Fleet Sitrep for SD 18.1231 Cocoon Fleet News Service www.holoworld-startrek.org ********************************************************* Fleet Commanding Officer ~ Fleet Admiral Erin M. O'Connor ********************************************************* Fleet Executive Officer ~ Admiral Tando Landi ********************************************************* **************************** Beaver Squadron Commander **************************** (currently vacant) **************************** ****************** USS HORIZON CO: Captain James Burke GM: Nina ****************** Lt Epona O'Leary and Lt William Greyhawk are diminishing the number of enemy vessels. They manage to frighten the Deserte opponents into retreating. Epona notices that someone has jammed communication frequencies. Greyhawk realizes that someone must have used a commbadge to jam communications with D-levels. Prior to the attacks. Ambassador Pendar is bored by the lack of action onboard the HORIZON. He even finds himself thinking positively of human conversation partners. Will Greyhawk at his OPS station on the bridge is enjoying his job even if it keeps him very busy. Cmdr Nova'Song is on the bridge with Cpt Burke coordinating the efforts of their senior officers during the attack. She and Burke have agreed to have the ship appear more damaged than it really is. When comm signals into Telmarc space are detected it seems their ruse pays off. Epona feels the strain of being on duty for several hours without break. But she is determined to stay at the helm no matter what. Suddenly she notices that the Luchrupán has left its position at the Telmarc CFL. She and Kallesin debate whether the mysterious little vessel is their enemy or their ally. Ally or not, its disappearance leaves the HORIZON open to attacks from the two other warships. LtCmdr Vymora Einicrox is on her way down to D-levels when several of her staff report in with problems. It appears, the intruders or assassins have done a thorough job. Life support on D-levels is still down, the Crown Prince's quarters have been blown open to space, and while her security personnel are good they can't solve all the problems while the ship is being attacked. While Vymora climbs into an EVA suit she orders drones sent into D-levels to help look for the source of jamming. She discovers that her ALPHA team has been killed and she vows revenge for the killings. Lt Epona O'Leary wants to try and find the Crown Prince mentally. She and Nova'Song use the captain's ready room for some privacy. With much effort Epona uses her new-found talent and finally manages to connect to the Crown Prince, though she cannot locate him. Back on the bridge she is exhausted from the effort but can tell the captain that Prince Tamal is alive. In the ambassadorial quarters Charlie squad of the Marines is hit by the explosions. On their way to a safer position they pick up Counselor Lockhart. They also notice that Amabassador Pendar is missing when Lt Peterson finally arrives. On the bridge Nova'Song has Ens Goose give the exhausted Epona a once-over. Tension on the bridge is high when finally three Telmarc war frigates are detected crossing the border. Burke orders Porter to have energy for the IKE cannon and for warp ready and to do it undetectably. The captain plans to fire at the lead Telmarc ship and then race towards Deserte. Despite Ens Goose's advice Epona insists on returning to her post. The captain agrees and Epona lays in a high-warp course for Deserte. Her people tell her that Vymora only has less than eighty seconds to find the source of the jamming. Her tactical training tells her to go look for it in the least accessible place and she races towards the Prince's quarters. Time runs out and Vymora is ready to admit defeat when her specialists inform her that they have managed to rematerialize most of the guests and the rest is safely kept in the transporter buffer. Vymora heads to the brig to talk to the prince and then plans to hunt the assassin down. On the bridge Cpt James Burke is ready. While playing sitting duck he waits for the arrival of the Telmarc ships. The Telmarc captain hails the HORIZON claiming to have an arrest warrant for Burke and clearly states that he doesn't care whether he captures Burke and his crew alive or dead. Burke decides to fire the IKE cannon at the Telmarc ships. Then the HORIZON speeds towards Deserte. In the brig, a confused Crown Prince Tamal materializes in a holding cell and manages to inform the brig staff that he has been poisined before collapsing. On the holodeck. Vymora is furious about the successfull attacks of the assassin. Out of frustration she kills holograms while her thoughts are racing. Tyla Ordell has had it with her and has made an appointment with the counselors for Vymora. In the end Vymora realizes that Tyra is right and heads towards the counselling department. Meanwhile, a cargo hold has been turned into a makeshift morgue. A superstitious ensign from SEC department is on duty to guard the corpse. Despite his fears he enters the cold room and checks on the bodies, just to discover that the body of the dead Deserte soldier is missing. Kathy Burke and incident investigation teams from Engineering and Security department are having a look around the devastated quarters of Prince Tamal. Kathy coordinates the repair work while making sure that any evidence is presevered for later investigation. Tyla Ordell and Roman Davidovitch from Security Department decide to run a thorough investigation for the disappeared corpse before calling their superior Einicrox and maybe interrupting her much-needed counseling session, even though they know it will be trouble squared for them. In the freezing cargo hold they find evidence that the Deserte corpse used the cargo transporter to beam himself out. On the bridge, Epona has some free time on her hands and she uses it to look into the disappearance of the Luchrupán. As she analyzes the scans of the Luchrupán's flight path she finds residue of organic material. She and Nova'Song conclude that someone has to have been out there. This fact is surprising to Epona, Nova'Song and Burke, and they discuss whether a Telmarc or Deserte ship equipped with cloaking technology could have been near the HORIZON to pick someone up. But they dismiss that thought for the moment to see if anyone from the HORIZON is missing. The captain has LtCmdr Kallesin n'Galeda check interior sensors and sensor logs. When Kallesin detects an unauthorized transport Nova'Song decides to contact Vymora, not knowing that the 2O is in a counselling session and unaware of the missing body. Scanning the area ahead, the bridge officers find a Deserte fleet blocking the planet. Burke and Nova'Song quickly discuss the best way to get the Crown Prince to the surface. Vymora contacts her staff about the missing corpse. She is very upset and Ordell and Davidovitch know they will face hell when she orders them to report to her office. At least they have ordered more security personnel to guard Prince Tamal. Ambassador Pendar, prior to the attacks, is musing about his future as retired and sick officer and doesn't like it. He still thinks of himself as a warrior. When on his way back to his quarters there is an attack he slips into action. The activation of his personal cloaking device is ignored by the HORIZON crew. His own quarters are wrecked by the explosion and his assistants are killed. Still cloaked he watches Vy Einicrox's frantic search through the remains of the prince's cabin and her following conversation with her staff. Pendar understands that an assassin is responsible for the death of his own staff and he vows to take revenge. Before her SEC staff discover that a body is missing, Vymora is having her counseling session with Lt Jack McMurphy. Interestingly enough his words don't make her angry, instead Vymora is actually soothed. They have a verbal boxing match, but McMurphy seems to know a lot about what is going on inside her. When she leaves him, her determination to find the assassin is the same but she feels less guilty for the events so far. After the counseling session Vymora has a talk with her two subordinates and plans to give them hell. She accuses them of betrayal but in the end she realizes that just the opposite happened. Like herself, the two love this ship and the crew, and were just protecting one of the people they love the most. DNA scan reveals that it was someone from Crown Prince Jehune's own family who placed the bomb in his quarters. When the prince awakes in sickbay after recovering from the poisoning he remembers clearly the face of the person who attacked him but he tells no one. LtCmdr Vymora Einicrox and her team have discovered the jamming device. When she hears that the prince is alive and well Vymora's lust for revenge resurfaces. She then heads for the bridge to prepare for their arrival at Deserte and for the blockade they're facing there. A direct approach with blazing weapons is out of the question, Vymora knows, and starts searching for a way to get the prince safely onto the planet. Her conclusion is that as long as they don't know anything about the current situation on Deserte, the prince can't go there. Meanwhile, in the lounge Blirb the Ferengi is pondering his options. What will be more profitable for him, aiding the two security goons and the Andorian or informing Vymora about the nasty plans of the trio? The latter at least should get him in good standing with the Chief of Security. The Flying Dorias, a family of trapeze artists, are practicing in one of the holodecks their program for the coronation. Meanwhile in the Burkes' quarters, the Silent Magician is mesmerizing Cassandra with a future-telling automaton. And in the lounge, a pair of jugglers have agreed to practice their act in public. The patrons are cheering them on as the jugglers, calling themselves 'The Sunshine Boys', have a very special act. Meanwhile on the bridge, the senior officers, the XO and the captain are discussing their options to get through the blockade. Prince Tamal joins them. After the attack on his life he is a changed man. When the HORIZON tries to communicate with the Deserte fleet and the planet they find the frequencies jammed and the prince is not able to announce his arrival to his people. So they discuss their options to get him to Deserte. Epona O'Leary volunteers to pilot a decoy ship. Crown Prince Tamal Jehune agrees to share all information about the Deserte fleet and tactics and strategies with the HORIZON crew. The plan is to let Epona pilot the captain's yacht as a decoy while the prince is taken to the planet on another ship. Vymora is unhappy with that as she considers him too important to be dropped planetside into an unknown situation. She proposes that first Epona gathers information down on Deserte. The prince insists on returning to his homeworld. The captain and XO consider a Marine-supported drop or a transport by the fastest shuttle aboard. Epona then proposes that she takes the captain's shuttle the BLACK PEARL to reach the planet and gather information. Vymora supports her proposal and gets to work on creating confusion among the Deserte blockade ships. While Epona, accompanied by two bodyguards from SEC department, gets herself and the PEARL ready, Vymora prepares accustic and optic confusion for the Desertian ships. Epona and her two bodyguards are dressed as native Desertians. Before they leave with the PEARL the captain tells her in detail about his wonderful little vessel. Epona is excited about the speed and defensive capabilities of the PEARL. Not much later, among drone decoys, fireworks and communication jamming and other distractions curtesy of Vymora Epona leaves the HORIZON and makes it - except for one little glitch - safely to Deserte. ******************* ************************************************* ************************** USS HERMES CO: LtCmdr T'al GM: EJ ************************** *************************************************** ************************** Condor Squadron Commander ************************** Branch Admiral Earle Hayes. ************************** ***************** DS101 CO: Captain Alyza GM: Theresa ***************** No activity to report. ************************ ************************************ USS NIGHTINGALE CO: Captain Pol Canon GM: Marco ************************************** Captain Fisher, Hanson, Austin and Park are forced to participate in a holodeck scenario going up against a Bird-of-Prey aboard Parks´ Firemoth. Mao'Syllis notices a strange Azure color that she identifies as a second intruder. On the holodeck Lo'sh'vo'ra' ri'to'pa' ta re-powers the already beaten Bird-of-Prey for the challenge to continue. Only when the NIGHTINGALE crew nearly destroys the Bird do they get a chance to leave the holodeck again. In the meantime Syllis finds David Karides and also finds that the man is not as much in control of the situation as everyone believed so far. The respire on the holodeck is only brief however, after a moment Fisher and Comp find themselves back in the engine room of the Firemoth as Romulan shock troops are beamed in. During a short fire fight Fischer notices a strange colored fog that begins to spread in the engine room. Austin reads electrical activity, reading similar to humanoid brain wave patterns in the fog. After a few minutes the fog finally dissipates and the NIGHTINGALE crew is able to leave the holodeck. Mao'Syllis in the meantime manages to speak to Karides. Apparently he found an alien intelligence adrift in space and intelligence that evolved and that now controls both him and the strange events aboard the NIGHTINGALE. Still Karies has enough free will left to help Syllis in a plot to drive the alien entity off. They manage to drive the being Syllis calls "the Azure" off the ship but David Karides dies a painful death, trying to correct his earlier mistakes. The cleanup aboard the NIGHTINGALE begins. Suddenly an unknown ship shows up, claiming the intruder was one of their probes. They request and are granted permission to board the GALE to remove the program that is still hiding in the ships replicators. Afterwards Captain Fisher comments his old / new crew in his log entry as various crew members go about their normal lives again and prepare for a meeting. **************************************** **************************************** **************************************** Respectfully Submitted Don Fleet GM fleetgm-put the at symbol here -yahoogroups -put a dot here - com