Chaos Ensues Part 2

Posted on 10 Mar 2025 @ 7:49pm by Lieutenant Alexandra Lee
Edited on on 19 Mar 2025 @ 10:08pm

669 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: S04 Episode 01 Captive State Part 2 (Incidentals)
Location: Arth: Slums of the Central City

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Alexandra realized that the Orion Syndicate was preparing to claim this planet as their own. She has to make her way out of the city and get to a spot where the Tomcat could find her.

She realized there was a small village just outside the city that many have left as abandoned for the life in the city was better. This village may not appeal to the Orions and thus Alexandra would work on making her way there.

She was good at blending in and had thus really got good with maneuvering in and around in the shadows. Constantly working to keep an eye on the advancing hostiles, Alexandra carefully moved long and found the trail that led to the village. Her scans indicated that the Orions were not apparently the least bit interested in this village so it would be her safe haven until she could figure out when the Tomcat could get her.

As she crept in the overgrown brush and made her way along the trail, she got to the village and there was an eerie feeling. The streets were dusty and overgrown, while the buildings were vacant and shuttered. Alexandra made her way to the center of this village and found the old town hall.

This village was once a thriving community and yet the majority of it now looked ancient. However, The old town hall was in nice condition. The lawn was overgrown; however, the doors were not boarded over nor were the windows. This building had been used recently or was still in use.

Alexandra crept up to the edge of the building and approached a window. Peering in, she saw what appeared to be a control center of sorts. Computer monitors were a glow and there appeared to be some activity there very recently. She scanned with her tricorder and did not detect any humanoid bio signs. Since no life was detected, she moved to a side entrance and made her way inside.

Once inside the building, the hallway appeared cluttered and dirty. Alexandra made her way towards the room where she peered in the window. The door was open and yet still not a single person. As she stepped into the room, a voice could be heard. It was coming from one of the monitors. Alexandra approached the monitor and noticed it was displaying a video of the assembly in Central City. This was an automated system that collected the data that was collected by the drones and other equipment used to monitor the population.

Alexandra then used the equipment to look at the area of where the original duck blind was and noticed their appeared to be recent foot traffic there. Could the Tomcat be back and looking for her? Was it the Orions? Alexandra then was able to find a means to review the footage of that area and she caught a group of Artheans had run through that area apparently heading to Central City. However, then her tricorder signaled her that Starfleet signals were detected.

She read the data and realized that someone apparently had come looking for her. She realized that a few monitors were showing slightly scrambled images as if they were experiencing interference. The pattern that appeared in the distortion was a small signal of federation origin. This pattern would only be detected by someone who knew it as it was specific to the creator. This pattern had Nelson's signature woven into it and so Alexandra knew they came for her.

So Alexandra used her communicator to try to signal out but there was a dampening field in this building that would keeping signals from going out. Yet something was letting signals inside or the data could not be collected. This was tech that was too evolved for the planet, so Alexandra knew this was the work of Dr. Davina.

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To be continued...

 

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