Main Storyline: Into The Unknown

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

He was sitting in the Captain's Ready Room discussing the Mission plans with Colina and was about to dismiss her since she didn't have any ideas on what they could do next when the Console on the desk beeped

He looked over and tapped it and the following distress call was heard:

This is the USS Jackson, we are experiencing engineering problems and lost all engines, after being attacked by an unknown vessel. Coordinates within the distress call put the Jackson in neutral space, about 10 light years outside Klingon space, on the other side of their territory. Which means we could traverse through or go around

He looked back toward Colina "There could also be casualties. I would prepare sickbay for injuries" He said and stood up. He knew the message had been recieved on the Bridge consoles so that would save time explaining what was happening

He stepped onto the bridge, the first person he looked toward is M'Leezz. "Lt, send a message to the Jackson, let them know we're en route" Looking toward Buford "Lt, Break orbit and plot an intercept course and engage at warp 6." Turning to the new Tactical officer, he'd tell her "Make sure shields and weapons are ready, whoever attacked could still be in the area"

He paused as people leapt into action

[Lt Buford B. Hound]

He listened to Grab Foot as he gave orders out, the he heard "Lt, Break orbit and plot an intercept course and engage at warp 6."

Buford broke orbit and set a course to intercept the Jackson "Orbit Broke, Course set Sir" he called out.

Once the ship was clear of the planet he engaged Warp 6 "Warp 6 engaged ETA to Jackson 45 minutes at current speed Sir"

[Commander Crio Ijoula]

Being a male Trill, a somewhat rarity in Starfleet, he had finally become accustomed to the odd looks he would sometimes get. Most seemed to be familiar with seeing Trill females, partly because of looking more 'exotic' and attractive. Many had viewed him as like he was not a pleasant person to be around. He knew he had to shake those nagging feelings that had plagued his days at the Academy, and on his early career postings.

Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, he makes his way to the bridge, having just come aboard before the ship left dock. Having temporarily beamed his belongings into temporary quarters, he decides to just head up and see what's going on, and to check in with the current commanding officer.

Stepping out onto the bridge from the turbolift, he looks around at the familiar bridge of the ship he had previously served on under Admiral James Harsting, as executive officer, and couldn't help but smile at a feeling of being back with friends and familiar faces.

He scans the bridge for any familiar faces, and sees one -- a feline-like officer whom he had previously butted horns with during a previous mission, but had arrived at a mutual understanding with. A great sense of relief came over him, at seeing the familiar, furry form.

For a few moments, he just stands by the turbolift, mentally trying to recall the officer's name, and after a couple of seconds, it comes back to him, afterward he makes his way to the center of the bridge.

"Mister Grabfoot, it's been quite a while. Reporting for duty. It seems I've been asked to take over XO duties for you."

He hands the PADD with his orders to Grabfoot.

He found that his own recent rank reduction was almost undeserved, but realized that if he didn't want to be stuck behind a desk in a stuffy office at Starfleet Headquarters or at a far-flung starbase, he would have to swallow his pride and work on humility, a trait that did not come easily with the memories he inherited from the Ijoula symbiont.

[Lt m'Leezz]

"Aye Sssirrr." She immediately sent the following message to the USS Jackson.

"USSss Jacksssonnn, thisss isss the USSss Terrasect we arrre in rrroute and ssshould be at your locationnn withinnn 45 minsss. Pleassse advissse what assssisstance you require." She waited a few minutes and then sent the message a second time.

"Sssir, I got a ressponce. Its filled with sstatic, attempting to cleannn it up." For the next 2 minutes she worked on the message but was unable to clean it.

"Unnable to cleannn the mmmessage. But from what I got they rrrequire both engineering and mmmedical."

[Dr Colina MacAuley]

She heard the com come in and looked at him. Her mind immediately went to several possible scenario's.

"Aye sir, I agree. We'll be ready for anything. I best be leaving now." With that said she turned and left the office only a minute before him. She crossed the bride with her usual purposeful stride.

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

Buford responded to his orders by breaking orbit and laying in a intercept course. He gave an ETA of 45 minutes and he nodded. M'Leezz responded by sending a message to the Jackson, letting them know that we're on the way.

A couple minutes later, M'leezz reported the Jackson responded but there was a lot of static accompanied with the message. She attempted to clear it up but to know avail. She reported that what she did get from the message, medical and engineering teams will be needed. He gave a nod and was about to contact Engineering and Sickbay when the TL doors opened. He turned and he had to do a double take, his ears flicking back in surprise. One of the former command officer's of the Terrasect stood there. he remembered him having to take leave because of a family matter on his home world. It seems now the family matter was resolved and he was back. In what Capacity, he wasn't sure. He only hoped that he was not here to take command from him. He would not be pleased if he did

He watched as Ijoula looked around the bridge, re-familiarizing himself with the ship and the crew, He seen his eyes focus on him and perhaps it was his imagination but he looked a bit relieved. His face was an unreadable mask, he remembering an incident that occurred between. He had threatened to throw him in the brig over a misunderstanding that could have led to all out war. Thankfully, cooler heads had prevailed and things worked out

Ijoula continued to stand near the Turbo Lift a few seconds and his ears shifted and bent forward, wondering what he was waiting for. He then stepped forward and walked around and stood in front of him in the Command Center

"Mister Grabfoot, it's been quite a while. Reporting for duty. It seems I've been asked to take over XO duties for you."

He then offered the PADD he had to him and he took it, reading what it said. As he read it, he commented "Indeed it has been a while, Mr. Ijoula. I am pleased you got your personal business resolved and could return" he continued reading, noting the rank reduction, then looked up at him, offering the PADD back to him. He wondered why the reduction in rank but he thought it wasn't his concern Welcome back to the Terrasect, Lt Commander. It does indeed look like you're the new Acting First Officer" he said correcting him a little. "I can think of not a better officer to hold the position." Well, he could but he knew that Ijoula was pretty much Captain Harsting's right hand man and would most likely know what the Captain himself would want. He was sure the Captain would e pleased by Ijoula's return

[Commander Crio Ijoula]

He nods back to him. He had greatly missed being on the Terrasect, as it had been home for him for nearly three years, and he had well known their former commanding officer, James Harsting.

As he was wandering the corridors on his way to the bridge, he had noticed many unfamiliar faces, and also noted on the bridge that they had at least one more feline-like crewmember.

Taking the PADD back, he looks again at Grabfoot.

"I stand corrected.

I am a little under-informed as to our assignment, as what details I received were sketchy at best. I hate flying into a situation without having a reasonably clear picture of what we're going into."

He looks again at the bridge crew, knowing full well that he'll have to get to know them all, as that is part of the responsibilities of a first officer, acting or otherwise.

[La'ta'nM]

He had not been here long but was Familiar with engineering as he had worked on one of these vessels before. At the moment he stoop at one of the main Engineering consoles making sure the power was balanced according to Specification. picked up his cup of Coffee a drink he had discovered on earth and found he liked it.

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

As he read over the PADD Ijoula gave him, he noticed he was glancing around the bridge and it's officer's. He knew most of the crew would be foreign to him and he would have to get re-acquainted with most of them. He imagined he would do that on his own time when it permitted

He handed back the PADD hearing him say he was corrected, that he is the Acting First Officer until Jim returns whenever that may be.

"I am a little under-informed as to our assignment, as what details I received were sketchy at best. I hate flying into a situation without having a reasonably clear picture of what we're going into."

"That's understandable. I would also hate to go into a situation without knowing the facts. I do not know what you were informed but we have just received a distress call from the USS Jackson. They were attacked by unknown assailants and request Medical and Engineering Assistance"

[Lt. J.G. Kestral Greyhouse]

She was beginning to think that she was going to need to take a nap it was so quit on the bridge. Then a distress signal came into the comm and she jolted at that. Not easily scared she composed herself as everyone came back to life.

Hearing the order from the acting Co she noded.

"Aye sir preparing sheilds and weapons to be deployed at a moments notice."

Hoistal target might be still in the area if they attacked one starship they maynot stop there. She had read up enough on the tactical of the ship that she knew how to keep phasors on passive but stand-by mode, the sheilds passive for now ready for deployment once they were out of warp, and the rest of the weapon battery on stand-by as well encase phasors weren't enough.

[Commander Crio Ijoula]

Crio would think on that, and a fair amount of determination came across his face.

"Communications, did we get any information at all on the attacking ships, or the status of the Jackson?"

He knew that they would have to get there as fast as possible, and turns toward the helm officer,

"Helm, how long until we can get there at maximum warp?"

His glance would go to the officer at the OPS console.

"Anything on long-range scan?"

He looks again at Grabfoot, his determination unmistakably clear, secretly hoping that said determination would not be out of line.

"Bridge to Sick Bay, we will likely be picking up casualties when we reach the Jackson. Prep a triage center just in case."

He looks again at Grabfoot.

"If it were me, I'd be going in ready for combat, especially if we can't get further information on the Jackson's status, or how many ships were attacking her.

My instincts are telling me to be ready for anything.."

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

He heard the commander as he asked "Communications, did we get any information at all on the attacking ships, or the status of the Jackson?"

His whiskers twitching in annoyance when he asked "Helm, how long until we can get there at maximum warp?"

Ijoula's glance would go to the officer at the OPS console.

"Anything on long-range scan?"

He looked at him and he looked back, clearly seeing his determination and will to help. For that he couldn't fault him. Course, he had already got the proverbial ball rolling as human say. His tail began twitching as he contacted sickbay "Bridge to Sick Bay, we will likely be picking up casualties when we reach the Jackson. Prep a triage center just in case."

Ijoula looked back at him and the slightly annoyed look he had "If it were me, I'd be going in ready for combat, especially if we can't get further information on the Jackson's status, or how many ships were attacking her.

My instincts are telling me to be ready for anything.."

"If It were me, Commander, I have already alerted sickbay that there could be casualties as I was speaking to the good doctor when the distress call came in. Tactical is prepping shields and weapons in case there is a hostile situation. So far, we have nothing on Long Range and it's going to take 45 minutes to get there at warp 6. I saw no rush to get there as the damage has already been done. The distress call was sent to us on a loop so that means there could be heavy casualties

My Instincts are always telling me to be ready for anything, no matter the situation"

[Lt m'Leezz]

She responded to the XO, "Aye sssir all we have isss thierrr nnneed for mmmedical and ennngineering asssisstance. I've been attempting to clear up the ssstatic but itsss coming from them. I've been usssing variousss filtersss and at differing levelsss of intensssity. I'll sssee if enginnneerinnng cannn do annnythinnng or have annny ideasss?"

"Ssso far all I have on LRSSS is a disstingrating warrrp sssignnnaturesss from 2 ssshipsss that'sss unnnknownnn, nnnot surrre if they werrre nnnearrr the Jacksssonnn sssirrr."

She openned a com to engineering. "Cennng thisss isss Lt mmm"Leezz cammn you asssissst in clearrrinnng up sommme ssstatic onnn a commmunicationnn linnnk?"

[Dr Colina MacAuley]

She was in the middle of briefing her staff concerning the Jackson when she got the com from the XO.

"Aye sir, I'm on it now. Briefing my staff, I'll get back to ya when I'm finished here. Doctor MacAuley out."

[La'ta'nM]

Jan 17, 2009 13:29:55 GMT -5 Lt m'Leezz said:

She responded to the XO, "Aye sssir all we have isss thierrr nnneed for mmmedical and ennngineering asssisstance. I've been attempting to clear up the ssstatic but itsss coming from them. I've been usssing variousss filtersss and at differing levelsss of intensssity. I'll sssee if enginnneerinnng cannn do annnythinnng or have annny ideasss?"

"Ssso far all I have on LRSSS is a disstingrating warrrp sssignnnaturesss from 2 ssshipsss that'sss unnnknownnn, nnnot surrre if they werrre nnnearrr the Jacksssonnn sssirrr."

She openned a com to engineering. "Cennng thisss isss Lt mmm"Leezz cammn you asssissst in clearrrinnng up sommme ssstatic onnn a commmunicationnn linnnk?"

He heard the Lt and, hurredly made his way to the power distrubution center busted the power to Communications from there then Array controls." On it now ma'am it should clear up in a second or less.