Going Rogue Hunting

Posted on 30 May 2023 @ 8:43pm by Lieutenant Commander Remington Dodd & Lieutenant Leland Hawksley & Lieutenant Lamia ‘Mia’ Kildare & Lieutenant JG Tosrol Ze & Lieutenant Paul Winchester & 1st Lieutenant James O'Donnaghue & Ensign Autumn Cole

1,951 words; about a 10 minute read

Mission: S3 Episode 5: Diplomatic Incident/Hydaransz Again (Incidentals)
Location: USS Tomcat, Various locations on the ship

-ON-

Parker's team had returned to the ship and Dodd was updated on the progress in a briefing. Now Dodd ordered the ship to go in pursuit of the pirates.

The mission was to solve the mystery of what happened to the ambassador and Dodd was going to be sure Parker was able to succeed.

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"Helm plot a course to trail the ion trail of the last ship to depart the station, we have to find those rogue agents." Dodd asked of the help officer.

Tosrol walked into the bridge via the blast door at the back, a vacant expression on his face. stepping into the maelstrom of the bridge he looked to Commander Dodd "Commander Dodd" he said tipping his head towards his now commanding officer for the time being "Where are we at Commander?" he said trying to get comfortable in the chair next to Dodd.

Lamia offered Ze a polite smile and a nod of her head as he took the First Officer’s seat waiting to hear what Remington was going to say.

"Well, Lieutenant, we are waiting on the updates to the fighters to be ready to track the rogue agents and provide us with the proper coordinates for intercepting them. Then you will oversee the apprehension of the varmints and hopefully find the Ambassador." Dodd replied then with a snarky smile, he added "But for now were are in the orbit of Starbase 39 Sierra." Then the snarky smile become a devilish grin as he looked Ze square in the face. He could not resist.

Ze laughed "Ok that's on me I opened the floor for that one commander Dodd," he said laughing a little. </\> "Lieutenant Hawksley and Lieutenant Hewitt how are those upgrades coming along? =/\=

Autumn arrived on the bridge, noting that there was a person she'd not met before. Autumn's eyes then slid over towards Dodd, a faint blush on her cheeks. A faint smile then it disappeared as she went into professional mode. A sense of calmness descended upon Autumn, her emotions all still and quiet. When it comes to a mission, Autumn is able to compartmentalize her emotions.

Hawksley attended the aft Engineering console on the bridge monitoring the phase chaser ID for the fighter that was soon to be released. He had put sweat and time into the system to ensure that there were no shorts so that the fighter would not be noticed. He only hoped it would work.

“Fighter cloaking systems are nominal, ready for take-off Commander.”

"Chief, Thank you for the update, as soon as Winchester and his wingman are ready, they may depart. Lieutenant Ze, are you prepared for this next phase of the mission? Also helm be prepared to receive coordinates for immediate departure once they are provided."

Ze turned to commander Dodd "Aye Sir once we have the coordinates I'll prep my away team and I'll get to the bottom of exactly what is going on there" he said "I have my list of away team members" He said handing over the PADD to Commander Dodd "For your perusal commander" he said returning his eyes to the view screen.

"Thank you, Lieutenant." This list is impressive and I am giving you ago for this team. But I want you to make sure you have implanted transponders in all the team so we can keep transporter locks on them to beam them out if necessary." Dodd replied. "Please arrange for a briefing with your away team outside of Winchester and O'Donnaghue, so we can work on making sure they are all on the same page and are current on their phaser training as well."

Ze looked at his list of away team members "Aye Commander as soon as we have those coordinates I'll call a staff meeting with the away team and get them up to speed" He spoke to Commander Dodd "Speaking of shall we coordinate our efforts with that of Winchester and O'Donngahue?" He spoke as he tapped the communication button on the XO's chair.

=/\= "Lieutenants Winchester and O'Donnaghue how are we looking gentlemen give me some good news? =/\=

- Flight deck, USS Tomcat -

Having now changed and his flight suit, Paul knew that this was his first significant flight since returning to flight Status and hoping that nothing would go wrong, However, Paul walked onto the flight deck humming a tune and calming himself down before he climbed and his fighter as he walked towards the Gryphon class fighter He asked: “Ensign Jones, how is the new Pod that is being fitted to my fighter coming along?” as he knew that this new piece of tech might come in handy some time down the line.

Ensign Jones replied, “It won't be long Sir until we are finished” as he looked back at the Tomcat’s DCAG, he had not been included. as to why this new Pod was to be fitted, just that it had to be and it was not just Lieutenant Winchester’s fighter that was getting it. but so was a few of the other pilots as it seemed to him that they were going hunting for something or someone. But he knew that it was better not to ask and get his ass chewed.

Paul replied, “I need to know Ensign, as I have to inform Commander Dodd of any delays to Take off,” he hoped that there would not be any as the fate of a VIP was in play. and after the debacle of the station that they had just visited, Paul did not want to be dragged down with them, all he wanted to do was bring the Ambassador back alive, but the more time that Ensign Jones was taking the more chance that was drifting away from them.

“Sir,” replied, Ensign Jones as he quickly glanced up at his superior officer, he said,” I just need another three hours to finish off,” as he knew that once the linkages had been done then the diagnostics had to be done before he could clear the Fighter, after all, he did not want the same thing to happen to Lieutenant Winchester the last time he flew when it led to his loss of an arm and it also grounded him for a while. Now here he was back in a flight suit and back among his fellow pilots and his true calling.

“Then you have three hours Ensign,” replied Paul as he turned to head back towards his office and tapped his commbadge =/\= Winchester to Commander Dodd, =/\= as he waited for a response from the Tomcat’s acting CO.

Leland watched on from the Tomcat Fighter deck. He engineered several of the new cloaking technologies, studied their physics, and then attenuated the Fighters. There were several fighters that were retrofitted with the new scatter-active sensor cloak chaff program. Many had worked in tandem with derivative programs on the Gryphon Fighters.

Leland crossed his forearms and watched on from the fighters, confident the Tomcat would be able to use the systems to each ability. The Fighter pilots were trained well.

“The attenuated systems you will be flying on the Gryphon Controls, in regard to cloaking and cloaking abilities, will be only in addition to each and every one of your fighter knowledge and abilities. It is no magic weapon.” Leland impressed upon the Fighter Pilots.

=/\= Go Ahead, Winchester. =/\= Dodd replied to the hail from the lieutenant.

James was fiddling about with his flight suit, standing by for the moment when it was green to go, it would be a long haul mission one that he was prepared for =/\= Standing By Commander Dodd upgrades seem to coming along nicely hopefully we can get underway pretty soon=/\= James said answering the hall from both Dodd and Ze

=/\= Sir, just to inform you that the flight Engineers estimate another there hours on fitting the new equipment,=/\= replied Paul looking back at those around him, but he knew with every passing minute the Ambassador was at risk and they had to find him and bring him home.

=/\= Thank you, Winchester, for the update, I hope they are able to work a little faster and allow you to depart sooner. Keep me posted. Dodd out. =/\=

Paul turned to face James and said "Are you ready for this recon mission?" posing the question as he also knew that this was his first flight back in the cock pit and knew that he had to prove to himself that he could still pull it off.

James looked to Winchester "Paul I was born ready friend" he said with a wide smile "You'll do well out there I have every faith We'll stick to each other and come out on top just you watch" He said winking and clapping the other on shoulder "After all you've logged me fighter time than most people you got this Winchester"

Autumn was listening to the whole exchange of what was going on, her eyes wide with interest. She was feeling tingles up and down her arms, Autumn hoped that she could be a part of this. Maybe she could add to the mission?

Leland walked up to Autumn as he was looking over the flight data that was now streaming in as Winchester had started his fighter. The information on the systems was nominal. The cloak would work well with the current data, with no energy spikes at all.

Autumn looked at Hawksley and gave a nod, seeing the information, this was going to be an interesting mission.

Just as James had watched the engineers work on his fighter and pull back he tapped his commbadge =/\= This is O'Donnaghue to Bridge Looks like were ready to ship out down here do we have the green light to go? =/\= he spoke as he neared the tail end of the fighter.

=/\= Lieutenants Winchester and O'Donnaghue, you have permission to depart and may the Great Bird of the Galaxy bestow his blessing upon you both. =/\= Dodd replied.

=/\= Copy that Greyhound One =/\= replied Paul over the Comm channel as he knew that Commander Dodd was giving them both a blessing, he then said =/\= To all craft Prepare to Launch =/\=


-Bridge-

Dodd was eager to get this next phase underway as he was sick of being on the ship and was ready for some action and with the other away teams starting to return, all is in motion.

"Helm be prepared for the moment we get the data from Lieutenant Winchester we are to take off at the fastest speed we can to get to the rogues."

"Aye, sir." replied the helmsman.

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OOC: I am hoping to post this very soon, any of you want to add anything else now is your chance. Dodd out.

OOC: I think we are good to go here.- Falk
















Ensign Liam Backstrom
Intelligence Officer

 

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