Expansion Fleet - Avalon Archive

'Crew of the USS Phoenix we are expecting a new crew member to arrive shortly, so I want each one of you to make an effort an introduce your-self to, Lt. Commander Mi'Kan Ro'cal.

*Having said what was in his mind Mason sits back down to work*

(Edited by Alexei Chekov at 12:19 pm on June 7, 2003)

prepare to beam  us up, beam Svensson direct to sickbay, and the rest of us to cargo bay 1

*he sees the large group of cardassians appear from over a hill*

NOW dammnit!

Huw out.. Off:

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(Edited by Nailo Tpolish at 1:50 pm on Sep. 21, 2003)

Director, I think I should keep on eye on the engines for a while, just to make sure. Do you agree?

Crew of the USS Phoenix, This is the acting Captain speaking, I would like to welcome our newest members.
. Mikan Rokal
. Mick Rowan
. Huw
. Frederick Andariel

Well guys would you like to give us an idea about yourselves, (why you chose the Intel division, (your position on the ship (any other stuff))).

This is not an order but a request instead. (I will be impressed by the more you say)

Being new shouldn't be a panicky time, but an opportunity instead. You have the option to become anyone without me knowing your past.

Impress me.

*Mason releases his finger off the comm system*

huh?
romulans, run like ####!

But youll have to move or ill move you...

*Huw swings for Max,but max knew this would happen. as Huw swings, Max crouches down and does a spinning kick, taking out huws legs. Knocking him out in the process*

Aarghhh...

OFF:

OFF2: Mason there all encrypted! and btw how do you know that i havent booby trapped it!

(Edited by Huw at 1:59 pm on Sep. 21, 2003)

Who in Romulas are you!

*Knowing this was not the captain Maguid had seen when he had first come onto the ship, he ready's himself in a defensive stance, whilst giving Svensson a fixed emotionless glare*

Tell me Huw, was your sole purpose on this ship to decieve us?

"Sorry for the intrusion, but as Section 31 Deputy Director I felt it my duty to check on the ship's status, as it is launched only recently.  I will accompagny you on this mission.
All stations, operations, tactical, science, helm, medical, ... status report!"

*Mason leaves and enters the turbo lift*
That's weird, its only 12 O'clock in the afternoon, why would Huw be sleeping already. He can't sleep whilst his on duty.

*Mason contacts Max on a secure channel*
Max, I want you to follow Huw everywhere he goes, I believe he may be the spy. Try not to be seen and don't tell anyone. We can't afford this to go public.

Max can you try to get Huw out of his room for 10mins, I will need that time to search his quarters.

*Mason goes to the bridge where Becker and Svenson are and briefs them on the situation in secrecy*

All tactical systems are fully operational, sir.

Greetings gentlemen. I was just informed of all the additions to our crew. Welcome. Pleasechange into regular Starfleet uniforms until ordered otherwise. We are in an undercover mission.

Mr. Mason, please hail the Hideki Mora. We will be joining them on this mission.

Mr. Brooks, as soon as we leave the station put us on yellow alert.

*sits on the captain's chair*

***this is Fleet Admiral Rugal***

I am CIVC of the 23rd Cardassian fleet, and also in charge of all cardassian activities in the Delta quadrant. And that means I know about every cardassian man women and kid that have visited this area. Except... *chilly voice* you. Would you be so... kind, to tell me what you are doing here without any permission from me and, I suppose, the new central command...

I´m waiting, gentlemen...

Maguid's patience had been extrodanary usually, but this was an axception...being on this ship with no-one around was killing Maguid slowly, but he kept his head held high throughout all of this, he would not sumbit to bordom, and this enemy was certainly not going to be the only thing that got the better of Maguid Velitian.

And I think this breach may be useful... It will make them underestimate us.

Oh, please fire a full spread of quantum torpedoes to make sure the path is clean. Use dispersion pattern sigma.

I am Commander Carlton Fairfax, Captain Travis' XO... I would be honoured Admiral, to go on a joint mission with you.

However, I believe current Starfleet regulations do not allow us to use cloaking devices outside the Alpha quadrant... Outside the Federation's space, to be precise. But we could wait until your strike team acts to come into the scene or, if this sort of stealth is not an option, our ship is indeed quite worthy in battle. Even more when in company of the fine Cardassian battleships.

*turn to Travis*

Rest assured Captain, I'll bring her back in one piece... If you allow me, of course.

"Hideki Mora we are the USS Phoenix and we request to join you on the mission"

"Take us out of warp, and standard orbit around the planet. Status report?"

Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-I-N-E AWAY TEAM
Cardassian blood gas
urrgg
(sound of a body dropping to floor)
==^==
Computers voice: Ensign huw is unconcious

(Edited by Huw at 7:55 pm on Aug. 24, 2003)

Umm i have to go,

*in the distance Huws computer screen shows nailo tpolish*

==^==
Huw come in, come in huw, this is FSS,
==^==

AH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

*huw puts the flat of his palm into masons chest and knocks him to the other side of the corridor*
*huw runs down the corridor leaving mason with a cracked rib *

Sorry friend, its you or me i like you mason, you could be big in the FSS, but its every man for himself!

*Huw pulls a smaller version of his Katana out of his back*

*Computer activate force sword
*a pale blue glow erupts around the katana*
OFF: Now i wont have to kill anyone, this'll just knock em out!

*HUW RUNS TO THE SHUTTLE BAY SILENTLY AND OPENS THE DOOR, ONLLY TO FIND MAX BROOKS IS STANDING IN THE BAY WITH A HAND PHASER*

Stay back Lt. i will hit you, but dont make me...

'Captain you there' says Mason as tapping on his Comm badge.

*Mason quickly reacts and takes the ship out of its scheduled path turns the ship left and comes to a full stop*

'Sorry Sir but we have been hit an asteroid. It came out of nowhere'

'Sir I can't take the risk in taking her any further in, without knowing the extent of damage.'

*Mason looks into his terminal to get the extent of damage*

'Ships internal sensors indicate that we where hit, bellow the ship. Cargo bays 1 and 2 have both got hull breaches.   Dam'
'The extent of the damage cannot be exactly indicated, we need to send Lt Commander Blake in to asses the situation.'

'All other decks are fine and there have been no injury reports yet.'

'Lets hope there was no-one there at the time of impact.'

*Mason seals of the hull breaches with a temporally force fields and ventilates air back into those decks, until the damage can be repaired*

'Sir we have unfortunately lost a few supplies from both cargo bays, but I am confident we can retrieve them, when the damage is repaired.'

(Edited by Mason at 9:49 pm on April 9, 2003)

Create a character there with the name of your choice and chose the appropriate avatar, a red one with two pips. Then post the same thing you posted here. As we go on the mission, it may be necessary to other crewmembers to register there. Possibly you, Mr. Brooks, as you are our tactical officer.

Mason awakes to find himself in sickbay

What the... What happened to me, you didn't beat me up did you HEW?

Mason gets up to find a dump on his head, and awkwardly makes his way to the bridge.

Sorry for my absence Sir, my combat training was a bit too much for me to handle.

Mason takes his seat at Helm.

We are at the planet, I am disengaging warp drive and positioning the ship at the planets orbit.

All systems are OK, There's a slight lag in the computer but it is within normal parameters. Maybe we should perform a level one diagnostic to correct this problem.

Sir, I can't help to feel vulnerable here.
What's our next course of action, the longer we remain talking, the more lives are lost. But I'm also afraid to say that we have no choice but to wait a little longer, a hasty manoeuvre is not a well thought out one.

ARRRHHHHHHHH my CHEST.
I can't believe he hit me, after all we've been through.

*Mason scrambles up using the wall as a rest and taps on his comm badge*
Security, report to the shuttle bay and transporter rooms. I believe Huw could be trying to leave the ship.
That's right people Huw is our spy, he is armed and dangerous, use whatever non-lethal means necessary to stop him.

NOW HURRY, he is our only connection to the whereabouts of Rugal.

*Mason ends communications and scrambles to find a seat*
Ahha what do we have here then. It looks like I've stumbled over some FSS logs from Huw's personal computer.

*Mason begins to think to himself and a smile rises from his face*
Now let's see what I can find.

three torpedo tubes, one on the back two on the front, five phaser strips, three on the top, two on the bottom.
As yet they have not detected us, sir.

"How long is the estimated time before we have cleared the Dark Passage? I'll be glad to be out of here!"

Freeeze fool!

*spins around corner*

ah mason, good to see you, this guy is dead. he is a cardassian spy! *huw points at the massive sword wound on the neck*

i sliced him with this, *huw pulls out his katana*

*salutes to svennson*

sir i have neutralised everything in this grid, however there is an entrance to a fortified bunker about one click (km) to the north, it is heavily defended.
also, what is that noise?

*there is a noise coming from a grate on the floor*

huh?

*huw lifts the grate* 10- 20 people are underground in very cramped living conditions, huw helps one out, malnutrition is upon him, and they look beaten up,
(off: what race are they) huw reaches into his backpack and pulls out his emergency rations and some water

"here my friend drink then explain your story..."

OFF: as you can tell i am back from holiday... lol
it was boring camping in a place called Poole.

(Edited by Huw at 11:20 am on July 31, 2003)

Hee hee you all are stupid little

*stops and looks confused*

Umm, sorry, umm i am going to my quarters

*runs out of bridge embarrassed*

Helm, please put us behind that moon. *points to the second moon on the view screen* That should mask our engine signature for now.

*pressing a button on his chair's arm*

Attention all crew, we are now going on silent running. All non-essential equipment will be shut down until further notice.

*releases button. the lights become softer and a humming sound indicates systems powering down. though no lights blink, the computer screens show the writing Silent running on their screens as they would on a yellow or red allert, though the colour is grey*

Tactical, set sensors on exclusive passive mode. If anyone starts charging weapons or locks on us, go to red alert imediately.

Science, can you figure out what kind of mineral the Cardassians are extracting from the readings you got of the planet?

Engeneering, put our engines on standby. I want them giving out as little signal as they can, but I need them ready on no time should we need to engage in combat or jus have to get out really fast.

Security, report.

Computer, search all Cardassian-Federation treaties for situations matching this: Cardassians on first contact with non-aligned planet making slaves. Check also all Cardassian-Federation treaties on mining and exploration of the Expansion Sector. Send results to my office.

Director, if you'd join me, I belive we should discuss the best way to tell the Cardassians that they should stop enslaving the people of this planet and not shoot at us. Should we change our transponder to diplomatic status? The replicators can make us diplomatic uniforms in no time, sir. And this way they'd think twice before attacking.

(OFF: We are on the expansion sector right? Because someone said we were just 12 lightyears from Earth... Oh, and I hope I didn't go too far with my orders )

(Edited by Alexei Chekov at 11:46 am on Mar. 26, 2003)

Also, I believe the Director and I will be doing all the talk. If a Cardassian talks to you, just say the truth... You don't know anything more than what I just told you...

*walks over to the tactical controls*
are you Lt Brooks sir?

"Ah, Ms. Blake, I am Lieutenant Nimitz reporting. I have been assigned to you as assistant engineer, is there anything you would like me to work on?"

OFF: am I and Mason the only ones active here? Except for Huw and Chekov of course. Everyone else PLEASE start posting again or we'll have to assume you're not around any more =/

the first ten cardassians came round the corner, BOOM! a highly modified Claymore phaser mine explodes...

"hehe Dumasses!"

OFF: MASON KILL SOME!

OFF:
ok, what is this station we are docking at? lol
Also, after this mission I am about to be recalled by Sloan for solitary work, so this ship will be needing a new captain. Anyone interested who can post often?

Mr Mason, you will have to stay here for a while so I can repair the damage. You're more hurt than I thought you were. I am sorry for the delay.

*Mason turns to Brooks, and looks at him up to down, and trying to build his confidence up in the uniform*

'Looking cool, I think yellow suits you.'

*Mason then turns to Blake, just before she leaves the bridge*

'Its good to see you again. Engineering must be a lonely place spend your time. I admire your determination to the job.'

Mason focuses back his attention to the Captain and the XO
Sir I am just curious, what are we going to do once we approach Vontak Nor, I must have missed the debriefing we had.

"Ops... any response?"

Sir, I don't think he is sleeping, he seems to be knocked out, from that arrhh how disgusting, he has one very large gush on his head.
You know what. I beginning to think he was left here for dead.

There's no time to loose Captain. Shall we get him?

*They came to the backside of thew bunker, there was a small hatch that was used by the guards to leave abd enter the complex.

I have observed how severall cardassian nguards have ledft and entered the complex through this, and I think I know how we can do the same...

OFF: I can post often enough, but I will have to think about volunteering myself first. Its not a quickly made decision...

Bridge.

*The turbolift stops at the bridge and the doors open*

Director Svensson, I have Huw and he wishes to speak to you about Rugal's location.

*Mason gets up and wipes the drool of the console with his trusty sleeve and gently docs the ship, then hails the start base*

Star Base 12 we have a contaminant aboard, we advise that the air is immediately changed to prevent any gas from escaping onto the station. Our situation is stable now, but it might be wise for you check us more thoroughly. We could do with some R&R.

*Mason turns to the Cap*

I have been thinking Sir, and I have made my mind up. You have been an excellent captain to serve and learn from
May our paths cross once again

Like a good man once said "With great power comes great responsibility"
Whoever our new Captain is I am sure he or she will lead us to infinity and beyond.

Who else is volunteering for Captains position? (Becker is you volunteering?)

*picks up a tricorder and begins inspecting the intake valve*
* a few minutes later he finished*

" Chief, there is nothing wrong with the valve, except there is a little scarring along the walls of the intake valve caused by over heating."

* he points to the parts that had been affected*

"Another reason for this is that perhaps this ship has been travelling at high warp for too long without cleaning the dilithium traces off the walls. "
" I could begin cleaning this if you want me to."

Sir i am in transporter room 1 and am ready to beam down if there is trouble, i have compensated for the minerals of the planet, my phasers will not blow up the planet.

Where the #### are they? No wait... SILENCE.
I see a local. He seems to be sleeping.
I'll interrogate him. Did I say interrogate, I meant SAVE him.

There doesn't seem to be any Cardassinas in the immediate area. We can run in the there grab him, and bring him back behind the rocks, before anyone suspects a thing.

Do you see him, he is due North?

"Hmm... if I could raise one eyebrow like the Vulcans do, I would do it now."

He is on Kennedy base, i have given Lt. Brooks the necessary info to find him, although we will need to organise an away party, i have to go because i am the only one who knows the layout...

*Mason shouts trying not to direct his voice at anyone, as now HE is slightly agitated, by the current situation *

'What is tar-nation is talking so long with those repairs'

*Mason hails to chief engineer Blake over the comm badges*
'Blake report, what is your current situation with repairs'
*Mason waits before repeating his message 3 more times*
'Blake respond'

'Captain with your permission may I be relived from my post to investigate the repairs.
You'll have a full damage report on your hand within the hour, where you'll choose the best course necessary.
By the way all the experience I have at engineering is through the Academy, and THAT was basic.'

'Captain my I be relived from the helm'

*Mason sits facing the Captain, whilst wondering that Commander Chekov's résumé was very impressive and might included Ships engineering*

Very well... Mr. Mason, resume course and speed.

*presses the button for shipwide announcements on his chair*

All crew that hasn't changed uniform, you now have ten minutes to comply. Chekov out.

I can't wait untill we get things started again.

Lets hope erveryone is still here

"Hmmm.. interesting. Well, lets face those Cardassians now at last!"

=A= Brooks to Huw =A=

What is your location?

=A= Brooks out =A=

OFF: Time for some plot material

they are holding my wife hostage... *cough* i was told to get Admiral Rugal for them... *cough* I am a proud starfleet officer, i am not like those sneaky BASTARDS! *cough cough* at the FSS...

I just wanted to be a good security officer for you sir...
But my wife! please sir, if my wife could get here sir, then i would gladly resume my work with you...

OFF: PLEASE DONT KILL ME!!! i am at your mercy

I'm not picking anyth...
Wait a minute!
Small cardassian battle ship, im puting it on main viewer.

Finally some action...

It all seems fine, no-one has spotted us beam down.

Mason strips of a plants leaf and wears it as a bandana. Rambo style.

Sir, I feel it necessary to strike fear into my opponents, with the bandana they wouldn't dare to fight me. Or at least that's what it said in my "Away missions, Survival Guide" I will now be able to put Dr. Throas's material into practise.

OFF: HELLO ANYONE BESIDES ME OR RUGAL HERE!!! its a bit quiet...

All systems repaired. Im amazed how tough this ship is, it was light work. I think we are good to go.

=A=Blake Out=A=

*Rugal disappears from the viewscreen*

"Very well. Begin docking procedure. Mr. Chekov, are we ready to greet the Cardassians?"

I mean Slaves! SLAVES! SLAVES!!!
*Walks out of the room fists clenched*

*Comes back*

You see i dont like slaves, i was found on a slave ship, and rescued by my foster parents...
i HATE slave masters!

*walks out of the room sobbing*
OFF: i will be inactive for a while family holiday

Everyone else, please report in this mission at once, to state you are still here! People who do not report by the end of this month (31st) will be considered not alive here and replaced.

How do you feel? Mason? Huw? Mr Brooks? Director?

"Hmm, the Vandor system. I heard of that name before, but I never got around to read reports about it. Is there anything in our databases that can tell us more about this particular system?"

Commander Chekov reporting for duty sir. Sorry for the delay.

I just heard the word Cardassian and ship on the same sentence. What are they doing here? Mr. Brooks, status of their phaser banks and torpedo tubes.

Director Svensson, should we engage on any combat, I recommend that you head to a shuttle pod and head back to base. We can't afford losing you on a small skirmish, sir.

(Edited by Alexei Chekov at 8:03 am on Mar. 27, 2003)

(Edited by Alexei Chekov at 8:05 am on Mar. 27, 2003)

Ms. Blake, could you give us a report on the status of the repairs? Are we ready to resume our course or are there any problems that should be solved first? By what I have seen on my console no critical decks were hit...

It is now safe to go forth into the station, the oxygen and Carbon levels, are slightly off, but its not poisonous, maybe the medic can give you something for this.

*Mason opens the doors toward the station*

May luck be on your side captain?

'I'm still alive people now lets rescue the prisoners'

'Security, get this man out of the bridge.
Dam he is security.'

*Mason slows down the ship, to give more time to the doctor to find some sort of quick cure*

*Mason shouts in desperation*
'Is there anyone left who can dock her'

OFF: LOL 'give me ramming speed' thasts funny stuff

Mason slouches while wearing his pyjamas in the captain's chair. 'WHATS TAKING SO LONG' shouts Mason, beginning to worry!

"I am getting a variety of different languages much like Earth is.
I'm picking up the clearest single now

The universal translator isn't having any trouble at all deciphering these languages Mason says happily

Most of these stations are useless, attempting to find their news channel.

Ahhha, here we are, they seem to be parsing their technology. Nothing of the unexpected,
WAIT, WHATS THIS.

Ohh dear

Sir, I am not sure how reliable this is, but I just heard the word, Cardassinans."

*Mason Switches to a different radio channel, and listens carefully*

"I can't be certain without scanning the planet, but I think 2% of the planet has been occupied by several Cardassinans, using the people in that regain as slaves, mining some-sort of minerals.

Clever Cardassinans, they chose an isolated part of the planet to carry this task out, with no interruptions from the rest of the population.

Sir, I believe around a couple hundred thousand people are being held in secrecy, working as slave miners for the Cardassinans. I can't be sure what they are mining without scanning the surface.
The rest of the world seems to be totally oblivious to this, and unaffected.

May I suggest for Mr. Brooks to confirm what I'm saying, by scanning to planet for Cardassinans life-forms.

Sir, this is your call, just to let you know, I am ready!

Well done, Mr. Mason... And don't worry about the Cardassian warship, they wouldn't see us with our phase cloak on even if we were right under their nose. I'll go change my uniform as you navigate to the proper coordinates.

And don't go too fast, we don't want to hit something, even though we are going through a clearer path that crosses the Passage.

*an ensign comes down from the science station and hands over a PADD*

Thank you ensign. You may go change your uniform now.

*Reads the data carefully*

Director, I believe you should see this. It's the preliminary results on the analysis of the mineral the Cardassians were extracting.

*Hands over the PADD and turns to Maguid*

Mr. Velotian, what exactly is your function on this vessel? I guess that wall won't fall if you stop leaning on it. *smiles gently* Please take a seat.*points to the seat on the left of the captain's chair* I guess we don't have a counselor, so the seat is empty.

*leaves the bridge and enters the turbolift*

I hate this yellow uniform...

Oh, don't worry, I won't be out there for long. Just meeting the Admiral and then we leave for the joint mission.

Stars, beautiful stars. What a striking sight. I almost forgot how they looked like.

*Mason rests back on the chair and admires the scenery for a moment*

'Captain we are now finally clear of the Dark Passage.
And finally we want be needing the slow, impulse drives'

'Captain what's our new course heading.'

Director Svensson has fainted, Dr Becker and I will stay here and protect him. You and Mason find out what you can and report back.

=A= Brooks out =A=

Six to beam up. Beam Director Svensson and Doctor Becker to sickbay, the rest of us in cargo bay 1. ENERGIZE!

=A= Brooks out =A=

*The six officers are beamed aboard the Phoenix*

I dont care if he saved Cardassia from us, i would like to take him into custody for "debriefing"

OFF: we are going to put him in a cage and poke him with sticks until he tells us about himself :biggrin:

I throw away your claim to get him and instead I offer you a fine meal in our galley. Our cook is galaxy renowned for his fine Recipes.

*Mason snarls at Tpolish*
Just remember Tpolish our ship is BIGGER than yours, and we will last the distance with this. But can you?

*Mason calms down, and straightens his uniform, remembering that he is a Starfleet officer and not a Kligon*
What do you really want from Rugal? He has done no harm to you, as far as I know.
And are you really a part of the Federation Secret Service, we have no proof to back your claim up. As far as we know you could be part of the Cardassian Obsidian Order or the Romulan Tal'Shiar.

I'm afraid your journey was wasted.

OFF:Yeah I think it would be much simpiler if we write a story explaining Rugals escape. (In the past tence offcorse)

*Mason tries shouting even louder*
Huw if you are OK just give me a signal.

*Mason taps on his comm badge*
Captain Becker please report to Huw's quarters, we have a situation here.
He seems to have locked himself in with a level 7 or higher security clearance. I haven't the authorisation to enter.

*Meanwhile Mason contacts Max with his communicator*
Max, could you keep a close eye on Shermin, he seems suspicious.

"Well people, we've recieved our orders and are to start exploring.  What do you say we start this off the traditional way," he told his bridge crew.

"Captain, we're ready to go," said the Phoenix's first officer, Kassandra Peacecraft.

"Thank you commander.  Helm take us out, one-half impulse," Kenji said.

The Sovereign class vessel moved out of the docking bay and into the darkness of space.  The ship had just been completed , and was fit with a Transphasic Dimensional warp drive, capable of traveling to other dimensions.

"Sir, we are clear of the docking bay doors," said the helms officer.

"Very good," Kenji said as he hit something on his chair.  "Engineering, how soon can we use the transphasic dimensional drive?" he asked the chief engineer.

"She's ready to go captain," the engineer said.

"Thank you.  Helm activate transphasic warp drive.  Lets see where she takes us," Kenji told his helms officer.

"Aye sir, transphasic warp drive active," the helms officer said.

"OK.  People this is it," Kenji said as he hit another command on his chair, "All hands prepare to enter the dimensional rift.  Repeat, all hands prepare to enter the dimensional rift," Kenji ordered, "Engage transphasic dimensional drive!"

The helm's officer tapped a few commands in and the ship sped forward then disappeared into a white light.

Mason finds himself alone on the fastest ship Starfleet has to offer.
Mason finds this an excellent opportunity to learn about all the computers systems, and to get a wide range of knowledge on each department, and to become as versatile as a Swiss army knife.

Mason goes on a self-tour of the ship, and stops by each section of the ship, he tries to learn all about engineering by reading ships articles, and by understanding the use of each terminal.
Mason next stop was sickbay, here he learnt the medicals stock and how to use each hyper spray to the situation.
Mason also tried his hands at cooking at the ships galley.
Aero-metrics proved difficult for mason to learn, but with enough time, nothing was beyond him. Mason even tracked the captain's movements from the comm. Badge signature from Aero-metrics.

Mason found that isolation from people can lead to madness, so he decided to go in a state of deep meditation, each evening, to keep up his mental strength.
Mason also visits the gym each morning, to boost his physical strength.

Masons day consisted of gym in the morning followed by a tour of the ship in the afternoon, learning all ships systems, followed by meditation and sleep in the evening.

Mason begins to get impatient, as he has not heard from the captain for a long time.

He lifts his body of the wall and begins to walk towards Mr. Svenson, giving the empty seat a quick glance, whilst rubbing his back and smiling reassuringly.

Mr. Checkov recommended I'd take this seat, sir *points at the empty seat beside the captains*, so if you have no objections, I trust I'd make a good ships councillor.  

Well....sir, what shall we do until the Director and Commander get back?

*says with a smile*

(Edited by Max Brooks at 1:17 am on May 8, 2003)

*Svensson beams back to the USS Phoenix and enters the bridge, still wearing a regular Starfleet uniform.*

"Open a commlink to the Cardassian station."

*Rugal appears on screen*

"Mr. Rugal, we thank you for your cooperation.  But there is in fact a reason for us being here.  We discovered a Cardassian outpost on a planet in a far system, and they are using the native people as slaves.  We came here to check out first if you knew about this or not, but since you don't know about it, I think it is only right for me to tell you.  We don't know if it may be a secret operation from your government, or that they work on their own, but we will return there now.  Are you willing to come aboard our ship, and go with us?"

"So can anyone tell me how long it'll take us to clear the Dark Passage??"

"Those... those... ####... Cardassians..."

And all turns black before his eyes, as he has lost his consciousness.

OFF: seeya after the 12th again

*Mason checks himself for any phaser marks*

Sir i am fine, I wish to beem down ASAP

BTW, Rugal is in the hands of the mean cardies and unavailable untill someone saves him, or he saves himself.

After getting the go ahead, she turned to Captain Motokatsu. "Captain, we're ready to go."

Kassa watched as the docking bay disappeared from sight as the Phoenix exited out into the space beyond.

The vast space with it's seemingly endless groups of stars and planets filled her vision.

With only half an ear, she heard the Captain giving the orders to engage the warp drives -- and then... they were off.

It wasn't long after the Phoenix entered the dimensional rift when it had exited the rift.

Here we go on our first mission, she thought to herself, I hope it will go alright.

Mission - that word reminded her of something.

Turning to Captain Motokatsu, she asked him, "Captain, what's our mission?"

(Edited by Kassandra Peacecraft at 4:39 am on Jan. 5, 2003)

(Edited by Kassandra Peacecraft at 5:01 am on Jan. 5, 2003)

(Edited by Kassandra Peacecraft at 5:02 am on Jan. 5, 2003)

'Captain, you do realise our star charts are useless at this point. And that we're making history.' Proudly says Mason.

'I am recording each and every event on the Phoenix's computers, so that Star Fleet may update their star charts, when we return.'
'Speaking freely sir, there's no telling what we'll encounter this far out into space, take care, and if you need anything at all, I'll be here and listening,'
'Just don't stay too long, the captains chair might grow on me.' laughs Mason.

OFF: when we arrive, we're supposed to have a bumpy ride through the Dark Passage (to bring some action in the storyline hehe) until we arrive at the Vontak Nor station inside the Dark Passage. Once there, the people that beam over to the station will post on the Cardassian division board, the people that stay on the ship will keep posting here.

OFF: Sorry, but I could't access the ineternet yesterday...

These things need to be padded...

Yeah, lets go!

May good fortune be on your side.

I wish I could come along aswell, Mr. Huw has tought me some hand to hand combat attacks, and phaser targeting. But if you do not need me Captain, I undertand. Its just that two high ranking officers may need better protection.

*Svensson wakes up in sickbay*

"Where am I?? Oh, right.  #### wound! Doctor can you nurse my wound, even if temporarily, so I'm fit enough to return to the bridge? I need to know what is going on! We must get those Cardassians out of there so the native population can live in peace again!"

*he winces as his wound pains him*

*whips out something resembling a tricorder, but not,*

hmmm

i wish to go there now, i know the way.

*walks off bridge with the Vulcan equivalent of a grin on his face*

Yes sir, I will work on this problem. I will need the tactical chief's help though.

==^==
USS Phoenix, this is Admiral Nailo Tpolish,
Rugal has been questioned and released, he has returned to Vontak Nor, and sends his thanks to you... Unfortunately, he doesnt want to come back to this ship.

Nailo Out

==^==

"We're to explore this galaxy.  Might take a while but we'll get it done," he said.

Kenji turned to his tactical officer.

"How soon until we can use the cloak?" he asked.

"A few more hours at least captain," the tactical officer said.

"Fine fine," Kenji looked at his helm officer.

"Mr. Mason, activate transwarp drive and take us to the nearest planet.  I think it's time we met some of the locals," Kenji said.

"Captain, with your permission I think it would be wise if I were to Accompany yourself and Kass."

'Chekov sir, if your calculations are right then these new course headings set us up within communications range with the Cardassian war ship. Lets just hope that they haven't seen us and that the Dark Passage that we are heading for, will give us the element of surprise.

*Mason brings the ship out from the protective shield of the 2nd moon, and powers up engines. *

'I'm bringing Transdimensional Drive online now, and at this speed we should be there in no time'

*Mason approaches the dark passage. *

'Slowing down to impulse engines and we are here sir, at the entrance of the Dark passage.'

'I am taking us in, but let it be know that now I am flying blind and from here on in, the sensors won't pick up anything within the Dark Passage.'

*Mason sets the terminal to auto pilot, and slowly brings the ship into the Dark passage.
Mason quickly runs to his quarters and takes off his uniform and replaces it with a regular Starfleet uniform. Once changed he runs back and cancels auto- pilot. *

'Sir at this speed we should reach the designated co-ordinates in 50mins, no make that 30mins.'

*Mason increases the speed, knowing that we are suppressed for time. *

OFF: Is the dark passage some dark place where ships sensors can't work.

(Edited by Mason at 2:51 am on April 5, 2003)

*the CO and XO walk through the door to enter the station and leave the ship*

OFF: all activities that happen on the station, will as of now on be posted on the station forum (Alien Divisions > Cardassian Union > Vontak Nor station Ops.  See blue buttons on left here). All activities that happen on the ship, and people that are still on the ship, keep posting here.

Captain, Admiral, I received a report on the analysis of the material the Cardassians were mining some time ago. Could you join me in my office?

Lt. Brooks i will set your phaser so that it does not de stabalise the ore.

*runs over to svensson and scans him with his tri-quarter*

He is lossing consciousness...

ARRG Blip blip blip.

My mind, arhh...  my mind.

The star base is very near now captain, but I am a thread away from loosing it completely.

I will send a distress call to the Base Star to let them know to prepare for our arrival.

Doctor unless to come up with some sort of drug I have a slim chance of docking her without an explosion occurring.

Sag a boom, sag a boom captain.
Sag a boom Hew
Sag a Boom Boom Boom.

Arrrrrrrrrh

*whips out something resembling a tricorder, but not,*

hmmm

i wish to go there now, i know the way.

*walks off bridge with the Vulcan equivalent of a grin on his face*

OFF: that would be nice for me too!

(Edited by Nailo Tpolish at 8:30 am on Sep. 12, 2003)

"Ahh Captain Motokatsu, Commander Peacecraft. Sorry I'm late, but I was ambushed by a hot-shot ensign outside my quaters.

Kassnandra smiled, "Are you OK?"

"Fine" PJ said slightly sweating "What is our mission?"

An hour had passed with no sight of another being, and Maguid now began to wonder if there was any living being on the ship. Immediately he began to make his way to the bridge all the time thinking of what could have happened to the crew of the USS Phoenix. Surely they wouldn't leave such a star ship in space un-commanded, then again....

The lights and systems were all active, perhaps they were boarded and lost the battle...but there seemed to be no such evidence of a battle being waged on the ship, and he would have heard the screams of conflict from inside his concealment. He found the sickbay, which was on his way to the bridge, and decided to go in and have a look if there were any wounded or dead crewmembers in there. Not surprisingly now, there was no one there, and all the equipment seemed to have been untouched. He began familiarizing himself with the federation's tools in sickbay.
An experienced fighter such as Maguid, had to be a competent healer of disease and injury's as well and quickly he became familiar with the tools, before moving onward towards the bridge, again not finding any-one there.

Clearly there were crew members to begin with, as Maguid himself had seen them...but where they had ventured to without the ship, he does not know. Being concealed in a Jeffrey's Tube for weeks had weakened Maguid, and a decent rest was in due.

Logic implied that the crew were still alive, on an away mission, and must be returning shortly...so he made his way to the Captains chair in the bridge and sat on it, feeling a sudden surge of power rush through his veins.
He looked up looking in detail around the ship, whilst an evil grin emerged from his face.

Aye Captain... *smiles*

So, Mr. Velotian, what do you think would be the logical course of action for you to take? Pass as a cold Vulcan? I am sure the Cardassians can make your blood boil faster than you could say "Praetor", so it'd be difficult...

*big grin on his face while clenching fists*

cmon, what do you say...

Suddenly, a number of Cardassians jump out of the bushes and attack the away team. Phaser fire flashes in all directions.

"Duck! Everyone seek shelter! I will cover you!"

He aims his phaser and fires back at the Cardassians.  In the fast moments that pass, he sees some Cardassians fall down, but more show up to replace them. He fires again, but this time they are faster and hit him on his shoulder.
Svensson attempts to jump away and seek shelter, but he is hit in the back, and everything turns black as he falls unconscious...

OFF: i thought this was the best solution, that I am unconscious for a week, because I will be on holiday from the 4th to the 12th of august, and I wont be able to be online during that time. I hope you guys will get the mission going still, so we can finish this at last
Remember there are still Cardassians out there you gotta fight right now. I'll check the posts still tomorrow and sunday.

"Keep searching for signatures of where this vessel may have gone. And they disappeared just like that, you say? Hmm... scan for transwarp signatures as well..."

*Then he turns to Becker*

"Mr. Becker, since you are going to be the next one after me to take place in the captain's seat, why don't you start taking command of the spy problem already? "

OFF: Becker, how often can you post really? As CO of a ship, one has to be able to post nearly every day to keep his mission going.

*BROOKS HANDCUFSS HUW*

i am coming...

*huw follows brooks*

'Don't blink or you might miss the journey, it'll only take us but a few of minutes with our transwarp drive.' Proudly says Mason.

'Speaking freely sir, I'm slightly nervous, my training didn't prepare me for this, I sure hope the locals will be friendly' Says Mason hesitantly.

(Edited by Mason at 6:53 pm on Jan. 12, 2003)

Mason activates a site-to-site transport to the transporter room, from here he transports a couple meters from the captains position.

'Mason transporting down as ordered, I come prepared for whatever task is scheduled for me'

Mason looks over to the lily that every one is staring at.

'What is it why has it got you all fascinated, it looks like any other alien plant to me, nothing intelligent, I think'

Mason stands up straight with his hands folded neatly behind his back and awaits the Captain's order.

*Says with a smile*

Seat belts on everyone. I anit stopping for anything so if you wish to visit the bathroom you may do so now.

Mason grins to the captain and commander. 'I couldn't help myself.'

I am now engaging transmendational drive in 3, 2 ,1 and we are go.

At this speed we should reach the planet in an hour or so.

Sir, I remember when I first discovered these Cardassians on this planet, and to think we were headed there to make contact, with these people.
It seems these people's views of aliens now are targeted against us in malice. We must restore faith to these people's views of aliens.

*Mason clenches his fist in anger and looks around for a bag to hit*
I can't remember a time when slavery was still practised.
If the worst comes to the worst I am willing to engage these Cardassians in hand to hand combat. I anit afraid, hatred drives me now. And I shall use this emotion to my advantage.

*Mason tries to calm down, by distracting himself with trying to squeeze off the chair's arm*
Sir may I be excused for an hour. I need to release some of my frustration in the gym.
Do we have a hollowdeck out of curiosity?

"Allright, Mr. Brooks, head for that direction. Keep your phasers nearby, on stun."

*Enters the bridge*

Bridge crew, can I have your attention please. Director Svensson has been hurt but he is ok. He should be back soon but untill then, I am assuming command.

*sits in the Directors chair*

Ooh, comfy...

(off: i assume you will say yes if not i will edit out the next part)

huw runs on ahead with Mason, huw checks if anyones coming through his scope on his rifle, nothing is coming, they go up a hill and in the hill is a large quarry

thousands of people are digging at the rocks with picks, a few hundred cardassians are standing guard, it looks grim, there is even a person hanging, like an execution.

*over the comm system*
Sir Svensson, it does not look good, but i have a plan...
OFF: i will post it soon!

whispers to the Lt. i will follow the Vulcan, even though he is a general, shall i keep him away from the brig?

OFF: For arguments sake a mysterious being called Jar jar saved rugal from the Cardassians and put him in the brig.

OFF2: We technically can't stop the general if he wants to take Rugal

OFF: Rugal Make a user name in the FSS boards, and i will instruct you from there, THERE IS AN FSS DIVISION FORUM ON THE BAR TO THE LEFT!!! MAKE A USER NAME AND REPORT IN THE BRIG FORUM THAT IS THERE! I HAVE MADE A SEPERATE TOPIC FOR YOU, CALLED ADMIRAL RUGALS CELL... sorry for shouting, just need to make it clear

Kassa holds out and shakes Lt Commander Ellis's hand.  Smiling, she says, "I'm sure you'll be an asset to this ship."

"What do you think?" he asked.

"Very unuasal captain, completely different than anything I've ever seen before," Kassandra said.

"I agree," Kenji told her as he pulled out his tricorder.  A quick sweep of the area showed nothing but what they saw.  

Around the two Starfleet officers was a complete field of what appeared to be some kind of lily.

Kenji tapped his combadge.  "Mr. Mason, I'd like you to beam down here," he said.

Mason replied over the combadge "Aye sir, on my way."

Kenji and Kassandra waited for Mason to beam down.

Helm, what's our ETA? With the transdimensional drive we should get there in minutes...

Hum... I prefer our black ones...

Oh, Mr. Velotian, I see you liked my suggestion... But I don't think the Cardassians will buy a romulan as our counselor... If they come aboard or we get them on screen, it'd be best stayed out of sight. I'm sure there's plenty of space on the ship for you to hide.

*the bridge shakes heavily*

Yellow allert! Mr. Mason, what was that? Did we hit something?

But ok, I´ll go with you, if not just to teach them a lesson. If there is slaves held by the Union in this quadrant, I wanna command them! Beam me aboard!!

yea, poor savages you'd have to feel sorry for them going up against me...

oh, umm sorry admiral, its not your race, its just the slaves make me angry!

Sir, we can't have a mass panic of aliens running around, they'll give away our position. It may seem cruel but I recommend we leave them here with rations, until we return.

Good to see you too Hew, I see you've been busy indeed. I am glad to see that we have a skilled tactician in our ranks.

The injured alien begins to regain consensus, as the freed alien begins to talk.

Sir, from what 'Jacob' (his name) has told me.... Forgive me if you understood differently, I am not used to their grammar.

He said that the "Bonny people" came here by big air cars. He must mean the Cardassians.

He goes on to say that he was captured along with his family, to mine special rock. Some he said resisted the labour camps but they where killed by light guns.

Sir... Jacob is 10 years old now. We want get anything we don't already know from him. But now it is confirmed that these Cardassian are up to no good.

*the klingon land turns into a small room with paper walls (off: the matrix sparring room...) also, two sets of armour appear and two long black poles*

perfect :smile:

*huw picks up a set of armour and slips iton,  he takes a black pole and pulls out a long metal sword*

now dont worry the safety protocols are on...

DIE

(Edited by Huw at 12:51 pm on July 9, 2003)

"Beam up admiral Rugal. Mr. Tpolish you can talk with him, but only in our presence."

Sir i dont think its shermin,
D'oh!

*gets in the turbolift*
My Quarters NOW!!!

*huw enters the quarters*
Computer lock my door with a level 10 lock

"Please enter command code"

FSSOmegaAlphaOne

*Door locks*

*hits the table with his fist* Nailo you idiot...

I am looking forward to you defending me,

OFF: :biggrin:

Eight in all made up the group of Titans, and one by one they fell, in what was to be known in children's stories, as the betrayal by their own kind.

Maguid Velotian doesn't remember much of what happened on that dark night, but now a new emotion fuels within his veins, rivalling that of his hate for non-Romulans was ironically his hate for his own kind...The Romulan Star Empire!

He survived that tragic day, thought dead and discarded in the fields of deceit, he now tries to keep his composure while peering out of a Jeffery's Tube. He had not eaten in weeks, par the few rations he had brought with him, now fully digested. His current goal was firstly to find something to eat in his unfamiliar surroundings, before he collapses from a lack of nutrition.  

As he makes his way to a map of the ship, which lies directly in front him, which is the norm in many federation ships, he views his reflection in the glass;
He bore the marks of war, which he wore proudly across his face and arms. His body was muscular, yet finely tuned, and his complexion was dark, uncommon to Rumulans. He wore a tight star-fleet uniform, quite obviously not meant for his physic and torn in places, especially around the shoulders...
A sudden evil grin emerges from his ever-emotionless face as he views the galley in the reflection behind him...

(Edited by Maguid Velotian at 9:44 pm on Jan. 24, 2003)

"Hmm, I was wrong about the ship splitting up in different sections, that was the previous ship I was on. I think I have lingered there too long to remember what it is like on any other ship But I must admit, this ship is fine and certainly not worth less than the S.I.V. Dragon!"

"Perhaps, if Mr. Velotian is willing to suppress his smile and speak in a monotone voice, he could go for a Vulcan.
Mr. Chekov, you have the bridge, it's my turn to go change my uniform into a regular Starfleet one."

*He gets up and leaves the bridge*

(Edited by Max Brooks at 1:21 am on May 8, 2003)

Mason i will teach you the secrets of phaser pistols...
and Photonic grenades, oh and there is a holo deck
OFF: definitely on Sovereign class

I will load up my favorite program

*taps a console*

*computers voice* Huw program Delta1: Klingon duck shoot

*big, humungous grin*

lets go...

I hate slave drivers...

It will give me great pleasure to..
*suddenly stops talking*

Well enough of that...

"Thank you, Mr. Huw, but I will not let you beam down alone unprotected. I don't want to lose any of my officers in the hands of these Cardassian savages!"

*The alien fights each letter out, and begins to talk.*

"I was captured trying to escape, I made it as well they only found me by ship surveillance.

Arg you have to save usss...... I implore you, please......."

*Mason slaps the injured Alien on this face.*

"I only have one more question how did you get out."

*The Alien grabs Mason on this shirt and lifts his torso up, and points.*

"Go... thata way  AHHH"

*The Alien drops to the ground in a loud THUD, and dies. Mason shuts the alien's eyes, while trying to keep him covered from the view of Jacob.*

Sir, I think we have what we need.

*Mason contacts the ship*
I don't know what to expect from here on, so I would feel much safer if someone is standing by the transporter room.

*Mason turns to Hew*
Ready Hew, it seems that we have our way in.

Svenson Sir, shall we head out, bearing East East West. We will need to keep a look out of Cardassian ship surveillance.

Dont worry doc its cardassian blood, although i do have a small cut on my leg, but ill live,

*turns to svensson*

ah your awake, we thought you were a goner then, the planet is secure...

we can send for help to evacuate the people now...

***this is Rugal! Beam me up! NOW!!!***

oh no, they are following me, computer drop the quantum mines

*ten spheres fly out of the runabout*
hehe, computer initiate the transdimensional warp
*suddenly the runabout disappears*

OFF: the spy is someone new

(Edited by Nailo Tpolish at 7:00 pm on Sep. 16, 2003)

*The Phoenix exits the mine filed*
Dam they have disappeared of my sensors. Where did they go?

*Mason exits the bridge and meets Svenson in his crew carters*
Sir, I believe Shermin is our spy. I do not recognise him, nor do even know he exited until today. He must have come aboard when we docked in the Starbase.

I say lets interrogate him Cardassian style see if he knows where the Runabout was headed. And if he is indeed our spy.

We need an impartial judge though...

Howabout... someone from another division, or Vorak?
==^==

Hm... One of them say it is just a ordinary ship, yet the other tell me nothing is ordinary on it. That, and that they dont have the ordinary uniforms on them tells me that the Lt tells the truth. Thank you Lt.

*Sits down.*

I guess you are in Intell, I got sojme reports on this ship, although I never though it was real....

Hew...Hold on a sec, while I change into my attire.

*Mason begins to undress, whilst quickly grabbing a piece of loin cloth, which was to become a pair of socks in time, but now as things on the ship begin to excite him more and more he puts his past interest of knitting on hold for a while, off-course now wishing he hadn't. He swiftly flings the loin cloth round his waist and attaches the ends together with a knot. The soon to become socks now suited the occasion as a pair of shorts. It came half way down his thighs, revealing his strong muscular, yet athletic pair of legs, which remained hidden, till now. The cloth red in colour, stood out brightly in his tanned skin and if with composed embarrassment he turned to face Hew. *

So...how do I look?

*Mason enters the hollodeck as he shrugs of a towel covering his body, and naturally leans across a wall only to retract just as quickly as the cold surface of the wall touching upon his warm flesh sends a cold chill running down his spine. Mason's torso now fully bare reveals hints of what his life was like, which he preferred to keep hidden to every-one, including himself. A once deep scar runs up across his body, beginning from his right chest and ending near his left shoulder. *

..........

*He quickly glances over to Hew, smiling away any past memories which were dwindling in his mind.*

Hmm....You are probably wondering why I chose this outfit. Well its simple, I have no other.

*A faint smile almost turning into a chuckle rises across his face as he walks deeper into the hollodeck*

Hew...I am willing to learn. Teach me about phasers and grenades, if you can. Off course I can't learn everything, but I need to know enough to beat some Cardassian be-hind.

*Mason coolly enters his fighting stance and allows the adrelollin to pump through his veins as it is not hate that drives Mason anymore...it is Justice.

OFF: My office has been unlocked so that we can have the meeting there*

"Very well, lets beam down. Energize!"

OFF: the others please participate too, we need to work together to get this mission completed.

OFF: Rugal let me know he can't be online for the coming 2 weeks since he's moving.

"Little monkey? You surely are in the right place, here in sickbay. What is going on with him, doctor?"

Mason runs a diagnostic check of the scanners.

Ahhha, the scanners where WAY off. I have just re-aligned them. Lack of maintenance I see in the engineering department.

Sir, The scanners now read that we are at Federation Starbase 6.

That sounds better, according to our records we travelled over 10 light years. This is fairly accurate.

Sir, may I recommend that we get her MOT and make sure she is space worthy while docked here.

OFF. I must apologise to the engineering crew. You are all doing a fine job.

*Mason waits on the Bridge and walks over to his terminal*

What the.... I swear that ship weren't there before.

*Mason looks over the bow of the ship*

Sir, This ship that has just decloaked... well to say the least it's big. I'm reading multiple phaser banks and some sort of strengthened hull.

Captain, I also read a transport signature just as the ship decloaked.
What happened down there? No transport was authorised, was it?

And what the #### is that ghost ship doing there and who does it belong to?

BTW, it is FIS, not FSSS. (GOT to start with a FSS page soon...)

*Mason begins to talk aloud to the doctor*
Thx Doc. I am feeling better. How much longer before I am as good as new.

IC:

"Mr. Mareel, I want a scan of the planet," Kenji said.

"Aye sir, scanning now," Jaster told Kenji, "It is a class-M planet, population of two million."

"Thank your Mr. Mareel," Kenji said, "Mr. Mason you have the bridge, number one your coming with me."

"Where to captain?" Kassandra asked.

"To the planet, we're going to meet these people," Kenji said.

'Mason reporting for Helm's officer, Sir'

*Mason takes a good look around his new crew members, and acknowledges each member as he says their name*

Mr. Brook, Director Svensson, and oh look a familiar face, glad to see you tagged along Maguid.

*Mason turns to the captain and his mind begins to wonder*
'Well I've been on this ship from day one, and let me be the first to tell you, she is a beauty.'

'No one knows better than I how to control her. For I have manoeuvred her out of a space dock with a blindfold on and steered her through a meteor shower. She is one fine ship.'

*Mason sautés the captain whilst standing up straight and waits for a reply*

"Mr. Chekov, I just thought about the possibility also," he said as he sat down in his own chair next to his XO, "that this ship has the ability to split in 3 smaller vessels, also very maneuvrable. This technology may come of hand if things go wrong."

He then notices a new officer on his bridge.

"Ms. Blake, welcome aboard. You are our new chief engineer, am I right?"

"This will be a smooth ride, I'll have us out of here in no time."

*Mason turns to the Admiral*
"Admiral theres nothing ordinary about this ship" We are suited up with alot of enhasements. But I can't go into detail about that , Sucruity risk, I hope you understand.

anyway lets go, the klingons await...

*gets in turbolift*

Your orders, sir?

I will give you the Shield codes for there orbital weapons out of trust... 1267.92

this will allow you to destroy the orbital platforms easily, but in order to be shielded from there weapons, you need the weapons modulation code, which i to possess... i will not give it to you though...

*just then huw starts to remember how the crew of the phoenix took him in, before this whole thing, he was going to be just another Crewman working on a ship in the alpha quadreant... he remembers how mason and Lt. Brooks made him welcome, why should he betray his friends*

Ok, i will give you the other code, 3461.43 you will be able to get rugal back with ease...

*Huw breaks down crying*

Tell mason i am sorry for breaking his ribs, and if i get through this i will do some holodeck fighting with him to show him how to do it...

*cries in a manly way*

Mr Huw, come here and sit down.

*Scans the cut on Huw's leg*

*Mason announces to the crew*
Our mission was a fine success. But rest assured Starfleet will have new orders for us because ....
...We are now seasoned battle veterans.

Mason turns on the music and heads to the ships galley

I am organising a party 0900 hours for a successful mission, and to celebrate our captain's promotion and to rejoice our new captain.

The festive will now commence in 10 mins. Food and drink is free and the replication's filters have been removed so now you can order what you like.

Mason turns to Svensson
I would be fitting if you would attend. And may I have permission to go Wild.

transporter room 1 please

*goes to transporter room one*

*pulls out his phaser*

==^==
FSSS reliable, show your self to the phoenix

*a galaxy class decloaks off the bow*

beam me up and a cardassian passenger
thank you for the kind cuisine svensson but i have to decline, ENERGISE!

==^==

The galaxy class looks similar to the phoenix, but it has lots of extra phaser banks and the armour like the one janeways shuttle had. it has no starfleet markings and is unregistered, for all intents and purposes it is an unknown ship

OFF: time for some space battles
and rugal, make yourself a user name on the fss board

OFF: yes im waiting for an FSS website

'Just a normal plant, I think' mason says to himself 'we have these plants back on earth, what a serious waist of my time'

Mason fides the plant wedged in between two boulders, where the sun light can't hit it.

'If this is a regular plant it needs three things to stay alive, CO2, Water and Light.'

Mason carefully digs out the plant with his bare hands and lays it on the warm boulder.

'Hmm nothing, no response'

Suddenly the plant begins to move and by blowing air through its stem, it began to communicate.

'What, I can't understand you, do you understand me, If so then raise one leaf'

The plant stood their motionless, just blowing air.

Mason taps on his comm badge

'Captain I think we need to take this life form back aboard the ship, for further examination. I think its trying the communicate, but the universal translator isn't picking it up.'

I can't wait to get into some action, and by the look of this crew it looks like we might see a fair amount of it.

*A smile appears his face*

All stations report.

Helm, lay a course to sector 3349 mark 5, on the Dark Passage, use the Transdimensional Drive up to the entrance of the Passage. After that we will go on impulse.

Tactical, suspend silent running and activate phase cloaking. After that, I want you to go to the shuttlebay and ready an unmarked ship. And remember to decloak after we drop out of the transdimensional rift.

*pushes a button on his chair's arm*

All hands, please change uniform to the regular Starfleet one ASAP. As of now we are an exploration vessel.

Science, did you find out what those Cardassians were mining down there?

*sits on his chair*

OFF: Do we have a Science officer?

Where are you you headed if I may be so bold?

*Leaves bridge with a disgusted look on his face*
Slaves... Grrr

We are as normal as a Starfleet vessel can be, sir.

I hope you enjoy our trip...

*Masons confidence in him, grows*

Watch this Hew

*Mason pulls out his phaser and remembering what he had learnt in the academy and watched in 1999 films, he starts pulling the trigger and firing at everything that moves*

Haha I got 2 before I got hit. I think that's pretty good. This program in very though but it needs to be.

Let me try again Hew.

*Mason resets the program and this time remembering what Hew showed him earlier he tried to mimic his actions*

*Mason takes his Phaser and does a front cartwheel, landing on his bum*

I meant that, this way I am lower down and a harder target, grins Mason

*Mason then begins to fire, trying to dodge the incoming fire the way Hew showed him.*

I love this program man, I am defiantly improving.

How about teaching me some hand to hand combat now.

"Yes, doctor, what is the urgency?"

*Mason begins to muble to himslef*
who, who could it be....  who

"I want a comeplete scan of the.....plants here Mr. Mason, myself and the commander will continue to search for any life.  Contact us if you find anything interesting," Kenji said.

"Aye sir, talk to you soon then captain," Mason replied.

Kenji and Kassandra walked off to search for life.

Shoot first - ask questions later was the way Maguid was taught back on Romulas, especially when it came to dealing with the deceitful Cardassians.

However, he decided not to interfere for the moment and wondered where this route would lead him.

Please go to your quarters and change into a regular Starfleet uniform. We are going undercover now... By the way, I am using now the name Crlton Fairfax.

Mr. Brooks, what happened a while ago? Did we hit something or were we shot at?

OFF: I'll be posting on the Cardassian Division as Carlton Fairfax, ok?

...'My great ancestors fought to break free of their Vulcan heritage to become what I am today. I could not and will not dishonour them in trying to become the very thing they were against.'

*looks over to his superiors and shakes his head*
No matter how much it hurts to say this, I will not jeopardise the mission even though I relish opportunity to meet and mock them. *grins evilly*

If there's no objection from the either of you, I shall restrain myself to my quarters when and while the Cardassians arrive.

Well sir, I think I'll do the same, after you come back. Should I restrict the access of the admiral to some systems? We've already locked down some sensitive parts of the computer core.

I suppose you are an odrinary Star Fleet ship after all, right Captain?

*points north*

"Greetings, Mr. Tpolish, and certainly you are welcome to come aboard. Maybe you can join the festivities here."

Now rugal...
We are taking you to our FSS detention camp...
:biggrin:

OFF: I know who the spy is

*Huw gets up, wipes off his uniform and rips off his FSS pips, throws them in the air, and with one swift movement, vaporises them with his concealed phaser, he then hands the phaser to brooks*

How stupid am i, huh?
I should have told you sooner, if only... now i will be in prison for the rest of my life, or worse, i could be dishonorably discharged...

Anyway... matter at hand, to infiltrate i need a two man team, Me obviously and Mason, cos i know he is a bad ass fighter...

Sara: Where is Director Svensson? I am supposed to meet him when I was finished in engineering.

Max Brooks: He is in the XO's office with Commander Chekov.

Sara: Ok I'll just wait here then.

Max Brooks: Haven't you meet the Director yet?

Sara: No I haven't, but I have heard good things.

(Edited by Sara Blake at 10:43 pm on Mar. 31, 2003)

Perhaps we could even use this to our advantage. I will see that all comunications on the ship pass through your quarters during this mission... It'll be like a listening post for us. Especially when we leave the room to let the Cardassians talk in private. *grins*

Engineering, take the transdimensional and trans warp drives offline.

Computer, begin encrypting all data on the transdimensional and transwarp drives as well as the phase cloaking device.

Authorisation Chekov-0934-Sigma

*turns to Svensson*

Sir, this needs both CO and XO clearance codes.

OFF: I've already registered my character on the Cardassian board... It's Carlton Fairfax, as I said.

Oh, thanks for the compliment, sir. Just trying to do my best.

(Edited by Alexei Chekov at 9:36 pm on May 17, 2003)

I'll share a little secret with you captain, I am hoping that we are wrong about those few Cardassians on the planet.
I'll hate to engage us against them.
But at the same time I am also strangly looking forward to this engagement, weird eh

Admiral Rugal I sure hope you can solve this diplomatically. We are counting on you.

(Edited by Mason at 7:59 pm on June 20, 2003)

I will go before you lot and scout around to secure a safe spot!

*huw steps on to the teleporter pad and that familiar noise starts, huw disappears*

OFF: Chekov, no warp theory, complain to your prof, lol

All Hail Captain Becker.

Hip Hip

....

WHAT NOW
whats this transmission coming in.
*Mason leaves the party and heads off to docking port B to greet Major Tpolish*

*Mason turns to Nailo and offers his hand in acceptance*
Hello, I am the helms officer here and my name is Mason.

Mason escorts Tpolish to the captain's ready room and turns to Svensson.

Sir, Tpolish has urgent reports regarding admiral Rugal.

Well Mr. Tpolish speak. Speak your intelligence.

*Mason listens eagerly, and can't wait until he is relived to go back to the party*

I don't believe Mr. Tpolish, they want bring him back.

*Mason begins to scan the surrowding area for any deposits the runabout may have left behind*

Sir, I believe I can see in which direction they took him. Their warp signature is still visible.
Do you want me to commence pursuit?

I recommend that all external communication is prohibited until we find our spy.

(Edited by Mason at 2:09 am on Sep. 16, 2003)

Ok lets see what happens when I press this button.

*Mason reaches for the keyboard and attempts to access the FSS logs from Huw's personnel computer*

Ouch.
*An electrical charge gets emitted from the computer.*

What the... "Finger print not recognised"?
Ohh that's just great. As well as broken ribs I know have 3rd degree burns. This just isn't my day.

*The entire hard-drive gets short-circuited*
Huw you are cunning. Booby trapping your own computer, very clever.

*Mason scrabbles off the chair and into the turbolift*
Sick Bay!

*Mason pushes himself into the sick bay and collapses on the operating table*
Doctor. I need medical attention, Pronto.

"Good thinking, Number One, let's proceed to the office for a meeting."

Sorry sir, I just found out someone was just trying to contact me, something must be wrong with my commbadge...

Helm: "Sir, we have arrived at station Vontak Nor."

Svensson: "Good! At last! Take us out of warp and head for the station at full impulse. Are we all ready to play our parts in the plot? I don't want the Cardassians to have any suspicion whatsoever!"

"Yes, Mr. Huw, you may give him a quick tour of the general parts of the ship, if he wants it.  And I suppose that restricted access will do harm to no one.
Meanwhile, helm, lay in a course and prepare to leave this location, as soon as the admiral is on board.  Remember we are still in the Dark Passage, we will have to travel on impulse power carefully not to hit anything."

You start.

OFF: By the way, did I mention that I do Physics? It's not just a class, my entire course is just Physics.. And no warp theory yet..

Ok I am ready to go.

Mason greets the others in the transporter room.
Captain, you can trust me not to hesitate in the field of combat.

OFF: I love being an idiot!

I am willing to trade, the whereabouts of Rugal for my old job back, and i will tell you the shield codes so that you can beam him out without trouble...

Sir I am indeed here, it's a bit embarrassing to say but my head doesn't reach over this rather large back-rest on this chair. No-wonder you think I am not here, you can't see me.

*Mason takes a good look around and finds that his chair has the largest back-rest*
*Mason grins and thinks that a practical joke has been played on him, he grabs a cushion and places it on his chair*

At last I can now see you when I turn my head.

More importantly Sir, we are well within the Vendor System, I am coming out of warp and engaging the thrusters to take us within transporter range on the planet. I don't want to alarm the colonists so I'll set her beside one of their moons.

All hailing frequencies are open, Sir.

None incoming messages are being sent to us, but I am picking up radio and television singles that are being transmitted from the planet surface.

I believe they do not know we are here.
To make sure shall I intercept some of this radio singles, and decipher to what they are saying.

Ops, please set the comm grid to blck any use of a comm badge on a non essential situation. And keep listening to the surface transmissions.

Tactical, keep your eyes on those sensor readings. Should they come too close, engage cloaking.

Helm, take us as close to the moon as you can, and keep us on the dark side.

Drirector, I believe we should meet at my office to review those treaties and see if there is anything we can do to help those people down there.

*steps back and points the way to his office's door*

After you, sir.

OFF: I will create a topic for this discussion, if you don't mind, sir...

Ops: Hailing frequencies open sir.

"This is Captain Anthony Travis of the U.S.S. Phoenix. We are sent here by Starfleet on a peaceful mission, because you have helped the U.S.S. Evolution escape destruction from a Loxian attack. I think we can be helpful for each other if we work together."

hello ensgin manson my name is ensgin shermin, and i am the new Helmsman and i have been to to switch duty sifts with you by the captin

"they are gonna pay" exclaimed huw

FOR THE FEDERATION!!!
Huw runs and jumps over into the quarry, he then pushes a his comm badge, computer detonate!

while he had been off on his own he had planted various explosives around he compound, 4 large explosions shok the ground, sending an avalanche of rocks over most of the Cardassians, only 20 were left, and they were Pi**ed

COME GET ME A HOLES!

*over the comm*
Mason, get ready for a fight
dig in and get ready to ambuh

*huw runs back from where he came, to the initial first building! and gets ready to kill some people*

(Edited by Nailo Tpolish at 12:41 pm on Sep. 10, 2003)

the large sovereign class flickers for a second and then dissappears, where it was is a runabout

==^==
eep
==^==

the runabout zooms off

OFF: nebula effect, makes a holographic and sensors image of another ship

(Edited by Nailo Tpolish at 8:20 am on Sep. 15, 2003)

Computer unlock door, authorisation FSSOmegaalphaone

*door opens and huw sees Mason*

Can't a man have a sleep mason?
i locked my door so i wouldnt be disturbed...

Why do you need me?

"Thank you for your concern about my safety, Mr. Chekov, but when I took on this uniform I knew it was not without risk, and if my death is required to ensure the safety of Starfleet and the Federation, then I will not hesitate to do so!
Whatever we do now, we should not let the Cardassians know about our presence, and gather as much information as we can first."

OFF: I will talk to the Division CO of the Cardassian division, to ask them to participate in this mission too

*Walks off the bridge a little confused*

the other two are a bit too close for the rifle, huw drops his rifle and reaches for his pistol, another cardassian drops to the ground and disappears.

the last one pulls a knife on huw

huw laughs....

"bring it on..."

huw draws his katana, a 1 metre blade acid edged
(off: blades sword) the cardassian makes a clumsy strike, huw spins around with cat like grace and severs the head, he then shoots the remains with his phaser, the only thing to suggest the fight left was the stain of the cardassians blood on the ground

*over the comm*
Ensign huw to Phoenix, lock on to my coordinates and beam down in my vicinity, i have encountered no resistance so far... (off: :biggrin:)

huw then picks up his sniper phaser and begins to scan the land waiting for the reinforcements...

OFF: i am gonna be on holiday for two weeks now, i will post if i can but lets just say that huw has gone hunting

(Edited by Huw at 7:43 pm on July 20, 2003)

OFF2: I will style this Starbase 6 as an Intelligence station, working together with S31 and FSS. Intel/FSS has also Kennedy Station, and Beta Base. They will all be placed on the map.

"Mr. Tpolish, may I ask why you are taking Admiral Rugal into custody? He has been of great help cleaning out exiled Cardassians who enslaved people. But as the Federation Secret Service always claims to know everything first hand, I'm sure you already knew this sooner than we did ourselves."

*faces Nailo Tpolish and waits for an explanation*

*throws a phaser to mason*

watch this...

*grabs a small object like a tennis ball, and pulls something out*

TAKE COVER!

*the small tennis ball explodes in a holographic bush
several klingons fly out, dead*

haha

here come some more,

*huw pulls out his two hand phasers, and starts doing sumersaults in the air wiping out several klingons at a time*

come on mason

off:just say you shoot some

DIE KLINGONS!

oh wait, computer freeze program, computer give mason suitable clothing, ablative armour pattern omega 1

*mason is suddenly surrounded by thick metal armour*

GO GO GO

huw resumes firing!

Sorry for not being the eneme, I´ve been around scouting the area for a while and I think I kn ow a better was in than just run straight into the camp. Call for the rest of the crew, now.

(OFF: Sorry for the abscense, my internet just went dead. =/)

"WE, the masters of undercover and spy work, have a spy on our own ship! Just great! Suggestions, anyone?"

*Begins scanning Mason's ribs*

'Sir, I have the ship primed ready for combat, if we went into battle any minute, I'd be ready.'

*Mason turns his seat and concentrates his attention on Chekov*
'Yeah I think this breach will make them underestimate us, especially its pilot'
*Mason pulls out a big grin in his face*

*Mason looks down onto his terminal and types in the commands for a quantum torpedo launch*

'I am firing a full spread of quantum torpedoes, dispersion pattern Sigma. btw good thinking'
*Mason hears several targets in the darkness light up for one second before engulfed in the darkness once again*

'We have made several hits sir, I think it should now be safe to proceed, once the repairs are taken care off'

*Mason takes his attention to Captain Svensson*
'Svensson Sir, the damage reports are on their way'

*Mason stares into the darkness now surrounding the ship, and wonders back into the times of his childhood*

'Sir, I'm with you, the longer we spend in here the worse it is, every move we now take, is as if we are driving with the headlamps off. This place can make some people mad with fear.
*Mason takes a few deep breaths, and focuses on the flashing lights from his panel, to draw his attention away from the view screen*

OFF: thax on my promotion to Lieutenant

"Maybe it would be a better idea if we pay a visit to Vontak Nor, while we are here."

*turns to the viewscreen*

"If Admiral Rugal does not mind, of course, that we would visit his station?"

*Mason turns on the ships comm system.*

"Upon our return the USS Phoenix, we have all been a little confused, myself included.
I have been thinking and I can say that I did see the Cardassians flee, but not before they released some gas.
I do not know what the gas is but its safe to say that it is making us all confused more and more each minute, and its also safe to say that we brought it up from the planet. We are all affected.

This explains how the Cardassians where able to control the slaves. The slaves became mindless zombies. We too are at the same risk of loosing our minds.

art loo jye arg tooo asha caaaa....   I'm sorry it's already beginning to take affect.

*Mason scrabbles over to the helm*

Our only chance is if we can keep ourselves together until we reach Star Base 12.

Doctor, I want you to immediately try to find a cure or at least slow down the process, of our disease. Our lives are at your hands.

*Mason activates long range sensors and sees Star Base 12 as well as 2 Cardassian cruisers heading the opposite direction.*

Course and heading laid in.

Our Survival begins here.

Also, I'm closing this topic and opening a new one (the battle of DS12). That means the following:

The USS Phoenix is to join the Task Force Fleet that is to take DS12 back from the Romulans who captured that station. The people that are in the hearing with Montrell, are considered to be dropped off in the JAG's office, and the rest of the crew will be on the ship. Since Becker is in the JAG office, I will lead the ship a little longer, but it will be the last one before I turn over command to Becker definitely Read the new topic for further instructions

OFF: yep don't worry about the avatar, if you would need to change, you can always log in to your profile and choose another avatar

"Anyway, I want a full report on the extent of the damage. We need to make repairs as soon as possible, there's no time to lose! From what I know about the Dark Passage, it's not a good place to stay alone, and every second we linger is a second danger grows bigger. In fact, my least worry are the Cardassians detecting us, there are far greater perils in this dark area."

I am going to sleep now, *walks out of room staggering* i dont feel so good,

*manages to get to his room and walks up to replicator*
Coke on ice
*drinks then sits*

*dozez off*

And as for those hostiles, well... If that ablative armor can keep the Borg out, then we certainly have the upper hand on a battle.

You may do so if you wish. But I still like to see the captain in some private.

(OFF: That would make upp for some abscense, uh? lol)

OFF2: I am waiting to be punished!

OFF: no problem

Thank you for your comprehension, Admiral Rugal.

*turns to Travis*

Captain, should I tell the quartermaster to prepare a dinner for you and Admiral Rugal, as soon as we return?

Svensson returns to the bridge.

"Status report? What happened to those Cardassians?"

OFF: am i and the doc the only ones alive?

Welcome back sir. What will be your alias? I think you should call me Carlton Fairfax from now on... *laughs*

*sits on the XO's chair again*

OFF:In adition to posting as Carlton Fairfax, I'll use the regular commander avatar on the Cardassian board... No problems with that, I suppose...

Well Captain... It's your call. Though I am not sure the ship's power grid can be altered right now.. after the damage we suffered from the impact with the asteroid on our way here...

His lungs are fill with some sort of toxic gas.

*Injects Huw with a Hyper-spray and two nurses carry him to sickbay*

Director, if you can walk I want you to come down to sickbay as well as the rest of the bridge crew. Mr Mason, Mr Brooks and Admiral Rugal please follow me...

(Edited by Becker at 2:32 am on Aug. 26, 2003)

Ohh...Much better. Thanks Doc.

*Gets off the floor and back behind his console*

Weapons are on stand-by.