Abandoned

Posted on Mon Apr 29th, 2024 @ 10:09pm by Captain Mira Rodale & Lieutenant Commander Kevin Lance & Lieutenant Awal Kronnelti & Lieutenant Betaras K'ner
Edited on on Wed May 1st, 2024 @ 1:38am

Mission: Flux
Location: Chuck Norris
Timeline: Current

On:
{Bridge USS Chuck Norris }


Kronnelti going through protocols as he got an alert, he checks it out and somebody is missing on his sensors.

He taps his comms =/\= captain Rodale and commander Lance to the bridge =/\=

{Ready Room }

Mira pulled away from the hug. "We were both just on the bridge when he wanted us in here." she chuckled, knowing thier few stolen moments were over.

Kevin nodded and followed her to the bridge.

{USS Chuck Norris, bridge}

"Ok, now what happened?" She said with a smile, thinking it was just some new information."

My sensors are picking up one fleet officer, it looks like a pad recently been used and there's a massive amount of movement heading to the cave. Said Kronnelti

He sent it to both Mira and Kevin

"One of our officers? Who?" Mira asked confused "And what cave?" There were alot of caves in on this planet and who would leave the ship without permission?

"I left Lieutenant Walker and a security detail in the future to secure the displacer equipment and as a guarantee that Lucin would send the ship back," Kevin explained, "Perhaps one of them came back to the past to warn us about something."

It's the cave the protector was at when we got sent back in time said Kronnelti. Our officer is still there but the protector left.

Mira's mind was running a blank. "You mean Lucin is back in this time? That the gateway was opened and missed our chance to get home?"

Kevin looked at the display on the secondary tactical console. "There is only one humanoid life sign and its signature is very weak," he said, then looked up at Mira, "Whoever it is appears to be dying."

Mira hadn't been told how many people had been left behind. Even if it was one and they were in trouble, then they had to help. "If we can pick up their life form, can we beam them to sickbay? Then beam Lucin here now. All this trouble is his fault. It's time he answered for it and fix it."

Kronnelti watching the signature, it keeps coming and going. He catches the opportunity and takes it.

Captain one to sick bay, I'm scanning for Lucin now.

Mira relaxed just a little knowing the crewman was now in sickbay. "How many people....." She swallowed hard "was left to guard the equipment?"

"I left Haz Team Charlie with Lieutenant Walker," Kevin stated, "So, seven in all." Though he did his best to conceal it, the appearance through the dusplacor pad of only one crewmember was troubling"

Kronnelti was unable to find Lucin. The Protector must still be in the future.

=/\= "Medical to Bridge. I have Lieutenant Walker on the operating table." =/\=

Mira closed her eyes for a moment. She knew those people, and she had never lost anyone before on her crew. Wiping a tear quickly and then willed the rest to remain, she spoke up. "There is still the possibility that our sensors aren't picking them up because of the rocks in that area. It's a miracle we picked up Walker."

She blinked a couple times "Kevin get ahold of Tibre tell him his planet is overrun with Gorn if he wants them gone they are going to send us back or the next time they jump they will be dinner."

Keeping an eye on any possible signatures, it takes a while.

Captain somebody is running and stopping, it seems to continue he said.

Kronnelti locks on as it stops and beams this person right to the bridge.

The person energizes and instantly runs for any cover they can find.

The being that Kronnelti had transported to the bridge was a quadruped lizard about half the size of a human. It streaked across the deck and launched itself into the air, landing on the back of the duty flight control officer. The Ensign was taken totally unaware as the creature tore at her neck with its teeth. She gave a blood curdling scream as her body fell to the deck. The creature turned towards Mira with cold, malevolent eyes.

“Holy Cochran!” Kevin exclaimed aloud reaching to his hip for a phaser that was not there.

Mira reached behind her neck and pulled out her mek'leth. In her haste, the blade cut her jacket. "son of a targ," she cursed as she readied herself. This was a new hatchling? She moved, keeping herself between it and the crew as much as possible. She swing as it jumped as her taking off one of its arms but she ended up landing on the floor and it ran out of the bridge "red alert, Red alert Haz team we have a Gorn loose on the ship. everyone lock your doors."

Shit he said I thought that was Lucian, I'll take care of this as it's my fault.

It's gotta be hungry he thought.

Kronnelti ordered gack and made sure he got it to follow him to the escape pods.

{Bridge}
Mira picked herself off the floor. Slipping off her ruined jacket, she wiped her mek'leth off on it then slipped the mek'leth back into her scabbard on her back. "Well, we can send an arm as proof they are here." she told Kevin.

One of the crew was holding his jacket to the Ensign neck "beam them to sickbay then secure sickbay." The smell of blood would draw it there.

Kevin looked thoughtful as he said, "Gorns like live prey. The blood might attract it better than the gagh. If it gets into the ventilation system it will be able to avoid the locked doors." His expression turned to horror. "Oh, Good Cochran!" he exclaimed "What if it finds Kolar?"

Mira's hand went to her chest to rub the pain she was feeling away. Then, she tapped her Commbadge "Rodale to Zimia. Get a weapon out of my top locker. You know the code. Shoot anything that tries to come out of the air vent. "

She looked to Kevin."We can't put security in danger to protect one room. Track it on the ship sensor. Try to lock it in between force fields. We have to help our teams find and contain it." They were going to need more security in place.


{ H barracks }

K'ner stretched and held the pose feeling her muscles loosen, fiber by fiber. It had become more pressing to see to essential exercises, including the flowing moves that kept them all supple and smooth when they needed to move quickly and precisely.

"red alert, Red alert Haz team we have a Gorn loose on the ship. everyone lock your doors."

K'ner snapped to her side, rolling to her feet in one motion, almost falling into her combat suit on the end of her rack, another well-practiced motion that suddenly paid off. As she stood, she could hear others in the room calling 'green'... She smiled as she doled out assignments, getting the squad working in pairs. She'd take Lt Tela since her squad was on their regular duty-rotation; they seldom got to join up on operations so this should be a nice change for both of them.

Listening to the reports, the Gorn wasn't being very subtle. The teams reported in place as they held positions near key areas, mostly for the meaty targets the invader seemed to be going for but also the quickest intersections to be able to respond in a timely fashion. K'ner put off wondering how the thing got onboard at all as they tried to work out any pattern in order to predict its movements.




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Lt Betaras K'ner
Hazard Team Medic TL-B / Acting CMO
USS Chuck Norris

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Captain Mira Rodale
CO USS Chuck Norris

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Lieutenant Commander Kevin Lance
Executive Officer
USS Chuck Norris

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Lieutenant Awal Kronnelti
Chief Security/Tactical Officer