Quirinus (mirror) Mission 10803.24

starring

Mitch Travis as Captain Sulek 
Keith LaHue as XO Ben Pangborn 
Christopher Dickinson as Billy Bob Powers 
Jeffrey G. Brown as Kraight 
Ed Selgas as David Telarus 
Karriaunna Scotti as Azhure 

and

Mike Horton, Ship Manager

Chris Dickinson, Special Guest Ship Manager

MISSION PROLOGUE: All hope seemed lost when the Quirinus was subdued and captured by hostile Klingon forces.  However, before the ship was captured, Azhure utilized a little known aspect of her physiology and slipped herself outside the bounds of space and time, but still retaining the ability to interact with it.

From her unique vantage point, she single handedly orchestrated a daring escape of her comrades - dropping forcefields, opening doorways, transporting prisoners... and even setting up the Klingon base's core to detonate.  Or so the computer would indicate...

Showing a surprising cowardice, the Klingons abandoned their station quickly, fleeing to their support vessels.  The space around the station has become a collection of starships taking off and escaping the "certain death."  The Quirinus merely has to detach herself from the station and slip away undetected...

=/\==/\= BEGIN Quirinus (mirror) Mission 10803.24: Reflections =/\==/\=
=/\==/\= Episode 5 =/\==/\=

Kraight says:
:: busily beaming aboard all the cargo he can lock on to ::
Azhure says:
:: On the bridge, her eyes closed as she listens to the crew preparing to take off.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Shield status?
Ben_Pangborn says:
 :: On the bridge, pensive ::
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: Down, but standing by.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Bring them on line an see if we can break the docking clamps.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: That will mean that we stop receiving supplies, Captain....
Ben_Pangborn says:
Azhure: That was quite a stunt you pulled off. Thanks.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Time to get us clear of the overload?
Azhure says:
:: opens an eye::  Pangborn: I got lucky.
Kraight says:
Sulek: We need to leave in the next four minutes, sir. Recommend a minimum distance from the station of 400,000 kilometers.
Azhure says:
:: opens the other eye with a sigh::  CO: Umm... Captain, actually... I did not set the core to overload... :: frowns::  At least I do not think so.  I just played around with the computer.
Kraight says:
:: surprised ::  Sulek: Well, in that case...
Ben_Pangborn says:
Azhure: You should have killed them in their sleep.   :: vengeful ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Status of the beam out of supplies.  Powers: Scan the power grid.
Host CTO_Powers says:
:: Changes his sensor targeting to read the internals of the station ::
Kraight says:
Sulek: Still beaming over anything I can find. Most of the nearer cargo holds are empty by now.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: It's... clear, sir.  Power grid is fine, although the computer indicates it is not.  How long the deception will last... can't say.  If we can detect this, so can the Klingons.
Azhure says:
:: turns her head slightly::  Pangborn:  Yeah well... I thought you might like to get off sooner then later.  Besides, I was tempting fate as it was.  As I mentioned, I was lucky.
Ben_Pangborn says:
::chuckles:: Azhure: You did well. The alliance will fall, and you will be remembered.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Scan the fleeing ships.  Kraight: See if you can cause a little more surge in the grid so we can fool the Klingons.
Azhure says:
Pangborn:  I would just be happy at this moment to get out alive.  :: Not to mention anonymity would be better for her.::
Kraight says:
Sulek: Working on it...
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: How much longer to get us re-supplied?
Kraight says:
Sulek: We have almost all the useful cargo we're going to get at this point, sir.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Time to go. Shields up.
Ben_Pangborn says:
Sulek: The sooner we get out of here the better.
Host CTO_Powers says:
INFO: Kraight's efforts to tap into the station's computer have been mostly futile, and no progress was made.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: Aye.  Shields up.
Kraight says:
Sulek: No luck on the power grid, sir. 

ACTION: The shields of the Klingon ship raise, crackling against the intrusion of the docking clamps.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Are we free?
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: We're never truly free in this reality, Sulek.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
:: grimaces, slightly ::  Powers: from the clamps.
Host CTO_Powers says:
:: Makes a show of rolling his eyes :: CO: Why didn't you say so.... no.  Shoddy old world craftsmanship... or the shields just aren't powerful enough to slice through as we expected.
Azhure says:
:: Glances at Bill considering it was rarely a good thing when he became philosophical ::
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: ... Phasers, perhaps?
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: If you can hit them.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Please do get us loose.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: I can pick a mole off a house woman on a planet's surface... :: aims the disruptor cannons ::

ACTION: Several precise phaser blasts from the forward arrays sever the docking clamps holding the ship to the station... and shred through several surrounding areas of the supply post.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Finish the job the computer started.  Try emitting power into the grid.
Ben_Pangborn says:
CTO: Gee, better not take out any Klingons while you're at it.  :: sarcastic ::
Kraight says:
Sulek: Attempting a feedback loop...
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Take out the docking bay doors and get us clear.
Host CTO_Powers says:
:: snorts ::  Pangborn: Not like you care.  Or do you?  I missed my chance to kill that weasel of an engineer...
Ben_Pangborn says:
Powers: Patience... you will get your chance.

ACTION: Bill's patience with the bay doors is a little more precise, sparing the universe from the display of the hull exploding.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Ahead thrusters.  Full impulse once we are clear.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Course away from the fleeing Klingons.   Kraight: Any luck overloading the grid?
Kraight says:
:: looks frustrated ::  Sulek: Not much, I'm afraid...
Ben_Pangborn says:
Sulek; Klingons must not be very smart. You'd think they would figure out that their station isn't really going to blow up.
Azhure says:
:: Leaning forward with a slight grunt, she watches the view screen.::

ACTION: Several of Bill's disruptor blasts hit critical nodes in the station, causing small explosions.  It's not what Kraight wanted, per se...

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Pangborn: Unless something else is coming...   Kraight: Scans...
Host CTO_Powers says:
Pangborn: Why do you think they were relegated to a repair station out here?
Kraight says:
:: initiates wide scan of the station and surroundings ::

ACTION: The bird of prey slips from the station's docking bay into open space.  The Klingon ships that were fleeing are holding position around the planet, apparently watching and waiting.  The Cardassian ships are also information, in a lower orbit.

Ben_Pangborn says:
Powers: I'm not real sure. There must have been something worth taking on the station. ::glares at Kraight:: I hope we got something worthwhile out of this.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Get us clear.  Kraight: Get on warp drive, since our engineer seems to have disappeared.
Kraight says:
Pangborn: I think even you will be pleased with our "haul", Mr. Pangborn.   Sulek: Aye, sir.   :: departs the bridge on his way to Engineering ::

ACTION: The ship jumps to full impulse and a little more, the best it can manage.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Keep track of those ships around the planet. They are waiting for something.  I would like to avoid it.  If it has them worried, then I don't think we're ready for it either.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: Well they're not paying us attention at the moment... but when they realize what's going on, I don't know that I'd put good odds on our survival.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Then we must rely on Kraight to get warp back on line.
Kraight says:
: after inspecting the warp drive :: *Sulek*: Kraight to Sulek. The antimatter injectors on both nacelles are little more than lumps of alloy. We'll have to replace them both. And the port nacelle coils are completely depolarized. Minimum time for repairs is twenty minutes.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Kraight*: Get anyone available after the repairs.
Kraight says:
*Sulek*: Already on it, sir. Kraight out.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Scan for some place we can take cover in if necessary.
Azhure says:
:: considering there was little she could do at the moment, at least on the bridge, she drags herself out of the chair.::
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: I'd say behind the planet... if the entire fleet wasn't there.  Maybe if we drifted?
Ben_Pangborn says:
:: muses ::  CTO/CO: Cut almost all power and play dead?
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Give them a reason to think they can take us at any time?
Azhure says:
:: Pausing at the captains chair::  CO: I am going down to medical to deal with the injuries sustained... there is nothing I can help you with here.  When you have a moment... :: nods toward his missing hand and then turns to go.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Azhure: Understood.
Azhure says:
:: As the lift doors close, she slumps back against the wall and orders it to medical ::
Azhure says:
:: As the lift stops, the doors open and she stares at the blank wall for a moment.  Then with a grunt, pushes herself away from the back, propelling herself out the door, a mumbled curse following  ::
Ben_Pangborn says:
*Kraight*: How much longer on propulsion?
Azhure says:
:: Stumbling through into the small medical bay, she ignores those there and makes her way to the medicine cabinet ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Kraight*: Start venting plasma, we are about to play dead.
Kraight says:
*Pangborn*: Ten minutes at least. One of the ruined injectors is proving difficult to remove.
Kraight says:
*Sulek*: Acknowledged.
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: Are you sure that's wise?
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: So far the Klingons have ignored us... now you want to light up the night sky?
Azhure says:
:: Reaching inside, she grabs a hypo and with a grimace, makes the alteration needed and injects it into her jugular.  Later she would pay for this, but it would get her through the next few hours ::
Kraight says:
:: begins the venting sequence ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: All engines off line, but let momentum continue to carry us.  Powers: It was your suggestion.
Ben_Pangborn says:
*Kraight*: Oh... and when you find that weakling Engineer... you may do with him as you wish. The agonizer will be available to you.
Kraight says:
:: smiles grimly to himself ::
Host CTO_Powers says:
CO: To coast silently, not spew... :: shakes his head as he notices the ship doing it anyway ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: If we suddenly appear to be without power to their sensors, they will want a reason.

ACTION: The bird of prey begins to leak plasma.  Surely enough, the Klingons suddenly take notice.  With their station not yet exploded as it was supposed to, they begin to hail the station... and the "captured" ship.

Ben_Pangborn says:
Sulek: Damn.
Azhure says:
:: As temporary life returns to her, she turns to help out the crew that are waiting.::
Ben_Pangborn says:
*Kraight*: We need that warp power now!
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Self: Interesting...    *Kraight*: Stop the vent. You now have little time due to my inadequate assumption that the Klingons had at least seen us leave.
Kraight says:
*Pangborn*: Just another minute or two... we've almost got the port nacelle repolarized.

ACTION: The Klingons break orbit and begin to approach the station and the Quirinus.  They have stopped attempting to hail the vessel.

Ben_Pangborn says:
Sulek: Act Klingon. Answer their hails.
Ben_Pangborn says:
Sulek: Anything to buy us a few seconds.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Ops: Open Hail.  :: in his best Klingon ::  *Klingon ship*: Station still at risk.  I am guard of prisoners and was forced to take this decrepit thing out to escape...  Stay back...

ACTION: The lead Klingon vessel responds by firing a torpedo, barely missing the Quirinus

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Klingon Ships*: Have prisoners for interrogation.  This thing started leaking plasma, but we have locked it down... why do you fire on us...we are just...  ::motions for cut::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Full impulse...   *Kraight* Now would be good.
Kraight says:
:: seals the last Jeffries tube behind him ::  *Sulek*: Bridge! We have warp drive!
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Full warp, now.

ACTION: The Quirinus jumps into warp space... with the Klingons in close pursuit.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Powers: Full evasive.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Everything we've got and maintain as long as you can.
Ben_Pangborn says:
::paces while all hell breaks loose::
Azhure says:
:: Barely noting the shift in the ships power ::

=/\==/\= END Mission =/\==/\=