Castaway(Plot)

Plot Details
"Castaways"
Time Period:	240901.01 - 240903.31
Involved Ships:	USS Charon
Involved Planets:	PDC11J
Previous Plot:	None
Succeeding Plot:	Maker's Heart(Plot)

Two months and three weeks into her journey towards the stellar nursery the Charon’s powerful sensors detect a mysterious signal from a region of unstable and disturbed subspace. After closer inspection by members of the science department it is determined that the signal is actually a Klingon distress code.

Referencing the Charon’s library it was discovered that the generic distress code was used by the Klingon Empire up until 2320 where it was replaced by more specific codes. After consulting with the senior staff, Shiarrael decided to change course and investigate the signal. The crew can only wonder about what happened to bring the Klingons of that time out so far and also if it would pose a threat to the Charon.

Synopsis

The science department is able to isolate the source of the signal to a planetary system located deep within the area of disturbed subspace. Using veins of subspace stability the Charon slowly makes her way to the source. When they arrive in orbit of the Class M planet they recognize the body of the D-7 Klingon Cruiser lying in the middle of a massive jungle. Deciding to investigate the crash Commodore Rehu orders Captain Fisher to form an away team. Due to a large amount of EM interference in the planet's atmosphere the team is forced to take a shuttle down to the planet.

During the shuttle's decent a electrical discharge from the a storm strikes the shuttle causing to crash on the planet's surface. Unable to contact the shuttle Shiarrael decides to send a second away team down to the planet to check on the first team and to also survey the planet. Commander Ceer from the science department is selected to lead the second away team.

Meanwhile on the Charon events take a chaotic turn. A marine, Captain Joseph Bosque, attacked and killed two security officers guarding the commodore's quarters. Bosque then proceeds into her quarters and takes her children hostage. Realizing that something is amiss after a alarm alerts her to the deactivation of the holo-nanny Shiarrael leaves the bridge to investigate.

Inside her quarters the Commodore discovers the dead bodies of the two security officers and finds Bosque holding her youngest son with a small blade pressed against the child's cheek. He orders the commodore to disembowel herself with the honor blade she keeps on her wall. After a tricking Bosque she is able to disarm and kill him. Security personnel and medical personnel quickly arrive along with Commander Becker.

Back on the planet the first away team conducts a hard landing. However, the away team members are in one piece and slowly exit the shuttle. Outside of the shuttle Commander Foster discovers a Klingon woman observing them. After a short altercation Ch'Tan is able to speak with the woman who informs him that the Klingons crash landed on the planet several years ago, however, she does not believe him when he informs her of the current date since she does not believe they have been on the planet for almost a century.

Meanwhile on the Charon the second away team led by Commander Ceer departs the ship. However, they are missing Lieutenant Dlya who was ordered by Commander Becker to round up the Marines.

The second shuttle makes a smooth descent to surface and they are able to locate the crash site of the first shuttle. However, due to terrain difficulties they are forced to land a few kilometers away. Commander Ceer and Ensign Bai both head to the crash site with security escorts while Lieutenant Suuraht and Ensign Natira begin examining and taking samples of local fauna.

The first away team is informed by Karare about the local carnivorous creatures that stalk the planet. As they travel the forest they are attacked by the two of the creatures. Captain Fisher and Yavyn Arc are seriously wounded while Commander Foster and the Klingon Karare are able to defeat their primitive assailant.

Upon arrival Ensign Bai Immediately renders medical aid to injured crewmembers while Commander Calhoun attempts to find a way to send Fisher and Arc back to the Charon.

240901.17 Plot Notes

• Shiarrael exacts leniency on Lieutenant Burk and informs Starfleet that the astrophysicist was only intoxicated; any record of the altercation is destroyed along with the weapon the Lieutenant tried to use on the Commodore.

• EnArrain t'Khellian informs the Commodore on the Charon's bridge that she will try to be a better officer. She also informs Shiarrael about suspicions of a saboteur being aboard. Shiarrael advises t'Khellian to keep her console close and not to worry about the issue at present.

• Security and Engineering, headed by Commanders Marcus and Calhoun, work together to upgrade the Charon's security systems. Meanwhile during a review session, Counselor Becker and Lieutenant Colonel Cole engage in a sexual tryst.

• The USS Charon departs starbase Versailles and spends two months being escorted through Romulan space.

240901.24 Plot Notes

• Captain Fisher decides that Lt.Cmdr Becker's evaluation of Lt.Col Cole could not stand as a solid record given the goings-on during the interview

• Ensign Arc Proposes to Ensign Hagan and she accepts.

• Lt.Col Cole is re-evaluated by Ensign Hagan, during which he storms out.

• Lt.(jg)Dlya reports for Duty on the Charon

• Commodore Rehu takes a look around Eris Deck - the Crew Mess/Lounge

• The Senior Staff meet in the Observation Lounge to discuss a course of action in regards to the distress signal they received.

• Lt.Cmdr Becker is confronted by the Commodore in regards to her relationship with Lt. Col Cole, Commander Desmond reports he suspicions to the Commodore and also wants to prove to her that he is a good officer.

• The Security Officers begin running drills and training for the upcoming mission.

• Ambassador Lamont continues his studies on the Crew of the Charon, especially the Commodore whom he invites over for dinner.

• Commodore t'Rehu considers the implications of the upcoming Mission.

Backlog Summary

• Lt.Cmdr Marcus discusses new Security AI with the Commodore

• Skyden Locke Fisher is born to Capt. Shaun Fisher and Lt. Lylan Fisher

240902.01 Plot Notes

• Commodore Rehu and Lt. Foster discuss the Klingon signal. They also decide that they should have a sparring match

• Capt. Fisher starts handing out requests to his Staff

• Commo Rehu worries about the Intruder alert uninformed that it is a Drill

• Ensign's Bai and Hagan meet and decide to take a tour of the ship

• Fisher, in quite a state, turns to Counselor Becker for help and a counseling session.

• The Commodore and Lt. I'Nia clash over the Intelligence officers duties.

• The Security Team meet Lt. Fisher during the Intruder drill to quiet the telling off.

• The Science team discovers the location source of the distress signal.

• Lt. Foster Gets Counseled by Lt.Cmdr. Becker

• Commo Rehu confronts Capt. Fisher over her lack of knowledge of the Intruder Drill.

• The Security Team neutralizes the "Intruder"

• Capt. Fisher talks to I'nia about her role in Intelligence on the ship.

• Ensign Arc keeps to himself between Duties.

• Captain Fisher Promotes Aaliyah Becker to Commander and Ch'Tan Foster to Lieutenant Commander.

240902.07 Plot Notes

• Captain Fisher Promotes LCmdr Marcus to Commander

• Captain Fisher continues his Training on the Holodeck

• Captain and Lieutenant Fisher admire their Son as Lylan gets back to work in Sickbay

• The Charon comes into range of the Planet where the Signal is coming from, ordering Captain Fisher to organise his Away team and Commander Calhoun to start modifying the equipment for use on the Planet.

• LtCmdr Foster goes about his work on the Torpedo Tubes

• Cmdr Marcus prepares for his Away mission, and meets up with Ensign Bai in Eris Deck

• Captain Fisher prepares the shuttle and assembles the other 4 members of his Away Team.

• LtCmdr Foster prepares for the Away Mission

• Commander Marcus waits in the Shuttle Bay for the Mission to get under way.

240902.14 Plot Notes

• The Charon arrives in orbit of the planet where they discover that the atmosphere is highly ionized and stormy. Electrical storms seem to cover the planet but they are able to identify an old Klingon D-7 cruiser through the cloud cover.

• Lieutenant Dlya finished a short security training exercise in the holodeck.

• Commander Becker ruminates over recent events.

• Commander Marcus preps for the upcoming away mission.

240902.21 Plot Notes

• Commander Becker is left caring for Ael while her brother and the Commodore are taken to sickbay after the vicious attack by Joseph Bosque.

• Ensign Bai joins Commander Ceer on the second shuttle being sent to the surface and the two make a joke about finding a thriving colony of Klingons.

• Commander Lamont spends some time in Eris Deck thinking about his place on the ship as well as Diplomats in general before leaving to performs some of his duties, however a mysterious stranger also left soon afterwards.

• The shuttle containing Captain Fisher and his team takes a hit on the way down to the surface and crash lands.

• The ships resident Horta and her shy companion (Lt Suuraht and Ensign Natira) head down to the shuttlebay to join the second shuttle.

• Commander Ceer's team leave on the second shuttle but not after the security teams have turned up to arrest the Marines.

• After having another dream about one of his previous posts Ch'Tan FosterCh'Tan decides to talk to Commander Becker about them, they organize another session to try out another technique.

• The first shuttles crew start getting themselves organized when Ch'Tan meets an aging Klingon woman who comes out from the undergrowth, she does not believe them when they say she has been there over a Century.

240902.28 Plot Notes

• After securing another group of marines in the brig, Lt Dyla is called down to the shuttlebay where a final group of marines had secured themselves inside and we're tying to escape

• Cmmdr Marcus, LtCmmdr Foster and Karare (the older Klingon Woman) are attacked by one of the large creatures that stalk the forests of this world, they manage to kill it but it takes all three of them.

• Commo t'Rehu discharges herself from sickbay after a short amount of treatment and is told that the marines have holed themselves up in the shuttlebay.

• Lt Fisher manages to revive the commodores son and then sets about repairing the damage that was caused when the marine savagely attacked him.

• Commo t'Rehu and Commander Becker meet at the shuttlebay and the commodore is told that Lt Dyla will use force if necessary, the commodore then tells the counselor that she wants to kill them for what one of them has done.

• Cpt Fisher and Ens Arc are attacked by a smaller creature that attacked the rest of the away team earlier, during the short fight in which Arc decapitates the creature, Cpt Fisher has his bionic leg destroyed by the creature and it bitten in the shoulder, he then falls into a Coma due to the venom of the creature, Arc also falls victim after getting some of the venom on his skin

240903.07 Plot Notes

• The second shuttle containing Commander Ceer's Away team has a slightly softer landing than the first shuttle and the team heads off into the wilderness towards the first team's crash site.

• Commodore t'Rehu logs here official statment on what happened in her quarters alongside her personal log before heading to the bridge and ordering the ship out of orbit and to red alert.

• The Marines in the shuttlebay are obviously not willing to talk as they shoot down an officer coming in under a white flag, Commander Becker tells Lieutenant Dyla to get them out alive.

• LtCmmdr Foster hears the cry of Ensign Arc before he falls unconscious and rushes over to help, Commander Marcus joins them as Foster begins handing out orders and asking for options with regards to communications and transporters, Ltcmmdr Calhoun starts working on getting the transporters operational.

• LtCmmdr Foster leads Ens Bai over to where the Captain and the Ensign are lying inside the shuttle and also introduces her to the Klingon woman they encountered, Karare.

240903.14 Plot Notes

• Commodore t'Rehu is musing on the apparent youth of the officers on the bridge when the ships is hit by a level two shockwave, causing the ship to be damaged and some crew injured.

• With a little help from engineering and the disturbance caused by the shockwave the remaining marines are beamed out of the shuttlebay and into the brig.

• Ensign Bai checks over the members of the first away team to make sure they are not badly injured, starting with ltCmmdr Calhoun and then Commander Marcus before Marcus is asked to help Calhoun with a few things.

• Commander Ceer and his security officer arrive at the first shuttles crash site, the Ensign thinks there are omens and the mission might be canceled before Ceer sends him back to warn Suuraht and Natira.

• Ensign Natira is collecting samples of the planets plant life while Lieutenant Suuraht is busy tasting some of the rock that is under their feet.

• Ch'tan outlines the plan for getting back to the ship after they manage to beam Captain Fisher and Ensign Arc back up to the Charon, the small team decide to set off to find some Klingons

• Commodore t'Rehu inputs another log entry details this section of the mission as well as stating the issue with the marines is now under control, after finishing her entry, Captain Fisher and Ensign Arc are beamed to sickbay and the Commodore is informed of their status.

240903.21 Plot Notes

• Commodore t'Rehu debriefs the security officer that was beamed back up to the Charon with Captain Fisher and Ensign Arc, he tells her of the events on the planet and how the officers were injured.

• Lieutenant Irons and Commodore t'Rehu discuss ideas for deflector modifications to allow communications to the surface.

• Commander Marcus, Lieutenant Commander Foster and Ensign Bai finish their trek and find the cave entrance and proceed inside, they find a small group of survivors who agree to come back to the ship with them.

• Commodore t'Rehu promotes Sakarra Tyrax to Ensign and offers her the Primary shift for Helm with Ensign Arc in sickbay injured.

• The shuttle makes it above the turbulence and contacts the Charon, only to be told that a shuttle wont be going back for those stranded on the planet.

• The shuttle arrives back aboard the Charon and those inside are met by Commodore t'Rehu who then proceeds to welcome them back and issue new orders before dismissing them.

• Ch'tan tries in vain to contact the Charon before explaining things to the Klingons, they do not like the fact that there are Romulans aboard the Charon but agree to come back if they only have to deal with Ch'tan.

240903.28 Plot Notes

• Commander Ceer returns to the science labs and is greeted by his staff, after talking to Lieutenant Burk about the problems outside the ship he tries to warn the Commodore against using the deflector modification but is too late.

• Commodore t'Rehu orders the activation of the deflector modification and beams up the stranded men on the planet before the ship starts being pushed towards the planet by a subspace tear, t'Rehu orders a full spread of torpedos to push the ship away from the planet.

• Commodore t'Rehu tends to an injured Nickerson before letting the arriving medical personnel take over, Commander Ceer is beside her when she gets back to the command chair and the two discuss any risk that may be posed by the subspace tear.

• Lieutenant Commander Calhoun arrives back in engineering after making some quick 'repairs' to some of the ships relays.

• Commodore t'Rehu heads down to the cargobay to welcome the Klingons that had beamed on board with Lieutenant Commander Foster, After a few words, t'Rehu and the Klingon's leader Kulg'Rek have a fight which ends with the Klingon flat on his back.

• Commander Marcus goes to see the two Lieutenants (Dyla and Acel'a) and they discuss the situation with the marines.

• Lieutenant Commander Foster and one of the Klingons head to the science labs with a damaged sensor log from the crashed Klingon ship, Lieutenant Burk discovers that the Klingons might be responsible for the subspace damage in the area.

Character(s) of Note

• Karare
• Kulg'Rek

Vessel(s) of Note

• IKS Tabor

Planet(s) of Note

• PDC11J

Plot Logs (External Links)

• Castaways Plot Prelude
• Castaways Teaser 1
• Castaways Teaser 2
• Castaways Epilogue

Commodore's Logs (External Links)

• Commodore Log Entry SD240901.21
• Commodore Log Entry SD240902.02
• Commodore Log Entry SD240903.01
• Commodore Log Entry SD240903.14

Plot Sim Reports (External Links)

• Castaways Sim Report 1
• Castaways Sim Report 2
• Castaways Sim Report 3
• Castaways Sim Report 4
• Castaways Sim Report 5
• Castaways Sim Report 6
• Castaways Sim Report 7
• Castaways Sim Report 8
• Castaways Sim Report 9
• Castaways Sim Report 10
• Castaways Sim Report 11
• Castaways Sim Report 12
• Castaways Sim Report 13