On our mark....Get Set...

Posted on 24 Jun 2023 @ 2:00pm by Lieutenant Colonel Alexandria Somers & 1st Lieutenant Joseph Tabor & Lieutenant Commander Remington Dodd & Lieutenant Lamia ‘Mia’ Kildare & Lieutenant JG Tosrol Ze & Lieutenant JG Thex sh'Zoarhi & Lieutenant JG Ted Silver & Lieutenant Paul Winchester & 1st Lieutenant James O'Donnaghue

2,583 words; about a 13 minute read

Mission: S3 Episode 5: Diplomatic Incident/Hydaransz Again (Main)
Location: Tomcat
Timeline: MD: 25

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- Bridge -

Dodd was sitting in the captain's chair reviewing the updates to a duty roster. The bridge crew were all busy and tending to their duties. All were nervously awaiting for Winchester to alert the ship of the coordinates of where the rogues went so we can take care of business. Dodd was aware that LTC Somers was back on the ship and had already prepared his report of what had happened and what he had planned. All he had to do was wait for her to be ready to resume her place. However, he was sort of enjoying his time in the chair and wondered if he would ever be a great captain like Jasmine, LTC Somers was okay but he liked Jasmine's authoritative presence more as he felt she truly was born to be in command.

After a quick trip to her quarters to freshen up Alex who was now in a clean uniform with 95th Apparel left her quarters and headed to the nearest turbolift, the moment she entered and the doors closed "Bridge" she said and the lift efficiently whisked her to her requested destination she tugged her tunic down as the doors opened and she stepped onto a busy bridge.

"Sitrep Commander Dodd, if you will," she said moving to the Captain's chair and sitting down. A short time later a Marine First Lieutenant arrived on the bridge, he too wore a 95th Regala item as he entered the bridge he nodded to the Colonel as he took over at the Helm station, Somers looked at Dodd "Lieutenant Tabor has flown this ship before Number One" she added.

"Greetings Colonel. Glad to have you back." Dodd replied. "Welcome lieutenant," Dodd stated to Tabor. "Ma'am, The ship is in proper working order. We have had some normal days and then we had some interesting days but the ship is rearing to go to work in pursuit of the rogue agents. We have taken on a few new crew, all of which is in the report." Dodd then handed Somers a PADD that he had in full detail including all of the happenings on the Tomcat since he was put in charge up to the point of this shift starting.

Ze had been sat in the XO Chair "It brings me much joy to see you back with us" he said as he stood making way for Commander Dodd, Moving to be at his normal station, at tactical "Weapons systems delivering normal readings and we are ready for whatever gets thrown at us Colonal" He said with a brief smile.

*Looks at Ze and nods* "Good to be back, keep to scans for now Lieutenant" she said to Ze then looked to Tabor "Okay Joe set heading for our next destination given by the XO" she said.

"Yes, Colonel... Ahem Captain" Tabor said and was glad they could not see his face as he was sure it was red with embarrassment.

Somers smiled and looked at Dodd "Okay Number One give Tabor the destination and then give the order to go to warp" she said,

Ze smiled "Aye Captain" He spoke as he returned to his station, whilst being in the XO chair was a great teachable moment for Tosrol it would not be a task he would undertake anytime soon again "Sensors on standby"

"Tabor, set engines at full impulse and track the ion trail of Winchester's fighter. That will be our course until we get the full coordinates from his mission." Dodd stated firmly as he wanted to have the ship in motion but not be too close to O'Donnaghue and Winchester.

"Aye Commander" Tabor said then quietly to himself "I have to reacquaint myself with a barge instead of a speed boat" but he went through practised motions and soon the Tomcat was moving forward following the fighters.

Ze looked to the captain "Captain may I take my old station on at operations for the duration I feel id be better tracking the chatter and data coming from the fighters and any other ships out there in the vastness" he said smiling as he poised himself over the tactical console.

"Remain at Tactical Lieutenant, but you can use the station to observe the fighters, but do not let it interfere with tactical duties, understand?" Somers asked.

Ze smiled as he looked around the bridge "Understood Captain" He said as he tracked the sensor trajectory of the Squadron of fighters. He really hoped this part of the mission would go off without a hitch.

Stepping onto the bridge, having been in her office, Lamia offered Somers & Dodd a smile as she returned to her seat. “Nice to see you back Colonel. I haven’t missed much while I’ve been off the bridge?”

*Smiles at Arderne* Dodd was dealing with the command to go "I would not know Lieutenant, I have not long returned back myself, but you might want to set up a counselling session with Lieutenant Matthews when she returns, she does not know it yet but her Brother is in an induced coma in Medical and is prepared for any possible crew coming to you about the loss of Lieutenant Haze" Somers said to the Counsellor.

Lamia nodded. “Of course, I’ll make a point of contacting Lieutenant Matthews. My door will always be open to any who need to talk.” She smiled warmly.

"Thank you, Lieutenant," she said then looked at Dodd "Okay Commander what can you tell me about where we are going?" She asked.

"The best I can do is say that from what I have gathered, it will be in a sector similar to the Badlands where the rogue agents have been holding up to avoid having anyone follow them," Dodd replied.

"Well make it so Commander, make it so get us there," she said to Dodd.

"I will strive to give my best estimate for a nearby location to keep us concealed and to get us to our actual target quicker once Winchester gets us the full coordinates," Dodd replied and approached the Navigator to provide his approximate coordinates for departure.

Following a stern warning from his department head. Silver decided it was best he did some Bridge duty. So once he had arrived and given his polite greetings to those with heavier collars then he. Ted quickly took his place at the Science console and kept his head down.

Alex turned to see who had arrived on the bridge she smiled "Mr Silver, welcome back to the bridge, please make sure your station is ready" Somers said.

Silver had been sure no one had noticed his entrance to the Bridge. So he was a little startled Somers had noticed him. He checked over everything and was relieved it was all good to go.

“ Aye Colonel. The science station is good to good….sorry good to go.” Ted replied

Somers smiled and faced forward "Not to sound like a kid in the back seat of a car, are we there, yet?" She asked looking at Dodd with a raised eyebrow.

Ze saw on the sensors that the fighters had gone to warp "Captain The fighters have gone to warp would you like me to track their trajectory?" he spoke as his fingers lingered over the commands on his console.

"Yes, please set course to track the fighters and keep our distance as we need the element of surprise," Dodd replied.

Ze pushed his fingers over the console, Looking around at the readouts "Tracking Trajectory now sir, and sending preliminary coordinates to helm" He spoke as his fingers whooshed around the console buttons "Trajectory Tracked and Coordinates passed over to the helm station, Captain"

"Thank you Lieutenant" Somers said "Okay Joe make it go, engage when ready" she added and 1st Lt Joseph Tabor nodded and got to work.

- L’Horzel Corridor -

The Tomcat finally arrived at the fighter's destination and held its position while the fighters scouted, Alex sat back in her seat and looked at the communications officer "Open a hail to Winchester" she said and a moment later the officer nodded.

=/\= Colonel Somers to Lieutenant Winchester we have just arrived have you found anything so far? =/\= she asked. and waited for a response.

=/\= Winchester to Greyhound one, we have picked up some blips on our scanners=/\= replied Paul as he looked back at the scanner on his HUD, he continued =/\= permission to proceed to find out who they are?=/\= as they needed to know who they were.

=/\= Granted Lieutenant, stay frosty out there =/\= Somers said and closed the link.

While she did she looked over to Dodd "I have never heard of the L’Horzel Corridor before, was this the way evidence indicated of the Ambassadorial kidnapping happened?" She asked.

"Ma'am, I have heard of the L'Horzel Corridor long ago in a tale of a group of rebels or rogues that used it as a hideout. I was led to believe it was a place of legend but apparently, it is real." Dodd replied and he pulled up on his PADD the tale that he had known as a child. "The legend has it that the L'Horzel Corridor is worse than the Badlands. It is not good for humans or most humanoids to spend any amount of time within. They would have to have special structures to withstand the location. This means it would be the ideal location to base your operations out of if you were anti-federation or actually against any political regime."

As if to confirm what Dodd just said the science console started to turn red with warnings.

“ Colonel I am picking up some spatial interference. It reads like no Ion storm I have ever seen before. If our shields don’t hold we could be in a bit of a fix and no mistake.” Ted warned

*Looks over to Silver* "Buckle in, gonna be a bumpy ride, Comms open a channel to engineering" Somers said and a moment later the communications officer nodded and indicated when the link was established.

Ted nodded. He hoped they were not about to discover what an old microwave dinner felt like.

=/\= Captain to Lieutenant sh'Zoarhi =/\=

=/\= sh'Zoarhi here =/\= the sapphire girl said from the main engineering console her blue eyes keeping an eye on the heartbeat of the ship.

=/\= We will be entering a rough area soon Chief, I need you to put all available power into Shields and SIF and then buckle up as it is going to be a bumpy ride as the L’Horzel Corridor does not look like a friendly pace for ships, we will be going to yellow alert when we are about to enter so I will need as much power to said items when we do =/\= Somers said.

=/\= On it Colonel. =/\= Thex said her figures were already dancing across the computer console. " All right everyone I want everyone except the essential personnel strapped down. Essential staff into the protective gear. " She yelled with a tone that would make her PE teacher at the academy proud. Opening the channel again she calmly stated =/\= Ready to go Colonel =/\=

=/\= Thank You Chief =/\= "Yellow Alert, helm take us in at a safe pace, Communications open up the channel to our fighters," Somer said a moment later the communications officer nodded as the helm officer spoke.

"Understood Captain," Tabor said.

=/\= Tomcat to Fighters, return to base, pronto we are about to enter the mixer =/\= Somers said.

=/\=Winchester to Greyhound one, we are in amidst of attack by Romulan forces, I say again Romulan forces 1 D'leax bird of Prey and fighters=/\= explained Paul as he lined up to take a shot at the fighter in front of him, as he knew now that shit had hit the fan.

=/\= Winchester, get back as best you can. we are here to help you and will proceed with defensive measures to cover all of you and help you get back on board. =/\= Dodd replied.

"Helm take up defensive manoeuvre Dodd Tau Sigma Eight," Dodd ordered of the helmsman. "Tactical, start targeting the enemy and engage to keep our pilots safe. Phasers only but modulate the frequencies to keep them guessing and take out any systems you can on those Romulan ships." Dodd then requested of the tactical officer.

=/\= Gunslinger to Grayhound one, Copy that,=/\= replied Paul as he opened a channel to his team =/\= Gunslinger to all pilots, retreat, I say again retreat," as he hated to run, but he knew that they would be back and he would bring the thunder.

While she had ordered Yellow Alert, the rapid recall of the fighters netted them some parting shots hitting the Tomcat, thus the Red Alert, but the hostile fighters seemed content to let the Starfleet ships return back to their parent ship =/\= Somers to Winchester, report to the bridge, when you are locked down =/\= Somers, said.

=/\= Winchester to Grayhound one, Copy that, coming into the landing bay now =/\= replied Paul as he closed the channel he knew that this was the part that had cost him a limb on the last mission he had been on and hoped that it did not happen again.

When the line had closed "Drop to Yellow Alert, Tactical keep a scanner ahead of us, I want to know if the enemy ships try to attack"

Ze tapped away as he looked over the sensors "Aye captain as soon as they move out there we will have a lock" he said pushing the button for yellow alert "Yellow Across the Board Captain Shields up and Phasers powering up"

Down in engineering, Thex saw the alert and rushed over to check the power status. Thankfully the ship was handling the process automatically as the phasers and shields began powering up and arming their systems already tracking.


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