Assignment Delta Quadrant- Con't.

Posted on Fri Jun 30th, 2023 @ 9:21pm by Admiral Deela T'Lar & Commodore Leon `Lee` Pike & Captain Jack Solomon & Lieutenant Commander Ariana Monroe-Wayne & Lieutenant Commander Anna Bagwell & Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Coleman & Lieutenant Percy McWire & Lieutenant Xalanth & Lieutenant JG Deezell Vox & Lieutenant JG Vashir & Lieutenant K’lar & Ensign Edg'rrr Anisu & Commander Namia Grian & Lieutenant Karl Ballard & Ensign Robert Harper & Lieutenant JG Dye Heron

2,059 words; about a 10 minute read

Mission: Episode 116 - "A Bounty of Trust"
Location: Delta Quadrant-New Talax
Timeline: MD3 - 0940 hrs
Tags: Vashir, Vox, Anisu

The USS Essex and the other ships finally made it to the Delta Quadrant. As soon as they arrived, the other ships that were patrolling, left. They didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

Neelix didn’t waste any time. He asked permission to come aboard and she granted it. Deela met him in the transporter room.

“Admiral T’Lar, I finally get to meet you. I really need to talk to you. It’s important.” Neelix sounded a little desperate.

“Follow me to my Ready room. We can talk there.” Deela started walking out of the transporter room and hoped he’d follow quickly.

Neelix talked all the way to the bridge and to her ready room. He was excited about being in a starship that he’d never seen before. He asked a lot of questions as well. She motioned for him to sit down. “Would you like something to drink?”

“Water is fine.” She handed him a glass of water and he took it. He took a sip of it while he waited for her to sit down.

“So, what is so important? Why are we here?” Deela sat forward in her chair.

“Something happened to a couple of the Talaxian ships and I don’t believe it was somebody making a mistake. Maybe one ship, I could believe that but two?” He fidgeted in his chair.

Deela frowned, “Wait. Two ships? I was told that only one ship was sabotaged. And it was decided that it was crew error. But now you are telling me there were two ships?”

“That’s what I said. Those who investigated it say that there is nothing that they can find that would suggest sabotage. They say it was a coincidence. I think that it’s part of a bigger plan.”

What happened to the second ship?” Deela asked.

“Weapons malfunction. 0r so they say. An energy weapon don’t fire on its own.” He sits back in his chair, “Talaxians aren’t stupid either. We know our way around a ship.”

Deela thought for a moment, “Okay, let’s say that someone is planning something. I mean, there are so many in this quadrant that have been a pain in our side. There are the Borg, Kazon, Vidiians, Hirogen, Krenim, Brunali, Species 8472, Kobali, Voth and more. Has there been any sightings of anyone that shouldn’t be in the area?”

“No. There hasn’t. But that doesn’t mean anything.” He was adamant that there was something bad coming.

Deela assured him, “Well, we are here now. I will get some of my people to check out the two ships and see if we can figure out what is going on. And if we find anything, we’ll let you know.”

“Thank you, Admiral.” Neelix was hopeful, “May I ask for one more favour? Can I see more of your ship?”

Deela smiled, “That can be arranged.”

After Neelix left, Deela contacted all the ships and told them what Neelix said, “I need his allegations looked into. I need a team of engineers to check those ships out. If there is any truth to what he said, there must be some kind of proof. They could have missed something.”

Deela then turned to Xalanth, “Take a team with you, consisting of engineering as well and check out the Talaxian ship’s weaponry that is claimed to have malfunctioned.” She added, “If there is even a slight possibility that it was tampered with, I want to know.”

" Off course admiral." The red lizard replied from his station. Nodding to the other security officer to take over his station as she headed for the transporter bay sending out a signal to the on station away team.

-USS Visionary, Chief Engineer's office-

Edg'rrr sat with his eyes closed. The Visionary was a remarkable vessel and the rest of the crew were carrying out the orders he gave without much difficulty. He spent most of the time before they left and even during the trip to get familiar with every ship system he could with the "Borg inspired" enhancements still making him nervous but workable. A chime beeped on a monitor making him open his eyes slowly. It was information about why they were there.

It also contained data on the two Talaxian vessels, their crew, and about the weapons fire. He knew a bit of the smaller shuttle designs but the Talaxians have also been busy it looked like. "Let's see what they're having issues with." Said Edg'rrr looking over the information. He looked over everything he could even bringing up what schematics Starfleet had on the default ship type to compare them too before starting to think. "Tricky. They covered themselves well but these marks, to disable perhaps? Or to make them cry wolf I wonder?
Some of the burn marks give you away." Edg'rrr sat back running through everything in his mind. "Yet here's a better question. Why bring a Federation task force all the way out here if this was a simple internal affair?"

Due a minor issue on departure, the Cushing arrive a couple of minutes behind the rest of the fleet. Commander Grian wasn't remotely stressed by it as she knew it wasn't something that her engineering team would have been able to foresee happening in advance and also because she knew they could handle it and had done so most efficiently. The Cushing hailed the lead ship.

=^=Cushing to Admiral T'Lar. Apologies for our lateness, a report of the issue will be sent shortly. Where can the Cushing be of assistance? =^=

Deela explained again to Commander Grian what the situation was and Neelix's suspicions were, "Right now, I have some security and engineers going over those ships that had unexplained mishaps. Your crew could help with that, reexamining the ships."

=^=Understood Admiral. I will get my CEO and a team to beam over and help. Grian out. =^=

Just as the coms channel closed, Dee appeared on the bridge after exiting the turbolift.

"Your timing is impeccable Chief. " Grian said.

"Oh really? More exciting work for me to do, Captain?" Dee replied.

"Yes, I need you to put a team together, beam over and join the current security and engineers going over the various ships that have experienced unexplained mishaps and see what you can uncover, if there is something to be found of course." Grian explained.

"No problem. I will get right on it." Dee replied. Once back in the lift she thought, 'Shortest bridge visit of all time' She didn't waste time getting her team together and was soon beaming in to where the current team was already working. Her team began to liaise with those already there and help where they could. Dee found Xalanth.

"Hello Sir, I have brought some help over from the Cushing. They are liaising with your team now. Can I help with anything you are working on?" She asked.

" Get your men linked up with the current teams and help them check this boat out." Xalanth replied camaly his yellow eyes still beaming around the ship. " And tell them to stay on high alert. This is borg country." He added.

" Already done that Sir. My team are linking up now and will soon start searching this ship for anything out of the ordinary. I will advise them to be on high alert.". Dee replied. She headed back to her team and advised them to remain on high alert. Dee knew that her friend Ariana was on the mission and away from family. She tapped her combadge.

=^= Vox to Munroe-Wayne. How you getting on? Just checking you are ok. =^=

Meanwhile Ariana was on the bridge keeping her senses alert for any signs of trouble. As much as she hated being away from her children and Cameron this was her job. She smiled as Vox’s voice came over the comms.

=^= All Okay here Vox, thanks for asking. Is everything okay your end? =^=

=^= Oh not bad. Can't grumble really. A change of scenery is always a good thing, not to mention a trip to the Delta Quadrant.=^= Vox replied. She was always keen to make sure her friends were OK.

The Cushing's Sciences Department also sent a team to investigate alongside the engineers and security personnel. Lt. JG K'lar was paired up with a young Bajoran astrometrics officer named Ensign Ulja Zelk.

K'lar felt like he worked well with Zelk. Both officers were men of few words. They hoped to learn from those around them. K'lar felt especially far outside of his element. Something about this motivated him and pushed him to want to figure things out here.

K'lar and Zelk carried enhanced tricorders and holstered phasers. K'lar also carried a small PADD for note taking and research. The pair was within earshot of Vox as she made her comms call.

USS Luna, Bridge

Harper was at Tactical and ran several scans of the area. Several ships were on the display, the Task Force from Starbase 400, Neelix's ship, a couple other Talaxian ships, and two trade ships that weren't in the Luna's database.

"Sensors are clear of hostile ships Commodore." Harper reported to Pike.

Lee nodded as he sat in the command chair "Very well, keep an eye out there for anything Mr. Harper."

USS Essex, Sickbay, Bridge

Anna had been working in sickbay on board the USS Essex. As she was checking their supplies and verifying all they would need she went in search of Nurse Dawes.

Dawes had an emergency so she wasn't able to join the assignment. Instead, Ensign Sarah Ashley had replaced her. She was getting the layout of the ship. She made her way to Sickbay. Once there, she looked around to get her bearings and make sure she knew where everything was. She didn't see the Chief Medical Officer but she figured she's show up sometime.

Anna came walking out and saw the Ensign. She smiled at her. "Hello. "I'm Doctor Woodhouse. I had been informed Nurse Dawes was coming on the mission. It's nice to meet you." She held out her hand.

Ashley shook her hand, "Yes but Dawes wasn't able to so I stepped in. I owed her a favor. Thought that this would be the perfect way to pay her back."

“I need some help here making certain our supplies are in order.” Anna replied. “And we are ready for any emergency.”

"Okay." She thought for a moment, "I hope we don't have an emergency. I'll start over here."

"I packed emergency kits." Anna informed her. "And the front bio bed areas are fully stocked. I thought it made sense to have them ready for what we could initially handle." She smiled at Ashley. "Let's hope there isn't one."

Ashley smiled, "Agreed."

Deela thought about the situation and wondered if Neelix was right and if he was, then could there be other ships being targeted, "Admiral T'Lar to Ark Royal. Lieutenant McWire. I need you to get a team together and check rest of the ships in the area. I want to see if this is just an isolated incident."

"Understood Admiral" Percy said.

Ark Royal Bridge

Percy ordered his crew to scan the other ships in the area and guided the Ark Royal towards their direction.
As the scans didn't reveal anything new, he assembled a few teams to go over and investigate those.
He himself beamed over with his own team investigating.

Ens. Horst Müller was checking the bridge whereby Percy and Ens. Lisa Haus were checking the engineering room and the rest of the team check the rest of the ship. The investigation lasted a couple of hours. Ens. Müller found that the Bridge controls were sabotaged in the same way as the other ships. Lisa and Percy found that engineering was tempered too. We have to report back of what we have found. All the other teams reported the same findings on the other ships. All teams went back to the ship.

Percy opened a channel to Admiral T'Lar.

"Admiral we have investigated the other ships they also were sabotaged. It looks like a some kind of Pirate attack."

Deela sighed, "Okay. As soon as the others give me their findings, then we'll figure out what to do."

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