Making Security Rounds

Posted on Sun Feb 21st, 2021 @ 10:32pm by Captain Maia Sterling & Lieutenant Commander Sheena Toran-Blake & Commander Ryan Blake & Lieutenant Commander Havri Belbre

Mission: The Thorion Conundrum Mission Brief
Location: Near the diplomatic staff area
Timeline: 230 am

[ON]

Toda Brebruit was an expert in security and infiltration assassination and intimidation. She had suspected who Lt Angelina Brannon actually was and kept her under surveillance since before she had even arrived on the this ship. In fact part of the reason she had been assigned to this ship was to make it easier for her to find the amulet and capture her. Of course she knew that Angelina was actually or really Havri Belbre. Toda had personally assassinated her parents who were the Betazoid ambassadors to the Federation's Starfleet. She herself was a member of the Rixxian Caliphate and ancient and xenophobic sect that was millenia old. To keep her under surveillance, Toda had used a variety of tactics, tools and techniques. So far she remained undiscovered.

Lt Brannon was making her security rounds and checks like she always did when she found herself in the area of all the Diplomatic Staff. Something caused her to pause in her tracks. It was like someone was watching her but when she looked around she did not see anything. She went to a computer console. And pulled up all the communications devices on the deck she was on. Nothing showed up, so she let it go and continued her rounds as usual.

Toda had managed to disguise herself as a Saurian and thanks to her Xalesian sensor net woven into her body armor not even the scanners of the Leto could tell she was anything but background radiation or a saurian at her discretion. her armor was highly specialized chuckling even phase through solid matter if she wanted too. Her Betazoid telepathy was so finely tuned she could actually project thoughts into another's mind even a non-telepath. She was projecting a sense of dread into Havri's mind now, slight like a pin prick.

She went around a corner and was checking the weapons locker the on the wall. After she checked she listed all weapons accounted for and ready for use, the closing the hatch again she thought she saw someone. It was only a glimpse, but she felt something was there but it had no earthly thoughts was due to they had no way to allow for her to read their minds.

Toda could have killed Havri any time she wanted, but she liked toying with her prey. She had a bit of a sadistic streak. She projected a disruptor had fired and had even projected an explosion as it deliberately missed.

Angelina went down the corridor staying to the center of the corridor to allow her to not be surprised by the lift near the corner of the passage way. As she came to the corner there was a sudden flash from a disruptor. She ducked quickly and they missed. She returned fire.

"Security Alert on Deck 8", She returned fire as she came up fast. And did not give them the chance to get a second shot off. She heard others security personnel along with Marines coming up be hide Her. She directed the approach and the direction for the others. She arrived at the corner and turned around it. No one was there. They had disappeared.

Toda phased out before security arrived and disappeared. There would be another time and another place.

=/\=Bridge, this is LT Brannon, do sensors say that there are any life forms near me that do not belong to Star Fleet?=/\=

Sheena looked at Maia and then Ryan. "Um.....not sure Lt. Brannon, what is going on?" Sheena said still looking at Maia. Nodding to Ryan and mouthing, "Run the scan", Sheena reached out to see if she could sense anything.

Ryan brought up the internal sensors on his station. His initial scan showed only Angelina and the combined security/marine detail converging on the area.

Brannon replied,=/\= "I was just attacked at this location and it appears to have been a disruptor type weapon they used. I am okay, but am running an investigation into who did it and why. I have back up from other security personnel and Marines. Everything is secure right now. We are trying to see if we can track who did it now.=/\=

Ryan checked for residual traces of weapons fire and transporter activity. "Scan results are negative for intruders or transporter use in that area of the ship. Residual weapons trace is consistent with a Type Two Phaser Pistol, no trace of disruptor fire is detected."

Maia looked at Sheena.

"If they just attacked the security chief then they may have infiltrated the Leto". Maia said.

"Initiate intruder alert all decks," the captain ordered.

Brannon replied, "I have sent extra Security and Marines to the Diplomatic Area to be sure they are protected. We are investigating it now and searching in an out ward circle. Ever who did this is good and knows the lay of the ship. They either been on a ship of the same class or have access to plans of the Leto.

"The Leto is a refitted/upgraded Norway class star ship, not exactly our latest or most powerful military secret. However I would like you to work on tightening security Lieutenant." Maia replied.

Sheena looked at Maia, "I'll go. It has to be some sort of dampening field or body armor that is shielding the intruder from our sensors, and if it is after the Diplomats, God help them," she said as she headed for the turbo lift.

"It could be the ones after Lieutenant Brannon, Number One." Maia stated.

Brannon replied,"=/\= I have already increased security to 4 times the normal level Captain and have locked the Diplomatic Area down. No one but senior staff and security along with marines assigned to help security in the area that is unescorted. Also no patrols are to be solo on any part of the ship till further notice.

"I suspect that this may have been a targeted attack and possibly I was the target, I was the only on in the hallway that was present other than the intruder. I plan to be bait to try and draw this assassin out into the open. So I will be the only one able to do patrols alone till further notice. It is the only way to draw them out." Brannon said.

"We also need to fnd a way to overcome whatever technology they are using, make the detectable so we can capture them." Maia said.

I agree Captain, replied Brandon. Perhaps Engineering can come up with a way to detect them. Also I am checking on something.

It is almost like ever who it was that did not he attack. Can walk through walls. That is the only way they could have gotten away. There are no hatches, doors or any other way out but that.

"Yes exactly perhaps they have a device that can render them out of phase with normal matter. If that's the case we may be able to detect them next time. Get with Lt. Dougherty on that. She may be able to come up with a solution." Maia said.

[Deck 8]

Sheena walked up on Bannon, "Don't jump! I came to help and my background in security will be needed. There aren't to many races that can phase in and out of the normal matter. They have got to have a portable phase device in them that would enable them to walk through walls," she said, looking around.

Brandon replied, "Welcome to the chaos Commander Toran. I am planning to get Lt Dougherty here to see if Engineering can possibly identify the species that did the attack and maybe come up with a way to track them.

"Lt Dougherty to deck 8 to assist in the investigation. We need you assistance for ideas to track whoever did this attack," Bannon said.

=/\=I'm on my way=/\= said the red-haired engineer as the call came through.

"I have a feeling this attack was directed at me. And not sure he diplomatic teams here on the Leto. I plan to be the bait to draw them out of hiding," Bannon added.

"My guess? It is possible that you are the target but the Ambassadors need their security beefed up just to be sure. Then we worry about ship and crew including you!" Sheena said quickly.

Brannon replied, " I have increased security by 4 times the usual number assigned. Have 2 squads of Marines assisting as well.

I have increase the sensors to the maximum power allowed by me. Any higher needs Engineering to turn it up. Also increased the walking patrols to 3 times normal for the Diplomatic Area.

I am running the full investigation myself, and plan to keep you and Captain Sterling in the loop. I have some theories but nothing cast in stone yet.

"Understood, but I am interested in your theories as well. Can you let me hear them?", she asked Brannon.

A few minutes later, Lt. Jamie Dougherty joined them all, having left her domain in engineering. "Commander Toran, good to see you again. What's the situation? I've got a tricorder, and a bigger trace-scanner, which could help, but what happened?"

"What ever or whoever took a shot at Lt. Brannon seems to be phasing in and out of the normal time space continuum. Almost as if they could walk through the walls," Sheena explained.

"Wait, out of phase with normal matter?" Jamie asked, her eyes wide in surprise. "If that's the case, that's got to leave a trace behind...and create a small in-ship subspace field...and I'm going to need to check the phase variances to try to figure out how to detect it. Who do you think did this?" She broke her vocal train of thought, and explained a little more. "It'll help to narrow down who you think did this so we can look within a narrower range of EM fields and technological trace detection techniques."

"I'm no engineer, but that sounds exactly what I would ask for. A way to find the individual by using a phase variance scan", Sheena said.

"Well, let's start by rigging this trace-scanner to check excess particle emissions with no apparent source," Jamie said, as she tapped a few controls. "I think I remember looking through the Theta Archives of the Enterprise-D...."

"That would be Cmdr. La Forge, if I remember correctly. I think he was the one, no wait......that was Cmdr. Data who figured it out. Actually it was both.......anyon particles. It had something to do with anyon particles, " Sheena said, hoping she was right.

"Well, 'classified' is a loose term if something...happens to decode itself 'accidentally' while a search runs through an exponential quantum toroidal algorithm...." Jamie said with a wink. "Anyway, there was something in there about twenty five or thirty years ago about a Romulan ship experimenting with phase cloaks, and an Admiral...what's his name? Oh, Pressman! Starfleet was experimenting with the stuff a while back but stopped as far as I could tell. If I remember right there was something about particle emissions...and I think it was chroniton particles."

Brannon replied, "I remember hearing some things but nothing definite as far as security was concerned. Also check video feeds to see if something turned up there. We may get lucky."

Well check it out Lt. Brannon one of her security guards said.

It turned out that the video feeds had something on them but it was out of phase and scrambled.

"Something was definitely there Lieutenant. We will get a better handle on it next time it happens now that we know what we are looking for." The security tech said.

Brannon replied, "I agree, there had to be a way to track and detect this assassin. We need to be sure to stop them any way we can."

[End]

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A post by:

Cmdr Maia A. Sterling
Commanding Officer

Lt Cmdr Sheena Toran
Executive Officer

Lt Angelique Brannon
Chief Security Officer

Lt Jamie Doherty
Chief Engineering Officer

Lt Ryan Blake
Cheif of Strategic Operations

Lt JG Jason Barton
Helsman

Lt Kasey Tanger
Chief Diplomatic Officer