When Push Comes to Shove, part 1
Posted on Mon Sep 6th, 2010 @ 10:08am by Lieutenant JG Ronnie Wolfe & Lieutenant Commander Karma Sinclair & Lieutenant Mitchell Foster & Lieutenant Lorne Jaxara & Lieutenant JG Jerreck O'Connor & Major Leroy Mangalia & Ensign Silea Koritala & Captain James Montgomery & Lieutenant JG Nava & Lieutenant JG Aldara Rallis & Colonel Damon Raine & Ensign Daniel Daniels
Edited on on Tue Sep 28th, 2010 @ 12:56pm
971 words; about a 5 minute read
Mission:
Peace, or Something Like It
Location: Various
Timeline: Current
ON
It was Gamma shift and Ronnie Lancaster had been tasked with bridge duty. She sat in the Captain's chair, her gaze going from the main viewscreen to a scrolling list of ship's systems on a nearby console. She'd been put on bridge duty several times since the Orion limped into Typhon. She didn't mind it much, although she preferred manning the science station.
"Lieutenant, two ships approaching," the Tac officer said. "They don't seem to be any specific class ship..."
Ronnie turned to the science officer. "Scan them."
"Heavy weapons. Phasers, quantum torpedoes... They're mostly power and weapons."
"Shields up. Yellow alert," Ronnie said. "Get Commander Sinclair on the bridge."
"Aye, aye," said the tactical officer.
Lorne relieved the tactical Officer. "Shields up. Yellow alert." Jaxara noted. He nodded to the tactical officer. "Commander Sinclair. To the bridge. Like, yesterday, if you please."
It was one of her first shifts as helmsman, and Staff Warrant Officer Eve Gianni suddenly had a lump in her throat. Support craft were one thing but there were a lot more people behind and below her this time around, so there was even less room for error.
However all the work she was putting in and her listening to Kaj and all the training simulator instructors was about to pay off. Taking initiative her flingers flew out over he controls, dragging sliders, punching coordinates and a whole host of other actions.
"Changing relative position to incoming ships and presenting minimal aspect, Lieutenant Jaxara would you mind calling Ka, I mean Lieutenant Mikkola to the bridge as well? I would but I have to make sure we don't crash."
Karma was in the turbolift when he heard the call and smiled to himself. A few seconds later he stepped onto the bridge and walked to the command area. "Status report," he called out as he stopped in front of the center chair and looked at the screen.
"Two ships bearing straight for us," Ronnie said. She had returned to her place at the science station. "They are well-armed and aren't replying to hails."
"Tactical scans show weapons are hot." Jaxara noted. "Lieutenant Mikkola to the bridge, please."
"Red Alert," Karma said as he moved closer to the viewscreen. "Weapons status?" he called out without turning.
"Weapons are ready, but not necessarily armed." Jaxara said, choosing his wording carefully. After the spat with the Captain, he decided to keep it neutrally phrased.
The Red Alert woke Jerry up, and he pulled on a uniform without bothering to shave his five o' clock shadow. He grabbed his tricorder and ran up to the Turbolift, heading to the bridge. He stepped out, still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. The emotions on the ship were running high, the standard mix of Red Alert readiness and concern, some controlled fear. "Anything I can do?"
"Klaxons are not fun to wake up to," Leo said as he quickly got dressed. His boots weren't tied yet, but when a red sounded, you moved. Sprinting down the halls, he made his way to the Marine corridor, slipping past people who were scrambling for their own spots ont he ship. -^-Lieutenant Mangalia is getting the Marines ready-^- he shouted over the coms.
Jaxara poked a few buttons on the console, and read the weapons readings, a little more in-depth. "Jaxara to Security. All available personnel, to the armory. Prepare for potential boarding situations." He noted, as he decided he didn't like some of the weapons readings. "I believe that we are not especially well liked here."
By that point Kaj had made his way to the bridge and seamlessly transitioned into the conn position while Eve went back to her navigational station.
However as he was getting situated Kaj took one look at the situation in front of him and didn't like how things were shaping up.
"Uh, reccommend we put some distance between us and those two incoming ships. I dunno about the other one but that incoming Hideki is a nasty close-range combatant."
"Strange." Jaxara noted. "The Orion vessel is hanging back, while they were in the thick of weapons fire prior. Strange power readings coming off it too."
He looked over at the Science Officer by the turbolift. "You! Get over here. You know how to work scanners. I need you to analyze those energy readings."
Jerry shrugged and walked over to Science II, starting a scan without too much else on his mind. Okay, there was an Orion vessel, but he couldn't get a clear reading. The Hideki-class, though... there was a heck of a thing. "Um, I'd say we'd better get clear - though we might want to beam the people off first. If I'm not mistaken, they've got plasma weapons - without any kind of really efficient plasma containment."
~~Merc Ship~~
Tala stood at the tactical station on the Hideki ship and was heading for the Federation vessel "Weapons are ready." She said to the Captain who was sitting on the Bridge apparently fuming at the intrusion of Star Fleet "Awaiting your orders."
The Merc captain watched for a moment "Target their port side weapons array and fire." He said leaning forward to watch the effect of the weapons fire. "Fire!" Tala had realigned the targeting system and fired on the port weapons array.
(To be continued...)
Lieutenant Commander Karma Sinclair
Executive Officer
Lieutenant Jorne Jaxara
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
Lieutenant Kaj Mikkola
Chief Flight Control Officer
Lieutenant JG Jerreck O'Connor
Chief Science Officer
Lieutenant JG Ronnie Lancaster (NPC)
Assistant Chief Science Officer
1st Lieutenant Leroy Mangalia
Marine XO
Ensign Silea Koritala
Security Officer
Lieutenant JG Aldara Ralis
Chief Intelligence Officer
Staff Warrant Officer Eve Gianni (NPC)
Helm
Security NPCs:
Rianna
Ensign Daniel Daniels
Lieutenant Lire
Hideki:
Tala
Merc Captain
Red Claw:
The Caitian
R'rel
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