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 finds itself inside Cardassian space, under full cloak thanks to the loan of a Klingon cloaking device.
 
The commander of the Gamma 7 listening post is recuperating in the brig.  He still demands he is innocent.
 
Another of cargo bin of failed experiments has been jettisoned from the station.  Passive scans show that this batch is almost perfect.
 
To the surprise of the crew they have a saboteur on board.  The CEO of the listening post that was supposed to have saved the ship from the post commander turned out not only to be member of the Rising but a clone as well.
 
The clone (number 47 he claims) is sedated and in the brig.  But now an explosive device planted by the clone and planted on the mains has become active.  Who will be sacrificed to save the ship and disarm the bomb?
 
Star Trek, A Call to Duty is proud to present the USS Delphyne, Chapter Twenty- “What lies ahead...”   The truth about Gamma 7.  Star date  10902.25
 
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OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: continues to look for a place to hide the ship as he pushes it towards the border as fast as he possibly can::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: watches the sensor feed`s ::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::on the bridge:: All: options people.  So far we have two choices, one - show ourselves and create an intergalactic incident.  Don't show ourselves and blow up into tiny little bits.  I don't like either one.  I want a third option. 

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::looks up from her small screen:: CO: We need to disarm the bomb
 
Action: The Del races towards the boarder of Cardassian space.  The power drain of the engines being pushed and the cloaking device is consuming matter (fuel) at a heavy rate.  The heat from the reaction in the main core is raising the temperature and the radiation in the compartment where the mains and bomb are.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Although I'd dearly love to use that clone to do it

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: A sensor ghost, we programmed several probes with our energy signature and send them out at multiple vectors. Let the Cardies chase ghosts while we make a run for it

CO_Capt_Kal says:
CTO: Set that up but wait to deploy until we have to drop the cloak.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: patrol ships doing a pattern search cloak is holding for now skipper

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO/CTO/OPS: Is there a way to cool off the mains?  Some way without dropping the cloak

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::grimly:: XO: This is the part of the job I really, really hate. ::hits her comm. badge::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::begins issuing the instructions for the probes::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
*ME*: This is Captain Kal, who is the officer left in charge down there?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::nods in agreement as her antennae wiggle::

ACEO_Lt_Trent says:
*CO*: Lieutenant Trent ma'am we are a little busy how can I help 

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: How long would a radiation suit help the person down there?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: rubs his forehead:: OPS: I`m not sure depends on the levels

CO_Capt_Kal says:
*Trent*: Lt, someone has to disarm that bomb, otherwise we don't have a chance.  Do you understand what I'm telling you, son?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
OPS: You might have an idea there.  What if we could beef up the radiation suit?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::sets the probes to take off from random points and in random multiple directions::

ACEO_Trent says:
*CO*: Yes ma'am I do :: long pause ::  Have OPS flood that compartment with nitrogen through the vents, I need it cooled down  I will be ready to enter in 1 minute

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain things are get a little rougher out there. The Universal Translator has just picked up 2 words that you really don't want to here.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: hears the COM:: CO: Doing that now Captain.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
*Trent*: I will. ::pauses and says quietly:: Thank you, Lt.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: And Captain those words were Tachyon and pattern.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: A good man there

CO_Capt_Kal says:
OPS: We have no choice, keep going straight for the border.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: Captain if we deploy the Peacekeeper if might buy us some extra time

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain if we keep pushing the engines into the emergency range it will make the main room in engineering hot enough to cook a human and probably won't make the bomb very happy either.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Captain, when the ACEO goes in he should try one of the suits we use for spacewalks and high rated for radiation.  We need to give him the best chance to come out of this alive

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::swears:: CO: Captain they just changed to a line search and are heading in our general direction

CO_Capt_Kal says:
CTO: If a small ship suddenly appears in this area they will know without a doubt that there is a cloaked ship.

ACEO_Trent says:
*CO*: Captain I am in.  Beginning to disarm now

CO_Capt_Kal says:
XO: I'm sure he has already put on the highest rated suit we have.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: nods at the CO and continues watching the patrol ships ::

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::listens and monitors her screen:: CO: Aye, Captain.  It's just that...::trails off::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: keeps pumping in nitrogen into main engineering::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
*ACEO*: Understood, Trent.  We'll have a medic team standing by for you. ::knows that there is little to no chance they could help::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: listens as he watches the sensors ::
 
Action: The Cardassians fire tachyon pulses from their forward deflectors at where the Del was when its cloaked weakened. They then turn in that direction and begin backtrack towards Gamma 7

CO_Capt_Kal says:
XO: Send a medic team down there to pull him out as soon as he is done.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
OPS: Keep pushing the engines as hard as we can while still giving Trent as much time to disarm that bomb as possible.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::watches the pulses:: CO: They are directing the pulses away from us skipper

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Aye ::sends message to sick bay to have a radiation and burn med team standing by to treat the ACEO::  Medics are on their way

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain we are still  4 minutes till the border.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Aye Captain and I am still pumping in the liquid nitrogen as well.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::a beep and a message:: CO: Ma'am, both medic teams are standing by at M.E.

ACEO_Trent says:
*CO*: Don’t bother captain, this guy was good.  He notched the casing so that our own mains could feed the bomb.  I have to repair the casing.  That means I have to use a welder and I can’t with gloves on.  I will get the ship fixed.  You get it to safety.  Trent out :: closes comm. ::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
OPS: Understood,

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::clenches her jaw at Trent's last comm. but says nothing::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: hears the COM and gives the CEO a silent prayer::

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::glances up at Kal, then turns her attention to the screen::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain permission to help with the interrogation of that clone when this is through?
 
Action: The mains show stable now; there is no trace of the bombs detonation signal any longer.  The computer warning activates "Radiation in main power returning to normal, medical emergency in main power. "
 
CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: hears the alert and lowers his eye`s in a silent prayer::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::hears the computer warning:: All: He did it.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
*Sickbay*: What's the status on ACEO Trent?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain main power is returning to normal and am showing a medical emergency in Main power.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::lets out a breath she didn't realize she was holding::
 
CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: watches the distance between them and the border close::

CMO_House says:
*CO*: Is this a class all captains take.  I hoped when we got a new CO they would stop sending incinerated or gelatinized patients to me, so much for my hopes and dreams.  This engineer could light a corridor just by glowing in the dark.  He had so many times the lethal exposure its making my scanner read tilt

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Ty think we can make that clone suffer like Trent did?
 
CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::grins evilly:: OPS: We could try

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Sounds like a plan and when we are done we can just space him while he is still suffering.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::doesn't even bother to answer House:: XO: I want Trent's full file on my desk and have a steward gather his personal effects to my ready room.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::antennae lay close to her head:: OPS/CTO: That clone deserves to endure the same suffering that our ACEO just went through

CO_Capt_Kal says:
OPS: ETA until the border?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: We could chop him into little pieces and throw him out behind us as a warning
 
XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::listens to an incoming comm.:: CO: Captain.  Seems that the Commander of Gamma 7 is demanding to see someone in charge

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: We are planning that right now Ma'am.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: He's saying it was not his fault

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: 1 minute till we are back in federation space.

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::stands up:: XO: Take over here.  AS soon as we are in Federation space, find a planet, nebula, a big piece of space fluff, I don't care what.  Get us behind it and deactivate this damn cloak.  I'll be in the brig having a discussion with this oh-so-innocent commander.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: swears loudly::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain if you need help just holler.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: Captain our sensors have been blinded. the patrol ships have fired on gamma 7

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Would that be considered an act of war?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CTO: The first shots of one

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: begins attempting to compensate for the sensor blind::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: starts looking for something to hide the Del behind or in so that they can de-cloak::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
OPS: Update Admiral K'Vas on what has happened.  If he wants us to start a fight we will.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CO: Aye.  ::stands, ready to move over to the big chair::

CO_Capt_Kal says:
CTO: Clear up the sensors.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
CO: Aye skipper I’m attempting to do so now

CO_Capt_Kal says:
::takes a quick look around and heads to the turbo lift, ordering it down to the brig::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: doubles his efforts::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Aye Captain :: sends a Report to Admiral K`Vas on what has happened::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: I am picking up a broad ban COM on all frequencies from the lead patrol craft.
 
Action: The Del has cleared Cardassian space and is near Volnar.  A Bajoran protectorate

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Sensors are online but Gamma 7 is space dust commander

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::moves to stand in front of the Big Chair:: OPS: Let's hear it

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: Aye Ma'am running it through the UT now. :: brings up the COM::

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: Note the time for the logs.  Unofficially, I cannot find much anger for Gamma 7 being destroyed.

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: We are in Federation space and I believe I have found a place to sort of hide so that we can de-cloak.
 
CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Noted and done Commander :: makes a note in the ships log::

Lead Cardassian Patrol ship says:
All ships in the area*: Any ship cloaked or uncloaked detected operating in Cardassian space will be fired upon.  We have detected craft working within our boarders using a Federation listening post to aide them.  So any and all ships are now to be treated as hostile.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
OPS: Then get us hid, Commander ::listens to the comm.::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Sounds like a declaration of war to me boss

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: Aye Ma'am setting course now for the hiding place. Shall I de-cloak once we get there.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO/OPS: Do they actually expect us to own up to that?  ::shakes her head:: OPS: Before we de-cloak run a scan to make sure we're hidden.  CTO: Commander, launch a probe, close enough to us so it can't be seen and give us away, but far enough away to give us an early alarm if needed

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: Ma'am I have a secure message coming for either you or the CO.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: Too bad we can't turn them onto those clones.  They could do our dirty work for us

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Boss, all vessels in the area have altered course to avoid he border

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Be nice idea

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
OPS: Route it to the Captains ready room.  I'll take it there.  CTO: Good, but keep an eye on them just the same

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Understood

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: Ma'am getting hidden from the Cardassian won't be a problem but once we de-cloak we will be spotted by the planet and while friendly there may be a few question so I will try and get far enough away so that it will look like the sensors may have missed us on our approach.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
OPS: Sounds like a good plan, Commander ::stands and goes to the ready room.  Stands at the front of the desk and turns the screen and angles it up so  it faces her::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
XO: Aye Ma'am rerouting now.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::taps screens controls and waits for the message::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:: keeps his eyes on the sensor feeds ::
 
Action: On the screen appears RADM K'Vas

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::keeps her face neutral::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: glad I’m not in command

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Once I get the ship in position to de-cloak you can launch the probe while we approach the planet.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: Understood, standing by for your command

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO; Not a good position to be in I will grant you that.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: this is one case I’m glad to be just a flunky

RADM K`Vas says:
COM: Delphyne : XO : This will have to be brief commander.  With the broadcast from the Cardassians you operations window has closed.  The Delphyne has 72 hours to destroy or capture and tow that station.  Federation patrol craft are being reassigned the will reach the boarder in 4 days

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: brings the ship into position and runs a scan for other ships in the area before de-cloaking::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: De-cloaks the ship:: CTO: Ship is de-cloaked you can launch anytime now.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
:; launches the decoys from both the fore and aft launchers:: OPS: Decoys away,

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
COM: Admiral K`Vas: Admiral, which patrol craft will be assisting?

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Roger once we are near the planet I will place the ship into a high orbit like it was always there.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: Understood. Decoys are running nice and noisy

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: Sounds good we may have to do some explaining to the locals but nothing that can't be handled.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: Can always say it was a sensor glitch on there part

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO: That is what I tried and make it look like but they may wonder why the rouse.

RADM K`Vas says:
 COM: Delphyne: XO : USS Allegany, USS Kyoto, USS Sahara, and the USS Cholon.  Are all assigned to aid since the listening post was so heavily damaged

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
COM: Admiral K'Vas: Understood, Admiral

Valnor Planetary Operations says:
COM: Delphyne : OPS :  Federation vessel identify yourself.

RADM K`Vas says:
COM: Delphyne : XO : Good hunting commander, K`Vas out :: closes comm.::

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
COM: Valnor OPS: This is the Federation Vessel USS Delphyne.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
::Outloud as K'Vas' face vanishes:: Good hunting indeed.  ::returns the screen and heads back out to the bridge:: CTO/OPS: Report

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*XO*: Ma'am we are currently in high Orbit of Valnor with decoys out.

Valnor OPS says:
COM: Delphyne : OPS : Understood Delphyne you have clearance for standard orbit.  Let your engineering department know that your transponder signal is failing; we did not detect you until you were almost in orbit

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
XO: Decoys away and running noisily

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: Good.  Any hostiles?

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::shakes his head :: XO: Noting as yet boss, seems we have a dodgy transponder

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
COM: Valnor OPS: Understood we are going to maintain a high orbit if that is ok with you  and we will bet ME working on that.

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
OPS: Don’t we keep meaning to get that dodgy transponder fixed?

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: You don't say?  ::antennae wiggle as she lets a small grin show::

CTO_LtCmdr_McQueen says:
::grins:: XO: bugger of a thing keeps going on the fritz

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CTO; Actually it was on the list. I guess we just haven't gotten to it yet.

XO_Cmdr_Llynisika says:
CTO: That it does, Commander.  That is does

Valnor OPS says:
COM: Delphyne : OPS : Noted in our database.  You will be holding high stationary orbit.  If you need any supplies our engineers will be able to supply them

OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
COM: Valnor OPS: Roger thank you Delphyne out. :: closes the COM::
 
Action: The Delphyne has managed to fool the Bajorans here that it was transponder trouble and not a cloak.  But with the operation time table advanced as it has been, it will take more than tricks to accomplish this mission.
 
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