Post # 33 - The Romulans Are Calling

Posted on Tue Nov 29th, 2022 @ 11:42am by Commander Jamie O'Connell & Captain Rogue Green {Meji} & Captain Tracey West Jr

Mission: BUGS OH NO!!
Location: Claimed BoP
Timeline: current

OOC: Green is playing Alona Tal.

ON:

Having received reports that all battle damage had been repaired it was time for Sub-commander Alona to contact the Starfleet boarders on the Bird of Prey that had attacked Amandora. A ship that had been taken from the fledgling Romulan Republic. They had a scant number of ships anyway, so to lose one would be quite a blow to the defense of the flotilla. "Tell our wing to maintain perimeter defense around Amandora while cloaked." She heard her comm officer relay those orders. "Hail the RRW Nanclus, visual communication." Again, the comm officer complied and nodded.

{Nanclus Bridge}

West on the Nanclus was watching the comm station and when it flashed an incoming hail they answered it and then looked over at Jamie. "Commander O'Connell. Sub-commander Alona of the RRW Raptoress is hailing, Sir. She requests visual communication and is waiting."

O'Connell had heard that name before, but couldn't quite place it. After a moment of thought "Very well.....Marine open a channel... visual as well" Jamie instructed as the Romulan female's face appeared on the Screen "Sub-Commander, I'm Commander Jamie O'Connell....Second Officer from the Amandora.....what can I do for you."

As the image of the Commander appeared on her viewer Alona gave a polite nod in greeting, a slight grin on her face. "You have done plenty already, Commander O'Connell. We thank you for liberating one of our vessels from those vagabonds. However, it would be folly to not offer aid to you and yours while aboard, since Romulan systems are, well, Romulan. I am prepared to send a repair team over, not only to accelerate repairs but to aid in crewing the ship. They will, while there, be under your command until such time as we can recover our vessel. Does that sound amicable, Commander?"

After all his years in Star Fleet, Jamie never thought he would be working with Romulans....but given the current situation it made sense to form a temporary alliance "Sub-Commander you honor me by placing your Ship and your people under my Command. When your ready beam the Crew directly to the Bridge for further instructions" O'Connell directed Alona.

Then the Commander noticed a sideways glance from Trace as he addressed the Away Team "We have a Romulan repair Team coming over so be on your guard but let's all play nice. This may help soften the tensions between Star Fleet and the Romulan Republic" he explained then turned to the Specialists "Keep an eye on our new Crew but be subtle about it."

Devroe looked at Dunjen with a grin then back to the O'Connell " As you wish Commander....or should I call you Captain given the situation" Heather commented.

Jamie couldn't help but grin; although it did have a nice ring to it "No Lieutenant, Commander will suffice."

"Aye Captain," Trace said with a grin.

Several minutes later a small group of Romulans shimmered into existence. Now O'Connell would not only be in command but also exercise his diplomatic prowess.

A young women stepped forward, probably in her early forties.... her physical build was more of a Klingon than a Romulan as she spoke with authority in her voice "Commander O'Connell I am Centurion Omar and am here with my Team to effect repairs at your command."

Jamie smiled "Centurion it's a pleasure to meet you" he stated "Allow me to make some introductions" as he looked towards Trace "This is 1st Lieutenant Tracey West my Helmsman and the two ladies by the door are Lieutenants Dunjen and Devroe."

Trace looked over and gave a nod then went back to the controls.

The Ladies looked towards Omar and gave a cordial nod each. Then Omar began "Commander we've taken the liberty of doing a full scan of the Nanclus and have determined where the repairs are needed which will only take a few hours to effect" she explained "We will however need to have the engines offline to make the necessary repairs."

Jamie thought for a moment "If that is what's needed then do so and get this Bird up and running" he replied with a smile "I would however like to have the ladies observe the repairs to get some insight into Romulan Technology, if you wouldn't mind."

Omar wasn't sure if the Commander trusted her and her Team or not; but she had been ordered to cooperate fully "As you wish Commander......we'll have this Bird at one hundred percent in no time" she replied and actually cracked a smile as her and her Team turned and left the Bridge with the two Ladies in tow.

Hearing the conversation 1st Lieutenant West had already shut down the engines and waited on the Commander.

O'Connell walked over to West and spoke in a low voice "So Trace, is this an odd alliance or what" Jamie asked looking for another's perspective.

West turned from Helm towards Jamie "Odd is an understatement. My main concern is can we trust them" he replied "From a military standpoint this isn't ideal by any means."

Jamie let out a sigh "I'm right there with you but if the Commodore trusts the Sub-Commander then I guess we should also" then he paused "Being that she sent over her own people to help crew this Ship then it would only stand to reason that our part in this is not over yet."

"And that's what worries me" Trace replied knowing how quickly alliance's can go south in a hurry.

{Engine Room}

Lieutenants Dungen and Devroe were walking around the engine room observing the Romulan contingency hard at work.

Nix could sense Dunjen "Nix are you sure we can trust these people" he wondered. "We don't have a choice at the moment...I'm just following orders" she thought to herself.

Meanwhile Heather was on the other side of the room watching having a basic idea of what was being done which seemed quite normal; at least she had learned something from having dated a Chief Engineer.

Nix made her way over to Heather and asked in a low voice "Are you sensing anything from these people that we should be concerned about."

"No, I'm not sensing any hidden agendas or any malice towards us" she answered hoping she was right.

{Bridge}

After another hour the Romulans returned to the Bridge, with the Specialists behind them "Commander O'Connell the repairs are now complete and the engines are back online so Helm should be at your full disposal" the Centurion explained "I did leave one of my subordinates in the Engine Room to make sure the engines are attended to properly."

"Excellent work Centurion Omar" the Commander stated with a smile "Mr. West hail the Amandora, so I can give them the good news."

::OFF::

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