Assessment

Posted on Tue Apr 15th, 2025 @ 3:32pm by Captain Shran dh'Klar & Lieutenant Imik S'Niohun & Lieutenant Wyatt Steele & Commander John Smith

490 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Genetic Purity
Location: USS Washington - Conference Room

Shran entered the conference room. You didn't need to be a telepath or empath to realize how angry he was. The others were seated around the table. The Andorian sat and looked at everyone around the table. Deanna was to his right, the seat normally reserved for Cmdr Grayson. Sam was seated opposite of her in Deanna's normal spot. Also seated at the table was Imik, Wyatt, and the newly arrived Special Operations Commander, Cmdr Smith.

Shran made everything clear with his initial comments, "I am not letting these throwbacks from an archaic and chaotic time in Earth's history hold our people. I want our people back immediately."

"We can't transport them safely through the shields they have operating at this time. And we certainly can't transport while our shields are up. We have to eliminate their photon batteries first" Deanna noted.

"My team is prepared to go down on a rescue operation right now with your go ahead" Cmdr Smith stated emphatically.

"Imik, Deanna has noted that they are using a variant of Klingon technology. It is vastly inferior to our own technology. Surely you can get past this cloaking technology to target the weapons platforms, neutralize them" Shran asked.

"Commander Smith, his team and I are prepared to launch a rescue mission for the away team once we know their location(s) " Wyatt added with a look at Smith.

Nodding, Imik turned to the screen on the wall. "I have also scanned the area of the settlement and have found a possible entry. Here on the west side is an old mine which appears to have a completely unguarded entrance in the valley on the other side of the hills. As for circumventing their cloak, I could modify our deflector to emit a chronotron burst. Like some of the Klingon vessels, their clocking device is vulnerable to it and will collapse if we time our attack correctly. But the modification will take around one Earth hour, can the Commander have his strike team ready by then?"

Shran looked to Smith, "Commander?"

"We are ready to go now sir. If you need an hour, just gives us more time" Cmdr Smith replied. "Now, I understand this will be a rescue operation, but is that all it is to be?"

"Use your best judgment Commander" Shran replied flatly. "Imik, work with Lt O'Connor to get your modifications made as quickly as possible. We will take out the weapons platforms as we return into orbit of the planet and then begin a tactical bombardment to try to bring down the colonial shields. That should keep them preoccupied while rescue teams move in and grab out people."

"Captain, it may be possible for us to transport through their shield. I cannot make you any guarantees, but it is possible" the Irish engineer noted.

"If you can manage it Mr O'Connor, that would be of great value" Shran replied. "Let's get to work."

 

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