[21:04] <SM_James> Summary: Captain Damrok is back and in charge, and in a very big way. The seniors among the crew are ordered to the conference room approximately 30 seconds ago. Meanwhile, aboard DS3, the question turns from "what happened" to "why".

[21:04] <SM_James> Star Trek: A Call to Duty is proud to present the USS Claymore in: "Reflection"

[21:04] <SM_James> Episode 6: "Loose Threads and Split Ends" (12206.25)

[21:04] <SM_James> =/\= BEGIN MISSION =/\=

[21:04] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::The Catian was seated in the ready room looking at the handwritten note that Fong gave her before sending her into the meeting.  He would pay for making her fill in on the meeting, but for now, it was time to be professional::

[21:04] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Leaned back in his chair at the head of the table in the conference room, a glass of water and his PADD on the table before him::

[21:05] <SM_James> ACTION: Except for Fong, everyone is gathered in the conference room awaiting meeting start.

[21:05] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Enters the conference room with a replicated mug of English Breakfast Tea because Talin hasn't procured her any more real stuff yet.::

[21:05] <OPS_LtJg_Fong> ::on the bridge at operations reading over information on a dedicated PADD to PADD connection with the computer team::

[21:06] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::arrives in the conference room, as deep down he refuses to be actioned by another person::

[21:06] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Sites at the table, her PADD in front of her, checking the status of the patient in sickbay::

[21:07] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Sitting at the conference room table near, but not at, the head, sipping at yet another mug of coffee (she's somehow transitioned to drinking it black during this latest nightmare) and reviewing the data she'll be sharing, trying to keep her stomach down where it belongs through threat of  more coffee::

[21:08] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::sits down in a chair::

[21:09] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Sits forward, clasping his hands on the tabletop::  XO:  I believe this is everyone we're expecting.

[21:09] <SM_James> Scene: DS3 has assigned security personnel to Claymore's airlocks, complementing the personnel already there from Claymore. Reports begin to filter in that except for the two shops who were targeted in the attack, the promenade begins to open more fully.

[21:10] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::nods::

[21:12] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens closes her PADD and looks up at the head of the table::

[21:13] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Leaning back in her chair crosses her legs sipping her tea and waiting for the festivities to begin::

[21:14] <CO_Capt_Damrok> All:  All right, I've seen the reports, but I'd like to get the first-hand impression of the situation, based on all the data we've collected.  Who can start us off?

[21:15] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Mentally instructs her stomach to stay the heck where it belongs::

[21:16] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::raises a hand wanting to get this over with::

[21:17] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens looks over at the Operations Officer::

[21:17] <CO_Capt_Damrok> OPS5:  Petty Officer, go ahead.

[21:19] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::stands and reads from the notes Fong scribbled on the back of a PADD:: Aloud: Lieutenant Fong says that someone tried to download logs relating to our last mission as soon as Captain and R beam in. ::she looks confused but keeps reading:: Aloud: Attempting to give fake Dev the same worm that ate Simmons' work. Estimate thirty minute time frame for response. Please do not record digital notes about this.  Comms back in ten.

[21:21] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::looks at the scribbled notes:: Aloud: At least I think that is what it says, his handwriting is...not great.

[21:22] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Considers that a moment, and refrains from taking any notes on his PADD::  OPS5:  An admirable job, Petty Officer.  Thank you.  ::Looks around the table::  All:  Please be careful of your computer usage until operations has had an opportunity to address this issue.  Unauthorized access to our computer records is nothing to trifle with.

[21:24] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::nods slightly and sits back down::

[21:24] <CO_Capt_Damrok> All:  What's next?  ::Takes a moment to disconnect his PADD from the Claymore's LCARS, just in case::

[21:25] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens raises her hand::

[21:25] <CO_Capt_Damrok> CMO:  Doctor, by all means.

[21:26] <SM_James> ACTION: Before Stevens can speak, she very briefly fades from view slightly, then resolidifies.

[21:27] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Blinks...and stares down into her coffee mug for a moment, then looks up, blinks again, and looks around the table to see if anyone else saw that?::

[21:27] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Oblivious; had looked down to his PADD immediately::

[21:27] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Sets her mug down and reaches into her pocket and pulls out a tricorder.::

[21:27] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Starts running scans while the proceedings continue.::

[21:29] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens face is set in stone and she jumps from the table, grabbing her medical bag and sprinting for the door stopping just shy and slowly looking back at everyone, her eyes wide::

[21:30] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::he wasn't at first, but NOW he is sufficiently startled::

[21:30] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Gets up from her seat and walks around to behind the XO and taps him on his shoulder.:: XO: Sir, could we step outside for a quick moment?

[21:31] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Looks up, not having noticed anything, and feels completely out of the loop::  CMO:  Doctor?

[21:31] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens slowly steps back towards her chair:: All: I.... I'm sorry....I assume that I'm the only one who just felt us get hit?

[21:31] <OPS5_PO1_K'Roll> ::wonders if this is standard for a staff meeting::

[21:31] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Looks up:: CO: I'm sorry to interrupt, Sir.

[21:32] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CO: The CMO just gave us a temporal energy spike like when the first experienced the Kethran.

[21:32] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Looks around a bit, then blinks::  CSO:  That obviously takes precedence.  ::Looks to Stevens, concerned::

[21:33] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Calms slightly as she discerns that she's not the only one noticing strange things at the moment, and leans back, perceptibly relaxed for now::

[21:33] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::staring at Stevens for a moment, then finally turns to Simmons and then to Damrok::

[21:34] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CO: The problem is that I can't tell you much more than that.  There was a temporal anomaly that engulfed Stevens and now it's dissipating, but this is the second time that it's happened now.

[21:34] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens' face flushes as she looks down:: CO: My apologies, captain. Medical is working with DS3 and we have one Claymore officer recovering in sick bay. Prognosis is hopeful but it's too early to tell. That's all.

[21:34] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Looks over to Stevens sympathetically::

[21:35] <CO_Capt_Damrok> CMO:  No apologies required.  Thank you for the report.  ::Looks to Simmons::  CSO:  Was it localized to the doctor herself, or just her area?

[21:35] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens regains her composure and looks back up, her face set and blank::

[21:36] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Looks down at her tricorder and hits a couple of buttons and looks back up at the CO:: CO: It's just her, Sir. ::Then looks at Kaylee with a bit of concern.::

[21:37] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens gives a slight sad smile back to Evie::

[21:40] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Jots a couples notes in her PADD at the mention of the Kethran anomalies::

[21:41] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> :: Quietly watching, listening, and definitely confused.  Was what was occuring here tied to the booming or to the Melynche?::

[21:41] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Matter-of-factly::  All:  All right, new plan.  CSO:  Let's get Dr. Stevens to sickbay -- or the science labs, whichever venue you think is more appropriate -- and run as many tests as we can.  I want to ensure her safety first and foremost, and track down any new leads that may arise from this as a secondary objective.

[21:42] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Nods:: CO: Aye, Sir.  CMO: Let's get you to Sickbay and put you in one of the isolation rooms.  CIV: Maybe you could join me.  You are a doctor, maybe between the three of us, we can figure this out.

[21:43] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens nods and gives Damrok a short salute before collecting her PADD from the table and heading for the door::

[21:43] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Sighs slightly, as this will certainly waylay their investigation, but making progress on that score and making sure Stevens is all right may be one and the same::

[21:43] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Returns the salute in kind and looks to Davis::

[21:44] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Tilts her PADD upward a moment, gesturing toward the front:: CSO: I will join you very shortly.

[21:45] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::offers Damrok the same confused expression he's had on his face for most of the last 10 minutes::

[21:46] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Walks out of the room with Kaylee.:: CMO: Other than the time that I was called to Sickbay when this happened the previous time, has this happened before?

[21:46] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Thinks that he can't really blame him, and looks down a moment::

[21:47] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Looks back to up Raeyld::  CIV:  Doctor, I believe you had gathered some information?  I had hoped you would be able to share it with everyone at the same time, but if anything you have is pertinent, it will help the command staff to know about it.

[21:47] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens shakes her head:: CSO: Never. and this was the same kind of thing. Just....earlier. I felt the impact this time.

[21:49] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::As they arrive at the TL and step inside:: TL: Deck four.  CMO: And you didn't last time?

[21:50] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: No, last time we had the wounded filtering into sickbay. This time is was... maybe 80 seconds earlier in the timeline? If that makes any sense...

[21:50] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Draws a deep breath and nods, pushing up from the table with an almost imperceptible reluctance, and moves to the front of the room, pressing her PADD to an input and transferring some visuals manually to the conference room screen::

[21:51] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Nods listening as they are only riding a couple of decks to Sickbay.  As the TL stops and they step off.::  CMO: So you felt like you were more out of sync this time?  More displaced in time?

[21:51] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: Based on a comment in one of Lieutenant T'alin's reports that the Federation has grown more isolationist since our return from the Kethran time, I investigated his claim.

[21:52] <OPS_LtJg_Fong> ::continues working on the worm installation and concealment::

[21:53] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Swivels to face the monitor::

[21:53] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: I didn't notice a difference. One second I was with you all. The next, I'm on Claymore but we had just taken a direct hit, red alert, a call for all officers to the bridge. And then, after 2 or 3 seconds, I'm back with you here

[21:54] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Presses a control manually on the screen, bringing up a blank timeline, to which she adds various elements as she speaks:: All: T'alin's perception was accurate.

[21:54] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: This increased isolationism is mostly subtle, but was most apparently through a host of changes in personnel movements and ship deployments going on for quite some time, well prior to our return from the Kethran timeline.

[21:54] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> :: looks up from her notes to the screen.::

[21:55] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Takes a breath:: All: Additionally, much of these seem to be centered around or increased by a somewhat recent attack on Mars, leading to the destruction of a Starfleet armada preparing humanitarian relief efforts for the impending supernova of the Romulan star.

[21:56] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> :: leans forward slightly, confused.  Why would someone kill people of heart?::

[21:57] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Shakes his head slightly...somehow hadn't heard of any of this -- but then, if there are timeline changes in play, and they had been somehow isolated from them...just shakes his head again::

[21:58] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: How much of this is due to any changes in the timeline due to the Kethran incursion, versus our time absent from the timeline while with the Semilisians just prior to the Cabowee invasions, or otherwise, I'm not yet certain.

[22:00] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Arriving in Sickbay and Ushers Kaylee into one of the private rooms and puts them in a forcefield.::  CMO: Why don't you hop up on the bed.  I've isolated us with a forcefield, but I don't know that that will help.   So tell me about this hit.  From what?  Do you know?

[22:00] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> CO/CIV: How would we even begin to figure out the cause?  ::looks between the two::

[22:01] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Shakes her head slightly...hadn't had the mental power to even develop a clue just yet::

[22:02] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens jumps onto the biobed and lays down:: CSO: I'm not sure. This time, we were all in that room and then....it went black. Pitch black. and then I felt the ship take a direct hit. It was strong enough to nearly knock me from my seat.

[22:03] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Looks to Davis while he speaks::  XO:  Without resources that are somehow insulated from these changes, there might not be a way.  Not remotely my area of expertise, unfortunately.

[22:03] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: Finally, upon some investigation into the Melynche, I learned that her captain was the second in command of a ship that was badly damaged during the Cabowee invasion. Captain Barret was given the Melynche and hand-picked each member of his crew.

[22:03] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: While I couldn't ascertain exactly how he obtained his strong privileges for the ship, I did track down that Captain Barret once served aboard the same ship as our own Admiral McKenzy...So that would currently be my best guess as to the source of his privileged position, at least at present.

[22:03] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: On your seat where?  On the bridge?  In the conference room? And which came first, the hit and then the call for Red Alert or Red Alert and then the hit?

[22:04] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> All: I did find that almost any attempts to determine who signed off on Barret's promotion, assignment to the Melynche, or anything related, hit highly classified walls.

[22:04] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> CIV: I have had issues with getting information on the Melynche.

[22:05] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::nods::  CTO: Yes, several of us have run into that issue.

[22:05] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens closes her eyes and thinks back over her experience:: CSO: The hit and then red alert. Then the call for all senior officers to the bridge. And I was in the conference room this time. In the same seat I was in before I got all....timey-wimey

[22:05] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> XO:  I do have some information to add to the report I sent you earlier.  I do not yet see the connection, but it must be there.

[22:06] <OPS_LtJg_Fong> ::confirms the worm's status one last time then starts up the ship's external communications array, expecting a series of messages::

[22:06] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: So we were in the conference that we were just in and then we got hit by something and someone called red alert and all Senior Officer's to the bridge.  Correct?

[22:06] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Dismisses her information from the conference room screen, and retakes her seat at the table::

[22:08] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: I’m not 'we'. It was dark so I couldn't see but.... I'm not sure that everyone else was in there. I think....I think I was alone...

[22:08] <SM_James> ACTION: Claymore indeed receives several messages from Starfleet and the wider federation. Including a personnel request addressed for Damrok's eyes. Subject: Raeyld, lieutenant commander Serena. Source: USS Melynche.

[22:09] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> CO/CIV/CTO: Given the roadblocks with Melynche, can we even assume right now that they aren't centrally involved in all of this? Specifically the timeline issues?

[22:09] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: Lay back.  I'm going to give you a mild sedative and then I want you to close your eyes and think back to the blackness.

[22:10] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Turns to grab a sedative, just like she never left sickbay and applies it to the CMO's neck.::

[22:10] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: Oh wonderful. Nothing like being told I'm getting drugged to help ease any anxiety I might be feeling about all this

[22:11] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> XO:  I do not know if they are central, but the stations CTO may have found the individuals tied to the isolation thread.

[22:11] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Looks to the others before evening thinking about interjecting::

[22:11] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens grimaces and then looks at Evie:: CSO: Evie.....I'm scared.....

[22:12] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: I'm not drugging you to help ease any anxiety.  I'm doing it to help you relax so you can remember.  ::Upon hearing Kaylee's words, Evie gives her hand a squeeze.:: CMO: Nothing's going to happen to you if I have anything to say about it.  I'm here with you.

[22:12] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> All:  I have not yet sent a report.  ::tugs lightly at her civilian clothes.::

[22:13] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens nods anxiously and takes a deep breath, settling into the contours of the biobed and relaxing, her eyes closed::

[22:13] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: Now close your eyes and think back to the blackness and listen.  Do you hear anything at all?  Are the vents going?  Do you hear anyone breathing?  Why is it black?

[22:14] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> All: With Toral's help, we have isolated a potential thread... we just could not decide if it is Kavyn or Rosa pulling strings.  Kavyn's freighter made regular supply runs to the penal colony on Drakus 4... about 15 light years from DS3.

[22:15] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> CTO: Do we know what kinds of supplies they claimed to be moving? Or were in fact moving?

[22:15] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> All:  On paper, it was a regular supply run, but from the records we pulled from the colony, we were able to verify she knows at least two people inside... who were former Maquis.  Which might tie in with some of the station rumors of them being involved.  But... they were granted amnesty.

[22:16] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: I hear...the vents....and metal tearing..... the lights go out. Likely Claymore switching to backup systems?

[22:17] <OPS_LtJg_Fong> ::resumes umbilical connection, then sits back and waits::

[22:17] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> ::Still gently squeezing the CMO's hand:: CMO: And you are definitely alone?

[22:17] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> XO:  What we know, is medical supplies, non-replicatable food supplies, equipment... nothing out of the ordinary.

[22:19] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> ::Stevens closes her eyes tightly, thinking back:: CSO: no? I...no, not alone. There are others at the table. There was.....Tactical to my right. Just like in the meeting. and...you were on my right....same as the meeting. I think everyone was there

[22:20] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::nods::  CTO: That's the kind of thing I'd be advertising as a cover.

[22:20] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Nods in agreement::

[22:20] <SM_James> ACTION: Claymore receives several access requests for Deveraux's credentials until the computer gets tired of it and defaults to block. That's the confirmation the umbilical connection is working as advertised.

[22:21] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> ALL:  Is there a connection?  Is there something else we should be looking at?

[22:21] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> *SO_Tannis*:  Scan the area.  Are we picking up anything out of the ordinary on scans?

[22:22] <CO_Capt_Damrok> XO/CTO/CIV:  I should talk to Admiral McKenzy to find out whether she can tell me anything about Melynche, even off the record.  But I find it odd that the ship hasn't heard from her since this all started.  I didn't see any casualty reports from DS3 that involved her.  I'll check in with her when we're through here.

[22:22] <SO_Lt Tannis> ::Starts running a deep scan of the surrounding area.:: *CSO*: Running the scan now.

[22:24] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: Okay.  If you think of anything else, let me know.  It maybe nothing.  I mean, neither of us are in there anymore.  So maybe it isn't a flash from our timeline.

[22:24] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> CO/XO:  With your consent... the Sun Strider is still docked due to lockdown.  I would like to check out the penal colony.

[22:25] <SO_Lt_Tannis> *CSO*: I've run the requested scans.  Everything appears normal.

[22:25] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::stifles a shrug to Damrok--it's hard to say what anyone should do right now::

[22:25] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Nods::  CTO:  By all means -- follow up on any leads you have and keep us apprised.

[22:26] <CMO_Lt_Stevens> CSO: Thank you. Most of this timeline stuff is a little beyond me

[22:26] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> CO: I could try reaching out to my....non-Starfleet contacts...see if there's anything they might know about the former Maquis.

[22:26] <CSO_LtJg_Simmons> CMO: I'm not sure that I'm much better equipped to handle it than you are, but hopefully together we can figure things out.

[22:27] <CO_Capt_Damrok> CIV:  Go ahead.  You may need to wait until operations has resolved the computer situation, however...as will I, now that I think of it.

[22:29] <CIV_LtCmdr_Raeyld> ::Nods:: CO: With your permission. I may be able to explore some alternative means of communication.

[22:30] <CO_Capt_Damrok> CIV:  Permission granted.

[22:30] <CO_Capt_Damrok> All:  Anything else?

[22:32] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> :: simply shakes her head::

[22:32] <XO_Cmdr_Davis> ::would say something if he knew what to say::

[22:33] <CO_Capt_Damrok> ::Businesslike::  All:  We'll reconvene later.  You're dismissed.

[22:33] <CTO_LtJg_Tsela-Yokaze> :: stands and heads out of the room, various steps to her plan in mind.::

[22:34] <SM_James> =/\= END MISSION =/\=