USS Spectre Compile - September 1st-30th 2015 by Alan Reading ================================================================= Mission: Stone Skipping Day: 10 Stardate: 2414.11.10 (USS Spectre – Sickbay – CMO, Cmdr Andrew Williams - 18:30) (USS Spectre – Sickbay – CMO, Cmdr Andrew Williams - 18:33) (USS Serenity - Bridge – CO Commander Jay – 19:40) (USS Serenity - Bridge – CO, Commander Jay – 20:30) (USS Serenity – Armoury – CTO, Sargent Major Kindoo Pachakan – 20:40) (USS Serenity – Bridge - CO, Commander Jay – 21:00) ================================================================= Mission: Stone Skipping Day: 10 Stardate: 2414.11.10 (USS Spectre – Sickbay – CMO, Cmdr Andrew Williams - 18:30) Andrew’s happy feeling at seeing Jay and Anya again disappeared when he entered sickbay. ~What the hell~ He took a step further in as his mind caught up with what had was happening because whatever had happened it had been bad. “What happened?” (Reply any in Sickbay) (Posted by Robbie) (USS Spectre – Sickbay – CMO, Cmdr Andrew Williams - 18:33) Andrew watched as Douwsy moved from the closest patient and headed towards him. “We have had three deaths and instances of the crew having fainting spells or becoming unconscious.” Andrew nodded taking it all in. “Do we know what happened?” Douwsy shook her head. “Not sure yet but Dr Kirien is looking into it. She over at the work station.” He thanked Douwsy as he headed over to Kirien. “Michaella what have you found?” (Reply Kirien) (Reply Kirien) (Posted by Robbie (USS Serenity - Bridge – CO Commander Jay – 19:40) Jay looked at the team around as they worked. They had left the Spectre and the Wreath far behind and turned towards the last known coordinates of the Tempest. She had gotten Perr’Merr to roam her kittens far ahead of the Serenity spread out wide on parallel courses as long with one far behind in case something was trailing them. So far there had been nothing but she was not unperturbed by that. She slowly walked around the bridge again talking to her crew as she cleared the frustration of the meeting on the Spectre from her mind. As she completed her rotation of the bridge she ended back up at her command console and gave it a quick glance to see that everything was okay. She felt Greyjoy appear at her shoulder. “Skipper. You need to sit down or leave the bridge you are going to drive the bridge crew crazy with your constant walking. It’s also my shift” Jay gave a quick smile and nodded. “Okay you win. I’ll get out from under your hair.” With that she nodded again and left the bridge. She still felt that she could not rest so she halted the turbolft at the far end of engineering right at the back of the ship and then began to walk its length back towards the bridge. (Reply any) (Posted by Robbie) (USS Serenity - Bridge – CO, Commander Jay – 20:30) Jay watched the console which indicated the position of the Serenity to the Tempest. She had moved the Serenity into a long flanking position with a ‘Kitten’ following the Tempest. They had been following the Tempest which was going in an obvious course. There was still a lot of destinations for the Tempest to head for but none had been a clear choice so they were trailing her until they arrived at where the Tempest was heading. Her console beeped as Audery’s voice came over the bridge speakers. =^=Skipper the Tempest has made a drastic course change and is accelerating on a new course=^= ~Dam that’s not good~ “Do you think that they spotted the Kitten?” “I don’t think so Skipper there had been no sigh before and I was running them as quiet as I could.” Jay nodded at Perr’Mess’s words. “Don’t worry. They have been spooked by something.” As she watched the Tempest began to move out of sensor range of the ‘Kitten’ as it reached its maximum speed. ~Okay if I give chase then they will know I am following but if I lose it then who knows how bad the situation could get~ She took a breath before she began. ~Dammed if I do. Dammed if I don’t~ “Okay. We are going to get them. Red Alert set quarantine condition one throughout the ship. Audrey lay in a pursuit course we need to catch them before they get away.” =^= Yes Skipper=^= “Perr’Mess get ready to deploy the other kittens and have the others get to us at their best speed.” “Aye Skipper.” She looked over at the Pachakan. “Kindoo get you team ready for a fast deployment.” “Yes Skipper.” She saw Pachakan hand over the tactical station to a subordinate and leave the bridge. She turned back to the view screen and looked at the stars flash past as they moved through the warp and hopped that she had made the right decision. ~They would know soon~ (Reply Any) (Posted by Robbie) (USS Serenity – Armoury – CTO, Sargent Major Kindoo Pachakan – 20:40) Kindoo looked at the men and women in front of him. They were touch competent people from around the Federation Naval Patrol. They had all passed the gruelling training course to become members of SMERFS or Special Maritime Exploration and Recon Force which was part of the Federation Naval Patrol Marine Special Forces group. He had worked with the team for years and trusted them implicitly. “Okay here is the plan. We have unknown number of hostiles on the Tempest a Luna Class starship. So that’s 454 meters long and 81 meters high with 17 decks and an average crew complement of 350.” “What’s the contamination factor?” Kindoo looked over at the unit’s medic. “We don’t know so expect all of them.” He watched him nod as he began to tap on his PADD. “From what I have been given from the lab people it’s a parasite infection that is transmitted by touch. So we go in with full bio-hazard gear.” He heard a few groans from the people around but ignored it. Full bio-hazard gear was bulky and restricted some movement especially against opponents who were not wearing it like the crew of the Tempest but it was the only way to give his unit a chance to get out of the boarding alive. “Okay so the plan is to teleport into atmospheric control open the atmospheric filters and flood the ship with gas. They will be asleep before they know what hit them.” The others nodded. It was a scenario that had been tried and worked before. “What’s our fail safe?” Kindoo looked at every member of the unit. “We blow the ship or the Serenity dose but make no mistake this is something that cannot be allowed to get to any habitable planet or station.” (Reply any) (Posted by Robbie) (USS Serenity – Bridge - CO, Commander Jay – 21:00) Jay watched as the image of the Tempest appeared in the view screen. They had chased the Tempest and was now in visual range. She glanced slowly around the bridge knowing that her crew and her ship was ready. ~Okay let’s get this stated~ “Open haling frequency to the Tempest.” “This is Commander Jay of the Serenity of the Hazardous Support Flotilla to the Tempest. Power down your engines and prepare to be board for quarantine inspection” (Reply Tempest) (Reply Tempest, any) (Posted by Robbie) =================================================================