Live or die
Posted on Fri Jun 12th, 2026 @ 3:28pm by Captain Mira Rodale Lance & Lieutenant Betaras K'ner
1,087 words; about a 5 minute read
Mission:
Starbase 364
Location: MIRROR UNIVERSE
Timeline: Present
On:
{Harbinger, briefing room}
Mira rolled her eyes. “What did you offer her to get me to go down to Trillius?”
Sandman shook his head, sitting back. “I didn’t make any plans with her. She already had Jason by the time I contacted her. I asked about all the women that were taken and I asked about the ship. Look, Trills are different here. You’re either family or a client. Two kinds of Trills you are either a breeder or you’re an assassin. Assassins don’t have kids, they can’t or wont. Breeders are needed for the next generation to bring in more Assassins to the guild. They don’t live above ground, they live below. I am not really sure what that means, but all cities are below grown. Terran attacks everyone and they changed every race here. It’s probably been going on since the Terran left their home world.”
Mira frowned. “Family, client or contract. Why does she think we are sisters?” Mira raised an eyebrow at him.
Sandman shrugged. “It’s better than her thinking you are competition and out to kill you.”
Mira leaned back in her chair, slipping her soft soled boots onto the table. “problems is, I am a sister right now. But that could change in a heartbeat.” Mira frowned. “We get Jason back to the ship as soon as possible, then I’ll deal with Angel the best I can. I want to talk to the kidnapped woman. Who do they have?”
“Celesta.” He looks down at the PADD “Cambridge”
Mira nodded she remembered the Bajoran Science officer. Mira turned to Montgomery . “We will need to let Kevin know we have Jason as soon as he is on the ship. Any other plans?” she asked everyone looking around the room. “Ideas?” She asked them.
Awal answered, “I have a list of those going with us. HAZ team and security.”
Mira nodded. “Can we beam down without a problem?” Mira looked at the holo image of the planet. The location they had been given was blinking. “How do we know the Emperor isn’t just hovering around waiting to blast us?” Mira blushed, realizing what she had blurted that out. Blasted, she needed more sleep.
Sandman smirked, “that is possible. We are going on the assumption that the Trill here know what they are doing. They asked for help. They want to work with us so….” At Mira’s raised eyebrow he laughed. “You don’t trust anyone do you?”
Mira frowned. “I have been betrayed before.” She found a location on the planet and kept enlarging it to see the ground. “This was where my family estate had been located.” Her voice was sad. It had been destroyed by her brother and, in the mirror universe, it was just a mountain range close to the ocean. Flipping back to the area they would be landing, she saw very little. “That should be the center of the capital. Did they really build everything below?”
“From what information we have, yes. That should be an entrance.” Montgomery pointed. “Your palm print should activate it. Otherwise you will have to wait for an escort down.”
“As soon as we beam down, active shields.” Mira told Montgomery. “The transporters have been altered to detect the mirror universe bio readings?” Mira looked to K’ner for that bit of news.
K’ner nodded. “As similar as things are here, they are also precisely different as well, as bio-mass has a tendency to do over time in any universe. If anyone from here is beamed aboard, the filters will identify them and the operator will be able to adjust the destination to the secured corner near the pad.”
Mira nodded. She thought everything was covered. Still, she gave a little sigh. Just as she was going to add something, the ship’s computer announce Approaching Trillius prime.
Mira nodded. “We go armed and prepared for problems who knows this time we might not need it.” She gave a little laugh not believing that at all.
{Transporter room}
Walking in, Mira had black leggings and a black long sleeved crop. Her Mek’leth was attracted to her back in its harness. A blade in her boot, a blade at her one side and a phaser on the other. To cover it all up was a large black and grey sweater that came to just below her hips and hung off one shoulder with a hood that could be used to cover her auburn hair. She had pinned up most of her long curls but left one long braid hanging down her back.
The kids had been secured in the playroom under Zimia and Diana’s care with two Klingon guards and Vaytoc. A dampening field had been added to keep them safe. There wasn’t anything more she could do.
Looking at the transporter chief she gave a nod to transport them.
{Trillius Prime/ mirror universe}
The view was breath taking. They over looked the purple ocean in front of them and beautiful lush landscape behind them.
“Recent signs of attack.”
Mira nodded at the officer then forced herself to look away from the water. “It was probably the Emperor’s ship. I wonder when they stopped living above ground. Looking down at the tricorder she got the location they needed to go then started to head that way.
Down a long path that lead to a circular pad in the center was a small console scree a little larger then a hand size. She gave Sandman frown “this is either our entrance or a trap.”
He nodded. “Make sure we are all on the pad.” Once they had positioned themselves Mira’s placed her hand on the key pad. The circular pad dropped rapidly. Mira swallowed hard but managed to stay up right. The stop was abrupt and they were looking at a massive underground city with plants, waterfalls and a large amount of people walking a round a market place.
Blinking to adjust her eyes to the darker lighting Mira took in the seen before her. They really had built everything underground to avoid Terran attacks. Walking over to a 3D kios console she activated it with a frown.
Sandman stood next to her “here” he pointed to a larger court yard “that’s our meeting place.”
OFF:
Lt Beteras K’ner
Hazard Team Combat Medic TL-B / CMO
USS Chuck Norris
&
Captain Mira Rodale Lance
CO USS Chuck Norris
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