Captain Lewis
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Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::In aft repair locker :::

Captain Lewis
::exiting ready room::

Lt jg Nim Ber
::at science watching monitors as phasors prepare to fire::

Cmdr. Tucker
::moves to XO Chair::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Maintains RED ALERT::

Dr.(Lt.) Landt
::in sickbay just finished tons of paperwork and is attending to papercuts::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::Awaits injuries :::

Captain Lewis
Bridge::status  please

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Monitors weapons and shield status::

Lt jg Nim Ber
::slaves ops to science, since Dresden went to the john::

Dr.(Lt.) Landt
::looks over sickbay and sees it is well prepared for the red alert::

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Shields and Weapons at 100%, Captain.

Cmdr. Tucker
Lewis: All weapons ready captain, awaiting your orders.

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::listens to personnel assigned speculate on nature of emergency :::

Captain Lewis
::Nods to Mitchell::

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: keep an eye on science whilst I monitor ops.

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Security at full alert status.

Captain Lewis
Ber: any communications fromt he tholians?

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: No sir, very quiet, TOo quiet

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: They want us to back down, Skipper

Dr.(Lt.) Landt
::reads some crew reports of the situation to find out what's going on out on the bridge::

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: they have our answer already

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, Captain.

Captain Lewis
Ber: scan their ships...have they powered down?

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: The Tholians are sending transmissions to their homeworld. Can't tell if its updates or what

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: We are ready to disrupt their web, on your command.

Captain Lewis
Ber: see what you can get out of it

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: They are at full power and still webbing the Ferengi

Captain Lewis
Ber: have they ceased their webbing?...:::nods:: MItchell:: fire on the webbing

Cmdr. Tucker
Ber: What's the damage status of the Ferengi Vessel?

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, firing phasers...

Cmdr. Mitchell
{phaser}

Captain Lewis
Ber: report.....

Lt jg Nim Ber
Tucker: besides some minor hits to their power generators, they seem in ok shape

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Shall I hit them again?

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: yes...

Cmdr. Mitchell
{phasers}

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: We have opened up a hole in the webbing, however, the tholians are repairing it.

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: keep firing........destroy the web.........Ber: open a channel

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::hears the systems redharging the Phaser banks ::::

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap; one ship has broken away to fix anything we hit

Lt jg Nim Ber
{#}

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap; channel open

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, aye, maintaining all forward phasers on the web...

Cmdr. Mitchell
{phaser1}

Cmdr. Tucker
Ber: Can we safely disable their ships, without causing harm to it's crew?

Captain Lewis
<THolians>COMM: this is Captain Lewis....disist in your attempts to web the ferengis.......or we will be forced to fire upon you...

Lt jg Nim Ber
Mitchell: You're getting ahead of them, keep it up

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Monitors shield status and makes adjustments::

Captain Lewis
COMM:  we are willing to set up negotiations to your problem if you will power down your weapons

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::Senses anger directed at the Ferengi shift ::::

Lt jg Nim Ber
Tucker: they are elecrto-bio beings, its hard to tell what we might do to them if we fire on them

Captain Lewis
ACTION: AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SILENCE FROM THE THOLIANS.....THEY APPEAR TO POWER DOWN

Cmdr. Mitchell
::varies the frequency of the phasers to disrupt the Tholian web::

Cmdr. Tucker
Ber: ::nods::

Cmdr. Tucker
Lewis: Cease fire captain?

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: the web is down

Cmdr. Mitchell
::ceases firing on the Tholian vessels::

Captain Lewis
Lt. Heinlein: if we can get them to negotiate....i'd like to set up something...

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
{#} Captain : Captain , You would ?

Cmdr. Mitchell
XO: Cmdr. I've still got them locked, just in case...

Captain Lewis
{#}yes...have them meet on nuetral ground..the geneva....i'd like you in attendance

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: scan the Ferengi cargo bays for anything that can be accociated with the Tholians

Cmdr. Mitchell
::wonders if it is possible to bring Tholians aboard a Federation ship::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
#Captain : Captain , Aye ...but beware the Ferengi have stolen something that has almost what you might call a religious significance to it 

Lt jg Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: Aye, sir

Captain Lewis
Ber: see if you can scan their data banks and see what they have...

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: already on it Cap

Cmdr. Tucker
Mitchell: Good, and keep security at maximum here on the ship, if we bring them aboard, just in case.

Lt jg Nim Ber
tain

Cmdr. Mitchell
Security:  Prepare Cargo Bay 2 for receivinb a Tholian.

Captain Lewis
{#}Heinlein: im well aware of that fact....which is why we need to get things under control before it escalates

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::Leaves aft repair locker and heads for the bridge :::

Captain Lewis
Ber: are channels still open?

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
#Captain : Captain , Aye ...your Ready room or a Holosuite ?

Cmdr. Mitchell
XO: Consider it already done Commander.

Lt jg Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: we have a shield around the center Ferengi vessels cargo bay

Captain Lewis
{#}Heinlein: if they come abourd..we;ll use the conference room..

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap; yes comm channels are still open with the Ferengi, Sir

Cmdr. Mitchell
::knows how the Ferengi feel about Holosuites.....::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::enters turbolift ::: TL Computer : Confernce room 

Captain Lewis
COMM: Ferengi: this is Captain Lewis....i would appreciate any input into this situation.....you seem to have something the Tholians want??

Lt jg Nim Ber
{#}Cargo personel: set up a containment field to accept the Tholians, and their atmosphere requirements

Captain Lewis
<FERENGI>COMM:  we don't know what they are talking about Captain lewis.....::Looks around nervously::

Cmdr. Mitchell
{#}Security to Bridge: You want us to WHAT, Commander??

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::leaves turbo lift and heads for conference room :::

Lt jg Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: Sir, that ship is the only ship that is shielding their cargo bay

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: Let me have a look.............................

Captain Lewis
COMM: Ferengi capt: we have no time for games...if you don't wish to help alleviate the problem..then maybe we shall be on our way and leave you to the Tholians?

Cmdr. Tucker
::says to Lewis on the Side:: These are ferengi, It's probable if they had it, they'd simply lie.

Cmdr. Mitchell
{#}Sec.: I said, set up Cargo Bay 2 to receive THOLIANS, and work it out with the cargo crew.....

Lt jg Nim Ber
::scans ship::hmmmm. they're randomizing the shield harmonics and changing frequencies a lot::

Captain Lewis
Tucker: yesss i know....

Cmdr. Mitchell
{#}Sec. to Bridge:  Aye, dunno how we're gonna do it, but Aye,aye, Commander....

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: We can't be sure, but they definately have something to hide in their cargo bay............................

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain Lewis , We have stopped our capture of these desecrators for now on your word you will solve it for us .

Captain Lewis
COMM: Ferengi: does your silence indiate you wish us to leave you to your demise?

Captain Lewis
COMM:<lhissa> on behalf of the federation and myself ..I thank you for the opportunity 

Ferengi
Comm:  No, captain...WE are innocent

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: If worse comes to worse, we could send the Ferengi Captain directly to the Tholian ship.....

Captain Lewis
Mitchell:: ::smile:: yes we could couldn't we?

Cmdr. Tucker
Mitchell: Interesting Tactics Cmdr.

Lt jg Nim Ber
Mitchell: as a replacement for their artifact??

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM: Captain It is the only thing to be done , but rest assured we will have satisfaction in this matter

Captain Lewis
FerengiCOMM:  well it appears that you do have something that belongs to the THolians...and i would ask you to not play games with us or Tholians...they are more than happy to destroy you

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Sure, why not... It'd be interesting to see how long a Ferengi would survive with the Tholians

Captain Lewis
Ferengi COMM:  we could just let them have you

Captain Lewis
COMM: lhissa: understood...we are communicating with them now...

Lt jg Nim Ber
Mitchell: could be an energy absorbing experience for him !

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
#Captain  : Tell him to think of the lost profits if he resists

Ferengi
COMM:  Lewis:  We aquired the items in our cargo bay legitimatly.  We would be willing to sell it back to them at a more than fair price.

Cmdr. Mitchell
::smiles over to the Science Officer::

Cmdr. Tucker
::mutters:: like letting them go...

Captain Lewis
COMM: Ferengi: it seems you inadvertantly picked up something that did not belong with that cargo you picked up....and if i were you i'd think about the profits you'd be losing if you keep this farce of innocence up

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: I would find it intersting who sold them that artifact

Cmdr. Mitchell
::monitors the status of the Cargo Bay preparations::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain Lewis we are monitoring your exchange .... do you not have a principle of recieving stolen goods ?

Lt jg Nim Ber
{#}Cargo Bay: Are the containment fields ready??

Lt jg Nim Ber
{#}<Cargo Bay> Ber: yes sir, ready as you ordered

Ferengi
COMM:  Captain!  We bought this item legitamately!

Captain Lewis
COMM: <lhissa> we do....but we are dealing with this situation as best we can.....we want to return what is rightfully yours....we'll worry about details later..........

Lt jg Nim Ber
Mitchell: The cargo bay is ready, sir

Ferengi
COMM:  Lewis:  Maybe the federation would like to buy it at a fair price?  ::smiles::

Captain Lewis
Ferengi: then you don't mind if we take a look at your manifest??

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Acknowledged ... ::wonders just how they got it done...::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain Ask him if he knows what became of who he bought it from & all his nestlings ?

Captain Lewis
Comm: Lhissa: im sure they would not know or care at this point....the cargo is all they are concerned with

Ferengi
COMM:  Lewis:  Well, actually, maybe it would be in everyone's best interest if you just take the one item...

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>Comm: understood , I guess he does not care if his planet is also erased then ?

Captain Lewis
FERENGI COMM: then you admit you do have the item that they are looking for?

Captain Lewis
COMM; <lhiss> one moment please..they seem to now recall your item........

Lt jg Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: Sir, the shield in their cargo bay just dropped !!

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : this is good 

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: Scan their cargo bay, i want a list............

Ferengi
Lewis:  We have many wonderful items here...It may just have been misplaced in the cargo hold.  ::signals to another ferengi::

Captain Lewis
COMM: <lhissa> yes...it is good....we are now scanning their cargo bay for the item.......and hope to have this situation under control very soon

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>::::Waits:::

Captain Lewis
Ferengi:COMM: maybe i need to send over some help for you to locate it??

Captain Lewis
Ferengi: or should i let the Tholians?

Ferengi
Lewis:  Oh my!  Would you look at that!  The item does seem to be in the hold.  We just found it...

Lt jg Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: Sir, all the items are like, uh, the Tholians, they're all eminating electro-bio energy signals, its wierd, sir, its not a life form, I'm not familair with this signal, sir

Cmdr. Mitchell
::nods to the Captain in acknowledgement::

Captain Lewis
Ferengi: well that is wonderful! I'm so glad...

Captain Lewis
Ber: prepare a signal to lock on the item and transport it over to the THolians

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Ah, the Ferengi have acquired some Tholian Offspring perhaps::

Ferengi
Lewis:  We would be happy to beam it over...for a small transportation cost.

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: We can't lock onto a single item. They're too close together

Captain Lewis
Tholians: COMM: we have located your items..........we are preparing to beam it over to your ship........can your sensors also get a better lock on it?  The Ferengi have dropped their cargo shields

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: We can't tell what each item is either, we would hove to visually inspect it

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain ...We have done so ...

Captain Lewis
Ferengi COMM: have your people isolate the item for transport

Captain Lewis
COMM: <lhissa> have your people locked on to it?

Ferengi
Lewis:  We're putting it on the transporter padd right now.

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain we haver we await your permission 

Cmdr. Mitchell
{#}Sec.: I think you can stand down the Cargo Bay, I believe the Captain has things under control.

Captain Lewis
COMM:<lhissa> the Ferengi have stated that they have put the item in question on their transporter pads and are preparing for transport....

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: We can't transport Tholian material, our computer is saying we could loose the signal in the buffers........................

Captain Lewis
Ber: acknowledged..

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain with your permission ?

Captain Lewis
COMM; Tholians: it appears we cannot transport.....you may do it if you're set....yes you have our permission

Ferengi
Lewis:  the item is ready for transportation.  Let's do buisness again some time...

Captain Lewis
Ferengi:  yes.. im sure we will.........::Looks over at crew::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>:::initiates transport of an object still in the cargo hold ::::

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
{transporter}

Lt jg Nim Ber
::I hope they get the correct item, this could be messy::

Captain Lewis
COMM: lhissa: I wish to thank you for your patience in letting things come to a peaceful conclusion

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap; something was transported to the Tholian ship

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM : Captain , we have gotten what we came for :::noises of alien rejoicing in background :::

Ferengi
Lewis:  If that is all captain...we have a pressing buissness engagement near Bajor...

Captain Lewis
Ber: can you identify?

Captain Lewis
ferengi: of course.......

Ferengi
::zooms off at max warp::

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: I don't need the scanners for this one.... I know what it was...., at least, I think so....

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: yes? what?

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: no sir, tholian material is not known to the computer

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: It was little Tholians...  Babies!!!!

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: prepare to resume course to Starbase 245...

Captain Lewis
Mitchell:: ::smiles: babies?? 

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>COMM Captain : we can return home now ...I hope when next we meet it is under as happy a set of results 

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, laying in course.... And speed, Captain?

Captain Lewis
Comm: lhissa: yes again..thank you for your patience in letting us diffuse what could have had a bad outcome for all concerned

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>:::now can ascend to the throne ::::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::lays in course for Starbase 245::

Lt jg Nim Ber
::does final scans of Tholians and Ferengi ships::

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: warp 5

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Warp 5

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
<lhissa>:::has course laid in for max warp  and leaves :::

Cmdr. Mitchell
{warp} 5

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: On course and in cruise mode, Captain.

Lt jg Nim Ber
<we booging>

Lt. Landt-CMO
<all I know is the ferengi ship left as soon as the "item"  was off their ship>

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: Well, lets open another file for this one. 

Captain Lewis
ACTION: THE FERENGI AND THOLIANS WARP OFF SEPERATE DIRECTIONS........

Captain Lewis
::sighs::

Lt jg Nim Ber
Youdoit: just input everything in the file and go back to our original metalurgical studies

Captain Lewis
::looks at crew:: well done...Ber: i still don't trust them ferengis..that was too easy........keep your eyes open

Lt. Landt-CMO
::finishing up her study on the life cycle of the Beurunian Beetle from Vulcan::

Cmdr. Mitchell
{#}Sec.: Secure all stations....

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: stand down red alert...

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Standing down Red Alert, Captain.

Lt(jg) G Heinlein
:::in conference room breathes a sigh of relief :::

Lt jg Nim Ber
Cap: haven't turned off long range scanners yet, sir

Ferengi
::hoping the federation doesn't find out what they really had in their cargo hold::

Captain Lewis
Ber: good...

Cmdr. Mitchell
::navigates around anomily::

Captain Lewis
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