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RommyAndromedaAscendent · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject:

Trance calmly walked to her post smiling, I turn to Beka "Take us in"

As Beka moves the ship another tear from the anomoly opens up right in the Andromeda's previous position.

My self & everyone looks at Tabatha, everyone except Trance who is continuing her duties still grinning.

"Trance status of med deck are we ready?" I ask her

then comment out loud "seems we have less time than we thought the anomalies are getting bigger I estimated this entire system will be engulfed within an hour at most"
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HighAdmiralKathrynJaneway · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:01 am Post subject:

Aboard Starbase 157 Alpha, we had decided to take a break from our talks with the Yargo, it was very taxing for them to remain active for so long in our realm, so they went back to the area I had prepared for them, while Captain Rose Nylund & I talked and relaxed too.

Rose breathes a sigh of relief as she sits down exclaiming "Boy I know how they feel, its very tiresome being in an alien environment, I do hope we can solve their problems soon, and those pesky enemies of theirs how dare they, when I was saved by them all I can remember is a state of pure warmth and love, how anyone can accuse them of starting a war I couldnt begin to understand or ever see them as war like species"

I take a sip from my coffee and smirk a little while I agree with her that they do seem friendly and indeed needing of our help, looks can often be deceiving "You're quite right Rose they are a remarkable race, but thats what these talks are about, to try and solve the differences of the 2 warring races, but looks can be deceiving Rose, just because they were warm and comforting to you, partially feeling responsible for trapping your ship there and obligated to help, doesnt mean they cant be vicious too"

Before I could finish Rose interrupted "Oh your right, of course you are, your so smart, Im just a fumbling old fool who got lucky in an unlucky scenario"

I stop her in her tracks "Oh Rose stop, if I didnt think you were smart or capable I wouldnt have promoted you and you wouldnt be here in my office right now assisting in a crucial matter, give your self credit, both you and Sophia have performed admirably and remarkably since you've been here, dont doubt your self and give your self the credit you deserve. If it wasnt for you sacrificing your self the Boundless may not exist now, it was thanx to you in part that the ship got out of there."

I put my coffee on the table and being looking over some data as Rose replies "Oh thank you, you're too kind really,..." then stumbling she asks "..ah if I may be so bold, since you mentioned my self & Sophia too, your unique abilities, couldnt you just simply put a stop to all of this and have everyone happy, achieve the goals you set for your self for the benefit of everyone, why it would just be a click of a finger for you, sorry if I'm out of line for saying but its just curiosity?"

I look up from my padds "I could yes but would that really be fair or natural, would they want that..."

"I dont understand?" replies Rose

"Take the borg for example, ok the queen her eis a version of my self and nice and a valid part of USF, but in some realities I come from, they were vicious brutal enemies, forcing a reality onto people they didnt want nor ask for and then..."

Rose interjects "Oh yes quite so, as a matter of fact I've heard rumour of rogue factions of the borg, the ones who split when your counter part joined us, apparently they're behaving just like that, I suppose you would say typical borg behaviour, then theres those awful Wraith sucking the life out of people, oh I dread to think of the horrors, but they're motivations are self centered and evil, yours wouldnt be your would be to benefit everyone thats different is it not?"

"No Rose it isnt..." I continue "... you see if I forced that choice on everyone, by as you say a click of the finger, would I really be any different to other forced choices, good or bad, no as good as my goals are, people have to want it, be encouraged to take it and embrace it & more importantly put the work and effort in to make it that way to truly appreciate it as something they did for them selves, freely and willingly, for me to step in and wave a magic wand and take that choice and freedom away, even if it was for their benefit, I'd be no different than the Wraith taking life to feed them selves, or the borg bringing apparent perfection while ultimately only benefiting them selves and not the lives of those they take...understand now?"

"Oh yes when you put it like that I guess you're right, you are clever" Rose smiles

I smile back at her and jokingly add "Of course Im clever I now everything haha, just stay on my good side and we'll be just fine!"

Rose laughs at my comments and adds "oh why yes ma'am haha... and I see now that while you may be aware of everything you often keep a tight lip too and hold back or rather let nature take its course, this meeting could be over before it began with what you know but instead you strive towards it as any of us do naturally"

"Exactly Rose, otherwise it wouldnt be worth the effort, plus I like to get my hands dirty and do the real work and get the real satisfying reward, now lets get back to work shall we?"
"Oh yes ma'am I'll go call the Yargo & thankyou for giving me this opportunity, I know it could probably benefit from a higher ranking officer so I appreciate it"

As she leaves for the door to go call the Yargo back to the meeting I reply

"Not at all Rose, rank isnt everything, you, Sophia & Steven are the most qualified to assist in this instance having dealt with the Yargo in your previous situation, no one else can claim that, your efforts here are invaluable, thats why you're here."

Rose smiles as the door closes and I sit and wait for her to return with our delegate continuing to read fleet reports.
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DoyleAscendent · Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:03 am Post subject:

During the evacuation of planet shithole, I'm working on the bridge of my new ship self, while my new first officer is putting her double talent of chief medical officer to work in our sick bay.

I receive a com from her telling me that aside from a few minor bumps and bruises most of the people we evacuated are healthy and we saved them in time for what is sure to be a devastating event on their solar system with this anomaly.

Scans of my internal decks and reports from other officers show we are at capacity so I hail the fleet.

"This is Deputy CnC Doyle Ascendent to the fleet, my ship is now at full capacity and ready to take these people back to our arranged co-ordinates, however we will remain until the rest of the fleet is ready and provide assistance where needed then we can all leave together assuming that is the plan, Doyle out!"

Messages come back from the fleet acknowledging my message and confirming we're all leaving together but to be ready as their sensors confirm my own readings that this region is vastly becoming more unstable and could be torn apart by this anomaly at any time.
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Dr Elizabeth Weir · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:34 am Post subject:

On Atlantis assisting with the planetary evacuation, we've been using the transporters to beam larger indigenous animals to sections of the city we prepared especially to accommodate them, while jumper teams have been ferrying most of the people, plant life and any vital equipment & data we can retrieve before it is too late.

Most of the jumpers have returned, and we are almost ready, I'm still waiting for Flt Adm's John & Teyla to report, being a little worried as we're running out of time I contact them from the control room.

"John, Telya, this is Elizabeth, sensors show this region is vastly unstable and could be lost at any moment, most of the teams have returned, please report your status"

I wait anxiously for them to reply as two more jumpers land in the jumper bay, leaving only one remaining out there.

"Teyla, John, this is Atlantis please respond"
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Sophia Petrillo · Commander Joined: 23 Feb 2013 Posts: 20

OOC: Rose Tyler seems to have vanished so Sophia will be taking full command of Boundless, later sharing the role with Rose Nylund

IC: I quickly head for the bridge following our briefing with the fleet, all ships are in position, USS Falcon is covering Boundless & Enterprise while we continue to investigate the anomaly, while Enterprise E & Talen are preparing to defend against and maybe even attack the So'Na.

"Report!" I yell as I enter the bridge.

"Ma'am Moya has safely left the area and has entered slipstream, our scans are almost complete, there isnt much more data we can gather, we've done about as much as we can here" the science officer replies.

"Alright then I guess the rest is upto the CnC & my good old pal Rose, check with Enterprise when we're all done, compile all the data together and we'll get it to Starbase 157 Alpha, we'll have to stay and protect the area though, especially now it seems we have company" I order

"Yes Ma'am, also while you were in the briefing room the anomaly seems to have gotten smaller here, but reports from the fleet suggest it has now appeared elsewhere and is growing, it has virtually taken an entire solar system."

I shake my head at what I'm hearing, I walk towards my ready room "Send me all the latest reports, I'll be in my ready room" but before I can get there the So'Na hail again

"On screen!" I shout as a strange looking man appears on the bridge view screen "You again?! ... look I've been polite as I possibly can, leave this area for your own safety, its under quarantine and very dangerous!"

The man snarls at me "I want all the research data you have, I believe the federation are creating new weapons and disguising them as natural phenomena & I wont stand for it!"

I put my hands on my hips and snarl back "Listen the federation are powerful enough without needing to resort to tactics such as you suggested, if we wanted to destroy you we simply would, but thats not what we do, our mission is one of universal peace, and inpart is why we're here to stop other ships facing the horrible experience we had, we barely escaped our selves"

"So the federation aren't invulnerable ha! you have 3 minutes to comply with my request or I will open fire!"

"The federation is more than capable, the only reason we ever had difficulty is our ship was one of the last to be upgraded to fleet standard, but I assure you that isnt the case now, open fire as much as you like but 1 ship against even one of our smallest ships would be no match, but against 5, hey listen pal go for it I haven't the time to argue with you, Petrillo out!" I give the signal to the coms officer to cut the channel and the screen goes blank

"Let him stew for a while, or force him to make a move either way he wont last long" I laugh.

"Sir they're powering weapons..... no wait they're moving away.... they've gone to warp."

"Good, now lets get back to work, I'll be in my ready room"

I head for my office and as I get there I relax for a few moments then begin to look over the reports from starfleet, including the current evacuation reports of planet shithole, I laugh out loud a little at the name, but then reading onward see a note explaining how to correctly pronounce it "ha figures, boy I'd change the pronunciation if that was the name of my planet too"

Meanwhile on the bridge, the tactical officer has noticed that the So'Na ship has left a probe behind before they left to scan the anomaly and fleet movement and coms me in my ready room to tell me
"Well I guess we could let the anomaly take care of it, but to be on the safe side, destroy it.... no wait, see if you cant download any of its data first, then get rid of it"

"Yes Ma'am......" a few moments go by and then I hear the familiar sounds of the ships weapons firing as the tactical officer adds "...data retrieved, probe destroyed, seems just in time too, the probe hasnt as yet sent out any data, so seems the So'Na got nothing"

"Well done, carry on"
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RommyAndromedaAscendent · Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject:

I had left Beka in command on the bridge while I took Tabatha to quarters.

Although we are dealing with a crisis & the crew is performing quite well, Beka had mentioned that some of the crew had become a little to comfortable for her, all the senior officers like to run a tight ship, sure they love down time too, but when on duty the crew should be focused, Beka had requested a series of drills, what better time to test a crew than during an already tense situation.

I send a data burst to Beka on the bridge letting her know I was about to run a drill & to all senior officers, but to the crew it is to appear genuine.
The ship is nearing capacity of the refugee;s from the planet below and we need everyone to be on their guard as anything could happen aboard, it wouldn't be the first time we've taken aboard thankless evacuees.

I exit my quarters and saunter down the corridor on my way to the bridge then activate red alert. My ship self the Andromeda begins to announce
"Red Alert, all hand to battle stations, I repeat all hands to battle stations"
This is more fun as there has just been a crew shift rotation and some are undoubtably getting comfortable off duty, let's see how they react.

I stop at a video console in the corridor as crew begin to run frantically around me, I casually have a conversation with my self admiring my self naturally. Looking at my self, then the corridors around me, reaching out with my sensors to every deck I comment "Oh Andromeda you are glorious inside & out" The screen changes to an external view of the Andromeda as she then appears and replies "I totally agree"

I casually walk the decks as officers passing by salute me and continue running to their stations.

I finally reach the bridge again & as I approach Beka monitoring at the command station I can tell she is dying to smile, but she is maintaining a stern command face, but she is also tapping her foot.

I dont relieve Beka, she is still in full command at this moment, I'm simply observing & give her an assuring nod, she will deactivate the red alert when she is satisfied that all stations are at full readiness.

I understand why she is excited yet anxious, several officers havent activated secondary systems, The Andromeda had to do it for them.

With Beka at the command station I take up position at auxiliary control & wait, merely announcing "two minutes & thirty second"
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admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 184

*posting as CnC High Admiral Janeway*

At Starbase 157 Alpha, Atlantis, Voyager 2 (deputy janeway), Andromeda & Doyle Ascendent have returned with the refugee's from the shitholian *pronounced shivolian* They were all cleared through the starbase medical and none of them seem to be carrying Gua'Ould symbiots, so now we need to rehome them all.
Anomalies that first appeard near USS Boundless have now completely destroyed their solar system and growing in the area.

I've also just gotten word that USS Boundless, Enterprise E, Enterprise, USS Falcon, Moya & Talen have also returned from data gathering at the spacial anomaly site, the anomaly has vanished from there and so far no longer poses a threat.

Captain Rose Nylund & My self, along with data we got back from the survey team are now planning to find our new allies the Yargo a new home & attempt to broker a peace with their enemy who are responsible for the spacial anomalies now threatening our universe.

I have called for a meeting of all ships commanding officers to meet in the starbase briefing room to give them all new assignments.

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 184

*Rommy* Walks onto the bridge of Andromeda as all systems come online. "Good morning Andromeda, a quiet night for a change I see"

*Andromeda* "Hi Rommy, indeed so, I gave the night shift the night off, I could handle the menial tasks, they deserved a break"

*Rommy* "True, but today is another day & we got things to do ... ship wide... Alpha crew report for duty... Andromeda give them something to bounce to their feet"

*Andromeda* Smiles and plays a rather bouncy A Teens version of Voulez Vous

*Rommy* Sarcastically looks at her ship self then bounces around getting all key systems ready as the crew begin to arrive.

Hehe yeah thats right we're powered online and ready for anything, let's bring it!

Hoping for a quiet day but with a little action, after evacuating the planet to the starbase I get a hail from my sister Elizabeth/Atlantis

"Atlantis, I see you're up early too, to what do I owe the pleasure"

*Elizabeth* "You know we never really sleep, I just wondered if you'd like a trip to the Delta Quadrant, the CnC has ased me to check in on Adm Neelix and the Talaxian homeworld."

*Rommy* "I would have thought she would send Kat Taya Janeway) on Voyager but sure I'll tag along my crew could probably use a littlemore down time & I hear Talaxian ale is quiet pleasing."

*Elizabeth* "Voyager 1 is still at HQ while the CnC is here, Kat & V have been placed in command there, so we're going in their place, just a routine check in, we havent heard from them for a while, we'll be ready in say an hour"

*Rommy* "We'll be there" I smile as the screen cuts back to normal view.

Meanwhile back aboard the starbase Doyle Ascendent is getting aquainted with the recent appearance of our some how co-joined AI daughter.

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Elizabeth Weir Atlantis contact Captain Petrillo & have Boundless accompany us to Talaxia

*Atlantis* Transmission sent.

*Captain Sophia Petrillo* I was enjoying relaxing in my ready room while it was quiet and most of the crew are aboard the starbase as a message came in from Atlantis. "No rest for the wicked huh, damn it I'm gettin too old for this" I hit my com badge "Order acknowledge Atlantis I gotta recall my crew then we'll be ready"

Again slamming the com muttering "damn furr ball why we gotta go see him, yeah sure we're assigned as Atlantis support ship but there aint nothing to support in friendly territory oh boy well duty calls"

I stand from my chair and walk to the bridge, Commander Tania Caven is already aboard. I hand her a data padd with crew schedules she wanted me to check over.

"Ok Commander, seems shore leave is over, get our crew back aboard, we're headed for the Delta Quadrant with Atlantis & Andromeda to go see Admiral furrball"

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Tania Caven as you wish
14 March at 17:04 · Like · 1

Tania Caven *com link* all crew of the boundless are to return to ship immediately
14 March at 17:06 · Like · 1

Elizabeth Weir *Sophia* And tell them to hurry, Atlantis doesnt like to be kept waiting, huh oh sure her & Andromeda get an hour to prepare but no we gotta jump like yesterday, sheesh she forgets we had down time too, or is her city so big she missed us docked at the same starbase.

As soon as everyone is back, notify Atlantis & Andromeda, then plot a course.
14 March at 17:07 · Like

Tania Caven all crew are aboard, atlantis and andromeda have been notified and the course is set as commanded captain
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Elizabeth Weir *Elizabeth* (com link) Atlantis to USS Falcon, Captain Vanessa James have your crew ready, we're headed to the Delta Quadrant for routine inspection of the Talaxian homeworld,

admin · Site Admin Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 184

*CnC Janeway* I sent a message to Moya for them to go investigate the Beta quadrant, sensor data and reports suggest a Scaran presence in that region & maybe some peacekeeper/Sebation activity too, Moya & the crew are most familiar with both of these species so it was logical to send them.

*STORY FILLER*
Moya arrives in Beta Quadrant on route John Crighton & Aeryn had been arguing as usual....

Aboard Moya, John is in pilots den talking to Pilot.

Pilot is listening but has heard it all before and is continuing his duties.

He is relieved when dargo walks in.

*John* Hey you Dargo, you seen Aeryn?

*Dargo* Ah yeah she was just in the hanger bay with her prowler, she looks pretty upset, said she was going on a recon mission and doesnt know when she'll be back.

John looks in shock

"Damn it, Pilot seal the launch bay doors and get Aeryn on the comms"

*Pilot* She is not responding commander, she has deactivated her coms & over ridden the launch door controls.

John runs out of pilots den "She just doesnt understand me sometimes, when I think we're fine ohhh" he hits his comms "Aeryn if you can hear me dont do this we got to talk.... Aeryn I know you can hear me, answer me!!"

he gets to the launch bay and the prowler is sat there powered down & Aeryn is standind beside it.

*Aeryn* "Yes I heard you john, but you know, just when I think I've got you figured out suddenly I become invisible or your busy with Scorpy or some other dren, what do you want from me Crichton, do you want me or dont you, just say it and I'll go with what ever you decide"

Aeryn looks tearful but stern and holds it back.

John walks upto her and holds her face

*John* You know what I want Aeryn, its just never that simple, baby you're the one thing that keeps me sain in this butt hole of a universe, if I loose you now I might just go completely farbotz, but you know this is a crazy ass ship the best of times and I gotta figure it all out and somehow keep it all together.

*Aeryn* You really mean that, you're sure I'm not just another one of these distractions until something better comes along, you know maybe you want chiana, or Zan, or maybe none of it, you are completely farbotz you're right about that.

*John* Aeryn would I run all the way down here just to tell you to have a nice trip, hell I could have gotten pilot to relay that message for me, I'm here because I'm showing you what I want, what my priorities are, but life often has the nack of getting in the way, now if you really need to go on that recon mission fine, we do need that data, hell I'd come with you but I promised Dargo I'd help him in the neural cluster repairing Moya.

*Aeryn* "You'd be too much of a distraction, I'll go alone" she says smirking and happier now "be here when I get back..???"

*John* You betya baby & if I'm not I promise you can shoot me for it later.

*Aeryn* looking lustful because she loves 2 things, her pulse pistol & John, she replies "hmm dont tease me, I might just do it anyway"

They kiss and Aeryn flies away in the prowler as John heads up to the neural cluster to help Dargo, smiling all day and waiting or Aeryn to return.

Smeerworld · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:55 am Post subject:

MCKAY
(Aboard Federation shuttlecraft)
(on route to Krell station and Almar)
After making sure the shuttle with Neelix aboard safely got to Voyager 2, I set course for the Krell space station the Almar is going to., thanx to a carefully timed message from Mr. O'Brien. Although the Almar has been fitted with one of our slipstream drives it is but a crude make shift version, so although the Almar has left ahead of me, I can quite easily beat them to it in the puddle jumper. I send a quick hail to deputy Janeway to notify her that I'm going to collect Stark & O'Brien then I head out.

I drop out of slipstream on the edge of the scanning range of the space station and run the rest of the way on impulse, I make a few modifications to the jumper to make believe I have engine trouble and that I'm leaking atmosphere as I was told this station is only accepting invited guests. Sure enough as I hail the station requesting immediate help, they respond by saying the station is non operative. I assure them that I am capable of fixing my own craft but need somewhere to set down in order to make repairs, after a few minutes debating, a ruffled & annoyed voice grants me clearance and I dock. I remain inside the jumper for about 30 minutes near the rear hatch with it open and a few cables dangling loose to make believe I'm conducting repairs when the sensors announce the Almar's approach.
I have to wonder who is piloting the ship as it exits slipstream right at the proverbial front door, a risky maneuver as undoubtedly this will attract unwanted attention to the fact it has a slipstream drive, though maybe that was done on purpose to keep eyes occupied else where, who knows. A secure message then appears on my screen, its from Stark, telling me to meet him at docking bay 4, it says the Almar is to dock at the far end of the station but bay 4 is mid way, so not to arise suspicion it can merely appear an accident that we met. Mr. Stark's suit is aboard the jumper still cloaked but interfaced with the jumper so that I know it is still there, Stark's message also says he can't wait to be himself again, so I secure the jumper and head off into the station.

SMEERWORLD
(Aboard Almar - now docked with station)
Once I had myself feeling better, I clean myself up and head towards the bridge. Ahead of me, I see Sam closing the bridge hatch behind him as he heads back my way. Randell also enters the corridor from the main hold. The three of us meet up. Randell and Sam inform me about the first place that we are going to meet some of the other groups that will be going to the Hive ship for the negotiations. There is a big party going on with the leaders of the various criminal factions that will serve, not only as a fun time, but a chance to discuss what everyone is bringing to the table. Our groups need to present ourselves as a united front, meaning that we need to agree on everything before facing the Wraith and their associates.

There will only be four of us going – Randell, Sam, Jen, and myself. Although Randell and I did not start off on good terms, after everything that we went through together he has learned to trust me. He even went as far as to say that he likes me now and I am a good addition to the pirate crew.

Since we are going to enter civilization again, if you can consider a rouge space station filled with rouge criminal elements 'civilization', I go back to my cabin to spend some more time cleaning myself up and dressing for the occasion. It felt good to get out of my raggedy clothes and put on some more spiffy stuff.

Before I met with the others at the main hatch, the door chime to my cabin signals. I called out for the visitor to enter and was surprised to see both Garak and Ronon enter together.

“It seems surprising to see the two of you together”, I said to them after the door closed behind them. “I had figured that you would have to remained separated to keep you from killing each other.”

“Well I can't say that our relationship has improved much”, Garak says.

“But the mission comes first”, Ronon adds.

“And things do seem to be moving well in that regard”, Garak jumps in to say. “Without even having to set foot on the Hive ship we will acquire most of the intelligence USFI is looking for on the groups who are trading with the Wraith/Hirogen alliance. We might be able to conclude this mission soon.”

“Then we can get with other matters”, Ronon says as he looks towards Garak with contempt.

“Let's not get ahead of ourselves yet”, I say trying to diffuse the bad vibes between them.

“I look forward to resolving these other matters”, Garak says to Ronon with a brave face,

“but sadly just as Captain Smeerworld has said, we have to complete this mission first.”

“How are you feeling now”, Ronon says to me as he tries to ignore Garak.

“Well with the enzyme back in me I feel fine now. Actually I feel more than fine and looking forward to the festivities tonight.”

“You are aware”, Ronon tells me with obvious concern, “that you will be putting yourself in a dangerous situation. Randell may be acting like your best friend right now, but once you leave the ship you will be on your own. You could be walking right into a trap. I've already made it known that I want to join up with the pirates, if I could go along with you to this meeting -”

“But you can't”, I cut Ronon off. “This gathering is just for the various group leaders to attend. Most of Sam's pirate crew are not even going. I'm lucky that I've managed to put myself in a position to be invited by Sam with Randell's approval.”

“It is true that only the four of you are going private party, but many of the other crew will be going to the station to unwind at the same time. Captain Stark will be leaving us to reconnect back with his suit and O'Brien will be getting a ship to return the aliens back to their home planet to aid with its evacuation.”

“Sam has informed me that the new slipstream drive installed on our ship will be a big bargaining chip to have with the Wraith. Other vessels may have their own versions like it, but our drive is USF state of the art. He made it clear to me that he would not put it past some of the other groups to try to obtain it to offer to the Wraith themselves. Sure we are all here to organize all of our groups into a unified alliance for the negotiations, but in reality this is just a bunch of criminal misfits. This situation has only come about, because everyone involved thinks that its the best way to satisfy their own selfish needs. Given an opportunity to take advantage of one group here or another to give them the upper hand is not out of the question.”

“That's the point I'm trying to make about you attending this party alone. I can place myself on the station to be close to you if you need my help.”

“I can't go to this with a tracking device or anything. It is going to be very secure. All of the guests will be searched to make sure that they are not carrying any weapons or have anything suspicious on them.”

“You won't need a tracking device. I'll be able to follow you to the secret location of this party and remain nearby just in case.”

“We can't take the chance Ronon. As far as everybody knows, we just met two days ago. It will look odd if you are seem to go out of your way to try to protect me.”

“All points that I already tried to explain to Ronon”, Garak cuts in. “Besides, I need Ronon here with me on the ship.”

“And why would that be”, Ronon turns toward Garak to ask.

“Haven't you been paying attention”, Garak asks him. “With almost everyone off the ship, there will not be many of us to protect the slipstream drive. From what I have already gathered, most of the other groups already know that we have it. If someone were to try to acquire it, their best opportunity will be when most of our crew is gone. With the transport inhibitors in place they may not be able to beam it out, but a group could certainly attempt to board our ship and take it by force.”

“You have proved yourself to be very capable Garak”, Ronon tells him.

“Why thank you. I will savour this complement since I don't expect the opportunity will arise for you to have to offer me another anytime soon. Still I think that you might be over estimating my abilities in this case. When you consider all of the potential groups that we are talking about it is quite daunting. Let's see – the Orion Syndicate, the So’na, The Lucian Alliance, the Ackary Cartel, the Breen, and all of the yet unknown groups from the other ships docked here.”

“He's right Ronon”, I tell him. “The best place for you to be is right here on the ship.”

“I could pull my rank on you again”, Ronon tells me.

“We have to put this mission first. It is too important to do otherwise, even if it goes against our personal feelings. All three of us have been doing this since the start of it. You know that Garak is right about the need for you to stay here to protect the ship.”
Ronon spends a few moments thinking things over. Finally he nods to us in agreement.

SMEERWORLD
(Aboard Almar – group meeting before shore leave)
Before anyone was allowed to leave the ship, Sam and I called a meeting in the main cabin. Seeing everyone together was quiet a sight. Besides Sam's pirate crew we have all of the stragglers that we picked up on Shit hole. Lenk and his fellow four Shitholians stood in the back of the room. The fictitious crew from the Krell freighter stood apart, their positions revealing their future intentions.

Captain Stark near the hatch door. He has told everyone that since his ship has been destroyed he is eager to get on to the station and find another ship to hire him. His real goal is to meet up with McKay who has docked the jumper at another part of the station. Once there he will get to put his Iron Man suit back on to continue the mission by again following the Almar once it leaves for the Hive meeting.

Smiley stood in the back near Lenk. He has told everyone that he has made plans to return the Shitholians back to their dying home planet and help with the evacuation. Apparently Lenk has brought along some equipment which uses gemstones to function. Just one of them can be easily traded to buy a ride back there and payment for his help. Once they board the station they will look around for a ship for hire. In actuality, this is the new mission that O'Brien has been assigned is to meet up with McKay to get them there.

Ronon is standing with the pirate crew. Everyone has been told that he wishes to join up with this ship and her plans to do business with the Wraith/Hirogen alliance. From what I can see, he has already started to bond with them. As Sam and I get ready to speak I can see him joking around with them. His true mission of course will be to back Garak and I up on our infiltration of the Hive meeting.

Garak is standing alone behind us, standing watch by the door to the bridge. Sam moves forward to speak first.

“Listen up guys”, he says loudly to get everyone’s attention. “I know that we have all been through a very hard time, but my crew has to keep in mind that our main purpose here is to prepare for the meeting with the Wraith and turn all of our hard work into money and future business agreements. I know that you want to spend all of your time on the station having fun and blowing off steam, but don't loose your sense of purpose. We are going to be mingling with a lot of different crews, so be careful and play nice. Go get laid if you want, but I don't want you guys bringing back any nasty STDs.”

This gives everyone a laugh as he steps aside for me to talk. I was kinda hoping that Sam would have taken the opportunity to relay some real solid advice, but as full of enzyme as I am, I am ready to take on anything. If it happens to be this unruly crowd right now, so be it.

“Listen guys”, I begin as the laughter subsides, “there really is a lot of serious shit going on. Yeah I want you to go and have fun, but be aware, as Sam said, that our main purpose here is to get all of the different groups here on the station in agreement over how we present ourselves at the negotiations. This is not going to be easy. Sam, Randell, Jen, and I or going to have a hard time with this leadership meeting that we are going to. We have to find a way to present a united front on the Hive ship, but as you know all of these groups are also competing to work out their own deals at the talks to their own best benefit.” I give everyone a minute to think this over.

“Sam” I say as I point to him, “and all of you guys in his crew have stockpiled a lot of good stuff to trade with the Wraith and Hirogen, drugs, medical equipment, and weapons. Thanks to our friends in desperate need from the freighter, we also have a pretty state of the art slipstream drive to add to the list. I know that Captain Stark over there is not too happy to have to give it up, shit he don't even have a ship anymore -” That brings plenty of laughter. “- but it sure beats being stuck on Shit Hole. No offense meant”, I say looking at the Shitholians. This brings even more laughter. “Seriously though Lenk, I wish you and all of your people of your planet the best of luck with the evacuation and your quest to find a new home. We still don't understand what that anomaly was that seemed to follow us to your planet, but I know that USF is going to do its best to try to stop it from hurting anyone else. And I might add, besides the fact that they have great resources at their disposal – better them than us!” Another big round of laughter.

“The people running this station” I continue, “have put down the rule of no weapons on board it. That means we have to keep our weapons here. This does not make me happy, but I want everyone here to abide by it. I'm sure that all you guys remember how to fight with your fists?” more laughter. There is a good chance that some of the other groups might try to find ways to get the better of us. Our new slipstream drive would certainly be a prize catch. Both Garak, our new crew member Ronon, Gregs, and a few others have volunteered, kinda, to stay on board our ship to watch over things. With the sensor dampeners up, no one outside the ship will be able to take scans of the drive, but there is a chance that someone might try to board us and either take detailed scans of the drive, or try to outright steal it! The Wraith and Hirogen want this drive, but they don't care if it is us that trades with them for it.”

“They can try to take it”, Ronon shouts, “but they won't get off this ship alive if they try to board her!”

This is met with a series of cheers. Garak gives me an amazed look. He is obviously not used to seeing such an unruly group. They are certainly a far cry from the Cardassian military, or Universal Starfleet.

SAM SMEERWORLD
My crew are busy cheering and laughing at my brothers speech and are raring to go have some fun, but I see a change developing in my brother that has me fearing for my safety but more so for his own and this entire operation.
As my crew leave out the hatch, I call my brother back. Ronon notices that Steven is ignoring me, so he leans his hefty arm on his shoulder for me. I suspect he knows what I'm about to discuss.

"Steven that was close, if my crew weren't anxious to get off this boat I'm sure fists would be flying right now. You're lucky they didn’t notice, but Randell raised an eye brow once or twice and Jen seemed suspicious too"

My brother tries to push past me shouting "lets go get a drink, I'm parched!", but before I can react, Ronon grabs his shoulder and brings him back.

"Far be it for me to agree with your brother”, he says calmly, “but I think you should listen"

This kind of brings a sobering look to my brothers face, Ronon agreeing with me on something. Steven now looks a little concerned himself.

"Look I know full well what is going on here”, I tell him, 'but my crew don't. You just addressed Stark by name & rank, gave away several clues that he might be linked with Starfleet, and gave suspicion to a world of other things in your speech. That we may be able to let slide so long as they haven’t noticed, but I have to say bro perhaps you should re-consider this part of the mission and remain aboard the Almar. Let me handle my crew. I'll tell them you're ill"

Ronon adds "I know I told you to stay on the enzyme, but its clear its beginning to have an effect on you. The least we need right now is someone jeopardizing this mission by lack of judgment and ability to keep things secret that need to be. At the same time, though it would look suspicious now for you to be away from the group at a crucial stage, despite you handing command of your ship to your brother, they all look to you"

Steven looks at us both "I'll deal with them and anyone else who gets in my way, now are you going to remove your arm from my shoulder or do I have to do it for you?" he says to Ronon

Ronon stands back slightly shocked but somewhat not and replies "listen buddy I could pull the plug on this whole thing or even take over the crew respect me as one of them now, but I have faith in you, and the CnC is relying on you. Don’t let her down"

I think the mention of the CnC woke him up a little, but Ronon's admittance of respect seems to have hit a note too, my brother smiles and replies "Don't worry I got this, now who wants a drink, lets go mingle"

Ronon looks deep into Steven's eye and finally releases him, he nods at me and says "you guys be careful out there, don’t worry I got Garak"

With that we exit the Almar & catch up with Randell and the others

MCKAY
(McKay in station corridors)
After what seemed like hours of waiting, in truth only a few minutes have gone by, I hear a voice beckon from the distance, "finally another human I was beginning to think this station was exclusively alien" and a massive hand pat me on the shoulder spinning me around, I didn’t need to act surprised, although I knew it was Stark he did indeed startle me.

As far as anyone else was concerned there was no need for him to be with me so we purposely had a loud conversation about my engine failure to which Stark replied "Show me the way I'll inspect your craft & let my tinker man take a look at it for you, maybe we can help" with that we both head for the jumper. As we get there, I seal off the front compartment so no one can see as Stark suits up and beams into space sending a coded transmission to O'Brien & Smeerworld, so they know what has just happened and we need it to look like Smiley is wanted at docking bay 11. Stark & I for a few moments talk over secure comms, but to make it look like he is still in the jumper with me, me in the rear section, him appearing to be in the sealed forward section.

It isn’t long before I hear many loud voices and see several of the Almar crew walking about in the corridor ahead. I might be getting close to where the Almar is docked. I was about to head toward them, but change my mind. 'Wait for them to come to you Rodney', I say to myself. Instead of trying to get closer to the ship's docking port, I take a turn in the corridor. I would rather bump into O'Brien a little bit farther from here.

SMEERWORLD
(Fight with Klingons)
We waited for the others who were going onto the station to leave first, then the four of us set off to attend the meeting. I was not the only one who dressed up for the event. Both Sam and Randell wore some pretty fancy clothes and Jen had on a rather revealing dress. On more than one occasion I was sure that she would have a wardrobe malfunction causing her tits to fall out. As discussed, none of use brought any weapons along with us. Before we left, Ronon did try his best to convince me to take the small but deadly knife he offered me. As we exited the docking port from the ship, I turned back one last time to say goodbye to Garak, Ronon, and Gregs at the hatch. Garak did not seem thrilled to have to team up with Ronon in keeping watch over the Almar. Three others of Sam's crew were on board in the main cabin playing cards and watching the sensors. Hopefully the six of them will be enough should any trouble arise.

As we began to travel along the corridors of the Krell station, I could tell that the inside seems as patched together as the outside did. This whole place was certainly not designed and built in one construction phase. Some areas seem decades older than other sections. Some areas don't even seem to be of Krell manufacture, or even station configured. If I had to guess, large starships were broken down and sections of them were turned into station living quarters, work areas, or entertainment zones. The section that we are passing through now looks Catainen, which makes sense since their small Union of planets is not far from here. I may still be learning the political makeup of our galaxy, but I've made it a point to study in some detail a region when our mission takes us there.
Up ahead we see a group from the Klingon crew heading our way. The others in my group seem to tense up at the sight of them.

“Something that I should know about”, I ask Sam.

“Let's just say”, Sam replies, “that my crew has bumped heads with these rouge Klingons a few times in the past.”

“And they are still”, Randell adds, “very pissed at us over it.”

“Damn”, Jen murmurs in a low voice, “we should have brought some kind of weapons with us. I don't want to go hand-to-hand with them.”

“You, human”, the tallest of the Klingons says as he points at Sam, “I told you we would meet again.” He stepped in on Sam. “and I told you that I would rip out your heart and eat it before your dying eyes.”

“You know”, another Klingon comments as he puts a hand on the threatening Klingon's shoulder, “that the Captain ordered us to not cause trouble here.”

“The Captain”, he scowls as he shakes free from his grip, “didn't know that this patak would be here. It is him and his crew that stole our weapons stockpile.”

“But they weren't your weapons”, Randell tells him.

“We were the ones to get past the security systems and get the shields lowered!”

“And we” Sam says, “were the ones to beam it away first.”

A deadly cold look is on the Klingons face as he stares at Sam. “I will enjoy killing you slow-”

“Why don't we try to take it easy”, I tell the Klingon, “the Krell told us all-”
Surprisingly, the Klingon turned from Sam to attack me first. Thankfully I was pumped up on enzyme. His blow knocked me back, but I barely felt it. I could feel my heart pounding along with the violent rage that overcame me. Everything became a blur as a giant brawl raged around me. I think the Klingons were momentarily taken by surprise that four humans would strike so hard at them. Our grace period didn't last long though. I've heard that Klingons were born fighters and they didn't disappoint my expectations.

Being out numbered, even with the enzyme in us we began to become the losing side. The Klingon who started the fight was giving Sam a pretty harsh beating when he pulled out a real nasty looking knife. San saw it and tried to back away, but he was somewhat pushed against one of the walls. It was all happening too fast for me get to him and try to help. That's when a ceiling fixture over our heads exploded into a shower of sparks. When the second light exploded I catch sight of a phaser beam coming from beyond the melee. Everyone is now looking down the corridor at a person in a battle suit. It is Tony Stark.

“Where did he come from”. I hear someone ask.

“I saw him just de-cloak there”, I heard someone answer.

The Klingon with the knife decided to get back to business. He grabbed Sam by the throat and started to swing the knife at him with deadly aim. A perfectly placed phaser beam vaporizes the blade from the attacker's hand. The Klingon grabs his hand in pain, making sure to count all of his fingers. Everyone has stopped fighting to look down the corridor. Moments later, the Iron Man suit cloaks again and he is gone. Before anyone has a chance to start fighting again, Krell Station security rush into the area and separate our two groups.

“That was the fuckin' guy that blew the engines off of my ship”, Sam yells.

Nobody seems to care. The security guards order us all to put our hands on the walls so we can be searched. Most of the Klingons were not cooperating that well at first, but eventually they did as told. A few other knives were found on some of the others in their group. The four of us did not have any weapons.

TONY STARK
(Outside the station wearing his suit)
As soon as I got into my suit on the jumper, I get transported into space outside the station. Like many of the ships docked, the station has activated a sensor-scrambling field which is making it very hard to get clear readings of anything. Fortunately, the station has many large windows that give me a pretty good view of its interior.

I manage to get to a view port to see the Almar crew & Captain Smeerworld confront some Klingons, at first all seems reasonable and they appear to walk away, but the Klingons seem to want blood. I read about Klingons in the report that Janeway supplied me on alien races in Milky Way. "who could have guessed?" I joke to Jarvis who shows me an unstable part of the station that a carefully aimed phaser beam will penetrate but allowing shields to prevent atmospheric leakage.

"Let's do it Jarvis" With a swift strike I appear down the hall from them and de-cloak, and break up the fight momentarily, but the Klingons continue and I shoot at one of them as I see him draw his weapon. Jarvis alerts me that security are on their way and I quickly head for the opening in the shields and quickly cloak, all believe I have left, but instead I remain aboard the station cloaked to watch, just in case station security decide to hold the Almar crew responsible I may be able to interject, but Jarvis was thinking ahead and had already accessed security systems and made surveillance videos make clear the Klingons are at fault, something they will discover when interviewed.

CHEIF O'BRIEN
(Smiley touring the station with Shitholians)
After leaving the Almar, knowing McKay was near by with a jumper, I decide to take the Shitholians on a tour and hopefully 'accidentally' bump into him. Or, at least, somehow make it seem that I'd secured transport anyway. To support the illusion of a tour, I've been showing off my engineering skills by pointing out several systems and how I could tell the station was badly put together with various different technologies. In my 'tech-talk', I try not to make any mistakes that might reveal that I was Starfleet. I must remain in my covert role until we got to the jumper at least.

Some of them were very interested in my knowledge and the wondrous sites they were seeing on our way round but I couldn’t help notice some didn’t flinch at all, ordinarily I'd simply think they were just not interested but with these particular two it was like they'd seen it before and it was nothing new to them.

A large window looking out into space caught their interest. The group spent a few minutes looking outward at the stars. We were just about to move on, when a giant ship came out of hyperspace. The main part of it was shaped like a pyramid. I recognized it as one of those Goa'ould ships that the Lucian Alliance are using. Lenk seems surprised to see that ship out there. I tell him, “Yeah it is a big ship, but wait till you get back to the evacuation of your planet. There is a whole city-ship called Atlantis helping out that is even bigger.”

RONON
(With Garak Aboard Almar)
Standing guard by the docking port to the Almar I hear the fight break out and station security take our group & the Klingons away, with the corridors outside the docking port now looking a little empty I decide to go to the Almar bridge to see what Commander Garak has been up to in the absence of the crew. Two of the other pirate crew are here watching guard with me. The one pirate, Gregs, is one of them. He seems like a pretty responsible guy. I'm glad that he stayed behind to help watch over the ship.

"Stay here keep guard, I'm gonna go see what our resident Cardassian is up to."
I've managed to get them to respect me as one of them, so they barely flinch when I tell them this. Gregs, who is in charge of us pirates when the others are gone, gives me a nod. He and his partner stand firm by the docking port.

The two others of the pirate crew, that stayed behind on board, are in the engine room mock fighting, I give them a frail salute as I pass by them saying to one of them "use your left hook, that’s the spirit. You got him" They simply laugh, but as one is distracted the other guy uses his left hook and almost knocks the guy out cold. "oops sorry, guess you should have been paying more attention" I jokingly add. They continue laughing as I head for the bridge.

I try to enter the bridge as quietly as I can. As I move towards the front, I see Garak intently studying some ship schematics on a work screen next to the pilot station. They are not the Almar's. As soon as Garak is aware of me, he quickly turns off the screen and jumps up from his chair to swing around and face me.

"What are you doing Garak", I ask standing firmly two meters from him.

"Why nothing I can assure you”, he quickly says as he tries to hide the surprise in his voice. “I'm merely watching the events unfold on the station, keeping tabs on our good crew. One can never be too careful, especially on a station full of criminals. I must say, the way they handled themselves with the Klingons, oh remarkable. And then of all things for Mr. Stark to arrive! What a good fortune in his timing, don't you think" I'm sure that Garak is babbling on to try to take me off the scent of his devious actions. It won't work with me.

"You're sure that's all you were doing...?" As I'm telling him this, I approach closer and lean on his shoulder. "Because I could have sworn I saw a ship schematic on your work-screen for a moment"

He stumbles over his words for a while then cleverly suggests, "Ah yes, well I was trying to spy on our neighbors. As I said, one can never be too careful aboard a station full of criminals. It is nice to know who our neighbors are don’t you think?"

“You were studying a schematic, but it was not any part of the Krell station.”

“No. I'm taking a good look at the two ships that just arrived, the So'na and Lucian Alliance vessels to be exact.”

“Find anything interesting?”

“Not as yet. The So'na ship is a military frigate, with a crew compliment of 32. The Alliance ship is much larger, Ha'tak, of Goa'uld design I believe. It could hold a crew of 2000, but there are around 500 on board it now. These two ships are much different than the rag-tag vessels that the Almar and other crews brought here. Both the So'na and Alliance governments are directly supporting trade negotiations with the Wraith/Hirogen pact. Both ships have interstellar hyper drive systems, but both are not as advanced as our slipstream drive.”

“Well if either group attempts to steal the technology behind the slipstream drive that USF supplied us with, it will be very hard to defend ourselves against them.”

“Which is why I am taking the time to study each vessel very carefully.”

I still got a bad feeling that Garak is up to something that we are all not going to like, but at this point I can't say that I can accuse him of doing anything wrong. Just then, a warning light signals on the main status panel. Someone by the main hatch has triggered the alarm.

“It can't be anyone from either of these ships”, Garak says. “Both are still on approach vector to the station. Someone has breached the docking port from the station.”

“We will know who it is soon enough”, I tell him as I grab his arm to pull him away from the control stations. “Grab a weapon and lets get down there.”

MCKAY
(Still looking for O'Brien on station)
After hearing a fight break out from down one of the corridors, I try to concentrate on the voices to see if I can recognize any of them. I hope O'Brien wasn't involved in all of that.
From behind me, a large hand again taps me on the shoulder.

"O'Brien am I glad to see you", I say as I start to turn around to face him. I'm startled when I see it is not O'Brien. He must still be on the station somewhere. Instead, a rather strange looking alien. Thankfully he doesn't seem to understand me. He garbles something at me that sounds like he is trying to say “O'Brien.”

"I was talking to myself”, I try to explain to the alien. “I call my brain O'Brien when it works” Then I think to myself, 'come on Smiley what the hell is taking so long.'

STARK
(Heading back to jumper)
I notice Rodney has gone quiet over the comm. He must be near where the fight broke out and is trying to get out of the area. Since he apparently hasn't found O'Brien yet, I decide to make my way back towards the jumper. Maybe I'll run into him myself on the way. We have to get him and the Shitholians on board so we can leave the station and get them back to the planet rescue mission.

Rodney comms "Hey did you see that with the Klingons"

I sarcastically reply "yeah did you see that with me, ha-ha don’t worry, they'll be fine, security will take care of the Klingons for a while but I think they might miss the meeting, shame ha-ha, these Klingons lived up to there reputation."

Rodney "Ah yeah I hear that. I can't believe that I haven't run into O'Brien yet. With a group of Shitholians with him, he shouldn't be that hard to miss. I'm going to take a walk in a different area of the station, away from where the fight was. Perhaps he wanted to get the aliens clear of the action."

"They all must be around somewhere. From what I observed, they have all left the Almar except Ronon, Garak & all but 4 of the pirate crew"

Rodney "guarding the slipstream huh, you think they expect trouble?"

"You can count on it, aboard a station of criminals.”

Rodney "Funny you should mention that. I had run into an alien a little while ago who seemed real interested in what I was doing walking around by myself. He was intent on looking through me rather than at me. He acted like the UT wasn't working. I don't buy it. There's no way the universal translator wouldn’t have picked it up if it was a real language, I think he was trying to acquire some spying time. The skin of his face was weird. It looked like he had it stretched too tight from some bad cosmetic surgery."

“Hold on. Let me check the mission files that Jarvis uploaded. That description of the alien sounds familiar.” It doesn't take me long to find it within the list of alien races known to be among the criminal organizations going to meet the Hive ship. “He is So'na. Must have come off he So'na ship that arrived a short time ago.

“I think it's best that you head back toward the jumper to keep an eye on it. Who knows what could happen if the jumper is unattended. I'll use my suit and recon the station from the outside and look for them. With Jarvis's sensor package I should be able to locate them quickly."

“OK, I'll head back there. Let me know as soon as you find them.”

CHEIF OBRIEN
(Smiley gets the remaining Shitholians to jumper)
(Then leaves again to try to find the missing two)
Not finding McKay anywhere in the corridors, I decide to just take the group to the jumper myself. As we get close to the jumper I finally tell the group that I've managed to find transportation to take them back home. Focusing my attention on them, I notice that two of them are missing from the group. Apparently it is Lenk and his friend, the one who seemed all too interested watching while I was refitting the Almar with the slipstream drive.

As we get near the jumper's docking port, I see McKay also approaching it from the other direction.

“Fancy meeting you here”, I tell him.

“This station was built by a bunch of idiots and its made out of junk”, McKay says in frustration. “I looked all over for you on this piece of crap.” He taps his communicator to inform Stark about us.

We get aboard the jumper and I explain to the Shitholians that they will be taken safely back to federation space where several ships are helping to evacuate and re-home them. Some of them voice concerns over their missing friends, but also issue caution as they're a "peculiar pair".

"Don't worry”, I tell the Shitholians. “I'll find them.” I turn to Rodney. “Stay here and I'll go see if I can find them." As I'm leaving, I hear him informing Stark over the comm what has happened.

RONON
(Klingons board the Almar)
We can hear shouts coming from the lower deck as we move down the stairs to the main hold.

I pull out my favorite weapon as Garak checks the settings on the phaser rifle he grabbed from our armory. I had told him that the hand phaser he had with him on the bridge was not enough firepower. "There is never anything wrong with overkill" I tell him. My way of thinking seemed to please him.

The body of one pirate lay dead on the floor in the middle of the hold, not Gregs but his partner. Near him is the body of a fallen Klingon. The sound of fighting is coming from down the corridor leading to the engine room. I silently signal to Garak that I will take point and that he should follow 5 meters behind me. He nods an affirmative and I quickly head down towards the sound of weapons fire. With only three pirates down her trying to defend the slipstream drive, they must be in a desperate situation. With no time for caution, I find myself recklessly turning to corner to face five Klingons.

Two of the Klingons have a scanning device hooked up to the engine control panel as the other three use cover fire to try to protect them. Phaser fire from the other pirates is shooting across the room from where the three are hunkered down behind the drive engine itself. Some stray disruptor shots from the Klingons are hitting the matter/anti-matter containment core, but the containment shields are protecting it thankfully.

Taking best advantage of the surprise I will have getting maybe two or three shots off, I use my clear view to first blast the scanning device and then take out one of the Klingons that was using it. The three Klingons that were pinning our crew down, spin around almost instantly in response to my attack. I manage to get off one more shot, taking one of them down. My hope was that Garak was right behind me to help drop another, but he was not to be seen as I spun back around the corner and back into the corridor. Before I could even think long enough to get mad at Garak, I see him backing up towards me as he exchanged weapons fire from more Klingons that must have entered the ship through the docking port.

We stand back to back, getting ready to be attacked from both directions, when the sound of a large stun grenade sounds off from the main hold. The attackers that Garak was engaging go silent. This seems to give the Klingons in the engine room pause in their attack on us. It will only last a second though.

“Back to the main hold”, I tell Garak.

Since we don't yet know for sure what has just happened there, he freezes up for a moment. I storm past him and race into the smoke that followed up the stun blast. I can feel him getting the idea, because I can sense his feet pounding on the deck plates as he begins running behind me. In the middle of the main hold, the smoke clears enough for us to see what is going on. A dozen weapons are pointed at us.

Krell security orders us to drop our weapons and we comply. We are slammed against the wall just as four other Klingons already have been. The sound of weapons fire starting up again in the engine room sends a number of security officers running off to stop it.

"What’s going on here?" one of them shouts

“It should seem obvious”, I tell the security officer that asked the question. “First these Klingons attacked some of our crew out on your station and now they have attacked us again by boarding this ship."

From the back corridor, three Klingons and the three pirates from our crew are escorted into the room and slammed against the walls. The Klingons all together on one and the rest of our crew next to us. Two Klingon bodies are then seen being dragged into the center of the room and placed next to the two bodies already there.

The one who seems in charge of the security team looks at the pile of bodies and then gives everyone against the walls a good stern look.

“Listen”, he begins, “the last thing that I want to do is get involved with whatever issues your different ship crews have against each other. But the station owner wants it this way. You guys are supposed to want it this way. From what I understand, a lot of money was put together from each of your group's profits to rent this station for your use. A lot of money. In the rental agreement, the leaders of each of your groups asked for heavy security to baby-sit all of you.”

“Well from what I've seen so far”, Garak interrupts, “you have been paid too much.”

“You have no right to interfere here”, says a large Klingon once he turns away from the wall to face the security officer. We are NOT on your veQ of a station. Leave us alone to finish this.”

“When a ship is docked at this station, it is considered part of the station. Our security team is within its bounds to enforce its authority on board this ship. Our mandate is to keep the peace between all of the groups so that your leaders can form a consensus among all of you to bring to the Hive ship negotiations. Then you all get to make a lot of money. Get it?”

It took some time, but finally the Klingons, both alive and dead were taken off the ship. Security finally left also after giving us more warnings about not being involved in any more conflicts.

CHEIF OBRIEN
(With McKay and Shitholians on jumper)
McKay talks to the Shitholians but replies to me "Chief, I've just gotten a data burst from Ronon. Klingons have just tried to steal the slipstream technology. Be careful out there and hurry. We should be heading back to Shit Hole. The fleet have sent word the Shitholian system is on the verge of complete collapse"

"I'll be thirty minutes tops, I promise" With that I exit the jumper and head back round the station, I re-trace my steps, quickly, back to the Almar, looking for the missing pair but also to check in on the ship if I can.

On the way I see Garak walking down the corridor away from the Almar. It looks like he is about to turn the corner that leads to the area of the station where the So'na vessel recently docked. This can't be right. I've known Garak for a long time, I spent seven years living on DS9 when he was there. My instinct tells me that he is up to no good. When he sees me, he looks worried for a second, then with his masterful skill-set, his face changes to one who is now happy to see me.

“Why Chief”, he tells me happily. Without anyone else around he does not bother to use my covert name of 'Smiley'. “A group of So'na were just seen snooping around our docking port. I guess the Klingons were not the only ones who got the idea of trying to steal the design of our slipstream drive.”

“Where are you going?”

“Oh I'm following them a little way to make sure that they are heading back to their ship.”

“Don't you think -”

“Oh by the way”, he cuts me off, “I had just past by those two missing Shitholians. It seems like they found their way back to the Almar.”

“Blast it! We have been wasting a lot of time looking for those two.”

“They were near our docking port. They might be on the Almar now.”

“I've got to get to them”, I say as I race off towards the ship. “Be careful Garak”, I yell back at him. I've had enough of these two. I can't wait to get them to the jumper so we can get them to the planet evacuation.

RONON
Almar main hold – After Klingons and Krell security leave)
(notices Garak missing and So'na attack)
After the body of the dead crewman is stowed away, I go over to have a look at the disruptor burn that one of the guys has. I was going to have Garak get the large medical kit kept in the auxiliary closet near the bridge, but I notice that me is missing. I'm thinking that maybe he went back to the engine room to check things over again.

"Hey Garak you OK", I shout but get no reply. I look to the pirates and they shake their head at me that they haven’t seen him.

"Go find him", one says.

“Wait”, the pirate Gregs says, “I'll come help you look for him.” I like Gregs. I first met him on Shit hole's surface. He was in the thick of it when the giant worms attacked us. Of the whole pirate crew, he seems the most decent.

“Check Garak's cabin and the rest of the crew quarters”, I tell him. “I've been given the access codes for the bridge, so I'll check there. If he's up to no good he will most likely be up there.” He nods and heads off.

I use the opportunity, with the bridge empty, to send Rodney a message telling him what just happened. He tells me that O'Brien has gotten the SH evacuees aboard the jumper, but is heading back to locate the two of them that had been separated from the group. Shitholians is certainly a good name for those two.

"I'd help”, I explain to Rodney, “but with Garak missing I'm the only friendly left on this ship. Plus I don't expect things to quiet down here. If they do show up back here, I'll send them your way." The security panel lights up again, because of another forced entry "Got to go, we got more trouble!"

I study the status panel and am surprised to see that the new breached hatch is coming from the port side of the ship. It is an area exposed to space!

“Hold on Ronon”, I hear Rodney yell before I close the comm. “I'm getting a message from Captain Stark. He is telling me that a shuttle had left from the So'Na vessel and just connected up with your port hatch. Hold on, I'm trying to patch him through to your comm.”

“I can't wait Rodney. There are only three of us now on board. I have to get down there-”

“Don't go to engage them Ronon”, I now hear Captain Stark tell me. He must now be linked into the comm transmission. “Seal off the connecting corridor that leads to the port hatch. I'll handle things from out here.”

Instantly understanding what he is going to do, I signal Gregs to make sure that they are nowhere near that section of the ship. Once he tells me that they are clear, I seal off the emergency bulkheads to that area.

“The area is now sealed off Captain Stark.”

“OK good”, he replies. “Now sit back and watch the show.”

I set up a video feed which shows a large group of So'Na cautiously moving down the corridor. From behind them, I can see the port hatch open and lights coming from what must be the interior of their shuttle. Not ten seconds later, there is a flash behind them. Stark must have fired at the shuttle and completely destroyed it. Once the force of the blast subsides, the winds change as the atmosphere inside the corridor begins to get sucked out into the vacuum of space. It does not take long for every So'Na warrior to get pulled down the corridor and shot out into space.

“Captain Stark”, I hear Rodney ask him over the comm, “are you now engaging the So'Na vessel itself?”

“Why no”, I hear Stark respond. “I figure that we just hit them hard enough already to not have to worry about them trying anything again.”

“Scan their ship. There was just a large explosion in their drive section.” I can hear the sound of Rodney working the jumper's scanners. “Wait a minute. Another shuttle just left the ship. A single life sign is on board. The shuttle is outside the sensor-scrambling field, so I'm getting a clear reading. It is Cardassian.”

“Can you get a comm signal to him Rodney”, I ask. “Tell him to not attack the So'Na any further.”

“I believe the explosion happened from inside their vessel, before the shuttle launched. Oh well....
I would try to contact him Ronon, unfortunately, the shuttle just entered hyperspace. Its gone.”

“Damn! I knew that Garak was up to something.”

“Should I try to pursue him”, Stark asks us.

“No”, I tell him, “let him go. We have too much here to worry about.”

CHIEF O'BRIEN
(On station near Almar , gets call from McKay about Garak)
Not seeing Lenk or his friend outside the docking port to the Almar, I decide to enter the ship to see if they are on board. Just before I get to the hatch, I feel a tremendous explosion through the deck plates that knock me off my feet. I had caught a glimpse of a flash of light from an exterior window, so once on me feet again, I peer outside. It is hard to see clearly from any angle I get from the window, but I'm sure the explosion happened on the So'na vessel. I can only see the front of it, but large pieces of what looks like its drive section begin to float past my view. Suddenly I see a So'na shuttle fly past and jump into hyperspace.

RONON
(Almar bridge – contacting Smeerworld about Klingon & So'na attack , Garak gone)

I wasn't supposed to interrupt Smeerworld at the 'leader's meeting' unless it was real important. I think that after all that happened, this qualifies as one. Certainly our team, and perhaps everyone attending the meeting, should be aware of the Klingon's and So'na's attack on out ship. I contact Steven and can instantly tell that it is more a party than a meeting. It is so hard to hear each other over the loud music and shouting that we switch to texting. This also should work better, because the Captain's speech is badly slurred on top of everything else. It would seem that everyone is having such a good time that they are not even aware of anything that is going on outside the station. Anything outside of the room for that matter!

I send him a text, informing him of the Klingon boarding party, the So'na boarding party, and Garak stealing the So'na shuttle.

<<<<LEADERSHIP>>>>
<<<< Ending with Smeerworld announcing Almar attacks & So'na, LA arrivals>>>>

CHIEF O'BRIEN
(Station corridor near Almar)
After seeing the So'na shuttle jump to hyperspace, I was about to turn away from the window when something else catches my attention. The huge Lucian Alliance ship is backing away from the station.
I activate my communicator and call Rodney.

“Do you see everything that is happening outside the station”, I ask him.

“The explosion was caused by Garak”, Rodney tells me.

“Garak?”

“Yeah. He must have used it as a diversion to steal the shuttle.”

“That was Garak on that shuttle? You sure?”

“It was outside the scrambling field, so sensors picked out a clear Cardassian life sign on it before it jumped into hyperspace.”

“Why that -”

“We can all gripe about Garak later. Our two missing Shitholians just popped up on sensors also. I guess with a ship the size of theirs, the Alliance doesn't see a need to waste power using a sensor scrambler.”

“They are on the Alliance ship that is leaving? Why would the Alliance want to kidnap them?”

With a flash of light, I can see the gigantic ship disappear into hyperspace.

“There not going after Garak, are they”, I ask.

“No, their jump was definitely a different vector.”

“Chief”, I now here Ronon's voice enter into the comm traffic, “You need to head back to the jumper and help take your passengers back to the planet evacuation.”

“What about Lenk and his friend?”

“We don't have the fire-power to take on a ship that size, nor can we abandon our mission here right now. Their rescue will have to wait for now.”

I don't like it, but I can't disagree with Ronon's reasoning.

“I'm heading back to the jumper now”, I tell them both.

As a result of the large explosion that just occurred so near to the station, this whole section is in emergency mode. Alarms are sounding off and I notice a few bulkheads closing. To get back to the jumper, I'm going to have to move deeper towards the core of the station. I'll then swing around and head back towards the docking rings where the jumper is.

LENK aka At'Ak
(Stealing L.A. Hat'ak ship)
I seemed like an eternity, all of those years spent on that poor excuse for a planet. It suited my enemies plans perfectly though. They wanted me out of the way and they got their wish. Betrayed by fellow System Lords! I never should have let my guard down when we visited that plant, looking for the Ancient devices believed to be buried there. The fools must have never expected me to ever find anything. They just saw the location as the perfect trap. It took me almost 200 years, using the indigenous race that lives there, but I found the artifacts.

Now I venture back out into the galaxy and discover that all of the Goa'uld have been defeated. I am the only System Lord left. In the end, I, and I alone, am left to laugh. I can't believe that all of the ships that comprised our great fleets have either been destroyed, or taken over by these freed human slaves., Their time of glory will come to an end now. I will take back what is rightfully mine!

At the docking port to the vessel,it was rather easy to overpower the guards. I want to leave this non-humanoid body and take a proper host to rule by, but with muscles accustomed to much stronger gravity it has its use right now in strength and speed. Once inside the ship, I quickly was able to take full control of the entire computer system. All of the Goa'uld, hard-wired over-ride codes still worked perfectly. Atmosphere was vented in any area of the ship that would block our way to the command center and returned once the humans were dead. In all other areas of the ship, the rest of the crew is trapped where they are.

As soon as my First and I could get the ship ready, we back away from this pathetic station and head off into hyperspace. For now we must hide, while I make plans and gather new followers, but the galaxy will feel the wrath of I, At'Ak, the greatest System Lord of all time – past, present, and future!

<<<<LEADERSHIP>>>>
<<<<Reactions>>>>
<<<< Ending with word of Garak stealing So'na shuttle & LA ship departure>>>>

RONON
(Almar bridge – contacting McKay about Wraith cruiser)
I watch as the Lucian Alliance ship jumps into hyperspace, still puzzled by why Lenk and his friend are on board it. With all of the craziness going on, I didn't notice right away when Gregs entered the bridge. I hadn't locked the hatch behind me. I know that he caught the tail-end of my conversation with Rodney and the Chief.

"Hey thought you could do with a hand”, Gregs says as he looks suspicious at me. “Who we're you talking to just now?"

"Just informing the guys on the station about what happened." Before he can question me further, another alarm goes off. “What could possibly be happening now!” I see that it is a proximity alert. Another ship is coming in range of the station.

“Oh boy”, Gregs says in fear as he looks out of the forward windows. “And here I thought that the party was over.” He tries to put some humor in his voice while speaking, but he can't completely hide his nervousness from me.

I look out to see the Wraith ship that the sight of drained the color from his face. I turn off the comm before either Stark, Rodney, or O'Brien can signal me and have their voices come through the speakers. I turn back to Gregs.

“What should we do”, I ask him. Since I have to revert back to my false persona again with Gregs, I have to act like he is in charge of all us pirates on the ship.

“Get back on the comm and let Sam and the others know about the Wraith”, he tells me. “No one expected this. We need to let all of the crew leaders know about this and wait till they decide what to do.”

“What makes you think that the Wraith will wait around for us to decide anything?”

“Your right”, he says after a moment of hesitation. “Contact Sam and I'll go below and work with the others to get together whatever kind of defenses we can. Report back down to me when you are done up here.”

With that said, Gregs hurries off the bridge.

I contact Rodney aboard the jumper who is screaming with fear, well not screaming, but I know the difference. He also has already noticed the arrival of the Wraith ship. He says that he plans to leave as soon as O'Brien is back on board. I tell him to contact the Chief and get him to hurry. I also let him know that I'm going to have to stay off the radio after I contact Smeerworld. Gregs is suspicious of my comm usage. He lastly tells me that Stark is cloaked and staying hidden in orbit of the station, but can be called on for immediate action if needed.

I log off with Rodney and send a new text to Smeerworld.

<<<<LEADERSHIP>>>>
<<<<Smeerworld>>>>

CHIEF O'BRIEN
(On station almost back to puddle jumper, told Wraith arrived)
Traveling through the station has become very difficult. The explosion on the So'na ship was so large that it damaged a good-sized section of the station where it was docked to. I have had to circumvent both sealed emergency bulkheads and force fields. I'm almost back to the jumper when Rodney comms me again. He tells me that a Wraith cruiser has just arrived and that I should make my way back as quickly as possible. His voice is trembling, and so it should be, the Wraith are here to join the party.
I start to explain to him the difficulties I'm having moving through the station, when I finally reach what appears to be a dead end. I don't see any way past this series of sealed hatches.

"McKay”, I tell him, “security systems have been activated all over the station I cant reach you. I know its risky, but you're going to have to beam me out."

I try to hide in an alcove so no one sees me beaming out, but the station is so chaotic right now I doubt anyone would notice anyway.

"Initiating transport now!" McKay announces and moments later I'm aboard the jumper, that had already undocked from the station and was ready to leave, I sit in the seat next to Rodney

"Let's get out of here", I tell Rodney. I then turn to the Shitholians. "Don’t worry about Lenk and his friend. They seem to have found a ride out of here on another ship. Everything's gonna be fine. We are taking you back to the evacuation of your planet so you can travel with your people to your new home.”

A flustered McKay engages the engines and goes directly to slipstream, on a course to join the fleet at the Shitholian system.

WRAITH
(arriving at station)
As we approach the space station I take us out of hyper space, my self, 2 more of my underlings & 2 Wraith soldiers accompany me on this mission sent by our queen, to select the parties that will be at our final meeting, only those of use to us will be invited, the rest shall be targeted for feeding as they serve no other purpose and my crew are hungry.
On final approach to the station sensors detect an explosion on the outer docking ring.

"Report!" I shout to my commander.

"It appears someone has attacked the So'na ship and someone is stealing one of the shuttles"

"Seems the fun has already started, many will fear our arrival no doubt"

"Sensors also show the Lucian Alliance ship is leaving"
"I guess they weren't as confident to face us as they lead us to believe!"

"No Sir, the Lucian Alliance is still aboard the station, I'm reading Gua'Ould life signs aboard their ship!"

"A pity they're leaving, Gua'Ould have a strong & long life force and have great strength, I would have looked forward to feeding on a Gua'Ould.... prepare for docking!"
We dock at the station and see the pirate ship near by "It would seem the humans have come through, we will attempt to inspect their ship once we are aboard the station."

"Sir I can not be sure, but for a brief moment I thought I detected a puddle jumper leaving the station!"

"A jumper, what would a jumper be doing here..." I pause for a moment "...we have bigger priorities for now but maintain long range scans, we can not afford any unwanted guests here, if our location is compromised we need to know as soon as possible"

MCKAY
(Back at Shit Hole)
We Arrive back at planet Shit Hole and see that things have gotten a lot worse, anomalies have almost taken the entire solar system. Just as I'm about to hail Atlantis I get a hail from Stark, he's boarding Voyager, Ronon had ordered him to leave.

"Understood I'm going to check in with Atlantis, I'll contact you soon, McKay out!"

I hail Atlantis and request permission to dock, a very relieved Elizabeth grants me permission and informs me Atlantis is at capacity, but is worried that she has not yet heard from John & Teyla. "I'll drop off our guests and head out to look for them"

Elizabeth tells me she doesn’t want to risk loosing anyone and to report to the control room once aboard, and not to head out searching for the other jumper that she would handle it and if need be initiate auto recall of the jumper using her AI.

"Understood, heading for jumper bay 2 now, I'm sending you a data burst with details of what’s happened, O'Brien & I will see you in the control room"

As I'm docking in bay 2 I gather all the info and send it directly to Elizabeth, several marines and some medical staff are waiting as I open the hatch to take our guests to designated areas.

"Well guess that just leaves us chief, lets head for command" O'Brien nods and we head for the city's transporters, moments later arriving in the control room. As we get there Elizabeth looks anxious and shouts "There was Gua'Ould among these people, why didn’t you tell me"
I look shocked by this statement "What do you mean Gua'Ould? these people are archaic in comparison...aren't they"

"I've just seen the data, the people who stole the Lucian Alliance ship, one of them is Gua'Ould, I have to inform the fleet in case there are any more of them, I'm placing the city on secure lock down and restricting all access to key areas"

I knew I should have checked those readings more carefully, but there wasn’t time, luckily Atlantis/Elizabeth can check all data in mere seconds. I listen as she informs the fleet of a possible threat among these people and the fleet responding saying they too would implement security measures aboard their ships. Atlantis shakes as another anomaly opens up quite close by, the sun has now completely gone.

"Elizabeth we need to get out of here now, the sun has totally gone, we're down to minutes!"