USS Cherokee 11304.07 Prophecy part 5

Starring
Jon Benson as Guest Producer, Cmdr_Quinn
 Steve Weller as Captain Ayidee 
Zach Farland as CNS_Ens_Daniels
 Andrew Cotterly as CMO_LtJg_Talora
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Cmdr_Nash
John Easten as FCO_Fischer

Absent
Trish Yarborough as Executive Producer
Topper Loghry as CTO_Q’ten
Eduardo Oneto as CSO_On

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Ship's Log, Stardate 11304.07, Captain Ayidee recording.  We have made it back to Starbase, mostly intact.  We have heavy damage to our saucer section especially, but repairs are already under way.  How we move forward, however, is still in question.

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Host CO_Ayidee says:
::On Bridge, reviewing the Tactical Scans, hoping for something that was missed in the heat of battle.::  All: Keep on Red Alert, even once we dock.  And be sharp.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Materializing in the Cherokee's transporter room, on the way to the bridge::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::at OPS::

Action: An incoming transmission from Starbase 33 is received.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::On the bridge plowing through data on the Vroa we had::

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Nods to transporter chief and heads into the turbolift:: Compter: Bridge!

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Steps onto the bridge:: CO: The stupid compound disintegrated on me!

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Exits Turbo lift and approches the the Captain:: CO: Sir, Ensign Jonathan Fischer reporting for duty.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I didn't get complete readings, it died too soon.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
COM:  SB33:  Cherokee here.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: I need all sensor data from the first appearance of the Achilles locked and saved, not just the standard summary of the scans, all raw data.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Stand By, Captain, I am getting an incoming transmission from Starbase 33.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: Welcome aboard, Ensign.  We're in a bit of a repair mode right now, but if you will take your station and get us docked, I'm certain we can get started on it quickly.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Sees the ney guy, an FCO::

Host Cmdr_Quinn says:
#COM: OPS: I need to speak to Captain Ayidee.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
COM:  SB33:  Right away.  Stand by.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Yes sir ::Relieves current FCO and gets ready for docking::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Commander Quinn from the Starbase needs to talk to you.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO/ CNS: We'll need to go over the scans we took.  Sensors pull in a lot of data, way more than we can keep up with in real time.  Review all scans for anything "out of place".  We need something to go on.
OPS: Put it on screen, Commander.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CO: We've gone over them again and again, sir

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  On screen.  ::puts it on screen.::

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Sighs and just looks at the CNS::

Action: Commander Quinn, station commander, appears on the screen.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::she begins to gather all the raw data pertaining to the Achilles.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: But without complete data, any theories would be inconclusive.  ::Looks to CMO::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Quinn: Commander, it seems we stopped the attack, but at a cost.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I got nothing.  I've been study synaptic functions but, there just isn't enough to get an accurate profile on the subject.

Host Cmdr_Quinn says:
#COM:CO:That’s an understatement,  but good job on stopping the Achillies, Captain. even though a bit of a mess.  But this isn't over. You are to hold position and clear the entire crew of the Achillies before we can allow them to intergrate into the population.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Nods and whispers:: CNS: Ever get that feeling that you're unhelpful?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Yes, ever since I came on board, actually.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Quinn: That's a bit of a risk at this point, isn't it?  Even thinking about bringing them back into normal operations?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Raises an eyebrow:: CNS: You've certainly been helpful. The Volk isn't anything to sneeze at, you know.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: That was a good time.

Host Cmdr_Quinn says:
#COM: CO: Captain, that’s why you are clearing them.  Can't keep them on that wreck indefinitely.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CNS: You helped calm Alexandra down when she finally came too. Without you, she could've gone mental.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Couldn't have found them without you.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I didn't do nothing, you're the one who helped her.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Shrugs:: CNS: I don't really have the temperament for dealing with people that're on the edge of sanity.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Quinn: Understood.  In other words, find a way to smoke them out, if they are still there.  We'll find a way.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Besides, both those things happened before I actually moved onto the ship.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: That describes the Vroa, insane.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Smiles:: CNS: You got MO Rhapsody out of my hair for 3-4 hours. That's a miracle in itself.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: She's a trip.  :Smiles:: I like her.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: Enter station keeping orbit.  For now we don't dock.

Host Cmdr_Quinn says:
#COM:CO: I have confidence in you captain.  Hold keeping out of trafffic lanes and anything you need is at your disposal.  Starbase 33 out.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Aye sir. moving into station orbit

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Nods before frowning again:: CNS: That's an interesting thought though...from a psychological perspective, what're your thoughts on the Vroa?  Perhaps as a race?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Next game is laid out before us, with a very high level of risk involved.  Any ideas on how to identify an enemy who can apparently copy us down to our very DNA?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: It's like they see every other life form as inferior, therefore expendable.  They want the galaxy, they said that.  They think we're nothing.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::In a low voice:: OPS: I think I'm a bit lost, sir. What happened on the last mission?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: Interesting take, but what if they are just "Getting into their own propaganda?"  The Galaxy is a very large place.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: It still seems to me, Sir, the Vroa may appear humanoid in everyway, but how do you manufacture a personality or a plausable history?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
FCO:  It's Ma'am.  As to what happened is the Achilles reappeared after being lost.  The return is suspicious because it coincides with the attack of the Vroa on Risa.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
All: If they didn't insist on blowing up under pressure, I'd like to have a good talk with one.  A proper set of questions could tell us what we want to know.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: I know, I tried to get us one to question, but that simply didn't work.  The lack of history, can we use that?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::slighly embarassed:: OPS: Sorry ma'am, But why would they want to attack a pleasure planet like Risa? Why not something of more strategic value?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Why not?  Do you know where you were on your sixteenth birthday?  Do you know your best friend’s name in first grade?  They'd have to be pretty fast thinkers to keep up with me; inquiring minds want to know.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
FCO:  From what I gather, they are conquerors, attack first then enslave and torture the weak before killing them.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
OPS: Do you think Earth is on their "hit" list?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Grunts:: Self: Sounds like the Tekram.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
FCO: The galaxy is on their hit list.  They want it all.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Yes, but they didn't toruture.  They didn't capture.  They came to Risa with the intent to kill.  I don't know what they want, but I do not think prisoners, subjugated people, or even slaves are on their "wish list".
CNS: So you mean we find out who we are interviewing and use their records to "clear them"?  Will take time but should work.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  It stands to reason because they need workers to build weapons and ships so they can continue their rampage.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Even if they aren't posing as an existing person, they'd have to know details, we'd know if they were struggling to answer very simple questions they should know, if they are what they appear to be.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Perhaps.  But they've made no demands, and to the best of our knowledge captured no territory or ships long term.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
OPS: But wasn't the Achilles on a collision course with Betazed? They couldn't taken many prisoners if everyone was dead.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: Beam a crew member to an exterior point, like a shuttle or escape pod.  Question them, then beam them to station once clear?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Haven't made demands YET.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
FCO: They don't seem to want prisoners or anything from us, they just want us gone.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Any flaws I'm missing in the Counselor's plan to screen the Achilles crew?  Anything they might exploit?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CNS: What lovely creatures they are.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Sounds sage enough, but you'd want to ask Mister Q'ten if its really secure.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Heck, if they try anything on the shuttle we'll know then who they are and aren't.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Onboard security might not be a bad idea, Captain.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: Right.  And if they can't answer the questions they go somewhere else.  Sealed cargo container designed to hold atmosphere perhaps?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
FCO: They are bad news, scary as... real scary.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: That would have to be on the station.  We have neither the space nor the security to secure one thousand individuals.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: We could see if the Broadside is still available.  It must be around here someplace getting repairs.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Shakes her head:: Self: I'm really not liking this...

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: Doctor?  Do you have an issue with the screening idea, or a better way?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
OPS: Commander, do we know how many Vora are on the Achilles?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
FCO:  That information is inconclusive.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: We know they had at least four.  That's the problem, though.  We know so little about them.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
All: Copying DNA could lead to copying the brain as well. It could still pull out all the data needed. I think the Breen or even the Achille's crew would've been able to figure that something was wrong.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
Self: Glad I'm not doing all the screening.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: DNA has the structure, not the memories.  The skills would have to be learned, but if you didn't know to look for this, you wouldn't.  Right?  We have to try and clear them, so it's either this or find something better.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CMO:  Would that include actual memories of the person whose DNA is being copied?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: We can't have too many screening methods in play, Sir.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
All: We don't copy or clone brains, so it's inconclusive. However, the DNA in a person's body would still have all the information on how the firings of their neurons would work.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: I agree, but yours seems to have the best chance of catching something.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: OKay, so how do we begin?  A thousand screenings?  I think we may all have to act as interviewers.  How many shuttle do we have anyway?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
All: It also doesn't explain how none of the Achille's crew could pinpoint who the strange-acting ones where.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
All: These guys are real new to the neighborhood.  They may know facts and dates, but how could they possibly know the little stuff?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CMO: It's a big ship, they could have just been hiding in plain sight.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Shrugs:: FCO: I have friends and co-workers who would notice if I started acting strangely.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: A big ship, and a newly assigned crew.  Besides, if asked they could say "Sorry, feeling a bit out of it today".  Before the Vroa showed up, would that have given you cause to wonder?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CO: Perhaps not, but again, we don't know the experience of the crew that might not be Vroa. We only saw from the outside. We didn't see how the Vroa got a hold of engineering. I think the engineers would notice that people aren't doing their job right.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: But if not, then is it possible to screen them?  Did your scans show a way to find them before they "melt" or explode?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: They explode?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Shakes head:: CO: The only idea I have is to give a stress test and see if they disolve themselves.  We'd easily sort through them that way.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: They have on a few occasions carried bombs and blown up whatever they were on, including 2 Deep Space stations.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
COM:  Priam:  Cherokee here.  We are in a holding position until we all get clearance to dock.  Everyone is just being cautious at the moment.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CO: I'm just saying that if we start screening, it's all based on an assumption. Everyone could pass our test and we'd be letting Vroa loose on the starbase.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: Then start with Counselor Daniels idea and, if they seem suspicious, turn up the heat?  And don't return them to station until we've prescreened them all?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I just know, if you came up to me and was all nice and chatty, I'd know it wasn't you.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Turns:: CNS: Where do we get this "Small stuff" about these other people?  If it's recorded somewhere, the Vroa would just learn it. If we don't have that information, they could just fabricate it on the spot and we wouldn't know the difference.

Host JonB says:
<CO_Priam> COM:OPS: Understood. Please keep us informed, Starbase 33 isn't answering our calls.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: So the plan is, set up a handful of shuttles.  Beam the Achilles crew over to them one by one.  Ask them a few background questions to ensure they know what they should, and then beam them to a second holding area to wait it out a bit?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
COM:  Priam: Be patient, it will work out like it supposed to, give it time.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: What about the suspicious ones? If they can't answer the questions should we put them in the brig?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Everyone has certain knowledge just by existing, memories of special events or more often memories of tragedies.  You're good at interogations, you can tell if a guy is struggling to find the answers.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: Contact their family, friends, whoever.
FCO: We'd need a seperate holding area, although as the Doctor pointed out suspicious would likely lead to a dramatic end.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: The Broadside, Sir.  Should we find out if they're available as a holding fascility?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Will you be doing interveiws,sir?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Shrugs:: CO/CNS: Remember that this isn't the first species they've attacked. You'd think they'd perfect their alibi's by now. I'm willing to give it a shot...but i will defend myself, know that.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: As the holding area for those who pass.  Those who fail will need smaller areas, but honestly, there can't be that many of them.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Oooo, good idea.  Family would know them.  Of course that means telling families their loved one is most likely dead and been taken over by an alien race and I can only imagine how awkward that would be.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: A number of crew should.  There are 1000 crew to be cleared over there and we can't do a few quick questions and go.
CMO: Understood, and no need to explain.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Hey, I'm not married to the idea or anything.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CO: I recommend limiting the interviews to the senior officers. They've established a history with Starfleet.  It'll take longer...but are we really doing anything important at the minute?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
All: That's a good thing we all have the academy in common, that's a subject for questioning.  They may know who taught astro-physics but they wouldn't know what a hard ass that guy was.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CMO: ::with a laugh:: Fixing the shp is somewhat important.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Throws the FCO a look:: FCO: Sarcasm...it’s a foreign language to you, isn't it?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Contact the Starbase, let them know what we are doing and ask for assistance gathering proper questions from family, friends, whoever.  We will start but this will take some time.
CMO: You mean our senior staff handle the questioning I take it?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Aye. Sir.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::taken aback:: CMO: No, sir! I was making a joke myself.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Nods to the CO::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Might be a good idea not to write our plans down on anything the Vroa can intercept.  They seem to be clever voyeurs and eavesdroppers.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
FCO: I see...::Sighs:: Oh, and ma'am would do better than "Sir." Never really been fond of it.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: Get a series of preliminary questions set up.  Senior Staff will conduct the interviews via Communicators, but we will need to have these questions researched for each Achilles crew to answer.  Fine, keep it as secure as possible, but we need data to back it up.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CO: Aye, Sir.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: Any other ideas to further imrove the scans outside of the proper questions?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CO: Not without killing a number of people, no...

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
COM:  SB33:  USS Cherokee here.  We have an idea that may aide in indentifying the crew of the Achilles.  We need assistance in contacting their families and friends to obtain the right questions to ask to confirm their identities.  This will be a tedious task but necessary.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Thinks _ Great, The Captain took my suggestion.  Now when it all goes south, it will be all my fault::

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