Fallout Part VI - Plot

[WxMurray 0]

“Of all the ships, mine is worse off than yours.”

 

Murray smiled at his old friend and former superior. “Well, I think my training certainly helped things.”

 

Ipswich gave him a friendly glare, but the tone of her voice was not a joking one. “Saf, think back. The Luther is a Marine vessel. No offense to Starfleet Security, but we’ve got the advanced training, and my crew is certainly one of the best in the Corps. They nearly took the bridge. We were afraid that the last stand would be in my ready room’s bathroom. We even set up a remote detonator in my bathroom in case we ended up in there and needed to blow up the ship. It’s almost like they knew the ship just as well as we did.”

 

Murray exchanged glances with Dickinson, Brady, and Williams. Their earlier conversation was coming back to them.

 

Ipswich looked quizzically at the four. They had clearly piqued her interest. “What? What is it? You know something.”

 

Williams looked at Murray for a signal, and upon receiving a nod he began to speak. “We got to talking about how the Agincourt has had such a destructive history with its missions. Just about every mission we’ve been on we’ve had to deal with these Romulan terrorists in one way or another.”

 

Brady nodded and joined in. “So we chalked it up to people being afraid of change, but it got us thinking about similar incidents in the past. The Khitomer Accords, Bajor’s application for Federation membership…. And it occurred to us that in those cases members of the different factions all put aside their differences to try and recreate the rift that was disappearing.”

 

Murray took the finish. “And it’s members of each group. If you look at the Khitomer Accords you’ll find that Klingons, Romulans, and Federation citizens were involved. So far we’ve only been attacked by Klingons and Romulans. But I am willing to bet that somewhere out there…”

 

Ipswich sighed and finished his sentence. “…there are Federation citizens aiding these terrorists.”

 

Murray nodded. “That’s what we believe, yes.”

 

Ipswich pondered this for a moment. “So what can be done about it?”

 

Murray sipped his drink and replied, “We need to track them down and remove them or somehow keep them from doing any more damage. How we go about that I don’t know.”

 

Ipswich gave this a thought, then said slowly, “Well…I’ve got a meeting with General Grigg in two days. He’s a friend of my parents, and I believe he owes me a favor anyway. I’ll see what I can do.”

 

Williams sighed. “I sure hope you can do something, because if this keeps up things could go downhill very quickly.”