USS Cherokee 
Pleasant View, by Zach Farland, Part 23
11802.18

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash
Zach Farland as CNS_Ens_Daniels, Earhart_OPS_Cash, and Arc Writer
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek
Absent
None
Leave of Absence
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
Captain's Log, Stardate 11802.18, Captain Ayidee's recollection.  After the trip to the Circus, things have stepped up.  We now know we must find a way out soon or odds are we will not have time for a "later".

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Host CO_Ayidee says:
::In Common Room, trying to redirect the crew after the latest revelation.::  All: This hasn't changed the mission, just the time we have to do it in.  What can we do against the Orderlies?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: And if we try the old method... charge them and rip off some panels and wires? :: with a really ironic smile::

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
::Arriving on the seventh floor and isn't sure what to do next.  She tries to find Commander Price and learns he has been locked in his room::

OPS_Nash says:
::trying to make sense of this place.::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Only if we could access them all, all over the compound, all at the same time.  We need a way to cut off the power infusion system.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
::Goes to the Common Room to join the others::  All: Commander Price will be unable to join us.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Is he all right?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Maybe if they are part of an common grid.. destabilizing one of them could create some sort of mayhem that we can seize.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: I'm not sure.  I think he's just being punished for his outburst at the circus.  I don't think any of us is alright.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Noted, bad wording on my part.  I just wanted to make sure he can join us once the "time out' is over.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: Yes, maybe tomorrow we'll see him.  It will be bedtime soon.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: We seem to have determined the Orderlies seem to be powered by a power induction system in the floor.  We need a means of blocking the power flow.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: We need a distraction so we can find an access to the power grid. there must be some sort of maintenance hatch or access somewhere

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: I sure would like to see what's in the locked rooms in the center of this floor.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
OPS: Well if you join me i volunteer to attempt accessing it.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Likely some sort of control systems, maybe storage for things they cannot want in our possession.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
All: Our plan must have timing.  It all has to happen quickly.  We won't have much time to act once we start.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
::Nods.::  Cash: Agreed.  Assuming the power disruption is limited in scope, we have to gain access to control systems quickly to, for lack of a better term, make is spread.  It will take some computer operation worthy of the word "Magic".

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: I would say not magic but precision, Captain . ::raises an eyebrow::

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CIV: If we could take one nurse out and take her key, then a distraction would be helpful while Kyleigh and I see what we can find right of the corridor.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Taking the nurses could be the distraction.  Would take a few of us to give Cash and Nash time to work.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
OPS: That could work. We can take care of that while you make your run for the center room.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: So how to disrupt the power flow?  Without that none of the other steps in the plan matter.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: My best guess is that is some sort of electromagnetic power grid. We should find a element here that can be a disruptive force in that power transmission.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
All: It also depends on how fast Kyleigh and I can figure out their computers and such.

OPS_Nash says:
ALL:  That'll be the true test.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Any ideas on that?  Or on reversing the power, perhaps create a feedback loop to disable several of them at once?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: maybe tampering their power transmission with one of the nurses key. they are all part of the same system.. ::raises an eyebrow::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: That would be a problem, as then we'd have to get the key first, and we were thinking the key to getting the keys was taking down the Orderlies first.  That would require more stealth than force and require a new skill set.
All: Anyone ever learn to pick a pocket, as they say?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: we could create some distraction for the nurse and that won’t require much of those ... swift fingers skills.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
All: Okay, so let's say we get the orderlies out of the way, what next?  Round up the staff?  We'll need weapons, to do that, won't we?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
OPS: at a certain point yes... but once the orderlies are down, they will send some guards and then we will have our chance of getting hand weapons.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Fear of uprisings tend to have a great deal of power.  The Orderlies are their weapons, if we take them out and act threatening, we should be able to cower them.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
All: Commander Price can help with that.  Before he was our executive officer he was our ship's CTO.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Excellent.  Myself, Captain Marek, Commander Price, even if Chief Q'ten can't return to us that should give us at least a start.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
OPS: I myself am a former CTO as well, but I’m afraid that age has taken its toll on my reflexes.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
OPS: There are weapons inside the orderlies. Maybe if we incapacitate one, we can somehow remove their weapons and modify them for our use.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: For starters there are "makeshift" weapons, chairs, decent sized objects, anything that can act as a club can magnify the ability of the "mob".

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: That could help also.  As long as we can keep them powered outside the Orderly.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: We can see if we can recruit the other patients to help overtake the staff.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Mob mentality is contagious, yes.  Not definite but a very likely source of help.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: Basically... the force of the mob with the mayhem of the riot.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Backed up with the discipline of Starfleet.  And hopefully guided by.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
OPS: We also have to find a way, once we get to a control room, to cut communications to this whole building.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: ::nods::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: And possibly to open communications to our ships and, if it can find the relays, to Starfleet.
All: But we are back to the first step.  How to disrupt power to the Orderlies and take them down?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Maybe using the same technique. Overpowering them with the mob tactic and tries to disable them by brute force?

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: We get a key from a nurse, distract the orderlies and we get into the locked doors on this ward.  There's got to be at least the controls to this ring.  But, I think we should wait until we have the full plan.  But that has to happen soon.  I never did find out the outcome of my son's performance.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: I know, and I am hoping we can prevent any further performances.  We are all hopeful the performance went well.
All: Once Price gets back we will see if he has anything to add, but there is no room for debate, we must work fast moving forward.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
All: What if we could get a key and check out the center of the ring without the orderlies or staff knowing we ever did it?  It would have to be a great distraction forcing all orderlies and staff to be there.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: We can take that if it is open, but honestly, once that control is taken, it would be a risk to loose that momentum.  If we get to that point we'd likely be better to keep moving and try to end this.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
CO: Okay, but maybe if we try we can go as long as we can without them knowing anything is up.  See how far we get unnoticed.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Cash: Of course, the later they realize the less time they will have to counter it.

OPS_Nash says:
ALL:  I'm in if it gets us home and the answers we need to stop all this nonsense.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Keep your eyes open tonight, see if you can find anything to aid our plan.  The distraction will need to be as big as noted. The more we can "recruit" for it the better it will go.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: acknowledged.

Earhart_OPS_Cash says:
OPS: I'll be happy when we have a solid plan.  The sooner the better.

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