S3, Ep2 - Dogma, Truth and the Wheel of Fate

[Major Duncan Kinsely]

Duncan heard Grant called both him and GrabFoot to his quarters. He looked over at GrabFoot before he left the bridge and entered into the turbo lift with him. No sooner that they entered into the turbo lift, they arrived at the designation and he exited out of the turbo lift with GrabFoot. He wondered what was on Grant's mind.

Duncan was right behind GrabFoot when he rang Grant's chime to his quarters. As the doors opened, Duncan followed GrabFoot into the room. Smirked a bit at what Grant said. Been there too many times himself. He listened to what Grant had to say and practiclly stood up straight when he heard that Ann's evil sister was on the ship, along with other information about Ann, Kate and the Drak.

"What in the bloody hell is Kate doing here?, he pretty much asked. He raised his hand in the hair as to stop him from answering the question. "Nevermind the question. Can phantom an idea why she might be here.", he said.

"If we put the ship on red alert, she would know that we know that she is on the ship. This is something we might want to do quietly. I do suggest having all Marines and Security Teams on board prepared to be looking for her."


Location: Grant's personal quarters

[gengrant]

Location: Samuel’s Personal Quarters

Sam could well understand both officer’s concerns regarding the possibility of Kate being aboard the Terrasect, not only for the safety of her crew, but also for Ann herself.

Sam waived his hands in front of him, palm down, up and down, to both the officers as all three of their tempers flared. Although there was a great risk, as Grabfoot mentioned, considering the circumstances he agreed with the Major’s opinion.

“As much as I may agree with you Commander, the Major is right.” Sam began “if we go to alert status, she will know for sure that we’re on to her. However, with their level of technology, I’d be surprised if she wasn’t already aware that something was going on…” Sam sipped his drink, “On top of it all, I’m still only making an educated guess that she’s here, as I can’t confirm it. However, with Ann’s odd actions over the past few hours; I don’t really think she’s Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde…” he smiled “but her actions have been so completely opposite as of late. Going from the calm and ‘innocent/naiveté’ Ann to the forceful senior prom date…” he shook his head, beside himself “It’s got to be Kate, regardless, all we can do is try and be as prepared as possible.”

He stood up and cautiously walked over to the night stand near his bunk, retrieved two PADD, walked back to the table and sat down. He handed the first PADD to Lt. Cmdr. Grabfoot “Here is the information on the ‘Drak’ that I was able to unlock from Starfleet Command, I know it’s not much, but it’s the best we can do. It contains different scan frequencies that you can try to use to see if you can dig her up, but I wouldn’t hold your breath. However, it also contains other coded information that may scramble her ability to access any on board computer system, again, no guarantees.” Sam shrugged, it wasn’t much but it was all they could do, unfortunately the ‘Drak’ did have the current advantage.

He handed the other PADD to Major Kinesly “Major, here are the spec’s on the security force fields that we used last time to contain her. By directing additional power from the warp core and adjusting the frequency of the force field to a random rotation of .0023 and .00458, it is able to contain the ‘Drak’; preventing them from passing through them. It might still work, but be ready to adjust the frequency to keep them there.” pausing to take another drink “Also, we know they’re pretty much immune to phasers and energy weapons, we might be able to find a frequency that can do some damage, but Starfleet Security hasn’t had much luck. However we should put the Security Details and the Marines on an informal stage two alert, have them keep their eyes open just incase. I’m not sure how much of an effect it’ll have, but at least we’ll be doing just about everything we can.” Sam thought a moment, an additional precaution crossing his mind “Also Major, you may want to increase security around key areas of the ship; weapons, communications, etc.”

“I don’t think we’re going to be able to keep our search for her secret long, nor do I know what to do should she appear…” playing with his cup, he felt as if he was abandoning his responsibilities as a result of the Away Mission, but he knew he was leaving it in the hands of two very capable officers “I guess we’ll have to make it up as we go along. Major, I would like you to have a security detail assigned for a quick extraction should something occur during the away mission that may be ‘Kate’ related, and Mr. Grabfoot, have Ops keep a transporter lock on us for an emergency beam out; just incase.”

He shook his extended index finger at Grabfoot in jest “Now, now Commander, don’t ever challenge worse; as it can always be worse.” He half hearted grin glanced across his face, redirecting his look to the Major “I honestly have no idea why she would be here this time, maybe to force Ann to go back with here again, maybe to cause us trouble, maybe just to observe, or maybe she’s after me; I just don’t know… Should she decide to show herself…Things could go many different ways. But, I leave it in your hands, since the Captain and I will be departing shortly. I’ll brief him on this new information when he gets out of surgery.”

He waited to see if there was anything else.

Location: Samuel’s Personal Quarters

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

As he paced the floor in Grant's quarters, another feeling surfaced as well as the shock and anger of finding out that Kate probable return. He was wringing his tail, which for a feline like him, it indicated intense worry or fear. Something he rarely experienced, but the thought of Kate returning to cause more havoc, it scared him

As he heard Grant and Kinsely's responses, his whiskered quivered in thought. He glanced over to Grant as he made his Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remark, then his "forceful senior prom date" comment. He shook his head, having never heard such phrases before. He shook his head slightly thinking ~ humans and their odd phrases ~

He stopped pacing and tried to calm his anger.. and fear. He still wrung his tail but not as furiously as before. He looked at Kinsely and Grant, thinking aloud "If she is here already, and not caused any problems, perhaps she is like Ann. She has changed and become more like.. " He paused to think for a moment then went on "..like a Q and she/they have taken a liking to you humans and think of you as.." he paused again, almost saying pets then changed his mind "..entertainment. Perhaps she doesn't want to hurt us, but help us.. in her odd way" The fur on his shoulder rippled as he shrugged his shoulder

He watched as Grant stood and moved slowly over to a small desk to retrieve some PADDs. He returned, sat down and handed one of the PADDs to himself, explaining that the PADD held information on the Drak, different scan frequencies and possible codes to scramble their ability to use their armor but "Don't hold your breath" he said. He glanced at Grant as he took in the information on the PADD "That would be foolish to hold your breath"

He looked back to his PADD as Grant went on to explain the different frequencies to possibly hold a Drak to keep them from passing through it. He went on to explain that the Drak armor is immune to phaser and energy weapons. He nodded a bit as he learned that from experience. He watched as the security teams ineffectively subdue Ann using their phaser weapons. He thought to himself that the Drak are immune to his claws too and he kept them razor sharp. With enough force, he can puncture as much as 1 inch of steel, but his claws had no effect on the Drak armor. He then heard Grant suggest that Kinsely increase security around key points to the ship and he nodded his agreement on that

He looked back to Grant as he said to have Ops maintain a transporter lock on he and Harsting at all times in case they needed to be pulled back. He nodded, commenting "That is standard procedure. I would do that for any member of an away team"

He heard Grant tell Kinsely he had no idea why Kate would be here and frankly neither did he. Perhaps it was because Ann is here and she missed her sister. He quietly scoffs that idea and promptly dismisses it

He looked at Grant as he said "She could be after me, I don't know" He thought why would she be after him, and almost asked that verbally but then Grant did kill her once "I would understand why she would be after you. You did kill her once and maybe she is back to return the favor" He said as he spiraled his tail in humor, another look of amusement crossing his facial features but then it quickly faded as he returned to being serious "If Kate does decide to show herself, I will be more cautious in dealing with her. I will ask her intentions and hopefully she wont be in the mood for a fight"

He then waited for Grants and Kinsely's response or dismissal

[de9cpaterrasect]

She knew something was up, wasn’t sure if it she was the one they are doing this security measures, however it was better to be sure then not at all. While floating she thought of another way to blend in, this was the simplest form but most effective. In the days of the past; when Annie and her would take part of assignments. They would perform an archaic spiritual science where the use the understanding of creating energy. Where then they can manipulate this to their needs. In this case they can change their physical appearance where those around them accept them. It was better then any technology and placed them easily in places where most would never guess to find them, within the crowd in plan sight.

As the operation officer hasn’t performed or began the ordered security scans. Kate moved back to a phase level where she can walk on the deck but still be able to walk through vertical structures and organic matter. Ones off the Commend Deck Kate found her self in the Captain’s Ready room at the moment Captain Harsting wasn’t present. She rematerialized and disarms the Bio-metal Armor and starts to tap in to her Kin’Jah Te. Kate starts to change the body of Ann’Knox slightly; enough that it was different but slightly recognizable as Annie. She replicates a Starfleet uniform and puts that on as her garments she recycles it back in to the system.

Kate walks out of the captain’s ready room without being noticed by anyone. She transformed Annie’s body to a dark brown longhaired woman with thick-rimmed glasses. She was in an engineering officer’s uniform and Kate acted like any other bridge officer. She could her a slight buzzing sound towards helm stations. It was Tork sensors where in misalignment by 0.0000025. She saw the dog man was there she figured his sensitive ears could notice it but Kate’s ears where far more sensitive.

Kate walked strait towards Helmsmen, Buford Hound and smiled and winked at him. Her fake bright blue eyes looked upon him and she said. Don’t you mind me! I’m Lieutenant River from engineering. She expressed this warm goodhearted smile. Let me fix this small misalignment for you and miss Ravious that should help in the accuracy of your level 1 scans. Kate acted as if Lieutenant River was always one board and expressed this acknowledge that she knew of them. Acting as if they have met casually in the corridors and they couldn’t quite say no that they haven’t ran in to her before. While ‘Lieutenant River’ seemed so common of those human female officers on the ship, she could be easily mistaken for anyone of them.

Kate took advantage of this common occurrence of the psychology of crewmen on most Starfleet starships. Being an operative for several years servicing on numerous starship one being the USS Vindicator. She clearly knew how to deceive even the oldest and well-trained officers of the federation. She kept talking to get them distracted and not to ask questions. So, you guys. Am I gonna see you guys at the Galaxy Bar for a little friendly game of poker? And maybe a few drinks. She winks at Buford Hound and looks up to the other officers. What you all say to that? We all need some distractions from this mission and you know the best way is to have fun. She kept a steady jolly tone and expression the whole time.

Once she really did fix the Tork sensors and helped with the level 1 scans. She stood up and patted Buford Hound on the shoulder and winked at Ganesa Ravious. She calmly walked away to the turbo lift, once the door closed shut she then changes her appearance again to a redhead with no glasses. She drops the eyewear on the floor and steps off to a deck where she can easily blend with the crowd. They’re with the civilians she could wait for the time to transport off the ship and on to the planet for a little field trip and field study of the inhabitance.

[Major Duncan Kinsely]

Duncan took the padd that was handed over to him and looked it over as Grant talked to him. He read the information on the padd as he listens to him and to LtCmdr GrabFoot of Two Dawns. "Almost like the borg's suits, but not quite.", he said. Then he thought for a moment about his brother's armor that he designed.

"Perhaps the Marine and Security teams should be fitted with the exo suit armor.", he said to them. "That is if in case she does try to pull something."

He looked up from the padd and gave a nod in appliance that he heard the orders given to him. "I'll make sure that the Marines and Security details know what they need to know and what to do.", he said to Grant.

Duncan looked over towards LtCmdr GrabFoot Of Two Dawns. "If she does show herself, do you mind if I am present with you as well?", he asked him. "There might be some questions I would like to ask as well.", he said.

[Lt Buford B. Hound]

Location Bridge: Helm

Buford is at his station when a Female walks up and smiled and winked at him. said. "Don’t you mind me! I’m Lieutenant River from engineering. She expressed this warm goodhearted smile. Let me fix this small misalignment for you and miss Ravious that should help in the accuracy of your level 1 scans."

Buford looks at her "I have never meet y'all before I had done a level 1 system check and their was no problem" he says as he watches her work, Buford gets her scent

Has Lt.River's worked she said "Am I gonna see you guys at the Galaxy Bar for a little friendly game of poker? And maybe a few drinks" Buford sees her winks at him then she looks at Ops "What you all say to that?" Buford Replies "That Me mighty nice"

"We all need some distractions from this mission and you know the best way is to have fun" River's says "I no how but I get in trouble" he laughs

Buford sees River fix the Tork sensors "No wonder I need a Level3 to find it" watches her leave

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

Grab Foot heard Kinsely's comment about Kate's armour and suggested it was similiar to Borg Armor but not the same. He thought for a moment and then shook his head

"If the Borg have the same, or even close to what Ann and Kate's armor have, the whole Alpha quadrant, and half the Delta quadrant would be assimilated by now" He thought all of known space would be assimulated by now, but he didn't want to scare the major

He then listed as Kinsely talked about giving the Marine and Security teams some exo suits in case Kate decides she's in a fighting mood. He doubted the exo suits would stop her but he didn't say as much

Kinsely then turned to him and asked, "If she does show herself, do you mind if I am present with you as well? There might be some questions I would like to ask her"

He shrugged nonchalontly, the fur on his shoulder rippling "I do not mind if you are with me. I think it depends on where and when.. or If I see her"

He paused for comment

[gengrant]

Location: Samuel’s Personal Quarters

He listened as the three of them discussed the matter at hand, it wasn’t the most up lifting discussion he’d ever had. Looking back at Lt. Cmdr. Grabfoot “Yeah, killing someone can leave a lasting impression, although if she returns the favor, I don’t have the same luxury. I only get one…” he smiled, finishing his drink.

He turned back to the Major “The exo-suits might not be a bad idea, but even with their increased advantages; these ‘Drak’ can still do a lot of harm.” remembering the damage wrought by their last engagement “It took an overloading phaser, with her armor down and her beginning to get tired to kill her. I’d have to think that we’d have to do same amount of damage again if needed, or if we hit her square on with a Quantum Torpedo in the nose, that should do it too; armor or not.” A large grin passing his surgically altered face.

But as the conversation went on, Sam felt his Starfleet Training kicking in and making itself known. Sam often used the mentality of ‘shoot first, shoot second, shoot some more and when everyone’s dead try and ask questions’; often his Security side of him took over and put the diplomatic side of him in a small box.

He nodded at Grabfoot “I do believe you have pointed out something I overlooked; which happens from time to time.” he said. “Kate may not have ‘hostile’ intentions this trip, or at least in her view, but if that was true she could just show herself and say ‘hello’…” he thought a moment. “Kate is much more devious, yet playful, compared to Ann. If we were able to question her, maybe we could get through to her. However, we should still be on guard while around her, as the person she has affected thus far is Ann; acting as her and harming reputation.” Sam shuddered, remembering that if he was correct, he had actually kissed Kate; he shuddered again.

“Best of luck to both of you, just remember, Kate is a chameleon; with poisoned fangs. She could be anywhere, let our people know that they should report any ‘odd occurrences’ immediately. If anyone asks, we’ll consider it a security exercise.” Sam coughed, covering his mouth, and looked back at the others; a slight tingle in his chest and back “cursed surgery…” he thought. “Any questions?”

Location: Samuel’s Personal Quarters

[Dr Colina MacAuley]

"Well, Captain apart from your stress levels being high your fit as a fiddle. After this is over I'll be giving some stress reducing excises along with a diet that will also assist in lowering your stress."

"All of the pre surgery test have been returned and they are well within acceptable limits. So we can go ahead with the surgery. If you'll be so kind as to follow Nurse Fong she'll get you ready, and I'll be in shortly with Dr Jacobs." She smiled and watched him walked out behind Nurse Fong.

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

OOC: LOL at "shoot first, shoot second, shoot some more and when everyone’s dead try and ask questions"

Grab Foot can smell the humor coming from Grant as he stated “Yeah, killing someone can leave a lasting impression, although if she returns the favor, I don't have the same luxury. I only get one…” and his tail spiraled again, a look of amusement crossing his feline features again as he said just as humorously "If you get killed, that would make me the new First Officer." He paused then stated with a more serious tone "Not that I would want that position on such an event

He then heard Grant as he went on to say that Kate is devious, but playful, compared to Ann. He can see the devious part but the playful part? He mentally shook his head. He didn't see it. Grant continued with "However, we should still be on guard while around her, as the person she has affected thus far is Ann; acting as her and harming reputation.”

He gave a nod as his humor was put away again, adding "It is always wise to be on guard with whomever you are dealing with, especially if his or her intentions are unknown."

He watched as Sam shuddered again, as if remembering something he didn't want to remember. His ears tilted forard in curiousity and he thought about asking about it but he thought better of it then Grant went on to say "Just remember, Kate is a chameleon; with poisoned fangs. She could be anywhere, let our people know that they should report any ‘odd occurrences’ immediately."

He gives a nod, adding his comment "Kate may be a chameleon and able to change her shape and appearance, but she cannot fool my sense of smell. I would know her scent anywhere and I am sure Lt Hound would know her as well if he knew her as well as we did"

Course, something else began to occur to him. With All the abilities that Kate and Ann have, changing their smell could be just as easy to them as changing their appearance. Nothing would surprise him when it came to those two. He was surprised once. He would not be so easily next time

He looked at Grant as he asked if He and Kinsely had any questions. He shook his head no then said "When I get to the bridge, I'll send a written message to all console to report any odd occurrences"

He waited for a response

[Dr Colina MacAuley]

The surgery on the Capt went well, nothing out of the ordinary. Both she and Jacobs were pleased with the results. She did a last readout before he went to recovery, she cleaned up and went in to check on him.

Seeing that he was doing fine, she turned and went to her office to write up a full surgical report.

[gengrant]

OOC Note: I’m aware that the first few posts may appear out of order, it should only take a few days to get everything back in line. Please make sure to read each post for the information contained within, and not rely on which order they appear; this way we can get moving again more quickly.

Location: Samuel’s Personal Quarters

Having thanked both Mr. Grabfoot and Mr. Kinesly, and insuring that no questions were missed, both officers departed his quarters and Sam decided he’d retire to his bunk for a while he waited for the mission to get underway. His mind was troubled by thoughts of both Ann and of Kate. One of them could be trouble enough, but both… Sam tried to think of Ann, both as she was and is now, in reality and his dreams; the thoughts comforted him. But he found himself shaking his head and shuttering at the fact that he’d kissed Kate inside; he sighed.

Placing his empty glass on the night stand next to his bunk, he closed his eyes. He was only a sleep, if you could even call it that, for a minute or two before he awoke to a call from Doctor MacAuely. Taking a moment to recompose his thoughts, and his mind for that matter, the Com chirped again before he answered; he recognized her voice.

”Grant hear; go ahead Doctor.” He slowly sat up, rubbing his temples, which both felt good and hurt at the same time.

"I'm on my way!" he said upon hearing that he was needed in Sickbay quickly, Sam threw his boots on and took off towards Sickbay. There was a concern with Captain Harsting, and he needed to get down there right away. After the turbo lift doors opened, he rounded the corridor and just stepped into Sickbay looking for Doctor MacAuely.

Location: Sickbay

[gengrant]

*** ^^^ Terrasect Story / Action ^^^ ***

While the Captain’s surgical alterations surgery is in progress, Operations and Engineering began to receive warning notifications of added stress on the hull of the Terrasect. As the Asteroid continued its slow crawl towards the unlucky planet, it began to spin on its axis, fast enough that it created its own gravity. As the Terrasect had been following close to it to avoid any possible detection from the planet’s population, it was caught suddenly by the pull of this new gravity towards the asteroid itself.

As the Terrasect tried to compensate for the sudden force used against it, debris that was being ripped of the Asteroid slammed against her deflector fields and damaged her hull. Conduits, consoles and entire corridors began to blow out and suffer damage across the ship as the Terrasect fought both the debris and the gravity. The ship snapped to the port side fiercely, inertial dampers not being able to compensate, resulted in knocking most the crew off their feet. The operations console blew out on the bridge, along with the tactical and science stations and, although unbeknownst to the crew, main engineering suffered heavy damage from the gravity pull and debris impact, injuring the crew stationed at all these areas. Lt. Ganesa Ravious took the full blast from the Ops Console and was injured in the blast, serious but not mortal.

There is no way to prevent the collision between the Terrasect and the Asteroid, there only hope is to minimize the impact, damage and prevent the Terrasect from being destroyed.

[Lt Buford B. Hound]

Buford watches the Asteroid, all of a sudden it starts spinning on its axis, the speed its spinning and the size Buford soon realizes it creating its own gravity now,Buford smells Grab Foot return to the bridge.

Buford starts quickly moving the ship way as debris breaking off the Asteroid smash into the ship "Moving us away from the Asteroid Sir" he tells Grab Foot as Grab Foot is giving out Commands

Suddenly the Ship is snapped to the port side fiercely, Buford is almost thrown from his seat as the inertial dampers are not able to compensate, regaining him self Buford hits warp 6 but nothing happens, he quickly dose it again nothing then he hits TW1 nothing, Buford's Eyes widen

Suddenly the Ops console blows Ganesa takes the full blast Buford sees her know unconscious, he also Sense other crew members are injured and unconscious.

"Sir we lost all Warp! under Impulse only I'll never break the gravity were going down" he yells to Grab Foot as he avoids the debris the best he can

Buford links OPS to his console and starts working on the problem "Sir I'm taking power from all unneeded areas diverting to the Shields, disengaging the Shields from the top of the ship and reinforcing the bottom Shields" he says

Buford quickly finds he can't fly and adjust the Shields as the ships moving to fast from the pull of the gravity"Sir You need to adjust the shielding, I got land this Bird on the Asteroid, Unless we get warp back" he yells as he avoids the Debris firing thruster for quick movements and angling the ship for a landing "6 minutes till impact, get those shield adjusted Sir or were all Dead! but hay all Dogs go to Heaven, but I just assume not go right now" He says as he doses his best to avoid the debris

[Capt Grab Foot Of~Two Dawns]

Location: Sam's Personal Quarters, on his way to the bridge

After being dismissed, Grab Foot exited Sam's quarters and headed straight back to the bridge. As he was in the TL, he started to feel an unnatural shift in the deck platings, as if the ship was fighting something that was trying to pull it toward another object. His senses, already on high alert, went up another notch. Over his comm badge, he started hearing damage reports start to come in, especially from Engineering

Location: Stepping off the TL, onto the bridge

He swiftly exited the TL when it stopped and it's doors open. He looked at Buford as was about to order that he break off from the Asteroid, to put some distance between them when all hell broke loose

Just as he stepped out, he heard some conduits blow, on the bridge and in the TL where he just left

He cursed and spat, then shouted to Buford over the exploding conduits "Break us away.." In mid-order, he was thrown hard to port as the ship itself snapped hard to port, As he thudded against the wall, he heard several consoles blow out all across the bridge. He regained his balance somewhat enough to look around to survey some of the damage. His quick glances told him Science, Ops and Tactical were blown out. In the back of his mind, he thought he would have been out too, if he had been at Tactical, but he did see his replacement sprawled out at the base of the tactical platform, not looking so good

He also seen Lt Ravious, get blown from her seat and she was layed out on the bridge floor. He cursed again and then looked to the viewscreen, seeing the asteroid loom ever closer. He knew that collision was inevitable

His head snapped back to Buford, his left shoulder protesting in the action but he ignored it "Level off our descent, try to get inertial dampeners back online" He yelled over the din, he also made his way over to the command chair as best he could. As he got there, he heard Buford yell to him that he needed to strengthen the shielding around the ship or we're all dead. He gave a sharp glance over toward Buford, thinking ~ who's in command here~? Verbally, he stated as he looked back tapped in his command codes attempting to strenthen the shields, especially around the under belly of the ship. "Already on it, Mr. Hound. Just focus on not crashing the ship too badly" in a tone letting Buford know that he knew what he should do without being told. He then tapped a comm to sickbay

"Bridge to sickbay. We've got injured up here. Send a medical team as soon as you can" He knew there was now injured all over the ship, especially after inertial dampeners failed as a result of the Asteroid's beating. As he attempted to get main shields online to absorb some of the crash landing, he also tried to access the damage reports as they came in from all over the ship. He knew this mission was a bad idea from the start and now we're starting to see why. He turned to Buford, stating Divert some power to the navigational systems as well. We'll need to get off this asteroid before it hits what it's aiming for" namely that planet

He heard his report that Warp and transwarp power is down and that the ship only has impulse power. He was hoping that when we crash land, we'll be able to get off the asteroid before it slams into the planet