Mission 2: Possibility of more Romulans

[Cymidei Cymeinfoll]

Aye Sir.

"Cymidei walks to a position within the room that is, in respect, out of the way and still in view and hearing for the away teams progress."

[Jorgen Salen]

The Blackfire approaches a large planetoid in disputed space.  Far from the system's sun it appears to be a dark and inhospitable place on the viewscreen.  However, this is where the signal came from and this is where the fun really begins.

"Helm: Begin sensor sweep of the planet.  Jog our orbit so as to cover the planet's surface within the day but not to be in a straight line for too long.  If something is there we must not present them with a target- even cloaked we cannot be entirely sure of success."

[Jorgen Salen]

Salen's head jerks around as the yellow alert lighting starts.  "Report.  What did you find?"

OFF: It did the same thing to me at first: try contacting Admiral Vorak- his link is the left side of this webpage and near the bottom.

(Edited by Jorgen Salen at 2:41 am on Oct. 1, 2004)

[Sven Guiss]

Sir, the supplies needed for this mission are being transported now and we will be able to leave in about 8 hours.

(about 1 or 2 days real time)

[Lewis Drake]

Drex I would be happy to help in any way I can.

*Drake steps up to the tactical console and reprogrammed it to handle ops and tactical station from one position*

Major, tactical is ready. weapons systems are fully functional. weapon storage bays are fully loaded. Phaser banks are charged.

[Drex]

Drake: "Communication from the Dragon Major."

Drex: "Put it through."

=/\=This is Capt Dillian to the Blackfire=/\=

Have you made arrangements for us to dock?

Drex: =/\=Not yet, hold on until we contact you Blackfire Out=/\=

"Keep trying Mr Drake."

[Sven Guiss]

*Once he recieved his orders he initiated them with a Vulcans work ethic, though he was not Vulcan*

*The ship moved to a standard orbit, a bit closer to the station*

Guiss: Commander, standard orbit achieved sir.

Sara May: Sensors indicate two life forms aboard

Tom Anderson: Confirmed, sensor output is at maximum.

Guiss: All Stop.

Tom Anderson: I have a target lock on one of the Romulans aboard the station, shall I initiate transport Commander?

[Sven Guiss]

Sara May: Right away sir

*She begins a sensor sweep of the area*

There are no signs of anything strange, but I am detecting massive amounts of neutrinos. As you may know sir, Romulans use neutrinos in their cloak. Also, there is a class 12 nebula within 2LY of this spot that emits large amounts too.  I recommend that we prepare a scan with the main deflector. This new scan could possibly uncover any ships in the area.

Guiss: Sir, you should know that the Dragon is nearing some type of celestial body and they have an away team on the surface, our course and speed will give us an ETA of three hours.

[Jorgen Salen]

"Are you saying," Salen says as he turns to face Trell, "that the receiver may be a cloaked ship or remote base?"

(Edited by Jorgen Salen at 5:55 am on May 2, 2004)

[Trell]

Trell stops what he is doing and looks at Commander Salen.  He says, "From what I can see here, your Klingon is right- there is definite transporter activity.  How unfortunate we cannot tell if it was organic or not, or if someone teleported on or off the ship.

Far be it from me to dictate, Commander, but if I were you I would have destroyed that vessel a long time ago and persued it's companion.  What are you going to do now?"

[Sven Guiss]

I suggest we investigate that transmission as soon as possible.

If we wait too long we might lose them....er.., it

[Jorgen Salen]

The Blackfire remains cloaked as it shadows the Romulan ship.  An ensign handles the helm very well as Salen considers drumming his fingers on his chair out of impatience.  'No,' he reasons to himself, 'I do not want to seem anxious to the bridge crew.  Let me act calm.  Calm, but alert.'

[Jorgen Salen]

The bridge crew comes alive as the planetoid is swept with the most sophisticated sensors available to Federation starships.

"Mr. Raynor and Dr. Goddard, please assist Nyssa Grant in the sensor sweep of the planetoid.  If there is any chance the Romulan Coalition has a base in disputed space this is our first chance of finding it."

"Alexico, please report to Chief Engineer John Carter in Engineering.  I believe he is working on sensor modifications to trace Romulan Coalition cloaking trails.  Perhaps the two of you will have better luck in picking up a virtual trail."

"Lt. Andrews, please check on the Romulan Coalition prisoners in the Brig and make sure they are secure and comfortable.  If you can persuade them to tell us the location of their hidden base or bases, so much the better."

"Drake, can you try to smooth Romulan Ambassador Trell's feathers?  I believe he's in the guest quarters.  He didn't get on well with Ensign Movack.  After you've sorted the Ambassador, report in and I'll take a much needed rest period."

(Edited by Jorgen Salen at 2:33 am on Sep. 24, 2004)

[Hogue Raynor]

"Sir, I am picking up a minute variable in the immediate subspace field around the planetoid. This could be the result of some sort of unseen subspace phenomenon, or it could be evidence of malfunctioning Romulan field actuators. There could be some sort of cloaked facility or probe, however, if that is the case, they will undoubtedly know of the malfunction and our presence may have already been discovered."

(Edited by Hogue Raynor at 4:11 pm on Sep. 20, 2004)

[Drex]

"Thank you Mr Guiss."

=/\=All Personnel Report In=/\=

(Edited by Drex at 9:50 pm on Dec. 29, 2003)