0204. Black Market in Trill Symbionts
Upon a call of help from the Trill Government, Starfleet Command sent the PROPHECY senior staff to TRILL to investigate the disappearance of the symbionts. After arriving on TRILL, the crew headed to a cottage in the nature reserve, known as the Wild Life Sanctuary and Resort (WSR), where they were scheduled to meet with an officer from Trill Internal Security.
During the meeting with Kela Rugi, the Internal Security officer, the crew found out that hosts were abducted from any part of the world and returned with their symbionts missing. They were also informed that the investigation had been going for a month and eleven symbionts went missing. Rugi mentioned the discovery of two Trills, who had obtained their symbionts illegally. It was also found that a large sum was taken out of both the Trills’ bank accounts. The fact was the symbionts were stolen and sold in a black market. What the crew and Internal Security didn’t know yet was that the victims were taken to an unknown location, with the help of transporters. It was also during the meeting that the Prophecy crew’s actual assignment in the investigation was to gather more information on the black market and then find a way to stop it.
After the meeting was over, the crew was divided into four teams. Team one consisting of Lt. Cmdr. Anaqueen Spankryz, ExO, Lt. Cleo Tal, Sec/Tac and Ensign Raycii Jones, CEO were to go to the Symbiosis Commission to look into the files of the victims and their symbionts and search for a pattern. Team two comprised of Lt. Jaxsper Lawrence, FCO, Lt. Daisy Byrne, aCMO and Ensign Neil Hyman, SOO, whose mission was to head to an Underground Tavern, a popular hangout for unjoined Trills and a place where joined Trills weren’t welcomed. The aim for that team was to investigate the possibility of the criminals attracting unjoined Trills, with their offers of selling symbionts. Lt. Cmdrs. Peter Aspinall, Ops and Sabrina Rikar, Cns formed team three, where they were to go to the Trill Internal Security Headquarters and interview the two Trills, involved in the illegal joining. The last team, comprising of Capt. Erik Morningstar, CO, Cmdr. Shioban Jaxam, CMO, Lt. Cmdr. Enaii, IO and Lt. Jeffrey Gorman, CSciO were to remain at the WSR to keep up appearances and investigate the area for clues, since three of the victims were found in the Sanctuary itself.
At the Internal Security Headquarters, a third Trill involved in the illegal joining was brought in. As Aspinall and Rikar were about to interview the first two Trills, an explosion occurred that resulted in the deaths of those Trills. With the third one in danger, Aspinall and Rikar went to save her and successfully managed to get her out of the building. They decided to go to the Commission to regroup with team one.
Meanwhile, at the Commission, Spankryz, Jones and Tal did not make any progress in their research. Upon Aspinall and Rikar’s arrival, the Commission went into an emergency and the five officers, plus the Trill woman were to be escorted by an Internal Security Officer to a safer location. Unfortunately, when they reached that safe location, the security Officer was revealed to be a member of the organization involved in the black market. Four of the officers were locked up in another room, while Spankryz, being joined Trill was taken away to the main base.
However, the same security officer decided to free the other officers and take them to the main base to rescue Spankryz. The main base was found to be situated somewhere outside the WSR. Unfortunately, the rescue attempt failed, as they were ambushed by the organization’s own security force. Only Rikar and Tal had managed to escape and return back to the cottage.
While the group at the Symbiosis Commission was having their troubles, Lt. Byrne ended up missing from the tavern. Lawrence and Hyman went looking for her. It seemed Byrne ended up at a Medical Facility, the same place where Spankryz, Jones and Aspinall were taken. Along with the theft of the symbionts, it was discovered that the facility was conducting experiments on humans to see if they were able to carry symbionts.
Upon hearing the news of the abductions, the remaining officers regrouped and made their way to the hidden facility to rescue their crewmates. After they reached a forest clearing, the crew discovered a sensor array that could transport them directly to the base. The array was used and the officers ended up in the control center of the facility. At the facility, the officers were again divided into teams. Morningstar, Enaii, Jaxam and Sabrina were to find Spankryz, while the other group was to rescue Aspinall, Jones and Byrne.
Gorman, Tal, Hyman and Lawrence successfully rescued Aspinall and Jones, but did not find Byrne. Little did they know that Byrne was already rescued and transferred to the USS PATRIOT. Unfortunately, when Morningstar and his team found Anaqueen at an operating room, Spankryz was already transferred to a Trill by the name of Lan Kelin. With Anaqueen still having a few more hours to live, Morningstar and Enaii rushed to find Lan and bring him back
However it was the other group who found Lan and along with Enaii and Morningstar, they returned back to the operating room. Dr. Jaxam and Lt. Gorman performed the operation and the symbiont was returned back to Anaqueen.
After Spankryz was well enough to move, the crew made their escape out of the facility and contacted Internal Security. Leaving Spankryz, Jaxam, Lawrence, Rikar and Hyman at the cottage, the rest of the crew returned back to the facility to assist Internal Security in commandeering the base. To their astonishment, the facility employees surrendered for unknown reasons. However, there was no sign of any of the leaders.
It was later revealed that two of the organization leaders were discovered and arrested. It was hinted that there were more leaders in the organization, but the exact number was not known. The other leaders were believed to have escaped. But no one knew that the mastermind behind the black market was in fact a human, who had successfully escaped from Homeworld to parts unknown. With their job done, the Prophecy crew returned back to their ship, leaving the investigation in Internal Security hands.
Following the mission, certain reassignments were made. Captain Erik Morningstar, Cmdr. Shioban Jaxam, Lt. Enaii and Lt. Cleo Tal were transferred to other assignments. Lt. Cmdr. Anaqueen Spankryz was promoted to the position of Commanding officer. Lt. Cmdr Sabrina Rikar and Lt. Jeffrey Gorman were reassigned to the positions of Chief Science Officer and Chief Medical Officer respectively.
Four new officers were assigned to the ship. Ensign Katlina Potter would be taking over the role of Chief of Security and Tactical. Ensign Lara Kal’el would be the new Ship’s Counselor. Finally, Ensigns AJ O’Malley and Griffin O’Neil IX were assigned to the positions of Assistant Chief Engineering Officer and Assistant Chief Science Officer, respectively.
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