Star Trek: A Call To Duty
U.S.S. Quirinus NCC-83942 - SD 10604.10

Starring:

Mitch Travis 		as 	Captain Sulek – CO
Keith LaHue		as	Commander Ben Pangborn – XO

…and…

Matthew Bordewick	as	Ensign Zee Alexander – CMO
Margaret Bowie	as	Ensign Latta – SO
Jeffrey Brown		as	Commander Kraight – CSO
Erin Cody-Allen 	as 	Lieutenant JG Adrienne Kostandinos-Michaels – TO
Christopher Dickinson 	as 	Commander Billy Bob Powers Jr. – CTO
Kurt Goring	 	as 	Lieutenant JG Soriq Ahkileez – FCO
James Homuth 	as 	Ensign Michael Jervase – MO
Kate McTiernan	as	Captain Joanna Matisse – CIV
Bryce Miller	 	as 	Ensign Royle Chandra – CEO
Edward Selgas		as	Lt. Commander David Telarus – OPS
Karriaunna Scotti 	as 	Commander Azhure – CNS

                        …with…

Christopher Gibson	as	Ambassador Aelsery, Commander Bex, Noori Ambassadors,  
Zhen’tora
Mike Jones		as	Ambassador Qui

                        …with…

Christopher Gibson      	as 	U.S.S. Quirinus – SM

Summary - The Noori vessel hosting the Syndicate has arrived and docked with the Beta Module of Crossroads Station. Captain Joanna Matisse, Captain Sulek, Ambassador Qui'dinjori and Commander Bill Powers have met at the docking port to welcome their new arrivals...

As the high ranking officials prepare to welcome the newest arrivals to Crossroads, an incoming transmission has arrived from Starfleet Command...

"Following the events at Crossroads Station, the U.S.S. Quirinus is hereby ordered to remain docked at Crossroads to support the peace process. Tomorrow at 0800 hours the U.S.S. Gatineau will depart with the diplomatic representatives of all five races where a peace conference will begin in the Origin Star System.

At this time, the U.S.S. Quirinus will depart from Crossroads and begin a scientific survey of the subspace phenomenon around the station, lending aid to station personnel as required. Good luck, Captain, and may the winds of fortune be forever at your back."

=/\==/\=BEGIN U.S.S. Quirinus Mission - "What Is Peace? - A Second  Beginning"=/\==/\=

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Taps his commbadge::  *Station Security*: Station Security, this is Commander Powers.  I have orders to take Ambassador Starr'entia into custody.  What is hir location?

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> ::On the bridge, looking oddly disheveled as if he had just awakened:: Self: No...I am still here

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: sits down at Science One and continues to scan for incoming vessels ::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Sitting at the library computer console at the rear of the bridge.  She sighs in frustration as she can't dig up anymore useful information about Qui and taps the console off.::

     ACTION - The glowing forms of seven Noori stare at Ambassador Qui'dinjori. One of the    
     party turns hir attention to Matisse and the other six turn in unison with hir:: CIV:  
     Greetings from our Syndicate...

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::the research on the energy field completely consuming her attention, Adrienne is bent over her console, oblivious to what's going on around her::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> Amb: Welcome again. ::Bows slightly:: I hope your journey went well.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> ::on the Bridge at Operations::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::on station, as the Syndicate reps arrive::Syndicate:  Welcome.  I have just been informed the USS Gatinequ will depart tomorrow with all representatives to Holy Space to continue the peace conference.

<Ambassador_Qui> @ ::Hovers there, silent in almost reverence::

 <CJ-Tala> @<Bex> *CTO*: Commander, this is Commander Bex...I have Ambassador Starr'entia here with me in Command & Control...

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> ::sends a message to all stations to prepare for disembark from space dock and separation from umbilicals::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Self: They were not talking to you captain...tisk tisk

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::after juggling events over the last day or so, he finally connects the padd he recovered up to a data terminal in his quarters and transmits to the address received from his mysterious puppet master::

     ACTION - A multitude of glowing whisps begin to take form behind the first  
     seven...twelve, forty, fifty one, seventy...

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @*Bex*: Commander Bex.  Please detain the Ambassador until I arrive.  ::Grabs one of his security officers and heads off, leaving the rest to stay with the Captain::

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: 12 hours until preparations to depart are underway  

     ACTION - A pair of words appear on Ahkileez' console..."Thank You." The message  
     vanishes  and leaves Soriq in silence...

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> OPS: Keep a close ear on communications. Who knows whats going to happen with the entire contingent as long as we're in range./

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: In her office::  CEO: I am sorry we were interrupted yesterday.  What was it you wanted to talk about?

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: Aye, sir.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::looks up for a moment and stretches her neck, moving her head to the right and left, when she notices the new face on the bridge:: CMO: You're a doctor, right?  You doing anything right now that can't wait?

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Grabs a turbolift and orders it to C&C::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb: If you would like, I can get you taken to your quarters, rest before tomorrow.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: When I was on the planet I had a "vision" if you will and I believe it may concern you as well as myself.

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::takes the empty padd over to the replicator and sets it for RECLAIM", watching the device disappear in a shower of lights::

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::taps his combadge:: *XO*: Ahkileez to Pangborn. Commander, I'm on my way to the bridge.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb> CIV: That will be unnecessary, we do not require rest at this time...::S/he turns her focus onto Qui while the others begin to fan out onto the station:: Qui: We heard of the attack...where is Starr'entia?

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Was staring at the blank screen, then hears a voice just behind her.  She turns to the TO and walks over.:: TO:  Yes, I'm doctor Alexander your new CMO.  How can I help?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Brings over some tea and places it on the table, handing the engineer a cup.  Takes a seat.::  CEO: What was it?

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> *FCO*: Preliminary preparations for departure are under way, get to it.

 <TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::grins:: CMO: I'm Lt Kostandinos-Michaels, and I need your help with something.  ::nods to her console:: Take a look at this - it's the Noori's bio-electrical forcefield, and right now it appears to be the only thing defending their ship.

<Ambassador_Qui> @ ::Glances at the Captain with some concern, hoping he has the sense not to state anything at this exact moment:: Noori Amb: Starr'entia is in meeting currently. We must discuss the matter, in fact.

<CJ-Tala> <Noori Amb 2> @CIV: May we see the site of the bombing?

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: Does this phrase mean anything to you, Blood and sacrifice, pain and death. Only through heartache can ones true spirit be revealed. I am sorry for what must be done...sleep in peace, my child.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I was told it would concern another like me.

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb2: I see no problem in that, my I inquire what for?

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::After a brief ride, the lift deposits him on the station's command deck.  He looks around for Commander Bex or the strange ex-Ambassador::

 <CJ-Tala> <Noori Amb> @Qui: Yes we must. I suggest that your Captain Sulek join us...it may benefit him and his trust in us...

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::exits his quarters and moves at a fast walk toward the turbolift::

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: As the old Earth saying goes, sir "All quiet on the western front." Subspace chatter normal.

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Takes a look at Kostandino's console and recognizes the readings.:: TO: Strange... it almost looks similar to the bioelectrical field of a body...

     ACTION - A blue hazy glow can be seen up on a higher level of Command & Control -   
     the location of the primary engineering displays. Bex is standing over hir showing hir 
     several design schematics.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> OPS: Let's hope it stays that way.

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::slips in to the cramped lift:: TL: Bridge.

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> CEO: One would think we have had enough heartache to last a life time.  It could refer to that.  Earlier, I was searching for you and a few others due to the fact that those with 'talent', were being murdered... sacrificed rather violently if you will.  But I do not follow the sleep in peace, my child.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I can only assume the other meant you as another El-Aurian.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: That's what I was thinking... now, using the "electrical" part of "bioelectrical" I can find plenty of ways to kill it, but, long story short, I don't want to do that if I don't have to.  Your knowledge of the "bio" portion of that field far outweighs mine, so any thoughts on how we can disable it, without completely destroying it?

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::listens to Qui's response and realizes that there may be more here than the Syndicate knows or wishes to acknowledge:: Noori:  I will of course be at your disposal.

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Walks over to the pair::  Bex: Commander Bex.  Starr'entia: Starr'entia?

<CJ-Tala> <Ambassador_Starr'entia> @::The young child-like creature looks up at Bill with empty eyes:: CTO: Ah, Commander Powers. You have finally come to deal your justice?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::exits the mercifully emptier lift when it reaches the uppermost deck and walks out on the combat ship's small bridge:: ::moves through the milling staff prepping for departure and assumes his station at the helm::

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Call it the curiosity of one who has never seen death...

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> FCO: Ahkileez. Good to see you again.

 <CNS_Cmd_Azhure> CEO: It could... or it could be another of talent.  Frustratingly, like so many 'clues' that have come my way, they are very cryptic.  I cannot tell why though.  Is there something we are missing or are we being deliberately strung along or perhaps we are being lead down a blind alley... to keep us from seeing something else.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: Think gel-packs on a starship, or other hybrids of biological and technological materials...  how would we disable something like that? It could also apply here.

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @Starr'entia: I am to inform you that you have been stripped of your status as an Ambassador of the Noori.  You are also a suspect in the bombings of Crossroads Station.  I am here to take you into custody.  You have the right to... ::reads the standard Federation rights::

 [19:17] <CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Well a bioelectrical field is a umbrella term for also chemical reaction and magnetic fields.  If we wanted to merely disable rather than destroy, one way would be to interfere with the chemical process.  With the chemical component interrupted the interaction between the biological components and the actual electrical field could be interrupted or even neutralized.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I don't know if it was a specific threat against us or just in general and I was in the wrong place at the right time.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::seems to be really stressing this point:: CMO: But that wouldn't destroy it, right?  Just keep it from forming the shield?

 <CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb: Follow me please. ::Turns and heads towards the promenade:: I find it odd that you have never seen death? Do the Noori live a sheltered life?...Sorry I didn't mean to sound rude, but I am curious

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::nods:: XO: Commander. ::turns around to the helm controls and activates his account, watching the console activate with numerous status windows::

     ACTION - Commander Bex takes a shocked step back and Ambassador Starr'entia  
     holds up hir hand in the middle of Powers' speech to silence him. "I will comply."

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Some of us have only known life in the Syndicate...

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Hard to say for sure.  A shock to the entire bioelectrical system could destroy it, but if we merely interfere with the chemical process the bioelectrical field would merely be weakened as a side effect.  

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::watches as Matisse departs and then to Qui::

 <Ambassador_Qui> @ CO: Perhaps if you could arrange a private conference room for us, Captain?

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> FCO: Lieutenant, can you run a check on your systems and make sure you have everything to within your liking and standards. If anything needs to be done we have only a little bit over 12 hours to prep and repair or change it.

 <TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: That's good enough.  So how do we interfere with the chemical reaction in this case?

     ACTION - The glowing forms of the Noori begin to lose some of their luminescence as 
     they disperse out into the station. Several are shuffled over towards secured quarters, 
     many wander around the docking port...

 <CNS_Cmd_Azhure> CEO: I really wish I knew... :: shakes head::  Perhaps it is time we seek some answers elsewhere.

 <CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Nods in agreement::  Starr'entia: That is appreciated... and noted.  *CO*: Captain, Starr'entia has agreed to comply with us.  Where would you like hir held?

 <FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::replies over his shoulder without looking:: OPS: The algorithms are running now. ::looks over his shoulder now:: Was the power problem in the portside nacelle repaired? I don't want it overheating again.

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: turns, slowly ::  XO: Sir... some unusual energy readings at the edge of the system...

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> Computer, location of Ambassador Aelsery.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: See if you can identify it ::suspicious:: Let me know what you come up with.

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb: And no one dies in the Syndicate?  What else have to not had to encounter? ::slows a bit to walk beside the ambassador::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Well the chemistry interacts to create a magnetic field, which in turn is what helps created the bioelectric field.  If we could prevent the biological components from realizing a chemical reaction this could be achieved... but how... let me think... ::Ponders for a moment.::

     ACTION - The computer directs Commander Azhure to Deck 4, Sickbay.

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: taps several controls to bring additional sensors to bear ::

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I suggest we proceed with caution. There aren't enough of us around to lose anymore.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @Qui: Of course.  Since I do not know the state of the meeting rooms on the station, may I suggest the conference room aboard the Quirinus....::pauses as his com suddenly comes to life::

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> CEO: Would you like to join me?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::slides two display windows hosting engine status readouts over to the side and brings up another cutaway view of the ship showing the EPS feeds to the nacelles::

<Ambassador_Qui> @ ::Nods:: Main Noori Amb: If you would follow us, we shall discuss the matter of Starr'entia on the Quirinus.

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> XO: An unidentified energy flux. Stationary for the moment. I am having difficulty getting precise readings.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @*Powers* I suggest that the meeting of Starr'entia be at current location, as no doubt the Syndicate will also wish to be present.  That location as yet is undetermined.

     ACTION - The primary Ambassador, who almost looks like s/he is someone in their pre- 
     teens, gives a curt nod to Qui and Sulek.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: So it's possible, we just have to figure out how - that's still progress. ::excited, nearly jumping out of her skin to share the news of their mini-success:: XO/CSO: We figured out their shield, sirs - part of it, anyways.  ::elated::

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: If you don't mind sir. I still am a little hazy and I have a feeling we should stick together on this.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: Lieutenant, can I borrow you for a moment?

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::Turns to lead the Noori to the ship port::All: this way.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: Keep trying. Let me know the instant is moves towards us, if it does. We'll need as much notice as possible

<Ambassador_Qui> @ ::Floats after the Captain, noticeably silent::

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Much. So much of our time is spent running out people that there is little time to experience life outside of the Syndicate. ::S/he floats along next to Matisse:: I hear that you and your kind have encountered once of the ancients. Is this true?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Nods and heads out of her office.::  *FCO*: Are you busy?

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: a little distracted ::  TO: Good news, Lieutenant...

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Looks towards his subordinate, who shrugs his shoulders::

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> XO: Aye, sir.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> OPS: Notify the station of the of the energy signature

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Perhaps if we suppress the iron in the equivalent of the bio-components "blood" it would neutralize it's ability to react and create a magnetic field which would in turn disrupt the formation of the wider bioelectric shield.
<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> ::adjusts communications array to cover a wider bandwidth of the Subspace frequencies to capture more chatter::

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: looks at the readings for several minutes, then comes to a decision ::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::decides that moving through the outer ring away from most of the damaged areas::

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::looks over his other shoulder:: CSO: Can I get the data on the anomaly? ::reaches with one hand and answers the comm:: *CNS*: I'm running status checks. Is there something I can do for you, ma'am?

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> COM: *Crossroads Station*: Crossroads Operations this Lt. Cmdr. Telarus from the Quirinus we have some unidentified energy fluctuation on sensors. Can you confirm or explain?

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> XO: Sir, request permission to launch a Class III probe. Whatever this phenomenon is, we won't learn anything more unless we get closer to it.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: Send notification and request for clarification maybe they know what it is.

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: An anti-polaron beam might do it... directed at a section of the ship that housed a majority of the biological components of the ship's systems...

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: Proceed

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb> Qui: It is said that Aur'ra fell during the bombing...does the female live?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> *FCO*: A precautionary measure... and to add to the situation you were looking into for me.  :: Steps into the lift.::

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: taps another control :: FCO: Echoing data stream to your console.   XO: Thank you, sir.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::shakes her head, thinking her victory will have to wait a few moments:: CMO: That's good - go with that for a little bit.  OPS: Sure, what do you need?

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> OPS: Keep an eye on the probes telemetry, it's best to have more than one set of eyes on it

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @::Enters the outer blast area:: Amb2: We did, a little while ago.  Captain Sulek would have to explain that to you.  Why do you call them the ancients?

<Ambassador_Qui> @ Noori Amb: She was injured in the attack, but lives.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Follows the CNS in into the TL::

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: Aye, sir.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: They pre-date our existence in this space...they once co-existed with the Xherivhan's...

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: programs the probe for several minutes, then taps a final contact ::  XO: Probe has been launched, sir.

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: As the lift stops, she steps off.::  CEO: Have you spoken with the doctor about not feeling very well?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> *CNS*: There's a situation on the bridge. Is it urgent? ::throws a cursory eye over the incoming datastream::

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: Keep me informed

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> :: nods ::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @Noori Amb 1: I am sure that with so much at stake that her recovery would be of most value to all concerned.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I don't believe it is physical sir.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb> CO: She does have her worth, but none of my kind would shed a tear to see that creature fall in battle...

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::steps up to the TO's console as Kostandinos moves over to OPS.  This field might be similar to the field emitted by Qui that interfered with my containment field.  She enters in a scenario, asking the computer to predict what happens if her containment field were to come into contact with the bioelectrical field from the Noori vessel.::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb2: You can see some of the damage now, as we move on, it will get progressively worst.  ::Looks over and sees crew working::  Did the syndicate ever have any relationship with the ancient?

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::continues leading the group:: *Sulek to Quirinus*

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> *FCO*: No, it can wait.  I would like to get with you later.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: I need you to make sure that your systems are all up and running before we disembark run some low level diagnostics and a few tests, but I also need you to help me maintain an ear on subspace chatter so that we aren't "surprised".

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> *Sulek*: Pangborn here

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Stops before the double glass doors::  CEO What do you think it is?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> *CNS*: Acknowledged, Commander. Ahkileez out. ::closes the channel and looks more closely at the anomalous data::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::nods:: OPS: Sure thing... is there anything specific that you want listened for, or just anything that would seem out of the ordinary?

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @Noori Amb 1:  I understand.  *Pangborn* I am bringing the Noori Syndicate representatives to the ship.  Please prepare the conference room and be sure that security is prepared for their protection.  Sulek, Out.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> *Sulek*: Understood

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Gasps at the results of her computer-scenario.  The containment field completely collapsed.::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::now nearly half way around the outer ring::

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: I am sure it was partly the explosion, but there was something in that warning that seems to be haunting me.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: Nothing in particular just make sure they are running if we still have time run level one diagnostics on the more important systems and work your way down, and send me over a report.

     ACTION - The doors to a turbolift on the bridge slide open and Colonel Sydney Majors 
     steps out onto the Quirinus bridge. Her eyes gaze around at the assembled crew and 
     she moves forwards towards Pangborn.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> TO: See to it that the conference room has a heavy detail of security around it: OPS: Make sure preparations are made for our guests

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> XO: Aye, sir.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: Oh and as for the subspace chatter....

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> OPS: Gotcha ::::taps a few commands onto her console to begin diagnostics::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> OPS: Yes?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::glances up at Majors::

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Nods::  CEO: There is something approaching... that could be part of it too.  :: Activates the sensors and steps through the doors.::

<CJ-Tala> <Majors> ::The Colonel makes eye contact and gives a simple nod to Soriq before returning her focus to Ben:: XO: I shall oversee security in the conference lounge...

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> ::bemused:: Majors: By all means.

     ACTION - As the two El Aurians enter sickbay a nurse approaches them asking if they 
     require assistance. She directs them to the back where Ambassador Aelsery rests 
     peacefully...

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::hears the Colonel's comment and turns her head in Majors' direction, still listening for OPS' response::

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: Make sure we don't have something along the lines of more inbound terrorists or someone trying to come to the former ambassadors rescue.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Follows the CNS::

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> TO: Have your security teams send me reports as well as to their deployment for our guests.

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Following the nurse, she thanks her and waits till she leaves, then steps closer to the ambassador, glancing at her bio-readings.::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Thinks to herself: What am I going to do?  If I tell anyone that my field might collapse with Noori contact  I could be deemed a danger to the crew and unfit for duty  She stars at the console looking distant.::

<CJ-Tala> @<Bex> ::Commander Bex glances over at Powers and to the former Noori Ambassador:: CTO: Commander, may I ask as to what this is about?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Quietly:: Aelsery: Ambassador...

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> TO: Belay that...Majors will be overseeing security for the concil::glares at OPS::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::raises one eyebrow, wondering when the OPS switched jobs with Commander Powers, because that would be the only legitimate reason for him to be ordering her around, but simply nods::  Sure, sir...

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::now turning into the final corridor approaching the ship:: *Pangborn* All in readiness?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::isn't able to keep the look of distaste from his face when Majors nods at him and turns his attention back to the engine status readouts and the datastream, trying to predict its movements and effect on navigation::

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @Bex: Starr'entia has been traced to being at the locations of the explosions on the station.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Looks down at the ambassador::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> XO: Alright then - when you have a minute, I've got some interesting information on the Noori shields - if you can really call them that.

     ACTION - The Lilithine Ambassador opens her eyes slowly. Red, blue and yellow light 
     shimmers in her eyes before they return to their normal dark color. She gives a weak 
     smile..."Guests? How thoughtful."

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> TO: Now would be great, what have you got?

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> ::thinks to self::

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: Do you believe the ambassador may be involved somehow sir?

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::looks incredibly excited again, almost like a kid in a candy store:: XO: Well, here's the thing - the reason they are bio-electrical in nature is because the shield is powered by the Noori themselves - with their own internal bio-energy.

<CJ-Tala> @<Bex> CTO: ...and the attack on the Naftali?

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @Bex.... whaaaaat about it?

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Stars madly tapping at the console, and instructs the computer to theorize what improvement if any would be necessary to prevent the collapse of her field versus a Noori field.::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> XO: So we can't "destroy" it per se - well we can, but we'd be killing all of them, which wouldn't help the peace process any.  If, however, we interrupt the chemical reaction that links their own energy to the physical shield-generating mechanism, we render their shields ineffective...

<CJ-Tala> @<Bex> ::The Bolian man glances between Powers and Starr'entia:: CTO: Do you believe hir kind were responsible for the sabotage there too?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Passes a look to the CEO that she does not know.  Takes a seat so she is not hovering.::  Aelsery: I have many questions and I believe you might have some answers.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::as they near the docking port, quietly to Qui:: Qui: I stand by my earlier statements, no interview will be made of Starr'entia without a Noori representative present.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> TO: Most inventive, but kind of a weakness as well. Hate to be on their ship when shield fail. So we Can disrupt there shielding without killing them? Or is this just in theory?

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> XO: The doctor is working on exactly how to do that, but the thing is, we know, or are pretty sure, how they're getting their shield to work, how to make it stop working, and more importantly, we know that they have the ability to link all their bio-energies together to form more stronger energy tools... maybe even weapons.

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @Bex: Nothing conclusive.... ::thinks, and turns towards the former Ambassador::  Starr'entia: Were you also responsible for those attacks?

<CO_Capt_Sulek> @::entering the docking port:: Noori Amb: Welcome to the Quirinus.

<Ambassador_Qui> @ ::Nods:: CO: I will endeavor to be present during the matter.

     ACTION - The Noori Ambassador with Captain Matisse glances around at the shattered 
     Promenade. Hir eyes are wide and s/he looks like a child in a candy store. "So this is 
     the outside world?"

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> TO: Excellent work, both you and the doctor::grin:: Try and work it out as completely as possible, and share you results with commander Kraight as well

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Follows the CNS's lead and takes a seat::

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: Did we get anything from the probe?

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb> ::The Syndicate representative hovers on the station for a moment before floating over to the Quirinus:: CO: This vessel does not feel godly...so why for is it named after one of your pantheon?

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Still hovering over the TO's console waiting a result to her new computer parameters.::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::grins back:: XO: Not a problem.  ::turns back to the CMO, to see what she is doing::

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> XO: Still awaiting its readings, sir.

<XO_Cmdr_Pangborn> CSO: Acknowledged

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Sees Kostandinos turning to her she quickly closes the scenario and returns to looking at data on the ship.::  TO: I was thinking...

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: That's always a good thing ::grins:: So what's our best option here?

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb2: So much death, our hands red with blood...

     ACTION - The Ambassador sits up and seems a little drained. Her skin is pale, even    
     more so then usual and her focus isn't as piercing at is normally is. "What is it you wish 
     to ask me, Counselor?"

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::as they enter the ship from the docking port:: Noori Amb: The naming of ships is a curious thing in the Federation.  While many cultures seek to name ships to honor ones heritage, it seems to me that the Starfleet, while also naming ships to honor, also sometimes wish to place names of heritage as well.  Truth be told, it is something of a....

<CO_Capt_Sulek> mystery to me as well.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Not your hands, Captain...ours...::S/he holds out her hands and they glow faintly in the dim light::

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Stands to assist her, then looks at the engineer.::  CEO:  Let us start first with what you told me.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::leads them to the nearest TL:: Conference room.  *Pangborn* We are aboard ship.

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Well, as I said we have to prevent the bio-components from forming a magnetic field which in turns help generate the wider bioelectric shield.  I think a anti-polaron beam would destabilize the iron component in the bio-fluid, if it even has such a think, to prevent a magnetic and thus wider shield from forming.  The problem is the beam would have to be adjusted to be just the right strength.  Too much and we risk fatally ruining the symbiotic relationship.

<CJ-Tala> <Noori Amb> CO: Your Federation seems to be filled with mysteries. ::Hir focus turns towards Qui'dinjori:: We are much more up front about everything...

<Ambassador_Qui> ::Nods::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb: Its my job to protect them here, you seem to forget I failed there, them letting emotions for "someone" to get in the way...::Looks over at watches there hands glow::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> Noori Amb:  As is the universe.  Among the Vulcan it is this Infinite Diversity that draws us to try to understand.  Since this diversity is infinite, we will always learn and understand more.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Our disputes have brought much pain to you and yours...have they not, Captain?

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::frowns and turns his chair:: CSO: I'll be in Stellar Cartography. If you reroute the datastream there I'll attempt to work out the anomaly's dimensions and effect on the eddies in the area. If it's too destabilized, we may not be able to travel.

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> Too much and we risk fatally ruining the symbiotic relationship.  We need the beam at just the right setting to only cause a temporary "disconnect" of the chemical and magnetic reactions long enough for the shield to be temporarily neutralized.

<CSO_Cmdr_Kraight> FCO: Understood. You may pick up the datastream from any 
terminal.

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::nods and heads for the lift again::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::arriving deck, he leads them down the hall to the conference room::

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Repeats the story::

<Ambassador_Qui> ::Floats along, still silent::

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::steps in to the turbolift:: TL: Deck Four.

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::sighs:: CMO: I guess you're going to tell me next that we only get one chance to get the beam size right, too - but it's the best we can do.  Keep in mind, we don't have to do this - yet - we just want to know that we can.

<CJ-Tala> <Aelsery> ::The Lilithine woman seems intrigued when she hears what Chandra has told her:: CNS/CEO: That's part of a Lilithine poem...it is told as a tale to young children...

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb: It doesn't really matter what I think, I'm here to do my best to try and help end it.  Do you even think its possible?

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: I think the most important thing we got from this is knowing that the Noori can power their shields - and possibly a great many other things - with their own life-force energy.  I mean, if they're using it to generate their own shielding for a ship that size, think of what else they could do with it....

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: True.  I mean I could take an educated guess by using what setting it would take for a body and then adjusting for size differential.  Also, this is all presuming that the biological components of the Noori ship operate similar to "most" alien species however...

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> Aelsery: What is the poem about?

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: And to know that for certain, we'd need to know more about them, which we don't and probably won't, knowing their past interest in maintaining their privacy.  So we have to go with what we think we know.

<CJ-Tala> <Aelsery> CNS/CEO: "Blood and Sacrifice. Pain and Death. Only through heartache can ones spirit be revealed. Ones heart linked to the hearts of all, each experiencing joy, sorrow, love and hatred." It tells the story of the first Lilithine hero...the founder of our nation...she stood up against the Xherivhan and proclaimed her sisterhood to be superior

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::steps out of the lift on Deck 4 and jogs past the medical wing toward the stellar cartography lab::

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::entering the conference room:: All: Please be seated or as you feel most comfortable.  I have another matter to attend.  I need to contact Commander Powers.  ::looks at Qui and then momentarily steps into the hall::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: There's a good chance it will work, most alien-biology create bioelectric fields along the same basic principles.  But the Noori seem anything but like what's average...

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> CNS: Sounds like the Borg Queen. Not much of a fairy tale as much as a nightmare.

<CJ-Tala> @<Noori Amb 2> CIV: Peace? It is but a dream, fleeting and impossible to catch...but it is there, and like the dream we will strive to reach it...

<Ambassador_Qui> ::Nods, and floats to a part of the table, waiting for Zhen'tora to join::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Does ambassador qui have any biological components?  We could use him as a reference to what the ships may be made of.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> *Sulek to Powers* You may bring Starr'entia to the ship.  S/he is not to be questioned without a Noori representative present.  Confinement to a secure quarters with security in and out should be sufficient unless you believe more stringent means is necessary.

     ACTION - Zhen'tora, the leader of the Syndicate floats over near Qui'dinjori and looks 
     over at hir. "S/he is guilty...?"

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::shakes her head:: CMO: If h/she does, we won't be able to get to them except over hir dead body.  Qui wouldn't even show his true form in order to engender trust during the five-species peace talks, I doubt we'd be able to get biological samples.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::stepping back into the conference room overhearing the last statement::

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::walks in to the empty cartography lab and moves to the center terminal, bringing the lab's projectors online and accessing the datastream coming from the Science Department's sensors::

<CIV_Capt_Matisse> @Amb2: A dream? As long as there is that, and hope, then its worth fighting for.  Funny, Peace worth fighting for, sounds wrong.  We should get you back to the others.

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> TO: Has he ever used the transporters on the ship or station?

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Leans forward:: Aelsery: How might the poem apply to us... :: nods to the CEO and herself::  or to this situation?

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @*CO*: Understood, Captain.  ::Turns to face Starr::  Starr'entia: You are being hereby confined to quarters with a security guard posted at all times.  You will be visually monitored as well inside your quarters.  You will be questioned only with other Noori present.  Do you understand?

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> CMO: I don't know if h/she would need to - the Noori can pretty much float wherever they please, including, apparently, out in deep space.  I can check though ::runs a sweep through the transporter logs to see if the Noori had ever used them::

<Ambassador_Qui> ::Shakes his/her head:: Zhen'tora: I do not know.

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::taking the plunge into what the Noori seem to already know:: Zhen'tora:  If you will permit, I would show you our information.

<OPS_LtCmdr_Telarus> ::continues to monitor systems and receive reports::

<TO_LtJg_Kostandinos-Michaels> ::curses:: CMO: Yeah, h/she did use it, but the transporter log is classified... :shakes her head, annoyed:: You know, for someone who's just supposed to be an ordinary ambassador, Qui sure gets a lot of special privileges afforded to hir.

<CEO_Ens_Chandra> ::Wondering to himself::

     ACTION - Ambassador Starr'entia nods once and her hollow translucent eyes never 
     move from Powers. "It is a shame that what I have tried to do here has failed...blood 
     and sacrifice...it would have been glorious to see this fake peace come to an end..."

<FCO_LtJG_Ahkileez> ::looking up at the enormous projection in stellar cartography, he watches the hazy outlines of the anomaly slowly come in to focus::

<CTO_Cmdr_Powers> @::Thinks he should speak at length with the Ambassador at some point::

<CMO_Ens_Alexander> ::Can't help but linger on the results of her computer scenarios.  She had no defence it seemed...unless she could figure one out by working on the bio-shield with Kostandinos.:: TO: We should see if we can get them declassified... 

<CO_Capt_Sulek> ::he moves to the table and calls up Kraights scans of the two bomb fragments:: Zhen'tora:  As you can see the energy signature is an exact match.

<CJ-Tala> <Aelsery> CNS/CEO: It is a story of resistance...the theme of the Laetitia and their underhanded supporters...

<CNS_Cmd_Azhure> :: Listens to the story::

     ACTION - Zhen'tora and Qui'dinjori watch each other, ideas pass between them and 
     they remain silent. Their aura's begin to mix and blend together briefly and then 
     Zhen'tora floats back. "She will be dealt with in time..."

<CJ-Tala> =/\==/\=END Mission=/\==/\=