EXETERRPG: ***SPAM*** (2-0822) CTO/3O Lieutenant Ravok & aCOO Ensign Paul Sleeford

[Rob Davis]

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Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express

Day: 2

Stardate: 2445.12.02



(USS Exeter - CTO Office  - aCOO Ensign Paul Sleeford &CTO/3O Lieutenant
Ravok - 0822)


Ravok singled for Ensign Sleeford to be brought in.

Walking into the security office, Sleeford noticed the blue lights on the
wall, raising his eyebrows slightly as he stood in front of the desk and
waited.  ~So a formal interview, interesting ~

When Sleeford walked in, Ravok stood up.

" Hello Ensign sorry for the wait. It's been a long morning."

Looking at Ravok, Sleeford shrugged slightly, as a former security officer
he knew how to play the game from both sides, something was going on, T’kel
could hardly meet his eyes, for a Vulcan that was nearly a shout out that
he was distressed, smiling slightly, Sleeford assumed that someone had
complained about something he’d done or said.

" Please have a seat." Ravok said.

Taking the offered seat, Sleeford, placed his hands in his lap and waited.

" Before we begin I must let you know that this is being recorded. Of at
anytime you wish to say anything off record please tap the button next to
your right hand. " Ravok instructed.

Nodding Sleeford looked at the wall, “I noticed the lights as I walked in.
So may I ask what this is about?”

" Ensign Sleeford what can you tell me about your last conversation or
direct interaction with Commander Tyko Nix?" Ravok asked.


Laughing Sleeford shook his head, “That man has a nasty habit of causing
trouble. He came by the Ops office yesterday morning around 10 am, sat down
calm as you please and tried to get into my face. Started by taking a dig
about my move to Ops, something along the lines of it costing me an arm and
a leg, well a leg.”, Pausing for a second, “He then insinuated that the
constant transitions were a burden on my mental well being. “

Sitting there Sleeford looked at Ravok, “So Lieutenant, where's this going?”

Every word Sleeford spoke was true to the recording. " Commander Tyko Nix
was found dead last night in his quarters by security after an emergency
call was sent by him. We are all hoping it was a death of natural causes,
but it is still being determined."

Laughing Sleeford looked at the table for a second, “You have a thankless
task, been there, done it.”

" Yes I do. It's not something I enjoy having to do ,but if I can help
provide some answers. Then I will continue to seek the truth. I wanted to
ask you about the conversation you had…."Ravok stopped as  Sleeford began
to speak.

“What you really want to know is did I kill Commander Tyko Nix, well the
answer is no. However the thought was there, me and several others, hell a
whole planet's worth for all I know. Oh I know we had a run in on the first
day of the last mission, to be honest I let a situation get out of control,
said things that we’re, well unprofessional at best and damn right stupid,
I paid for that with bruised knuckles when I hit the wall outside the cargo
bay, it was that or hit Tyko Nix. “

Ravok nodded his head.

 " The commander had a talent for that apparently. Yet he was a highly
decorated and devoted starfleet officer, but above all that he was a man of
flesh and blood. Even if he did manage to piss off a lot of people along
his journey in life, he still deserves our respect in these dark hours."
Ravok paused.


Sleeford nodded, while he disliked the man, he didn't deserve to die, a
good punch on the nose, yes but his life being snuffed out, no one deserve
that, the security training he’d had years ago, kicked in, although he was
no longer in the department he still felt an affinity with the member s of
the department.

“Do we know when it happened? I suppose there’s no file recorded in the
area of the commander's quarters, so you have no visual record of who went
in or out.”

Ravok shook his head. " No , I have your assistant chief of operations
Ensign Zot conducting a thorough investigation. There was a computer
security breach last night at Midnight. The biometric sensors were non
functional for a duration of time. I am simply following protocols and
orders. Tyko came to you yesterday and had a conversation. You are one of
many on my list. The man certainly made his way around. "

Nodding Sleeford knew the procedure, get the people in, talk to them, make
them comfortable,, hope they slip up, the thing that puzzled Sleeford was
if someone had disabled the security systems, they knew their way around
the computers, which meant, either a security officer or an operations
officer, given that he’d been one and was now the other. Sleeford felt the
ground open slightly, given the situation he’d have to be prime suspect. He
had the history with the deceased, a motive, the only thing missing was the
means.

" Do you have anyway to verify your location last night ? Between midnight
and 0200?" Ravok asked.

“Well after the dinner in the Observation lounge, I went back to my
quarters, showered and went to bed, the computer should be able to verify
what time I entered and what time I was escorted here.”

" The computer verified the movements of you entering your quarters. Did
you happen to access any files in your quarters? Or the replicator?
Something that could prove your being there during the time of the security
breach with the biometric sensors ?" Ravok asked.

 He was hoping to be able to clear Sleeford if this was indeed a murder.
Hell Ravok was trying to clear everyone who would be innocent of such a
gruesome act. Sleeford was a good man through and through. He had the life
experience many can only dream of.

“After I got in I showered, lay on my bed for a while. I couldn’t sleep, I
guess what Tyko said got more under my skin then I care to admit, I got up
around 00:35 ish, I wandered around deck 6 for a while, then headed to the
arboretum. I spent about 30 or so minutes there, sitting with my feet in
the stream, just thinking, heck i even threw in a couple of small stones,”
laughing slightly, “ Not done that since i was a kid”

Sitting there Sleeford pondered his situation, the rumour mill would kick
in and names would be dropped, two would come to the top immediately.

“You know the rumour mill will kick off soon and the first two names to
come up will be Stans and mine, which is going to cause problems for you as
an investigating officer.”



" What makes you say that Ensign?" Ravok asked.

“Well for starters you're going to be accused of a cover up, a serving
security officer and a former security officer are the prime suspects, any
conclusions you come too regarding guilt or innocence of either of us will
be tainted by supposition of… well you know how the crew can gossip.”

" Justice , pure justice isn't impacted by rumor or gossip. If I am however
accused of a coverup, they will have to prove my guilt in that matter. Just
like someone will have to prove guilt of a suspect if this is indeed a
murder. " Ravok sat forward.



“I’m not saying there will be problems, I’m just saying that people will
have formed an opinion of who is guilty, rather than who is actually
guilty. Some of the crew already think that I’m guilty, I had two of the
crew turn and walk away, rather than be in the same lift as me and the
escorting security officer. I fear people have already found me guilty.”

" Ensign Sleeford. The captain ordered me to do an investigation. I intend
on doing my very best to discover the truth...While on your walk last night
did you notice anything strange or out of the ordinary? " Ravok asked,
perhaps Sleeford saw something similar to what Ire had encountered during
his late night jog.

“I don’t know about suspicious, as I entered the arboretum the lights
dimmed slightly, not for long, about .25 of a second and the water stopped
flowing for, oh I don’t know about twenty five seconds, i just assumed it
was because it was late and i’d set it flowing again by entering.” Pausing
he wondered if the person he saw as he came back was relevant.

“There was something, as I was coming back, there was a crewman, walking
from the turbo lift to i would assume her quarters, she was from
engineering, she may have finished Beta shift and was heading home for all
I know”

Ravok raised his brow with interest.

" Could you describe her to me?" Ravok was also interested in the voice
imprint signature that would be left from voice command in the turbolift. ~
This could be something~

“She was about 5 foot 6 inched, brunette, slim, well built, looked like she
could take on the entire Klingon defence Force, the Tal Shir and Starfeet
Security and not break sweat, i’ve not seen her before, but then there's a
lot of new crew, replacements, transfers and the like. Other then that, not
really, I cant even tell you what room she went to, she turned into section
12 as I walked past, but that means nothing.”

" Thank you Ensign, you've given me a lot of good information. You are free
to go. If you happen to recall anything else please let me know. " Ravok
said as he ended the recording and stood up.

Standing Sleeford nodded to Ravok and left the security office, turning
left he walked towards the turbolift and wondered if it would be easier to
just book a cell and save trouble later.


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