Lieutenant Telemachus Jeremy Rhade, Medical Assistant, reporting for duty, sir. Division Command has assigned me to the U.S.S. Skytoucher, NCC-2840, to complement the current medical staff. Requesting permission to embark the Skytoucher, sir.

Thank you for the tour. I look forward to working with you. By the way, my specialty is emergency and field medicine, as well as advanced multi-species surgery. Care to go for lunch something, so that you can fill me in a little more on the staff?

Rhade walked through the doors to the Skytoucher's Sickbay. He looked around his new post, taking in his surroundings. he couldn't believe that after all these years of serving as a security officer aboard Klingon vessels, he was finally realizing his dream as a Starfleet Medical Officer.

Lieutenant Telemachus Rhade, Medical Assistant, reporting for duty.

(Rhade grabbed the kit from a nearby medical storage shelf and walked out of Sickbay behind the CMO. He followed him to the transporter room, thanking him along the way.)

Thank you, sir. Never before have I been assigned to away team duty on my first day, but I guess since emergency and field medicine are my specialties I should be grateful. What honor will this away mission fulfill?

OFF: Sorry I've been a non-entity for a few days. My internet connection wasn't liking my new computer.

ON:

Rhade took over the tactical console, quickly remembering what he had learnt at the Academy. He looked at the tactical sensor readings and reported his findings.

Sir, the Captain's shuttle is just passing out of our sensor's now limited range. If you'd like to track him or perhaps even send him a message, maybe we could use a modified sensor probe. As for the Loxian battleship design, I remember vaguely what we learnt about them at the Klingon Academy, and this one seems to be of a standard design. I believe that the ship's weak points are primarily to aft shielding, forward-ventral hull plating and secondary weapons emplacements. Based on what limited knowledge I possess of Loxian technology, I, and the computer agrees, would suggest Attack Patterns Epsilon Six or Nine.

Rhade worked his controls as quickly as he could. He targeted the flagship's aft shielding and fired phasers. After two direct hits, only receiving one from the Loxians in the process, the vessel's aft shielding was disabled. Without sparing a moment, Rhade quickly executed Attack Pattern Kappa Three, targeting the vessel's secondary shielding emitters.

Sir, the flagship's aft shielding has been disabled. Also I managed to render 76% of its secondary shielding inoperable. Perhaps we can force the ship to switch to secondary shielding using tachyon pulses fired from the deflector dish? It should force them to switch to secondaries, and may allow me enough time to disable the primary generators while they aren't in use.

OFF: How many other Loxian vessels are there besides the Flagship? Or has it not been stated yet?

Yes, sir, I am familiar with Starfleet Tactical Systems. Although the Klingon Academy merely taught us how to circumvent and defend against them, not how to use them, I did minor in Tactical at Starfleet Academy. Why do you ask, sir?

Rhade and Skon make their way into the  turbolift. Rhade instructs the lift to head to the Bridge and it whirls away at top-speed

(Edited by Telemachus Rhade at 7:56 pm on Mar. 9, 2004)

OFF: Ahh, well, I'm re-registered anyways. BTW - Doctor, I will eventually post this in my biography, but as a former Officer in the Klingon Defense Forces I was also trained in Tactical.

ON:

"Understood, sir. The REM readings are quite abnormal. I can only think of few possibilities to explain them. Perhaps the gas has interferred with our equipment or they are simply malfunctioning? Or perhaps the readings are coming from the Soldier, maybe the implant has amplified his REM readings somehow? Another possibilty is that those in stasis are no longer in it? Finally, I do remember reading once of an experimental bio-stasis technology that allowed its user's to dream while in stasis. However, I also remember reading that the prototype unit caused its tester to go insane while in stasis. It literally destroyed his mind. It is possible that this implant prevents that from happening, is it not?"

"Commander Skon,  in the Klingon military, we were taught how to confound their sensors, by using their own secondary sensor arrays to distort readings. I might be possible for me to use one of these terminals to access the secondary protocols, the Cardassians tend not to locked them out. If I can then I might be able to confound the sensors more effectively, offering us much more cover so to speak. I may even be able to create a moving sensor blind spot about us to completely disable their sensing systems. Only a level-8 diagnostic of the sensors would reveal the spot. May I proceed?"

OFF: Level-8 Cardassian diagnostics are the equivalent of a level-2 Starfleet one (according to the DS9 Technical Manual)

Be glad to aid the Skytoucher in any way I can. If its alright with you, Doctor? Commander? May I transport back to the Skytoucher to aid the medical team.

Thank you, Gul.

(Rhade walked over to the now active terminal and examined it. He was familiar with Cardassian interfaces and language, having specialized in them at the Klingon Military Academy. His fingers danced across the panel like a spider's legs, tapping red and green template after template. After a minute or so, the console beeped a positive tone, and his work was complete.)

Sir, the secondary sensor systems have been successfully reconfigured to distort all internal sensor readings made by the station's sensor arrays. Also, I was able to modify the system to create a sensor blind spot that will follow us, as it is locked onto our combadges. Additionally, to prevent anyone from detecting the changes to the protocols, I reprogrammed the diagnostic subroutines. I also managed to disable a few of the stations defense systems, which relied on the main sensor systems for activation.

OFF: Sorry I didn't post earlier. My computer kept crashing everytime I went to this board. I have a question though. Was I supposed to re-register my character to use this board?

ON:

(Lt. Rhade walked silently behind the Doctor and Gul Marcet, and took off his breathing mask as ordered. He was continuously consulting his tricorder, which was a custom model, made to look more Klingon but with Starfleet technology. He was continually monitoring the masking field that hee and the Doctor were producing, making slight modifications when needed. As they walked Rhade whispered to the Doctor.)

"Doctor, I do have a passing familiarity with Cardassian sensor technology. In the Klingon military we were taught how to confound their sensors, by using their own secondary sensor arrays to distort readings. Although, I don't have any familiarity with this station's layout, perhaps it uses standard sensor systems. Would it possible for me to attempt to increase our masking in this way. It may also be possible to produce a sensor blind spot of sorts, if I can access the sensor protocols and determine what frequency range they run on."

Yes, sir. I should have no problems accessing a terminal that is connected to the same data network as the sensor systems. As for strange readings, Gul Marcet, I'm reading an anomylous E-band emission. Its fluctuations appear to be correspondant to the prime numbers. There significance however is unapparent.

(Rhade activated his wrist-light and reconfigured his tricorder to serve as a spectral aid in the darkness.)

Gul Marcet, is there any particular reason we shouldn't reactivated the lighting systems in this area. It could be done using an RF command link between a Tricorder and the station, could it not?

OFF: It's okay Doctor. I really should make up a biography soon.

Thank you, Gul. Your engineers lied to you, for nothing is truly unbeatable. I studied Cardassian technology as one of my specializations while I was in the Klingon Military Academy. The security system used here was fairly standard, except for an unexpected lockout or two. But it could be easily bypassed, for the base override code hadn't been changed.

Sir, the room seems to be filled with ditrilium gas. I would recommend we avoid it if at all possible, for the gas is extremely sensitive to temperature changes. It has been known to ignite even at a one degree change.