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===  241009.18 Plot Notes ===
===  241009.18 Plot Notes ===
* [[Aria Falcon]] and her Marines gear up to secure the airlock where Charon is docked to the Romulan station and quite to their surprise a little friend offers her help. Never one to go by the books as it is, the Colonel is ready to let [[Samantha Davis|Sam]] tag along and be useful, if only because she recognizes the young yeoman’s genuine desire to make a difference.
 
* After securing the shuttlebay with an expertly executed surprise attack (and lots of dumb luck), [[Leon Athalla]] and his band of happy demolition forces prepare for a bonfire of the interesting sort. Though [[Ian Lamont]] is less than sanguine about the strategy of distracting and diverting forces by essentially blowing the entire shuttle bay to bits, the freed personnel and even the mercenary tr`Keirianh seem determined to do just that. The end result however stuns even the most enthusiastic advocates of the plan as with just a tad of delay the entire section of the ship goes to fiery hell, forcing every last one of the happy pyromaniacs to make a run for it. Shame about the ambassador lagging behind. He might have preferred the heat over the Romulans.
* On board the [[IRW Endless Sky]] a disgruntled doctor is ordered to patch up a [[Sakarra Tyrax|Vulcan]] – quite a waste of time in her opinion since the [[Itsak tr'Sahen|Vaek’Riov]] likely will ruin her work again as it is. Though the Starfleet Commander presents a bit of a medical mystery on top of her many injuries, Saeihr at least gets to apply some of the knowledge she has dug up in the database.
* A young Tal’Diann officer is shocked to find out what is happening to the Federation ship he’s been observing and even more horrified to learn of tr`Sahen’s plans to attack Vulcan. Unsure how to proceed or whom to trust with this information, [[Lhaetan tr`Valkar]] is forced to make a decision when it becomes clear he is being followed – by a soldier loyal to the Vaek’Riov. In the end though it is the ever elusive yet always present concept of mnei’sahe that compels the young officer to take a stand against [[Itsak tr'Sahen|tr`Sahen]], in this case by removing Captain t`Rehu’s twins from his grasp and taking them on a desperate escape attempt through the station’s environment conduits. 
 
* The planet Vulcan has deployed its defensive forces after a garbled message has been received, warning of an imminent attack. While most ships are deployed to the outer rims of the system or patrolling the asteroid belt, the [[VSS Seleya]] and a visiting Starfleet ship remain in orbit – even after the readings of a wormhole opening just behind the outermost planet are confirmed.
* [[Ian Lamont|Ambassador Lamont]] experiences the down side of being a man of peace when a Romulan soldier who is quite the opposite fails to appreciate a stubborn human with a dry sense of humor. Bloodied and beaten, Ian witnesses his tormentor getting shot for being stupid (an approach with some inherent logic for certain) and must then face a difficult decision – and soul searching while bleeding all over the place has never been fun. Tell the crew who is still fighting to surrender, possibly save lives … or go out in a blaze of … well, just a blaze, really.
   
'''Back Logs:'''
* Two of the transferring officers meet in the Quantum Fury’s mess hall to share some food and even though [[Landon Neyes|Ensign Neyes]] has not had experience with earth horses, he can be persuaded to a trip to the holodeck to stave off the inevitable boredom of the lengthy trip.


== Memorable Quotes ==
== Memorable Quotes ==

Revision as of 00:07, 5 October 2010

Plot Details
"Memento Vivere"
Time Period: 241008.15 - ongoing
Involved Ships: USS Charon Temep`Shar IRW Endless Sky
Involved Planets: I’Rak Prime
Previous Plot: Sun Serpent
Succeeding Plot: unknown


After the breathtaking events of not only observing a star going nova but meeting a new, completely alien lifeform, the past once more catches up with Charon. A forbearer of disaster yet to come, a Romulan scout ship decloaks and the gravely injured woman who has sought out the Federation ship so far from home is none other than the Endless Sky's political officer and former lover to Itsak tr`Sahen, Shiarrael's estranged cousin.

Despite her misgivings about the agency, t`Rehu takes the woman on board and learns that Itsak was supposed to hand over the Vulcan wormhole technology to the Tal’Shiar along with a sample of the Memento Mori. But the Vaek'Riov seems to have plans of his own, beginning with the murder of the political officers in his wing and driven by a deep hatred for his father's race - the Vulcans. Which he is now able to eradicate thanks to a cruel twist of fate.

Alarmed by the news, the Captain attempts to send a warning to the Federation but whether the call is heard remains unkown - for Itsak has followed the last surviving Tal'Shiar's trail and surrounds the ship with a dozen warbirds, demanding not only surrender but every Vulcan on board.

Unknown to Charon's beleaguered crew, the Quantum Fury under command of Khiy Kanryth has arrived but can only watch as the Starfleet ship is towed back to I'Rak Prime, where the 23rd Fleet makes ready ... for war.


Will the loyal Romulans truly follow their Vaek'Riov who claims to seek the seat of Praetor and commit a genocide that will plunge the Empire into a new war? Will Itsak's cousin risk, even sacrifice the lives of her own children for her crew and a Federation planet? And how the hell (pardon my French) are we going to get out of this?




Synopsis

241008.21 Plot Notes

  • For once, Charon gets to fulfill her primary mission and actually be a science ship. Observing a supernova in all its glory, and up close, too, thanks to a sympathetic space Dragon. But the champagne hasn’t even yet had time to arrive in anyone’s bloodstream when trouble finds us once more, this time in form of a mortally injured Tal’Shiar officer requesting to meet Shiarrael t`Rehu. Seems the virus that decimated the population of Ch'Dabhae and countless others is now in the hands of the same Vaek’Riov who took the Vulcan ship Temep`Shar from under our noses.
  • The implications become all too clear when the escaped political officer informs Shiarrael of her former lover’s plans. Rather than turn over the ship and wormhole device to the Tal’Shiar, tr`Sahen plans to use it for an attack on Vulcan, a planet and race he despises after his father abandoned the family, leading to his mother’s early death. On Sakarra’s recommendation the Captain orders a warning to be transmitted to the Federation, but before decisions concerning our own predicament can be made, a dozen Warbirds decloak, demanding surrender. Yup, we’re screwed. Again. Though one should mention that the only reason the Rihanha and the Vulcan prefer surrender over being blown to bits is that vaporized people can neither warn anyone nor hit their would be captors over the head later.
  • A few rather luckless Gai’Shian learn to their detriment that it is unwise to startle a Marine in his barracks, though they naturally will be unable to impart that wisdom on anyone. Unwilling to follow an order that contains any word as foolish as ‘surrender’, Brent Warren takes to the Jefferies tubes and with some unofficial help from ever optimistic Savant starts a private little war. Big war. Mayhem, even. Whether it is the SNAFU (sic!), the fact a certain Vulcan has been taken captive or simply plain irritation over such rudeness that makes the good Marine employ rather harsh tactics is anyone’s guess however.
  • Said Vulcan has in the meantime arrived on the IRW Endless Sky, along with every other of her species from Charon. With good half of the crew shackled in the cargo bays and the other half taken to the Warbird, it’s by now rather obvious the Vaek’Riov is specifically after the Vulcans, in addition to any data concerning the Temep`Shar. And perhaps it should not have come as a surprise that tr`Sahen remembers his cousin’s thaessu very well indeed, even going so far as to greet her personally on board before throwing her into a bulkhead. The resulting attack by a furious Voran brings with it a circumstance which may after all prove fortuitous, since tr`Sahen is now convinced to have killed Sakarra’s ... lover. No, it does not count as Kal-if-fee.
  • Searching for some edible, say non-replicated food, and perhaps some friendly company, poor Ian Lamont finds the exact opposite in the form of Gai’Shian boarding forces. Since the diplomat has no taste for desperate last stance scenarios, he decides on a somewhat unconventional course of action (well, if you’re not Ian, that is) and heads for his home away from home – the ship’s brig. Shame about the Ale, though.

Back Logs:

  • A long anticipated match finally unravels on the USS Quantum Fury as Khiy Kanryth and Aria Falcon beat each other bloody in an Andorian arena. Setting rage and experience against the Romulan’s unnatural speed, the Marine Chick (sic!) scores a victory, though by her own admission she may “not look like it tomorrow”. Well, at least the Cardassian is happy.
  • After having received rather a talking-to by Savannah McCoy concerning the small fact she nearly killed the Fury’s Captain, Aria Falcon decides to pay same person a visit and finds him alive – though in his usual, dry mood. Unable to get the irritating woman to leave him in peace, Khiy finds it prudent to at least impart some information, namely that they have lost contact with Charon and might be headed for trouble. Again.
  • The tradition of unusual and hilarious first dates on Charon is continued by Ian Lamont and Nimue Andraste, this time in the form of a seasoned ambassador acting like a nervous teen and a pilot acting like … well, a pilot. With a dog.
  • Landon Neyes is interrupted in his exercise regimen by an inquisitive Savant, and after the Trill’s initial annoyance subsides he finds the AI a most interesting conversation partner indeed. Though the Ulysses quote may raise more questions than it answers …
  • Aria Falcon’s encounter with the floating ghost being can be described as no less intriguing, though it sure is something to see the Marine Chick puzzled. Ever amicable Savant for her part has yet more data for her personality models and even earns herself an invitation to train with the Marines. Like they don’t manage to break enough stuff all by themselves.
  • Finally retiring herself and her bruises for the night, Aria learns about her bunkmate Samantha Davis before being positively fussed over by the timid yeoman. Considering the girl’s history, perhaps one should not be surprised about the little bit of ‘Hero-worship’ for the tough as nails Marine, but it sure throws an interesting light on Aria that she seems to be protective of the yeoman. But you call her mother hen at your own risk.

241008.28 Plot Notes

  • Not surprisingly, Shiarrael doesn’t mind disruptor rifles as much as she is irritated by rudeness, though the hard learned lesson is of little value to a group of Gai’Shian on account of them ending dead for it. In her usual straightforward manner, the Captain makes for her quarters to retrieve better gunnery but before she can deal out the hurt she intends, she must find that Itsak has beaten her to it and holds her children hostage.
  • A no less disgruntled Commander Falcon weaves his way through the ship and by a stroke of luck (for him, not the Romulans) catches a lone Marine’s attention. Naturally, the two men are up to serious havoc in no time, taking out a patrol with explosive enthusiasm, leaving booby traps and bloody messages in their wake. Whether the Romulans will truly abandon all hope remains to be seen, but they’ll sure have figured out that death comes for them. Headless, too.
  • Miranda Xavier gets to ponder the philosophical issue why Gai’Shian always seem to appear around a corner when one wear a fine ball gown, but the El-Aurian wastes little time to change attire after wisely avoiding an initial confrontation. Another one makes for the Jefferies tubes, and this time it’s a lady with an attitude.
  • Upon arrival at the brig, Ambassador Lamont is greeted by a Romulan rifle connecting rather forcefully with the diplomat’s head. Though being captured and beaten for the fun of it seems to spell the end of Ian’s spirited attempt at resistance, help arrives in the unexpected form of a cunning mercenary. Over the objections of a befuddled security officer, Aev tr`Keirianh and his would-be prisoners make for the shuttle bay. As usual, whenever Ian thinks his day can’t get any worse - it does. And while the sight of beheaded Romulans should suffice to turn any poor diplomat’s stomach, it’s in fact the bloody writings on the wall that make him wish they had taken a detour.
  • Somewhere on the IRW Endless Sky, Itsak tr'Sahen and his faithful Hanaj endeavor to find out just how much it takes to make a Vulcan scream. Or two of them, since comparing notes can only be helpful. Though their declared goal is certainly to obtain the Vulcan ship schematics in LtCmdr Sakarra’s personal database, their unrestrained enthusiasm makes one wonder if their playful nature isn’t going a bit overboard. As it happens however, one of the Vulcans is in fact Savant’s android conducting reconnaissance – and getting a lesson in Vulcanoid anatomy and behavior patterns. No less surprising perhaps is the discovery that torturing a Vulcan with a rare twist to her genes only makes her … relax. Or so it would seem.
  • The USS Quantum Fury arrives at her long journey’s destination only to find they are in fact too late. Not only is Charon surrounded by Warbirds who take her in tow and jump to warp before Commander Kanryth can formulate a plan to aid the beleaguered ship, but in a poor imitation of Captain Dread the Romulan officer left in charge begins to evacuate Starfleet personnel via the airlock to force a surrender of the forces still loose and fighting back. Something tells me this won’t go over well.
  • Holed up in the ship’s maintenance areas, a young engineer is confronted with his own mortality. Though Jack Fellos II is for the moment safe and out of view, he wouldn’t be an engineer if he wouldn’t get creative soon enough.
  • In an ironic turn of fate, the Russian bear Chernienko is rescued from the creatures he reviles above all others by none other than a Romulan child and his faithful sidekick Nohtho. Having acquired far too much experience with Gai’Shian in his past, Nveid not only managed to avoid patrols but scavenge for useful things, most of all weapons and food.

Back Logs:

  • Dr Anderson receives a pleasant visitor in the Quantum Fury’s sickbay, meaning a crewman actually showing up voluntarily for a checkup and not even grumbling at him. Though young Miss Davis is not quite ready to go orbital skydiving, the good doctor authorizes light exercise and extracts a promise that Samantha eat better. Well, he shall have an eager ally on Charon for sure, Miss Betty loves nothing better than feed her crew like Christmas turkeys.

241009.04 Plot Notes

  • En route to I’Rak Prime, Itsak tr'Sahen wastes little time to see about obtaining decryption codes for the data found in T'Pelar’s quarters – not quite what he had hoped for, but enough to patch together Temep`Shar and the wormhole device to suit his purpose.
  • Nikolai Chernienko and his unlikely allies Nveid and a cheerful Fvai gear up to join up with the mysterious resistance fighters who leave an impressive number of dead Romulans in their wake (though not much else). To the Marine’s surprise, the child has not only smuggled the Vulcan’s sword out of her quarters but a datachip containing Temep`Shar’s schematics. Talk about a quick thinking kid.
  • Desperate to do something and haunted by the screams of crew being executed, Jack Fellos II configures a tricorder to contact Savant but unfortunately being stuffed into a pocket calculator doesn’t do much to increase the good AI’s helpfulness. A plan to simply take the airlocks out of commission is scratched due to Romulan tendency to only get more creative, but one may assume the engineer hasn’t pulled the last hyperspanner out of his hat.
  • A badly injured Vulcan wakes in the Commander’s quarters on the IRW Endless Sky and has barely time to come to terms with the fact her emotional and biofeedback control are still severely compromised, when tr`Sahen returns with her trusted adjutant ‘Yyaio’ aka Savant in impressive disguise in tow. Though the Vulcan android is far from operating at peak efficiency due to having suffered her own innovative torture, she manages to not only look after Charon’s XO as per their captor’s orders but continue her quiet, stealthy analysis of the Romulan computer network.
  • Three days. That’s how much time ‘Yyaio’, the Vulcan who is none needs to infiltrate the Romulan ships and begin to wreak all sorts of creative havoc. But since the average lifespan of her race on board the Endless sky is significantly less than that, LtCmdr Sakarra resorts to what one may safely call desperate, ‘grasping at straws’ measures. The overwhelming success however – not so much in regards to infiltrating the ship’s computer but in becoming a distraction for the Vaek’Riov – surprises even the Vulcan herself. Actually, no. It doesn’t. Good luck in getting her to tell you though.
  • Stuck in a cell on the space station orbiting I’Rak Prime, Shiarrael t`Rehu can’t help aiming her barbed humor at a poor Galae security guard and later, at some unexpected allies springing her from prison. Baffled that her cousin would not only allow for her children to be snatched from his care but Charon to still be in rebellion, the Captain seems to take the arrival of Commander Kanryth in stride. Not that she’s going to look a gift Fvai in the mouth. Aye, it’s on now…

Back Logs:

  • Landon Neyes decides for a nightly stroll to the mess hall after his arm implants give him trouble enough to make sleep quite impossible and is surprised to find another crewmember nursing a hot chocolate so late at ship’s night. As luck will have it, the other night owl is none other than Dr Anderson and after an amicable talk about the assignment both officers are headed to, the Trill gets his arm treated in Auden’s typical gentle but no-nonsense fashion. Too bad Landon won’t get any sleep after all – nor finish his cocoa – because suddenly the Quantum Fury goes to red alert. Batten down the hatches, lads, this one will be ugly.
  • K`tara Sevarius boards the Quantum Fury and luckily (for the other guy) no one makes an issue of the half-Klingon’s ceremonial dagger. Still, the security officer is left to wonder what kind of assignment she’s accepted if her transport is already commanded by a Romulan.
  • Before leaving for his first assignment out of the academy Jack Fellos II proposes to his long-time girlfriend Callah, but the young woman asks for time to consider.
  • A clandestine operation comes to an exciting end when the Klingon ship Koragh finally intercepts the sellers of a powerful Andorian artifact awaiting their Breen buyers. Naturally, a cheerful space battle ensues and it’s mostly thanks to the timely arrival of the USS Andropov that the Klingons don’t have to figure out whether it’s a good day to die. Thus having completed his mission, Oberic Sierra seems content to find a replacement to take his post on Charon.

241009.11 Plot Notes

  • Quiet and undetected, Savant picks her path into the Romulan processing environment. While the prospect of rewriting one’s very self, infiltrate the enemy by becoming the enemy, might be daunting to some, the good AI seems positively excited by the notion (as far as Savant allows herself to go all out like that). That her poor android self Yyaio has to suffer more hideous torment in the meantime appears an acceptable price to pay to her, perhaps even another learning experience. Though I’d dread to think what conclusions the good AI is drawing from this in her opinion of organics as a whole …
  • Never one to shun an opportunity to make an entrance with a bang (in this case flashbang) Captain t`Rehu sees about freeing a good contingent of her crew from one of the cargo bays and the luckless Gai’Shian in her way at least have the solace of not having to suffer… long. And since naturally Shia’s crew are not known to be slackers, (dazed and half blind they may be, but a salute they manage all the same) they promptly go on the hunt for weapons or other practical items that will help in getting their ship back. While Hanaj is already aware of the situation, he is also quite content to not expend any more effort but rather assembles the wing. Yup, they’re about to open the first test wormhole. Time’s running out.
  • Brent Warren and Commander Falcon remain the nightmare of every Romulan on Charon and rather than feel motivated to surrender by their crewmates being tossed out of airlocks, determine how to put a stop to it once and for all. Meaning, they go right to the source of the issue and dispose of any Gai’Shian guards before dragging away the responsible officer to execute her – quite ruthlessly and employing nothing found in any Starfleet manual but one may assume they made their point. Especially since they broadcast the entire torture across the ship.
  • The Tal’Shiar is coming. Run if you can and … well, if you can’t, … try. Really, did anyone think they wouldn’t be disgruntled over having their officers killed? Thus far, a sub-general who prefers to remain nameless is content to pick apart the traitor’s fleet but when they get close enough to really announce how annoyed they are it might be a good idea not to stick around. As if our week wasn’t lousy enough already. Now we are ‘complications’.
  • On board the IRW Endless Sky, an imprisoned Vulcan scientist must watch not only a bloodied, tortured T'Pelar and a dead V’Ket commander being returned to the cell, but the final uprising of the latter’s two comrades that ends as it must, with dead Romulans littering the floor and the last V’Ket slain. Even the Vulcans’ creative ways of thwarting the cruel Memento Mori virus from effectively adapting to their species seem doomed at last, and the number of prisoners only continues to dwindle …
  • An engineer is getting creative. More than that, Jack Fellos II enlists Savant’s help once more to make his way to main deflector control undetected and put the salvaged Romulan comm badge to good use. Very good use, since now everyone with an ear out for poor besieged Charon might pick up a carrier wave that transmits Romulan communications.
  • Stuck in his quarters and trying his best to stay off the radar of the invading Romulans, counselor Morgan ponders the virtues of glorious combat versus exercising the better part of valor. As it happens the memory of an old half-Klingon friend combined with Shiarrael’s broadcast urging the crew to take back the ship convinces the good counselor that every once in a while it’s appropriate to hit people over the head. Now all he needs to figure out is how to go about this messy business.
  • Dots. Dots on a tricorder. That is about all Jack Fellos II has to go on in his desperate search for fellow crewmembers in need, and though he manages to give aid and comfort to at least a few, he also has to come to terms that for at least one, help was simply too late.
  • Rather worse for wear, Lt Athalla emerges from the Jefferies tubes onto the flight deck and manages to avoid Romulan guards only to run straight into another pointy ear upon gaining access to a shuttle. Luckily, it’s not one to shoot at him for once but in fact the mercenary tr`Keirianh, temporary if unexpected ally of an equally disheveled ambassador Lamont. Though one should think the beleaguered fugitives have bigger worries, a heated debate concerning the best course of action ensues, with the poor ambassador for once at the end of words. Send a message – check. Sabotage – meh. Wanton destruction? Definite check. Now did no one ever tell you people that fighter pilot plus explosives equals more mayhem than even wanton destruction can describe?

Back Logs:

  • Chef is back. And his chili. For once however it’s not only Charon’s crew who suffer the effect of ten alarms that could melt bulkheads but the rude Romulans invading the kitchen. How dare they anyways, enter the ship’s sacred galley without offerings. Not even an onion. No, they had the sauté pan coming and no mistake, though the rolling pin will have to be re-examined under Geneva conventions. Having secured their domain, the cooks put the luckless Romulans on ice and if there are any more puns, please seek them on the mess hall menu. After we won. Hopefully.
  • Somewhere on the fringes of known space, a marvel amongst marvels unfolds in utter quiet as the runabout Chrysalis breaks its cocoon and transforms not only itself but sets to work on rearranging … well, a whole star system it seems, though there’s no harm in starting small – and unfortunately, all of this happens completely unobserved. Well, except for Savant but she’ll likely not care to share … yet?
  • After a long night of honoring tradition (read: drinking until utterly ‘faced’), Charon’s small contingent of pilots is rudely interrupted in their beauty sleep by – Romulans. Naturally. Unfortunately, surrender is not written in a fighter jock’s DNA even when completely drenched in alcohol and the brief, violent fight leaves Leon Athalla as the only survivor of a small but once very happy bunch. And thus another escapee takes to the Jefferies tubes, only since this is a pilot he’s instinctively drawn to the illicit ‘still’ as a hideout. Too bad the Romulans found it first. Even worse, all that good booze is going up in flames when Leon goes for a desperate last stand and miraculously survives the ensuing explosion. Off he goes to score bonus points. May the Gods have mercy on us all …
  • Near the Issian Nebula the USS Sydney encounters a badly damaged Warbird with all but seven survivors on board. Though the counselor’s first concern is naturally the medical and mental needs of the crew in distress, his CO takes a somewhat harsher stance on the people who once held her prisoner. But the day seems to hold more surprises when the first Romulan appearing on the viewscreen seems to know the Captain.
  • Jack Fellos II meets a charming young Betazoid after having shooed away a rather persistent and quite drunk would-be suitor and the conversation quickly turns to relationships and the pitfalls of long distances.
  • Yet another interesting personal encounter in the mess hall leads to a friendship for the good engineer after he politely declines a young woman’s flirtations. But in his mission to give romance a chance to bloom any place, Jack plays match maker with a dear colleague. Unbeknownst to him the happy couple is amongst the first to be executed by the Romulans.

241009.18 Plot Notes

  • Aria Falcon and her Marines gear up to secure the airlock where Charon is docked to the Romulan station and quite to their surprise a little friend offers her help. Never one to go by the books as it is, the Colonel is ready to let Sam tag along and be useful, if only because she recognizes the young yeoman’s genuine desire to make a difference.
  • After securing the shuttlebay with an expertly executed surprise attack (and lots of dumb luck), Leon Athalla and his band of happy demolition forces prepare for a bonfire of the interesting sort. Though Ian Lamont is less than sanguine about the strategy of distracting and diverting forces by essentially blowing the entire shuttle bay to bits, the freed personnel and even the mercenary tr`Keirianh seem determined to do just that. The end result however stuns even the most enthusiastic advocates of the plan as with just a tad of delay the entire section of the ship goes to fiery hell, forcing every last one of the happy pyromaniacs to make a run for it. Shame about the ambassador lagging behind. He might have preferred the heat over the Romulans.
  • On board the IRW Endless Sky a disgruntled doctor is ordered to patch up a Vulcan – quite a waste of time in her opinion since the Vaek’Riov likely will ruin her work again as it is. Though the Starfleet Commander presents a bit of a medical mystery on top of her many injuries, Saeihr at least gets to apply some of the knowledge she has dug up in the database.
  • A young Tal’Diann officer is shocked to find out what is happening to the Federation ship he’s been observing and even more horrified to learn of tr`Sahen’s plans to attack Vulcan. Unsure how to proceed or whom to trust with this information, Lhaetan tr`Valkar is forced to make a decision when it becomes clear he is being followed – by a soldier loyal to the Vaek’Riov. In the end though it is the ever elusive yet always present concept of mnei’sahe that compels the young officer to take a stand against tr`Sahen, in this case by removing Captain t`Rehu’s twins from his grasp and taking them on a desperate escape attempt through the station’s environment conduits.
  • The planet Vulcan has deployed its defensive forces after a garbled message has been received, warning of an imminent attack. While most ships are deployed to the outer rims of the system or patrolling the asteroid belt, the VSS Seleya and a visiting Starfleet ship remain in orbit – even after the readings of a wormhole opening just behind the outermost planet are confirmed.
  • Ambassador Lamont experiences the down side of being a man of peace when a Romulan soldier who is quite the opposite fails to appreciate a stubborn human with a dry sense of humor. Bloodied and beaten, Ian witnesses his tormentor getting shot for being stupid (an approach with some inherent logic for certain) and must then face a difficult decision – and soul searching while bleeding all over the place has never been fun. Tell the crew who is still fighting to surrender, possibly save lives … or go out in a blaze of … well, just a blaze, really.

Back Logs:

  • Two of the transferring officers meet in the Quantum Fury’s mess hall to share some food and even though Ensign Neyes has not had experience with earth horses, he can be persuaded to a trip to the holodeck to stave off the inevitable boredom of the lengthy trip.

Memorable Quotes

241008.21 Scuttlebutt

  • “What's with the pop, storing fire crackers in your thighs?”

(The one and only Aria Falcon – no, he’s just … a party animal. Really.)

  • “Unlike Captain Rehu's typical suggestion for a variety of situations, I am hoping airlocks are not a part of any proposed solution”

(Ian Lamont – not on a first date, anyways.)

  • “One down. Countless trillions left to go...”

(Brent Warren – that’s the spirit!)

  • “I may not have to jog, but the entities in a computer network can be downright vicious, Sir”

(Savant – I’ll take your word for it.)

241008.28 Tall Tales

  • “So. You're making me work then?”

(Auden Anderson – aye, she be doing that. You’re a doctor, not a … something else.)

  • “Glad to see someone else made it past those damn space elves.”

(Jade Falcon – thank you for that mental image, Commander. Really.)

  • “How could I be so dense?”

(Ian Lamont – as requested, we shall let this stand … as is)

  • “I am quite intimate with Charon's databases.”

(Savant – thank you for that mental image as well…)

241009.04 Ship's inofficials

  • “Hello, Sir. Can I help you today?”

(Savant – the ship cleaned of Romulans, and I’ll have some fries with that.)

  • “Well now. It seems we have a problem, lady Vulcan.”

“I should think that much is obvious, Vaek’Riov.”

(Itsak and Sakarra – A whole story … in two sentences. No way these two are not pointy eared. )

  • “You attract too much trouble.”

(Khiy Kanryth – that Shia does. It’s magnetism.)

241009.11 Memorables

  • “They have cut me off.”

(Shia – as if boarding her ship and killing her crew hadn’t been rude enough. Talk about last straw. Everyone, please find your favorite foxhole … now.)

  • “Suits me! If we ask nicely do you think they’ll let us leave?”

(Leon Athalla – ask nicely and throw phasers. One or the other should work.)

  • They had taken a Federation Starship. Complications. The Agency hated complications.

(Nameless Tal’Shiar Sub-General – Oh dear. Oh, …)

  • He couldn’t help but imagine an armed invasion force of Shiarraels.

(Christopher Morgan – now there’s a thought that would freeze the blood in anyone’s veins …)

241009.18 Chatter

Character(s) of Note


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