=/\= U.S.S. Seleya Stardate 10702.04- "Miasma, part III"=/\=

The USS Seleya is still orbiting Likadu II. Aboard things are still calm, however the same cannot be said about the surface of the planet.

While the counsellor successfully scared off teenagers tampering with the tracking station, the first officer managed to scare a whole village with his fly by. In the middle of this, only one of the locals was left. a wounded young man, collapsed from the pain. he is still alive but barely and seems to pose no threat to the Federation incursion.

So now all the Seleya crew have to do is fix the station and assure the Prime Directive is kept unbroken ... while we try to understand whats on Yeoman Ivanova's mind.

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@ACTION: Manoeuvred by the XO, the shuttle finally lands on the opposite site of the cave system where the tracking station is hidden. The XO sends the CSO out with the replacement parts to fix the station.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
::sits in her chair observing events unfold on the surface::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Did you see my D10 anywhere?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::biting her lip as she watches the screens in front of her:: *XO/CSO*:Progress?

CSO LtJG Axin:
@*CNS*:Stand by Ma’am, en route to your location.

@ACTION: In the distance the CSO can see the site where the shuttle took off from earlier. The young Likaduan continues there unconscious, green blood all over his scales.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::glances up from under the console, frowning and sighing rather dramatically before looking up at the direction of the CMO:: CMO: No.  I still don’t understand why I’m the one crawling on all fours searching for your stupid things!

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@:: dislikes that she got little or no information from the CSO there. Resolves to remind him on their return what a request for a 'progress report' means::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Because you’ve got much better yes!  I’ve only got the one with double digits, which would make working out percentiles a bit hard.  Also you like shiny things. ::frowns::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::heads through the forest, trying to ignore the sight of the wounded, unhappy with the apparent misunderstanding of the PD by everyone involved in the operation::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Since when red is considered shiny? ::raises an eyebrow in annoyance, she goes back to searching::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: It is when the light hits it in the right way! Like a puddle of blood, that's shiny!

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@:: taps on a few controls, muttering to herself about the poor level of training the lower ranks seem to display. Notices something on her readings that would indicate a large gathering of locals::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::wrinkles her nose in disgust:: CMO: Sometimes I wonder who put you in charge of Sickbay…

CO Cmdr Gomes:
::glances at the CMO and CIV, thinking they speak their own language::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@*CO*: Suder to Gomes. It seems we may have started some sort of gathering, Commander. Quite a number of locals are congregating in the same place.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::finally makes it to the blind, and enters into the main data gathering room::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: The guy who had my job then left me in charge!

CO Cmdr Gomes:
@*CNS*: Gomes here. I am reading that here too. Can you figure out what they are discussing?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@:: glances behind her:: CSO: Took your time. :: hears the CO's comm:: *CO*: Working on it, sir.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::sullenly slings the equipment he'd brought down onto the floor:: CNS: Ma'am.  ::flashes his eyebrows:: Does communications silence mean anything to you?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::bristles a little:: CSO: See to the sensor array, Lt.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::pauses in front of the Captain's chair, still on all four. Frowning, she notices something red near the Captain's legs. Considering her options for a moment, she grabs the Captain's left foot and raises it and quickly grabs the die.  Grinning, she smiles sweetly at the direction of the Captain before raising and dashing away towards the CMO:: CMO: Got it!

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::walks over to a console and runs his fingers over it:: CNS: Working on it.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: To be honest, I make a terrible CMO, I have bad people skills, dislike everyone around me, disregard medical ethics when ever I choose to, don't care for the prime directive and can be extremely paran...yes! You found my die.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@:: replays the voice recording she just captured, once it has been run through a primitive translation matrix.::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::spins to face his superior:: CNS: The area appears clear for the moment.  If we're to do this without breaching the prime directive further, now would be a good time.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
::looks down betwen her legs to Ivanova:: CIV: I do not want my feet moved Ms Ivanova. What are you doing?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@*CO*: Eh, Gomes. It seems they are discussing a great...noise they heard a while ago, and a wind that accompanied it. I think it's clear they are talking about the shuttle, sir.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CO: Sorry, Captain. Was looking for this::shows her the red round thingy, she quickly hands it to the CMO:: CMO: Now stop throwing it so hard!

CO Cmdr Gomes:
*CNS*: If that is true, what do you suggest? I am reading about 50 of them on the village, plus whomever else they talked to.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@CSO: It won't be for long, if this group have anything to do with it. ::thinks for a moment::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Only because you cheat. ::mumbles something about cheating during character creation::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@*CO*: Sir, in all honesty, if it were up to me, I'd have us leave, now. Right away. We can come back tomorrow when things have calmed down a bit more. I'm getting a sense of a 'fire and pitchforks' attitude rising.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
CIV: As you wish, but next time wait till my shift is over before looking under my chair. In the meantime contact Starfleet and advise the Likaduans might have spotted us.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: I disagree.  Our return at all would be most unfortunate.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
*CNS*: I agree on leaving as soon as possible but we can't leave the damaged sensors out there to be tampered with further. Fix them as soon as possible then return on the shuttle ... quietly.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Not my fault Wizards can't cast all the magic missile they want, seven billion editions and they still haven't fixed it. ::turns at the Captain's request:: CO: Uh, contact Starfleet. Right. ::looks around her, not even sure where the communication console is::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Polymorph is more fun anyway.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@ :: narrows her eyes at the CSO. Doesn't remember him beign this confident last time he was on board:: CSO: You heard the Captain. Let's go. ::starts towards the exit:: EO: Sparky. Monotor that group out there. let us know if they start in our direction.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
CIV: Then I want you to schedule a staff meeting as soon as the away team is aboard.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::Glances at the direction of the CMO:: CMO: Polywha? ::growls as she hears another request from the Captain, she gives Paul a dark look and mumbles all the way to the nearest console::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: Ma'am, cultural contamination has already ocurred.  We should be seeking to remove the sensors, not leave them there to be discovered once again.  This mission is a failure.

CMO Lt Atreides:
Self: Why didn't we use those cool invisibility suits? No chance of getting spotted. CIV: It allows you to transform a willing monster into something else! Baleful polymorph even works on unwilling monsters, makes them so much easier to fight.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::turns:: CSO: That is very possible, Axin, but right now, we have not got the time. We need to seal up the damage and get the hell out of here before we're the main course in tomorrow's dinner. Plus. Captain's orders apply.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Really? How much do you have to roll to use it? ::moves her head closer to the console, watching the controls with confusion. Sighing she moves back and pulls the manual from under her seat, grinning she begins searching for the correct chapter::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: Phaser rifles and shuttlecraft say that we're not going to be on that menu, Ma'am.  Technology that, thanks to us, they have already seen in use.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
::moves uneasily in her chair::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::growls:: CSO: So, they'll make up a few legends about magic in the sky. I'm giving you a direct order to follow me and fix those sensors.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: I forgot, I could get my rulebook and my wizard hat if you like...

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::swallows, his gut feeling cold::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: Ma'am, an order to continue this cultural contamination would be an illegal order.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::stands like an angry mother and points to the exit:: CSO:Let's go. ::turns and starts forward again::

CO Cmdr Gomes:
CIV: Did you contact Starfleet yet?

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Just as long as you won't drool at the pictures again. ::glances up from her book:: CO: I uh, think so!

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Samantha! I don't drool! ::plays with the idea of casting magic missile::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: The very.  Least.  We should do.  Is move those sensors in here.  It's already been proven that they cannot remain in situ.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Yes you do! ::nods:: In fact I have it on tape!

CO Cmdr Gomes:
CIV: And the response was ....?

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Do I? Well, you do some pretty unattractive things yourself when you're deep in thought.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::spins around, looks CSO up and down:: CSO: We do not have time to argue the socioligical implications of this decision, Lt. If we dont' fix it, they'll get access to equipment they should not be near for thousands of years- ::pauses as CSO speaks:: We'll discuss this on the way. Move.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CO: Uh, right! Response! ::turns a few more pages in the manual, she spots the correct chapter and presses a few buttons on the console:: Right! "to do what we could to prevent any breaches of the prime directive. then report back to base ASAP" That's a direct quote too! ::nods, she turns to face the CMO:: CMO: I think you're in the mood to sleep on the sofa for the next few years, aren't you?

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: If we leave them there, they will repeat their existing access.  To technology they shouldn't have for that long.  This is a Starfleet science installation, the sociological implication is the only thing that matters for its existence, for as soon as it influences what it is meant to be watching, it becomes meaningless to have it here.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: I am? I don't think I am, anyway you can't make me sleep on the sofa, you moved into my quarters young lady.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::turns and paces out, hoping they still have time to do something:: *CO*: Commander. We're going to see if we can just remove the damaged sensors completely.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Fine, then we'll move to my quarters and then you'll sleep on the sofa there!

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Futons hurt my back.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
*CNS*Acknowledged. Just make sure you leave the site looking as natural as possible. If you need we can send you fake vegetation.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Go see a doctor. ::pulls out her tongue at him::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@*CO*: We may not have the time. I'll let you know, Commander. Suder out.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: I don't like the resident head doctor, she's scary.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::follows Suder, quietly confident in the small, hard-won victory::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Who? Suder?

CO Cmdr Gomes:
*CNS*: The order now is Damage Control. We will leave the actual fixing for Starfleet. Then I need you three to retun to the ship and discuss this ASAP.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Do you know another crazy shrink woman? Um, did I say crazy? I meant scary, that's the one.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::picks her way through the vegitation, trying hard to ignore the CSO's smug feelings:: CSO: Stay close.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: She is scary! ::glances around in suspicion:: Say, she can't read our thoughts from down there, can she?

@ACTION: The place is still quiet, the Likaduan left to die there is already dead in a pool of his own blood.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: I don't think so, but you never know with telepaths! I always think they try to read my thoughts against my wishes. ::sighs::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::stays close::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Well, you should find out ASAP.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::wonders which moron had the bright idea of establishing this facility on a planet whose atmosphere interferes with transporter operations::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Could always wear an aluminium foil beanie.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::steps over the body::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: I thought that was just an urban myth?

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Yeah but it's worth a shot, at the very least she might avoid us!

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::paces on without so much as a backward glance at the dead body and picks her way to the sensor array:: CSO: OK.. ::glances back, to see if he's still with her, the smug little so-and-so::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Where do we get aluminum foil though?

@ACTION: The place where the sensors were damaged is now simply a bunch of wires sticking out of the rocks, since the natives took the mineral-looking lenses

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Rip it out from an access hatch or replicate it! HMM! Maybe we should try gold foil? Deflect heat rays and mind rays!

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Uh. Where the heck will we find gold in the middle of nowhere?! Think practical Paul! Will it work melted latinum?

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::feels his stomach turn as he steps over the body, trying not to be too smug.  More ‘so’ than ‘so and so’::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::frowns at the wires as if they are to blame::

CMO Lt Atreides:
::leans over to her and whispers:: CIV: Did you notice how the Captain went strangely quiet? I think she's one of them!

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::glances nervously at the direction of the Captain:: CMO: R-R-Really? ::cries in fear:: I don't want to have my brain eaten!

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: Well... for sure, the locals have been at these...

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::casts a critical eye over the damaged site::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Well it would explain many things! And I think they'd experiment on you first, to find out how to exploit your condition.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::groans:: CSO:Right! So... ::takes out tricorder, setting it to locate the direction of the stolen conduits::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Stop it, Paul! ::cowers behind her console:: Are you really serious..? ::feels under the console for the hidden phaser, reassured by it's presence::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Well you never know! Remember the time those shapeshifters infiltrated Starfleet?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@CSO: Are you gonna start squalking again if we leave those fake rocks with the villagers?

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
::gulps, she eyes the CMO for a moment before turning her attention at the Captain again. Shaking, she closes her fingers harder against the phaser::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: I would... object... ::resents being defined as 'squarking':: to any course of action in which we leave the technology with them, or intervene in order to retrieve it.

CO Cmdr Gomes:
::frowns looking at the CIV:: CIV: Are you alright, Ms Ivanova?

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: But it could just be me being paranoid! Maybe she can sleep with her eyes ope...ssh!

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CO: I.. Uh.. ::nods vigorously, not trusting her voice::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@CSO: So... you're going to complain either way. Excellent.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::allows a small smile to form, despite the situation::

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: I wouldn't complain if a way was found to non-intrusively remove the equipment from their posession.  I suppose it's too much to hope that we have encoutner suits easily available?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::thinks for a second before standing back, firing her phaser at the rock formation, melting the wires into nothingness:: CSO: OK, next job...

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: You know that weird drink you replicated for me once instead of coffee? They absolutely love it.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: So, I finally understood why we don't have a library on the ship. Seems they caught a couple of kids messing around in there.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Messing around? Do tell!

CSO LtJG Axin:
@::can't help but snort briefly with laughter at Suder's pro-active way of solving problems::

@ACTION: The warm phaser melts the wires and the rock together leaving only an odd colored mesh, which doesn't stand out much with the rest of the outcropping.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: I'm not really sure, the records don't show much more then that ::shrugs:: I'll be sure to do a followup though!

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::toys with her phaser, wondering if she can 'fix' the CSO, too::

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Make them take a drug test too, you know what kids are like, you leave them alone with a replicator and they somehow manage to modify it to replicate half the things I have in sickbay!

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::folds her arms:: CSO:The way I see it, we have to knock them all out. Only way to get in and out without being seen. Thoughts? ::because she KNOWS he has some::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: I thought Starfleet didn't have junkies?

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: We have drug users, we beat the addiction!

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: Neat!

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: Starfleet has encounter suits, they're used in facilities such as these to permit unobtrusive observation.  The problem is, I don't know if there are any here, this was an unmanned facility.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: In fact, I suspect one of the old COs died of an overdose in his ready room!

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: What was his name, Paul something?

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::bites her lip, flicking a little hair out of her eyes and looking around, for the first time looking a bit concerned::

CMO Lt Atreides:
::shrugs::

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::connects her tircorder to the 'blind's computer system to see if they have any of the suits::

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO, CO: So, anyone saw a good movie lately?

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: We could always use the ship to remove the facility.  A torpedo could be used to simulate a meteoroid impact if there aren't any actual meteors near enough by to lassoo with the tractor beam.

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: I saw Un chien andalou the other day, I quite enjoyed it.

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::looks up at the CSO:: CSO: Lets just get these bloody rocks and get out of here. There are suits at the facility. Destroying the building will need more than an explosion. If we can find a way to remove it without drawing attention, all the better.

CIV Yc1 Ivanova:
CMO: What's that?

CMO Lt Atreides:
CIV: Early 20th century french surrealist short.

CSO LtJG Axin:
@CNS: At last, some good news...

CNS LtCmdr Suder:
@::nods once before turning back in the direction of the dead guy, and the facility:: CSO: Let's get moving...

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