EXETERRPG: (4, 0900) CO, Captain Trip Williams

[Will Banowsky]

Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express
Day:04
Stardate: 2445.12.04

(USS Exeter – Bridge - CO, Captain Trip Williams- 0900)

As Trip exited the ready room and sat down in his chair he opened a ship
wide channel.

“To the Exeter crew, I know the last few days have been rough, but I want
you all to know that I am very, very proud of you. I have spoken with the
admiralty at Starfleet HQ and we have officially closed the investigation
into what transpired here. I want to make sure you all know what happened
to hopefully put to bed any gossip or speculation.”

Trip paused. He knew the truth, some of his senior staff knew the truth,
but the crew at large was unaware that they had been attacked by a
megalomaniacal manica from an alternate timeline, an alternate universe.
The brass at Starfleet Intelligence wanted to keep it that way. Trip hated
that he was about to lie to his crew, but, orders were orders. He did not
say any immediate moral or ethical harm, but he was going to do his best to
tell the cover story without completely lying.

“Lieutenant Commander Tyko Nix was aboard the Exeter, not for passage to
Bolerus XI, but rather he was hunting down a suspected terrorist.” He
paused. This was technically true. While the blame was being pinned on the
real Maxine Green, the person inhabiting her body could be considered a
terrorist. “That terrorist, upon learning that Commander Tyko was on to
them then decided to end his life once and for all. This person, Ensign
Maxine Green, did so with the aid of Ensign Malachi Thorn and Ensign Jorash
Bult. Thorn took his own life after attempting to kill Ensign Hammerfield
and T’Kel. Ensign Bult was killed by Ensign Green. From what we I was
told…. Ensign Bult was actually working for SFI and was tasked with helping
Commander Tyko stop Maxine. He lost his life in the line of duty.” The
first explicit lie. Trip felt dirty and ashamed. He was no part of the
cover up. But he had to spread the cover story, to make it believable.

“Maxine was eventually stopped by those she kidnapped and was killed. A
signed confession from the daughter of Trentin Jost, if you remember from
our trip to the Gamma quadrant, reveals that Maxine had been a member of
the Cult of the Pah Wraiths. We don’t know when she was radicalized,
whether it was before or after our encounter with them. What we do know is
that Commander Tyko had discovered her identity and that we stopped her
here. Why she lashed out, why Ensign Thorn joined her, I do not know. What
we gather is that she was biding her time waiting for a further call to
action that never came. Her theatrics….her murderous machinations, were
devastating, and are at an end. The woman who wanted to be Empress of the
Pah Wraiths, is no more. Starfleet Medical will be meeting us on Bolerus
and the entire crew will undergo thorough counseling sessions, just to make
sure everyone’s mental health is not too jeopardized.”

NRPG: Reminder, off screen, everyone passes.

RPG:

“In other news, once we are done with our mission to Bolerus, we will then
depart for our next destination where the whole crew will have a week of
Shore leave, on Risa. So let’s keep our heads up, keep working hard.
Captain Williams out,”

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(posted by Will)
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