USS Skytoucher - Mission 4 : The Loxian Peace Treaty

[Vorak]

OFF: Roland Burma is temporarily CO of the ship, until Yugiman returns or lets us know something (he posted elsewhere he is having problems of personal nature).
Meanwhile, having him abducted was a good idea, and fits perfectly in the storyline. Read the next Loxian posts to come.

[Skon]

Sir, I believe we can modify our transporters to penetrate their shields, but it will take some time. I am transmitting the necessary frequencies to Engineering now.

*Skon leans over his board and transmits the data. As he does so, he notices movement on the scanner.*

Sir, the Loxian military ships have changed course. They appear to be converging on the Tazay.

[Skon]

Captain, I would like to point out that our "prisoners" are not -- technically -- Loxian citizens. They have been exiled, and therefore -- under interstellar law -- are free beings that have no official government. Since they attacked us by kidnapping our Captain in an area of space beyond the asteroid field -- which may or may not officially be part of Loxian territory -- we have every right to defend ourselves by detaining them.

If the Loxian government seriously wishes to negotiate a treaty with the Federation, they will have to agree to abide by the tenants of interstellar law. Once the terms are discussed, I'm certain that we could work out some sort of extradition policy regarding the "prisoners." Presuming, of course, that the Loxians can legitimately prove jurisdiction over them. However, such negotiations could take months...

OFF: Just working on a stall tactic until we find out what's really going on.

(Edited by Skon at 9:52 pm on Oct. 6, 2003)

[Will Robinson]

Will shrugged and turned off the brig forcefield.

Smiling, "You'd probably like to go back up to the bridge I suppose."

Zentox and his first officer, followed Will to the nearest turbolift.

(Edited by Will Robinson at 5:41 pm on Oct. 13, 2003)

[Roland Burma]

Yes I believe so, Mr. Robinson will you please escort him to the brig.

[Roland Burma]

Just one moment,

*turns to Lt. Mason*

"Lieutenant, what is our ETA?"

Mason: the ship is 130Ly from Avalon station. Which will take us about 5 days to reach at warp 6.

Burma: very well , make it so

Commander Rasmain will this course take us through any threatening areas?

*the ship then moved to full impulse speed then jumped to warp*

OFF: Mason is a character of mine so I didn't post over anyone else.

[Skon]

Running analysis, sir.

The readings are confusing. There was definitely something on the other side of that gate...an advanced technology of a type unknown to us. There appeared to be two separate entities -- one that created the gate and another ship of unknown origin. Both species appear to have impressive mental abilities and highly advanced technology. They also appeared to be struggling against each other. While I cannot confirm this with scans, I also received the distinct mental impression that the beings behind the gate wanted...something...from us, and that their intentions, while not exactly hostile, weren't necessarily friendly either.

I assume that the Doctor could fill us in more fully, but if this situation is as highly classified as he says, we shall probably have to await a briefing on Station Avalon for more information -- if they choose to let us in on the secret.

(Edited by Skon at 9:57 pm on Dec. 1, 2003)

[Steve McKinley]

OFF: Well, thats true, thas Why IM going to the Bridge for Last Call. http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[Seldana Zax]

   (( OOC: I'll be on vacation from 8/24/03 through 8/31/03.  I hope to be back on-line either on the night of 8/31/03 or by no later than 9/1/03.  Thank you.))

[Roland Burma]

Yes I agree with you.
make the neccessary preparations.

Arm phaser banks, ready torpedoes.
Lineup the ship for the calibration of the weapons.

[Roland Burma]

Nowwhy would their own government attack that ship? hmm... Tactical!... how are your battle drills? can they handle a fight?

[Loxians]

The bridge of the Loxian Tazay mining vessel is still dark and filled with smoke, even though the crew had been working on repairs around the clock. On the viewscreen, now back operational at least, the Starfleet vessel and the two Loxian military vessels appeared.

"Status report, Vakin" Zentox barked impatiently.

"The Loxian goverment must have seen that Starfleet ship coming us way, and now want to cut them off from us!"

Zentox snarles.
"Typical! They are afraid we might talk with those Federation people, and tell them the truth! What is our tactical status?"

"Not good, captain," Vakin responds.  "We're still dead in the water, and we have no weapons to speak of. There's little we can do."

Zentox' face turns red in anger, but Zayan approaches him.
"There is something we can do, that won't require weapons or defence systems. Only a little bit of power and one of our transporters."

Zentox eyes the female Loxian.
"Transporter? What do you intend to do? Beam us over to that Federation ship?"

Zayan smiles.
"No, but the other way around. I have scanned the ship, it's a ship called U.S.S. Skytoucher, NCC-2840, and I have been able to locate their ops room - their bridge. It's on the most vulnerable place of their ship, their engineers must not be very bright, if you ask me. Locating their captain was even easier, on this bridge. I can beam him over right away."

Zentox laughs.
"Beam the captain over? You are kidding! That will provoke those Loxian government ships even more, and they'll blast us to pieces now they have the chance!"

"No, they will not," Zayan says, "because they are too intent to negotiate an alliance with this Starfleet. And by blowing up a ship with the Skytoucher's captain on it, will certainly not help those negotiations. In other words, they cannot afford to even do so much as damage us, as long as we have this Starfleet captain on board. They cannot risk hurting or killing him."

Zentox grins.
"I get the idea, you are good, Zayan! But we won't get much support ourselves, from Starfleet, if we capture their captain."

Zayan shakes her head.
"That remains to be seen. I agree, they will not react thankfully at first, but as long as the captain is among us, we are able to talk with him. And by talking with him, we can make him see the truth of the Loxian government. We can show him the proof of everything we have been fighting for: our freedom! Surely then he will understand better, than if he were to talk to us over a viewscreen, or if he had talked to those Loxian government people first."

Vakin joins in.
"I can erect a distortion field around the ship too, captain. I know it won't hold back any firepower of any kind, but it will block transport signals. Once we got the Starfleet captain on our ship, I erect this field and they can't beam him back for quite awhile."

Zentox slams his fists on the arms of his chair.
"Perfect! Get me that captain! NOW!"

Zayan smiles and gets back to her panel.
"Right away, captain."

And a few moments later, captain McKinley appears on the bridge of the Tazay.

[Roland Burma]

alright try to contact them and tell them we won't stand for this, we want our Commanding Officer back.

[Will Robinson]

Meanwhile, in the brigs of the Skytoucher...

"Why are you treating us like terrorists?" Zentox demands. "We have done nothing to you to deserve to be treated this way! Ask your captain, ask him how we treated him while he was on our ship! He can tell you that we meant no harm whatsoever! Not to him, not to your ship, and not to any of your crew!"

"Still, taking are Captain from are ship, without his consent, isn't exactly the proper way to make friends, is it?"

Roland Burma :  tactical, ready weapons prepare for a defensive power distribution... only fire  if fired upon, understood!?

Tac Officer : "Understood Cmdr."

(Edited by Will Robinson at 6:31 pm on Oct. 6, 2003)

[Skon]

Science reporting, Captain:

We have isolated the frequency used by the Tazay's distortion field. Engineering was attempting to adapt our transporters to beam though it before the situation changed. While this may not seem like a priority right now, I suggest we continue to make modifications to our transporters -- as well as our weapons -- just in case we meet another hostile ship with similar technology. As you humans would say, "It is better to be safe than sorry."