Arcadia Mission 11007.05
He Was But A Stranger To Himself: Episode 8

starring

Christina Doane as SC Captain Paige Juliet Harker 
Jeffrey G. Brown as XO Commander Kraight 
Gina Hembrook as CTO Lieutenant Commander Brianna Murphy 
Karriaunna Scotti as CNS Commander Azhure Powers 
Christopher Dickinson as CSEC Commander Billy Bob Powers, Jr.
Bruce Oriani as CSO Lieutenant Commander Trikk Starr
Mitch Travis as CO Captain Sulek

with

Keith LaHue, Ship Manager

Last time on Arcadia: The plot thickens, as it is discovered that yet another crew member may be involved... one Mister Darwin.

=/\==/\=  BEGIN Arcadia Mission 11007.05 : He Was But A Stranger To Himself =/\==/\= 
=/\==/\=  Episode 8  =/\==/\= 

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ :: on bridge ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: in Science Lab 2, working on recovering the contents of the data module ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Walks into the first of the 3 bars with her SRU team behind her, looking for the owner ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Walks up to the bar, phaser rifle slung at her back ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Shuts down what he was doing before and asks the computer for the current location of Crewman Darwin ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
# :: looks up as the CTO walks in :: CTO:  That gun ain't exactly something we look fondly on in this establishment.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: Captain, the computer reads him in his quarters.  I'm heading there now.  :: Rallies a quick security team, armed with side arms ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*: Be careful if he set up some kind of trap or dead man's switch...
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Sorry mate, occupational hazard. I'm on duty and looking for a bit of information to help with an official Starfleet investigation.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: How goes the research?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Sends orders to CSO to help check again for dangerous trace elements and why she needs it. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: while the science team finishes the last of examinations and analysis, turns his attention to finding the destination of the communications ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: hears the computer beep and looks up to read orders from Harker ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: Starr to Harker
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ CO: Slowly, sir. The erasure subroutine was very thorough. I am attempting a positron resonance scan now.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Mostly private folk here.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*:Harker here.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Understood.  I am requesting that science also run analysis of the knife to see if it has any psychological effect on the more sensitive of us.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: I told you it would take about 2 weeks to analyze all the stuff confiscated from Nixon, so we did it for you in 3 1/2 days
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: I'm lookin' fer information on two of the locals. They had a house across town there. They was impersonating Starfleet officers, only Starfleet never heard of 'em. They're connected to the bombings here and elsewhere. Twould be a great service to help track down their mates.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Blinks :: *CSO*: Well done and I look forward to the report but right now we could use your help in making sure Darwin doesn't have a dead man's switch or some other trap set for us...
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: I'll put one of the senior science officers on it at once, Captain.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Ponders if it would be best to enter the crewman's quarters or not, and decides on a more direct route ::  *OPS*: Station Operations, lock onto Crewman Darwin and beam him site-to-site directly to the Brig.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Those folks...a bid odd for Starfleet...kept to themselves if its the two you're talking about.  Now that you mention it, I did think they was odd for Starfleet-types
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Understood.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: returns to his analysis of the data module ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: You is welcome to check if they talked to anyone else...other than drink orders, I got very little from them.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<Duty_Ops Franklin>*Powers*: Acknowledged Sir. Beaming now. :: Attempts to do so.... ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Aye... and we found a cave outside of town where they were making tricobalt bombs... more than a dozen of them. Fortunately we got rid of them. Nasty buggers those. I'm sure ye'd be glad to see no more of those about, eh?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: talking as he's scanning from "surprises": *SC*:They are all phasers, phaser rifles, grenade types, and  another bomb, all using the tricobalt as it's energy source.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Tricobalt?  I seen that stuff used on a mining colony I once worked on...leveled entire mountains.

ACTION: The second of the two Lyran ships stranded in this galaxy joins and communicates with the first; nothing out of the ordinary.

Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: That confirms what the Q found on the colony, another link in the chain. I'm having their data forwarded to you but apparently they found a stockpile of the stuff...
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Aye, and besides the ones they set off here, they took out 3 decks on Starbase 101, so ye can see I've a powerful need to lay me hands on any of their mates. Do ye know of anyone you saw them meet regularly or talk too?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: looks concernedly at a report on a screen as she mulls over the CSO's words and waits for a report from Powers. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: It's very unstable stuff if not handled properly. Suggest that they do not touch it, the slightest wrong move and we'll need a big sponge, if you catch my meaning
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Tactical reports the two other Lyran ships and Harker nods, telling him to keep alert. ::

ACTION: Darwin is beamed to the brig, and arrives in rough shape: sweating profusely, looking confused.

Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Acknowledged, I'll be sure to pass that along. Anything else of note?
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Nah..always to 'em selves...cept that one time.  They met with another guy.  He did look like official Starfleet though.  That was it.  Those two always in the uniform but no markings...this guy had  a pip an' an everything.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Motions for his security personnel to cover him, and lowers the forcefield so there's nothing between them ::  Darwin: Are you well, Crewman?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: Yea..watch your six.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
Nani: Get to his quarters.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: I'll remember that, anything of note on sensors? Trace elements?
Host SM_Keith says:
<Darwin> :: shakes a bit, and  it looks like he's trying to bite down on something ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_LtJG_Nani> :: Nods, and takes two additional security persons with her as he departs the Brig ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Could ye describe him? Is he still here?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Notes the man's jaw working furiously, raises his sidearm, and fires on stun ::
Host SM_Keith says:
<Darwin> :: collapses ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: checks the readings on the positron scan, then checks them again ::  *CO*: Kraight to Sulek. 
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
Min: Min, check his mouth.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<Duty_Ops Franklin>SC: Ma'am, Ensign Darwin has been successfully beamed to the Brig.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<Sec_PO_Min> :: Tries not to sigh as he holsters his side arm and reaches down for Darwin's mouth to pry it open ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: A distracted nod from the SC was the ops officers reply. ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Nah...he was here maybe two hours.  Tall skinny sort.  Dark hair and eyes.  Just one pip.  Sweaty...and lookin around at every one that entered.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Pulls out her PADD and starts making notes ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO:  You know rail thin...big feet and very strong Adam's apple...one of those that you see like in the toonies
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: tries not to pace as the CSO conducts his checks and Powers handles the prisoner. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_PO_Min> :: Holds up a mysterious packet ::  CSec: Sir.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
@Bobby: Right, thanks mate. :: makes the final notes to get the full description ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*:Harker to Powers: Report.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@*Kraight*: Sulek here.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
Min: Get him secured, and run a scan on that.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: I'm not detecting any "surprises" on Darwin. However, he did have all the necessary clearances to shut down the sensors for the time the tricobalt came on board.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Captain, the positron resonance scan is yielding some results. I have decrypted a communications log that lists several subspace transmissions to Earth. Unfortunately, there are no planetside coordinates given.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: Crewman Darwin is in custody.  He was stunned before he was able to eat some mysterious packet.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Do you have possibly a general area?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: What 8-up knucklehead gave that boy that kind of clearance?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Right it's possible we found our missing link regarding that then though we'll need concrete evidence.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Hey if it weren't fo' the boredom of the place...I'd have nothing to talk about.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Please continue your research, thats one of the many things I'd like to find out and again well done. Harker out.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#*CO*: Captain... seems those two goons kept mostly to themselves down here, but the locals say they did meet a bona fide Starfleet officer, a mousy little monopip with a goofy look, sweats a lot, and always nervous. I'm trying to make up a composite sketch now.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Tells duty officer she is going to the brig. ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: No, sir. I'll continue to scan; there are still several kiloquads of data that might be recovered. Kraight out.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*: I'm on my way down. Harker out.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Yer a credit to yer profession, mate. Someone needs to keep the bar clean and the ale cold. Once we sort this muddle out I might be back in an unofficial capacity. :: smirks ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Murphy*: Send a notice of the description to Arcadia...See if it rings any bells.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: Understood.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Works on her PADD and then shows the composite sketch to Bobby for approval ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#*CO*: Will do ASAP Sir.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Steps into the TL and heads for the Brig. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_LtJG_Nani> :: Arrives at Darwin's quarters and enters the security override to open the door ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Wait...I just remembered...he was here twice...the first time though he brought his gal pal.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Right then... let's get a sketch of her too then.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<Duty_Officer_McWilliams> :: Takes command of ops and deals with routine reports. ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Starfleet...one pip.  Short brown hair...sorta roundish face.  Nothing special to write home about.  Maybe 5'6 or little shorter.  She wasn't a date though.  It was like she was introducing the skinny guy to the other two.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Pulls up the profile of the female homicide bomber on the station :: Bobby: This her mate? :: shows him the picture ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Enters the brig, sees Darwin on the floor and looks at Powers questioningly. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
Powers: What happened? And has medical been called?
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Yep that's her...the one skinny guy called her Mary...or somethin'.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Kraight to Sulek. 
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#*CO*: Captain, the monopip the local was describing was associated with our bomber Nixon... he says they were involved personally. They were here together.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
SC: He appeared to be chewing on something, so I stunned him.  Petty Officer Min recovered a packet of something from his mouth, which he is now analyzing.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: They always sat there in the corner..in the shadows, leanin' in real close
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
Powers: attempted suicide.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Sulek here.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: calls a medical officer to check out Darwin, a MO responds she is on her way. ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Two new pieces of information have been recovered from the data module, sir. First, I have found the name of a Lyran, though I cannot put in in context: Drach Sert.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Yer a good man, mate, and a good memory.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Second, there is a record of a meeting between Ensigns Nixon and Darwin, and the two Starfleet officers who committed suicide in our transporter room. They met at a secluded spot about 50 kilometers north of the terraformer settlement. The names, or perhaps the code names, of the two unknown Starfleet personnel were Gladson and Overbay.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Send that information to Powers immediately, and transmit the location to Murphy.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
SC: Perhaps.  We'll wait on the tox reading.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Aye, sir. I suspect this may be the last data I will be able to recover from the module; the quality of the recovered datastream is suffering rapid and severe degradation. Kraight out.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Nods :: Powers: CSO hasn't found anything in connection to our friend here, traps and the like. I'll have him forward his results if he hasn't already.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Transmits the sketch and info to the ship for transmission to Arcadia ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Occupational necessity...you got regulars...they wanna order the usual. You never know when they first come in who's gonna be back
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ COM Powers: Kraight to Commander Powers.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_LtJG_Nani> *CSec*: Powers?
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Same fer us mate, we have regulars we gotta keep track of...
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_Underhill> :: Enters and after a quick discussion with the SC begins to scan Darwin. ::

ACTION:  A group of drunken terraformers come into the bar

NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: Well looks like I may have a few t' deal with here.  That's all I knows any ways.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#Bobby: Right, well, if we're still here, an' ye need the help... let us know.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_Underhill>CS: Ma'am he's fine, no poison in his system, merely stunned. Nothing else detected.
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#Turning from the CTO :: Terraformers:  Well hello boys!...we have a nice booth all ready for you in the back room.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
Underhill: Thank you Dr. dismissed. :: And with a nod the MO leaves. ::

ACTION: The terraformers order a round of ale

NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#CTO: The back room has a few special features for the more rowdy clients.  :: winks ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Wonders who to answer first ::  *Nani*: Stand by.  COM: Kraight: Commander Kraight?
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Nods ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Pauses listening to the conversation. ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ COM CSec: Commander, new information has been recovered from the data module. Ensigns Nixon and Darwin and the two dead Starfleet officers met six months ago about 50 kilometers north of the terraformer settlement. Scans indicate that the area is riddled with caverns laced with kelbonite, masking them from both sensors and transporters.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: tells Alpha Science Team Leader he's headed to the brig, and picks up some stuff and leaves ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
#Terra:  Well you go hit your table...and it will be right in.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ COM CSec: I have also found the names of the mysterious officers: Gladson and Overbay. I am transmitting the coordinates of the meeting to yourself and Commander Murphy.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: takes TL to Brig ::
NPC_BobbyBarkeep says:
:#:turns to the replicators :: Ale.. :: quietly :: .synthehol.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Wonders what he would do with the coordinates ::  COM: Kraight: Very well.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Thinks to self, "another lead but who is behind them?" meaning the ensigns.. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: She wonders listening to the conversation and looking at the stunned Ensign, wondering just what happened. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: arrives in Brig, approaches group, sees an unconscious Darwin :: Powers: Aww, you get all the fun. :: hands Harker a PADD containing the backgrounds of Nixon and Darwin :: SC: here, you might wanna read this.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ COM CSec: Kraight out.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
CSO: Thank you Commander. :: Takes the PADD and looks at it... ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*Nani*: Lieutenant?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_LtJG_Nani> *CSec*: Commander, I'm in Darwin's quarters... there's nothing here.  Well, standard furniture.  But it's like no one lived here.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*Nani*: We'll run a background check on him...

=/\==/\= END Mission =/\==/\= 

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