Arcadia Mission 11007.12
He Was But A Stranger To Himself: Episode 9

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: New leads were found, as evidenced by some of the covert transmissions being aimed at Earth, and the curious inclusion of the name "Drach Sert" found in the evidence. As the Chief Tactical Officer leads a team to the caves some distance to the north, the station and ship continue to investigate.

=/\==/\=  BEGIN Arcadia Mission 11007.12 : He Was But A Stranger To Himself =/\==/\= 
=/\==/\=  Episode 9  =/\==/\= 

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ :: on Bridge ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Sets up outside the caves and deploys her team, ready to enter, and deploying for a hostile reception ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#*CO*: Captain, SRU is ready to enter the caves, and we are deployed for action if required. Since this ore is gonna play merry havoc with scanners and transporters I'm nay takin' any chances.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: In her office, finishing the write up of her last patient ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Watching his prisoner on the monitors of the security office ::

ACTION: Darwin has said nothing so far, and looks very nervous

Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*: If you and Counselor Azhure could do the preliminary questioning of the prisoner I'll be down as soon as I can. I need to contact our guests.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Standing up, she stretches and then reaches for her commbadge. ::  *CSec*:  Are you awake and free?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: Aye, Captain.  *CNS*: I am.  He hasn't done much.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*:Acknowledged. Harker out.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
*CSec*:  Who has not done much?
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Once the outside area is secured leads the entry team into the caves, weapons and lights ready, moving from cover to cover and looking for booby traps as they go, taking their time ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*CNS*: Sorry, the prisoner.  Been watching him the entire time.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
Duty Ops: Open a channel to Drach Sert and forward it to my office.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<Duty_Ops Oob> :: Nods and works on the transmission. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Tactical: Full scans of Murphy's location... Life signs?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
*CSec*:  Ahhh... I have been rather involved with my last patient.  It was a... difficult one.  Can I assist you with anything?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*CNS*: The Station Commander would like to you assist me in preliminary questioning.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
@<TO_Gunn> CO: I'm sorry Captain, but the ore in the caves is making scans limited and transporters useless. Likely why the terrorists chose them.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: searching computer records from following the transmissions for anything big or small about the E.F.IC.D. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO* :: Harker to Starr, any news on the transmissions?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<Duty_Ops Oob> :: Contacts Lyran vessel looking for Drach Sert. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ <OPS>: Sulek: The area is clear, but we are unable to scan the caves.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Goes to her office to take the call. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Sends a text message to CSO requesting update on progress while she waits for the connection to be made. ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
*CSec*:  Then that solves that one.  Though that was not quite what I had in mind when I first called.  I will be down shortly..

ACTION: As soon as Murphy's team is in the caves, the away team is surrounded by Lyrans and taken captive, before they can mount a resistance. They seem to come from everywhere. Soon after, the team left at the entrance is overwhelmed as well.

XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: at Science One on the bridge of the Quirinus, running cross-references on the colony's communications logs versus other comms activity in the system ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Signing off her computer, she grabs the snack she had prepared earlier and heads out. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: Nothing new as of yet.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Sends another text to Powers to make sure he follows up on where the explosive material may have come from. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Acknowledged, Keep at it. We need to know how far down this goes. Harker out.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: Or up.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Stepping into the lift, she orders it down to the brig, stepping off once it had stopped ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Or up. :: She says not pleased at the thought. ::  Harker out.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ Kraight: See if you can set up a possible connection between Earth and Lyran activities.  Since there seems to be a tie to the station and the Lyran home world...perhaps this is not the first event.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
:: continues going through the transmissions ::

ACTION: The Lyran ship responds, and Drach Ala appears on screen.

XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ CO: Aye, sir. I am setting up the search parameters now.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
COM Ala:Hello, I'm sorry I was trying to reach Drach Sert.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<SEC_Ens_Rast> CNS: Hello, Counselor.  This way, please.  :: Leads the counselor through the security entryway, where Bill is waiting ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@<SO> Sulek: Sir, we've studied the knife in all ways we can think of and other than the translation of "The death of tyrants is the highest good" and that it is identified as Lyran, there little else.
Host SM_Keith says:
:: evasive :: <Drach Ala> *SC*: Ah...he is...indisposed, May I help you?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Makes her way into the security office, checking in, before heading to find her husband. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Alarm bells going off. :: COM Ala: No not really, I was just interested in what precautions he was taking for safety, see if there was anything we can do, general updates and the like. If you could have him contact us as soon as possible?
Host SM_Keith says:
<Drach Ala> *SC*: I will be sure to contact you when he returns.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Murphy*: Report.  It's been some time since entering the caves.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: mildly ::  COM Ala: Oh... he's off ship?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Making a mental note to kick the duty tact down to deck scrubber for missing that one. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: The prisoner hasn't done much of anything since we captured him.  Just sort of sat there.  Looked like he might have been talking to himself once or twice.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Nods as she comes to a stop before him and the cell ::  CSec:  Did you note what he was saying to himself?  Has medical checked him out yet?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Visual and audio pickups did not register it
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec: Odd...  and medical?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Medical looked him over after I stunned him.  No long term effects.  He had a packet of poison substance on him that he was attempting to ingest at the time of his capture.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@<OPS> Sulek: I'm unable to tell if they are not receiving or unable to respond.  The caves are playing havoc with the communications and sensors.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: More to herself :: But nothing else... CSec:  Have they done a brain scan as well as tox test?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
Self: Well, well... :: after Ala closes the comm ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: Hm.  I do not know that.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: She left her office :: *Powers*: Harker to Powers. Can you talk?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec:  You think we can take him down to medical?  It would help to know what put them in their current state.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: Go ahead, Captain.  Commander Azhure and I have not yet entered the prisoner holding area.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Kraight: I am sure that Murphy has established a reporting protocol.  She seems to have every other detail covered.  Check her tactical book and see how often a tactical team should report in.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: waits, listening ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers* :Be advised Drach Sert is “unavailable”. And Drach Ala just let slip that he would have Sert contact me when he returned. I'll have ops forward the message to your office but this strikes me as odd. No one saw him leave, he told no one. And I dislike the evasiveness of his assistant. I could be wrong. Perhaps you will get more...
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: taps a few controls on his console :: CO: The Commander's standing orders state that the team should be reporting in at intervals not to exceed ten minutes.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Looks at Azhure, with a look on his face ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Kraight: Then I believe we have missed that window.  Murphy is by the book.  Her failure to report may indicate a problem.  We need an accurate sensor read of the caves. Suggestions.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Wakes up in the cave and looks around, very confused ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
*SC*: I will review the communication against what I recall of the Lyrans, Captain.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*Powers*: Thank you Commander. Harker out.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Has ops forward the message and send a message to Captain Sulek, keeping him appraised. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: So, Counselor.  Do we go speak to him, or have medical come down?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: The duty ops does so. ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec:  I need a brain scan... that means taking him down to medical.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: And I would rather not take him out of the Brig, even if we keep him under sedation.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
# :: Wanders to the entrance to the cave, still confused but having something to do anyway ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: thinks for a moment :: CO: The kelbonite makes sensor readings from orbit extremely difficult, if not impossible... We could try sending down an autonomous probe on antigravs. Engineering should be able to manufacture one using the sensor assembly from a Class I probe.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec;  Then I can only do the most basic of scans and have a tox test done for now.  Lets get that over with and then see if we can learn anything more.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Kraight: Get on it.  We need it as soon as possible.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: stands, heads for turbolift ::  CO: I will oversee the construction myself.  :: leaves bridge ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: We'll speak to him briefly, determine how much of a threat he is to himself and others, and then assess if we can transfer him to medical facilities.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
CNS: If you call up a med tech, we'll take the basic readings while we talk to him.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
*CSO*: Harker to Starr I'll be swinging by your office, I hope you have good news....
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ OPS: Have tactical prepare a secondary team ready to move.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: nods and turns slightly to call up someone from medical. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Leaves ops in hands of duty officer and heads down though she really wants to question the prisoner can only be on one place at a time. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*SC*: Acknowledged.  :: to self ::  Keep hoping.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
@<TO_Gunn> ::  Nods to himself and leaves the bridge heading for the armory, leaving the junior TO in charge of Tactical ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Heads down to CSO. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Medical acknowledges request and sends an officer to the interrogation area. ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec:  Shall we?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Arrives in CSO's area. :: CSO: What's the news, Commander?
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: working with engineers to construct a planetside probe that can navigate the caverns ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
#*CO*: Captain, we found something down here that it is imperative you see. You need to beam down right away.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: nods and leads the way into the holding cell area ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Medical officer arrives. :: <MO_McShane> Powers: Sir, someone called for medical?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: :: Not taking eyes off screen :: Nothing you're going to like.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
:: Leans in to see the screen. :: CSO: What?
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Captain, the probe is complete. We can transport it to the planet surface on your orders.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Murphy*: On our way.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: nods towards the counselor as they approach the cell with the prisoner in it ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
Darwin: Crewman Darwin.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ *Kraight*: Send it down.  I want readings before we get down.  Meet me with tactical in transporter room 1.  I am beaming down to the surface.
Host SM_Keith says:
<Darwin> :: squirms ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Looks at the prisoner, calling out his name. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ :: rises :: FCO Flyer: You have the conn.  :: he crosses to the TL and enters :: CPU: Transporter room one.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
@<TO_Gunn> :: Leads the Tactical team from the armory to transporter room one and prepares to beam down when ordered ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ *CO*: Aye, sir.  :: gives orders to have the probe beamed down, then heads for Transporter Room 1 ::

ACTION: The probe is beamed down

CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
Darwin: Crewman Darwin, you face charges of terrorism, conspiracy, and accessory to murder.  Do you understand?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane> :: At Commander Powers nod, glances at the Counselor with a puzzled look. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@ :: arrives deck and heads to transporter room one ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: Turns out Nixon and what's his name in the brig weren't married nor part of the EFICD as originally thought, when I first got the transmissions. So I have no idea where she got the tricobalt. I could suggest the Orion Syndicate, but that is pure speculation.
Host SM_Keith says:
<Darwin> :: twists and turns, and attempts speech, but to no avail ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: I honestly don't know where it came from
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Begins to look curious ::  Darwin: Crewman, are you unable to verbally respond?
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ :: meets the Captain just outside the transporter room ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
MO: I understand medical checked Darwin out and he was fine.  Was there anything from a tox test and did you do a brain scan?
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
@ CO: You are beaming down, sir?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
CSO: Back to square one... let's go over this again. What does the evidence actually tell us?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: :: snaps fingers :: Darwin..that's what's-his-name in the brig
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Watching she also notices that he appears to want to talk but cannot.  She steps a little closer to the forcefield. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Kraight: I've been requested. :: Enters transporter room one with TO Gunn and his team. Steps up on the pad with everyone :: Chief: Energize.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Looks at the doctor and then to Bill ::  CSec/MO:  Something is wrong.  He is in great pain.  Something is stopping him from speaking.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane>CNS: A basic scan was done to determine health and anything toxic in the system. Nothing was found. In depth scans were not performed.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
@<Tactical Team> :: Circles around the CO, weapons out as they get on the pad ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
MO:  I need you to perform those scans now.
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane> :: Immediately pulls out his tricorder and begins to scan the prisoner. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
MO: Do we need to enter the cell?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
CSO: Yes. What about him?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane> Powers: I can scan through it but may need to administer something...
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane> :: Mutters as he tries to get a read on what's happening. ::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Unholsters his side arm and calls for a backup security guard to also stand watch as he lowers the force field ::  MO: Sedate him.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: I don't know. I just don't know right now, but I can tell you that Nixon and Darwin had to get the credits from somewhere, you can't just mine tricobalt without a lot of specialized equipment or experts knowing what they are doing, and the credits to pay em.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Steps aside so others can do their work ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<McShane> :: Nods and enters the cell and kneels. :: CNS: He's in pain, and his endorphin levels are elevated, but I can't see the cause...
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: I just have a bad feeling about this. Like it's going to get a whole lot uglier before it gets better.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
MO:  What?
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
<MO_McShane> :: Gives prisoner a mild sedative to help. ::
Host SC_Cpt_Harker says:
CSO: I agree... unfortunately.. :: She says grimly. ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC: I also keep running into the name of Drach Sert with almost every transmission. His or her name is all over the place.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: looks at Bill ::  CSec:  I will need that scan.

ACTION: Sulek and his away team beam down, right in front of both the probe and Chief Tactical Officer Murphy, who appears fine.

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

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