Star Trek: A Call To Duty

USS Scimitar NCC-80826 - SD 11210.08

Starring:
	
Einar Sigurðsson		as	Temporary Ship Manager

			And	[SO] Leroy Andrews

			And	Captain Jonathan Rome
			
			And	[EO] Marc Spencer

			And	[OPS] Vettel

Andrew James		as	[ACO] Commander Thalev Idrani
				Acting Commanding Officer

Absent:

C.J. Short		as	[AXO] Lieutenant, Junior Grade Sara Natalie Sumner
				Acting Executive Officer

Lilia Perfeito		as	[OPS] Lieutenant Laeena Saprin
				Chief Operations Officer

Wim Herremans		as	[CSO] Ensign Lucas Sanders
				Chief Science Officer

Last time on the Scimitar: The AXO and OPS manage to help the local Praetor get his message out to the people of Jevorim, stabilizing the growing turmoil on the streets. Meanwhile in space, the Vendori warbird decloaked and destroyed the Scimitar’s probe, cutting off their communications with the Federation and before the Scimitar nor Kraken could get a lock on them, they cloaked once more. However with some ingenuity from the Kraken crew, they managed to lock onto the warbird and disable it. However the Vendori refuse to give up, and transport down to the planet…

	Begin mission: "Trouble at Jevorim" - Part 3	

SO_Andrews:
ACO: Sir, the warbird is losing structural integrity and we are registering a containment breach in their singularity drive.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
SO: Can we stop it? There's no crew on board - taking a fully operational warbird back with us would be a treat and a half.
 
OPS_Vettel:
::turns around:: ACO: The Kraken reports their people will be assembling away teams to locate them along with the local government.
 
SO_Andrew:
::gulps:: ACO: Not to overstep my boundaries sir, but the last time we attempted to take one of those ships, the boobytraps almost killed our people.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
SO: I think it may be worth the risk, especially as this ship isn't Romulan Star Empire standard anymore.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::nods to Vettel:: OPS: Very well.
 
EO_Spencer:
::looks up from Engineering:: SO/ACO: We could try and take out their power distribution network with a low level tetryon blast....if it works, we can perhaps shut the drive down completely.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
EO; Do it, and quickly. I don't want to lose this opportunity.
 
EO_Spencer:
::nods and goes to work on the console in front of him:: ACO: Yes Captain! I just need a few minutes to set this up.
 
SO_Andrew:
::rolls his eyes, wishing Ro'kar...the more logical one was here...and he was kind of cute::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::catches the SO roll his eyes but says nothing::
 
OPS_Vettel:
ACO: I have to say sir, the triangulation trick was quite genious...the Kraken's Chief Engineer is full of surprises, from what I remember about Adalberto...he wasn't really a tech guy.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
OPS: I believe that was Sumners idea.
 
OPS_Vettel:
ACO: Now that makes more sense sir. ::smiles::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::doesn't want to let the conversation dwell on Adalberto:: EO: Status?
 
EO_Spencer:
::standing by the Engineering station, working the top panels:: ACO: Almost there sir...::looks to Andrew's to make sure they have time::
 
SO_Andrew:
::just nods:: EO: Five...seven minutes at best.
 
ACTION: Incoming message from Starbase 718
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::looks at the chronometer::
 
OPS_Vettel:
ACO: Incoming message sir, it's Captain Rome.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::stands:: OPS: In my ready room please. ::walks to his ready room::
 
OPS_Vettel:
ACO: Aye Captain. Piping it through now.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::enters his ready room, get's a drink from the replicator and sits at his desk, activating the screen:: Rome: Jonathan. Good to hear from you.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::appears on the screen, his face clean shaven for the first time in years:: ACO: Thalev, what the heck...did you paint my ready room?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Never mind the colour I chose, what did you do to your face?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::strokes his chin:: ACO: Don't you like it? Makes me look like a Lieutenant again. ::smiles::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: You really want to look that naive and gung-ho as when you were a Lieutenant? ::smiles back::
 
EO_Spencer:
*ACO*: Captain, the tetryon blast worked, the warbird is completely dead in space. We will tractor it out of orbit. Should I assemble teams to go onboard?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
*EO*: Affirmative, but be careful.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::chuckles:: ACO: Hey, we were the best damn Lieutenant in the fleet.
 
EO_Spencer:
*ACO*: Aye sir. ::cuts the channel::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Damned right! But I don't think you called for a comm-drink and a chat, right?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::looks serious all of a sudden:: ACO: Thalev, what is going on out there?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: I wish I could definitively tell you. We're alongside the Kraken at Jevorim. It's like being in a holo-novel about espionage and betrayal.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: On a side point, the USS Kraken is a magnificent ship. Just everything about her feels like it has something special behind it.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::shakes his head:: ACO: I can't believe the reports myself. Ambassador Kasayn...the man brokered countless treaties and helped set up a dozen new applications for the Federation in his career.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: So I hear, it's good Starfleet is serious about long range exploration, but I know you're deflecting.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::shrugs:: Rome: And I actually liked the guy. I still don't know what happened, unless he was forced into it somehow.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::nods:: ACO: I don't know...this is all being covered up back home, I'm being transferred from one paper pusher to the next. And Nagamuri....::sighs:: he was one hell of an officer.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::nods solemnly:: Rome: I was sad to hear of his death, and yes, this does smell like a cover up. Starfleet knows more than it's telling us, but what's new? Maybe they were placing Kasayn undercover somewhere.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: But he's dead...and wouldn't he have tried to get off the ship, from what your report said, he had the means.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::interlaces his fingers:: ACO: Okay, run me through what happened.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: I don't think we'll ever really know the answers, and that annoys me beyond words.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Well, the Devourer was attacked - by who, I don't know. They were careful not to hit us though, which is strange. We moved in to assist the Devourer crew but had a transporter glitch at just the wrong moment, which was traced back to Kasayn's quarters. He'd requested special a communications console.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Have you checked the logs on the console? Who did he speak with ?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Volar got a bit frustrated now, eager to leave, threatening us.. We got surrounded and were about to let him go, but he managed to get himself out. That's when Kasayn went mental and attacked the guards in his quarters. I can’t help but feel maybe he knew what was coming and we got in his way.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: We're checking the logs, but we've had our hands full saving the day, as usual.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::smiles:: ACO: Always seems like we're the only ship in range.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Of course. And guess who's on the Kraken?
 
SO_Andrews:
*ACO*: Sir, sorry for bothering you...but, we just downloaded the warbird's navigation logs...they've crossed our paths before.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
*SO*: When? The attack on the Devourer?
 
SO_Andrews:
*ACO*: Aye sir, the markings are the same. It's the same ship.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
*SO*: Okay, and how is securing the ship going?
 
SO_Andrews:
*ACO*: So far so good sir. We're trying to recover all her secrets...but the encryption is something we haven't seen before, it will take a few hours.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::smiles as he sees Thalev act as a real Captain for the first time::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
*SO*: Okay, keep at it. I want to take that warbird home with us.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: What are you smiling at, you old buffoon?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::laughs:: ACO: You're all grown up.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
::growls::
 
Jonathan Rome:
::smiles:: ACO: So...one more piece of the puzzle.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: The problem is I don't know how big the puzzle is, nor what the picture is.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::picks up a PADD and reads from it:: ACO: There's one thing I don't really understand...the cloaking device onboard my ship...I mean your ship.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Welcome to the big chair.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: I don't understand it either, but then I haven't really had much time to sit down and think about it.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Okay...you used a metaphasic sweep...whatever that is, to scan for cloaked ships, the Vendori apparently...and you registered a hit onboard too?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::sighs and strokes his chin::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Yes, but a Romulan disappeared every time we swept... ::pauses:: That's rather distracting. ::has a lightbulb moment:: It was for Eva wasn't it! You shaved for her.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::sits up straight:: ACO: What? No? Stay on topic will ya.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Oh, hit a nerve there, did I?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::chuckles::
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Shut up.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::looks distant, as if trying to remember something::

ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Trying to remember the last time someone liked you back? Yeah... long time, eh. 

Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Thalev...why would the Romulans try and sneak a cloaking device onboard their own ship? Makes no sense.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::glares at him::
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: If I knew, I'd tell you. Maybe they weren't Romulans, but Vendori all along? ::sighs and rubs his temples:: I don't know, Jonathan, but I'll find out.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: Kasayn seemed like a nice guy, and if only for him, I'll get to the bottom of it. I'd like to exonerate his name, if that's possible.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::leans forward:: ACO: We're missing a key piece here....everytime the "cloaking device" registered...one less Romulan registered? But did the life signs decrease in general in Sickbay at all??
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: No. ::sits up:: So are there cloaked Romulans on my ship? Your ship.. our ship! You know what I mean!
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: No...the missing Romulan life sign....it was never there..?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: So... Volar... he... well... he's dead?
 
Jonathan Rome:
::takes a ship of his coffee:: ACO: Replaced?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: We had a problem with the transport - Volar was caught in there for ages, then suddenly it worked... yes, replaced.
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: Thalev...where is he now?
 
Jonathan Rome:
ACO: What was he wearing? A holographic disguise?
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: He could be anywhere. One Romulan among a trillion, but he was headed back to the Praetor. Yes, it must have been a holographic disguise, which is why the metaphasic sweep changed the life signs.
 
Jonathan Rome:
::takes a deep breath:: ACO: Christ.
 
ACO Cmdr Idrani:
Rome: We have to warn the Praetor.

End MISSION

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