Trouble added to the mix

Posted on Fri Oct 2nd, 2020 @ 3:15am by Captain Mikoto Misaka & Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie "Mac" Taylor & Lieutenant James Henderson & Lieutenant Zon th'Tetz

1,238 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Cleaning Up
Location: Bridge, USS Ermiana

"Captains Log. The Ermiana has been in orbit of Veridian three for the last three days. Salvage operations are going smoothly. However, Lieutenant McDowell has had to be taken to a starbase for medical treatment following an accident with one of our new runabouts. Starfleet assure me that they are safe and a new flight-control officer will join the ship on the next shipment vessel. At the moment we are surveying the wreck to determine the overall status of the damage. Lieutenant Carter and the Civilian contractor leader Miss Chelia are drawing up plans and schedules for teams to begin. This is a fairly standard clean up operation so far. End log"

Mikoto rose from behind her desk in her ready room and proceeded to the bridge. With most of the ships compliment on the surface assisting with the salvage operations, the bridge was quiet with only a few officers manning its stations.

"First time in the big chair?" Mikoto smirked as she relieved the young ensign who was on watch.

The ensign nodded. He seemed nervous to be sitting in the large comfy captain's chair unique to the Galaxy Class. "Yes sir. I never thought it'd be something I do so soon".

Mikoto chuckled as he pulled himself up allowing her to sit down. "Anything to report?" She asked. The ensign shook his head.

"Nothing out of the usual" he replied. "All auxiliary craft are reporting in and out at their scheduled times. Regular reports from the salvage teams are on time."

Mikoto nodded. "Thank you ensign it looks like this may..."

She was cut off suddenly by an alarm sounding at the tactical station behind the command area. It was one of the stations that had to be manned at all times. The petty officer currently manning it looked up the source.
"Captain. A Klingon battlecruiser is decloaking directly fore. Its weapons are charged and locked on".

"Red alert. Shields up. Senior staff available report to the bridge" Mikoto ordered. The viewscreen showed a Vor'cha attack cruiser appearing in front of them. Followed by several disruptor shots that bounced off the Ermianas now risen shields.

Mac walked on to the bridge "What the feck." as she looked at the viewscreen.

"Language Commander," Mikoto said as she stood in the center of the command section. "Return fire. Let them know we're not going to just sit here" she ordered.

With the Chief of Security currently elsewhere, the Lieutenant at the tactical console nodded and his fingers ran across the smooth surface firing the main phaser banks. The orange beams struck the Klingon vessel, knocking through its shields with ease and striking their hull.

"Right," Mikoto said. "Hail them, let them know that we're going to defend ourselves" she ordered. "Maybe they'll listen to reason".

Zon nodded, "Aye Captain," he said before tapping the standard hail. His blue eyes scanned the menacing battlecruiser sitting before them.

That didn't work as more disruptor bolts bounced off the Ermiana's shields. The Galaxy Class Starship had more firepower than the Vor'cha, but Mikoto didn't want to destroy them.

"Take us out of orbit. Swing us around, photon torpedoes on my mark" she ordered. "Let's take out their weapons array"

Lieutenant Henderson starts quickly tapping commands into his console.

"Breaking orbit Captain, Pattern Alpha-Two"

The Ermiana doesn't slowly break orbit, as it would normally do. The Alpha-Two command essentially launches the ship straight up from orbit in an emergency to give the ship manoeuvring space. He taps in a pattern from memory.

"Initiating evasive manoeuvres, pattern Delta-Five"

He feels the ship lurch to port, then the inertial dampeners kick in, he sees the Vor'cha angle away on the viewscreen as the Ermiana swings about climbing above the vessel and bringing the saucer sections ventral phasers to bear, as well as the forward torpedo launcher.

The Ermiana used its main forward phaser banks. The bright orange phaser fire now striking the Klingon vessel with deadly accuracy. It was followed by several photon torpedoes which caused minor explosions on the ships hull.

After the weapons fire, he taps another pattern into the console to put the Ermiana into a better tactical position and also if they miss and the Klingons return fire, he doesn't want the ship to be hit.

"Let's see if they'll talk now," Mikoto said giving an approving nod to Henderson. "Keep us in a tactical position, I want them where we can bring all weapons to bear on them" she added.

"Hailing frequencies open, Captain," Zon responded after keying in the same sequence as before, "Heh, looks like it."

The image of a gruff-looking Klingon appeared on the viewscreen. He had several scars on his face and long black dreadlocks in his hair.

"I am Captain Mikoto Misaka of the..." Mikoto started, however, was rudely cut off by the Klingon.

"I don't care who you are... Captain. I only care for what you've done!" He snarled in a low threatening tone. "You come to use all peaceful whilst the wreckage of our ship floats in orbit!".

Mikoto stared at the Klingon. Not amused by his outburst.

"As I was saying before you interrupted me. I am Captain Mikoto Misaka of the Federation Starship Ermiana. Before you go off ranting again, or attacking my ship. I suggest you start by telling me what you're doing here?" Mikoto said, her tone sharp and firm.

"We are investigating the disappearance of one of our ships. One you destroyed" he spat back. "We won't let you get away without vengeance!"

"I think you'll find that the Starship Enterprise did that, not before your ship critically damaged them to the point of crash landing on the planet below" Mikoto argued back. She took a deep breath. "Right, this isn't going anywhere. Why don't you beam over and we can discuss this properly?" She asked.

"Not a chance. You could have me in chains for all I know" he replied. "I would rather die"

"That can be arranged," Mikoto said simply crossing her arms. "Lock weapons on their warp core" she ordered. She fully intended to calm his bluff on this.

"Weapons locked" The tactical officer said.

"What'll it be. You can either come to the table to talk. Or we do this the old fashioned way" Mikoto said.

A silence hung in the air for a few moments. "You shall prepare for my arrival!" He scowled and the channel cut off.

Mikoto sighed and relaxed slightly. That wasn't fun. "Commander. Will you do the honors of greeting our 'guests' and making sure they get to the observation lounge without any further incident" she asked turning to Taylor. "Stand down from Red Alert, keep us at Yellow for now"

Taylor said "Of course I will." Mac stood and left the bridge. something was not sitting right with Mac.

"Misaka to Security, we have Klingons coming aboard. I want a security attachment on them at all times" Mikoto told her chief of security. She didn't trust the Klingons after their aggressive actions towards the ship and she didn't want anything else to go wrong.

With that said, an eerie silence fell upon the bridge again. Mikoto walked over towards the rear of the bridge to enter into the observation lounge.

Posting by

Captain Mikoto Misaka
Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie "Mac" Taylor
Executive Officer

Lieutenant James Henderson
Chief Flight Control Officer

Lieutenant Zon th'Tetz
Chief Operations Officer

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