Host MikeH says:
<<<<<<<<<<<<Unknown Shadow, Part 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Host MikeH says:
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Resume mission>>>>>>>>>>>>>

TO_Havok says:
::takes a close look at sensors and weapons, now aware that he is currently in charge of tactical::

ACO_Knight says:
::Sitting in the Big Chair waiting for the preliminary scans of the planetary core to come in:: CIV: Mr. Oreck, would you be comfortable taking over Engineering for the time being?

CMO_Paith says:
::Steps onto bridge.. Hesitant::

CIV_Oreck says:
ACO: Yes, sir. ::remembering the old days when he had his own ship::

FCO_Dane says:
::at station:: ACO: 5 minute ETA to planet sir

ACO_Knight says:
::sees the CMO and smiles:: CMO: Welcome aboard Cmdr

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Very well...when we get there put us in a standard orbit Lt.

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: Thank you, sir. Commander Leriana Paith.... at your service...

CIV_Oreck says:
::walks over to the engineering console, thinking about going down to engineering::

CSO_Bishop says:
::enters the bridge and walks across the bridge to her Science post::

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: You're welcome.  Everything squared away in Sick Bay?

TO_Havok says:
::looks at the new CMO, full of shock:: Self: Where is Commander Jarek?

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Any signs of hostiles?

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: It appears to be. Dr. Jarek left things in order... and not much activity to warrant me staying down there...

CSO_Bishop says:
::begins her in-depth scans of the planet's core::

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Aye Sir.

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: She had to go in a hurry; her husband's injuries were severe

TO_Havok says:
::hears Acting Captain Knight and turns quickly:: ACO: No sir. I still can't get a fix on where that unknown vessel is either.

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: I see...

CSO_Bishop says:
::begins to pick up high concentrations of dilithium:: Self: Hmmm, interesting....

ACO_Knight says:
TO/OPS: Tie your scans in together...we need a Security team wherever it is on the ship

OPS_Ray says:
ACO/CSO/TO: I am boosting power to sensors

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Very good

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: Mr. Oreck, can we shunt power to the sensors without losing too much shield or weapon integrity?

TO_Havok says:
::nods:: ACO: Understood sir. ::turns to OPS:: OPS: Great. ; ::then looks at CSO:: CSO: Get a fix on it's location. I'm going down there.

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Make sure you have relief first Mr. Havok

CIV_Oreck says:
::remembers what he wanted to say to the acting captain earlier:: ACO: I believe so, sir.

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: How are those scans coming along Ensign?

TO_Havok says:
ACO: I shall sir. ::smiles:: I shall.

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: Good

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Just making sure ::grinning back::

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: Can I help with anything up here...?

CIV_Oreck says:
::looks over the readings from engineering and starts working on rerouting power::

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Very well Sir.... I'm picking up a huge amount of dilithium in the planet's core...

CSO_Bishop says:
TO: Yes, Sir....

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: We're trying to find out why the core of this planet up ahead was affected ::trails off as he hears the CSO::

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: keep on it Ensign

TO_Havok says:
::taps commbadge:: *Security Team Alpha*: Security Team Alpha. Meet in the Weapons locker. I will be there with further instructions. Havok out.

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Coming up on the planet slowing down to impulse ::taps the controls and start to bring the Triton into orbit of the planet::

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: For now, if you'd like to familiarize yourself with the medical station up here that would be fine…

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Aye Sir... I also have something else...

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Excellent

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: What is it?

CSO_Bishop says:
::configures her scans a little further:: ACO:.....It's....ummm....hang on......

CMO_Paith says:
::smiles:: ACO: Medical station? I thought bridges only came equipped with medkits? ::walks off to hunt it down::

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: why would dilithium deposits be so important?

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Something along the lines of a mining colony, Sir...

TO_Havok says:
::looks at the data on his console:: ACO: Captain. There is weapons residue on the planet surface.

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: we're working on this puzzle backwards Mr. Ray ... We'll find out soon enough

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: A mining colony?

TO_Havok says:
::frowns:: ACO: It appears to be plasma fire.

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Cmdr. Can you give Ensign Bishop a hand?

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Apparently so, Sir.

ACO_Knight says:
TO: What... How recent?

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: How big of one?

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: Of course... ::heads to science after repacking the inspection of the medkit::

TO_Havok says:
::looks at findings:: ACO: Within the past few days, sir.

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Thank you...TO: Can you get a fix on what sort of plasma weapons?

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Keep a sharp eye out Lt.  I don't like this one bit

TO_Havok says:
::remembers a few types from studies:: ACO: I need a moment. ::taps the console::

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: From their log reports... about 250 people...

CIV_Oreck says:
::Frowns at a reading and decides to head down to engineering to check it out::

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Yes sir, ready to step on the accelerator on a moments notice.

CMO_Paith says:
::Sits over at Science 2 and brings in the sensor findings:: CSO: Mind sharing some data on what we're looking over?

CSO_Bishop says:
::looks at the CMO and smiles shyly:: CMO: Not at all.....::patches through her data to science 2::

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: Did they hit a rich vein of dilithium or had they just begun

CIV_Oreck says:
::goes over to the turbolift and gets on:: Computer: main engineering

TO_Havok says:
::frowns at the console:: ACO: The residue is so faint. I can't get an exact determination. We might have to get closer. Really close.

CMO_Paith says:
CSO: What have you been looking for so far?

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Understood Ensign

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: I am checking on that now....

OPS_Ray says:
CSO: try a passive radion scan

CSO_Bishop says:
CMO: I'm scanning the planet's core and the surface....

ACO_Knight says:
ALL: We're getting answers here, but we need to begin working out why it would have anything to do with the LP

Host MikeH says:
ACTION:  the Triton suddenly powers down and the bridge goes black

CSO_Bishop says:
::straightens in her seat:: Self: What the....?

ACO_Knight says:
::looks around:: Self: What the?

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: The dilithium is a good supply of money... ::Looks around as the bridge power dies::

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: activating emergency lighting

TO_Havok says:
::looks around... takes his phaser from its holster::

CIV_Oreck says:
::yells at an ensign:: *ACO* Checking on it now.

FCO_Dane says:
Self: What now...

ACO_Knight says:
ALL: I have a feeling we just found out what happened to the LP...now we need to find out how the heck to get powered back up

Host MikeH says:
ACTION:  a soft glow of light appears near the viewscreen with a figure standing in a cloak

TO_Havok says:
::can empathically sense some of the frustration... getting irritated by it::

CSO_Bishop says:
:: gets a chill from seeing the shadowy figure::

ACO_Knight says:
::sees the cloaked figure from the ship:: Cloak: What is it now?

TO_Havok says:
::points phaser at the cloaked figure:: Cloak: Identify yourself!

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Mr. Havok, stand down, but keep your phaser handy

OPS_Ray says:
ALL: I didn't activate a hailing frequency

ACO_Knight says:
ALL: This is the being that I had contact with earlier when I went to the RR

TO_Havok says:
::lowers his phaser a little:: ACO: Aye sir.

Host MikeH says:
ACO:  you have now in your possession one piece of the puzzle

FCO_Dane says:
::stays sitting, one of the closer people to the figure::

ACO_Knight says:
Cloak: One piece?  How many are there?

CMO_Paith says:
::wonders if this is routine mission work on the Triton::

Host Cloaked says:
ACO: now with the info you have gain the next piece

ACO_Knight says:
::nods to FCO and motions her to stay seated::

CIV_Oreck says:
 CIV_Oreck: ::looks at the useless console in main engineering:: Self: Well so much for computers. ::starts yelling at the engineering officers to check different thins::

Host Cloaked says:
ACTION:  the Bridge blackens again and then Triton powers up

CSO_Bishop says:
:: looks at the ACO and then to the cloaked one::

Host Cloaked says:
ACTION:  the cloaked figure is gone

ACO_Knight says:
::Self: Here we go again:: TO/OPS/CSO: I want anything we can get on that being......search all known data banks......I'm getting tired of this

CMO_Paith says:
::runs an internal ship scan to see if there's anything amiss::

CSO_Bishop says:
::turns to her station and begins to recalibrate what she'd been working on::

ACO_Knight says:
TO/OPS: Was that some form of attack...did your sensors indicate anything at all before we lost power?

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: So we have the first piece, I guess we should find out what that piece is?

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Talk about a fancy entrance and exit. I couldn't even sense his presence. He must be some sort of telepath himself. Or some advanced form of life.

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: already on it

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Now you all know how I felt when I saw him on his ship

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Good work

TO_Havok says:
::walks to his console:: ACO: Weapons and shields are normal. Everything seems to be restored. It's as if he was never here.

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: Nothing amiss inside the ship... however the ship chronometer indicates that time seemingly froze...

CSO_Bishop says:
:: wonders what the figure was to begin her search ::

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Scan our biosignatures too

CIV_Oreck says:
::checks the now working console, to see the reading corrected, growls::

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: I can confirm that, Sir.... no time has passed since the Triton shut down.

ACO_Knight says:
TO: I figured that was going to be the answer

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: The entire ship, or just the bridge crew?

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Just us for now Dr.

CIV_Oreck says:
Ensign: I'm going back to the bridge. ::heads back to the turbolift::

ACO_Knight says:
ALL: Okay, he said that we now have enough to move to the next piece of the puzzle, only problem is what piece?

CMO_Paith says:
::Scans the bridge personnel... and compares their signatures to those in their medical files::

CSO_Bishop says:
:: begins to scan the bridge by running a temporal thermal scan to see if she can detect the beings signature::

CIV_Oreck says:
::mumbles to himself on the turbolift::

TO_Havok says:
ACO: I might be on the ship. Or on the planet.

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Say again Ensign?

Host Cloaked says:
ACO:~~~~~~~~~~Let your thoughts guide you actions~~~~~~~~~~~~

TO_Havok says:
ACO: There might be something on this ship. Or something on the surface of the planet.

OPS_Ray says:
*CIV*: please run a scan of all power to the communications array

ACO_Knight says:
::knows the answer is staring them in the face ...hears the cloaked figure::

CIV_Oreck says:
::steps back onto the bridge, looks around:: OPS: Right.

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: We all appear to be who we were at last physical....

ACO_Knight says:
::Shaking his head:: TO: Thank you Mr. Havok

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Your welcome sir. ; CSO: Get a fix on the source of what is on the ship?

CSO_Bishop says:
:: reads over the data from her temporal scan..... then hears the TO::

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Ok, another thing normal…

CSO_Bishop says:
TO: Nothing yet, Sir....

TO_Havok says:
::nods to the CSO:: ACO: Sir, with your permission, I'd like to prepare security team beta for a possible away mission.

CIV_Oreck says:
::runs the check on communications::

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: If you call time being frozen but us not, normal...

OPS_Ray says:
::runs multiple scans for any data on the region, possible beings of the nature, and the planet::

ACO_Knight says:
::It hits him like a phaser:: CSO: Scan the LP now

ACO_Knight says:
OPS/CIV: Divert all the power she needs to scan that LP

CSO_Bishop says:
::hears the urgency in his voice:: ACO: Aye Sir....::begins to scan the Listening Post::

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Sir?

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: Mr. Oreck, Is that planet draining our energy reserves in any way?

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Yes Mr. Havok?

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: yes sir

TO_Havok says:
::nods to the CSO:: ACO: Sir, with your permission, I'd like to prepare security team beta for a possible away mission.

CIV_Oreck says:
::checks the console readings:: ACO: No, sir.

ACO_Knight says:
::nods again:: TO: Go ahead, but let's see what these scans of the LP turn up

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: I'm detecting plasma weapons fire on the Listening Post, Sir!

CIV_Oreck says:
::reroutes a little more power to sensors::

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Red Alert.........FCO: Best possible speed back to the LP

TO_Havok says:
::smiles:: ACO: Thank you sir. ::walks to tactical console:: *Sec Team Alpha*: Until I give you further orders, search the ship with tricorders. Find anything out of the ordinary... report to me or science immediately. ::slaps the red alert button::

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Yes sir ::takes the ship out of orbit and immediately jumps to high warp::

CSO_Bishop says:
::turns in her seat:: ACO: Sir... the weapons signature is Klingon.... and Romulan....

TO_Havok says:
*Sec Team Beta*: Prepare for possible away mission. Get your gear together and read up on the planetary environment. I don't want any surprises.

CIV_Oreck says:
CSO: What life signs?

TO_Havok says:
::hears the CSO:: CSO: That's it! Plasma torpedoes. They must have been in a battle or something.

TO_Havok says:
::folds brain back to his tour of the Romulan Warbird 12 years ago::

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: No more coming out a safe distance...get us there...  TO: Scan for active tachyon or neutrinos...there has got to be a cloaked ship here somewhere or there

CMO_Paith says:
TO: Anyway to check to see where the weapons fire originated based on the possible trajectory of the impact

TO_Havok says:
::fingers quickly press the console... his eyes light up like plasma grenades:: ACO: LRS has just picked up a ship's trail. Yeehaw!

CSO_Bishop says:
::looks to the TO:: TO/ACO: The weapons fire was inside the Listening Post..

CMO_Paith says:
CSO: Inside?

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Lock onto it...send it to Lt Dane...let's go see what we're up against

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Look what we have here Captain. The signature is Ferengi. Things are getting stranger and stranger.

CSO_Bishop says:
CMO: Yes.

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Shall I follow that ship sir?

CMO_Paith says:
CSO: Strange...

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Ferengi?  FCO: For now Lt

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: I'm transferring power to shields, weapons, and engines

TO_Havok says:
::locks on to the signature and forwards it to the FCO's station:: FCO: Special delivery.

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Very good

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Large ears, bad teeth, and ugly women. That's Ferengi all right.

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Last time we met the Ferengi we about died

FCO_Dane says:
::adjust there course to follow the ship::  ACO

CMO_Paith says:
TO: Profiteering in the dilithium, I wouldn't hesitate to guess...

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Following sir but they'll notice us soon I'm sure

ACO_Knight says:
FCO:  I'm counting on it Lt. Let’s see what they're playing at

Host Cloaked says:
ACTIONS:  a ship decloaks next to the Triton and speeds toward the Ferengi ship

TO_Havok says:
ACO: Last time you met the Ferengi, you didn't have me.; CMO: I bet they are. I don't like the Ferengi. They have no honor.

CIV_Oreck says:
 ::starts working on rerouting the power::

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: ship decloaking off the port bow!!

ACO_Knight says:
::Sees a ship decloak:: TO: get me info on that ship now!

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: I see them; let's find out who they are

TO_Havok says:
::turns to the console... eye posted on the sensors::

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: Should I hail them?

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Scan for life signs in that new ship Cmdr.....let's see what's going on

FCO_Dane says:
::increases speed towards ship, wants to get there first::

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Open a hailing frequency

CMO_Paith says:
::Fingers skip over sensors trying to grab more details on the ship::

TO_Havok says:
ACO: That ship isn't listed in our database. It might be the cloaked figure's ship.

OPS_Ray says:
::opens a channel::

ACO_Knight says:
TO: It certainly might be...the technology I saw would allow him to stay undetected

Host Cloaked says:
ACTION:  Unknown ship speeds up to warp 10 and heads toward the Ferengi vessel

ACO_Knight says:
COM: Unknown Ship:  This is Captain Knight of the USS Triton.... Please identify yourselves

CMO_Paith says:
::frowns:: ACO: No lifesigns being detected,....

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Get us there Lt; max warp

CIV_Oreck says:
::shakes his head:: self: I don't like this.

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: no response

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: Nothing at all?

ACO_Knight says:
CMO: What about a non-carbon life form?

CMO_Paith says:
ACO: No carbon-based life... rescanning for non-carbon-based...

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: They just went warp ten.... nothing we have can come close to that...

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Get us there best possible speed

CIV_Oreck says:
ACO: I suggest we forget about pursuing the Ferengi and see what we can find out on the post.

Host Cloaked says:
ACTION:  The LP suddenly implodes on itself

CMO_Paith says:
::Looks over at the ACO surprised:: ACO: No non-carbon-based life either.... Must be automated.. By the way, did you say you were telepathic, Captain?

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: You may be right Mr. Oreck......

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: the Ferengi may want to talk

CSO_Bishop says:
::nearly jumps watching the LP implode::

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Increasing to max cruising speed.

Host Cloaked says:
ACTION:  The Unknown ship fires on the Ferengi vessel disabling it's engines and weapons

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Understood

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: What happened to the LP Ensign?

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: the Ferengi may want to talk

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Open a hailing frequency

TO_Havok says:
::looks at sensors:: ACO: There's weapons fire sir. The Ferengi vessel has been disabled.

CIV_Oreck says:
::frowns thinking about the puzzle in his head, Dilithium core, plasma fire, Klingon, Romulan weapons fire, Ferengi ship:: Self: Something is missing here.

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: It imploded on itself, Sir...

ACO_Knight says:
TO: Analyze that fire...does it match that on the surface of the planet?

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: on it. ::opens all frequencies::

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: Scan the area for wreckage Ensign

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Most peculiar.... I'm trying to figure out why now....

CSO_Bishop says:
ACO: Aye Sir....

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: Mr. Oreck, you look as if something is bothering you

TO_Havok says:
::looks at sensors:: ACO: No sir. The weapons signature is unknown. ::smiles:: Just like everything else.

ACO_Knight says:
CSO: You're doing fine Ensign

Host Cloaked says:
<Ferengi Ship>  Comm: Triton:  We surrender, we surrender!!!!!!

Host Cloaked says:
<Ferengi Ship>  Comm: Triton:  We surrender, just stop firing at us

CSO_Bishop says:
::grins shyly at the ACO and nods::

CIV_Oreck says:
ACO: It's this whole thing, Three and probably a fourth race involved in this whole thing, depending upon who was firing the weapons on the post.

OPS_Ray says:
ACO: that was quick

ACO_Knight says:
COMM: Ferengi Ship:  This is the USS Triton...We aren't firing on you

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: It sure was

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: Go on Mr. Oreck

FCO_Dane says:
ACO: Might as well stop and help the Ferengi we will never catch the other ship, not in  a million years.

ACO_Knight says:
FCO: Agreed Lt…Bring us to them

CMO_Paith says:
FCO/ACO: If the Ferengi have irritated our invisible friends we may appear targets to them as well

TO_Havok says:
::tries to think of why Romulans would be in the area, of course they would fight the Klingons, but why here?::

ACO_Knight says:
COMM: Ferengi Ship:  Why would we be firing on you?

CIV_Oreck says:
ACO: Why Klingons and Romulans? And why the Ferengi ship? The other thing I don’t' like is this fourth party, claiming to help us. They could be in it for their own personal reasons.

FCO_Dane says:
::brings the ship out of warp off the bow of the Ferengi ship::

TO_Havok says:
::makes sense of the data on his console:: ACO: Sir. Scans from the Ferengi ship reveal a large amount of unprocessed dilithium.

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: The cloaked figure definitely does

ACO_Knight says:
TO: That doesn't surprise me

CMO_Paith says:
TO: That surprises you?

TO_Havok says:
::looks at the two with Vulcan like posture:: ACO, CMO: I stated no surprise.

CSO_Bishop says:
::hears the TO:: Self; Those little thieves

ACO_Knight says:
COMM Ferengi:  What are you doing with unprocessed dilithium ... wouldn't have just mined it?

CMO_Paith says:
TO: Right, Mr. Havok... it was in your voice...

Host Cloaked says:
<Ferengi Ship>  Comm: Triton:  We were just doing what we were paid to do Captain

ACO_Knight says:
OPS: Make sure you're recording this ::Whispers::

CIV_Oreck says:
::thinks aloud:: Self: Who was running the mining operation? The Klingons or the Romulans. The Ferengi’s steal it and blame someone else. ::Shakes his head::

CSO_Bishop says:
::wonders who paid them::

OPS_Ray says:
:: nods::

ACO_Knight says:
COMM: Ferengi ship: Paid to?  By whom?

CIV_Oreck says:
ACO: What exactly were they paid to do?

TO_Havok says:
::whispers:: ACO: Sir. I think the cloaked figure might be protecting the planet. The planet may be its own.

ACO_Knight says:
CIV: If they don't let it slip that's my next question

TO_Havok says:
Self: We may need to go to the surface.

Cloaked says:
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