Pity is Treason (Part 4)

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Characters:	Captain Juliana Terlexa
Location:	New Bajor, Gamma Command, Captain Terlexa’s Office.
Time:	Mission Day 1, 0755
Author:	Aio
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"Good Morning Captains" Juliana was still going through some of her reports, but she had been expecting this briefing, so was mostly prepared. She had pulled another all night shift, playing catch up. "I trust you both slept well?" The Admiral asked. She nodded, but it was a lie. She had survived the night on coffee.

The Compound’s CO replied first, which gave her a few seconds to come up with a small lie. "Yes, Admiral, a pleasant night here on New Bajor." Captain Mavroidis replied.

"I heard it was quite pleasant. I was here on the station all night. Did manage to get some sleep though.” She tapped some keys on her console. “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."

The Admiral looked to her."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." The Admiral replied. She nodded in agreement, as a message popped up on one of her PADDs. It was only 3 words, but she knew what it meant. She tapped several more keys on her console, and she set in motion events that would shake Starfleet's presence in the Gamma Quadrant to its very core.

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

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

"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.

She looked out onto the command center of Gamma Command, where several security officers had just arrived via the 3 turbolifts. She grabbed a phaser from a drawer in her desk and stepped out of her office, and walked to the center console. “Commander Axam, report.” “Subspace is being flooded with thousand of transmissions. Short range and long range communications are affected. Thats why we think we lost the signal to New Bajor.”

Juliana looked to the security officers who were in positions around the command center. “I'm going to say 3 words. If you know exactly what they are, please be seated.” A look of confusion was across the faces of the command crew. “Pity is treason.”

3 people took seats, the Chief Security officer, the Chief Tactical officer and a communications officer. The remaining 6 officers, including Command Axam remained standing. “Captain?” He asked in vain.

“Sorry David, nothing personal.” Juliana pulled out her phaser and fired, the officer crumpling to the floor, while the security officers present stunned the other remaining officers. The Chief Security officer stood up. “Report Commander Stanton.”

“Command center is secure. Non essential personnel have been ordered to their quarters. Commander Axam and the others are to be arrested on charges of treason and sedition. The team we beamed down to the Compound are under orders to stun anyone trying to stop them, and to arrest Captain Mavroidis, Commander’s Channing and Tevak and Admiral Adislo, on charges of treason and sedition. We have a team making their way to the Admirals office, and 2 teams heading for the command center, where Captain Mavroidis and Commander Channing are located. But they activated a security system we weren't aware of, that will take some time to deactivate. We also have a team heading to Commodore Camerons office, and a team going to the medical center.”

“Excellent.” She sat at a chair at the center console, and tapped the console. “All hands, this is Captain Terlexa. Commander’s Axom, Sale, Nekan, Lieutenants Feltan and Nicoletti and Ensign Corta have been arrested and removed from their positions on charges of sedition and treason against Starfleet and the Federation. This has come as a shock to us all. Commander Stanton is now acting XO. If anyone has any suspicions of their colleagues, do not hesitate to contact the command center. Pity is treason. Terlexa out.”

“What now Captain?” Commander Stanton asked.

Juliana flashed an evil smile. “Now, we finish what we started.”

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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 4) 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.