ILLUMINARRPG: Illuminar (2-1415) - Chief of Security Lt (jn) Keung Lee, Captain Sekal, Lt Deiter Gregory, Commander Sienna Williams-Verin, Lt Jg Aariel Trie, Galk, son of Jos, Hercules Devers, Steven Hammonds

[John Tsang]

Mission: Death in the Shadows

Day: 9

Stardate: 2446.02.09


NRPG  - I found these plans for the K’Tinga ship  https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-ktinga.php


(USS Illuminar - Deck 14 - Security Offices – Honoured Guess (1415)


Devers listened to the Chief and glanced at the members of his team - Boyles, Collier and Ekoice.  Seemed the Chief was keeping to separating Boyles and Hammons, but knowing the kind of trouble they could get into, he didn’t blame the Chief.  Grabbing a PADD, he looked over the schematics of the K’t’inga battle cruiser.  It really would help planning the infil, especially with the sensor reports that Operations was uploading to the PADD.


A simultaneous strike at the engine room and the bridge was the most expedient manner of controlling the ship.  Now if they would beam over gas grenades to these locations to help disable the crew stationed there, that might make securing the ship easier, and allow them to then focus on mop up.


Cadet Ksensia Lin came into the room at a run. The half bajoran/trill was rather pretty looking, with long red hair that was tightly braided, then tucked into a low bun.  Her battle uniform was precise and she looked rather pleased, yet fierce. This was her first real away mission and she was ready to have some fun. She had missed out on the last away mission because she had blown off doing all of her coursework and found out the hard way that those stupid simulations mattered. She had applied herself and was available for this mission. She took the phaser rifle and then the hand phaser that was handed to her.  She wore her personal blades on her belt, the Damascus folded steel daggers in their supple real leather sheaths.  She was looking forward to this. “Sir? Cadet Ksensia. Which team am I on?”


Hammons walked in with his game face on. The knife Alaya had given him hung to his left and his sidearm on his right. He picked up a phaser rifle and checked its charge as he hefted it. "Another day, another boarding action. At least a Klingon ship should fill the bill as a pirate vessel. There's no telling what kind of savages we might find over there."


Ensign Andy Taylor was behind Hammons in line to pick up his rifle.  “I would expect that you'd have a lot in common with savages, Mr. Hammons.”  He smiled as he thought it funny to call the older Hammons Mister.


Chief Lee who had decided against everyone wearing the tactical Battle suits mainly they were not really designed to operate in a closed environment especially in a ship.  They were cumbersome and got in the way.  Also he had discovered that apart from the fact that they ate up a lot of energy, the user tended to depend on the tech rather than their own personal skills and talents.


There was an air of anticipation in the room as the team members in the room were actually looking forward to the boarding action.  Lee studied his PADD to work out the allocation of the teams and their mission.  Cadet Ksensia had eagerly asked which team she was on.  Lee wondered how she would cope on her first away mission.  He would brief the team.  He called out to Lt Trei who was about to depart to the Armoury to be issued with a weapon to wait.


“Our mission is essentially to board and secure vital areas. We need to secure engineering,  cargo bays and take the bridge to  recover the computer and navigation systems on the ship.   Hopefully, they might provide useful information about their  activities, weapons ports of call, buyers and so on. The schematics shows there are volumes of space on the map which are not detailed.  There could be secret compartments to hide contraband.” explained Lee.  “Alright these are the teams with their call signs.


Alpha - Team leader Devers with  Boyles, Collier and Ekoice.  Your task is to secure the Cargo bays and the immediate surrounding decks.


Brave - Team leader myself with P’Rah, Taylor, and Mali will be securing engineering.


Charlie- Team leader Hammons, Ksensia,  Koksv, and  Shosi.  Lee glanced at Shosi who was Andorian and hoped that Koksv, a Klingon,  should work well together.  At least Lee  was confident that Hammons was capable enough to handle those two particular species.  “Your role is to secure the bridge.  Lieutenant Trei will be joining your team.  Her job will be to download the computer data on the bridge.  So she must be protected at all costs!”.


Backup team Delta  will be led by Assistant chief of Security, Carol Linnis.  Her team will consist of Ekoice, Lannox, Jucowe.  You probably won’t be needed but I want to cover all contingencies.


I have no data as to what the opposition will be like.   Scan your surroundings and identify cover points, possible ambush points and escape routes. Always stay within your teams, stay within your designated areas,  work together, look after each other.”


"Yes sir but as Lieutenant Trei is a superior officer I assume she will have command unless and until my expertise is needed so I'll defer to her."



Koksv asked “What about the rules of engagement?”

“You are authorised to use all necessary means at your disposal to secure the ship” said Lee after a moment pause.  “I suggest now that all teams get together to discuss and plan your strategy.  If you need to go to the armoury to be issued with any other weapon then go ahead.”

Shosi was unsurprised by the Klingon’s question.  Koksv should be in his element on a Klingon vessel given the clearance to use “all means at his disposal.”  She said under her breath, “I hope we have enough body bags.”  She was not a fan of the Klingon desire to fight at the drop of a hat, but did have an appreciation for some of the Klingon battle strategies.  She wouldn’t need any further weapon assistance from the armoury, since they did not carry weapons that surpassed her own personal items.

 Lee raised his right fist in the air and shouted “Oorah”

P’Rah patiently stood there and listened.  He was ready with a side arm and a phaser rifle.  He closed his eyes to all the pep talk that was going around.  He had one mission and only one mission.  Secure engineering with the team.  He could do without the comradery.  He was not the G.I. Joe type.  He was the get in and don’t die type.

Lee thought about the newbies on the teams. Their first action. All the teams were now in discussion with each other.  For some strange reason which Lee couldn’t work out, Charlie 1 was having their briefing outside the Security Centre in the passageway.  Alpha 1 sat near the Security Monitoring Centre. In the meantime, Lee took his team into his office for his briefing and showed the schematics of the engineering area to Anju Mali, a former Starfleet engineer before she changed careers.  She would have the technical knowhow to secure the consoles of that department.

Lee knew next to nothing about the engineering side of any ship.  He was fortunate enough when he was at the Academy that he was exempt from such classes because of the time he came from.  After all, youngsters in this age already knew the practicalities of warp drive technology!!

“What is the possibility of switching off the gravity and life support systems in engineering or are they controlled from the bridge?” asked Lee to Mali

Anju turned from looking at schematics and she said “it can be done from engineering.  If the teams are overwhelmed by opposition then I can switch off the gravity.  I mean we are trained to fight and move in non gravity environments.  As for life support, we can cut off all the systems but that won’t do anyone any good.  We’re not wearing environmental suits.”

Lee nodded and glanced at P’Rah and Taylor.  “It is vital that we don’t destroy the engineering consoles and to ensure that Anju can be provided with cover so she can do her job.  Once we secure engineering, perhaps we can concentrate on  nearby passageways.  We don’t want any pirates trying to re-take engineering.”

Taylor frowned and shrugged. Being an explosives expert didn’t really come in handy if you’re not planning on blowing things up. However if they ran into booby traps he’d be the man for the job.

“Passage ways, check,” he repeated. “Blowing things up, uncheck.”  He looked over at P’Rah and said, “He’s no fun anymore.”

“No worries, I have a soft touch and a long tail.”  P’Rah commented.  “I can whip it against the pirates as much as the next guy.”  He knew how to work within his parameters.

Taylor laughed, “I’m sure that tail has a lot of uses. Makes me want one.”

Devers gathered alpha team members and retreated to a corner to discuss strategy and loadout.

"Expect choke points and crossfire. Clean out knots of enemies by hitting them with stun grenades first and watch your six. We don't have enough people to properly consolidate territory and there are over a hundred life signs aboard the cruiser. We hit and move fast. Don't get bogged down or you'll get cut off. Once we reach our objectives we can cut off portions of the enemy forces using force fields through main control and isolate them for cleanup." Hammons recited the list from memory. "Standard blitzkrieg tactics, hard, fast and clean. If you get cut off transport out or you'll get mown down by reinforcements."

"Oh, one other thing." Steven looked around the group. "They aren't going to be looking to stun, kill when you have to. These guys are out for blood and have been from the beginning. Better to make them dead than to get made dead."

Shosi nodded, it was sound military advice. “An old Andorian proverb, the only way to make sure your enemy won’t come back is to make sure they can’t come back.”

Gregory looked at the cadet, “Cadet Ksensia Lin, report to the alpha team on the bounce. Crewwoman Ekoice, head over to Delta with PO Lannis.”

The mixed species cadet nodded and headed over to the Alpha team. She was so excited and even though it was just the cargo bays, that was as important as other areas on the ship, or so she kept telling herself. Skill wise, she was a decent marksman and a better sniper. She would need to set up someplace high to take out the enemy targets. She reported to Devers, “Sir? I’m Cadet Ksensia.” She was an interesting mix with the bajoran nose and trill spots.  “Lt. Gregory assigned me to your team, Sir.”  ~To keep me safe~. She thought resentfully but it did make some sense.

Gregory looked over the cadet.  He still disliked the idea of assigning cadets to boarding operations.   “Cadet, I am not your drill instructor or training officer.  Can the Sir, I work for a living,” he said in the fine tradition of NCOs around the galaxy.   “What are your hand-to-hand combat ratings?

She blinked in confusion but nodded. “Passable. I’m a better sniper so that was my focus. Get me up high and I’ll take out whatever you want dead. I’ve also got some medic training.  I wanted to be a Starfleet marine when I grew up. And then there was no marine force recruiting.”

Lee called the teams to attention.  “I just want to say before you continue with your team briefings.  If it is at all possible, do not exhaust your phaser levels or conserve projectiles like bullets.  Select your targets and do not fire indiscriminately.  As for grenades..no frag grenades.  It’s too risky.  You are likely to blow a bulkhead and being sucked out into space is not a nice thing!  Use stun and flashbangs.  It is likely that the ship’s lighting could be damaged so vision will be limited. So the rule is if you recognise anyone in the middle of a firefight from the ship, you need to quickly identify yourself and shout out ‘friendlies!”.  I personally want to avoid being the target of friendly fire.  The other thing is..again if possible. Capture alive anyone who looks like they have some sort of authority.  Keep communications to a minimum..no unnecessary chatter. You’re not on the playground!. Use hand signals where possible.  This is really for the benefit of the newbies among you but it is a good reminder for the rest of us.  Alright get back to your briefings.  Everyone should have a clear idea of what their roles are and to gel together as a team. I want no loose cannons.”

(reply).

(Posted by John, Tim, Al, Charles, Krs, Mel)

Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://startrekfreedom.com/pipermail/illuminar-rpg_startrekfreedom.com/attachments/20210630/9a38575b/attachment-0001.html>