Damage Control Team PT 2
Posted on Thu Jul 21st, 2022 @ 11:04pm by Captain Maia Sterling & Lieutenant Steve O'Carroll & Lieutenant Commander Sheena Toran-Blake & Lieutenant Commander Robert Hendon & Lieutenant Commander Havri Belbre & Lieutenant Commander Rick Gibbs & Lieutenant T'Plana-hath
Mission:
Shore Leave
Location: USS Rutledge
Timeline: 239507.01
-Main Hanger Bay-
Robert rushed in brandishing his medical tricorder. Like a flailing tree branch in a high wind. The injuries were quite nasty. From deep slashes to severed limbs. Not all of the missing body parts had arrived with their owner. So once the blood was stemmed new ones would have to be stitched back on.
“ Whatever was used to cut off this arm. Looks like it was dipped in some kind of Anticoagulant. If it’s not enough to make the patient bleed out, on losing a limb. They have to bleed out because their blood won’t clot!” He fumed
The butchers' bill was going to be a messy one.
---------SS Rutledge ----------
The away team materialized on Rutledge's deck 12 near the engineering section. the first thing they noticed was blood on the way and a severed arm on the ground.
"Definitely a fight here. Watch how and where you step. With blood everywhere and body parts......" Sheena gave a shutter as something crawled down her spine......danger? Pushing the feeling away, she led her team into the engineering section. It was a bloody mess. Bodies were strewn around like rag dolls. Both Human and what looked like Orions with others were too badly destroyed to determine who they were. Looking at the new chief,
"Quinn, take a look and see just how bad and how long to repair," Sheena said.
Reagan almost didn't hear the XO at first, taken aback by the scene laid in front of them. Flashbacks of her last mission ran through her mind, there had blood everywhere there too...her blood. Hearing her own name finally shook RJ out of her head. "On it," she replied, pushing past some of the bodies to access one of the main consoles.
"It's not great," Quinn replied a few minutes later. "Warp drive and shields are down, impulse engines are offline and the main deflector, while operational, has taken heavy damage. We're looking at eighteen hours worth of work, with two full shifts of engineers and that's pushing it."
"18 hours? Jumping buckshot! Well, let's get to it then. Someone gotta tell the captain...." Sheena said, not happy but glad Quinn was here. Her reputation preceded her in an excellent manner.
=/\= Toran to Sterling=/\= We have a mess here. We are looking at 18 hours double shifts to repair the Rutledge. Warp, impulse, and shields are down, the deflector dish is workable but needs work=/\= Sheena said.
"Very well, I have Mr. Tanger interviewing some of our guests to find out what happened. keep your eyes out for trouble, Sterling out."
There was a ruckus around the bend and you heard footsteps marching towards you. Suddenly you see a pair of walking playing cards the 3 of diamonds and the 5 of hearts. They are armed with cutlasses and were in a very intense argument.
"I don't care what Jack says we shouldn't have started hacking the crew, that was wrong, the three said to the five." when they noticed the away team they started charging them.
T'Plana-hath raised her hand phaser and fired at the two figures charging the party. She did not have time to deal with these lackeys. She needed to find the V'Shar courier and the information he carried and hoped he had not been dispatched by these idiots.
The cards were stunned and floated down to the deck as a playing card would.
Both of the playing Orion faces.
T'Plana-hath raised her left eyebrow and remarked "Most intriguing. I did not expect that result." She then began scanning the "Orion" playing face cards.
/~/Scan indicates a synthetic life form, both biological and mechanical with a processing system similar to a bio-neural gel pack. Also noted is a programming language similar to what has been discovered on Omicron Delta. The material the cards are made from is emitting a low-level dampening field\~\
Belbre fired as well. She then hit her communications badge. =/\= All Security Teams, it appears the Orions are using some kind of anthropomorphic playing cards on the Rutledge to attack people. Transporter room one, transport these two straight to the brig. I want to interrogate them when I get back. =/\= She removed their weapons and soon they were gone.
=/\= Sorry Commander we cannot get a lock on anything but you and the away team=/\= The transporter chief replied.
=/\= Can you lock onto the transport lock I put on this one chief=/\= Replied Belbre.
T'Plana-hath gave a very unVulcan-like curse when she saw the scan. Is it possible that Captain Arwella and the Eau de Nil had actually accomplished their goal of using Omicron Delta technology? How did they get their hands on it? Was it possible they also got their hands on the 'Borg Orion as rumors, had it?"
=/\=I can lock onto the comm badge, Commander=/\=
the transporter chief said.
=/\= Transport directly to the Brig. I will interrogate you when I return. Replied Belbre
=/\= Transporting now, Commander=/\=
Both cards vanished in the sparkle of a transporter beam.
--------------------Engineering room USS Rutledge--------
The one-eyed jack was angry just as he was creating fear and mayhem the biologicals all disappeared so he went to engineering to sabotage the warp core. He had a platoon of diamonds and hearts with him the hearts with pikes and the diamonds with cutlasses. He specifically was in the midst of destroying the anti-matter containment system.
The alarm went off.
"Anti-matter containment system damaged, Warp core breach in 6 minutes." the computer warned.
The klaxons suddenly went off. Screaming its warning.
T'Plana-hath the klaxons suddenly go off. She did a quick calculation in her head, she needed to get to the bridge and accesses the ship's computer, to verify if the V'Shar agent was indeed had been on this ship, and if so if they had been sent over to the USS Leto, was still on board the SS Rutledge, either alive or dead.
The Computer shouted its warning: "WARP CORE BREACH IN 5 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.
"Fek'lar!" Sheena exclaimed in perfect Klingon. "All Away team members emergency beam out... A core breach in 5 minutes!" she hollered into her com badge.
T'Plana-hath raised her left eyebrow, well guess I will have to attempt a remote download. With that in mind, she quickly found a computer access port terminal, shoved a Starfleet Intelligence override stick in, and ordered a complete download of the computer core. She then entered one last command, prior to the one-minute warp core breach the computer core was to eject from the ship.
[Tag] ALL, Damage control party
=/\= Leto to Away Team, We are reading a warp core breach in progress you have two minutes to get back =/\= Maia's voice said.
=/\=Sheena to Leto emergency beam out NOW!!!=/\= Sheena yelled. Waiting on the familiar sensation on the transporter beam, her mind went back to the feeling she had earlier. There was something back there and she felt it.
I know what you mean Commander but we need to leave now. Emergency Beam out all remaining members of the away team. We need time for the Leto to get a safe distance away before the warp core breaches. Report all personnel back on the Leto. to the CO.
WARP CORE BREACH 4 MINUTES 30 SECONDS.
=/\=Commander there is a dampening field in effect, we are having trouble locking=/\= The transporter chief said.
"Damn it! Locate it!" Sheena said as she pulled her phaser. Something was here with them and she could feel it. Anger was what she felt and it was strong.
WARP CORE BREACH 4 MINUTES.
All Security Teams went back to the Leto, Belbre stayed till the last one. She was required to do so when the XO was in danger. She stayed close to the XO. Belbre sets up a quick transporter enhancer field. "Transporter room lock on and beam out now."
As the transporter energized, Sheena saw Belbre next to her as they dematerialized. However, before they left, Sheena swore she saw a playing card laughing at her. "What the hell...." and they were gone.
----------------USS Leto--------------------
Once the entire damage control team was safely back aboard, Captain Sterling ordered the Leto to set a course for Omicron Delta and engage at warp 6, they put 300 Million kilometers between themselves and the Rutledge before it exploded.
[END]
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A post by:
Captain Maia A. Sterling
Commanding Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lt Jg Steve O'Carroll
Asst. Chief of Operations
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
LCMD Havri Belbre
Chief of Security
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant JG Rick Gibbs
Assistant Chief Security/Tactical Officer
USS Leto, NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Commander Dr. Robert Hendon
Chief Medical Officer
USS Leto, NCC-80916
&
LTJG Reagan Quinn
Engineer
USS Leto, NCC-80916
&
Lt. Cmdr. Sheena Toran
Executive Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant JG T'Plana-hath
Intelligence Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
