Host AGMDave says:
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CMO_Engstrom says:
::standing outside the briefing room, preparing himself to go in, glanceing around looking for the other officers::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::enters the main breifing hall on the Starbase and takes a seat::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::follows the CO in, mumbleing under his breath::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::enters the breifing hall and sits down.....a little nervous, but not overly::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::Straightens his uniform .... just before he sits::

Host AGMDave says:
ACTION: Admirals Bradley and Cramer enter the briefing room and sit.

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::enters the main briefing hall and sits down, a bit nervous::

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: entering the room qutiely ::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::pulls his uniform jacket around him, and sits down in a chair, glanceing at the panel::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::stands::All: This hearing is now back in session.  Captain Gabel, do you or your crew have any final statements?

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Adm_Bradley: I would like to take this time to address the board!

CMO_Engstrom says:
Adm_Bradley: I also have a statement for the board.

Host Adm_Bradley says:
Gabel: Don't be so emotional, Captain.  You may proceed.

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::Turns to his CMO:: CMO: Take your seat!

CMO_Engstrom says:
::is already in his seat:: CO: Where, Captain?

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::looks directly into the CMO's eyes::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::Turns and begins his address::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::wonders if he's supposed to turn to stone, and returns the CO's look::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Aloud: Admirals, as you well know ... this crew was placed into an unknown and dangerous situation.

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Aloud: I state, on the record, that this crew has performed its duty above and beyond the call of duty during this mission.

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Aloud: it is understood that regulations where broken, because of events that where out of the control of anyone's hands!

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::shows the room his poker face::

CNS_Fletcher says:
::Waits for the rest of the captain comment::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::wonders if the captain would like a tranquilizer::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Aloud: The blame for this travisty should not be pushed on one specific group of people as a scape goat ... but we all should learn from these

CMO_Engstrom says:
::contemplates an article he read on conditions inside penal mining colonies, figures he should have worked out more, those phaser drills are heavy::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
Gabel: Is that all, Captain?  ::thinks the Captain is still too emotional::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Aloud: and we should never forget the lives that were saved and lost during this adventure in terror!

CMO_Engstrom says:
Self: ::Mumbleing too quitely to be heard:: Adventure in terror? oh dear...

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Adm_Bradley: Admiral, SIr ... I am done!

CMO_Engstrom says:
Self: ::mumbleing:: No kidding.

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::pulls his top slightly down and walks back to his seat::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::looks over at the CMO and glares at him::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CMO: Lt. Engstrom, you had a statement?

CMO_Engstrom says:
Bradley: Yes Sir, If I may?

FCO_Jadahn says:
::hears a few words....his Vulcan ears finally pay off::

CNS_Fletcher says:
::Think ,Bravo captain bravo::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CMO: Proceed.

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::shakes his head, but prepares to listen anyway::

CMO_Engstrom says:
Aloud: The events which caused the undisputed breach of the Prime Directive that occoured during the duckblind mission were unavoidable.  As I have already testified, only intensive research would have allowed a defence against the inhabitants mental control ability to be developed.

CMO_Engstrom says:
Aloud: With only automated surverys of the planet having been conducted, the officers and commanders of the USS Titan lacked sufficient information to defend their crew, or to carry out the mission in such a way as the prime directive was not compromised.

CMO_Engstrom says:
Aloud: Under Federation Law, a person may not be convicted of a crime where the crime was an unavoidable result of military or Starfleet service.  I submit to this panel that this is one of those times.

CMO_Engstrom says:
Aloud: The service of those officers involved in this mission was exemplary, the exception being when they were under the control of a telepathic race, who's mental powers are as yet unknown.

CMO_Engstrom says:
Bradley: Thats all I have to say.

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::looks at the CO in hopes I get a turn::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::sits back down, ignoreing the glares from the crew::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CMO: Very well.  CTO: Lt. Madson, you had a statement?  You may proceed.

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
Adm Bradley: Thank you sir.

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::notices that Admiral Cramer is falling asleep and nudges her back awake::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::looks to CMO....thinks "I gotta give the Doc a high 5 after this"::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
Aloud:As one of the telapthic crewmen, I went through the terrible experience of being, "possesed".  From that I believe, that from the moment we warped into the solar system, the events that were to take place were, regretably, were out of our hands.

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::satisfied with the response from Admiral Cramer, he turns on his poker face and listens to the CTO::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::calmly::Aloud: And I plea to you, that your verdict be fair, and best respects the 120 lives that were lost, who were not only our fellow crewmen...but friends...and family.

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
Alound: That is all.  Thank you.

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::takes his seat::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::motions to the Admirals that he would like to contribute::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CTO: Thank you, Lt.  Counselor Fletcher, did you have anything to add?

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: wishs he had something to say in all this but sits and just watchs::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::Thinks to himself ... that this is a travisty of justice::

CNS_Fletcher says:
Adm: Umm Yes sir ::Stands up::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CNS: Proceed

CMO_Engstrom says:
::satisfied that the panel will judge according to their opinions, and honestly, and should the virdict go again them that there is always an appeals process::

EO_Be`Keth says:
::decides to stay quiet::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::Wonders how long it will take the CNS to get out of his seat::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::looks at the CO stirring in his seat, and contemplates the FCO, thinking about the benifits of vulcan calm as opposed to human emotionality in this situation::

EO_Be`Keth says:
::suddenly knows what to say::

CNS_Fletcher says:
aloud: Like what Lt Madson and Engstrom  have said We  were unable to control the situtation in a unknown area.The people that have been eaten on the Planet our the crew members lost because of a automatted miscaluation, They did not sign up for Starfleet to be eaten By "Primative "Peoplebecause of a probe,Now we have a few orphaned kids.

FCO_Jadahn says:
::thinks "wow..."::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::thinks the CNS might need to see a CNS::

CNS_Fletcher says:
Aloud :What are we to do with them ,sir?

CMO_Engstrom says:
::looks at the CNS and nods::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
CNS: Will that be all Counselor?

CMO_Engstrom says:
::feels like he should clap, wonders if this is a courtroom or a group counseling session::

CNS_Fletcher says:
Adm: Yes sir

Host Adm_Bradley says:
EO: Engineer BeKeth, you had a statement?

EO_Be`Keth says:
::looks at the Admiral and stands up::

EO_Be`Keth says:
Aloud: Admiral Sir, I just want to make this quite clear,

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: sits down::

EO_Be`Keth says:
I believe that there was bad information regarding the sensor readings on this planet/

EO_Be`Keth says:
In addidtion, I am not all that telepathic, but none the less it did affect me.

EO_Be`Keth says:
If I were to describe what I felt, I would have to describe it as a wonderful feeling of warmth besides the pain it did cause physically.

EO_Be`Keth says:
I believe that the pain was a type of.....mechanisim that permitted us to feel pain if we were bad and pleasure when we were good.

CMO_Engstrom says:
::thinks a spanking would have been just as effective, and far less bother::

EO_Be`Keth says:
As far as the people being eaten it wasbarbaric and not human

EO_Be`Keth says:
Aloud:  These people should not be alowed to become colonized by anyone simply because they are the cause of this hearing.

EO_Be`Keth says:
Aloud: Sir there was no way to know before hand that they were there.  It is my beliefe that they knew when we entered their system and there fore the prime directive does not apply to this circumstanstance.

CMO_Engstrom says:
::mumbles something about a certain general order giving captains permission to destroy all life on a planet should the inhabitants be found to have massivly broken the prime directive::

EO_Be`Keth says:
Aloud: There fore sir I believe that the captain did exactly what he had to do.

EO_Be`Keth says:
::sits down:

Host Adm_Bradley says:
EO: Thank you, Engneer.

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::tips his head to the EO::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::motions to the Admirals that he would like to contribute::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
FCO: Alright, Ensign ::stressing the rank::  You may proceed.

EO_Be`Keth says:
::acknowledges the captains nod::

FCO_Jadahn says:
Adm Bradley: Thank you sir ::stands::

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: can't wait to hear this::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::waits for the ensign to stop hyperventilating::

FCO_Jadahn says:
Aloud: I am, as you well know, an ensign.  I joined SFA and worked four hard years through it.  Finally, all my work payed, and I was promoted to ensign and assigned as FCO to the USS Titan.  After all that work, do you think I, or any other fairly new crewmember, would blow it all by doing such a thing as purposely violating the prime directive?.......

Host Adm_Bradley says:
FCO: Ensign, this time period is to be used for statements, not questions.

FCO_Jadahn says:
Aloud: And for our higher ranking officers....they worked for years to acheive the respect and honor they have.  They would not do that, with the intent to throw it all away.  They would uphold their beliefs and do what any loyal federation member would do.

FCO_Jadahn says:
Adm Bradley: Sorry sir, but I was not looking for an answer

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: sinks down in his chair he got demoted for not taking off a jacket , so called not following captain's orders::

FCO_Jadahn says:
I am sure no one would work so hard, with no criminal record, and then just do something completely unheard of to be done. Hard work pays off.  To not allow it to pay off, would destroy the entire point of the work in the first place.

FCO_Jadahn says:
Adm Bradley:  That is all, sir.

CMO_Engstrom says:
::coughs because's he's no spring chicken, nor is he entirely without a record of sorts::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
FCO: Thank you, Ensign.

FCO_Jadahn says:
::sits back down::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All:  all statements have been heard.  All evidence has been taken into account.

FCO_Jadahn says:
::wonders how much of the crew is annoyed at him...looks to the CMO::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::nudges Admiral Cramer awake again::

EO_Be`Keth says:
::hopes that her statement did not condem the captain::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::raises an eyebrow at the FCO and resolves to have a discusion of his past over a beer sometime::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All:  After careful consideration of all evidence and statements so presented, it is the judgement of this panel...

CMO_Engstrom says:
::looks at the panel and amends that too a beer in somewhere other than prison::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::waits patiently for the panel's verdict::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All: ...that due to the fact that the natives of Mirakin IV initiated contact...

FCO_Jadahn says:
::awaits the verdict, anxiously::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::wants patiently, but anxious::

CNS_Fletcher says:
::awaits::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All: ...and due to the fact that the telepathic powers of said native race were unanticipated...

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All: ...there are no grounds for any courtmartial of Captain Gabel or any of his staff.

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All:  However...

EO_Be`Keth says:
::lets out a sigh of relief::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::releases a sigh of relief::

EO_Be`Keth says:
::uh oh::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::REB::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::still calm and cool::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::feels the heat of his body competely flush out of him::

CNS_Fletcher says:
::there is always a however::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All:  The evidence shows that more caution should have been taken on all sides of Starfleet concerned; including Captain Gabel and his crew.

CMO_Engstrom says:
::thinks that the Admiral would make a good used car salesman::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
::bows his head in agreement::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All:  Starfleet procedures will be reviewed.  I have logged a recommendation to quarantine the Mirakin system until a defense can be developed.

EO_Be`Keth says:
::now breathes again::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All: The crew of Titan is hereby relived of duties for fourty-eight hours, or until new orders arrive.  Whichever comes first.

CMO_Engstrom says:
::feels like he should be clapping again::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
<relieved>

FCO_Jadahn says:
::looks around at everyone else::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
All: This hearing is concluded.

EO_Be`Keth says:
::in a complete state of shock::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::smiles::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::stands and bows to the Admiral, awaits orders from the CO::

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: thinks of were he is to put the orphans, I have to talk toi the station Counselor::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::another sigh of relief::

Host Adm_Bradley says:
::gets up and drags Admiral Cramer out of the briefing room::

Host CO-Michael_Gabel says:
Crew: you heard the Admiral ... everyone engage in your manditory leave!

EO_Be`Keth says:
::oh lord another vacation on Risa perhaps::

CTO_Scott_Madson says:
::stands up and leaves and heads for the Titan::

FCO_Jadahn says:
::leans back, stretches...then stands and nods to the Admirals::

CNS_Fletcher says:
:: stands and walks out so he can get to his office to get some PADDS before they lock it all up::

EO_Be`Keth says:
::takes off for the  holodeck stopping just enough to pick up her batleth and head for her favorite holoprogram::

CMO_Engstrom says:
::walks over to the FCO:: FCO: Remind me sometime to tell you that not all your fellow crewmates lacks a criminal record.

FCO_Jadahn says:
CMO: what would I have said? "Except for the CMO, he's just a screw-up"?

CMO_Engstrom says:
FCO: Point taken, and now I must be going before the CO finds me, I think his hearing is better than average ::whistles innocently and wanders out of the room::

Host AGMDave says:
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Host AGMDave says:
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