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Post by aramis on Nov 29, 2010 14:00:48 GMT -5
The next day and a half go quietly, save for a flyby of the Destroyer Attu.
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Post by apn on Dec 1, 2010 6:40:55 GMT -5
Ensign Grayson
Grayson checks up on the security side of things, goes to see O'Keef. mumbles more apologies and keeps an especially keen eye on the alien thing. After all the trouble they'd gone to get the thing stashed away safely, having it escape as they docked and go walkabout on a space station would NOT be a good idea, he figures.
In the time left before the ship docks at the starbase he figures he's got time enough to fill out reports and such, but can't quite help but think the Videni were too easy giving up whatever prize it was they sought.
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Post by Drohem on Dec 7, 2010 2:14:50 GMT -5
[cs=2]—————————— Mission Report —————————— | To: | Admiral M. Canarvin, Sector Adak Commander | From: | Jasper Alizarin CSS Thermopylae, Acting CO | Stardate: | 2102.9 | Re: | Mission Report | Report: | 2102.1: Depart Starbase Adak. Set course for waypoint 0308 and proceed. Stardate 2102.02: Make contact with unknown Confed freighter. Ship did not respond to hails, and images from the ship's bridge show signs of violence and no crew. I contacted Lt Commander Fritz Lunky of Sector Operations and transmitted all data on derelict freighter. At waypoint 0308, change course to waypoint 0109 and proceed. Stardate 2102.2: Change course to waypoint 0210 and proceed. Stardate 2102.3: Change course to waypoint 0310 and proceed. Stardate 2102.32: Sensors detect a ship in waypoint 0309 moving at WF 2. I set an intercept course. Stardate 2102.38: We have intercepted unknown ship and make visual confirmation that it is a Videni ship. I engage the Videni ship and destroy it. We sustained damage and dropped to 68% power efficiency. Stardate 2102.5: Arrive in the Knikniknik system and hail colonists on planet Cottonball. We make contact with a Tauran named Ismayeel, and are given permission to bring a shuttle to the surface. Mr. Grayson and myself take a shuttle to the sea platform. Upon landing, we notice that there has been a forced entry. We cautiously enter the complex and encounter the creature known as Brockway and Ismayeel. The complex has been taken control by the Videni, and Ismayeel leads us into a room with a Videni officer and two soldiers. Alerted to trouble by Ismayeel covertly, I had prepared for us to be transported from the planet at the first sign of trouble. The Videni soldiers were about to fire on us when I ordered us beamed off planet. We scan the system for a Videni ship, but only find a shuttle in far orbit. We intercept and bring it aboard. When we opened the shuttle, we found an unconscious Dr. Kordoba with significant injuries, and an unknown life form that radiated pure malevolence.
Shortly after bring the shuttle in our shuttle bay, the alien creature seized control of Mr. O'Keef and forced to seal the creature and herself in the shuttle. We beamed Mr. O'Keef out of the shuttle and into our Transporter Room. In her hands were the casing from an ion torpedo's targeting system and detonator, plus same said detonator and targeting system. I ordered Mr. Grayson to fire on Mr. O'Keef, and he followed my order. Mr. O'Keef was struck. The injury seemed to suppress the creature's control momentarily, and we took her into custody. We secured her in the Brig, and returned to the Bridge. On the Bridge, I sensed that Ismayeel was under psionic attack by the creature and joined in the psionic combat. While locked in psionic combat, Mr. Grayson took control and beamed up Brockway who was mauling a Videni soldier. The prisoner was locked in the Brig as well, but subsequently died of his injuries.
The addition of Brockway to the psionic combat allowed us to break off from the creature's mental attack. We discovered that it had left the shuttle and was hiding aboard the ship. I was able to mentally detect the creature and we tracked it down to the Torpedo Room. We found it tampered with a torpedo. We subdued the creature discovered that it laid some kind of egg sac on the torpedo casing. We secured the creature in the Brig with its tank, and disassembled the torpedo to take the egg sac under control. I set course for Starbase Adak and we returned as fast as the damaged power cells would allow. | Signed: | Jasper Alizarin, Acting CO, CSS Thermopylae |
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Post by apn on Dec 9, 2010 16:55:38 GMT -5
[cs=2]—————————— Mission Report —————————— | To: | Admiral M. Canarvin, Sector Adak Commander | From: | Alexander Grayson CSS Thermopylae, Security Chief, Rank: Ensign | Stardate: | 2102.9 | Re: | Mission Report | Report: | 2102.1: Depart Starbase Adak. "We set off fer this place in the ass end o nowhere an ah reckoned it was just gonna be some borin' run o the mill pick em up an drop em off, but ah was proven worng. Which ain't unusual." Stardate 2102.02: Make contact with unknown Confed freighter. "Ah wanted to go aboard, but in hindsight ah reckon the Captain got it dead right. Just gives me the jitters thinkin' bout what mighta happened over there. Part of me reckons we shoulda checked it out anyway, but as ma pappy used to say before he left ma momma n me n ma brothers in sisters n the cattle an pigs an whatnot in the lurch, 'Son, y'ain't never gonna mount ta nuthin ba usin' your brain. Ah'm livin proof.' Ah reckon he wus right. My pa was as dumb as a rock an twice as ugly." At waypoint 0308, change course to waypoint 0109 and proceed. Stardate 2102.2: Change course to waypoint 0210 and proceed. Stardate 2102.3: Change course to waypoint 0310 and proceed. "So here we are, changin' course n such, an ah'm scratchin' ma head tryin' ta figure out where we're goin now an how come we need ta change course so often n such. Th' fact we got where we supposed to be going is proof enough ah don't know what the hell ah'm doin. The Captain got that bit right too." Stardate 2102.32: Sensors detect a ship in waypoint 0309 moving at WF 2. I set an intercept course. "Now here ah was thinkin' we'd get a little action, an ah was right. Now see, them Videni strike me as reasonable kinda folks, save fer one or two details. Them details bein' as they see all other races as inferior n worthy of extermination, but ah don't hold little details like that against 'em. If ya get past that bit, ah'm sure they're reasonable regular folks like us. Sayin' that, whilst your wonderin' whether you'll get past the harsh exterior an see th inner beauty, it's best ta keep ya shields up an shoot ta kill, cause them critters sure as hell wanna blow ya out the damn sky." Stardate 2102.38: We have intercepted unknown ship and make visual confirmation that it is a Videni ship. "We got stuck in an ah reckon ah got a couple of shots in too, which was mighty fine seein' as it looked like we'd get our tails kicked at one point. As it was, th' ship was all busted up like ma Uncle Cleetus' old truck. Like that old truck, th' ship kept goin, but unlike th old truck it didn't burst into flames and torch Uncle Cleetus while he was jawin' about his reliable old truck. Uncle Cleetus was dumb as a rock too. Ah reckon he married his sister, ma aunt, but ah can't prove it, cause she was sat in th passenger side when th truck went up. She was slightly smarter, bein only as dumb as a post." Stardate 2102.5: Arrive in the Knikniknik system and hail colonists on planet Cottonball. "Well here we landed on th planet an ah'm gettin' nervy cause ah'm in charge o the Captains safety n all. Now ma momma always used ta say ah'd never amount ta much, an ah reckon she was right, but one thing ah know ah'm good at is gettin' in th damn way. So ah reckoned if there was any shootin' ah'd dive in th way so the Captain wouldn't get hit. Anyway, turns out the Videni was there first an ah tried ta reason with em. Reckon ah was doin right well till they started shootin' and tryin' ta kill us. Even then ah reckoned diplomacy could save th day, but only the kind that says you negotiate when the other side ah dead, mind. Anyway, the Captain again saved ah bacon, an we got out o there just as they was gonna fry us. Back on board we grabbed a driftin' shuttle from orbit an whaddya know, it had th Doctor that we was sent to get on, save there was some nasty critter that reminded me o ma Uncle Burts cookin, on account as he like it still kickin' when fished from th pot. Ah liked Uncle Burt. Shame he figured on tryin' electric eel on account he figured the taste would have an extra kick. Burt was as dumb as a brick too, as ah recall. Anyway, this creature made some trouble fer us, an it took over O'Keefs body. Now ah'm not sayin' nothin bout her that's dee rogatoreee mind, but ah reckon th creature went fer her on account o her not bein' too smart or too dumb. In that respect ah reckon me an the Captain was safe on account o bein too smart n too dumb. Ah'm th dumb one in case you was wonderin. Anyway, ah tasered O'Keef an burnt her up good. Did th trick as th creature was makin her do stuff fer it till then. Sayin' that, she don't like me right much since then on account o me blastin' her up. Ah think ah'm bein honest when ah say ah rescued a pig once that wus stuck in mud and pulled hard, an the pigs butt slammed into ma face as far back as ma damn ears. Ah deeetached ma self an th sight ah saw was kinda like O'Keefs face, so she didn't get messed up too bad cause they weren't much ta mess up, if ya know what ah mean. Anyway, ah reckon ah'll make it up ta her with a meal n some sweet talkin, maybe a few lies n that about how nice she is. Women love ta hear that stuff."
"Anyway, the Captain was doin' some kind o sionical combat that no one can see with this thing, n we beamed aboard this crazy alien dog that was smarter than me which ain't hard, and that helped. It also ate a Videni, so ah reckon it's gonna need lettin out th back door ta lay some stinkers for a week or two. Anyhow, we finally beat th damn thing an ah was Captain fer a short while. Let me tell ya, ah was touchin cloth in ma pants till th Captain returned, n all was well after we deee tached this thing from th missiles. Ah reckon it liked that ray deeee ayshun that scientists like ta jibber jabber about, but it wasn't in th talkin' mood. We stuffed it in th' brig and got back ta base, banged up an all nervy, but in one piece. Ah reckon th Captain did us proud, an if ah'm gonna be vaporised fer blastin' O'Keef, ah just wanna final request, bein ta call ma cousin Ellie-Sue an tell her ah love her. An her sister Mary, after that time in th' Barn. That's all ah gotta say."
| Signed: | Alexander Grayson, Security Chief (Acting), CSS Thermopylae |
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Post by aramis on Dec 9, 2010 22:23:46 GMT -5
Admiral Canarvin's Office "Gentlemen, Good work. On behalf of Confed Space Command, It's my honor to promote you both to Lieutenants, Junior Grade. And Jaspar, that alien is a major threat to the quadrant. Apparently, it's brain-dead, but we have found a few allergies it's got. And the babies are in a Level 5 containment center. We find that Mr. Grayson's insights to targeting by the critter, while coarsely worded, matches our estimation. "
The Admiral looks around, his round face and gray moustache alight with mischief. "Now, it's a big sector, and we need to survey it. Pick a system. Let me know by Stardate 2104.000. Which, by the way, is the estimated time for repairs to be completed. And the upgraded teleporter. Dismissed, gentlemen."
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