USS Arondight – NCC 80477
Stardate 10508.07
Episode #111 “Out of the Frying Pan”

Starring
CO K’Beth	Beth
FCO Chottu	Martijn
OPS Ko’Bil	Rich
CTO Grey-Feather	Ted
TO Kizlev	Delon
EO Day	Bryan
CMO Jakiel	Theresa
CNS Kostandinos	Erin

Prologue: The Arondight is only 15 minutes out from the source of the distress call.  There has been no communication with the freighter except for the repeating, garbled distress call.  Long Range Sensors have had little more luck, just enough to tell that there have been some high energy discharges in the area.  The Arondight flies in hot to hopefully find a piece to the puzzle they have been presented with since arriving at their new home.

<<<<<<<<<< RESUME MISSION >>>>>>>>>>

CO K’Beth
 ::on the bridge:: OPS: Do we have a visual yet?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: on the bridge just up from sickbay ::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Nothing more than we had before Captain.

TO Kizlev
 ::on Deck 14 in the lower forward torpedo bay performing some last minute checks on the Arondight launchers:: Self: Definitely more efficient weapons on this ship...

CO K’Beth
 OPS: All right...put the area on the viewscreen and magnify.

EO Day
  ::in Main Engineering assembling the repair team and making sure they have the necessary equipment::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::enters the bridge, thinking that next time she is definitely going to indulge her profession's custom of dressing in civilian clothing::

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Any other ships in the area?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: scanning the area for contacts :: CO: Checking now captain

CO K’Beth
 ::sees the CNS enter:: CNS: Counselor....feel like filling in at science?

CNS Kostandinos
 ::thinks K'Beth sure  knows how to throw someone into the fire:: CO: Sure, Captain...

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::Puts what he has up on the View screen:: CO Aye Captain Magnified 100 times.

FCO Chottu
 ::at flight leaning back a little, comfortable in his own chair again::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::takes the console and attempts to familiarize herself with it, thinking that this should be interesting::

CMO Jakiel
 ::working on reports and getting frustrated with the inactivity of that aspect of this job::

ACTION:  The viewscreen comes to life with a fuzzy image of a freighter and various energy burst occasionally around it.

CO K’Beth
 CNS: Good....scan the area where the freighter  is and see if you can pinpoint those energy bursts.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain I am detecting 4 warp signatures, the freighter plus 3.  Unable to tell whether the ships are still there or not at this range

TO Kizlev
 ::marks off some final items on his checklist on his padd, takes a report from the armory chief, and heads back to the main security office:: *CTO*: Lieutenant Grey-feather, this is Kizlev. We're as ready for battle as we'll ever be. All security personnel are ready and on standby.

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Take us to red alert, Lt.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::engages long range sensors, having already detected that there are energy bursts, but now  trying to narrow the exact location::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Aye captain :: takes ship to red alert, shields up and weapons hot ::

CO K’Beth
 FCO: ETA to the freighter?

TO Kizlev
 ::looks up as the klaxons flare on:: Self: Right on time too... ::picks up his walking pace to a slight jog::

FCO Chottu
 ::glances at his console:: CO: 9 more minutes ma'am.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: pushes tactical sensors to their limits trying to get targeting solutions on the area ::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::receiving some preliminary data on the energy bursts... according to sensors they are either weapons fire or freighter damage::

EO Day
  ::groans at the sirens::  You know...I didn't miss those one bit.

CMO Jakiel
 ::raises her head as she hears the warning alarms for the enhanced alert status and decides the rest of the paperwork can wait.  Turns her chair and rises, heading out her office door::

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: Captain, according to sensors, the energy bursts are either weapons fire or freighter damage... ::grins somewhat sarcastically:: Don't you love how specific our technology can be?

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::sees the CNS having a little problem with the console:: CNS: If you need some help just ask.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Send a general message to the area of the freighter.  Identify yourselves and tell whatever ships that are in the area to stand down.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::runs some more analysis to  see if they can narrow the two options down to one::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::looks up at OPS, smiling:: OPS:  Thanks for the offer....  it has just been a while since I've been  aboard one of these.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Aye Captain adding that to the message already being transmitted.

CO K’Beth
 CNS: If it is weapons fire, I'm amazed the freighter lasted this long.

CNS Kostandinos
 CO:  Let's just hope it is not.

ACTION:  The viewscreen image gets clearer every minute

CMO Jakiel
 Nurse Wade:  See to it that the staff is on standby.  I do not know what the reason is for the red status but I want sickbay prepared.  ::continues on out at a brisk pace for the nearest turbolift::

TO Kizlev
 *EO*: Engineering, I've assigned security details to your department who have been cross-trained in engineering skills. Let me know if you require anything else from us.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Get every bit of speed that you can...and prepare the fighters to deploy as soon as we drop out of warp.  Have them do a perimeter sweep after we determine exactly what is going on.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::starts checking to see if he can get any transporter locks at this time::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain weapons and shields are all in the green

EO Day
  *TO*: Understood.  

CNS Kostandinos
 ::her console finishes running the sensor readings:: CO:  Captain, the energy bursts are from freighter damage, not weapons...  ::is slightly relieved::

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Understood, Lt.  Keep the sensors scanning.  I don't want anyone creeping up on us.

TO Kizlev
 ::reaches the main security office and gets weapons assigned and people out the door so they can get to their posts:: Sec staff: Let's pick up the pace people. Move it!

CMO Jakiel
 ::feels a bit of irritation for the Ferengi whom had filed a complaint about the treatment in sickbay knowing the little man must have been guilty of something to have fainted as he did.  Walks out onto the bridge when the doors open and comes to stand with hands behind her back, observing::

CO K’Beth
 CNS: At least that is one thing in our favor.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Squeezing everything I can out of the sensor pallets ma'am.  I hate surprises too :: grins ::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Captain I am reading 5 weak lifesigns aboard the ship .

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Can you get a transporter lock on them?

CNS Kostandinos
 CO:  Let's hope it's not the only thing.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Not at  this time the energy burst are keeping me from that .

FCO Chottu
 ::kinda raises shoulders:: Self: This is as fast she'll go..

TO Kizlev
 ::arms himself with a hand phaser and tricorder just in case he gets called on for the away mission, then moves out with a three-man team towards the turbolift:: TL: Sickbay.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: gets more information on his console:: CO: I am showing 2 of the vessels are gone...one is still there but hanging back from the freighter.  Like it’s waiting for something

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::starts reconfiguring the transporters to see if he can cut through the energy burst::

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Can you identify the ship?

ACTION:  The Arondight arrives at the coordinates of the freighter.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Can you get a transporter lock on them?

TO Kizlev
 ::reaches sickbay, posts the guards outside and enters, making his way past all the hurried nurses, looking for Rhianna:: Aloud: Ms. Jakiel, are you here?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: runs the scans :: CO: Negative captain, doesn't match anything in the ship's database

CO K’Beth
 CNS: How stable is the freighter?  Stable enough for an away team?

CNS Kostandinos
 ::runs sensor sweeps of hull integrity and life support systems::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: I am working on it captain however I  can probably beam a team aboard.

CNS Kostandinos
 CO:  We can, as long as we make it quick - it's deteriorating but we should have time for an AT

CMO Jakiel
 ::watches the viewscreen curiously then moves over to an unused console to check the current sensor readings for herself.  Turns her head towards the area of the ship sickbay is located, feeling Kizlev's interest in her, then taps her badge::  *TO*:  Lieutenant?

CO K’Beth
 ::nods:: *TO/EO*: Report to the transporter room for a rescue team, immediately.

EO Day
  *CO*: Aye Captain, on my way.

TO Kizlev
 *CMO*: Why aren't you in sickbay, ensign? Your staff seem to be in almost total disarray.

EO Day
  ::jogs out of Main Engineering and makes for Transporter Room 1::

CO K’Beth
 *EO*: Take transporter enhancers.  We are having trouble transporting the wounded out.

EO Day
  ::stops up dead::  *CO*: Information that would have been useful a minute ago.  ::backtracks and opens the supply closet::

CO K’Beth
 *TO*: Take a full security team with you.  You have very little time, so you had better move.

TO Kizlev
 ::taps his badge:: *CO*: Acknowledged, bridge. ::heads out for the TR::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::keeps sensors on the freighter, watching for any sign of the deterioration speeding up::

EO Day
  Fixit: Ens., you're with me, bring those transporter enhancers.  ::picks up his two kits and jogs out of Main Engineering with Fixit in tow::

CMO Jakiel
 ::frowns irritated::  *TO*: I just left moments ago after giving strict instructions for my staff to be on alert!  I will speak to them immediately...

CO K’Beth
 ::turns around:: CMO: Doctor...better get down to sickbay.  We'll be beaming the injured crew directly there.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: keeps an eye on the other ship ready to make a new debris field if it moves towards the freighter ::

ACTION:  The one lone vessel beings to pull away

TO Kizlev
 ::motions for 2 other passing security people armed with phaser rifles to join him in the TR::

CMO Jakiel
 CO: Yes ma'am.  Sickbay will be ready.  ::turns on her heel to enter the turbolift again::

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Hail that vessel

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::continues to work on getting a transporter lock on the lifesigns::

EO Day
  ::arrives in the transporter room::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain the other ship seems to be retreating

EO Day
  *CO*: Engineering ready Captain.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Hailing frequencies opened.

CO K’Beth
 COM: Lone vessel: This is Captain K'Beth of the USS Arondight.  Stand down and identify yourself.

TO Kizlev
 ::follows in behind the EO into the TR:: EO: Lieutenant, are you armed appropriately?

ACTION:  Only static in return

CNS Kostandinos
 ::thinks that doesn't sound too promising::

CO K’Beth
 *EO*: As soon as security arrives transport.  Try and stabilize the freighter...but your priority is to get the crew safe.

EO Day
  ::indicates the hand phaser strapped to his hip::  TO: Not to worry, we come prepared.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Send the fighters out to stop that vessel.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Captain I am afraid that we are starting to lose one of the lifesigns.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain I could spare a warning shot or two :: smiles ::

FCO Chottu
 ::looks back towards the rest of the bridge::

EO Day
  *OPS*: Engineering and Security in place.  Beam us over OPS.

TO Kizlev
 ::nods satisfied and steps onto the pad with his 2 security crewmen:: EO: Good, we're set. TR Chief: Energize.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::looks up as  more detailed sensor readings start to come in:: CO: Captain, sensors are showing massive  weapons impacts on the damaged freighter... the impulse engines are leaking, the warp core is offline

FCO Chottu
 CO: Aye ma'am. *Flightdeck*: Get the fighters out there and pin that ship down quick.

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: Oh, and interestingly enough, it has no cargo

OPS Ko’Bil
 *EO*: Roger Transporting now.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Swing us around to stand between the vessel and the freighter.

ACTION:  Fighters begins launching as soon as the order is given.  The lone ship begins to accelerate

CMO Jakiel
 ::returns to sickbay in a mood and starts directing the staff with specific duties to ready for incoming patients, then sits down at a computer to initiate a com link with the bridge to stay apprised of the situation better.  Leans back trying to decide whom to call in for extra hands while she watches Wade moving too slowly to suit her::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Captain the Away team is beaming over to the freighter now.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::scans the retreating ship to see what,  if anything, it has...and more  appropriately, whether it has anything matching the freighter’s cargo manifest::

ACTION:  The AT materializes on the freighter.

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Let's wait until the freighter is no longer in danger of a retaliation shot....as soon as we move into position, feel free to fire across their bow.

EO Day
  @::arrives on the freighter to find it dark, save for the sparks from exposed wires.  The deck lurches under foot every so often and the air feels thin.::  Fixit: Start setting up the transporter enhancers, We'll locate the crew.

CO K’Beth
 CNS: I imagine their cargo is on the two ships that left.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::scans come up  empty handed...  it  was  a theory, anyways::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Understood, my pleasure

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: It's not on  the one that is still remaining, anyways.

TO Kizlev
 @::materializes and immediately glances about:: EO: Lead on. ::assigns one of his 2 men to Fixit and follows the EO with the other::

EO Day
  @::pulls out a palm light from his kit::  TO: Do we have any idea where the crew is located?

ACTION:  The fighters close on the vessel

CO K’Beth
 CNS: Can you tell what species are on the attacking vessel?  Any information about it and its crew could help pinpoint who is behind this.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: keeps the enemy ship targeted...just in case ::

TO Kizlev
 @::gets out his tricorder for a quick scan:: EO: They're all on the bridge. It's sealed with blast doors, however.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Is the vessel in range of our transporters?

CNS Kostandinos
 ::runs sensors on the attacking vessel, trying to pinpoint the lifesigns::

CMO Jakiel
 ::tries to suppress the anxiety she feels for Kizlev being on the away team and knowing the ensuing situation::  Nurse Wade:  I need to speak with you.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::starts becoming frustrated at not being able to transport the lifesigns on the freighter ::

EO Day
  @::Heads down the corridor fore towards what he hopes is the bridge::  TO: Then we'll just have to find a way through them.

ACTION:  The fighters close on the vessel as it retreats.. they start to surround it.  Not a shot has been fired.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::runs her scans twice - that can't be right::  CO: Captain - the attacking vessel has  no lifesigns on it.

CMO Jakiel
 <Nurse Wade> ::looks down at his Chief with a touch of contempt::  Would there be something else?  Everything seems to be in order.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Aye captain  but with their shields up we cant transport any of them.

TO Kizlev
 @EO: Indeed... ::activates his own palm beacon light and stays close to Day::

CO K’Beth
 ::turns around and looks at her for a second:: CNS: Are you sure?

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: It's on autopilot,  Captain.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Have the fighters try and disable the propulsion system only.

EO Day
  @::feels quite at home in the darkened corridors.  After a short while they arrive outside the bridge blast doors::

TO Kizlev
 @::feels his antennae start to twitch involuntarily, his sinuses starting to flare up again::

EO Day
  @::pulls out his tricorder and scans the door for integrity and materials::

CTO Grey-Feather
 Himself: A drone....a dang drone.  Sheesh they couldn't even be bothered to come out and kill the freighter in person.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Check and see if there is any transmissions to or from the vessel.  Let's see if anyone is flying this remotely.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain if that is a drone it might have a proximity defense built in

CO K’Beth
 CTO: Understood, Lt.

FCO Chottu
 *Fighter squad*: Focus on propulsion, there's no lifesigns on board, so the more systems we keep intact, the more chance we have of finding out what it is and came from.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Have the fighters keep their distance, just in case.

EO Day
  @TO: There's a weakened surface here.  ::points::  Looks like the damage to the freighter bent the doors.  If I can score it with the plasma torch, we should be able to blast a hole big enough to crawl through with your rifles.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::checks the comm link:: CO: Checking now captain and we just lost a life sign aboard the freighter and one of them is critical.

CMO Jakiel
 ::rises only to find she is so much shorter next to the tall half Vulcan, but maintains a stern demeanor::  Nurse Wade:  I gave you orders just before I left to direct the staff on duty while I went to the bridge.  Lieutenant Kizlev happened by sickbay and informs me it was in ... disarray.  I will be examining the vids to see whether this is true.

CO K’Beth
 *TO*: Lt...report!  We just lost a life sign on our sensors from the freighter.

EO Day
  @::sets down his kit and opens it, locating the plasma torch, and powering it on::

EO Day
  @::begins scoring the weakened area of the blast door with the torch::

ACTION:  The plasma torch cuts through the metal like a warm knife through cold butter.

TO Kizlev
 @EO: Sounds good to me... ::stifles a sneeze:: Sec Crewman: Do the honors, Mr. Diaz. Watch your aim as you fire.

FCO Chottu
 <FP Drake> *FCO*: Aye sir, focusing on propulsion, starting attack run. ::opens fire on the ship::

ACTION:  As soon as the fighter’s phasers hit the ship, it explodes violently.. the fighters still tight on the ship taking severely heavy damage.

EO Day
  @::makes it through the first layer of the blast door and stands back allowing the security officer to blast through the rest with the rifle::

TO Kizlev
 @*CO*: A lifesign? Just a moment, captain. *Sec Crewman #2*: Report, Ms. Hunter.

CMO Jakiel
 <Nurse Wade> CMO: Ma'am...with all due respect, that Andorian is tactical, I hardly believe that he would know the difference between disarray and efficiency in this department.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Captain I am not reading any transmission to or from the vessel.

TO Kizlev
 @::hears from Hunter and then scans beyond the blast doors:: *CO*: Confirmed, ma'am. One of the freighter crew has ceased life function. I suggest we get sickbay staff over here right away.

FCO Chottu
 <FP Drake> *FCO*: .. explosion, heavy damage .. retrieval..

EO Day
  @::with the blast doors open and the edges of the opening cool, he squeezes through the small opening onto the bridge, pulling his engineering kit behind him::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Hmmmm you better make that self destruct not proximity captain

CO K’Beth
 *TO*: Negative...get the transporter patter enhancers up and immediately transport them to sickbay.  The ship is too unstable for any prolonged treatment.  You don't have much time left, Lt.

CMO Jakiel
 ::her eyes flare briefly for a moment::  Nurse Wade:  You will not speak of any superior officer in that tone, do you understand?  I do not have time to discuss the matter at this time.  Return to your duties and do as I have instructed.  ::the xenophobic feelings from Wade are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore::

TO Kizlev
 @::follows Day inside, phaser drawn:: *CO*: Understood. We're entering the bridge now...

CNS Kostandinos
 ::keeping  an eye on the sensor readings from the freighter, to make sure it doesn't get too unstable::

FCO Chottu
 ::hisses:: *Flightdeck*: I want those fighters back in right now, focus on the fighters that are damaged most, quick!

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: scans the area in case the other two contacts return after the explosion ::

CO K’Beth
 ::watches the vessel explode and curses:: CTO: Prepare a cargo bay for the debris.  We'll want to examine everything we can about it.
Bafii: @ ACTION: On the bridge, the AT find 5 Vidoli scattered around the room.. all are unconscious.. one dead.  The air in the bridge is very thin and stale.

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Status of the fighters, Lt?

ACTION:  The flightdeck begins retrieval and does so very efficiently.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::checks to see if the transporters can get a lock on the freighter crew now that the AT is there::

FCO Chottu
 *CMO*: I'm sure you're quite busy, but some of the pilots will need the attention of your staff, could you send a team to the flightdeck?

CO K’Beth
 CNS: Commander, status on the freighter?

EO Day
  @TO: Damn, there's only three of us.  Ok, let's get one each, Fixit and Hunter will have to come get the other two.  ::heads for the nearest living crewman and heaves them onto his back::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Aye captain preparing shuttle bay for debris, configuring safety force fields

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: It's holding for now, Captain.  ::slight emphasis on "for now"::

CMO Jakiel
 ::enters the biobed area to see two nurses nervously glance at her and she immediately tries to calm herself for their sake, realizing how tense she feels with the situation::  *FCO*: I will assemble a medical team right away and have them sent in five minutes.

EO Day
  @*Fixit*: We need some help, get to the bridge immediately and grab a wounded crewman.

FCO Chottu
 ::turns towards the CO, looking distressed:: CO: Retrieving them now, not all of them are responding, I won't know more until those are brought in

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::starts wondering why the transporter enhancers haven't been set up yet ::

TO Kizlev
 @::sneezes and pull in a breath, though with some difficulty:: EO: Very well. ::motions for Diaz to get one and he himself hefts up another, very glad he's been working out lately::

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Cargo bay 3 deck 6 is ready captain

EO Day
  @::struggles with the deadweight as he squeezes back out into the corridor::

TO Kizlev
 @*Hunter*: Finish setting up the pattern enhancers until we return.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Try and lock on to the distressed fighters with the tractor beam and bring them in.

CMO Jakiel
 ::runs thru whom she wants to send to the flightdeck and begins coming them to report with medkits in hand at the flightdeck and keep her apprised::

EO Day
  @<Fixit> ::activates the last of the pattern enhancers and then hurries toward the bridge::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Roger Captain. :: sets up the tractor beam checking if the freighter can handle it first::

TO Kizlev
 @::carefully carries and pushes his Vidoli "passenger" past the doors and towards the beam-out site, and sees Diaz struggling a bit:: Diaz: Remind me to assign you more time in the gym, petty officer.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::gets Lock on the pattern enhancers and wonder why no one is in side them to transport yet::

EO Day
  @::arrives at the pattern enhancers and places the unconscious crewman in the middle of them::

EO Day
  @::waits for Diaz and Kizlev::

ACTION:  The freighter rocks, a serious explosion happening towards the aft.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::starts tractoring in the fighters::

EO Day
  @::hits the side of the corridor hard, grimacing at what will become a nasty bruise::  *Fixit*: Hurry up, we're running out of time.

TO Kizlev
 @::arrives with Day, sets down his Vidoli and goes to help Diaz....then is thrown to the side bulkhead hard as the ship lunges::

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: Captain, sensors are registering an explosion on the freighter, aft section... they don't have much more time before structural integrity deteriorates.

CMO Jakiel
 <Various medical personnel>  ::makes their way to the flight deck with all haste after receiving a com from their Chief::

EO Day
  @<Fixit> ::arrives with Hunter on the bridge and begins transporting the last two Vidoli::

CO K’Beth
 CNS: Understood, Counselor.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Confirmed captain, whatever spit and bailing wire is holding that ship together it is about to come apart

CO K’Beth
 *TO/EO*: Structural integrity is failing.  Get out of there now.

EO Day
  @*CO*: Understood Captain.

CO K’Beth
 CNS: See if you can download any information from the freighter’s computer.

EO Day
  @::calls back to Kizlev::  TO: That's it, we're out of time.  Let's go!

EO Day
  @*Fixit*: Get a move on Ensign, you're cutting it close.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::attempts to access the freighter's computer, to see if there is anything of use left  from all the damage::

TO Kizlev
 @EO: Make sure the enhancers are still operational. I'm going back towards our other two stragglers. ::starts to move, but stops, seeing them coming:: Fixit/Hunter: Let's go! Time is against us!

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Has everyone transported off the freighter?

CMO Jakiel
 ::receives a com from the lead physician about the status of the pilots and relays back to have some of them brought to sickbay::

CO K’Beth
 FCO: As soon as we have all the fighters and the away team, pull us back from the freighter to a safer distance.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::gets a lock on some of the lifesigns inside the pattern enhancers and starts transporting them to the sickbay::*CMO*: Doctor  we have incoming wounded being beam to sick bay. :: adjust transporters to trying to get every one::

EO Day
  @TO: I'm going with this batch!  Don't delay!  *OPS*: Arondight, three to beam out.

TO Kizlev
 @::gets the rest of the Vidoli with the enhancement field and helps with the rest:: EO: Okay, that's it.

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Transporting them now captain.

CMO Jakiel
 *OPS*:  Ready to receive...

CNS Kostandinos
 ::finding sensor records, logs, and other common pieces of information and  transferring them to the Arondight's computer:: CO: The information is coming over - right  now it looks like pretty standard computer contents, it'll take a while to go through it and find anything useful.

FCO Chottu
 *Flightdeck*: Status?

OPS Ko’Bil
 *EO* : roger transporting now.

ACTION:  The away team transport off the freighter, but there is some problem with the rematerialization... safeties kick in and they end up back on the freighter.

CO K’Beth
 CNS: Understood.  Just get a dump for now and go through it later.

FCO Chottu
 <Flightdeck> *FCO*: The most damaged ships are in, the rest flight worthy so coming in quick, we should be done... in as little as half a minute.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::her console finishes:: CO:  All the information has been transferred.

EO Day
  @::finds himself looking at Kizlev again and lets out a curse::  *OPS*: Arondight, what's going on over there...we don't have time for this!

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::slams his fist on the console and retries the transport::

ACTION:  This time the transport is successful.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: prepares to enhance forward shields once the away team is aboard ::

TO Kizlev
 @::blinks, wondering why they are back, then is pulled again...::

CO K’Beth
 OPS: ::growls:: What is happening, Lt?

OPS Ko’Bil
 *EO* : It seem the transporter is giving us a little problem.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::noticing  the two attempts to transport, and the  EO/CO's unfavorable reactions, and thinks this will do nothing to improve the skittish OPS' self-esteem::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: A little transporter problem Captain  but we have them now.

TO Kizlev
 ::sighs and takes a deep breath, then suddenly sneezes again, then groans::

CMO Jakiel
 ::nurses and physicians start working on the patients as they materialize with efficient purpose::

FCO Chottu
 <Flightdeck> *FCO*: Fighters retrieved sir, working on a complete damage report.

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Good job, Lt.

EO Day
  ::still high from the adrenaline, jumps down off the transporter pad::  *OPS*: I don't call me life "little"...

FCO Chottu
 CO: All fighters are back ma'am.

ACTION:  The freighter begins to go...

EO Day
  TO: You should really get that looked at.  ::referring to the sneezing::

CO K’Beth
 FCO: Pull us back now.

CNS Kostandinos
 CO:  The freighter is breaking up.

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: augments the shields ::

TO Kizlev
 *OPS*: Problems seem to run rampant on the ship on a regular basis, but I'll excuse the technical set-back this time...

TO Kizlev
 <on this ship>

OPS Ko’Bil
 *EO*: Then I would have one of your engineers look into the problem.

TO Kizlev
 ::said with a hint of aversion::

EO Day
  ::growls at the insinuation and storms off for Main Engineering::

CO K’Beth
 CMO: Status on the freighter crew?

FCO Chottu
 ::turns the Arondight away and attempts to get distance from the freighter::

ACTION:  As he says that a panel on a nearby wall snaps open and plows the TO hard in the chest, knocking the wind out of him and dropping him on his rear.

CMO Jakiel
 ::is feeling a bit of the tenseness relieved sensing Kizlev nearer, assuming he is back on the ship now as she connects life support to one of the patients and has blood spatters over her gown::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::listens to the OPS surprising response and thinks,  maybe his self-esteem is not so battered after all::

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Put the freighter on the viewscreen.

TO Kizlev
 Aloud: Umph! ::falls flat on his blue uniform clad butt::

OPS Ko’Bil
 CO: Aye Captain :: puts the freighter on the viewscreen::

ACTION:  The freighter erupts in a series of explosions that rock the Arondight... in a bright flash, the freighter is gone.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::hangs on to her console, getting sensor readings::  CO: And there it goes....

TO Kizlev
 ::catches his breath and sneezes some more, then starts to laugh manically like he has just stumbled across the discovery of a lifetime::

CO K’Beth
 ::catches Dog as she rolls across the floor from under the chair:: CNS: I'd say so, Counselor.

OPS Ko’Bil
 ::feels exhausted after all the action from the last few minutes::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: grabs the console to keep his balance :: CO: Looks like we just made that one ma'am

CO K’Beth
 OPS: Excellent work, Lt.

CMO Jakiel
 ::clutches at the biobed and looks around at the other patients in a panic, a Romulan curse escaping::  Medical staff: Get the patients secured!

CO K’Beth
 FCO/CTO: Good work Lt's.

TO Kizlev
 ::gets helped up to his feet with the kind help from another crewman and continues his laugh as he exits into the corridor, which then subsides into a quiet chuckle:: Self: Heh...just like the Excalibur. This ship must have a life of its own.

FCO Chottu
 CO: Can I head down to the flightdeck ma'am? I'd like to check the fighters and pilots myself.

CO K’Beth
 ::nods yes to the FCO:: CNS: Thank you counselor for your help.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::nods:: CO: Anytime.

CO K’Beth
 *TO/EO*: I'll want a full report, but excellent work gentlemen.

FCO Chottu
 ::heads towards the TL, motioning for flight to be taken over::

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