"Operation Assault, Phase 2"
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Stardate: 60298.1548
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Hovering in space less than a mile from the disabled Hirogen ship had in no way eased the COO's concerns, the Romulan/Terran hybrid still expecting the expert hunters to pull some unforeseen trick. Looking back at the Sec/Tac officer for a very brief moment, Serenna could tell that Rawyvin had shared her misgivings by his readiness to unleash a second, more destructive volley, the only thing holding him back from doing so being the presence of the assault team somewhere onboard that ship.
Scanning her instruments the Romulan/Terran hybrid had been able to see that the transport of the four Marines, four security officers, one engineer are their team leader, Lt. Cmdr. Enaii had proceeded without incident, taking all eight officers deep inside the Hirogen ship in two waves that had been made to arrive one next to the other.
Looking at the ease with which the assault team had spread into the Hirogen ship and taken their primary positions showed to the Romulan/Terran hybrid that despite the lack of time to prepare Enaii had used her extensive experience to come up with an immediate plan of action following their arrival. Due to the heavy armor that protected the ship, the sensors of the ANUBIS were unable to individually identify the members of the assault team, instead showing their positions and leaving the Ops and Sec/Tac officers to guess as to who was where.
Studying the fluid movements of the team as they pressed deeper into the ship identified for the most part who had been where, the training the security officers and Marines had received being quite different. The four indicators in the lead and leapfrogging one over the other confirmed that the Marines had taken point followed by a lonesome figure who had likely been the ILO. Following behind the first was another single indicator whom the Romulan/Terran hybrid figured had been Lt. T'Reni, the CEO's assistant. Bringing up the rear was four other indicators whom the COO had been convinced were the members of Rawyvin's personnel that had been selected for this mission.
Although the COO had been keeping a close watch on the progress of the first assault team, it was the Sec/Tac officer who reported their advancement to the CO. "All members of the assault team are confirmed onboard the Hirogen ship and proceeding with the infiltration."
Knowing better than to underestimate an opponent, especially one with the reputation of the Hirogens, Capt. Simmons took the time to get a little more information. The question had not been meant to contest the ability of the ILO to handle whatever she and the rest of her team would encounter but to get an idea of how much resistance they would be encountering. Looking at the crippled ship that was displayed on the main view screen, the CO asked, "Any signs of the Hirogens onboard?"
Working at his station in an effort to give a more substantial reply to the question that had been asked; the Sec/Tac officer scrutinized the sensor readings. After several seconds Rawyvin admitted defeat and gave the only report he could to his CO. "Sorry Captain, the moment we opened fire on the Hirogen ship all life signs onboard vanished from our sensors. Either they have erected some type of dispersion field around their position or they have a way of masking their bio-signs from our sensors. Which ever they are using there is no way for us to know how many Hirogens survived our initial assault, if any, and where they are at the moment."
Adding what she could, the Romulan/Terran hybrid reported on what she had observed from the Operations station during and immediately after the strike against the armored ship. "Sensors did pick up a massive EM pulse that traveled through the ship as the main power source was taken offline by our weapons; maybe the intensity of that pulse was enough to kill everyone onboard?"
Chuckling ever so lightly, Rawyvin announced his disbelief in what the COO had just said. As appealing as the idea might have been, the Chief of Security doubted that any Hirogen could be taken out so easily making the Sec/Tac officer wonder as to why the Romulan/Terran hybrid had even made the suggestion. Surely her experience in Security and training in Intel would have given her enough background information on the race for her to know that the possibility she had suggested had been an extremely unlikely one.
Not having the time to debate the situation or the possibility presented by the COO and wordlessly challenged by the Sec/Tac, the CO moved on to the next phase of their assault. "Bridge to Deflector Control Room, how is that sonic resonance coming along? If it is not ready we'll have to go with a more direct approach of figuring out where the Jem'Hadar base is."
The frantic voice of the CSciO came over the open communication channel, indicating that the last few minutes had been spent breaking every speed record imaginable, not to mention ignoring more safety protocols than the Shillian had cared to. =/\= The Main Deflector is ready to be charged and fired but there are no guarantees since neither Lt. Dawson nor myself have had the time to run any type of tests on the power supply or the calibration of the harmonics. We were in so much of a rush to get this done in time that I didn't even have the time to insure that the beam that will be created by the main deflector will not be overly wide so as to hit more than the mountain we are targeting. =/\=
Jumping in after the hectic report given by the CSciO, the CEO gave a less gloomy account of their situation, not that what David said made anyone feel any better about the risks they were about to take. =/\= The power needed for this is being taken directly from the main power grid and we have no way of knowing how the ablative armor will react or affect the sonic beam, but I am confident that we will be able to perform all required modifications as they are needed. =/\=
Having absolute confidence in the combined skills and expertise of the CEO and CSciO, Capt. Simmons pointed out one minor detail to David that he had either forgotten about or had not been informed of. "Make sure that Maya can make all of the required modifications, you need to report to the transporter room and get ready."
The CEO wasted no time to voice his surprise and discontentment. =/\= Get ready! For what? =/\=
It was the Sec/Tac officer who stepped in with the bad news. "Cmdr. Rikar and Lt. Cmdr Enaii selected you to be on the second assault team as per the specifications given by the Captain. Each team is to have an engineer with them and you were selected."
Sounding clearly upset about this, David barked his reply back. =/\= Nice that someone had the decency to let me know about this. Since I suspect that arguing with this will be nothing more than a waste of time, let me contact T'Reni and get her down here to help out. =/\=
Pointing out the obvious to the CEO, Rawyvin kept his amusement of the situation from appearing in his voice. "That will be kind of difficult since she is with Lt. Cmdr. Enaii onboard the Hirogen ship."
What came over the open channel next was a lengthy sequence of curses that had been borrowed from almost every language known to the Federation prompting the CO to make an observation. "I think he took that rather well, but it might be an idea to warn Lt. Pravat to give David a little extra room during beam down. Talking about extra room, how is the VIPER doing?"
It was the Romulan/Terran hybrid who reported on the chase that Cmdr. Rikar had undertaken. "VIPER 1 should be intercepting the FOOL's GOLD in less than a minute, but even if she shoots him down right away there will be no way for her to be back here to lead the second assault team."
Looking at the Sec/Tac officer, the CO debated on the pros and cons of sending his Chief of Security down to the planet surface and face the Jem'Hadars that were down there.
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Serena Switt {serena1141@yahoo.com.au}
Lieutenant Serenna
Chief of Operations / Second Officer
USS ANUBIS
