Star Trek: A Call To Duty

USS Scimitar NCC-80826 - SD 11003.08
Starring:

 Andrew James		as	Ship Manager
			and	[OPS] Lieutenant Zen (NPC)
			and	Colonel Henlon (NPC)
			and	[MO] Petty Officer Melbourne (NPC)
			and	Guard Stinson (NPC)
			
Einar Sigurðsson		 as	[CO] Captain Jonathan Rome

Cathy Knights		as	[XO] Lieutenant Commander Ren Ro'kar

Zachariah Farland	as	[CMO] Commander Zachariah T. Bauer

Steve Gelhorn		as	[FCO] Ensign Stephanie Uax

Absent:

Brad Sumner		as	[CTO] Lieutenant Gabril Vendal

Last time on the Scimitar:

The crew began their investigation into the claims that the four Starfleet officers sentenced to death are guilty of sabotage. Commander Muwonge confirms that they knew the test would fail, but due to the prime directive did not intervene.

When his four officers went missing he deliberately didn't make concentrated efforts to find them in the hopes they might be successful in averting the predicted catastrophe. Upon interviewing the four, it becomes clear that they don't want to co-operate with the investigation and seem to be comfortable with their fate.

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Guard Stinson says:
CO/FCO:...dary!

CO Capt. Rome says:
::packs another soil sample:: FCO: Are your scans picking anything up ?

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
:: watching more surveillance footage:: Henlon: Are you sure you don't know what coffee is?

FCO Ens. Uax says:
FCO: No, nothing at present..

CO Capt. Rome says:
::sighs and looks up at the sky::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::sits up a little:: All: Wait...wait... ::nudges the CNS:: CNS: Look! I can see the four accessing a control panel

CO Capt. Rome says:
::puts the container in the sample case and picks it up......then gets an idea..::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
::Looks to see what XO is seeing::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::flips open his tricorder and starts scanning for Starfleet energy signatures, such as tricorders or commbadges in a hail mary attempt::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::tries to zoom in on the four to see what they are doing::

CO Capt. Rome says:
FCO: Try scanning for Krellide power signatures.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::his tricorder beeps:: FCO: We have something.....it's vague..

CO Capt. Rome says:
FCO: Traces of gold...krellide signature.......could be a commbadge?

SCENE: On the viewer, the XO and CMO watch as the four Starfleet officers tamper with a control panel. One of them, Pavlodar, moves to an access panel and opens it setting off an alarm. He adjusts something but guards show  up before it is finished.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Can you tell what they were doing?

CO Capt. Rome says:
FCO: It's right over that ridge...come on.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::leans closer, squinting:: CNS: Looks like they are tampering with a control panel, but triggered an alarm.. ::looks at the Colonel:: Henlon: What does this access panel control? Do you know?

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: walks with the CO ::

ACTION: The FCO's EVA suit alarm goes off.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: I saw that part myself.  I thought maybe we could tell just what buttons were pushed.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::activates his suit's comm as he continues walking towards the signature:: *XO*: Commander Ro'kar, I'm investigating a lead....well the only lead so far, I think I might 
have picked up a comm badge.

Guard Stinson says:
FCO: What's that beeping? You sound like a reversing truck.

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: looks back to the guard :: Stinson: none of you bloody business

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
*CO*: Keep me informed, sir. I think we have found the footage of the four tampering with a control panel and then the access panel, which seems to have triggered an alarm

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: Interesting....can you tell from the footage if all four are wearing their commbadges?

Guard Stinson says:
FCO: Any reason for the attitude? ::nods to the CO:: CO: Women!

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
*CO*: Checking... ::rubs his eyes, sighing softly and looking closer at the footage::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::looks at the guard annoyingly, busy with his conversation with the XO::

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: Ignores the last comment by the guard ::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::sees a blinking warning in his heads up display indicating a possible breach in the Ensign's suit::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::zooms in and out... making him feel a bit dizzy in the process:: *CO*: No sir, none of them are wearing their comm badges... ::looks at the CNS:: CNS: Can you see anything else of interest, Doctor?

CO Capt. Rome says:
FCO: Ensign, run a diagnostic on your systems.

ACTION: With the FCO seemingly not bothered by the alarm, the problem persists and the suit is clearly breached as warm air is heard hissing out..

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: It is vital to the four's case that we learn what they were doing in that control panel, either they were preventing something or trying to destroy something. Can I take a try at the monitor controls?

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: Peculiar....I will let you know what I find out.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::sees the warning in his visor:: FCO: Ensign!

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Captain Rome to the Scimitar, emergency beam out for Ensign Uax !

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: stops in her tracks :: CO: What is it..

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
::Starts working the footage for a better view::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: Go ahead, Doctor ::moves out the way slightly, grimacing as his stiff muscles move::

OPS Lt. Zen says:
::activates emergency beam out:: *CO*: What's going on Sir?

ACTION: The FCO is beamed into sickbay behind a quarantine forcefield.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Hey, you know what it looks like?

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Her hazard suit has been breached.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Oops.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::Watches the FCO dematerialize and sighs, thinking being left here alone with the Guard is not ideal....::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::finishes walking up the hill and his tricorder beeps, indicating he's there, so he bends down and scans for it::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: What the panel looks like? Well its metallic, probably grey....

CO Capt. Rome says:
::he notices a glimmer in the dust, and picks up a small golden fragment:: Self: There you are..

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: You're a stitch.  ::Smiles::  No, It looks like they accessed the warp containment control panel.  But, why?

CO Capt. Rome says:
::sees his visor counting down the minutes until the radiation starts breaking down his suit::

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CMO*: Scimitar to Bauer, we have a medical emergency and could use your expertise.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Was that what they broke or what was broke that they tried to fix?

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::doesn't smile:: CMO: I try to find humour in life. ::looks at the screen:: CMO: Probably because there was a fault

CO Capt. Rome says:
::places the golden fragment into a sealed container and puts it into the case::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::makes one last minute scan of the area before transporting out::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: We can hope so but, we are going to need better proof, this could support their guilt just as easily.

ACTION: CO beams out.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
*OPS*: What is the nature of the medical emergency?

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: vomits in her EVA suit ::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::thinks:: Self: You mean 'state' the nature of the medical emergency....

CO Capt. Rome says:
::rematerializes in the hall he was in before:: Self: Bloody hell...Zen will pay for this.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CMO*: Ensign Uax had an EVA suit breach.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::takes the helmet off and places it on the floor, then starts taking the suit off::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
Henlon: I need to speak to someone who knows how this panel works

Col. Henlon says:
::stands and looks over the shoulders of the CMO:: XO: The containment fields... that's what they accessed.

ACTION: The FCO collapses.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
*OPS*: Oh, brother, like I needed this.  Send her to the ship's Sickbay, for decontamination.  The patient will need a total scrubbing and purification.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
Aloud: So they could have been fixing the containment field...or sabotaging it...

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: falls to the floor completely unconscious

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: Looks like it to me.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CMO*: So I'll just get another Doctor to see her instead then! Thanks for the help! 
::Closes the comm::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::opens the sample case and takes out the gold fragment and places the sample container on top of the tricorder and starts a detailed scan while reaching for his canteen and taking a large sip of water::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
*OPS*: No need to get testy, you didn't say you needed me personally to come and do it.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Don't you have one competent medic on that ship of yours?

MO Melbourne says:
::attends to the FCO:: Aloud: Exposure to radiation... wow this is really high... ::starts treatment::

CO Capt. Rome says:
::leans against the wall as he waits for the tricorder:: *OPS*: Rome to Scimitar, status of Ensign Uax ?

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: That SHIP is YOUR ship too, Mister Bauer ::snarls::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Not unless you know something I don't Commander.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Reports coming in from Sickbay... treatment under way for massive radiation exposure and Captain... ::dramatic pause:: it's not looking good.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: I am the Executive Officer of the Scimitar, and in my official capacity, I am enlisting your help as a medical physician to assist the Scimitar crew in matters of physical disease and damage as well as prevention

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Don't give me that pessimistic attitude, Lieutenant....I survived the worst radiation exposure in Starfleet history, she'll pull through.

MO Melbourne says:
::injects the FCO and wakes her up:: FCO: Ensign... do you know where you are?

FCO Ens. Uax says:
:: Looks around :: where am I.. I was on the surface....

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Would you like me to leave to go treat this person.  I thought I was asked to assist you here and act as counsel to the four but, hey, I'm versatile.  Just tell me what you want.

MO Melbourne says:
FCO: Ensign, you're in Sickbay. You were exposed to a lot of radiation. We're going to have to take you to surgery.

FCO Ens. Uax says:
MO: Surgery? what about Uax? okay?

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: I wasn't being pessimistic, Sir! I'm optimistic! I put up with Idrani for years - I had to be! I was just reading the report.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: Your expertise is in counselling, do you feel that your assistance is best served here, on the surface?

MO Melbourne says:
FCO: Yes dear, Uax has to have surgery too... ::pauses and turns away:: Nurse: She's out of it, prep her for surgery.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: That's true.....Idrani was......well keep me updated.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: Yes, I'd like to see the four cleared if I can, that seems to me, with the hours ticking away, to take priority over a EVA suit breach, which is serious but not something that can't be routinely treated by any second year medical student.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: I agree ::moves his stiff neck and smiles slightly:: Apologies for my outburst earlier... It...It has been a rough few months

EO Ranatest says:
*CO*: Captain, Ensign Ranatest here. I just ran a test on the EVA suit the FCO was wearing. It seems there was a problem with it from the start that wasn't detected... the FCO wasn't exposed for just a few minutes but for the whole time she was there.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: I'm sorry too, my future seems uncertain to me, I usually like to know my own fate, I guess in a way I can sympathize with the four.  I don't know where I'm going next but, until then, I'll do what I can wherever I am.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
*OPS*: Lieutenant Commander Ro'kar to the Scimitar. Ensign Zen, activate the EMH and ensure that Ensign Uax is properly treated.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*XO*: Oh, not THAT guy.. ::sighs quietly:: Aye Sir!

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: We should get going, go back and question the four, see if they will tell you anything more about what they were doing... I am going to see if there is any other evidence to help us here

CO Capt. Rome says:
::the tricorder finishes with the sample, and he picks it up and studies the results::

EMH says:
::activates:: MO: Please state the nature of the medical eme... oh... you've already started without me. No worry, I'm getting acquainted with this kind of treatment. ::takes a medical tricorder and walks over to the FCO::

CO Capt. Rome says:
*EO*: How bad is it ?

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: They aren't going to cooperate.  I think are best bet is to learn what they were doing in that control panel.  There must be a record of it within the control panels computer system, they should make a record of every access.

EMH says:
::runs a scan:: MO: Hmm.. radiation poisoning... failing organs. ::closes the tricorder:: 
Nothing we can do here, next patient!

EO Ranatest says:
*CO*: Bad. The chances of anyone surviving such exposure is slim, at best.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: What evidence do you have against these four, besides finding them in the access panel.  Does the Runak government have proof of what they were doing there?  Couldn't they have been trying to help as was suggested?

CO Capt. Rome says:
*EO*: I can't accept that, Lieutenant.....what about her symbiont ?

Col. Henlon says:
CMO: We see they changed the frequency of our containment field which led to it's instability and failure.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Zen, have the doctor pull my medical file....there must be something in there that can help Ensign Uax.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: Can I access that control panels records from this console?

CO Capt. Rome says:
::studies his tricorder and sees something strange::

EO Ranatest says:
*CO*: If you accept it or not, that's how it is Captain Sorry. As for your other question I'm an engineer not a doctor, dammit.

Col. Henlon says:
::leans over and presses a few buttons:: CMO: Here, of course.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*EO*: Examine every suit we have, I don't want this happening to another crew member! Rome out !

CO Capt. Rome says:
::kicks the helmet across the room::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: Thank you.  ::Checking panel records::  XO/Henlon: Hey! Oh wow, look at this!

Col. Henlon says:
CMO: What is it?

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::leans closer::

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: Rome to Ro'kar, I've discovered something interesting.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
*CO*: What a coincidence, I think Commander Bauer has too. What do you have, sir?

EO Ranatest says:
*CO*: Captain, I just found one more thing... the suit failed because it had been tampered with... did anyone else get a hold of that suit before it was used?

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: They did access the warp controls, they were changing the frequency to a frequency known to Starfleet to work, look, the frequency the Runaks were using would cause destabilization for sure.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*EO*: What? No...it was just me, the Ensign and....a guard assigned to us..but he couldn't have had time to do anything to it. We immediately put them on.

Col. Henlon says:
CMO: You make a misjudgement... the frequency they used might work on your technology but in our design it was a fatal mistake.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: The commbadge fragment I found....it wasn't destroyed by the blast...but by phaser fire...Starfleet issue.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::looks around for the guard, and sees he's alone::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
*CO*: A phaser blast? That...that is not possible... is it?

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: The frequency they were changing it to would have definitely destabilized.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: I guess they must have destroyed their own commbadges....or someone else was fired on, but all members of the team are accounted for.

MO Melbourne says:
*CO*: Sickbay to Rome... bad news I am afraid. We can make her comfortable but... ::trails off::

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::Frowns:: *CO*: Commander Bauer tells me that the alteration the four did to the containment field ensured it would fail

CO Capt. Rome says:
::feels his head spinning, and wishes he could tackle one problem at a time:: *MO*: Sickbay, there must be something you can do! How is the symbiont ? Can it fight off the radiation ?

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
Aloud: If this had been a Starfleet issue vessel, instead of Runak, it would have been the most stable frequency

MO Melbourne says:
*CO*: I wish we could do more... the symbiont is the worst off. All her organs are failing.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Zen, best possible speed to Trill ?

MO Melbourne says:
*CO*: I can't predict how long she has, but if I were you I'd start making your way to Sickbay to say your goodbyes.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::slumps against the wall::

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Seventy-nine hours at warp 9,8.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::swallows:: *OPS*: That's too long...

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: So if this had been a Starfleet vessel, if they had known more about the Runak vessel and its compatibility with our 'known facts and figures' They would have succeeded...

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: You're telling me... even if we managed to save the symbiont, the host would die... ::voice goes raspy at the end::

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Have the doctor's prepare to separate them.....at least we can save one of them....and make best speed to Trill, now. Leave two runabout in orbit with staff and provisions. You're in command now, Mr. Zen.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
XO: So, because they had not enough knowledge of Runak technology, they were wrong in what they tried to do but their intentions were honourable.  Is that it?

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Leave you here? But Sir...we don't know what would happen to you.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
CMO: Yes... ::swallows hard, looking at the desk:: That's how it looks

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: That's an order, Lieutenant. We must try and save them...either of them at least.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::thinks this was all his fault...dragging this young woman with him::

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Aye Sir, I'll contact Starfleet, maybe they can rendezvous with us and save time.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*OPS*: Do your best. And Godspeed.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: So, will the Runak government still want a death sentence?  They tried to help but, made a tragic mistake.  Couldn't this all be called a terrible learning experience?

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*CO*: Good luck.

CO Capt. Rome says:
::picks up his tricorder and starts looking for the biosigns from his earlier contact with the guard in the field::

OPS Lt. Zen says:
*All Hands*: All hands, this is the bridge. We are preparing for departure, All those wishing to stay here to complete duties have 5 minutes to depart.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: I think the test would have failed anyway, regardless of the four's interference.

CO Capt. Rome says:
*CMO*: Doctor Bauer, I am transferring my findings from the commbadge fragment to your tricorder...see if you can get a DNA sample off of it.

Col. Henlon says:
CMO: Maybe, but not with that level of destruction.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
Henlon: I think we should just cut our losses and call it a day.

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
*CO*: Aye, Sir.

OPS Lt. Zen says:
::informs the ground teams of their pending departure::

CMO Cmdr. Bauer says:
::Like I have the equipment with me::

Col. Henlon says:
CMO: Our calculations show the failure would have been contained in the test-area. The new frequency caused... well you saw it.

XO LtCmdr. Ro'kar says:
::reads the notification of the ship's departure:: *CO*: Captain, are you on the ship? 
Shouldn't one of us go?

CO Capt. Rome says:
*XO*: I need you here, Ren.

ACTION: With all the crew being where they need to be, the Scimitar departs at maximum warp en route to Trill.

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