USS Seleya Mission Transcript 11409.28
Mission Number 761
The Hunt X
                
       DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Chris Esterhuyse as Captain Varesh (CO-Commanding Officer)npc FCO
Eldad Ben-Tovim as Commander Maor (XO – First Officer)
Mike Hiles as Commander Maximus Heller (CTO – Chief Tactical Officer)npc Tankard, Kratos CO Zenif
Tim Schols as Lieutenant Commander Dylan Cedric Pandora (OPS – Operations Officer)
Karriaunna Scotti as Lieutenant Brianna Rose (SO-Science Officer) npc Pilot Grace, MO Lt Storm

           
Time lapse:  3 hours

Ship Manager
              Karriaunna Scotti

Last time on Seleya:

The plan has been worked out and put into place to attempt to get Commander Maor into Tankard's base under the disguise of an informant the Seleya crew captured while onboard the Orion Syndicate station.  Through the use of a mind meld some key information including security codes Maor should have enough information to get in.  But he will be alone

To aide in his cover story Commander Heller has set up a number of computer programs and simulations to put on the ruse of major sabotage, as well as damage to the shuttle Maor will be using to escape.  Maor is ready to depart and is awaiting for his moment in the shuttle bay.

Captain's Log 11409.28: We are ready to begin this operation, and my stomach is in knots about sending Maor out there alone. I have to trust his training.

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ACTION:  Commander Maor's shuttle slips through the partially open shuttlebay door, glancing off one of them in the process as it is a tight fit.

CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::On the bridge watching as the shuttle begins to take off. Once it clears the hanger he hits a button on his console activating the preplanned program.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Seated in his chair on the bridge, waiting for everybody's readiness reports::
SO Lt Rose says:
::On the bridge, keeping a lock on the first officer.::

ACTION: As the shuttle departs the Seleya begins to tilt as the main warp drive goes offline and the stabilizers begin to malfunction.

OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::At his bridge station, monitoring communications in the area::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Initiating our ruse now, let’s hope they buy it.
SO Lt Rose says:
::Raises an eyebrow and contacts on engineering.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Nods as he watches the screen:: CTO: Understood.
SO Lt Rose says:
CO:  Engineering is good on all points.  And so far the area is clear.
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@COM: USS Seleya: OPS: Going dark. See you soon. ::Cuts all communication as he plots the course::
SO Lt Rose says:
::Taps her fingers on the console, nervous.::
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Nods at the message but doesn't respond:: CO: Captain, commander Maor reports communications are cut from this point onward.
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@::Engages warp as he makes his way toward his destination::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::Initiates the second part of the plan and fires at the shuttle thought his shots are off only one glancing off the hull.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
SO/OPS: Acknowledged. ::Stares intently at the screen::

ACTION:  The missing captain's yacht decloaks a few kilometers off the port bow and begins firing on Commander Maor's shuttle.

CO Capt Varesh says:
::Frowns:: CTO: Is that...?
Pilot Grace says:
@::Taps her fingers on her arm, impatient as their only decent engineer finishes repairs.::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Captain ship decloaking off the port, and firing on Maor's shuttle, looks like the yacht.
SO Lt Rose says:
::Shakes her head::  CO:  Sorry... the ship did not register on sensors.
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Appears they have added a few new toys to the yacht, appears to be a Klingon cloaking device.
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@::Begins evasive maneuvers as he powers down the warp engine:: Self: Now what? ::Continues plotting his way away from the shuttle::
CO Capt Varesh says:
CTO: Split your attention between them.
CO Capt Varesh says:
SO: We didn't think to look for something like that.
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  If they were that close they might be able to tell that this was a ruse.
CO Capt Varesh says:
CTO: Who knows.
Grackle says:
@::Subconsciously licks the cold metal of his duranium tooth as his fighter decloaks, banking tight past the yacht and making for the fools stupid enough to pursue them:: ::Calls back to the gunner:: Gunner: Open fire!
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Looks at his communication readings to double-check:: CO: Their comms were completely silent, they may have been waiting there or have come in recently. Either way, they didn't communicate with anyone since we got here.

CO Capt Varesh says:
OPS: Do you have a transporter lock on Commander Maor? Just in case.
SO Lt Rose says:
CO:  Well, one good news, if you can talk Starfleet in letting us keep it, your yacht can now cloak.  ::Her fingers dance along sensor controls looking for any other cloaked ships.::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Well last we saw the yacht Tankard and his crew had it, so I'm guessing it’s him out there.
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Snorts a laugh:: SO: What are the chances? ::Nods:: CTO: I would think he would keep that close for his own use.
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Checks the transporter systems to see if they can get a lock::
Pilot Grace says:
@::As she is given the go ahead, she jumps aboard without a word and begins tack off procedures.::
Grackle says:
@::Leans forward in his chair a little, gesticulating towards the image of the shuttle on the viewscreen:: Gunner: Peel 'em open on the starboard side!
CO Capt Varesh says:
OPS: Understood Commander, I'm sure they were radio silent.
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
@ACTION:  Another fighter decloaks near the Seleya.
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Picking up another ship decloaking and opening fire.
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Doesn't like what the computer is telling him:: CO: No transporter lock captain, we're out of range...
CO Capt Varesh says:
FCO: Evasive maneuvers. CTO: Understood. Keep them occupied.
CO Capt Varesh says:
OPS: I had to ask.
Grackle says:
@::Air inside the cabin fills with the sweet, metallic tang of ozone as the fighter's guns open up on the shuttle:: 
FCO says:
CO: Aye, Captain. ::Initiates evasive, this fight just got real.
Tankard says:
@COMM: Seleya:  Did you really think that we would let you sneak someone into my base.  ::Laughs as he fires at Maor's shuttle.::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::Cancels his program the ships systems coming back online.::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Bringing the ships systems back online.
CO Capt Varesh says:
COM: Tankard: Surely you will give me some credit for effort?
CO Capt Varesh says:
FCO: Get us in range of the shuttle so we can get Commander Maor back on board.
Pilot Grace says:
#::Before she has clears the docking bay she fires boosters and speeds to the fight.  She may not have any love for Tankard, but one does not ignore him in any way... and live.::
Grackle says:
@::Licks his lips as his fighter blasts past the shuttle:: Pilot: Bring'er back around! 
SO Lt Rose says:
CO:  Another ship incoming.  Not clocked.
CO Capt Varesh says:
OPS: Signal the Commander we're pulling him out, if you can get through.
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Nods:: CO: Aye captain. ::Sends the signal as requested, not sure whether Maor will receive it or not::

FCO says:
::Calculates the evasive to get them in range of the shuttle::
Pilot Grace says:
#::Goes for the smaller vessel, her finger ready to hit the fire button, mumbling under her breath about useless partners.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
CTO: Shoot them down. If we lose the yacht, then we lose it. I'm done being nice.
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@::Brings the shuttle around, he begins firing at the second shuttle::
Pilot Grace says:
@::As the small ship comes in sight, she fires in return.::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::Having the weapons ready as they close the distance he opens up on the three vessels.  Trying to pull some heat from the shuttle.::
Grackle says:
@::Gets up from his chair and grips the pilot's shoulders, leaning up against her as she bears down on the shuttlecraft again::

@ACTION:  The shuttles fire strikes Graces ship dropping its shields 60% and causing a few relays to blow out.

FCO says:
::Fingers dancing over the controls, glancing over at Commander Pandora:: OPS: We should be in range soon, Commander.

@ACTION:  The shuttle sustains heavy fire under the three attackers, its shields dropping to 8%.

Pilot Grace says:
@::Muttering under her breath her hands danced across the console as she compensated::
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Nods at the FCO, preparing the transporter systems for a quick transport and repeating the message to Maor that they are heading in for extraction::
Tankard says:
@COMM: Seleya: CO:  If it was someone else it might have worked but I'm not that stupid captain.
Pilot Grace says:
@::Banks and comes around the other side of Grackle's ship putting the shuttle between them.::
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@COM: USS Seleya: OPS: Whatever you're planning to do, do it now Seleya. I'm down to 8% on my shields. ::Continues evasive maneuvers::
CO Capt Varesh says:
COM: Tankard: I never for one moment thought you stupid, Tankard. Many other things, but never stupid.
SO Lt Rose says:
CO:  He is about to be sandwiched.
SO Lt Rose says:
::Glances over at Max... this could not be easy for him.::
Grackle says:
@::Lays down a string of curses about the Seleya's crew and their unnatural relations with livestock as his fighter rocks under the weight of their phasers:: 

@ACTION:  The yacht cloaks leaving the other two fighters on their own as the Seleya reaches transporter range.

CO Capt Varesh says:
::Doesn't jog the flight and operations officers' elbows and trusts them to do their jobs:: CTO: Do what you have to, Commander, but end this fight.

Pilot Grace says:
@::Keeps the ship dancing between fire, she sends a major salvo and dives downward away from the group to loop above::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Yacht has disappeared from sensors again.
CO Capt Varesh says:
SO: Can you track them?
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
COM: XO: Initiating transport, commander... ::Presses the commands to transport::
XO Cmdr Maor says:
@COM: USS Seleya: OPS: Understood, sending you my shield frequency. ::Does so::
SO Lt Rose says:
CTO: Working on it...  ::Makes another adjustment to sensors.::
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Makes the necessary adjustments are the transport initiation sequence is started::
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Watches the scene unfold, gripping the armrests tightly::

@ACTION:  The shields fail on the shuttle and chunks of the hull begin to break away as Maor is transported onboard the Seleya.  He is wounded but nothing critical.

Grackle says:
@::Grips and squeezes his pilot's shoulders with sexual yearning as his fighter gets on the shuttle's tail:: ::Laughs sourly:: Pilot/Gunner: He's *$&@&'d now!
Pilot Grace says:
@::Raises her fist with a grin as fire storms across her sensors.  She then heads out to cover Tankard::
SO Lt Rose says:
CO:  Sending coordinates to flight, though he is heading back to the station.

@ACTION:  The shuttle explodes under the fire of Grackle's shuttle.

CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::As he looses his lock on the Yacht he concentrates on the other two ships, firing a full salvo of torpedoes at Grackles shuttle.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
SO: Scan the station, can we take it?
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
CO: Transporter room confirms commander Maor made it. He is injured, but not critically.
SO Lt Rose says:
::They were a bit far for a clear sensor scan, but she worked to get what she could.::
Tankard says:
@COMM: Seleya: CO: Follow me if you dare captain.  And tell my brother hello and see him soon.  ::Laughs as he cuts the comm.::
SO Lt Rose says:
::Sighs::
Grackle says:
@::Falls back into his chair, licking his lips:: Outloud. That was good. Very good. ::Ignores the flashes of light as micro-debris sparks off his shields::
SO Lt Rose says:
::Shakes her head::  CO:  Sorry, captain.  We cannot take the station alone.  We will need our back up.  Also... they were ready for us.

@ACTION:  A cluster of torpedoes, streaks into Grackles ship buckling the shields and impacting the hull.

Pilot Grace says:
@::Takes up position just outside the station.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Grinds his teeth:: SO: Thank you for confirming what I suspected. He wouldn't taunt me like that if he wasn't sure. ::Glances over at Heller to see his reaction on the message::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
::Glances up as he hears the message his face stony, hints of red showing along his neck and arms as his anger rises.::
Pilot Grace says:
@::Mutters as she realizes one of the controls knocked out was her cloacking device.  She lets tankard know.::
Grackle says:
@::Wakes up on the fighter's dirty floor after a few seconds, blinking through blood in his eyes to an image of space outside behind flickering containment shields plugging his ruptured hull.  Crawls towards the helm::
CO Capt Varesh says:
FCO: Pull back and let’s rejoin the Kratos.
FCO says:
CO: Aye, Captain. Changing course.
Grackle says:
@::Pulls himself up on the pilot's chair, feeling a small pang of regret as he sees her body shot through with shrapnel and the controls in ruins:: ::looks back to the gunner, whose head has been bisected by a shard of transparent aluminum::
CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Reading a core breach imminent on the last fighter.
MO Lt Storm says:
::Looks up as Maor comes in and directs him toward a biobed where she begins to scan him.::
CO Capt Varesh says:
CTO: If I was vindictive I would tell you to help it along. But see if we can rescue them. More intel will help.
OPS LtCmdr Pandora says:
::Checks the transporter systems in preparation for the emergency transport order that is sure to be coming::
Grackle says:
@::Curses again, comparing the Seleya's crew to any number of sewerage-loving microorganisms before planting a bloody kiss on the pilot and stumbling towards the cramped escape pod::
Tankard says:
@*Grace*:  Next time I tell you to help me with something I expect you to be on time, if you had been there from the start we could have killed the idiot aboard the shuttle, one less vermin to deal with later.
MO Lt Storm says:
::Looks up at Maor::  XO:  I will need to put you under.  ::Motions for her standby team to prep him.::

@ACTION:  The shuttle explodes as the warp core breaches.  One lone escape pod streaks towards the station hidden from sensors by the interference.

CTO Cmdr Heller says:
CO:  Guess we don't have that option anymore, core breaches before we could do anything.
XO Cmdr Maor says:
::Nods at the direction of the MO, not understanding the point considering he just has bruises but not seeing the point in arguing::
CO Capt Varesh says:
::Sighs:: CTO: Indeed. ::Watches the screen:: FCO: Helm, get us out of here.
Pilot Grace says:
@Tankard:  Yea, yea... and if you would pay for better service, we would have ships running when they were supposed to.  As it is, cloaking is down with some other issues.
Kratos CO Zenif says:
%COMM: Seleya: CO:  Captain we are enroute ETA 3 hours.
CO Capt Varesh says:
COM: Kratos: Meet us at the rendezvous point, Captain. They were expecting us. We will need more than two ships to take that station.

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