Brett:
 Summary: With an apparent robbery/hijacking foiled by the crew of the Delphyne, their thoughts now turn to the kidnapping of Linea San Martine.

Brett:
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CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: It might be wise to do some investigation into Linea San Martine… find out possibly who kidnapped her and why. It may lead to us finding her more efficiently.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Agreed. CNS Llewellyn is interrogating our captive, now.  We also need to try to find that cloaked ship… or whatever it was.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::nods:: CO: Agreed… ::initiates a scan of the area for any trails or traces of cloaked vessels::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::also initiates a search in the database as to what information they have on the vidstar::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Make sure CSO has any telemetry information available at the time of the rogue transporters.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 man: What reason would anyone wish to kidnap Linea San Martine?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 <FCO_Krash>:  CO: Aye, sir.

Brett:
 <Man> CNS: ::Looks dejected::  I don't know…The Captain said something about her owing money.

Brett:
 Action: There is an incoming transmission from the liner, their captain wishes to speak to Mash'ev.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: So what does he plan on doing with her to make up for his lose of money?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 FCO: On screen.

Brett:
 <Man> CNS: How should I know?  The Captain doesn't explain his orders to me, and I sure don't ask the boss for one.  Probably ransom her…

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 COM: GP: Capt:  Capt: This is Captain Mash'ev.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: There is an ion trail leading away from here. I believe that it is an Orion vessel as it does not appear to be maintained well enough to mask its trail entirely.

Brett:
 <Loker>COM: Del: CO: Captain, what the hell is going on? I've got Ms. San Martine's agent up here screaming his head off that she's been kidnapped.  And I find my purser is dead…some guests have been robbed…what is going on?!

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 man: Where would he take her, what is your base of operations?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::looks down at her console when it beeps, then scrolls the information on Linea San Martine, frowns as its basic information::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 COM: GP: Loker: Well, Captain Loker. We discovered the Orion pirates that had stowed away on your ship and scared them off. Now, we're about to go hunt them down so that we can return everything that they stole.  :: tries to remain cheerful ::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::quickly runs through logical motives for kidnapping and searches for stalkers and any red flags in her financial records::

Brett:
 <Man> ::Looks up, plainly frightened::  CNS: Oh no…nonononono.  You aren't taking me anywhere near there.  After I talked to you?  They'll kill me.  No, if you want to know that you put me back on the liner and let me go.  I'll disappear… maybe start fresh somewhere.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Feed that information to the FCO and prepare to follow them.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::sends the information on the trail to the FCO::

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: You know as well as I do that they will find you if you go out their with our the federations protection, and I am not going to release you. We are going to go looking for him one way or another, and we will eventually find what we are looking for, so either you tell me where his hide out is, or when we do find it we will beam right to him.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::looks down at her console and reads the information presented::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: It seems Ms. Martine is in a dire financial state…

Brett:
 <Man> CNS: I don't think so.  ::Squares his shoulders::  You let me go, I'll tell you what you want to know.  You might find them, but they have defenses…you'll never get near them.  So, let me go, I'll give you the information.  That's the deal.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: She is rumored to use illegal drugs and has had a few run ins with the local law enforcement on a few different worlds… nothing terribly serious though…

Brett:
 <Loker>COM: Del: CO: And they took Ms. Martine?  Please rescue her Captain, it would be bad for the lines if something happened to her.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Although she is well known for her humanitarian efforts, this regular series of payments to a company on Rigel IV, supposedly to fund repairs and housing for Dominion War victims and now the recent Gorn Aggression… is somewhat suspect. ::cool and aloof::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 COM: GP: Loker:  We will do our best to rescue Ms. Martine, captain, I assure you. We will need to leave here shortly to follow them, is there anything else you require?

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: Fine have it your way, but right now I have enough to place you in prison, and I might even let it leak that you spoke to me, ::starts to walk off:: I wonder how long you would make it in prison, especially one near known Orion territory.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: These payments started 10 years ago and stopped three months ago… and… it would seem that our holo-vid star is completely destitute. If it were not for the high standard of living in the Federation, no doubt she would be homeless.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: That's quite a series of coincidences…

Brett:
 <Loker>COM: Del: CO: No, I don't think so.  ::Looks somewhat relieved::  Contact us when you rescue her please, I'm sure her entourage will be grateful.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 COM: GP: Loker: Very well, safe journey and we'll be in touch. Hopefully, with good news.  ::closes the connection ::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Indeed.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I did not mention that she is currently in the area on a goodwill tour for the Gorn aggression victims?

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::Donnie nears the door and prepares to leave the brig::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: You did not. There seems to be a connection, however slight, to her… contributions… to the Gorn victims on Rigel IV?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Make sure we can continue to follow that trail as we leave this area.

Brett:
 <man> ::Lies down on his bunk, covering his eyes with his hands, obviously distought at his situation::

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: Farewell, ::turns:: just so you know I am not bluffing, you will be going to prision without any protection, you will be placed with the general population, that is unless you tell me what I want to know, if Martine is located then I will make sure you receive all the protection of the federation, and I will even put in a good word with JAG

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I am uncertain if there is a direct connection between her tour and the company taking donations for the victims.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: And I will do my best to maintain a vigil on the trail.

Brett:
 <man> ::Does not reply::

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::stops and looks at the man and scans his thoughts, he wants to know what the man is thinking::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Is there any indication if they were traveling at warp speeds?

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::steps back into the room :: Man: You know you are in trouble, why won't you tell me what I want to know, you know if you are placed in prison your survival chances are low at best?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I see nothing that indicates a warp trail. They left the immediate area under impulse.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Yellow alert, shields up. Follow the ion trail the CSO has located, full impulse. If the ion trail changes to indicate a warp trail, let me know.

Brett:
 <Man> ::Sits up:: CNS: Look, your "prison" is a country club.  I doubt if you even have any pirates that know me or my boss in there.  And besides, what are you charging me with?  Stowing away?  I didn't shoot that man, you can't prove I did.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::hears the CO:: CO: Aye sir ::keeps sensors and her eyes on the console displaying the data from the sensors::

Brett:
 <man> CNS: But if you go after my ship, and find the hideout, then we'll all be in trouble. So help yourself and let me go.  I'll tell you what you need to know to survive.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 <FCO_Krash:  CO: Aye, sir.  :: sets course and engages impulse engines. ::

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: ::smiles as the yellow alert comes up:: Hear that, that means we know something.  Besides just because I said I know you are telling the truth on who killed the purser, doesn't mean I can't prove you killed him.  You were in the room with him, you had the weapon, what else do I need.  If all else you are an accomplice to everything

Brett:
 Action: The Delphyne begins following the trail left by the Orion raider's slightly shoddy engines.  The Galaxy Princess continues on her way to her next destination.

Brett:
 <Man> ::Lies down::  CNS: I'm tired.  I think I'll get some sleep before you hit the first gravitic mine.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: You think we will protect you no matter what.  we don't even know who you are, let alone if you are a citizen.  You are sadly mistaken if you believe Starfleet is all honor, I bet their is more immoral dead taken place in Starfleet then anything you can come up with. If we are destroyed you will be also.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 Man: I am going to do you a favor, when we do find that Orion ship I am going to make sure you get all the credit as we beam you directly on to their bridge

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::turns and leaves for the bridge::

Brett:
 Action: The Delphyne follows the trail.  It continues for twenty minutes before vanishing as the Orion ship jumped to warp.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: They jumped to warp. ::tries to figure out where they might have gone based on the telemetry of its departure into warp::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Can you find their trail again, lieutenant?

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 CO: The man didn't really give me very much information as to a location, expect that it will be very well protected, and he mentioned gravitic mines.  I told him we were going to release him and give him all the credit of our success when we find that Orion ship

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I am attempting to do that now… ::fingers flying over the console::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CNS: We just lost their trail.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::frowns:: CO: then we just beam him into space, that will make me feel better anyway

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CNS: Does he know where they might have gone?

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 CO: He thinks our prisons are a country club, and he isn't worried the syndicate will come after him, so he isn't talking, but he knows their location, and how to get in

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::raises an eyebrow at the counselor's comment, but her panel beeps:: CO: While they could have gone just about anywhere, there is a system two light years ahead which contains four planets as well as two asteroid belts and numerous moons… ::looks up additional system data::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Records indicate it is a neutrally aligned mining operation with several large companies running mines in the system… I shall attempt to discover which one has ties to the Orions…

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Let's start our search there. Hopefully, we can find something without having to make a deal with our prisoner.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Set course for that system, full impulse.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::does a quick request to the database to see which operations are owned by whom::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CNS: Let's hope we don't have to beam him into space.. ::grins::

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 CO: It would make you feel good to… ::smiles:: oh, don' t forget about those gravitic mines.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::hears the CNS and does a quick scan for gravitic mines:: CO: I would be especially cautious in the asteroid belts as the mines would be easiest to hide there.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Agreed. Let's try to avoid those if at all possible.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::looks down as her panel beeps:: CO: Sir, two of the mining companies in the system are Orion and the third is Tellarite.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 ::looks at the CO's comment on trying to avoid them, and hopes the CSO tries really, really hard::

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Perhaps we should pay a visit to the Tellarite miners. And while we're in the system, we'll scan for the Orion ship that left that ion trail.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Sir thus far I have been unsuccessful in locating any mines… I will continue to look. I think that a probe or two sent to the asteroid belts may assist us in this task.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CNS: Perhaps we should remind our guest that if we trip the mines he might not survive, either.

CNS_LtCmdr_Llewellyn:
 CO: Did that, he didn't seem to care

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Configure probes to assist you in the search, lieutenant.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Aye sir. ::begins configuring probes::

Brett:
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