Expansion Fleet - Avalon Archive

OFF2: You can join the awayteam if you wish. You'll have to register on the FSS Forum.

Picard to Dragon, Lt Munroe Can you tell how big this storm is.=A=

=A= Munroe to Commander Picard Sir it is quite bad We suggest the away team gets in doors with in ten minutes.=A=

I agree though captain they are well known for changing their minds as often as changing their underwear.

Mr. Picard, I don't think we can do anything about that now. They may not be able to see us now. Since the cloak was repaired, so I doubt that they will want anything else to do with us.

For now, though, let's get moving.

Helm, engage on our new course at warp 3

Tal'Akel: Yes sir *engages teh warp engines *

OFF: We need to find a new acting captain of this ship for monday, as I am on leave, so to speak. Johny, since you are already the xo, you shall become the acting co until my return, unless you have any objections.

Commander I think that is a wonderful idea. atleast we could get more staff back there

Thank you sir I understand

=A= Garcia out =A=

*in transporter room 2*
Chief, energize.
*Garcia, Donaldson, and a couple ensigns beamed to the Blackfire's Transporter room*

=/\= Escort?, are you sure?  Run all the scans you can, I want to make sure that they aren't Romulan Coalition Garcia out =/\=

*Walks into engineering*
Garcia: Jackzar, what the #### do you mean our cloak has a flaw?!

Jackzar: Exactly, sir. There is a small variance that I can't explain right now. *points to a console* You see? here, it almost appears to be a beacon of some sorts.

*Realizing what could possibly be a trap Ken starts to get angry*
Garcia: My God, if this "Beacon" theory is correct, Jackzar, then we are in for one monster of a problem.
*taps his combadge*
=/\= Garcia to Bridge, I want those scans now. Prepare to raise shields if worse comes to worse bring the ship up to tactical readiness as well=/\=

(Edited by Ken Garcia at 10:16 pm on April 28, 2004)

Changing the Shields and  all the command code.

=A= Captain when the other vital systems are returned to the power grid Commander Q and yourself are going to have imput new codes.  We will all need to put in the codes so that we have protection against anything that he has. I have completed the changes while the systems are down. =A=

(Edited by johny q at 8:28 pm on May 9, 2004)

Walking toward what appeared to be the leader Sir I am Lt Cmdr James Picard of the starfleet vessel Dragon. We are here on a diplomatic mission. We are doing no more than looking for a couple of people.

We are here to make no problems. I appologise for the misunderstanding. We Didn't know if you were the people we were looking for so we had to protect ourselves.

the door chimes and Sub Commander Corratan answers and I walk in.

James Picard: SubCommander Corratan Do your ships give out Ion Trails like cloaked Klingon ships do?

Sub Commander Corratan: Yes Commander Picard they do.

James Picard: Thank you

Walking back to the Tac Sation I retrun to the scans that were on going. And notice the trails that it pick up.

=A= Captain we seem to be getting an escort for some reason.=A=

(Edited by James Picard at 1:06 pm on April 29, 2004)

ON: Good work, Mr. Picard, I am not lookling forward to that procedure, but I know it is necessary.

+Computer+ make a note in my log to have everyone input new access codes

{Computer} Beep.......Acknowledged

*walks over to where James was standing*
Keep a good eye on the Romulan ship, any changes or movement, raise shields immediately.
They may be here to offer their help, but that doesn't mean we can trust them.

*taps his combadge*
=/\= Bridge to Docter Vuox Naue, please report to the bridge=/\=

OFF: He/She was assigned to this ship as cmo.

OFF: This is my last post for this character. Good luck and farewell.

(Edited by James Picard at 4:15 pm on May 20, 2004)

Alright, I trust many of you had a relaxing break but now we have more pressing matters to attend to.

Commander, please make sure that we are ready for departure in 2 hours. I will be in my ready room.

*Starts to walk to his ready room*

"Donaldson reporting in Sir."

He was carring a Compression Rifle, Type-2 Phaser, tricoder, and a full pack on his back.

Off: We started heading back to base Captain Cause no of us knew what we had to do.

OFF: lol

Tom: "Put it through."

=/\= Blackfire to Dragon =/\=

My men will meet your team in the transporter room. Major Drake will lead the mission.

=/\= Blackfire Out =/\=

Tom was going to say something, but he held his tongue.

'It's there mission, it's theere misssion.'

Tom hit his commbadge.

=/\= Cmdr Garcia =/\=

The Blackfire team will meet you in there transporter room. A Major Drake will command the away mission. Look after yourself over there.

=/\= Dillian Out =/\=

=A= Siv Dragon this is Lt Cmdr James Picard Reporting for duty as soon as I arrive at the ship =A=

This message is on beacon loop, which continue to hail the Dragon until the message is answered.

*Nailo enters the bridge and sees that everything is running smoothly*

Hmmm... Very nice, very nice indeed...
I see no problems here...

=/\=Commander Q, what did he take? and change the codes if you can. =/\=

<<<In Engineering>>>
Jackzar: Medical teams to engineering! what the #### was that!?

EO_Mark Herman: Commander, the romulans are aboard, what should I do?

Jackzar: shut down all non essential programs, I don't want them seeing our configurations.

EO_Mark Herman: Aye sir *goes and shuts down all non-essential units.

MO_Keiko Ogawa: *rushes in with her medical kit* Where am I needed? *sees the the ensign on the floor*
OH! *takes out some medical suplies and stabilizes his wounds*
+Computer+ Emergency transport to sickbay

*The two are quickly transported to sickbay before they were shut off*

EO_Mark Herman: *completed shutting everything down* Sir, all programs are safe now.

Jackzar: Good, now we need to take a look at this dumfounded cloak those schemy romulans let us borrow.
*They remove the hatch and wait for the Romulan engineers to show up*

<<<In Sickbay>>>
MO_Ogawa: *she repairs the damages and keeps ensign Justin Ashton on a biobed*
=/\= Sickbay to Captain Garcia, Ensign Ashton has been wounded he will need to remain here for a few days while he recovers=/\=

Garcia: =/\= Understood, thank you Ensign=/\=

ON: *Ken was standing near the ops console when a signal was being displayed*

Sir, signal coming in. It's Kennedy Base. They are telling us that the Blackfire is ready. Also that we may now leave as well.

Report to Transporter Room 2; bring your gear.

Patrick fell back in his chair.

Rubbed his head.

"On my way."

OFF: I know.

Ahh, Mr. Black, welcome. Please take your station.

Commander Q, prepare an away team, and when we arrive at the asteroid, get ready to search it. With EVA suits.

*Notices Commodore Tpolish on the bridge*
Sir, how are you? do you wish to be part of the away team?

*Quickly looks at the helm*
Tal'Akel, what is our ETA?

Tal'Akel: estimated time of arrival is 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Garcia: Good, let's get ready people, Commander, you have your orders.

Commodore, what brings you to our little ship?  

=^= Commander Q, proceed with the search, use any and all means neccessary to complete your tasks. If you are unsure of what to do just improvise. =^=

On: Yes Mr Ricerd may I help you. If you are looking for your station it is any of the science station  which are just off to the right there

Ah Mr Devok I amd Moriaty which Char's are you Commander Q.

(Edited by James Picard at 4:35 pm on May 26, 2004)

Moving off the bridge back to the station I imediately go to the rooms of Sub Commander Corratan and Apologies but my captain has Asked me to get information from you.

What iformation do you want and I will tell you what I can to help.

Tom: "Good, pull up along side the Blackfire and open a channel."

Ensign: "Channel open Sir."

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

Have you made arrangements for us to dock?

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

(Edited by Tom Dillian at 11:22 am on Jan. 14, 2004)

*Arrives outside transporter room 2 adn goes in*

Garcia: prepare to beam us over

Transporter Chief: yes sir, systems ready.

Garcia: Good *waits for the rest of his team*

Commander Q, I don't mind, would you go and greet our guest?

*turns to his console computer and checks the chronometer*

Well, I think we are nearing our destination, let's get ready to wrap this huh?

We need to have the alpha shift on the bridge for this moment.

Very good Commander.

*looks over to Picard*
Mr. Picard, let's get our codes re-initialized.

Helm, prepare course for the following coordinates
*types in the coordinates into his arm chair console*

Tal'Akel: *recieves the coordinates and sets the course* Aye sir, course laid in

Garcia: Ops, hail the Romulans

Torok: *opens a channel* Channel open sir

Garcia: =A= Thank you for your help, we will be on our way =A=

Revvik: =#= Ahh, Captain, are you certain you can handle yourselves out here? =#=

Garcia: =A= Mr. Revvik, we are quite capable of taking care of ourselves=A=

Revvik: =#= Alright, don't say we didn't warn you, Revvik out =#=

Garcia: *as the channel closed he turned around to look at his crew* Something is not right about these schemy Romulans.

*As the Dragon was preparing to head off on its new course the view screen was still showing the Romulans heading off and eventually cloaking and then gone*

Captain he seems to have created some loop in the transporter. A loop evidently worked out to transport him on to the engineering section and then out with time to get the info he wanted.

Captain might I suggest for the safety of the crew that we change all the codes that he may have that would put us in danger.

Captain

"Report."

OFF: I guess that could work. To bad we couldn't have a whole crew of holograms. :biggrin:

Let us continue on the course that we have been given watching out for anyone that trys to attck and other things until Commander Q or the Captain return.

standing by sir.

Computer reports that all systems are functioning at normal capacity. other than a slight variance in the sensor energy output the ship is ready for anything.

OFF: you can do this too , .............. if you want

helm:aye sir max warp course set engaging

Hmmm, Most efficient, I see no problems in command, I will go to engineering and have a look around...

Just before that Captain appears on the bridge a fully armed Romulan Warbird decloaks, blocking our way forward and attempts to get a hailing frequency through.

Captain they know  definately know we are here and they are hailing us to stop and dis engage weapons. They show no fear of us sir because they have not even raised shields

He had been off duty for three and a half weeks and he was about ready for duty.

He made some last minute adjustments to his suit before leaving for a turbolift.

The turbolift is now at the bridge level.

"Report!"

Helm: we are 2 days travel from Kennedy Base and about 5 hours from Lyonesse

"Very well"
*Looks over to his bridge crew*
"I am sorry for taking a ship board vacation, but I am here now and I want a status report from each of you"

*He leans over and talks quietly to Q*

Finally an end to this slow mission, don't you think Commander?*

=^= Garcia out=^=

=/\= Commander Garcia to Blackfire =/\=
Since you are getting no repsonse, we should prepare a boarding party and investigate the station
I will beam our away team to your ship and we will coordinate things from there.
=/\= Garcia out =/\=

"Away team to transporter room 2."

OFF: It is tough to keep the story going with only two people.

*Looks over to the rest of the senior officers*

Our mission, as some of you may know, is to search for and locate the Romulan Coalition's secret base in this area. First, though, we must search the asteroid belt for possible bases here. Now make no mistake about it, these Romulans are very cunning. Afterall, they did manage to capture Deep Space 12 in the Omega Division. Who knows what they could also be capable of.

I am giving you all a responsibility of ensuring the safety of the Federation in this Quadrant, if we fail, the Federation fails. Failure is not an option.

Any questions?

off:does someone know what happend to my id card

=A= Ensign Roye to Engineering keep a check on the romulans engineers.

=A= Yes sir. =A=

Captain something else I just thought of I suggest Coms silence in the cloak room, and Captain what if they have something like our scencor cloak? We would not be able to see them even if they were just infront of us

OFF: Trying to keep this going.

if you look at the FSS board you will see I have responded there

=A= Attention, all senior officers, please report to the conference room, for a mission brief =A=

Helm, you have the bridge

Tal'Akel: Aye sir

*Captain Garcia then stood up and motioned several senior officers to follow him, he also looked at Commander Q*
Commander, you too

*Jack Vincent, Anthony Deveraux, Torok, and Will Giardini from sickbay began making their way to the conference or briefing room on deck 1*

*Sees the nervous Romulan standing waiting to be greeted*

Welcome to the Dragon Commander Corrataran.

*Looks over to his XO*
Commander Q, may I have a word personally?
*motions for him to come closer*
::whispers:: when you have a bit of free time, I would like you to join me in my ready room for his "interrogation". Understood?

*Ken rushes out of engineering and onto the bridge two minutes later*

Open the channel Mr. Torok
*Torok nods and opens the channel*

Romulan Ship:=#=Lower your weapons and state your intentions, this is the Romulan warbird Sh'Ran=#=

Garcia: =A=I am Captain Ken Garcia of the Federation Starship SIV Dragon, we are looking for a band of raticals near this sector.=A=

Romulan Ship: =#= I am Commander Revvik, we know of who you speak. They have caused great troubles in our territory. You are not safe here, we will escort you out =#=

Garcia: =A= No, we have a mission to do here and we are going to do it. =A=

Revvik: =#= Captain, I must notify you that we had been following you for several hours when you travelled near our border. You have a serious problem, you WILL NOT survive out here by yourself without a cloak =#=

Garcia: =A= Commander Revvik, We will find a way to get through. Our goal seems the same, to eliminate the Coalition and we know, roughly, where they are =A=

Revvik: =#= Coalition? is that what you call them? anyway, we can send you a repair team to help fix your cloak=#=

Garcia: =A= Thank you that would be most helpful, would you care to join our cause and we can team up together to fight them?=A=

Revvik: =#= No, we cannot go over the border, we are under strict guidelines to remain in our territory=#=

Garcia: =A= Very well, I await your engineers. Dragon out=A=

Torok, prepare to transport the Romulan engineers directly to engineering.

Torok: Aye sir.  *He hits some commands and initiates transport*

Garcia: Commader Q, go down and make sure those engineers do their job.

Mr. Picard, run a tactical scan, I don't like how that Romulan so eagerly offered his help, on any sign of trouble raise shields and get us out of here.

Captain Sub Commander Corrataran was the head of a committee that started what he believes to be a voilation of even a romulan ehical code and contacted Starfleet.

The Sub Commander and I have known eachother for a couple of years I was sent in on a black ops mission a couple of years ago as a Lt and he took me in as a family member. I didn't embrase him so he will do the same for me in the situation.

On: Helm What is the ETA on arrive at Lyonesse

You might even be offered your own command some day.

For now, prepare the ship for anything. we are one of the few ships to visit the new lyonesse station.

You have two days Gentlemen. Remember to take a shift of Ship watch.

(Edited by James Picard at 3:57 pm on June 9, 2004)

OFF: If you wish, you can read up on our mission history, in the Blackfire forum. Because most of our previous posting was on that ship.

*Nailo Hails the Dragon*

==^==
This is General Nailo Tpolish, requesting permission to dock...
==^==

Then I thought I might get a bit of shut eye before my neext shift. 12 hours on a planet will take it out of you.

(Edited by James Picard at 6:26 pm on April 20, 2004)

Unknown Ensign: "Hey, you arent allowed to do that..."

*His last words were cut short by a phaser blast to his stomach*

*Nailo beams out leaving the crew confused*

"I have spoken with the Romulans and the away team.  Your crew will be beamed aboard forthwith.  Romulan Agent Gri Tall will be on the Dragon, and Romulan Ambassador Trell will be on the Blackfire.  We have decided to split the area to be searched in half since we have two ships.  The most likely areas are on the attached starcharts (see attachment).  Your ship will take the area of the Gallosian asteroid belt with emphasis on M3619 asteroid because it is the largest, and on the large planetoids on the other side of the T'Hi Nebula.  The Blackfire is traveling to the Boruun System and the gas giant of Psi-Epsilon Gert.  Be careful.

=^= Transmission Ends =^=

(Edited by Jorgen Salen at 12:20 pm on Mar. 18, 2004)

Straight to the Tactical console, I tap in my favourite cnsole configuration, the say "Computer Mark this as Picard Alpha gamma 1

*Ken stood in the conference room worried about what could be out there.*

*he sits down again and begins to look over the department reports*

Jackzar: =/\= Engineering to Captain Garcia, we are having trouble with our cloaking device. It appears to have a small flaw. Could you come down here?=/\=
Garcia: =/\= What!?, On my way. Garcia Out=/\=

*he gets up and rushes to a turbolift ordering it to the engineering level*

OFF: Johny, your ID card doesn't work because you didn't close your img tags.  the url must be enclosed like this [img] and then [./img] minus the peroid.

OFF2: Mr. Richerd, could you please change your avatar to the starfleet intelligence one please. Also, refresh my memory about your position on my ship?

does anyone knowo when the captain returns

I was just stopping by, I am on a friends computer and I noticed that you were talking about me. I stated that I would be gone for about 2 months. If someone misunderstood, I apologize for that.

Things are still looking good here, and I hope to be back soon.

You all have two days shore leave, don't go too far.

(Edited by Ken Garcia at 11:00 pm on June 8, 2004)

"I am sooo sorry, sir. I can't believe I was this late. Computer, remove holo-helmsman."

Neal takes his seat.

(OFF: I don't have enough time to reactivate all my characters.)

Chief Tactical Officer James Picard Reporting for duty sir.

Captain, I was wondering if I could get a heads up on the current mission.

Oh, and there will be a debriefing first thing in the morning, all senior staff will need to be there, including our new guests.

He Got all the codes. He could distoy the vessel if he wanted too.

Greetings fellow intelligence personnel, do not be alarmed... This is just a test, to see how well you can cope...

(Edited by johny q at 7:40 pm on May 27, 2004)

Taylor, realizing his precarious position: Oh, sorry. Operations Officer Lieutentant Vance Taylor reporting for duty, sir.

OFF1: Yah I noticed.

OFF2: To bad we're just sitting here.

[suddenly a message was being sent]
Lt. Jack Vincent: Sir, we are recieving a message from the Blackfire

Garcia: put it on screen Lieutenant

Jack Vincent: It is not a visual message, it is simply a text message. *reads the message* They are notifying us that they have our away team aboard their ship

Garcia: Torok! prepare for departure

Torok: Power allocation is complete, the ship is ready for full tactical maneuvers.

Garcia: Thank you Mr. Torok. Tal'Akel, put us within 200km of the Blackfire

Tal'Akel: Aye sir *enters the commands into the LCARS and the ship moved on thrusters to 200km beside the Blackfire*
Done sir

Garcia: *Nods and sits back in his chair waiting*

Understood, Mr. Salen
=^= Garcia out =^=

Commander, I want you to make sure we are on course to the M3619 asteroid. you have the bridge.
Oh, and when our guests get settled, send them to my location
I will be in the conference room with the Romulan agent.

*Ken leaves for the conference room*

Garcia: *In the briefing room* =^= Thank you Lieutenant, allow him to come aboard=^=

Tal'Akel:=^= Aye sir, understood =^=

*She then opened a channel to the small object that would relay her message*
=A= Commander Picard, permission to come aboard is granted=A=

helm: 2 day and 5 hours sir

thank you maintain current speed

Enters the corodinates into the Tac Padd infront of him.  

Works out that is should only take a day or two at full impulse while at cruising speen it should only take a couple of hours.

=A= Tactical to Commander Picard=A=
=A= Speak=A=
Commander we are  picking up something out here sir.=A=
=A= Patch it to the tac padd.=A=
Looks over the padd. Captain I would Suggest upgrading our alert status to yellow or maybe red as we are approaching the Neutral Zone.

**AA**Coded Message to Starfleet **AA**

Message from Commander Salen of the Blackfire. This is a notification that the Blackfire has encountered a signal of unknown origin. We believe it to be Romulan Coalition. Cmdr. Salen has asked us to relay this message to the Dragon on their recent investigations.

**AA** Kennedy Base out **AA**

On: Helm What is the ETA on arrive at Lyonesse Asteroid Base

(Edited by James Picard at 6:38 pm on May 27, 2004)

that will do warp 9.96 then

(Edited by johny q at 6:25 pm on June 1, 2004)

OFF: Julia hasn't been around much either.

Off: Captain what was the mission anyway. I could do little but sit on my hands becasue you left me no in structions sir.

Tom sat at his desk.

"So what do you think?"

"I don't about you, but it's about time I see what this ship and crew can do in a battle situation."

What is that ensign?

Ensign: A signal from the Blackfire, they are going to warp, uh warp 5 sir.

Garcia: very well, helm go to warp 5 and match up witht them.

Holo Helm: Aye sir only happy to oblige.

*the ship went to warp and lined up next to the Blackfire.*

Mr. Richerd, thank you for being prompt. I have not had the time to look at your dossier, so I am not sure as to what post you have been assigned to. For now, I would like you to organize a security team and prepare them for ship wide training excercises. In a couple days we are heading into the Romulan territory. If you have a problem with my orders than you are not fit for this ship, understand?  

OFF: Are you wearing the right pips or avatar?

ON:  *Walks into the briefing room finding his seat at the end*

Commander Q, I have recieved updates on our orders from Intelligence HQ. As soon as we finish with these Gentlemen *looks at the Romulans while he said it*

Oh, and Mr. Q, I want you to have all department heads prepare appropriate diagnostics. We are changing course immediately. I want a new ETA on our new destination, the Romulan border *passes him a padd that showed where they were heading* These are the coordinates.

Mr. Picard, how are the ship's weapons systems doing, are we battle ready? Have your teams repair any and all systems that are needed.

*Looks over to the Romulans again and a small grin comes to his face* Now, Mr. Picard, how do you know these men? Could they help us at all?

OFF: Sorry for being so abrupt but we need to get this storyline moving.

*he turned his head and looked around to face Cmdr. Picard*

Wha-,? Scan the ship, check to see if he transported off.

**Meanwhile during that time ship duties went on**

Helm: "Captain, we are within range of the Lyonesse Base"

"On Screen"

*The Asteroid cluster is shown on the main screen*

"Send a signal and let them know we are here"

Ops: Message sent  *He waited for a response*
        no response yet captain.

Garcia: "Hmm, perhaps the base is not fully crewed yet; maintain present course and prepare ship for docking procedures.

Picard, Get our guests and bring them to the transporter room.

Q, get the ship ready for our departure after a short shore leave.

everyone else, enjoy your time off. 1 day shore leave.

Although we could use more crew I still think we can deal with any problem at hand.

OFF:  I think it's Will. someone should tell him to post with that character again.

**Meanwhile the ship was getting ever closer to the location of Lyonesse Base**

OFF: Our initial mission was to  help out the Blackfire, before the division merged. it was all messed up after a while because nobody was posting.

Hopefully this new mission will spark some interest.

"Cmdr, make sure the Dragon is fully ready for this mission. I'm gonna glance over some reports on these Coalition Buggers, dismissed."

Holo Helmsman : "Aye sir."

Tom looked at the unknown officer.

"Cmdr,"

Jestered Ken over.

"Who's at the Helm? Where's Hawk?"

*He seemed surprised*
General Nailo!?, sir, I am releaved that it was just you. What is the purpose of you scaring my crew half to death? If you wanted anything, sir, you should have asked and came abourd for it.

*Turns to Picard and gives a nod*

*walks back to his chair*

Torok: Captain, incoming message from Kennedy base.

Garcia: send it to my position

Torok: doing so now *patches it to the captain's command chair interface*

Garcia: *Reads the message and sighs*  Alright. Looks like the Blackfire is making progress.  
*looks around at the bridge crew and then checks his chronometer*

How are those Romulan Engineers coming?

*COmmander Garcia then went to the bridge to ready the ship*

Helm, please adjust your console and prepare for departure.

Ops let the Blackfire know that we are ready

=^=Attention all crew members the ship is preparing to head out. Please have your station or post ready. =^=

sir it appears the Blackfire is sending repeated hails to the station. they are getting no repsonse though.

Ops, let the station know we are arriving

OPS: Aye sir, sending signal now

=A= SIV Dragon to Lyonesse Station, we are requesting permission to dock, and we have some interesting guests....=A=