U.S.S. Skytoucher Mission 6: Getaway!

[Taurik]

"Since Ms. Love is Mr. Vakin's prisoner, it is logical to assume he is threatening her somehow. If he is in physical contact with her, she will also be transported to the brig. I doubt Mr. Vakin will have much motivation to keep her alive in that case."

[Rasmain]

OFF: Balkazar, just do as follows. Modify your last in-game post, stating that your shuttle is heading toward the Skytoucher (as unseen as possible), and that you fire on a particular spot on the ship, to get the shields to weaken there so you can easier enter and dock the ship. So basically, change your post to some shuttle-to-ship firepower action.
We will continue the story now, assuming that you haven't boarded the Skytoucher yet. Skon's shuttle will then soon appear to join you in your efforts.
Keep in mind in future posts, that the idea is that Skon is the one who will personally end up rescuing the "damsel in distress" Paris Love. And once you and Skon are indeed on the ship, you and Rasmain will be busy securing other parts of the ship.

[Taurik]

A message comes in on the audio comm system on the bridge.

=/\= U.S.S. Rivendell to U.S.S. Skytoucher. Mr. Vakin, you will not be allowed to hijack a Federation starship. We have phasers locked on you, and if you do not surrender the vessel in 10 seconds, you will be fired upon. I await your response. =/\=

[Rasmain]

OFF: basically, the "shield frequency" is a repeating count, where there is a moment the shields will not stop anything from passing through, but this is only a very brief moment. If you KNOW that shield frequency, you can fire your weapons at the exact right moment, to have them get right through the shields and impact on the ship. It's happened in Generations, and on Voyager too. The only thing you need to know, is the shield frequency, which is of course secure knowledge.

Even though the Rivendell, being a Starfleet vessel too, could probably figure out the shield frequency on remote, there is still one problem: the shield is "inactive", so to say, for a fraction of a second or less. Never time enough for a shuttle to push itself through, let alone dock.
I'd suggest to return to the point where Balkazar's shuttle is nearing the Skytoucher. There, he can perform some short-range firepower action (surely Balkazar will enjoy doing that, being a tac/sec officer) to weaken the ship's shields (the closer, the more accurate your firebeams are - and a shuttle can get alot closer than an entire starship, even if it's split in 3 pieces). When shields are finally down, the Skytoucher can be boarded by Balkazar and his security team.
Just keep in mind, Rasmain was the one who raised the shields again, to stop Vakin from taking a shuttle and leave the ship to escape. From the moment shields are down again, Vakin can still escape in a shuttle. And once he's out there in a shuttle, there's virtually no way to trace him in this dense nebula.

[Vakin]

"Oh! Skon! How pleasant to see you. I must thank you for my ticket out of here...see, it was you who harbored the poison I've recently injected into our lovely Miss Love."

*Vakin holds up a fragile vile.*

"The only chemical means of repairing her mind for lightyears, Skon. The chemical is exposed to the atmosphere we breathe, and it's molecular composition changes, becoming useless...I imagine your men have taken the bridge by now, they've discovered Love, unconscious. Here's the terms, I will give you the antidote for my free passage out of here."

OFF: Like the ID?

[Vakin]

OFF: No, the point is to keep the Vulcan honor, despite the nagging of your officers, and let him leave in the ship. There was no part saying you can't follow him in the runabout. But ultimately, he will escape.

Vakin slowly strides towards Skon, vial in hand, as familiar mechanical sounds are made by shuttle bay doors opening. With a half chuckle, he slaps the antidote into Skon's extended hand. Then backs away slowly.

"Leave. Now."

Vakin puts up his hands in surrender and hastily makes for the runabout. He boards it and takes seat at the primary helm console. Punching in commands, thrusters are engaged and the Runabout shoots out of the large opening. It remains in sight until it submerges into the pastel nebula.

OFF: bye-bye.

[Balkazar]

Dont worry I know vaguely of whats going on but i told Vorak the situation and he says other things must happen first then the evolution then something will happen here.....Ill send vorak another email asking him whats taking so long altho I know i said i needed a break but this is ridiculously long break lol

[Taurik]

=/\= Thank you, Captain. Rivendell out. =/\=

[Tpol]

*T'pol goes to the science station and works her console for a few meoments, soon an image of the ship appears showing several hi-lighted ares.*

"Damage report, We have EMP relayas down across decks 3 to 12, we also have no power on deck 5, 6 and 11. Warp drive is offline , there is also a secondery power console down on deck 16 section 12.
Weapons and shields have limited power and long range sensors are offline."

[Lucas Bailey II]

OFF: Interesting story line...

[Jesse Nofftz]

<Nofftz to Balkazar>

Is Rasmain up yet? I could really use him down here. But if I don't here from him of Taurik in a while I have no choice but to have you storm the bridge. The Captain could be in danger.

<Nofftz Out>

[Lucas Bailey II]

"Lt. Lucas Bailey II reporting sir, I'm the new security assistant...."

OFF: Hey david....(balkazar)

[Rasmain]

OFF: David Bluebird, what are you doing on the Skytoucher? There is nobody on board except Rasmain, Love and Vakin. You are likely on board the USS Rivendell right now, along with the rest of the Skytoucher crew, until the ship is retaken http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[Hermes]

"There are currently three humanoids on board the Skytoucher, commander Rasmain."

[Hermes]

"One is glad to be of service."
*Hermes reroutes his communication link to sickbay's internal circuitry.*