Stardate:2406.11.24 (USS Boudicca - Engineering - ACEO Enaj - 16:12) Saim had a feeling that there was something in the air. It had been too quiet for too long now. Something was sure to come along and cause mayhem. Saim really knew something bad was coming because Engineering was running much to smoothly. Whenever Saim got it just the way she liked it things went wrong. Everything was running like clockwork with only a few minor repairs here and there and Fredricks had smoothly made the transition to CEO. All this left Saim to tinker, or as she liked to call it in public, "refine". While Saim was leaning over the console in front of her, wondering if her new idea might work her comm pinged and Fredricks voice came through, =^=Fredericks to Ensign Saim, Report to the bridge immediately.=^= ~Here it comes~ Saim thought. Fredricks did not normally sound quite so determined. (Bridge - 1618) Within five minutes Saim walked onto the bridge. Fredricks promptly motioned her over to the observation lounge. (Observation Lounge - 1619) As soon as the doors hissed behind Saim Fredricks turned to her. "Saim, I know this is a little sudden but I need you to take over engineering for awhile. Something has come up and I am temporarily the acting First Officer and as such will need to remain on the bridge for extended periods. I will still be available if needed and will be at the engineering consol unless needed elsewhere. At the present I am not at liberty to explain what has happened but I will as soon as I can. Any questions?" Saim was slightly startled at this. Acting First Officer. What was wrong with West, the current FO? Hadn't she seen him as she came in? When Saim said nothing Fredricks continued. "All I can say is to stay on top of things and stay ready for anything that might happen. Dismissed." John then led the way out of the lounge and went back to his station. Once again Saim was out of the loop. She was getting very tired of that. (reply any) (posted Saim) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca - Cargo bay 2 - ACEO Enaj - 0115) Looking up for a moment to survey the debris Saim noticed a science officer standing over her, "So what do you think?" From her crouch Saim held up her hand, "Hi, I'm Saim. These guys never seem to give it to me tidy, all neatly laid out. Can't say sure what happened but by all accounts this is the ruins of a shuttle and it was empty when it was blown up." (reply Madison) (posted Saim) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca - Cargo bay 2 - CSO- Dr. Madison Munroe- 0116) The Bahoran ACEO looked up and held up her hand, which Maddie grasped and shook. "Hi, I'm Saim. These guys never seem to give it to me tidy, all neatly laid out. Can't say sure what happened but by all accounts this is the ruins of a shuttle and it was empty when it was blown up." Maddie smiled. "It was probably put there by a bunch of men who obviously couldn't clean up after themselves if their lives depended on it." Then she giggled a little to show it was jsut a joke. She brushed her red hair back from her eyes. "I'm Maddie Munroe, by the way." Maddie pulled out her tricorder and began to scan the wreckage. She picked up a piece of metal between her thumb and forefinger and looked at it with disgusted interest. She dropped it and rubbed the dirt of her fingers on her pants. "It was obviously hit with a high enrgy disruptor type weapon that would indicate a... Starfleet vessel?" She showed the readings to Saim, for confimrmation. This was hardly her specialty. (reply Saim) Then she continued her scan, coming to the same conclusion. "Your right Saim, there was nothing alive on this vessel when it was destroyed. And it does appear to be the Mississippi." Maddie stopped when she said that. "If that's the case, then where's Captain Sevant?" (reply Saim) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca - Cargo bay 2 - ACEO Enaj - 0116) "Hi, I'm Saim. These guys never seem to give it to me tidy, all neatly laid out. Can't say for sure what happened but by all accounts this is the ruins of a shuttle and it was empty when it was blown up." The science officer smiled. "It was probably put there by a bunch of men who obviously couldn't clean up after themselves if their lives depended on it." Then she giggled a little and brushed her red hair back from her eyes. "I'm Maddie Munroe, by the way." Saim smiled, appreciating the joke. Maddie pulled out her tricorder and began to scan the wreckage. She pickedup a piece of metal between her thumb and forefinger and looked at it withdisgusted interest. She dropped it and rubbed the dirt of her fingers on her pants. "It was obviously hit with a high enrgy disruptor type weapon that would indicate a... Starfleet vessel?" Maddie showed the readings to Saim. "Yes. But that seems to have happened after the shuttle was blown up from inside." "You're rightSaim, there was nothing alive on this vessel when it was destroyed. And it does appear to be the Mississippi." Maddie stopped when she said that. "Ifthat's the case, then where's Captain Sevant?" Saim looked up in surprise. She had heard nothing about the Captain. "He was on this shuttle?" (reply Maddie) (posted Saim) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz – Sickbay – ACMO – Dr. Michaella Kirien - 0230) Michaella paced the confines of sickbay, bored. It was either thousands of casualties or nothing. This night shift had been dead. Kinkaid had been on the Bridge, doing his shift, yet again. Michaella liked the fact that the Doctor was making the transition to command. It was good for him, good for his career. Maybe they'd one day make him Captain of a medical ship. Michaella herself had no designs upon command. ~God I'm bored~ The rumors were that some keltoi ship was firing on them and had abducted Sash. Michaella couldn't feel Sash on board, but then again he had excellent shields. Her comm link to the bridge had said he'd beamed over with that wretched Klingon. Michaella caught herself from shuddering. She did not like Klingons. They were just...nasty. Michaella, an aristocrat, refused to associate with ... it. She tried not to let her prejudice show, though, and thanfully when..it...had come into sickbay... it... had done so when Kinkaid was on duty. She sighed. She supposed that she should get Counselling to deal with this. It was irrational, this prejudice of hers. She didn't mind vulcans or some of the other races, so it wasn't like she was xenophobic or anything. ~No, Misha, you are klingon-phobic~ She thought with another sigh. Her mind began to wander back to the mixer when Sash had sat down beside her... he had made it clear that they were only friends, and that he valued that friendship a great deal. Then that red headed snippet of a Captain had walked in.... And Sash's eyes were drawn to her. Then they had left together, and then Hollis, sensing her distraction had left....and she hadn't seen him again. ~Mhmmmm Hollis...~ She thought, seeking out his mind. She smiled when she found it in meditation. She poked at the outside of it playfully, but not intrusive enough to disturb the meditation. If he wanted to come out and talk with her, that was fine. ~I guess...~ She thought to herself, suddenly lonely, ~That I'm just lonely. I guess I would feel better if the Counsellor was a telepath. Sometimes being human is such a handicap. I doubt they see it that way, though. ~ Her mind wandered back to Hollis. ::Hi.:: She sent to him, suddenly bashfully shy. (reply Hollis, any) (posted by Melinda) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Personal quarters - CSO Holis Gralen - 0235) Holis had been too keyed up to sleep, he'd layed down several times but each time he had just about gotten his mind to settle he would think about some aspect of the confrontation; either the unexpected attack, the research he had done on the Boudicca's flight path, or the fired shots. Something always prodded him back to full consciousness. In frustration he had given up and decided to do some mental exercises, meditations some would call them to try to shut his brain down. He was in the middle of it when he felt something begin to tickle the edge of his conscious, it was a light touch so at first he thought it might have been his imagination, after a moment though it was repeated so he stopped what he was doing to concentrate on it. It stopped for a moment and he was about to shrug it off when it returned and since he was concentrating closely on it the owner of the touch decided to send along a little communication, it was very small though as though they were embarassed about it. ::Hi.:: :: Hello yourself.:: Holis thought back before it occured to him who the owner of it was. ::Ah Michaella! I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you at first even though we talked extensively the night of the party. There has been so much go on today and I was trying to get my brain to shut down so I could get some sleep. It is good to hear from you. What can I do for you?:: (Reply: Michaella Kirien) :: I see. It has been a strange day. I enjoyed our chat in Ten Forward. How did it work out with the Captain?:: (Reply: Michaella Kirien, any) (Posted by Charles) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – CONN – Ensign Jon Carter - 0239) "It would be difficult to match the Keltoi shield, we could come close later, Zzt might have a few ideas on that but right now, it might be impossible. He is probably trying to work on the same principle that we do. I guess we just need to work still at this problem.” Kateb told Jon. ~That’s a good idea, maybe I should get everything together to present to Zzt.~ Jon thought to himself. “Sorry to bother you. I am going to go back to my console and work on getting something ready for Zzt to look at.” Jon directed towards Onyx. Jon moved back towards his console. He felt guilty about bothering Onyx. He knew that the time that he spent pitching his theory could have been used more wisely. Jon began to compile his theory on his console, keeping his keen eye on the ship in front of them for any drastic movements. 5 minutes seemed to pass and Jon heard the doors of the turbolift hiss open. Hearing commotion going on, Jon turned around to see Zzt having a fit. He thought that now would be the most opportune time to present his theory to Zzt. The only thing stopping him, was the fear of being swatted by the bear-like man. It would be better to wait for things to calm down. The Course of about 15 minutes passed when Jon heard… =^= Sash to Nimitz, stand down. Password dark to light. =^= Jon’s theory was useless now. He actually thought that he might have had a plan that would have been put into a course of action. It also took some of the fun out of it. Jon enjoyed piloting the ship, and the maneuver the put on the Boudicca made him very proud. The last time he pulled a move like that, was at the academy during flight training. Nevertheless, Jon was still ready to pounce at any moment. He kept doing sensor sweeps for any incoming vessels. Nothing. Jon wanted to see some action, maybe when Captain Sash got back, he would be filled in on the mission. Jon waited patiently for any orders that might come his way. (Reply any on bridge) (Posted by Jon Carter) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz- Bridge- SO/SFI- Lt. Dru Tagon- 0245) The door to the turbolift finally opened for Tagon. He stepped off with a look of frustration on his face. "What's been holding up the turbo..." he stopped seeing Zzt's panic attack in full swing. The huge Gerratlian was spinning in circles shouting somethng about "Brain Parasites." As he watched and looked at the faces of the othershe realized that left unchecked he could hurt someone, or even worse, damage the bridge. One of the security officers on the bridge tried to approach Zzt, Tagon recognized Montiz. But the minute he was close enough, Zzt's spinning form sent him flying across the room. Tagon had had enough. He walked straight towards the whirling dirvish that was the CEO. Moving quickly he managed to grab hold of Zzt by the fur of his neck. With a swift blow, he smacked the Gerratlian across the snout. "That is enough," he snapped. Watching carefully he held onto Zzt, to see how he would react. (reply Zzt) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz, Bridge, CEO, Lt(sg) Zzt & SO/SFI Lt Dru Tagon, 0246) Zzt was still going on about the brain parasites when suddenly someone grabbed him by the nape of the neck and slapped him across the snout. Zzt howled, and reflexively slapped the offending hand away, and delivered a solid blow to Tagon's chest, forcing the Brikar to take several steps backwards. Then both paws went to his throbbing snout. "OWWW! You hit Zzt!" Zzt said, scowling down at Tagon, "Why you hit Zzt?" Tagon actually felt the blow from the Gerratlian and took several steps back to keep himself on his feet. It takes a lot to move a Brikar against his will, and Zzt was definitely one of those forces. He rubbed his chest, with a strange look on his face. Tagon looked up into the face of the irritated CEO. With his typical impassive voice he replied, "It seemed to be a good idea at the time." Zzt scowled, still rubbing his snout. "No do that again," he said waving a claw at Tagon while he rubbed his snout with his other paw. Zzt then looked around at everyone staring at him with eyes wide. "What?" Zzt asked, looking behind him over each shoulder to make sure there wasn't something behind him before looking back at Tagon and the rest of the bridge crew. Tagon shrugged, "I hadn't really planned to. However, you did seem to be a bit... distressed." (Reply Any on Bridge) (Posted by Wes and Al) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz- Bridge- ATAC - Ensign Paul Casely - 0247) Paul watched the scene that was unfolding as the bear formerly known as Zzt knocked a security person flying. This was now starting to get disconcerting as people, or possibly the bridge, could potentially be hurt by the fuzzy behemouth. ~How did Zzt pass the Starfleet psych exam?~ thought Paul as he looked over at Ensign Harrison, who was watching in awe. ~Nevermind... stupid question.~ With that Paul quickly started run through options... then Lt. Tagon walked onto the bridge. Tagon's eyes were fixed at the CEO, Paul tried to read the look on the Lieutenant's face but typically there was none. Then suddenly, the Lieutenant walked over and smacked the bearlike creature across the snout. ~How humiliating... just like I would do to the dogs at home when I was growing up if they misbehaved. I wonder if the CEO understands the significance...~ Suddenly, Lieutenant Tagon, who had the CEO firmly in hand said, "That is enough!" Paul took a swift intake of breath and held it, waiting to see how Zzt would react. He moved his hand to the bridge alert section of the control panel, ready to summon a heavily armed security team to the bridge if a potentially destructive battle ensued. During general alert status, he couldn't allow the bridge to be affected, it was bad enough that this event had drawn attention away from the situation at hand. (reply any) (posted by Jeff Bergeron) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0249) "Sir, I have the report on Captain Sevant," The councillor stated. "I'll give you the short version, if it’s easier." Edward paused for a moment of thought and then rolled his eyes. “Shoot Ensign,” "This man has been through a lot. Even more than Commander West. His entire family has been murdered, he himself has died - the details are here, sir," Edward glared at the ensign. ~How the hell does that ship function, if the CO and FO are both basket cases,~ Edward thought to himself. On that the Ensign continued giving his report. "The loss of his wife and children caused him to breakdown temporarily. He did seek vengeance, but the mental anguish wore off before he went through with it. He has been through months of counselling, apparently successfully. He's been decorated several times for taking command of bad situations. Really bad ones." "Put simply, sir, this man has been through more than most men put together. It is always possible that he could have another breakdown - they are sometimes delayed for months or years, while the pain builds inside the individual. That said, the only sign of such behaviour is the temporary outburst after the death of his wife and children. In every other traumatic situation, he has handled it well and come out on top. Albeit a highly romanticised description, but the man is the closest thing to a 'war hero' that I've come across. While it is possible that he has done a 'disappearing act', as you suggested, there is no history of similar voluntary disappearing, nor do believe it in his character to abandon his ship and his crew." “Right that’s good that leaves us with abduction or murder, I prefer those odds in all fairness,” Edward stated jokingly, realising he lacked the human sense of humour he continued. “Cheers for that John knock yourself out with what ever you need to do now,” Edward stated smiling. (Reply Harrison) Edward sat in the comfortable seat and realised he had been doing the same thing whilst left in charge here. He had got up and moved around the bridge countless times and was proberly starting to annoy those around him. Edward remained sitting and the thought that he was forgetting something kept coming into his mind. ~ Cooker is not on, don’t have any dry cleaning in, no body is invading the ship, ~ Edward ran though his checklist and came up a blank. ~ Marines on the transporter, ~ the thought of that aggressive fellow standing on a pad cooling his heels made him shudder. “Bridge to Major Dorkin, Sir it seems less likely that transporting is likely stand down please sir,” Edward stated placing sir into the sentence to try and calm the marine. (Reply Dorkin) (Reply Harrison, Dorkin, any) (Posted By Richard) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca- Ready Room- Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0251) K'ven had been watching this so called commander that was in charge of the Boudicca. He half wished that this Kur would attack his HoD so he would have a reason to remove him. He has insulted the crew of the nimitz and its captain to a point that it was hard not to avenge such insults. If this Kur had been on a klingon ship things would be so much different. K'ven was not on a ship of his kind, so, he had to learn to hold his anger in check until he was able to release it in an honorable way. So, he made sure that Sash never was too far from him where he would be able to protect him. He was constantly assessing the surroundings for any possible threats and listening to the conversation. This Commander West was speaking of trust and as of yet he had done nothing to garner any from K'ven or for that matter, Captain Sash. It would seem that this Commander had no real experience as a CO as it showed in his constantly falling back from a stand point of strength. You did what you did and don't continually appologize for it. Klingons would have counted it as an act of preservation, seeing that had no idea that another ship was on it' s route to them. But, then again, as K'ven thought about it, this commander should have given the Nimitz a second thought as he should have known they were on the same side. There had been no reports that the nimitz had been captured or went back to the other side. "It appears we are to work together and seeing as how Captain Sevant is missing, time seems not to be on our side. You are the ranking officer and I would like to hear your suggestions on how we can retrieve the Captain alive and in one piece." K'ven felt Sash tense up as the stunning knews that Sevant was missing, came out. K'ven had read up on this Captain Sevant and was impressed with him. It was hard to impress K'ven but this Vulcan had been through a lot to be where he had ended up. K'ven was more unsure of this Commander that would let his HoD leave this ship without the proper escort. K'ven continued to listen closely to the conversation. "Sevant is missing? When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?" Then the realization as to why the Boudicca had fired on the Nimitz became clear, "And you thought..." Sash could only shake his head. "Good God man, do you really think I'd be stupid enough to capture Captain Sevant and then come back here like this? Ask Lt Stolev, Captain Sevant and I are ... well, for lack of a better word, friends. At the least, we served together." After a few moments, K'ven watched as Sash regained his usual composure to start thinking again. "Forgive me Lt. Commander," Sash said calmly, "it was just such a surprise. There's no point of going over what's already happened, let's go on from here. Can you tell me what you've found out yet?" K'ven would never relax when around a strange crew, but, Sash had apparently. K'ven just continued to watch and listen to the explanation of what ever evidence that they may have. Still he could not believe that he had let Sevant just leave by himself on the so called mission. Finally this west brought his ship out of red alert and Sash also informed Commander Gideon to stand down. K'ven would not have, but, he was a Klingon. He did not understand how Starfleet became such a power with actions such as these. He listened to the instructions he gave to Gideon and he wondered what Gideons impression was on the events. He would have to discuss them with him later to try and understand them more. "I should be returning soon, Sash out." Then Sash asked the question that burned in K'ven, "You should have some help over here shortly. Can I ask where Captain Sevant was heading, and why he was away from the ship, so close to the border, without an escort or some kind?" (USS Boudicca, - Bridge - Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0305) As the conversation had finished and plans had been made to continue the search, they left the ready room. Sash had promised that some engineers from the nimitz would be over to help them in finding out any information they could as to what happened to Sevant. Just as West was about to escort them to the transporter room, K'ven noticed that West suddenly became agitated and excused himself. Both he and Sash entered the turbolift to make their way to the transporter room. Leaning over as to be able to somewhat whisper to Sash, "What do you surmise about this Lt. Commander West?" (Sash) "I do not trust him." K'ven grunted as he straightened back up after listening to what Sash had to say. (reply from Sash, West(iyw), any) (posted by Frank) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca- Ready Room- Captain Devan Sash- 0253) Sash listen to Wests explanation of what ever evidence that they may have. "I would appreciate any assistance in the matter and if you need anything from the Boudicca, please let me know." Sash nodded. He opened his mouth to speak but West continued. "I must also apologize for assuming that you were responsible for the attack on the Runabout, we thought that maybe you were coming in to finish us off. However, that does not seem to be the case." Trevan tapped his badge, "West to Bridge, Stand down from Red Alert and go to Yellow Alert." he closed the channel. "Let's se if we can keep this incident out of the official log entries," Sash smiled. "I'll get an engineering team over here to see what else they can do. Excuse me a moment." Sash turned his back and tapped his comm badge. "Sash to Nimitz, stand down. Password dark to light." (reply Gideon) "Everything is fine here Mr. Gideon. Could you arrange for an small engineering team to come over and assist the Boudicca's staff with something. Also when I return we will need to meet." (reply Gideon) "I should be returning soon, Sash out." He turneed back to West. "You should have some help over here shortly. Can I ask where Captain Sevant was heading, and why he was away from the ship, so close to the border, without an escort or some kind?" (reply West) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca- Ready Room- Lt Cmdr Trevan West- 0254) Sash turned back to West. "You should have some help over here shortly. Can I ask where Captain Sevant was heading, and why he was away from the ship, so close to the border, without an escort or some kind?" Trevan knew this question was coming and he was trying to avoid it, "I can only tell you what I know and it isn't much. As far as I know, Captain Sevant was responding to a message from, shall we say, a former member of the Boudicca, with some sort of intel for us. He was to go alone without an escort or the mission would be a bust. That is why we were hanging on the edge of the system until his distress call." Trevan continued, " I have an Engineering team working on the debris now and I expect a report from them shortly. Beyond that, I can't tell you anything because that is all I know." (reply Sash if you want) Trevan stood up, "Very well, I will look forward to having your engineering crew help us out. Also if you could send over some science team members to shore up our end here. We are a battle ship and don't have very many scientists here. Our CSO is amazing but I am sure the extra help would be welcome." Trevan extended his hand to shake the Captain's (USS Boudicca, Bridge, Lt Cmdr Trevan West, 0300) Trevan looked around as his staff was all looking at him with suspicious eyes, "Senior staff report for a meeting at 0400 in the observation lounge." Trevan looked over as his tactical officer reported something. "Uh, sir," he said, unsure as to whether this was directed at Fredericks or West. "We have company." Trevan responded, "Any idea on what it is or who it is?" "Uncertain, but it's heading towards this location, I can't tell what type at this distance," Ryko said. "Very well, go to red alert and send your reports to the Nimitz as well. "1 Light-year and closing," "Go to full scan, if it was a starship I am sure we would know by now, probably a probe of somesort." Trevans guess paid off, it was a probe, it's origin was uncertain and his crew was busy with the wreckage of the Mississippi at the moment. "Open a channel to Captain Sash. Captain, as you are aware there is a sensor probe coming in, origins unknown. We are a little busy here but if you would be so kind as to help with this, I would appreciate it. If it's a starfleet probe, I think we should get the hell out of here. You have lead on this sir and I will follow." (Reply Sash, any) (Posted by Kerry Fletcher) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Marine Center - MCO - 0254) =^=Ensign Casely to Lieutenant Dorkin, I've been asked to coordinate security. I know that their movements and reports directly impact you and your marines so I want to keep you appraised of what's going on with them. Currently they're monitoring the major access points, such as transporter rooms, shuttle bays and cargo bays on the ship. Do you have any areas you believe we should increase security? Is there anything that you or your men need? Currently at this point there is no hostile movement from the Boudicca.=^= "Yeah," he growled, "Send a couple to main engineering, and a couple more into anti-matter control and storage." He relaxed his arm slightly; he was still waiting on the pad to be sent. =^=Understood Sir, I'll see that your requests are looked after. Please contact me with any further concerns and I will do my best to keep you informed about our present situation. Casely out.=^= The MCO growled, he knew that Security controlled all forces while on board, it simply annoyed him. (reply: any) (posted by Trout) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Marine Center - Major Dorkin - 0256) =^=Bridge to Major Dorkin, Sir it seems less likely that transporting is likely stand down please sir,=^= Dorkin growled under his breath, "Acknowledged, standing down the combat team and redeploying for anti-boarding duty." He cut the line and looked around. "Well, what're you all standing around for, Deploy to anti-boarding stations and patrols!" (reply: Kane) Men moved off, leaving Dorkin standing on the pad with the scatter-gun over his shoulder. His continued muttering curses under his breath, even as he stepped down and began making way for the armory. If any other emergencies suddenly popped up when he should be sleeping, he at least wanted his armor on. (reply: Kane, any) (posted by Trout) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0256) Edward stopped the rapping of his knuckles on the command chair, Sash would no doubt not be too happy with him putting a little dint in his chair. Edward smiled characteristically and pursed his lips at the problem at hand. He was still not to get any further communication with Sash but with K’Ven being there he was not that concerned. If it was a hostile ship then he felt more sorry for them. "Excellent then Commander, if you will free up the files for me I will get to work on the problem immediately, it will take some time to work through all of the sensor information so I can't give you an estimate on that time frame yet." "Right Doctor, the files are on route now," Edward stated opening up the intelligence files from the armrest and sending them to the science consol. As the files moved from the secure database Edward resisted the temptation to tap to keep his mind busy. Looking over to the back of the bridge he looked at Tagon. "Mr Tagon, could you assist the good Doctor with his work?" (Reply Tagon) "He is trying to trace the Boudicca’s movements over the last couple of days he might need further access to the intelligence database. So if you could assist that would be greatly appreciated," Edward stated. (Reply Tagon) (Reply Tagon, any) (Posted By Richard) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz – Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0258) Leaning forward his clasped his hands together; there was still no contact from Sash. Time was starting to pass, his orders were to leave and make it back to Nimitz but until he came under fire that was not going to occur. As Edward raised himself to his feet he began to pace from one side of the bridge to the other. The image of the Boudicca remained unmoving. =^= Sash to Nimitz, stand down. Password dark to light. =^= Edward paused to think for a moment but he didn’t remember setting up a password. However the use of password was a good way of proving Sash knew it was him on the bridge. That did him as far as he was concerned. "Confirmed Captain, is all well sir," Edward stated still not lowering red alert yet, the Captain could be at phaser point and being forced to place the Nimitz in danger. Although knowing Sash he would not help them no matter what they pointed at him. =^= Everything is fine here Mr. Gideon. Could you arrange for a small engineering team to come over and assist the Boudicca's staff with something? Also when I return we will need to meet, =^= "Very good sir, when will you be returning?" Edward enquired. =^= I should be returning soon, Sash out, =^= Edward remained standing, with the state Zzt was in he had no desire to send him over to the ship but on the other hand it might calm him down. Moving back over to the command chair he pressed the com link. "Bridge to Mr O’Neil." (Reply O’Neil) "Mr O’Neil can you organise an engineering detail to transporter room one, you are going over to the Boudicca," Edward stated. (Reply O’Neil) "On the double O’Neil I think the Captain wants this situation dealt with rapidly." (Reply O’Neil) On that Edward turned to the temporary security officer that stood at the consol. Edward moved closer to him and then spoke. At the distance they were only Casely would hear him. "Meet Mr O’Neil’s team and go over with them, make observations they could be lying to Sash or something else might be going on over there. I want to make sure nothing is out of place. Do it covertly and try not to draw attention. You are brand new crew so none of them will recognise you." (Reply Casely) "Paul, best of luck," Edward stated. (Reply Casely) Edward turned and faced Onyx at her consol, smiling he spoke to her once more. "Onyx please stand down from red alert," Edward stated. (Reply Kateb) Edward had seen the scuffle between Tagon and Zzt and been quite happy that Tagon had taken it upon himself to give him a quick slap. It obviously sorted out the bear however the actions were very peculiar and where the hell did it come from. Edward signalling for the councillor he waited for him to come over. "John, have a word with Mr Zzt find out where his little break out came from. I doubt Mr Tagon is that bothered but still, I want to know why he had that outbreak on the bridge." (Reply Harrison) "And if you need to feel free to sedate him!" Edward stated. (Reply Harrison) Edward pausing in thought saw Tagon and looked at him and grinned. The image of a Rock and a Bear fighting was going to remain in his mind for a very long time to come and proberly his Childrens minds if he ever got around to having them. "I thought you were tough Tagon?" (Reply Tagon) "Well good work for calming him down he was giving me a headache. Are the two security officers ok?" (Reply Tagon) "Good, however I think they might want to skin the bear," Edward paused for a moment and then spoke again. “Can you man the security consol and continue to monitor any signals from the Boudicca. Any communications or signals I want to know about please Lieutenant,” (Reply Tagon) Edward sat back in the seat, the Boudicca was surpose to be a friend, the Captain was safe, the ship was safe and he had not caused too many incidents. Not a bad half a hour. (Reply O’Neil, Casely, Kateb, Harrison, Tagon, any) (Posted By Richard) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca- Ready Room- Captain Devan Sash- 0259) Trevan knew this question was coming and he was trying to avoid it, "I can only tell you what I know and it isn't much. As far as I know, Captain Sevant was responding to a message from, shall we say, a former member of the Boudicca, with some sort of intel for us. He was to go alone without an escort or the mission would be a bust. That is why we were hanging on the edge of the system until his distress call." Trevan continued, " I have an Engineering team working on the debris now and I expect a report from them shortly. Beyond that, I can't tell you anything because that is all I know." Sash wasn't particularly happy to hear West's story. A CO, leaving his ship in a precarious place, on an intlligence gathering mission, without any mention of his destination. He might aswell have painted a huge sign on his shuttle saying "Attack Me!" Sevant should have known better. he's too experienced. Unless, of course, the source was someone that he would never expect to betray him. "I'd like to have a look at your crew roster, past, aswell as present. I'd also like to have somebody go over the captain's messages. It's times like this I wish I hadn't let Falthgood go with the Mystique." Trevan stood up, "Very well, I will look forward to having your engineering crew help us out. Also if you could send over some science team members to shore up our end here. We are a battle ship and don't have very many scientists here. Our CSO is amazing but I am sure the extra help would be welcome." Trevan extended his hand to shake the Captain's Sash took the hand and squeezed it firmly. "I'll see what I can do Lt. Commander. Please keep me informed as to any information you discover." Sash looked at K'ven, who still looked as if he'd rather run West through with his knife, than even look at him. "Commander K'ven, shall we head back the Nimitz?" K'ven just grunted and nodded, giving West just one more menacing glare for the road. They left the ready room, heading back to trasporter room. Saash thought how strange it was that mere moments ago they were on the verge of blowing the living daylights out of each other, and now, here he was, walking through the Boudicca, totally unsupervised. ~It's a very strange universe we live in.~ K'ven leaned over and whispered to Sash, "What do you surmise about this Lt. Commander West?" Sash looked at him with interest. "What do you mean?" "I do not trust him." K'ven grunted. This didn't surprise Sash. He figured that K'ven probably didn't trust his own mother. "Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, for now," Sash told him. "However, keep a close eye on the Boudicca and her actions. If somethingis wrong here, i want to know before they know we know." He looked at K'ven, as if that actually made sense. K'ven just nodded as they entered the transporter room. (USS Nimitz - Bridge - CO- Captain Devan Sash- 0319) Sash and K'ven stepped off the turbolift onto the bridge. For Sash, it felt good to be home. Gideon stood up and greated them. Sash nodded his acknowldgement. "It's good to be back. Report." (Gideon) "Excellent." Sash sat down in his seat to think for a moment. When report of the incoming probe was called out. Sash turned to look at Kateb. "What do you have Ensign?" (reply Kateb) Dumas turned around, "Incomong message fromthe Boudicca Captain." "On screen," Sash replied. =^=Captain, as you are aware there is a sensor probe coming in, origins unknown. We are a little busy here but if you would be so kind as to help with this, I would appreciate it. If it's a starfleet probe, I think we should get the hell out of here. You have lead on this sir and I will follow.=^= "We're already on it Lt. Commander," Sash replied. "I'll let you know the moment we know anything. Nimitz out." He turned to Kateb. "So what do we have Ensign, Commander?" (reply Kateb, K'ven) "Let me know when you have something concrete," Sash oedered. Then he turned to Gideon. "Lt. Commander, I need to see you in my ready room. Mr Carter, would you join him please. Commander K'ven, you have the bridge." (USS Nimitz - Ready Room- CO- Captain Devan Sash- 0323) "Sit down gentlemen," Sah said as he rounded his desk and sat down himself. "Well, sufice it to say that my trip to the Boudicca was, if nothing else, interesting. We have a problem. What I'm about to tell youis in the strictest of confidence. i do not want it leaving this room. It will get out soon enough, but I don't want it coming from here." Sash realized that he had prefaced what he was about to say in a manner that sounded odd. However he plugged on. "Captain Sevant, of the Boudicca ismissing. Apparently he went on a fact finding mission and his shuttle was attacked. Apparently, there was no evidence that Captain Sevant was still aboard the shuttle when it was destroyed. so the big question is, where's Sevant." He stopped for a moment to look at his two officers. "Gentlemen, we are abbout to go looking for a needle in a haystack. It just happens to be the universe's smallest needle, in the universe's largest haystack. I want a search pattern laid in, which would best cover this sector. I also want sensors looking for anything that may show that there was a ship in the vacinity, or some kind of energy discharge of weapons fire. I want to find Sevant. He's already been missing for several hours, so every minute counts." (reply Gideon, Carter) "Very well," Sash said, "Ensign Carter, you are dismissed." After Carter left Sash turned to Gideon. "Here's the deal. More like as not, once we find Captain Sevant we're going to have to retrieve him. I thnk it's pretty obvious that he's met with, shall we say, foul means. I want you to start putting together a preliminary team fro retrieval. I believe that Lt Tagon has experience in SAR missions. Yo may want to consult with him. Also, coordinate with Major Dorkin. I want two plans. The big plan, and the one we willmost likely use." (reply Gideon) "I want it soon Edward," Sash told him. (reply Gideon) "Dismissed." Once Gideon left Sash alone, he sat back and took a long breath. He ran his fingers through his hair. "Good lord Sevant, what have we gotten ourselves into now." (reply Gideon, Carter, Kateb, any I might have missed) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz – Main Engineering – Ensign Miles O'Neill - 0259) =/\=Bridge to Mr. O’Neill,=/\= "Go ahead, sir." Miles replied. ~What's going on now?~ =/\=Mr. O’Neill can you organise an engineering detail to Transporter Room 1, you are going over to the Boudicca,=/\= Edward stated. "Certainly, sir." Miles replied. =/\=On the double O’Neill I think the Captain wants this situation dealt with rapidly.=/\= "I'll be there as soon as I can. O'Neill out." Miles replied. "Alrighty, Johnson, Carter, and Jackson, follow me, we're going over to the Boudicca. Be sure to bring tools." "Aye, sir." They replied. Miles packed some tools and a tricoder in a small bag, swung it over his shoulder, and, with the team, went onto the turbolift. "Transporter Room 1." Miles said. The turbolift started. (USS Nimitz – Transporter Room 1 – Ensign Miles O'Neill - 0302) Miles entered the room to find Casely already there. "Hello again, Paul. So, you're joining us?" (Reply Casely) "I see. Well, we can't spend all day standing here. Let's get going." Miles said as he stepped onto the transporter pad. He waited for everyone to get on, and then said, "Energize." (Reply Casely, any in the transporter room on the Boudicca) (Posted by Matt Kirk) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz – Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0300) Harrison watched Zzt's little burst of anger but decided to stay out of it. He had thought of cracking a joke along the lines of "Zzt, my friend, if it's brain parasites, you'll be in little danger", but he imagined that the Engineer would fail to see the humour and instead decide to snap him in two. He noticed Gideon signalling for him to come over, so he walked up to him. “John, have a word with Mr Zzt find out where his little break out came from. I doubt Mr Tagon is that bothered but still, I want to know why he had that outbreak on the bridge,” "Certainly, sir," he said, thinking back to the last time he tried to counsel Zzt. “And if you need to feel free to sedate him!” Edward stated. "If it's all the same to you, sir," he grinned, "I'd rather stay in one piece." He walked over to Zzt. "Zzt, are you a bit calmer now?" he smiled (reply Zzt) "I understand that, but Majors tend to have a temperment on a par with yours. And they have the authority to back it up - but let's not get into that. Would you mind explaining the thought train behind your theory?" he asked. ~Dear God, please don't let him think I'm patronising him~ Harrison thought. (reply Zzt, Gideon i.y.w) (Posted By James Batchelor) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca, Bridge, Ensign Caleb Talda, 0301) Caleb was, simply put, drained. With eleven hours of a shift behind him, he discovered that his legs, his back, and his neck ached from the stress of the extended period of heigthened awareness. It didn’t look like the two vessels would be shooting at one another, after all, but the realization brought further fatigue along with relief as the adrenaline drained out of the ensign’s system. The ASCO had just begun to think about the possibility of grabbing a few hours’ worth of sleep when the tactical officer gave his warning. Commander West – now fully in charge of the bridge again – called for red alert and notified the Nimitz of the presence of what Ryko had identified was a probe of some sort. ~So much for sleep,~ Caleb inwardly groused as the piercing klaxons fired again. Caleb understood that Commander West was wanting to focus on the wreckage of the Mississippi, but the ACSO had already scanned everything within reasonable proximity to the Boudicca. Astrometrics still didn’t have any useful findings, so the ensign decided to focus on the probe. A tweak here, a tweak there, a power boost here, and Caleb felt his mouth go dry. “Commander West,” he spoke, a bit uncertainly, “we might want to get a head start on that retreat, sir. The probe appears to be passive, but is certainly of Federation design. If it’s not ours, and it’s not the Nimitz’s…” He left unsaid the obvious. ~Then it belongs to someone we’d rather not let know that we are here.~ Was someone watching to see who would respond to the runabout’s mayday? (reply West, any) (posted by Olan Suddeth) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca - Transporter Room - TAC/ASC Lt. Aleksander Stolev - 0302) Sasha had just watched Sash and K'Ven transport back to the Nimitz when his comm badge beeped. =^= Senior staff report for a meeting at 0400 in the observation lounge. =^= He glanced quickly at a nearby chronometer. ~Guess there'll be no more sleep tonight.~ Supressing a yawn, he tapped his badge. "Acknowledged. Stolev out." He then headed for his office to resume his review of potential away team personnel. The odds were good that an away team would be needed to mount a rescue mission at some point, so he wanted to be fully prepared for that eventuality. (USS Boudicca - Security office - TAC/ASC Stolev - 0323) Sasha leaned back in his chair and fired his third empty cup of coffee towards the recycling chute. It clunked harmlessly off the lip and fell to the floor. As he stood to retrieve his misfired debris, he tapped his comm badge. "Stolev to Major Stratton." (reply Stratton) "Major, as I'm sure you're aware, the odds are good that we will need to mount some sort of rescue mission to retrieve the Captain once we locate him," explained Sasha. "If you don't mind, I'd like to meet with you and/or Lt. Major Drizzt to discuss potential marine involvement in any such mission. Do you think we could meet briefly before the senior staff meeting at 0400? Say, at 0330 here in Security?" (reply Stratton) "Great, see you then. Stolev out." He then tapped his badge again. "Stolev to Skylynx." (reply Skylynx) "I'm getting together with the marine officers shortly to discuss potential rescue mission scenarios. I know you're probably busy on the bridge but thought I'd inform you in case you wanted to attend. 0330 down here in Security." (reply Skylynx) "Aye, sir. Stolev out." Sasha got back to his desk and sat down, then thought of one more person to call. "Stolev to Ensign Stevens. Please report to security at 0330. We'll be meeting with the marines to discuss potential rescue mission scenarios and I'd like your input as well. Stolev out." (reply Stevens) Sasha then began assembling meeting notes on a PADD, then headed out to the Security conference room to wait for everyone to arrive. (reply Stratton, Skylynx, Stevens, anyone else whose name starts with S, any) (posted by Aaron Scifres) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca- Ready Room- Captain Devan Sash- 0305) As Sash sat back in his chair the flashing image of Zzt and Tagon both on the bridge came to him. It's not often that you can be distracted enough to miss not only one, both both of them. But now that he had time to think, it would probably be a good idea to talk to Zzt. News travels fast on a starship, especially bad news. he'd rather the Gerratllian heard it from himself than just as a rumor. He tapped his comm badge. "Lt Zzt, could you step into my ready room please." (reply Zzt) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge - chief TAC Ensign Kateb - 0305) Onyx had been researching and also watching what was going on outside, there wasn't much going. Then a communication came through. It was the Captain. She listened and was relieved that he gave the right password, precaution that she asked him to take. ~I'm happy that I had that password set up since the very beginning of his command, didn't know that we would need it this soon.~ Onyx was nearly ready to power off the weapons but waited for the official orders to do so and standing down from red alert. Edward turned around and told her. “Onyx please stand down from red alert,” Edward stated. “Standing down from red alert and lowering the power to the weapons.” In this area of space, she wanted to be ready quickly for action. Not so long after this, the Captain and K'Ven came back to the Nimitz when the most peculiar thing added to the mystery of what was going on. =/\=Captain, as you are aware there is a sensor probe coming in, origins unknown. We are a little busy here but if you would be so kind as to help with this, I would appreciate it. If it's a starfleet probe, I think we should get the hell out of here. You have lead on this sir and I will follow.=/\= Said Lt. Comdr West. Onyx saw K'Ven coming toward her and she knew what he was going to ask. "Ensign, make a tactical analysis of the probe. Also try to locate what point it originated and from whom it was sent. Is it a starfleet probe or some other probe. We also need to know what possible capabilities it has in case it needs to be destroyed." He looked around at the others on the bridge as he lowered his voice. "It may be carrying a message, try to get a copy of it if it does not come to us which I do not think it will." “I'm already working on that, but the probe is to far for now.” Onyx turned to ward the Captain who was listening. “Captain I suggest that we launch a probe to go in front of us and encounter it. If it's hostile, we will know right away and be at safe distance, if it is safe, we will catch up to it quickly.” (Reply from Sash, anyone) (Posted by Laurence) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – CSO Holis Gralen - 0310) Holis had noted that some commotions had broken out on the bridge since he had begun his investigations however he kept his eyes and mind firmly fixed on tracking the Boudicca's recent movements using a technique the 52nd had been pioneering by studying the subspace river. In order to boost the chances of a successful study as well as cut down on the time it would take to finish those investigations he added a subroutine from his private files and so it was 15 minutes after he had begun rather than 45 minutes when results were beginning to pour in. Holis watched closely then leaned back in his chair with satisfaction, it was only a piece of the puzzle which he had been asked to supply but a substantial piece at that. He turned to the command chair and snared Commander Gideon's attention. "Commander I have some preliminary results for you." (Reply: Edward Gideon) "According to the data the Boudicca has been in this system for several solar days and there have been numerous launches of small craft. Readings seem to show all craft have returned to the Boudicca except for one." He turned back to the readout and squinted down at it in deep thought. (Reply: Edward Gideon) "The course of the one craft comes to an abrupt end, as though it were picked up or destroyed. I'm also reading the presence of another ship within the system recently, it intersected the course of the fighter or shuttle then left the system." (Reply: Edward Gideon) "It's too early yet sir to make any extrapolations on the Boudicca's course before she entered the system, it will take some time before that data has been sufficiently broken down enough to begin seeing the big picture but I will give you an update as soon as I know anything." (Reply: Edward Gideon, any) (Posted by Charles) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0310) "Commander I have some preliminary results for you." Edward shot up out of the seat and looked over to the science consol on hearing his name. “Ok, what do you have?” Edward enquired standing closer to the science officer. "According to the data the Boudicca has been in this system for several solar days and there have been numerous launches of small craft. Readings seem to show all craft have returned to the Boudicca except for one." “About that one craft then Doctor,” Edward stated realising that’s where the focus must fall. "The course of the one craft comes to an abrupt end, as though it were picked up or destroyed. I'm also reading the presence of another ship within the system recently, it intersected the course of the fighter or shuttle then left the system." “Can you extrapolate the design of the ship or the Boudicca’s prior course?” Edward enquired. "It's too early yet sir to make any extrapolations on the Boudicca's course before she entered the system, it will take some time before that data has been sufficiently broken down enough to begin seeing the big picture but I will give you an update as soon as I know anything." “Very well Doctor, no doubt you will produce more results. Good work,” Edward stated smiling and moving back to the command chair. As he sat down once more he thought of the Boudicca’s situation and pondered the situation and where was their captain. Before all of that though there was the situation of where was his Captain. (Reply Any) (Posted By Richard) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge – SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon- 0318) Edward sat silently as he awaited the return of the Captain and K’Ven. No doubt the Captain would produce some answers once he arrived, however for now he remained silent awaiting any action that might befall him. Even though the Captain had ordered the ship to stand down Edward was still not comfortable with these new allies. The ship had fired with out provocation; this was still weighing heavy on his mind. "It's good to be back. Report." Edward rose from the Captain’s chair and straightened his tunic from the ruffled nature it had become whilst sitting. “All is quiet on the western front sir,” Edward stated smiling. “Good to have you back in one piece sir,” Edward stated once more moving over to the security consol once more. Remaining silent he watched the situation begin to unravel with the sensor probe. Following the template of his genetic brothers the El’Aurians Edward listened to the situation rather than getting involved. "Lt. Commander, I need to see you in my ready room. Mr Carter, would you join him please. Commander K’Ven, you have the bridge." Edward nodded and signed off his consol, leading the way he entered the ready room and remained silent. (USS Nimitz - Ready Room- SFI/SC – Lt.Cmdr Edward Gideon - 0323) "Sit down gentlemen," Edward waited at his position for the Captain to reach his desk and sit down. As the Captain lowered himself Edward followed suit and waited for the Captain to continue. "Well, suffice it to say that my trip to the Boudicca was, if nothing else, interesting. We have a problem. What I'm about to tell you is in the strictest of confidence. I do not want it leaving this room. It will get out soon enough, but I don't want it coming from here." Edward nodded in agreement, working in intelligence he was used to keeping secretes this would be no different. "Captain Sevant, of the Boudicca dismissing. Apparently he went on a fact-finding mission and his shuttle was attacked. Apparently, there was no evidence that Captain Sevant was still aboard the shuttle when it was destroyed. So the big question is, where’s Sevant." Edward grinned. ~They fire on another Federation ship and loose their CO what a crew! ~ Edward thought to himself. "Gentlemen, we are about to go looking for a needle in a haystack. It just happens to be the universe's smallest needle, in the universe's largest haystack. I want a search pattern laid in, which would best cover this sector. I also want sensors looking for anything that may show that there was a ship in the vicinity, or some kind of energy discharge of weapons fire. I want to find Sevant. He's already been missing for several hours, so every minute counts." Edward bridged his fingers and pondered the situation. “I have already had the Science Chief working on that Captain,” Edward stated, He then paused and let the Captain continue his sentence. "Very well," Sash said, "Ensign Carter, you are dismissed." As the Conn officer left the room Edward maintained his posture and watched the captain carefully. "Here's the deal. More like as not, once we find Captain Sevant we're going to have to retrieve him. I think it's pretty obvious that he's met with, shall we say, foul means. I want you to start putting together a preliminary team for retrieval. I believe that Lt Tagon has experience in SAR missions. You may want to consult with him. Also, coordinate with Major Dorkin. I want two plans. The big plan, and the one we will most likely use." “Don’t worry sir the first 10 years of my intelligence career was spent operating on search and destroy missions im sure I can search and extract,” Edward stated jokingly. "I want it soon Edward," Sash told him. ”Of course sir,” Edward stated standing up."Dismissed." Edward began to make his way out of the office and then paused and spoke. “Sir, should we involve the Boudicca?” Edward enquired. (Reply Sash) “More importantly do we have any idea on what species we are dealing with here? How I might deal with Klingon’s is different than the plans for Romulans that tend to think more. You get what im getting at sir. I cannot develop a plan if I have no idea who im going up against,” Edward stated. (Reply Sash) (Reply Sash, Any) (Posted By Richard) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge- CONN- Ensign Jon Carter- 0319) Jon had been sitting at helm control ready for anything to happen. Suddenly the doors of the turbolift hissed open, and Captain Sash and Lt. Commander K’ven made their way onto the bridge. Captain Sash had asked Lt. Commander Gideon for a report which was given. Then Jon’s ears heard something that he just couldn’t believe. "Let me know when you have something concrete," Sash ordered. The captain turned to Gideon. "Lt. Commander, I need to see you in my ready room. Mr. Carter, would you join him please. Commander K'ven, you have the bridge." ~Why am I needed in the captain’s ready room? I really would have no reason too… but I guess the captain has his reasons.~ Jon placed the helm on automated pilot, and left his console. He then made his way over to the captain’s ready room. (USS Nimitz - Ready Room- CONN- Ensign Jon Carter- 0323) "Sit down gentlemen," Sash said as he rounded his desk and sat down. "Well, suffice it to say that my trip to the Boudicca was, if nothing else, interesting. We have a problem. What I'm about to tell you is in the strictest of confidence. i do not want it leaving this room. It will get out soon enough, but I don't want it coming from here. Captain Sevant, of the Boudicca is missing. Apparently he went on a fact finding mission and his shuttle was attacked. Apparently, there was no evidence that Captain Sevant was still aboard the shuttle when it was destroyed. So, the big question is, where's Sevant." Sash stopped for a moment to looked at Jon and Lt. Commander Gideon. "Gentlemen, we are about to go looking for a needle in a haystack. It just happens to be the universe's smallest needle, in the universe's largest haystack. I want a search pattern laid in, which would best cover this sector. I also want sensors looking for anything that may show that there was a ship in the vicinity, or some kind of energy discharge of weapons fire. I want to find Sevant. He's already been missing for several hours, so every minute counts." “I have already had the Science Chief working on that Captain,” the Lt. Commander stated. “Sir, I will try my best to do a sensor sweep for ion trails, and for warp plasma depletions... It will be hard, but I think I might be able to do it. I’ll ask Zzt if he can do anything to boost the ships sensor array. I’ll let you know the minute I find something.” "Very well," Sash said, "Ensign Carter, you are dismissed." Jon got out of his chair and left the captain’s ready room. He made his way to the helm control. He began to program the sensors to look for any signs of a ship in the vicinity in the past. He pressed his combadge to contact Zzt. =/\= Ensign Carter to Zzt. =/\= (reply Zzt) =/\= I am going to be conducting sensor sweeps by order of the captain. I am not at liberty to discuss the matter at hand. Is their any way of boosting the power to the sensor array? =/\= (reply Zzt) =/\= Thank you, Carter out. =/\= Jon tapped his combadge again severing the connection. He began running the programs at his console. It would take some time… and probably a little manual tweaking, but Jon would not rest until he found a clue to the disappearance of Sevant. Captain Sash was counting on him, and he had much to prove. (reply Zzt) (Posted by Jon Carter) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge - Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0320) K'ven and Sash finally made it back to the Nimitz then had managed to arrive back on the bridge in minimal time. I would seem just in time for Ops to notify him that they were receiving a call from Lt. Commander West. He saw Gideon leave the command chair as Sash walked over to sit down to listen to watch the screen. (Gideon) (Sash) (OPS) =/\=Captain, as you are aware there is a sensor probe coming in, origins unknown. We are a little busy here but if you would be so kind as to help with this, I would appreciate it. If it's a starfleet probe, I think we should get the hell out of here. You have lead on this sir and I will follow.=/\= came over the screen after OPS had routed the message. K'ven listened to the message from West as he moved over to Onyx at the tactical station. Looking at what she was doing he decided to make a suggestion to her. "Ensign, make a tactical analysis of the probe. Also try to locate what point it originated and from whom it was sent. Is it a starfleet probe or some other probe. We also need to know what possible capabilities it has in case it needs to be destroyed." He looked around at the others on the bridge as he lowered his voice. "It may be carrying a message, try to get a copy of it if it does not come to us which I do not think it will." (reply from Gideon, Ops, Sash, Onyx, any) (posted by frank) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Boudicca - Bridge - TAC/SC Lt.Skylynx -0323) =/\=Stolev to Skylynx.=/\= "Go Ahead," Ryko said, grateful for the chance to distract his mind from the sleepiness he suddenly felt. =/\=I'm getting together with the marine officers shortly to discuss potential rescue mission scenarios. I know you're probably busy on the bridge but thought I'd inform you in case you wanted to attend. 0330 down here in Security.=/\= "I'm afraid I'm needed on the bridge, Lieutenant. But thanks for the heads-up," Ryko said, glad there was at least some beacon of light, but once again he was needed on the bridge. If there was one thing the past few hours had taught him, it was they needed all the experience they could on the bridge right now. Sasha was experienced, Ryko knew that. And this was a valuable opportunity to test his new assistant's mettle. =/\=Aye, sir. Stolev out.=/\= Ryko went back to checking the TAC console. ~Stay alert, man, you're falling apart!~ he thought, and went back to twitching his thumbs. (Reply Sasha IYW, Any) (Posted by Adam) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge - StratOps - Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0329) Sash had turned to Kateb. "So what do we have Ensign, Commander?" "I'm already working on that, but the probe is to far for now." Onyx replied "Captain I suggest that we launch a probe to go in front of us and encounter it. If it's hostile, we will know right away and be at safe distance, if it is safe, we will catch up to it quickly." "Let me know when you have something concrete," Sash ordered. Then he turned to Gideon. "Lt. Commander, I need to see you in my ready room. Mr Carter, would you join him please. Commander K'ven, you have the bridge." "Aye sir" K'ven replied to Sash. As he was heading to the command chair, he stopped and turned back to Onyx, "launch that probe and let me know when you find something out." He sat down in the chair going over the visit they did to the Boudicca. It disgusted him to see such an imbecile in command of such a warship as that. He knew that West did not have the slightest idea how to use it. The Boudicca would have been better suited in the hands of a Klingon Captain. Grunting at his thoughts, he turned his attention back to study the Boudicca, watching to see if it made any movements that he thought was not right. He half wished it would, but, looking at her he knew that the Nimitz probably would not come out of it. If West stayed in command, then the full aspects of the Boudicca would not be utilized and the nimitz would at least hurt it before having to retreat. ~Retreat~ K'ven hated that would, warriors rarely left the battle for any reason unless it is to attack from another angle. As he watched the Boudicca, K'ven thought that soon he needed to send a report in to let them know what was his thoughts on the matter between the different factions of Starfleet. So far as he has seen it, there has been no dishonorable act perpetrated by the Nimitz and he was unsure as to the current situation with this Captain Sevant. He knew about Captain Sevant, but, what exactly had happened to him was at this point unknown. It could have been an act that would have been done during war or it could have been done underhandedly. The information that he had gathered from his stay on the Nimitz so far, indicated that this Doenitz had indeed perpetrated the atrocities that he has been accused of. He had as of yet to see any actual evidence that Admiral LoDona has that was brought back to him by a Captain Rivers. She and Admiral Aragorn had supposedly gathered the information. That was about as far as he could penetrate in that subject area without being caught. After spending time with Onyx the first time, K'ven had learned that not all federation people were untrustworthy. For the longest time he had the oppinion that Starfleet and the federation was a bunch of cowards or at the very least dishonorable people. His great grandfather had tried to impart that to his kids and grand kids, but, with the interaction that they had with the Klingon empire, it mostly clouded the issue. The knowledge that he had imparted had been bread out of them by the time he was born basically. Growling at his memories, he refocused on the task at hand. (reply from Onyx(iyw), any) (posted by Frank) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge - StratOps - Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0345) K'ven had moved over to the Mission Control Console (MCC) to watch what was happening with the probe they had sent out. He had also been watching the probe that was on its way to them and wondered whether it was an intelligence probe or one that would be delievering a message about this Sevant. It probably would be feasible that they could figure out where it possibly came from. If they could it would give them a direction to head in and possibly be able to rescue Sevant in a relatively short time. As he watched the probe get closer to the incoming one, something happened that he had not been wanting to see. The information that their probe sent back was that it lost track on the incoming probe then reacquired it in another location. The probe had to manuever a drastic course correction to again head in its direction. This could mean that there were more than one probe that was coming and they were cloaking and decloaking to confuse any probes sent their way. But, then again there was another reason that could be why they were acting like that and he had only read about them in the confidencial reports that the council had acquired. If it was that, one or both of these ships were going to be destroyed. He wanted another to see what he was watching, so it would not be just his word on this. He turned to Onyx to see if she was seeing the same thing, but, as it looked she must be seeing something different or she held her awe of the sight in check for now. "Ensign Kateb, I need you to see something over here." K'ven called out to her. (Onyx) He watied till she was standing next to him then he pointed to the two dots on the screen. "Look there and there" he told her, "Watch and see" Just then one of the dots blinked out of existence then reappeared in another spot. "Have you seen anything like that before?" He asked her hoping maybe she would have seen something and would know how to counter it. (Onyx) "Well I have come across some reports that had talked about something of this type. From what I have read, it is something to be feared as it is hard to destroy as it is small and fast." K'ven informed her with a grunt that told his dissatisfaction at the fact. (Oynx) "I don't even believe your weapons are fast enough to target and fire before it dissappears each time. Look here, it jumps in ramdom locations making no sense in the pattern." He pointed out to her as they watched. "From what I have read, this type of probe is to do one thing and that is to destroy whatever it was programed to destroy." (Oynx) "I think the captain needs to know this." K'ven growled (reply Onyx, any) (posted by Frank) Stardate:2406.11.25 (USS Nimitz - Bridge - StratOps - Sogh la' SutaI K'ven - 0350) "I think the captain needs to know this." K'ven growled "Return to your station and continue scanning the two Probes. If anything changes from what we have seen, inform me immediately." K'ven barked at her as he turned toward the captain. He knew that this was the type of information that the he wanted and as soon as it was found. The sooner the information was disseminated the better things could turn out. (Onyx) "HoD, I have something that you should see." K'ven barked at Sash. He waited to see if Sash would come up to look at his console or have it Channeled to the bridge view screen. (Sash) "Sir, the dot in green is our probe and the one in red is the so called probe that has been incoming. Over the past minutes I have been tracking what both probes have been doing." He replayed the sensor readings that he had recorded to show what had happened when their probe got close to the incoming probe. "As you can see, as soon as the sensor probe got too close, it seemed, the incoming probe started doing some strange maneuvers. There, see it?" He looked at he captain to see if he had caught the first maneuver the incoming probe accomplished. (Sash) "See how it had quickly disappeared then reappeared where the probe had to make a drastic change in its own course?" K'ven growled with what seemed to maybe be a bit of admiration for the makers of the probe. "Now, that maneuver could be one of two things maybe, one that there are more than one and they are cloaking and decloaking in order to confuse probes. Second, it could be the one probe that I have read reports on from the intelligence operatives in the Empire. This one was a weapons delivery platform that could out maneuver any know weapon system and could not be targeted as it is never in one position for any length of time. In the later, one or both of these ships could be destroyed if we don't figure out a way to destroy it. It appears that when it reappears it automatically reacquires its target or verifies its direction and then disappears once again." (Sash) "My feelings on this probe?" K'ven was not use to giving feelings really, he gave intelligent assumptions base on more information than he had a the moment. But, he did have one assumption. "Sir, I feel that one or both of these ships will be destroy withing the hour." (Sash) (reply from Onyx, Sash, any) (posted by Frank)