Cast of Characters:
CO  Captain Torel Kal                          played by     Beth Kelley-Wharton
XO  Commander Llynisika                     played by     Nancy Stricker
OPS  Lieutenant Commander Twelk           played by     Rich Robbins
CTO  LtCmdr. Cassious McQueen              played by     John Flory
       
NPCs:
Various                                       played by     Ted Wharton

Summary: The Delphyne's repairs are completed and the crew has been recalled to the ship to prepare for launch.  While the senior staff members are  assembled in the admiral's office for a briefing on the situations that has come to light since the events in the bar.
 
The CTO has been cleared to return to duty.  After much berating from Dr. House his wounds have been healed, but the assault to the ego from House  will last a bit longer.  The scar is permanent.
 
And what of that person that decided to harvest some of Twelk's DNA?
 
Star Trek, A Call to Duty is proud to present the USS Delphyne, Chapter Sixteen- “What lies ahead...”   There is still a mess to clean up.  Star  date  10901.21
 
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OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: Stands off to one side of the office waiting to hear what the Admiral has to say::
 
CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: Stands patiently next to Twelk ::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::Standing and waiting on the Admiral to say whatever Admiral's say during times like this::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: whispers to the CTO:: CTO: How’s the hip doing?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::moves over to stand close to McQueen and Twelk::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: lowers voice to a whisper :: OPS: Not too bad, still need some Physio

RADM_K`Vas says:
:: looks around his office :: Senior Staff: I see you have all made it.  You should be congratulated.  2 days of shore leave you managed to start a bar fight, uncover a hidden spy for the Second Rising, and nearly lose your CTO to weapons fire.  You work quickly

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::leans towards McQueen:: CTO: Did you learn anything from this?  ::keeps a straight face and looks ahead::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::smiles:: XO: Yes, next time break his neck before he can pull the trigger

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::grins:: RADM: Thank you, sir.  We always want to make an impression wherever we go.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: smiles:: Admiral: And I suppose we have you to thank for not being in the brig right now?

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: Commander I understand you had your DNA sampled?  And not willingly.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::spares a quick glance and gives a small shake of her head:: CTO: Always heard that the males take longer to learn::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: That is right Sir.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::looks at the XO with a raised eyebrow::

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: I need this crew, and not in the brig.  Well between you and your crewmates here you managed to prove what lo'Be Vos  assigned to the security of this station couldn’t.  The Second Rising did not die with that p'tahk Palmer

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::antennae wiggle slightly as a small grin crosses her face, then she looks back at the Admiral::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::nods:: RADM: So what is the plan on exterminating the rest of them?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: Any leads on the arms owner sir?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: Captain how many lives has your symbiant passed through?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: grins:: Admiral: Well maybe next time he will do a better job.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: I'm the first, sir.

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: A man named Higgins.  Came into credits suddenly, and bought that bar just as suddenly

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: how convenient

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM/CTO: Anyone want to make a wager on who gave him those credits?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: Very.  It seems that bar ordered enough supplies to stock a starship over the time he owned it

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
RADM: Gee I wonder. I bet that they go back to our mutual friends group of loonies

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: sounds like he may have been close to Palmer. Maybe one of his commanders?

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Which is most likely exactly what he did?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: What would you say if I told you that the Second rising is working on a new technology that would make you the last one?

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: I'd say that we need to stop them before that happens, sir.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::wouldn't be surprised to hear that Palmer had himself cloned, turns her attention back to the Admiral::

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: Palmer was a commander actually, this goes higher than a simple just one man

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: shakes his head :: XO: Gods I hope not

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: Does SFI have any idea how  high or have they been compromised too?

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Any intel on who is running the group?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: Any ideals who it might be?

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: The Second rising is trying to be immortal, and the technology works both ways.  If developed it would be Genocide...un-creation

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: genesis?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::sighs softly:: Mutters: Figures

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: SFI is the Second Rising...or at least one of their splinter groups is

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: So someone taking my DNA may be tied into this whole matter as well?

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: It might very well be

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
Self: Oh great

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: The Second Rising needs an army, what if they could grow one, then turn it to nothing more than organic byproducts when not needed any longer

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: would that be the group that cannot be named?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: So what do you want us to do infiltrate this group?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: The founders of the Rising, were the ranking officers of section 31, before the Dominion war.  They have spent these last 2 decades blaming aliens for their troubles

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::chuckles:: OPS: I don't think anyone on this crew is the type that can blend in to a fully human faction.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: looks at the ADM:: ADM: Why do I suddenly have a sinking feeling?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: At least not without a good shave :: grins::
 
XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO/Admiral: Not without some major surgery

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS/CO: Unfortunately Kal is correct.  And although honorable I am not willing to let a member of the Delphyne become an experiment for them

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: So if I see another me running around the station I have permission to shoot him?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::looks at the RADM:: RADM: Sir I think you know where my loyalties lie. These people are an insult to everything we have served for

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: You will have to find them by the trail of failed experiments

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Any idea where this trail begins, Admiral?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
Admiral: And how many others have had DNA taken from them like Twelk?

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: If you do I will gut you myself...you see another you he is to be captured and questioned.  Then you can shoot him after interrogation but not before

RADM_K`Vas says:
XO: Unknown because most just consider it a scratch or a cut that comes with being on a station.  There could be hundreds

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
Admiral: Great.  What is that saying?  Looking for a needle in a haystack::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: Very well as long as I get to take him out as some point. Really don't want more that one of me running around.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ALL: Anyone got a magnet?

CO_Capt_Kal says:
Admiral: Cloning techniques are rather sophisticated.  For all we know, any one of us could be a clone in place of the real deal.
 
CO_Capt_Kal says:
::grins:: OPS: Twelk, I'm not sure anyone wants more than one of you running around.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: We might start by checking the Station's sickbay records. If these people went to sickbay to get fixed up they will know how it was done.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
OPS: Good idea.  CTO: Magnet? How does that work?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::smiles:: XO: You comb it through the haystack, makes finding the needle easier

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: The gamma 7 listening post encountered cargo container adrift. Inside were...failed experiments.  They track the container launch point to be a station in orbit around Quinor

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Only if those needles are metal.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::groans:: CTO: Now I'm going to make you do my security program # 8.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: You would point out that flaw

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Then it looks like that's where we'll head first.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: It only means that we need to look that much deeper is all.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
:Turns her attention back to the CO and the Admiral:: Admiral: How many 'failed experiments' are we talking about?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: So I guess this means were on our own again?

RADM_K`Vas says:
XO: 60 identifiable, some were...how do they say ...gooey

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::nods:: Admiral: Understood

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: Not completely:: a smirk on his face :: I have had something installed on the Delphyne that will help.  But there is a downside.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: Can we get access to the Stations Sickbay records before we leave?

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: And were they all aliens?  Or some human?  Were they clones of Starfleet personnel only?

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: Already packed and transferred to the Delphyne’s main core

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::smiles:: ADM: Your giving me more Marines?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: Yes to all captain

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Was there any hint that they were successful with any of their cloning?

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO:  Marines :: laughs :: Are you going to send them out in space suits after the station

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: They are very close captain

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::chuckles:: ADM; Then at least give me a troop of brave and stout hearted Klingon warriors
 
RADM_K`Vas says:
All: This is not to leave this room.  The Delphyne has a sealed compartment in engineering that only the people in this room can access.  Inside is a Klingon cloaking device tied into the ships systems

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
Self: At least ones not as stubborn as you are ::glances at K'Vas as she thinks that::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::raises an eyebrow and looks at the XO::

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::nods and her antennae wiggle a bit:: Admiral: When we have to use it, how do we explain that to the rest of the crew?  ::pauses:: Sir.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: And the people who installed this device were trusted personnel?

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: The planet you need to reach is deep within Cardassian space.  If you are detected there is nothing I could do to keep the Cardassians from capturing you.  And since the device will be feeding off a Federation power system it will demand a great deal for your ship’s systems.  You will not be able to fire when cloaked; you will find that your fuel consumption will be doubled

RADM_K`Vas says:
XO: Tell them it is a experimental upgrade to the ships grey mode.  That what they experience is just power being shunted to the new device

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: In other word I need to make sure that we have extra fuel onboard?

RADM_K`Vas says:
OPS: It is off a ship from my house's private fleet and it was installed by my own engineers.  So as you see, I have as much to lose as you do should the Delphyne be captured and the device examined

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
ADM: Understood.  ::works figures in her head about fuel consumption and how to explain the cloak use, figures that she'll need to confer with Kal after this meeting::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
ADM: In other words, total deniability

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
Admiral: Understood Sir.

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: Warriors are often put at a disadvantage by politicians

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::nods:: CTO: At least we don't have to deal with them.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain if there is nothing else I need to make some more preparations and I would like to get House working on those sick bay records.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::smiles:: RADM: It is also said it is destiny of young men to fight wars begun by old men

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: Not up close and personal that is

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::nods:: OPS: Granted.  Have all of the data you gather sent to my ready room as well.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Aye Captain :: exits the Admirals office and heads for the ship::

RADM_K`Vas says:
CTO: True but battle, any honorable battle is always GLORIOUS

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::under her breath:: Self: At least for the winners, I imagine the losers have a different perspective.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: Captain with your permission I’d like to offload Tactical and security personnel that I don’t fully have confidence in. I think we’re going to need people we can trust 100% for this patrol

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: Now the rest of you.  Trust nobody, and since he has left your sight not even your operations officer.  Any of you could be replaced at any time.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
CTO: How many are you talking about?  What percentage of your department?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: Only those recently posted aboard

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::overhears the part of the losers perspective:: CO/CTO: I'd like to work with McQueen on that, Captain

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Everyone is going to be tested as soon as we get back to the ship.  Anyone who is cloned will have slight degradations in their cellular structure that our medical team should be able to locate.

RADM_K`Vas says:
CO: Very true.  You might think of some way to mark your crew for transport purposes should it be necessary

CO_Capt_Kal says:
XO: Granted, and get me a list of everyone in all departments that the department heads feel are untrustworthy.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Aye Ma'am.  :;begins to make a mental list::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::nods:: RADM: Aye sir, I was thinking of some sort of custom isotope injected into the bloodstream.  I'll speak to house about it.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::wonders if his clone has his tats or even his scars?::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@:: enters the airlock on the ship and heads for the TL::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: If that is all, sir.  I'd like to get my people started on what we need to get done.

RADM_K`Vas says:
:: pulls his knife :: All: Very well I want you to witness this and tell noone :: cuts a smooth semicircular incision in his upper left arm.
 
XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::stands a little taller, waiting to be dismissed. Watches K'Vas::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: eyes narrow::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@:: orders the TL to the Bridge::

RADM_K`Vas says:
:: Pulling up his other sleeve showing the mark of a DNA sampler :: All: They have my DNA as well.  Tell nobody of this mark.  If you encounter someone resembling me without this mark, do not take orders from him

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::Looks at both arms:: RADM: Perhaps we should do something similar?  To be safe
 
CO_Capt_Kal says:
::watches K'Vas and mentally shakes her head at the over dramaticness of Klingons.  A simple temporary tattoo would have been less painful:: XO: Let's see if House can come up with something first, Commander.

RADM_K`Vas says:
XO: Scars are nothing to a Klingon but would be noticed on others

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO/ADM: The Captain has an idea sir. Something that wouldn't transfer with a DNA scan, but we

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
'd know about

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@:: Enters the Bridge as soon as the TL stops and contacts House explaining what he needed him to do and to send his result to the Captains Ready room as well at to him::

RADM_K`Vas says:
All: Captain, commanders...you are dismissed.  As far official records will show the Delphyne is in route to Gamma 7 to participate in experiments with a new sensor array for navigating nebulas.  I leave you to make your preparations

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::snaps to a quick attention then moves to follow the others out::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
RADM: Aye sir.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@:: Starts working on the needed items needed because of the new device aboard::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
XO/CTO: okay folks...you heard him.  You all know what needs to be done so let's go.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::salutes the Admiral and about turns and moves out the door already lost in thought::

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Aye, Captain

RADM_K`Vas says:
:: turns and puts a dressing on the wound and hides it under his uniform ::

 XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: Let me know when you get your list ready.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Understood commander. Just once why cant we have a nice quiet patrol

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: That'd be boring, Commander and you know it ::grins::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::smiles :: XO: True but just once it`d be nice to know just who exactly it is we are hunting

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: True, but we'll get the job done.  It's what we do

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: It`s what we always do boss
 
Action: The crew of the Delphyne prepares for launch.  With a cloaking device on board and two quantum torpedoes in her magazines, the again Excelsior is breaking more than one treaty and making war a definite possibility
 
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