"TALOR, party of five..."
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Stardate: 60298.1429
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
"Alright, almost done with reconfiguring the sensors," Rawyvin reported. A few seconds later, he looked up from his consul, and glanced at Maya through a bang of hair, and gave her a small grin. "Drum roll please..."
The Shillian scientist turned from her position to give Rawyvin a confused look. "I'm sorry?"
"Nevermind," Rawyvin grinned, and then initiated tapped in a few more commands. He raised an eyebrow, glancing at the consul with a curious expression. Everyone waited, holding their breath. Rawyvin continued to stare at the screen, silent. After his long silence, James finally cleared his throat. Rawyvin looked up, as if startled. "Sir?"
"You're report, Lieutenant," the CO reminded him.
"Ah, right," Rawyvin cleared his throat, and tapped two more buttons. He glanced up after a few seconds. "I'm not getting any reading out of the ordinary sir."
The CsciO looked crest fallen, wondering if she had truely imagined what she had seen. She could have sworn...
"No, wait... I have something," Seth amended himself. All eyes turned towards him. "I can't make out what we've got, but it appears that whatever it is, it's making the distortions a Romulan cloaking device would."
James spoke up. "Thank you Lieutenant. And good eye, Maya." The Shillain scientist smiled with a hint of pride. "Now, do we have any theories as to..."
"Sir?" Rawyvin inturrupted the Captain. Simmons looked up at him with a questioning glance. "Sorry to barge in, Captian, but we've got company."
"The Hirogens?" Dawson looked up. "We were expecting them."
"No, no just the Hirogens," Serrena said from her station, reading the reports from the scans. "At least three more unidentified vessels are approaching from different directions."
Simmons stood up in surprise. "Identify those vessels."
"Way ahead of you, sir," Seth called out. "Two Ferengi vessels moving in around the farside of the planet, and the other is Cardassian, this side of the planet," he said as he put the scans up on display. Almost in afterthought, he added, "And the Hirogens are now within range." The crew stared at the viewscreen, taking in the situation. "It looks like the party just got bigger," Seth noted.
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=/\= YET ANOTHER POST BY =/\=
Christopher B. Del Gesso
{christopher.delgesso@us.army.mil}
POSTING AS
Lt(Jg) Rawyvin Seth
Cheif of Security/Tactical Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
AND ON OCCASSION
Luke "Loki" Onison
Terrorist/Criminal Mastermind
Mordsythe - Freelance Agent
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