Brett:
 Summary: With the Lady Jane off planet and under tow, the away team secures the cargo of illegal arms and begins their search for answers.

Brett:
 <<<<Resume Mission: "Lady Jane - Part 5">>>>

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: CEO: When's the last time you saw their captain?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::tries to determine what is blocking her sensors from detecting anything::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: Dubios... A while ago he went up to the flight control deck with the FCO.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @:: Keeps an eye out for the girl who has mysteriously slipped away::

Brett:
 @Action: A girlish giggle sounds from the corridor outside the cargo bay where the CEO and his team are working.  A quick glance shows a small white head peeking in the door.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo> :: Spins towards the sound but lowers weapon when he sees it's a child. ::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: You need to come back in here, there are dangerous men around, they will hurt you.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo> CEO: You know her? ::indicating the little Andorian girl::

Brett:
 @<Girl> ::Giggles and ducks back into the corridor, out of sight.  A bark from outside shows the dog is also enjoying the game.::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: That's the child we came across when we first boarded.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::keeps working on the problem at hand::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: She's going to get hurt out there. ::Grabs his tricorder and begins scanning life signs nearby, stepping out toward the door.::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: CEO: You'd better coax her to safety while we start checking out the ship.

Brett:
 @INFO: The girl stands at the far end of the hall.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::thinks about the readings she is seeing... the pattern does look familiar... ::

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: Are you taking us home now?

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: We will be in a little while, we still have to catch the bad men.

Brett:
 @<Girl> ::Stamps her foot::  I want to go home now!

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: I wish you were home... but you'll have to wait.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: :: Gets the 'all clear' from his men, starts to form a party to check the rest of the ship. ::

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: The other men wouldn't take us home either.  You said you would.  You lied to us!  ::Begins to cry::  Please take me home.  Mother and I want to go home...we all do.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @::Approached the girl:: Girl: I'm sorry we will be taking you home, this I promise... maybe we should go see your mother.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo> :: Hears the little girl.::  CEO: How many other civilians are there?

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: Apparently this ship was relocating people... they're supposed to be in the other cargo hold.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: Would you like to see your mother?

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO/TO: She's in the cargo pod with the others.  She's worried about me...I snuck out before they closed the door.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @::Checks his tricorders scans::

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: I miss her.  ::Begins to cry again::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo> CEO: We need to apprehend the.. er, 'bad guys'.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: Well then let us go reunite the two of you.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: Yeah I know, maybe we'll run into them on the way.

Brett:
 @<Dubois> ::Walks up::  All: So, you're taking them back to Merik now?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::thinks about the scan some more... it reminds her of a specific brain scan she saw in sickbay... but who's or what's was it?::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Aloud: What the... tricorder seems like it's being jammed or blocked from scanning, I've never seen this before.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>:  ::Glares at the newcomer. ::  Who are you?

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Dubios: It seems that way... I think the TO here would like to ask you a few questions. :: Places himself between Dubois and the girl::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: This is Captain Dubois.

Brett:
 @<Girl> ::Sticks her tongue out at Dubois::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::frowns as she thinks some more... no it wasn't a specific person... or thing... its just similar in nature... furrows her brow in thought again::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: Dubois: Captain Dubois, you're wanted for questioning concerning the weapons and chemicals that have been found in this cargo bay. Will you come along peacefully?

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO/TO: ::Looks resigned::  Fine.  I knew you'd find the crates.  I don't care anymore, I just want to get off this ship.  These colonists are driving me nuts...take us back to Merik so I can get some peace!

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @TO: He's all yours.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: Dubois: And where is your crew?

Brett:
 @<Dubois> TO: There is only two of them, they're in the mess room.

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: Can we go home now?  ::Looks up at the CEO pleadingly::

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @Girl: Let me check.

CEO_Ens_Quinn:
 @*CO*: Sir, the Lady Jane is carrying passengers to Merik, she we take them?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::watches the pattern and behavior of the energy and now feels certain...:: CO: Captain... the energy blocking the sensors is some kind of brainwave activity.... an immensely powerful mental energy field. It is blocking our sensors and preventing us from reading the ship clearly.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: Dubois: Lead the way. Any false moves or tricks and we'll be forced to fire on you. Smith, Jones, stay on either side of him and we'll follow up behind.

Brett:
 @<Dubois> ::Nods and trudges off, accompanied by the security team::

CO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO*: We're making arrangements for them now, ensign. However, we seem to be having difficulty scanning the Lady Jane so we don't have an accurate estimate of how many we'll be taking with us?

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: There are 125 of us.  ::Sounds proud to know this information::

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Mental barrier? Is there anything in the computer files that might help us with that?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I only know of limited technologies... of ancient Vulcan... which have been essentially lost to antiquity that may be able to counter this psychic energy.

Brett:
 Action: The Communications officer reports an incoming message.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::sits up and looks at the comm officer expectantly::

Brett:
 <Comm Officer> All: I have an incoming transmission from Merik sir.  Apparently Commander Llewellyn was asking for some information?  They say they have found some more records.

CO_Mash`ev:
 Comm_Officer: Onscreen.

CEO_Quinn:
 @*CO*: According to a very helpful little girl there are 125 passengers.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::raises an eyebrow and waits to hear what Merek has to say::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::has a brief flashback to the Paradise theatre, shakes her head and refocuses::

Brett:
 <Comm Offixer> All: It is a message only...it reads:  Regarding freighter Lady Jane.  This ship is also known as the Greyhound, an Orion registered freighter that is wanted in connection with smuggling activities in this sector...

Brett:
 <Comm Officer> All: Her Captain, Sam Dubois, aka Josiah Black, aka...well, there are a number of them listed here, is also wanted for smuggling...The ship put into Merik eight months ago, and was caught in the Gorn attack.  It was enlisted to take refugees off-planet...

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: Well?  ::Looks impatient::

Brett:
 <Comm Officer> All: Apparently, she has not been seen since.  ::Looks up, puzzled::

CEO_Quinn:
 @Girl: Well let's go see your mother... arrangements are being made for you all.

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: No, we want to stay here.  This is our ship.  ::Smiles::  Mom said, we left on it and we'll go back on it.

CEO_Quinn:
 @::Starts to lead the girl to the other cargo pod.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: There's that time discrepancy again?

CEO_Quinn:
 @Girl: We'll see what mom says when we see her ok?

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: Promise you'll take us back?  ::Follows along with the CEO, her dog trailing behind::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: CEO: Please stay with us, sir, until we find the missing crewmen. We don't want to get into any cross-fire.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Indeed. ::raises eyebrow:: A bit puzzling is it not?

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: It's a puzzle I'm not very fond of. ::frowns::

CEO_Quinn:
 @::Stops in his tracks:: TO: Really... just wait here??

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: ::Looks up imploringly::  You have to promise.  Mom says a promise is something you can never take back...

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Nor I... however... if we consider that there is a powerful psychic force at work here... it may be that all we are seeing is... incorporeal...

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo> CEO: We're going to find the crewmen now. Come with us and keep your young friend safe.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: CEO: If we can secure the other cargo bay, we can drop you off there.

CEO_Quinn:
 @TO: We should be able to secure it.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Incorporeal? :: Looks incredulously at the CSO then at the viewscreen. ::

Brett:
 @<Girl> CEO: ::Begins to cry again::  You're not going to take us home are you?  ::Starts to sob::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I had an experience back on Earth with a profoundly powerful psychic... human psychic... who's ability was strong enough to make several people see the same thing... but it was not really real.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Only our perception of it made it seem real.

CEO_Quinn:
 @Girl: We are, I promise... there are things that need to be done first. It really shouldn't take long just have a little patience.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: But.. we have people over there? I mean.. they're walking on the decks of the Lady Jane now? It just seems so... unlikely?

Brett:
 @<Girl>CEO: ::Sniffles::  Really?  You promise?  Really?  ::Looks hopeful::

CEO_Quinn:
 @Girl: Really.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::pauses a moment to be philosophical:: CO: But that is the nature of reality... it exists.... but to each of us it exists only within our perception... such as the delusional patient... Doctor Llewellyn would be able to tell you that many are firmly entrenched in their perception of reality.. which does not equate to our own... So just because the world is perceived as flat... is it? Science tells us differently only because we have a different or greater perspective.... still science is based on observation... which again all comes down to perception. ::pauses as the CO said something:: I am sorry sir... you said something... let me answer you now...

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: ::indicates that the security detail, with the CEO and little girl, should head out. ::

Brett:
 @Action: The small dog suddenly barks and rushes away, around the corner toward the crew's quarters::

Brett:
 @<Girl> Dog: Wait!  ::Runs after him::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>  :: looks at the CEO as if to say, You'd better catch her" ::

CEO_Quinn:
 @::Shrugs to the other crewmen and takes off after her::

Brett:
 @Action: A flash of her clothing reveals she has again run into Dubois' cabin, where she was first found.  The barking dog seems to be in that direction as well.

CEO_Quinn:
 @::Walks up the door of the cabin and stands to one side so he can peek in when the door opens::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: In my encounter in San Francisco... we all saw, felt and heard the same thing... it was a powerful psychic projection that was imprinted upon our minds telepathically. That is the main tool by which we perceive our world... if the brain is altered to see what is not there... it can seem powerfully real.. ::looks at her panel as it beeps::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Sensors are clear... the distortion is no longer there... I can see the Lady Jane clearly.

Brett:
 @INFO: As the CEO arrives at the open door, he is greeted by silence.  On the floor of the cabin lie the girl and her dog.  Both seem to have been there for some time, their skin showing signs of desiccation in a dry and airless atmosphere.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: I am now detecting six life signs and several crates filled with weapons.

CEO_Quinn:
 @:: Gasps stunned by the sight ::

CEO_Quinn:
 @*TO*: I think you should see this, I can't explain it.

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: Considers CSO's comments about psychic phenomenon as he, too, looks up when the console beeps. ::

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Six?! That can't be right?

Brett:
 @INFO: The security team arrives, Dubois with them, looking tired and defeated::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: That is what the sensors say. ::blinks slowly and impassively::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>:  ::Motions for Captain Dubois and the Security Detail to follow the CEO. ::

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO:  ::barely audible::  I was under the impression that there were 125 of them?

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO: Mutters, almost to himself::  They wouldn't let me sleep...constantly after me.. "We want to go home, we want to go home..."  It isn't my fault really...I didn't know my engineer had cannibalized the air scrubber?  ::Looks desperate::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Indeed. That was what was reported from Merek, however now I am reading only 6 life signs... before I could read none... would you prefer otherwise?

Brett:
 @<Dubois> All: They had food in there, and air...I thought...But by the time I found out...And her.  ::Points at the girl::  I didn't know she was in here until, well, too late.  She didn't know how to wear a mask...

CEO_Quinn:
 @Dubios: The engineer didn't do anything to the air scrubber...t he only thing wrong with it was a damned Isolinear chip!

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO: ::Looks up, a vacant look in his eye::  No...the air scrubber in their cargo pod.  The environmental controls went down about a week after we crashed.  I checked it a dozen times...I couldn't fix it.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: Dubois: Where's your crew?

CEO_Quinn:
 @Dubois: So the colonists are all dead?!

Brett:
 @<Dubois> TO: In the mess room.

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO: ::Whispers::  Yes.  ::Begins to cry::  I didn't WANT them on the ship.  The damn Gorn...and then they come and shoot me down!  I was trying to make a living!

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO: But now...now that they are going home, maybe they'll leave me alone.

CEO_Quinn:
 @Dubois: Whether you wanted them or not they were your responsibility, now you must answer for your actions.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>:  :: Sends half the security detail to get the other crewmen, guessing they're in no better shape than their captain. ::

Brett:
 @<Dubois> CEO: I have been....for eight months...

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>: *CEO*: You'd better come here, sir.

CEO_Quinn:
 @Dubois: They were reminding you... not answering, no that will come from a Federation judge.

CEO_Quinn:
 @*TO*: On my way.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we can scan the ship.. but I'd rather have had 125 refugees alive..

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Indeed. You will hear no argument from me there.

CEO_Quinn:
 @Dubios: Come along.  :: Heads to the TO's location.::

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>:  ::standing outside the mess, looking at the deck::  CEO: They're in there, sir.

Brett:
 @<Dubois>::Follows along and, as they arrive at the mess room, looks past the group.  His eyes go wide and he backs up::  No!  No not me!  No!  Noooo!

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Lock onto the away team and prepare to beam them back.

CEO_Quinn:
 @::Takes a look inside::

Brett:
 @INFO: Inside the room are three bodies.  Each wears the unitard of a spacer, much like Dubois is wearing.  A heap of used breath masks lie scattered on the floor.

CO_Mash`ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>  Dubois: Looks like you'll be going home with them. ::said with a glint of justice::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ::nods:: CO: Aye sir. ::gets a lock on the 6 AT members and waits for the command to energize::

Brett:
 @<Dubois> ::Begins sobbing::  No....Noooo.

Brett:
 @<Dubois> All: ::Whispers::  I only wanted to rest...

Brett:
 @Action: Dubois slowly fades from view.

CO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO/TO*: Prepare for transport, we're beaming you back.

CEO_Quinn:
 @*CO*:Aye aye.

CO_Mash'ev:
 @<TO_Dojo>:  :: holsters his phaser and prepares for the transporter effect ::

CEO_Quinn:
 @:: Is quite speechless at the results of this rescue mission::

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 CO: Transporter standing by.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CSO: Energize.

Brett:
 @Action: As the Away team beams away, they hear a faint girl's voice.  "We're going home Sam!  We're going home!"  And an answering bark.

Brett:
 <<<<End>>>>