’re the sweetest couple.”
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> =/\= Since the homicide took place in the residence of a starfleet
> officer, starfleet is helping local authorities with the investigation.
> There was also a substantial amount of vandalism and destruction to the
> interior of the home. =/\=
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> “What can you tell me about the damage?” Keira asked. ~Did Rayna’s
> inheritance go up in smoke?~
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> =/\= Typically protocol wouldn't permit sharing such sensitive
> information, but nothing about this is typical Commander Merek, the last
> recorded home invasion and homicide of this nature on Earth occurred nearly
> seven months ago. To say that is a rare occurrence  on earth is an
> understatement. =/\= Commander Landers added as he sent her archived images
> of the crime scene.
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> Keira accessed the files sent and looked them over as Landers spoke.
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> =/\= As you can see Commander Merek your residence was heavily vandalized
> and the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were arranged on the floor surrounded
> by broken model starships, spread around them in a circle. This appears to
> have been done with a rather sadistic intent.=/\=
>
> Landers remarked on the images he shared with Keira. The bodies of her
> neighbors were laid side by side in the center of the dining room , the
> house around them trashed in a chaotic fashion. Some of the more up close
> images of the victims showed the signs of death by an energy based
> projectile weapon.
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> “Have you tried reconstructing the scene?” Keira asked.
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> =/\= We tried to recall the scene using a matter displacement
> reconstruction method, but the scene appears to have been scrubbed. It
> seems someone went to great lengths to ensure that. Almost as if they knew
> we would attempt such a method of forensic insight.=/\=
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> “Inside man?” Keira asked.
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> =/\= Unlikely, the investigation is leaning more towards someone trying to
> carefully cover their tracks, but Unlikely doesn't mean improbable so with
> that being the case we are pursuing every probability of the
> circumstance.=/\= Landers replied with distress in his tone.
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> As Keira listened to Landers who seemed like he was resenting Keira’s
> questioning, she saw something in one of the models. The only model that
> was fully visible in the images she was provided. The D-7 or K’Tinga as the
> Klingons called it was broken at the boom, one third the way back from the
> bridge. ~Exactly where you would attack the ship, separate the command
> module from all of its power sources, severely crippling the counter
> attack. They’d have whatever energy was still in the forward disruptors and
> whatever torpedo was still in the tube.~
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> “Can I see the rest of the images?” Keira interjected.
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> =/\= The rest of the images? Commander Merek, The ones I've shared with
> you display an adequate visual of the scene. Are they not ?=/\= Landers
> asked.
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> “Because I think I’ve spotted something that might help you.” She reasoned.
>
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> =/\= Help me ? What do you need to see ?=/\=
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> “You sent me all the images of the bodies, I want to look at the ships.”
> Keira said.
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> =/\= The models ? They were laid around the bodies, we've already noted
> the significance of their placement.=/\=  Landers replied.
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> “Humor me? One Commander to another?”
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> He nodded his head and sent her more images of the broken model starships.
>
> =/\= They are broken as you can clearly see from the previous images.=/\=
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> Keira moved the images around. "The Galaxy class was the Yamato, it was
> dropped yes, but see the holes? Right where the main computer core is on
> the old Galaxy class. The Yamato was destroyed with all hands by an
> invasive foreign program over Iconia." Keira moved some more images
> magnifying others. "The D'deridex Romulan Warbird from the same period,
> split consistent with being thrown, but a hole has been punched through
> where the antimatter containment pods would be if it was an actual ship.
> The D-7 in the images you initially showed was snapped off at the boom. All
> three were damaged at tactical weak spots before being dropped or thrown."
>
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> He tilted his head in fascination as he examined the images on his end.
>
> =/\= Their tactical weak spots? Are you suggesting that while the rest of
> the furniture and decor was broken , these were done so with care ?=/\=
>
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> "It could be a mere coincidence, but the damage I saw would indicate they
> did the damage to the ships that would quickly end the fight with a ship of
> similar class, then tossed them aside or threw them to discard."
>
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> Before Landers could speak an alert came through on his end of the
> transmission.
>
> =/\= That's interesting. It seems the rabbit hole has gotten deeper. =/\=
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> “Oh?” Keira’s curiosity had been further piqued.
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> =/\= I've just been notified that the home's defense systems weren't
> bypassed, they were deactivated using recognized security codes. So it
> seems that Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were in the home before the suspect entered
> the residence. Using their codes to get in. So perhaps this wasn't a
> targeted attack and it was a random selection. =/\=
>
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> “Using the Hughes’ codes?” Keira looked down, then back at the Commander,
> “So either the person knew the Hughes’ codes, or copied them after they saw
> those codes being imputed?”
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> =/\= Im saying that once the victims entered the home and deactivated the
> defense systems someone entered after them all together. =/\=
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> “You might be right. Still, damned peculiar,” she said.
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> =/\= To be honest the entire thing is peculiar. This isn't something that
> happens on earth too often. Not to mention in Ketchikan Alaska. The last
> murder here was nearly eighty years ago.=/\= Landers remarked.
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> “You have my permission to take any evidence you need. Scan everything
> though, something might have been missed in the initial run through.” Keira
> warned. “Just give me an inventory of anything you take, let me know when
> you’re finished so I can arrange a clean up crew. I don’t want to have
> Rayna see the house like that.”
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> =/\= Everything is being documented and handled with the utmost care,
> Admiral Sullivan isn't fond of sloppy work by her subordinates. Lander
> out=/\=
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> ( posted by Todd and Rob)
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