Time to talk

Posted on Thu Oct 12th, 2023 @ 6:47am by Captain Mira Rodale

Mission: The Return
Location: Outpost 383
Timeline: Present

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{Outpost 382}

Kevin continued, “We haven’t tried to communicate with the Undine since we beamed down. Knowing what they want could be helpful.”

Bitting her lip, Mira thought about what he said. She had spent her life trying to see other people's point of view, but from what she read this race just killed the weak. Still, she was willing to try.

"We were at HQ not long ago. My team came here to get the comms running and to find the starfleet officers. Someone had taken parts off it to keep it from working. They did this as I was on the USS Chuck Norris talking to a man I have known since we were at star fleet academy together. Only he didn't recognize me. It's odd because I dated his best friend, and we were always in the same group. I am thinking now it was an Undine. "

"They wanted on our ship. When I told them we weren't a transport vessel, they ended transmission. When we came down, I fixed the comm console, and they attached us. "

K'ner was nearby, so she gave more of the story. "The Undine hit me with a mental attack. They seemed like they wanted to control me, but I am not a telepath. We did find out that they can debilitat me for a short time with pain. So I am a liability if they choose to use it. if that happens, K'ner take command and get our people safe. Those few moments could make all the difference. "

Looking at the crew, some looked as bad as she felt. " Alright, let's head out. I got a bad feeling. Like someone is watching us."

She started walking back where they had come from. "Lt Commander?" Rodriguez asked."Do you know what's going on?"

"I don't like not having information at my fingertips. " she sighed "Look we can't get hold of the ship with our Comms, but HQ here has an operational comm station. We go back, and we try that. The consoles there should tell us what's happening in space. "

She looked at K'ner. "I assume the relay was a new model?" At her nodded, she added,"then our comms will work down here, but with all the weapons exchanged up there, I need to know where the USS Chuck Norris is. She wasn't destroyed. The 4 shuttles in our 2 shuttle bays would be here, and we would have seen the escape pods. That ship wasn't designed for comfort it was designed for war. She will kick butt. Now I need information. If anyone is still alive here, they should be at the mess hall or the medical center. If no one is at the mess hall, check when the replicators were last used. That will tell us the last time someone was there. The people have to be hold up in one of those two places."

Rodriguez asked the question she was trying to avoid. "And if they aren't?"

Mira swallows hard but answers truthfully. "Then the Undine wiped them out. More than likely before we even got here. For all we know, this could all be a test to see how to best take out the federation. That's not happening on my watch, but first, we need some facts. "

With that, she turned to head back to HQ. hoping there wasn't another ambush waiting there. She didn't want to handle another blast. Her head still hurt from the last time.

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Lt.Commander Mira Rodale
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USS Chuck Norris