~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mission: A Dream of the Past, Day 10 Stardate: 2406.10.19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List of Headers: (Ceti Sigma IV-Outside Kurgarian City- SO- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0708) (Ceti Sigma IV-Outside Kurgarian City- SO- John Fredericks- 0709) (Boudicca - Sickbay - Dr Farley - 0729) (Boudicca - Engineering - ACEO Enaj - 0729) (Boudicca - Sickbay - Capt Sevant - 0730) (Boudicca - Sickbay - Dr Farley - 0730) (Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0838) (Ceti Sigma IV, Kurgarian City, Depository lobby, Fredericks, 0837) (USS Boudicca - Bridge - OPS Lt. Yalta Schafio - 0841) (USS Boudicca – Bridge – Capt Sevant - 0841) Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0950) (USS Boudicca - En-route to Cargo Bay 1 - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx - 0956) (USS Boudicca - ACEO Enaj - Engineering - 0956) (Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby - Senior Chief Melody Haverstaad - 0957) (Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- John Fredericks Ensign (jg) AST/TAC- 0957) (USS Boudicca - Deck 2 - Outside Transporter Room 1 - TAC/SC- 1000) (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository lobby - Senior Chief Melody Haverstaad - 1002) (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository threshold- SO Dr. Madison Munroe- 1005) (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City - Melody Haverstaad - 1028) (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository threshold- SO Dr. Madison Munroe- 1029) (USS Boudicca - Transporter Room 1 - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx- 1031) (Boudicca- Transporter room unknown-Ensign John Fredericks-TAC/AST- 1031) (USS Boudicca - Holodeck 1 - Dr Farley - 1850) (USS Boudicca - Corridor - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx - 1850) (USS Boudicca - Corridor - Dr Farley- 1852) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Start of Compile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV-Outside Kurgarian City- SO- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0708) ==================================== Maddie had watched as the "Plan" unfolded before her. More crew were beamed down in order to make this "bank robbery" go smoothly. As the Haverstaad and her people made those arrangements she continued to monitor the transmissions. She had made several discoveries about the this world and what was going on in it. Apparently the Cold war that they had been invovled with, although over officially, still waged in a more clandestine manner. It still bred the underlying distrust of strangers that apparently affected what happened earlier. On top of that, this culture had the social morays of a brothel. Apparently sex, and sexal activity were as common, and varied as she had ever dreamed of. No, it went far beyond that. However, inorder to run a some sort of control on such a hedonistic society, it was not permitted to have any sexual contact in public. None, not even a kiss. When Boudicca wound up in orbit around this planet, it was picked up by their sensors, or more precisely, radar scanners. The detection of the ship sent both sides into a frenzy, in which each accused the other of it being a spy satellite, or even a "doomsday weapon". She couldn't believe those words, after having studied an actual doomsday weapon. The alert level on the whole planet skyrocketed, and both sides began talk of war again. Maddie wished she could do something about what they had started. She at least thought that she should report to the FO, but Grailik didn't really have time to talk with her at the moment. He was just to busy with this "plan". Maddie was a little iritated, but produced her report for the captain, and then whent to see what she could do to help out. Again she was put off, this time by the Security Chief. Basiclally she was told to stay out of the way and not get hurt. It wasn't until Domini turned up, dressed in a tight black outfit. Her eyes glistened. ~Wow.~ Domini winked at her. She picked up a projectile weapon, a hand gun, and held it by the barrel, looking at it with disdain, and bewilderment. "What do I do with this?" she asked. "I don't know how to use it. Knives I can do. Guns I don't get." At that domini demonstrated her knife skills on a tree. "Not a skill you'd take for a Betazoid maiden huh?" Maddie was impressed, but thought the handgun might be more useful on this "mission." Fortunately, one of the good things about being a cultural anthropologist, is being full of arcane knowledge. And old earth handguns was something she knew. She had a particular interest in the old west, and early 20th century, and with that came knoweldge of their weapons. She was about to go over and show Domini how to hold her weapon when she heard Fredericks wolf whistle, and he stepped over to her. Let me show you," he said. "It isnt hard to look like you know what you are doing." Melody turned around with a sudden burning in her heart. ~You should know.~ She couldn't believe that thought came to her. Maddie knew that she shouldn't be jealous, but she couldn't believe the flirting going on between the two of them. ~Whatever.~ With that, Maddie picked up one of the bigger weapons. She pulled back the bolt and sighted a few items. Then she unloaded the chamber and began to field strip the weapon. She put it back together and rechambered a load. When she was done she was beginning to feel a little better. Mental exercise really was the best. She looked around to see everyone looking at her in amazement. She looked back at them sheepishly. "What?" ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV-Outside Kurgarian City- SO- John Fredericks- 0709) ==================================== As he was showing Domini how to use the small hand weapon she had chosen John picked up on a distinctly unfriendly emotional wave that ended as quickly as it had started. John glanced over his shoulder at the direction he detected the feelings but only his crewmates were there and the area around them didn’t have much in the way of cover. The two or three that were there were busy getting ready although Madison was looking at him strangly. John probed carefully just enough to see if the emotions he detected might have come from one of them. All but one showed excitement tinged with a bit of fear, not surprising since they were about to do something that could get them killed. What was surprising was that he detected nothing at all from Madison as if she was shielding herself. ~Oh Ho, I think I might have stumbled into something~ He thought to himself as he watched her run through a field strip of her weapon. Very fast and professional too he noted. John walked causally up to her and motioned her to the side for a moment. “I think I may have unintentionally started a problem down here.” He said in a low voice.” When we gat back to the ship I would like to have a talk with you and see if we can work out a few things if you don’t mind. ==================================== (Boudicca - Sickbay - Dr Farley - 0729) ==================================== Sevant turned his head to look around, and then focused on the doctor again. "However, we have just captured a would-be assassin and terrorist, I could imagine this to be one of Doenitz's tricks." He took a breath, "Scan me, and get to work. Coordinate with engineering, perhaps this airborne... whatever... can be filtered out of the air." She took the tricorder and began to scann him she said " I agree, this shouldent be hard to get rid of from the air but the crewman who came in erlier has suffer quite bad damager to his brain where the tuma i, i think i can repair it though" He tapped his badge while she ran the tricorder over him, "Sevant to Ensign Enaj, report to engineering immediately." Ellen finished the scan and said "Your fine, You can leave, hopefuly this will be just a one off event, i'll keep you informed" ==================================== (Boudicca - Engineering - ACEO Enaj - 0729) ==================================== =^= Sevant to Ensign Enaj, report to engineering immediately.=^= "You will find me in engineering sir." ==================================== (Boudicca - Sickbay - Capt Sevant - 0730) ==================================== "Your fine, You can leave, hopefully this will be just a one off event, I'll keep you informed" The Captain nodded, "Very well." ==================================== (Boudicca - Sickbay - Dr Farley - 0730) ==================================== The Captain nodded, "Very well." the captain turned to walk out and Ellen said "wait" the captain stoped and turned around to face her (Reply from sevent) She asked "sir, could i go down to the planey and take some samples to analise, i wont take long, and i wont get in the way ==================================== Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0838) ==================================== Dressed like the others, in a black military outfit, and an automatic weapon slung over her shoulder, she tried to look official as they entered the depository. There wreally wasn't much for her to do but follow Grailik, who manged them into the building with very little interferance. Following Grailik's orders the depository director locked the vault , and had them all clear the building. Pretty soon they were alone with their quarry. "Go open the vault and start beaming the metal up to the ship." Grailik told them. "Tell your men to stay sharp. They will learn in a short order that they have been duped. I expect their response will be most violent." Lastly he looked over at Domini. "You and I will need to be ready to tend any wounded we might have till Mr. West can get all the metal we need up to the ship." She listened to all of the movement going on around them, and stuck pretty close to Dr. Rin. He still wasn't looking too good. Something had happened back at the room,and he didn't seem to be fairing too well. "Can't beam outside the vault," West said, "some sort of interference with the scanners. Going to have to go in and beam it all up in one shot." Then he turned to Rinn. "Lt Rin, you and I will disable the vaults' sensor system. I need at least 4 minutes to set everything up and beam it away. Grab three engineering techs to assist you." Maddie looked over at Rinn, who looked lost. "I'll take care of it Dr." she said to him. Then she turned to Fredricks. "I'll do it Lt." She moved through the crowd and grabbed three engineers. "You, you, and you, come with me." By the time they got to the vault West had figured out that there were weight sensors on the floor. That posed a problem. How would they get the metal out without setting off the sensors. "How about a bait and switch? We beam out the metal and beam in from the Boudicca, the equal amount of weight back in. It would be a tricky transport but do-able." "I don't know," Maddie offered, "wouldn't it still register our added weight once we were inside. Why don't we just shut down the sensor grid, or send it a flase signal? It should be easy enough to do, with their archaic technology" Saying that, Maddie went to work on her tricorder. After a a few minutes she had managed to tie it in with the depository computer. A minute later, it was reciing a constant signal of the weight inside the vault. "There," she said, "that ought to do it." To prove her point Maddie stepped into the vault. There was a moment of silence, while nothing happened. As soon as she was satisfied, Maddie turned to the engineers. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV, Kurgarian City, Depository lobby, Fredericks, 0837) ==================================== Grailik looked over at John "Tell your men to stay sharp. They will learn in a short order that they have been duped. I expect their response will be most violent." “Aye Sir” replied Fredericks and gathered up the security officers and started issuing orders. “I want two men on each side of the main door doors, stay back behind the desk about 20 feet and set up a killing field. The rest of you find and guard any doors or windows giving access to this room. The tricorder shows these walls to be solid and should stand up to most anything a field agent might have other than explosives. The ceiling reads as solid also, some form of cement type material.” After a brief hesitation He called two men back. “Johnson, Thomas I want you two to moniter the windows but stay out of sight.” John moved over to the counselor. “Domini, any chance that you could try to read the surrounding thought and give us heads up? I can scan for emotions but right now all I can pick up is a build up of anxious emotions. I can pick up a stray thought from time to time but it isn’t reliable. “ (Reply Domini) John gave the new weapon a once over again and chambered a round into the receiver and just incase it was needed he readied a grenade for launching as well and looked for a location that would be advantageous for any response he would have to make. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Bridge - OPS Lt. Yalta Schafio - 0841) ==================================== Yalta had been preparing that moment, cargo bay 1 had been cleared out for that purpose only, massive transport. There couldn't any mistakes, and no failure was allowed on this delicate part of the mission. The Captain's voiced reach her has she was checking again the transport program and energy level parameter. "All transporter rooms, stand by. Emergency Security teams to Transporter room 1, Extra engineering teams to Cargo bay 1 for material redistribution. Now." He took a breath, "Watch our power levels, give the cargo transporters as much as they need." He said to ops. “They will have everything they need, and the cargo transporter is ready!” Once said, Yalta took a deep breath and remain alert for the next step. ==================================== (USS Boudicca – Bridge – Capt Sevant - 0841) ==================================== =^=Ensign Enaj to Sevant.  In case you have not noticed the cloak had just failed.  We will be in full sight to the planet below if they are looking.=^=   “Noted.” Sevant said, “Make sure we’re over the pole.” He said to the Conn “Has the doctor talked to you yet?” he said, to Enaj. ==================================== Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0950) ==================================== "Okay boys, bring in those patttern enhancers." She looked around the vault for bars of metal. She didn't see any. ~That's odd.~ She would have thought that there would have been large amounts of the metal, but all she saw were thousands of rolls of coins. That's when it struck her. She picked up a roll and cracked it open. She moved over to one of the engineers and used his tricorder. Those rolls of coins were the metal. These people were using it for currency. Maddie had to fight the urge to laugh. "I think we've found our stash. Set up the enhancers here, here and here." Maddie walked around the threshold of the vault, pointing to the exact location that the enhancers needed to be in. "No,no no, that one is about 5 centimeters off. They have to be exact or this will all be in vain." Once Maddie was satisfied that all was ready, she had the engineers satrt moving bags of the coins into the center of the enhancer's area. She tapped her com badge. "Munroe to Boudicca, the first load is ready for transport to cargo bay 1. Energize." Before anything else could happen, there was an explosion, and part of the wall of the depository gave way. People began to pour in through the hole,and weapons began to fire. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - En-route to Cargo Bay 1 - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx - 0956) ==================================== =/\=All transporter rooms, stand by. Emergency Security teams to Transporter room 1, Extra engineering teams to Cargo bay 1 for material redistribution. Now.=/\= Ryko stopped mid-step and turned on his heel. "Jason," he said to one security officer. "Take squads beta and gamma, and continue to the cargo bay." "Aye sir," came the automatic response, and the security officer left with the two teams. The remainder of the detachment waited. "You heard the captain, boys and girls, let's go!" Ryko said, and headed back to the turbolift. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - ACEO Enaj - Engineering - 0956) ==================================== Hearing the call for engineering teams to the cargo bay Saim thought she should turn up to oversee. Making her way to the cargo bay she had a wierd sensation as if something was going to happen. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby - Senior Chief Melody Haverstaad - 0957) ==================================== Melody turned her head as the first bits of shrapnel flew over her head. She poked her head back up and took aim with her rifle. The idiots had blown a good portion of the wall away near the door; they must have packed the area with a ton-or-more of high-explosives in order to do it. She pulled the trigger and held the rifle steady as it bucked in her hand, bullets sprayed everywhere, it was a rather wasteful event. A few seconds later, she touched a second trigger and launched a grenade over their heads and out the door, it exploded into a mass of soldiers still waiting to slip through the hole and door. Dozens dropped, mostly in pieces. She slapped the arm of one of the troopers, "Get downstairs and tell them slow moving idiots to hurry it up, and NOT to come up here!" That was one of her worst fears, that one of the engineers or scientists would come upstairs and get chopped in half. Melody ducked behind her cover again as the soldiers began firing themselves. One of the team wasn't quite fast enough and fell to the ground with a hole in his shoulder. Melody cursed and looked over at her boss, "This isn't good!" (reply: Fredericks) She slapped a new clip into her gun, followed by another grenade, then took a breath and popped up again. She fired more conservatively this time around, doing three-round bursts rather then full-automatic fire. There were different variables to consider while aiming this beast of a weapon... but at the close range they were at, it didn't matter. Someone dropped beside her with a sidearm and took aim. She took a moment to look, then turned back to the fighting. "Lieutenant, if you would... GET BEHIND ME!" The Chief Science officer looked about ready to answer (as he always did) when he suddenly was jerked backwards and fell to the floor. Melody caught it from the corner of her eye, and slid back down just as her ammo ran low again. She ejected the spent clip automatically as she slid to her rump, then paused and sighed. The CSO had spun around while he fell, a great pool of blood was spreading on the floor. And if there was anything left of the back of his skull, she couldn't see it. "Idiot," she breathed. There wasn't even any use calling a paramedic. His thirst for glory had been quenched the second the bullet had gone through his head. She shook her head as she rammed a new clip home and went back to her own little war. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV- Kurgarian City- Depository lobby- John Fredericks Ensign (jg) AST/TAC- 0957) ==================================== With a thunderous explosion the wall near the entrance exploded inward throwing bits and pieces as well as large chunks of cement and reinforcing steel members across the top level of the depository. Smoke and dust was everywhere and the room was full of the sound of fully automatic weapons fire. John squinted and tried to pear through the obscuring cloud and was able to make out several forms moving just past the opening, he also could make out the forms of several of the security team lying twisted and broken on the floor. He raised the ungainly weapon sighted down its length and squeezed of short bursts of fire into the oncoming troops. He saw some of the attacking force fire into the bodies on the floor, apparently trying to be sure they actually were dead. John fired off a grenade into the bloodthirsty bunch just as he heard the sound of a launcher from the side. He turned to see Madison Monroe firing her weapon, the smoke from the grenade launcher showing that she was the source of the other grenade. John saw one of the security men weakly trying to crawl out of the line of fire and called for someone to cover him as he fired another grenade through the door, waited for the detonation and ran down low to the injured guard. Giving the man a quick look John saw only some damage to his leg, probably from the fragments of wall. He slung the weapon on his shoulder and grasped the injured man’s tunic from the collar and drug him back to a place of relative safety. Turning back to the fight John felt a sudden burning pain in his left shoulder. Looking, he saw a hole in the shoulder on the tunic. He had been hit! But not bad. It seemed to just be a flesh wound and would have to wait. He tapped his comm. badge “Fredericks to Grailik” (Reply Grailik) “The assault started a few minutes ago and we have taken a few casualties. It’s nothing we can’t handle yet but we might want to get out of here as soon as possible. If they blow another hole in the wall we could get overrun fairly quickly.” (Reply Grailik) “Aye sir, Fredericks out” Whistling at Melody to get her attention he passed the orders to pull back also reminding her to have the remainder of the guards make pickup on the fallen that were still alive and that at least to gather the modified equipment. He sighed to himself as he realized he had just stated the obvious to someone that actually had more experience than he did. ~Oh well, better to say it than to ignore it~. (Reply Madison) He then proceeded to give cover fire for the retreating security team. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Deck 2 - Outside Transporter Room 1 - TAC/SC- 1000) ==================================== Ryko entered the transporter room, took up position flanking the pad, and waited with his two teams. ~Why the hell are we here?~ he wondered, and stood still, phaser rifle trained on the pad. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository lobby - Senior Chief Melody Haverstaad - 1002) ==================================== Melody looked over at the chief, and got her orders. She nodded once, "Aye Sir." She took a breath, then bellowed, "By Ranks, pull back to the secondary point, and Grab the stragglers!" One of the guards next to her immediately ducked down, grabbed a free hand on the body of Rin, and began pulling him away. Melody cracked her neck and cocked her rifle again, then swung around and began firing again. Now that they had gotten their wind, her security team was holding their own. The initial rush had been slaughtered; the enemy troops were now being smarter since their try at surprise had failed. "I recommend you pull back Sir and get that wound covered, I've got your back!" (reply: Fredericks) Melody fired another grenade round out the door; there were several resulting screams and sporadic fire from everywhere, enough to make Melody duck behind her steel bench again. She looked around, there were only a handful of defenders left, thankfully the enemy had no idea what she said, they didn't speak English standard. With herself and a handful firing on full burst, the slack of personnel hadn't yet been noticed. "Last wave, pull back!" she said as she slapped in a new clip. "Now!" She stood up and began firing on full auto, stepping back the entire time. She sent bullets directly at a couple adventurous types who popped their heads around the door. One went down, a bullet to the head, the other managed to pull back... but not before he had tossed something in her general direction. "D*MN!" she bellowed as she turned on her heel and jumped for the stairs. There was a large explosion behind her, it propelled her even harder forward, and she slammed into the stairs and rolled down uncontrolled. She came to a stop a long twenty feet down at the foot of the next level. She groaned as she was thrown against a wall, and finally stopped. ~Tell me I'm dead, please, it will hurt less.~ She looked down at herself and wiggled her fingers, then her toes. She had bruises galore, and it felt like she had broken most of her face on the left side from slamming her head into one of the stairs on the way down. But nothing appeared to be broken, perhaps this body armor was more useful then it looked. Melody forced herself up and walked down the stairs as quickly as she could, her rifle tightly gripped in her hand. Above her, she could hear sounds of the barricades being knocked over. The enemy had figured out they had vacated. She stepped into the first room just off the stairs, secured by heavy doors and plopped behind the barricade. There was another set of stairs behind them to the vault level, secured by more heavy-doors that had already been opened. This was their first fall-back position. "Make ready!" she said, as she checked her rifle over for damage from the blast and fall. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository threshold- SO Dr. Madison Munroe- 1005) ==================================== The sound of the explosions made Maddie jump. She was a scientist, not a seasoned battle veteran. The only explosions she was used to were the kind for the lab down the hallway. Cultural anthropology usually had little to do with things blowing up. However, the noise did cause her to increase her efforts. She looked over at the engineers who were moving the coins. "Ummm...that did not sound good. Let's get the rest of this out of here." The engineer's nodded and began moving quickly. There were a series of explosions, and the sound of gunfire coming from upstairs. It seemed to be getting closer. Then she heard the familiar voice of Melody Haverstaad calling down to them. "Make ready!" She yelled. "Almost there," Maddie called back. "Where is everyone else?" ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City - Melody Haverstaad - 1028) ==================================== Melody wiped blood away from her brow and growled. Wave after wave kept coming down the stairs, trying to dislodge them. Melody hadn't seen many people like this, so d*mn single-minded. It was becoming a major pain in the arse for her and the crew. Someone ran up at a crouch and tapped her shoulder, and the TAC/ASC's. "They say they are almost ready, Sir!" the guard shouted to the Chief. Melody looked at Fredericks, waiting for the pull-back order. (reply: Fredericks) "Alright, pull back!" she shouted, "By rank, GO!" She put up her weapon and launched a grenade at the stairs, collapsing the supports. They hadn't done this before, just in case they had to go up and beat back the invaders. Several of the enemy fell the full thirty feet, the one's that didn't die on impact were shot as they tried to get up. Melody tapped the TAC/ASC's shoulder, "Ill cover here, Sir!" (reply: if desired) Finally, there were only a handful left at the barricade. No-one was coming from the stairs, and the last of the defenders who had made it down were done. Melody made her hand-signals, and the last four slipped back, with Melody covering them, slowly backing up in the direction of the stairs. IT was almost quiet, the battle had temporarily died. And that was the only reason she saw the package drop. A small black item, mostly circular from what she could see, was dropped from where the stairs cut off in the direction of their palisade. In the couple seconds it took to drop, Melody noticed it had a small blinking light. "Bloody HELL!" she bellowed, intuition taking over. She made for the stairs just as it burst, and found herself flying... again. ~Not again,~ she thought soberly, just before she hit the first step and started rolling. She groaned when she finally came to a stop, this time she couldn't convince herself to get up though. Her body ached, and she thought she had a broken arm, though her whole body hurt too much to make that clear. Black creepers began worming their way around her vision, she had to fight the impulse to just close her eyes. She had work to do... "Melody, let's go dear. Company is on its way." Haverstaad did no such thing; she fought the blackness of unconsciousness, that was taking all of her concentration. "Let's go soldier, on your feet. It's time to move, move, move." Melody groaned again as someone grabbed her arm and dragged her. She tried to help, she managed to move her feet a bit and push herself along, but that was about it. "Energize now." The voice said. Melody opened her eyes slowly, just in time to see the room disappear and the Boudicca's Transporter room appear. She turned her head a bit, to see if she could see West. Did he make it out? It wasn't a question she could answer; she fell into unconsciousness before she could wonder much about it. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository threshold- SO Dr. Madison Munroe- 1029) ==================================== The last bag of coins was dropped into the middle of the enhancers. Maddie looked up to see Haverstaad come flying down the stair well. She was bleeding from several cuts and contusions, and lying on the floor, not able to move. Maddie tapped her comm badge as she rushed over to the SC. "Munroe to Boudicca, standby to beam up five and our last load." Maddie knelt down beside Melody. The sound of footsteps rushing down the stairs gave her a sense of urgency. "Melody, let's go dear. Company is on its way." Havertaad didn't respond. Maddie knew she had to switch tactics. She stood up and loomed over her. "Let's go soldier, on your feet. It's time to move, move, move." Maddie grabbed Haverstaad by the arm and practically dragged her to the pattern enhancers. ~Lord I hope this works.~ She hit her comm badge. "Energize now." Several men came out the stairwell with their guns already firing. Maddie felt a burning sensation in her shoulder and momentum, almost drove her out of the transport beam. However, when they rematerialized on the Boudicca, her momentum continued and she flew across the floor. Looking at the ceiling all she could say was, "Ouch." And then she passed out. ==================================== (Ceti Sigma IV - Kurgarian City, Depository threshold- Ensign John Fredericks TAC/AST- 1030) ==================================== John stood in the area of enhancers waiting for the last of the away team to come back down. Just as the last bag of coins hit the pile he saw Melody come flying down the stairs and land bouncing to a stop. The sounds of weapons getting closer, John did a quick recount of the team. Coming up with the correct number he ran a few steps toward the stairs, ducked down and fired two grenades back up the stairwell then turned to help Munroe move Melody to the transport point but found her already halfway there. He stayed only long enough to be sure they were in the transponder enhanced area and then Hearing the sounds of booted feet coming down the stairs and the sounds of gunfire closing in, dove in himself just as Madison called in for the beam out. ~Safe~, John thought as the effect started to form and then felt the burning pain as another round hit his shoulder. He spun around with the momentum from the round and then dropped to the floor as the room vanished around him. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Transporter Room 1 - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx- 1031) ==================================== Ryko stood, ,waited, and waited. And waited some more. There was an awful lot of waiting to be done around here, and Ryko wasn't one for waiting. He waited again, wondering whether he should make his excuses and head for the bridge, or stay. The decision was made for him. "Sir! Incoming transporter signal!" Came Carlson's voice from the transporter console. "Brace, formation alpha," Ryko said calmly. The team swiftly swept into place. "Energise, Mr. Carlson," Ryko said, and the shadowy beams containing their guests shimmered, then revealed the forms of the Away team, minus Dr. Rin. Dr. Munroe collapsed, mumbling something before flying into the bulkhead behind her. "Lower your weapons, and make sure the doctor is okay," Ryko said. He deactivated his phaser rifle and approached Grailik. "Commander," Ryko said in greeting. "Welcome back." (Reply Grailik) "Situation normal," Ryko replied. "We're having minor trouble with the cloaking device, but Major Drizzt was able to ensure we don't blow up at any point in the near future." (Reply Grailik) "Aye, commander, but if you don't mind me asking, where is Dr Rin?" Ryko asked, not seeing him anywhere. (Reply any on away team) ::Typical,:: Ryko thought, unintentionally sending the message to whoever happened to be listening. He coughed lightly and tapped his badge. "Skylynx to Bridge, the away team is safely aboard, minus Dr. Rin, and Dr Munroe is injured." (Reply Sevant / Any on bridge) "Unknown," Ryko lied. There would be time to go over whatever caused Rin's death later. (Reply Bridge) "Acknowledged," Ryko said. "Carlson, make sure everyone's seen to. If anyone needs me, I'll be on the bridge," Ryko said, and followed Grailik out of the room. ==================================== (Boudicca- Transporter room unknown-Ensign John Fredericks-TAC/AST- 1031) ==================================== John looked up and saw the more familure walls of the Bouddica and groaned slightly as he got to his feet. He was sore from the head long dive into the transponder circle and his arm hurt from being shot. He was however in better shape than some of his team. Looking down at the sheet covered form of Rin it was clear some had not made it out alive. More out of habit than anything else he slung the weapon he still carried and tried to help with the wounded, more getting in the way than helping until a medic noticed the blood running down his arm and forced him to go to sick bay if he was able to walk. Giving into the inevitable he agreed and headed towards the sickbay. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Holodeck 1 - Dr Farley - 1850) ==================================== After a day in Sickbay, Ellen and her friends, Adam and Nat From EPS maintenence, were in the holodeck, where they came accross their old program that they use to have in florida, the program was their band, and they were famous, the part they left on was part 069, "The Royal Albert Hall, London, England" Ellen turned to Adam and Nat and said "Hey do you think we should go get our instruments guys?" they replied, "yeah", so they did. when they finished on the holodeck, ellen went to her quarters, she was half asleep, when she had a sudden jump "AHHHH!" screamed ellen, she looked around, and say over by her door was her father, she saw him, as plane as day but then he vanished, she went out of her door "wait, come back" she said, she began to run, then she looked behind her, and saw somone, she turned again, and the next thing, she hit her haid on a wall pylon, and blacked out ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Corridor - TAC/SC Ensign Skylynx - 1850) ==================================== ~This has GOT to have been the wierdest few days EVER,~ Ryko thought to himself as he wandered down the corridor. He saw the familiar doors to holodeck 1 and paused for a brief second, remembering his and Yalta's first date. ~That was a fun night,~ he recalled. He only realised he was standing in the middle of the corridor when something distracted him. "Stop! Come back!" Ryko turned to his right. ~That's Farley,~ he thought, and went to find out what was going on. He rounded the corner to see her hit her head off a bulkhead and collapse to the floor. Ryko of course did the noble thing and went to see if she was alright. "Doctor, Doctor, are you alright?" Ryko said, supporting her shoulders. (Reply Farley IYW) Ryko sighed. For a fleeting second he thought he was in the computer core. "Skylynx to Sickbay, medical emergency in crew quarters," he said hurriedly, closing the channel and waiting. ~this isn't my night,~ he thought. ==================================== (USS Boudicca - Corridor - Dr Farley- 1852) ==================================== Ryko of course did the noble thing and went to see if she was alright. "Doctor, Doctor, are you alright?" Ryko said, supporting her shoulders. Ellen was a little disorient but replied "oh hello ensign, i appear to have hit my head, i feel a litle dizzy, you might think about calling sicbay" then she passed out Ryko sighed. For a fleeting second he thought he was in the computer core. "Skylynx to Sickbay, medical emergency in crew quarters," he said hurriedly, closing the channel and waiting. ellen was still seeing her father, every where she looked, he was there ~Dad, don't go again~