Event #5 report
An act of sabotage aboard the USS Sally Ride turned a routine transwarp jump into a disastrous plunge to the far side of Klingon space. The ship was crippled and her captain put in a coma, and now the remaining crew must find their way back to Federation space, pursued by a mysterious flotilla of heavily modified warships. Worse, continuing sabotage threatens to reveal them to their enemies. There is a spy aboard. Who can be trusted?
Between the scans of the flotilla, the debris of the main deflector, and the device recovered from the warp coil, the crew put together a profile of the technology that is being used against them and ran an internal scan of the ship. There were Borg devices present in the quarters of liberated Borg crewmen (including Seven and Eris 8), but also, surprisingly, a human engineer: Lieutenant Stacy. A small group comprising those Borg officers, acting captain Orenn, ship's counselor Kelsan, and the nearest redshirt to hand went to search her quarters.
Kelsan and Orenn spoke to Stacy, while Seven and Eris minutely scanned the room. They discovered a cache of components from multiple technological sources in various states of deconstruction, as well as a shielded hand phaser. Stacy explained that the components were simply things she had picked up in Engineering and wanted to think about during her off hours, but aspects of her story were inconsistent. She was, of course, cleared to carry a hand phaser, but keeping it in her quarters was also an unusual choice. Orenn made the choice to have her placed in detention.
At this point, knowing that bioscans all over the ship had been plagued with anomalies, Kelsan thought to try a lower-tech solution: a simple blood test. Without announcing her intentions, she replicated a hypodermic and drew blood from the engineering officer, at which point Stacy's entire demeanor changed. It quickly became apparent why: though apparently human, her blood was green. A scan revealed Orion biochemistry -- it's still unclear why bioscans of her have always turned up human.
Her cover blown, "Stacy" -- she still refused to reveal her name -- became aloof and sarcastic. She claimed to belong to the same organization whose flotilla of modified ships has been chasing the Sally Ride across Klingon space. She bragged that by simply repurposing new technology rather than prying it apart to fully figure out why it works, her organization can make useful tools out of salvage at a rate that puts the Federation to shame. As for the Sally Ride, she eventually claimed that her group had little interest in the ship itself, and were instead taking the first step toward a grand sabotage of the Federation's entire transwarp network.
Most of the officers present responded diffidently to these threats, although Ensign Benton seemed not to share their confidence. It's clear that they must warn the Federation of this plot, but Stacy seems to have little doubt that the damaged ship will never make it back to the Federation. It's a problem that is only becoming more immediate as the Sally Ride draws nearer to the fortified border, and her moment of reckoning.
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OOC notes:
SPY SAPPIN' MAH DEFLECTOR!
Now that I've got that out of my system: again, what a great night! We're drawing closer to the end of this arc, so there may be a few more reports posted this week as the pace of events speeds up. Feel free to respond with your own ideas and in-character actions or reports.
Between the scans of the flotilla, the debris of the main deflector, and the device recovered from the warp coil, the crew put together a profile of the technology that is being used against them and ran an internal scan of the ship. There were Borg devices present in the quarters of liberated Borg crewmen (including Seven and Eris 8), but also, surprisingly, a human engineer: Lieutenant Stacy. A small group comprising those Borg officers, acting captain Orenn, ship's counselor Kelsan, and the nearest redshirt to hand went to search her quarters.
Kelsan and Orenn spoke to Stacy, while Seven and Eris minutely scanned the room. They discovered a cache of components from multiple technological sources in various states of deconstruction, as well as a shielded hand phaser. Stacy explained that the components were simply things she had picked up in Engineering and wanted to think about during her off hours, but aspects of her story were inconsistent. She was, of course, cleared to carry a hand phaser, but keeping it in her quarters was also an unusual choice. Orenn made the choice to have her placed in detention.
At this point, knowing that bioscans all over the ship had been plagued with anomalies, Kelsan thought to try a lower-tech solution: a simple blood test. Without announcing her intentions, she replicated a hypodermic and drew blood from the engineering officer, at which point Stacy's entire demeanor changed. It quickly became apparent why: though apparently human, her blood was green. A scan revealed Orion biochemistry -- it's still unclear why bioscans of her have always turned up human.
Her cover blown, "Stacy" -- she still refused to reveal her name -- became aloof and sarcastic. She claimed to belong to the same organization whose flotilla of modified ships has been chasing the Sally Ride across Klingon space. She bragged that by simply repurposing new technology rather than prying it apart to fully figure out why it works, her organization can make useful tools out of salvage at a rate that puts the Federation to shame. As for the Sally Ride, she eventually claimed that her group had little interest in the ship itself, and were instead taking the first step toward a grand sabotage of the Federation's entire transwarp network.
Most of the officers present responded diffidently to these threats, although Ensign Benton seemed not to share their confidence. It's clear that they must warn the Federation of this plot, but Stacy seems to have little doubt that the damaged ship will never make it back to the Federation. It's a problem that is only becoming more immediate as the Sally Ride draws nearer to the fortified border, and her moment of reckoning.
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OOC notes:
SPY SAPPIN' MAH DEFLECTOR!
Now that I've got that out of my system: again, what a great night! We're drawing closer to the end of this arc, so there may be a few more reports posted this week as the pace of events speeds up. Feel free to respond with your own ideas and in-character actions or reports.
- If you want your character to question Stacy while she's in custody, get in touch with @gettorix and set up a scene!
- If you have story ideas for our next arc, now is a great time to contact me and pitch them. I'd be happy to have you Q your own story, or just come up with the scenario and have me run it, if you would prefer.
- Be coming up with ideas on how to make it past the patrols on the Klingon border. You're going to need them very soon.
- I went back and edited the last report to reflect Eris's name change.