Captain Lewis
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Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
are we in one piece?

Captain Lewis
::on bridge::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::in Sickbay recovering from wound ::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::at science station with E Youdoit analyzing data::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::slaves Tac to FCO console::

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: ETA to Starbase?

Lt. McDowell
::hovering on an antigrav pad fixing something in the Bridge's ceiling globe whatever-it-is::

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::finishes Dresden's ear and sends him off::

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Three days, Sir.

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
Doctor : so how does it look ?

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
Dresden:  Take care of that.

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: at warp 5

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::walks over to Heinlein::  I think you can start walking on it now.

Captain Lewis
Ber: how is the downloading of that information coming?

Cmdr. Dresden
Heinlein: ::nods::::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Youdoit: catalogue the new metallurgy in this file

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
Doctor : good ...I am glad you could regenerate the tissue 

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::helps him up:: how does that feel?

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: and if we don't run into anybody else.

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cap: getting there Captain sill cataloging

Captain Lewis
Ber: good...

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
Doctor: Fine :::grimaces slightly :::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::nods back to Dresden :::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::scans event horizon of nearby black hole, just in case::

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
Heinlein:  I'll give you a few more hypos of pain reliever and send you on your way.  ::gives him the hypo::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
Doctor : It is a bit sore ...but we can expect that I believe 

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
Heinlein:  How do you feel now?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Mitchell: should we send in a probe to catalogue that event??

Captain Lewis
ACTION: SCANNERS BEGIN TO PICK UP SEVERAL VESSELS APPROXIMATELY 15 HOURS AHEAD

Cmdr. Mitchell
::monitors weapons and security displays::

Lt. McDowell
::nearly falls off his pad as he loses his balance for a moment::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::Hmmm, hold on::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::takes Hypo & looks at it :: Doctor: Doc not that bad ...I will use this if need arises 

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: If the Captain concurs....

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Captain: Were picking up some vessels about 15 hours ahead

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Confirmed.

Captain Lewis
Ber: can you identify?

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
Heinlein: All right.  ::walks over to her desk and starts the paper work on the Capt.'s healed arm.

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cap: not yet boosting signal

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::limps from sickbay to Quarters ::

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: I make out five vessels, Captain.

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::Enters quarters and takes a quick shower ::

Lt. McDowell
::sparks fly out of the ceiling globe, making some heavy noise on the Bridge:: CO & company: Sorry!

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::puts on fresh uniform :::

Captain Lewis
::looks over at McDowell::

Lt. McDowell
::mumbles to himself:: How many Starfleet Engineers does it take to replace a burnt-out Bridge light bulb?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cap: I'm receiving the power signatures now, analyzing................

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::walks out of quarters :::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::what the he..................::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cap: The power signature indicate Ferengi and...................

Lt.(Jg.) G Heinlein
:::arrives at the councilor offices and enters :::

Cmdr. Mitchell
<a mere figment of the scanners imagination>

Captain Lewis
Ber: ::Looks at Ber:: Ferengi and ????

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: Tholians !!!!!

Lt. McDowell
::lowers the pad and steps off of it. Walks over to his console and presses a button. The Bridge brightens by about 34%::

Captain Lewis
Tholians???!!

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Tholians??!!???

Lt. McDowell
::head shoots over at the sound of that::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::::starts to catch up on paperwork ::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: Yes, what they are doing in the quadrant??

Captain Lewis
Ber: looks like we need to find out.........

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: ETA to their position?

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: What would those web slingers want with the Ferengi?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Mitchell: good question, good question, boosting scanners..................

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: 14 hours at this speed.

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: increase to warp 7

Cmdr. Mitchell
{warp} 7

Lt. McDowell
::walks down to Mitchell, and hands him some fuzzy dice:: I found these in the lighting globe up there. You hiding stuff?

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: perhaps the Ferengi have set up a trade route through Tholians space...they may have been caught and are in trouble..

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, increasing to warp 7

Captain Lewis
Dresdan: the Ferengi are always in trouble...

Cmdr. Mitchell
McDowell:  Sure, I've been looking for those....  <G>

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Youdoit: keep cataloging while I concentrate on this little anomaly

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: Yes...it does seem they are the incorrigibles in known space...

Captain Lewis
::nods at Dresdan and sighs::

Lt. McDowell
Mitchell: Uh huh... ::walks up the stairs and sits at that little console behind the captain's chair::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
<Youdoit> Ber: Yes Sir, don't forget, you promised I could eat today, though.

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::Sighs looking at pile of paperwork to do in inbox :::

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: ETA in 1.5 hours

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::starts on the report of the rest of the AT's injuries::

Captain Lewis
::Nods at Mitchell::

Lt. Jg. Nim Ber
Youdoit: Well, we'll see, we'll see.

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: We do want to be cautious, though...Our ship is not powerful enough to overcome the Tholians alone...

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: when we are in range......go to red alert and open hailing channels

Lt. McDowell
::lightly taps away at the inundation of status reports that always come in from the (albeit punctual) bio-neural computer core::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::monitors NAV console and notes Warp is off by factor of 10

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Captain, revised ETA.... 15 minutes

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: ::nods:: yellow alert

Cmdr. Mitchell
{Alert}

Lt. McDowell
::sighs, and turns around to the Main Ship's Status readout. Starts typing out an article to Starfleet Engineering::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: They are scanning us. We have 6 Tholians and 9 Ferengi warships dead ahead

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::notes alert...starts closing files ::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Yellow Alert::

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::looks up and starts to prepare sickbay::

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: Talk about getting ganged up on.

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::Decides to move to Repair Station aft early ::

Lt. McDowell
::growls at that, saves the file, though it's empty, and walks down to his usual Bridge Engineering position::

Cmdr. Mitchell
ALL:  All hands, Yellow Alert, Yellow Alert....

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: Were receiving multiple signals, yet, ...............

Cmdr. Mitchell
All:  We will be going to Red Alert in 10, I say again, Red Alert in 10 Minutes.  This is not a drill.

Captain Lewis
Ber: clarify

Lt. McDowell
::reads over the usual ship's graphics that pop up::

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber: Yet??? speak up, Ber.

Cmdr. Mitchell
::10 minutes later.....::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: I'm localizing, seems to be only 7 ships out there

Captain Lewis
::whew:: Ber: well that's a lot better than 15 !

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::arrives at locker ::

Captain Lewis
Ber: identify..

Cmdr. Mitchell
ALL:  Red Alert, Red Alert... This is not a drill…

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::opens doors ::

Cmdr. Mitchell
{alert}

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::looks up again and continues to prepare for Red Alert::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: There is........OK, got it 4 Tholians surrounding 3 Ferengi Freighters

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber:  how do you account for the first false reading?  Or is this one false?

Cmdr. Mitchell
::monitors seven ships...::

Lt.(Jg.) G Heinlein
::prepares for possible casualties ::

Lt. McDowell
::shifts in seat::

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Where'd those two extra ships come from?

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: open hailing frequencies

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Dresden: the Tholians are using their tech to distort their signal

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: Hailing frequencies open sir...

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Aye, hailing frequencies open, Sir..

Captain Lewis
::Nods::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Dresden: It took a minute for the computer to analyze their signals

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::watches as role is taken and the status indication signal is sent to bridge showing a ready status :::

Lt. McDowell
::returns to his article to ST ENG::

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber: ::nods:: but which way are they distorting it?  Are they hiding ships, or trying to make us think there are more than there are?

Cmdr. Mitchell
::brings Geneva with in safe distance of the seven ships::

Captain Lewis
Ferengi Freighter: this is Capt. Lewis of the USS Geneva....what is the situation?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Dresden: There also appears to be a Ferengi Marauder there, The Tholians are holding them, using the web to ............

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Dresden: distort space making it hard to 

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Dresden: pierce with our scanners

Captain Lewis
<Tholians> these Ferengi's have stolen something that belongs to us and we intend to retrieve it.

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Those Tholians are so damn touchy::

Captain Lewis
::Looks around::

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: ::whispers:: recommend caution here sir...we also have a strong treaty with the Tholians, now...we don't want to tick them off either after all the trouble they've been.

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::sounds familiar::

Lt. McDowell
::while still looking at his screen:: Ber: Recalibrate for a polatonic frequency.

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber: Keep working on clearing it up to give us an accurate reading.

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
McDowell: that's what using, that was the problem, I'm on it now 

Lt. McDowell
::puts the file off to his side, and brings up the sensor diagnostic display::

Captain Lewis
COM: <to Tholians> This is Capt. Lewis....is there a way we can settle this problem without trouble?

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: My advice Captain, shouldn't we let them settle this matter between themselves?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: I have opened the web enough to communicate with the Ferengi, if you wish.

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: to be honest if they don't settle things........all hell could break loose....we need to maintain peace.....

Captain Lewis
Ber: make it so

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::OK, panel 3 key 35b::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::shrugs to Captain::  Guess we get to play space cops once again?

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: ::sighs:: you got it

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: It's open enough for comm not transport, though

Captain Lewis
Ber: OK .......

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: put on our signals and tell em to pull over...were going to write em a ticket..

Cmdr. Mitchell
::warms up the phasers, just in case...::

Lt. McDowell
(private computer message) Mitchell: Couldn't a compressed pulse phaser shot at a polametic frequency dismember the web?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Computer: give me a read out on the power consumptions out there, feed it to SS2.

Cmdr. Mitchell
Cmdr.:  Okay, turning on the warning lights.....

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::::notes the sense of anticipation on the ship as the drama , whatever it is unfolds :::

Lt. McDowell
Hmmm...we're missing something...

Lt. McDowell
::sends a police siren sound effect over the subspace comm channel::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Youdoit: monitor the consumptions, let me know of any changes like weaknesses in the webbing or weapons turning on, and the like

Cmdr. Mitchell
McDowell: Aye, we could, be prepared if Captain wants to follow that course....

Captain Lewis
ACTION:  AS THE GENEVA TRIES TO INITIATE PEACE.....THE THOLIANS CONTINUE WITH THEIR WEB

Cmdr. Dresden
CO: let's see if we can find out what it was that the Ferengi stole...

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::works on more paperwork::  ::sigh::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::Feels the rage radiating from the Tholian Vessels ::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Looks around for the PADD for the Captain to start writing out the citations...::

Captain Lewis
Dresdan: work on it

Lt. McDowell
::types into his computer's scratchpad (which is purged every minute):: Where's a spider-web defogger when you need it?

Lt. McDowell
::throws one of his PADDs to Mitchell::

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber: can you get a scan of the Ferengi ships?

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: their webbing can still be altered by subspace emanations. The Ferengi could escape if they created a bubble and would appear to vanish inside the web and reappear on the outside. It doesn't appear that the Ferengi know that.

Captain Lewis
COMM:<THOLIANS> Please stop your webbing of the Ferengi freighter...I'm sure if they have stolen something that belongs to you ....they will return it

Captain Lewis
Ber: ::with Ferengi only know one thing....

Cmdr. Mitchell
::catches the PADD and holds on to it for the Captain::

Captain Lewis
::Looks at Mitchell::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: Yup, whatever ::continues to analyze::

Captain Lewis
::looks at Ber::

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::Feels thoughts of fear and scheming from the Ferengi ships :::

Lt. McDowell
::to himself:: Welcome aboard the good ship Lollipop.

Cmdr. Mitchell
::shrugs, knowing that the joking had probably better stop.... soon::

Captain Lewis
Ber: see if you can open a channel to them and inform them of your findings

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::concentrating on computer readouts::

Lt. McDowell
::turns back around to his readouts, which he monotonously presses the Accept key to::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Capt.: OK, if you say so..............

Captain Lewis
Dresdan: you have the bridge...I'm heading to my ready room... I'm gonna talk with Starfleet on this matter

Cmdr. Mitchell
CO: Captain, do you rally think the Ferengi's have pushed it too far this time, or should they get what they deserve?

Cmdr. Dresden
Co: aye sir...

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::sets up carrier wave onto warp signature, enters normal space radiation and encrypts Ferengi math equation ::

Captain Lewis
Mitchell: if it were up to me personally......I'd leave them 

Captain Lewis
::heads to ready room::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Maintains distance from Tholian web::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::sends signal through web::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cmdr: signal sent

Cmdr. Mitchell
::tries to scan for something aboard the Ferengi ships, something with a Tholian signature::

Lt. McDowell
::watches the bulb that he just installed flicker out:: Oh jeez. An engineer is supposed to fix plasma conduits, not light bulbs! ::gets back onto his antigrav pad and pulls the cover off of the access way::

Cmdr. Dresden
Ber: Thank You..

Captain Lewis
::sits down and contacts starbase 245::

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::finally finishes paperwork::

Lt. McDowell
::taps on the bulb, which immediately flicks back to life again::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::brings the Geneva into circular orbit around the seven ships::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::what's this, power outages in engineering??::

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: Have you been able to find out what the Ferengi were supposed to have stolen?

Lt.(Jg.) G Heinlein
::consider how much paperwork has yet to be done ::

Captain Lewis
ACTION: THE FERENGI AND THOLIANS CONTINUE THEIR STANCE

Lt. McDowell
::right as his antigrav pad loses power and he falls to the floor::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
{#} McDowell: you getting power disturbances down there??

Dr.(Lt.) Landt
::sees no patients...gets out a book "The Vulcan's Lover" and starts reading::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::targets the Ferengi Marauder, just for practice::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Maintains Red Alert status::

Lt. McDowell
::looks up at Ber:: Ber: Considering I'm right here Nim, I don't think so.

Dr. (Lt.) Landt
::sees more paperwork coming in and puts down the book with a sigh and starts working again::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
McDowell: oh, didn't realize you were up there, what are these power disturbances, anyway?

Lt. McDowell
::gets up and files a report with Dr. Landt about his little fall::

Captain Lewis
ACTION: THE THOLIANS TRANSMIT A REQUEST FOR THE GENEVA TO STAND DOWN AND LET THEM FINISH THEIR BUSINESS WITH THE FERENGI

Lt. McDowell
Ber: You saw what just happened? That's the power disturbance right there, to my dismay.

Cmdr. Mitchell
::Notes the Tholian web is now 78% complete::

Captain Lewis
::still in Ready room::

Cmdr. Dresden
{#}CO: The Tholians are ORDERING us to stand down...

Lt. Jg. Nim Ber
Cmdr: the web is starting to affect our power generators, when they reach 89% we are going to have problems

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: I wonder what Rule of Acquisition the Ferengi have tried on the Tholians?

Captain Lewis
{#}XO: remind them of where they are and the implications if they continue

Cmdr. Dresden
(#)CO: aye sir...

Captain Lewis
(#}XO: Dresdan: see if you can get them to call a truce with the Ferengi while we sort this out

Lt. McDowell
Mitchell: Rule #73, "Never tangle with a Tholian spider who has lost profits".

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: May I remind you that the Tholians are not real easy folks to talk to...

Captain Lewis
ACION: THE THOLIANS CONTINUE THEIR WEB AND THE FERENGIS BEG FOR THE GENEVAS ASSISTANCE.....

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
::wonders if the object of the Tholian desire is a religious artifact ?::

Cmdr. Mitchell
:: notes that the web is now 81% complete::

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: I have no idea...:) open up a channel to the Tholians...remind them that this is Federation space and that we have all jurisdiction here...If they want an extradition, they have to deal with us.  Then tell them that they can either let us handle this, and retrieve their property, if it is truly theirs, today, or they could wait for Federation officials to get it to them...in about 3 months.

Captain Lewis
{#}XO: Starbase indicates there was activity with the Ferengi at one of their colonies.

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: Aye, sending message now....

Cmdr. Mitchell
::sends message to the Tholians.......::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cmdr: the web is absorbing more and more of our power

Lt. McDowell
::puts up dampening fields around the ship's whole power grid, though it doesn't do much good::

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: I recommend we back off 1000 k from present position.

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: Tell the Tholians that they are to stand down...we will be destroying their Web field in 1 minute...

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
computer: give me a readout of our shielding capabilities

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: go ahead and back us off and then target the Web...make sure we don't damage the Ferengi...they should have had enough power drained to keep them from running any time soon.

Lt. McDowell
Dresden/Mitchell: Phasers are set to disable the web.

Cmdr. Mitchell
COMM: Tholian vessel... Stand Down or we will interrupt you web construct.  You are in Federation Space and you are in violation of Federation treaties

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
<computer> Ber: losing shielding power at a rate of 5% every 10 minutes. We now have 80% shielding capabilities

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: Aye, retargeting main phasers

Cmdr. Mitchell
::retargets weapons at strategic Web sites::

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Computer: engage auxiliary generators and increase shields to 110%

Cmdr. Dresden
{#}CO: I recommend we destroy the Tholian web, sir...then we take charge of this situation and find out what the Ferengi have on board their ship...we can't make a clear sensor reading with the Web up and I think a strong play on our part will finish this problem quickly.

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Can you reconfigure phasers to disrupt the Web?

Captain Lewis
{#}Dresdan: if they don't cease in one minute....do it

Cmdr. Dresden
Co: aye sir.

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cmdr: Yes , sir, but shields will have to be taken to 80 %.

Cmdr. Dresden
Mitchell: okay, it's been a minute...fire on the Tholian Web.

Cmdr. Mitchell
Ber: Make it so....

Cmdr. Mitchell
{phaser}

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
Cmdr: go, sir, ready

Cmdr. Mitchell
Dresden: Firing phasers

Captain Lewis
ACTION: THE GENEVA PREPARES TO FIRE ON THE THOLIAN WEB......FIRING ON IT..THE THOLIANS BEGIN TO POWER UP AND COME ABOUT

Lt. (Jg.) Nim Ber
::uh oh::

Cmdr. Mitchell
::phasers strike the web at all strategic points

Lt. (Jg.) G Heinlein
:::hears the crackle as the power surges to recharge the phaser Banks :::

Captain Lewis
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