" Overview "
(Previous Post was Lisa’s " A Cold Day In Hell ")
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Stardate: 60298.1432
Setting: USS ANUBIS: Array Section, Deck A-4, IGC
The young woman watched with growing concern the tactical display that she had requested to appear on the main view screen. A transparent sphere which represented TOLAR IV hung in the middle of the large rectangle while the icons representing each of the new ships that had arrived were displayed in their currently relative position… needless to say that the screen seemed overly busy for a planet that had been of no interest to anyone not all that long ago.
The icon identifying the Cardassian Galor-Class Destroyer hovered on 1 side of the transparent sphere while the 2 Ferengi High-Marauder heavy cruisers stood motionless on the other side, having elected to establish a standard orbit away from the single Cardassian vessel. Although the Ferengi possessed a combined firepower that far exceeded that of the older Cardassian battleship, it had been easy to figure out that the 2 DaiMons had seen no profit in confronting the ship designed for combat… at least not for the time being. It seemed that the tactic employed by the Cardassian Gul had been successful, but for how long.
On 1 of the smaller screens, the redheaded woman kept track of the Hirogen Venatic Class Tracker which continued to make its way to the planet… the way they would react to seeing the Cardassian and the Ferengi there was anyone’s guess, but the young woman suspected that it would not be a peaceful meeting. As if all of this had not been sufficient, the sudden appearance of an Orion High Warp Scout ship meant that the Orion Syndicate had somehow gotten itself involved in this story, something that could only mean more problems in the long run.
On another of the smaller screens, the young woman currently in charge of the ICG kept track of the ILO’s progress and the reality of their situation… they were no longer alone on the planet having been joined by 3 away teams beams down from the Cardassian ship. Since each team had been comprised of 4 officers, this mean that Enaii and Nikita had been outnumbered 6 to 1, the young woman not willing to count the man who had brought them here as being either a friend or foe for the time being. Lukily for the ILO and her body guard the CAPITAL VENTURE and the Marines that were onboard were only 18 minutes away… unfortunately which meant that they would be arriving *after* the Hirogens and Orion making the situation that much more complicated in orbit.
They would need to come up with something to change this… but what?
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Stardate: 10298.1433
Setting: USS ANUBIS: Bridge
Although the bridge personnel of the USS ANUBIS did not have access to the sophisticated equipment that the ExO currently had at her disposal, each and every member of the senior staff currently on duty knew what was happening. Each station focussed on a particular aspect of the problem that they were dealing with, trying to come up with a solution that would not reveal their presence to any of the ships present or on their way.
“This Mind Stone must be something huge… the Cardassian should have noticed the Hirogens by now and they have not made any move in that regards.” The Sec/Tac officer announced, sounding a little puzzled about the lack of interest shown by that ship and its crew. Taking into account the reputation of these hunters, a pair of Hirogen hunters should be able to match all 12 of the Cardassian soldiers who had been sent to the planet.
“What we need is a way to give our Marines the chance to get here before its too late… any suggestions?” The CO inquired, the only option that he had come up with at the moment having been to make the ANUBIS’ presence known and divert everyone’s attention onto them, including those vessels currently in orbit… an option that was a very unpleasant one… for obvious reasons.
“We need to give the approaching ships something to focus on other than the planet.” The CEO offered, pointing out the obvious.
“Maybe we could modify the main deflector to emit some sort of radiating field that would draw everyone’s attention to it… but we would have to turn the ANUBIS around and that might give our position to the ships in orbit. I mean all that we would need to do is to delay the 2 approaching ships for a minute or so to give the CAPITAL VENTURE the time it needs to get here first but letting the others know that we are here will not help us any. Another option might be to use the warp nacelles to saturate the area between the ships and the planet with ionized particles that would hinder sub-light propulsion systems for a short period of time… long enough to give our troops time to take the lead, but that may interfere with our own need to escape should things get hairy with the Cardassians and Ferengi… so I guess that the plan is not such a good one.” The CSciO offered in a single breath making the rest of the bridge staff take a moment to assimilate all that had been said.
“I think that our best bet is to turn each of the ships against each other. The Cardassian have already contacted and warned the Ferengi to stay away, but what if the Cardassians also warned the Hirogens and Orions, or the Orions and Hirogens warned each other to stay away?” The Ops officer proposed, not realy certain as to how this plan would be implemented.
“Could we do that? I mean fake a signal from either the Cardassian, Hirogen or the Orions.” James keenly inquired, the idea having a great deal of merits. If the ships were busy with each other, the CAPITAL VENTURE would have more time to arrive and beam their own people down where they would be able to do the most good.
“We do have the communication specifications of each of those races on file… but how would we transmit the signals so that each ship would believe that it did come from the other?” The half Human, half Romulan Chief of Operations queried, looking back at the CO and the rest of the bridge crew.
“I might have a way to pull that rabbit out of the hat.” David announced as he looked down at his instruments, the wheels in his head visibly working overtime to come up with a solution to this unique problem.
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Sabrina Jones {sabrina_sweet@hotmail.com}
Commander Sabrina Rikar
Executive Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
As well as…
Lieutenant Kittianna
Intel Coordinator
NEW ALEXANDRIA
"We are Grey, we stand between the Candle and the Star, between the Darkness and the Light"
-Entilza Delenn, Babylon 5
