STAR TREK : A CALL TO DUTY

Arcadia Station
SB – 101
SD 10712.17

Starring:

Einar Sigurðsson	as	[CO] Commander Jonathan Rome
		Station Commander

Christina Doane	as	[XO] Commander Paige Juliet Harker
		Executive Officer

Gina Hembrook	as	[CTO] Lieutenant Brianna Murphy
		Chief of Tactical & Security Operations	

Julie Leger	as	[CEO] Lieutenant Commander Karri L. Spanner
		Chief of Engineering & Head of station reconstruction

Guest starring:

Einar Sigurðsson	as	Dr. Kaloth, Klingon Physician
	as	Dr. Timothy Williams, Cygnus’ Chief Physician
	as	Sran, Galactic Peace member

Absent:

Eric Woo	as	[OPS] Ensign Adahn Ilianor
	Chief of Base Operations

Kyle Wilson	as	[FCO] Lieutenant Ryushi
		Chief of Vehicular Operations

Three hours have passed since we last tuned in, and thankfully everything is still quiet outside. However inside, with the Security personnel checking everyone and everything for explosives, people have started growing ill tempered and not to mention, ill. The first to show symptoms from the virus have gotten worse, and if this isn't stopped soon...

-=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=- Resume Mission: "Come into my lair – Part VIII" -=/\=--=/\=--=/\=--=/\=-

CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: sitting with her head in her hands praying she doesn't throw up again::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Dr. Kaloth*: Any news on those blood samples yet?
 
Dr Williams:
::steps out of the make shift Operating area, pulling his gloves off and disposing of them in a bio-recycler::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Checking over the scene and supervising her troops as they work::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::paces the Ops center.::
 
Dr Kaloth:
::taps the commbadge lent to him by the station:: *XO*: Commander, I will be getting some results soon. I hope I will bring you good news.
 
ACTION: The nurses and medical staff are busy with a horde of patients, all coughing and some throwing up blood.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*: Thanks ::Sits down.:: Harker out.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::clears his throat and continues going over reports from earlier experiments::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Rubs her eyes as she helps ops with overflow.::
 
Dr Williams:
::unbuttons his surgical gown and slowly walks over to where Karri is sitting::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO/CEO*: This is Ops Center, Report please.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Checks in with her Forensics lab for results on the DNA scans and tests on the explosive residue::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*XO* Y...:: burps :: Yes Commander?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Nothing new here Boss, still waiting on test results. In the meantime we are trying to keep order and get things sorted out.
 
Dr Williams:
::stops by Karri's side, his face pale with exhaustion::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CEO*:How’s the Captain and the Station in that order.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Understood, Ops Center out.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: looks up at Dr Williams ::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::She sends frustrated as she lowers the temp in ops center.::
 
ACTION: A fights breaks out on the promenade
 
Dr Williams:
CEO: Commander.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*XO*: Not certain about the Captain yet, but the repairs to the station are progressing slowly due to the illness.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
Williams: Yes Doctor?
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:; stands up and feels like she may get sick ::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CEO*:Acknowledged. Harker out.::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::voice sounds slightly raspy.::
 
Dr Williams:
CEO: I'm glad to report that Commander Rome will be alright in a few days. We managed to stop the internal bleeding and the fractures have all settled nicely.
 
<Security Troops> ::Move in, already wearing full riot gear, to break up the fight, shock batons ready if needed::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: throws her arms around the Doc :; Williams: Thank God!! :; realizes what she just did :: And you. :: smiles weakly::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::wants to get up and pace but isn't sure her legs are up to it as she sits there, helping ops hoping for good news...::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: taps her com badge :: *XO*: Commander!
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CEO*: Harker Go.
 
Dr Williams:
::smiles and awkwardly hugs her:: CEO: Thank you, but I must be getting to my other patients...you can see him if you want, just make sure to step through the sterilization field, don't stay long. He needs to rest.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*XO*: Commander Rome will recover!
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: nods at Williams ::
 
Dr Williams:
::walks off and picks up a PADD, going over the latest status reports::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Leaves her troops to take care of the crime scene and heads to the labs to check on the tests::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*XO*: At least from the explosion.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::the diagnostic chamber beeps:: Outloud: Ah...now let's see what we have.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CEO*:Wonderful news, Commander least fate is somewhat kind. Do what you need to and get back to work, wouldn't want him coming back to a station in...*sneezes* chaos.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*XO* Aye Commander. I will.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CEO*:Harker out.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::reads the diagnostic readouts::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Waits anxiously for news from Kaloth...::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: nods even though the XO can't see her and smiles and taps her badge again :: *CTO*: Spanner to Murphy.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*CEO*: Murphy.
 
Randa:
::stands up from the small kot in the brig:: All: LET ME OUT! I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!!!!!!! ::screams::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*CTO*: Commander Rome will recover. Thank you for your help.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*CEO*: Nice to know something is going well today. Don't mention it, would have done the same for anyone, it's my job.
 
Randa:
::picks up her food tray and throws it against the forcefield::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*CTO*: I know, but...thanks anyway.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::runs a comparison between the two blood samples::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*CEO*: Right. No worries. Let me know how he progresses.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
*CTO*: Will do. Spanner out.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::taps the Starfleet insignia on his jacket:: *XO*: Doctor Kaloth calling Commander Harker...hello....how does this thing work? ::taps it again a few times::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Yes Harker Here Go.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Voice getting more raspy.::
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: Commander I think I have stumbled upon something here, I just ran a diagnostic on the two blood samples from the Gorn and Ferengi subjects.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: steps through the sterilization field to see Jonathan for herself :; Rome: I swear Jonathan, one of these days...:: just shakes her head and lets a tear slip down her cheek ::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Yes?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Wanders into he Forensics Lab to check on test results of the DNA scans and explosives residues::
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: It's amazing really.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Yes I'm sure, what is it?
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: Oh sorry Commander...it's just that the bioengineer who built this is a genius. Even by Klingon standards. It seems both subjects have been injected with two different RNA sequences, then as those two started contaminating the air on the station, the two pathogens merged and formed into the virus we now have.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Brain locks for a moment, "trojan horses" she mutters.::*Kaloth*:Yes Can you cure it?
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::automatically sends a text summary to the CTO.::
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: The code alone is...I suddenly feel like a first year intern again.
 
ACTION: Commander Rome is sleeping on the biobed, his head covered in bandages.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:How many people do you think could do something like this?
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: kisses Rome on the cheek and leaves, figuring she will continue to work until the virus gets her ::
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: I honestly don't know, this is way beyond me...but I am currently running a simulation on a treatment I once used on a bad strand of a plague that affected the warriors on one of the Klingon settlements in the Beta quadrant.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Does it look like anything we've ever seen before? ::She asks once again, her curiosity helping her mind focus.::
 
ACTION: A Vulcan Lieutenant Commander starts to spasm then collapses back on the biobed. Dead.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:We need a cure or something soonest...
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: I don't know about Federation medicine Commander, but I have never seen anything like it
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: I got some answers for you, but you are nae going to like them, Boss.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Work with the SO, or see if you can pull the Doctor we need information soonest.
 
<Nurse G'blazz>All: Code blue! ::runs over to the Vulcan::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Spill my day isn't going to get any better ::sneezes:: I see that now...
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Checks ops for ETA of Starfleet CDC.::
 
Dr Kaloth:
::the console beeps::
 
Dr Kaloth:
::starts reading the results::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: The assassin was Charlton Webster, a former Starfleet Leftenant, dishonorably discharged for disobeying orders. Family and everyone lost track of him, so no immediate leads, I'll keep looking tho.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:How'd you find this out.?
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Did you get my message on how our guests fit into the picture?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: DNA residue I put through forensics and then I did me job, Boss, how else?
 
Randa:
::kicks the forcefield:: All: Let me out! I want a lawyer!
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: heads to see how the repairs are coming on level 13 ::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Of course ::Mutters about D*am fever::.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Aye, I got it, it fits the pattern too.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: The explosive he used was a trinary compound, liquid based, inert until mixed, very sneaky. Now we know what to look for though, I'm having the internal scanners search for the components. We won't get hoodwinked by this one again.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Least until they find something else but good work. Any clues on who set this up if anyone is pulling these local crazies strings?
 
ACTION: Suddenly the viewscreen goes blank and a distortion can be heard on the speakers in Operation before a computerized voice starts speaking. "This is the voice of the Galactic Peace movement! You have seen what we can do, and we will do it again. Take your ships and personnel and leave this place. We will not ask again....this is your final warning.
 
ACTION: The distortion returns, then the viewscreen changes back to the surrounding space as if nothing happened.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Seems pretty obvious it is the same nut jobs that blew up the shipyards and the rest, and set the bug loose on us, but I'm afraid I still don't have anything I can follow up on. I might be able to dig some stuff up on backtracking components and such. I'll let you know.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Thinks to self, "Kiss my..", sends it to CTO.::*CTO*:Can you find out anything about this?
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Good because this seems a bit fancy for your run of the mill nut jobs...
 
Dr Kaloth:
::taps the insignia on his chest:: *XO*: Hello...Commander Harker?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Runs a trace on the COM and the Computer core to trace the signal or the cause::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Harker here. Go.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Praying for good news.::
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: I think I have something.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Not for the first time wishes Rome was on his feet.:: Kaloth: What is it?
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: I have diagnosed the virus as what you humans call a Hantavirus, it has a quick mutation rate, obviously designed as such.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:Yes how else can you kill a lot of innocent people, how does knowing this help? Sorry Doc I'm an old CTO not a CMO...
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Thinks to self as she looks at a copy of the virus on her console, "Well devious..."::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: These freaks are good, Boss. The signal was bounced off several beacons and relays with multiple access codes. I'm sending SFI to track them down, but I doubt it goes anyplace.
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: I am sorry commander, I will try to get to the point....as I stated earlier this virus reminds me of what I once dealt with on a Klingon outpost...and I just ran a simulation using my own engineered nucleotide analogues that look like the building blocks of the virus's RNA strand, but deactivate the enzymes within it.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:So a well organized and paid for group...interesting...
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*: Do you feel it will help here?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: With connections, and some influence, as well as inroads into Starfleet. Looks like another Section 31 type deal.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Remember we did get a warning from one those sneaky and peek oddballs...
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: With your permission, I would like to synthesize the nucleotides and start pumping it into the station's ventilation system.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: And he paid the price for his lack of vision. I'd say someone developed a conscience.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*:How sure are you this won't make things worse? have you discussed with the Cygnus Doc?
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:well keep digging on that, anything more from our guests?
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: Doctor Williams is quite busy commander....he is the only certified physician here besides me.....trust me Commander. I did this 23 years ago, I can do it again.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::pauses then sighs .::*Kaloth*: Do it.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Just making a lot of noise about wanting a lawyer and being general pests. I was considering seeing how well the anesthizine dispensers in the cells were working...
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: Thank you Commander....I will start right away.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Do we even have any lawyers to give them?
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::sounds mildly curious::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Last I checked, treason and high treason were capital offenses, Boss, not sure how much good a lawyer would do 'em. ::chuckles::
 
Sran:
::sits in the quarters delegated to him by Starfleet and puts his ear to the communit, listening in on the conversation between the Klingon and the station's first officer::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Still rules must be followed I don't want to break in another CTO. Just handle it properly, see what information you can get. Harker out.
 
Randa:
::sits down and starts crying into her hands....she didn't understand why she was being detained::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Harker to Murphy, has anyone talked to them by the by?
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Just us peons, I put them into solitary as soon as we bagged 'em, maximum security.
 
Dr Kaloth:
::synthesizes the nucleotides:: *XO*: Commander Harker, the substance is ready in the bio stasis chamber...if I understand this correctly, the procedure must be activated from Operations.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*: Understood. ::looks for the button her eyes kinda fuzzy. With a triumph and somewhat fever induced grin she taps the button::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:I'll be down presently, make sure they are taken care of...in a good way.
 
ACTION: The ventilation systems all over the station let out a cold breeze with millions of invisible to the naked eye particles
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: No worries, I'll leave them stewing in their own juices until ye get here.
 
Sran:
::puts the comm unit down...the bloody Klingon, he has never imagined someone would have cracked the code....now it was too late::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Stand by the Klingon Doc is trying something...
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Checks for reports.::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: I'm sending a Security detail to protect the remaining docs and this Klingon, Boss. Someone is gonna be pissed if he fixes things, and they might already be on the station among the great unwashed we picked up.
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:; continues to get repairs done....slowly ::
 
Sran:
::rolls up his sleeve and taps a few buttons on a small device attached to his wrist....he should have taken care of them earlier, he had failed him...they found the carriers......he tapped in the final sequence to activate the nanites within the Gorn and Ferengi...too bad they would never know what they died for, having being injected in the rush to get on their freighers without their knowledge...he pushed the activation button::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Good idea.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Dispatches a Security team to the new Sickbay::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:And we're going to keep this station locked down, no one leaves.::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: No argument here.
 
ACTION: Both the Ferengi and Gorn fall down to the floor, dead.
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*Sickbay* Medical emergency in the Brig, Isolation!
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: Boss, the two prisoners just dropped dead.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Site to site to sickbay now!
 
Sran:
::puts the communit and his wristpad on the replicator, dematerializing them::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Sends the two prisoners directly to Sickbay via transporter::
 
ACTION: The prisoners are transported
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*CTO*:Go to Sickbay, I want answers, they were our best lead.
 
Dr Williams:
::runs over as two bodies materialize on biobeds and starts scanning them::
 
CTO Lt Murphy
*XO*: On my way... Security is already enroute anyway.
 
ACTION: Kaloth's procedure starts showing affect, those in sickbay start showing signs of the virus being destroyed.
 
Dr Williams:
All: they're dead...don't bother. From this their entire nervous system was fried...
 
CTO Lt Murphy
::Heads to Sickbay to oversee things::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::Total rage takes over and she stands there wishing she could break something, "right under our noses..."::she says frustrated as tactical does internal scans looking for anything odd.::
 
CEO LtCmdr Spanner
:: feels like she is going to throw up ::
 
XO Cmdr Harker
::feelings bit better but still very angry.::
 
Dr Williams:
::pulls covers over the bodies:: Nurse: Get them to the morgue, we will have to do a complete test later.

Dr Kaloth:
::takes a padd from a young nurse:: *XO*: commander...it seems to be working, we are showing rapid signs of improvement down here.
 
XO Cmdr Harker
*Kaloth*: That’s something anyway thank you more than I can say Doctor, we owe you a debt.
 
Dr Kaloth:
*XO*: Just doing my duty Commander.

<<<<<<<<<END MISSION: “Come into my lair”>>>>>>>>>>>>

Star Trek: A Call To Duty – Arcadia Station, SB-101
    
    Original Air Date: 17th December 2007
    Executive Producer: Karriaunna S.
    Copyright 2007: A Call To Duty
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