Searching for the Base

Posted on Thu Nov 4th, 2021 @ 4:52pm by Lieutenant Xalanth & Lieutenant Commander Croesus & Lieutenant JG Miaxi Etaalu & Lieutenant Percy McWire

1,310 words; about a 7 minute read

Mission: Episode 110 - An Endeavor in Discovery
Location: Stellar Cartography

Xalanth had woken early and after a short sonic shower and a liquid breakfast he'd gotten straight to work.

The report back from Vico V. was bleak. Two hundred people had been kidnapped and most of the colony's infrastructure had been damaged by fighters launched from the ship. It had vanished back into warp three hours before the ship from starbase sixty-seven had arrived.

Now the lizard was in astrometric working on trying to locate where it had slinked off back into the warp. Hearing footsteps outside his yellow eyes darted to the side.

He'd asked operations and engineering to both send some people to help him with this one. He wondered who it could be.

"Xalanth?" Miaxi appeared walked through the wide entryway and up to his side. "I was told you were here." she placed a PaDD on the side of the console. "My notes. The astrometrics officer and I were able to find several possible locations last night. I was hoping to narrow them down today."

" That's good Miaxi. I've asked some members from operations and engineering to stop by to help." the lizard explained.

"Ah, excellent. It's always good to have some other viewpoints, especially among the more technical minded." Miaxi replied. Not to mention, it would give her a chance to meet more people on the station.

Croesus quickly arrived as his new friend Xalanth had requested followed by the extra security.

" I brought my tools Xalanth. My new set that is." Croesus impressed.

Lt. Xalanth requested support from Engineering. His superior commander asked Ens. McWire to assist the Lt. Percy took his pad. “I will take this one too, just in case“ he thought and took a standard tool kit and made his way to meet the Lt.

A little while later he arrived seeing that Lt. Cmd. Croesus and Lt. JG Etaalu were also there with Lt. Xalanth. “Hello Lt. Xalanth.” Said Percy. “How can I help. “

" Thank you both for coming." the lizard said as he brought up a holo image of the federation freighter. " We need to work out where this ship is hiding. I take it both of you heard the news from Vico V?" He asked.

“No, Sir. I have not. Please elaborate on this, Sir” Percy replied.

" Vico V was attacked by this ship last night. They jammed the in-system coms buoy before launching fighters. After wiping out most of the colony instructors they abducted over two hundred people before slipping away. If our intel is correct they are part of a major slave-trading operation with some of these slaves being federation POW's taken from pact forces." The lizard explained.

"We've got Starfleet personnel working on rounding up some of the people they sold as slaves on various worlds, but this new attack is worrying." Miaxi added. "We have a lead on the captain of this freighter. She was MIA after the war ended, and her last known location was off Starbase 123."

The Betazoid reached over and activated the map, then highlighted the places she and the astrometrics officer had come up with the day before. "Yesterday, the astrometrics officer and I worked to come up with some places the freighter might be using as a more permanent base. Obviously, your input would be appreciated, either in finding other possibilities or narrowing these down."

" Well, it has to support a wing of fighters so it will need somewhere with a repaired wing and an industrial scale replicator. " Xalanth added. " An asteroid base perhaps?"

Percy thought about what Xalanth has said and replied: "It could be an astorid base but it need to be quite large one I believe. It could also be small moon with a base underground to hide all of these inside it".

" Narrows it down." the lizard said as he input the data. " Around fifteen locations popped up either uninhabited moons, lightly settled or ones with criminal records.

Croesus looked over to Xalanth.
" When are we going to take a look? I have my dak'tagh and my tool kit."

" Need to narrow it down more. Miaxi was there anything in the admiral's investigation file that may have a clue?" the lizard enquired

"I have it here, let me see." Miaxi said, producing the PaDD she had taken to carrying with her. It had all the specifics on this case: the relevant interviews, the suspects, and all the data on the Admiral in question. She scanned it quickly, reminding herself of the details. "The admiral's ship went missing in this section of space." she highlighted a small area on the map. "At least, that's the prevailing theory, given where her ship was found. There were no survivors, although some of the escape pods were launched. It was unclear at the time why they were empty. I think, given the circumstances, we can make an educated guess that any survivors were made slaves." she winced, shaking her head.

"It might be worth checking this moon first. It's the closest to where the ship was found, and is large enough to fit the criteria." she indicated an uninhabited moon. "If we can get close to it, I would be able to use my empathetic ability to sense if anyone is on that moon, and what kind of mood they are in. It would give us the ability to know before going in whether we are in the right place - probably."

" Sounds like our best bet. I'll get us a ship organized and we'll get over there. Falling that we can start checking out the others and hopefully we won't be detected." The lizard stated calamly.

" What kind of ship? My cousin has a cruiser ?" Croesus added.

"A cruiser or freighter might be a good choice" Percy added to Croesus question. "This might help us to stay undetected and won't rise suspicion. This could help to get close enough." he said.

" Both are good choices though I'd like a federation ship as well in case we need some backup. I'll ask the admiral if he can spare one." Xalanth stated.


" Xalanth we've got this. I'll run ops and tactical." Croesus assured.


"I don't want to step on any toes, Commander, but you do realize you have two tactical officers in the room?" Miaxi asked. "I'm sure there will be enough to go around without you taking both jobs."

" Good point...I apologize. It is just habit " Croesus replied


Xalanth almost let out a sigh before he caught himself. He'd been doing it again. " I apologize everyone i've been trying to do everything again."

"If you like I can be Chief of Engineering" Percy added.

" That would be appreciated Percy. Croesus can you ask your cousin if we can borrow his cruiser. I'll ask the captain if we can have a federation ship in case we need one." Xalanth asked.

" Consider it yours. However, it is more of a pleasure craft eith weapons."

"We'll need something big enough to carry everyone we rescue, provided we are able to." Miaxi put in. "But taking what amounts to a pleasure craft with weapons might throw anyone looking for Starfleet ships off guard. A second ship loaned to us by Admiral Bremer could follow more slowly."

Croesus tapped his comm badge and walked away for a few minutes to set up getting Korel's ship.

" I'll go and talk to the admiral." Xalanth said. " Miaxi can you get the supplies we'll need replicated and in one of the cargo bays?" The lizard asked his second.

"Consider it done, Xalanth." Miaxi said, nodding. "I'l coordinate with Croesus as well, if he can get his cousin's ship."

The lizard nooded. " Let's do this people we have some prisoners to save."

" Qapla !" yelled Croesus.

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OOC: Think this is a good place to end it
Miaxi: I'm good to end it here.
McWire: I agree. ;)

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