Forced Change

Posted on Tue Mar 14th, 2017 @ 11:16am by

653 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: New Faces and Terror Beyond
Location: Geosync Orbit Above Compound
Timeline: After the evacuation

Ra was standing on the Bridge considering his options, his crew had been attacked and they were just trying to help. He should have seen something was amiss when the ship stalking them appeared. What started off as a call for help was actually a trap and his Starfleet ideals of helping walked them right into it. Part of him was angry but experience tempered it so that it didn't show. Ra knew that in any mission lives were at risk even his own and he accepted that when he took command, but things were about to get alot more interesting.

"Captain, I'm detecting another ship at high warp entering sensor range."

Ra turned to his duty science officer. "Explain?"

"Federation transponder, U.S.S Resolute. Akira Class. It will arrive in 17 minutes, high warp."

Ra was not aware of any other Starfleet ships in the area and he thought he was the only one. High warp meant it was important enough to warrant exceeding the Warp 5 limit imposed by Command. Which meant things were about to get alot more ugly, or improve significantly.

"Captain, we have another signal coming through." His Communications Officer reported.

"Put it through." Ra spoke.

=^= Runabout Kirsten to the USS Dreadnought requesting permission to dock inside of the shuttlebay. Carrying Lieutenant Commander James O'Connell the new Chief Engineering Officer and Staff Sergeant Nicole Jamison. =^=

"Granted, have them enter when as the other shuttles arrive." Ra spoke.

"Captain, priority signal from Resolute, Captain Gregs wants to talk to you, privately."

"Very well, send it to my Ready Room." Ra spoke with a sigh, taking his glasses off he rubbed his nose before replacing them. "You have the Bridge Colonel."

Ready Room

Ra walked around his desk to sit at his console and entered his command code to establish the connection. "Captain Gregs." Ra spoke puzzled.

"Captain Havrelli, I'm sorry to have to do this to you but I need you and your ship to leave the area, immediately." Gregs kept a friendly a polite tone to his voice.

"Captain, I don't understand. We were providing humanitarian aid to these people and they turned on us, 17 of my crew are dead." Ra was clearly unhappy about it and now he was being asked to drop everything and leave.

"My condolences Captain but I must insist that you recover all craft and personnel and vacate the area upon our arrival." Gregs insisted.

"Captain did you not just hear me, members of my crew are dead and you want me to just leave? What am I supposed to tell the families of the fallen?"

"That they died in the service of the Federation honourably." Gregs answered but appeared after to take a more gentle posture. "It's harsh Captain I know, believe me I didn't want this assignment. What I can tell you is that this comes straight from Starfleet Intelligence, thats all I'm afraid."

Ra hated it more and more but SFI were less than friendly when it came to operations being interrupted.

"It's alright Captain, you had no way of knowing, log any reports, casualties and information collected and relay it to us when we arrive. I'll handle the rest. You shouldn't have anything to worry about."

Ra didn't feel like he had nothing to worry about. He felt used, beaten and asked to walk away without so much as a defence.

"I'll forward you the orders to you so that you have them in your logs. I'm sorry Captain." Gregs closed the link leaving Ra in the silence of his Ready Room. Ra was unhappy and tosses his glasses to his desk, in doing so he broke one of the lenses. Yet another annoyance. =^= Havrelli to Colonel Frost, secure all craft, gather all reports and information collected and prepare to relay to the Resolute upon her arrival. Prepare the ship for departure, we have been ordered to leave. =^=

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