Pity is Treason (Part 2)

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Characters:	Rear Admiral Vadosia Adislo, Commander Tevak
Location:	New Bajor, The 'Compound', Adislo's Office.
Time:	Mission Day 1, 0755
Author:	Aio
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"Good Morning Captains" Vadosia spoke to the monitor on his desk. It was split between Captain Mavroidis, CO of the ground base of DS11 and Captain Terlexa, CO of the Space Station of DS11, colloquially known as The Compound and Gamma Command respectively. "I trust you both slept well?" Both officers nodded. Vadosia liked to have conversations with both of them at once, kept everyone in the loop he thought. And of course Gamma Command was in a synchronous orbit above New Bajor, specifically above the Compound, to maintain the same time zone. This helped, as staff from both facilities often interchanged between both.

"Yes, Admiral, a pleasant night here on New Bajor." Tarmin Mavroidis, the Ullian Captain replied.

"I heard it was quite pleasant. I was here on the station all night. Did manage to get some sleep though. We have a few people down with some form of virus, so no transfers up today Tarmin, but I do have some people to beam down. They were cleared by medical this morning."

"Receiving the personal files now, Juliana."

Vadosia looked to Captain Terlexa. "How bad is the virus Juliana? Where did it come from?"

"We think a freighter worker brought it in on one of the last supply runs. We haven't been able to isolate when, but its non-life threatening and with a few hyposprays a day, it goes away."

"Thanks Juliana, please keep me informed."

Tarmin spoke up. "Juliana, you may begin beaming down todays transfers. You are sure they haven't contracted the virus?"

"They have been cleared by Doctor Menendez." The channel suddenly became momentarily static, as some interference disrupted the transmission. "Anyone else see that?"

Vadosia nodded. He called out to his Yeoman. "Tevak, we are getting some interference, can you see what the cause is?" He turned back to the screen, "Tevak is working on it, where were…"The channel cut. "Tevak, I've lost the signal."

Tevak came into the Admirals office, almost running, with a phaser in his hand. "I cut the signal. Its happening."

"Dear god." Vadosia tapped several keys on his desk, activating certain subroutines that would begin working almost instantaneously. "Lets move." A sound in the distance caused them both to turn and look out the window, where a phaser fight was happening in the gardens in front of the building. He tapped the corner of one of the consoles on the wall, revealing a hidden compartment containing a phaser and modified tricorder. "We need to secure the compound." He tapped some keys on the tricorder, which synced it up with his comm badge, which would now scramble his location and communications. "Adislo to Mavroidis. Report."

"Admiral, we need help, the transfers from Gamma Command beamed down heavily armed, they are working through the outer layers from the transporter room. I'm sealed in my office for now, with my XO, someone sealed the room from the outside." The Ullian replied.

"Are you armed Captain?"

"Yes, myself and Commander Channing are. Who are these people Vadosia?"

"They were our friends and colleagues Captain. Trust no one. We will be there soon. Vadosia out." He tapped his comm badge. "Tevak, it was the transmission interference wasn't it."

Tevak nodded. "Apparently the sensor buoys we have throughout the quadrant have hidden hardware and software in them, which allows them to double as subspace relays. They are flooding the quadrant with subspace communications, trillions of them, effectively blocking subspace communication for the time being. There is one message getting through though."

"What does it say?" The Admiral asked, almost not wanting to know.

"Just 3 words Vadosia. Pity is treason."

"We need to get to Tarmin, now. Computer, activate Adislo security program one."

The computer responded slower than it should have. "That program is no longer valid. Security access is required."

He turned to Tevak. "They move quickly. Fortunately, I move quicker." He smiled. "Computer, run waste reclamation system, subroutine four alpha two."

"Working… Work...that functi….access is requ….. Access restored. Adislo security program one is now running."

"Excellent. We now have an isolated system within the computer system. Including transporter control. Someone has raised the shields around the compound command center though. We can beam as close as we can, and work from there. Computer, site to site transport to the following location." He entered the location on his tricorder. "Energise."

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This post was originally written by Aio for Bravo Fleet and posted on the Bravo Fleet forums. Use of Bravo Fleet's Pity is Treason (Part 2) is permitted under the Creative Commons 4.0 License and has been modified to suit the story and purposes of the USS Black Hawk Star Trek Role-Playing Simulation.