USS Arondight – NCC 80477
Stardate 10511.13
Episode #123 “In the Hunt”

Starring
CO K’Beth	Beth
CTO Grey-Feather	Ted
TO Kizlev	Delon
IO Jakiel	Theresa
OPS Ko’Bil	Rich
CNS Kostandinos	Erin

Prologue: The Arondight has followed the trail to the planet Henthut, hoping to find their missing officer.  So far they have had no contact with any other vessels in the vicinity and are just entering orbit to begin searching for the next piece of the trail.  Meanwhile, Ko'Bil has recently awoken from a dream to find himself still in a nightmare.  Alone in the middle of a jungle.  No clue where he is or why he is there.

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CNS Kostandinos
 ::exits the TL onto the bridge::

CO K’Beth
 ::sitting in the command chair watching the planet in the viewscreen:: All: Report!

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::listens for any thing that might let him know where he is and why he is here::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: tactical checking ships status ::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::on the bridge at the auxiliary tactical station::
 
CO K’Beth
 ::sees the CNS enter:: CNS: Counselor...please take over the science station until Cmdr Tarrez-Hunter is free.

# ACTION: There is a sound of something approaching Ko'Bil through the undergrowth.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Captain tactical reports all section in the green.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::nods:: CO: Aye, Captain ::moves to the science station and briefly familiarizes herself with the console::
 
IO Jakiel
 ::on the bridge at science, watching the sensors::
 
CO K’Beth
 CTO: Good. Any other ships out there?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: runs scans for other ships :: CO: Checking now ma'am...negative contacts

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::backs in to some bushes as he waits to see what is approaching him::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::glances over at Rhianna, trying to swallow his feelings and his pride, now wondering why he even got upset in the first place::
 
CO K’Beth
 IO: Lt...scan the area for any trace that a ship has been here.
 
CO K’Beth
 CNS: Scan the planet for Lt Ko'Bil's lifesigns and any other lifesigns.
     
# ACTION: The sound gets closer... and sounds large

CNS Kostandinos
 CO: Sensor readings to the planet are blocked at its atmosphere - we can't see  anything down there unless we go and check ourselves.
 
IO Jakiel
 CO: Yes, Ma'am.  Doing so now.  ::finds the information::  Sensors show that travel agency ship came to Henthut, but we've lost the scent.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::looks to see what is making the sound not liking what he is hearing at the moment::
 
CO K’Beth
 CNS: Can we transport down?
 
CO K’Beth
 IO: How long ago was that ship here?
 
IO Jakiel
 ::nods to the Counselor in conformation, then looks at Kizlev, somewhat perplexed and worried::
     
# ACTION: Suddenly a large wild boar or some type burst through the vegetation, running quickly and blindly past Ko'Bil.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::even though she's technically doing science work for now, can't help but notice the odd looks being passed between the IO and the TO, and wonders if they are having "difficulties"::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #:: watches the animal pass and tries to see what has frightened it thinking that maybe he should be following the animal:::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::filters tactical scans through a simple sensor enhancement algorithm trick he picked up from a comm specialist years ago, directly relaying the data to the CTO's console, however little the sensor routine works::
 
IO Jakiel
 CO: A few hours ago, Ma'am, that's as close as I can confirm::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::sighs:: CO: It's unclear how the blocks are functioning - it's unlike anything I've seen before.  We can try it, but we may not end up quite where the transporter means to put us...  I'd recommend a shuttle just to be safe.
     
# ACTION: The jungle returns to silence quickly.
 
CO K’Beth
 ::nods:: CNS: Then do so.  Take Lt Jakiel and Lt grey-feather with you.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::nods to the Lt's and heads for the TL::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::tries not to make eye contact with the IO::
 
CO K’Beth
 CTO: Lt...get that sec team together and into the shuttle.  I want all of you on that planet with no delays.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #:: hearing nothing he decides to see if he can climb a tree to get a better view::

CO K’Beth
 TO: Work on a way to get past those sensor blocks.

CTO Grey-Feather
 CO: Yes captain  :: heads for the turbo lift and comms for Sec. Glock and Ruger to meet him in the transporter room for brief and equip ::
     
#ACTION: The silence is broken again.. not as loud this time but moving steadily in Ko'Bil's direction.
 
IO Jakiel
 ::knowing he cannot 'hear' her, but just to satisfy herself::  ~~~TO: You are so stubborn, my Kizlev!  Wait until tonight...~~~  ::stands, ready to leave with the others, deliberately coming to stand even with the TO but several paces away until the others get into the turbolift::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::nods to the captain:: CO: Aye, aye. ::goes over to main tactical and begins frequency rotation checks that might or might not break past the blocks::
 
CO K’Beth
 ::sits and taps her fingers against the armrest of her chair and grumbles out loud:: Outloud: And now comes the part I hate the most....waiting..

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::finds a spot where he cant be seen and waits to see what is coming now::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: as the lift doors close :: CO: Yes ma'am :: redirects Glock and Ruger to shuttle bay and orders Sec Warner who is pilot certified to join them ::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::lifts his head up to glance in Rhianna's direction, wondering if he just heard her call his name::

CNS Kostandinos
 ::exits the TL with the CTO and IO and heads for the shuttle::

CO K’Beth
 *CNS*: Counselor...keep an open commlink.. we'll be monitoring everything from here.
     
#ACTION: Ko'Bil can spot the movement in the jungle and watches as it moves methodically towards him, slowly and almost silently.
 
TO Kizlev
 ::ponders the word "waiting" as he works, wondering if he was hasty in his judgments of Rhianna, and that maybe there was something he misread on her personnel file::
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: Have another shuttle ready to launch at a moments notice with a full security team.

CNS Kostandinos
 *CO*: Will do, Captain. ::gives the inside of the shuttle a quick once-over, making sure the emergency supplies are there, and waits for the rest of them::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: makes sure his men are equipped with phaser rifles, tricorder, first aid pack, and personal rations ::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #Tries to see what or who is moving towards him keeping every nerve on edge just in case he need to defend himself::

IO Jakiel
 ::heads up towards the front to take the pilot's seat, checking over the controls::
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: Understood, captain. ::informs the main hangar deck and transmits a notice to security to bring up Bravo squadron on standby::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: enters shuttle with his men and reports to the CNS:; CNS: Ready for lift of ma'am

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::spot something that looks like metal for just an instant and thinks this can't be good::

CNS Kostandinos
 CTO: Good, take your seats then.  IO: Does the preflight check out okay?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: straps in, as Warner takes the controls a prepares for launch ::
 
IO Jakiel
 ::turns to face the Counselor::  CNS: Perfectly, Ma'am.  We are ready to fly.  Notifying now to receive permission...
     
#ACTION: As the movement gets closer, Ko'Bil thinks he hears whispered voices from the direction of the movement.

CNS Kostandinos
 IO: Good, let's get out of here then.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::straps herself in and looks to see that the others are secured as well::
     
ACTION: The hanger bay doors open as the bridge approves the launch.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::watches the movement and thinks he can hear some whispers and listens more intently to try and hear what they are saying::
 
IO Jakiel
 ::receives the 'all-green' and heads out the opened bay doors, sleekly maneuvering the shuttle::  CNS/CTO: Setting course to planet, Henthut.
 
TO Kizlev
 ::eyes narrow at the evidence on his screen, and he leans in closer at his monitor to make sure, then runs redundant sensor checks to make sure he isn't detecting anomalous sensor ghosts::

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: tries not to fall asleep, he always sleeps on shuttles ::
     
# ACTION: As Ko'Bil sits up in the tree, a pair of birds return to their nest and become agitated at finding a home invader.

CNS Kostandinos
 ::nods to the IO::
     
@ ACTION: The shuttle launches
 
IO Jakiel
@ ::banks sharply to port and angles toward the heading given::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::tries to move some so as not to agitate the birds ::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::tries a multispectral analysis of his findings, still thinking what he sees in nothing worth reporting::
     
# ACTION: The birds protest loudly as they fly around the tree.
 
CO K’Beth
 ::watches the shuttle take off towards the planet on the viewscreen::

CTO Grey-Feather
@ :: grumbles something about female flyers and sits back in his seat ::

CNS Kostandinos
 @::hears some rumblings behind her:: CTO: What was that?  ::cocks an eyebrow::
 
IO Jakiel
 @::checks scans as they move past the atmosphere to see if Ko'Bil's life signs can be found from their new position::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #:: watches the birds and hopes that whoever is headed this way doesn't figure out what is happening::
     
# ACTION: The birds finally depart and the jungle is silent again.. completely silent.

CTO Grey-Feather
 @:: grins:: CNS: Must have been the hull creaking for the stress ma'am
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: Captain, I'm not entirely certain, but I think I'm detecting subatmospheric objects present over the planet, yet the data I'm getting makes me skeptical.

CNS Kostandinos
 @::grins back:: CTO: Yeah, that's what I thought...  ::shakes her head and turns back around in her seat::
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: What would be the purpose of those objects?

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::sees the birds leave and begins to get a very uneasy feeling as the jungle has become to quiet::
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: Unknown. I'm attempting to cross-reference the shapes of these sensor contacts with the computer database... ::feeds the images into the computer and waits for a return::

CNS Kostandinos
 @IO: Anything on sensors yet?
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: Why would the data that you are getting in make you skeptical that the objects are there?
 
IO Jakiel
 @::shakes her head::  CNS: Nothing yet, but I am monitoring for our officer's life signs and those of any other humanoid inhabitants.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::starts looking around trying to see anything where he had heard movement before::

CNS Kostandinos
 @IO: Alright.  If you can find OPS, put down near his position.
     
#ACTION: Suddenly there is a high pitched whine and the tree erupts in flame above Ko’Bil’s head.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::drops from the tree and moves out away form where he had heard the movement::
     
#ACTION: Ko'Bil can hear movement behind him, closing in, and swears he heard someone curse.
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: The atmospheric ionization, ma'am. It is causing a kind of sensor feedback that is producing a variety of distortions making it difficult to.... ::hears the bleep, but the results are relative:: Hold on...I have a theory based on the computer readout.

IO Jakiel
 @::tips the shuttle slightly to get a better look as she circles around a clearing and then points::  CNS/CTO: Sirs, please note the break in the vegetation.  Another ship has landed here...

OPS Ko’Bil
 #:: heads out as fast as his legs can carry him hoping to gain some ground on the people behind him::

CNS Kostandinos
 @IO: Alright.  If you can find OPS, put down near his position.  Otherwise, just get us down near the other ship.

CTO Grey-Feather
 @:: looks at the are:: All: Recently too I would say

CNS Kostandinos
 @::thinks there's a good possibility that the two are actually very near each other, anyways::

TO Kizlev
 ::speed reads over the information:: CO: If I'm not mistaken, these are probes we're looking at here. They are deliberately causing a high-frequency atmospheric charge that is blocking our scans.

CO K’Beth
 TO: Can you destroy the probes?

IO Jakiel
 @ CNS: At once.  ::continues the descent, but more directly, then eases down nearby the other ship::
     
# ACTION: The high pitched whine repeats again and again... obvious now that it is weapons fire and he is the target.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::hears the sound and sees a path to his right and heads down that trying to throw the people behind him off::
 
IO Jakiel
@CNS: Ma'am, I still am unable to find any lifesigns, the information coming back is garbled.  Interference by the planet is still an issue.

CNS Kostandinos
 @::frowns:: IO: I'd hoped that once we cleared the atmosphere we'd have better luck, but that would make it too easy, wouldn't it? ::wry grin::
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: With phasers, most certainly.

CO K’Beth
 TO: Then do so....I want to see what is going on down there

CTO Grey-Feather
 @CNS: Finding a Takaran in a jungle will not be easy

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::takes a path to his left hoping that the people behind him haven't seen him change directions::
     
# ACTION: The weapons fire stops suddenly

CNS Kostandinos
 @::grins at her:: IO: Again with the bad news....
 
IO Jakiel
 @ ::smiles back at the Counselor::  CNS: I may be able to 'see' if he is down here.  :: takes a moment after she revs down the engines so they can disembark, then 'reaches' out to 'search' for humanoid emotions::

CO K’Beth
 ::listening to the away team's chatter::

CNS Kostandinos
 @::unstraps and exits the shuttle with the rest, looking at the IO to see what she can "see"::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #:: changes directions again hoping that the absence of weapons fire means that he has lost them::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::sets targeting sensors and selectively fires at the first probe with ventral phasers::
 
IO Jakiel
 @ *CO*: Our shuttle has landed. We are about to disembark.

ACTION: The phasers fire and nothing happens.
 
CO K’Beth
 *IO*: Understood.

CTO Grey-Feather
 @::unstraps and grabs his rifle, motions for Glock and Ruger to do the same , and heads out of the shuttle.::

CO K’Beth
 *CNS*: Can you use the shuttle's sensors in a fly over pattern to try and find Ko'Bil?
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: There's seems to have been no effect, captain. ::is puzzled by the lackluster results, considering photons or higher yield phasers as the next step::

CNS Kostandinos
 @*CO* The sensors were still useless even after we entered the atmosphere - we're about to try and find him on foot.  We found another shuttle that has recently landed, and we're thinking it has something to do with him.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::moves along a little more cautiously looking for a place to hide::
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: Send our own probe to see exactly what those do...and why we can't destroy them.
     
# ACTION: A blur moves out of the vegetation quickly and tackles Ko'Bil to the ground.
 
CO K’Beth
 *CNS*: Understood...keep together and be careful, we don't know who is out there.
 
IO Jakiel
 @::feels even more frustrated with this planet's ability to hide things:: CNS: I cannot 'find' anyone else.  It seems this planet has quite unusual properties.

CNS Kostandinos
 @::glad to follow that order:: CO: Yes Captain.
 
TO Kizlev
 ::thinks to self: I could have damaged a Klingon warp core with that first shot:: CO: Aye. Launching a class I probe...

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::falls to the ground trying to get a hold of the person that tackled him::

CTO Grey-Feather
 @:: takes point so he can try and use his tracking skills ::

CNS Kostandinos
 @IO: Wonderful...  ALL: Let's move out then.
 
TO Kizlev
 CO: Probe away. Data transmission nominal. ::watches the probe head towards the other probe he just shot at::
 
IO Jakiel
 @ ::leaves the pilot's seat, unusually unsettled with her psionic 'blindness', not used to the lack of it.  Follows out behind the Counselor and all the security::

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::brings his leg up to catch the persons crouch while trying to get an arm around the person's head::
 
IO Jakiel
 @ ::raises her tricorder to scan the other ship to see what's inside, hoping this at least will give some information::
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: How about a photon torpedo?  Would that blast a hole into that sensor blanking 'net'?

CTO Grey-Feather
 :: starts checking the ground for signs that someone has passed through the area ::

CNS Kostandinos
 @ CTO: See if you can find any evidence of people moving away from here, but don't leave the clearing just yet.  IO: Take a security officer and check out the freighter, see what you can find inside, but don't go in until you're sure there's no one still in it.

OPS Ko’Bil
 #::gets his hands on the persons head and bashes it on the nearest rock::

CTO Grey-Feather
 @CNS: Aye ma'am
 
IO Jakiel
 @::glances around warily after 'reaching' out as she normally does and remembering again she has to rely on only her other 5 senses::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::grins at the simplicity of the optical illusion:: CO: A torpedo shouldn't be necessary, ma'am. It is the sensor interference that was causing our targeting scanners to mistarget due to the optical illusion the way light was being bent by the interference. I will have to adjust manually with the aid of our own probe.
 
CO K’Beth
 ::sits back and takes a sip of her now cold coffee and grimaces before getting up to refresh it:: Outloud but under her breath: I really hate this waiting.
 
CO K’Beth
 TO: Then do it.
 
IO Jakiel
 @ CNS: Yes, Ma'am.  ::nods to two of the security and heads ponderously through the jungle, closer to the freighter::
 
TO Kizlev
 ::nods and adjusts his aim:: CO: Aye, captain.
     
@ ACTION: For a moment the IO gets a glimpse of the mind of Ko'Bil and all she can sense is fear.
     
# ACTION: Ko'Bil, sufficiently stunning his opponent, is able to return to the run and only as he gets up to go does he notice that his opponent was a Cardassian.
     
 ACTION: As the TO once again fires the phasers he this time makes contact with something.. the probe is destroyed but the interference is still present at the moment.
     
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