Arcadia Mission 11008.16
Ominous Omissions: Episode 2

starring

Jeremy Castro as FCO Lieutenant Commander Logan Cartwright 
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

MISSION PROLOGUE: The scarred and gutted engineering hull of the USS Napoleon has been delivered to Arcadia Station for further study, having been found far from normal space travel lanes.  Engine core, computers, antimatter, and crew bodies are all missing, leaving few obvious clues, forcing the crew to consider what might have caused the destruction of this Starfleet asset...

=/\==/\=  BEGIN Arcadia Mission 11008.16 : Ominous Omissions =/\==/\= 
=/\==/\=  Episode 2  =/\==/\= 

CO_Capt_Sulek says:
:: Arrives deck to personally inspect the wreck. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
:: Still going over the wreckage in Spacedock looking for clues and logging evidence and scans, as well as referencing the database ::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
:: entering the area of the wreckage :: Murphy: What have you got?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: locking up her office, she heads out to join Bill. ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<SO_Qatermass> :: Enters and begins scanning looking for anything odd, he is partnered with an engineering officer. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO: A bloody mess Sir, and a mystery. Lifeboats are still in place, but all the computers and antimatter is gone. Some organic residue away from the places the hull breached. Very high frequency band weapons, hi energy. Computer says related to the Nacandarians or Nicodemians. The Pegasus reported the wreckage was much less than the mass of the vessel.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Another science officer in Astrometrics is analyzing the results of scans from that area of space where the ship was found. Hoping for a clue. ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: heading from astrometrics to spacedock ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: arriving at operations, she walks over toward auxiliary, nodding a greeting to a few as she passed by them. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Murphy: Well then, we know the computer core and antimatter is gone. Does this account for the missing mass? If not, then what else is gone?
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: More science and engineering officers begin to swarm the area, scanning, checking, and analyzing. ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Enters the room and walks over to Sulek. :: CO: Anything new? Astrometrics is still going over the spatial data from the Pegasus.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Nods to CTO ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO: No, sir. I mean this lot, and what bits the Pegasus found at the scene, don't account fer the mass of the Napoleon. She was a New Orleans class Heavy Frigate, and this bit...  :: points ::  ...was the biggest hunk they found.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
:: nods to SC ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Leans back against the console, quietly just watching. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: No.  We need to figure what else they took.  Was Napoleon carrying anything of value?  Taking the computer core could offer some value, but security protocols would have wiped all sensitive data as soon as the power shifted.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<SO_Curry>*SC*: Astrometics to Captain Harker.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Murphy: Look at the rupture points and weapon points.  This ship may have been carved up.  If so, does it remind anyone here of a species with multiple technologies that carves up ships?
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
*Curry*:Harker here.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO/SC: From my investigation it looks ta me like they carved the ship up like a roast, sucked out the good bits, and made off with the leftovers fer a snack later.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<Curry> *Harker*: There's nothing in the scans to indicate anything unusual. Sorry, Captain.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Sigh :: *Curry*: Understood. Thank you. Harker out.
Host ChrisD says:
<CSec_Cmdr_Powers> :: Types a few more commands into the computer, then glances off to his side ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: gets off the comm :: CO/CTO: Well, nothing odd in space, And the Napoleon wasn't carrying anything we would consider of value... but value can have different meanings.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: lifts a brow at her husband with a hint of a smile. ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CTO: The scans are coming back and have been loaded into the computer. Mayhap they can help narrow our focus a bit....
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: motions to the swarms of science and engineering personnel going over what debris they have. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
SC: I fed the weapons and damage patterns into the tactical database. It resembles the signatures of high band, high energy weapons used by the Nacandarians and Nicodemians.
Host ChrisD says:
<CSec_Cmdr_Powers> CNS: And what's amusing you right now?
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CTO: I thought the Nicodemians were no more. And we've a treaty with the other last I knew...
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
CSec:  Just enjoying the moment.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Off in a corner a small group of scientists and engineers whisper over a console, looking puzzled. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
SC: Beats me Boss, that was the closest match the database came up with, :: shrugs :: I don't try to explain it, I just work here. :: smirks ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Finally one of the engineers breaks off with a PADD and heads to the group of officers. :: <EO_Bryant> SC/CO/CTO: Scans have detected an auxiliary particle pattern. It's embedded in the structure, as though a powerful energy source blasted everything at once. It's still preliminary but science feels it would have been fatal to living tissue. : :Hands SC the PADD. :: Also the missing parts were removed physically. We believe they were taken, not destroyed.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
SC: That would explain why all the lifeboats are still in place and there's lots o' molecular residue away from the hull breaches.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<EO_Bryant>CTO: Yes Ma'am, medical confirms remnants of biomatter also embedded into the hull fragments. It was nasty....
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CTO/CO: Yes, if something made it past their shields... but what could do this...
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<EO_Bryant>SC: Still working on it Ma'am. :: Harker nods and waves the engineer away and reviews the PADD with the others. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
SC: High frequency, high energy, remember, Boss? It broke up the whole bloody ship.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Bryant: They took the materials. Then to construct something.  What they took was of value to them as building materials.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO: Or perhaps they wanted to study the technology and the database aye? To learn more about Starfleet and our capabilities. Tactical recon and research.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
<EO_Bryant> :: Pauses on his way back and turns to the CO :: CO: Yes sir we're currently analyzing what's missing, trying to ascertain what they could do with it. It seems though they too everything of value not nailed down...
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Murphy: Superior weapons means we are probably of little threat and a secure core offers nothing.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CTO: That would make sense. Can you check with Starfleet Intel see if the Nacandarians  have made any unofficial rumblings that they want to start the war again? Might also be worth it to see if any of the Nicodemians survive...
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO: If the Engineers are right Sir the weapons liquefied the crew, so perhaps they didna have the chance to secure the computers.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: Bryant stands there politely and nods once in support of the CTO's statement. ::
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
SC: I'll get right on that.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CTO: Thanks. Unless there is a race we don't know of, those two are our best leads. Also maybe see if we can track who has their tech, is it accounted for? That sort of thing...
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
:: nods and makes notes on her PADD ::
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: looks thoughtful as her mind races with possibilities. ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker/Murphy: There is a possibility that there was one Nicodemian ship that survived.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CO: Conjecture, or do you have evidence?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: continues just watching ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: A few years ago, the Quirinus was involved in an incident in which a hole was ripped in space.  Before it closed, a small scout ship escaped.  It was postulated at that time that it was a Nicodemian ship.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CO: I understand from your tone all trace was lost.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: The Quirinus was damaged.  By the time repairs were made all trace of the ship had indeed been lost.
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
:: dismisses the engineer who nods and returns to his duty station. :: CO/CTO: We need to shake all the trees, a ship needs a base. Someone has to know something.....
Host CO_Capt_Harker says:
CO/CTO: About that vessel...
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
CO/SC: We shouldn't overlook any possibility of a new threat, especially after seeing what they did to the Napoleon.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: Or perhaps they need to build a base.  A small crew from an intra-dimensional travel would not need much for a base... but they would need power and an ability to back-up data.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: Even without sensitive data, they would still get cultural data about most space faring species from the core.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: They have been here long enough, they may need to simply repower their vessel and took it also as an opportunity to learn.  They will also learn that it is believed their civilization is long dead.  They may have even travel there and discovered that for themselves.
CTO_LtCmdr_Murphy says:
:: Goes to contact Starfleet Intelligence about the situation ::
Host SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO: A ship needs support, replacement equipment. There has to be a way to track this thing...
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: The most we can do is to have all ships in the area report.  Perhaps we can at least get a direction.
Host SC_Capt_Harker says:
:: Nods and contacts ops to begin that process. ::

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

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