Star Trek: A Call To Duty

Arcadia Station 
 SB-101
 SD 10708.27

Starring:

Theresa Wilson		as	[CO] Commander Tessa Rezoph Jakiel, Station Commander

Kyle Wilson		as	[FCO] Lieutenant Ryushi, Chief of Vehicular Operations

Julie Leger		as	[CEO] Lieutenant Karri Lynn Spanner, Chief Engineer

Gina Hembrook		as	[CTO] Ensign Brianna Murphy, Station Constable 

Christina Doane		as	[CIV] Commander Paige Juliet Harker, Political advisor

Absent:

Reuben Wilson		as	[OPS] Commander Scott Johann Madson, Operations Officer

Gregg Kleiner		as	[CSO] Christopher Halliwell, Chief Science Officer

Einar Sigurdsson		as	[XO] Commander Jonathan Rome, First Officer

Jean-Pierre		as	[TO] Ensign Jorn Thalataar, Deputy
Directed by:
……D.L. Eubena, SM

INFO: 5 minutes ago, the station had been overrun by shapeshifting creatures that had been brought aboard as cargo from a century-old lost Starfleet vessel called the USS Tillman...
...Station security reacted quickly, and professionally, resulting in the capture of the creatures, two of them to be exact, both surrounded by forcefields, and nowhere else to go. Station infirmary report a few dozen casualties, four of which resulted in fatalities...

-=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=- Begin Mission: "The Infinite Twelve – Part III" -=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=-

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::at the operations station, standing behind and looking over her nephew's shoulder at some of the reports coming in::

CEO Lt Spanner
:: stands in main engineering ::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CTO*: I see the creatures aren't moving too far on scans.  Have they been cornered yet?

CTO LtJG Murphy
*Tacwide*: All Tactical personnel, report to the nearest armory. Draw IMD's and Photon Grenades. Close combat weapons restrictions are hereby rescinded until further notice. SRU: Once you gear up report to OPS and protect the Senior Staff and OPS. Alpha: Alpha shift, report to the docking areas and protect the ships until they leave.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::pauses just outside the barrier beyond which the goo is located listening to the CTO's message...::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CEO*: Can we strengthen the forcefields?

CTO LtJG Murphy
*Tacwide*: Beta and Gamma: Beta and Gamma shifts, split up by section and secure each deck until all personnel have been evacuated, then fall back to the docking areas. Murphy out.

ACTION: Reports come flying in to the CO's station from security and other eyewitnesses that the creatures trapped in their respective forcefields are starting to lose composition, and seem like they are melting and evaporating.

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO*:  Working on that now Captain.  Trying to recalibrate.

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Walks to the nearest armory and trades in her Phaser rifle for an Isomagnetic Disintegrator and a bag full of grenades::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CIV*: Paige, I'm hearing reports of those creatures losing cohesion?  Your position looks very near one.  What do you see?

CIV Cmdr Harker
::turns to her team:: Alpha and Beta: You heard the Lady lets move...

CTO LtJG Murphy
*CO*: I can't speak to that, Sir. It's still pretty much pandemonium down here.

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Wait one. ::turns back and pulls out a set of binocs to get a good sight at one down the hall....

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Well I best get some medical or science guys on this....

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Appears that  the entity is shrinking into a steaming, golf ball sized orb...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::waits impatiently, wanting more scientific scans and moves over to science to look at the bioscans there, listens to Paige::  *CIV*:  Why is that?  What do you see happening?  Call in medical.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::waves her team again to get suited and has them bring her back gear...::

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Moves out with her teams to cover the docking bays::

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Its getting hard to see steam is filling the force field....

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::considers comming Quon to use his science knowledge::  *CIV*: What do your scans show?  Is it dead or breaking up?

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Scanning...

ACTION: Both creatures form into tiny orbs, both solidifying. Five seconds later, a report comes in that one of the orbs cracked, the pieces melting and disappearing. The other orb, the one near Harker, is starting to grow slowly.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CEO*: Have you seen the scans on these creatures?  I was wondering if a shuttle could be rigged to hold the creatures in a forcefield there to observe safely?

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:They bits of DNA. Like some kind of embryo sacs. ::thinks to self "thats not good":: The outer shell is composed of solid carbon molecules....And this ones getting bigger...::she says the last as she looks up again...::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Quickly gets re-geared as her teams return with her newly issued equipment.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::groans::  *CIV*:  That almost sounds like some kind of egg.  Can you get scans to see if there is more than embryo in that orb?

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO* There is a possibility that it could work.  I'll check on it.

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*: I can try::fiddles with tricorder settings,::This isn't really my field...

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Rolls up on the CIV's position as her people move past to their stations::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CIV*:  I know it isn't.  Rome is trying to get science to you, but most were evacuated.

CEO Lt Spanner
Ens Dalton:  Take those scans and see if we can safely monitor those creatures from a shuttle.

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:I understand, doin' my best...

<Ens Dalton> CEO:  Aye Sir, I'm on it.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: I say we cook the buggers now, while we got a chance.

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Its getting bigger, definitely some kind of fetal conception, can we get it back it its tube?

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CEO*:  Good.  Talk to Ryushi about how to set that up and then get back to me.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Continues scanning glancing up every so often to confirm visually.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CIV*: Is its size less than the original container?  I'll talk to Ryushi about getting a lock onto it.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Her face takes on a surprised look before slamming down into a professional mask::*CO*:Sir, you're not going to believe this but DNA appears mostly human...

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Keeps the "egg" covered as she stands right next to the forcefield::

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Trying to get percentages now....

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO* I think we can do it Captain.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Hey top kick, ::gives bullet point of what’s been happening...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::comes up behind Ryushi::  FCO: Have you been listening... ::stops as she hears Paige::  *CIV*:  Human?  That's impossible...  ::starts to think about what she read and what Yost had said::  See if the computer can match that DNA to a person.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: An even better reason to blast it while we got the chance. ::eyes empty of emotion or pity as she watches the "egg", voice totally emotionless and cold::

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Yes I know, try telling it that...no dice we need better equipment to know more...

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:Can we get it back to its container?

CTO LtJG Murphy
::SRU arrives in OPS to secure the area, other Tactical personnel begin arriving on every level to secure them, armed to the teeth::

CIV Cmdr Harker
*CO*:The non human part is totally unknown, this could be very dangerous...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CEO*: Good to hear that.  Have some of the lab equipment brought onto the shuttle as quickly as you can.  Work with medical.  Then I'll have Ryushi fly it out.

FCO Lt Ryushi
CO: Ma'am?

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Glances at CTO while talking to the CO.::

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Shakes her head in disbelief::

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO* Aye Sir.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
FCO:  Get a lock on the orb.  Use the scans the CIV just got and see if you can first transport the orb back into the cryogen container.

ACTION: The black, now baseball sized orb, starts to glow a dull, pulsing orange-red, and the shell becomes transparent, showing a tiny little human-like baby floating inside.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Sending scans to the CO as fast as she can take them...::

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Brings her weapon to full power and takes a firing stance:: CIV: You might want to back up a bit, these things can be a bit wicked at close range.

CEO Lt Spanner
:: heads to the shuttle bay to do some work on the shuttle to get it ready.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::glances at the scans::  FCO:  We've got to hurry.  ::comms medical to have them make sure the cryogen container is externally aerated::

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Best hold until we get clearance or it starts to bust the field...

FCO Lt Ryushi
::jumps on an Operations console and brings up the transporters:: CO: Aye...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
FCO:  Transport as soon as you can....  *CEO*:  Let me know when the shuttle is ready.  We're trying to transport the orbal fetus now.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: You saw what happened the last time we waited around for Command to give us clearance... ::still cold and emotionless, as her weapon holds unwavering on the target::

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Point, but lets see if this plan works first eh?

FCO Lt Ryushi
::grabs a lock on the orb and targets the cryogenic container::  CO: Energizing.  ::activates the transporters::

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: So we can let loose an even worse beastie? Lovely.

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO*:  Will do Captain.  It should only take a more minutes.

ACTION: The orb is transported back inside its original cryogen unit in the science lab with all the other cryogens.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::breathes a sigh of relief and watches the reports anxiously::  *Infirmary*: Get a medical team to the cryogen unit and monitor it.  We may have some sort of new life.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Not sure what to say to the CTO, simply shrugs, shifting the phaser rifle in her hands...::

CEO Lt Spanner
:: watches as the team of engineers and doctors finish up the shuttle ::

CTO LtJG Murphy
*Tacwide*: All Tactical personnel except SRU, start a compartment-by-compartment sweep and clear of the station. Section Leaders, report as you clear each deck. SRU. hold your position and secure OPS.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::puts a hand on Ryushi's shoulder:: FCO:  Good work.  Can you autopilot that shuttle out a ways from the station once we get the unit transported on the shuttle?

FCO Lt Ryushi
::working furiously at the console::  CO: I'm setting up a containment field around the cryogen units.

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Tactical section leaders and SRU confirm receipt of orders and start moving out::

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Shall we go make sure its behaving?

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Is trying to get the picture of the human looking fetus out of her head.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
FCO: Keep in communications contact with engineering. They're readying the shuttle.  I'm going to the science lab.  Keep me updated.

<Ens Dalton> CEO: Sir, I think we have the modifications finished.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CIV/CTO*:  Meet me at the science labs.

FCO Lt Ryushi
CO:  You mean, can I control the shuttle from here?  Yes, but I'll need to make a quick modification to the shuttle's navigation array before it launches.

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Looks at the CIV, eyes still cold, speaks with a voice totally free of any emotion:: CIV: It's not the critter you ought to be worrying about behaving. ::Starts for the nearest TL::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::stops as she heads for the turbolift::  FCO:  Excellent.  Let me know when everything is ready.

CEO Lt Spanner
Ens Dalton:  Good job Dalton.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::enters the turbolift and directs it to the science floor::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Walks with the CTO, having been a CTO and having lost friends just says.::CTO: You here? ::meaning her mind on the job::

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: No place else...

CTO LtJG Murphy
TL: Microbiology labs.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Nods.:: CTO: Good just don't let it eat you. ::Her eyes grow haunted for a moment just before a mask slips into place...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::exits off the lift and hurries to the science lab, walking through the doors and careful to stay a little from the forcefield, takes a medical tricorder from Trillian and sees how agitated her tail is moving::

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO* Sir, we have it ready.

FCO Lt Ryushi
CO: Aye.  ::gets up from his console and snags a junior officer on his way to the TL opposite the captain's:: Ensign - You have Ops until I or another senior officer returns.  You heard the Captain's orders, keep communication with engineering.  ::jumps in a TL:: TL: Main Shuttlebay Floor.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::And she leaves it at that, knowing if the CTO wants to talk she will. Goes back to checking her gear.::

CTO LtJG Murphy
CIV: No worries... I plan on eating it first, and maybe a few others, first. Someone is going to answer for this bloody abortion.

FCO Lt Ryushi
*CEO*: Can we delay that shuttle for a moment?  There is a modification I need to make to its navigational array.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::nods as they leave the TL, sharing a grim look with the CTO.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*CEO*:  Good.  Be ready to transport it on my command.  *FCO*:  How is your end coming?

CEO Lt Spanner
*CO* Aye Sir.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::scans the little life inside the unit::

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Stomps down the hall in full battle gear, IMD at the ready, heading into the microbiology lab, training her weapon on the stasis units::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Knows how easy it is for this job to eat away at you until there's nothing left, keeps her thoughts to herself however, not sure how welcomed they'd be...::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::follows.:: CO: So what do we have Sir.?

FCO Lt Ryushi
::exits the TL on the shuttlebay floor in Spacedock::  *CO*: I am entering the shuttlebay now.  The modification should take no longer than five minutes.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::shakes her head, distracted by the data on the tricorder::  CIV:  I'm not sure.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
But I think this is what Yost was telling me.  He wanted to turn me into...  ::points at the cryogen unit::  ...that I believe.  When he attacked me.

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Covers the containers with her IMD, ready to fire, and listens to her teams as they continue the sweep and clear operation deck-by-deck and compartment-by-compartment::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
Trillian:  Is the unit operating normally?  All:  It's dying!

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: Let it die.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::'touches' the little life inside, trying to let it know it is not alone::

FCO Lt Ryushi
::approaches the shuttle and nods to the engineer:: CEO: Lieutenant.  ::slides underneath the front of the shuttle and pops open a hatch on the bottom, reaching inside::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::torn between old CTO instincts and current concerns hesitates not like her at all...::

<Trillian> CO: The unit is working fine.  I don't know why it's life signs are wavering.  ::stretches to get a better look visually and twitches one ear back::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::cursing mentally herself goes to a panel and starts scanning.::

ACTION: The orb shrinks, and is melting into a liquid, while some of the solid sublimates directly into harmless gas, like before when trapped in the forcefield.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: Its doing it on its own and no I don't know why...

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Continues to watch the stasis unit, weapon ready, listening to her teams as they work::

FCO Lt Ryushi
::moves five data data chips into different slots, rechecks his work, and then slides out, briefly:: CEO: Spanner, would you join me, please?  ::slides quickly back underneath the shuttle::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
CTO: No.  We are committed to new lives and civilizations.  What if that creature was a mother?  And it was scared?  No, we couldn't let it run berserk but confinement seems to have worked.  ::turns to Paige::  CIV: We can't let it loose.  It was growing at a fantastic rate.  *FCO*:  Is that shuttle ready?

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: We might be able to raise the temp in the cryounit but keep it locked...

FCO Lt Ryushi
*CO*: Two minutes more, and it will be.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::nods:: CIV: Try it, but slowly.  Observe what happens.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*FCO*:  Let me know the instant it is ready and get that shuttle out into space.

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Nods back and slowly so as to observe results raising the temp. she knows that if it gets loose the CTO will waste it...

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Shakes her head in disbelief, but stays silent. She knows there is a better way... and the JAG office will be more than willing to listen, even if nobody else here is::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::feels extremely anxious and impatient and then holds very still as she 'listens' to the cry::  CIV/CTO:  It's asking for help...and to be released.  It's the unit I think.  Maybe the confinement.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: Releasing it would be a bad idea, we lost 4 people the last time this thing got loose..

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: Fine, I'll get a better shot in the open anyway...

CEO Lt Spanner
:: walks over to the FCO ::  FCO:  Sorry, I had to grab my tool belt.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::nods and says quietly:: CIV:  I know we can't release it here.  ::doesn't look at Murphy::  CTO:  If you could feel what I do of the being...you could not easily take its life.  But I will not let it loose to harm others, either.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: What else is it saying?::Still monitoring the temp. rise, plan is to stop at 98.6 F.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::the mother in her struggles terribly::  CIV: It just keeps crying for me to help it...

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: With all due respect to your 3 pips, Sir, if you felt what my people did you wouldn't hesitate a second.

FCO Lt Ryushi
CEO: Quickly... I've modified the navigational array on this shuttle so that it will accept a remote signal from Spacedock Control, and it can be piloted remotely.  ::shows her the modifications he made:: We're only going to have one chance at this, so I want to be sure it's right - Your thoughts?

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: Can you figure out its mental age, anything on the brain scans?::trying to get Tessa to focus on the job.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
CTO:  Do you think I can't?  With you so close?  ::now does look at Brianna::

CEO Lt Spanner
:: takes the padd with the modifications ::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::taps her badge::  *FCO*:  Is it ready yet?  ::can hardly abide the cries for help from the little life::

ACTION: The orb has completely melted into a dark, tar-like glob of goo no larger than a human fist.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: No Sir, I meant as that thing tore them apart at the seams. ::totally cold and empty look:: Your first duty is to protect your crew, and then your station. Everything else is secondary.

CEO Lt Spanner
FCO:  It looks good.

FCO Lt Ryushi
::hears the CO's distressed voice and shoves the panel back into place and pulls the CEO out from under the shuttle with him:: CEO: Good.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: Sir we have a problem...

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::breathes deeply, Paige's mental support helping her::  CIV: I would say very young.  Some species mature quickly...are born walking.

FCO Lt Ryushi
*CO*: Yes, it's ready.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*FCO*: Get the shuttle out in space...

FCO Lt Ryushi
Computer: Computer, initiate site to site transport, Lieutenant Ryushi, beam me to Tiers C, Spacedock Control.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*FCO*: And then transport the life only into the shuttle.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO: We've lost it, the temp. raising didn't help....

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::closes her eyes already sensing the loss of the awareness and knowing what it meant::  CIV:  Too late.

CTO LtJG Murphy
::Finally lowers her weapon and stands easy, but still alert and ready::

FCO Lt Ryushi
::materializes in Spacedock Control and grabs a console, remotely lifting the shuttle off the floor of the Spacedock and piloting it at full impulse through the still half-open Spacedock doors::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::conflicted she stands there, confirming the scans with one more check.::

CEO Lt Spanner
:: heads back to main engineering ::

CIV Cmdr Harker
::Glances at Tessa, a look in her eyes was confusion. It killed four people but it was life so conflicting training was evidence in her eyes before she closed down again.::

FCO Lt Ryushi
::brings up the transporters:: Self: Life, life... no biosign...?  ::slaps his commbadge:: *CO*: Sir, there's no lifesign in the cryogen container, I can't lock on to anything.  The shuttle is hovering outside the station, we're ready.

CO Cmdr Jakiel
::shakes her head::  CIV: Why?  Why bring it here?  Did they know what it was?  ::starts to feel angry at Yost::  CTO/CIV:  I think it's time to have another talk with that admiral!

CIV Cmdr Harker
CO/CTO: Yes Ma'am.. ::This time her eyes are clear as she looks at the CTO.::

CO Cmdr Jakiel
*FCO*:  The alien has deceased.  But keep the shuttle hovering.  I may have the other cryogen units beamed aboard.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: That would be a start... but it's not going to end there, Commander.

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Lets good cop bad cop the good admiral...

CIV Cmdr Harker
CTO: Shall we? ::Grim smile on her face..::

FCO Lt Ryushi
*CO*: Aye, sir... we won't fit all the cryogen units on the shuttle, sir.  We'll need a runabout or workbee.  Or, of course, another starship.

CTO LtJG Murphy
CO: Be advised, as soon as the station is back in operation I'm filing a report with the JAG office charging you with gross negligence and derilection of duty, directly resulting in the damage to this station, the death of 4 officers, and numerous Starfleet and civilian casualties. I suggest you get a good legal representative, you'll need one.

-=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=- PAUSE MISSION -=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=-

Star Trek: A Call To Duty – Arcadia Station, SB-101
    
    Original Air Date: 27th August 2007
    Executive Producer: D.L. Eubena
    Copyright 2007: A Call To Duty
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