"Thank you, Mr. Huw.  I will not need anything further at the moment.  If you have some duties to perform, I will not take up any more of your time."

*After Huw leaves her quarters, Avelsa takes out one of the information recording devices.  She then activates it.*

"Note: The unusual ship, Phoenix, did not take much effort to board by non-hostile means.  The crewmembers that I have seen so far appear to be with Starfleet, however their uniforms do not mach the given description in D.A. records.  I suspect that I have come across a separate organisation, not of the known Starfleet.  I will investigate this theory further."

*Avelsa turns off the recorder and puts it in her pocket.  She then heads out of her quarters.  Looking up and down the corridor, Avelsa does not see anyone.  She carefully steps out of the room, half expecting an alarm or something to happen.  When nothing happens, Avelsa continues down the corridor.  She takes a few notes every once in a while.  Avoiding the ship's crew, Avelsa's wandering takes her into engineering.*

"Not you again."

*Says Avelsa as she looks at Huw.*

"Don't you have anything better to do than wave those things around?"

*She sits down at a console, turning her back to him.*

*Avelsa discreetly pocket the recording device.*

"Oh, Mr. Huw I am glad you are here.  I was just attempting to find my way back to my ship.  I wanted to see how the repairs were going."

*At that moment the words 'you are not allowed to leave your quarters' register in her mind.*

"What do you mean, I'm 'not allowed to leave my quarters'?  Am I some kind of prisoner on this ship?  I am a Representative Assistant, I have the same rights as any of your Ambassadors!  I insist that you take me to see Mr. Svensson, now!  I will not tolerate this kind of treatment.  If you do not take me to him right this instance, I will be sure to make a report of this incident to my superiors in the D.A."

*Avelsa looks at him slyly.*

"This could complicate relations between the D.A. and Starfleet.  However, I am willing to 'forget' this occurred.
That is of course if you take me to see Svensson straight away.  Oh, and do not mention anything about me getting lost to any one."

*Avelsa regards Svensson's question.  She is about to answer when he gives orders to have the ship towed into a shuttlebay to be fixed.*

"Well... Why thank you for doing this!  I did not expect you to go out of your way to help me.  And I must say, not all Nigillian ships are this small.  However this is not our smallest vessel either.  This ship is normally used for diplomatic missions, of one delegate, from our homeworld to the  homeworlds of other Delta Alliance members."

*Avelsa thinks that she should probably be a bit more cautious around this man.*

"If you don't mind me asking, where are you headed?  I might be going in the same direction.  Oh, or by some chance our destination is the same?"

*She cocks her head to the side as though to get a better look at him.*

*Avelsa looks at Voya.*

"I see she has not changed.  Still the same bitter sweet person she was when I was here last."

*Avelsa turns around in her seat, accidentally squishing Svensson against the wall.*

"I'm sorry sir! This is a small ship.  The warp core is in the back there."

*Svensson walks towards the back of the ship, and enters a slightly larger area.*

"No, no, no.  Not that far back."

*She gets out of the chair and walks back toward Svensson.  Avelsa stops half way to where the director is standing.  She points to a hidden panel in a section of the floor.*

"It is here. To save space we have built a recessed chamber for the warp core, as you can see we value all the space we can get in here."

*Avelsa pushes a button on the wall. The section she had pointed to slowly rises up, with the warp core chamber attached to the underside of it.  There are access control panels on both sides of the chamber.*

"This is the warp core, and you should be able to operate the panel on the side of the chamber.  The same panel is also on this side, but it is severely damaged.  As you can see, without any assistance it would explode.  The core takes up the entire space of this passageway when it is up here, and I am not thin enough to squeeze by it to reach the other panel.  I could not stand on that side of the core, due to the fact that there is only one control panel, on this side, that can raise it up out of the ship's hull.  Is that panel still functioning?"

*Avelsa sees Svensson is about to leave and rushes over to him.*

"I wish to come with you as well.  The more eyes there are to look, the faster we can find what we are searching for."

*She steps into the turbolift before the doors close.  Not allowing Svensson the opportunity to say no.*

*Avelsa a little more calm, and back to her normal colour, answers.*

"Finally! A straight answer not shrouded in darkness.  I left my quarters to see how the repairs were going, when I was detained.  But as I just heard, my ship is worthy for space travel.  Now if you do not mind, I would like to leave immediately!"

*Avelsa looks angry and disgruntled.*

"I demand to know why I am being unlawfully confined to my guest quarters! I am neither a criminal, nor a 'refugee' that is not to be trusted!  I am a member of the D.A. with a high status, there for a respected and honoured guest of the Federation!  Now tell me why I am being treated as your prisoner!  I would not have found out if I did not attempt to check on my ship!  Are you in league with those pirates who attacked me!   If you are planing on holding me for ransom, my people will retaliate!"

*She stops speaking, her face flushed to a nice purple colour, while trying to catch her breath.*

*Avelsa tries to imitate the hand gesture made by Ms. Voya, and fails.*

"May the Great Light and the Great Creator grant you and your people everlasting harmony.  I thank you for your assistance, and will abide by your 'laws' for the duration of my stay on your vessel."

*She notices that they are armed.*

"I have no harmful intentions, only those of diplomacy and peace.  Oh, and there is no rush to have my vessel repaired.  It just so happens that I too am travelling to Avalon Station, to strengthen our people's relations.  I would be grateful if you could escort me the rest of the way.  My people would also be grateful to you for insuring my safe passage."

*Avelsa thinks for a moment.*

"If you will please excuse me, I need to get some personal possessions from my ship."

*She walks back into her spacecraft followed by Huw.  Avelsa picks up her travelling bag and collects a few devices.  Avelsa had been wise to save her top-secret observation notes and logs on them.  Huw gives her a warning look.*

"You don't need to worry about these."

*Avelsa lifts the devices that she is placing into the bag.*

"They are just my theological studies, along with a few diplomatic notes and issues that I have been asked to bring up."

*She finishes packing her bag.*

"I have everything I need, shall we?"

"

*Before sending a distress call to the near by ship, Avelesa was monitoring strange activity in a section of the asteroid field.  When her sensors picked up what appeared to be a ship coming out of no where.  Avelsa, following her orders to gather any new information quickly devises a plan, to get the ships attention.  She scanned the area for any other ships, none are detected.  Avelsa leaves her chair and goes to the back of the ship.  Picking up a multifunctional tool, she sabotages the warp core, and propulsion systems.  Even though Avelsa knows that she risks killing herself and destroying the one-person ship.  Satisfied with the deception, she sends a distress call on all channels.  Just when Avelsa thinks her attempt failed, the ship hails her.*

"Starfleet vessel U.S.S. Phoenix, this is Avelsa, Delta Alliance Nigillian Representative Assistant.  Thank you for answering my distress call.  Not long ago I was under attack by a pirate ship.  They came aboard and stole my cargo, after severely damaging my ship.  Then before they left they shamelessly fired upon me, disabling my propulsion systems.  Your readings are correct, I was in the midst of making repairs.  I am unable to shut down the warp core!"

*Although Avelsa planed this, she could not help but to get a little panicked.*

"Is there anything you can do to save both me and my ship?  The ship is actually a loan from my superior, who would be angered by the loss of such a vessel."

*Avelsa enters the second computer core room in the same maner as the first computer core room.  She attaches a second transmiter to the computer core.  Avelsa activates the transeiver before turning back towards the access tube.*

*Avelsa is aproaching the main computer core.  She can hear the thruming of the computer at work.  Avelsa thinks this is too easy!  These people are really behind in technology.  It makes me wonder why my superiors want all the infomation that can be gathered from them.  Oh well, work is work and I best get down to it.  Looking at the map she sees that there is just one more intersection to cross before she needs to exit the access tubes into the main computer core room.*

*Avelsa reaches the access hatch to the computer core room.  She sticks her head out and looks around, there is no one to be seen.  Next Avelsa takes her hand held device and checks for any traps or security systems before steping into the room.  Before leaving the access tube, she jams the hatch open to secure an escape route.  Once in the computer core room Avelsa thinks of how far into the complex she has come, and it just seems too easy.  She removes an information transmitter from her belt and quickly (as well as expertly) attaches it to the computer core.  Once Avelsa's hand leaves the device it automatically cloaks itself.  Like a shaddow she dashes back to the jamed open access hatch.  Before crawling back in she turns and activates the transiever that will collect the information from the transmitter attached to the computer core.*

*Avelsa traped inside a forcefield turns and looks slyly at the man standing near the shaddows.*

Who is to say that I have not aquired some secret information?  Ever think that I had the information that I was seeking for before I even came this far?  That perhaps this was just a test?  I will agree that your methods are rather secretive.  But it is also because of this system that you have that you don't know some things about one of your own.

*She holds up a hand to forstall any action on his part.*

I should inform you that any harm to me or mental probing will get you no where.  Any information that I collect is transfered to a special part of my brain.  Any attemps to access this information will begin a chain of events leading to my unwanted death.  I don't think your superiors would like that much, as I have some information about the D.A. and its individual member species that would be.... let's say interesting to know.

*Avelsa smiles smugly knowing that her capturer is in a bit of a hard place.*

Oh yes you could kill me and say nothing about it ecxept that the intruder has been taken care of.  Then you would have even more problems. One, my ship would explode as such a frequency that the section of the base it is located at would become unstable and collaps. Two, if any attempt to move my ship is made it will melt onto the dock and drain the base of its energy to protect itself. Three, a viruse will be released with the explosion of the ship.  The viruse affects both mechanical and tisue systems. Four, the information that I have will be transmited to my superiors on a level that you have yet to find.  So what will it be?