The Battle for Aegis Sky Harbor Aegis | 19 August 2016 | Season 22 Opener

[Chirakis 1]

=/\= Aegis Mission Brief 8/19/16=/\=

Season 22 Opener

13 February 2388

TBS was 5 minutes.

The time is 1435 hours (2:35 pm) Aegis Local.

The Aliens are holding civilian hostages, including Annisha and Alexis, and one crewmember, Tarisa. All ships are unphased. The defense grid is up. Missouri's task force, the Mithraan Defense Force and 5 Romulan Warbirds surround and protect the station.

 

Kallah Ramson -> Any questions?

Kallah Ramson -> Then let's begin.

Chirakis -> =/\==/\=BEGIN SIM=/\==/\=

Chirakis -> =/\==/\=BEGIN SIM=/\==/\=

Chirakis -> = ::Missouri::

mimipavilion -> ::on the CnC::

Cptn d'Ka -> =::Missouri, at the CON::

Fletcher Jackson -> ::CnC:::

Kallah Ramson -> ::standing on the edge, looking down onto the park::

Lawliet -> ::CnC::

Jylliene -> ::watching the park scene, tense::

Tarisa -> ::Standing amongst the civilians in the park. She keeps an eye on the device.::

Alexis McFarland -> ::hugs Annisha ::

Alexis McFarland -> Ooh

Scott Coleridge -> I want a full spectroscopic analysis of that device.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::heart pumping double time, watching the security feed from the park::

Kallah Ramson -> ::turns:: Secure all areas. No hostile actions onto the park level unless I give the order.

Chirakis -> =::several Klingon expletives come to mind, but she knows they will not help the situation::

Lawliet -> ::takes a seat at science and begins scanning the park level::

Kallah Ramson -> ::starts for the nearest lift::

Fletcher Jackson -> ::Coleridge:: Zooming in on the device, Commander. Initiating a 3D image.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::slips everything to Lawliet as well::

Jylliene -> ::glances from Annisha to Nijil::

Tarisa -> ::Inches a little closer, moving in front of a few people, but still remaining with the crowd to not stand out.::

Kallah Ramson -> +Station Wide COM+ Command personnel to the CnC.

Lawliet -> ::receives data and begins studying the device::

Jylliene -> ::feels torn, but heads for the lift::

Kallah Ramson -> ::enters lift:: CnC.

Jylliene -> ::heads to CnC on lift::

Kallah Ramson -> ::exits lift and marches to the center of the CnC::

Kallah Ramson -> What do we have on that thing?

Jylliene -> ::enters CnC, heads to Ops console::

mimipavilion -> ::leaves the OPS station::

Tarisa -> ::Thinking to herself, wondering what the Alliance is using to control the device.:: Controlled by ship? No... Remote...

Jylliene -> ::nods to Mimi::

mimipavilion -> ::nods to Jyl::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Commander Lie'ri, get the Nightmares and Banshees ready for hostage rescue. Mr. Tan, inform Aegis that we have them ready at their word.

Tarisa -> ::Looking around. They have eyes nearby.::

Kallah Ramson -> ::glance to the internal sensor screen to check status of containing other intruders::

Cptn d'Ka -> =Lie'ri> Aye, Captain. ::nods to Tan::

Jylliene -> ::feels somewhat more settled at the CnC, because at least here, she may be able to do *something*.::

Fletcher Jackson -> ::his eyes scan the console at the sudden notice:: Captain, Missouri's hostage rescue teams are ready at your word.

Scott Coleridge -> The device is shielded, so we can't use our transporters to remove it or the hostages.

Scott Coleridge -> So far we have not verified if they are capable of making good with their threat.

Jylliene -> ::monitoring the feeds coming through::

Fletcher Jackson -> ::hands OPS off to Kital as he takes TAC:::

Kallah Ramson -> For now we assume they can/.

Jylliene -> Can we try to walk a field in closer, to cut it off within its own field, but separate from the hostages?

Lawliet -> ::to Ramson:: Fortunately the device isn't sensitive to scans. Which means it's not a threat, yet.

Kallah Ramson -> ::looks from Jyl to Scott:: Trap it in a shield of our own making. Possible?

Tarisa -> ::There must be some sort of subspace frequency or other communication that the Alliance is using with the device. Hopefully the others can pinpoint it. Still keeps an eye on the device, but a couple familiar little ones nearby catch her attention.::

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::stands:: Mr. Doland, maneuver us to the far side of the station.

Scott Coleridge -> I suppose it depends who made those shields. Some of the species' shield tech seems very weak while others have been more formidable. ::moves to take a look::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Commander Stevenson, scan for any alien communications coming to or from the station.

mimipavilion -> ::listens to the conversation::

Jylliene -> Alternatively, if we know whether the device itself is sensing/looking for the threats, perhaps there's a way to fool the device, a false feed.

Annisha -> :: Standing next to the machine, looking at it closely ::

Chirakis -> = ::livid and away from the bridge action, the feeling of helplessness worse than heavy combat:::

Kallah Ramson -> ::turns to Lawliet:: You said it wasn't detecting our scans? Can you tell if it's more aware of close objects or distant ones?

Fletcher Jackson -> ::deep breath... deep breath::

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::turns to Chirakis:: Captain, perhaps you would be more comfortable in my ready room.

mimipavilion -> I'm sure the device has some kind of mild type of neutralizer also that could stun a person too. ::can hear Fletcher taking deep breaths::

Chirakis -> = ::thinks a minute:: Of course, Captain.

Lawliet -> ::thinks for a moment:: I could use our internal sensors to emit faint signals that should fool the device. The signals would be faint enough not to cause alarm, but enough to determine if that is so.

mimipavilion -> ::Fletcher, softly:: Don't pass out on us.

Chirakis -> = ::reluctantly, she enters his ready room to fume out of his view::

Tarisa -> ::Tests her communicator to see if by chance the shield is blocking it.::

Fletcher Jackson -> Oh, no, ma'am. I'm good. Just concentrating on the defense grid and wondering if there is a way to target internally, but that's just... crazy.

mimipavilion -> ::nods:: Good.

Dacia Sandero -> ::in sickbay, bit worried about Alexis::

Scott Coleridge -> ::working the shield angle, trying to find an angle, muttering::

Kallah Ramson -> Device> We have claimed this area for the Alliance, the rightful heirs of this territory and all those taken by the Breen. You will remove yourselves. Further invaders will not be tolerated.

Kallah Ramson -> Device> Once your devices of hostile invasion have been removed we will release your civilians.

Alexis McFarland -> Ooh, it's talking now?

Scott Coleridge -> Oh, first they only wanted us to lay down our weapons.

Alexis McFarland -> :snuggles Annisha, nervously::

Scott Coleridge -> Now they want our "hostile invasion" devices removed.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::mutters:: Breen... the Breen. ::he swivels his chair:: Captain, the Breen transporter. Can it be used to target the aliens?

Cptn d'Ka -> = Tan> Col Anastis reports his Nightmares are ready, Captain.

Jylliene -> ::inward growl::

Tarisa -> ::Taps her badge.:: +COM+ Hello?

Kallah Ramson -> ::looks towards ops:: Open a station wide com.

Lawliet -> ::modifies the internal sensor grid:: I should be able to tell if the device can detect proximity in a few seconds of activation Sir. Shall I proceed?

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::slight nod, concentrating on the situation:: Inform Aegis.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::hears the Hello and turns::

Kallah Ramson -> ::aside to lawliet:: Carefully.

Jylliene -> ::opens a stationwide com:: Channel open.

Lawliet -> ::nods and begins sending faint signals to the device::

Lawliet -> ::modulates the sensors to determine optimal range::

Chirakis -> = ::standing at the observation window, staring at Aegis:::

Kallah Ramson -> +COM+ To the invaders of this station. We do not bargain with hostage takers. But we are also reasonable. Release them and we can discuss rightful territorial boundaries.

Lawliet -> ::monitors the device's output levels::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Captain, no alien communications, but a station wide com on Aegis.

Cptn d'Ka -> = Patch us in, Commander.

Tarisa -> ::Moves up closer to where the girls were.::

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::returns to his chair to listen::

Kallah Ramson -> Device> Our demands stand. Hostages will be terminated in 15 of your minutes unless your warships begin to leave the area.

Annisha -> :: Crawling around the device ::

Kallah Ramson -> ::frown:: Close the com.

Jylliene -> ::closes::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Lie'ri> ::questioning glance at d'Ka::

Jylliene -> Channel closed.

Kallah Ramson -> ::looks around the CnC:: Answers. Now.

Annisha -> :: Feeling for anything like an access, button, lever, pulley.. ::

Fletcher Jackson -> Captain, depending on how far their sensors reach, the fleet can withdraw to a distance and remain close.

mimipavilion -> ::thinks:: Romulan Warbirds cloak others, others back off maybe.

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::shakes his head negative to Lie'ri:::

Lawliet -> ::checks his sensor scans::

Tarisa -> ::Watching the device, then looks back at the other civilians.:: Hmm...

Jylliene -> ::nods:: Cloak anyone we can, back everyone else off - but that still leaves us on. Would they buy keeping a ship near for supposed evacuation, knowing how many are on the station?

Jylliene -> Or would they just blow us all out of here anyhow?

Jylliene -> How long do they seriously think it would take to evacuate a station of this size - it would take all of those ships to do it.

Kallah Ramson -> The fleet is not moving.

Annisha -> Hey Lexy? Au feeling anything?

Lawliet -> What if we created a loop?

Jylliene -> Can we shield the station somehow so it looks like they're gone?

Tarisa -> ::Turns to Annisha.:: Be careful.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::listening:::

Annisha -> What's the worse that could happen. :: looks to Tarisa with wide and watery eyes ::

Alexis McFarland -> Not really, the speaking is done through the device so I`m not able to pick up anything.

Annisha -> This is just a complex puzzle..

Alexis McFarland -> ::holds Annisha tighter:: Mmm..

Kallah Ramson -> We need to focus on the device. I will move part of the fleet only to buy us time. But the device is our focus.

Annisha -> How about au feel around? :: rubs her friend's head ::

Lawliet -> ::to Ramson:: Sir, I have an idea.

Kallah Ramson -> Let's hear it.

Alexis McFarland -> ::looks at the device over::

Chirakis -> = ::pacing, feeling utterly helpless:::

Cdr Wyatt Cayne -> :: Watching from his perch from earlier ::

Lawliet -> If you can open communications with the device again, I might be able to access it's internal sensors and trap it within a loop. We could then move the device without risk. It will believe it's still where it is and the hostages are still there.

Chirakis -> = ::glad she left Cayne in command. His expertise in these affairs is considerable::

Annisha -> :: Still looking for anything she can access from the surface of the device ::

Scott Coleridge -> We're talking about the device like it's autonomous.

Tarisa -> ::Quietly to Alexis. Kneeling to her.:: Look around carefully. Do you sense anyone in the immediate area with ill intent?

Nijil tr'Korjata -> :: Thinking of his own solutions, but very preoccupied ::

Alexis McFarland -> :looking around the park::

Kallah Ramson -> If we had more time that might work. But whatever it senses it will detonate if the fleet doesn't move.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::swallows hard, checking the chronograph’s countdown:::

Lawliet -> I just need one...no two minutes.

Jylliene -> If we can get it on a shuttle or something that could be launched away and destroyed?

Kallah Ramson -> I think we first need to aid those near the device::points to a monitor showing those right beside the device::

mimipavilion -> ::listens to Scott's comment and goes to an auxiliary station and scans the device for any kind biological::

mimipavilion -> of*

Kallah Ramson -> ::ops:: Ask the Mithraan fleet to move out of the sector. We can start with that much.

Jylliene -> ::nods

Kallah Ramson -> ::Lawliet:: See if you can distract its sensors any. ::steps to a com and opens stationwide again::

Tarisa -> ::Turns her communicator on, hoping everything can be heard.:: Do you sense anyone nearby? Something is not right.

Jylliene -> ::sends a message to the Mithraan fleet, requesting their retreat::

Kallah Ramson -> +COM+ To the invaders. We are beginning to remove our fleets.

Lawliet -> ::gets to work and begins tapping into the comm system::

mimipavilion -> ::doesn't pick up any biological matter within the device::

Alexis McFarland -> ::sees a couple of shady looking Romulan people, and Klingon dude.. she doesn’t like the look of that guy with the moustache:: That mustache man, sitting on the bench and twirling his.. moustache.

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::hearing the station wide through their patch::

Lawliet -> ::begins going through different modulations::

Nijil tr'Korjata -> :: to NOiP ::They will merely take over the station.

Tarisa -> There must be someone nearby controlling it. I do not believe it is coming from a ship, or the device itself. Someone is watching. Waiting for an opportunity.

Lawliet -> ::uses a combination of recursive and adaptive modulations::

Kallah Ramson -> +COM+ Loading all military assets will take time you do understand.

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::on the far side of the station:: Mr. Sojek, prepare to cloak.

Annisha -> :: Pounding on the device ::

Tarisa -> Perhaps with the fleet gone, they are looking for a means to escape, and do as much damage as possible on the way out.

Cptn d'Ka -> = Sojek> Aye, Captain. Preparing to cloak.

Alexis McFarland -> ::Looks at the aliens in the park::

Tarisa -> Mithraan Fleet> ::Acknowledges and begins to pull away for the moment.::

Lawliet -> ::looks up:: Come on.

Scott Coleridge -> I don't think the remaining hostiles plan to escape.

Jylliene -> Mithraan Fleet beginning to back off.

Tarisa -> ::Comm still on throughout the discussion.::

Scott Coleridge -> They probably don't even expect us to comply. They just want to do as much damage as possible.

Annisha -> :: Tapping the sides, looking for a change in sound ::

Lawliet -> ::focuses on lower priority bands to hid the intrusion matrix::

Kallah Ramson -> Device> Your obedience has given you 30 more minutes.

Scott Coleridge -> I've tried looking at the shield angle, but I can't see a way to set up an interference pattern fast enough that they can't detect it and detonate the device.

Lawliet -> ::makes his move::

Kallah Ramson -> ::jams the button to close the com:: Oh thank you very much.

Lawliet -> ::sends the program along the comm::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Mr. Tan, what is the origin of that communication from the device?

mimipavilion -> ::thinks:: Is it possible they have a ship nearby.

Kallah Ramson -> ::Mimi:: A ship or control by one of the boarding parties we've not taken care of yet.

Cptn d'Ka -> = Tan> Difficult to tell, Captain.

mimipavilion -> ::nods::

Cptn d'Ka -> = ::turns to the science officer:: Mr. Stevenson?

Annisha -> :: Starts humming a song her father and her played together ::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Internal, Captain. Not in the vicinity of the device.

Annisha -> :: Starts cursing in Old Rihan ::

Cptn d'Ka -> = Send that information to Aegis.

Scott Coleridge -> Can we trace the comm signal, find the controller?

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Aye, Sir. Sending communication signal origin to Aegis.

Tarisa -> ::Still glancing about, but to no prevail. Wishes she could do more. Looks at her communicator a moment.::

Jylliene -> Incoming com from the Missouri.

Kallah Ramson -> let's hear it.

Jylliene -> :;pulls it up:: They seem to have the communication signal origin. Putting it onscreen.

Fletcher Jackson -> ::turns briefly to look:::

Kallah Ramson -> ::looks to the screen:: As we expected, on the station. But where?

Kallah Ramson -> ::Lawliet:: Progress?

Fletcher Jackson -> ::then back to tac::

mimipavilion -> ::looks::

Annisha -> This is a tough nut to crack.

Alexis McFarland -> hhmm. It`s hard to tell who might be the one controlling the device.

Tarisa -> ::Gets close to the device, looking at Annisha.:: Have you found a surveillance package on the device?

Cptn d'Ka -> = Can you narrow the signal location, Commander?

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Attempting to, sir.

Lawliet -> ::Ramson:: The program got through, but rather it took effect of not...I can't tell.

Lawliet -> or*

Cptn d'Ka -> = Mr. Doland, allow Missouri to drift around the station until the signal is strong.

Annisha -> Seems to lock together

Scott Coleridge -> Internal sensors are still spotty in the areas with the intruders.

Scott Coleridge -> It would help if another ship could scan.

Kallah Ramson -> ::Scott:: Missouri is doing that now. Link our scans with theirs.

Scott Coleridge -> Affirmative.

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Drop down a few levels, Mr. Doland.

Annisha -> I think I need some tools...

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson > Continue around...

Cptn d'Ka -> = Stevenson> Stop. There. ::brings it up onscreen:::

Tarisa -> ::Still transmitting with her comm, hoping someone is picking up on the communication.:: There has been no warning of us being near the device. I wonder if it is capable of even detecting us.

Cptn d'Ka -> = Send the location to Aegis, Mr. Stevenson. Mr.Doland, hold position.

Jylliene -> Incoming transmission from the Missouri.

Kallah Ramson -> ::Lawliet:: What's the possibility your loop will prevent a detonation command from being received?

Annisha -> :: Pounding on the device :: To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!

Jylliene -> ::puts up the location::

Tarisa -> ::Tilts her head curiously.::

Lawliet -> ::Ramson:: Best...63%.

Chirakis -> =/\==/\=PAUSE SIM=/\==/\=

Chirakis -> =/\==/\=PAUSE SIM=/\==/\=

Chirakis -> 8/19/16

Chirakis -> Very well played. Good creativity. Captain, TBS?

Kallah Ramson -> 15 minutes. that should put us at or near the next deadline.

Chirakis -> Very well. Comments for the crew?

Kallah Ramson -> None.

Chirakis -> Questions or comments from the crew?

Chirakis -> Tarisa?

Tarisa -> Was I speaking to myself the entire time, or was someone actually able to pick up on it. :P

Fletcher Jackson -> I heard some of it.

Chirakis -> ::looks to Ramson::

Kallah Ramson -> For the most part, the shield around the hostages blocks comms. though, whoever is controlling it must be able to get a comm through.

Kallah Ramson -> Possible angle for those inside the shield to follow.

Chirakis -> Other sim related questions?

Annisha -> Since Annisha has been crawling around on this device, what does it look like?

Chirakis -> You've been doing the crawling. What does it look like?

Annisha -> Size of a car, give or take. Mostly round, wider than it is tall

Alexis McFarland -> What kind of a car? Civic size?

Chirakis -> How about a log to that effect?

Kallah Ramson -> ::nods::

Annisha -> Sure

Scott Coleridge -> I insist all measurements be given relative to a bread box.

Chirakis -> :::sigh::

Annisha -> In Canada bread probably comes in a jug.

Chirakis -> Again, we have 100% attendance. Thank you for that.

Alexis McFarland -> It's bigger than a breadbox

Scott Coleridge -> Well our milk comes in a bag.

Alexis McFarland -> Yes it does

Annisha -> We have a bread box

Chirakis -> If nothing else, crew *dismiss*