Shots fired
Posted on Fri Mar 28th, 2025 @ 6:17pm by Captain Mira Rodale & Lieutenant Betaras K'ner
Mission:
The days of our lives
Location: Orion space
Timeline: Present
On
{Beta Antares Repair Facility}
“What do you mean she isn’t here?” Her whole body leaning in towards her crewman as she spoke.
Vaasha frowned, definitely not wanting to tell her everything she had heard. The woman was going to go berserk and you know that old saying about killing the messenger? “She was here, then she wasn’t.”
Isbethal frowned. “Explain it, in greater details Vaas. I am not in the mood for games.”
Oh yeah, no one wanted to hear that tone coming from their leader. “It was reported that Captain Mira Rodale left on the IKS Knoktor..”
Isbethal shook her head, leaning back in her chair. “That’s not possible the Knoktor is in Klingon space, under the command of Ker.”
She waved a hand to the viewport. “The IKS Harbinger is right there. If Mira was going to get on a Klingon ship, it would have been that one! AND WHAT is Starfleet doing to that ship?”
Vaasha fought not to smirk. “It was reported that the ship wasn’t fit for her ah….. Mate.” She finished, surprised Mira had taken a mate. The fact that he was human was even more surprising. “The Chancellor wanted the head of the house of Antaak and her to join.”
Isbethal shrugged. “You didn’t see what I saw the last time someone thought it a good idea that Mira get married. I don’t think they have gotten all the blood out of the stone floor yet. She will deal with that.” Isbethal frowned. “The plan, not the floor. Tell me the rest. I can tell you are hiding something.”
Vaasha nodded. “They think she went off with you. Or, more precisely, you took her and her guards.”
Isbethal narrowed her eyes. “Did they say where I took her?”
“no”
Well, this was going to be a problem, Isbethal thought. Now, who made off with Mira and why?
“Where is Keven Lance?” Was her next question
Vaasha’s body lost some of its tension. “He went on a science mission.”
Isbethal huffed, “No way. The children?”
“With Thor.” Vaasha told her quickly.
“Interesting.” Isbethal purred.
{Revla Vlll, landing port.}
OK, Well, quiet had lasted for less time than she had hoped for. Mira fired her phaser again. “Son of a targ!” She cursed.
“Go, I’ll cover you.” Awal yelled.
“No! We go together or not at all. Besides, we don’t know what is in that ship!.” Mira added Just to get him to stop telling her to go.
Awal growled.
Mira glanced over at him. “You know, if you went, you could use the ship’s weapons to take them all out.” She could too but she might not be able to handle the Nausicaans, if there was any left on the ship.
K’ner’s voice lifted in Mira’s ear… “Be ready, you’ll have about 20 seconds to get inside. We’ll follow and secure the ramp…” then her voice got lighter. “Assuming we actually make it.” She didn’t think anyone heard that part, or the quiet laughter afterwards.
The blasts continued to sing across the short but exposed expanse, as Mira and Awal waited for whatever was going to happen. Nod and Deena were nearby, covering their flank, but paused suddenly and each threw something across the gap.
“3 seconds.”
The objects clanked when they hit the deck, rolling closer to the Nausicaans’ positions. The result seemed less than exciting as everyone counted down in their head. 2… 1…
Again, the muffled whoomfph seemed rather anti-climactic, that is until the sudden silence announced whatever K’ner had planned. A scintillating cloud sparkled and grew quickly, weapons’ fire ceasing as it expanded.
“WOO HOOOOO!” came from the west flank as K’ner ran into the open, moving quite fast and heading directly into the cloud. Just behind her was Kotsoo and Korra, coming just wide of her, forming a bit of a wedge just as they didn’t stop at the cargo canisters and barrels near the loading ramp, and pretty much just dove right into them… containers pushed and flying in every direction, as well as the stunned Nausicaans knocked to the deck.
K’ner touched something in her hand to one’s neck, then to another… Korra had continued up the ramp while Kotsoo seemed to be doing the same as Bravo’s TL, touching each body with something in his hand as well.
On the other side, Nod and Deena approached a bit more cautiously but still urgently, preferring to stay out of the cloud and putting hard elbows into the heads of the stunned opposition they came across.
Up on the ramp came another muted thump, followed by the edge of a sparkly cloud…
“Nod! Give me some focus on my 3-5.” That sounded like Korra inside as the Klingon roared up the ramp to support her, diving to the right as he cleared inside. Deena stayed low and moved directly behind him, out of sight.
Outside, K’ner and Kotsoo were heading across the ramp about the time Mira and Awal were heading up. K’ner tossed them a couple of small objects that looked a little sketchy, probably hastily put together.
“Last two… 3-second fuse!”
And then the duo were out of sight, shifting their suit skins to match the debris and cargo on the other side and moving to suppress anyone coming in from the main corridor.
Awol chuckled then grabbed Mira and ran. “We go now!”
Mira frowned, firing a few more rounds off from over Awal’s shoulder, taking out visual devices as they went.
He ran up the ramp of the ship, Vaytoc and Spike at their sides. Once inside he put her down and they both ran for the bridge, eliminating the few pockets of crew left.
Mira slipped into the pilot’s chair before Awol could. “Awol weapons keep everyone off us and disable as many ships as we can.” She didn’t want them to get followed.
Activating the controls her fingers flew across the console. Getting the engines on line and activating needed systems.
=/\= “K’ner let me know once everyone is aboard.” =/\= Mira told her.
This was going to be close! By all that is holy! Perhaps they should have planned more. Too late now. They had to stay unpredictable and 4 steps ahead of whoever planned ALL this!
K'ner and Kotsoo barely managed to clear the ramp as it closed, getting some flack from nearby impacts. Shaking it off, they both came to their feet and moved inward to help clear each compartment and deck.
=/\= “Go time!” =/\= came K'ner's voice.
Mira heard over the communications, she engaged engines and lifted off. “Hell yeah!” the ship took off with a little more power than Mira remembered it having. She grinned at the modifications. Of course, if they did have anyone in engineering, they would be yelling at the abuse to the engines but that couldn’t be helped right now.
She set course for Klingon space. “Activate cloaking device.”
“Engaged captain”
“Were we followed?” Mira asked, starting to relax a little now that they were in space.
Awol chuckled. “Two had tried.” Mira nodded, ok well that meant they would not be followed anymore. She gave a nod at that information and the crew that joined them on the bridge.
“Everyone ok?” she asked once they reported. She was happy they hadn’t lost anyone.
“Deactivate anything we might be tracked with, then check on ship supplies. I am guessing that’s was why they landed. Sell a few slaves, get supplies then who knows what next.” Mira guessed.
“Ship is cleared out, captain. No crew or food but there is bloodwine.” She was told by Nod in a triumphant voice.
Mira chuckled. “Oh good, we will live then.” She rolled her eyes then slipped off her backpack taking out what she had left as far as food, then she passed them over to K’ner. “Collect what everyone has then check the rooms for anything else. Then we ration. Should be 3 days.”
K'ner nodded and left the bridge.
Mira stood up cold and wet from the rain, she needed to change into something dry. “Awal, we stay on this course for an hour then redirect us to Federation space. What is the closest federation star base?”
“Location right now is Rigel A system, coordinates 8.51S 1.27E, Beta Quadrant. That would put Starbase 24 as the closest.”
Mira nodded, then smiled. “Dinner on me at the moonbeam club. I want a 20 lb steak and a bottle of whiskey. We eat, restock the ship then start a bar fight. We just need to leave quickly before security shows up.” She grinned at Awal.
“Someone will be tracking us. We will make it easy on them but not too easy or predictable. We skip the next station and move on to the 3rd station on our way to Earth.”
“What are you hoping to accomplish?”
Mira grinned. “I plan to be an unpredictable pain in the ass until I get want I want.”
Awal laughed. “So they will think twice before removing Kevin and the kids from your life or you become a loose cannon.” He nodded “could backfire?”
Mira laughed with him. “As if I care. They started the whole thing. They will need to fix it in ordered to get their plans on track. In the time being, we are going to get drunk, start fights and leave a trail of debris in our wake.”
“What if they demote you?”
“So?” she told them not worried at all. “That will completely screw up their plans for the Klingons and federation. They won’t know what I will do next. I could run off to the Rasmehlier house, challenge votes they need in the high command. Or just plan F up House of Duras. Possibilities are endless.” She gave a little shrug as she grinned at them.
OFF:
Lt Betaras K’ner
Hazard Team Combat Medic TL-B / CMO
USS Chuck Norris
&
Captain Mira Rodale
CO USS Chuck Norris
