Post # 34 - Getting Serious

Posted on Wed Nov 30th, 2022 @ 1:29pm by Commander Jamie O'Connell & Captain Tracey West Jr
Edited on on Wed Nov 30th, 2022 @ 1:31pm

Mission: BUGS OH NO!!
Location: RRW Nanclus
Timeline: Current

::ON::

[Snip]

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

[End Snip]

{Bridge}

"Belay that order" Omar stated then looking at Jamie" With respect there's more you need to know Commander."

Trace looked over at Jamie as he gave West a nod of approval "This better be good Centurion" he replied wondering why exactly she had just countered his order.

"Commander there are twenty more Romulan Crew awaiting my signal to join us for our mission" she explained then continued "Any other Ship can monitor our communications so it's best for them not to know we are operational for now."

"And why would I need more Crew" he queried wondering what was really going on.

Omar handed him a letter "Here Commander this will explain everything" as Jamie carefully read it's contents then a grin came across his face.

The Centurion was at a loss over the expression on Jamie's face "Commander I fail to see the humor in that letter" she stated.

"That's because I had a feeling that our part in this wasn't over just yet" he explained "And yes bring on the rest of the Crew."

Omar tapped her Comm "Sub-Commander beam over the rest of the crew.....we're all set to go" then looking at Jamie "My orders have been fulfilled so command is all yours Commander."

"Thank you Centurion" he replied "I would like your people to take up Helm and Tactical. As for you I would like you to be my Second in command. Then looking at the 1st Lieutenant "Mr. West if you would be so kind as to relinquish the Helm and provide security for the Bridge." Then his Romulan counterpart took up Helm.

Trace vacated the Helm console with a combined sigh of relief and a growing sense of foreboding. He was no pilot, and relinquishing that role to someone who knew what they were doing was a vast improvement. However, giving up key stations on what was potentially an enemy ship did not seem right to him. Still, he understood the gravity of the situation and had to trust the Commander.

Vacating the helm, he took up a position near the Turbo Lift doors and stood at attention.

"It would be my honor to be your Second, Commander" Omar responded as she took her seat on the Bridge.

Then turning "Comms open a Ship wide channel" came the order and soon Jamie received the nod to proceed "This is Commander Jamie O'Connell, Commanding Officer of the RRW Nanclus. We have received orders to pursue the Akira ship and either take it back or destroy it. The orders were signed by Sub-Commander Tal and Commodore Song so let's work together and make both the Romulan Republic and the Federation proud." Then he signaled for the channel to be closed.

Just then Lieutenant Devroe felt this unshakable feeling that something was off and knew she needed to inform command "Commander something is off.....I don't think it's this Ship but something is not right. Permission to take Lieutenant Dunjen and investigate further" she explained.

Jamie had known Heather long enough to know when something was amiss and he trusted her instincts "Permission granted, but keep me posted" he replied as the Specialists left the Bridge.

The Commander took up his seat in the big chair as Omar leaned over and whispered "What's going on with the Lieutenant" she queried.

"I'm not sure but I've known her long enough to trust her instincts; whatever it is it can't be good.

{Elsewhere}

The Specialists made their way to the Engine Room and Heather walked around. Whatever the feeling was she was having it just became stronger. Then walking up to Nix "Is Dunjen sensing anything out of the ordinary?"

After a moment "No I'm not sensing anything, are you sure it's not her imagination" Dunjen asked. "I don't think so....I've never seen her like this before" Nix thought. "Heather he doesn't sense anything out of the usual" Nix replied.

"Then we need to go lower into the Ship" Heather stated as she turned and left with Nix following.

Once they were in the bowels of the Ship the feeling became much stronger "I usually avoid this at all costs but I need to use my Betazoid powers and see if I can make any sense out of this feeling I'm having" Heather stated.

Heather closed her eyes then took a deep breath while holding onto a railing not knowing quite what to expect from reaching out with her feelings.

After several minutes she opened her eyes and looked at Nix "Oh shit!!!" then tapping her Comm "Commander O'Connell we may have a problem."

Hearing Heather's voice "What kind of problem Lieutenant" Jamie asked keeping things very professional with his wife.

"You're not going to believe this, but that feeling was coming from under this Ship.....It's Eddie Brisco, somehow" she explained.

{Bridge}

O'Connell knew Omar had heard their conversation as he turned to her "Is that even possible without us knowing about it" he queried.

Without saying a word Omar gave an order "Tactical run an inverted Parametric Scan and let us know if there's another Ship under us."

After several minutes "Yes Centurion, there is another ship directly below us shadowing our every move" came the reply "It's the Akira Ship."

"Before we do anything tag that Ship so we can track it" Omar ordered.

"Done Ma'am" came the reply. Omar turned to Jamie "The next move is all yours Commander."

Meanwhile the Specialists hurried back to the Bridge. Once there Heather walked up to Trace "1st Lieutenant why aren't you at the Helm" she whispered.

"I was ordered to vacate the Helm, ma'am. Our Romulan friends have taken over that job." Trace replied, as evenly as possible.

Heather could sense the 1st Lieutenant's concern over the current situation as she whispered "I've never known the Commander to do anything without a good reason" trying to put Trace at ease before walking back over to where Nix was standing.

But before Jamie could give an order "Commander the Akira just fired on the Amandora.....direct hit......firing again....another direct hit."

"How bad is the damage" the Commander queried hoping for the best.

"Damage is minimal Sir" came the reply.

"Helm on my command do an emergency warp-out to one hundred kilometers.....stop and do a one eighty. Tactical be ready and take out those weapons. This should be a surprise since they don't know we're back to being fully functional" Jamie took a deep breath "Do it!!!"

The Nanclus lunged forward for a few moments the stopped before doing the prescribed one eighty turn "Fire" the Commander ordered.

The Akira didn't know what happened due to the quickness of the maneuvers and a few minutes later her weapons had been neutralized.

But before anyone could say anything "Commander the Akira is powering up her engines......she just warped out of the area."

O'Connell looked over at Omar as she smiled "And that's why I had the Ship tagged before we moved Commander" she commented.

Jamie grinned "And that's why I made you my Second in command" he replied "Helm track that Ship.....best possible speed" came the order.

Now they would wait until they caught up to the Akira; the Ship's fate was in Brisco's hands; be it surrender or complete destruction.

::OFF::

Tbc