RHoz

::computer chirps as it begins recording, RHoz sitting in the pilot seat of the lost shuttle begins his log:: "Star date...unknown at this time. I do not believe that the chronometer is accurate, given the damage to the shuttle from the Earth fighter jet missiles. I bear the fighters no ill will ::rolls eyes::, they were doing their duty, protecting their skies from unknown invaders. I have managed to ascertain that the high yield explosion from the projectiles that struck my shields in the upper atmosphere,did interact with stray energy from the chronal anomaly opened by the *tHlingan vessel. This combination seems to have launched me through a temporal fold." :;sighs heavily and rolls eyes:; I do believe that the qob *beq is cursed like the mythical Captain of lore who was obsessed to pursue the white whale. Except our white whale is a series of worm holes ! " "As for where...or when I am, I have consulted the onboard star charts and determined that the qob had come near this region before. But if the charts are correct, then I may be anywhere from 50,000 to 70,000 light years from the qob's last position. KaHless has been good to me and I have located a *yuQ on long range scanners to set down and make repairs. The yuQ is not especially hospitable, but the atmosphere is breathable...barely. Also, I can forage for supplies to aid my journey, scans show edible plants and animal life." "I am concerned as to the outcome of the qob's confrontation with the tHlingan *duj. I say a prayer to KaHless that they were victorious in battle, and if not, that I shall see them in *StoVo Kor and we shall toast to many glorious battles! I only transported down to Earth so that I might retrieve the shuttle left behind by Daryus and Kreolls when they emergency beamed out. Who knew what fate had in store?! *DeWI, end recording!" *tHlingan = Klingon *beq = crew / crewmen *yuQ = Planet *duj = ship *StoVo Kor = Klingons believe honorable warriors go to a great hall when they die, they share stories and songs of great deeds, at a great feast for all eternity. *DeWI = computer LtCdr RHoz IKC qob / Lakota

This is a joint log from LCM Kawalas, Ltsg Messner, and LtCdr RHoz RHoz is leaning against wall in the lab grumbling, wondering if Messner can accept a challenge of honor. He grumbles and curses, knowing the answer to that. Shaking his head and rolling his eyes as he considers the weight of Messner's accusation. He growls loudly in frustration and smashes his fist into the wall ! Then he crosses his arms over his chest and leans back, trying to regain himself . Kawalas looks to the guard posted in sickbay, then gets off the biobed holding head with one hand. Ensign Fife puts his hand on his phaser cautiously. He wonders what the Klingon female is doing. Kawalas curses at the searing pain in her brain, then lifts her head and starts for the area that she heard the banging eminate from. " Uh... Ms Klingon, uh... I think you are supposed to stay here...?!" She turns to face him. "I am looking for my Qel." She turns once more and takes a few more steps awkwardly. "Uuuh, umm... I'm sure he'll be back soon.." The headstrong female continues walking, ignoring him. "Uuuuh....?" He decides he might as well just follow her to keep an eye on her. The injured warrior side steps and grabs a biobed to steady herself. " Are you alright... maybe you should just, uh.. wait here and not exert yourself?" The Ensign says as he extends a hand to help her. She regains her balance and pushes Fife away. " LEAVE ME!!" He has a preemtive flinch, as he jumps back! He decides that he'll shut up, but he will shadow her. Finally at the door to the lab, she hears the growl coming from inside. RHoz sees the door swoosh open. K'Wal leans against the open door with the Security guy hot on her tail. She asks soflty to RHoz..." Do you always keep your patients awake?" He rolls his eyes about to answer, then sees the guard. RHoz walks over to her and helps her to a chair, attempting to smile for her. He glowers at the guard, who absently moves his hand to the phaser on his waist. K'Wal puts her head deep in her hands, as a blinding pain shots through her head! Her Parmaq frowns and grabs a med scanner from the table. "Something is not correct mate."She says with her eyes clenched shut. He nods as he checks the scan data. "Hija...you are right. It is as if both lobes of your brain are fighting for dominance...your memory engrams are tearing themselves apart!" The Ensign wonders if he should tell them to go back into the sick bay so the Doctor knows where they are. He imagines the Klingons' responses and decides to stay quiet. RHoz scoops her up from the chair, takes her back to a bio bed and puts a cortical stimulator on her. She offers no resistance, which alerts him to how serious her condition must be! She tells him through the pain..." A hypo of stalazine may cease it!" He truns to get the hypo and murmurs to himself..."Klingons don't make terrible doctors..they make terrible patients." He administers the drug, she seems to relax slightly. The patient now able to at least open her eyes with the shot kicking in. "The pain is subsiding my mate." He smiles slightly at her, then turns to the guard glowering. "Tell your chief that there are complications with the Klingon crews health!" " Eh? You want me to get the doctor?' Fife responds. The Klingon male hands him the med scanner. "Lt Messner, is your chief...is he not?!" The guard takes the tricorder. " Oh yeah.. I think so.. I haven't had my memories fixed yet." "Tell him that the Klingons brain waves are erratic, and it may be more of a problem than the warp core !" Fife walks over to another security crewman, Ensign Floyd, and tells to keep an eye on them. Then he heads to the bridge. RHoz turns back to Kwal. "I believe that Garnoopy has a theory that will help you...!" " We need to fix this somehow." She says as her eyes begin getting droopy from the pain meds. "I...I have another problem as well !" He says as he looks around the room. K'Wal holds her hand up to him. " Speak." RHoz leans close and speaks quietly. "Messner has challenged my honor,...and I am having a difficult time dealing with it ! My honor demands retribution, yet my oath to the Federation...?!" " Challeneged?" She asks, as her head is swimming from the drugs. "He..., he says that I acted improperly and caused the damage to the qob and the Lakota ! And that he may ...attempt, to get my command status revoked !" "Your honor ... is your...?" She cant think with the meds in her system. "He has no right..... he has not the rank...?!" RHoz grinds his fangs. "I would never ...!!" He sees her fading out and decides to let her rest. "Never mind, you rest. "I will confer with Garnoopy about the brain waves." Her grip on his hand loosens, he sighs and kisses her ridges. "Rest well." Ensign Fife reaches the bridge and walks up to the Captains chair. "Mr Messner... Commander Rhoz wanted me to show you this !" LtSg Messner starts as if he didn't see the crewman approaching. " Huh?" He looks up from his pondering. "What's that?" "He said it may be more of a problem than the warp core ...apparently." Messner looks at the med scanner, he doesn't know what anything on it means. He stands and prepares to head down to the sickbay. "Stay here.. keep me informed via comlink." "Uh, aye." Messner exits the bridge heading for sickbay. LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars

After scanning her, RHoz finds a laceration on K'Wal's face. A 5 inch cut in her brow area, traversing towards her temple. She shows signs of a mild concussion, but generally seems in otherwise fair condition for someone recovering from radiation sickness. He pulls a tray over and begins to treat her wound. First, a hypo containing a compound that will slow the bleeding from the cut, it speeds up the coagulation process. He nods to himself as the blood flow ebbs, then subsides. Next, a micro-suture device is used to fuse the torn tissue beneath the epidermis. A dermal regenerator seals the outer skin layers, he contemplates leaving her a scar, then decides that there is no honor in how this one was received. Finished, he scans her again and notes the sutures holding, and his patient appears to be getting some needed rest...no danger from the light concussion. He nods and lightly brushes his hand across her cheek, before heading into the lab area. RHoz looks around the lab and seeing no one else there, smashes his fist into a storage closet door. He grits his fangs and looks at the large dent in the door, then walks over and leans against the far wall and contemplates his earlier conversation with Messner. "He dares to accuse me...?! How could he even...?!" He growls as he thinks of the accusations of the security officer. "If he were not a fellow crewman and Federation officer...I..I, would have snatched his still beating heart from his chest and showed it to him... as his shell fell to the deck plating!! How dare he insult my honor like that, I must have retribution!" He looks down at his Federation uniform and sighs heavily. "But, I must regain my honor in a way that will not cause any more damage to my Starfleet career." RHoz stands there and thinks long and hard about death and honor!! LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars

This is a joint log by: Kawalas and RHoz Kawalas is in sickbay on the Federation vessel lying on a biobed, sedated but dreaming of the demise of an honorable Duj . Still under the effects of radiation poisoning, the tHlinghan tosses back and forth on the bed, groaning ever so slightly . RHoz awakens from the ambush sedating by medical technician George. He looks around the room as if awakening from a dream, rolling his eyes as the room comes into focus. His gaze locks onto Kwal', and he realizes who she is. He flexes at the restraints until they burst, then jumps off the bio bed heading over to Kwal' . RHoz growls at a med tech who attempts to intercept him, the Dr stops in his tracks. He gently places his cool palm on Kwal's ridges, then frowns at the heat from her fever. She lies there, dreaming of glorious battle, her eyes moving rapidly under their lids . Kwal' sighs heavily, as she dreams of conquering her enemies. RHoz smashes the tray next to the sick warrior's bed, after he gets a tricordrazine shot for her radiation sickness from it! He injects her ...then waits to see how she reacts to the drug. He places is face close to hers and waits, impatiently! The tHlingan female's muscles all relax as the shot begins to work. Her breathing slows and becomes more steady, she slowly opens her eyes not really seeing anything at first. His eyes widen as she awakens, he grasps her hand tenderly. "Parmaquay?!" He inhales her scent. "You..you, know me...our hearts are as one !" Kwal' feels the grip on her hand and begins to pull it away when she hears a voice, she blinks her eyes to clear them then looks up to RHoz. She inhales and weakly trys to push away. "QO! We are not one with our enemies...!! She turns her face away, does not look at him but sniffs the air once more... something familiar! His ridges wrinkle slightly . "We ...were separated physically by a temporal anomaly...but our hearts still beat as one !" "Open your hearts...listen to what they tell you !" Determined, he looks deeply into her eyes ! "I fought to win you, I will not let something as trivial as time...separate us!!!" "QO! QO!! QO!!!" She trys to push by him, to sit up and get away. She fails being too weak. Restraining her gently, he responds. "Qo...do not get up ...you are still not well ! I must be in Grethor if you are no longer mine!!" RHoz bites her hand gently, then releases it and lowers his head. He raises head again. "If you wish it...I shall bother you no more ." "Why have you...?!" She reaches up to stop him, to pull away, then looks into his eyes. Kwal' shakes her head as if trying to clear her thoughts. She lays back on the bed, beginning to feel the effects of the sedation once more. Her tone more passive. "I ... I, do not know." Rhoz's eyes flicker with hope, he regrasps her hand. Kwal' does not pull away this time. The awakening only temporary due to the radiation medication, she goes back to sleep...his hand in hers . As he watches her drift off to sleep, he whispers in her ear. "You should know...that whatever happens...you will always be in my hearts !" Her grip slowly releases from his, as she succumbs to the sedative once more . He gently releases her hand, then grabs a hypo and administers the radiation medication to all of the ailing tHlingans in the sickbay. LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars

RHoz looks at the debris on the main view screen. It was once a proud tHlingan vessel, now it is merely flotsam in the vast depths of space. He brings the Lakota to a full stop, at a safe distance from the lingering radiation of the qob's annihilated warp core. Crossing his arms over his chest, he shakes his head as Narn leaves the bridge with the doctor. Wondering to himself if he has failed his crewmates, by piloting too close to the tHlingan vessel when it was leaking so much radiation. "Perhaps this is why their judgement is now impaired, and they believe that we are somehow "misplaced" in time and space?!" Again he shakes his head..."Qo, the shields were still in place. Perhaps a virus of some kind has caused them to be delusional?!" He growls and frowns at these thoughts and gets back to work. With only partial power available, he checks the comm system and prepares a buoy to jettison back to Starfleet...just in case! LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars

The ship shudders as the Vorcha class vessel fires on it...again ! RHoz hears Narn utter a curse from the Captains chair as the vessel recloaks . RHoz finds himself sitting at helm, puzzled at how he knows evasive flight tactics. Basic flight operations is taught as a prerequisite at the Academy, but he manipulates the navigational software as if he were born to fly a starship. As they execute the Picard maneuver, RHoz finds himself unsettled...yet his blood crys out for the destruction of the Petaq klingon vessel now decloaked on the main viewer! He shrugs as he maneuvers the Lakota to get a good shot on the Klingon Duj. LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars

RHoz stirs awake on the bio-bed, the clamor of Kwal' and Garnoopy enough to wake the dead. He lies motionless, feigning unconciousness as the quarrel escalates then ends with the medical officer sedating the protesting tHlingan. He waits until Garnoopy grabs his med kit and exits the MRF, then attempts to get up from the bed. A sickening thud resounds throughout the MRF as RHoz falls to the deck plating! He curses, then pushes up from the floor, still weak from blood loss. He drags himself across the floor to the lab. Once there, RHoz leans back against the wall and uses his wobbly legs to push himself up from the floor. He sees what he's after on the lab table a few feet away. He stumbles over and opens a small refrigerated cabinet, it contains vials of various types of biological agents. He grabs the one containing the nanites from the dead Borg that they retrieved, along with Bch's pet "Thing". Taking a scan device,also on the table, RHoz taps out a program for the nanites and sends the signal to them. He then takes the vial and attaches it to a hyposprayer. The Qel injects the nanites into his coratid artery, and they immediately begin their task. They seek out existing blood cells and fabricate new ones, they also stimulate his hypothalmus, which aids his bodily fluids replenishment. He grimmaces slightly, then smiles as he soon feels the effects of the micro workers speeding his blood replenishment. Within a half hour, the swift nanites have regenerated enough of RHoz's blood / plasma so that he can stand on his own, and feels his strength returning. LtsgRHoz Ad astra per aspera... A rough road leads to the stars